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St. Louis University High School | Friday, March 31, 2017
Dress and interactive exhibit raise awareness for sexual assault victims
All-school assembly Rising seniors elect next year’s presentation on opioid STUCO executive council abuse next Monday Focus on prevention and education after recent overdose spikes in St. Louis area BY Jack Schweizer CORE STAFF
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n response to the growing heroin and prescription drug problem in St. Louis, St. Louis U. High will gather for an all-school assembly next Monday to watch a presentation about opioid addictions and abuse. The presentation, courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), will feature a 45-minute long documentary called “Chasing the Dragon”—an educational film created by the FBI about opioid users chasing the ultimate high—followed by a 20-minute question and answer session from DEA officers expected to cover the various dangers and complexities of opioids in St. Louis. During the question and answer session, students will be split up by class into four different locations on campus: the Si Commons, the theatre, the Field House, and the chapel. “We felt it was important then to break it down into individual class experiences because I would think that probably the message that’s delivered to freshmen may be slightly different at that point and possibly the questions that are asked would be slightly different than what you might see with the senior class,” said Principal Craig Hannick, who helped coordinate with the DEA. Although the DEA’s presentation is new to SLUH, it’s not unheard of around other high schools in the St. Louis area. As part of the DEA’s attempt to fight against harmful drug use, officers like the ones coming to SLUH have already made their rounds to schools including De Smet, Vianney, and several public schools, using educational programs as a new way to prevent opioid addictions and abuse.
“The DEA feels it’s such a huge issue right now that they are pulling several of the agents off the street to do education in schools,” said school counselor Mary Michalski, who helped organize the event. Part of their urgency comes after a recent spike in opioid abuse in the St. Louis region, with quadruple the number of opiate deaths since 2007, with a total of 650 deaths in 2016, according to data obtained by the St. Louis Post Dispatch from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse. This news sparked action from Hannick, Michalski, and Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson, who all decided the school should take a more proactive role in dealing with the problem. “If you look at the news— weekly if not daily—you’ll see something about heroin overdoses and things that are happening around the area. So we thought this was a really important thing to make sure that we’re getting out in front of this,” said Kesterson, who deals with drug-related incidents at SLUH. He later added, “Do we want to be a part of those statistics? I certainly don’t. So again this is a part of us trying to be proactive, and getting that message out there and educating our community.” Despite the serious opioid problems in St. Louis, no students have informed Kesterson of any opioid abuse and Kesterson has not dealt with any cases involving opioids so far in his time at SLUH. However, SLUH does have a history of reported incidents of students using marijuana; according to the documentary, opioid addictions often begin with mari-
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STATE OF THE SLUHNION: Junior class president Jack McGrail during his final election speech on Tuesday in the Commons. McGrail has been class president since his class’s freshman year. BY Sam Ortmann REPORTER
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he Class of 2018 has elected its executive STUCO board for the 2017-2018 year after hearing speeches during activity period on Tuesday. Jack McGrail was elected STUCO president, Will Perryman was elected STUCO Vice President, and James Pollard was elected as Secretary. The representatives elected were Riley McEnery as Pastoral rep, Stephen Ocampo as Publicity rep, Andrew Schwartz as Intramurals rep, Sam Eilerman as Technology rep, and
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Garavaglia’s double life exposed Sleuth investigation reveals SLUH’s own Robert Garavaglia to be famous movie star Robert Downey Jr. Page 4
Russian students arrive at SLUH Despite delayed arrival, St. Petersburg exchange students tour St. ©2017 St. Louis University High Louis landmarks. Page 2 School Prep News. No material may be reprinted without the permission of the editors and moderator.
of making STUCO a more organized place that has the initiative to not only have great ideas, but to actually execute them as well. “STUCO never has a shortage of really good ideas, that’s never a problem. But like any student, we procrastinate and so one of my goals is just to make sure things happen and when we think of a really good idea we follow through with it,” said Perryman. McGrail agreed, and urged overarching coopera-
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Mom Prom at SLUH for first time
undreds of St. Louis U. High seniors and their mothers got all dressed up on Sunday for the annual Mom Prom. This year, the event was held for the first time in our very own Si Commons with live music, photo booths, donuts, and dancing. The decision to hold Mom Prom at SLUH this year was made by Mother’s Club President DeDe Pitts last May. “I started looking at venues last May and I had to consider a lot of things,” said Pitts. “One of the big things continued on page 5 was space because we have a
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Sam Lockwood as Spirit rep. McGrail is no newbie to the STUCO scene. McGrail has served as class President for the past three years, and ran unopposed this year for the seat. “I’ve worked with Jack McGrail now for going on three plus years and I’ve worked with Will Perryman before,” said STUCO moderator Kate Toussaint. “I’m really excited about working with them. They work really well together.” Both McGrail and Perryman ran largely on a platform
big senior class. So you have to consider ‘what if everyone wants to come to Mom Prom,’ as they should be able to, so we needed a venue that could hold over 500 people, which really limits your options in St. Louis. We also wanted to keep the cost reasonable.” Trying to keep with the tradition of off-site venues, Pitts didn’t even begin to consider SLUH until the administration approached her about hosting the event in the Commons. “As I went through the options, it became more and more clear that having it at SLUH made a lot of sense,” said Pitts. “We have so much
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A missed opportunity Last week’s lacrosse reporting, according to a certain math teacher, was laxadaisical. Page 3 Feature
Flex competes in Las Vegas Senior John Stewart flies to Las Vegas to compete in the Las Vegas Invitational, the largest rugby convention in North America. Page 3
more flexibility here and wonderful people to work with. It’s a big change and because of that I knew I needed to stay a little more involved in Mom Prom than the President normally might be.” Because choosing to host Mom Prom at SLUH cost so much less than other venues, it opened up the opportunity for many extra fun things. Some of these included a “selfie booth” with props, a photo booth, a donut stand with an endless flow of fresh beignets, and live music. “Because we had it at SLUH, we were able to do some more fun things that
pril is sexual assault awareness month, and St. Louis U. High will help raise awareness through a sculpture, Aria Rising. The sculpture, a dress made of recycled materials, will be displayed in the hallway by the Main Office from Tuesday, Apr 4 until Friday, May 5. The sculpture is an interactive exhibit—there will be a table next to the dress with a sign explaining the story behind the dress, and the table will also have strips of paper on which members of the SLUH community are able to write notes to survivors of sexual violence. The notes can be rolled up and placed into the recycled bottles that make up the dress. At the end of the month, these notes will be copied and put on an online forum to support sexual abuse survivors. There will also be resource lists on the table with local sexual assault hotlines in case anyone interacting with the dress either has personally dealt with sexual assault or knows someone who was a victim. An aria is defined as a “single musical melody which captures the heart and story
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Sports McKissic, Claggett honored by MCC
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Basketbills earn awards, notably MCC Coach of the Year for coach Erwin Claggett and MCC Player of the year for senior Brandon McKissic. Page 6
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LAX continues to roll Lacrosse splits two out-of-state contests at home; takes down Kirkwood handily. Page 6
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Prep News Volume 81, Issue 25
SLUH hosts group of Russian exchange students from St. Petersburg
SLUH students and the Russian exchange students at Courtesy Diner. BY Liam Connolly CORE STAFF
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xchange students from Russia arrived in Saint Louis last Friday to spend a week at St. Louis U. High as a part of SLUH’s exchange program with a school in the center of St. Petersburg. The students were expected to fly into the Chicago O’Hare airport in the afternoon last Friday after a layover in Frankfurt, but their plane was delayed in Frankfurt. “Their plane couldn’t leave Frankfurt, so everyone had to get off and they had to wait until another plane flew
in to take them to Chicago. They were delayed by about seven hours, and got in at 8:35 p.m. instead,” said Russian teacher and exchange coordinator Robert Chura. Chura planned to pick up the group from O’Hare and drive them back to Saint Louis in a school van that evening, but was instead forced to rent hotel rooms for the night. Chura drove the students to meet up with their hosts the next morning after they rested up at the hotel overnight. Students from Chura’s Russian IV class are hosting the exchange students, and the two teachers accompanying the students are hosted by
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two underclassmen. On Saturday, the hosts took the group to West County mall and then to see a movie. The students also got to enjoy the St. Louis Art Museum, the square beyond compare at Imo’s Pizza, and bowling at Shrewsbury Lanes. Chura also organized trips throughout the week for the students. “On Monday the students went to an hour tour on cruise boats on the Mississippi, because the Arch itself is currently closed. They notified me about two weeks before the students arrived, and they switched the tickets so we could still go to there,” said Chura.
On Wednesday, the group got to visit Cahokia Mounds, and on Thursday they visited the Missouri History Museum. However, their time here hasn’t been all trips to St. Louis sites. The group has spent the rest of its time at SLUH with Chura and various teachers from different departments “When they’re here at school, I do English classes with them. Mrs. Lodholz is going to do an American history class with them, Mr. O’Connell will do some things about the war, they’re doing a project with Mrs. Wellen, Dr. McKenna is going to do folk music with them,” said Chura. “In general, we’ve got specialized classes for them, rather than just following their host students around to our classes.” Three of the students are visiting SLUH for the second time, and others have been to America several times. The students are very proficient at English, because they’ve been studying it for over ten years, and this has helped students to get along with their hosts well. “It’s been really great. The kids are really fun to hang out with. Some of them know English pretty well, so it’s pretty easy to converse with them,” said senior Jack Connaghan.
