Page 10 - 2024-2025 Annual Report

Athletics Highlights

Volleyball Soccer

Girls Volleyball The soccer program saw unprecedented participation
Our volleyball program enjoyed a historic season, that resulted in the creation of a Junior Varsity team for
with varsity becoming the first team in school history the first time. The JV boys were coached by James
to sweep championships at all three levels. Coached Thistleton, and it was a great season of development for
by Robie Lucas, who was assisted by Eloise Sutter and the entire squad. The Junior High team was coached by
Kristin Solomon, the varsity girls won the Ohio Valley Chris Knodel and Chris Perin and finished as OVCC
Christian Conference (OVCC) championship, the Ohio runners-up. The Varsity team, coached by Andy Stapleton,
Christian School Athletic Association (OCSAA), and the was led by nine senior athletes. They played tough
National Christian School Athletic Association (NCSAA) defense all year and ended the season in the OVCC
Division Two championship. The varsity team was semifinals. Their strong play throughout the season was
captained by Bethany Kuechly and AJ Lucas. Bethany honored as six boys were named to the All-Star team, led
was honored as OVCC Player of the Year for the by Carson Lucas, Isaac Thistleton, and Sam Thistleton, who
second year in a row, and she and AJ were both were all selected to the first team.
named to the OVCC All Star first team along with Mary
Johnson. Grace Augustine and Joelle Kuechly were
named to the All Star second team.
The Junior Varsity girls, coached by Kristin Solomon,
enjoyed an undefeated season that saw them win the
OVCC championship. The Junior High girls, coached by
Emily Franks and Teressa Mahl, finished as OVCC
runners-up and enjoyed a strong season from start to
finish. Four youth girls' teams competed in the fall, with
the highlight being a league championship for the grades
3 and 4 Gold team coached by Tim Schatz and Brent
Huxel.
Track

The 2025 Track and Field teams fielded athletes from
grades 3-12. With 40 MHA students and 27 homeschoolers
across the program, this season brought the
reintroduction of a girls Varsity team. Amanda Rumpke
and Rebekah Johnson joined the coaching staff to take
over the coaching of athletes in grades 3-6 in the CYO
league. Chris Knodel returned for his eighth track season
and fourth as the head of the program, coaching the
Training Team, Junior High and Varsity with Emily Franks
Boys Volleyball assisting for her fifth year. With nine new school Varsity
This year also marked the launch of a Junior High records and many athletes setting new personal records in
boys volleyball team. Coached by Mark Beckner, the both track and field events, it was a memorable season!
boys saw tremendous growth in their skill level and
lost a heartbreaker in the OVCC JV tournament
semifinals. The varsity boys, coached by Chris
Anderson and Robie Lucas, had an outstanding
season and finished as OVCC runners-up. Carson
Lucas was named as first team All Star while Logan
Anderson and Ben Basil were named to the second
team. Head coach Chris Anderson was named OVCC
Coach of the Year for boys volleyball.

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