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Conversation:

SLUH spirit reinvigorated through jousting, bubbling, and rap battles

Carruthers talks about his faith and adjustment to SLUH

BY Liam John NEWS EDITOR

BY Carter Fortman and Matt Friedrichs REPORTERS

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nside the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C., senior Darion Mullins and sophomore Ocean Okohson-Reb, accompanied by Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares and Sustainability Chair Anne Marie Lodholz, accepted the Green Ribbon Award on behalf of SLUH on Sept. 19.

Mullins was excited to be a part of the group.

“Everyone in high school wants to be remembered, and this was one of those moments where I realized we were able to do something

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Luke Giunta ’20 (left) against Matt Hayes ’19 (right).

BY Peter Campbell and Ben Kleffner STAFF, REPORTER

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pirit Week received a massive overhaul this year, and its efforts were well-received.

STUCO began planning for the week during the first meetings of the year with the

goal of maximizing student engagement. Bringing back old favorites and introducing new ones, STUCO helped to bring spirit to the halls of Saint Louis U High.

Each day featured a different clothing theme, some of which were new to Spirit

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Week. The themes were Meme, Christmas, Twin, Jersey, and Toga.

“As opposed to having a large majority dressing up in a really basic theme, I think it’s really cool sometimes to have a minority of really passionate people,” said STUCO

president Thomas Molen on the bold outfit choices.

The promotion and apparel for the week was inspired by popular rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld.

STUCO reached out to Sports Prints salesman David Keller

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Soccer alums kick off reunion weekend, celebrating 75th

Socccer alums and current players line the newly turfed field with state banners.

Justin Koesterer SPORTS EDITOR

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he packed stands at the SLUH soccer stadium watched as current players from the freshmen, B, and JV teams formed two parallel lines about ten feet apart, diagonally slanting towards

the center of the field. They raised their hands high, and outstretched them. Silent steps between the two lines couldn’t have resonated more thunderously to the fans, friends, and families of players present and past.

Awe-struck, they watched

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as hundreds of men took their time, relaxedly reminiscing about their playing days, herding out to the center of the newly refurbished astroturf.

The applause never died.

It was a hero’s welcome.

News

Akin joins STL chamber chorus Watch out T Swizzle! Akin seeks to elevate her voice after being accepted into the St. Louis Chamber Chorus. Page 2 News

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Last Friday, St. Louis U. High hosted a commemoration for their 75th year of the soccer program, before and during the varsity soccer match against Vianney. The festivities began at 6:00 p.m., where former players and their families

Sports

Student-teacher basketball The teachers were unable to recreate their big baller glory days as the senior gentlemen pulled off the comeback of a lifetime during Spirit Week’s annual game.

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were invited for food in the Si Commons, where they could purchase programs about the current team and team history, including team records, past coaches, and record-setting performances. The mission to put

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Sports

Swimming and diving The Swim and Dive team, much like the giant squid, easily wrapped up its opponents this week with a win in the De Smet Invitaitonal. Page 8 Features

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Don’t fret, we have the answers.

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News editor Liam John sat down with President Alan Carruthers on Wednesday to discuss his time at St. Louis U. High so far. The following text is a transcript of their conversation; it has been edited for length and the full transcript will be on the Prep News website.

Liam John: I am conducting this interview in order to see how you are doing at SLUH and your transition so far.

It is my understanding that this is your first time being a president of a school. You were a principal before, and a teacher, so how is your transition from that principal job and previous jobs before that to this new profession?

Alan Carruthers: I think that the biggest challenge is getting used to moving from the academic operational side of the school. Which to put it into flight terms, the teachers are at the ground level working directly with the students, the assistant principal is probably at the thousand foot level dealing with the broad range of teachers and students issues, the principal is at like the 30,000 foot level kind of looking over the big view, and I’m kind of more at the 50,000 foot level.

One of the challenges is that I feel farther away from my students than I’ve ever been before. That’s challenging because I really enjoy being around the students. I was very luckily asked to come into Mrs. Sarah Becvar’s class in (Human) Geography and teach a short lesson that I probably got a lot more out of than the boys did, but it was really enjoyable because I got to be with the boys and to be in the classroom which is in the end why I got into teaching. I mean I really enjoy be-

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Students have day off; faculty discuss sustainability and technology

BY Sam Tarter and Noah Apprill-Sokol

REPORTERS

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ast Friday, while students had the day off, teachers attended a faculty day, one of five planned days throughout the year when the faculty take a step away from students and focus inward.

“This was a time to move forward with a number of our bigger projects that are ongoing and also to just touch base,” said Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J.. “There are many faculty members who don’t see each other because of their very different schedules.”

A primary focus of the meeting was working on projects that are tied to the “Go Forth” mandate, including the curriculum review, the innovation lab, and Advanced Ed. During the morning, teachers discussed the innovation lab, another primary topic. Science teacher Kent Kershenski presented an update on progress made on the innovation lab, and addressed questions of staffing, timeline, and the technical aspects of the lab.

The morning session also addressed the “Go

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Carruthers speaking to the faculty last Friday.

Forth” day, which will take place on Nov. 16th, in which the school’s Bicentennial will be celebrated with a pilgrimage into the city.

After lunch in the Commons, the faculty discussed Sustainability. Sparked by the announcement of the school winning a “Green Ribbon” in the Spring, the sustainability committee discussed their efforts to make SLUH a more green environment. “(The Green Ribbon) is a significant national ac-

complishment that we have,” said Gibbons. “We are the only high school in the state of Missouri to have won that last year, and one of only 46 schools in the country to have won it.”

The session began with speeches given by sophomore Ocean Okasha-Rebb and senior Darrion Mullens, two members of the sustainability club who recently went to Washington D.C. to receive the award.

“They had an opportuni-

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Teachers at mass last Friday.

ty to talk about why they had a chance to go to D.C., what they had done in the past on the Green Ribbon and Green Schools Class Project, their experiences in D.C. and how it struck them on a sustainability standpoint, and what they hope to do still during their years still at SLUH with regards to sustainability,” said Anne Marie Lodholz, Chair of the Sustainability Committee.

After the speeches, Lodholz allowed teachers to analyze SLUH’s award-winning Green Ribbon application.

“There was a limited number of faculty that were able to see it,” said Lodholz.

“It is a really impressive audit, holistically, on how an institution is to be sustainable, what that means from a conceptual level, and to see the nitty-gritty details on how people are working on sustainability in the curriculum and in the facilities.”

The teachers then broke into smaller groups, and each group heard the summary of the Green Ribbon Award application and one of the three sections of SLUH sustainability— facilities and grounds, wellness, and curricular and co-curricular activities. Discussing it in the groups, teachers addressed the questions: What was surprising? What new information should be added? What questions do you have? and How do you personally want to work for sustainability?

The meeting ended with an ask for faculty leaders to lead a smaller contingency of the sustainability club and an environmental examen.

Director of Theater Operations Tim Moore and Technology Department chair Jonathan Dickmann gave a short presentation about the faculty video and

audio devices.

“Dickmann and I went up and talked about AV needs in a lot of the different spaces, such as the Currigan Room, 215C, the library, the Commons, and the field house, that we are going to make a point of maintaining those systems and work with other faculty and staff to train them on how to use these spaces,” said Moore.

Moore and Dickmann inquired about the faculty’s electrical needs, in order to see what devices should be purchased.

“We are trying to assess what the school’s needs are. We are going back in the past and looking at what are the events that happened on campus, what are the AV needs for those events, and where are they happening.

So that spaces that have the systems in place, that have the sound systems. So a lot of those spaces are covered,” said Moore. “But what if someone wanted to do a presentation out on the green lawn in front of the school or what if someone need a little speaker outside of the Field House? We are looking to purchase gear for some of

those needs.”

Moore pointed out another reason for the purchase of new equipment.

“Historically, if STUCO had an activity out on the quad, they would pull gear from the theater or music department. It worked fine, but it was killing us in the theater, if we had a show set up and all of a sudden we needed to pull gear out to be used somewhere else,” said Moore.

The first of five faculty days throughout the year will set the path for where SLUH is headed in the future. Gibbons is confident.