Modern Silent Short Films: SLUH-made sketch comedy and satire on social media BY Riley STAFF
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new Instagram account created by a group of seniors at SLUH, @modernsilentshortfilms, has voyaged down a creative path with one-minute videos that include everything from cooking chickens, playing racquetball, and sinking mini-golf putts to holding meetings in the Oval Office, rescuing a woman from an oncoming train, and delivering top-secret briefcases. The idea for Modern Silent Short Films came about when seniors Ethan Wahle and Andy Hohenberger created a short film entitled “Closing Time” on their senior projects. Wahle was the lead actor and Hohenberger did the filming for the minutelong video. “It was silly and we thought it was kind of dumb, but everyone really liked it,” said Wahle. “So that was where it kind of took off, and we just decided to make a bunch more.” The very next day, the group of friends ventured to the mall and decided to create yet another short film. Their next movie, “Dicky,” was shot in Dick’s Sporting Goods using lots of props that the students borrowed from the store. “That’s what makes it kind of special,” said Hohenberger. “We don’t buy most
of our props, we just borrow them.” The group considers “Dicky” the movie that led to their popularity on Instagram. After these first two movies, the group produced 15 more entertaining videos, including titles like “Brief Case,” “Poultry,” “Valentine,” “3 Angry Men,” and many more sketches. Most films are meant to be humorous, but they can contain other elements. “There are a couple of them that have some deeper meaning, almost like satirical commentary,” said Phil Cibulka. “There’s one in particular called ‘Cream’ starring (senior) Kevin Gerstner as the main character who lives a routine, boring, pessimistic life. That one has some meaning behind it, but mostly they’re just goofy and funny, and we hope people laugh and enjoy themselves for a minute.” The videos have been filmed in basements, Five Guys, Macy’s, the Gateway Arch, the Magic House, and many other unique settings. The group of seniors includes Jacob Sullivan, the director and editor; Wahle, a main actor; Cibulka, another main actor; Hohenberger, the cameraman and also an actor; Robbie Schaefer, who contributes to multiple parts of the account including acting; and many other seniors who have
been featured as actors or who have contributed in a variety of ways. Cibulka, Sullivan, and Hohenberger have been in charge of growing the Ins-
Modern Silent Short Films group chat, but for the first few videos they used a different approach. “We just went to some
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tagram account, and Cibulka actually posts the videos from their account. At one point, the group made an account on YouTube, called Modern Silent Short Films, because one of their videos, “Driver’s Ed”, was too long to fit on Instagram. The group does not intend to expand significantly through YouTube, however. “If we had some interesting growth to a really really big audience, then YouTube might be more ideal, but as far as just having fun with it and for the people at SLUH, Instagram is a much better way to go,” said Cibulka. The group cultivates new ideas mainly through its
location, for example the mall or Dick’s Sporting Goods, and we would walk around and look for items for inspiration. So we really didn’t have any plan going in,” said Sullivan. Going to film the actual movies is an opportunity for the group to hang out, and they make the most out of their time together. “I just love filming,” said Schaefer. “It’s so much fun to have all these people you know really well dress up in insane costumes and pretend to be mentally stable for a minute. During every movie when we’re filming it, I’m always thinking ‘this is going to be our best one,’ just because it’s so much fun to film.”
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Ott trains Gillam in the ways of the ninja
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heology teacher Jonathan Ott offered a ninja training session for students last Friday as an extension of some of the Mission/Justice Week activities. The event was the result of STUCO moderator Kate Toussaint sending out an email to the entire faculty asking if anyone had any interesting skills or hobbies that they could offer as activities to help raise money for the missions. “STUCO was trying to think of some new ideas and using our resources as opposed to spending money,” said Toussaint, “like what our faculty can do to donate their time, skills, and gifts, and Mr. Ott came forward and said that he’d love to do a ninja warrior training type of thing.” Ott invited a friend of his who has worked with him with the new wrestling league that they have organized in this past year. “I invited a friend of mine who was an Olympian and an NCAA champ to come in,” said Ott. “He has a brand of wrestling apparel and camps that he calls Double Leg Ninja, a system of wrestling training that is based on body control and learning the set of skills needed for wrestling.” “They’re really good bonding experiences and I have some great memories from filming,” said Matthew Witzofsky, another contributing senior. “We’ve had some scenes that didn’t quite make it like when Phil and Ethan were on a hoverboard and crushed each other by falling, and there are all these other things. It’s really enjoyable and funny, and it’s just as fun to make them as it is to watch them I think.” The group uses the best footage that they get to make their videos as high-quality as possible. “We actually film a lot more than one minute of video of different stuff,” said Cibulka. “We end up having a lot more scenes than we actually put in the final movie, so
The session consisted of three stations set up in the wrestling room of the Danis Field House: handstands, tumbles, and pulling. “For each of those three categories, there were four skills.” said Ott, “I kept a chart, and have a point for each skill you could accomplish. With the handstand there’s a progression, like a 30-second tripod, then a 30-second headstand.” The event drew just one brave participant, sophomore Paul Gillam. “The point system was supposed to be a competition set up where 15 to 20 guys would add up points and determine a winner at the end, so that purpose was kinda defeated,” said Gillam. “But it was fun because there was no rush to win.” “I think the idea is awesome, I think we just need to do a better job of publicizing it and picking a date, cause it’s really awesome,” said Toussaint. Ott hopes to culminate the training with a final competition between Gillam and himself. “I hope (the competition) gets more publicity than this did so I won’t be the only one there again, because it was great and it would be better with more people,” said Gillam. that way we can really narrow it down and we cut out scenes we like, but we also make sure we include all the high-quality scenes.” After taking a short break from filming over Spring Break, Modern Silent Short Films bounced back with two new videos, “High Noon-Ish” and “Dicky II.” The group hopes to continue to make fun films and fun times with friends in the future. “At least for me, I just see it as a way that we can just hang out as friends and have a ton of fun, but also make a fun product that others kind of find enjoyment out of right now,” said Schaefer.
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March 31, 2017
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Volume 81, Issue 25
Flex attends Vegas invitation
No excuse for Lax reporting To the editors: I’m very disappointed in this week’s article on the SLUH Lacrosse Team’s trip to California over spring break. I am excited for the team’s success, and very happy that the guys got to spend some time in sunny SoCal; no doubt it was a wonderful trip. My interest was piqued, however, when the observation was made that the team suffered from jet lag. If I were to infer, then, that the team flew to California for their trip would I be correct? And if, as most air travelers to our nation’s second largest city do, the team flew into the largest airport there, then they would’ve
come into the airport officially known as Los Angeles World Airports, or Los Angeles International Airport. Here is where my shock and disappointment come in. How could a publication as widely renowned as the St. Louis University High School Prep News, which, if nothing else, values the truth, a paper which is regarded as the finest (if only) student published weekly high school paper printed on broadsheet in the city of St. Louis, miss such a chance? I have read the entire article and did not once see the statement, not even a hint of the phrase which should have headlined the article.
Of course, by now, you know what I am disappointed in. How could you have avoided a headline such as “LAX invades LAX”? or “LAX Lands at LAX” or “LAXBills Become LAXBills”??? I’m sure that by now, you’re as disappointed in yourselves as I am in you. I trust that whoever writes your headlines will be suitably chastised, and that we in the SLUH community can expect better of you in the future.
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enior John “Flex” Stewart participated in the Las Vegas Invitational, the largest rugby tournament in North America, from March 2-4. The tournament is strictly sevens, and is played alongside the annual USA Sevens International Rugby Tournament, which includes professional sevens teams from around the world. Sevens is the same as the rugby you’d see the Ruggerbills playing, with fewer players and slight rule adjustments to make it a Frank J. Corley faster, shorter game. Math Department Stewart has played rugby since freshman year and has been a standout player on the field as a forward. In the tournament, Stewart played for the USA South team, a “It was a great way to competitive national team spend much needed time with that draws its players from your senior,” said senior mom southern and midwestern Julie Pluff. “Everybody looked great and the dresses were very pretty.” The night wouldn’t have come together without the help of many people. BY Johno Jackson “I think it worked out REPORTER really well and we couldn’t have done it without the support of the school, director he brand new Fine Arts of food service Kathy Hylla, Fellowship met last and maintenance and facili- Thursday for the second time ties,” said Pitts. “It could not ever. The founder of the group, have happened without all the English teacher Chuck Huspeople here who want to make sung, came up with the idea this a special thing.” for the group after attending SLUH’s first ever art retreat in the fall. The retreat was held at the White House Retreat center and led by art teacher Sean Powers with Campus Minister Dan Finucane, chorus teacher Addie Akin, and Hussung. “A couple months ago I was walking down the hall thinking about the retreat and how good it was, and I thought maybe we could in a small way tap into that energy
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normally we couldn’t because we would have to spend more money on renting the room and the dinner,” Pitts said. “So instead we got the great band, Dr. Zhivegas, which Mrs. Shannon Sextro got for us. We also got Stan the donut man.” This was the first year that a live band appeared at Mom Prom and it proved to be a huge success. “The band was really good, and I think everyone enjoyed the music,” said senior Adam Kleffner. “I enjoyed Mom Prom more than any other previous SLUH dance that I have experienced.”
