The Freshman team, coached by West Catholic Alumnus Kristen McDonald, completed their season 15-5 and won its second straight OK Blue Conference Championship.  The Junior Varsity, coached by Mark Yondo and Nancy Wagner (1979 State Championship Team Member and West Catholic Alumnus), also won its second straight OK Blue Conference Championship and finished with an awesome 18-2 record.

The Varsity team, coached by Mike Glass, John Beadling, Brenda Sack and Carrie Roys Polega (1997 State Runner-up Team Member and West Catholic Alumnus), won the first Varsity Conference Championship since 2000 and first OK Blue Conference Championship. The team finished the regular season with a 13-1 conference record and a 15-5 overall record and will have all team members returning next season.

BOYS BASKETBALL

The Varsity Boys Basketball team ended its regular season with the team performing at a high level.  Though not winning every game, the guys have competed hard in practice and in competition.  The team finished in 3^rd place in the OK Blue with a league record of 8-6 and an overall record of 9-11.  West Catholic will be the host for the district tournament, where the Falcon seniors will look to leave their mark on the program with a District championship. 

GIRLS BOWLING

The Girls Bowling team completed conference play in second place with a 10-2 record. They finished second in the post-season tournament to a very strong Sparta team. The team had a strong season, with a winning record and several new school record games. The O.K. Blue All-Conference team includes senior Olivia Steil, junior Kayla Feutz, and junior Marissa Steffens.

In the Regional, Marissa Steffens finished 11^th, Kayla Feutz finished 12^th, and Olivia Steil finished 18^th. Unfortunately, only the top 10 move on to the State Tournament.

In the Regional team competition, where the top 3 teams move on to the State Tournament, the team ended its season very close to qualifying in the 4^th spot.

BOYS BOWLING

The Boys Bowling team ended conference play with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses. They ended the regular season with a second place finish in the post-season tournament, just 24 pins out of first. The boys had a very strong season. They worked hard for their second place conference finish.  The All-Conference team includes seniors Zack Kasperlik, Steve Kuzma, Nick Byrne, and sophomore Caleb Steil. 

Zack Kasperlik qualified for the State Tournament by finishing 3rd in the Regional competition on Saturday. Zack knocked down 1177 pins in the six games. Other WC bowlers who did not qualify for State competition but had good games included Trent Clark finishing 17^th and Nick Byrne finishing 19^th.

In the Regional team competition, where the top 3 teams move on to the State Tournament, the team finished in 5^th position 79 pins behind the 3^rd place team.

SKI

The Boys Ski team finished 3^rd among Division II teams in the conference. The Girls Ski team also finished 3^rd among Division II conference teams.

In the Regional, the boys finished 11^th out of 16 teams while the girls finished 12^th out of 15 teams. Steven Kelly earned a 9^th place finish in Giant Slalom, and qualified for the MHSAA State Meet.

At State, Steven placed 32^nd of 70 in the first run of GS. Deciding to "go for it," he bobbled slightly on the second run, finishing with a "no regrets" 59^th place. Steven's participation in the State Meet marks the 10^th time in the last 11 years that WC has participated in the MHSAA State Ski Meet.                     

SWIMMING and DIVING

The West Catholic Boys Varsity Swimming and Diving team took fourth place over all, missing third place by five points to rival TK-Hastings, at the OK Rainbow Swimming and Diving Championships. The Falcons were led by Nick Burciaga, who took first place in diving, setting a new conference record in the process. Nick was also part of the 200 yard and 400 yard freestyle relays that took third place in the Championship finals. Danny Selgo, took second place in diving. On the swimming side, Forrest West took second place in the backstroke and fifth in the 200 yard freestyle; he was also part of the 200 yard and 400 yard freestyle relays. Forrest qualified for the State Meet in the back stroke. Hunter Nemmers took third place in the 50 yard freestyle and sixth in the 100 yard freestyle, qualifying for the State Meet in the 50 yard freestyle. Hunter was also part of the 200 and 400 yard relays.

Because of these efforts, Nick, Danny, Forrest and Hunter all earned All-Conference honors.

The Falcons did a tremendous job to take an overall fourth place finish in the OK Rainbow Conference meet. Congratulations to all the swimmers and divers on a great season. The Falcons finished 3-3 in the league duals and 4-5 overall in duals.

WRESTLING

The Wrestling team’s season came to an end at the Conference Meet where Zac Nowicki took 2^nd, Mitch Norder placed 4^th, Tom Doyle placed 3^rd, and Tony Brechting took 2^nd place. 

Zac Nowicki was also District champ in his weight class of 103 lbs.   Taylor Nowicki finished 3^rd in District competition, in the 130 lb. weight class.  This qualified both wrestlers to Regional Competition on February 20.  Although both wrestlers gave it their all, they did not advance to State competition this season.