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Schlanger, Abra-SLUH-dabra! Mentalist shocks students ’89, calls historic Olympic moment

Gray, ’55, among first black students at SLUH

BY James Pollard CORE STAFF

Reflects on segregation and racism

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nd it is Jessie Diggins— GOLD!—delivering a landmark moment that will be etched in U.S. Olympic history! The first-ever crosscountry gold medal for the U.S.!”

Had you been watching the Olympics on NBC on the night of Wednesday, Feb. 21, you would have heard Steve Schlanger, ’89 in the booth, along with his broadcasting partner Chad Salmela, calling what the Kansas City Star described as “the call heard round the world for these Olympics” for the Women’s Cross Country Skiing Team Sprint.

Having broadcast the past three Olympics for NBC, Schlanger knew it was likely he would be broadcasting the 2018 Winter Olympics. What was not as certain, however, was the historic moment in which he would find himself.

The United States has had a dismal history at the Olympics in the cross country skiing event. Bill Koch won the only medal the team has ever won, a silver in 1976. Entering the 2018 Winter Olympics, it seemed likely that the team had a good opportunity to medal.

Schlanger understood these circumstances, but could not have prepared himself for the sequence of events that would unfold. Kikkan Randall began the race for Team USA and after passing the final hill, Jessie Diggins found herself in third place.

Riskily taking a wide turn, she overcame both skiers ahead of her, winning the United State’s first gold medal in the event by 19-hundredths of a second.

“So many things fell into place to make it a tremendous moment,” said Schlanger.

“Had the U.S. won a bronze medal in the first week, to finally get to medal, it wouldn’t

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A student on stage during the show last Friday.

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tudents hollered in amazement and dropped their jaws, looking like fools when mentalist Craig Karges performed some of his mind tricks on the last day of Mission Week last Friday.

Karges, a world-renowned mentalist, combines

psychology and intuition to perform tricks that seem like he is reading minds. Most of the tricks he does consist of him apparently having no idea what something is, but through his mentalist skill, he figures out what is happening and guesses the thing correctly.

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Webb leaves SLUH after eight years

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fter almost eight years of organizing Cashbah and hundreds of other events, Event Coordinator Patti Webb finished her time at Saint Louis U. High on Wednesday.

Webb has worked in the administrative office on the third floor since October 2010 and is now moving

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back to Ohio with her family.

Webb helped plan many different events, including ones for donors and alumni, but the largest part of her job was Cashbah.

“My main job throughout my time at SLUH has been working with Cashbah.

I was a liaison between the Cashbah chairs and our office and I worked with all of our volunteers,” said Webb.

“Cashbah is a year-round event. When one Cashbah ends there is selection of new chairs and wrapping up of the last Cashbah and planning for the next starts almost immediately, so that has consumed a large percent of my time here. I’ve really enjoyed it though and I’ve loved working with everyone who is involved. I am going to miss

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paper, a word not on the 25 most used words list, students thought Karges had messed up his performance.

After some stalling, Karges did his big reveal by flipping his board over to show that the 26th most used word in the English language, written on the back

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SLUH offers free ACT to juniors; first time in school history

he juniors of St. Louis U. High took the American College Test (ACT) on Tuesday courtesy of the ACT’s district testing program. This is the first year SLUH has engaged in schoolwide district testing for its students, offering them an accessible and free option for the test.

The test was held in the Fieldhouse and was mandatory for all SLUH juniors. Students who needed extended time took the test in SLUH’s North American Martyrs Chapel. Students were arranged alphabetically with two students per table; testing began shortly after 8:00 a.m..

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performance, Karges started off by ripping up a newspaper and seeing if pointing to a word on a tiny piece of paper would be one of the top 25 most used words in the English language, all 25 of which Karges had written on a board. When the student volunteer on stage pointed to the word “despair” on his

Seniors hang up jerseys Tuesday’s district semifinal game took its toll on the Basketball team as Ladue beat the Jr. Bills to end the season. Page 6

English, reading, science, and a writing portion, which is not required for all tests but was incorporated for this test.

Students were given a 15-minute break after completing the first two sections of the test to grab a snack and relax, as well as a shorter break between the last composite section of the test and the final section, writing.

After the test, the juniors ate lunch at their normal lunch period, 12:50 to 1:20 p.m., and then returned to classes for their last two periods of the day.

The discussion to give juniors a district ACT began over a year ago, and was suggested by then-principal Craig Hannick. The idea was

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O’Connell to head varsity soccer A true lifetime soccer player, social studies teacher Bob O’Connell will bring his passion to the field and his players.

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Seven-year state streak snaps The SLUH racquetball regime collapsed in an emotional and hard-fought competition for the state title. Page 6

***Editor’s note: Following the Black History Month presentation at the start of February, the Prep News decided to learn more about some of the first black students at SLUH. Two weekends ago, Editor in Chief Jack Schweizer spoke with Garret Gray, ’55, in an over-the-phone interview.

Before graduating, Gray was a tight end on the football team his freshman year. After high school, Gray went to junior college for two years followed by the University of California Los Angeles for his undergraduate. Next, Gray joined the Navy, and served in the Vietnam war. Once he completed his service, he worked briefly for IBM, and then received a JD and MBA from Harvard University.

Jack Schweizer: Ok, so what was your relationship like with your other classmates, and your teammates on the football team?

Garret Gray: In all honesty, there was basically minimal relationship. You know, we knew each other, we spoke to each other, we were friendly around the campus, most of them were. But there was no contact at all outside of school. As a matter of fact, since my graduation until I went back to my 50th reunion in 2005, I don’t recall ever seeing two of my classmates who I happened to pass on the street.

JS: Ok, so you weren’t able to form any long term relationships?

GG: Not even a short term relationship. Nothing period. I went to school in the morning

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March 2, 2018

Volume 82, Issue 22

Carp Diem! Fish fry reels in fish-lovers for food, fellowship, and fun

BY Paul Gillam and Peter pus Minister Simonie AnzaLaBarge lone, who was the point perCORE STAFF, REPORTER son for the event.

The most difficult part eeling in nearly 250 attendees, St. Louis U. of the event to tackle also High’s first-ever fish fry happened to be one of the closed out Mission Week last most important: how to cook Friday. Although fish fries the fish. Several different are wildly popular around ideas about who would cook St. Louis, never before has the fish were cast around, but none seemed to catch. one been hosted at SLUH. “Initially the students For ten dollars, one could buy two pieces of cod wanted to do the frying of or six pieces of shrimp, two the fish, and then we desides, a drink, and dessert, termined that that probwhich was provided through ably wasn’t the safest or the generous donations from the smartest idea,” said AnzaMothers’ Club and various lone.

Running out of ideas, parents and students. Kids plates were sold for five dol- the team turned to Food Service consultant Kathy Hylla. lars.

“We didn’t know if Ms. The idea to host the event originated several Hylla would be able to host it weeks ago from the sopho- and so then we were kind of going back and forth about more pastoral team.

“It took a little prod- ideas of frying,” said Anzading, but then they really lone. “And then Ms. Hylla came through, ” said Cam- jumped on board and said

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‘Hey we can do this,’ and that’s when it became a reality.”

Hylla and fellow Food Service Consultant Linda Wagoner even volunteered their work for free, allowing more money to be put towards the missions.

“It (was) our gift to the mission,” said Hylla.

“Without (Ms. Hylla) we couldn’t have done it,” said the Rev. Joseph “CodFather” Hill, S.J., another faculty member who helped organize the event.

Hill worked with the junior pastoral team who, after being asked by the sophomore pastoral team to schedule entertainment and publicize the event, immediately cast out a line of help.

Their entertainment included student musicians and an online Lenten-themed Kahoot game.

Helping to fill in for with family and friends. very impressive,” said junior Anzalone, who was home “I thought the SLUH Tyler Troung. sick during the event, cam- community responded “I had a wonderful conpus minister Meg Beugg greatly. I saw a bunch of versation with Father Gibbons about Lent and what you do at SLUH for Lent and (the fish fry) was a great example of fulfilling Lenten promises,” said Maggie Hannick, a junior at St. Joseph’s Academy.

As a whole, the night was seen as a success.

“I thought it went very well,” said Hill. “Considering it was our first time, I thought everything went very smoothly.”

The fish fry raised about photo | Louis Barnes Volunteers working at he fish fry. $1150 for Mission Week. organized nearly 25 student students in there and lots of Because the event went so volunteers, some scheduled teachers and families,” said swimmingly, many hope that it will take place again next and some unexpected, who sophomore Kyle McEnery. filled roles such as servers, “My favorite part was year. cleaners, and welcomers. listening to my fellow juMany took the chance niors play on stage. I speto relax, enjoy a meal, and cifically liked Marty Jaskiehave quality conversation wicz’s guitar playing. It was

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and came back from school in the evening. The only extracurricular activities that I was in was my freshman year on the midget football team.

