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Teachers find helpful tips at Canvas meeting BY Connor FitzGerald NEWS EDITOR
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hree of the 18 teachers who are part of the Canvas pilot program, along with technology support specialist Linda Gruss, traveled to a Canvas conference in Troy, Mo. on Wednesday. This semester, just under 600 students and 18 teachers are testing out Canvas, an online classroom interface that allows for easy access to class discussions and assignments. The Canvas conference was intended to educate teachers about Canvas features. At the meeting, two teachers from the Troy School District, a social studies teacher and an English teacher, spoke about their Canvas experience. After that, multiple representatives from Canvas spoke. One of the Canvas representatives, a former high school English teacher, spoke to the group about implementing other websites, such
as Quizlet and Turnitin, into their classes. The main point of the Canvas reps, according to theology teacher Rob Garavaglia, was offering advice on the best ways to introduce Canvas to the SLUH community. Garavaglia found the conference helpful. The main two things he learned on Wednesday were tips to make class integration easier: the ability to upload handwritten notes to Canvas, and the ability to videotape a student presentation and give the students access to their presentation and to the teacher’s feedback for that presentation. Garavaglia believed this to be a powerful tool as it offers students a different perspective of the grading process that they don’t often see with their presentations. As of right now, many teachers use the Canvas gradebook and quiz features. The interface can also be used
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Racquetball takes sixth straight National Title BY Andrew STAFF
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oc Dynasty continues. The St. Louis U. High racquetball team won its sixth consecutive National title this past weekend. The team scored 2,846 points, while the second place team, Beaverton (Oregon) fell short with 2,405. The team travelled to Portland, Oregon for the National High School Racquetball Championships on Wednesday, Feb. 24. Matches began the next morning as many underclassmen in the sixth singles bracket stole the show early on. In singles, each team was allowed one player in each of the top five divisions, while all other players overflowed into the huge sixth bracket made up of 120 players. Any win in the first five divisions won considerably more points than a win in the sixth bracket. However, SLUH’s dominance in the sixth bracket
provided the team with several points. Senior Charlie Mueth, seeded second in the No. 4 bracket, provided many of the overall points for the team by winning his bracket. Mueth had a first-round bye into the quarterfinals, where he faced off with John Mazer (Oregon). He defeated Mazer 15-10, 15-9 to move into the semifinals. “I stuck to my game plan of hitting high percentage shots and hitting a lot of ceiling balls to his backhand,” said Mueth. “He wasn’t as good with his backhand as I was with mine, so I just kind of waited for him to make mistakes and he made a lot of mistakes …It was a good start to singles for me.” In the semifinals, Mueth took down Johnny Greenberg of Parkway West to advance to the finals of the bracket. “I knew it would be really tough,” said Mueth. “He’s
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Harmony Prayer Service brings in ten schools around St. Louis
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Smet’s senior class president, Ray Stewart, read petitions calling for change and acceptance of all groups of people. “Especially because we had a diversity lens, I wanted to touch on as many things as possible but I also wanted to be respectful,” said Stewart. After the service, the group gathered in the Si Commons to discuss problems of diversity within St. Louis schools and possible strategies for reform within the schools. Each table had a chance to present a short suggestion on how to make the current scene in high schools more accepting. One of the recurring themes called for the faculty and staff to reflect the diversity within the student
body. “Because we are speaking out, I believe we will cause change but I believe the most pressing issue is representation of not only races but gender and religion as well,” said Rosati Kain junior Ebony Major. “The activity really helped solidify the fact that we need to have more inclusion in school and in the workplace,” said Wahida. After hearing the presentations, students got the chance to respond to the proposals. “I think the reflections at the end of the presentation were most impactful because we got to hear from students
espite its title, National History Day (NHD) is not a single day, but rather a competition—one held for high school and grade school students, culminating with a national contest in June. For the first time in recent years, St. Louis U. High sent students to the NHD regional competition on Saturday, Feb. 27 at UMSL. Spearheaded by social studies teacher Tim O’Neil, the push to compete in the NHD competition came from his own desire to involve students in the contest. “I had known about NHD for about six years and decided that this year, it was going to be one of my goals— where we’re actually going to make a project, send some competitors and see what happens,” said O’Neil. “(This year is) more to learn how the process goes. Then maybe next year, we can begin to build it a little.” All of the submissions for the competition came from O’Neil’s sophomore AP World History course. Since all of the students in his class were required to write a research paper in the first se-
CES hosted the annual Harmony Prayer Service to discuss issues of diversity with a focus on growing comfortable with each person’s differences. This theme was chosen by members in ACES based on Zora Neale Hurston’s essay “How it feels to be Colored Me,” published in 1928. Around 150 students from ten schools around the St. Louis area attended, the largest group in the history of the event. “So many different students from a variety of schools contributed. I was proud of the way our students were good hosts and added to the spirit of the event,” said ACES continued on page 2 continued on page 4 moderator Frank Kovarik. The event began with a student-run service in the chapel. After SLUH junior Blake Johnson opened the service, students met with and greeted each other. Volunteers sang hymns with theology teacher Dan Finucane and math teacher Dan Schuler; students also heard poems written and presented by Incarnate Word students Jade Gates (“Never Judge a Book by Its Color”) and Jocelynn Horton (“Be Real”). Then junior Fatima Wahida from the Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience gave a speech reflecting her personal experience growing up as a Muslim in St. photo | Leo Heinz Louis. Students at the Harmony Prayer Service after the speakers in the Chapel. They heard three difTo end the service, De ferent talks that all centered around St. Louis diversity issues.
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Shedding light on dark matter Daniel Baxter, ’09, Skyped the Science Club during Monday’s activity period about the research in his field of work—particle astrophysics. Page 2 Opinion
SLUH students compete in NHD regional competition
Bittersweet Black History Month A student reflects on the meaning of February to him and how his mixed feelings about the month have evolved this year. Page 3
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Speech! Speech! Speech! The Speech Team finished first in the Christian Interscholastic Speech League (CISL) finals last weekend to end the season. Page 2 Sports
Quest for the Final Four After a closer-than-anticipated victory over Lindbergh Tuesday, 66-52, SLUH faces Webster Groves at home tonight at 7:30 in the district finals. Page 5
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Challenge Cup defeat Hockey suffered its second straight Challenge Cup loss to CBC last Thursday 5-2 after a dominant start to the first period. Page 5 Sports
Ott departs wrestling for family Theology teacher Jon Ott stepped down from his position as the wrestling head coach last Friday, explaining that he hopes to make more time for his wife and kids. Page 5
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NEWS March 4, 2016 Prep News Staycation heads to Black Speech takes first at CISL finals, Baxter, ’09, Skypes History Museum racks up a cumulative 332 points Colton Nadenbush community.
