JANUARY
JAN
1
HAPPY
NEW YEAR!
JAN 2
JAN 3
JAN
4
1986 The St.
James Boys Varsity Basketball team won its first ever
game against Alabama Christian in the Tine W. Davis
gymnasium (the
gymnasium
where Alabama Christian College {now Faulkner
University} played) with a thrilling 51 - 49 victory
which started the
Trojans
on a 13 game winning streak.
2005
Elizabeth Richards scored 32 points, the 28th point
being her 1000th career point, with 21 of those coming
on 7 three point field goals
as the Lady Trojan
basketballers defeated Brewbaker Tech 64 - 39.
JAN 5
JAN
6
2006 Kelly
Michelle Lewis converts NINE three point shots, tying a
St. James Varsity Girls' basketball record. Kelli
Christian adds FOUR to
make a total of 13 - another
girls' school record - as St. James travels to Trinity
and defeats the Lady Wildcats 51 - 36.
39 of the total
of
51 points for the Trojans were scored from behind the
"arc".
JAN 7
JAN 8
JAN 9
JAN 10
JAN 11
JAN 12
JAN 13
2004 Adam Mills converted
TEN three point shots, a school record, unofficially
only missing 2, as part of his career high 30 points, as
the
St.
James Trojans broke open a close game in the second
quarter on the way to defeating the Tallassee Tigers 76
- 49.
1995
Jan Shearer became the second girl in St. James history
to score 1000 career points in basketball as she
converted a three point play
at
the beginning of the game en route to a 57 - 44 victory
over the Calhoun Lady Tigers.
JAN 14
JAN 15
JAN 16
JAN 17
JAN 18
JAN 19
JAN 20
JAN 21
JAN 22
JAN 23
2007 Kelly Michelle Lewis
hit a three pointer early in the second half for her
1000th, 1001st, and 1002nd career points as the Lady
Trojans
defeated the Beulah Lady Bobcats 68 -
37. She ended up with 27 points on the evening,
leading St. James to victory.
JAN 24
JAN 25
JAN 26
2008 Chase Eley set a new
record for most three-pointers in a season by a St.
James Varsity Boys Basketball player, by connecting on
his 51st
(breaking
the old record of 50 set by Adam Mills in
2004-05). The Trojans were defeated by Montgomery
Academy 58 - 47.
JAN 27
JAN 28
JAN
29
2011 Allison Lewis nailed
TEN three pointers for her total of 30 points in a St.
James 65 - 21 road victory over the Tallassee Lady
Tigers. This
feat not only set a girls' school record,
but tied the boys' school record of 10 as well.
Allison broke the record which was co-held by her
older sister, Kelly Michelle, and by
Hillary Barnes, whose younger sister Hayden played on
the Varsity team as well.
JAN
30
1998 Meredith Darneille
reached the 1000 career basketball point plateau as she
led the Trojans to a 61 - 51 home victory over Alabama
Christian.
2012 St. James
earned #1 Top Play(s) on ESPN SportSCenter. In a
home basketball game against St. Jude, Slade Methvin
fired a desperation
90 foot shot at the end of the first quarter which
connected, and then C.J. Duncan fired a 45 foot jump
shot in less than a second before
halftime. However, the two long shots were not
enough as the Pirates defeated the Trojans 66 -
63. The shots were filmed by WSFA 12
photojournalist John Shyrock and were placed on the
local website and forwarded to ESPN for their
SportSCenter coverage. The link
is available at: http://www.wsfa.com/story/16651232/st-james-players-1-sportscenter-play
JAN
31
2009 Chase Eley scored 24
points, including his 1000th point, and broke his own
school record with his 62nd three pointer of the season
as the
Trojans
defeated Highland Home 61 - 49. He and Chase
Christian both broke 1000 points in the same season,
becoming the first Trojan
teammates
to do so. The game was also the first "Coaches for
Cancer" effort at St. James, as donations were accepted
and a portion of the
admission
was donated to the American Cancer Society. First
year coach Vincent Royals was instrumental in making St.
James basketball
a part of the Coaches for Cancer
nationwide program.
FEBRUARY
FEB 1
FEB
2
2004 Hillary Barnes
reached the 1000 career basketball point plateau,
actually, the 1004 point plateau, becoming only the
second St. James player to
score
50
in a game, as she tallied 50 against the LAMP Golden
Tigers in an 82 - 13 victory. She also set the
school girls' record with NINE
three point baskets, just one short
of the overall school record set by Adam Mills several
weeks before. (The record was broken in
2011.)
1996
Robb McGaughey reached the 1000 career point mark in
basketball as well, in a 76 - 71 loss at Trinity.
His celebration was delayed until two
games
later, the next home game, against Alabama
Christian. McGaughey would return home to coach
the Junior Varsity Boys basketball
team
in the 2007-08 season and would coach various teams at
Montgomery Academy Junior Varsity several years later.
