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he Dauphin Players of St. Louis U. High, in conjunction with the Circus Club, put on “The Live Show,” a fusion of improv games, circus acts, magic tricks, and music over the weekend. The show had performances on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in the theater. Because of the interactive nature of the show, the audience sat on stage with bleachers set up to seat about 100. The show was filled up or nearly filled up for all three performances. “The Live Show” was performed in a talk show format. It began with a monologue, given by senior host Sam Harmon. Harmon would later introduce the other acts that came on stage, participating in some of them, and also led an interview with a SLUH senior each night. Theater teacher Kevin McKernan worked alongside Circus Club moderator Kevin Foy in the production of ideas, content, and music for “The Live Show.”
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“Mr. Foy thought it would be cool to do a talk show format,” said McKernan. “I always try, when I do an improv show here, to frame it as something.” Because McKernan was focusing on a scripted show last year, there was no improv show, but he brought it back this year. “People asked where it went,” said McKernan. “I thought it’d be fun to do it again.” The first improv show McKernan put on at SLUH,
in 2013, was framed as an old-timey cabaret show. His second, in 2014, was framed as a sports competition. “The framing’s just something to string it all together in a way that makes sense,” said McKernan. The mixture of the different acts, such as circus acts, improv games, magic tricks, and an interview, was an idea by McKernan used to give the audience a break and keep them engaged. “I’ve been doing improv since I was here at SLUH,
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about 17 years ago,” said McKernan. “Over the course of 17 years, where not a week went by where I didn’t do improv, I began to pick up little games and tricks to perform.” The random combination of acts and games were one of the things that make “The Live Show” so interesting. “It was nice to mix it up and keep the audience guessing. Plus, they’re (the different acts) kind of partners in crime in that they both have
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t. Louis U. High sent 26 students and four SLUH chaperones to Washington, D.C. for a weekend packed full of social justice, advocacy, and singing at the 19th annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. The Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice is an annual gathering during which members of the Ignatian fam-
ily, both Jesuit institutions and the larger church alike, come together over social justice issues to talk, learn, reflect, and advocate. The convention is hosted each year by the Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN). ISN chose the theme “mercy in action” for this year’s conference. The two main issues students and speakers focused on this year were criminal justice reform
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and immigration reform; over 1400 people attended the conference. “It was cool to see so many people coming together and being passionate about something they really care about,” said sophomore Liam John. The convention started with talks from a young black man named Dylan Brown; a young Islamic woman named Zahara Kazmi; Joan Neal, a member of ISN, who gave a criminal justice reform briefing; and the first keynote speaker, the Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J. “One of his stories was about a homie that wore three shirts to hide the wounds from his abusive mother,” said senior Michael Behr. “A big theme was to acknowledge our own wounds, our own difficulties to better understand others.”
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The other two keynote speakers for the weekend were Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J., and Lisa Sharon Harper. Pimentel is the executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande, and her speech focused around her work on the border with immigrants seeking refuge from the violence and poverty in their previous country. “What I liked about Sister Pimentel is, she is choosing to be in that space and to work with the people that are in need, that and her stories made it real,” said Finucane. Harper is an author and Chief Church Engagement Officer for Sojourners, a media organization that works towards social justice. Her speech dealt with the inherent dignity of humans. Many of the breakout sessions dealt with the im-
Seniors (left to right) Sam Goedeker, Joe Boyce, Will Farroll, and Matt Godar with their awards after Youth in Government.
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or the past 60 years, St. Louis U. High has held a mock election. This year, it didn’t happen. Since 1932, SLUH has held 25 mock elections, missing only 1956—until this year. According to Principal Craig Hannick, the most appropriate response to the divisive political campaign this year was Issues Day, which was revived after an absence in 2012 due to not enough interest and orcontinued on page 5 ganization beforehand.
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ifty-two students traveled to Jefferson City, Mo. last Thursday to participate in the Missouri Youth in Government Convention. The students had prepared for the convention in the preceding months by meeting once a week to form bills and work on different cases. Once they got to the convention, the students were able to decide which branch they wanted to participate in. The legislative branch was the most popular. “The legislative branch prepared bills ahead of time and broke into committees and debated when we
got there. The bills that got passed go to the floor and the legislative branch talks about all of the bills on the floor and debates them,” said social studies teacher and moderator Sarah Becvar. Although most of the students chose the legislative branch, 12 of the students decided to work in the judicial branch. “The best part of the judicial branch was the mock trial. It was about a case that we got there and had to prepare in under 24 hours. It was a lot of work, but it was still really cool,” said junior Steven Zak. This year was also the first year that two students
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Issues Day existed to “truly educate students on not just some topics, but their idea of civil discourse for our country, as it continues to be fractured,” said President David Laughlin. “The decision not to have an election flowed out from an alternative commitment to civil discourse, and the design of the Issues Day, which was again to both have speakers which modeled it to come up with some sort of a template to teach it and have students model it,” said Linhares.
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ocial Studies department chair Kevin Foy has officially become a doctor, as he received his doctorate in educational leadership after several years of study. “I’ve always been interested in leadership,” said Foy. “I buy into the idea that Jesuit Schools used to be led by Jesuits, and there aren’t many Jesuit leaders in the schools anymore. I also just like to learn, and this was a cool opportunity to learn about stuff I was interested in.” Foy earned a doctorate in educational leadership, a specific type of doctorate focusing on real-world applications of knowledge and virtue.
“A doctorate in education is a practitioner degree, and they are more typically oriented towards people directly using skills that they learn. The doctorate qualifies me to be a leader, and gives me the skills needed to lead schools,” said Foy. Getting a doctorate in education was no easy task, however. Foy took two classes per semester and one or two classes in the summer for two and half years. During his last semester of coursework was two years ago, he took his written exams. Foy had accumulated 38 hours of credit, about 3 hours for each class he took, and he had to answer written questions on all of them. That was an all day test.
