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St. Louis University High School | Friday, April 1, 2016
Problems short circuit Robotics’s hopes
Students start Skydration Systems, helped by SLU
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Students in Kentucky lifting wood to build houses. See article on Page 2.
Committee considering relationship between technology and formation BY Joseph Reznikov CORE STAFF
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wo years after St. Louis U. High announced it was going to 1:1 technology, a group of teachers in the Technology and Formation Committee has begun considering how these devices fit into the school’s mission and how the school can help students learn to use these devices in a constructive way. While there are potential benefits of 1:1 integration of technology, there is also the possibility of misuse. The primary goal of the Technology
and Formation Committee is to “establish clearer policies, philosophies, and principles for guidance when it comes to technology for the formation of students,” Assistant Principal and committee member Jim Linhares said. At the beginning of the school year, a subset of the Instructional Council—consisting of Linhares, English teacher Steve Missey, art teacher Joan Bugnitz, math teacher Dan See, and Director of Educational Technology Andrea Nunziante—began discussing their goals for the
year, and one of these goals was to update the school’s policies regarding technology. “This isn’t the only time we’ve raised this,” said Linhares. “SLUH has been looking at this issue for a while, but we just decided we needed a specific push, so the Instructional Council identified it as one of the several things we needed to finish before May.” The committee is now in the second phase of the threefold process. The group began the process by researching and studying technology at
other schools, as well as compiling ideas into a Google document. “We looked at other documents such as our technology mission statement, the Grad at Grad, and other things, and we started asking what sort of policy statements could come out of that,” said See. “Based on our values, based on Ignatian spirituality, and based on what we see would be viable in terms of a community, we want to take that stuff and apply it to creating appropriate poli-
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Last minute preparations for SLUH Speakeasy Cashbah 2016 will take attendees back to the Roaring 20s next weekend. Cashbah co-chairs Stephanie Evans and Lisa Jellinek settled on the “SLUH Speakeasy” theme last June. “We were trying to find something that would be uplifting and entertaining,” said Evans. The “SLUH Speakeasy” will follow its usual format, but includes new and interesting items for auction. As in most years, the live auction will feature two puppies, sports and concert tickets, and luxury trips to Napa Valley, Cabo San Lucas, and Costa Rica. Live auction chair Mimi Twardowski was especially excited about a group of autographed pin flags from Jordan Spieth’s five PGA major victories last year. Spieth, a Jesuiteducated professional golfer, was a beneficiary of scholarship aid during his time at Dallas Jesuit High
School. Among the auction items is some SLUH history in the form of the desk of the late Martin Hagan, S.J. Another highlight comes from the donation of Greg Burke, ’78, who was appointed new Vice Director of the Holy See Press Office last December. He will lead a private tour of the Vatican to the highest bidder. Attendees will again use BidPal electronic bidding software on their devices. Next weekend’s Cashbah events will begin with Friday’s preview night. The preview night is free of entry and runs from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. On Saturday, the festivities will begin with Mass in the chapel and will run late into the evening. Last year’s Boots ’n Blingthemed Cashbah grossed over $1 million for SLUH’s Scholarship Fund, and hopes are high for this year. compiled by | Nolen Doorack
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Service in Mission Appalachia 26 St. Louis U. High students and 10 chaperones built houses, worked on siding, and crafted decks to serve impoverished Appalachian Mountain towns over spring break. Page 2 “News”
Z says “Treat yo’self ” History teacher Tom Zinselmeyer purchased a new Lamborghini after Z Wine Services and its ethnocentric roots scored big in the wine marketplace. Page 3
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AP Econ students well-Fed AP Economics students took a trip to the Federal Reserve over spring break, where they learned about economic forecasting and data collection and enjoyed some breakfast tacos. Page 2 Sports
Bball takes third in state After a devastating 75-49 semifinal loss to Chaminade, the HoopBills rebounded to polish off Lee’s Summit 70-67 and finish third in state over spring break. Page 5
fter two years of success, the St. Louis U. High Robobills failed to make the playoffs in their third FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) competition two weeks ago. The Robotics team gathered at Chaifetz Arena from Thursday, March 10, until Saturday, March 12, for the St. Louis Regional competition, which included qualification matches for 49 teams from the St. Louis area, Missouri, and other parts of the Midwest. On Thursday, the FIRST competition held a practice day at Chaifetz, which would usually entail unwrapping the robot and testing its functions while also going through some of the obstacles that the teams would face on Friday. Unfortunately, SLUH’s motor and the motor’s bolts that were on the sucker arms of the robot—the devices that put the ball into the catapult for shooting—broke, setting the team back five hours from potential practice. “It’s just kind of cool to see them work on their feet,” said Robotics moderator Tracy Lyons. After ten qualification matches for SLUH, the Robobills had secured a rank of 27 out of 49, winning five of their ten matches. During the qualification matches, alliances—teams of three randomly-assigned Robotics crews—used the robots they built to meet the objectives of that match. “We had a couple of really close games, some by a three-point or one-point difference, and we also had a lot of games where we were paired with some weak teams,” Hayes said. “We even had one game where one of the teams just didn’t show up to play with us.” Both technical and programming errors plagued
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Baseball strikes out opponents The Jr. Bill baseball team has dominated its first five contests, outscoring opponents 69-8; the Jesuit Classic this weekend. Page 5 Sports
Golf chips into top five Before squaring off against Vianney today, the BirdieBills opened their season by finishing fifth out of 20 in the Greg Bantle Memorial Tournament on Tuesday. Page 6
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everal students affiliated with Ignatian Business Leaders have been working with a MEDLaunch program at SLU in an effort to tackle the global issue of clean water access. Senior Jimmy Reddy, along with juniors Daniel Wagner, Joe Reznikov, Andrew Pluff, Robby Esswein and Zach Hennes, has designed a not-for-profit business called Skydration Systems that will market a product to collect rainfall from roofs for families who may not have access to plumbing or a nearby water source. This issue was brought to the group’s attention by Dr. Martin Schmidt, who travels to Kenya twice a year to help malnourished individuals through Project Peanut Butter. Schmidt noticed that many families had to walk several miles to the closest water source and then had to carry back a 45- to 50-pound jug, called a jerrycan, to their homes each day. “Whether they are walking to the river or walking to the well, that task is labor intensive, and takes time out of their day for the other chores or the schoolwork they could be doing,” said Schmidt. Schmidt identified this issue at a MEDLaunch program last October, and sought out a group willing to design an affordable instrument that could collect rainwater for these families. MEDLaunch is a SLU program which fosters dialogue between different SLU communities. “MEDLaunch is combining medical students, engineers and business students. Medical students submit problems that are put up to bid and groups tackle them,” said Foy. Reddy and his group took on this challenge and have engineered a set of tub-
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April 1, 2016
EconoBills travel to Federal Reserve Bank
How Do they Do that?
School flags at halfstaff
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conomics teacher Kevin Foy, and 17 AP Macroeconomics students ventured to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for a field trip last Tuesday that featured lectures by two economists and a tour of the recently built museum dedicated to the history of the Federal Reserve in the U.S. The day started with the group being led to a conference room, in which there was breakfast set up for them before the first of the two speakers arrived. “They really rolled out the red carpet for us,” said Foy. “When Mr. Foy told us there would be breakfast I was expecting far less, but the people at the bank treated us nicely,” said senior Jack Perryman. “I think the hospitality helped to begin what turned out to be a really awesome day.” The first speaker, Scott Wolla, writes both personal finance and economics curricula for the education side of the Federal Reserve. Wolla talked about both the process of writing economics curricula and the work that the Fed does from an education standpoint.
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Seniors Patrick Schuler (left) and Jack Perryman (right) on the economics field trip Tuesday.
After Wolla had finished speaking, Charles Gascon spoke to the group. Gascon is a Federal Reserve economist who travels to various cities throughout the St. Louis Fed’s jurisdiction. Gascon told several stories to help the group understand his job; one such story was about farmers in Western Tennessee who, after the winter storms of 2014, bribed workers to work around the clock with food and whisky so that the farm could be operational by growing season.
“Personally, I found the second speaker to be more interesting,” said Perryman. “(This is) because he focused on the economic activity of the 8th District, which is controlled by the St. Louis Fed.” After the second lecture concluded, the group toured the newly-opened Economy Museum inside the Federal Reserve for about an hour before returning to SLUH. Foy cited multiple reasons for this field trip being a good option for SLUH students. He asked the impor-
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tance of economics students getting to see a real-life economist—not someone who studied economics but works in a different sector—and his/ her daily work. The field trip also lined up with The timing of the classes’ study of, monetary policy, which the Federal Reserve regulates. “I found this trip to be very interesting,” said Perryman. “The two speakers definitely made me more interested in majoring in economics in college. I’m glad Mr. Foy put this all together.”
