Athletics

The St. Mark’s Lions boys’ basketball teams are led by Coach Lester Bush.  During the 2011-2012 season, Coach Bush will make his debut as our head coach.  He comes to us with a lot of experience and a love of the game.  Coach Bush will develop strong, fundamentals-based teams for our 4th through 8th grades, and the boys are truly looking forward to his leadership.

We are very excited about the future of our boys’ basketball program under the tutelage of Coach Bush.  Geaux Lions!

The SMCS Lady Lions basketball program is an elite program coached by Dr. Suzanne Tinsley, Ph.D., P.T.  Coach Tinsley.  St. Mark’s supports teams from 4th grade through 8th grade.

Dr. Tinsley has built an elite program, and our girls have excelled.  Not only do we hold several ASPS championships, our teams are competitive in the public school tournaments in which  they participate.

All girls in grades 4 through 8 are invited to play basketball.  Practice is generally held twice per week with a camp in June.  Practice begins in July, and the girls play through November.  In the spring, the teams normally come together again to play through the local YMCA league.

Cross Country is a challenging, yet very rewarding sport.  The goal of our coaches is to have the cross country athletes ready to run at a high school level when they graduate St. Mark’s.

Middle School students meet on Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 PM, the first full week of school through the first week in November. Cross country athletes are required to race in three races around the community.

Students receive bronze, silver, or gold medals at our annual Athletic Banquet for running twenty-six miles, fifty miles or 100 miles during the school year. Trophies are also given to a few outstanding runners each year.

St. Mark’s fields a middle school golf team that competes in various tournaments throughout the city.  Information about our golf program will be added soon.

St. Mark’s Tennis Team won first place in the Shreveport City Purple League, which consists of intermediate to advanced players.  Our 2011 team also placed first in the city-wide middle school tournament, qualifying St. Mark’s to play at the state level.

In 2011-2012, St. Mark’s will field a gold team, which will consist of advanced to tournament players.

S-P-I-R-I-T SPIRIT, LET’S HEAR IT!

St. Mark’s cheerleading is open to all girls in 6th – 8th grades.  Our cheerleaders cheer at Jets football games and St. Mark’s boys’ basketball games as well as lead quarterly pep rallies.  Cheerleader practice is held on Tuesdays after school from 3:15-4:30 PM.  Camp is held in June.

To participate girls must have an SMCS cheerleader uniform, shoes, and jacket, as well as camp outfits.  These items are ordered thru Varsity Cheerleading each April.