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Many people had a great time on the huge dance floor in front of the band, which is another big change from years past. “We had a huge dance floor which hasn’t always been the case and has kept some people away. It was great and it was packed the whole time,” said Pitts. People also enjoyed dressing up for the evening. There was a mix of formality and fun that gave the night a fun, laid-back feel. One senior-mother couple, the Hunkins, could even be spotted in a matching American flag-patterned suit and dress.
America. He attended tryouts in Tennessee and Atlanta, Ga. and was put onto the sevens roster for the Junior Panthers, the USA South’s U19 team. He was then invited by the team to travel to the Las Vegas Invitational. While Stewart plays for the fifteens team here at Saint Louis University High (there is no official high school sevens rugby in Saint Louis), he loves the flow and pace of sevens and was excited for the opportunity to play with the Junior Panthers in Las Vegas. The tournament ran as a double elimination. The Junior Panthers ended the tournament with an overall positive record, 3-2, which is an impressive feat considering the best U19 sevens teams from around the nation were in attendance. While they weren’t playing, Stewart and the rest of the players got to
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experience Las Vegas. “We went to the Vegas strip,” said Stewart. “There was a parade with all of the international players. We actually ended up backstage somehow, so we took pictures with a lot of the players.” The young high school players were also able to watch the best of the best play in the annual international sevens tournament hosted by USA’s sevens team each year in Las Vegas. This year, South Africa’s Springbok Sevens team took the gold medal after overcoming Fiji’s sevens team. Team USA beat out New Zealand for the bronze. Stewart played the hooker position for the Junior Panthers, although in sevens rugby, positions don’t matter nearly as much as they do in normal fifteens because of the lack of a large team.
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in an ongoing way,” said Hussung, a passionate supporter of the arts. Hussung and juniors Thomas Curdt, Pierce Hastings, and Sam Pottinger lead the club and plan its monthly meetings. Each meeting opens with a short, retreat-style reflection. “The goal of that part is to keep ourselves as artists, as lovers of art … encouraged, inspired to hear people reflect on their relationship to art, and draw inspiration from that sort of depth of understanding to keep our art healthy in a spiritual way,” said Hussung. This meeting’s reflection was led by Danielle Harrison, who spoke about fulfilling her
purpose when she sings to her theology students. After the reflection is a time to, in Hussung’s words, “perforate the variety of art that’s being made around here (SLUH) or in the world at large and get to know it.” During this period an emotional duet scene was performed by juniors Pierce Hastings and Sam Pottinger and a conversation about the scene followed. Right now, Hussung and the student leaders are working to establish the new entity and facilitate the development and appreciation of the arts at SLUH. The group plans to meet two more times this year in April and May.
STUCO ’18-’19 executive board finalized (continued from page 1) From left: seniors Joe Laughlin, David Gordon, Joe Reznikov, Tim Moritz, Andrew Pluff, and Thomas Leeker with their mothers.
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Counseling department presents on interaction, first of hopefully many programs BY Jack Schweizer CORE STAFF
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he counseling department gave presentations about the positive effects of assertive communication this past Monday to juniors in place of their theology classes. The presentation outlined three types of interactions: passive, assertive, and aggressive communication. Led by the Rev. Bob Poirier, S.J., and several other school counselors, the presentation aimed to guide students into using assertive communication to get their points across—a firm but respectful style of communication that is essential to use after high school, according to the counselors. After the presentation, students broke into small groups and talked through several different scenarios,
practicing assertive communication for themselves with the help of the counselors. “We find it’s such an important tool that really any of us can continue to learn from. The juniors, you guys are going to be gone in a year and a half and you’re going to have to—not that you don’t effectively communicate now—but you need to have those skills because you are on your own on a college campus. You have to advocate for yourself,” said counselor Mary Michalski, who helped organize the event. The assertive communication presentation is just one of many programs the counseling department hopes to provide for students throughout the year. After a split in the department, the counselors have shifted more of their focus to educating students and interacting with them. With
one set of counselors focused on students’ personal issues and another set focused on college research, counselors have found more time to offer educational programs to students, including the assertive communication presentation, as well as college information sessions. Will Rudder, a junior, thought the presentation was helpful. “It was probably useful and something most people should learn how to do,” said Rudder. “Getting students to communicate more effectively and directly becomes incredibly important as they get older, especially in college when you might be forced into a lot of different situations with roommates, friends, etcetera,” said ASC teacher Ryan McAnany, who also helped with the event.
tion within STUCO. “I want to focus on organization,” said McGrail. “Organization is something STUCO struggles with normally and I want to aim to keep them as organized and efficient as possible.” Pollard beat out junior Matt Leritz for the position of Secretary/ Treasurer, specifically mentioning a desire to organize a class gift and increased communication with the student body. “I remember really looking up to the STUCO guys, believing they embodied everything SLUH was about,” said Pollard. “I remember early freshman year seeing a belly brigade, and I really want to bring that same joy and passion for the U. High.” McEnery ran against junior Allen Shorey for the position of Pastoral rep, saying that he would like to give students ample amounts of reflections while keeping the prayers concise. “I want to give everyone in the SLUH community an opportunity to reflect on things that are happening in their daily lives,” said McEn-
ery. “I want students to connect with the prayers.” Ocampo beat junior Damen Alexander for the Publicity/Communications post and won voters over with an increased show of passion and spirit, recalling fond memories of STUCO as an underclassman. He hopes to bring these memories to life with a new level of inclusivity for all those at SLUH. “I want to get everyone to attend dances and mixers, not just certain groups of people, but also people who have never gone before,” said Ocampo. “I want to make it a fun, enjoyable experience for every single person.” Schwartz beat junior Ken Viehland for the position of Intramural rep. He pleased voters with the idea that they would get a say in what intramural sports the school would participate in by polling and voting to see what the student body was interested in. “I want to incorporate a new sport led by student vote,” said Schwartz. “I also want to do a class versus class little bracket all-star tournament, with each class having an all star-team.”
Lockwood ran against junior Tommy Rogan for the Spirit post, using his outgoing personality and intense school spirit to gain the votes. “I just want to get everybody to attend the games,” said Lockwood. “I really want to unify the whole student body and make sure everyone feels included.” Eilerman won the Technology rep position over junior Ben Cox, drawing from his past experiences making the State hockey and BTSM trailers to win voters over. “I hope to complete as many trailers as possible and to improve my skill in making them with every video,” said Eilerman. “I also want make more trailers for sports teams before playoffs.” Next year’s STUCO members not only share a desire to amp up the school spirit, but also seem to possess the willpower to actually implement the great ideas they have. “I’m just hoping to accomplish some great fun, great happiness, and great spirit,” said Schwartz. -Andrew Pluff contributed reporting.
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Garavaglia UNVEILED: Actor-turned-theology Meet Mike Tradition, SLUH teacher’s inside scoop on Hollywood life
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any students know or have had for class beloved theology teacher Robert Garavaglia. Many students, upon meeting him for the first time, get the feeling that they have seen him somewhere else before, but the feeling is usually quickly forgotten as those types of feelings so often are. My investigative instincts wouldn’t allow me to dismiss that feeling, and after much digging and sleuth work I have come to the shocking discovering that our mild-mannered teacher is in fact the movie star Robert Downey Jr. Once I uncovered this fact I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t seen it sooner. Just look at him, the short cropped
black hair, the stubble that always looks a few days overgrown, those chiseled good looks, he even dresses like a Hollywood star. And the name. He stuck with the same first name, only changing the last name of his alias. While the looks might match up, the occupations certainly didn’t seem to, so I decided to confront Robert on the issue. I stopped him after school one day and at first he tried to avoid me saying that he had some pax Jesus vegan prayer march service planning committee meeting that he needed to get to, but after I insisted that we talk he confessed right away. This created more questions than it did answers. How did he lead a double life? What was it like to be a celebrity and a humble teacher?
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cuses that allow him to slip off for an extended weekend of shooting. “I just say that I have a sustainability meeting or something that I have to miss class for,” explained Robert. “Once I tell my classes that I will be missing a few days and say the words ‘no homework’ everyone just tunes the rest out anyways.” While students may be fairly easy to fool, you would think that the administration may be concerned with some of his absences. “All the higher-ups known my real identity, and while I was doing the Iron Man movies I could always bribe Laughlin with props from the set, so he would let me go no problem,” said Robert. “My deal with Moran was I would let him borrow my G5 jet so he could go home to Boston every weekend to ‘detox’.” It certainly is cool to have a celebrity like him on campus, and next time to you see him around the hallways don’t be afraid go go up and ask him for his autograph, he says he doesn’t mind signing them at all.
How had he flown under the radar for so long? Could I get his autograph? So I started drilling him with questions. “The acting scene is great fun, but it is also very stressful,” said Robert. “After acting for awhile I realised that I needed to take breaks from high-pressure Hollywood, so I decided to fall back on the profession I got my degree in: teaching. It offers and nice escape from the crazy world of being a celebrity and allows me to lead a normal life for sometime. It also gives me so much more satisfaction that making movies.” The trickiest part for him is finding a way to sneak off everyone in a while to film his next movie. While summer offers plenty of time to go do that, he has also found Garavaglia’s 2017 photo | Shana Watkins it relatively easy to create ex- composite shot.