27 spend service-filled break in Appalachia BY Andrew Pluff, Zach Hennes and Jake Hennes CORE STAFF, REPORTERS
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group of 26 St. Louis U. High students and 10 chaperones spent their spring break doing service in Martin, Ky. and Barren Springs, Va. The Alternate Spring Break Immersion experience, more commonly referred to as Mission Appalachia, is a program offered through SLUH’s Campus. Campus Minister and theology teacher Brian Gilmore led one group to Martin, Kentucky, the first time in the program’s history at SLUH that students have worked there. The group of 15 students was split into two smaller groups. One group sided a house and the other built a deck, stairs, and a ramp. “You hear stories of dumb stuff happening on spring break, but we got to spend break seeing the best of a group of guys,” said Gilmore. “You got to watch a group of guys make a really tangible difference.” The group was working as a part of the Christian Appalachian Project, a group that has been running these trips for many years now. They stayed in a mission house with another group from California, where each night they had a program and dinner. “The center made serving others easy. You could really focus on the people you were helping,” said social studies teacher Lindsey Ehret. Gilmore worked in the group helping to make the house of a man with a disability more accessible, and while they were doing the work they had lunch in the house each day with the man’s family,
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lags around the country last week were lowered to half-staff in honor of the victims of the Brussels terrorist attack, including St. Louis U. High’s own flags on the roof of the J-wing and next to the football field. How do people know when to do that, and who are those people at SLUH? Rick Figge, director of maintenance, and Gene Wright, head of the grounds crew, are both in charge of caring for SLUH’s flags. The flags atop the J-wing are Figge’s domain, and he receives daily notifications from the American Flag Pole and Flag Co., which direct him on when to raise and lower the flags. “For Brussels, they sent one to me so we lowered them down and kept them lowered until sunset of the 26th,” said Figge. Orders for lowering the flags come from the president, the governor, and SLUH itself. “If someone was military and passes away ... somebody of importance we would lower it. Also in a state of emergency, like after 9/11, we would lower the flag. We’ve lowered flags for alumni that have passed away as a way of honoring them, same way
with teachers that have passed away we’ve lowered at halfstaff,” said Wright. “It also comes down from the governor. The governor will also issue a statement that says the flags will be lowered at halfstaff.” According to American Flag Pole and Flag Co’s website, when lowering the flag to half-staff, the flag should first be raised to the peak of the pole, then lowered to halfstaff, then raised to the peak and lowered again before finally keeping it lowered for the day. Often confused is the difference between half-staff and half-mast. Flags at halfmast refer only flags that are lowered on navy ships during times of mourning or distress, while half-staff applies to all other flags on land, according to grammarist.com. After three to four months, weathered from storms and the wind, the flags are replaced with new ones, and the former flags are given to the Boy Scouts to be honorably destroyed. “SLUH has high standards on the way we want our flags to look, and if our flags start to look dingy, or start to fray, they’re replaced immediately. We always want our flags to be in the best pristine state that we can because that is our country flag,” said Wright.
Russian exchange students arrive s part of St. Louis U. High’s Russian exchange program, students from Russia have arrived at SLUH. Twelve students and two teachers from St. Petersburg, Russia arrived in St. Louis on March 18 for SLUH’s exchange program Gymnasium 209. During their time here, SLUH Russian students have been showing their visitors around Saint Louis, led by Russian teacher Robert Chura. The group went to the Missouri History Museum and the Old Courthouse before leaving Saint Louis behind and travelling to Springfield, Ill. and Hannibal, Missouri. SLUH’s Russian students met their Russian counterparts over the summer, when SLUH students travelled to Russia. They stayed with the same student who is currently living in their own home.
SLUH’s students thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Russia, and were excited to show their new friends what America is like. “The Russia trip was one of the best experiences of my life,” said senior Jonathan Williams. “ I made a lot of great friends over there, experienced a ton of cool and sometimes very weird things.” Although communication can be difficult across countries, SLUH students have introduced their Russian friends to social apps such as Snapchat in order to maintain communication even after their departure. “A few of them have made Snapchats since their arrival,” said Williams. “Snapchat for us is just another way to keep in touch.” The Russian exchange students will be leaving this Saturday, but SLUH and Gymnasium 209 are both very excited to continue the program in the coming years.
had the opportunity to eat dinner at a Missionary Baptist church and talk with the members of the church. They gathered in the church and Crawford had each member of the group go to the front and tell the church member’s who they were and why they had come on the trip. “I think the most memorable part of the trip was go-
ing to the Baptist Church because we got to see this community that really wanted us to come eat and enjoy a reflective service with them. It was cool because we got to meet a bunch of people who really care about who we are as people and really take joy in connecting with other people, even if they are not from the community,” said Moritz.
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something that stood out to Gilmore. “I think the opportunities to meet this man that we were helping were extremely rewarding,” said Gilmore. “It made everything clear that everything we were doing was having a tangible impact on someone’s life.” Junior Mark Dean went on the trip for the first time this year and helped in the group that went to Kentucky. “During one day the lady we were working with made us a fried chicken meal, made from scratch,” said Dean. “They were super generous.” The group got to experience some of the culture and learn about the area they were in. One night the group watched a presentation on Kentucky history and poverty, opening the eyes of the students to where they were and whom they were helping. One night a Bluegrass band also came and played for the group. The groups also had reflections each night, normally in their rooms, except the last night where they came together as a group and talked
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about their experience and listened to music. Some students also came up with questions to discuss. Another group from SLUH travelled to Barren Springs, Va. for the week. The group of 11 students and four chaperones, most of whom had been on the trip before, worked through an organization called Neighbor 2 Neighbor. They helped out in classes at an elementary school, painted at a home for children, cleared fence line for a sick preacher, and helped out at the farm where they were staying with their host Sam Crawford, who is the leader of the program. While working at Jackson Elementary, the local elementary school, the whole team came together to complete an outdoor classroom, their main task for the week, that included picnic tables, private meeting area, and a vegetable garden. The outdoor classroom, which had been started the previous week by a group from Boston College, allowed students to plant their own vegetables, which is very
important because agriculture is the most prevalent line of work in the area. The group also participated in the “Blessing in a Backpack” program, the biggest weekly activity that Neighbor 2 Neighbor does within the community. The program involves packing bags of food for the local children to have over the weekend because many children in the area don’t have enough to eat at home. While staying at the farm, the group helped Crawford with various chores before enjoying some free time. “We got to crush corn and grain into meal for his chickens to eat, and we were also able to feed the cows and donkeys,” said junior Tim Moritz. “Sam had bartered for a go-cart and we each took turns doing time trials around the house we stayed in after the chores were done.” The group also enjoyed learning about the farm and experiencing what it is like to work for the food you eat when they enjoyed a farmfresh meal for dinner. One evening, the group
Prep News
March 32, 2016
Faculty Pick of the Lot: Zinselmeyer’s Ride
Big Tommy Z poses next to his Lambo. BY Z Wine Services PRESS OFFICE
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s many of you already know, tuition has increased for next year. That increase means some extra spending money for the teachers, and this year the money was paid in advance. While the art department decided to pool their bonuses and stock up on quinoa for next year, social studies teacher and B-Team soccer coach Tom Zinselmeyer spent his money a bit more … lavishly. He bought himself a 2010 Lamborghini Muciélago LP SuperVeloce. You Latin scholars out there know that “superveloce” means “high-speed*. When Lamborghini puts a name like that on one of their cars, you know they mean business. For those among you who are wondering how our beloved history teacher managed to afford a $400,000 supercar, I asked him and he explained.
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“Well, I’ve been hemorrhaging Bill Brown’s bonus for years, and Z Wine Services, LLC has really taken off lately.,” said Zinselmeyer. “Since Ms. Maurer left, Dr. K has become my biggest client. He loves his Pinot Grigio!” While the means of acquiring the money are a bit questionable, most faculty members see Zinselmeyer’s purchase as a public service. The faculty lot is just so drab with all of its tans and greys that the Lambo’s “Arancio Atlas” paint really brightens it up. The paint might draw your eye to this car, but once you notice it the raw menace of the thing keeps you staring. It looks like a stealth fighter and its scissor doors look like they could have come right off of a spaceship. This bull has the engine to match the paint and styling. In the back lies an Italian made 6.5 liter V-12 that spits out a fiery 661 horsepower. A 0-60 mph
sprint takes just 2.8 seconds and a top speed of 211 mph qualifies this as seriously fast machine, albeit finding enough space to test those figures is no easy task. So this begs the question; why did he pay for something he can so rarely use? “Ok look, maybe Sean O’Brien outdresses me nine times out of ten, but I can dust his Audi any day of the week,” said Zinselmeyer. “We race all the time. It’s always a bloodbath, but Sean keeps trying.” No, he is not some maniac who races everywhere he goes. In fact, Zinselmeyer says he tries to take it slow. “For the most part I drive it pretty casually,” said Zinselmeyer. “Though I do try to hit at least 120 mph on Oakland everyday on my way home.” When buying a car this expensive, there are certain things that it simply must provide. Speed is obviously taken care of and it attracts plenty of attention, but the more civilised things like comfort and luxury have not been overlooked either. Zinselmeyer has had a wine cooler installed between the driver and passenger seat, and he keeps it stocked with 1978 Dom Perignon. Another equally important aspect of a car like this is individuality, you want the car to comply with your sense of fashion. He has covered this as well by having tortoise shell inlays that match his horn-rimmed
glasses installed in the dashboard and along the inside of the doors. The only problem that Zinselmeyer has been able to find with this car is gas mileage and space. A combined 11 mpg would not exactly qualify as “environmentally friendly,” and only two seats with a laughable trunk leaves room for hauling, well, pretty much just yourself. “I looked around at some bigger cars at that new Benz dealership at Hampton and Oakland, but then I realised something: Mercedes are for peasants. I need a proper car,” said Zinselmeyer, “Plus I don’t buy into that ‘hole in the ozone’ conspiracy theory concocted by that Al Gore character, and gas is cheap these days.” While Zinselmeyer reports nearly complete satisfaction with his Muciélago, he has considered selling and putting his money elsewhere. “With the way tution and the wine market has been moving, I’m thinking either a yacht or a chateau in the French Alps, maybe near a vineyard. Heck, I’ll buy the vineyard too while I’m at it,” he mused. For now, though, he is content to drive one of the most impressive, yet insane, cars that Lamborghini has ever made. * “superveloce” is actually Italian, but what’s the difference?