JS: Ok, so why was that? Was it because the other students were white, and there was a barrier there, and you lived in different areas?

GG: Well in St. Louis at that time and probably still today, the area was a very segregated city. So all of my white classmates lived in one part of the city or even in some of the suburban towns, and I lived in the black part of the town.

So even if there had been a great desire on their part or on mine, just the transportation, getting back and forth, would have been a real issue.

And I’m sure that had I gone out to one of those neighborhoods I would not have been welcome.

JS: Wow, that must have been tough.

were not mixing. We were there, going to class, and going back home, so we were not a threat to anybody.

I will tell you that after I graduated, this was around 1955 or 1956, there was a big area wide I guess what I’d call a party on the Admiral. If you’ve ever heard of the Admiral, it was a boat that went up and down the area around St. Louis. Had dances and parties and so forth on it. It’s probably history now.

But at any rate, it was sort of a community wide, St. Louis wide event. And some of my friends from the neighborhood had gone. And some of my former classmates from St. Louis U. High were there also.

And it happens that one of my friends from the neighborhood had easily, as they say, passed for white, a very light complexion. And he danced with a couple of white girls who were there, and then some of the white boys, including one of my St. Louis U. High classmates, noted that, ‘hey, he’s not white. He’s hanging out with those black guys so he must be black.’ And the guy came over, my St. Louis U. High classmate came over and said, ‘what is this guy,’ having danced with a white girl.

I guess that’s a way of saying that although there was no overt racism while I was on campus, the fact that I was not invited to parties or anything else in case there was at least a covert racism which people were aware of.

GG: Well, when I look back on it, I think the same thing, ‘yeah, it must have been tough.’ But I had a whole bunch of good friends from my neighborhood, so school was something that I did during the weekday, and hang out with my buddies in the neighborhood was something that I did in the evenings and on weekends. At this point, I would not accept that from my kids, but that’s just the way it was back in those days.

JS: Huh, ok. So you were aware of this covert racism?

JS: Ok. Was there any racism at SLUH? I can imagine it GG: Well, you know, when would be uncomfortable to be you’re isolated, when you say, a minority in that situation. ‘Hi, how you doing, good bye,’ without any kind of interacGG: Yeah, for the most part, tion beyond that, you know there were very few instances you realize that you’re from of what would be called overt your part of town and they’re racism. I guess, had there from that part of town, and been more black students in you’re going to stay in your the school there might have part of town and company been more instances of rac- while you’re there at school. ism. And also because we But I never thought there

was anybody who was actually, actively harassing me at any time when I was at the St. Louis U. High campus, and I guess I have to credit the Jesuits for that. I’m sure that they might have been aware in students and took appropriate actions to make sure those ac-

enjoyed knowing them. It was just really, I think of course from the fact that it was sort of an isolated environment, the way it was run, I think was very beneficial for me.

JS: The isolated environment.

Why did that help you?

Garret Gray as a senior. photo | courtesey of the Dauphin yearbook

tions were not expressed.

JS: That sounds horrible. And you just dealt with that by relying on friends in the neighborhood?

GG: I think just kind of the class control. The emphasis on a superior education, and of course also the emphasis on service were I think very beneficial.

GG: Right, you just accepted it as the way life was.

JS: Ok. I talked to Mr. Aldridge, he graduated in 1960, JS: Ok. So looking back on a few years after you. He said your SLUH experience, what similar things, he wasn’t really were the biggest positives and able to form many lasting renegatives to your experience? lationships, but he did value the education he recieved. But GG: Well even back then, St. he said, while he didn’t expeLouis U. High was a superior rience much overt racism at school. It was, you know, well SLUH, most of the overt racmaintained, and just a very ism he experienced came later good education. The Jesuits, in his life, in the workplace. who were my teachers, they were just all great guys; I just GG: Right, because living in

St. Louis you experience a that I went to in St. Louis was certain amount of racism.

St. Bernadette, which was about three blocks from VisiJS: Right. The segregated city, tation, which is where all the he talked about the white black kids went. But then they flight. decided to close down St. Bernadette, and all the black kids GG: The restaurants were went over to Visitation with pretty much segregated. As a the white kids. matter of fact, one of the guys And so the first years, they who was a couple of years even had labels on the bathahead of me, a guy named room stalls saying, you know Eddy Polk, a white guy, his white kids use these, black father, ran Polk’s cafeteria, kids use these. But after about which was a well known res- three or four years all the taurant, in which blacks were white kids had moved out, so not invited. So you know the then Visitation became an all racism was there. All around black school. So the dynamics us, all the time. Now back in were pretty much there in the the 50s of course, black activ- neighborhood. ism had not grown up to the extent that it did back then JS: And again, what, it was during the 60s. I guess if I just part of life, you just had to were there during the 60s, it deal with it? might be a totally different story.

GG: Yep, you just had to deal with it. And of course, in the JS: Yeah, so life in St. Louis, I 60s, the civil rights activists imagine it was more than just became activists and they restaurants, like movie the- were not quite as willing to atres and—? deal with it as we had in the past.

GG: Yeah, movie theatres, everything. There was a black JS: Right. Ok. And it wasn’t town and a white town. The like that at SLUH. Were there residential was extremely seg- restroom signs there? regated.

GG: Oh no, not at SLUH, no, JS: Ok, and this one other SLUH was fine. It was kind of thing, I want to circle back to. an oasis. As a matter of fact, I In grade school you said you think my junior year or senior went to that Jesuit, Catholic year, we were going to have school. What was school like my class picnic at some place. there?

They said they weren’t going to accept the arrangements GG: Well it was a parish run of SLUH bringing the black by the Jesuits, and they were students along, and Fr. Higthe ones who supervised the gins told these guys, ‘look you school, but the actual teachers either accept them all or we in the school were the sisters don’t come,’ so they accepted of Loretta. So the nuns were all of us. the actual teachers.

So it was like I said, St. Louis U. High was kind of JS: Ok, so since that was a an oasis. The bad part was of private school was that inte- course there was still the resigrated as well then? dential segregation and attitudinal segregation, which was GG: Visitation? No. No that kept in check but it was still was just private in the sense it there. But St. Louis U. High to kind of looked like a Catholic a certain extent was an oasis. parish grade school. And the first school that I went to was a white school. The first school

OPINION

March 2, 2018

Letter A solution for now: guns for teachers To the editors: Gun violence, and especially mass school shootings are a severe problem in our country. I pray for the recent victims of the school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. As our nation grieves over the loss of precious life, we are in an intense debate.

We are concerned with the security of our high schools.

SLUH failed a security audit last year, and in response, we decided to require students to wear lanyards. Also, SLUH has numerous security cameras located across campus and security guards on campus from sunrise to sunset.

While these measures are essential for increasing student safety, it is not enough to protect students from a school shooting. We are still vulnerable, and I believe that by arming specific faculty at SLUH, we can prevent needless loss of life. Indeed arming staff at SLUH may not stop a school shooting, but it could minimize lives lost.

I believe that our nation as a whole has become accustomed to mass shootings. We

often hear about the tragedies on the news, then legislation is proposed and then seems to be ignored. I want to state that I am in favor for universal background checks, closing the gun-show loophole, interagency communication and cooperation, raising the age to purchase semi-automatic rifles to the age of twenty-one, and increasing efforts in aiding the mental health crisis. I

guns. First, I think that arming teachers is the immediate solution because the natural pace of democracy is slow.

The ideas that I mentioned above have failed in Congress time and time again. We need to feel safe now.

Second, people always find ways to cause harm, so arming faculty would be practical because it would act as a last line of defense.

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stand for laws that I hope will protect our citizens, especially those that are in schools.

While these laws may help in the future, I believe that in addition to these laws, faculty should carry hand-

I would rather have something be done, then cower and hide in a room knowing I have little control over the situation. According to a Department of Homeland Security study in 2012, it takes

first responders an average of eighteen minutes to respond while the average shooting only lasts twelve and a half minutes, (https://www.hsdl. org/?abstract&did=718911). I think the weapon should only be used to stop the shooter and prevent more death.

Church teaching justifies this idea. “If a thief be found breaking into a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die, he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood,” (Exodus 22:2). “It is lawful to repel force by force, provided one does not exceed the limits of a blameless defense,” (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica).

Of course, the staff choosing to carry must pass a background check, a mental health examination, receive proper safety training in firearms, and any other measures deemed necessary by the administration. By arming teachers willfully chosen to carry, we may be able to prevent the loss of innocent life.

Westin Biermann ’18

Letter Gratitude for a gracious community

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have had the same magic. Had they taken a big lead in this race and easily won the gold medal ahead of the other nations it wouldn’t have had the same feel to it. The way it happened was something that you couldn’t even script.”

