Varsity Boys Baseball Wins CYO Championship
Post August 19, 2013

The St. Joan of Arc 2013 Varsity #1 team poses for a picture after capturing the CYO title. Pictured left to right, back row: Coach Tony Talerico, Coach Mark DiMaso, Conner McCarron, Msgr. G. Michael Bugarin, Ryan Race, Brennan Buszka, Sam Cross, John Cwiklinski , Principal Don Ancypa, Fr. Hoang Lam, Athletic Director Don Pomaville and Coach Charles Kaiser. Pictured front row left to right: Tom Riley, Jack Kloka, Jack Liagre, Brendan Krotche, Colin McMann, Tim Meyers, Evan Zschering and Evan Fennell. Photo courtesy of Michael Counsman.

On Sunday, June 9, 2013, the St. Joan of Arc Varsity #1Baseball team defeated St. Michael’s of Livonia to claim the 2013 CYO Baseball Title. This is the 16th SJA CYO title in nearly 60 years of competition, and the second consecutive baseball title, adding to the 2012 baseball title. The boys finished the season at 12-3 overall. They were CYO Division Co-Champs (with St. Clare), District Champs vs. St. Lawrence (2-0), Quarter Final winner vs. Shrine Catholic (5-2), Eastside Semi Final Champs vs. St. Patrick's of White Lake (10-3) & CYO Champs vs. St. Michael (5-2).

The team was led by Head Coach and Assistant Athletic Director Charles Kaiser, Assistant Coach Mark DiMaso, Assistant Coach Charles Mackinon and Assistant Coach Tony Talerico. Returning shortstop Connor McCarron helped lead the team to victory while earning back-to-back titles. Sam Cross pitched a complete game. Offensively, the big hits came from Brennan Buszka, Conner McCarron and John Cwiklinski. In the field, Evan Fennell and Tom Riley played an outstanding defense.

While this was the first year for this group of young men to play together on the baseball diamond, many of them have played together for years in other CYO sports. Cwiklinski, Kloka, Race, Meyers, McMann, Krotche and Zschering all played on the St. Joan Varsity Football team. Additionally, Buszka, McCarron, Cross, Race, Meyers, Kloka and Fennell were on the 2012 -2013 Varsity #1 Basketball team which was the CYO runner up this past season. McMann, Krotche, Zschering and Riley played together on the Varsity #2 basketball team. Their athleticism and ability to work together as a cohesive team surely helped them capture this baseball win.

Many of the members of the 2012 SJA Championship team came to cheer on their successors. In addition to parents, classmates, teachers and staff, Monsignor G. Michael Bugarin, Associate Pastor Fr. Hoang Lam and Athletic Director Don Pomaville joined the crowd to support the team on Sunday.

Varsity Girls Volleyball
Post October 9, 2012

This weekend the girls split the weekend by winning on Saturday against the St. Paul, Lakers and then loosing on Sunday, by just a handful of points, to the Star of the Sea, Sailors. Saturday, Rebecca Alway was on fire in the first game by serving eight successful serves against the Lakers with Katie Boyle's help with a few of her own strong serves. Unfortunately, we ended up losing 21 to 25 for a final score. The second game, Kaitlyn Snyder and Brooklyn Misko served us to a victory with a score of 25 to 18. The final match score was 15 to 6, bringing us to victory that gave us a spot in the districts. Sunday, was a heart breaker for the girls. Alex Dozek came out strong with seven fabulous serves that made us think we had it in the bag. The Sailors ended up winning 25 to 21. The second game we won 25 to 22 with hopes of finally beating the Sailors. The third and final match, however, was lost by a score of 15 to 10.

Varsity Girls Volleyball
Post October 4, 2012

September 29, 2012. The St. Joan varsity girs Chargers hosted the games against St. Clair Montifalco Falcons. The first game was a close victory for us by a score of 25 to 22. The second match went to the Falcons 25 to 22. The third and final match, again made the girls live up to thier name, "the come back kids", by winning 15 to 9.The highest scorers for these games were Kaitlyn Snyder, Alex Dozek, Rebecca Alway, Anna Ellis, and Brooklyn Misko. The rest of the girls were on fire with their ability to keep the ball in motion and keep us on top.