FEB
3
2007 St. James
seniors Kevin Hale and Elizabeth Alter pulled off a
double championship in Long Jump, each winning at the
2007 1A-4A State
Indoor
Track meet at Priceville. Their finishes helped
the STJ boys finish 9th overall, and the STJ girls
finish 4th at the state meet. Hale's
jump
was 20' 2.75" and Alter's was 15' 8". This would
be the last Indoor Track meet in Alabama until the new
Crossplex facility would
be completed in Birmingham and ready for the 2012 Indoor
Track Season, which actually would begin in December
2011.
FEB
4
2012 As part of the
first State Indoor Track Championship (after a four year
hiatus) held at the newly-built Crossplex in metro
Birmingham,
St. James' Taylor Duncan broke three of her own school
records over the weekend in the 800, 1600, and 3200
meter runs while finishing
in the top 4 statewide (1A-4A) in each event. She
led the Lady Trojans to a tenth place finish with 17 of
the 19 team points.
FEB 5
FEB 6
FEB
7
1995 Ken Klinger, senior
basketball player who would later become the St. James
Varsity Basketball Coach in 2005, scored his 1000th
career point
during the
Trojans' 50 - 44 victory over Montgomery Academy.
Klinger was also the varsity basketball coach at
Montgomery Catholic
both prior to and after his stint at St. James.
2009
Chris Henry (see below FEB 9) won his second consecutive
state championship in Huntsville at the 1A-4A State
Wrestling Meet. This time
his
championship was in the 112 pound weight class.
The Trojans, who for the second year sent seven
wrestlers to the state tournament,
had
its best ever team finish, fifth, with 66 points.
Matt Kwan finished as a state runner-up in the 105 pound
weight class which Henry
vacated
this season. Stephen Kwan (119 pounds) and Michael
Bird (152 pounds) each finished third in their
respective classes as well.
FEB 8
FEB
9
2008 Chris Henry won a
state championship in Huntsville at the State Wrestling
Meet - as the champion in the 1A-4A 103 pound weight
division.
He
was one of a record-tying seven wrestlers to qualify for
the state tournament. Henry garnered most of the
Trojans' 37 total points, good
enough
for a 12th place finish overall. Henry was only
the second St. James Wrestler to win a state
championship.
FEB 10
FEB 11
FEB 12
2009 For the second
straight year, the St. James Lady Trojan basketballers
eliminated Alabama Christian from the state playoffs in
the sub-state
round
of the state tournament playing at the Eagles gym.
This year, despite only scoring 11 points in the first
half and trailing by 9, the Trojans
outscored
ACA 38 - 20 in the second half on their way to a 49 - 40
victory. Hope Olszewski led St. James with 18
points.
FEB 13
1989 Leslie Claybrook
became the third leading rebounder in United States High
School Girls history at the time, passing basketball
legend Cheryl
Miller, star of several University of Southern
California and professional teams, as she collected 19
rebounds (giving her a total of 1625 career,
surpassing Miller's
1620) in the Trojans' 63 - 37 area tournament defeat of
Montgomery Academy. The Trojans were ahead 61 - 17
at the
end of the third quarter before all the starters
were taken out of the game.
FEB 14
2004 Taylor Nelson hit a
heavily-pressured 30 foot 3 pointer as the buzzer
sounded to send the 4A Area 5 Championship game into
overtime and the
Trojans eventually pulled off a thrilling 77 - 75 double
overtime victory over the Beauregard Hornets. (GAME RECAP)
1986
The St. James Lady basketballers upset previously # 1
ranked Linden, fresh off an upset loss in their area
tournament, 47 - 46 in the sub-state
round of the 1986 2A State Basketball
tournament. St. James was up 29 - 18, but was
outscored 22 - 3 as Linden took a 40 - 32 lead before
the Trojans went on a 12
- 0 run, holding Linden shotless, much less scoreless,
over a 3:50 span in the final quarter.
1984
Courtenay Miles hit both ends of a 1 and 1 with 12
seconds left to lead St. James over the 1983 State Girls
Basketball Champion Edward Bell
34
- 33, and into the State Final Four in Birmingham for
the first time in school history. The margin was
the Lady Trojans' only lead in the
second half of the game,
played at St. James.
FEB 15
FEB 16
FEB 17
FEB 18
FEB 19
2011 Brothers Matt and
Stephen Kwan each won their respective weight classes at
the 2011 1A-4A State Wrestling Tournament. St.
James'
team
had its best finish to date, with nine qualifying
wrestlers totalling 74 points, good enough for fourth
place overall.
FEB 20
FEB 21
FEB 22
1990 St. James had
lost 3 previous games to Trinity in the 1989-90 season,
two in the regular season and one a week earlier in the
area tournament
finals.
