St. Mary's Colgan Catholic Schools

9/28 🏐: Lady Panthers traveled to Baxter Springs & had a sweep on the night! Vs Baxter: 25-15 & 25-23 Vs Joplin:  25-21 & after being down 18-23 in Set 2, rallied back to take it 25-23 & win the match! The girls are in the Fieldhouse for a dual on Thursday 10/1 against Burlington & again on Monday 10/5 against Southeast for Senior night! Come out and support  them! 💙🤍

9/28-Lady Panthers placed 3rd at the Bishop Carroll Invitational ⛳️💙. Individual Medalist: Dani Yaghmour: 5th 79

The students at St. Mary’s Elementary are working hard to grow in virtue.  We were able to recognize some of our students for their efforts in showing the virtue of HOPE at school!  Be on the lookout for our students sporting their virtue buttons and give them some love! 💙

After 10 hours in the gym and 6 matches, your Lady Panthers finished the day 6-0, defeating Coffeyville, Columbus, Waverly, Cedar Vale/Dexter and Neodesha twice to win the Sharon Wadman Charger Classic in Cherryvale! 🏐

9/26 XC: Results from Rim Rock Farm Classic: Girls Blue Varsity - 7th Place 10. Mari Gilmore - 20:40 🏅 47. Adriana Lopez-Gomez - 22:22 75. Mary Boschee - 23:09 78. Gillian Wilbert - 23:14 127. Olivia Brown - 24:06 148. Kalanee Braden - 24:39 177. Alexis Simone - 25:21 Boys Blue Varsity - 19th Place 3. Colton Smithhisler - 16:53 🏅 93. Braven Smithhisler - 19:17 123. Quincy Biehl - 19:42 154. Samuel Landsteiner - 20:01 218. Brett Broxterman - 20:50 266. Reid Mishmash - 21:37 369. Xander Reading - 25:06

🏈 9/25 FINAL: Ople 29, SMC 0

Fr. Jon was the guest chef in Nutrition & Dietetics class this morning. He demonstrated knife skills and led the class in making a zucchini leek soup. 🔪🍲

Today, Mr. Medina and Mrs. Lord’s class learned about Hispanic Heritage Month! Mr. Medina’s mom made homemade tamales for all of the 3rd grade students to enjoy while learning about and experiencing an authentic Mexican dish. Yum! 🫔💙

🏈 GAME NIGHT! 🏈 The SMC Panthers hit the road tonight to take on Ople! 🕖 Kickoff: 7PM New night. New opportunity. Get tough, Big Blue! 💙 GET TOUGH! 📺 Watch the game LIVE: https://www.espn1007.com/st-marys-colgan/ 🐾 LET’S GO, PANTHERS!

9/24 Results from Lancer XC Invitational: 7th Grade Girls 12. Sydney Dutton - 22:17 14. Finley O'Ferrell - 22:32 15. Ava Compton - 22:56 16. Chanler Lallemand - 25:40 7th Grade Boys 18. Emmett Bolding - 30:41 8th Grade Girls - 1st Place 1. Norah Gilmore - 13:26 🥇 3. Madeline Vacek - 16:11 🥉 4. Maja Lomshek - 16:25 🏅 7. Harper Stultz - 16:53 8. Harper Tyler - 17:39 17. Elyse Childers - 21:49 8th Grade Boys 2. Nicholas Seitz - 13:17 🥈 12. Owen Dunbar - 15:59 24. Clinton Koenig - 20:29 Varsity Girls 32. Lilli Karleskint - 29:47 35. Mariana Aita - 30:22 43. Denise Zapatero - 37:13 Varsity Boys 51. Larryson Lara - 26:28

9/24- Lady Panthers placed 3rd at the Schifferdecker Invitational ⛳️💙 Individual Medalists: Dani Yaghmour: 2nd 85 Mary Mall: 8th 92

For those of you making the trip to Olpe for the Football game Friday night, Olpe has asked us to share info about a food option their Lions Club is offering. From 5:45-7:45pm you can get a pulled pork sandwich, chips, cookie and a drink for a suggested donation of $8.

VIRTUS Session Saturday 9/26

If you are a parish or school parent/volunteer still needing to complete a VIRTUS session, there is a local option this Saturday, September 26 at 11am at St. Bridget’s in Scammon.

Register here: https://www.virtusonline.org/virtus/reg_list2.cfm?theme=0

Constitution Day was September 17!
The 5th graders learned about our Constitution and did some research on the signers. Then we celebrated with a patriotic treat! 🇺🇸

Steps with Seniors: Class of 2027
Let’s talk with Kaila Karhoff: https://youtu.be/39uCuAHilvs

9/19 XC ... cont. Varsity Boys Gold Division - 16th Place 6. Colton Smithhisler - 16:45🏅 52. Braven Smithhisler - 18:35 95. Quincy Biehl - 19:24 100. Samuel Landsteiner - 19:32 150. Brett Broxterman - 20:33 187. Reid Mishmash - 21:43 229. Xander Reading - 25:00

9/19 XC Results from Missouri Southern Stampede: Varsity Girls Gold Division - 6th Place 5. Mari Gilmore - 19:56 🏅 32. Adriana Lopez-Gomez - 21:48 48. Gillian Wilbert -22:22 60. Olivia Brown - 22:48 90. Kalanee Braden - 23:37 105. Alexis Simone - 24:11

Kindergarten enjoyed learning about fruit and blending up some cool smoothies with Mrs. Holden’s class on a hot Friday! 🚲☀️🍓

🏈 9/18 FINAL Thank you for bringing the energy, Panther fans of the game! 🐾 The Panthers battled hard but fell to the Raiders 28–7, moving to 0–3. This season isn’t over. We fight. We rise. We keep moving forward. Panther Pride!