September 30, 2012. The girls added another win in our victory column. They swept all the games against the St Isaac Joques Chargers. The final scores were 25 to 17, 25 to 9 and finally 15 to 12. Rebecca Alway was red hot in her serves along with several by Alex Dozek Katie Boyle, Kaitlyn Snyder, and Anna Ellis. Emma Fetterman and Olivia Rubino were vital to our defense . Rebecca also saved an important volley by a dramatic, on her knees save, to keep the game in SJA favor.

Varsity Girls Volleyball
Post September 25, 2012

It was a very tough and humbling weekend of volleyball for the St. Joan of Arc varsity girls. Even though they fought the good fight, they ended up loosing to the Star of the Sea Sailors on Saturday afternoon. The scores were as follows...25 to 8, 25 to 16 and finally 15 to 9. Congratulations Sailors but watch out when we challenge you again.

On Sunday, after a beautiful and inspiring sports mass and equally delicious pancake breakfast, the girls attempted again to fight for a win, to round out the weekend. We took on the St. Mary's Mountaineer's in Mt. Clemens on their court. It seems that this was just not our weekend. We again came up short with scores much closer, however. We lost our first game by a last minute couple of points by the opposing team ending 25 to 23. We came back in the second game winning 25 to 21. A close score of 15 to 13 finalized the weekend volleyball games, unfortunately with the win going to the Mountaineers

Varsity Girls Volleyball
Post September 18, 2012

On the evening of Friday the 14th we came up against the St. Paul Lakers. This is when we officially became the"come back team" . We lost the first game by a tight score of 23 to 25. We came back to win the next game with a score of 25 to 23. In the final match, we won with an equally heart stopping score of 15 to 13. It wasn't for the faint of hearts
On Saturday, the games were a carbon copy of Friday's games, only against St. Isaac Jogues Charges. The come back team, again "came back". We started with a loss, a score of 24 to 26. We came back and won 25 to 23 in the second game, and a final match victory 15 to 13. We are looking forward to next week to see how the girls can possibly top the excitement they have given their fans. Go Chargers!!!

Varsity Girls Volleyball
Post September 12, 2012

This past weekend, coached by Ms. Moore, the girls split the weekend by winning Saturday, 9/9 against the St. Mary's Mountaineers 24/26, 25/21 and 15/8, but falling short Sunday, 9/10 to St. Clair Montefalco Falcons, 25/20, 25/15, and 14/16. It was a fabulous team effort. The team includes Anna Ellis, Emma Fetterman, Olivia Rabbino, Alex Dozek, Kaitlyn Snyder, Rebecca Alway, Brooklyn Misko, and Katie Boyle. It promises to be a great season. GO CHARGERS!

SJA Varsity Boys Baseball Are CYO City Champions!!!
Post June 17, 2012

The SJA Varsity Boys baseball team capped an undefeated season going 15-0 and claiming the schools 5th CYO Title on Sunday June 10, by beating St. Raphael Rebels 4-2. Team members are Nick Dozek, John Dubay, Nick Ellery, Adam Hilu, Matt Hilu, Kevin Jones, Stephen Kent, Michael Kostuch, Connor McCarron, Tristan Richardson, and Josh Wilk. The Chargers got to work early and hopped on the Rebels in the bottom of the first. Tristan Richardson started it off with a double, then Josh Wilk reached first safely and Michael Kostuch hit an inside the park homerun scoring all three. Kevin Jones followed with a single and Stephen Kent moved him to third on a single to center. Jones then scored on a perfectly executed suicide squeeze by Nick Dozek. From there the Chargers threw their mitts at the Rebels. Adam Hilu, Matthew Hilu, and Nick Ellery all made nice plays in the field to preserve the lead. With no outs in the seventh inning Connor McCarron and the rest of the Charger defense almost pulled off a triple play to extinguish a Rebel rally. John Dubay kept the boys intensity up in the 90 plus degree heat and collected the championship trophy from the CYO Athletic Director. St Joan made it to the title game by beating St. Lawrence #2, Our Lady of LaSalette and St. Lawrence #1. The Chargers are coached by Charles Kaiser, Tony Talerico, Charles Mackinon, Mark DiMaso, James Calcaterra and Stephen Schwartz and directed by Athletic Director Don Pomaville. The players, the coaches and Don would like to thank all the fans that came out to support the team in capturing the CYO baseball title. They would especially like to thank Msgr. Bugarin, Father Lam, Father Acervo, Principal Don Ancypa, teachers Mrs. Marion Krymski, Mrs. Josie and Deacon Tom Strasz , and Mrs. Amy Pattie for cheering them on in the Championship Game.