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oday marks a day of infamy for the great school of Saint Louis University High School. It was recently discovered that SLUH English teacher and ASC member Mr. Ryan Mcanany is actually a sophomore at Desmet. What had begun as jokes about Mr. Mcananhany’s youthful visage sparked an undercover investigation directed by the English office and headed by Mr. Moran. “When I first started teaching here I took an oath. I took an oath to protect these hallways from Desmet students. I also took an oath to make Sisyphus, so if you could maybe mention that the deadline for the spring issue of Sisyphus is coming up, that would be great.You know I think these past few years have been great years of Sisyphus, but I always believe that we can make it better. I have been the head of Sisyphus for years now and have seen some fantastic issues but I am really excited for this spring edition because it includes some of my person favorites in there. Don’t get me wrong the win-
ter edition was fantastic and I just wanted to shout out all of those who worked on it. Sorry, where was I? Well, Mr. Macanana has been detained and will be sent on the next bus to Desmet. Now, where was I about Sisyphus?” According to survey conducted by Moran and Hannick, roughly 99.9% of the student body believed that Mr. Mcbanana was not past the age of 19. Moran also discovered that 60% of the students really liked this year’s winter Sisyphus. “I thought Mr. Mackhandlee was just a senior who really liked to wear formal attire,” said freshman Jackson Ducharme. This controversy has sparked protest led by the senior staff members on the Prep News. “First we had an epidemic of Illinois students and now this. “What’s stopping kids from Christian Bommarito Brothers High School or Vianney from getting in?” said staff member Zach Hennes. Amidst the scandal of McHamsandwhich, the Prep News has also experienced technological difficulties believed to be caused by the
Russian Club, according to Editor-in-Chief Samuel J. Chechik. “The Russian students don’t want the boys back in town. I think this is a perfect time for me to bring the boys back in town. The boys have definitely not been in town for awhile and I think that’s an outrage. Thursday nights are just not the same when the boys are back in town,” said Chechik. Chechik is currently undergoing sanity treatments by Mr. Tom Kickham. Mr. Missey had suggested a peace treaty to end his rivalry with fellow English teacher Mr. Curdt in the meantime. In the deal, Missey will grade Curdt’s English papers for the rest of the year. Freshmen should expect a major drop in their grades, as they will be held to AP standards according to Missey. Missey would also allow Thomas Curdt to rejoin the Prep News after being kicked out for looking too much like his father. Mr. Curdt refused the deal and has now committed to aiding the Russian Club in their takedown of the Prep News after McBigMac’s scandal.
Since the discovery of Mr. McHandleBarMustache’s true identity, English teacher Mr. Adam Cruz has disappeared. Mr. Moran reminds students to contact the school if they have the whereabouts of Mr. Cruz. Mr. Moran would also like to warn students that he is armed with Faulkner books and is threatening to make students read his fifty page dissertation on “Light in August” if they get too close. If found, please do not approach, rather call 1800-FKE-NEWS (Standard data and message rates apply).
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s the end of the school year approaches at St. Louis U. High and the class of 2017 prepares to move on, the rest of the school is preparing for plenty of changes. Many of these changes come to the school each year with the shifting of teachers and classes, and many more are coming this year SLUH’s 200th anniversary Go Forth campaign. However, there are some things that have stayed the same year after year. The desks with “Tupac Lives” etched in the back of them from the early 2000’s, pencil sharpeners that continuously manage to break pencil lead, and pool cues, which, although broken and beaten by years of aggressive sophomores, remain in the pool hall. Like these objects of the past, Mike Tradition, who was originally supposed to be in the graduating class of ‘89, will be staying at SLUH for yet another year of glorious Jesuit education. This will be his 29th year of school at SLUH. “I can’t say I didn’t see it coming,” said Tradition. “But it doesn’t really bother me that much anymore. SLUH used to be a second home for me, but now it’s more of my first home.” Tradition, who has been held back on account of athletic director emeritus and theology teacher Dick Wehner’s famous catchphrase “Tradition never graduates,” now lives in a maintenance closet in the basement. “Mike’s been here since I started working here, and I always assumed that he was just part of our janitorial staff because he lives in the maintenance closet. I didn’t know he was a student until he came into my office the other day to serve a JUG for coming to school shirtless and covered in blue paint,” said Assistant Principal for Student Life Dr. Brock Kesterson. “Mike has immaculate grades, and he has for years,” said Admissions (administrator?) Adam Cruz. “We’ve only really held him back for so long for admissions purposes. This ‘Tradition never graduate’ thing really seems to sell it for prospective students.” As it turns out, the phrase was actually created by Wehner when he first had Tradition as a student in one of his sophomore theology classes. Wehner
A leaked photo of McAnany at De Smet earlier this year.
took a disliking to him early on in the class, because Tradition was failing the class and was extremely disrespectful to both his teachers and his peers. Wehner publicly humiliated Tradition in class for his grades, claiming that Tradition would never graduate. That year, the hatred for Tradition grew, and chants of “Tradition never graduates” echoed throughout the hall. “I really hated Mike that year and I think he really got what he had coming to him,” said Wehner. “But he’s really softened up since then, and I’ve kind of started regret holding him back in the first place.” By the time senior year came for Tradition, he had cleaned up his grades and was set to graduate with the rest of his class. However, on the day of graduation, Tradition’s name wasn’t called, and his diploma wasn’t prepared either. “I was supposed to be called toward the end, but they skipped me. I was the last person sitting in their seat, and I started to sweat real bad,” said Tradition. “I looking into the audience, and Mr. Wehner was sitting in the back in an empty section, just smiling at me.” “Of course I kept him from graduating. It felt like I had to, just to keep true to the saying,” said Wehner. “Also, I hated the kid anyway, so it was a win-win situation for me.” The next year, Tradition was simply forgotten at graduation, and by his third senior year, even faculty assumed that he was just a part of the staff. Over the years, Tradition has watched class after class graduate, technology use evolve, and teachers come and go. He has seen classmates return for class reunions and even been in classes with his classmates’ sons. “I’ve seen 28 Running of the Bills, had every teacher possible, and taken every art credit, AP test and English class offered senior year, so I’ve really had the full SLUH experience,” said Tradition. Although it started as a hateful slur, the saying has expanded, and now represents the idea that traditions at SLUH run strong and deep generation after generation. Tradition is grateful for his unique experience to be a deeply embedded member of the SLUH community.
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February 31. 2048
Prep News Volume 81, Issue 25
POTL: It’s fast, it’s furious, it’s the Honda Odyssey
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own in the student parking lot you typically see used, early-to mid 2000’s sedans and SUVs. There are, however, cars that break the doldrums of the lot. One that does this unlike any other is senior Arnold Russell’s 2003 Honda Odyssey. The Russells got their hands on this beauty back in 2003 when it was brand new. “I remember walking outside when it was dark and there being a new car there,” recalls Russell “I had never seen a car with automatic doors before so that was pretty cool. I stood there for several minutes just gazing upon it in all of its glory, and I knew in that moment that this was an automotive gem. A true diamond in the rough.” For the past fourteen years it has served their family well, dutifully soldiering on for 227,000 miles, a truly impressive feat. Along the way there have been a few minor mishaps. To begin with, the car started giving Arnold troubles the day his mom handed the keys over to him his sophomore year. The right side door hand since ceased performing its automatic function, the feature that had so amazed four year old Arnold. Unfortunately, not everyone who tries to get into the Ody knows this, and whenever the handle of the this door is pulled Arnie is forced to get out and spend three minutes trying to get the door shut again. There are reasons that this Hodyssey is worthy of the affectionate nickname “Beast”, not least of which are its numerous battle scars, earned from a hard lifetime of active duty in the battlefields at are the daily lives of a busy family with young children. There is a dent on the back bumper from when Mrs. Russell accidently backed the Beast into another car, but it resulted only in cosmetic damage. A few months after just starting to drive Russell rear-ended a car on Manchester on his way to Taco Tuesday and el Indio. Given
the circumstances, a completely understandable accident. Still, after this the hood needed to be replaced. The day after the Beast returned from the shop more trouble was in store. “It twas a rainy evening, and I was driving down gravois after a night at the Affton barn cheering on the boys when a gang of Russian mobsters started pursuing me,” said Russell. “I hit the gas and was able to leave the commies in my dust, but suddenly my brakes locked up and the car drove off the pavement down a 30 foot ditch on the side of the road.” After the incident heading home from the Grind House on Gravois, Russell was in a state of despair. The axle had been snapped like a twig and several body panels had taken a Mike Tysonesque beating. There seemed to be no hope for the Beast, it appeared to have ticked its last mile onto its odometer. But alas, after a few weeks in hospice it reemerged like the tank of a car that it is, far from the end of its journeys, still kicking with all of the fight a twelve year old car can and on its third transmission. The interior has not fared much better than the outside. Contents of the cluttered inside include miscellaneous shoes, dirty clothes, enough food crumbs to replace Campus Ministry’s entire snack reserves for the third quarter, sports equipment, lost homework assignments, a broken HAM radio, an ironing board, an assorted cheese and crackers basket from the 2011 St. Catherine Laboure parish auction, a Kalashnikov KS-12 fully automatic shotgun, and a small museum quality collection of arrowheads. Lovely “soda” and various other beverage stains decorate the carpet flooring. It certainly is a nice rig to drive, but Russell’s favorite thing about it is the very thing that many find so unappealing about a minivan: the size. “I love all the cargo space,” he says. “I can put all the seats up and drive 8 people or I can take them all out and transport some counter
