𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗥, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵. – Father Gabriel Richard Athletics continued postseason competition across several sports last week, highlighted by a school-record performance from Cross Country's Bridget Fidkowski, Boys Soccer advancing in the MHSAA District Tournament and Girls Swim and Dive turning in a strong week in the pool. 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 The teams hosted the 42nd Father Gabriel Richard XC Invitational at Hudson Mills Metropark on Saturday (Oct. 17), with the boys' team placing second. On the girls' side, 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟳 continued a standout week after earning All-Catholic and All-Academic honors at the CHSL Bishop Division Championship on Wednesday (Oct. 14). Fidkowski finished third overall Saturday with a time of 18:31.2, setting a new FGR Girls Cross Country 5K record. Her performance broke the previous mark of 18:44.5 set by 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗡𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 ’𝟭𝟴 in 2017 on the same course. Fidkowski's third-place finish helped the Irish place fourth out of 27 teams. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 ’𝟯𝟬 also earned a medal with an eighth-place finish, while 𝗔𝘃𝗮 𝗣𝗳𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗣𝗳𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟵 provided strong pack running for FGR. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 FGR defeated Northville 4-1 in the first round of the MHSAA Regional on Thursday (Oct. 15). Today (Oct. 20), the Irish will play Ann Arbor Greenhills in the Regional Quarterfinal at Greenhills. The match is scheduled to start at 4:30 pm. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 Football narrowly fell on the road to University of Detroit Jesuit, 21-19, on Friday (Oct. 16). This week, the Irish will close out the regular season at home on Friday (Oct. 23) against Detroit Country Day for Senior Night. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 pm. FGR will host its annual Middle School Football Night, welcoming local middle school students for the game. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗹𝗳 Girls Golf finished 15th at the MHSAA Division 3 State Finals, posting a 411 in the opening round and a 422 in the second round for a two-day total of 833. The Irish closed out a remarkable season highlighted by the school's first regional title in either boys or girls golf. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗿 Boys Soccer closed out the regular season with a 3-1 victory over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central on Monday (Oct. 12), finishing the regular season with an 11-5-3 record. The Irish opened MHSAA District play Friday (Oct. 16) with a 3-0 victory over Dearborn Heights Star International Academy. 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗮𝗻𝘁 recorded a hat trick for FGR, with 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲 ’𝟮𝟵 and 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘇 ’𝟮𝟴 adding assists. FGR will face Detroit Frontier International in the District Semifinal today (Oct. 20) at Livonia Clarenceville. The match is scheduled to begin at 6:30 pm, with the winner advancing to Thursday's District Final. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Girls Swim and Dive competed twice last week, beginning Thursday (Oct. 15) against Ann Arbor Skyline and Bedford. The Irish fell to Skyline and defeated Bedford, taking first in the medley relay and second in both freestyle relays. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟵 won the 500 free with a personal-best time of 5:36.25, earning her fourth state-qualifying time of the season. 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 ’𝟮𝟵 placed second in both of her individual events, setting a personal best in the 200 IM and a season best in the 100 breast. 𝗦𝗼𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷 ’𝟮𝟴 also recorded personal-best times in both the 50 and 100 free. FGR returned to action Saturday (Oct. 17) and battled Dexter to a 90-90 tie. The Irish won all three relays and four of eight individual events. 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗢'𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹 ’𝟮𝟵 won a pair of close races, taking the 100 free by 0.03 seconds before anchoring FGR's 200 free relay to a victory by just 0.10 seconds. 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 ’𝟮𝟵 won the 200 free and 100 fly with season-best times, while 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 ’𝟯𝟬 touched first in the 100 back. Fidkowski placed second in the 200 IM and 100 back with season-best performances, while 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 took second in the 50 free and Robison finished runner-up in the 500 free and 100 breast. Third-place finishes came from 𝗭𝗼𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 ’𝟮𝟵 in the 200 IM, Adelman in the 50 free, Gatza in the 100 fly and 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 ’𝟮𝟵 in the 100 breast. 𝗠𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 ’𝟮𝟵 also placed third in diving with a season-best score of 125.5 over six dives. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗯𝘂𝗱𝘇𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟵 added a personal best in the 100 free, while Jeyaraj matched her personal best in the 50 free. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗶𝘀 The Irish will compete in the MHSAA State Finals on Wednesday and Thursday (Oct. 21-22) at the Midland Tennis Center. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 FGR celebrated Senior Night with a straight-set victory over Royal Oak Shrine on Tuesday (Oct. 13), improving to 27-4-2 on the season. The Irish totaled 33 kills while hitting .373 as a team. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝘆𝗲𝗿 ’𝟮𝟳 led the offense with 12 kills on a 66.7 percent hitting percentage and added eight digs. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 ’𝟮𝟵 and 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 ’𝟯𝟬 each contributed five kills. 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗢𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 ’𝟯𝟬 dished out 23 assists to go along with seven digs and four aces. 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘇𝗸𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝘇 ’𝟯𝟬 served five aces and collected nine digs, while 𝗥𝘆𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲 ’𝟮𝟴 led FGR defensively with 11 digs. 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 12-18; 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 19-26.