Student hacks into iPad for Dr. K, IT department furious BY Inky Squid and Sammy Snake
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ssistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson announced Thursday afternoon that an anonymous source was able to unlock an iPad for inspection, ending a weeks-long feud which raised moral and personal privacy implications of unlocking a personal device. The ordeal began when Kesterson sent out an all-school email asking if anyone was missing an iPad. After three hours with no response, Kesterson took matters into his own hands. He spent two hours trying different passcodes, hoping to get lucky, eventually locking the device for 1,818 minutes and threatening to trigger the iPad’s emergency mode which would delete all of the data saved on the device. After failing to unlock the iPad on his own, Kesterson appealed to an outside source: the SLUH IT de-
partment. Due to both moral and personal security dangers, the department refused to unlock the collaboration machine. “Students store their lives on these things,” said Director of Technology Jonathan Dickmann. “Madden Mobile stats, texts to a contact named ‘blonde mixer girl #3,’ and a folder marked ‘Poems for Kate from Cor Jesu’ are all examples of very sensitive items stored on the collaborators’ personal devices.” Flustered by the the lack of cooperation from the Technology Department, Kesterson and Principal John Moran teamed up and scoured the Student Handbook for a loophole that would force Dickmann to unlock the device. With no success, the administration went back to the drawing board, and after a week of meetings decided to steal the 1993 Mercedes parked on the
Around the Alleys LaBoube holds Science Dept. party at home in Washington Physics teacher and ramp-fan Eric LaBoube held a science department “get together and together get” at his Washington, Mo. rock quarry last night. LaBoube took department members on a tour of his ranch on his pontoon boat, driven by his dog Light Box. Following the guided tour (many department members said the tour was actually not that guided, given direction only by stories of teaching physics out of a barn.) Later, LaBoube and Light Box held a Ramp Week Classic: Ramp Talk. Kesterson considers new policy on phones: just say no Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock J. Kesterson said this week that he is considering a “just say no” campaign with a new twist: the program applies to students’ addictions to technology and various sports fantasy programs like “football” and “free tetris.” “We know this is a problem and kids gotta say ‘no’ to those things,” Kesterson said.
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turnaround last week. The two hoped the act would remind students that people in positions of authority can still steal personal property. “We didn’t want to set a precedent that anyone could use the magical, teamworkpowered devices for any use that wasn’t sanctioned by the administration,” said Moran. After news of the conflict between the administration and IT department made national headlines, the Technology Department released a statement on the Official SLUH Website, which they control completely due to a staff-wide lack of understanding of programming. “Dear Students who carry a tool of mass collaboration, The SLUH IT Department has been asked to violate your privacy by unlocking a personal device. To cave to the pressure of the administration would allow them to access all of your Madden Mobile cards, disrupt-
ing the silent harmony of homerooms everywhere.” The letter continued to make a case against the moral implications of unlocking the best school invention since the notebook, but everyone stopped reading after the most vital issue—Madden Mobile— was addressed. “When I read that they wanted access to Madden Mobile I flipped. I’ve been using Los Angeles Rams players and I know I’ll be targeted by the Club Formerly Known As The Rams Fan Club if that gets out,” a freshman told us on the condition that he remain anonymous. “I let the administration control my life in a lot of ways,” said sophomore Sal Lockwood. “But if they have access to my Madden Mobile where is the line drawn? Is Kesterson going to trade my good players onto his team unfairly? I know he’s been in a rut lately. It’s a slippery slope.”
Madden Mobile 2 announcement has underclassmen in a tizzy
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he release of the iOS app “Madden Mobile 2”, the sequel to the ever-popular Madden Mobile, was announced last weekend, much to the happiness of the freshman and sophomore classes. The original game, famous for its ability to detract from the classroom experience and drastically lower GPAs, was touted as the best part of class for many students, who can break it out on their handy-dandy iPads anytime. Although the iPads were originally intended for homework and note-taking, students quickly discovered that those tasks weren’t worth their time, and instead prefer going head-to-head against their fellow classmates with their favorite NFL teams. “There’s nothing quite like getting your team to a higher rank,” said one freshman. “I never knew when I got accepted to SLUH that I’d be introduced to these types of amazing experiences.” The new app includes a ton of new features, some crafted specifically with SLUH students in mind. One such feature is the “Google Drive disguise”; with the tap of a button, the player can hide the game as a Google document. However, this feature is still undergoing testing, as many students claimed to have no idea what a “Google document” was, immediately requesting help when they accidentally pressed it. “I’m not really sure what was going on there,” said a sophomore. “It was a big white screen, with all sorts of weird icons everywhere, waiting for me to ‘type.’ I was confused, and On Thursday afternoon, Kesterson and Moran announced that the Collaborator 9000 had been successfully unlocked by an anonymous contracted source. “Turns out it was 1,2,3,4,” said STUCO Tech guru and SSN producer Tom Hillmeyer, who definitely unlocked the device. “But I promised to say I didn’t unlock it, otherwise I won’t be allowed to make Snapchat geofilters anymore.” In the end, the iPad had no sensitive information on it. The Macbook-without-a-keyboard belonged to Fr. Marco M——, SJ, who had thrown the iPhone 6++ out the window when Air-
since I was in the middle of class with nothing better to do, I put away my iPad and took a nap.” But not all the new additions were so perplexing, such as an increase to the maximum rank of your team to 1000, which will provide countless hours of procrastination. “This should be enough to get me through til the end of senior year,” said a sophomore. “I’ll never have to pay attention to a class in all four years, which is something I’m pretty thrilled about.” The final and arguably most important feature is the ability to pause in the middle of an online match between two players, which eliminates a huge problem students had with the previous title. “I’d be in the middle of a game, and then all of a sudden the teacher would call on me,” said an indignant sophomore. “That was really annoying. Couldn’t they see I was in the middle of a game? I’m glad I don’t have to worry about that anymore.” The developers also consulted the SLUH administration before putting the app on the market, asking for advice on releasing the game. After the meeting, the game was released on the App Store at an unprecedented monetary model, priced at $16,000. “I think it’s a fair tradeoff,” said a smirking Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson. The developers are aiming for a virtual reality edition of their next game, Madden Mobile 3, in the hopes that students will no longer have to even pretend they’re in class. Play stopped working for the 43rd time that day. The Prep News has been blackmailed into withholding the owner’s name under the administration’s threat to log into select reporters’ Snapchat accounts and change the password, effectively ending countless Snapchat streaks. The IT department is currently clamoring to discover a lock to the apparent back door into their iPads and declined to comment on the issue, though left an ominous message on the website: “No Apple product is safe. Run while you can. We will return.”
playing a technicolor rainbow, officials said on the condition of anonymity to avoid facing charges from SLUH’s Leprechauns. Precisely what the colors will be used for is unknown. However, fire drills will be a lot more exciting now.
Maurer (who is now on the MSHSAA board), husband of Marla Maurer, MSHSAA will be adding competitive bashball to the list of official MSHSAA sports. SLUH will be holding tryouts in August, hoping to win the State Championship. “We are the only ones who actually know the rules, so that’s one advantage,” said head SLUH Cashbah changes car on the turn-around coach Jon Ott, who retired from wrestling earlier this year in orThe SLUH Cashbah committee switched the 1993 Mercedes Benz der to coach the varsity bashball team. that was being auctioned online to a brand new Toyota Yaris. The committee was hoping that no one would notice the change, but Sustainabills indicted in recent tire slashing incidents diligent Prep News reporters noticed the change right away. Eye- In order to reduce SLUH’s carbon footprint on the ozone layer, witnesses claim they saw two men in suits doing donuts on the the Sustainability Club held a tire slashing day in the teacher’s lot. Science Center lot in a mid-90s Mercedes. The crimes were discovered when history teacher Tom Zinselmeyer’s fuel-efficient Lamborghini was discovered with two slashed SLUH decides to add extended Spring Break to 2017 schedule front wheels. In order to find information on the situation, AssisSLUH Administration decided to add an extended Spring Break tant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson sent an all-school to the 2016-2017 schedule. The new Spring Break will stretch from email. After 200 eyewitnesses came forward, Kesterson punished the end of May to mid-August, offering students the chance to for- the involved students by forcing them to watch a How It’s Made on get everything they learned throughout the year. paper production and oil fracking.
