How Houston Teams Fared at the SPC Spring Sports Championships

The Southwest Preparatory Conference Spring Championships took place this past weekend in the Dallas area, with some Houston-area private schools coming home with team titles. Here’s a look at what happened.

Class 4A champion: St. John’s

The St. John’s Mavericks haven’t won a trophy in over three decades. St. John’s defeated Episcopal 6-4 to win the SPC championship for the first time since 1991. The Mavericks reached the SPC title game by defeating Houston Christian 3-1 in the semifinals and St. Mark’s School of Texas 5 -0 in the semi-final. opening round.

Class 3A Championship: Fort Worth Trinity Valley defeated Irving Cistercian

Class 4A Champion: Episcopal

After an 8-5 victory over St. John’s in the semifinals, Episcopal defeated Kinkaid 5-1 to win its seventh straight SPC championship.

Class 3A Champion: Fort Worth Country Day

After taking a 1-0 lead, John Cooper gave up 12 unanswered points to Fort Worth Country Day, which won 12-1 to capture its second straight SPC championship.

Class 4A Championship: Austin St. Stephen’s def. Addison Greenhill

Class 3A Championship: Irving Cistercian def. Fort Worth Trinity Valley

Class 4A champion: Kinkaid

Kinkaid earned a 3-0 victory over John Cooper for the SPC Championship. The Falcons did not lose a single set in the playoffs, beating Episcopal 5-0 in the opener before beating St. John’s 4-0 in the semifinals.

Class 3A Champion: Fort Worth Trinity Valley

Houston Christian failed to repeat after suffering a 3-2 loss to Trinity Valley in the championship game. The Mustangs defeated Arlington Oakidge School 3-1 and Episcopal School of Dallas 4-1 to reach the final.

Class 4A champion: Kinkaid

Kinkaid beat two Houston area teams for the championship. The Falcons posted a score of 607, edging out Episcopal (625) and St. John’s (629).

Class 3A champion: Fort Worth Trinity Valley

Trinity Valley (622) edged out John Cooper (629) for the title. Both teams posted 312 scores in the first round, with Trinity Valley defeating John Cooper 317-310 in the second round.

Class 4A champion: St. John’s

St. John’s posted a score of 618 to repeat as SPC champion ahead of John Cooper (652), while Kinkaid and Episcopal tied for third (728).

Class 3A Champion: Académie Duchesne du Sacré-Cœur

Duchesne posted a team score of 798 to beat Fort Worth Country Day (853) for the SPC championship. Arlington Oakridge School (868) took third place.

Class 4A champion: Episcopal

Episcopal dominated both competitions as the Knights won the championship with 208.5 points over John Cooper (147) and third-place Houston Christian (107). Evan Ringwald and DeVonte Taylor II won three individual events each. Ringwald won the 800 meters with a time of 1:50.34, followed by victories in the 1,600 (4:19.18) and 3,200 (9:27.94). Taylor II won the 110 hurdles (14.41), 300 hurdles (38.38) and long jump (23 feet, 1 inch). Karson Gordon won the triple jump (50-8.75) while the Knights won two relays (4×100 and 4×400).

Class 3A Champion: Irving Cistercian

Class 4A Champion: Episcopal

Episcopal went on to collect 205.5 points to win the SPC championship over Hockaday (127) and St. John’s (124). Mary Taylor led the way with three solo victories. Taylor won the 300 hurdles (44.94), long jump (18-2) and triple jump (37-2). Townsen Thomas won the 100 hurdles (14.54) and the Knights won the 4×100 relays.

Class 3A Champion: Fort Worth National Day

Class 4A Championship: Episcopal School of Dallas def. Saint John, 15-3

Class 3A Championship: Austin St. Andrew’s def. Austin St. Stephen’s, 14-6

Champion: Dallas Hockaday def. Saint John, 20-10