Classes were done after that, so he only had to work on the project after that. Foy and one of his acquaintances who had also gone through the examination process wrote a dissertation together on “District Leadership Characteristics.” “We studied all the district schools in Missouri that had hired superintendents between 2013 and 2016. We surveyed all 222 district boards of education,” said Foy. “We were trying to figure out what qualities the school boards were interested in in their ideal candidates of superintendents having. There is plenty of evidence out there about what makes some superintendents effective leaders, but not
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a lot on if the school boards know what qualities make a good superintendent.” The writing process for the dissertation took Foy and his partner about three and half years to finish. They made revisions on it, and are almost completely finished with the entire process. “We got to the point this time last year when our ducks were in a row, and we could just start hammering the dissertation out. Last spring was the final major push, where we turned in our final project. We scheduled an oral defense where we have a conversation defending our dissertation, and it was accepted. It was hard, and a very long process, but worth it,” said Foy. Foy hopes that this experience will help him be more effective in his life and at Saint Louis University High. “SLUH does a great job of giving faculty great opportunities to be leaders no matter what position you’re in,” said Foy. “With the work I get to do on the Instructional Council as the department chair of Social Studies, I will use the skills I learned. I am qualified now in people’s eyes to apply for formalized leadership positions as well. This makes me a more valuable, more prepared, more thoughtful practitioner no matter what I do at Saint Louis U. High. At the end of the day, I love being at SLUH and if nothing really changes, that’s alright because I still learned a lot.”
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group of 22 students affiliated with the Medical Careers Club took a trip to Saint Louis University last Friday to learn more about the biomedical engineering field and receive a tour of their buildings. These students were accompanied by club moderator Tim O’Keefe and college counselor Elaine Todorov. After a quick bus ride from Saint Louis U. High to SLU, the group listened to a presentation about biomedical engineering from Professor Gary Bledsoe, the department chair of Biomedical Engineering. “We learned about the field of biomedical engineering in general, job opportunities, and what that experience was like at SLU,” said junior Nick Parisi. After the presentation, the group toured the Interfacial Biomaterials/Biomechanics Laboratory. “It was really awesome
since we even got to see first hand students of the field doing research and experiments,” said senior David Gordon. Two students explained their research to the group. One of the students was working on finding a replacement for cartilage in the spine so that when the cartilage eventually wears out, people can inject a substance that, when frozen, becomes like the spongy material that was once there. “We even got to interact with what they were making ... got to see a physical sample, and we even got to feel it and see how spongy it was,” said
Parisi. The other student explained his work on chemicals to make regenerative tissue and how he was working on different animal cells, such as the cells on a slab of beef, in hopes that one day he can apply this to humans. “This can help people that have been in explosions or surgeries who lost a large chunk of tissue so there might be a large scar there that might never grow back or if there is a lot of muscle tissue gone,” said Parisi. After that, the tour concluded, and the group went back to SLUH. “It was a really good ex-
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perience that gave me a really good perspective into the field that I want to study,” said Gordon. “Since even though you can research a topic online all you want, nothing compares to seeing it in person.” O’Keefe also saw the value in introducing the students to this field. “I think it opened their eyes to biomedical engineering.” said O’Keefe. “One of the best things about it is that it’s such a growing field and there is such a demand for it. It’s also pretty useful for folks that want to go on to medical school as well.”
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he St. Louis U. High varsity Scholar Bowl team has blazed through the competition for an undefeated start to the season, while the JV team has suffered only one defeat. In their most recent match Wednesday, both teams walked away winners. The varsity squad beat Nerinx 340-70, and Cor Jesu 210-180. The JV team beat the Lutheran South A team 240-90 and the Cor Jesu team 250100. These matches were all held at Lutheran South High School. In Scholar Bowl competitions, two teams of four competitors, each with a buzzer, try to answer questions relating to science, math, English, history, etc. Each match has three rounds with 20 toss-up questions, and, if answered
correctly, then there are two bonus questions following each question. A round can have as many as 60 questions. “It’s basically like jeopardy,” said moderator and Latin teacher Jennifer Ice. St. Louis U. High is part of a private school league, with a varsity team, comprised of juniors and seniors, and a JV team, made up of freshmen and sophomores. They meet typically on Tuesdays or Wednesdays at another school. The Nov. 29 match will be held at SLUH. League play will continue through December, followed by the championships. Ice anticipates SLUH’s team will participate, given their excellent start to the season. Once the championships conclude, De Smet will host their own tournament. Ice said that they plan to participate in that as well. Rules state that only four players are allowed at once. There are typically about 1215 students who attend each match. Substitutions are made at halftime. “We might have four people start, and then after four questions, a JV person might sit out and another JV person could come in,” said Ice. For freshman Daniel Gatewood, Tuesday’s match
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Senior Trevor Scott heads to Dallas for AllNational Choir
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enior Trevor Scott participated as a member of the All-National Choir in Dallas, Texas this week. Scott had previously made All-District Choir and All-State Choir last year, where he first heard of the opportunity to sing in the All-National Choir. He auditioned this fall and received one of Missouri’s slots to sing as part of the 350-person choral ensemble that met in Dallas last Thursday and Friday. Scott got to work with Dr. Anton Armstrong, the director of St. Olaf College’s chorus, one of the most well-
known college choirs in the world. “I really liked being able to study in such an accelerated environment,” said Scott. Scott has been a part of the choir program since freshman year, and is currently in the Varsity Chorus and Zerohour Choir. “Trevor is a big part of the Varsity Chorus, as well as zero-hour. He’s a true leader in both ensembles,” said chorus teacher Addie Akin. Although this is Scott’s final year at SLUH, being in the National Choir is an accomplishment that could take Trevor beyond high school with his singing career.