tops or lawn mowers or whatever you can imagine. I want to put a mattress in there and sleep in back before I have to pass it on to my brother when I go to college. It’s a bucket list item.” Another great perk of the car is that Honda is not an American car brand. “When I’m listening to my favorite song, ‘Mercy’ by Kanye West, and it gets to the part where he says ‘rain pourin’, all my cars is foreign’ I feel like him because my car really is foreign. It makes me feel like I could be Kanye,” explained Russell. So far, he has not found a single fault with is Odyssey. “Sure it’s a mom van, but that’s the part that’s so great about it,” said Russell. “It adds a certain…., oh how do the French say it, ambiance to the ride. It’s sneaky fast too. Sometimes I out accelerate a lot of the smaller cars when I race it on the weekends.” This, folks, is what we in the industry would call a sleeper. For those unfamiliar with the term, a sleeper car is one that is unassuming and does not look fast at all, but is actually quite a speedy ride. Some people drop Corvette engines into Chevy Suburbans or turbocharge and tune their Volvo station wagon to create sleepers. Honda, apparently, does it for you at the factory. With speed and space checked off, the only thing that Russell can think to improve on the Beast is the addition of a new stereo system or some subwoofers. He currently has to deal with a spotty fm modulator, which can really dampen the “Mercy” jam sessions. Great vehicles like this only come onto the market every decade or so. In the 1940s a big Duesenberg or Cadillac was the king of cool, then came the 50’s with the explosion of Italian performance with Legendary Testarossas and Le Mans winners, the 60’s saw the first of muscle cars like Ford Mustangs and Chevrolet Camaros, the 1970’s witnessed the first Lamborghini, the Miura, enter the world, the 80’s had
the first seriously fast cars like the Porsche 959 and the Ferrari F40, the 90’s gave us the McLaren F1, and the 2000’s gave us the glory of the Honda Odyssey. Honda first launch a fairly unbrilliant version of the Odyssey in 1995, and soon started pouring money into the redesign that would debut in 1999. The designers for this new model studied sailing yachts in the south of France for two months and then set about sketching a vehicle that captured all the elegance and majesty that they witnessed everyday on the seas. The engineers poured over the blueprints for the Saturn V rocket program and then collaborated with a team of specialists who were chief among the creators of the highly regarded German Panzer III medium-core assault tank. The interior was designed by a fleet of Italian fashion designers headed by Coco Chanel herself, in conjunction with former Rolls-Royce top interior design brass. Tom Ford and Steve Jobs worked side by side to create the steering wheel. Clearly, no expense was spared in the creation of this glorious automobile. After sinking $42.7 billion into development and testing–nearly bankrupting the company–Honda unveiled its creation to the world. Automotive reporters and industry experts alike reacted just like little Arnold Russell: shock and astonishment. A slow clap started somewhere in the back of the room and slowly turned into a thunderous applause that continued for the next three and a half hours as every new feature of the car was highlighted and demonstrated. Legend has it that the ghost of Steve McQueen appeared on stage and gave the car an affectionate pat before shedding a single tear. Yes, the Honda Odyssey might not be your cup of tea at first glance, just like that book by the same name you read freshman year, but it undoubtedly deserves it place in history, and certainly as a Pick of the Lot.
juana. “What this starts with is smoking marijuana and sometimes there’s kind of a laid back attitude toward smoking marjuana, you know, ‘it’s only smoking pot,’ but almost all the people who were involved in this opioid abuse started with marijuana,” said Michalski. “And it’s not saying marijuana is going to lead to that, but we all need to be aware because marijuana can be a pretty big problem in high schools.” Kesterson agreed. “I think maybe that hits home to guys here more than heroin,” said Kesterson, referring to the use of marijuana by students. But, he added: “Knowing the lethal effects of heroin use, one that we haven’t really covered, I thought it was important, especially knowing that we’re not immune to any of those things here at SLUH.” Michalski, who took the lead on the project after attending a DEA presentation at Vianney, noted that the split of the counseling department into two separate groups helped make organizing the drug program possible. Prior to the split, counselors were forced to juggle both personal matters and college research for students, giving them little time to organize any extra programs. But with the split at the beginning of this school year—which created two dif-
ferent groups of counselors, one only handling personal issues and the other only dealing with college research— Michalski had enough extra time to bring the DEA program to SLUH. Counselors will be available immediately following the presentation for anyone who wants to share an experience or talk more about the issue. The same presentation, including the documentary and question and answer session, will also be available for parents on Monday night who want to share in the experience with their sons. The ultimate hope from teachers is that the program will raise awareness about opioid addictions and other drug-related problems. “The biggest point is awareness of the problem, and as you’ll see in the movie and some of the presentations, some of the ways you can get trapped in this cycle of drug use and abuse and the inherent dangers from the beginning of opioid use and abuse that often start innocently enough,” said Hannick. “So it’s really just that awareness, plus also illustrating the resources that are available to our students not only in house but outside of St. Louis U. High that they could take advantage of if they feel like they or someone else they know has a problem.”
Blood Drive brings in 47 units of blood
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Sophomore Liam John Monday in the Danis Lobby. The Medical Careers Club sponsored the Drive.
Nightbeat: LAX falls to CBC 11-7 on home turf
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Sophomore Charlie Carse in last night’s game.
*For real, this column is not part of our April Fool’s section of this week’s paper.
McKissic named MCC Player of the Rugby goes 1-2 in Tulsa tournament Year; Claggett wins Coach of the Year amid hazardous conditions Jack Connaghan REPORTER
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McKissic (left) and Claggett (center) at a game last year. Matt Godar REPORTER
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he St. Louis U. High basketball team rounded up many awards this season, as head coach Erwin Claggett was named the Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) Coach of the Year and senior Brandon McKissic was named the MCC Player of the Year. Seniors B.J. Wilson and Anthony Hughes were selected to the All-MCC Basketball Second Team, with senior Brent Smith earning an Honorable Mention. Senior Andrew Grassi was named to the MCC All Academic Team. Claggett led the Jr. Bills to an outstanding season, finishing with an overall record of 21-7. Despite the season ultimately ending in defeat to Chaminade in the District Championship, the close-knit group of seven seniors and ten returning players was fueled by both individual success and team chemistry. “The MCC is, I feel, the best conference in the state,” said Claggett. “To have that distinction, to be voted by my peers, is a big deal to me.” In the regular season
MCC league play, the Jr. Bills dominated, winning seven of their eight games, suffering only one loss, a road game against Chaminade in midDecember. McKissic averaged 16.9 points per game in conference play, fourth best in the MCC. His scoring came on a ridiculously efficient clip, as McKissic shot 40 percent from three and 52 percent from the field. Given the high volume on deep mid-range and contested layups McKissic took, his conversion rate is top tier. McKissic affected the game in ways other than scoring, averaging four rebounds and 2.6 assists in conference play. “We played really well in the conference this year, and did things we haven’t done before. Winning Player of the Year is such an honor, that all the coaches voted for me,” said McKissic. Hughes, the other piece of SLUH’s dynamic backcourt, thrived in MCC play as well, scoring 12.1 points per game, along with leading the Jr. Bills in assists per game with 2.8. Hughes was second in the
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MCC in free throw percentage among players with more than 30 attempts, and seventh in three-point percentage among players with more than 15 attempts. Wilson provided rebounding and rim protection for the Jr. Bills, averaging 5.1 boards and 1.6 blocks per game, second best in the MCC. Wilson also led the conference in fouls, with 26 total. “It’s great that five SLUH kids got MCC honors. That doesn’t really happen all the time,” said McKissic. McKissic, a four-year varsity player, has spent plenty of hours working with Claggett and the coaching staff, and vice versa, forging a strong and personal relationship over the years. “He deserves the award every year in my eyes. He just puts in so much work to make us a great team,” said McKissic. “I’m so ecstatic for Brandon. He’s been basically a family member. To see his growth and maturity,” said Claggett. “I know the work he’s put in, the weekends he’s spent getting better. It’s really rewarding.”
reezing wind and drenched fields did nothing to prevent the Saint Louis U. High varsity rugby team from showcasing its impressive defense and revamped offense at the Hooligan Rugby Fest over the weekend. The event—which takes place at the University of Tulsa and attracts nationally-recognized teams from across the Midwest— served as a good assessment of the team’s strengths and weaknesses while allowing newcomers a chance to get a taste of regional competition. The varsity unit bested only one of their three skilled opponents, while JV had a smorgeshboard. The rainy weekend’s schedule began on Saturday with the varsity squad squaring off against St. Thomas Aquinas, a nationally-ranked club team based out of Kansas City. Fearful field conditions and a lack of prior playtime did little to stifle SLUH’s intimidating defensive line, but it prevented SLUH’s fledgling offense from making much impact in this first of three games, leaving the Bills scoreless against Aquinas’ hard-earned 13 points. “All the teams we played were top ten, top 15 teams,” said varsity head coach and SLUH alum Joseph Muller, who believes the team’s lack of regular season competition before the Festival contributed to its underwhelming offensive performance in the first match of the weekend. “(St. Thomas Aqui-
Lax wins 2 of 3 at home, riding momentum Stephen Ocampo REPORTER
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ollowing a 1-1 weekend in LA before the break, the St. Louis U. High varsity lacrosse team went 2-1 at home this past week. The Jr. Bills defeated Christian Brothers Memphis last Friday night 12-8, followed by a 15-8 loss to Memphis U. School. Then, three days later, the Jr. Bills took on their first team from St. Louis, toppling Kirkwood 18-8. In the first game of the week, SLUH battled against a team from Memphis with the same name as their rivals, Christian Brothers. Once the game started, both teams displayed their high levels of skill as CB played it slow, passing the ball around to look for good shots. SLUH countered this with their fast-paced tempo. CB started off the action a few minutes in when one
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Sophomore Charlie Carse against Kirkwood.