However, in the third substate round of the State
Tournament, the Lady Trojan basketballers ended
Trinity's season at 20 - 3 with a
shocking
70 - 50 victory at Trinity. Kristy Edwards had a
triple double with 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 10
assists. Bethel Dimaggio added 16
points,
and Mary Sylvest held Trinity's high-scorer Julie
Harrington, a 30+ point per game scorer, to 20 points
and only 6 of 22 shooting.
FEB 23
FEB 24
2010 In what is
believed to be a St. James Trojans girls soccer record,
Tori Shonk scored 7 goals in one game as part of a 12 -
0 defeat of Marbury.
FEB 25
FEB 26
2005 St. James
traveled to Troy to play a baseball doubleheader at Troy
University's Riddle-Pace Field. In game one, Bruce
Alter's double in the
eighth inning completed a comeback as the
Trojans defeated Tuscaloosa County, the defending 2004
6A state runner up, 2 - 1, in the extra
inning ballgame. Taylor Thompson pitched a strong
eight innings, allowing no earned runs. In game
two, Alter and Adam Mills, who hit 2
home runs, led the Trojans to a 12 - 1
five inning win over the Charles Henderson Trojans, the
defending 2004 5A state champions.
FEB 27
FEB 28
FEB 29
MARCH
MAR 1
MAR 2
MAR 3
MAR 4
MAR 5
MAR 6
MAR 7
MAR 8
1991 In the first
year the Alabama High School Athletic Association
recognized soccer as a championship sport, St. James
hosted the second AHSAA
game
in Montgomery, opening their second season with a 4 - 3
win over visiting Midfield. Bryan Jernigan, Gabe
Harris, Lee Walker, and Karl
Fangmeier
each scored a goal in the victory.
2007
Joe Goodson and Halen Weldon tossed a combined no-hitter
in a 4½ inning Trojan Junior Varsity 11 - 0
baseball win over Catholic's Junior
Varsity. This game followed immediately after a
St. James/Catholic varsity matchup where 38 hits and 35
runs were scored between the two
teams
in an error-filled contest. St. James did win the
varsity game 19 - 16.
MAR 9
MAR 10
1993 John Bricken,
basketball coach for the past 25 years and head coach at
Lanier for the previous 21, was hired as St. James'
Athletic Director.
He
became the school's first athletic director who also did
not coach one of the various varsity teams in any
sport. He did coach several
junior
varsity and junior high basketball teams after his
arrival.
MAR 11
MAR 12
MAR 13
MAR 14
MAR 15
MAR 16
MAR 17
1993 Catholic
Athletic Director Dean Delongchamp officially announced
the formation of the Capital City Conference among six
city private schools:
ST.
JAMES, Alabama Christian, Catholic, Montgomery Academy,
Saint Jude, and Trinity. In its first mini season,
the CCC awarded a
sportsmanship
trophy and an all-sports trophy at a banquet at the
Montgomery Academy Lower School in May. This
formation occurred in
concurrence
with all six teams deciding to forego spring football
training that year.
MAR 18
MAR 19
MAR 20
1993 The St. James
Baseball Team travelled to Holtville to play a game
postponed a week earlier by the 1993 Super Storm.
Chris Armstrong struck
out
9 in 5 1/3 innings of relief as the Trojans defeated the
Bulldogs 8 - 6. St. James then hurried back to
Montgomery to play a regularly
scheduled
game later that afternoon against Trinity. Hunter
Pappas drove in the winning run in the bottom of the
seventh inning to give the
Trojans
a 7 - 6 win and a sweep of a peculiar doubleheader.
1998
The St. James Baseball Team trailed Montgomery Academy
11 - 6 going to the bottom of the seventh inning, but
managed a 6-run comeback,
highlighted
by Speed McDonald's game-ending walk off homerun, to
defeat the Eagles 12 - 11.
MAR 21
MAR 22
1990 The St. James
Golf Team won a 5 team 18 hole match at Colonial Acres
Country Club, defeating 6A competition Jeff Davis,
Robert E. Lee,
Sidney
Lanier, and Selma. This was the only regular
season match where Jeff Davis failed to defeat each of
its opponents, as the Volunteers
finished with a 26 - 1 record.
Trojan Wade Hartley was co-medalist of the tournament,
shooting a par 72.
MAR 23
MAR 24
MAR 25
MAR 26
MAR 27
MAR 28
MAR 29
MAR 30
MAR 31
APRIL
APR 1
APR 2
APR 3
APR 4
APR 5
APR 6
APR 7
APR 8
1987 The St. James
softball team, in their first year of organized play,
won their first game ever in the sixth game of the
season with a 7 - 0 shutout
of
Highland Home in the second game of a
doubleheader. The game was played at the Chisholm
Community Center field. The team would
suspend
operations for several years before returning
permanently in 1992.
1999 St. James and
Catholic played an interesting baseball doubleheader
this day. The game originally scheduled for this
day at Catholic beginning
at 4:00 PM was played, with the Knights winning 12 -
2. The teams then packed up and moved over to St.
James to play a game which had
been rained out earlier in the season. The Trojans
responded at home with a narrow 5 - 4 victory to earn a
split in the "doubleheader".
