𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗥, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵. – Father Gabriel Richard Athletics closed out October with several postseason highlights, including Girls Cross Country capturing its second consecutive regional championship, Football competing in the MHSAA District Semifinals and Girls Volleyball preparing to open postseason play. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 The Boys Cross Country team finished fifth at the MHSAA Regional on Saturday (Oct. 31), narrowly missing a team berth in the State Finals. Despite the fifth-place finish, six Irish runners qualified individually for the MHSAA Division 2 State Finals. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗮 ’𝟮𝟵, 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗵𝗻 ’𝟮𝟴, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 ’𝟮𝟵 and 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗶 ’𝟯𝟬 all advanced to compete at Michigan International Speedway on Saturday (Nov. 7). 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Girls Cross Country captured its second consecutive MHSAA Regional title on Saturday (Oct. 31), defeating Pinckney 49-52 to advance to the Division 2 State Finals. Read the full regional championship recap at https://fgrhs.org/2026/11/02/24860/ The Irish will compete in the MHSAA Division 2 State Finals on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Girls race is scheduled to begin at 2:50 pm. 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 FGR came up short in the MHSAA District Semifinals on Friday (Oct. 30), falling 34-27 on the road to Romulus Summit Academy. The Irish finished the season with a 5-5 overall record. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 Girls Swim and Dive closed out its dual-meet schedule last week, tying Cranbrook Kingswood 91-91, defeating Dearborn Divine Child for the second time this season and narrowly falling to Greenhills United. Against Cranbrook Kingswood on Tuesday (Oct. 27), 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗢'𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗹 ’𝟮𝟵 and 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 ’𝟮𝟵 finished first and second, respectively, in the 200 free, with Robison recording a personal-best time. 𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘁𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 won the 50 free by just 0.03 seconds and also took first in the 100 fly, followed by 𝗖𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 ’𝟯𝟬 in second. 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗯𝗹𝗲 ’𝟮𝟵 and O'Neil added a 1-2 finish in the 100 free. In the meet against Greenhills United on Thursday (Oct. 29), Robison won the 200 IM with a personal-best time. Gatza and O'Neil finished first and second in the 50 free, with O'Neil setting a personal best. 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗻 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝗲𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷 ’𝟮𝟵 also recorded personal-best times in the event. Robison and Adelman added a 1-2 finish in the 100 free, while Gatza and O'Neil both earned state-qualifying times in the 500 free. O'Neil also recorded a personal best in the event. Tribble took first in the 100 fly, while Adelman touched first in the 100 back. The Irish also celebrated Senior Night against Greenhills United, recognizing team captains Gatza and Mangan. FGR will now prepare for the CHSL Championships on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 13-14). 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 Girls Volleyball closed out the regular season with a straight-set road victory over Adrian on Tuesday (Oct. 27), improving its overall record to 32-6-2. 𝗠𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗲𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 ’𝟯𝟬 led the Irish offensively with 13 kills on a .545 hitting percentage and added four blocks. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝘆𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘁 ’𝟮𝟵 contributed eight kills on a .500 hitting percentage to go along with eight digs and three blocks. 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗗𝘆𝗲𝗿 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘇𝗸𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗰𝘇 ’𝟯𝟬 each added five kills. 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗢𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 ’𝟯𝟬 dished out 36 assists, while Oleszkowicz led FGR from the service line with four aces and collected 10 digs. 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗰𝗔𝘂𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲 ’𝟮𝟵 led the team defensively with 11 digs and added three blocks. The Irish enter the MHSAA Division 2 State Tournament as the top seed in District 5 at Dundee High School. FGR will open postseason play on Wednesday (Nov. 4) at 5:30 pm against the winner of Dundee and Milan, who are scheduled to meet Monday (Nov. 2). 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 26-𝘕𝘰𝘷. 1; 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘷. 2-14.