Schlanger and his broadcasting partner, Chad Salmela, certainly felt the excitement from inside the booth.

As the final seconds passed, Schlanger announced, “Diggins! Making the play around Sweden. Jessie Diggins to the line!” Salmela, more animated, raspily exclaimed, “YES! YES! YES!” “I’ve worked with him before so I knew how excited he would be if they were ever on the cusp of a medal, especially a gold medal. So I was kind of ready for it,” said Schlanger. “My big thing, and something that you just have to kind of feel out in the moment, is just not stepping on each other. Trying to play off each other and feed off each other as opposed to fighting each other, back and forth.”

Outside of the Olympics, Schlanger has worked as a broadcaster for a variety of global sporting events, including the Tour de France,

Schlanger as a senior. art | Stephen Ocampo

Dear SLUH Community: On September 20th, Hurricane Maria directly hit Puerto Rico with winds of 155 miles per hour. The storm knocked out power to the entire island, limited access to drinking water and communications, decimated the agricultural sector, and closed hospitals, businesses and schools, among other things.

However, it increased aware-

ness of the more than three million American citizens who call Puerto Rico home.

I am extremely saddened by the destruction of my beautiful island and the suffering of those impacted by Hurricane Maria, including my many relatives and friends.

Their lives have changed forever and their new normal is not always so normal. Yet, I have been amazed by the re-

the Master’s, the British Open, and the Australian Open. Of all of these events, however, he says “the Olympics are probably the top.” He also noted that of all the events he has broadcast, the Olympics are ironically among the easiest With sincere apprecia- to cover, due to the extensive tion, amount of resources available.

Anja Schmelter “There’s a team of reDirector of Administra- searchers and assistants and tion they put together these extensive manuals,” said Schlanger.

“So you rarely have to do much digging on your own.

They do all the heavy lifting.

“Who was your childhood superhero?”

You just have to look over the notes and become familiar with the athletes and certain Core Staff terer Kevin “James Buchanan” things like that.”

Stephen “Stephen J. Ocampo Handley “Drew Brees” Hicks Sembrot Schlanger’s road to the II” J. Ocampo I. Kevin “Abe Lincoln” Hickey booth began at St. Louis U. Paul “Govenor Arnold Art Director Grant “Justin Bieber” Corsi High, where he first began Schwarzenegger” Gillam Joe “David Hasselhoff ” Bytnar Carter “myself ” Fortmann thinking of pursuing a career James “Leonardo Dicaprio” Jimmy “Stan Lee” Stanley Pollard Staff Artists Thom “the thumbs from Spy in broadcast journalism as an upperclassman. A three-sport Matthew “Spaghetti Man” John “Aqua Man” Burke Kids” Molen athlete in basketball, hockey, Quinlan Jackson “apple” Ducharme and baseball, he knew he was Steven “Steve Bartman” Zak Contributing Artists not cut out to play professionSam “John Wayne” Ortmann Photographers Darion “Chaddwick IV” al sports. His public speaking Luke “John Burke” Wilmes Joe “Adam Sandler” Hillmeyer Mullins teacher, Joe Schulte, however, Louis “Barney” Barnes Ian “Thor” Shocklee noticed his passion for sports, Staff as well as his proficiency in Liam “Mickey Mouse” John Reporters Moderator Ben “my mom” Klevorn Chris “the Sandlot bunch” Mr. Steve “Luke Skywalker” speaking, and suggested he Justin “Minnie Mouse” Koes- Staley Missey consider it.

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Volume 82, Issue 22 Editor in Chief Jack “Peter Baker” Schweizer News Editors Jake “a pile of dirt” Hennes Riley “the Boss Baby” McEnery Features Editor Nathan “Jimmy Buffet” P. Wild II Sports Editors Nathan “Scooby Doo” Langhauser Ben “Steve Buscemi” Dattilo

sponse of so many to rebuild Puerto Rico.

When STUCO selected Puerto Rico as the focus of Mission Week, I was touched.

I have many family members and friends who live in Puerto Rico and know many boys who attend or graduated from Colegio San Ignacio, including my three nephews. Today, I join STUCO in thanking you for your support. I am over-

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whelmed by your generosity.

When asked where I am from, I think about the phrase “home is where the heart is.” I have found a home in St. Louis, but my heart will always be in Puerto Rico.

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“That was the first time I had ever really heard about it, thought about it. And after that I started thinking about it a little more and that kind of set the wheels in motion,” said Schlanger. “So it was really the teacher and I think the environment of them being aware of what they thought my skill set might be and then helping me refine the direction I wanted to take.”

For Schlanger, that next direction was Mizzou. Heading into his freshman year, he had gotten a job calling high school football and basketball games as well as working on a weekly talk show for a small radio station in Boonville. Although he entered Mizzou as a broadcast journalism major, he found that the demands of the J-School were too much to balance with his job calling games around the area, so he ended up with a degree in Radio/TV. “(Broadcast journalism) is not something you can sit in the classroom and learn,” said Schlanger. “I sort of prioritized getting the experience over precisely what the degree was going to be and that’s why the degree ended up being in Radio/TV and I went through that program instead.”

Coming out of college, Schlanger found that he was going to have to work his way up the rungs of the broadcast industry. After a brief stint calling games for a minor league hockey team, Schlanger moved back to St. Louis, where he joined the sales team of a local radio station.

“I never wanted to do sales. I hated anything to do with the business side of it,” said Schlanger. “But it was an entry point to get into a station and be around the environment that would somehow put me inside the bubble and maybe allow me to make some contacts and relationships that would allow me to move over into what I really wanted to do and that’s exactly what happened.”

Enduring his job as a salesman did indeed pay off.

It led to a job broadcasting St. Louis University Billikens basketball games, which then led to working on the Rams’ pre and post game shows. That subsequently led to broadcasting Cardinals baseball on the radio, during Mark McGwire’s 70-home run 1998 season.

These experiences eventually brought Schlanger to where he found himself last Wednesday, with undoubtedly one of the most epic calls in recent Olympic history. It was an incredible moment for the athletes, our country, and Schlanger.

“You never know where this particular business is going to lead you,” said Schlanger. “There’s going to be big highs and big lows and everything in between. You kind of have to ride it out and never get too high or too low at one given time.”

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Administration will review ACT for juniors to All-school assembly for mentalist raises see if it will continue in coming years (continued from page 1) partment peace of mind that do very well on the tests they writing. over $1,500 for to give students an easily ac- every student will have taken do take because of the work “I felt more comfortable cessible test for college admis- the writing portion. While it they do in the classroom and being in a known environMission Week sion. Hannick relayed the idea is true that not every college also because most students ment surrounded by people to Director of College Admissions Kevin Crimmins, who facilitated the planning of the test.

“I just got it started. I thought it would be a nice benefit for our families to have an ACT that SLUH would pay for, and they would have results junior year,” said Hannick.

Missouri legislation requires that high school juniors in the public school system take the ACT. Large public districts are given possible dates to have all of their students take the test at once, and the schools choose the date which fits their schedule.

District testing differs from national testing in that a much smaller number of students are taking it at one time, and the test is given on a weekday rather than on a weekend.

In previous years, many SLUH students have taken days off school in order to attend district testing through their public school districts.

However, SLUH was granted the option this year to choose from the district dates and give its students the test.

Schools in the St. Louis area such as Parkway, Rockwood, and Kirkwood had district testing on Tuesday as well.

The juniors and SLUH benefited from the district test. Through budgeting and planning accordingly, all students were able to take the test with writing. All juniors will have the peace of mind knowing that they have taken the test by the end of February, which is advantageous for college planning. Because the test was budgeted for by SLUH, the test was offered to all students regardless of their ability to pay.

This option of testing gives both the student and the college counseling de-

requires the ACT with writing, many students in years past would find they would arrive at their senior year not having taken a test with writing. This would put students in a bind knowing that they have to take an emergency ACT test with writing. Juniors are now in a great position because they have been tested an extra time than previously with no extra cost.

There are also numerous benefits for SLUH as a whole

here have driven themselves cognitively their whole lives.

We know our students do well and we wanted to make sure they were given the opportunity to do so, which is one of the reasons we looked at requiring the test,” said principal Ian Gibbons, S.J. Over a year’s worth of planning went into the test day Tuesday, with the detailed planning beginning about six months ago. Budgeting for the test was estimated last year

I knew,” said junior Luke Brawer. “The atmosphere was much more relaxed because we were all surrounded by friends and that eased some of the burden of the test. I believed it enhanced my performance.”

Most students, though, commented on the fact that they were required to return to classes for the day.

“Having it at SLUH with your classmates is a lot more relaxing and less intimidat-

by participating in the district testing. The college counseling department gets reports back from ACT with lots of data.