“I hope that (the faculty) are certainly inspired by the great projects that are going on with curriculum, technology, the innovation lab, and with sustainability,” said Gibbons. “All of these different things we’re proud of, but we don’t know all the details, and to be able to celebrate them and to honor our school and honor the achievements of our faculty is something that I wish we did more of. I think we did a good job of being able to have an engaging day of moving SLUH further down the road into the leadership role it has in St. Louis.”

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Akin audtions for STL Chamber Chorus; accepts Alto I opportunity

BY Fitz Cain REPORTER

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t. Louis U. High choral director Addie Akin is usually the one conducting, but having been recently accepted into the prestigious St. Louis Chamber Chorus, Akin will step into the shoes of her students and go from the conductor to the conducted.

The St. Louis Chamber Chorus is the premier a capella ensemble of the Midwest, consisting of 50 singers from a variety of professions. Akin says that while she has only lived in St. Louis for five years, she has been aware of the Chamber Chorus’s outstanding reputation for a while. This past May, Akin decided to audition for a place in the ensemble.

“It’s six concerts a year, my schedule is already super busy, and we’re doing two musicals this year (at SLUH), so I wasn’t sure that I could commit to it,” said Akin. “Going into it I was like, ‘I’m just going to ask to be an alternate.’”

Akin at a chorus concert last fall.

Akin describes the audition process as quite rigorous. She had to prepare a solo, perform two sightreading excerpts, one of which was in a difficult-topronounce Baltic language, and participate in a number of other vocal exercises and tests. Following her audition, Akin was offered a fulltime spot in the Alto I section of the ensemble.

“I was only planning

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on being an alternate, but it seemed like too good of an opportunity to pass up,” said Akin. “Who knows when there might be another opening again in the future?”

Akin is excited about the opportunity.

“They are a phenomenal group of musicians and they do great repertoire. Nothing that we’re doing is floofy. It’s all serious repertoire which I

really appreciate,” Akin said.

“They have a reputation for putting on stellar concerts and I just wanted to be a part of that.”

Apart from what she describes as a great opportunity, being in the Chamber Chorus is a big commitment for Akin. She has to attend rehearsals from 7-10 p.m. every Monday, which often means going directly from SLUH, as she is the musi-

cal director for the Dauphin Players’ fall production and rehearses with them until 6:30 p.m. In addition to the time she must dedicate to rehearsals, Akin admits that learning the music is a time commitment in itself.

“I will say the music is pretty hard. I’ve had to spend considerable time on my own working through some of the stuff,” said Akin.

“For this first concert alone … there are five different languages that we’re singing through, so I think (another challenge) is just finding time on my own to practice.”

Despite these challenges, Akin sees the Chamber as an opportunity to grow as an educator. Observing the work of another conductor will likely help her with her own conducting, and she hopes that by stepping into the shoes of a choral singer, she can gain perspective into how her students feel.

“It’s very different and kind of humbling to be on the other end of things, and to be honest that’s one of the

main reasons I wanted to do this,” Akin said. “I know I’m going to grow so much as a director if I can put myself in my (students’) shoes and be the singer for once.”

Akin also sees this as something that will fulfill her needs as an artist. She says that it is important for fine arts educators to keep creating.

“This is true across the Fine Arts Department, but I think it’s really important to still be an artist, to still be doing your art and not just give in to the monotony of the classroom,” said Akin. “I think that’s a crucial part of staying relevant and keeping your craft elevated and being good at it, so I’m just really happy that I got this chance.”

Akin is performing with the St. Louis Chamber Chorus this Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust Street. Student tickets are $10, and all other tickets are $30. View their full concert calendar at www.chamberchorus.org.

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Twins of the month: Max and Gabe Manalang

BY Handley NEWS EDITOR

Hicks

Gabe Manalang 5’10 Height 145 Weight “Max is. Only Who’s the better because he dances dancer? around the house all the time.”

“Definitely warm.

Warm or cold I love the sun.” kinda guy?

“No, I don’t think Morning person: anyone is actually yay or nay? a morning person.”

“Me, no question.” Who’s better with the ladies?

“Shorter hair Short hair or let looks so much the flow grow? better.”

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he swim and dive duo Max and Gabe Manalang are known for their glamorous leaps and strokes in the water, but do you know them outside of the realm of athletics?

The identical twins provide St. Louis U. High with an exciting mix of brains and brawn.

Born only three minutes apart at St. John’s Mercy Medical Center, Max and Gabe entered the world on Jan. 11, 2002. The boys hail from the neighborhood of Holly Hills in south St. Louis City, and attended St. Stephens Protomartyr School.

Identical in more than just their looks, the Manalangs participate in almost all of the same extracurriculars at SLUH. They both swim and dive, play volleyball, and are active members of the Circus Club at SLUH, sometimes preforming tumbling tricks together.

“If there’s ever two (diving) boards available at a

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out with the same people, and we share a car so it’s kinda easier like that too.”

The twins often get compared to the T.V. show characters Zack and Cody. Gabe is typically compared to Zack and Max to Cody.

“I guess they think I’m more responsible,” quipped Gabe.

“They just think I’m the evil twin,” joked Max. Because of their identicality they were hard to tell apart when young, and many friends and neighbors needed reassurance of who was really who.

“When we were pretty young our neighbor asked me ‘why don’t you just put an ‘M’ on your forehead?’” said Max. “So I got out a marker and I

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Max Manalang 5’10 140 “Me by a lot, not gonna lie.”

“Warm for sure.”

“Heck nay”

“Me by a lot not gonna lie.”

“Let the flow grow.”

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Max and Gabe (we don’t know who is who).

meet, we try to do synchroWhile growing up, the nized diving together,”’ said boys found themselves inGabe. trigued by similar activities, which they attribute to parental intervention throughout their childhood.

“Our parents were probably just like, ‘let’s just put them in the same things to make it easier,’” joked Max. The boys’ formation has left them happily pursuing similar things in high school as well. Their similar friend groups and interests reflect more than just a blood bond.

“Even now, though,” remarked Gabe, “we hang out with the same friend group and go to the same places. We usually like to tell people we have a sleepover every night.” photo | courtesy of Gabe Manalang “I’d say we’re definitely Gabe (left) and Max Manalang. friends,” said Max. “We hang

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wrote an ‘M’ on my forehead, and then I came (back outside). My neighbor was laughing. Then a few minutes later Gabe came out with a backwards ‘G’ on his forehead because he did it in the mirror.”

Gabe and Max get the same recurring twins jokes thrown at them, such as if they can feel each other’s pain when one of them gets punched, or if they can read each other’s’ minds. They can’t and don’t, but they often find themselves pretending they can, just for the fun of it.

During the interview for this story, when the topic of “twin questions” was broached, the brothers shared a devilish grin. Midconversation, in response to no particular question, the Across

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1. When the color blue is shown in a gender reveal, it’s a __ 3. Gas station Chain 4. Last name of English teacher and freshman class moderator 7. SOHCAH___ 8. Rapper Drake’s brand 10. At the end of the school’s quarter, be ready for ___ 11. “Mrs. Whitaker just selected me to be a ___ in the play!”

12. Common exclamation made by students when the ref misses the call in a game 13. Color of paint used during the Running of the Bills 14. First word of famous American novel, whose author is a character in the short story, “Wherever that Great Heart May Be” 18. What makes Mrs. Wellen yell “Sound off!”

20. What people in hack club type 21. What you should do to be ready for English quizzes 22. For the greater glory of God 23. “To be” in Spanish 26. The sound your stomach makes after class mass

two brothers simultaneously counted down: “One Two Three – Green!” said both the Manalangs in perfect unison—as if to demonstrate either their actual ability to read each other’s minds, or perhaps simply their well-rehearsed ability to poke fun at questions about being twins.

As well as in their extracurriculars and pranks, the boys also take enjoyment in their learning together. Both are in three AP classes, and they are in the same three periods of those classes together.

Their learning has been something they’ve bonded over since entering St. Stephens’ schoolyard, and they hope to continue this tradition throughout junior year and the rest of their time at SLUH. Down

1. Cardinals star center fielder Slang term for hello Chef ___________.

5. Name you traditionally use to login to an account 6. First names of psychology teachers 7. What you do in poker that gives away your bluff 9. Test you take to get into college 12. Senior class taught by Dr. Callon 13. This crossword is __ Blake Obert and Jimmy Stanley.

