Busy Sports Week!

Welcome to another busy week around the Bayside Academy campus. Starting this week all the fall sports will be in full swing and the Admirals are looking for another successful week! With all these sporting events and construction on campus sometimes it's hard to even find a parking spot around here?

We'll start out in the middle school volleyball where our 7th and 8th grade girls won a home match with Elberta. The 7th grade girls won 2-0 and the 8th grade girls won 2-1. This week the 7th and 8th grade girls travel to Summerdale on Thursday, September 10th for a tri-match starting at 5:00. The girls are playing well and we hope they are working toward bringing another middle school volleyball county championship back to the trophy case. Coach Reibe and Coach Thompson will keep the girls focused on their goal!

In middle school football the little Admirals started the year off right by returning the opening kickoff of the season for a touchdown and never looked back in a 34-8 win over visiting Summerdale! After heartbreaking losses in the county championship game the last two seasons the boys seem hungry to play in the county championship game for the third year in a row. Hopefully this is the year they bring home a championship! The Admirals are 1-0 and travel to Mobile this week to play St. Luke's Thursday, September 10th at 4:00 in what should be a very tough contest.

The varsity volleyball team finished second in the Battle by the Bay tournament this past weekend falling in the finals to traditional 6A powerhouse McGill-Toolen. They may get another chance at the Yellow Jackets as they compete in the McGill Tournament this Friday and Saturday. Next Week the Lady Admirals will host Fairhope on Monday and Gulf Shores and Baker in a tri-match on Wednesday. This is a young team Coach Schilling has but they are getting better every day. Come out and watch the girls as they go for their 8th straight state volleyball title!

The boys and girls cross country teams are confident after a strong second place finish against perennial cross country powerhouse St. Paul's. The cross country teams have been burning up the roads every day after school all over Daphne getting ready for the Challenge of Champions at Langan Park on Saturday, September 12 at 8:00 a.m. If you get a chance drive out to Langan Park on what should be a beautiful Saturday morning and watch our runners give it their all.

The swim team "dove" into their first practice yesterday. Coach McTaggart will lead the boys and girls swim team as they open their season on September 17th in the West Mobile Invitational. The swim team is hoping to make a big "splash" this season!

The varsity football team improved their record to 1-1 (1-0 in Region play) with a 52-6 region victory over Calhoun High School last Friday night. The 52 points scored are a school record and many of the freshman and sophomores got extensive playing time early in the game. This week the #1 ranked T.R. Miller Tigers will visit Bayside Friday, September 11th at 7:00. The Tigers have built quite a football dynasty and have won 6 state championships over the years. T.R. Miller is considered one of the best football programs in the state regardless of classification. Hopefully our boys will be ready for the challenge! The Tigers will bring a huge crowd down to Bayside Friday night and we need everyone to come out early and BE LOUD to support our Admirals.


You can check out highlights from last week's game vs. Calhoun at:

http://www.easternshoresports.net/default.asp


You can listen to the highlights from the internet broadcast:


http://www.ussportstoday.com/bayside-academy/


Here is a statistical recap of last Friday's game vs. Calhoun:


http://highschoolsports.al.com/game/score/400141/


Until Next Time............

GO ADMIRALS!