 Despite the challenges presented by 2020, Episcopal athletes and coaches are putting together incredible seasons. The teams are giving it their all even during times of uncertainty. Congratulations to our fall athletes for accomplishing so much! Go Knights!
Cross Country The boys and girls both brought home the Class 2A state championship titles again this year! The boys team for the 25th year in a row! For our girls team, Callie Hardy earned the 2020 Individual LHSAA Cross Country State Champion title and Scarlett Spender was the State Runner Up!
Swimming The Episcopal swimmers had a great state meet with the girls team finishing as the Division III State Runner Up and the boys splashing in at fifth. Both teams celebrated impressive results and even some record-setting finishes, courtesy of Eugene Jiang in the Division III 50 and 100 meter freestyle events. Girls Results: Alexa Ryon Bennett - 3rd in 50 free Abigail Gibson - 2nd in 200 free and 3rd in 500 free 400 yard free relay - 3rd (Gibson, Melancon, Simoneax and Bennett) Top 8 - Kate Oehrle (4th in 100 yard breast), Rylee Simoneaux (5th 100 yard free, 6th in 100 yard back), 5th in 200 Yard Medley Relay (Simoneaux, Oehrle, Bennett, Ciesielski), 4th in 200 Yard free relay (Bennett, Ciesielski, Melancon, Gibson) Top 16 - Olivia Melancon, Grace Ciesielski, Kate Oehrle, Andrea Thompson, Kaitlyn Vidrine Boys Results: Eugene Jiang - Champion in 50 free and 100 yard free 2nd in 200 yard free relay (Jiang, Albert, Be, Naquin) Top 8 - Ben Naquin (6th in 50 free, 4th in 100 back), Evan Jurkovic (7th in 500 yard free), 4th in 400 yard free relay (Jurkovic, Albert, Be, Jiang) Top 16 - James Be, Evan Jurkovic  Football Updated: The Knights fought hard against Lafayette Christian and came up just short in the quarterfinal contest with a final score of 14 to 12. Congratulations on an outstanding season! The Episcopal Knights are the 2020 District Champions! After an incredible season of football, #4 Episcopal will host a quarterfinal contest against #5 Lafayette Christian this Friday, December 4th at 7 pm. Congratulations to Oliver Jack who was selected as the WAFB Sportsline Player of the Week AND the WBRZ Fans Choice Award Winner! Oliver had a tremendous performance in the game versus Port Allen carrying the ball 13 times for 186 and three touchdowns!
Volleyball After a great season, the volleyball Knights advanced to the regional round of the playoffs. Congratulations to Izzy Besselman for being selected to the Baton Rouge All Metro Volleyball Team and the 1st Team All District Team along with teammate Ryleigh Volland. Additionally, Francie Oliver and Maeve McCracken were named as Honorable Mention selections for the All District Team.
Teaming Up for the Community Episcopal student athletes teamed up with members of the National Honor Society to deliver 4,600 pounds of food to the Shepherd’s Market Food Pantry just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Thank you to everyone who supported this annual food drive and thank you to members of the girls basketball team and the football team for their assistance with delivery.
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