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Commentary Feminism at an all-boys school BY Sam Goedeker CORE STAFF
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’m hanging out with my friends talking, and somehow it comes up that I am a feminist. Besides the immediate odd looks I get, there are many questions: “What!? You can’t be a feminist, can you?” or “Only women are feminists.” As a feminist at SLUH, I have realized that the main problem is not with the concept of gender equality, but with the word “feminist.” Many times, especially over the past few months, I have heard people say, “I am very much for gender equality, but feminism seems too extreme.” To me, this seems contradictory because the definition of feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. In other words, gender equality. Feminism is, and always has been, the desire for equality; it has never been a movement to make women greater than
men. So what are we afraid of? Is it gender equality that scares us, or the title of being a feminist at an all-boys school? I think what most people ask is, “why do we need feminism at an all-boys school?” For a long time I too was opposed to the idea, feeling like it conflicted with my conservative political beliefs. As I have grown, thanks to this school and the influential people in my life, I realized that women’s rights have nothing to do with political affiliation and everything to do with human dignity. The fact that there aren’t many women at SLUH doesn’t mean we don’t have to be concerned about their fight for equality. At a school like SLUH, we are in a protective bubble, where we can talk about women or disrespect women behind their backs, in ways where they will never find out, sometimes in ways we don’t even realize. That is
why male feminists at SLUH are so important, because we need to pop that bubble of protection and speak out against it. We need to talk to our friends about how there is inequality, and speak up when people say things that are offensive to women, such as catcalling. That might make people uncomfortable but it is speaking out despite discomfort that makes someone great. Change is needed in order for women to be treated with the same dignity as men, and that change men as well as women are responsible for. The fact that there aren’t many women at SLUH doesn’t mean we don’t have to be concerned about their fight for equality. Every day women are fighting for their rights as citizens of the United States, such as equal pay. We need to be the ones to stand together and help support this cause, not ignore it, because it’s not just about women, it’s about all of us. Not only does femi-
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Alum Brian Hohlfeld’s movie screened at STL Film Festival nism support women but it also helps men get away from the binds of social norms in our country. Fighting for gender equality means men can be nurses or stay at home dads without being looked down upon. It also relieves the pressure of fulfilling male stereotypes. It’s not easy being a feminist, especially at SLUH, regardless if you are a man or a woman. But as the old saying goes, anything worth fighting for isn’t easy. Being a feminist is hard because of the misunderstanding of feminism and the backlash that is received. The odd looks and harsh questions you will receive will be difficult but the work that you will be doing to further gender equality will be worth it. So I am asking you as men for others, not just men for men, to stand up and join me in my fight to treat everyone equally, regardless of gender.
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uccessful screenwriter and SLUH alum Brian Holhfeld had his film He Said, She Said, co-directed by SLUH classmate Ken Kwapis, screened at the Saint Louis International Film Festival last Sunday, Nov. 13. While the festival featured the full-length film, Hohlfeld has also worked on many childrens’ series, such as Winnie the Pooh, Sesame Street, Transformers, and My Little Pony, even winning a Humanitas Prize for an episode of My Friends, Tigger and Pooh along with multiple daytime Emmy’s. “My mind isn’t on winning an Emmy or an Annie when I’m writing, it’s usually on meeting a deadline,” said Hohlfeld in an email regarding his awards. “Receiving something like the Cinema St. Louis Award at the Film Festival is gravy, an added bonus that lets me know that maybe
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I made the right career choice after all.” Before his success in the movie industry, Hohlfeld, ’75, began his writing career with English courses at SLUH, and is still grateful for his freshman year typing course. “Because typing became second nature, I can no longer separate the physical act of typing from writing—the typing itself is part of the creative process, which is why I hardly ever write in longhand,” he said in an email. Out of all of his SLUH teachers, former theater teacher Joe Schulte was Hohlfeld’s biggest influence. “He gave me my first lesson in writing a play: that a line of dialogue should always grow out of the line before it and lead to the one following it,” he said in an email. Schulte also encouraged Hohlfeld to write his Senior Follies, another helpful step. Hohlfeld currently resides in Los Angeles with his family.
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Veterans Day Correction Last week, the Prep News celebrated three faculty members who served in the Armed Forces—Tom Becvar, Charlie Busenhart, and Chris Keeven. We forgot one person: Director of Educational Technology Andrea Nunziante, who served in the Air Force from 1996 to 2000 for Heavy Equipment and Explosive Ordinance.
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Staff member Zach Hennes sat down with receptionist Mimi Hartung on last Wednesday to discuss her work at St. Louis U. High. ZH: How did you get to SLUH? What did you do before working here? MH: Most recently, I worked in a law office, assisting an attorney there, but I’m a social worker by profession. Before that I worked with Catholic Charities USA, working with their social ministry doing education and advocacy on issues around poverty. Right now, this is my fourth year here. ZH: Is there a specific reason why you chose to come to SLUH? MH: Yes. I knew I was looking to make a change and go full time, and I just started looking in the reviews and in the ads, and when I saw it, I just felt like this would be the right fit for me. ZH: What does your job entail? MH: I would say my main job is hospitality; just to provide welcome to anyone who comes in. That’s the main thing throughout my day, welcoming people that come through. First and foremost, that’s the students. They ask a lot of questions and when there is anything I can help with, I deal with them. I answer the phone. In the morning, I help with attendance. I help with anything the parents need or want. A lot of times, our alumni will call about things. I just try to get anyone that needs something to the right person here on campus.
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Juan Ramon Moreno, S.J. there are students, I work a lot with the admissions office on welcoming the prospective families. I try to make the prospective students feel less nervous, so that is kind of where it starts. As for the freshmen, I especially try to help them. Usually boys will come to me if they have a question or they can’t find their room as they get started. And then after that, it’s more just that students stop by and talk with me really just about anything. I do try to remember when someone has something special, whether it’s a concert or I hear that someone was run- Celia Ramos (left) and her mother Julia Elba (right). ning well in cross country, I try to reach out to students in that way. Thursday was the 27th anniversry of the deaths of the eight Jesuit men and ZH: Do you ever wish you women killed at the University of Central had more student interaction, America in San Salvador, El Salvador. or are you happy with what you have? In addition to the annual prayer services for each class throughout the week, MH: I’m happy with it. I guess campus minister Dan Finucane painted more would be better, but I watercolor portrayals of the eight martyrs, and set up a pilgrimage throughout the really enjoy the students here. I love how you all are interesthalls, with the watercolor portraits and a brief messgae about each martyr. Here’s a ed in so many different things both in school and outside of look. school. I really like to hear Ignacio Martin-Baro, S.J. about your individual lives and see if I can encourage you in any way or anything like that.