15. Last name of Father Son - Daughter-in-law trio 16. If you need help on a problem you should do this 17. Hats worn by the Shriners.

19. Cross Country course in Forest Park a few weeks ago 20. You do this in C++ 21. Initials of theology teacher with a son who is a freshman at SLUH 24. What the Blue Crew does to their bodies at sporting events 25. Logo from SLUH start up brand called the Normal Brand 26. What you go and buy during activity period 27. Not oof but ___ 28. Common drink in the UK 30. Kanye West’s new album title

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Carruthers discusses transition to SLUH; passionate leadership

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ing around and with young people. I think the biggest challenge is being far away from the students and teachers here on the third floor.

I think one of the great gifts also is the whole idea of moving the great project that is St. Louis University High School—this historically significant education and leadership entity that is St. Louis University High School— forward. The people on this floor that work in the Business Office and Advancement are fantastic. Working with them, Fr. Ian Gibbons, the assistant principals, I think that we have a really wonderful team here. And like any entity, the experience of the job is really dependent on the relationships you have with the people at the job and then how much you enjoy the job. …

What I’ve really liked, a big part of my job is raising funds and going out there and getting alumni excited about what we’re doing here.

Excited about the programs and initiatives that we have.

Coming up with the future and trying to find funding for those pieces, and I have to tell you that’s a pretty easy job in some ways. Obviously, it takes time, and you need a lot of time to go out and engage the extensive alumni and benefactor base we have, but the easy part of the job is that people want to talk about SLU High, and they want to know how things are going, and they want to tell you about how impactful and powerful their own personal experiences have been.

They constantly and consistently use the terminology, “SLU High was my launching pad for my career. SLU High was the most significant educational experience of my life.’” And these are people you know Liam that have gone to Harvard Business school, gone to Georgetown, have gone to Yale, gone to Stanford and some very significant educational entities.

And they still look back at SLU High as the most or one of the most significant educational formation experiences.

To me, that’s profoundly important. That’s fun. …

LJ: You are trying to continue on with some of the things that Mr. Laughlin started with blind admissions and what not but is there anything you hope to do that maybe hasn’t happened at SLUH? Or hasn’t happened in awhile?

AC: Well, I think that one of the major things, Mr. Laughlin did a great job, and he was also aided by a very good process in Imagine18 which resulted in a very very good strategic plan. So, I think that both Mr. Laughlin and I would agree that we don’t come in here and kind of sprinkle our magical ideas on things, we will often turn towards the community and talk about, ‘what are our priorities,’ and that really is what a strategic plan is: it’s a discernment process of putting everyone’s ideas into a hopper

and coming in and saying, ‘okay these are the things we want to move forward with,’ and Imagine18 did that in a very very clear way. The final report was very understandable, and as we move forward with that strategic plan and what will come of that strategic plan I think the ideas to contain are really that of the community. I think there were 130 people that were immediately involved in that process and a lot of people have moved those rings outward and have influenced it and had their input.

As far as things that I personally have brought, I think that there are elements

We are the church and it’s our job to ensure the living faith, the relevent faith, and a faith that appeals in particularly young people.

-Mr. Alan Carruthers and pieces within the world of admissions that some changes and ideas there that we are working on. I think a lot of the security elements that you are seeing are really being pushed by me and since my arrival, suddenly things changed all of a sudden. Well, that’s not by accident.

I’ve been very fortunate that Dr. Kesterson and Mr. Schulte and Fr. Gibbons have been very much on board saying, hey we’re ready as an institution to do more with security and safety and drill preparation and safe school environment which is a variety of different things that includes everything from health and wellness to how our doors function and how do we do drills. So, that’s a big piece which we will be doing work on for the next five to eight years. …

LJ: So do you think some of those ideas that you had about the safety and drills comes from your experience of being principal at your previous school or dean?

AC: Well, I think they come from all over the place. I mean, it’s hard over time, being this is my fourth school well over 20-something years.

Some of them come from there, but certainly Colorado because of its history and its unfortunate recent history in particular really has been forced to be, and I say forced very intentionally. Forced by necessity but also forced legally and structurally, it has been forced to say, hey, school safety is a critical and central important piece and all that might mean.

As a result, there have been a lot of good minds and a lot of collected effort to improve that and many states have then looked to states like Colorado and say hey how do we better do these pieces.

There’s no perfect security protocols. There’s no perfect

safety drilling and protocols, but you know you can very much improve and prevent in many cases a lot of the things by being better prepared, by having better drills, by having good protocols. …

Yes, I would be remiss to say that living in Colorado didn’t influence my sense of urgency when it comes to making sure that school safety and security be a central priority.

LJ: In trying to implement stuff or trying to continue the stuff of Mr. Laughlin, has there been any difficulties that you have faced that maybe you weren’t used to or just difficulties in general?

AC: I don’t know if there’s difficulties. I mean there’s always challenges. If I had unlimited amounts of money, it’d be great, then we could do things faster and we could hire more people to do them. I mean one of the great challenges in schools Liam is that people at schools, and I think particularly the Jesuit schools, they are all wearing two or three or four hats and they have many jobs and their jobs are big and they’re busy and so I think that time is really scarce.

I think that financial resources can be scarce. I wouldn’t say that they are scarce but they can be scarce, they are certainly limited. So, there is definitely a level of patience of change in schools because change takes people to do planning and time to make those changes and to get together and have meetings. ...

LJ: Looking on the positive side, like for projects that you

and be successful, their passion for how they think the school should be moving, responding to the needs of the St. Louis community. I love having those conversations.

Everyone has their ideas for how we can be a better school or what we should be doing.

My job is to listen carefully and kind of work with that. I think if people stop saying that, it’s a bad thing because it means that people don’t care, but our alums care.

Its inspiring.

LJ: You could definitely say they cared about the auction and how many people donated. On the auction part, you were the auctioneer. Did you have experience or some sort of auctioneer history?

AC: Well it is completely a result of my growing up in a really very rural small-towny type of experience where I would go to farm auctions and cattle auctions with my dad and I’ve always been fascinated with auctions and how auctioneers could energize the crowd and could really make it enjoyable and fun. In my life as a Jesuit educator, interestingly enough, I have regularly been an auctioneer, particularly during Mission Week auctions at various different schools. I have also done some at other golf tournaments. I have been an auctioneer at the Regis Jesuit golf tournament last year, so it’s not my first time auctioneering.

I really enjoy it, and it’s something I’ve thought about doing after retirement. It’s a second career type of thing because I think it’s fun, and I

Mr. Alan Carruthers.

have down this year so far, the golf tournament was a major one that I know you were a part of. What were your feelings going into that and seeing so many alumni all in one place and supporting the SLUH cause?

AC: First of all, the fact that the school has chosen to call it the Alumni Scholarship Classic is really really important because it puts the purpose central right in its name. …

I thought it was great as it always is to meet with these alums, to see where they’ve ended up, their passion for the school, their desire to make sure to continue it to be accessible, their desire to see the programs whether they be athletic or what not

get that mentorship and don’t get that formation and what a difference that can make. I came from a very small town where most people didn’t go to college. It’s not something people did and people I know that had just as much ability as myself whose lives went into completely different shifts because of the mentorship and guidance and education they received.

I personally know firsthand that I’m passionate about it. If you can change the chemistry and the equation in someone’s life with an experience like St. Louis University High school, you’ve not only changed their trajectory, you’ve changed that family’s trajectory for generations to come. …

LJ: Coming off of that faith aspect, how do you think your faith has changed or growth in the past couple of months or just being in Jesuit education?

AC: I think that I’m a cradle Catholic, so I came from a very religious family. Growing up that way in a small town you think, ‘hey everybody’s Catholic and everyone goes to church all time and it was the normal.’ Obviously getting out and living in a couple different countries, I know that that’s not the case.

I think that being in Jesuit education, being around people whether they’re Catholic or not, they certainly have a shared sense of God’s presence in their life and that there’s a living God and that we want a relationship with God and with Jesus Christ.

When you are around that,

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think the important thing for all of you is to do something you enjoy. Auctioneering is for me a little, to call it a hobby is giving it too much credibility, but it is something that I’ve done before and enjoy.