JV #1 Girls Softball
Post April 28, 2012

Welcome to the start of JV1 Girls Softball coached by Jessica Richardson and co-coached by Robert. These St. Joan Chargers have shot out of the gate with four straight wins with a total of 51 hits and 50 runs. The first game we played against St. Lawrence and won 15 to 0. The second game was against St. Anne's and we won by a score of 8 to 0. Our third victory was against St. Thecla by a score 12 to 0. Our latest victory was against St. Germaine, 15 to 0. St. Joan pitchers combined with 44 strike outs and only allowing 3 combined hits.

Varsity Girls Softball
Post April 16, 2012

SJA Varsity softball team opened up the season with a tough lost to St. Lawrence 5 - 1. The girls came out swinging putting the bat on the ball most of the day. SJA had 2 hits from Jacqueline Hiltz, and singles from Dana Ballard and Kasey Karol. The big hit came from Anna Majewski who hit a double that scored Lauren Khoury. Fine pitching came from Jessica Clouse who allowed 6 hits and struck out 9.

Game two was a SJA victory against St Annes, winning 6 - 1. Jessica Clouse again came through with some great pitching allowing only 2 hits and striking out 17. Our offense was led by Anna Majewski with 3 hits including a homerun.

Bowling Catch-up
Post March 7, 2012

Anthony Seaman (177) and Cameron Keuning (202) paced the Chargers in game 1, and J.J. DiFranco had 4 strikes in a row in game 2 to lead the Chargers to capturing 5 of 7 points from Guardian Angels. Grace Gutierrez also bowled well in both games. The chargers remain 1 point out of 1st place heading into the final week.

Bowling Catch-up
Post February 25, 2012

The Chargers captured all 7 points from Our Lady Queen of Martyrs to pull within 1 point of 1st place. Anthony Seaman (158), J.J. DiFranco (168) and Makenzee Barthlow (145) paced the team in game 1. Cameron Keuning led the way in game 2 with a 204.
In the most exciting match of the season, the Chargers took 3 1/2 out of 7 points from St. Thecla. Cameron Keuning opened game 1 with 7 consecutive strikes, and finished with a 243. Grace Gutierrez bowled well above her average with games of 57 and 88. Anthony Seaman, J.J. DiFranco and Makenzee Barthlow also bowled well.

JV Girls #1 Basketball
Post February 25, 2012

On Sunday the 12th, the girls played their hearts out. SJA beat St Clare by a score of 17 to 16. Going into the final seconds of the game, Emma Fetterman passed the ball to Kaitlyn Snyder and she swished it giving SJA the final two points to win the game. Also, earlier baskets were made by Rebecca Alway, Eva Ciaramitaro, Emma and Kaitlyn.

Varsity Boys Basketball
Post February 13, 2012

St Joans 39 St Isaacs 36
Chargers at home won with Andrew Bunch leading the scoring with 14 points Chris Cox 13 points and John Dubay 6 points.

St Joans 42 St Germaine 31
Chargers back on the road. Chris Cox lead the scoring and assist with 13 points and 12 assists. He showed alot of selfless play dishing off to his team mates. Tristin Richardson had 12 points.

St Joans 42 St Clar 35
Chargers played a very physical game with cross town rival. Chris Cox lead the scoring with 15 points and Michael Kostuch 8 points. Joh Dubay played the boards very well.

Varsity Bowling

Post February 13, 2012

Anthony Seaman, J.J. DiFranco, Grace Gutierrez and Makenzee Barthlow all bowled well, and Cameron Keuning had a clutch strike and spare in the 10th frame of game 1 to help the Chargers capture 4 of 7 points from St. Anne. The Chargers will remain in 2nd place, 6 points out of 1st place.

