Varsity swimming raced in the Pumpkin Plunge Invitational at CCAC, hosted by Richmond Hill High. Our high point swimmer was Sophia Wade with 11 points. Warner Hansell dropped 4 seconds in the 100 Back, Henley Horowicz dropped 6.5 seconds in the 100 Back, Sophia Wade dropped 10 seconds in the 100 Free and placed 8th in the 100 Breast. Hajin Lee swam in his first meet for SCDS Swim ever and was an important contribution to the team. Cameron Dudasko cheered on her teammates while she was dressed for an injury because the best kind of teammates are the ones who show up for each other even when they can't race.

After a chilly weekend meet in Atlanta, the Girls Varsity Cross Country team are Area 1 Champions! Ansley Pedigo was the Area 1 Champion (6th overall), Aarya Patel placed 3rd, Lily Spring 4th, Ansley Chesire 6th, and Reese Creeden 11th. Charlie Pope placed 4th for the boys Area 1, and Owen Edwards 10th. Both teams are headed to State after a hilly and difficult course was conquered. 

In the first home meet of the season, the middle school boys swim team placed third overall and the middle school girls team placed third overall. Combined, the Varsity placed 9th and the Middle School placed third. Combining Varsity and Middle, SCDS placed 2nd overall. 14 Swimmers scored points for SCDS. Our high point Varsity swimmers are Sophia Wade with 23 points and Minseo Kim with 14 points. Our high point Middle School swimmers are Zoey Ray with 11 points and Jason Wolk with 28 points. It looks like the swim team has a great season ahead of them! 

Congratulations to our Varsity Clay Target team, who finished 3rd Place in the State! Since our team's inception in 2019 (where we placed 11th), our SCDS Hornets have placed in the top 3 in the state championship every year with 2 State Championship Titles, 2 Runner-Up Titles and now 2 3rd place finishes to our record. On the Skeet fields, Garceau placed 2nd among females with a 97/100 after winning her shootoff and Vo placed 3rd overall with 99/100 after his shootoff. Vo finished 6th place overall and was named to the GA All State Team.

In our last football home game of the season, the Hornets had a strong 35-12 win against Vidalia. Our defense did a great job of limiting Vidalia's double wing offense to only two explosives and limiting them to 12 points. Offensively, we were very efficient in the passing game early and throughout the game, which allowed us to be balanced enough to allow adjustments in the run game versus their stacked box. Senior Cash Ramirez went 5/5 on PATs with numerous touchbacks on kickoff and some great punts throughout the game. It was a great team win and our offensive line paired with our tight ends/full backs really rallied around junior RB Thomas Holland, who rushed for 5 touchdowns.