LJ: So has that passion that you get from that translated into how you do your job? Do you bring that passion into your job?

AC: Well I think that I’m a very passionate person. Maybe it’s the Irish in me, but I really believe in what we do. I love to see what young men, when they’re given the tools and when they’re given leadership and guidance, it’s unlimited. It always saddens me that there’s so many young people out there that don’t get that good guidance and don’t

it’s incredibly fulfilling, and when you’re not around that, you miss it.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve hired people who have lived in the corporate world who themselves have had a strong personal faith but who come from the corporate world, and they come into a Jesuit school, and it’s just like putting water on a desert planet because they’ve so been hungry for that.

I think that’s the challenge for us that live in this every day, is to remember how special it is to be in a place where it’s okay to talk about God or it’s okay to pray or it’s okay to talk about the scripture and the liturgy and have a shared experience of that.

That is a very precious thing.

It’s not something guaranteed, it’s something you have to work at and to ensure that it continues, and yes it comes with the flaws, you know the struggles with the Church and the poor leadership that some elements of the clerical of the church have shown us, that’s very challenging.

We are the church, and it’s our job to ensure the living faith, the relevant faith and a faith that appeals in particular to young people. I think something the church hasn’t done a good job that Jesuit schools have done a really good job of is making faith relevant. You make faith relevant by really bringing in a lot as a living faith. You can see faith by playing out in service, by how it plays out on a retreat, how people treat one another because again, it is about living and seeing the kingdom of God on Earth and that’s what we do here every day, and yes, it has its human flaws, and if we are seeking perfection, it will probably be frustrating, but I think that God’s incredibly deep love for us is very powerful when you look for it. That’s why I like working in Jesuit schools.

It’s a special opportunity. I’ve worked on the railroad, I’ve worked in insurance companies, I’ve worked roofing houses, I’ve roof paint(ed), I’ve worked painting, I’ve done lots of different jobs, but I can tell you working in a Catholic Jesuit school, while it is hard work in its many hours, it doesn’t get tiring.

LJ: I agree. I think faith at SLUH is a pretty major part if not the most major. We are academically challenging, and we form men, but at the core of everything there’s faith.

AC: Right, without it we are just a really good prep school and I don’t really want that.

I think that’s great but there are some really good prep schools out there. You know our existence, our purpose for being goes back to the first principle and foundation of the Jesuits. It is about saving the souls and building the kingdom of God, and you do that through relationships Liam. You do that by showing people and being true to what you’re saying. It’s both talking the talk and walking the walk.

I think that we have been blessed at places like St. Louis University High School who one after another, have great teachers, great Jesuits, great coach who really got it and look at it and go that’s how I want to live my life. I want to live like that. I want to be that person. You see God and the Holy Spirit in that person and then you go and you duplicate it and that’s how you treat your own children and others and that’s how you chose how to serve and then people watch you, and it’s generationally full of legacy.

We have 200 years of legacy.

I mean wow, that’s pretty special. Not very places can say that. My country is not even 200 years old. Right? So it puts it into perspective.

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the festivities together was jointly led by Athletic director Chris Muskopf and members of the SLUH advancement team.

“A lot of the organizational credit goes to members of the advancement team. Mr. Angiel, even back last year, and Ms. Webb, Ms.

Bob O’Connell, they ventured down the turnaround to Drury Plaza to watch the match against the Griffins.

In addition to the influx of past players, SLUH boasted a full crowd spilling over the leftmost section of the stands. Senior captain Alex Lehmann commented the next morning how much

field, carrying two glass cases, each with one replica SLUH soccer jersey with the number 75 embroidered on the back. The recipient of Dunn’s replica was his great nephew, Jeremy Moore, ’91, who won a state title with the Jr. Bills in 1990 and was selected to be on the AllMetro and All-State teams

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Mr. Charlie Martel, Alex Lehmann ’19, and Jeremy Moore with old coach’s jerseys.

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Tuxberry, and Mr. Patke. It’s emails in advance, it’s save the date first, and then its detail later, and then trying to reach out to all the alums who are in the schools database that at are tagged as being a part of the SLUH soccer team,” said Chris Muskopf.

Many of the players who came back caught-up with ex-teammates and other alums. Trophies and plaques commemorating the 1973, 1990, and 2003 state championships were proudly on display at the registration table. Players of all ages were represented, from recent grads, to grads from 1951, like Jim Cochran. Cochran explained that back in the 1940’s and 1950’s, soccer, especially high school soccer, was much different than it is today.

“The only place we really played soccer in town was CYC. We played at Carondelet Park and Marquette Park and different parks around town, and most of the guys on the CYC teams went to the prep schools like CBC, SLUH, DeAndries, St. Mary’s. It really wasn’t that organized. When I started as a freshman in ’47, they had a tryout ... you went out for the team. Our coach was Al Hamilton, and we had uniforms, but they were nothing like they are today,” said Cochran.

After former players and the their families had a fill of food and drink and a short speech by current varsity soccer head coach

he appreciated the students who showed up to support, although he didn’t get the result he wanted.

“The atmosphere there made it seem like a state game. The crowd was awesome; they were loud, and it made the game so much more fun. We really feed off the energy, and we play that much better,” said Lehmann.

About ten minutes before the conclusion of the first half, the voice of Campus Activities and Security coordinator, Patrick Zarrick, flooded the speakers, calling alums down to the track around the field. As the half ended, the freshmen, B and JV teams formed two parallel lines with arms outstretched, creating a walkway to the center of the field for the former players.

Zarrick again spoke over the speakers, this time about the history of the SLUH soccer program, dedicating a portion to the two longest-tenured coaches in the history of the program— the late Ebbie Dunn and current theology teacher Charlie Martel. Both coached for at least 25 years, surpassed 500 wins, and won at least one state championship during each of their coaching careers, Dunn with 591 wins through 38 seasons and Martel with 514 wins through 25 seasons, with two and one state titles, respectively.

Senior captain Alex Lehmann then walked from the touchline along the centerline to the middle of the

his next season in 1991.

Lehmann has played varsity all four years, three of them under Martel, so it was a special moment for the senior midfielder.

“I actually knew both people really well. Ever since my freshman year I’ve looked to him so many times throughout my SLUH career for help. Even outside of my soccer career, I’ve come to visit him. To give the award to a man I regard so highly like that was so cool. Jeremy Moore was one of my first coaches, and he really got me into the game, and made me into the player I am today. He’s pushed me harder than any coach before, so giving that to him was an unreal experience,” said Lehmann.

After the replica jerseys were presented, the group of alums took a group photo, then went their own ways, some staying around on the track, other resuming their spectating from the stands, yet others packing up and heading out.

The 75th soccer reunion wasn’t chosen for last Friday on accident. SLUH Athletic Director Chris Muskopf ’91 explained that this Friday was chosen because this weekend kicked off the reunion days at SLUH. So as SLUH remembers 75 years of soccer history, the community knows that a new chapter lies ahead; but that won’t change anything.

Because tradition never graduates.

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good for someone else, and I hope people remember that and continue it,” said Mullins.

The award was presented by Andrea Falken, the Department of Education’s Director of Green Ribbon Schools, for SLUH’s impressive sustainability efforts, including its work on Iron Chef,

as well as several colleges, in accepting the accolade.

The awards ceremony provided an opportunity for some good networking.

“At the reception, I talked with many people who had made differences in their individual communities,” said Okohson-Reb. “They helped me start to think about some

From left, Lodholz, Okohson-Reb, and Mullins.

the Waste Not, Want Not: Art Reimagined Green Schools Quest, and the Energy Reduction and Landscaping teams.

SLUH was joined by 46 other elementary and high schools,

They also explored the Air and Space Museum and the National Mall, and dined on Native American cuisine.

They saw the oldest map of the Americas, and toured the house across from the Ford Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was shot.

“The highlights were probably American College,

photo | courtesy of Mrs. Anne Marie Lodholz

more stuff SLUH could do.”

While in DC, the quartet visited popular destinations such as the White House, Capitol Building and the Supreme Court.

the first university to achieve the carbon neutral status, and just getting to see the presentations from the many green school winners,” said Lodholz.

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’02 to create the Bill-inspired redesign of the album art.