APR 9
APR
10
2006 Blaine Joyner
scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh
inning to lift the Trojans to a 4 - 3 victory over
visiting Florida Christian
of
Miami. Florida Christian was ranked # 13 among all
high school teams in the United States by Baseball
America at the time. Joyner also was
credited with the
victory, pitching the final two innings, and had two
hits including a double as well.
APR
11
1989 William
Richardson scored on a throwing error in the bottom of
the eighth inning to complete a comeback for the Trojans
as the baseballers
defeated
Montgomery Academy 5 - 4. Rob Warren, the winning
pitcher, dramatically sent the game to extra innings
with a 2-run 2-out
homerun
in the bottom of the seventh inning to tie the score at
4.
APR 12
APR
13
APR
14
APR 15
APR
16
2008 Robyn Harmon
picks up her 1000th career strikeout during a 15 - 0
defeat of Bullock County in fast pitch softball.
At the time, Harmon was only
the
16th pitcher in AHSAA (fast pitch) history to top the
1000 career strikeout mark.
APR 17
1991 St. James
scored 5 runs in the top of the seventh inning in a
come-from-behind 6 - 5 baseball win over Alabama
Christian to capture the area title.
Four
of the runs scored after two were out. Tim
Kreger's single knocked in Ken Turnipseed for the
go-ahead run. The Eagles had a runner on
third
base with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but the
Trojans did not allow him to score to secure the victory
and area championship.
This
game seemed to be the impetus which eventually led St.
James to its first state baseball championship.
APR 18
APR 19
APR 20
APR
21
2004 C.J. Shaw hit
the first inside-the-park homerun at St. James, a solo
shot in the second inning in the first round of the
state playoffs against Gulf
Shores.
The Trojans went on to defeat the Dolphins 7 - 2.
APR 22
APR 23
APR 24
APR 25
APR 26
APR 27
1988 David Wilkerson's
bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the seventh inning
propelled the Trojans to a come-from-behind 6 - 5 upset
victory over
the
Alabama Christian Eagles.
2010
St. James won its eighth consecutive softball area
tournament championship. The Trojans defeated Opp
in the first game 8 - 3, then defeated
upstart
Brewbaker Tech 15 - 0 who had earlier shocked
state-ranked and homestanding Ashford in their first
round game. Amelia Hanan pitched
a
four inning no hitter in the shutout. St. James
later defeated Ashford 16 - 6 to clinch the title
enroute to the South Regional Tournament.
APR 28
APR 29
1997 In a first round
baseball playoff game which had been postponed three
days by rain, St. James finally made the trip to
Ashville. Alan Olsen lifted
the
Trojans from a 5 - 0 deficit in the sixth inning by
hitting a grand slam which was followed later by a
game-tying single by Rob Cole. Olsen's
sacrifice fly in the top of the
seventh was enough to allow Michael Gallops to dominate
in the bottom of the seventh for the 6 - 5 Trojan
victory.
APR
30
1994 Meredith Darneille
christened the new softball field at Trinity by hitting
a home run on the first pitch of the first game at the
new field as part of the
first annual Trinity Invitational
Softball Tournament. St. James went on to win the
game 18 - 2, and later the same day defeated Reeltown 16
- 5
and Alabama Christian 3 - 2 to
capture the initial Trinity Tournament Championship.
MAY
MAY
1 2004
Scott Price claimed both the 1600 meter and 3200 meter
run titles in the 4A State Outdoor Track Tournament in
Tuscaloosa, helping St. James to
a sixth
place finish statewide.
2010
Win Woodson, a seventh grader at St. James, won the
Javelin Throw contest at the 4A State (Varsity) Track
Meet in Gulf Shores. Her throw was
110
feet, 6 inches - a huge increase over her winning 98
feet 11 inch throw earlier in sectionals, and 2½
feet further than her nearest competitor.
Hope
Olszewski, a St. James senior, finished third with a
toss of nearly 105 feet. These two
performances resulted in 16 of the 33 points which
were
totalled by the St. James ladies, leading to a sixth
place finish statewide.
MAY 2
MAY 3
MAY 4
1990 St. James hosted its first
ever soccer game, played on Carlisle (football)
Field. Jim Bailey scored both goals for the
Trojans as they earned a 2 - 2
draw with
neighboring Catholic. The Trojans had played 7
games prior, in the temporary Central Alabama Youth
Soccer League, before hosting
their first game.
MAY 5
1994 Jan Shearer hit three home
runs (a grand slam, a 3-run, and a solo) and drove in a
total of 10 runs as St. James walloped Highland Home 19
- 8
in
a softball matchup.
2007
Katie Bright, several days after injuring two fingers on
her throwing hand, set a new 4A State record at the
State Track and Field Meet, taking home
a
state championship by throwing her javelin 119 feet, 9
inches, easily breaking the old record of 113 plus
feet. The girls placed sixth in the 2007
Outdoor State Meet despite only several
participants. Her record was broken two years
later by Carla Pettus of Rogers High by two feet.
