Cougar Corner

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C ongratulations to all our young women for reaching the Jogathon fund-raising goal—and to all the parents, friends, grandparents, and other relatives who helped

the students rally to support young women’s athletics at HNA! Because of their suc-cess, students will enjoy a Jogathon school holiday on Friday, February 17.

Students can still earn another day off school if they reach “Super Goal”; Jogathon donations are still being happily accepted!

CREW: Medal at Head of Charles Another great October for HNA crew, highlighted by Tail of the Lake at home in Seattle, and the nationally renowned Head of the Charles in Boston, Massachusetts.

Highlights: Our rowers brought home five top-3 finishes from Tail of the Lake, high-lighted by four gold medals! Unfortunately, this year’s Head of the Snohomish in Ever-ett was cancelled due to weather. Over the weekend of October 22-23, the Varsity 8+ and 4+ travelled to New England for the celebrated Head of the Charles Regatta. The team had its best all-around finish at Head of the Charles in 10 years, placing 12th in the 8+ and fourth in the 4+, earning a medal for the 4+ rowers!

Where to see them: Final races of the fall crew season were scheduled at the Portland Fall Classic on Sunday (October 30), followed by Head of the Lake at home on Lake Union on Sunday, November 6.

CROSS COUNTRY: Metro and District Champions!

Highlights: HNA’s cross country team won the SeaKing Dis-trict championship on October 27, and the Metro League title race on October 20, paced in both by 1st-place winner Jordan Oakes ’17. At the District contest, the Cougar runners scored 62 points to runner-up Ballard’s 142; in Metro, it was HNA 34 points to Ballard’s 99. The HNA junior-varsity squad took sec-ond place in the Metro JV championship race.

Standouts: Jordan Oakes’ winning times: District–17:37.20, Metro– 17:38:09. Other top finishers: Erin Ripple ’17: District 7th, Metro, 5th. Emma Velling ’20: District 18th, Metro 11th. Gabi Frank ’17: District 21st, Metro 9th. Lucy Klebeck ’19: District 25th, Metro 8th. In the Met-ro JV championship race, Louise Nelson ’19 placed 2nd. Gabby Reeves ’17: 9th. Hope Olbricht ’18: 10th overall. Keara Kennedy ’17 won the JV Open race.

Where to see them: As a team, the Cougars advance to the WIAA State Cross Country Championship Meet at Sun Willows Golf Course in Pas-co on Saturday, November 5. Good luck, ladies!

VOLLEYBALL: On to District Record: Varsity: 9–9 (7–6 in Metro League). JV: 13–2. JVC: 13–1.

Highlights: Varsity volleyball took third place in the Metro Tournament last week, winning three out of four matches and advancing to this week’s SeaKing District Tournament. First- and second-round wins over Ingraham (3-1) and Garfield (also 3-1) preceded a semifinal loss to Lakeside (3-0), before the Cougars prevailed in a hard-fought third-place match over Roosevelt (3-2) on Saturday.

Jogathon Success Rewards All Students with Holiday in February; Fall Sports Deep in Post-Season Competition

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HNA Cross Country–District & Metro champs: L-R: Coach Erin McCormick, Gabi Frank, Colleen

Martinez, Jordan Oakes, Lucy Klebeck, Erin Ripple, Avery McCammon, Emma Velling.

HNA Crew at Head of the Charles: (L-R) Devyn Pong ’17, Tess Miller ’19, Larisa Sulcs ’18, Brooke

Hopkins ’17, Mari Olson ’18, Head Coach Caitlin McClain ’01, Assistant Coach Shane De Leuw.

Jordan Oakes winning SeaKing District cross country title.

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Standouts: Five volleyball Cougars were named to Metro All-League by the league coaches. Congratulations to Simone Davis ’18 (1st team), Vanya Webber ’17 (1st team), Maddie Neils ’18 (2nd team), Alicia Nguyen ’17 (honorable mention), and Jennifer Palomo ’17 (honorable mention).

Where to see them: Cougar volleyball starts Sea-King District 2 tournament play Thursday night (Nov. 3) at Lakeside School, 7:30 p.m. vs. either Ingraham or Bellevue. Win or lose, they will play again on Saturday (Nov. 5) at Lakeside. Follow HNA tournament sports on Twitter (@HNACougars) or via the online District bracket. District tournament admission: $7 adults, $5 for seniors and students with ASB.

The top five teams in District competition advance to the WIAA State volleyball tournament, Friday and Saturday, November 11-12, at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Good luck, Cougars!

SOCCER

Records: Varsity: 12–7–0. JV: 14–1–1. JVC: 10–2–0. Program total record: 34–9–1.

Highlights: In the Metro League playoffs so far, varsity soccer has won of two of three matches to qualify for a crucial elimination match today (Nov. 1) vs. Garfield, 3:30 at Memorial Stadium in the Seattle Center. The winner qualifies for the fifth and final Metro slot at the WIAA State Tournament; loser is out. Our young women already survived an elimination game on Saturday night, beating West Seattle, 5-0, after losing to Roosevelt, 3-0, on Thursday. A 3-0 win over Bainbridge earlier in the week propelled Cougar soccer in the tournament’s first round.

In regular-season play, varsity finished third in the Metro Mountain Division. The JV and JVC teams wrapped up their respective seasons with a combined 24–3–1!

Standouts: Mallaika Tomar ’18 has been a force up front, leading the team in goals. Maronne Suzuki ’20, Lulu Duffy ’19, and Hanley Courter ’18 have played strong in the middle, and Delaney Carr ’18 and Jacqui Gerarden ’17 stepped up defensively.