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The group of seven students, accompanied by modhe Staycation club took a erator and French teacher trip to the Griot Museum Suzanne Renard, viewed of Black History last Friday a documentary about the afternoon to engage in dis- Middle Passage and saw the cussions about racial issues, evolution of black culture and while honoring Black History the affects of prominent civil month. rights leaders, such as JoseThe Griot uses life-size phine Baker and Dr. Martin wax figures, art, artifacts, and Luther King Jr. memorabilia to interpret the After touring the musestories of African Americans um, the group enjoyed dinner who have contributed to the at Diner’s Delight, a historic United States. The name Griot soul-food cafeteria, where is meant to portray the mis- they continued to discuss sion of the museum, yet also pressing racial issues in this reflect the original meaning country. of the word. A “griot” (pro“We talked about ways nounced “GREE-oh”) is a to ease racial tension in highly respected member of America,” said junior Devin photo | courtesy of Ryan Hopkins an African society who col- McCowan. “The way we tax lects, preserves, and shares property affects the way our The Speech Team after their first place win, beating Cor Jesu Academy by 33 points. stories and traditions with the schools are funded.” BY Matt Godar and Jack Gorman. “Rank is what really Waters Whitaker emphasized matters, not so much the REPORTERS how the lack of practice af- score, rank is what you get points for,” said Whitaker. he St. Louis Univer- fected the first two meets. The SpeechBills domisity High speech team “People are so busy, dowrapped up its season rather ing so many things, includ- nated the final meet. Senior nicely this past Sunday, win- ing me,” said Whitaker, “We Austin Danback won first in ning at the Christian Inter- really weren’t practicing the Oratory, senior Elliot Auch received first in Humorous/ scholastic Speech League way we needed to.” (CISL) finals and finishing The CISL final meet con- Serious and in Duet Actthe season in first place over- sists of a total of 77 contes- ing with sophomore Pierce photo | courtesy of Colton Nadenbush all, with 332 points. Cor Jesu tants. SLUH sent 13 students, Hastings. Sophomore Darren The Staycation crew at the Griot Museum last Friday. Academy finished in sec- with at least one contestant in Tucker finished first in Poetond with 299 points, and St. each of the nine categories — ry, and seniors Ryan Hopkins Joseph’s Academy finished Duet Improv, Poetry, Story- and Kevin Strader won first third with 257. telling, Duet Acting, Extemp, in Duet Improv. “We had a really good “Everybody really rallied Radio, Humorous/Serious, meet,” said Gorman. here at the end,” said SLUH Oratory, and Prose. Canvas to assign homework, coach and fine arts teacher Whitaker talked of her (continued from page 1) The finals are a bit diffor test taking (with an ability the could refer to the calen- Kathryn Whitaker. “We had a ferent than an average speech desire for more people to to monitor academic integ- dar, they could go to there for good meet last time, and re- meet, as only the seven high- consider joining the team, rity) and for Turnitin among the gradebook and for all the ally finished strong.” est scorers of each category as the majority of the team is many other things. course notes that they need. I Although SLUH won compete, and one round for leaving. “We’re losing five seniors “Overall, I like Canvas,” see that Canvas is a lot more the finals, they had a very each category. Three judges, said Garavaglia. “I find it to efficient in grading papers problematic start. who cannot consult with each this year,” said Whitaker, “So be a useful tool especially and giving feedback, and it’s “The first meet was okay, other, award points to the top we’re really looking for lots for helping to organize the a lot easier to use for grading but the second meet was re- three performances in the and lots of underclassmen to students’ lives. If all of the with Turnitin.com.” get involved.” ally rough,” said junior Evan room. students’ classes were using
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ACES leads prayer service on diversity, accepting differences (continued from page 1)
themselves, not teachers or a powerpoint,” said Stewart. “I think that was most important, because ultimately it’s about the students in this room, it’s about the students who will come ten to fifteen years after us.” Though students and faculty realize the difficulty of the task at hand, many were encouraged by the turnout and the discussion generated by the event. “I was surprised because I didn’t think that people would get up and speak as much as they did and be as opinionated as they are and I’m glad people are taking these issues seriously,” said Major. Looking forward, ACES hopes to hear from other schools about the impact of the prayer service and ideally that some of the proposals presented were put into action. ACES is currently plan-
ning its next event for later in the semester, the Big Brother Night, where current members meet with incoming minority freshmen to help them feel welcome at SLUH.
photo | Mr. Frank Kovarik
Above: The ten schools gathered for the Harmony Prayer Service in the Si Commons during their discussion. Right: Junior Fatima Wahida in the Chapel speaking on growing up as a Muslim in St. Louis. photo | Antwine Willis
about astrophysics BY Zach and REPORTERS
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he Science Club continued its speaker series on Monday by skyping with St. Louis U. High alum Daniel Baxter, ’09 to discuss his recent research on dark matter. Baxter studies particle astrophysics, which is a field that attempts to understand the very big by measuring the very small. His focus is on experimental dark matter detection, specifically using bubble chamber detectors deep underground at SNOLAB in Sudbury, Ontario. “We know almost nothing about what dark matter is, except that it must exist to account for over 85 percent of the missing mass in the universe,” said Baxter. “In our case, we look for the tiny amount of energy deposited when a dark matter particle recoils off of a nucleus of normal matter. This energy will cause the molecules near the interaction site to undergo a phase change, growing into a macroscopic bubble that we can observe visually.” The project is funded by several different governments, including the United States, Mexico, Canada, Spain, and the Czech Republic. Almost no fundamental research projects like these are privately funded because of the high risk and almost no immediate monetary gain. After explaining the science behind his research, Baxter talked about what it took him to get to this point in his career. He talked about the importance of ambition and that everything that he was able to work on was a result of his ambition and involvement with professors. “He was adamant that it’s all about ambition. Yeah you need good grades and yeah you need to work hard, but ultimately it’s just your ambition and perseverance that’s going to get you there,” said Baudendistel. At the end of the meeting, the group was able to ask Baxter a few questions. “My question for him was what’s next? What happens if we successfully detect dark matter?” said Baudendistel. “They don’t know what we exactly could learn if we detect dark matter. It’s open ended and could lead anywhere.”