JV 1 Girls Basketball
Post February 6, 2012

The weekend of January 27th was a sweep for the JV1 girls basketball team. On Friday we played against St. Gemaine. It was a blow out for our girls. We beat them 25/9. The top scores were Alex Dozek, Eva Ciaramitaro, Rebecca Alway, and Kaitlyn Snyder. Jacqline Gerard, Stephanie Schaefer, Amber Braker, Anna Ellis and Chiara Nicholas with Kayla Borthwick were key in our solid defense all weekend. On Saturday, Jan 28, we played and again conquered, St. Thecla. The final score was 23 to 16.

To cullmonate the final "spirit" activity this week, the girls played their most arch rivels. St. Joan of Arc Chargers, vs. St. Isaac Joques, Chargers. We won with a victory by a score of 28 to 20. It was a great game. It was an ominous start, ending our first quarter, down by 7. Stephanie Schaefer broke that wide open with the first SJA basket. More points by Eva, Alex, Rebecca, and Kaitlyn came after.

Varsity Bowling

Post February 6, 2012

Led by J.J. DiFranco (200, 193) and Cameron Keuning (178, 203), the Chargers captured all 7 points from Guardian Angels. On the season, the Chargers have captured 20 out of a possible 35 points, and sit in the middle of the pack in Division A.

Varsity Bowling

Post January 31, 2012

The Charger bowlers captured 3 of 7 points in a very closely contested match with OL Queen of Martyrs. J.J. DiFranco led the way with 178 and 155 games. Anthony Seaman chipped in with a 146 in game 2.

Varsity Boys Basketball
Post January 31, 2012

St Joan 62 St Germaine 26

Chargers were unstoppable on offense with 9 players scoring. Leading the scoring was Chris Cox 13 points, Andrew Bunch 11points, Adam Hilu and Tristin Richardson 8points, Daniel Riley 6points, Alex Huguenin and Matthew Hilu 5 point, Kevin Jones and John Dubay 3 points. Leading Defensive was Michael Kostuch and Daniel Brady.

St Joan 40 St Thecla 24

Chargers back on the road took another win. Chris Cox 15 points, Andrew Bunch 7 points and Adam Hilu 6 points.

JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post January 25, 2012

Saturday, the 21st was a great game for the JV1 girls basketball Chargers verses the St. Paul Lakers on their home court. The competition was fierce. In the first period, Anna Ellis made the first basket and Amber Braker followed up with the next. The defense was on fire with Chiara Nicholas and Emma Fetterman. Rolling into the second period, Eva Ciaramitaro, Stephanie Schaefer and Becka Alway put up another 12 points on the board. The third period the Lakers tried to make a comeback but Emma and Alex Dozek put a couple more baskets up with the defensive help of Kayla Borthwick and Jacquline Gerard and Kaitlyn Snyder. We rounded out the rest of the game with more baskets by Alex Dozek, Eva, and Rebecca with assists by Emma and Eva. The final score was 28 to 20.

Varsity Boys Basketball
Post January 25, 2012

St Joan 37 St Clare 28
Chargers at home came out strong with Chris Cox leading the scoring with 16 points Andrew Bunch with 9 points John Dubay 8 points and Tristin Richardson 7 points.

St Joan 41 Star of the Sea 51
Chargers suffered their first league lost on the road. Chris Cox led the scoring with 17 points and Michael Kostuch 7 points.

St Joan 44 St Pauls 36
Chargers take a win on the road. Chris Cox led the scoring with 14 points Andrew Bunch with 6points and Alex Huguenin 4 points.

Varsity Bowling

Post January 25, 2012

Cameron Keuning bowled 191 and 187 to help the Chargers capture 5 of 7 points from 1st place Holy Family. J.J. DiFranco added a 175 in game 1, and Makenzee Barthlow bowled a 139 in game 2. Anthony Seaman was above his average in both games.

JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post January 18, 2012

Saturday January 14th, St. Joan of Arc's JV1 girls basketball team beat the Star of the Sea's Sailors. The first quarter was a one man scoring expedition with Alex Dozek scoring eight points in the first quarter of the game. Phonemonal defense by the rest of the girls kept the score in check. Kaitlyn Snyder, Rebecca Alway, Eva Ciaramitaro, and an assist by Emma Fetterman rounded out the rest of the scoring in the game, ending with a score of 25 to 22. Go Chargers!!!!!

JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post January 11, 2012

After a fun tee-shirt making, spagetti eating celebration at Coach Tom's beautiful home Friday evening, hosted by Coach Keli and Tom, began the new year for the JV1 girls basketball . On the weekend of Saturday the 7th, there was plenty of basketball, good food and photo ops. Saturday began with a 34 to 17 victory for the JV1 girls basketball team against St. Claire. In the first quarter, Rebecca Alway scored several baskets that began our win for the day. The second quarter's scorers were Stephany Schaefer, Eva Ciaramitaro and Alex Dozek. At the end of the half we were only ahead by 5. The third quarter, however, we overpowered our opponents with scoring by Kaitlyn Snyder, Emma Fetterman, Rebecca, Alex and Eva ending with a 26 to 17 spread. Kaitlyn made a fabulous long shot basket, along with Eva and Rebecca again in the last quater bringing our total to 34.

Boys Varsity 2 Basketball On A Roll
Post January 11, 2012

In regular season play, SJA’s Boys Varsity #2 basketball team has found their groove and is on a roll. At this point, they are 8 and 2 on the season and 3 and 1 in league play, winning against St. Paul #2, St. Lawrence #3 and St. Claire #2. Their only defeat was against St. Isaac Jogues #1 basketball team on December 17^th.
In the first regular season game of 2012 against St. Claire #2, the Chargers took the lead in the first quarter, 10 – 8, and never looked back. In the second quarter, Sam Cross put up four points and Conner McCarron, Brennan Buszka, Landon Counsman and Nick Causley added numbers, while allowing the Falcons only one additional point. In the third quarter, Evan Fennell broke the game wide open, scoring nine points! James Dixon, Counsman and Cross helped, bringing the score to SJA 39, St. Clare 13. In the fourth quarter John Kennedy added three points and Tim Meyers added two, with a final score win for the Chargers 44 to 16. The entire bench added to the victory.
In tournament play, the Varsity #2 Boys team took first place in the Thanksgiving Tournament hosted by St. Germaine, winning over St. Joseph, St. Mary, St. Clare and St. Lawrence. Sam Cross, Connor McCarron, Brennan Buszka, Landon Counsman and John Fisher all found the basket repeatedly during this tournament. Ryan Race, Nick Causley, James Dixon, Evan Fennell, Tim Meyers and Thanos Hedglin all put numbers on the board as well. John Kennedy and Jack Kloka put feet to the floor, adding manpower to the victories.
The Varsity #2 team netted third place in the Christmas tournament hosted by U of D Jesuit. They won the first game against Our Lady of Sorrows, dropped the second against U of D, and took the third game from Holy Family.


JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post January 4th, 2012

This Christmas, santa brought a new shiny trophy for the JV1 girls basketball team, for the Christmas Holiday Basketball Tournament. Some of the more memorable plays were made by Alex Dozek, Rebecca Alway, Stephany Schaefer, Eva Ciaramitaro and Kayla Borthwick, however, a great scrappy defense was played by all.

Saturday, December 17, the JV1 girls basketball Chargers had a rough defeat. They went up against our arch rivals, the St. Isacc Jouques Chargers and came up one basket shy in overtime. They played such a good game it was hard to watch them get beat by just two points. It was stated by Coach Kelli, that it would have been easier to loose by 20 points then just one basket at the final buzzer. After the first quarter, our girls were ahead by 6 points, and even going into the second half we were only down by 1 point. The SIJ Chargers had a good third quarter and ended it 13 to 8. The score was 15 to 15 in the final minutes of play, going into overtime. The final score ended 19 to 17 with scoring throughout the game by Alex Dozek, Rebecca Alway, Emma Fetterman and a free throw by Amber Score.

JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post December 15, 2011

This past Sunday, 12-10-11 the SJA JV1 girls basketball team went up against St. Thecla and came up 1 point short, losing by a score of 21 to 22. The first quarter we dominated 10 to nothing, with multiple scoring opportunities due to an awesome defense and offense giving basket opportunities to Rebecca Alway, Alex Dozek and Ema Fetterman, Stephanie Schaefer, Eva Ciaramitaro and Kaitlyn Snyder. It was the third quarter, however, that St. Thecla came to play. and caught up with us and tied the score. In the final few minutes of the game the suspense was riviting with the score being so close, but, St Thecla came out on top with only 1 point ahead. Good game girls.