While SLUH would already get an enormous number of reports from ACT about its students, some of those students are taking the test February of their junior year and others are testing September of their senior year, each at very different places developmentally and on the planning horizon. By choosing the district option, SLUH is not only helping its students but also itself by benchmarking its own curriculum.

“We are a private school, so we are not required to take a lot of the state and sometimes even the national appraisal tests because we don’t receive federal or local funding. We are very proud of our curriculum and sometimes we know, or assume, what the results are going to be. The idea of testing just to have data doesn’t make sense to us. Our students, however,

and fixed into this year’s costs.

Active planning began in the first semester of 2017, when the College Counseling department, led by Crimmins, began to evaluate how to meet the ACT’s standards for administering the test.

“They (ACT) do spot checks. So we could have had a district testing employee coming and making sure we had the proper number of employees. But most everything is checked based on my reporting and the procedures that we followed. We have to submit things like seating charts, number of proctors in the room and serial numbers of test scores to them. There are a lot of things that go into this just to make sure everything’s covered,” said Crimmins.

Most students were happy with the decision to have the test at school. Many students did not have to pay for an extra test. And some, who were not planning on taking another test, were given the opportunity to increase their score and take a test with

ing than going to big public schools with students that you don’t even know. I did not like that we had to go to class afterwards. After four hours of intense testing, there is nothing you want less than going back to learn. Most teachers didn’t have lessons planned for students,” said junior Justin Lombard.

“It went smoothly, especially for the first time,” said Gibbons. “We did run into a glitch beforehand. The ACT changed its protocols for the registration for the exam. Typically the exam is scheduled to start 40 minutes before the actual test does, which is when you fill in student specific information. But they don’t do that anymore for the exam. We have to do that ahead of time, which was a last minute scramble, but it was successful.”

SLUH will be reviewing whether or not to continue administering the ACT for it’s juniors in the coming years.

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Senior Henry Matus selling bracelets for brain cancer awareness For the next few weeks, senior Henry Matus will be selling metallic colored bracelets to help fund brain cancer research and benefit families of children with brain cancer. Matus is selling the bracelets through the Taylor Rossier Hope for a Cure Brain tumor foundation, an organization started in honor of Taylor Rossier, a classmate of Matus’s sister at Incarnate Word High School who passed away from a stage four glioblastoma tumor in 2009. Matus was inspired to start collecting donations after being diagnosed with a stage one glioma tumor in January—a tumor in the same category with Rossier’s tumor, although less threatening. Matus took up the collection as a way to give back to the community of doctors and nurses who helped treat his tumor. The bracelets are ingrained with the the words “No one fights alone,” and “#HRM,” Matus’s nickname. Students can purchase the bracelets directly from Matus, who will be selling them throughout each school day.

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of the board, was “despair.”

Students jumped from their seats and started expressing their disbelief through wide eyes and loud shouts.

“When he was doing his first trick, I was getting kind of worried because I thought he had messed up the trick,” said freshman Henry Bourneuf. “Then he was like ‘BAM,’ and revealed ‘despair,’ and everybody went insane.

Overall I would say that it was super fun and really cool to see something so different.”

Karges later chose senior Matt Leritz to come up to the stage with a unique dollar bill chosen randomly from the crowd. Karges was completely blindfolded and had no way of seeing what the bill was. After feeling it, he correctly guessed it as a Russian dollar bill. Karges then said he was going to guess the serial number of the bill which generated many “ooh’s” from students as they were anxious to see if he would get it correct.

Karges held the bill for a few moments, felt around some more, and started naming off the numbers. The serial number started off with a Russian figure that neither Karges nor Leritz knew, but he guessed it by describing what it looked like. He named the rest of the numbers and Leritz confirmed he was correct and the audience went wild with shouts and cheers.

“I was offered a handful of unique bills, such as ones from Zambia and Mexico, but I thought the one from Russia was trickiest,” said Leritz. “I was absolutely flabbergasted. I had never seen or heard anything like that.

The best part was the serial number has Russian letters in it, and he still guessed it correctly. To see something like that trick was mind-boggling.”

When Karges later asked for two friends, sophomores Tay Wiley and Aidan Lundergan volunteered to participate in the next mindboggling trick. Karges also pulled up seven audience members and handed them large cards and told them to hide it from the audience.

Wiley was handed a phone book and decided on a random page, a random column, and a random number which Lundergan picked out. Karges, without looking, guessed the number Lundergan picked and Wiley confirmed it was the right number.

Then, Karges had the seven card-holders on stage flip over their cards to reveal the seven numbers in the order Wiley said them. Like after every other trick, the shouts in disbelief were rambunctious.

“Being up there was definitely a fun experience con-

sidering I had no idea what was going to happen,” said Wiley. “It was exciting to be a part of a school assembly and not knowing what was going to happen next. When the trick was over, I was mindblown at how he could pull something like that off in front of such a big audience.”

After watching videos of his tricks and thanks to a high recommendation from math teacher Nick Ehlman, STUCO decided at their June leadership retreat to have Karges come during Mission Week. Unlike previous years with a hypnotist, this event was mandatory.

“It’s Mission Week and the point of Mission Week is to raise funds for a good cause and to raise a good community spirit,” said STUCO moderator Katherine Toussaint. “A couple of years ago it was a really special event, but last year it wasn’t mandatory and a lot of people didn’t come because they had a lot of work and it was a bummer because STUCO puts a lot of work into it and it was disappointing to see no one come.”

Some students were upset at the fact that it was required to go to the event and did not find out until homeroom the day of the performance. But in the end, the students were happy with the performance and enjoyed it a lot.

“When I found out that I was losing my activity period to see some magician, I figured it was just a waste of time and I’d rather be doing homework or eating a muffin,” said junior Brad Pike.

“But the performance was dope and I was mesmerized by his tricks. It was a really good use of a Mass schedule.”

Karges concluded by saying every mind has a lot of power and everyone can achieve it through the use of our intuition and imagination. He uses his tricks to involve the mind more deeply to enhance the creativity and intuition that everyone has. One of his main goals was for everyone to tap into their brains and use more of it because humans do not use a lot of their brain power, according to Karges.

STUCO is still deciding on what to do in future years to conclude Mission Week.

The mentalist proved to be a big hit, but having him every year could get repetitive and boring to an extent.

“Mr. Karges told me that you don’t want to do the same thing every year,” said Toussaint. “He has three other performers that he recommends so we can alternate with four to have a rotation of four cool things we can do.”

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Prep News Volume 82, Issue 22

Speech takes first in final meet

BY Kevin Hickey REPORTER

he fourth and final speech meet of the Christian Interscholastic Speech League took place last Sunday at Nerinx Hall. Despite the absence of multiple seniors who had to miss the event for college visits, St. Louis U. High ended the meet with a total of 311 points, nearly 70 points over their nearest competitors, Cor Jesu and St. Joe. SLUH students had great success in every category, reaching a position of third or higher in several of the numerous groupings of speeches. In original oratory, sophomore PJ Butler took third place. Senior Sean Cailteux (extemporaneous speaking), junior Jack Buehring (storytelling), and the duet of Buehring and junior Ethan Schmidt (duet improv) all took second.

Ethan Schmidt (radio broadcasting), the duet of Sean Cailteux and James Pollard (duet improv), senior Pierce Hastings (humorous/serious), and sophomore Daniel Gatewood (prose) all won their categories.

Normally for speech meets each student goes through two rounds, each in a different room. However, in finals they went to only one room which has three judges in it. The seven students in each room were ranked based off the judges’ opinion of their performance.

However, only the first, second, and third place positions matter in terms of score; fourth through seventh are equivalent in terms of points.

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egories of speeches which students deliver. Extemporaneous speeches are randomly drawn and test the orator on ability to perform a speech which they have not seen until the meet. In the extemporaneous category, the students only have 30 minutes to prepare and research their speech.

Radio broadcasting, unlike extemporaneous speeches, is prepared in advance; however, the material of the speech must derive from events within 24 hours of the meet. Within radio broadcasting exist a variety of subcategories which mark each speech by the general topic of the news or event covered. These include things like weather, sports, local news, international news, and commercials. Timing is very impor-

tant for radio broadcast; each broadcast is set to be within the range of time of 4 minutes and 55 seconds and five minutes and five seconds or else point deductions will take place.

Other categories include original oratory, in which students write and prepare a speech about a topic that they are very passionate about; prose, in which students give speeches in everyday language; humorous and serious, poetry, storytelling, and duets.

Speech team moderator and theatre director Kathryn Whitaker cited the SLUH team’s repeated success in the well-roundedness and preparation abilities of the team.

“You need to work equally hard in all categories. It’s all about preparation. It’s always

going to be (that) if you don’t prepare well, you’re not going to do as well,” said Whitaker.

“Because speech team members, like all SLUH students, do so many other things, it’s always hard to grab people to practice.

We always want to get better.”