player found the hole in the defense for a good shot, however SLUH wasted no time responding as junior Austin Hannah juked the defense to put up a goal of his own 40 seconds later. With 5:05 left in the first, CB scored again, but once again, SLUH responded less than 15 seconds later when
Hannah found the back of the net straight off the faceoff. The Jr. Bills ended the quarter with a goal from senior Nolan Corker off of beautiful find from senior Anthony Hughes, giving the Jr. Bills a 3-2 lead. “It felt like every time we would score they would score,” said Hannah, “and
when we would score it would go back and forth.” More of the same continued for SLUH in the second quarter. After CB scored two goals (their only consecutive goals of the game), the Jr. Bills responded with two of their own, the first coming from junior Peter O’Malley off a screen play and another from Corker after a dish from senior Will Farroll when they were up a man. “We started off slow, but then we started to mesh as a team,” said senior Jerry Howe. After half, the two teams exchanged goals early, but the Jr. Bills broke away with a fury of three goals within two and a half minutes to give them a 9-5 lead before letting up a goal to CB with 1:43 left in the third. In the last quarter, CB scored two goals. However, the Jr. Bills responded both
nas), like the other teams, are eight or nine games into their season, and we’re two. We were in the game, but we just couldn’t pull it off.” Muller’s first executive action of the new season was to rebuild the offensive line around what he calls a “prostyle” formation. “It’s a formation I’ve never seen used in a high school team, and there have been a lot of growing pains,” Muller said of the strategy. The team grappled with the new formation for weeks and, judging by its ineffective offense in the first game, one might conclude that the new direction could be detrimental to the team’s future success. But things were about to change. As the sun set on the first rainy day of the tournament, the Jr. Bills once again bowed out in their second game, this time to Oklahoma-based Union. However, the offensive line was determined not to go quietly into the night, with seniors Mike Ruggeri and John Stewart trying a combined 17 points against Union’s 22. “We played well, we just need to keep improving as a side,” said Stewart, a top varsity player who secured his only try of the weekend off of a pass from senior Luke Sextro during a penalty play. “After that first game we just kept getting better and better.” Better and better indeed. In their third and final game on Sunday morning, the Jr. Bills made quick work of New Mexico-based Rio Rancho’s state champi-
onship-winning defense on their way to a 20-5 victory. The defensive upset was perpetrated by junior Buck Chevalier and seniors Eric Heard and Marty Stelzer. Each of them made fantastic tries, with Chevalier gaining prestige among his compatriots thanks to his back-toback scoring plays. “The boys finally clicked with the new offense,” said Muller. “They no longer have to analyze (a play), they just know what to do.” Though the weekend ended on a promising note for the future, not everyone came home unscathed—as it is with any rugby game. Seniors Henry Herzberg and Ben Adrian collided heads during a play, resulting in head injuries and time off for both players. “I went to make a tackle and Adrian came flying in to finish (the opposing player) off, and hit my head with his,” said Herzberg, who is out indefinitely while he recovers from the concussion he received from the impact. He hasn’t let the setback dampen his spirit, however, as he hopes to return to the pitch as soon as he can— hopefully in time for the Gateway Ruggerfest tournament being held in St. Louis this weekend, which will certainly attract even more nationally-ranked teams. “We played beautiful rugby. You just practice what you’re going to do, and you pull it off, and our offense did just that,” said Herzberg.
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Michael Behr, who played at Nos. 4 to 6 in singles last year, is currently playing No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles with freshman Danny Lombardi. Seniors Ben Bott and Sam Bott have made a jump to No. 2, and both currently play at the Nos. 2 and 3 singles spots. Despite the slow start, Kirk still has high expectations for the season. “Hopefully we will win conference. I expect a couple of individual teams to battle for state this year as well,” said Kirk. The team begins its first tournament of the season this afternoon. The first two matches against Belleville West and against St. Xavier will be played as a round robin. Those matches determine which bracket SLUH will play in. If they win both matches it would put them in the highest bracket, and going 1-1 would put them in the second highest bracket.
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he St. Louis U. High varsity tennis team began its season last Thursday in a match against Priory, a team that made a deep run in state last year. Despite many of the individual matches being competitive, SLUH was handed their first lost of the season. The next day varsity tennis played against Marquette with the same result. Although players are disappointed with the start of the season, varsity head coach Brian Kirk saw improvements in the team from last year. “I think net play is much improved,” said Kirk. “We just have to get some confidence going and get some wins underneath our belt.” The team lost its top three singles players from last year, leaving room for new players to join the varsity team, including two freshcontinued on page 8 men and one junior. Senior
SPORTS
March 31, 2017
Prep News
Volume 81, Issue 25 Golf ties for first in Bantle Tournament, WoPo gears up for Chicago trip edged by De Smet in playoff BY Ryan Neuner REPORTER
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The varsity golf team at the Bantle Tournament.
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he St. Louis U. High varsity golf team kicked off its season this past Tuesday at the fifth annual Greg Bantle Memorial Tournament, held at the Missouri Bluffs Golf Club in St. Charles. After the team’s first scheduled match against Vianney was canceled on Monday due to rain, five Jr. Bills competed in the Bantle the following day, battling the wet conditions that caused the course to play longer than normal. “I think the approach was the same, whether it was wet, dry, or what. Our sights were set on hitting the ball straight, hitting fairways since there’s a lot of out of bounds on that course,” said head coach Scott Gilbert. “I think the guys felt they could be a little bit more aggressive going for a pin with the wet greens.” SLUH got a taste of what its conference competition would look like later in the season since De Smet, Chaminade, CBC, and Vianney all played in the tournament as well. Once all golfers finished their rounds, the top four scores from each team were counted up to determine the winner. SLUH and De Smet ended tied with a total score of 307 strokes. The normal tiebreaker of using the fifth golfer’s score from each team did not work here either, because both teams had matching scores of 81 from their fifth golfer. Junior Sam Bricker carded the lowest score of the day for the Jr. Bills, shooting a 2-over par 73 which put him into a tie for third place, only five strokes behind Lafayette’s Max Kreikemeier, who delivered a stellar 3-under par 68 to take the individual title.
After conquering opening hole jitters, Bricker gave himself several birdie chances throughout the round with solid play from tee to green. He carded a 2-over 37 on the front nine, and played the back in even-par 36. “I played pretty conservative, laying up on par fives and leaving myself with little wedge shots, and kind of going from there,” said Bricker. “Overall I played a great round and was very happy with the outcome and being able to put up my lowest tournament round in my SLUH career.” Junior Louie Perotti battled a fever throughout his round, but was still able to stay focused and fire an impressive 4-over par 75, finishing in a tie for fifth overall. “I aimed for the fairways, where we could play it up, and hit for the center of the green,” said Perotti. “When I felt like things were going my way I would start to hit at the pins but generally the pins were in tough spots so I just hit the center. My putter was off and on all day, I made three birdies but also had six three-putts which hurt but overall the round was pretty good.” Junior Jack Wachter came in with the third score for SLUH, adding an 8-over 79 to the bunch, followed by senior Michael Rackers, who shot 80. Although senior Max Twardowski’s score of 81 didn’t appear to have any major importance in contributing to the team’s overall number, it actually turned out to be critical, as he matched De Smet’s fifth golfer to send the Jesuit rivals into a sudden death playoff. “The playoff was pretty cutthroat, we all would play a hole, dropping no high scores, but despite this I’d say we all were pretty excited to get out there and do our best to win,”
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said Bricker. The playoff began on the first hole, a downhill 517-yard par five. All five golfers participated for each team, and the team with the lowest score on the hole would win first place outright. Wachter had a chance to propel SLUH to victory with a birdie putt, but the ball barely slid to the left of the hole, and the teams recorded 1-over 26s on the first hole. “We thought it was in, we were recording, and he had about a 20-footer. It looked like it was going in the heart, and it just slid to the left,” said Gilbert. The par-three second hole came next, measuring around 200 yards from the tee but downhill once again. Things looked really good early on for the Jr. Bills as Rackers and Bricker hit the green and made pars while the first two De Smet players missed the green on their tee shots. However, both of them were able to get up and down and save pars. The last three De Smet golfers made par as well, giving them a total of even for the hole, while SLUH unfortunately ended up at 1-over. “We fell on the short end of the stick here, but what I think is even bigger than just a plastic good-looking trophy is the memories that they’ll have from this,” said Gilbert. “The competition is healthy, it’s good, even if it doesn’t work out in our favor, it’s okay.” Despite the playoff loss, the team could take several positives out of the day, like Bricker and Perotti’s low scores, as well as the overall consistency of the group, the highest score being just ten-over par. The Jr. Bills swing back into action on Tuesday, going up against the gritty Griffins of Vianney at Tapawingo Golf Club.