JV 1 Girls Basketball

Post December 7, 2011

This Saturday, December 3rd, was the first official St. Joan girls JV1 basketbal game. It was a beautiful victory! We beat the St. Paul Salilors by a score of 28 to 5. The baskets were made by Alex Dozek, Kaitlyn Snyder, Stephanie Schaefer, Eva Ciaramitaro and Rebecca Alway. The fans were treated to a fierce defense with the teams aggressive play.

Varsity Boys #1 Basketball
Post December 7, 2011

St Joan's 60 St Paul's 34

Home opener Chargers were dominate on Offensive again putting up 60 points. Leading the scoring was Chris Cox with 20points, Andrew Bunch with 16 Points and Michael Kostush with 10 points.

Varsity Boys #1 Basketball
Post November 28, 2011

St Joans 27 St Mary 14

Chargers played in the St Germaine Thanksgiving Tournament and started with a win. High Scorers were Chris Cox 10pts and Tristin Richardson 9pts.

St Joans 35 OLQM 25

Chris Cox had a outstanding game with 23pts followed by Andrew Bunch with 6pts.

St Joans 35 St Isaac 25

Chris Cox again lead the scoring with 16pts followed again by Andrew Bunch with 13pts and Adam Hilu with 5.

St Joans 50 St Germaine 20

The whole Charger team was on fire in the Championship game. Every Charger scored. Leaders were Chris Cox 11pts ,Adam Hilu 7pts, Andrew Bunch and Matthew Hilu each with 6pts, Daniel Riley 5pts,John Dubay and Michael Kostuch each with 4pts. Kevin Jones, Trisitn Richardson, and Daniel Brady each with 2pts. Great team effort to take the Championship!

JV 1 Girls Basketball
Post November 28, 2011

SJA Varsity Football Faces St. Isaac Jogues
Post October 11, 2011

On Saturday, October 1st, the SJA Varsity football faces local rival St. Isaac Jogues at Charger field, a re-match from two weeks earlier in the season that ended with a one point loss to the SJA Chargers. The close score of the first game was a true indicator of how evenly matched these two teams are. This second competition was also a tight game, and unfortunately went down in the scorebook as 12 to 18 loss for the SJA Chargers.
The game started on a promising note. Josh Wilk didn’t let the soft and muddy field slow him down as he made a touchdown, putting SJA up 6 – 0 in the first quarter. The St. Isaac offense answered back with a touchdown of their own, tying the score at 6 – 6. Dan Brady completed several runs, advancing the ball down the field for SJA before the quarter ended.
In the second quarter, SJA offense struggled to make positive yardage with their running game, then took to the air. An incomplete pass attempt and a foiled punt attempt turned the ball over on downs to SIJ. The St. Joan defense turned on the burners, with Ben Kloka and Landon Counsman using their tackling skills. St. Isaac’s offense kept chipping away until they crossed the goal line, bringing the score to SJA 6, SIJ 12.
In the third quarter, John Fisher made some key carrying plays, adding to offensive gains by Wilk and Brady. Wilk continued his strong play, muscling his way across the goal line once more, bringing the score to a tied 12 – 12. During the SIJ possession, Josh Duffy and Kevin Jones made their defensive skills count, tackling in the backfield.
As the fourth quarter began, St. Isaac’s offense broke free with a 30 yard touchdown run, bringing the score to SJA 12 – SIJ 18. While St. Joan battled back, they were unable to put any additional numbers on the board before the clock ran out. It was a disappointing second loss of the season for the St. Joan Varsity team, but the tight scores of both games revealed how well they played.