Whittaker said that she tries to choose people up to date with current events and have an interest in the topics which they are speaking about.

The ability to successfully articulate and express one’s emotions in front of a crowd and under great pressure is a useful skill to have.

Through their success in the competitions of the Christian Interscholastic Speech League, SLUH students have established themselves as very adept in their oral performance skills.

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or the first time in recent history, the St. Louis U. High choir was joined by the Cor Jesu choir at SLUH’s choir concert this past Tuesday.

SLUH choir director Addie Akin and Cor Jesu director Kathleen Pottinger know each other and have been planning the collaboration since the summer. Last year, Nerinx Hall collaborated with SLUH at their concert.

Students from all three choirs at SLUH—Varsity Chorus, Concert Chorus, and Zero Hour Chorus—participated in the event. However, due to the size of Cor Jesu’s choir program, only two of their ensembles participated in the concert.

Akin and Pottinger combined both the Varsity Chorus from SLUH and the Chamber Ensemble from Cor Jesu, and then they combined all the groups together at once.

Together, the Varsity Chorus and Chamber Ensemble performed “My Flight for Heaven,” “Zion’s Walls,” “Lunar Lullaby,” and “Mangisondele.”

According to Akin, integrating more soprano and alto voices to a chorus comprised vastly of tenor and bass voices

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Students during the concert on Tuesday.

made the choir sound totally different in a good way.

“It’s just a different experience that I’m happy to give that opportunity to my singers. It’s so different for them because they are so used to just singing with tenors and basses,” said Akin.

The event turned out to be a great success, and there are hopes that the two schools will collaborate more in the future.

“It was a resounding success. I think it went very very well, and I think it’s an incredible opportunity for

these boys to get to sing with girls. They do a great job when singing with men’s choir music, but it’s a totally different experience when you add sopranos and altos to the mix,” said Akin.

“I think we’ll do it again next year,” said Akin. “Mrs. Pottinger and I have already talked about it and said that it went so well and we’d love to do it again.”

Sophomore Riley Gray, a member of the Concert Chorus, had fantastic things to say about the concert.

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he annual Gateway Greening Garden Summit was held last Sunday at SLUH. This is the fifth year it has been held here since Gateway Greening was founded.

Gateway Greening is a non-profit St. Louis organization that plants many community gardens around the city. When the organization was initially started, the goal was to bring neighborhoods together and combine technology with the planting of gardens.

In the ten years since it was founded, Gateway Greening has branched out all over St. Louis, from the inner city to the county. History teacher Anne Marie Lodholz, who has the garden outside behind the Danis Fieldhouse, is a part of the Gateway Greening program.

This year’s summit had a huge turnout.

“This year’s summit was

not only the largest but contained the biggest variety of people, with people coming from not only St. Louis but from all over Missouri,” said science teacher Bill Anderson, the point person for SLUH’s involvement in Gateway Greening.

There were the usual talks about gardening practices, policies, and how to best use your land and water, but every year the Garden Summit brings in a national speaker. This year it was Kansas City native Rob Reiman, an Executive Director at Giving Grove in Kansas City.

Reiman spoke about the lack of high-quality fresh foods in our time and how empowering smaller communities to grow things like fruits, berries, and nuts would be simple and awesome.

Anderson thought that this year’s Summit went very well and cannot wait next year’s.

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that greatly.”

Webb was known for her hard work to make sure everything was just right for an event.

“Patti is a good teammate and she is always ready to pitch in to do what it takes to get the job done. She has a lot of energy and puts in a ton of hard work,” said Advancement Department Assistant Connie Leinauer. “She has done a job that has a lot of different responsibilities, and has done it incredibly well. Whether it was working on weekends or nights for an event, or just in the day-to-day, she has put in a ton of effort. I loved working with her and consider her a personal friend at this point.”

Webb is excited to move back to where she is from and will be working at a trade association there.

“I am looking forward to moving back to Ohio. I come from a large family. I have a lot of brothers, sisters, nieces, and nephews there and I plan to spend a lot of time with them,” said Webb. “I have gotten a job in Ohio where I will be working for a trade association and

helping them administratively and supporting some of the events that they do.”

One of Webb’s favorite moments every year is during Fund-a-Need at Cashbah.

“The one thing that will always stick with me will be the generosity of people during Fund-a-Need at Cashbah.

The love of the people donating amazes me year after year,” said Webb.

Webb, who had a son graduate from SLUH in 2014, is thankful for the impact that the school has had on her and the rest of her family.

“I’m going to miss this place. I have loved it and this is the most amazing school.

When I’ve had to explain how amazing this school is to an outsider, I haven’t been able to do it because you just can’t fully explain how wonderful it is. I am happy that I had the opportunity to work here and that my son had the opportunity to go here and the impact that this place has had on our lives,” said Webb. “It’s been a great ride and I’ve met lots of great people here that I will never forget.”

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with the Cor Jesu girls because they are such a talented choir.

The songs we sang were awesome and the director, Mrs. Pottinger, is really awesome and is a great director,” said Gray.

“It was such a new expierence that I have never had with chorus before and I have never had an opportunity to add in those lower voices. So it was really cool to collaborate and create new music,” said Zoe Hughes, a junior at Cor Jesu.

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ocial studies teacher Bob O’Connell was named the St. Louis U. High varsity soccer head coach on Monday. O’Connell takes over after theology teacher Charlie Martel retired from the coaching position after 25 years.

“I’m really excited. I’ve loved this school since I’ve started teaching here back when I was 23 years old and to be able to do something else that I’m so passionate about,” said O’Connell. “I’ve played soccer since I was a little kid and to able to have these two things come together—it’s pretty neat to do that here.”

O’Connell was the B-team soccer coach for ten years before taking the head coach position at Kennedy High School. After three years at Kennedy, when the school closed, he moved to head coach at Parkway North.

Through his years of coaching, O’Connell has built many relationships across the St. Louis area.

“His experience in our program where he was the B-team coach for 10 years and what he accomplished at that level in terms of relationships that he established with the guys who were on his teams and many of those with whom he is still connected,” said Athletic Director Chris Muskopf.

“Several of those players reached out to us to tell us how much of an impact that he had on them while they were players.”

In order to choose the next head coach, there was a core committee put together that consisted of a couple school personnel, alumni, former players, and former parents. O’Connell stood out immediately because he already holds a position on campus. One of the advantages of already being on campus is that it is much easier to build relationships with players.

“I feel a part of St. Louis U High,” said O’Connell. “I think that the kids and I already have a relationship and if they don’t know me personally, they know of me or have heard of me. That’s a huge advantage going forward.”

“I met Mr. O’Connell on White House Retreat and I really liked him as a guy,” said junior Alex Lehmann. “He’s a really nice person. I hope that he continues coach Martel’s positivity. I know that he will be a dedicated coach that really cares about us.”

The Jr. Billiken soccer team put together an impressive 214-1 record in 2017, Martel’s final season. Recently, SLUH soccer has seen a lot of success, making playoff runs and being a top team in the area, and O’Connell looks to keep the success going, but in a slightly different way.

“I hope that I bring my own style to the program. I don’t know if we will win more or not. Obviously people define success by

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fter a painful loss to Ladue in the District Tournament semifinals, the Saint Louis U. High seniors set their high school basketball boots to the side. They weren’t just any shoes, for every season is a trudge, a grind, a fight to the bitter end. Just ask senior Mikey Sanders.

“It was kind of hard for me. Before I got out of the game, I started to tear up. It was really hard to take it in.

But at the end of the day, we’re all a family. We go through adversity like this, and so we just have to learn from it,” said Sanders.

The game Tuesday at Ritenour saw the Jr. Bills tip off against a Ladue team they beat by almost 30 points just a few weeks ago.

Ladue started off with a bang, running the court led by sophomore Jaylen Boyd and senior Josh Horwitz. Jr. Billiken 3-point shot attempts were limited to two in the first quarter with Ladue shutting down Sanders, which appeared to be a strategy going into the game. At the end of the first quarter SLUH was only down one point but La-

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due had the momentum.

In the second quarter, Ladue scored 15 points to a weak SLUH four, all from free throws. Horwitz for Ladue started the quarter for the Rams by hitting a three, and from there, Ladue dominated offensively. SLUH could not generate anything on offense.

Senior Billy Brooks and junior Trip Dolan each went 2 for 2 from the charity stripe,

capping SLUH’s scoring for the quarter.

Coming out from an assumed-to-be inspirational locker room halftime speech, the Jr. Billikens were fired up.

Although down 12 points, they believed they could overcome the deficit. It was back and forth from the get-go, senior Matt Leritz scoring two, then Ladue coming down and bullying their way into the

paint until SLUH turned up the pressure.

The Jr. Bills applied a full court press and the ball started rolling. They went on a 10-2 run, including an “and 1” from Leritz, and a three ball from Brooks.