Freshman Sam Quinlivan spoke during freshman prayer service on Monday of the importance of brotherhood when deciding if he wanted to go to SLUH, and the effect brotherhood has had on him thus far. SLUH’s brotherhood and school spirit are not just found in the student body, but also in the faculty.

Adam Cruz, English teacher and Assistant Director of Admissions, really took Quinlivan’s speech to heart as he prepared his speech to the entire student

body for the pep rally that Monday during activity period.

“I heard (a student) talk about one of the reasons he wanted to come to SLUH was this idea of brotherhood, and then I was walking down the hall and I started to see all these kids dressed up in a banana costume and a pickle. And I thought, there is no place that kids just dress up as a pickle, and do that stuff. For me, that was just a really neat thing to share,” said Cruz.

Cruz’s speech helped to drive home this common theme of spirit and brotherhood. Using pictures from

his time at SLUH, Cruz related the day’s theme, memes, to the unique bond that SLUH students share with each other.

After Cruz’s speech, The Blue Crew, the group of seniors in charge of spirit for sporting events, took the reins. In preparation for a medieval rivalry facing off against an old foe, the Vianney Griffins, Blue Crew took the student section all the way back to the dark ages. Blue Crew depicted a sword battle between the two schools’ mascots, ending with the Jr. Billiken slaying the Griffin.

Staying in theme, Blue Crew resurrected the an-

cient sport of jousting, having a representative from each grade compete for a spot in the jousting championship. In the end, only senior Kolin King and freshman Gus Tettamble remained. King and Tettamble mounted their trusty steeds, which had an acute resemblance to trash cans, and were each equipped with a six foot long lacrosse stick.

Safety did come first: Each contestant was equipped with chest and head protection courtesy of the SLUH football program.

The two jousters were pushed toward each other in an attempt to dismount their opponent. On the first

attempt, Tettamble toppled before King. The crowd, craving more, chanted for a rematch. Their wish was granted and, in the second round, Tettamble was ruled the winner.

“I was trying to go in there and ram him as hard as I could in the first round.

In the rematch, I did not think it was fair,” said King.

Tuesday was similarly packed with excitement, as STUCO raised some Christmas cheer and senior Paul Reddy reminded teachers why he was put on the naughty list during the students versus teachers basketball game.

With a packed house

Tuesday: student teacher basketball/ Christmas theme

and free hot cocoa, the game was underway during activity period.

The game came down to the wire, and Reddy tiptoed his way to the hoop for a lay-up to tie the game.

Then, only shortly after, he splashed a smooth twopointer to end up winning the game for the students 25-23.

“I like to think of ourselves as the underdogs, and the teachers were really good. They were a lot bigger than us, and we kinda (had) some short guys on the team. However it is not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog, and we pulled it

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out. It was a good team win,” said Reddy, who is happy to end his high school hooping days on a high note.

SLUH was seeing double on Wednesday, as students and teachers alike whipped out their matching outfits for Twin Day. The standouts ranged from girl’s school uniforms to plain white t-shirts, which, along with black shorts and flip flops, were a trend among many in the senior class.

During Activity Period, over 100 students graced the football turf for a Spirit Week staple: bubble soccer.

Particpants were selected randomly through a Google Form and distributed evenly

across all grades.

“I thought it was a great atmosphere just as all of the Spirit Week events have been,” said Spirit Leader Jack Perry, who played a major role in the planning.

Juniors and seniors faced freshman and sophomores as they took turns ramming into each other in fast-paced, five minute rounds. The upperclassmen took home the win with a 5-2 final score. Yet the score was a secondary focus for most players, who spent most of the time running full speed into their friends and sending them rolling away. The recap of the game, announced by seniors

Jack Sommers and Nick Rakonick, can be found on the SLUH Sports Network Youtube page.

“I loved running around and just laying into people,” said freshman Joe McGroarty on his experience. “(It was) the best experience of Spirit Week I’ve had.”

Students broke out their freshest threads on Thursday. Whether it was the vintage red of Michael Jordan or the popping purple of the newest Laker, Lebron James, students proudly displayed their favorite jerseys.

However, students had to make sure their street cred could back up their style in the Jr. Bill 8 Mile rap battle.

“I was so nervous,” said freshman Hanks Edwards as performed on stage. However, Edwards was pleased with his performance.

Senior Ryan MacDonald was quite the opposite.

Remaining composed, he spit some profound bars, and had the crowd on their feet, bracing for what would come next.

“While up there, I was not really nervous at all, and I was trying to go for as many bodies as I could when up there,” said MacDonald.

Today marks the last day of Spirit Week, and the festivities continue! In an all-day toga party, students

and faculty can release some tension with a relaxing coffee during activity period in the “Billiken Coffee House” (old cafeteria.)

Spirit Week continues after school with the first ever SLUHfest. Students can catch some live music, dine at food trucks, or enjoy an ice-cold Fitz’s root beer at the event, which will be hosted at the turnaround directly outside school.

“I think most people’s inclination is to leave right after school on a Friday, but it’s gonna keep people around and people will see why SLUH is so important to them,” said STUCO comoderator Bradley Mueller.

Thursday: Jr. Bill 8 mile rap battle and jersey theme

Photographers of Spirit Week photos are Mrs. Kathy Chott, Miguel Cadiz, John Hilker, and Matthew Leight.

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The lineup is filled with SLUH students and teachers eager to share their skills. The music begins at 3:15 with Slightly Unprepared, a duo consisting of seniors Peter Wilhelm and Liam Gallagher, and concludes with Technology System Administrator Jeremy Griggs deliciously named band, Bacon.

“It gives people a place to just go and hang out and be part of that community,” said STUCO co-moderator Megan Menne. “And hopefully support their school at the football game afterwards.”

Historic day for varsity XC; shines against out-of-town competition

Senior Patrick Hetlage and junior Lucas Rackers leading the pack.

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he St. Louis U. High cross country team traveled over 250 miles to race at the Palatine Invitational in the outskirts of Chicago last weekend. The varsity team finished fourth (the highest since 2014) and finished 7th in JV. West of the Mississippi, the Varsity 3 and the rest of the team ran at Arnold Park in what proved to be another successful day.

On Friday morning, the top 16 selected runners departed from SLUH and arrived hours later in Palatine, Ill. After a practice run on the course, the team was able to judge it for the next morning. The course was more flat,

photo | Mr. Jim Hetlage

unlike the ones SLUH had been racing in the past few weeks, which led to much faster times.

The usual strategy and style of the race also changed.

“We knew the style of the race was going to be different.

It was much faster up front, especially in the first mile,” said head coach Joe Porter.

On Saturday, the team raced its top seven in varsity and their remaining 8 in the JV race. Junior Adam Mittendorf was the one traveler not racing due to his recovery from a stress fracture. He still went on the trip to help with coaches and get out-of-town meet experience, as he will most likely be attending the state meet in Jefferson City in November.

In the three mile race, shorter than the usual 5K, SLUH’s varsity was led by junior Lucas Rackers with a time of 15:17 (16th place) and followed by senior Patrick Hetlage (26th place). The other three scorers for varsity were junior Noah Scott (50th place), senior Reed Milnor (71st place), and junior Joe Callahan (73rd place). Senior Chris Staley and freshman Grant Brawley wrapped up the varsity in sixth and seventh for the team. The team had a season best 1-5 gap at 41.9 seconds, something that they stressed was an important factor to success in this meet.

“It was very encouraging to have a smaller gap in such a large meet. That’s going to be a big key when it comes to beating teams in big, difficult meets,” said Scott.

Another factor that the team stressed was the ability to find their teammates in the packs of runners.

“We had trouble at first finding each other, but we didn’t panic. That was a big difference from last year. We were able to not panic, look around, and find each other in that middle mile, and really work together,” said Scott.

In the JV race, sophomore Ryan Kramer led the SLUH pack and medaled, coming in 17th place. The other four scorers for the team were junior Peter Dillon, sophomore Daniel Hogan, sophomore Reid Jack-

Another dominant meet for varsity swimming; new personal records Nicholas Dalaviras and Joe Feder REPORTERS

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he Swim and Dive Team took on the De Smet Invitational at the Saint Peter’s Rec Plex last Saturday with tremendous results, snatching 17 of the 36 available medals. Just past the halfway point of their season, the Junior Swimbills are churning through their toughest weeks of training, and the results from the Rec Plex reflect the hard work of the squad.