OPINION
March 4, 2016
Perspective: My bittersweet relationship with Black History Month
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hy do we dedicate a whole unit in history class to the strife of the pilgrims, but only take a quick glance at the Middle Passage? Why do we glorify the people who wrote the phrase, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” but not hold them to scorn for failing to see the humanity of Black people? Why have schools failed to teach us the difference between the Ku Klux Klan and the Black Panther Party? Why are there still, most notably in Texas, people who think that slavery was a “side issue” to the Civil War? Why do we … this list can go on. What we constitute as “history” is insufficient and damaging, especially when it comes to our perception of Black history. Why? Because what we call “history” is so selective that it disproportionately excludes the history of Black Americans. In response to the disproportionate representation, Black History Month was established in 1976 to attempt to balance the scales. Although Black History Month attempts to address the silencing of Black history by bringing it to life, I can’t
help but criticize it. How can I fully embrace this month without the unrelenting thought in the back of my head warning me “This is not far enough” and how could I deny it? If you are reading this, take a moment to close your eyes and picture Black leaders. Who comes to mind? The obvious answers are Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and maybe Malcolm X. The same few people get pushed as what constitutes all Black History; this fact is a reason I cannot fully get behind this month. These same people’s complex struggles are not even fully investigated. How many of us know that toward the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr. wrestled with the problem of poverty and the scourge of the Vietnam War, in addition to his views on racism? How many of us appreciate the dedication of Rosa Parks, who practiced for weeks in order to withstand the bigotry on that infamous Montgomery bus to help spark the boycott? How many of us still hold the simplistic view that Malcolm X wanted to have an open assault on White people, instead of his genuine call for self-
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defense in the face of White supremacy? I have not even broken the surface. We are called, for at least one month of the year, to a genuine examination of these Black lives and others like them. Although celebrating Black History Month can be frustrating, I also recognize that I have experienced it as a time of empowerment. February, the shortest month of the year, is the only time of year that Black people can be unapologetically Black and proud. The month of February offers the only time in which I can hope for the possibility that we will discuss the historical and contemporary plight of racism. The month of February offers the only chance that I can learn of the accomplishments of somebody who looks like me. The month of February comes as one of the few signs that Black Lives Matter. The significance of Black History Month has begun to increase and it is a growing source of Black pride. There are more and more instances of Black love and survival taking center stage in American pop culture, from the popularity of the comedy show
“Blackish” to Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance. This year’s Black History Month, I would argue, was one of the proudest years for Black people in a long time. As society grows more accustomed to the real meaning of Black History Month, we too as a SLUH community need to aspire to do the same. We, as a SLUH community, need to change how we approach Black History Month. The heavy duty of advocating for this month shouldn’t fall on the shoulders of ACES or STARS alone. Although these groups are run by dedicated students and teachers, we can only do so much. SLUH is called to shoulder the responsibility of unlearning whitewashed history through the examination of Black history. We are called this year to the idea of Cura Personalis, the care of the whole person. If we fail to acknowledge the past and present of our Black classmates, inside and outside of Black History Month, we fail to care for them as our brothers. Brendan Underwood, ’16 President of Student-Teacher Association for Racial Study
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Across: Down: 1. A wolf ’s’ form of communication 1. “I’ve ___ it up to here!” (2 5. “Fight ___” words) 9. Beginning of the alphabet 2. Overweight 12. “Sting like __” 3. Zellweger 13. Stance struck at a photo shoot 4. ___ Campbell, actress from 14. Bomb that doesn’t go off the scream movies 15. Colorado’s NBA team 5. All lifeguards know 18. “___ to recall” (2 words) 6. Lacking company 19. To do something with ___ is to do it 7. Regular order without troubles 8. What hungry dogs does 20. Golf ball’s stand 9. Lemon___ 21. Tablet or capsule 10. Nothing ___ the best 23. De ___ (Spanish for “you’re welcome”) 11. You burn them to use them 27. Skin brand that sounds like a cheer 16. Add someone to the payroll 28. Felt ill 17. Very smart person 29. Home to the celtics 22. Sir ___ McKellen 32. Hockey team that plays in 29 across 24. “Float like a butterfly” 33. Togetherness 25. Lion’s lair 34. Plops down on the couch 26. Pop-ups in free apps 35. Space 27. Home of the Senators 36. Cleaning vessel (sports) 37. Never __ never 28. A king and an aardvark 40. Dog bark 29. Bread and hair style 42. Item on cell phone bill 30. ‘___ scale from 1-10” 44. MLB team in Georgia (2 words) 48. Bambi’s girlfriend was a ___ 31. Brother’s sibling 49. the innermost part 32. Small drill part 50. “___ girl” 34. Web browser and Zebra’s 51. Clifford or Scooby home land 52. Illuminated sign in a dark theatre 36. Anti-aging injection 53. ___ and crafts 37. Relish the taste 38. Actor’s or athlete’s negotiator
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Sophomores qualify for state National History Day contest and overall how it was detri- the state competition. Even though they were proud of mental,” said Kim. “We focused mainly on their work, they felt that their India, because we wanted to documentary could have been look at the effects of the ag- much better. “Well, we were happy ricultural economy that they have there and the things that about it, of course, and a little it affected,” said Nadenbush. surprised. What we did was “We found that the environ- go to the NHD website and ment was destroyed and that look at the video of last year’s human health was deteriorat- documentary winner and ing.” tried to make ours as close The contest began in the in quality to that, but with morning and carried over time restraints, we didn’t fully into the afternoon, with the make our vision a reality,” said judges’ panel narrowing down Nadenbush. the competition to the top five All students who qualior six, depending on the cat- fied for the state competition photo | Jack Sinay egory. are allowed to change and A few of the NHD projects out of many in the library. They were put up on Monday. Much to Nadenbush’s improve upon their submis(continued from page 1) of the state historical society.” four groups that did a docu- and Kim’s surprise, they were sions, provided it stays true mester, the submissions to the There are multiple cat- mentary film,” said O’Neil. “I notified that they qualified for to the current theme of NHD. NHD organization were de- egories within the NHD had everyone do the assignliberately oriented around the competition: an exhibit, a ment as part of the class, but research topics that had been documentary, a website, a live as far as actually entering into chosen previously. performance, or a research the competition, that was at “These guys started with paper. All of the submissions the discretion of the students.” their topics that they had cho- in each category could be There were three groups sen on their own for their re- done as a group project or as from this year that made it to search paper that they wrote an individual project, except the final round, but only one in class last semester. And the research paper, which was group—sophomores Colton then building off of that pa- restricted to an individual Nadenbush and Leonard per, they created these proj- project. Additionally, all of Kim—qualified for the state ects,” said O’Neil. “They can the submissions had to fit into meet in April at Mizzou. Their turn (in these projects) into an overall theme—this year’s submission was a group docuthe NHD competition and was “Exploration, Encounter, mentary. put their research up in front and Exchange.” “Our project was about of the judging panel, which is “We had two papers that the Green Revolution—demade up of historians, univer- were submitted, a number of spite (popular belief), the efsity professors, and members exhibits that were done, and fects were not all beneficial, Senior Alex Wang explores one of many poster board projects.