With about three minutes left, the Jr. Bills tied up the game but never took command. They did not get an-

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Hockey clobbers Chaminade in first game of Challenge Cup semifinal series

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ick. Tick. Tick. Keep the counter going up. In their opening game of the Challenge Cup semifinal series, the St. Louis U. High hockey team kept the scoreboard operator busy, lighting the lamp repeatedly against rival Chaminade in a 10-0 win last Saturday, setting themselves up for the second game of the series tomorrow at 6:15 at the St. Peters Rec Plex.

The Jr. Bills jumped on the Red Devils early, not even four minutes into the game, when junior Henry Wagner ripped a hard shot that went wide but rebounded off the end boards and directly to the stick of senior captain Joe Winkelmann. Winkelmann beat the goalie on his stick side to open the scoring.

This was the only goal of the period though. SLUH has scored only about a fourth of their goals this season in the first period, seemingly stalking their prey before pouncing in the second period.

The Jr. Bills held the pressure in the first, though, by passing well, contrasting Chaminade’s more individual, breakaway offense that generated few chances throughout game.

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Senior Joe Winkelmann after completing his hat trick last Saturday.

with the Jr. Bills maintaining offensive pressure. The pin paid off when senior Steven Pawlow scored off the post, with the pass coming from behind the net, out of the goalie’s sights, from fellow senior Trevor White, doubling the SLUH lead just 1:14 into the second period.

Not even a minute later, the Jr. Bills struck again, making the lead 3-0. After some hard work from senior Louie Perotti to keep the puck in the offensive zone, junior Justin Jacoby was left all alone on the right side of the rink. He

skated up the open lane to the net and sniped the top corner. Chaminade called timeout immediately afterwards.

This timeout did not slow down the SLUH offense though, as they tacked on one more goal before the end of the second period. With 10:44 left in the second, Wagner skated around the Chaminade defense, using slick moves to move the defense out of position. He shot and the goalie’s save came right to Winkelmann, who cleaned up the trash, 4-0 Jr. Bills.

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riod attacks have to do with how deep of a team we have,” said Pawlow. “Teams are usually tired out after the first when they play us, and that’s when we go on the attack.”

The second period was all SLUH. Up until 8:48 left in the period, Chaminade did not have a shot on goal.

Junior goalie Brendan Rasch didn’t see much action, but easily stopped all attempts to get back in the game by the Red Devils.

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ith the fall of the Doc Dynasty, the St. Louis U. High racquetball regime fell to Parkway West in this year’s State Championship, ending their seven year streak of championships. Varsity one won seeds four and five, while the other seeds varied for the other brackets.

The JV teams picked up the slack, and SLUH brought home two underclassmen titles to provide high hopes for the future of the program.

The state tournament is set up as a single elimination tournament where all the players play their opponents from their seed in the league. The rankings for the tournament are based off the ending results of the league.

This was the first state tournament for the Jr. Bills without long-time coach and fine arts teacher Joe Koestner.

No. 1 seed James Storgion (Sr.) played his final game in St. Louis in the first match, against Vianney’s Evan Riganti. Storgion beat Riganti in the league 15-12, 15-1. At state, however, Riganti came out strong with a great backhand, and Storgion let the emotions get to him.

Storgion lost 15-13, 15-11.

“I was too uptight and too scared of losing and got in the way of me winning,” said Storgion.

No. 2 seed Matt Hayes (Jr.) beat SLUH senior Riley McEnery in the first match for his bracket. He then went to play Mark Duffie from Parkway West in the finals.

Throughout the match, Duffie began passing Hayes on almost every play. Hayes lost the first game 15-7 and then lost the first 12 points in the second game. Down 12-0, Hayes broke out of the slump and won the match 15-13.

He was struggling to get low enough to kill the ball. He also was hitting the ball right back to Duffie, allowing for high percentage shots from Duffie.

In the second game, however, he got his rhythm back and began passing everything low to the ground, making it hard for Duffie to respond.

He eventually got tired and lost the third game 11-0.

The two-year-undefeated senior Adam Hanson lost his first match, outside of tournaments, after two years. He played Parkway West’s Jason Sauer in the finals for No. 3 seed. Hanson had beaten Sauer earlier in the season 15-10, 15-12.

In the championship match, Hanson won the first game 15-8, but fell in the next two games, 15-5, 11-2.

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he St. Louis U. High varsity rifle team shot at the Missouri 3 Position Championship last weekend in Ozark, Mo. The team won the Precision Division of the championship, but fell just short of their season goal of advancing to the National Championship, though the team does have another tournament to qualify in a few weeks.

Head coach Will Bresnahandescribedthevarsityteamas “perform(ing)well,”andwinning theirdivision.Healsomentioned the success of the JV team.

“JV,competingintheSporter division,finishedfourthoutofnine teams with a score of 1932 out of 2400,77pointsabovetheirprevious highscorefortheyear,”saidBresnahan,whoalsonotedthatthiswas

animpressiveperformancebythe all-freshmanteam.“Alloftheother teamsincludedupperclassmen,” said Bresnahan.

Forthevarsitysquad,junior Jack Doyle put up another stellar performance,shootinga577outof 600,whichwashissecond-highest scoreoftheseason.FortheJVteam, threeparticularfreshmenputup standout numbers.

FreshmenNickStorer(490), EricRichars(489),andRyanJanson (487) led the way for the JV team, according to Bresnahan.

ForStorerandRichars,these scoreswerepersonalrecords.Freshman Cole Stranczek also put up a personalrecordinthematch.Several others came very close to exceeding their own records.

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“Nowtheywillhavetotryto qualify...throughtheRegionals,” saidBresnahan,whoaddedthatof the72teamsinvitedtoRegionals, 27willadvancetoNationals.The team has hard work ahead at Regionals to advance.

“I think a few of our shootersallowedthemselvestogetdistractedduringthe(State)match,” saidBresnahan.“Theywillneedto betterblockoutdistractions...and focusalltheirattentiononeachindividual shot.”

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still working on picking up the finer points here and there,” said assistant coach Chris Keeven.

“I think the guys need to do a better job of reading what the defense is giving them and also reading where help is needed on defense. Right now it’s just a matter of understanding the game and growing as players in that way.”

To go along with a great game, the team showed its strength through battling the weather, but there are still some things that the team needs to work on.

“I think there’s a lot we need to work on, especially when it comes to our tempers.

No one was really exempt from that, and I think it’s just something that comes as we get to know the game more,” said Quinlan. “It was some pretty bad conditions and so I think that definitely was difficult to play as a first game, and didn’t quite help with our mindsets, but I think as we play more we’ll be able to develop more and more.”

Going forward, the team is looking to improve and get better. The big boys of the pitch have another match this Saturday against a team from Springfield, Ill. As they head into the sweaty meeting with the folks

from across the East border, the team hopes to work on its structure more.

“We lost our focus a little bit and also our work on our offensive structure. We have a structure and we got away from it and when we got away from it we weren’t as effective,” said head coach Joe Muller. “I’m excited for this weekend. Usually your first game you run around like a chicken with your head cut off and then your second game you start to understand how to play rugby, so I’m really excited to see how much better we’re gonna be from last week to this week.”

On the JV side of the program, the team lost to Brother Rice B-Side Varsity 15-10. The team had a similar learning experience as varsity. With many new players and starters, the boys showed potential.

“It was a really good team and it was a great learning for us since we got a lot of new guys that have never played before,” said sophomore JV captain Owen Tucker. “Andrew Finlay, who’s never played before, had two great tries and showed that he could play really well.

Other notable players were Tom O’Keefe and Luke Giunta. Both had great games. Overall it was a great learning experience.”

he St. Louis U. High rugby team officially began its season with the first game last Saturday against Brother Rice High School from the South Side of Chicago. In damp and cold conditions, the Jr. Bills fought hard but lost, 22-7.

The Jr. Bills started off the game a little rusty. After a lineout to Brother Rice and a quick cross-field pass, SLUH failed to hold back a winger, who barely placed the ball in the tryzone.

After a missed conversion, Brother Rice was in the lead 5-0.

Shortly after, senior forward’s captain Matthew Quinlan picked the ball up from a ruck and scored a try. Once senior back’s captain Buck Chevalier kicked for a conversion, SLUH was ahead 7-5.

“I think putting points on the board helped the boys get a little more juice in their tanks, and made them want to score even more,” said Quinlan.

In the second half, Brother Rice threw the ball wide and ran through a gap to score a try. After missing the conversion again, Brother Rice pulled ahead to make the score 10-7.

Brother Rice broke through the defensive line and shook every SLUH tackle and ran 40 meters to score again, making the score 15-7 after another missed conversion.

A Brother Rice forward broke through SLUH’s line and scored one last try to make the final score 22-7 after they finally kicked for the conversion.

