Sarah Finnegan
Homewood AT Pelham Football 2019
Homewood players celebrate after a play during a game between Homewood and Pelham on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, at Ned Bearden Stadium in Pelham.
Over the course of the year, The Homewood Star will keep you up to date on the various Homewood and John Carroll high school athletic teams. For previous weekly updates, click here.
FOOTBALL
Homewood
The Homewood football team got in the win column for the first time last Friday night, picking up a win over Pelham. Click here for a full recap of the game.
This Friday, the Patriots host Helena in a second consecutive Class 6A, Region 5 contest.
John Carroll
John Carroll suffered its first loss of the season last Friday, falling to Fairfield in a Class 5A, Region 4 game. Click here for a recap of the game.
This Thursday, John Carroll hosts Parker in another region contest.
VOLLEYBALL
The Homewood volleyball team had a solid week last week, posting a 4-3 record. The Patriots fell to Mountain Brook 3-1 (10-25, 9-25, 25-22, 13-25) on Tuesday and beat Briarwood 3-2 (25-14, 18-25, 18-25, 25-19, 15-11) on Thursday. On Saturday, the Patriots played in Geraldine's tournament. They picked up wins over Cedar Bluff (25-15, 25-14), Sylvania (25-7, 25-17) and James Clemens (25-18, 25-16), with losses to James Clemens (21-25, 23-25) and Geraldine (22-25, 23-25).
For the week, Olivia Brown averaged over 5.5 blocks per match, Mackenzie Yoakum led the team in kill percentage with a hitting average of .352, and Kassidy Schnoer contributed 5.7 kills per match.
This week, Homewood travels to Huffman on Tuesday and hosts Helena on Thursday. On Saturday, the Patriots will play in Hewitt-Trussville's Husky Challenge.
CROSS-COUNTRY
The Homewood cross-country team is off to a strong start once again, and the Patriots performed well at the Chickasaw Trails Invitational on Saturday. The girls team finished third overall and the boys were fourth, both teams the highest Class 6A finisher. Jon Fielding Stogner led the boys side, as he came home sixth in 16:03. Lainey Phelps won the girls race in 18:40.
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