With competition from all over the state, ranging from fellow Jesuit high school Rockhurst of Kansas City to the reigning state champion team, Rock Bridge of Columbia, the De Smet Invitational gave the Junior Bills some formidable opponents, but this year,

SLUH dominated the leaderboard from the start.

The meet began with a bang as the 200 Medley Relay team of freshman Cooper Scharff and juniors Evan Lu, Josh Brown, and Andrew Zimmerman lowered their season best time by nearly five seconds to win the event with a 1:41.95, the second fastest time in the state this season.

Senior captains Daniel Fink and Will Slatin took third and fifth places in the 200 Freestyle respectively, and both shaved a little over a second off their season bests in the process. In the next event, the 200 Individual Medley, Scharff, Brown, and senior Garrett Baldes dominated with new personal best times on the season.

Scharff won the event, going under 2:00 for the first time

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Senior Nick Lang receiving his Rivalry scholar scholarship.

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was the day of the big game, when all through the town / Not a freshman was stirring, there wasn’t even a sound / The jerseys were hung by the hoop with care / In hopes that Paul Reddy soon would be there / The seniors put on their santa hats, ready to be fed / While visions of Kesterson getting crossed danced in their heads / When out on the court there arose such a clatter / Erwin Claggett couldn’t have looked sadder / He missed the winning shot,

such a tragic disgrace / and student cheers erupted all over the place.

This past week marked Spirit Week, and what shouts school pride more than a good ole fashioned game of hoops between the teachers and a bunch of sweaty 18-year olds in ugly sweaters? STUCO declared Wednesday to be a Christmas theme day, so the Christmas Club filled the hands of onlooking students with cups of free hot cocoa while the students who were watching the big game rocked their Santa hats.

photo | John Hilker

Saint Louis U. High seniors Brad Pike, Matthew Thibodeau, Jon Ferrari, Charlie Steenberge, Will Browdy, Will Webster, Paul Reddy, Kolin King, Handley Hicks, Tim Zhang and Frank Pellegrini all joined forces to combat the teachers.

The teachers, led by Dan “blocked Lebron” Schuler, took on the forces of the strong senior roster with faculty members Megan Menne, Jonathan Dickmann, Bradley Mueller, Erwin Claggett, Justin Seaton, Yude Huang,

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USMC visits SLUH for annual Great American Rival Series vs. CBC

W or L? Miscounting highlights teacher vs. student basketball game

Senior Paul Reddy scoring a layup on Dr. David Callon.

this season, good enough for the fourth fastest time in the state this year, and Brown and Baldes battled each other until the end, finishing within half of a second of one another to take third and fourth place.

Next, senior captain Joe Feder won the 50 Freestyle with the second fastest time in the state this season and Zimmerman landed in fifth place, edging his time down to 23.21 seconds, just half a second off of the state cut.

After a ten minute break in the meet where diving would normally be, Brown and freshman Jonas Hostetler charged through the 100 Butterfly and obliterated their previous season bests to take first and second place and get their first individual state qualifications of the

hile many St. Louis U. High students entered the Si Commons for lunch on Thursday, September 20, members of the United States Marine Corps greeted them with a chin-up challenge in support of the Great American Rivalry Series and their sponsorship of the football match on the following Friday between the Jr. Bills and the CBC Cadets.

The Great American Rivalry Series is an organization, founded in 2004, that seeks out the most highly-touted rivalries in high school football all over America in order to sponsor the matchup between the squads. The United States Marine Corps also helps sponsor the pregame festivities, more specifically, the chin-up challenge. As one might guess, it is a competition within the school community to see who can do the most chin-ups. The only thing that stood between a student participating was their lunch waiting on their table and a simple waiver. However,

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many students were on the fence about competing in the challenge, including senior Tim Bertelsman who eventually won the competition.

“I wasn’t going to originally go up there and do it, but Nathan Pawlow suggested I should,” said Bertelsman, who topped out at a record 21 chin-ups. Encouragement from peers was a common theme in participants, as senior Martin Jaskiewicz had a similar approach to the contest.

“Zach Bievenue was on the fence about going up, so I said ‘if you go up, I’ll go,’ and so we both went up(to compete),” said Jaskiewicz, who later finished in a close second behind Bertelsman with 18 chin-ups.

He was also encouraged by the local marines who were present at the challenge.

“They kept telling me that there were cookies on the top of the bar and good-looking girls on top of the bar to get up there,” said Jaskiewicz.

The encouragement from peers did not end at the decision to participate, but contin-

ued throughout the students eating-hours.

“I saw (Marty) up there, and we were all cheering him on and throwing food, it was pretty wild over at our table,” said senior Nick Dendrinelis.

“We were hungry so we were eating, but on a tertiary level we would chant and cheer kids on,” said senior Liam Gallagher.

All participants were awarded a Marines T-shirt for their participation in the competition.

Following the pregame festivities, the main event of the Series commenced on Friday before the Jr. Bills took on the Cadets at CBC. As part of the sponsorship of the game, the organization has a special ceremony before the game to acknowledge one player from each team as the recipient of the Rivalry Scholar StudentAthlete Scholarship Award.

SLUH chose senior Nick Lang to receive this award, based on several factors including GPA. “It means that all my late nights of doing homework after practice are worth it,” said Lang. “It was a satisfying feeling receiving the award in front of my friends and family before the game.”

SLUH Athletic Director Chris Muskopf is considering hosting an event at SLUH involving the Great American Rivalry Series against CBC or perhaps another opponent.

“I’d have to look and see because, to me, CBC stands out as probably the rival if we were to do that,” said Muskopf. “I’d like to do more of those kinds of things, but I don’t know if affiliating with the Rivalry Series is always our best option.

I like their premise, but I just don’t know if maybe we could do these types of things on our own and make it a little bit more us.”

Varsity soccer’s series of almosts leads to more tough loses

Junior Ethan Joly about to strike a ball versus Vianney.

BY Chris Staley and Blake

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SPORTS EDITOR, REPORTER

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he St. Louis U. High soccer team had a busy week last week. After a loss in PKs against Vianney and a close 1-0 loss to Eureka, the team came alive in a 4-0 win over Belleville West and a hard-fought 2-1 loss against Oakville. But the boys started to fade when they ended the week with a 1-0 loss to their Webster Groves rivals.

The Jr. Bills (4-10-1) started their five-game week against the Vianney Griffins. With many alums in attendance for the 75th anniversary celebration of SLUH soccer, SLUH looked for

revenge after a 1-0 loss against Vianney the week before.

“Playing in front of the alumni was one of the coolest atmospheres that I have ever played in,” said junior Charles Neuwirth. “The energy that they added to the game made us want to work that much harder to try and get a win for them.”

In the first half, both sides played aggressively, but both goalies were able to stop the ball from getting behind them.

In the second half, SLUH soccer was just inches away from scoring multiple times.

Senior captain Alex Lehmann struck a curvy corner kick on goal, but it nailed the inside

photo | Jonel Olar

of the post and bounced out.

Sophomore Tilahun Murphy crossed up a Griffin and tapped the ball through a defender’s legs to set up junior Max Juric for a beautiful shot, but Juric kicked it over the net.

After free kicks from both teams went onto the top of the net or were stopped by diving goalies, the Jr. Bills went into overtime. After two of scoreless overtime periods, the MCC teams went into PKs. It was the fourth time the Jr. Bills have been in overtime, and the second time they’ve gone into PKs. “It reveals a really great characteristic in them in that they just fight and that they

want to stay in it. They don’t give up, and that’s just something that I appreciate in the makeup of the team,” said head coach Bob O’Connell. “Teams don’t want to play against us because they know we’re going to scrap and give everything we have for 80 minutes or 100 minutes.”

Despite fighting through 100 minutes of play, the Jr. Bills were unable to stop the Griffins and fell 4-2 in PKs. SLUH hoped to turn things around the next day against the Eureka Wildcats, but the game started off against the Jr. Bills’ favor with Eureka scoring 25 seconds into the game.

“We were all very shocked.