MAY 6
MAY 7
1996 Erin Stough, who would earn
the 1996 1A-4A Fast Pitch State Tournament Most Valuable
Player predominantly due to her pitching, scored the
winning
run of the deciding game in the bottom of the seventh
inning by stealing second, beating a throw to third on a
bunt by Mary Hayden
Winn,
and racing home on a passed ball. This helped the
Trojans to a 6 - 5 come-from-behind victory over
Pleasant Grove. Meredith Darneille,
who also was given
consideration for Tournament MVP, hit a grand slam in
the fourth inning to get the Trojan offense going.
This was the first
girls' team championship in school history, and
set the tone for what would become arguably a softball
dynasty in the upcoming years.
MAY 8
2007 The St. James softballers
defeated the Lady Warhawks of Daleville 10 - 0 and 11 -
0 in a sub-state playoff round one doubleheader.
In the first
game,
Robyn Harmon gave up 1 hit and struck out 13. In
the second game, Kelly Brasfield pitched a 6 inning
perfect game and struck out
15 (including each of the first 9 batters),
allowing only three infield outs when the ball was put
into play. One of those was a line drive which
Brasfield
managed to block from her face and still pick the ball
up and throw the runner out at first.
MAY 9
MAY 10
2008 Robyn Harmon, in her
last career home appearance, tied a state record by
striking out 20 Thomasville Tigers out of 22 batters as
part of a
2
- 0 St. James win in the first game of a substate
doubleheader. The Trojans qualified for the state
tournament with a second game 8 - 3
victory.
MAY 11
MAY 12
MAY 13
MAY 14
MAY 15
MAY 16
MAY 17
2008 Robyn Harmon
closed out a stellar softball career at St. James,
pitching her third and fourth consecutive shutouts (28
innings worth) in the
state
4A championship tournament, defeating Lawrence County 4
- 0, and Ardmore 6 - 0, earning her third 4A Tournament
MVP in four
years
and giving the Trojans their fourth state championship
in eight years. She would later be named 4A Player
of the Year and first team
pitcher,
Coach Karl Smeltzer was named 4A Coach of the Year, and
Morgan Mullen and Lauren Henry would also be named 4A
first
team
members, at second base and catcher respectively.
MAY 18
2006 St. James
defeated Deshler 7 - 6 at Montgomery's Riverwalk Stadium
to clinch their second state baseball championship,
exactly 15 years
to the day after their first.
Sophomore Blaine Joyner, named Most Valuable Player of
the Tournament, pitched all 7 innings for the complete
game victory, allowing only 1 earned
run. He held the lead despite 5 Trojan
errors. He also went 4 for 4 at the plate in the
final game, and
6 for 7 in the final series. Jason Soriano's two
run single in the top of the sixth highlighted a three
run inning as the Trojans overcame a 5 - 3
deficit for the two game championship
sweep.
1991 St. James
defeated Cordova 4 - 1 in a game played at the nearby
Dora field to win its first team championship in any
sport, this one baseball.
The
entire second half of the season had been plagued by
rainouts and delays. After the second game of the
best of three series was
controversially "called" in the top of the
sixth inning with St. James down by only 1 and men on
base the day before, a rain-soaked field at
Cordova necessitated the move to
Dora. The Trojans scored 2 in the first.
With the bases loaded, Bryan Skelton scored on a wild
pitch, and
later Tim Kreger's bases-loaded walk forced
home Rob Warren. The Trojans added a run in the
bottom of the second as Stefan Delahay, who
pitched
a complete game despite a back injury, scored on a
Patriot throwing error. Cordova had the bases
loaded with no outs in the fifth
inning, but could only score once on a
double play and a grounder to shortstop. The
Trojans picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the
sixth as Danny Mayer scored on another
bases-loaded walk, this one to Rob Warren, and St. James
held on in the top of the seventh to claim the
2A State Championship. St.
James had failed to play a single home game all season.
MAY 19
2006 Robyn Harmon
picked up two wins in the first day of the 2006 State
Softball Tournament. In her second win of the day,
a 3-0 victory over
Bibb
County, she pitched a 7 inning perfect game. She
would help the Trojans clinch their second consecutive
softball 4A State Championship
the
next day and would be named Most Valuable Player of the
state tournament for the second consecutive year.
MAY 20
2005 It may have
been the day Hyundai officially "opened" in Montgomery,
but it was Robyn Harmon pitching her third and fourth
complete
games in two days during the state
softball tournament, all four victories, on her way to
Most Valuable Player of the 4A State Tournament.
Kylie
Harmon and Kelly Michelle Lewis were also named to the
All-State Tournament Team.