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ZH: You seem to be here at SLUH a lot, but what do you like to do when you aren’t at school? MH: I try to keep up with my own sons who are both here, which so often still takes me to other SLUH events. My parents are still living, so I spend a lot of time with them and just try to be with my extended family. ZH: My last question would be is there anything that you would want the student body to know about you that they may not know already?
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Election aftermath and SLUH mock results Despite the absence of one in 2016, mock elections have a rich history in SLUH, with one being held in every year since 1956. From 1932 to 1976, 12 elections straight, the student mock elections correctly predicted the presidential winner. Here’s a look back at our archives, looking at the past few mock elections and how they turned out, as well as some anlyis and reaction. —compiled by Matthew Book, Galen Bacharier, and Sam Chechik.
ZH: How much student interaction do you get per day? I know you say hi to guys as they walk in and things like that, but do you get any more?
MH: Well I hope this already, but just that I do really care about them and that I am so happy to be here and be a part of the community. I also want them to know, really faculty MH: I’m kind of the annoy- and students, if they ever need ing person that says hi all the anything, they can always time. I do get a lot of inter- come to me. action though. Even before archives | Prep News Vol. 69
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1996: Robert Dole (R) beats Bill Cinton (D) by a wide margin, a result that ended up being untrue of the actual election. archives | Prep News Vol. 61
2000: After the first Issues Day had concluded, George W. Bush was elected over Al Gore in what would end up to be one of the most controversial elections in history.
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Senior Sam Harmon during the Improv Show.
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that same kind of tension,” said McKernan. “I think that ‘The Live Show’ was a very apropos title.” One of the more unique aspects of the show was the interview. On Friday, host Harmon interviewed senior Tony Adams. On Saturday, the guest was senior Matt Smith, and on Sunday, the guest was senior Brent Smith. “I always tend to like that part of talk shows. It’s a moment of authenticity,” said McKernan of the interviews. “It was a nice way to keep the show real and connected to the students in the audience.” One of the main aspects
of an improv show that McKernan loves is that it brings in all sorts of different students. “It gets kids involved that don’t fancy themselves as ‘actor-actors.’ Almost none of those kids do any acting at SLUH. I think it widens our appeal in the theater,” said McKernan. Fourteen students auditioned for the show, and all 14 were granted a spot. “SLUH guys tend to have a lot of different interesting, weird, fascinating, introspective, niche interests,” said McKernan, who believed it would be a good idea to get a broad range of talent for the show.
The team practiced for three weeks prior to the show. Due to the nature of improv, practicing for a show might seem somewhat unhelpful. “During practice, I throw different games at different people and see who works well in this kind of game. During the three or four weeks you’d take to rehearse a play, I’m just messing around with different people and different games,” said McKernan. During the last week of rehearsal, “The Live Show” band, the improvisers, and the Circus Club all came together to create the broad array of acts. Much of the responsibility for the show’s success came from audience participation, and crowd members were impressed. “After I watched it, I was very satisfied; it was a very fun experience and I look forward to going next year,” said junior Chris Schaefer, who attended the Sunday show.
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participated in the print press. “The print press covers the entire convention and produces a total of five newspapers,” said Becvar. SLUH also had one student participate in the executive branch, whose members were elected the year before. “As Secretary of State, I was in charge of managing a lot of the behind the scenes action at YIG,” said senior Cameron Spence. “I managed registration, ran the elections, and signed and stamped bills into YIG law with the governor. Something that was pretty cool was that the rest of the elected officers and I were
able to eat breakfast and talk with former governor Bob Holden,” The candidates for executive branch positions and the Speaker of the House campaigned and gave speeches before the elections. Junior Leonard Kim was elected Speaker of the House for next year’s convention. “I personally made stickers and prepared a speech, but some other people also made tri-folds and somebody even made a Snapchat filter. I personally made sure to talk to almost everyone I could while campaigning,” said Kim. The SLUH students also had many opportunities to meet with students from
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portance of stories, which give a face to the ones that these issues affect and help to humanize those being served. There were over 50 separate sessions offered, ranging from post-election talks, to LGBTQ speeches, to environmental discussions, to immigration experiences. One of the breakout sessions was called “Beyond the Dream,” dealing with the time since Martin Luther King Jr. “The session looked at the
the original plan to address the election and its outcome. Many of the keynote speakers also mentioned the outcome of the election, with some saying that now more than ever do people need to fight for justice; others soundedx more hopeless. One speaker asked, “Where do we find the drive to keep going after what happened?” The election changed the outlook of many of the talks, with many seeing the next four years as a challenge to further educate people on
Emanuel Parker. “At the same time it was kind of stressful because you couldn’t predict what was going to happen.” Since the Teach-In began on Saturday afternoon, the morning was free, so the crew spent some time touring the nation’s capital, visiting memorials and museums alike. The group went to the Lincoln Memorial, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the FDR Memorial, the Washington Monument, and some of the museums on the mall.
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IFTJ attendees during their advocacy meeting with Missouri senator Roy Blunt.