New turf changes colors, insiders say MSHSAA to add bashball for Fall ’16 season —Written by James A. Boeheim, Peter M. Kozma, Diane Rehm, Tony, Robert The newly-installed turf field changes colors and is capable of dis- With heavy pressure from former SLUH basketball coach Don H. Lowe, Charles W. Barkley and the ghost of Stonewall Jackson.
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Faculty group responds to new 1:1 technology at SLUH
April 1, 2016
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cies that would help guide the day-to-day functioning of the school.” The second phase of the process is to make recommendations for the Faculty Handbook, Student Handbook, and other official documents that address technology at SLUH. Then, after making these suggestions, the group will give its final product to Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson, for him to read over it and approve it. The final stage of the process is to serve as a resource for teachers, coaches, students, and even parents. “Our goal is to be able to say ‘Here are some practical guidelines of how you should use technology in whatever area you are, whether it’s in the classroom, in a coaching program, a co-curricular, or something else,’” said Linhares. Linhares presented to faculty about the committee and its aim for the future during a faculty in-service day last month. “I just let them know that there was a process and that if they wanted to be an active part of the process they could join us,” said Linhares. While the original com-
mittee consisted of only the five members from the Instructional Council, the group now has 12 members. While right now the committee is made up of just faculty, they are looking to potentially add student input to the process as it moves further along its path. Instead of the process being one-sided with either just parents and faculty involved, or just students, the committee hopes that it will be a joint process to create the best sort of policy possible for SLUH. “This is about all of us and what sort of communities we want to create based off how technology affects that community,” said See. “We want to think about how can we give parents information and resources as well as a perspective that may be helpful to them when they have questions about how their teenager is using technology.’” “I’m proud of us that we’re asking these questions. If you’re using a tool without thinking about the tool, then you get into problems. You need to be thinking consciously about a powerful tool like this, and a school like us ought to be doing this,” said Linhares. “It could be challenging, but it’s worth it.”
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the SLUH crew as well, and the software that allowed the robot’s catapult to auto-target malfunctioned, so the team had to install a camera on the robot as a replacement. The top eight teams at the end of the qualification matches choose two other teams for the playoffs matches. This year, however, an unfortunate shattering of a wheel on SLUH’s robot in the very last match scratched SLUH’s name off of the top eight teams’ lists for the playoffs. “We played this (last) match at noon or something, and then immediately after that, the top eight teams were going to choose their alliances, so everyone was watching our match because no one else had anything to do, really,” Lyons said. “The
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ing that can attach to the jerrycans and fill them up oneby-one when rainfall occurs. Wagner designed the preliminary sketches after the group came up with the idea. The group has been meeting with IBL moderator Kevin Foy biweekly on Monday nights to move the project along. However, though the design has been made, the group still has several steps to go before the product can be purchased by needy individuals. Before Skydration Systems can become a reality for needy families, the product will have to be marketed and money raised to get the business on its feet. Juniors Joe Reznikov and Andrew Pluff are in charge of the marketing aspect of the business, though the whole team plays a part. In addition to initiating dialogue, MEDLaunch serves as a business incubator to help a business grow. Each prospective business meets with MEDLaunch twice to check in. The Skydration Systems team met for the second time on March 17 along with Schmidt and IBL moderator Kevin Foy to advocate for the success of their project. “These meetings serve as checkpoints along the MED-
Launch incubator timeline and they were happy with our progress,” said Reddy. The next step for the group is a Demo Day hosted by MEDLaunch on April 27 in the St. Louis U. Law building. The day will be an opportunity for several groups to display their progress to the public, and more importantly to potential investors who can provide the money needed to begin production. The group has estimated $30,000 to get the business up and running. “The ultimate goal is to raise the startup capital to buy a plastic mold and then we can spit out the product for pennies and then distribute them very cheaply,” said Reddy. Though there is potential for donors to look at the product as an investment in which they will eventually be paid back for their contribution, the group hopes to raise the majority of the funds through donations. “Either the investor has to be an altruistic individual, one who is able to give $30,000 to this not-for-profit expecting nothing in return, or they have to have confidence in this program, that their investment will be paid
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Robobills in collaboration on their robot on Thursday at the FIRST competition.
back,” said Schmidt. However, Reddy is confident of generating the needed money through donors to fund the business. “I think that we can find someone with the philanthropic mindset who will see our project as a creative way to donate to society,” said Reddy. In addition to Demo Day, the group may decide to reach out to St. Louis U. High alumni for donations, or Schmidt himself, who has discussed interest in funding the project. If this step stagnates, Schmidt plans to take some prototypes with him when he leaves for Kenya on May 13. Once there, he will distribute them to surrounding families and the team will collect feedback. “If we invest $10 worth of Skydration that saves, say, one family five work hours which allows them to pay for vaccinations or start a small business, then we can quantitatively prove that the village is better off and, using that data, we can prove to bigger not-for-profits and potential investors that we are worth it,” said Reddy. Skydration is one of six prospective businesses run by SLUH students through IBL.
wheel broke, so if any teams that were highly ranked were thinking about us, they really weren’t anymore.” The Robotics crew knew that “it wasn’t a serious break,” according to junior Daniel Wagner, “but it looked like our robot would never drive again.” Another factor in SLUH’s absence in playoffs could be a lack of publicity. “We didn’t do much publicity this year, either. Well, last year, we made pretty nice flyers that we handed out to all of the teams, and this year, nobody did that, so we lost those ‘bonus points,’ if you will,” junior Robert Esswein said. If chosen, SLUH would have moved onto the playoff round with an alliance, which occurred that same weekend after the qualifiers, and the
playoff winners would compete against global teams in the World Championships from April 27 to April 30 at the Edward Jones Dome. Despite the loss and problems that came with it, the Robobills remained confident in their performance and what they learned through the experience. “This is by far, our best robot. The way it was built, the engineering that went into it was the most complex, the most sophisticated,” Wagner said. “(It had) the best sawout; we had 3-D printed parts, we had CNC parts, a significant portion of the robot was CADded, which is computer animation design.” “They had no reason to hang their heads. I was very proud of them,” said Volunteer Director of Robotics and mentor Jeff Pitts. “They will
learn a heck of a lot more having gone through all those obstacles even though it was a slugfest trying to get through it all; they’ll be better because of it.” In order to fund the creation of their robot for the FIRST competition and for the program in general, the SLUH Robobills receive grants from NASA, ITEF (Innovative Technology Education Fund), SLUH alumni and benefactors, and now Ranken Technology Institute. After the FIRST competition, the SLUH Robobills met twice to evaluate their performance and decide on future projects. They will also continue their work on the Clavius Project, where Robobills travel to St. Louis middle schools to assist their robotics programs each week.
Laughlin receives NCEA award
From left to right: Kelly and David Laughlin, Jim Linhares, Kim Walsh, John and Jeanne Wunderlich. photo | courtesy of Mrs. Kim Walsh
President David Laughlin was presented with the National Catholic Education Association’s “Lead. Learn. Proclaim” Award Tuesday at its 2016 Convention and Expo Tuesday in San Diego, California. “NCEA has a longstanding tradition of honoring and recognizing excellence and distinguished service in Catholic school education,” a statement on its website says. “We are happy to announce the winners of NCEA’s new Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Awards that recognize the
outstanding efforts, contributions and achievements on behalf of Catholic school education.” Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares, Laughlin’s Assistant Kim Walsh, and Laughlin’s wife Kelly joined him in San Diego for the award ceremony. Laughlin was one of two school presidents to receive the award. The other 30 were principals, pastors, superintendents of diocese school systems, or other groups of dioceses or archdioceses. —Written by Leo K. Heinz.
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Basketball takes third in State Tournament with win over Lee’s Summit BY Sam Perry REPORTER
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he St. Louis U. High varsity basketball ended its season two Saturdays ago with a victory over a one-loss Lee’s Summit team 70-67 to capture third place in the State Tournament. However, this journey began March 12 when the Jr. Bills took on the Timberland Wolves at Lindenwood University in the quarterfinal. Timberland came into the game with only six losses, though they play in a less competitive league. This did not change, coach Erwin Claggett’s mindset coming into the game. “This late in the year, everyone is good. Every team’s confidence is riding high,” said Claggett. Through the first quarter, his saying proved correct as SLUH and Timberland traded baskets. Timberland senior Enrique Tankins was par-
ticularly deadly as he made several difficult jumpshots. The defensive pressure wasn’t all that great from either side, and the Jr. Bills found themselves down 20-16 at the end of the first quarter. However, in the second quarter the Jr. Bills turned up that pressure and went on a 12-0 run. Senior guard Matt Nester banged home two three-pointers and Timberland went cold from the field. “We picked up our defense. We took their main scorers out of their game, and once that happened they sort of caved in to our pressure,” said senior Daniel Jackson. The Jr. Bills took a 3625 lead into the locker room. The message was the same. Keep up the pressure. The Jr. Bills continued to play tight man-to-man defense on Timberland forcing them into several sloppy turnovers. Senior David Jackson turned those photo | Leo Heinz turnovers into points; he fin- Seniors Matt Nester (left) and David Jackson (right) and coach Erwin Claggett (center) after the game against Chaminade. ished with 20 points.