MAY 21
MAY 22
MAY 23
MAY 24
MAY 25
MAY 26
MAY 27
MAY 28
MAY 29
MAY 30
MAY 31
JUNE / JULY / early AUGUST (school's out!)
AUG 25
AUG 26
AUG 27
AUG 28
1999 St. James
welcomed Oak Mountain High School to the Alabama High
School Athletic Association as the Lady Volleyball
Trojans
hosted the Lady Eagles for their first ever high school
competition. The Trojans won the best of 3 match
15 - 11 and 15 - 2.
Later in the day, the visiting Benjamin Russell ladies
defeated both the Eagles and the Trojans to sweep the
season opening
tri-match.
AUG 29
AUG 30
AUG 31
1973 St. James
played its first ever varsity football game, hosting the
Lowndes County Red Devils of Fort Deposit. Lowndes
County
won the game 14 - 7.
SEPTEMBER
SEP 1
SEP
2
2011 The St.
James footballers welcomed ranked Straughn to town for
the first time ever, and sent them away scoreless with a
20 - 0 upset. Three different Trojans scored
touchdowns in three different quarters, but it was the
defense who recorded their
first shutout in nearly seven seasons.
SEP 3
1993 Rob Pate
became the first ever Capital City Conference varsity
football player of the week as he blocked two punts
(returning
one of them for a touchdown), kicked a field goal, and
recorded a sack which resulted in a safety as the
Trojans travelled to
Thorsby
and returned home with a 34 - 0 shutout to start the
1993 football season.
SEP 4
SEP 5
SEP 6
SEP 7
SEP 8
SEP 9
SEP 10
SEP 11
SEP 12
SEP 13
SEP 14
SEP 15
SEP 16
2011 C.J. Duncan threw for
three touchdown passes, ran for a game-tying two point
conversion with less than 70 seconds remaining, sacked
the
opposing quarterback on an overtime two point conversion
attempt, and then ran for a 10 yard touchdown himself
just prior to a game-
winning extra point as St. James came from behind and
upset previously undefeated Ashford 31 - 30 in an
overtime thriller. It was the first
overtime matchup the Trojans had won in exactly 16 years
and 1 day after losing the previous four attempts.
SEP 17
SEP 18
1987 Mark Kitchens scored
on three short touchdown runs, with his 65 yard kickoff
return setting up one of them, and his endzone
interception
late in the game preserved a
shutout as St. James defeated Trinity for the first time
ever at Carlisle Field, and only the second time in
series
history, 28 - 0.
2003 In the first year
rally scoring was not only approved, but required in
Alabama High School Athletic Association Volleyball, the
Middle
Schoolers from St. James and Catholic decided to test
the scoreboards. In a two game match which
normally would have taken an hour or
less, the Trojans defeated the Knights in two games, but
each game was well beyond the 25 point limit. St.
James won the first game
40 - 38, and then bettered that mark in game two with a
41 - 39 victory in a match which took nearly three
hours. The junior varsities played
alongside the Middle Schoolers and were finished in two
games before the first game of the Middle School match
completed. The varsity
match started, by agreement, during the middle of game
two of the Middle School match, which frankly was
drawing as much attention.
2009
In arguably the most amazing varsity football comeback
in St. James history, Brandyn Baker caught an 84 yard
pass, moving the ball to the
Opp
1 yard line with seconds remaining, and John Slayton
drove hard into the line for the game winning touchdown
as the Trojans ruined
the
Bobcats' 2009 Homecoming with an amazing 20 - 17
victory.
SEP 19
SEP 20
SEP 21
1984 In a game which was
delayed 2½ hours because the officiating crew did
not show up (one had to be police escorted in following
the Alabama
Christian-Catholic game across town), St. James
defeated Trinity for the first time ever at Trinity's
Boykin Field 14 - 13. Johnny Redding
scored twice, on a 79 yard run
and a 66 yard fumble return, but it was two blocked
kicks, an extra point attempt and a field goal attempt
with less
than two minutes remaining, which sealed the deal for
the Trojans, giving them their first win over the
Wildcats in six attempts.
SEP 22
SEP 23
SEP 24
2010 C.J. Duncan basically
rewrote the St. James offensive football record
books. The team totalled 577 yards from scrimmage
(296 rushing
and
281 passing), with Duncan being responsible for 425 of
those himself (158, 267 respectively) as the Trojans
demolished Montgomery
Academy
42 - 12, the worst defeat of the Eagles in school
history. Duncan's heroics earned him the WSFA-TV
Hardee's Fever Athlete of
the
Week, and earned him statewide honors by the Alabama
Sports Writers Association. The win also prevented
the Trojans' tenth
consecutive
loss, which would have tied a nearly 30 year old school
record.
SEP 25
1998 On this day, St.
James played a unique volleyball / football tripleheader
against Briarwood Christian in Shelby County. The
Junior Varsity
volleyball match started at 3
PM, the Varsity volleyball match started shortly after 4
PM, and the Varsity football game followed that night.