Hockey 2016- ’17 featured best record, No. 1 seed Nathan Langhauser STAFF
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he St. Louis U. High hockey season was a wild ride this year, full of emotion, grit, and talent. The team finished the year with an impressive 25-4 record, the best in program history. Season highlights included skating through the Top Hat preseason tournament undefeated, sweeping De Smet in the regular season, and taking home the coveted Jesuit Cup. “We had a very good team of young men that wanted to work hard and play hard together,” said head coach
Kevin Fitzpatrick. Ending the regular season with a record of 18-2, the Jr. Bills were able to clinch the No.1 seed going into the playoffs for the first time in the program’s history. “We came out as number one in our league, and that’s the first time SLUH has ever done that, so that’s a big accomplishment,” said senior captain John Sieckhaus. This season’s team boasted a high-powered offense that found the net 166 times. Senior captain Luke Gassett led the team in points with 47, followed closely behind by junior captain Joseph Winkel-
mann with 45 points. Winkelmann led the team in goals, finding the net 27 times, first in the Municipal Division. The Jr. Bills also kept a strong defense, anchored by the sophomore goalie duo of Brendan Rasch and Dylan Bak, that conceded a leaguelow 39 goals. The Jr. Bills’ playoff run was full of thrills. In an exciting semifinal matchup against Oakville, the Tigers forced a mini-game to decide the trip to the Scottrade and the Jr. Bills prevailed, coming together and showing their mental toughness.
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he St. Louis U. High water polo team continued its undefeated season with three more wins this past week ,against Lafeyette, Pattonville, and Fort Zumwalt West. The team beat Lafayette 20-2 on Friday after leading only 3-2 in the first quarter. Juniors Joe Jellinek, John Burke, and Nick Mattingly and senior captain Brandon Trusler scored 14 of the goals, while 11 players recorded steals and senior Matt Milburn picked up his first goal of the season. The team then travelled to Pattonville, where they beat the Pirates 15-1 in their firstever matchup. Pattonville has had a JV team for a couple years, but this season marks their first with a varsity squad. Allowing only one goal by Pattonville, the Bills racked up 10 points in a dominant first quarter. All the goals were scored by juniors, with Jellinek scoring two, Jacob Fields net-
ting three in a row, and Mattingly notching four, all on passes from Burke. The Jr. Bills scored five more in the second and third quarter, creating enough of a cushion to let senior goalie Mike Harris play in the field for the fourth quarter. With sophomore goalie John McCabe injured, senior captain Thomas Nordmann took over in goal. Although the rest of the team continually fed him the ball on offense, Harris was unable to find the back of the net, but he did take numerous shots and committed a handful of fouls. Junior Jack Laux and senior Kyle Irvine scored their first goals of the season during the game. The team played Fort Zumwalt West on Tuesday, beating the visiting Jaguars 17-1 in another impressive game. The Jr. Bills scored 10 straight to cruise to another easy win. Veteran seniors led the
Junior Joe Jellinek against De Smet on March 23.
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team to victory, with Trusler netting four goals, Irvine recording a hat trick, and both Nordmann and Luke Smith passing for four assists. Harris tallied eight saves (including a penalty shot block), allowing only one goal. Senior Connor Flack played aggressive defense, constantly blocking his opponent’s path and leading to the most memorable play of the game, when his opponent punched him out of frustration, earning an automatic ejection for brutality. After five blowout wins, the team will face its first real competition this weekend at the York Invitational in Chicago. While the team could suffer its first loss of the season, Trusler is excited for the opportunity. “It will definitely test us which is what we want. We don’t know how many games we’ll win, but we do know we’ll have to battle and play our best in every game,” said Trusler.
photo | Joe Hillmeyer
RollerBills wheel to a 2-1 record Nick Prainito REPORTER
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Cougars only scored one goal in the second half as freshman goalie Peter Lally put up a strong performance in net. On March 25, the Jr. Bills faced off against Lafayette. A sudden SLUH offensive attack in the second half paired with another strong goaltending effort by Lally gave the Jr. Bills a commanding 10-5 victory. “I just come out with a better mentality. I kind of forget about everything that happens in the first half,” said Lally on his second-half performance. SLUH’s depth has helped so far; while only four skaters and a goalie are on the floor at a time, the team has had seven skaters on the bench at all times, so everyone is able to get fully recharged before their next shift. On Wednesday, the Jr. Bills played St. Mary’s in their toughest contest yet. Both teams battled back and forth
the entire game. With three minutes left in the second half and SLUH down 8-6, senior Matt Wulff netted two goals to send the game into overtime. But St. Mary’s scored a goal to down SLUH, 9-8. “I think that one way of getting a faster start in the first half is really to try to start to develop now a better game of puck possession,” said SLUH head coach Tim O’Neil. “And maybe even some fine tuning things like our faceoffs.” The Jr. Bills play 14 total games this regular season. If they continue to play well in the regular season, they will compete for the Varsity 3 State Championship in May. The next game is Sunday at 3 p.m. in a rematch against St. Mary’s, who is 3-1-1 on the season. The game will be played at Matteson Square Garden in St. Peters.
t. Louis U. High varsity inline has rolled off to a hot start. Competing in the Varsity 3 division of the Missouri Inline Hockey Association (MOIHA), the Jr. Bills are 2-1 so far, thanks to a high-scoring offense and great second-half play. The Jr. Bills played their first game on March 21 and faced an early deficit against a strong squad from Affton who struck early with three goals in the first four minutes. However, SLUH countered with strong play from several seniors which quickly tied the game at three. That would be all the scoring for the Jr. Bills in the half as Affton scored four more goals to lead 7-3. In the second half, key moments from playmakers like seniors Kurt Lindhorst and Erik Floyd tied the game back up at 7. However, Affton scored one more just minutes before time expired. But the Jr. Bills persevered as Dominic Heithaus came through and tied the game at 8 to take the game into a 3-on-3 overtime. Less than one minute into the three-minute overtime period, Lindhorst notched his fourth goal and sixth point on the night for the Jr. Bill win. Also key to the victory was the tremendous defensive photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott effort put on by SLUH. The Senior Erik Floyd against Lafayette on Saturday.
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Prep News Volume 81, Issue 25
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Around the Hallways Lenten reflection speaker The Lenten Speaker series wrapped up last Friday with a reflection by the Rev. Patrick O’Dwyer S.J., who previously taught at Loyola Academy and De Smet Jesuit and is currently a faculty member at St. Louis University. His talk was titled “Call of the King and Discernment of Spirits.” “It was a special time to be with SLUH parents and take those few moments to quiet all of the busyness in our lives and reflect on these 40 days of lent,” said Laurie Milnor, a SLUH parent who attended the event. O’Dwyer’s talk asked listeners to focus on four words from the Apostle’s Creed, “Almighty God and Father,” and challenged everyone “to think about God’s infinite power and the intimacy of His being our Father,” noted Milnor.
Michael Daugherty speaks to Science Club St. Louis U. High alum Michael Daugherty, ’14, presented to a group of students last Wednesday as part of the science deaprtment’s series of guest speakers. Daugherty currently studies organic chemistry at Northwestern University. He spoke about his experiences researching different fields of chemistry at various locations, including the University of Chicago and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. His most recent research involved studying the chemistry of microplastics and their effect on the ocean. Daugherty also discussed his course load at Northwestern and how SLUH’s science program had prepared him.
Lax looks to build off momentum from LAX (continued from page 6)
times with goals of their own and ended with a pair of goals from Hughes and Farroll, leading to a 12-8 victory. The next morning at home, the Jr. Bills matched up against another Memphis team, the Memphis U. High School Owls. After a victory over Christian Brothers, the Jr. Bills took a sharp turn as they were beaten 15-8. “It was definitely a different game,” said Hannah. “Early on in the game you could tell we were flat,” said Howe. “The energy wasn’t there from the start. We got on the field and we just weren’t playing our type of game. The lack of energy certainly showed as the Jr. Bills found themselves down 2-1 after the first quarter and then 5-3 after the first half despite the offense’s best effort. “We were kind of okay watching someone else taking over instead of the mentality that, ‘When you have the ball you’re going to take over and you’re not going to let anyone come in the way of that,’” said Hannah. In the third quarter, it all fell apart for the Jr. Bills, and the Owls let out a frenzy of goals on SLUH, scoring six in the third. The Bills scored two of their own, from Hughes and sophomore Charlie Carse, but it was too late. “We came out of the half still not pumped up and still not playing as we do, and we started to get down ourselves.” said junior Jake Killian. “The defense broke down and started screaming at each other.” “We started pointing fingers and calling kids out,” added Howe. When the fourth quarter started, the Jr. Bills seemed a little more energetic, scoring three goals, but the defense still let up another four as the Owls breezed past the Bills for a 15-8 victory. On Tuesday, the Jr. Bills found a rejuvenation of energy as they took on the Kirkwood Pioneers.
