Potential Magazine Summer 2020 | Page 36

SAINT JAMES ATHLETES EARN REPEAT STATE TITLE The Saint James School Girls Track and Field Team led by Coach Tim Moore has delivered another AHSAA state championship to the capital city. This title makes four consecutive program titles and back to back indoor championships for the team. The Lady Trojans won the 2020 AHSAA 1A-3A Indoor Track and Field title in a down to the wire battle. ACA’S COBI KEEL SIGNS WITH FAULKNER UNIVERSITY Alabama Christian Academy Senior, Cobi Keel signed with Faulkner University to play two sports. Cobi will be playing with Faulkner’s soccer team as well as kicking for the football team. Keel’s coaches are confident that he will be able to compete in both sports very well. CHURCHILL IS READY TO RUN Churchill Academy students have their track shoes on and they are ready for the inaugural season. January 16th was a big night for this year’s Track and Field team as they met for a student/parent team meeting. The team has spent a great deal of time working out and preparing for the season, and the meeting solidified plans for the spring. Saint James Girls Indoor Track was led by team captain Presley Miles, a junior at Saint James, and scored a perfect forty points with a repeat of her four individual state championships winning the 400m, 800m, 1600m, and 3200m. She is the only athlete in the state to have achieved this feat and has now done it three straight times bringing her overall individual state championship total to sixteen titles. Saint James senior Margaret Anne McNeil won her first state championship in the Triple Jump and was runner-up in the 60m hurdles. McNeil delivered a total of 20 points for the team. Other scoring athletes from Saint James included Freshman Kendal Wright 1600 Runner Up; Junior Logann Dean 60m Hurdles 3 rd Place; Kendall Hardaway, Hannah Richardson, Mary Grace Hixon, Avery Varon, Aubrey Wright, and Ella Reid Rodgers. PCA’S JAKE BIUS SIGNS DIVISION I SCHOLARSHIP PCA senior Jake Bius has declared his intent to pursue his passion for football at Stetson University, an NCAA Division I school in DeLand, Florida, on National Signing Day surrounded by family and friends. Bius is only the second student-athlete in the program’s history to sign with a Division I school. Bius, a 6’4”, 275-pound beast, stepped up for the Panthers during the 2019 season on both sides of the ball as an offensive tackle and defensive lineman. During his senior season, he made 35 tackles, 15 assists, and multiple quarterback hurries, as well as 25 pancake blocks. Bius was awarded the Team Captain Award for his leadership qualities and work ethic. Bius has been passionate about football since he was a young boy, and has played since he was in second grade. He has been a starter for the Panthers since his sophomore year. L16 | Summer 2020 www.potentialmagazine.com