Nadenbush and Kim are planning to create an improved version of their project. “(We’re going to) change everything,” laughs Kim. If the duo does well at the state competition and places within the top three, then they will receive an invitation to the national competition in the beginning of the summer. According to O’Neil, the response from the students involved in the NHD project has been encouraging. “A number of these sophomores asked if they could do it again next year. So hopefully, this is the beginning of something we can build up in terms of competitors over the next few years,” said O’Neil.
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March 4, 2016 Issue 23
Hockey leaves Scottrade without Challenge Cup
Ott steps down as wrestling coach BY Jake Lepak REPORTER
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Clockwise from top left: The team looks on as CBC celebrates. Junior Louis Garavaglia gets checked by a Cadet. Brendan Rasch in between the pipes. Junior Luke Gassett looks to shoot. BY Will Farroll and Tim REPORTER, SPORTS EDITOR
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BC senior Jack Harrison put the puck into the empty net, blew a kiss to the sea-of-white SLUH student section, and skated toward his team while sticks, gloves, and helmets flew off the CBC bench—the St. Louis U. High hockey team had just lost the Challenge Cup 5-2. Many players on the team were familiar with the energetic and ecstatic atmosphere of a Scottrade Center primed for the Challenge Cup finals. The team has been in the same spot three of the past four years—Challenge Cup contenders, at Scottrade, and against CBC. The Jr. Bills came out to a defensively aggressive start. They blocked many shots in the first minute and with 10:41 left in the first period CBC was penalized for roughing, giving the Jr. Bills their first power play of the game. This power play yielded what could have been the start of a completely different game. Senior captain Connor FitzGerald, in front of the goal, batted the puck out of the air into a CBC player in the crease. Whistles blew. The puck dropped and FitzGerald put it into the goal. No goal.
“I was ticked,” said FitzGerald. “That goal would have been huge, and it would have been a different game—in my mind at least.” “If you get that first goal, which it was a goal, it makes a big difference for us,” said head coach Fitzpatrick. “But they called it the other way so we have to battle through that and battle back.” “Obviously it didn’t help us,” said senior captain Patrick Pence. “Some of the guys said that was our chance to jump on them and get on them early.” “Scoring the first goal on them early on would have totally changed the whole momentum of the game,” said junior Luke Gassett. “I thought we responded well to it though, we came out strong and it would have just added to the momentum we had earned for ourselves.” Not minutes later, with 7:41 left in the first period, the Jr. Bills had their second power play opportunity after a hooking penalty. And for the most part the Jr. Bills dominated offensively in the first period, but were unable to come up with a goal, a “legal” goal. “I think we played really well,” said senior captain Scotty Berger. “We outworked them and outplayed
them. We just couldn’t finish.” “Personally I thought we outplayed them,” said Gassett. “In hockey you gotta have the breaks and you gotta have some luck, especially against CBC.” But as strong as the first period Jr. Bill offense was, it didn’t stop CBC from scoring goals. With 2:28 left in the first period, CBC senior Ethan Stahlhuth scored top shelf glove side. And they continued their goal-scoring dominance as the second period opened when CBC junior Bud Winter toe-dragged around the Jr. Bill defense and scored again to make it 2-0. “They’ve done it every year, they capitalize on mistakes,” said Fitzpatrick. “We make a couple mistakes and they capitalize on them. We didn’t capitalize on their mistakes. We had chances but we just couldn’t finish them. They made the best of their chances. It’s disappointing, it’s unfortunate but our kids gave everything they had and I couldn’t ask any more from them.” But the Jr. Bills didn’t lower their heads, and with 6:09 left in the second period the Jr. Bills’ offensive determination paid off with a goal from sophomore Joe Winkelmann, assisted by junior Luke Gassett and
senior captain Steve Lockwood. On the scoring play the goal came off its pegs and smashed CBC junior Benjamin Jones into the boards. Jones was on the ground for a significant amount of time and had to be helped off by medical officials minutes later. At the end of the second period the Jr. Bills were outshooting the Cadets 12-9. The Jr. Bills continued their battle in the third period but were burdened by three more CBC goals, the first coming from CBC senior Spencer Sallenbach on a mishandled save by Rasch, the second minutes later on a glove side snipe by CBC senior Trevor Wilhelm, and the third, the open net goal from Harrison. But the Jr. Bills didn’t give up, Freshman Christian Berger scored on a power play with a slap shot from point with 9:32 left in the game. “I thought even when we were down by two, that we could pull it out,” said Berger. “I really thought we could have won and I’m not disappointed in the way we played.” “I never thought it was over,” said Rasch. “We kept getting chances, but we didn’t get lucky bounces and things didn’t go our way, but we
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t wouldn’t be March if there weren’t madness, and the Jr. Bills were involved in their fair share of chaos this past Tuesday when they played Lindbergh in the district semifinal matchup. SLUH, who had already beaten Lindbergh by 20 points earlier in the season, sputtered from the start. The Jr. Bills gave up numerous easy buckets in the paint. Most notably, the Jr. Bills were poor on the defensive glass as a smaller but more aggressive Lindbergh team took an early lead. Lindbergh senior forward Greg
Lahm gave the Junior Bills fits in the first quarter as he used both his size and his shooting ability to create mismatches. Lahm ended with 15 points. SLUH’s offense was poor, and the Jr. Bills took many wild, out of control layups. Luckily, junior Anthony Hughes was able to calm the team with a corner three as well as a nice and-1. SLUH fortunately finished the quarter leading 24-18. “Coach has been telling me to be more aggressive so I’ve been trying to take the open shots when I have them and try to get to the bas-
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Junior Anthony Hughes in Tuesday night’s game vs. Lindbergh.