They immediately took the ball straight down our throat and finished the ball very nicely into the top corner,” said junior Tate Grearson. “We all kept our heads up, though, and we had plenty of energy because the goal occurred so early on in the game. We were just unsuccessful in putting that energy to use in scoring a goal afterwards which was very disappointing.”

The squad kept fighting, and close chances were placed at the feet of the players, but the Jr. Bills failed to capitalize. Senior Alex Johnson just missed tying the game when Eureka’s goalie got his but the fingertips on the ball, and the game stayed 1-0 at half.

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n what has increasingly been described as a rebuilding year for the St. Louis U. High football program, the varsity team completed half of its season with last Friday night’s game this past week against CBC. Last Friday night, the varsity Jr. Billikens fell 59-14 to the dynasty which is the CBC varsity football team.

The loss dropped them to 0-5 on the season.

However, there was a glimpse of hope last Monday, when the B-team came back in dramatic fashion to topple the younger Cadets, 28-21.

The varsity contest last Friday night was a tale of endurance and two teams: the Jr. Bills, the smaller group, both in size and number, and the Cadets, who seemingly doubled the SLUH squad, casting worry upon the hopeful Jr. Bill fans from the first moment they ran into the stadium.

But for a large part of the first half, SLUH gave CBC’s team and fans something to worry about.

After forcing a CBC punt on its first possession, SLUH got the ball rolling right away. Deep in their own territory, at the 5-yard line, junior running back Kellen Porter, Jr. sprinted down the right out-of-bounds line and across the first down marker for

Senior Luke Sansone tackling a Cadet.

a ten-yard rush, gaining his first of many rushing yards. But junior quarterback Brendan Hannah was picked off at SLUH’s 15-yard line on the next play and the returning cornerback strolled easily into the Jr. Bills end zone for an early Cadets lead.

“After the interception, we stuck with the game plan.

We were effectively moving the ball,” said head coach Mike Jones on the offensive mindset after the interception.

Following the CBC kickoff, the SLUH offense went three-and-out, and the excitement from Porter’s initial rush was a distant memory. CBC scored on a 15-yard run down the left sideline to go up 14-0 with seven minutes left in the

photo | Sulli Wallisch

first quarter.

On the next drive, the SLUH coaches decided to call a unique play. After a loss of yardage on the first play, Hannah passed to senior Nick Lang on the second play after barely avoiding a sack. Lang, who was then faced with another CBC defender, executed the hook and ladder play. Quickly and precisely, he flipped the football to a wide open Porter, who nimbly evaded a few defensemen and took the ball down the sideline to the house, a 70-yard touchdown. The Jr. Bills were back in it.

“I was surprised at how well the play worked,” said Porter. “I was like ‘so I’m really (undefended)? I have to take advantage of it.’”

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season.

“Brown has really stepped up in practices and at meets,” said head coach Lindsey Ehret. “It’s been really nice to see.”

In the 100 Freestyle, Feder and Slatin also swam to first and second place, and Slatin secured his first individual state cut of the season with a personal best time of 49.52 seconds.

“I think that I was initially surprised by how fast I went. I am really excited to see the potential that I, and the rest of the team, will

rored SLUH’s performance throughout the entire meet, as Slatin, Fink, Scharff, and Feder dropped two seconds with a time of 3:18.83, beating the rest of the field by nearly ten seconds.

After the conclusion of the swimming competition, the diving squad of freshman Sebastian Lawerence, sophomore Owen Cooney, and juniors Gabe and Max Manalang arrived to seal what was looking to be a commanding victory for the U. High.

With each Jr. Bill finishing in the top 10, the divers

art | Emmanuel Akpan

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SLUH hangs in game vs. strong CBC team through first half; unable to keep momentum in second

BY Nick Prainito STAFF

Every swimmer finshes in top 10 of each race

After the Cadets scored another touchdown on their next drive, SLUH countered with a touchdown of their own.

What led up to the score was a six-minute drive that saw many personal foul penalties from the Cadets, allowing the Jr. Bills to advance easily. Following a series of short, sustained rushes, an 11-yard run

by Porter brought the Jr. Bills inside the Cadets’ 5-yard line, and Hannah finished the drive with a QB sneak for a three-yard touchdown. Senior Joe Gilmore nailed the extra point to cut the Cadets lead to 21-14 with nine and a half minutes left in the half.

However, from this point on the offense was unsuccessful.

CBC continued their rampage with two touchdowns in the last two minutes of the half to lead 35-14, largely due to the Jr. Bills poor pass coverage, as CBC quarterback Brett Gabbert was able to utilize his receivers for maximum gains.

The second half started much like the first, with a CBC touchdown and then another SLUH three-and-out on offense. From that point forward, every Jr. Billikens drive terminated with a punt to CBC. Combined with CBC scoring on every possession except their last, the game quickly became a

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per goosin’ speedy suits,” said Slatin, referring to the potential speed of the team.

Despite some technical difficulties with the timing system in the next race, the 500 Freestyle, the Jr. Bills pulled together some impressive swims. Freshman Ned Mehmeti had a breakout swim, finishing tenth overall and first of the freshmen, while Fink and junior Sean Santoni each saw time drops of over five seconds, with Santoni missing the state cut by just under half a second.

The final two individual events, the 100 Backstroke and the 100 Breaststroke, continued to bring monumental time drops, with Scharff shaving off three more seconds in the Backstroke and junior Adam Simokaitis and senior Garrett Baldes cutting their times down by two and three seconds in the Breaststroke respectively. The standout swim of the meet, however, came from Lu, as he dropped four seconds in the Breaststroke to achieve his first-ever state cut. “[Lu] is really starting to impress everybody,” said Ehret. “He’s never had a state cut before, and now he’s in a state qualifying relay, and now he’s got the 100 Breaststroke.”

As the final swimming event of the afternoon, the 400 Freestyle Relay mir-

twenty point improvement in his personal score, and the night ended with a bit of drama, as Max Manalang outdove his brother by just 0.9 points to take first in the event. SLUH ended up scoring 670.5 points, 130 points more than Rockhurst, the second place team.

“I think that having the focus on the team is important going forward” said Ehret. “We perform really well when we focus on the little things and when we swim for our brothers.”

As the Swimbills are officially over halfway through the season, several swimmers are looking forward to upcoming meets that will provide great challenges and opportunities for improvement.

“The SLUH Swim and Dive team is like a giant squid, which scours the depths of the ocean for its next big feast,” said Brown.

The team’s next meet, the Lindbergh Invitational, will feature several top-tier schools from around the St. Louis area, namely Lindbergh and Kirkwood High Schools, to serve as potential menu items for this “big feast.” The meet will take place this Saturday at Lindbergh starting at noon.

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Success for XC across the board (continued from page 8)

son, and sophomore Hayden Zenor. Freshmen Baker Pashea and Sean Kellogg were the sixth and seventh men respectively for JV. “I was able to get out in the top 20 early on, and didn’t settle in, and that allowed me to have a pretty good race, “ said Kramer. “What was impressive was that everyone on the team got a PR or season best, and that really speaks to how good of a day it was for the team.”

While their teammates were in Palatine, the rest of the SLUH team raced at the Ed White Warrior Invitational at Arnold City Park. Despite racing a Varsity 3 with their 1723 runners, SLUH finished in second place, behind only St. Francis Borgia. Senior Charlie Perry finished first for SLUH and medaled fifth overall. Juniors Sirius Song (eighth place) and Garrett Seal (10th place) medaled for SLUH as well.

In the race, SLUH showed off their depth while competing against rival De Smet.

“Anytime you take 16 guys out of town, and go and beat MCC rivals in a varsity race, you have to feel really good about how the guys competed.

It really showed off the depth of our program to be able to do that,” said Porter.

In the JV race, SLUH finished in second place and medaled all of their top five scorers. In sixth place, junior Peter LaBarge was the first to finish for SLUH, followed by senior Ben Poag (seventh place),

sophomore Noah Apprill-Sokol (eighth place), sophomore Henry Bourneuf (ninth place), and senior Carlo Pitti (11th place).

“We had a great race. We were able to compete and stick together in the harder parts of the race,” said Apprill-Sokol.

