Spring sports now finished and a long and very successful year for Hawklet Athletics. How many games, trips, weekends, and evenings did this man, Paul McGannon see us through?! Thanks Coach McGannon for all you do! AMDG
Blessings for safe travels and playing to their God-given talent!
The Baseball Hawklets and their families gathered in the Sacred Heart Chapel this morning for a team Mass celebrated by Fr. Stephen Kramer, SJ, before @HawkletBaseball heads to Ozark for the Final Four.
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ICYMI: Track & Field State Championship 🏆 Recap...
Rockhurst won its second straight State Title today! Jumpers scored 31 of the team's 60 points!
Jump Team: Tristan Johnson '28, Jack Meyer '26, Coach Christopher Melton (Jumps Coach), Elijah Curtis '28
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Foreshadowing.
The shadow of downtown KC casts on to high level clouds above the K. One of the coolest pictures I think I’ve gotten lucky enough to take at the K. Especially with where we will be moving to. So cool.
DISTRICT CHAMPS!!
With a 5-0 win over Lee’s Summit, @HawkletBaseball moves to 24-14 on the year and advances to the Class 6 State Quarterfinals! It will be a best-of-three series against Staley over May 29-30 for a spot in the Final Four over June 5-6 in Ozark, MO. Rock State!
Rock moves on to the District Final with a 4-2 win over LSN!
• D. Long '26 - 1/3, Game-tying RBI single in 6th
• J. Karl '27 - 1/3, Go-ahead 2-RBI double in 6th
• M. Gillespie '27 - 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 K
• B. Arthur '26 - 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 2 K
Rock State! @HawkletBaseball
State Runner-Up!!
Congrats to Rock Golf for a great season that resulted in a 2nd Place finish yesterday at the C5 State Meet! Following a rainout on Monday, the tournament was shortened to one round on Tuesday. Rockhurst shot 295, one stroke behind the winners from SLUH.
The Rockhurst Choral Program recently hosted its annual Hawklet Showcase in the Rose Theater.
The two-night event was a "pops concert" featuring performances from all four choral groups and 22 musical soloists with tailored accompaniment by a professional live band.
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ROCK DONT’T QUIT!!!
@HawkletBaseball trailed St. Thomas Aquinas 8-3 going into the top of the 7th and Rock rallies for 9 runs! Hawklets then hold on for the 12-8 road win to close out the regular season with a 22-14 record! Rock State!!
Senior Day W!
The @HawkletBaseball seniors get it done in a 12-2 win over Odessa!
• D. Darby '26 - 2/3, HBP, 3 RBI, 2 R
• W. Stephenson '26 - 1/1, BB, 2 RBI, R
• I. Pesek '26 - 1/3, 2 RBI, R
Thanks to these young men and their parents for all they've done for Rock Baseball!
Last week the Rockhurst Choir Program hosted its annual Hawklet Showcase in the Rose Theater! It is a student-led event (from song selections to auditions to showtime and the emceeing) that ran two nights this year based on the popularity of last year’s one-night-only show.
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The point that sent Rock Tennis to State!
Declan Griggs '27 earned the W in the final singles match to give RHS the 5-4 team victory over Pembroke Hill in the C3 State Quarterfinals! Hawklets are back to the Final Four for the 9th time in the last 10 seasons. Rock State!
District Champs!
Congrats to Rock Tennis for winning the C3D6 Title, 5-0 over LSN! Doubles wins from teams of Luke Johnson '26 & Hunter Stout '27, Cooper Clifft '26 & Abhi Joseph '28, and Ben Bautista '28 & Berke Somasegaran '29; singles wins from Declan Griggs '27 and Bautista.
DISTRICT INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS! 🎾🥇
Congrats to the duo of Luke Johnson '26 & Hunter Stout '26 (doubles) and Abhi Joseph '28 (singles) for winning Class 3 District 6 Titles! They will compete in the Individual State Tournament over May 14-15 in Springfield!
It was a special evening for Rock Track & Field as we celebrated 2 outstanding athletes, 50 years apart!
RHS welcomed back Jay Reardon '76 to give out the inaugural Jay Reardon Outstanding Jumper Awards, given to the top boy & girl jumpers at the Al Davis/Mike Lillis Inv.
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The Class of 2029's "Freshman Day For Others" Program is complete! ✅
Yesterday, all members of the freshman class embarked on their 4th and final service day of the year. As upperclassmen, their community service expectations will continue through Senior Service Projects.
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