At the start of the game, SLUH showed their dominance as they jumped to an early 2-0 lead and headed into the second quarter with a 4-1 lead, fueled by their experienced first two lines. As the game progressed, the Jr. Bills displayed their depth as a variety of players took the field, many of whom got to play their first minutes on varsity. “I think it’s kind of cool for those kids to get in,” said Killian. “This was an opportunity for them to show coach what they can do because a lot of them perform pretty well.” In the second quarter, the Jr. Bills’ all-around skill, especially from those getting their first few minutes, showed as they increased their lead to 11-4 heading into half. “It’s great seeing those sophomores and juniors who don’t usually get a shot, you see them working hard in practice, grinding, and you could tell they want it,” said Howe. “And we got to see them in there playing, having a great time, and showing what they got.” As the second half started, the Jr. Bills began giving more and more minutes to the third and fourth lines, giving them the opportunity to showcase their talents for most of the second half. This proved fruitful for the Jr. Bills as a number of different guys scored, allowing SLUH to coast to a 18-8 victory over the Pioneers. “We have a lot of games where one guy would have four goals and another guy would have three goals, but against Kirkwood there were just a lot of guys with one goal,” said Hannah. “It was spread out across the whole board, and I think it shows coach that he can call on them anytime.” The lacrosse team’s next game is this Saturday at 1:30 p.m. versus Rockhurst at SLUH followed by a 6:30 game versus Shawnee Mission East.
Parent teacher conferences SLUH held the spring parent-teacher conferences on Wednesday. Unlike in the fall, these conferences needed to be scheduled between the parents and teachers ahead of time if parents chose to attend.
Finding a day without a special schedule or event in April was difficult, but it came together very nicely, and many parents scheduled conferences. —Kevin Murati, Niles Bernabe, and Paul Gillam
Hockey preps for change (continued from page 7)
“Down the stretch we didn’t necessarily play our best hockey in the playoffs, but we found a way. We lost that game to Oakville, but we came back,” said Gassett. The season came to a disappointing end, with a 4-1 loss to rival CBC in the State Final. “I have no problems with the season. We came together and we played well,” said Gassett. Siekhaus and fellow senior Kurt Lindhorst participated in the Mid-States Senior All-Star game and Gassett was named the Fox Sports-St. Louis Blues Player of the Week in January. The week after the game, Kevin Fitzpatrick called a team meeting and announced that he would be stepping down from his position after five years. Fitzpatrick preached to his team that coming together was vital to the success of the team as a whole, which reflected well
among the players. “We had an awesome group of guys this year,” said sophomore captain Christian Berger. “I thought we had a lot of chemistry, we really came together, and it’s unfortunate that it didn’t work out for us, but it was a good season for the SLUH program, it’s a lot to build on.” The future of the vacant coaching position is still unsure, but whoever the new coach is will have a lot of strong returners to work with. Despite graduating 11 seniors, much of the starting roster will be returning, looking to hoist the Challenge Cup next season. “From my freshman year up to this year, we are definitely improving,” said junior captain Matthew Hohl. “Getting to the State Finals my freshman year and up to this year being the No. 1 ranked seed, it’s definitely improving as a program and I think we will take it home next year.”
SLUH houses dress for Sexual Abuse Awareness Month (continued from page 1)
of an opera.” “We wanted to get this at the high school level because conversations need to begin at high school before you all go off to college. It’s a critical issue that affects all of us, so the sooner that we can get fruitful conversation about it the better,” said Rachel Ebeling, the co-founder of the Angel Band Project, the organization that created the dress. “It makes a beautiful piece and it’s great to have exposure at an all-guys high school. We are very encouraged that the administration wanted to support not only having this sculpture at SLUH but also the greater issue behind it.” “I said yes because our theme this year is human dignity and also because of our Mission Week emphasis on sexism,” said Hannick. “I think this is an appropriate way to end the year, raising awareness of the issue to our student body in a somewhat dramatic fashion.” The Angel Band Project is a St. Louis based non-profit which uses music as a way to support survivors of sexual violence. Angel Band Project offers many free therapy programs at different crisis counseling agencies in St. Louis for those who are going through the trauma that goes along with sexual or intimate partner violence. The actual creator of the dress is Erin Rieke, mother of Derek, ’15, Mark, ’14, and
Paul, ’94. Rieke is a survivor of sexual abuse, and has been working with Angel Band Project to help provide support for women who have faced sexual violence. “She (Aria Rising) shows how a survivor kind of rebuilds from nothing. That was the inspiration,” said Ebeling. “The goal behind the sculpture is to get people to stop and ask questions about what the dress means, and encourage conversation about the issue.” The dress is currently on display at Nerinx; SLUH will be the second high school that the dress has traveled to and the first all-male high school. One in four women are sexually assaulted during high school, and it is for this reason primarily that the Angel Band Project is trying to bring the sculpture to different high schools. “We’re trying to get people to take an action step,” said Ebeling. “It’s meant to have people pause and think ‘What if this happened to my sister? What if this happened to my girlfriend? What would I say?’” The Angel Band Project hopes to bring Aria Rising to other high schools, universities, and work spaces. “I hope they (the students) will react positively and that they will be made more aware of the issue, so that we create Men for Others” said Hannick.
March 31, 2017
Friday, March 31
Regular Schedule 7:45am Lenten Speaker Series AP Senior Class Mass Current juniors/rising seniors president and vice president meeting Snack—Mozzarella sticks Lunch Special—Fries and shrimp Vegetarian—Grilled cheese University of Dallas 4:15pm B Baseball @ Oakville High School JV/V Tennis Tiger Invitational @ Edwardsville High School JV Water Polo Invitational @ Chaminade V Water Polo York Invitational V Baseball Jesuit Invitational
Saturday, April 1
9:00am C Volleyball @ Oakville High School 10:00am V Baseball vs. St. Ignatius in Jesuit Classic 1:30pm V Lacrosse vs. Rockhurst 4:00pm JV Lacrosse Shawnee Mission-East 4:00pm V Lacrosse Mass with Fr. Marco 6:00pm V Lacrosse vs. Shawnee Mission-East
Sunday, April 2
Sunday, April 2 JV/V Gateway Ruggerfest Rugby Tournament 3:00pm Inline Hockey vs. St. Mary’s Monday, April 3 Mass Schedule Lunch Special—Chick-fil-a Vegetarian—burrito 2:25pm Jazz U Residency 3:30pm C Golf vs. Chaminade 3:30pm JV Golf vs. Chaminade 4:15pm C Baseball @ CBC 4:15pm JV Tennis vs. John Burroughs 4:15pm V Tennis @ John Burroughs 4:30pm C/JV/V Volleyball vs. Lindbergh 4:30pm B Baseball @ Mehlville 6:30pm Drug Presentation for parents
Tuesday, April 4
Regular Schedule Junior Kairos Begins AP NHS Meeting University of Kansas Snack—chicken rings Lunch Special—steak and cheese Vegetarian—grilled veggie 3:30pm C Golf vs. St. John Vianney @ Four Seasons 3:30pm JV Golf vs. St. John Vianney @ Forest Park 3:30pm V Golf vs. St. John Vianney @ Tapawingo National 4:00pm V2 Track Dan Sebben Invitational 4:00pm V Lacrosse vs. Webster Groves @ Paul C. Wehner Senior Memorial Park 4:15pm C Baseball vs. Marquette 4:30pm B Baseball vs. CBC 4:30pm V Baseball @ CBC 6:30pm Counseling Meeting 8:00pm Inline Hockey vs. Wright City Regular Schedule Wednesday, April 5 AP Snack—mac & cheese bites Lunch Special—hand breaded chicken strips Vegetarian—black bean burger 8:15am Lent adoration 3:00pm Sophomore retreat begins 3:00pm Wilderness retreat begins 3:00pm Cashbah setup 5:00pm C Lacrosse vs. Fox @ Compton Drew middle school Thursday, April 6 No Classes Retreat Day Service Learning Retreat begins De Smet Varsity Water Polo invitational 8:30am Fox Golf Tournament 4:00pm C/JV Track Webster all-comers 4:15pm B Baseball vs. Lindbergh 4:15pm JV Tennis vs. Westminster 4:15pm V Tennis vs. Westminster 5:00pm JV/V Rugby vs. Eureka
Friday, April 7
No Classes Retreat Day 4:00pm JV Tennis @ Lindbergh 4:00pm V Tennis vs. Lindbergh @ Dwight Davis 4:15pm C Baseball @ De Smet 4:30pm C/JV/V Volleyball @ Parkway South 4:30pm V Baseball vs. St Mary’s in Jesuit classic 6:15pm V Lacrosse @ Chaminade
Saturday, April 8
De Smet Varsity Water Polo Invitational ACT day Cashbah Scholar Bowl District Championships 9:00am V2 Track @ Chaminade 12:00pm Inline Hockey vs. Wright City 2:00pm Inline Hockey vs. Afton
Sunday, April 9
10:00am Cashbah clean-up
Monday, April 10
Regular Schedule V Golf Bulldog Battle Senior Class Meeting Sophomore Class Meeting Snack—mini tacos Special—baseball theme Vegetarian—mac & cheese JV Westminster golf C/JV/V Volleyball @ Fort Zumwalt South C baseball vs. Clayton B baseball @ CBC Inline hockey vs. Washington Tuesday, April 11 Block Day Lunch Special—chicken quesadilla Vegetarian—lo mein 4:00pm C/JV/V Volleyball @ De Smet 4:15pm C baseball @ Seckman 4:30pm V baseball vs. Chicago Bulls 4:30pm JV/V water polo @ Lindbergh 9:00pm Inline hockey vs. Washington 9:00am AP Lunch 3:40pm 4:00pm 4:15pm 4:30pm 6:00pm