Briarwood
Christian was the unwelcoming host, defeating all three
Trojan teams.
SEP 26
SEP 27
SEP 28
SEP 29
SEP 30
2011 C.J. Duncan ran for
two touchdowns and threw three touchdown passes (for the
seventh time in his 1½ year career), all to Jake
Jabour,
as the Trojans made their first ever football visit to
Headland a very successful one with a 40 - 8 victory
over the homestanding Rams.
Notable asides in the game were the mice seen on the
field upon arrival before game, and the sudden
near-drenching of the Headland
band during halftime as the sprinkler system came on
just before they were to begin their performance.
OCTOBER
OCT 1
OCT 2
2009 St. James' Crawford
Steinberg blocked two Holtville punts, one which led
directly to a touchdown, earning him numerous awards
including
the
Alabama Sports Writers Association Special Teams Player
of the Week throughout the state. The Trojans won
their fifth straight game,
coming
from behind in the fourth quarter for the fourth
consecutive game, defeating the visiting Bulldogs 15 -
14.
OCT 3
OCT 4
OCT 5
OCT 6
OCT 7
OCT
8 2010
Taylor Duncan was the overall winner in the second
annual Montgomery Metro Cross Country meet championships
at the Blount Cultural
Park.
The Trojans, who entered only four competitors in each
the men's and women's races (making them ineligible for
team scoring) still
used
the victory to reassess their standing in the quickly
rising competition of Montgomery area Cross Country.
2010
Drew Brantley blocked two extra point attempts (his
third and fourth of the year) helping lead St. James to
a frenzied 32 - 28 victory over
Alabama
Christian. For these and other defensive feats,
Brantley was named to the Honorable Mention defensive
player of the week by the
Alabama
Sports Writers Association. Forrest Taylor's late
interception erased any chance of a late Eagle comeback.
OCT 9
OCT 10
OCT 11
OCT 12
1984 Johnny Redding recovered a
fumbled snap in the endzone for the only touchdown as
the # 5 ranked Trojans defeated area foe Highland Home,
ranked # 3 in the state, 7 -
0. Redding rushed for 151 yards on 28 carries in
the game which helped solidify the Trojans' first ever
football playoff
berth, and their first ever # 2
state ranking in football. They have never
been ranked # 1 at any time.
1973
St. James played its first varsity football game against
Montgomery Academy, and the two teams have played every
year since. Montgomery
Academy won the first meeting,
played on the two teams' shared field located on the
Academy campus, 28 - 8.
OCT 13
OCT 14
OCT 15
OCT 16
OCT 17
OCT 18
OCT 19
OCT 20
OCT 21
2005 Kevin Hale's 39 yard interception
return, along with two Will Martin touchdown passes, was
enough scoring in a come-from-behind 21 - 14
victory
over Trinity, giving the Trojans their fifth Capital
City Conference Varsity Football title, and first since
2000. Even though the Trojans
failed
to qualify for the playoffs, they defeated Trinity,
Montgomery Academy, and Alabama Christian, all
eventually playoff-bound teams.
OCT 22
OCT 23
OCT 24
OCT 25
OCT 26
OCT 27
1995 "Trojans Berry Knights In Mud" - the
now classic Montgomery Advertiser headline summed up the
Catholic/St. James football game.
The
Trojans, 2 - 6 coming into the game, were playing 6 - 2
Catholic for the runner-up spot and the associated
playoff berth in 3A
Area
4. Catholic scored on their first drive, but the
Trojan defense and halfback/linebacker Mark Berry made
it impossible for them
to
score again, as the Trojans pulled one of their biggest
upsets in history, defeating the Knights 14 - 7 at a
mud-covered Carlisle Field.
OCT 28
OCT 29
OCT 30
OCT 31
NOVEMBER
NOV
1 2003
Katie Smith was named 4A Tournament Most Valuable Player
as she helped lead the St. James Volleyball Team to
their second 4A state
championship in three years with a 3 - 1 match
defeat over favored Gulf Shores.
NOV 2
NOV 3
2001 Megan Stout was named Most
Valuable Player as she helped lead the St. James
Volleyball Team to its first ever state championship,
defeating powerful Cherokee
County for the second time in three days in the final
match.