Where to see them: Today’s (Nov. 1) elimination match is 3:30 at Memorial Stadium; $7 adults, $5 seniors and stu-dents with ASB. The winner joins four other Metro teams in the State tournament, beginning November 7 at host school sites. State bracket here. Follow HNA tournament sports on Twitter (@HNACougars).

SWIM AND DIVE Record: 6–1 regular season.

Metro Championships: 42 HNA athletes competed last Friday and Saturday; over 74 percent of Cougar swimmers dropped times, the divers also improved their scores. As a result, 19 Cougars qualified for District this past weekend, seven more than last year: Melanie Bantle, Bella Bartlett, Sanjna Battepati, Kelsey Boone, Sophia Chien, Flora Dougher, Ila Ferris, Kellen Gibson, Meg Hill, Asta Liffick, Gabija Liffick, Alyssa Navarro, Cassidy Wells, Allyson Yao, Amelia Zvaleuskas, Morgan Woodruff, Stephanie Strong, Jessica Chin, Elena Fowler.

District Wildcard Hopefuls: Payton Bishoff, Bev Hofer, Meya Hedrick

State Qualifiers Individual Events: Sanjna Battepate (2) IE, Kellen Gibson (4) IE, Sophia Chien (1) IE, Melanie Bantle (1) IE

State Relay Qualifiers, including Alternates: Sophia Chien, Allyson Yao, Sanjna Battepati, Meg Hill, Melanie Bantle, Cassidy Wells, Kellen Gibson, Alyssa Navarro, Amelia Zvaleuskas, Kelsey Boone, Flora Dougher, Asta Liffick, Ga-bija Liffick, Belle Bartlett

Regular-Season Highlights: Winning the Northwest Catholic Swim Invitational on September 24 marked the eighth title for Cougar swim & dive in nine years of competition in that meet. It has been a fast year for the entire team; 42 athletes qualified for Metros, six more than last year. The team ranks second in the Metro League.

Where to see Swim & Dive next: Districts are Friday and Saturday, November 4–5, at Mary Wayte Pool on Mercer Island. The WIAA State tournament is the following Friday and Saturday, November 11–12, at King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way.

More Cougar Corner: Volleyball, Soccer, Swim & Dive

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GOLF: Three Advance to Districts

Record: 7–4.

Highlights: Cougar golfers placed fifth as a team in the Metro Championships on October 20 at Jefferson Course.

Standouts: Lauren Eagan ’17 placed fourth in the Metro League Tournament with a one-day score of 82. Livia Spen-cer ’17 placed 14th and Rachel Schreck ’17 placed 31st. All three golfers advance to the SeaKing District 2 Tourna-ment in May. Lauren was named to the All-Metro League 1st Team, while Livia earned 2nd-Team All-Metro honors.

End of Season Celebrations Coaches are responsible for planning any end-of-season awards celebration, and may ask parents to help organize. Coaches will let athletes know about location, time, and date. All end-of-season gifts to coaches should be modest in price and approved by the Athletic Director; all monies for the gifts must be given directly to the Athletic Director.

WINTER SPORTS INFORMATION

Winter-Sports Physical Forms & Online Registration Deadline Students planning to turn out for gymnastics, basketball, or winter crew are now due to have their online registration completed and their sports-physical form submitted to the Athletic Office. It is not too late to submit an updated sports physical or to register on Family ID. Go to the Athletics Eligibility page on the HNA website for instructions. Athletes must undergo a physical exam every 13 months to participate in any interscholastic sport. Fall-sport athletes must additionally register to play a winter or spring sport, but should find the process simple with FamilyID.

HNA Hoops Alum Emily McKenzie Is New Basketball Coach HNA is thrilled to welcome Emily McKenzie ’01 back to the basketball program as our new Varsity Head Coach. Ms. McKenzie has been an Academic Mentor and School Counselor since 2015 at HNA, where she played on basketball teams that won back-to-back Metro League championships in 1999 and 2000, the first league titles in school history. Ms. McKenzie went on to play at Seattle Uni-versity, where she received her BA in Psychology; she also has a MA in Counseling Psychology from Northwest University. She was an assistant basketball coach at Lakeside School for 10 years, and, before returning to HNA, served Eastside Catholic as School Counselor from 2012 to 2015. We wish former coach Amy Donovan all the best in her new adventure at Northern Arizona University.

Basketball Tryouts Basketball tryouts begin in the HNA gym Monday, November 14, and continue through Thursday, November 17. Due to construction adjacent to the gym, tryout times may change. Please confirm the most current schedule on the HNA Athletics Calendar. As of now:

• Monday, November 14: 3 to 6 p.m. (Athletes will check in for tryouts in the SAC before walking over to the gym.)• Tuesday, November 15: 4 to 6 p.m.• Wednesday-Thursday, November 16-17: TBD. (Please note: although both of these dates are early-dismissal days

at HNA, due to construction we do not anticipate tryouts beginning earlier than 4 p.m.) • Practice on Friday-Saturday, November 18-19: TBD.

Gymnastics Tryouts Tryouts begin Monday, November 7, at Metropolitan Gymnastics in Kent, and run through Wednesday, November 9, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Regular practices will be Monday to Friday, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. The school will provide a bus to try-outs, but athletes must be picked up from Metropolitan Gymnastics. Athletes new to gymnastics must pick up a waiv-er form from the Athletic Director, Mrs. Lacey London, and bring it with them to the first day of practice. Athletes also need to bring with them two 1-pound ankle weights.

Winter Sports Parents Meetings A general sports parent meeting covering the HNA Athletic Department Handbook was held on August 29 for all sports. Parents of basketball and gymnastics team members will be notified of sport-specific parent meetings once teams are determined.

More Cougar Corner: Golfers Advance, Winter-Sports Tryouts

Emily McKenzie