Volleyball has early injuries, still beats Chaminade handily BY Jake Swyers REPORTER
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s defending State Champs, the St. Louis U. High varsity volleyball team has a target on its back. The Volleybills beat Lafayette in the finals last May, earning a State title in head coach Jeff Cheak’s first year at SLUH. Because of injuries plaguing key senior players—setter Paul Henken and middle George Huhmann—Cheak has had to look elsewhere for starters. He found a starting setter to replace Henken in sophomore Ryan Whealen. However, Whealen suffered a broken finger before spring break and can not play for a few more weeks. Luckily, junior Sam Grasso has stepped in to set for the team and senior Alec Keil has stepped in to play middle. “With injuries to crucial players, it is awesome to see
Junior Jake Swyers against Chaminade.
Sam and Alec step up and help the team win,” junior hitter Leo Henken said. After a week off from practice because of spring break, the Volleybills practiced on Monday, then handily beat Mehlville in the
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first game of the season 2517, 25-19 on Tuesday. On Wednesday, SLUH crushed Chaminade 25-4, 25-11 with sophomore libero Kyle Cohan going on a 15-point serving run at the start of the match. “I am pleased with how
our team does not lay off the pedal. We were up big in these first two matches, and to see a good team not lower their level of play to meet their competition is a recipe for success,” Henken said. With the strong start, the players have their sights set on winning the State title again this year. However, the players agree that there is work to be done both in the coming matches and in the coming practices. “We need to focus on consistency. It’s easy to take a game off when you are playing a bad team, but if the team can really focus and be mentally strong, it will make the state playoffs much easier. We need to send a message to the whole state that we are back for another title,” Henken said.
Baseball dominates early season, leading off with 5-0 record BY Nick Gima REPORTER
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he Jr. Bills have started their season 5-0 thanks to superb defense and offense, scoring 69 runs while allowing just 8. SLUH started its season with a trip down to Farmington on March 18. The Bills routed the Farmington Knights,12-0. Starting pitcher senior John Brinkman set the tone early for the Jr. Bills. After struggling through the first inning, Brinkman managed to produce six shutout innings and picked up his first win of the season. Sophomore outfielder Ricky Browne led the offense by going 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs.
“It was a great way to start off the year. The whole team hit well because of all the hard work we put in the offseason,” said Browne. Next the Jr. Bills took on Hancock High School at the historic Heine Meine field. SLUH won the game handily, but the history of the field and the two teams took precedence over the actual game. In 1988, Sheridan Stadium did not exist, and Forest Park had no baseball fields built yet. With no place to play their home games, SLUH reached out to Hancock to see if they would be able to use Heine Meine for their home games. “Hancock and the LBA (Lemay Baseball Association)
were nice enough to say ‘you can come down, but you have to play after,’ so we played a ton of night games at 7:00,” said head coach Steve Nicollerat. SLUH has continued to play Hancock every year since 1988 out of respect for Hancock’s hospitality. “Because it was such a convenient thing, and we had good relations with Hancock, we’ve played that game ever since,” said Nicollerat. Next, SLUH faced the McCluer North Stars in a double-header matchup last Saturday at Sheridan Stadium. Junior Weston Baker started on the bump for the Jr. Bills, and matched Brinkman’s previous performance with six
scoreless innings. Sophomore Matt Bauer came in the seventh inning to close out the game. SLUH’s offense picked up right where it left off, scoring 12 runs in another offensive display, leading to a 12-1 victory. Senior Anthony Delia started on the mound for the second game. The Stars jumped on Delia early, scoring 3 runs in the top of the fourth for a 3-1 lead. But that’s all McCluer would get. Senior Truman Stephens came in to relieve Delia and shut down McCluer for the rest of the game. SLUH’s offense picked up the slack and tacked on 12 more runs to secure a 13-3 victory. “Both wins required al-
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“Honestly, we just listened to Coach Claggett. We’re a defensive team. The only way we were going to beat that team and get to the next round was by playing tough defense,” said senior guard David Jackson. The remainder of the game was easy sailing for the Jr. Bills and even some bench players made big entrances. Junior Nick Lally, Junior Andrew Grassi, Junior Ryan Hebenstreit, along with freshmen Christian WallaceHughes who made an appearance late in the game much to the crowd’s delight. These substitutes kept the level of intensity high as they played well on the defensive end and crashed the offensive glass hard. “We played really well from the second to the fourth quarter. I think if there was any part of the game that wasn’t up to par, Timberland definitely would’ve been ca-
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Lacrosse travels to Chicago, beats Eureka at home BY Matt STAFF
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fter splitting a pair of games in Chicago, the St. Louis U. High lacrosse team came back strong with an 11-7 victory against Eureka on Tuesday, bringing its season record to 3-1. On their first road trip of the season, the Bills traveled to the Windy City for the Chicago tournament from March 18 to March 20, where they played two games, against Benet Academy and Hinsdale. Despite playing well, the team struggled to finish on opportunities against Benet Academy, resulting in the Jr. Bills’ first loss of the season. “We had the ball for most of the game, we just couldn’t put it in the goal,” said senior Jack O’Malley. But the Jr. Bills quickly recovered, thoroughly defeating Hinsdale 12-5. Though SLUH was down 2-1 after the first quarter, the team soon took over, inspired in part by its loss the night before. “We started out a little slow, a little jittery, because of the game before, but once those first two goals went in, we realized that we had the skills to put it in the goal, they just needed to fall, and they were, so the floodgates opened and we began to pour it on,” said O’Malley. The game against Eureka started out well for Jr. Bills, as they took a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, with two goals coming from senior Pat Flood and another from senior Stephen Olwig. The team seemed to dominate time with the ball, and put up a good defensive stand. “Possession is really important,” said head coach Tyler Gilbert. “The old adage is ‘possession is nine/tenths of
the law.’ If we have the ball, then they can’t score.” In the second quarter, however, the Jr. Bills began to falter. In the span of three minutes, Eureka scored three goals, tying the game and shifting momentum. “We’d play three minutes of defense, come back, maybe make one or two passes before a bad shot, and then we’re back on defense,” said Gilbert. The Jr. Bills were not demoralized, however, as junior Pat Howley scored almost exactly one minute after Eureka’s tying goal. Two minutes later, after a Eureka penalty, junior Nolan Corker scored a man-up goal to put the Jr. Bills up by two. But with two minutes left in the half, Eureka scored again to make the score 5-4 at half. “Movement was kind of a problem. I keep telling the guys, if you’re moving, you can’t be wrong, and I think there was a bit of hesitation there,” said Gilbert. “We knew we could play better,” said junior Anthony Hughes, “We were playing down a level, and needed to play our game.” The second half appeared to start out well for the Bills, as senior Michael Hall scored two minutes into the third quarter. However, Eureka answered almost immediately, scoring a minute later. The goal initiated a period of eleven minutes in which neither team scored. Both defenses tightened up, and the quarter ended with a score of 6-5 SLUH. Perhaps the most eventful parts of the third quarter were a number of questionable calls by the referees and numerous stoppages in the play. Gilbert even jogged down the sideline
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pable of beating us,” said Claggett. The game ended 76-51 in favor of SLUH. SLUH would be headed back to Mizzou Arena to compete in the Final Four. This time, the mindset was different. The Jr. Bills weren’t looking to have fun this time around, they were looking for a State Championship. However, they were given a tough draw as they faced nationally-ranked Chaminade in their semifinal matchup. Chaminade, which features four starters who have committed to play Division 1 basketball, had beaten SLUH twice already this season. The Jr. Bills executed their plan well initially as they only trailed 14-10 at the end of the first quarter. Their possessions were deliberate, and their defense and fouling kept Chaminade from running. “I think our mindset was actually right. You know, it’s hard when four of the five starters have two fouls in the first quarter. We kind of executed the game plan in the first quarter, only being down four at the end of the first quarter,” said Claggett. However, this fouling would cause problems for SLUH as most of their reliable players had to be taken out due to foul trouble. SLUH would rack up 32 personal fouls during the game, which Chaminade took 28 points from. At the half SLUH trailed 34-21. “We had a lot of people
in foul trouble, and we’re not used to that. We never really had the team that we needed to pull off that win,” said David Jackson. These lineups didn’t help Nester get into a rhythm, and he finished with an uncharacteristic zero points. “We had some different combinations out there, and that put a little bit of a burden on him so I don’t think he necessarily had a bad game. I just think he wasn’t working with a full deck,” said Claggett. “Chaminade did a really good job of making sure none of us could get any clean looks,” said Nester. In the second half, Chaminade proved to be just too much as their transition offense helped them gain a decisive upper hand, and the Red Devils cruised to a 75-49 victory. “It was just kind of hard for us to keep morale up when everything we did was a foul and nothing was going our way,” said Daniel Jackson. Last year, the Jr. Bills were nearly run out of the gym in the consolation game by a disappointed Chaminade team. However, this year the result was different as the Jr. Bills came out with much more fire and determination to come home with at least one win in Columbia. “Let’s just end the season with a win. I feel like we all bought into that and we had fun in our last game as a team,” said David Jackson. “We felt like we didn’t get to show what we really were about. It seemed like the guys couldn’t wait to play that game,” said Claggett.