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times since the speech through rap lyrics,” said junior Theodore Washington. “It examines what’s said in music, and how that represents the problems now versus then.” One of the highlights of the convention for many of SLUH’s delegation was the live music that was played by the Teach-In’s musician, Franscisco Herrara. “He was a very passionate guy who obviously loved what he was doing,” said junior Matt Rauschenbach. ”He got everyone riled up and ready to listen to the speakers.” Many people were emotional in the wake of the election earlier that week. One of the breakout sessions given photo | Kathy Chott by the Rev. James Martin, S.J. was completely altered from
other schools who were passionate about government. “Although it was great learning about the way the legislative branch works, I think the best part of the event was just learning that there were numerous other people aspiring to learn about government like myself,” said Kim. “I really appreciated getting to know people from other schools and forming bonds with them.” Becvar loved the growth of interest in YIG and would like to see it continue to grow. “I would love to take a whole delegation of 60 students and to see younger students get involved,” said Becvar.
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the issues of Catholic Social Teaching. On Monday the students, along with the chaperones, joined a large number of the Teach-In participants on Capitol Hill to advocate for immigration and criminal justice reform. The students had spent the week prior to the trip preparing materials for advocacy, putting together bills and information that they would present to politicians on Monday. The Jr. Bills met with both Missouri Senators, Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt, as well as Representative Ann Wagner of Missouri. “I thought it was cool that we got to talk to Senators and a Congresswoman about issues we care about,” said junior
The group split into three to go to the National Gallery of Art, the Museum of American History, and the Holocaust Museum. “The Holocaust Museum was incredible,” said junior Delton Utsey. “You walk in and you see the clothes, and I can feel the weight of that. Like that was the garment of a person that really suffered, it just carried so much more weight.” This year, SLUH was also joined by a Chaminade teacher, Dan Stout. He is the uncle of Junior James Pollard and came along to see what the experience is like. Chaminade would like to send a delegation in the coming years, so this was a way to try out the process. —Andrew Modder contributed reporting.
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In 2012 SLUH had originally planned to not hold a mock election, but former principal John Moran sent out a mock election ballot via email on Tuesday, Nov. 6, for students to fill out. The results were later published on the Prep News website. Administrators cited particular instances in this peculiarly crazy campaign season as examples of poisonous rhetoric and sometimes extremely anti-Catholic viewpoints. Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) and the Political Process Guidelines for Parishes,
Schools, and Agencies from the Archdiocese of St. Louis hold different viewpoints on Catholic schools participating in mock elections. The Archdiocese says that mock elections should not be conducted anywhere near the election time and should not use the real candidates’ names. The document says that “there is the potential for students to elect a candidate who favors actions that Church teaching views as intrinsically evil” if a school conducts one. Also, there is a fear from the Archdiocese that “results of mock elections give the impression that a Catholic school endorses a particular candi-
date” and that “media reports covering the results of mock elections in Catholic schools have featured headlines and sound bites such as ‘School X endorses Candidate Y.’” While the Archdiocese communicates specific opinions on mock election, the USCCB does not specifically discourage or encourage that part of the political process. In fact, they do not even mention mock elections in schools, choosing rather to cover the political and social issues of the Catholic Church and not the processes of the schools, parishes, and other agencies.
End of an era: Kornfeld retires after legendary Racquetball starts off 37-year tenure at the U. High strong with impressive win over Kirkwood Nick Prainito REPORTER
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t. Louis U. High varsity football head coach Gary Kornfeld is stepping down after a 37-year career of coaching at SLUH, the last 29 as the head coach, marking the end of an era. Over his career, Kornfeld garnered 212 wins and coached his teams to 14 District titles. Kornfeld first started coaching for Perryville High School as an assistant coach, but after two years, he came to the U. High, as an assistant. After eight years, he earned the head role. Looking back on his career, Kornfeld reflected on a number of highlights. He stated that one of his favorite memories ever is of coaching his son, now on the varsity staff, Mark Kornfeld, ’99. “That will always be my three favorite years of football, having my son play here,” said Kornfeld. “He coached our quarterbacks ... those will always be special moments.” Another special game that Kornfeld enjoyed was the night of his 100th career victory, against Hazelwood Central in 1999. After stopping Central on fourth down with half an inch to go, the Jr. Bills moved closer to a State title. “It was a 21-14 overtime win ... and it kept us going to the Final Four (Mark’s) senior year. That will always be a special game,” said Kornfeld. Kornfeld also recalled the State quarterfinal game against De Smet in 2011. The Jr. Bills prevailed 47-46, and Kornfeld called it one of his three favorite games. “We won it on a field goal with 18 seconds to go or something like that,” said Kornfeld.
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Kornfeld talking to the team after their win against Gateway STEM.
Kornfeld won the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Metropolitan Coach of the Year award in 1990, the year his team went to the Missouri State Championship game. Kornfeld wanted to have a positive impact on his players, and directed a lot of his focus as a coach towards that goal. “A young man that might be going down the wrong path, that we get him straightened out,” said Kornfeld. In addition, Kornfeld noted that he has enjoyed speaking with alumni of the football program, that staying in contact with them and seeing how their lives have developed is something important that he likes to do. He also values interacting with his current players and advising them during games. “When we were playing down at Jackson and we were losing at halftime, he told us how important it was for us to play for each other,” said se-
nior Connor Keeney. Several of the varsity football coaching staff have come back from playing as a Jr. Bill to coaching for SLUH. “I look back on that ... with great pride and great joy because they had such a great experience here at SLUH and in our football program that they wanted to come back,” said Kornfeld. He also noted the longevity of his relationship with coaches Rob Chura and John Diffley and the great relationship with the rest of his staff. “We loved working with one another,” Kornfeld said. “We all got along and tried to help the kids.” Busch Stadium II and the Dome at America’s Center were some of the most memorable venues for Kornfeld. “We’ve had some great games,” said Kornfeld on his games within the MCC. “I liked playing De Smet, our fellow Jesuit school, (and they were) the main SLUH rival
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for younger alumni. It was a friendly, spirited rivalry.” Kornfeld explained that his relationship with the administration has always been crucial and supportive. He has held and still holds a great bond with former Athletic Director Dick Wehner, and with current Athletic Director Chris Muskopf. Also, he said, all the presidents and principals he has coached under have given him “nothing but support.” “I enjoyed my entire career. (I) just feel blessed to have been here at SLUH for all these years,” said Kornfeld. “There’s no doubt that you have to have a supporting cast around you. (I) just felt very blessed to be around such wonderful people that helped our program flourish the way it did.”