Although the Jr. Bills had lost, they were very confident in what is coming in the future. Seven of the 15 starters had never played a game before, making the game against a nationally-ranked team their first game ever. The players still need to work on the details of the game, but other than that, the team looks to have a lot of potential.

“I think the new guys are Junior Miles Matyiko in the rugby game. photo | Dominik Skroska

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that I’ll win more than Mr. Martel, winning and championships,” said but I would love to have that sucO’Connell. “But I define it differ- cess.” ently in that I hope that we are “I would like to thank former competitive and win. I can’t say players, colleagues, and current

found twine after just 14 seconds. Junior Christian Berger ripped a shot that bounced off the boards right to junior Gabe Schwartz, who tucked the puck home to make it 5-0 SLUH. Not even a minute later, White snatched a puck out of mid-air, dropped it to his stick, made a move, and sniped the top right corner.

The nails were being driven into the coffin of the first game of the series.

Throughout the rest of the third period, the Jr. Bills kept pouring on the goals: Winkelmann completed his hat trick, Schwartz sparked the running clock with his second and SLUH’s eigth with 8:42 left in the game, and seniors Kevin Einig and Perotti added goals of their own.

The game was not as chippy as previous matchups with Chaminade, but with just over nine minutes remaining Red Devil Tyler Brown earned himself an ejection for slashing.

the younger kids the ins and outs of the team, because that was how Brandon (McKissic, ’17), Matt (Nester, ’16), and the (David and Daniel Jackson ’16) twins taught me. And through all the tough times of the season, I think we did the best we could to pass the team down to the younger guys,” said Sanders on his season.

SLUH basketball ended the season with a 12-13 record, excluding their postseason loss to Ladue, and will graduate six seniors: Mikey Sanders, AJ Hardin, Billy Brooks, Matt Leritz, Sam Ratterman, and Airest Wilson.

“He slashed one of our guys, and then when the ref called a penalty on him, he started mouthing off,” said senior Jack Watcher. “The ref knew that the game was beginning to get out of hand so I think he wanted to try and send a message to the rest of the players that he was not going to tolerate it.”

The game ended 10-0, Jr Bills, with the shots on goal 47-15.

“I think the result was due to the fact that it was an important game,” said Pawlow. “We prepared, focused, played just that much harder and it ended up paying off.”

“Surprisingly the game went without too many altercations. I honestly think it was because we were all over them from the moment the puck dropped,” said Wachter.

“Although it was only 1-0 at the end of the first, the shots were completely lopsided in our favor. I think at the beginning of the third period when we scored two quick goals to open the period, we just de-

stroyed any remaining confidence that they had left which I think also caused them to sort of give up. It was nice to finally play them and leave the game without having any of our guys injured.”

SLUH plays Chaminade for the seventh time this season tomorrow night at 6:15 at the St. Peters Rec Plex. If the Jr. Bills win or tie, they will move on to the Challenge Cup finals on the Tuesday of spring break, March 13 at 8 p.m.. A loss will result in a mini game having to be played, no matter the score differential.

“Our players are already talking about not looking past Saturday night,” said head coach Jack Behan. “It’s a do or die situation. You can’t get much more exciting than that.”

“We have a few things that we need to improve on,” said Behan. “Beating a team seven times in one season won’t be easy.”

Racquetball travels to Portland, OR for National Tournament (continued from page 6)

Seniors Steven Zak and Nick Patritti won their state brackets. ​ Zak was able to follow through with his training of high percentage shots such as low passes and crosscourt shots.

Patritti took down West’s Logan Marx, who had been in the finals against Patritti last year as well, which allowed for Patritti to understand his weaknesses.

Patritti won 15-13, 15-2.

The closest match of the tournament, which could have changed the final results of the team tournament and put SLUH on top, was No. 6 seed Ryan Lieser (Jr.), who went to three games against West’s Andrew Lofgren.

Lofgren is left-handed, so Lieser had to adjust his whole game to play the opposite side. Lieser was winning with only one point left in the final game, but Lofgren came back and won the bracket.

Finally, the varsity doubles team of sophomores students that have been happy and Andrew Porterfield and Nick excited for me. I appreciate their Schulze came in second to support and I hope to make every- Lindbergh’s Quinn Jones one proud,” said O’Connell. and Will Theodore. Porter and Schulze had struggled

O’Connell brings connections to soccer program through experience

first round of districts. Ladue painfully and unexpectedly stomped the brakes on the Jr. Bills, and their season hit the airbag hard. It was difficult, even suffocating to think about not just the loss, but the camaraderie, the times spent together, and the times spent in preparation for each player’s basketball career at SLUH. “The season lived up to my expectations. Even though it didn’t end the way I would have liked it to, overall we still accomplished so many things.

From the start of the season, one of the things other seniors and I tried to do was teach

One win (or tie) and hockey is in! (continued from page 6)

Rubgy challenged in slippery game against Brother Rice from Chicago

BY Thom Molen and Chris Staley

other chance to take the lead.

SLUH outscored their opponents 19-12 in the third but were still behind five points.

In what turned out to be their final quarter of the season, the Jr. Bills wanted the victory, but with Ladue carrying the momentum behind numerous energizing plays, SLUH wouldn’t get another chance. Dolan picked up a technical foul with just two minutes left, but the game had already been lost.

SLUH’s effort in their final game was great but it is never easy repeating a matchup just a few weeks later in the

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before with the Lindbergh guys playing a front-back strategy, meaning any ball that is low in the front will most likely be killed.

They lost 15-11, 7-15, 11-3.

“They were quick and we couldn’t pass them,” said Schulze.

The ceiling on the court was also leaking water which caused an obstacle for the players.

“The finals match went well, and we played as hard as we could,” said Porterfield. “The leak made it more difficult to play.”

“It was a tough one for the boys, there was a lot of fighting, a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, it felt like early on the boys were buzzing,” said senior Ken Viehland. “Despite our valiant effort, we weren’t able to get the job done.”

Even though varsity lost, the JV1-1 squad won its team state, as did the JV3, who won for the first time in five years.

JV1-1 had juniors Collin Gund, Ryan Juergens, and the doubles team of Liam John and Jacob Nelson. Juniors Joe Miner and Zack Pavilsin both came in third place in their brackets. Miner suffered through his matches with a

high ankle sprain but was able to solidify the bronze.

“If you could buy stock in SLUH sports, I’d buy a million shares in racquetball.

Any smart person would see a high-profile stock with no chance to go down,” said Miner.

Likewise, the JV3 team won all the seeds except the fourth seed.

Sophomore Kyle Zoellner, freshman Danny Juergens, junior Jakub Gorzko, freshman Daniel Klarsch, and freshman Nick Petersen all won their respective brackets.

The Jr. Bills started the national tournament yesterday. The tournament guarantees three matches for their singles bracket, and the SLUH players play both singles and doubles, which guarantees at least two matches; therefore, the players play at least five matches. The top five varsity players play in their own brackets. All the other players play in one bracket with over 80 competitors.

“Now, it’s time to get it back at Nationals,” said Storgion.

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“THAT’S NOT ME”

March 2, 2018

Friday, March 2

Volume 82, Issue 22

Regular Schedule

Around the hallways

Racquetball Nationals—Portland AP Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville

Snack—Bosco Stick Tux Fittings students when scheduling or silver medal, Magna Cum are centered around the book Lunch Special—Cheese Pizza Vegetarian—Garden Burger During activity periods JUGs, allowing students to Laude, and Cum Laude, rep- “What Is Ignatian Spiritual- on Monday through Thursday, the seniors had their tux measurements for graduation in the Old Cafeteria, and as usual, Stallone’s is making the tuxedos. “It’s always been wonderful to work with Mr. Stallone, who is one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet.

It’s also a great service for our seniors and it helps them out a lot,” said math teacher and senior moderator Dan Becvar.

schedule their JUG whenever is most convenient. But starting this week, JUGs are required to be served the day students receive them. Also new this week is the JUG room, where students are required to sit in silence for an hour ensuring that students serve the full sixty minute punishment. Previously, JUGs have been served through cleaning the school grounds.

JUG policy Assistant Principal for Student Affairs Brock Kesterson has implemented a new policy where students who have received JUGs have to serve them the day they receive them. In the past, Kesterson has been lenient with

National Latin Exam On Tuesday, the Latin department held the annual National Latin Exam. For the first time ever, the exam was not mandatory for each Latin student. The exam is not for a SLUH grade, but each test taker receives a gold medal

resenting the first, second, third, and fourth highest score ranges. The test took place in the Joseph Schulte Theater because the Old Cafeteria, the usual test-taking room, was being used for Senior Tuxedo measurements.

AMDG parent spirituality meeting Thursday night the parents of SLUH gathered to learn about Ignatian Spirituality in the Currigan Room. The parents were also invited to a Mass, celebrated by the Rev. Joseph Hill, S.J., in the chapel.