fter 11 years of coaching, the past eight as head coach, Jon Ott has decided to step down as the wrestling coach. Ott made the announcement to the team during the wrestling banquet last Friday. While many may see this as a surprise exit and an unexpected decision, Ott has been thinking about his role with the team for some time. “I’ve been soul searching and trying to figure out how to improve SLUH wrestling and make it a solid program on a consistent basis so we don’t have these down years like we did this year,” said Ott. At the banquet, Ott made it clear that he has not spent as much time with his family as he would’ve liked. “There are several influential reasons as for why I decided to do what I did. The first and most important was the desire to spend more time with my family. This year I missed my son’s birthday for the third time, and he’s only five years old. Next year with the same schedule I’d miss both my kids’ birthdays and it’s just a lot of time away during the winter.” Ott also wants to help take SLUH wrestling to the next level, and that means getting kids involved earlier and younger with the sport, especially since wrestling is such a time commitment and there are so many other activities students’ schedules are weighed down with. “If SLUH wrestling is really going to improve then what we need are kids who identify themselves as wrestlers and who have a commitment to wrestling,” Ott said. “Even if it’s just a few kids each year we can build a culture of commitment that wrestling really requires.” While Ott’s decision may be final, many are still shocked at his decision to step down, but understand that he is doing this for his family. “I thought it was pretty insane. He’s been wrestling his whole life and it is part of his everyday life,” said senior Justice Binder. “I think it was pretty honorable that he would give that up for his family. I could tell it was very emotional for him and he didn’t regret it, but it was the right thing for him to do. It was definitely hard for him to do.” Once Ott started talking about how he hasn’t been around his family much during the winter, senior captain Henry Mungenast guessed that he was eventually going to step down. “I wasn’t too surprised.” said Mungenast. “Like he was saying in his speech he needs to spend more time with his family and I can totally understand that.” While this season was one of the most difficult for SLUH wrestling in recent years, Ott certainly has some achievements that help him stand out. In his eight years
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improved a ton and he’s a really talented player and really athletic.” The first game was extremely tight, with points going back and forth between the two players. However, after a 9-9 tie to start the game, Mueth eventually pulled away with a 15-10 victory. “His game plan against me was to get me shooting low percentage shots from the back of the court, and so I kind of held off on those and played more conservatively to his weaknesses,” said Mueth. “I also had a lot of good lob serves and a really good serve rotation.” Going into the second game with tons of energy and momentum, Mueth was stymied as Greenberg picked up the quality of his play significantly, winning 15-4 to force a tiebreaker. “He was playing out of his mind,” said Mueth. “He was putting everything down and I was kind of setting him up a little bit more and his shots were just unreturnable. I was pretty worried because all of a sudden he was playing really, really well and I didn’t really know what to do.” Mueth tried slowing the game down to take away some of Greenberg’s momentum entering the tiebreaker, which, like the first game, was a very back and forth game, but ended with Mueth winning 11-8. “I don’t think anyone had more than a three-point lead,” said Mueth. “He was on to all my serves, which was really tough to win points because he was returning my serves so well. He just made mistakes and I capitalized; I hit a lot of really clutch forehand shots.” In the finals, Mueth went up against Noble Smith of Beaverton, who was seeded fifth in the bracket. Due to a change in the start of the match, this match was the last one to be completed in the entire tournament. “There were probably around 250 people watching my game on the glass court,” said Mueth. “It was crazy. It was so loud. Everybody on the SLUH team was there
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Seniors of the racquetball team after their sixth consecutive national championship.
cheering me on and a bunch of other people.” The match was very exhausting for both players, especially since there were several volleys that were over 25 returns. But, according to Mueth, his serves were what really propelled him to victory, even though he had to adjust late in the first game. “I got him scrambling, and that’s how I got a lot of points,” said Mueth. “But every time I set him up he would just kill it so I kind of had to adjust to that.” Mueth won the first game 15-11, carrying a lot of momentum into the second game. “The thing that kept me in it was my ability to return his serves, so I basically kept him from getting points the way he was keeping me from getting points,” said Mueth. “There were a ton of side-outs and the game was really long.” Mueth was eventually able to pull through and claim the title with a 15-10 victory in the second game. “It was awesome, it was a great moment to finally win a gold medal,” said Mueth. “I basically had three goals coming into the season individually: one, to be undefeated, two, to win State, and three, to win Nationals, and I got all three so it was a really, really satisfying end to my career.” In the second bracket, se-
nior Tim Juergens was seeded third. Juergens played smart racquetball in the round of 16 and the quarterfinals to win both matches by a landslide. In the semifinals, Juergens faced off against Nathan Buring, the 2 seed in the bracket, who was from Sprague High School (Oregon). Juergens played especially smart, high percentage racquetball to blow out his opponent 15-2, 15-0. This victory sent him to the finals, where he went toeto-toe with Lafayette’s Kyle Westendorf once again. After three earlier losses to Westendorf, Juergens was hoping the fourth matchup would be the one he came out on top in. Unfortunately, Juergens’ losing streak against Westendorf continued, as he took second place by a score of 1511, 15-7. Juergens still earned the honor of All-American with the runner-up finish. “Playing Kyle it was really the best match I had against him,” said Juergens. “It was a lot closer than the score showed. I was getting in his head and I made him take four timeouts . . . which meant I was playing good.” “Overall I’m happy with my performance,’ said Juergens. “Second is nothing to be disappointed about. I lost to a really great guy, and I gave him a really great game so I’m happy about that.”
Junior Chris Schulze, who was seeded twelfth in the No. 1 bracket, won his first match 15-11, 15-2. In the second round, Schulze fell to the five seed in the bracket, Dane Elkins (California) 15-4, 15-6, dropping out of the gold No. 1 bracket. Since the tournament followed an Olympic format, Schulze dropped down to the blue bracket. In blue, Schulze rolled over an opponent from North Dakota in the quarters, pitting him against a challenging New Mexico opponent in the semifinals. Schulze played a strong first game, outsmarting his opponent to win 1511. However, his opponent adjusted in the second game to bounce back with a 15-9 win. Schulze then lost a heartbreaking tiebreaker 11-6 to lose the match. The next day, Schulze lost his third place match in blue in a close 11-9 tiebreaker to bring a rough end to his season. “I didn’t play well in my matches,” said Schulze. “My pinches weren’t working and my drive serves were not that good.” Senior John Correa came in as the eighth seed in the No. 2 bracket, and was immediately faced with a tough opponent in Matthew Hendrickson (Oregon). Correa triumphed 15-5, 15-8 to move
fter a heartbreaking loss in the state final last year, the SLUH rugby team heads into the 2016 season hopeful of a productive season with the loads of talent present in this year’s squad. After a long offseason of recruiting several new players such as seniors Chris Stahl and Adam Cross, and juniors Mike Ruggeri and Ben Adrian, the team stepped onto the “pitch” or soccer field to begin the season three weeks ago. Despite a few early, minor injuries due to the fullcontact scrimmage last Thursday, the Rugger Bills look to start their season off strong this weekend in the annual Lindenwood Tournament. “We have a lot of talent this year,” said optimistic senior captain Pete Genovese. “We have a lot of returners as well as new guys who are picking up the game really well.” Although hoping to get off to a good start, the competition in the tournament continues to improve from year to year and coach Chris Keeven sees it as a great opportunity to earn some respect. The first team the Rugger Bills will face off against is the fourth best high school team in the nation, Penn. Their last meeting was just a year ago at an out-of-state tournament where Penn demolished the