he St. Louis U. High varsity racquetball team kicked off its regular season with a win against the varsity C-team on Tuesday, Nov. 1. SLUH then followed up with another victory against Kirkwood on Nov. 8. This year, SLUH’s racquetball program is composed of eight teams: three varsity teams, two JV-1 teams, two JV-2 teams, and a JV-3 team. Varsity 1 has eight players, including five seniors, two juniors, and one sophomore. The team consists of seniors Chris Schulze, Carlos Ayala, Jacob Sullivan, Roman Visintine, and Joe Boyce, juniors James Storgion and Adam Hanson, and sophomore Matthew Hayes. Schulze is the returning varsity top seed. Hayes is the only other returning varsity player. Each year, the top varsity team takes on one of the lower varsity teams in a match to get everyone acclimated with competition. The top var-
sity team swept through the C-team 7-0, winning all 14 games and outscoring them 210-45. The team then took on a fierce opponent in Kirkwood. Schulze played one of his more difficult opponents in John Dowell. They started off neck and neck, with Schulze eventually losing the first game 15-10, but he came back and won the other two 15-6, 11-5. Storgion, Ayala, Sullivan, Hayes, Hanson, and the doubles duo of Boyce and Visintine all handily beat their opponents in two games, outscoring Kirkwood opponents 180-23 in the matches. “I’m confident SLUH will win State and Nationals based on how the Kirkwood match went,” said Visintine. “I think our varsity team looks stronger than it has in a couple years.” “The varsity team played well, but they still have a long way to go to achieve SLUH standards, even the top can
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Hockey grinds out victory against Edwardsville, begins to prepare for CBC Will Farroll SPORTS EDITOR
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he St. Louis U. High varsity hockey team improved to 4-0 last Saturday with a close 2-1 win against Edwardsville in the first home game of the season. In a rematch of the Top Hat Tournament finals, the Jr. Bills faced off against the Tigers at Affton with only seven of their usual 18 starting skaters at the game. Due to club commitments, many players were out of town or had practice, so the Jr. Bills had to dip deep into the lineup for the contest against Edwardsville, the only team to take the lead against SLUH in a game this year. “We rolled four lines for almost the whole game,” said head coach Kevin Fitzpatrick. “We’ve got a lot of good guys
and whichever line was out there, they were going.” The Jr. Bills dominated possession and shooting in the first period. Despite their efforts, the Edwardsville goalie blocked shot after shot from the Jr. Bill offense, leaving the game scoreless after one. “I think we took it to them in the first period,” said senior Luke Gassett. “We couldn’t get some clear offensive chances, but we were dominating. We had more puck control and we had more O-zone time then they did.” The momentum was with the Jr. Bills going into the second as they continued the offensive push. However, about halfway through the period, the Tigers shifted that momentum with a goal from the top of the circle. “We kind of had a defen-
sive breakdown,” said Gassett. “The guy walked the puck out of the corner and no one picked him up and he had a nice shot.” SLUH fought hard to try and gain some momentum after the goal but was unable to capitalize on their chances, leading to a 1-0 deficit at the end of the second period. Despite several calls not going the Jr. Bills’ way in the third, Gassett took a pass from junior Louie Perotti at the point and took a shot that rebounded off the goalie to senior Chaz Palumbo, who buried the puck to tie the game. “It helped for sure,” said senior Liam Knobbe. “It definitely changed the momentum, and after that one they were pretty much done, and we were just rolling from there.”
photo | courtesy of Mr. Guy Sextro Sophomore Brendan Rasch in Saturday’s game against Edwardsville.
After the tying goal, the game started to get rough; Gassett was taken down on a breakaway about halfway through the third period, but no call was given.
Despite the lack of calls, the Jr. Bills caught a break with 30 seconds left in the game when Knobbe centered the puck from behind the net and it bounced off a Tiger de-
fender and into his own net to secure the hard-fought 2-1 win. “With the guys that we had there we did well,” said Gassett. “Obviously any game it doesn’t matter if we win 10-1 or 2-1, as long as we get the two points it doesn’t matter. We just keep plugging away taking it game by game.” SLUH will face off against Francis Howell Central on Saturday night at 7:30 at Affton. The game against CBC on Friday, Nov. 25, will mark the first tough game for the Jr. Bills, seeing as CBC has upended them in the last two State final games. SLUH has beaten CBC once this year, 2-0 in the preseason.
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Basketball looks for success, focuses on chemistry and senior leadership
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Newly coached wrestlers try to build momentum on last year’s late success Niles Bernabe and Chandler Love REPORTERS
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Sophomore Austin Sexton-Warner (left) and junior Mikey Sanders (right) practicing yesterday.
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he St. Louis U. High basketball team looks forward to another successful year, with a veteran and well-oiled team led by seven seniors and 12 returning players. SLUH finished third in the MCC last season with a record of 21-10, and made it all the way to the State semifinals before losing to Jayson Tatum and the Chaminade Red Devils. Though the Bills graduated twins Daniel and David Jackson, as well as three-point specialist (48.3 percent from beyond the arc) and assist leader (4.2 per game) Matt Nester, the returning team’s level of experience looks poised to cover the losses. Returning seniors include guard Brandon McKissic (already committed to the University of Missouri Kansas City), who led the team in points (15.4) last year and was second in both rebounding (4.3) and assists (4.1), and senior forward B.J. Wilson, who led the team in rebounding with 5.6 per game.