This year, campus ministry has offered parents the opportunity to learn more about Ignatian Spirituality through group sessions. The meetings

ity?” by David L. Fleming.

The parents are encouraged to read a chapter of the book prior to the meeting. The meetings feature a reflection on the chapter by a parent and a faculty member from SLUH.

Saturday, March 3

Mother/son dance lessons Roughly 100 seniors and their mothers gathered in the Si Commons on Sunday to practice their moves for Mom prom. Instructed by a dance teacher hired by SLUH, the couples rehearsed different styles of dancing, including the salsa and swing dancing.

Racquetball Nationals—Portland

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he frosty chill of February has melted away, and the St. Louis U. High lacrosse players have shed their winter coats for battle armor as they suit up for the 2018 season.

With last year’s semifinal loss still fresh in their memories, the lacrosse team longs for redemption.

The team began tryouts with a total of 58 players on Feb. 19, including the 18 returning players from last year’s squad. With their roster finally set to 34—without winter athletes—on Monday, they are ecstatic to begin playing and are confident in reaching their goals for the season.

“Especially after the ending last year, I’m hoping to definitely make it back to that semifinal game and take it farther than that to win a state championship,” said senior captain and midfielder Austin Hannah.

“We’re a team that other teams need to worry about.

We’re a force to be reckoned with and I think that’ll show throughout the season,” said senior captain and attackman Pete O’Malley.

“I hope we play every game with the same mentality: to be the better team on the field,” said senior captain and midfielder Will Perryman.

But like any team, the Jr. Bills have many obstacles and challenges to face in order to fulfill their dreams.

There have been holes left in the midfield and between the goal pipes, as both goalies and many midfielders graduated last year. Junior Will Webster and freshman John Browdy are starting their first seasons on varsity this year, and the team’s fundamental skills are a little rusty.

“There’s a lot of turnover from last year, especially losing some senior leaders like Will Farroll and Nolan Corker,” said O’Malley. “I think that’s something we have to reconcile with and learn to kick it into gear by ourselves.”

“We have what it takes to run by a guy and shoot and

score, but that’s not going to work in the big games against well-coached programs. I think we need to nail down our stick skills to be able to take on any team we face,” said Hannah.

However daunting the foe may be, the squad has an arsenal of weapons at its disposal.

“This team has a whole lot of hustle. We’ve got a lot of grinders: guys who will win the game between the lines and that’s a huge new thing for us,” said O’Malley.

“We have great leadership on this team,” said Hannah. “You can tell that everyone is coming to lead the team this year. We have a lot of returning starters and

League Lacrosse defenseman for the Florida Launch, Sean Meagher. The team has only had positive feedback for the new authorities.

“I’m really excited about the new coaches,” said Perryman. “It’s been a 180-degree culture shift with a lot more intensity, enthusiasm, and energy during practice.”

“They’ve helped us get back to what SLUH lacrosse once was, and what it has always been. These guys are really getting us back in shape and where we can be as a team,” said O’Malley.

“I think they all know what they’re talking about and even this early in the season, it’s clear that they’re passionate about what they’re

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second-liners that got a lot of exposure last year, so I’m really excited to see how they come back.”

The depth and experience of the returners is a huge attribute to the team.

Senior defensemen Anthony Freeman, Jake Killian, and Sam Ratterman, long-stick midfielder Cooper Nichols, faceoff prodigy Perryman, and attackmen O’Malley and junior Charlie Carse are all returning starters.

Perhaps the biggest weapon the team can bring to the table is the new coaching staff. Following the unexpected departure of previous head coach Tyler Gilbert, the program was scrambling for a new coaching staff and found a remedy in a familiar face to SLUH: Andrew Toussaint.

Toussaint and the lacrosse program put together a motley crew of coaches from all over, including Major

doing,” said Hannah. “They want to be out here with us.”

Toussaint and the new staff do indeed want to be with the team, and they intend to help the team get much better throughout the season.

“There are three main things we’re trying to do.

Stick skills are the fundamental aspect of the sport, so we’re going to spend a significant amount of time on the players’ technique around stick skills. We’re going to teach them the game so they know it, and it’s also my job to prepare and motivate the team for practice and games,” said Toussaint.

Like the players, Toussaint has had his own challenges and difficulties with the team, its expectations, and even the natural environment.

“As a new coach, you have to see where you stand

Sunday, March 4

Monday, March 5

Half Day

Racquetball Nationals—Portland 12:15PM University of Illinois Chicago

Illinois Institute of Technology

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Westminster College

Tuesday, March 6

Exam Schedule

8:00AM History Workshop

Wednesday, March 7

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by Kevin Mu- 6:00PM Water Polo intersquad matches

rati, Jack Schweizer, Paul Gil- Thursday, March 8 lam, and Handley Hicks JV Water Polo @ Parkway West

Exam Schedule Exam Schedule

Friday, March 9

Lacrosse flourishes with returners and new coaches

BY Luke Wilmes CORE STAFF

Racquetball Nationals—Portland 10:00AM Chinese Cooking Class 3:00PM B Hockey @ Eureka

6:15PM V Hockey semifinal game 2 7:00PM Mother/Son Trivia

as far as talent level, abilities, and circumstance go and then adjust,” said Toussaint.

“The weather the first couple of days was rough and having 58 guys try out took us a long time to narrow that down. I have high expectations about how we’re going to play the game and I think it’s just a work in progress.”

Although Toussaint’s immediate job is to coach the varsity team, he has a much higher and nobler dream for the future of the SLUH lacrosse program.

“My ultimate hope is that people are excited about lacrosse here. I hope they enjoy it and that they graduate proud of their program,” said Toussaint. “If we can do that, we can start to build a really strong pipeline for kids who are coming in, bring back the pride of the program, bring in new coaches and referees, and bring back former players as coaches who want to help the program.”

The lacrosse season does not just consist of practices, hopes, and dreams, though.

The jamboree tomorrow at De Smet will be the first competition that players and coaches see against a different-colored jersey. Both players and coaches are extremely excited to begin playing.

“Just getting on the same page as the rest of the team and nailing down the basic concepts we need for a scrimmage will be really important,” said O’Malley. “We’ve got to get the little things down.”

“I’m excited to see how this team comes together,” said Hannah. “I think the jamboree is a great way for everyone to get some exposure.”

“We just want to see where we are at and what we are missing,” said Toussaint.

“I’m not fully prepared and the team has some holes, and I think it will be really interesting to see what I’ve missed.

I’m really excited to see what I haven’t done and what I should’ve done beforehand.

But more than that, it’s competing. It’s fun.”

No School

Immersion Trips JV Water Polo @ Parkway West 3:10PM B Hockey @ Chaminade

Saturday, March 10

No School

Immersion Trips

Sunday, March 11

No School

Immersion Trips

Monday, March 12

No School

Immersion Trips

Tuesday, March 13 Immersion Trips 4:00PM JV/V Water Polo vs. Parkway Central

Wednesday, March 14

Immersion Trips 4:30PM JV/V Water Polo @ Kirkwood

Thursday, March 15

No School No School

No School

Immersion Trips V Baseball Florida Tournament B Basketball @ Seckman

Friday, March 16

No School

Immersion Trips V Baseball Florida Tournament B Basketball @ Seckman

Saturday, March 17

No School

V Baseball Florida Tournament

Sunday, March 18

No School

V Baseball Florida Tournament

Monday, March 19

AP Snack— Chicken bites Lunch Special— Chick Fil A

Vegetarian— Grilled cheese 4:00PM JV/V Water Polo vs. CBC

Tuesday, March 20

Regular Schedule

Regular Schedule

AP Quincy University

Snack— Mini taco Lunch Special— Taco bar

Vegetarian— Pasta 4:00PM C/JV/V Volleyball @ CBC

V Tennis @ Alton Marquette 4:15PM C Baseball @ St. Mary’s

Wednesday, March 21

Late Start Schedule

Food Drive Lunch Special— Chinese special

Vegetarian— Black bean burger

University of Evansville

Illinois Wesleyan University 4:00PM JV/V Water Polo vs. De Smet 4:30PM C Baseball @ Collinsville Thursday, March 22 Regular Schedule Food Drive AP Snack— Mini corn dogs Lunch Special— Papa John’s pizza 4:15PM V Tennis vs. Priory

JV Tennis @ Priory

C Baseball vs. Webster Groves 4:30PM C/JV/V Volleyball vs. Parkway Central

V Baseball vs. Hancock

B Baseball @ Oakville

Friday, March 23

Food Drive V Water Polo Invitational AP Senior Class Mass

Snack— Bosco sticks Lunch Special— Pasta bar

Vegetarian— Grilled cheese 4:15PM JV/V Tennis vs. Marquette

Regular Schedule