NOV 4
NOV 5
NOV 6
NOV 7
2003 St. James won perhaps
its biggest football playoff game to date, traveling to
Ashford to face the # 9 ranked 9 - 1 Yellow
Jackets. Will
Stansfield's three field goals, a late
defensive stand, and a bizarre fake punt play by Ashford
which was negated by a penalty helped the
Trojans to an ultra-exciting 22 - 20 first round
playoff upset. (GAME
RECAP )
NOV 8
1996 Jay Robertson set a
St. James school receiving yardage record by catching 9
passes for 202 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Trojans
clinched
their
fourth straight playoff appearance with a 41 - 27 area
victory over Holtville. Alan Olsen completed 13 of
his 18 pass attempts in the
game
for a then school-record 269 yards. (GAME
RECAP)
NOV 9
NOV 10
NOV 11
NOV 12
NOV 13
NOV 14
NOV 15
NOV 16
NOV 17
NOV 18
NOV 19
NOV 20
NOV 21
NOV 22
NOV 23
NOV 24
NOV 25
NOV 26
NOV 27
NOV 28
NOV 29
NOV 30
DECEMBER
DEC 1
DEC 2
1986 Jessica Wilson led the way with
36 points and 13 rebounds as the Lady Trojan Basketballers
crushed the ladies from Calera, 109 - 17. Sophomore
Leslie Claybrook
added 25 points and 15 rebounds. Evie Nesterowich
scored 20 and had 14 steals. Elizabeth Boshell added
14 points and Keri
Crocker stole the ball
12 times as the ladies rolled up the school's highest
basketball score total, and margin of victory, ever.
DEC 3
DEC 4
DEC 5
DEC 6
2004 St. James defeated Trinity 14 -
9 in a Junior Varsity girls basketball game. What was
noteworthy in the game was that Trinity scored all nine of
its
points in the first half and St. James scored all fourteen
of its points in the second half. Not a single shot
was made the entire game at the basket on
the south end of the
Trojan gymnasium. Jama Hanna and Neely Ketzler each
scored 5 points to lead the Trojans.
DEC 7
DEC 8
DEC 9
DEC 10
DEC 11
2009 Hope Olszewski's first basket
against Trinity was her 1000th career point at St.
James. She scored 12 that night as the Trojans went to
Trinity
and
defeated the Lady Wildcats 48 - 25.
DEC 12
DEC 13
2008 Chase Christian managed a rare
high school "triple-double" as he poured in 13 points,
grabbed 11 rebounds, and dished out 11 assists as part of
a
63 - 41 victory over Highland Home.
DEC 14
1988 Leslie Claybrook surpassed the
2000 point career total in the first quarter of a 79 - 21
victory over Stanhope Elmore. Her 42 game points,
double
the
total output of the Lady Mustangs, gave her 2039 career
points with still most of her senior season remaining.
She managed a "triple double"
in
the game as she added 13 rebounds and 10 steals.
DEC 15
DEC 16 1984
Mike Johnson scored 12 points and was
named Tournament Most Valuable Player as St. James won at
Montgomery Academy for the first
time ever, and only the third time in 39
previous meetings overall, as the Trojans captured the 18th
Annual Montgomery Academy Christmas
Basketball Tournament, 43 -
34. The Trojans were never invited again to this
particular tournament, which later was supplanted by the
Capital
City Conference Holiday Tournament upon the formation of the
CCC.
DEC 17
DEC 18
1987 Leslie Claybrook scored 53
points for the Lady Trojans, at that time a state record for
most points scored in one game for girls basketball
according to Ron Ingram, high school editor of The Birmingham News,
as St. James defeated Trinity 75 - 71 in overtime in the
second round of
the
Blue Gray Tournament, played at Catholic High School.
She was literally hot that evening, as she had a 101 degree
fever just before
the beginning of the game,
debating on whether or not she should even play.
DEC 19
DEC 20
DEC 21
1995 The St. James basketball girls
trailed Keith 42 - 28 going into the fourth quarter, but
Kristen Kirkland's 20 points, 14 rebounds, and 6 blocks
helped
enable
the Trojans to outscore Keith 18 - 0 in the final period to
pull out an exciting 46 - 42 area victory in Keith's home
gymnasium in Orrville.
DEC 22
2007 In what was believed to be a first
time event, St. James alumni faced off each other as coaches
in a varsity athletic event. Reg Mantooth (class of
1986) led his
Oak Mountain Eagles against Ken Klinger (class of 1995) and
his St. James Trojans in a boys basketball matchup - the
championship
of
the 2007 Wildcat Classic at Fultondale High School. 6A
Oak Mountain was 12 - 1 at the time, and defeated the
Trojans, a surprise entrant in
the
tournament finals, 72 - 41. Mantooth was in his first
year coaching at Oak Mountain after a very successful career
at Fort Dale Academy.
DEC 23
DEC 24
DEC
25
MERRY
CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!
DEC 26
DEC 27
DEC 28
DEC
29
2008 Chase Christian hit a three
pointer in the first quarter of a Capital City Conference
Holiday Tournament game against Trinity to reach the 1000
point
plateau. St. James went on to a rare CCC Tournament
defeat of Trinity, 53 - 47.
DEC
30
2006 The St. James girls wrapped up the
Capital City Conference Tournament championship, overcoming
a fierce rally by Montgomery Academy where
the
Lady Eagles actually took a lead late in the fourth
quarter. Key shots by Kelly Michelle Lewis and Hope
Olszewski down the stretch gave the
Trojans the championship in a 53 - 49 victory at the Trinity
gymnasium.
DEC 31
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