“It’s kind of a different situation for these guys,” said head coach Erwin Claggett. “Before they didn’t really have that voice as underclassmen, but now they’re all leaders.” Juniors Billy Brooks, Airest Wilson, and Sam Ratterman are the only new members of the team. “I feel like I’ve been there for the last three years too, we’ve really been working well,” said Ratterman. “There’s a lot of team chemistry with those guys that have been here for a few years, it’s cool how they’ve bonded,” said Brooks. “I’m hoping to bond that way too.” Even weeks before the first game of the season, a clear chemistry between the Jr. Bills is felt. “The way we’ve been practicing lately, we look good. Just having played with each other before, we know each other’s tendencies pretty well already,” said senior Anthony Hughes. “We’ve been together for a long time. I think with our talent and our chemistry, we can go pretty far,” said senior and soul of the team Nick
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he St. Louis U. High varsity wrestling team is in its first year under head coach Rob Nahlik. The team is looking to capitalize on last season’s late success and young guys getting moved up to varsity. Nahlik, a SLUH grad and former NCAA Division II National Tournament qualifier from Truman State University, is taking a bigger role in the team this season. Moving from assistant coach to head coach, Nahlik is changing many things. One major change that he’s made is the way practices are conducted. Over the summer, Nahlik and senior captain Dan Trittler met with Jake Herbert, a two-time NCAA champion, three-time Big Ten Conference champion, four-time NCAA All-American, Big Ten Athlete of the Year winner, and former member of the USA Olympic wrestling team, who stressed the importance of gaining overall athletic ability as well as wrestling technique. “The new warmup has been a fantastic addition to the daily routine,” said Trittler. “It allows for us wrestlers to work more on our athletic ability with all kinds of flips and difficult things like walk-
“Beef ” Lally. Though chemistry will certainly drive the team, the players will need to focus on other aspects of the game to truly come through. “Execution is going to be a key to winning,” said McKissic. “Moving the ball, extra passes, and getting open shots.” “We have to keep up our defense, and be more biginvolved. The past few years some of us big-men haven’t stepped up as much as we need to, so this year’s going to be a focus on that,” said Wilson. The Jr. Bills will play exhibition matches against Univeristy City and Cardinal Ritter this weekend in the SLUH Jamboree, before the first official game of the season at Vianney on Nov. 28. “We kind of struggled early on in the practices, but I really think we’re making a big push towards becoming the team we need to be to win districts,” said sophomore Christian Wallace-Hughes. (continued from page 7) improve,” said head coach Joe Koestner. The SLUH standard for racquetball has grown exponentially after several National and State Championships, including a sixth consecutive National title last year. Koestner has been the coach ever since racquetball
ing on our hands.” The team is confident that Nahlik’s transition to head coach will be a seamless one. “I feel like everything will work out as the team works to adapt to the difference in coaching styles,” said Trittler. Nahlik was a member of the SLUH wrestling program for four years and is familiar with the Jesuit values of the school and the athletic programs. He is prepared to help the team grow as wrestlers, brothers and most importantly, as men. With only ten returning varsity wrestlers, SLUH wrestling will have to struggle to earn substantial team points this season. “I really hope there is an
improvement in the support aspect or else I feel like there will no longer be a wrestling team at SLUH in the near future,” said Trittler. With a well-tested yet small varsity team, coaches are looking to the sophomores to really pick it up this season in order to maintain SLUH’s presence at wrestling tournaments. “For sophomores specifically, we had six join this year who haven’t wrestled before, so it’ll be a tough season,” said sophomore John Murphy. “But we are a strong group and will be able to fight our way through it.” Come see the team in action on Tuesday, Nov. 29 at SLUH at 6 p.m., as the Jr. Bills take on Hazelwood West.
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R-Ball looks to tough matchup with Vianney started at SLUH, and he has developed these expectations. “For the first games of the season they played well,” said Koestner. Most of the players on higher teams have been practicing since August and some have continued to play ever since last season. All are very excited to have a fun season,
and to win the National Tournament, which is taking place in St. Louis this year. The top varsity team will enjoy a rest from competition over Thanksgiving break, and they will be back in action against Vianney on Monday, Nov. 28 at 4 p.m.
Underclassmen Sports Briefs JV Hockey
10/30 SLUH 12 Fort Zumwalt West 0 key stat: Senior PJ Cox had three goals for the Jr. Bills. key quote: “The boys were buzzing for first game of the season,” said junior Sam Kutz. 11/6 SLUH 8 Chaminade 1
key stat: Sophomore Nate Pawlow had four points in the route of Chaminade. key quote: “The boys came out and set the tone with three quick goals on the board, and kept at it the whole game,” said Kutz.
key quote: “We got up early on the scoreboard and started to slack off a bit, but in the end we pulled out the W thanks to a couple big saves and contributions from everyone,” said Einig.
next game: 11/20 vs. Lind11/13 bergh SLUH 8 Vianney 3 —Compiled by Stephen Ockey stat: Junior Kevin Einig ampo had four goals in the win.
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Junior Louie Perotti in Saturday’s game against Edwardsville.
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Scholar Bowl
Around the Hallways Band concert Sunday
An honor band procession is taking place this Sunday in Chaminade’s theater. Several SLUH students will be in the lineup: senior Edward Gartner, junior Leonard Kim, junior Emanuel Parker, freshman Bryce Van Bree, junior Ben Dattilo, junior Thomas Curdt, and junior Joseph Hartung. Over 400 auditioned on Nov. 2 for this concert. The concert begins at 1:00 pm and will be several hours long.
The Emmy in a Box
In the midst of a stroll through the Danis Lobby recently, you may have noticed a shockingly bright familiar statue sitting in a display case. It’s a real Emmy, donated to the school by Chris Albers, ’86, who won the award in 2007 as a writer for Late Night with Conan O’Brien. He donated the statue shortly after the death of Joe Schulte, who inspired and mentored Albers during his time at SLUH. His message is one of hope and gratitude for his time at SLUH, and he encouraged students here to cherish their time and value the bonds with both students and faculty alike.
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and a judge.
