SMA is excited to announce, Joe Sciara, as the new girls softball coach!! The future is super bright for the SMA softball program! It’s a great day to be a Guardian!!
#GuardUp
#GuardianProud
💙💚
New Head Coach!
Coach Newton is from Overland Park. He graduated ‘09 from SM South. Played at Fort Scott CC. He has head coached for MoKan Elite and Maranatha Academy. Varsity assistant at Van Horn. Coach Newton is looking forward to leading the Guardians to success next season
SMA is excited to announce that Sean Sandstrom has accepted the position of Head Tennis coach for the upcoming year!
Mr. Sandstrom is from Topeka and graduated from Hayden Catholic. As a competitor, he was top 8 his entire tennis career. He recently graduated from Rockhurst Univ
Caleb Briggs was voted player of the year in baseball for the XRC All Conference Team. He was also voted as the player of the year in football. What a feat! Congratulations Mr. Briggs on a great senior year!
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@SMA_Baseball
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Congrats to
@SMAWrestling
on an amazing season!!! Lucas Barry is crowned State Champion...1st state champion in SMA wrestling history!! Drew Stanfield places 3rd! Great job to the entire Guardian Wrestling program!
⚾️District Championship⚾️
1st time in program history, the Guardians are district champs!
SMA 1
SCA 0
Parker Bushyhead pitches a complete game shutout
7IP, 5Ks, 1BB
The lone run scored on a sacrifice fly by Henry Miller scoring Mark Wiemann.
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@SMA_Baseball
It's exciting to look forward to this fall season but SMA can't look forward without looking back at some of the foundation setters. Brandon was one of the first!
Class of '20 - Football
Stephen F. Austin University
Brandon Lane
@Brandonlane_88
Tonight we honor a great accomplishment and the first female guardian to do it in an SMA uniform!
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Congrats Victoria on 1000 points in a career! What a career it's been!
#GuardianGreat
#Career1K
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I think it goes without saying but thank you coach Kroening and everything you've done for the O'Hara and St. Michael's communities. It will not be an easy task to fill your shoes!
It has been an honor to coach at 2 amazing schools (O’Hara High School and St. Michael) that I love so much over the last 25 yrs! Excited to continue to cheer on the Lady Guardians as their principal! The future is bright for SMA GBB!!
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Congrats to the following
@SMA_Baseball
players for being named to the Class 3 District 14 All District Team:
Caleb Berry — Sr—1st Base
Caleb Briggs —Soph —OF
Matthew Davis —JR — SS
Ian McVey — Soph — P
Great Job, Guardians!!
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@lsmofred
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Congrats to the Varsity softball team for their 16-1 win over Grandview. Sophia Infranca gets her 1st varsity win and Karli Allin and Tayla Wright with big offensive hits! Next game is Monday 9/6 vs West Platte at 4:30pm @ Legacy.💙🥎💚
#GuardUp
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@lsmofred
What a huge day for SMA Golf!
🥇Team District Champs (322)
🥇 Basler wins District (73)
The entire team placed for state. Every golfer shot a sub 90 for the day.
1. Basler (73)
3. Simmons (79)
4. LeNeave (81)
T10. McNamara (89)
T10. Robertson (89)
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Congratulations to the SMA boys' volleyball team on a great season. They fell to Whitfield in the sectionals final but came away with a district championship!
Congrats to Caleb Berry for being selected to play in the MHSBCA Seniors All Star game on June 12th at Southern Boone HS. A well deserving honor after an awesome career at SMA!! So very proud of Caleb!!
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Congratulations to Victoria and Coach Kroening! Hard work pays off!
XRC Player of the Year -
Victoria Swingle
XRC Coach of the Year -
Mary Kroening
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@SMA_principal
💙💚 We are excited to announce that Lori Hanaway, a MO Hall of Fame coach, will be the next volleyball coach for the Lady Guardians! St. Michael’s is so blessed to have Coach Hanaway join our Guardian family! It’s a Great Day to be a Guardian!!
#GuardUp
#GuardianProud
Today we said goodbye to Tyler Triggs, our athletic trainer for the last 4 years. Tyler has been a blessing to our athletes and athletic department. His passion and dedication has been amazing! We are going to miss Tyler but he will forever be a Guardian!! 💙💚
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There's no question Deuce deserves this! Loved watching him for four years. The Guardian community knew it was coming and now we can officially celebrate! Congrats Deuce and family 👏👏👏
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@MetroSports_KC
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@lsmofred
After a great visit to Temple University, Im excited to announce that I have received a offer Temple University! Greatly appreciate
@TUowlsCoachCC
and
@TUcoachMcKie
! Go Owls 🦉
@MDenmonElite
🚨Sectional Baseball Final🚨
Guardians win!
SMA 2
ESHS 0
Parker Bushyhead 6.1; 3H; 2K
Robby Gose closes only needing 5 pitches.
Cure and Barnes account for both RBIs. Lyon swipes 2 bags in the scoring effort.
SMA will play Benton on Thursday.
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💚Day
#7
: In honor of
@SMAGuardianFB
's jamboree tonight @ Pleasant Hill we want to salute one of last year's big targets! He was 87 on the field, but number 1 in your hearts! Good luck this season Hags💙
🏈🔥🏈🔥🏈
Michael Haggerty - class of '22
Mo Western St.
@MWSU_Football
🏀SMA Girl's Basketball Sectionals🏀
Mark your calendars!
@SMA_GBB
are in sectionals play this week.
SMA v Nevada
📍William Jewell College
🗓Tuesday (3/7)
⏰️6PM
💰$8 (no passes)
#Road2State
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Congrats to Sophomore Elsa Henry on breaking the school record (again) in the mile. The new record is now 5:16. She advances to the sectional round next weekend at Odessa.
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@lsmofred
🏈
@SMAGuardianFB
is off to the hottest start in school history🏈
Here are some stand outs👏
Zaun: ✈️772 yds; 💥13TDs
Prosser: 🐎494 yds; 💥9TDs
Briggs: 👐388yds; 💥5TDs; 🥷2INTs
Estes: 💪23 tackles
Berry: 😤5 sacks; 🪖9 TFL
#gridironglory
#guardup
💙💚💙💚Congratulations to Head Coach Andrew Pitts on getting his 1st career win!!! Many more W’s to come. So proud that he leads our gentleman on the SMA Guardian Football team!!
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When the PA system malfunctions, so thankful that the Voice of the Guardians is quick on his feet to make adjustments. Also it helps that he’s a big loud mouth!! 😉 Thanks Coach Joe Murphy for being an amazing announcer!!
#bestofthebest
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Class 1 2023 State Doubles 2nd Place Winners, Anna Gaffney and Sophia Swingle!!!!!🥈Coach Sandstrom and Coach Kaylie are beyond proud of these two and the hard work they put into the season and this weekend! Way to go girls🎾
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I am very excited to announce my commitment to further my education and athletics at Ave Maria University! I would like to express my gratitude to God, my family and parents, coaches, teammates, and friends who have supported me throughout my journey. Go Gyrenes!
A big congratulations to the duo who were already the conference player and coach of the year and now can add district!
Player of the Year -
Victoria Swingle
Coach of the Year -
Mary Kroening
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@SMA_GBB
Congratulations to Max Ellis for signing to continue his golf career at MCC next year!
Max had offers in 3 different sports this season. He was a great competitor and true Guardian.
Good luck Max!
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We are ecstatic to welcome our first head coach that is also an Alumna of SMA! Welcome BACK Alyssa Lakin (2020) as the new boys/girls swim team head coach!