SLUH would take on a one-loss Lee’s Summit team whose only loss of the year had come in the semifinals against a talented Kickapoo team. “They were one of the best teams we played all year. I mean they were undefeated coming into the semifinal game,” said Claggett. The underclassmen made their presences felt as juniors Brandon McKissic, B.J. Wilson, and Brent Smith scored 16, 14, and 10 points respectively. McKissic hit a buzzer-beater three-pointer to end the first half, and that put the Jr. Bills in front, 36-35, for the first time since Smith put SLUH up 2-0 early in the first quarter. McKissic said that playing alongside his senior teammates was all the more motivation. “We didn’t want our seniors to end their careers with a loss. We wanted to send them out with a win,” said McKissic. The Jr. Bills then jumped out to an early third quarter lead, but they squandered it as Lee’s Summit came storming back to tie the game at 49 at the end of the third quarter. Lee’s Summit seniors Isaiah Sears and Blake Spellman had 17 and 12 points respectively and were largely responsible for getting their side back into the game. SLUH would then go on another run to open the game up to 66-58 with just over two minutes left in the game. The Jr. Bills held onto that lead to take the third place trophy home with the 70-67 win. The contribution this se-
Chaminade guard Jayson Tatum during the game against SLUH.
nior class has made is undeniable. Without senior leaders Nester and David and Daniel Jackson, it’s unlikely that the Jr. Bills ever would’ve made it to state. “David, Daniel, and Matt stepped into their roles. It was a progression because they didn’t start as leaders. Those guys made sure everything was done properly. I can’t say enough about those kids,” said Claggett. “I honestly learned a lot about life playing under Coach Claggett. He has truly
impacted me in my life, and I am truly blessed to have met such a great man,” said David Jackson. The team made it one step closer to a state championship, and they have made it clear that next year that will be their goal. The returning cast is strong and loaded with talent, most notably guard Brandon McKissic and forward B.J. Wilson, who have been varsity stalwarts these past three seasons. “I’m excited to come back and see them next year.
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I hope they buy in early and make it back down the highway,” said David Jackson. “Our hope for next year is a State Championship. Simple as that,” said McKissic. “Hopefully the guys come in and approach the beginning of next season like they approached the end of this season. If they do, I think the sky is the limit for the group next year,” said Claggett.
Golf opens season with fifth place finish at Bantle Memorial Tournament BY Andrew STAFF
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his past Tuesday, the St. Louis U. High varsity golf team kicked off the regular season with a fifth place finish at the Greg Bantle Memorial Tournament held at the daunting Missouri Bluffs Golf Club in St. Charles. The Jr. Bills placed fifth out of 20 teams in the field, each team being represented by five golfers. “We prepare to win things and we’re here to place as high as we can,” said head coach Scott Gilbert on the team’s expectations going into the tournament. “We knew that there were a lot of good players and a lot of good talent and a lot of good programs coming but we knew that we have a pretty strong program also.” The five SLUH golfers were selected based on their round averages throughout the first weeks of practice: senior Scott Berger, junior Max Twardowski, and sophomores Louie Perotti, Jack Wachter, and Sam Bricker. Marquette took the team title, with a total of 320 strokes between all five golfers. De Smet, also with a score of 320, took second due to a tiebreaker based on the fifth golfer’s score for each team. The Jr. Bills had a team total
of 344, missing out on a top 3 finish by just two strokes. “CBC beat us by two, Chaminade beat us by one so we were definitely right there from taking home a trophy,” said Wachter. “I think we did a lot better than we expected to do for sure as a team.” “Realistically we were thinking a good three, four, or five would be really solid and a great way to start the season,” said Gilbert. “A couple strokes here and there and we’re right there in third.” Jack Klingel of De Smet won the individual competition, shooting a four-over par 75 to narrowly defeat Robert Hogan of Clayton and Frankie Thomas of Marquette, who both fired five-over par 76s. Twardowski and Wachter were the top SLUH finishers, at 83, placing them in a fourway tie for thirteenth. Bricker (89), Perotti (89), and Berger (91), all struggled through these tough course conditions. Many of these uncharacteristic high scores came from course difficulty, due to the tees being moved back and challenging pin placements. “We were trying to get all the players in the field used to what they might see in May with Districts, Sectionals, and State type yardage,” said Gilbert. “We had a little wind and probably some of the toughest
pin placements I’ve ever seen.” One of these placements was the notorious Hole 14, a par three whose pin sat right on the top of a massive slope in the green. On this hole, players generally did very poorly, ranging from a 15-putt to a hole-in-one by Webster Groves’s Jameson Howard. Overall, despite some rough rounds, the Jr. Bills were pleased with the fifth
place finish and hope to build on that performance heading into the first regular season matches. “We all came together before (the players) departed and I told them: ‘Take away what was really good from today, you guys did a lot of good things under the circumstances,’ ” said Gilbert. “I got the feel that everyone was striking the ball well and they
were rolling off birdies and all of a sudden the bogeys and doubles came.” The team’s first match was scheduled for this past Wednesday, but due to rain was rescheduled to today at Tapawingo Golf Club against Vianney. “My expectation this year is that we continue to set the bar when it comes to golf and that we compete within our
conference,” said Gilbert. “We got a lot of tough teams in our conference but if we look over the past four years we have been up top for the most part. I expect us to move through Districts and Sectionals and I expect the team to be back in Springfield in May. And after that it is finishing better than seventh place, which we did last year.”
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he St. Louis U. High varsity tennis team fell short in both of its first two matches, losing to Marquette 6-3 and Ladue 5-4. In the match against Marquette, the team took the lead with superior doubles play. The No. 2 seed doubles team of senior Vinny Bartholomew and junior Michael Behr won their match 8-3, and the No. 3 seed doubles pair of juniors Ben and Sam Bott won their match 8-6. After the early success however, junior No. 6 seed Ben Bott was the only singles winner. “We think we’re really comparable with them,” said Bott. “But our singles just fell apart.” SLUH lost to Ladue by
one point. The Jr. Billikens are very familiar with the Ladue squad; they finished second to the Rams at Districts last season. No. 3 seed senior Mehal Amin won his match 6-3, 6-4, No. 5 seed junior Michael Behr won his match 7-6, 6-2, and No. 6 seed Sam Bott won his match 6-3, 2-6, and 10-4 in a super tiebreaker. However, only the No. 3 seed doubles team of the Bott brothers won, resulting in a 5-4 loss for the day. “We know we can get them in Districts because we had a close match at number one and a close match at number two,” said Sam Bott. Players remain optimistic and enthusiastic. “We’re starting a little bit slower than we want, but we’re getting better,” said senior David Lord.
The team is confident it can capture a match win soon and players continue to practice their skills and increase their stamina. “Later, in the year once we get better and more in shape, we’ll be able to pull out more of those points,” said Ben Bott. Part of the team’s confidence comes from experience. “The effort is looking good and the team is motivated,” said Lord. “I’m confident we’ll have a very good rest of the season.” After losing only one senior, Kyle Schnell ’15, the Jr. Bills’ varsity team looks very familiar. Six varsity players returned, including two state qualifiers. The team is led by the four seniors, who all take up the top four singles seeds; No. 1 seed Bartholomew, No. 2
seed Lord, No. 3 seed Amin, and No. 4 seed David DowdNieto. “All the seniors take part in leading the practices, but it’s all a team effort,” said Sam Bott. The only newcomer to the team is Behr. The No. 6 seed alternates between the Botts. “The goal is to get everybody qualified at state,” said Ben Bott. The team will search for its first victory in its next match against MCC rival Vianney on April 1 at 4:15 at Dwight Davis Tennis Center in Forest Park. “We want to win all nine matches against Vianney,” said Sam Bott. “We’ll come out ready to play.”
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Water Polo opens with four wins BY Matthew STAFF
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he 2016 Jr. Bills water polo season is off to a good start—the team has four wins under its belt and is gearing up for one of the hardest tournaments in the Midwest. On Tuesday, March 15, SLUH won its first game of the year, 17-3 against CBC. Sophomore John Burke scored the first goal of the regular season just fifteen seconds into the first quarter. “I was initially looking to pass into the set, but that was getting crashed on, so I looked to shoot and saw an opportunity near side. I wasn’t even aware it went in until I heard applause,” said Burke. Senior captain Chris Kreienkamp and sophomores Joe Jellinek and Burke ended up in a three-way tie for most goals scored; all had hat tricks. Kreienkamp also led the team in assists, with three. Senior goalie Jimmy Hogan had a busy first quarter, making three saves. Two days later the Jr.