JV Gridiron Heroes Protect Home Turf, 24-13
Post October 4, 2001

The JV football squad completed a two-game sweep of their crosstown rival, St. Isaac Jogues last Saturday, beating SIJ 24-13. The Chargers got out of the gate quickly, as Brendan Bergeron scored on St. Joan’s first possession with a 45-yard touchdown run. Anthony Oliver’s 15-yard scamper for six followed, and Chargers capitalized on a Brendan Krotche defensive fumble recovery with another of Joey Schaffer patented 40-yard runs off the right end for an 18-0 1^st quarter lead.
With the large lead came the opportunity to get quality playing time for many of the reserves. Nick Blum & Jonathan Martin led the offense, with Ryan Duffy, CJ Carion & Zach Moore making play after play on the defensive side. However, SIJ was able to squeeze out two touchdowns and shrink their deficit to 18-13 by halftime.
In the opening drive of the third quarter, though, General Talerico set loose his ground attack behind the offensive line of Paul Ireson, Daniel Chandler, John LeFever, Aiden Lahey, Robert Cornwell and Anthony Kopke. After controlling the ball on a 7-minute drive, Anthony Oliver’s short run to pay dirt extended the Charger lead to 24-13.
Once the lead was extended, the Chargers turned the game over to its defense. Led by Kyle Jones, Nik David, Zac Melendez, Jimmy Rauh and Evan Zschering, the SIJ offense was shut down to secure the victory. With the win, the Chargers extended their record to 4-2 for the season.
The JV team travels to Bishop Foley High School on Saturday at 5:30pm to take on Royal Oak Shrine.

Varsity Volleyball
Post October 4, 2011

9/24 and 9/25
After a tough loss to Star, the Chargers were ready for their re-match against St. Clare. St. Joan of Arc came out strong and took the 1^st game 25-20. In game #2 the Chargers were trailing 22-14. Thanks to Jessica Clouse and her consistent serving of 11 strait points, the Chargers took game #2, 25-22! SJA also claimed game #3 with a score of 15-10. Keep up the good work ladies!
10/1
The Chargers took on the Mountaineers of St. Mary. Adjusting well to playing in a much smaller gym the Chargers took game one 25-22. SJA could not get past the Mountaineers in game #2, 25-19. Taking charge of game #3 the Chargers were victorious, with a score of 15-12!
10/2
St. Joan traveled to take on the Lakers of St. Paul. The Chargers took control of game #1, with a score of 25-12. Great job to Stefanie Coffman with 12 straight service points! SJA did not let up in game #2 and defeated the Lakers with a score of 25-14. Great job to the entire team!!

JV Volleyball
Post October 4, 2011

This weekend the JV1 Charges split the weekend with a win on Saturday and loss on Sunday, just like the Tigers. Anna Ellis had 8 powerful serves in the first game on Saturday that helped bring us to a victory 25/10 over the St Mary's Mountaineers. The second game serving victory was split between Anna again and Chiara Nicholas with a 25/17 win. The final game in this series was a 9/15 loss. Becka Alway was on point with her defense all weekend. Sunday told a very different story, however. The series against the St. Paul Laker, that we played at St. Isaac Joes was a tough defeat. The first game was a 25/16 win due partly to seven strong serves by Amber Braker. The second game was a tight loss of 21/25. The final game was an 15/8 loss completing this series.

JV Boys Soccer
Post September 27, 2011

The JV Boys soccer team continued non-conference play on Monday against cross-town rivals,St. Getrude. SJA got out ahead early when Pat Thomson scored on a penalty kick. The scoring for SJA continued with more goals from Pat Thompson and Pat Reardon. Great defensive plays came from Roman Brancato and Stavros Hedglin. SJA's first win was anchored by her goalies Liam Smith and Dan McMann.
SJA opened season play last Sunday against Our Lady Star of the Sea. The Chargers were hoping to carry over their preseason win last week but Star of the Sea had other plans. Christian Spearman, David Lewis and Henry Hass lead the attack for SJA but the Star defense repeatedly shut them down. Drew Notoriano held the SJA defense firm but the Star attack was too much. The Chargers lost their season opener to Star of the Sea 5-0. The boys hope to turn their season around with games this weekend against St. Anne and St. Mary Mt. Clemens.

This weekend the JV1 Chargers were busy with pancake breakfast, pictures and lots and lots of volleyball. Saturday we weren't successful against Our Lady Star of the Sea Sailors, however. We were able to win the first game with great serving from Amber Braker, Peyton Gretkierewicz and Rebecca Alway. Also, great defense by these grils and Alex Dozek and Emma Fetterman brought us to a 25/13 win. We didn't end up on top in both the second or third games to finish out this series. The girls tried to fight their way with a tough defense by Kaitlyn Snyder, and good serving attempts by Chiara Nicholas. The next day told a very different story, however, as we beat the Falcons of St. Clair. The first game was fun to watch as Anna Ellis, Alex Dozek and Rebecca Alway had several points between them with great defense by these girls and Emma Fetterman. The second game ended in a loss, however, great plays by the newer team players gave them a good fight especially Lucy Barnowske, Erin Kane and Alexa Bruteltell. We again came back to win the third and final game with Chiara Nicholas serving the final 6 in a row and Alex Dozek with 6 points in the beginning.

