𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗥, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵. – Father Gabriel Richard Athletics continued its fall season with several highlights, led by Girls Golf capturing the first regional title in program history, Boys Tennis securing a berth in the MHSAA State Finals and Girls Volleyball advancing to the CHSL Final. 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Both FGR Cross Country teams competed in the Portage Invitational on Saturday (Oct. 10). The Boys squad placed 11th out of 44 teams. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 led the way for the Irish, posting a time of 16:44.8. 𝗝𝗼𝗮𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 ’𝟮𝟴 competed with the varsity squad and secured a personal-best time of 19:05. The Girls team finished 20th out of 48 teams and was led by 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟳 with a time of 20:47.8. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 ’𝟯𝟬 followed closely behind Fidkowski with a time of 20:55.1. 𝗔𝘃𝗮 𝗣𝗳𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗻 ’𝟮𝟵 rounded out FGR’s scoring five. Up next, the Irish will host the 42nd Father Gabriel Richard XC Invitational at Hudson Mills Metropark on Saturday (Oct. 17). 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 Girls Field Hockey picked up a 3-1 road victory over Grand Blanc on Wednesday (Oct. 7). FGR will open MHSAA postseason play on Thursday (Oct. 15), traveling to Northville for a first-round regional matchup against Northville High School. The match is scheduled to begin at 6 pm. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 The Irish scored at least 50 points for the fifth time this season in a 58-0 road victory over Detroit Loyola on Friday (Oct. 9). This week, FGR will return to Detroit for the second consecutive week, this time to face University of Detroit Jesuit on Friday (Oct. 16). Kickoff is scheduled for 7 pm. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗳 Girls Golf made history on Tuesday (Oct. 6), capturing an MHSAA Regional title for the first time in program history. Read the full regional championship recap: fgrirish.com/Article/162357 FGR will compete in the MHSAA Division 3 State Finals on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 16-17) at Ferris State’s Katke Golf Course. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗿 The Irish fell 6-1 to Clarkston Everest Collegiate at home on Monday (Oct. 5). Today (Oct. 12), FGR will close out the regular season by traveling to Monroe to face St. Mary Catholic Central at 4:30 pm. The Irish will open MHSAA District play at home on Friday (Oct. 16) against Star International Academy. The match is scheduled to begin at 4:30 pm. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Six FGR swimmers competed in the MISCA Invitational at Oakland University on Saturday (Oct. 10), joining swimmers from more than 90 teams across the state. The Irish turned in a strong showing, setting four school records during the meet. The 200 medley relay team of 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 ’𝟮𝟵, 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 ’𝟮𝟵, 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 ’𝟯𝟬 and 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 placed seventh with a school-record time of 1:50.72. FGR also finished 12th in the 400 free relay and 21st in the 200 free relay. Individually, Tribble placed third in the 200 IM with a school-record time of 2:07.36, cutting nearly five seconds from her previous record. She also set a new school record in the 100 back, finishing fourth with a time of 57.05. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟵 added another school record in the 100 breast, posting a time of 1:10.91. Adelman and Robison also earned top-25 finishes, while Gatza secured her first state cut of the season in the 50 free. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 FGR competed in the MHSAA Regional on Wednesday (Oct. 7) at Grosse Ile High School, finishing third with 10 points to secure a berth in the MHSAA State Finals. At No. 1 doubles, 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝗸𝗼𝗰𝘇𝘆𝗹𝗮𝘀 ’𝟯𝟬 and 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗿 ’𝟮𝟴 earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory. 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗵 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗶𝘀 ’𝟯𝟬 and 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗸 ’𝟯𝟬 added a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles. The Irish will compete in the MHSAA State Finals on Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 21-22) at the Midland Tennis Center. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 The Irish defeated Jackson Lumen Christi in straight sets (25-17, 25-7, 25-11) in the CHSL Semifinals on Wednesday (Oct. 7). 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 ’𝟯𝟬 paced FGR with 16 kills and a 75.0 percent kill percentage, while 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘇𝗸𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝘇 ’𝟯𝟬 added nine kills. 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗢𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 ’𝟯𝟬 dished out 38 assists and collected 11 digs, while 𝗥𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲 ’𝟮𝟴 anchored the back row with 14 digs. In the CHSL Final, FGR came up short in a five-set thriller against Dearborn Divine Child (17-25, 25-21, 24-26, 25-18, 13-15) at Eastern Michigan on Saturday (Oct. 10). Keefer finished with 18 kills, 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝘆𝗲𝗿 ’𝟮𝟳 added 16 and 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 ’𝟮𝟵 recorded 11. Osness dished out 50 assists, a total that will be added to the MHSAA list for assists in a match. Burke collected 29 digs, while Oleszkowicz added 27. FGR carries a 26-4-2 record into its final home match of the season tomorrow (Oct. 13) against Royal Oak Shrine for Senior Night. The match is scheduled to begin at 6 pm. 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 5-11; 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 12-19.