Bills faced off at home against Fort Zumwalt West. Kreienkamp led the team in scoring with four goals, and seniors Michael Niese and Thomas O’Brien each had hat tricks. O’Brien also led the team in assists with three. Goalies Hogan and junior Mike Harris each made two saves a quarter. Once the dust had settled, the boys were pleasantly surprised to find their first shutout of the season, 14-0. On Wednesday the Jr. Bills shut out Lafayette, 17-0. Niese led the team with five goals, a single game goal record for this season. “Niese played a really good game and had a really really nice goal from like the nine,” said senior captain Dan Walsh. “He received a crossgoal pass and sniped a perfect upper corner shot.” Niese also won Player of the Game, and Kreienkamp had yet another hat trick. One thing that the team has been working on is improving its success in six-onfives.
“That percentage isn’t where we want it to be, but we’re getting there,” said junior Brandon Trusler. Although SLUH could capture four wins in a row here in St. Louis, the annual York Invite Tournament in Chicago promises much stiffer competition as one of the toughest tournaments in the Midwest. While there are only 25 varsity water polo teams in St. Louis, the Chicago area has nearly 90. This more competitive environment would be more challenging to play in at any level, but the York tournament is invite only, and they bring in the best teams around. Five of the top ten Chicago teams will be there. That means the first team SLUH will play tonight is No. 3-ranked Lyons High School. That could be tough right after a five-hour bus ride. “We should be expecting at least two very competitive games, regardless of how we do against Lyons. We could
go 1-3 and that would be great for us as a team,” said head coach Paul Baudendistel. “We’re going to learn a lot about ourselves one way or another. Which is one of the best things about playing in this tournament.” SLUH’s only losses last year came from Chicago teams. “This is really going to tell how we fare in comparison to the 2015 SLUH team, just because we will be playing against competition that we know is consistent and dominant in the Midwest,” said Kreienkamp. One major change will definitely be coming soon. Kreienkamp has been growing out his goatee so far this season, but will be shaving the chin hair today. “I’ll be shaving it before St. Joe’s prom, but until then, the ’stache stays,” said Kreienkamp, who also plans to cut most of his head hair too for the mental benefits: “I’ll feel faster, and it’s all a mental game.”
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most every player on the roster to step up. I’ve never been on a SLUH team with this much depth” said Stephens. “No matter who is in the game I feel confident about our chances.” The Jr. Bills wrapped up spring break with a final game against MCC rival Chaminade on Easter Monday. Brinkman was back on the mound and aiming for his second win of the season. The Jr. Bills once again were down early after Chaminade grounded in a run in the third inning. But SLUH’s offense stepped up two innings later and plated seven runs, paving the way to a 10-1 victory.
“Everyone played unselfish and together. We were into it from start to finish and had a great team win,” said second basemen Keaton King. The Jr. Bills won every one of their first five games by at least nine runs, and managed to tie their MCC wins total from last year. The team is back in action this weekend in the Jesuit Classic at Sheridan Stadium. The Jr. Bills will take on Loyola Academy on Friday at 4:15, and then St. Ignatius and St. Mary’s on Saturday at 10 and 12:30.
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in a “serenity run.” “No comment,” Gilbert laughed, in reference to the calls. In the fourth quarter, the Laxbills took over. Senior attack Patrick Durnien came alive, scoring three goals in four minutes to launch the Bills ahead of Eureka. After another SLUH goal from junior Jerry Howe, Durnien scored again to give the Bills a six-goal lead with only four minutes left in the game. Late Eureka goals weren’t enough, and the Jr. Bills won 11-7. “Our offense moved around a lot more, and that just freed me up,” said
Durnien. “We probably had the ball 70 percent of the time,” said Gilbert. “Faceoffs went well, wing play was good, and we were able to keep it on our offensive end and possess the ball better than we have the rest of the season.” “I never really doubted that we would win. We knew we could turn the jets on. We just needed something to click,” said Corker. Looking ahead, SLUH will take on Shawnee Mission of Kansas City at 11:00 a.m. next Sunday. “There’s a lot to be excited about,” said Gilbert. “A lot to be excited about.”
—Sports Reports— Varsity Inline Hockey
3/26 SLUH 8 Parkway South 4 Key stat: Senior Connor JV Tennis FitzGerald scores 3. 3/28 SLUH 9 B Baseball Marquette 5 3/28 Key stat: Juniors Joe Schwartz SLUH 0 and Tommy Sevastianos won Chaminade 1 their doubles match 8-6. Key stat: Sophomore Griffin Key quote: “It was a great feelLester pitched five shutout in- ing to start the season off with nings. a win,” said junior Brendan Key quote: “We had great Voigt. pitching from Griffin Lester, it really was decided by inches,” 3/29 said sophomore Gavin Obert. SLUH 4 Ladue 5 3/29 Key stat: No. 1 doubles seed, SLUH 2 junior Carlos Ayala and senior Rockwood Summit 14 Liam Cler took down their Key quote: “We gave them opponent in an 8-4 victory. most of their runs with errors Key quote: “It was really close, in the field which contributed and I feel like we’ll be ready for to the loss,” said Obert. our next match,” said Ayala.
Prep News Editor in Chief Leo Heinz News Editors Nolen Doorack Connor FitzGerald Sports Editor Tim Nile Features Editors Sam Heagney Ethan McIntyre
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Key stats: Due to spring break, SLUH played the game with four skaters and no subs. Key quote: “Although 0-2, C inline is looking the best it has in years and is on a quest to hoist the cup,” said senior Sam Lindwedel.
CBC 4 Key stat: Luke Sansone and Jamo Fitzgerald had goals for the Junior Bills. Key quote: “We played our C Golf heart out and it was a hard 3/29 fought game against CBC. SLUH 181 They had a few good breaks, Vianney 203 we had a few but it was a wellKey stats: Luke Alfaro shot Next match: 4/2 vs. Washing- fought game,” said freshman 44, Patrick Finlay 45, Jacob ton Jim O’Flynn. Reznikov 45 JV Lacrosse Next match: 4/1 @ De Smet Next match: 4/4 vs. Chami- 3/29 nade SLUH 6 JV Volleyball Eureka 5 3/29 Key stat: Sophomore Kevin SLUH: 25 JV Inline Hockey Einig scored the game-win- Mehlville: 20 3/19 ning goal with 40 seconds left Key quote: “It was pretty close SLUH: 3 in the game. but we really pulled through Parkway South 8 in the end,” said junior Robert Key stats: Tim Juergens - 23 Next Match: 4/3 @ SLUH Graman. saves 3/30 Freshman Lacrosse SLUH: 25 3/26 3/29 Chaminade: 10 SLUH 5 Key quote: “We’re still a bit Parkway South 8 SLUH 3 rusty, but I think this game
Next match: 4/1 vs. Westminster Next match: 4/1 vs. Vianney
showed we have a lot of potential,” said Graman. Next game: 4/5 @ Webster Groves
JV Water Polo
3/30 SLUH 14 Lafayette 2 Key stat: Went on a 7-0 run to start the game Key quote: “We played like a school of wild tuna, strong and as one unit,” said Jack Laux. Next match: 4/1 @ Chaminade Invite Compiled by Jack Wa— ters, Sam Goedeker, Joseph Reznikov, Will Farroll, Matt Godar and Thomas Nordman.
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MIDWEST HARVARD
April 1, 2016
Around the Hallways Staycation tours downtown architecture The Monday before exams started, seven members of the Staycation club took advantage of the half day to explore downtown St. Louis. The club visited Citygarden before admiring the architecture of downtown St. Louis. They ended the day at Bailey’s Range, a downtown burger and shake restaurant. The club plans to visit the Missouri History Museum soon. Everyone is invited to join the club on its future trips.
Staycation students watched by a camera at the City Garden.
photo | Antwine Willis
Groups sponsor blood drive This Wednesday, STUCO and the Medical Careers Club hosted the spring term blood drive, in conjunction with the American Red Cross. Despite lower participation than in past blood drives, Medical Careers Club moderator Tim O’Keefe labeled the day a success. He attributed the decrease in donations to the Fine Arts field trip, as well as the large number of students who travelled to Mexico during spring break. Due to the Zika virus, anyone who has recently travelled abroad is not allowed to donate blood. O’Keefe said he hoped to avoid such
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complications in the coming years, and also encouraged people to consider donating at future drives.
planted spinach, broccoli, lettuce and other cool-weather crops; the majority of these foods are donated to the CSP program.
Before Final Four, Syracuse stopped by On the final day of exams, Final Four basketball team Syracuse practiced in the Danis Field House in preparation for their round of 64 game against Dayton. The regional organizers of the March Madness tournament, the Missouri Valley Conference, originally contacted possible practice sites in the fall. SLUH expressed interest in hosting teams, and, upon announcement of the bracket, were contacted by Syracuse. It was not until the day of the practice that Patrick Zarrick received confirmation from the Orange that they would practice in the Field House. Syracuse went on to win both games in St. Louis and find themselves in the Final Four of the March Madness tournament, the farthest any No. 10 seed has ever advanced. The Orange play next against the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill on Sunday.
Fine arts classes travel to Rep. play The Fine Arts classes at SLUH—Acting Improv, Oral Communications, Fine Arts Survey, and others—traveled to the Repertory Theatre in Webster to see Satchel Paige and the Kansas City Swing, a play about the baseball great Satchel Paige and his struggle to establish himself amid a changing picture of American baseball. Travelers from SLUH shared the seats of a full house with students from Nerinx, Parkway Central, and other schools.