Varsity Volleyball Catch Up
Post September 27, 2011

9/17/11
The Varsity volleyball team took on the Lakers of St. Paul. The Chargers defeated the Lakes in the first game 25 – 17. After a rough start in game #2 the Chargers fell 25 – 22. Taking charge of game #3 SJA defeated St. Paul 15 – 5 to win the match.

9/18/11
The SJA Chargers came out strong in their match up against the Chargers of St. Isaac Jogues. The SJA Chargers won all 3 games against SIJ with scores of 25-11, 25-13 and 15-7. A total team effort helped SJA stay on top! Keep up the good work ladies!!

8/27/11
The Varsity volleyball team took 2nd place in the St. Isaac Jogues pre-season tournament. The girls defeated Shrine #2 and Star #3 in pool play. They defeated Shrine #1 in the semi-finals only to fall short in the finals against Our Lady of the Lakes. Great job to the entire team on a fabulous start to our season!
9/10/11
The girls opened up their regular season on the road playing the Falcons of St. Clare. A rough start in the 1st game, the Chargers were defeated 25/20. They came back strong and defeated the Falcons in game 2 with a score of 25/20. It all came down to the final game when St. Joan fell short with a score of 15/13 and lost the match.
9/11/11
In the home opener, the Chargers took on the Mountaineers of St. Mary. Glad to be on their home court the team came out strong. The Chargers defeated the Mountaineers 25/12 in game 1. Not letting up, St. Joan also claimed game 2 with a score of 25/18. SJA played tough in the 3rd game, but could not get past the Mountaineers.
9/12/11
The Chargers took on the Mustangs of St. Lawrence in a non-league match up. St. Joan fell hard the 1st game. They pulled themselves together, fought hard and won the next 2 to take the match. The Varsity team has had a great start to their season! Come out and support the team!

JV Girls Volleyball #1
Post September 12, 2011

On this historic, memorable day, a little red spark was ignited, and the St. Joan Chargers JV #1 swept all three games against the St. Mary Montaineers. The first games was lead to a 25/9 victory, partly due to the series of 10 consistant serves by Kaitlyn Snyder. Lucy Barnowske had several great returns in this game as well. Chiara Nicholas and Peyton Gretkierewicz also had several back to back serves that completed the win. The second game ended 25/19 with good serving by Alexa Bruttell and Anna Ellis. The third, and final games score was 15/9 with Erin Kane and Kaitlyn again having hot serving streaks.

JV Boys Soccer
Post September 12, 2011

The JV Boys Soccer team started off their season Sunday with a pre-season game against Royal Oak Shrine of the Little Flower. The young St. Joan team was led by its sole 6th Grader Colin McMann with great plays on both the offensive and defensive sides of the game. Great saves were made by goalies Vincent Kretz and Matthew Fennell. Other strong defensive stops were made by Finn O’Connor and Liam Smith. The Chargers will open up league play this weekend on Sunday against Our Lady Star of the Sea and Monday against St. Paul.

JV Volleyball #1 Begins Season
Post September 12, 2011

Football Starts Season Off With a Bang
Post September 4, 2011

The Chargers took the season opener 24-6 over the Saints of Our Lady of Sorrows. Playing under the Friday Night Light at Catholic Central High School, SJA struck early for their first road victory over Sorrows since 2001. Dan Brady scored two touchdowns including a 50-yard run in the third quarter that put the game away. Josh Wilk contributed a solid two-way game and scored on two-yard touchdown run. Kevin Jones haulded in a 60-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tristan Richarson. The play of eighth graders Matt Bergeron, Ben Kloka, and Willie McNelis were key to the opening game success.

Varsity Baseball #1 Season Catchup
Post April 19, 2011

St Joan 2 St Lawrence 1

St Joan started off with tough competition and was a pitchers dual. The teams both played very tough for the first game of the season. Joe Cozzolino took the mound and struck out 15 batters and only allowing 2 hits. Jacob Sock had double and scored the game winning run. <