𝗔𝗡𝗡 𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗢𝗥, 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵. – Father Gabriel Richard Athletics opened November with Ice Hockey earning a victory in its season opener, Girls Volleyball capturing its first district championship since 2020 and both Cross-Country teams competing at the MHSAA State Finals. 𝗕𝗼𝘆𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Six FGR Boys Cross Country runners competed individually in the MHSAA Division 2 State Finals on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. 𝗝𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗽𝗼𝘇𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳 led the Irish, setting a new school record in the 5K with a time of 16:00.1. 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝘂𝗵𝗻 ’𝟮𝟴 followed with a time of 16:29.9, while 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗮 ’𝟮𝟵, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗣𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗲 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 ’𝟮𝟵 and 𝗗𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗶 ’𝟯𝟬 also represented FGR at the State Finals. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 Girls Cross Country concluded its 2026 season with a 16th-place finish at the MHSAA Division 2 State Finals on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. The Irish were represented by six seniors and one freshman, led by 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗱𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 ’𝟯𝟬, 𝗔𝘃𝗮 𝗣𝗳𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗮 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗟𝗲𝘅𝗶 𝗔𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻 ’𝟮𝟳, 𝗠𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗵 ’𝟮𝟳 and 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝗶𝗮 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗻 ’𝟮𝟳. Adelman and Welch highlighted the day with personal best times, closing out their high school cross country careers with strong performances. 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘆 FGR Ice Hockey used a 5-0 first-period lead to power the Irish past Woodhaven, 10-2, in the season opener on Friday (Nov. 6) at the Ann Arbor Ice Cube. The Irish will return to action Saturday (Nov. 14), traveling to Chelsea for a 4:30 pm matchup. 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘄𝗶𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲 FGR will compete in the CHSL Championships on Friday and Saturday (Nov. 13-14). 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹 The Irish defeated Ida in straight sets on Thursday (Nov. 5) to claim the MHSAA District title, FGR's first since 2020. Read the full district championship recap: fgrirish.com/Article/166743 Up next, FGR will face Dearborn Heights Robichaud in the MHSAA Regional Semifinal tonight (Nov. 10) at Dearborn Divine Child. The match is scheduled to begin at 5 pm. 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘷. 2-𝘕𝘰𝘷. 9; 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘷. 10-15.