Anderson leads classes in yardwork On Monday through Thursday of exam week, students of science teacher Bill Anderson from both his Chemistry and Environmental Science classes worked to rebuild the garden next to the Jesuit house. The garden, which was destroyed during the construction of the house, was regraded to strengthen its drainage abilities. The students filled all of the garden beds with soil and leaf mulch and set up four picnic tables. The students, along with Anderson,
Late Start Schedule
Track @ Festus Early Bird Meet V Baseball vs. Loyola (Jesuit Classic) V Tennis vs. Vianney @ Forest Park JV Tennis vs. Vianney @ Forest Park B Baseball vs. Westminster @ Aviation Field C Baseball vs. Saint Mary’s @ SLUH C Lacrosse vs. De Smet V Inline Hockey vs. Francis Howell V Water Polo @ Chicago
Saturday, April 2 JV Water Polo @ Chaminade Tournament V Water Polo @ Chicago V Rugby @ Creve Couer Park (Gateway Ruggerfest) JV Rugby @ Creve Couer Park (Gateway Ruggerfest) Track @ Festus Early Bird Meet 10:00pm V Baseball vs. St. Ignatius (Jesuit Classic) 12:00pm JV/C Inline Hockey vs. Washington 12:30pm V Baseball vs. St. Mary’s (Jesuit Classic)
Sunday, April 3 V Rugby @ Creve Couer Park (Gateway Ruggerfest) JV Rugby @ Creve Couer Park (Gateway Ruggerfest) 11:00am V Lacrosse vs. Shawnee Mission East @ SLUH 1:00pm JV Lacrosse vs. Shawnee Mission East @ SLUH 6:00pm Mom Prom Dance Lessons 8:00pm V Inline Hockey vs. Holt
Monday, April 4
Regular Schedule
AP Fire Drill Junior Class Meeting STUCO Executive Board Elections Snack—Bosco Sticks Lunch Special—Chick-fil-A Vegetarian—Burrito 3:30pm V Golf vs. Chaminade 3:30pm JV Golf vs. Chaminade 4:15pm JV Tennis vs. John Burroughs 4:15pm V Tennis vs. John Burroughs 4:15pm B Baseball vs. Northwest @ Seckman Tournament 4:15pm C Baseball vs. Parkway Central
Tuesday, April 5
Regular Schedule
Junior Kairos (through April 8) AP Tornado Drill Mandatory Meeting for Juniors Senior Class Elections Snack—Mini Tacos Lunch Special—Meatball Sandwich Vegetarian—Grilled Veggie 3:30pm JV Golf vs. De Smet 3:30pm V Golf vs. De Smet 4:00pm V2 Track @ Webster Varsity Invitational 4:00pm JV Volleyball vs. Webster Groves 4:15pm V Tennis vs. Chaminade 4:15pm JV Tennis vs. Chaminade 4:15pm C Baseball vs. Oakville 4:30pm V Baseball vs. De Smet 4:30pm B Baseball vs. De Smet @ SLUH
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Banners in chapel remind of Pope Francis’s Year of Mercy Over spring break, five banners were added to the chapel’s west wall featuring the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy as well as an image of Pope Francis. President David Laughlin oversaw the effort, hoping to draw emphasis to the pope’s Year of Mercy. “With a quote from Pope Francis on Mercy in the middle banner, the other banners outline the Church’s teachings on the spiritual and corporal works of Mercy. I thought it would be a good idea to have these in our chapel as we gather for Mass and prayer throughout the Year of Mercy so that we might be reminded and grow in a loving relationship with our God, who is a God of Mercy,” he said in an email; he was away this week to APES students in the garden in February. receive an award from the NCEA photo | Mr. Bill Anderson and to meet with donors in California. STARS meeting looks at net worth in —Written by Jack Schweizer, Nolen America Doorack, Cade Dernlan, Connor FitzGerSenior Brendan Underwood directed the ald, Jack Sinay, Leo Heinz, and Jack Casey. club meeting, which looked at quotes from
C Lacrosse vs. Westminster Christian V Volleyball vs. Webster Groves JV Lacrosse vs. Vianney V Lacrosse vs. Vianney
Wednesday, April 6
4:30pm JV Volleyball vs. Ft. Zumwalt South 5:30pm Varsity Volleyball vs. Ft. Zumwalt South
Regular Schedule
Sophomore Retreat (through April 7) Cashbah Set-Up (through April 8) AP Snack—Chicken Nuggets Lunch Special—Hand-Breaded Chicken Strips Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 4:30pm V Baseball vs. Mehlville 4:30pm C Baseball vs. Parkway North 4:30pm V Water Polo vs. Marquette
Thursday, April 7
Friday, April 8 C Golf vs. Vianney V Track @ Al Joyner Classic C Volleyball vs. Parkway South JV Volleyball vs. Parkway South C Baseball vs. De Smet B Baseball vs. CBC V Baseball vs. CBC @ SLUH JV Lacrosse vs. Westminster Christian V Volleyball vs. Parkway South V Lacrosse vs. Memphis University School JV/C Inline Hockey vs. Affton
Saturday, April 9 ACT Cashbah 9:00am V2 Track @ All-Catholic Meet 9:00am Varsity Inline Hockey @ Oakville
Tuesday, April 12
Regular Schedule
AP NHS Meeting 3:30pm JV Golf vs. CBC 4:00pm C Volleyball @ De Smet 4:00pm JV Water Polo vs. De Smet 4:30pm C Baseball @ CBC 4:30pm Varsity Baseball vs. Kirkwood 5:00pm C Lacrosse vs. Eureka @ LaSalle Springs Middle School 5:00pm JV Volleyball @ De Smet 5:00pm Varsity Water Polo vs. De Smet No Classes 6:00pm Varsity Volleyball @ De Smet 6:00pm Varsity Inline Hockey @ Seckman
Service Learning Retreat (through April 8) Additional Senior Retreat (through April 8) 3:30pm JV Golf vs. Ladue 4:00pm JV Track vs. Webster JV Invitational 4:15pm JV Tennis vs. Westminster Christian 4:15pm V Tennis vs. Westminster Christian 4:30pm C Baseball vs. Fox HS 5:00pm JV Rugby vs. Eureka 5:00pm V Rugby vs. Eureka 5:00pm C Lacrosse vs. Francis Howell @ Compton-Drew 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:00pm 7:00pm 7:00pm
the Hidden Cost of Being African American, their book under discussion for this semester. The morality of the American Dream by passing on wealth to children was analyzed, and its effects on black families. “White Flight” in St. Louis, taxes, and causes and solutions to wealth inequality were also discussed.
Wednesday, April 13
9:00am AP 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:15pm 4:15pm No Classes 4:15pm 4:15pm 5:00pm 5:15pm 6:30pm 7:00pm
Regular Schedule
Varsity Golf @ Ozark Invitational AP Pre-Registration (Juniors and Seniors) JV Golf s. Whitfield JV/C Track @ All-Comers Meet #2 JV Tennis @ CBC B Baseball @ Parkway West Varsity Tennis vs. CBC D Baseball vs. Clayton C Volleyball @ Marquette JV Volleyball @ Marquette JV Lacrosse vs. Webster Varsity Volleyball @ Marquette Financial Aid Presentation Varsity Lacrosse vs. Webster Groves
Thursday, April 14
Regular Schedule
9:00am Varsity Golf @ Bulldog Battle 9:00am JV Golf @ Fox Tounrnament AP AP Pre-Registration (Sophomores) 3:45pm C Golf @ CBC 4:15pm B Baseball @ St. Mary’s 5:00pm Varsity Rugby @ De Smet 7:00pm Varsity Water Polo vs. Kirkwood @ Lindbergh (De Smet Invitational)
Friday, April 15
Regular Schedule
Tech Spring Studio (through April 21) Sunday, April 10 Varsity Volleyball @ Parkway Tournament (through April 16) Mix-It-Up Lunch JV Rugby vs. KC Jr. Blues @ Mizzou AP Senior Class Mass Varsity Rugby vs. KC Jr. Blues @ Mizzou 3:30pm C Golf vs. CBC Varsity Lacrosse vs. North Oldham (KY) 4:15pm C Baseball @ Chaminade Regular Schedule 4:15pm B Baseball @ Mehlville Monday, April 11 4:15pm JV Lacrosse vs. Lafayette @ Crestview Middle Sophomore Conversations (through April 16) School AP Senior Class Meeting 4:30pm Varsity Water Polo vs. De La Salle @ Rec-Plex 3:30pm JV Golf vs. MICDS (De Smet Invitational) 4:15pm JV Tennis @ Lindbergh 6:00pm Varsity Baseball on Kentucky Trip 4:15pm B Baseball vs. Kirkwood 6:00pm Varsity Inline Hockey vs. Mehlville 4:15pm Varsity Tennis vs. Lindbergh 4:15pm C Baseball vs. Parkway West calendar | Liam Connolly and Sam Chechik 4:30pm C Volleyball vs. Ft. Zumwalt South