Rugby Tournament – Starting Lineup
1 - Michael Ruggeri 2 - Adam Vonder Haar 3 - Jake Henty 4 - Daniel Lally 5 - John Crawley 6 - Ryan Houghland 7 - Henry Mungenast 8 - Chris Campbell 9 - Luke Sextro 10 - Peter Genovese 11 - Jeff Cooley 12 - Henry Herzberg 13 - Angelo Karagiannis continued on page 8 14 - John Zetzman 15 - Luis Cabrera
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as head coach, he has had a total of 15 state qualifiers, and numerous wrestlers nearly medal at the state meet. When asked about Ott’s impact on the SLUH wrestling program, freshman and JV coach Sean O’Brien and former varsity coach Tim Curdt, who had 20 years of coaching experience, had high praise for Ott’s dedication towards the team. “He was a freshman when I was a senior.” said O’Brien. “He was a tremendously intense, great wrestler and I saw him win his state titles. It’s great to coach with him. He is a guy who is organized, disciplined, thoughtful, and most important to me is in wrestling you want to win, it’s competitive but he’s as in-
terested in developing wrestlers as young men of character, of people who model the Jesuit mission. The other great thing about him is the vision he had for SLUH wrestling, which was to compete in tough tournaments and succeed at those upper levels. We got there at times and we faltered at times and as he said at the banquet, part of wrestling is just showing up.” “I first knew Jon as a wrestler and a leader on the De Smet team when I was head coach and we coached against him all those years,” said Curdt. “I always respected him as a student. He was a very thoughtful, focused, spiritual kid, as well as obviously the best wrestler in the state for a number of years, earning a pretty distinguished
scholarship to Northwestern. When I found out as he was going through college that he was interested in teaching I thought it was a great fit and that he was teaching at an area that we might need: theology and history. He not only became a great teacher, but a great assistant coach for us. I hired him (as a wrestling coach) with the goal of one day turning over the program to him because it was a great fit.” “He’s very organized and passionate,” said Athletic Director Chris Muskopf. “He spearheaded the effort to get us to bid on districts. He was very instrumental in getting the people that were needed to help host because that’s a monster event and you need lots of volunteers and you
need lots of support.” Although Ott may no longer be involved in head coaching, he says that he will take a more supportive role in the future. Ott will still be involved in offseason conditioning. He’s also started a wrestling club, which will begin in a couple of weeks and practice at SLUH on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The club will be open to interested wrestlers from any school. The club will have an offseason freestyle and greco practice schedule. Next fall Ott will extend the club to kids. “That is going to be most of my direct wrestling involvement. I would still see myself be involved in recruiting freshman in the fall to go out for wrestling. It would be
JV team, both physically and on the scoreboard. “That was our JV team and they played well against them,” said manager Jonathan Williams who suffered a broken nose during the game. “I believe the varsity game will have a different outcome.” Besides Penn, two other nationally ranked teams, Junior Blues (10) and Thomas Aquinas (16), are traveling to St. Charles for the tournament. The team is eager to face off against the Junior Blues, the team that delivered the heartbreaking loss in the state finals last season. The team also has scheduled a friendly later on in the season to meet halfway in Columbia, Missouri where they will play on the Mizzou football field. But the goals for the season doesn’t stop after this weekend. Even state is not the end-all. “The end is not state. We have a two year process to qualify for the National Invitation Tournament to face off against the best in the country,” said assistant coach Chris Keeven during a meeting with the team this Thursday during activity period. The National Invitation Tournament is for the top eight teams in the country. This is the team’s first year in the qualifying process and would be able to compete in the tournament in Denver in 2017.
more of a support role instead of a hands-on coaching kind of role,” said Ott. The next step for the team will be to look for a head coach. The program will connect with Ott on his way out but also work with the current coaches to get their views on how to better the program. “We want somebody that has the experience to keep things going that are good, but also improve us in a way that the people involved with the program feel that need improvement and opportunities to happen,” said O’Brien. After talks, the program will publicize the job opportunity, receive and process résumés, and interview the final candidates. “I think certainly by the start of school next fall, we
Prop Hooker Prop Second Row Second Row Flanker Flanker Eight Man Scrum-Half Fly-Half Wing Inside Center Outside Center Wing Full-Back will have somebody in place. Maybe earlier if things break the way that we want to and time things out. At worst we would wrap that up by the beginning of next school year,” said O’Brien. While the future of SLUH wrestling may not have Ott in the picture, O’Brien, Curdt, and many wrestlers, past and present, praise Ott for how he has affected those he has coached and how he has changed the wrestling program in his tenure as head coach. Ott will be remembered for using his college wrestling experience to bring awareness of the outside wrestling world to the program. Ott used his own quality wrestling skills to break down drills and tech-
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ket and the free throw line,” said Hughes. SLUH’s woes continued early in the second quarter as Lindbergh went on a 9-0 run and forced SLUH into a timeout with 4:17 left in the half. Out of the timeout, SLUH went into a full-court zone trap. Lindbergh had no answer, but the Jr. Bills failed to really make the Flyers pay. SLUH forced Lindbergh into six turnovers in a row, but could never extend their lead to beyond five points because of poor offensive play. The half ended 32-29. At halftime, head coach Erwin Claggett implored his team to forget about the possible games coming up, and focus on the present. “Claggett told the team to stay focused and stay hungry, basically,” sophomore Michael Sanders said. From the beginning of the second half, the Jr. Bills looked more energized and more aggressive as big man Brent Smith got to work down low, asserting his dominance over the smaller Flyers defender. However, Lindbergh did not go away and continually got into the heart of SLUH’s defense for layups. The quarter ended 49-41
in favor of SLUH. The fourth quarter started as madness and ended calmly. Lindbergh cut SLUH’s lead to five, and the surprisingly large Lindbergh student section, which easily outnumbered its meager SLUH counterpart, was rocking. “We started getting stops on defense and just getting the first rebound because when we get the first rebound we are really good in transition, we’re probably the best in St. Louis,” said senior captain Matt Nester. However, junior Anthony Hughes was once again able to calm the crowd. Hughes hit a dagger three followed by another powerful and-1 to extend the lead. With just over a minute left, Lindbergh was forced to foul. SLUH shot its free throws and the clock ran down. The game ended 66-52 in favor of SLUH. “Throughout the week Hughes has been playing exceptionally well in practice so he just brought it over to the game and that’s what coach wanted him to do,” said Sanders. The Jr. Bills advanced, and tonight they will play district rival Webster Groves at home at 7 p.m. The game is jersey themed. Last time the Jr. Bills
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played Webster, they were nearly run out of Roberts Gym as the Webster defense swallowed up any offense the Jr. Bills may have had. In addition, sophomore Courtney Ramey in particular was a major problem for SLUH defensively. “Webster, the only way they get a lot of points is turnovers, like they steal it from us, or offensive rebounds—a bunch of tips and everyone floods,” said Nester. “Offensively we’ve got to push the ball because they crash and we can use that against them and also we’ve got to set screens so we can get around bodies easier and set the tempo.” Webster has promised that they will be packing the Danis Field House, and sold out their allotment of tickets in less than a full school day on Wednesday. However, SLUH fans have promised that they will be showing up and getting rowdy as well. “I’m losing my voice just thinking about it. It should be one of the craziest crowds the Danis Field House has ever seen,” said senior Danny Barry. Whatever the outcome, tonight’s matchup guarantees to be a crowd pleaser. Stay tuned.