French Film Festival
The SLUH French Club held its annual French Film Festival last Friday. The festival offered students showings of Claude Berri’s Jean de Florette and Manon of the Spring free of charge. The film festival started immediately after school, with each film running for about two hours. While both films were in French, English subtitles were available for the non-French speakers. The French Film festival was open to all students regardless of their foreign language class and also offered complimentary popcorn.
Youth Leadership St. Louis took a field trip yesterday. The —Luke Veltz, Joe Reznikov, group toured the St. Louis Galen Bacharier, John Burke, county jail. “We met some re- Niles Bernabe ally cool people and tried to learn about their roles in the criminal justice system,” said junior Matt Rauschenbach. The group heard from a University City police officer, a US Attorney, a defense attorney,
against Lutheran South marked the first time he ever participated. For seasoned Scholar Bowl veterans like Alex Hymes, Brian Price, and Liam Heffernan, Tuesday’s was another stop on the road to a championship. “We did well against at Lutheran South, and there were a few answers in those matches that I was pretty proud of myself for answering and knowing the answer to, so I think I did well, and as a whole, we did well,” said Gatewood. Their team has been successful thanks to several dedicated students, as well as different students having different strong suits. Price, for example, is known for his math computation and knowledge in sports. Hymes has answered the most questions and correctly answered five out of the 20 toss-ups in a round, which is very good. As the year continues to go by fast, the championships are approaching, and SLUH’s main goal for the year is to go all the way.
So far, seven members of the junior and senior classes have achieved perfect scores of 36 on the ACT. The seven join a group of 35 other SLUH students in the last 11 years to score a 36.
How much sleep did you get the night before?
Edward Gartner
8.5 hours
Philip Cibulka
5 hours
What did you do to prepare? “Reviewed the law of sines and cosines”
Where and when did you take the test? Duchense, February
“Mr. Hannick’s Ladue, April Prep Class and a couple of practice tests.”
Cameron Spence
6 hours
“Mr. Hannick’s Lindbergh, June prep class”
Brian Price
7 hours
“I didn’t”
Tom Munsell
8 hours
Dominic Pancella 10 or 11 hours
Chris Schaefer
8 hours
“I looked over a prep test the night before” “I didn’t really prepare at all.”
Parkway Central, October
Most and least favorite sections?
Tips for other test-takers?
Favorite- Math Least- Reading
“Don’t psych yourself out. Be confident!”
Favorite- Math Least- Reading
“Eat breakfast. I didn’t and I got hungry during the test.”
Favorite- Science “Don’t second Least- English guess yourself ” Favorite- English “Take an ACT Least: Science prep course. Relax on test day, take your time on each test, and double check all of your answers.”
SLUH, October
Favorite- Science “Stay calm durLeast- Reading ing the test and bring a watch.”
SLUH, October
Favorite-English Least-Science
SLUH, “I didn’t, this October was my blind ACT, already had Hannick’s PSAT class so I wanted to give it a shot.”
“Don’t worry as much as you think you need to. The ACT is just another test.”
Favorite- Reading “Don’t overLeast- Science think it. Also, ake one of Mr. Hannick’s classes.”
November 18, 2016
Friday, November 18
Regular Schedule
AP Junior Class Mass Snack—Chicken Nuggets Lunch Special—Toasted Ravioli Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 4:00pm C Basketball vs. CBC
Saturday, November 19
4:30pm Alumni Remembrance Mass 7:30pm V Hockey vs. Francis Howell Central
Sunday, November 20
Senior Kairos—King’s House CISL Speech—St. Joseph 10:30am SLUHtique Mass 9:10pm JV Hockey vs. Lindbergh
Monday, November 21
No Classes
Junior Retreats—White House or Todd Hall Freshman Retreat—On campus
Tuesday, November 22
Junior Retreats—White House or Todd Hall Freshman Retreat—On campus
Wednesday, November 23
No Classes
No Classes
Junior Retreats—White House or Todd Hall Freshman Retreat—On campus
Thursday, November 24
No Classes
Friday, November 25
No Classes
7:00am Thanksgiving day Mass in Chapel 6:00pm Reunion of classes ’01, ’06, and ’11 in Si Commons 8:00pm V Hockey vs. CBC
Sunday, November 27
8:00pm JV Hockey vs. Wentzville
Monday, November 28
Regular Schedule
Adopt a family Christmas drive V Basketball tournament vs. Vianney 8:15am Advent Adoration AP Adopt a family student rep meeting 4:00pm V Raquetball vs. Vianney
Tuesday, November 29 8:15am 4:00pm 6:00pm 7:30pm
Advent Adoration V2 Racquetball vs. Lafayette C/JV/V Wrestling vs. Hazelwood @ SLUH C-Blue Basketball vs. Mehlville
Wednesday, November 30 8:15am AP 6:00pm
Regular Schedule
Advent Adoration Confession C/JV/C Wrestling vs. Windsor C-White Basketball vs. Timberland or Warrenton C-Blue Basketball vs. Ladue or U. City
Friday, December 2 8:15am AP 3:30pm 4:30pm 9:30pm
Regular Schedule
Advent Adoration Billiken Christmas Shoppe No Shave November Presentation C-White Basketball vs. Ft. Zumwalt East
Thursday, December 1 8:15am AP 6:00pm 6:00pm 7:30pm
Regular Schedule
Regular Schedule
Advent Adoration Senior Class Mass Varsity-C Raquetball vs. Kirkwood C-White Basketball vs. Timberland V Hockey vs. De Smet calendar | Jack Schweizer
Into the “Kornfield” For more information on head coach Gary Kornfeld’s career follow these links to a couple of interviews with him by STL today and KTRS. http://www.stltoday.com/sports/football/ professional/2-sport-town/sport-town-all-hail-theu-high/audio_bb2b59d4-a11b-11e6-9860-3b1b0ab6358c.html http://www.ktrs.com/the-big-sports-show/ (follow the link and then click on audio files 7 and 8 for the interview)