⚾️ 5/21 Regional Championship: Panthers blow it open and lead Northeast 10-0 mid 4th
🥎Lady Panthers are your 2025 2-1A Regional Champs!!
With a 4-0 win over Uniontown, they punch their ticket to State! Let's hear it for the Panthers!!
🥎 5/21 Regional Championship: Lady Panthers take the lead over Uniontown!
4-0 bottom of the 7th
🥎 5/21 Regional Championship: Lady Panthers vs Uniontown. Scoreless in the bottom of the 6th inning.
Panthers out. ✌️
Homework down, shades on—summer mode: locked in.
See ya in the sun! Time to make some summertime memories 🐾
(and maybe read a few good books 😉)
Reminder: Last Day of School is Wednesday, May 21
Students will be dismissed early; following the 10:15am All School Mass.
Congratulations to Freshman Weston Koenig who won Reserve Champion Sr Showman Sheep at the Neosho Valley Showdown!
05.20.25: Congratulations, Caroline Imhof ('25), Pittsburg Morning Sun Academician of the Week. We are proud of you!
5/20 Baseball Update
The Class 2-1A Regional Boys Baseball bracket has been updated. According to the official KSHSAA bracket, the Panthers will now play on Wednesday, 5/21. Find the bracket on our website at OLLsmc.org/panthers
Panthers Golf is State Bound!!
5/19 Regionals at Erie:
Due to rain/weather, teams reverted to scores after 9 holes.
Team: 2nd place
Jamie Hamilton 2nd place (37)
Jack Krusich 6th (42)
Grant Hite 10th (45)
Prior to weather 14-15 holes played:
Jamie Hamilton 1st place (+1)
Grant Hite 5th (+11)
Max Imhof 7th (+15)
Jack Krusich 11th (+16)
SMC team was in first place, leading by 20 strokes.
May 19th: Due to the potential for severe weather, St. Mary's Elementary will be dismissing at 1:30pm today. If you are unable to pickup at that time, please call the office at 620-231-6941. There will be no after school program today.
Live scoring for Golf Regionals today (5/19) are here: https://kansasgolfscores.com/ks_b_25/teamresults.php?id=2826&db=boys
Tournament starts at 10am
Good luck Panthers!
📢 Softball Regionals Update
Due to the threat of possible severe weather tomorrow (5/19) afternoon and evening, games are postponed.
Games will be played on Tuesday/Wednesday, following the same schedules originally planned.
We will keep you updated as we know more.
St. Mary’s Colgan Catholic Schools Celebrates Mrs. Debbie Butler’s Retirement After 35 Years of Service
St. Mary’s Colgan Catholic Schools proudly announces the retirement of beloved educator Mrs. Debbie Butler, who graduated her final class of 8th grade students from St. Mary’s Junior High School last night. After 35 years of dedicated service to Catholic education, Mrs. Butler will officially retire next Wednesday.
Throughout her career, Mrs. Butler has been a pillar of faith-based education and a guiding light for generations of students. Known for her commitment to academic excellence and spiritual formation, she has played a significant role in preparing students not only for high school, but for life beyond the classroom.
"Mrs. Butler has devoted 35 years to SMC as a teacher who has filled so many minds and helped guide students in their faith formation," said Principal Tim Conrad. "Her influence had a positive impact and guided students to become prepared for high school and life. She has been an inspiration to many and will be missed, but we wish her well and joy in her well-deserved retirement."
The entire St. Mary’s Colgan Catholic Schools and Our Lady of Lourdes communities extends our heartfelt gratitude to Mrs. Butler for her unwavering dedication and wishes her a retirement filled with happiness, rest, and continued blessings.
Good luck to our SMC Panther track & field athletes as they compete at the CNC League Meet today (5/15) in Frontenac! Field events start at 3pm, with running events beginning at 4:30pm. Let’s go, Panthers! 💙🤍
SMC PANTHER SOFTBALL 🥎
Last Regular Season Game!
It’s your last chance to catch the girls at home before they head to Regionals next week in Oswego—let’s pack the stands!
📅 Friday, 5/16
📍 Stice Field
⏰ EARLY START! 4:00pm vs Iola (DH)
🎟️ Free Admission
5/14 League Meet at Osawatomie 🏊♀️
Kaila took 1st in the 100 Fly and 50 Free (2nd year in a row!)
Her team also won 1st in the 200 and 400 Free Relays
Team placed 3rd overall!
Next up: STATE next week!! 💙
8thgrade Mass is now live at https://youtube.com/live/E5g_qZOrcgk?feature=share
5/14 Panther Golf ⛳️ – Galena Invitational
🥇 SMC 1st (tied)
Grant Hite 1st
Jamie 4th (tied)
Jack Krusich 12th
Max Imhof 19th
CNC League:
🏆 SMC 1st
Jamie Hamilton 2nd
Grant Hite 3rd
Honorable Mentions: Jack Krusich and Max Imhof
We are pleased to announce that Mrs. Maddy (VanBecelaere) Cedeño will be joining the staff of St. Mary’s Catholic Elementary School for the 2025-2026 school year. Mrs. Cedeño comes to us with 5 years of teaching experience. She taught kindergarten at Westside Elementary in Pittsburg for 2 years, 1st grade at St. Gerard Majella in St. Louis for 2 years, and is most recently teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages in a virtual school. Maddy is a 2016 graduate of St. Mary’s Colgan High School and in 2020 she graduated with an elementary education degree from Pittsburg State University. She will be teaching 1st grade. Mrs. Cedeño and her husband, Ryan, will be moving to Pittsburg in June. We are very excited to have Mrs. Cedeño join our faculty!
Mrs. Emily Lone will be moving to teach 5th grade. She has been teaching our 1st graders for the past 3 years. Before she came to SME she taught 5th grade at St. Mary’s in Joplin. Mrs. Lone is an amazing teacher and will bring a wealth of knowledge to our 5th grade!