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niques. Ott also accentuated the spiritual identity of the team, according to Curdt. Ott ushered in much more advanced stage of video analysis of wrestling and feedback. “He’s brought a profound drive and focus,” said Curdt. “With him in the building, and the resources he’s been able to bring in, it’s been amazing to know that you can access all of that just by being on SLUH’s campus instead of having to go find it somewhere else all the time.” “He taught me to put everything into wrestling, win or lose,” Binder said. “He also taught me to be proud of what I can do, regardless if it’s not as good as others.” Joe Reichold, who graduated in 2014 and wrestled for Ott, credited him for the valu-
able life lessons he had learned while he was in high school. “To me, Jon Ott is the ideal definition of a man. He tempers action with wisdom, carrying himself in a way that inspires others around him to be better people,” said Reichold. “He’s somebody I’ve looked up to as an older brother or a father figure since the day I met him. He isn’t just a great wrestling coach, he’s a great life coach. He showed me what it meant to be a man for others through perseverance and led me closer to God.” Max Kavy, who graduated in 2015 and was a threetime state qualifier and one of the most successful wrestlers Ott coached, had high praise for Ott’s work ethic. “Coach Ott was a really good wrestling coach and I
Ott (left) and Curdt (right) in 2009.
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think that stemmed from the fact that he was a really successful wrestler. It makes a player listen a bit closer when you know a coach had success in their playing days, because what they are teaching you worked for them. We always drilled hard in the room and everyone was allowed to find their unique style,” said Kavy. “I am very happy I was lucky enough to have Jon Ott coach me. Not only was he a great wrestling coach, but he was a great teacher, he always had my back, and he is a great example of the type of man I want to be one day.” The thing that Ott will miss the most about being the head coach is all of the relationships that he made on a daily basis at practice. “The hardest thing for me to let go of was everyday relationship building that goes on,” Ott said. “At times I would get really frustrated about not having many state placers and never having coached a state champion. As I look back at 11 years of coaching and eight years as head coach, the hardest thing to let go of was that chance to build relationships with kids everyday after school for those three hours at practice. It’s helped me to see which priorities are more important to me.”
Hockey falls to CBC in hard-fought loss
This past Monday, football head coach Gary Kornfeld announced the captains for the upcoming season.
Tony Adams
Michael Ruggeri
Mitch Batschelett Izaiah Thompson Andrew Clair
BJ Wilson
Andrew Grassi
By the numbers: Challenge Cup About 260 students participated in Dr. K’s ultimate $10 Lenten hockey fan package, and 60 faculty, staff, & guests accompanied the 260 students, who ate 70 pizzas that were ordered. A total of 6 buses escorted those fans to the Scottrade Center for the game, with approximately 7,500 in attendance. Around 2,400 sweatshirts were ordered, and approximately 2,330 were purchased. 1 squid was thrown onto the ice.
The sea-of-white student section looking on at the Challenge Cup.
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kept working.” Despite many offensive strikes and defensive stops, the Jr. Bills couldn’t score and with 1:30 left in the game the team pulled the goalie in a last effort. Throughout the game goaltending turned out to be a major determinant in the outcome of the game. Freshman goaltender Brendan Rasch made saves on breakaways, scrums in front of the net, and the like. But he also let in five goals on only 15 shots. The CBC goaltender, sophomore Jack Caruso, had an amazing night, stopping 15 of 17
shots, several of them dazzling. “I think Brendan played well,” said goalie coach Alex Effinger. “From a goalie coach perspective, he made some big saves that I don’t think a lot of people saw. He could’ve had one or two of those but at the end of the day also made some big saves that he stole so I personally, from a goalie’s perspective, think those wash out.” “You have to go into the game looking at it as a normal game,” said Rasch. “If you think of it as anything different it could affect you. You can’t let it get in your head.” “He battled,” said Fitzpatrick.
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“He gave up a couple tough goals there but he also made some great saves for us.” The team fought hard, but in the end the Jr. Bills accepted their runner-up trophy, and silently entered the locker room, knowing their next chance at a Challenge Cup is at least a year away. “Our kids worked hard,” said Fitzpatrick. “I thought we outplayed them, we outshot them, we out-chanced them. We gave up a couple bad goals and it ended up costing us but our kids played great, they worked hard, no quit, couldn’t be prouder of them.”
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Prep News Around the Hallways Pax Christi leads lunch prayer service During junior and senior lunch last Friday, Carl Heumann, S.J., led the Stations of the Cross for Lent. Junior Salvatore Vitellaro organized the event using the theme “The Way of the Migrant,” and each station included a prayer for immigrants in the United States and around the world. Theology teachers Rob Garavaglia and Dan Finucane and a few juniors attended the prayer service. National Merit Finalists announced Nine students qualified as National Merit Finalists: Luke Kammerer, Ian Hurford, Chris Kreienkamp, Aiden Evans, Manny de Legarreta, Chris Harden, Truman Stephens, Will Herbig, and Joe Schultz. These seniors took the PSAT last year to qualify for the semifinals—earning a score to put them in the top one percent in the nation. Turf installation nearing completion With spring sports here and contests set to begin in the coming weeks, the replacement of the football field’s turf—which was stalled last month due to unexpected snowfalls and cold temperatures—has progressed. As of Wednesday, it is estimated that the field will be completed on March 10 or 11, Director of Facilities Joe Rankin said. However there are a variety of reasons that could still slow the process. For example, temperatures must be above 50 and the surface must be dry. That means any rain, sleet or snow completely stops the progress of the renovations. So the rain on Tuesday and Thursday will have pushed back the date by a few days, making the finish date around the 12th or 13th. So far, the existing field has been torn out to check the drain lines and the water system and make sure the gravel is completely level. Then the new “carpet,” or turf, needs to be laid on, sewn and glued. (The glueing requires temperatures of 50 and above.) Parts of this have been completed already. There’s also the matter of sand and infill. Since about two weeks ago, the turnaround has been lined with enough giant bags to fill all four class hallways. These bags are each filled with sand and infill, or rubber, which provides cushioning and ensures the field won’t be blown away
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by severe winds. Even with the field progressing as it is, some events have had to be moved or even rescheduled for later dates. For example, the Compton Drew field has been prepped for a lacrosse tournament this weekend. Students head to John Burroughs for Latin certamen Seven students—juniors Edward Gartner, Kevin Gerster, and Robbie Schaefer; sophomores Liam Heffernan and Dominic Pancella; and freshmen Justin King and Zach Szatkowski—traveled to John Burroughs High School after school on Friday, Feb. 25, for a few hours of the Latin quiz bowl game. The students faced off against Latin scholars from both John Burroughs and MICDS, though they also indulged in snacks and socialization while they were there. All of the students participating in this event will go to the Latin convention and participate in competitive certamen at MOJCL. Hillmeyer designs Geofilters for recent events
Senior Tom Hillmeyer—STUCO’s Executive Technology Officer—created four Snapchat geofilters for Dooley Week events and for the game against CBC on Friday. Snapchat began allowing “on-demand” geofilters on Monday, Feb. 22, which are different from the normal “community” ones; they cost money, are used as promotional material for businesses and organizations, and are viable in a specific area during a set time, Hillmeyer said. The hotcakes filter (which was made for the pancake breakfast Thursday) was used 191 times and seen 9,064 times; the hockey filter (which was available at Scottrade Center during the game) garnered 745 uses and was seen 43,937 times, Hillmeyer said, adding that an area the size of the Field House or Commons costs $5 for three hours, while the Scottrade center one cost $35 since it’s a larger area. Hillmeyer said that he has created one for tonight’s district final basketball game, here, against Webster.
Regular Schedule
AP Sophomore Class Mass Snack—Bosco Lunch Special—Shrimp and Fries Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese
7:00pm District Basketball Tournament
Monday, March 7 AP SLUH hosts Class 5, District 2 championships this week The school hosted MSHAA’s District 2 championships this week. Cor Jesu won against Lindbergh Monday, and Webster Groves won against Oakville in the girls bracket. On Thursday night, Webster Groves outscored Cor Jesu, 64-34, advancing in the state tournament. On Tuesday, Webster beat Oakville and SLUH beat Lindergh. Tonight SLUH and Webster will play in a rematch of last year’s District final (which took place at Webster) where SLUH beat Webster 53-51 on a jumper by then-sophomore Brandon McKissic with less than 10 seconds left in the game. The last time SLUH hosted District finals was 2014, when they lost to Ladue. AMC and Math League state qualifying meet On Feb. 17, SLUH hosted the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) in the Si Commons during first and second period, and the results are in. In the junior and senior division, the top three finishers were Robby Esswein, Joe Laughlin, and Ian Hurford. In the freshman and sophomore division, the top three finishers were Ben Kleffner, Sam Guillemette, and Nikolas Rodriguez. In addition to this contest, the Math Club trekked out to Florissant Valley Community College on Feb. 27 for one of the Missouri Math League state qualifying meets. After four different rounds of events, three students qualified for the state meet: Lancer Li, Robbie Schaefer, and Bella Wu.
Regular Schedule
Snack—Chicken Bites
Lunch Special—Chik-fil-A Vegetarian—Burrito
Tuesday, March 8 AP
Regular Schedule
Snack—Mini Tacos
Lunch Special—Chinese Special Vegetarian—Grilled Veggies NIE Third Quarter Meeting
Wednesday, March 9 8:15am Lent Adoration AP Snack—Chicken Nuggets
Regular Schedule
Lunch Special—Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger Ring Preview Basketball Sectional 3:30pm Ignatian Evening and Dinner 7:00pm Spring Break Service Trip Student/Parent Meeting
Thursday, March 10 AP
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Snack—Bosco Sticks
Lunch Special—Domino’s Pizza Vegetarian—Pasta 4:00pm Water Polo Blue/White
Friday, March 11 AP
Snack—Cinnamon Rolls
Lunch Special—Handmade Pizza Vegetarian—Mac ‘n Cheese
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calendar | Liam Connolly
PN Pocket Puzzle puzzle | Jack Casey
—Written by Sam Chechik, Charles McGroarty, Leo Heinz, Nicholas Messina
Racquetball 6-peat a success in Portland (continued from page 6)
on to a quarterfinal match with the top seed Robert Flor (Beaverton). Flor, the eventual champion, defeated Correa 15-13, 15-11. “He was a very good player, but I also was playing very high level racquetball against him,” said Correa. “Unfortunately he just edged past me in two very close, hard fought games.” After this loss, Correa dropped down to the blue bracket, where he took third place. Senior Jacob Longinette, the third seed in the No. 5 bracket, had a tough quarterfinal match after his first-round bye. Fortunately, he prevailed, although he needed a tiebreaker to do so. Longinette took on Zach Rabin of Beaverton in the semifinals, and Rabin won convincingly, 15-10, 15-5, a rough end to a very successful last season from Longinette. In the sixth bracket, SLUH absolutely dominated, with six of the eight quarter-
finalists and all four semifinalists representing the Jr. Bills. The player who stole the show was sophomore James Storgion, who knocked off overall No. 1 seed senior Rich Helfrey in the quarterfinals and eventually won the sixth bracket. Other notable performances in the bracket came from senior Justin Martin, who lost to Storgion in the semifinals; senior Andrew Thomas, who lost in the semifinals; and junior Jacob Sullivan, who came in second behind Storgion. In addition to singles, there were also three doubles brackets, the top two with one team from SLUH, and then the lower composed of several. The real action came from the second bracket and the pairing of Correa and Helfrey, who provided many points as they captured the championship. As the second seed, Correa and Helfrey stormed through their first two matches, claiming pretty easy
victories. In the finals, they matched up with the Kirkwood pairing of Brendan Justin and Jacob Hauck. Correa and Helfrey won 15-13, 15-5 to take the title. “Winning the championship was an amazing experience,” said Correa. “Richie and I both played some of the best and smartest racquetball of our lives. It was an experience I will never forget.” Other doubles contributions came from the pair of Schulze and Juergens and from Martin and senior Michael Bub. Schulze and Juergens played in the top bracket, and after a first round bye and a second round win, they faltered against a duo from Oregon and were eliminated from the bracket. Martin and Bub made it the farthest out of any SLUH group in the third bracket, losing in the semifinals to a Parkway West team and then taking the third place game. For all the seniors, this was their last high school racquetball tournament, as seven
of them will be leaving next year for college. The continuation of the Nationals winning streak was a real sentimental moment for them as the end to their careers at SLUH. “There was a lot of doubt about whether our class could continue the streak, but we all stepped up and played well,” said Mueth. “Holding that championship plaque with all my senior brothers is a memory I’ll cherish forever,” said Correa.
Across: 1. Pick 6. Town where a season of Desperate Housewives took place (abbr.) 7. College in Pennsylvania named after wet stones (abbr.) 8. Happy ghost 10. Colored wax 11. Pilot’s estimate 12. __au, party 13. Memory game app, also
to honk a horn again Down: 1. Maradona’s pasttime 2. French card game played with 32 cards 3. Televised sports award 4. Language and food type 5. Modern synonym for ‘to party’ 9. Swedish car company
photo | Mrs. Mary Ann Mueth
Senior Charlie Mueth serves in a doubles game with partner senior Jacob Longinette.