The freshman team won their race, led by a second place finish from Justin Glass, with several teammates following closely behind. Eli Dernlan (sixth), Joe LaBarge (seventh), and Graham Sanfilippo (eighth), finished in rapid succession, and Sam Kean rounded out the medalists in 13th place.

This weekend, the team will be competing in the Parkway West Dale Shepherd Invitational in Wildwood against some top local competition from Kirkwood, Rock Bridge, Lafayette, and Parkway West.

Coming off a great week last week, the team hopes to continue its success and make a statement against some of these top teams. In order to compete in meets like this, they must continue to focus on their goals during practice.

“We ran some really fast and successful times at Fox and Palatine. When you run fast times like that, you think you’ve accomplished what you want to accomplish this year,” said Porter. “We have to go back and continue to improve so we are running our best races at Conference, Findley, and State.”

C Soccer (8-1-2) 9/ 19 - Bayless SLUH 31 F:4 Bayless 0 1 F:1 Goals: Roarke Unrau (1), Connor McCullar (1)

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In the second half, the Jr. Bills came close with many more chances. With a strong defense and junior goalie Peter Herrmann stopping the attacks from Eureka, the boys held the Wildcats to one goal. However, the offense could not get the ball in the back of the net, ending the game in a 1-0 loss.

“We knew that we started off the game badly and because of that we put ourselves in a bad situation to win the game, so I think that everyone was pretty disappointed,” said Neuwirth.

“However, I also think that it left everyone determined to not let it happen again.”

The Jr. Bills slept well over the weekend and were ready to fight in their opening game of the CYC Tournament against Belleville West, back on home

back of the net one more time to make the score 4-0, a score that the team would take to the end of the game.

“I was pumped the team got the win,” said Klostermann.

“It was really cool scoring my first varsity goals. Ethan Joly and Jacob Hammond gave me great passes to set up both goals.”

The faceoff against Belleville West was the first game of the season where the Jr. Bills scored more than one goal in a regulation victory, and their first real blowout win.

“With the season so far of getting close and not getting the result, I felt good that they had a game where they could feel good and play and score and breathe a little bit,” said O’Connell. “I hope this week convinces them even more that we’re a good team and that it doesn’t have to fall on just

Senior Alex Johnson against Belleville West.

turf.

The team opened up the scoring quickly when Charles Neuwirth sent a cross to Ethan Joly, who finished with a wellplaced header to make the score 9/24 - Mehlville SLUH 10 F:1 1-0.

Less than 30 seconds later, Mehlville 0 0 F:0 Goals: Jonny Grimes (1) senior Reid Horton sent a perfect ball to senior Louis Vacca, who managed to put the ball 9/25 - Marquette SLUH 2 0 F:2 away, giving the team an early 2-0 lead in no time. The boys Marquette 0 0 F:0 Goals: Jack Rudder (1), were hungry, and junior Ryan Klostermann gave them someCaz Magruder (1) thing to chew on with a rip to JV Soccer (4-4) put the squad up 3-0 before the half was over.

9/19 - Festus SLUH 73 F: 10 “We were able to possess the ball more and we generated Festus 00 F: 0 Goals: Austin Bievenue a lot of shots,” said Klostermann.

(1), Ben Gremaud (2), The second half started off Juan Hernandez (2), with a little less action, but KlosAmar Mujezinovic (1), termann decided that he wanted another and put the ball in the Andy Mujezinovic (1),

9/ 24 - Mehlville SLUH 1 2 F:3 Mehlville 0 1 F:1 Goals: Owen Rittenhouse Ben Thomas (1), (1), Thomas Reilly (1), Caleb Forthaus (1), Kyle Catalano (1), Connor McCullar (1) 9/20 - Cape Central 9/ 25 - CBC SLUH 0 1 F: 1 SLUH 0 2 F:2 Cape Central 1 1 F: 2 CBC 0 1 F:1 Goals: Amar Mujezinovic Goals: Connor McCullar (1) (1), Roarke Unrau (1) 9/22 Frederick Town SLUH 3 3 F:6 B Soccer (8-2-2) Frederick Town 1 0 F:1 9/20 - Vianney Goals: Ben Witte (1), SLUH 2 1 F:3 Austin Bevinue (1), Vianney 0 0 F:0 Ben Gremaud (1), Goals: Jonny Grimes (3) Fetra Randrianasolo (1), Amar Mujezinovic (1), 9/21 - Eureka Juan Hernandez (1) SLUH 02 F:2 Eureka 0 0 F:0 Goals: Harrison Beards- —compiled by Jimmy Stanley ley (2) and Jared Thornberry

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B Football (2-3) 9/24 - CBC SLUH 0 0 7 14 7 F:28 CBC 7 0 7 7 0F:21 Luke Johnston: 3 pass TD, 1 rush TD Jack McClelland: 2 TD rec Danny O’Keefe: 3 sacks

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one or two guys and that there’s a lot of pieces out there and that if we put the pieces together, we can score against some pretty decent teams.”

The team hoped to keep the fire strong against Oakville in their second game of the CYC Tournament.

The game started with SLUH in possession of the ball for a majority of the time, but they failed to put the ball away, despite multiple opportunities. The momentum began to slightly tip in the other direction, and an unfortunate cross lead to a deflection by SLUH into their own goal, giving the Oakville team a 1-0 lead. Thankfully, Charles Neuwirth came in clutch in the last seven minutes of the first half with a goal sent to the bottom left corner, making the score 1-1 going into half.

“I did feel (the own goal) kind of took the wind out of us again for about a 10-minute or 15-minute period after that goal,” said O’Connell. “Some heads were dropping and I thought ‘oh no, this is happening again,’ but I thought we made a couple of changes and some of the changes brought a different energy, and we were able to combine well and got a goal.”

“During the game, we said ‘come on, we can turn this thing around,’ and Charles Neuwirth stepped up and scored with a great pass from Jacob Hammond,” said Klostermann.

Oakville was more aggressive than SLUH and had some opportunities, but they were unable to finish. SLUH responded with opportunities of their own through the half, but goals were

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as elusive as ever for the Jr. Bills as they were unable to put any points on the board. Oakville was able to put out the flame with a goal with ten minutes left, ending the game with final score of 2-1.

“We were bummed for the loss, but know we can use this as extra motivation for the road to districts,” said Klostermann.

The drought only continued as the team entered Wednesday’s game against Webster Groves in their final game of the CYC Tournament.

The game started slow, and the boys had especially few scoring opportunities. The half continued to be uneventful and the score was 0-0 entering the second.

Defense ruled through the game, until a well-hit ball bounced right to a Webster

Groves player, who managed to place a header perfectly to give them the lead. The Jr. Bills were unable to respond to the goal and finished off a poor offensive performance scoreless, leaving the final score a disappointing 1-0. However, the team sees ways they can improve the offense.

“Offensive issues definitely are not a new problem to us,” said Grearson. “We’ve always had trouble finishing our chances as well as creating good chances in our opponent’s half of the field. Against Webster in particular we weren’t able to connect good passes through to the attackers and, when we did, it was always in very wide areas on the field. We were never able to take the ball up the gut and pass through their defensive lines in the middle of the field.

We really need to focus on that and breaking defenses with creative runs through their lines and I believe we will be a lot more successful in the future.”

Despite the losses towards the end of the week, the Jr. Bills did a much better job of improving their offensive attack. The new style of play has worked with more shots and goals being scored.

“We’re attacking much better, they’re winning more balls in the midfield. I think that’s key to any team’s success, but it’s something we weren’t great at early in these last couple games,” said O’Connell. “They’re trying to possess it more.”

Along with that, O’Connell sees the team working together well—a goal that the team has been working on since the beginning of the season.

“Hopefully this becomes a habit—a culture or mentality that these guys have—that they believe they can play and that they embrace the style that we’re trying to play,” said O’Connell.

“The effort is still there, there seems to be more constructive talking amongst the backs and the midfields, there seems to be some joy when we start scoring.

I do think they’re building towards where we want to go.”

SLUH hopes to bounce back from their losses in two games next week. They play Lindbergh on Oct. 1 at 6:00 p.m. at Lindbergh High School, then they head over to CBC on Oct. 2 to play CBC at 7:00 p.m.

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blowout. Even with primarily running plays, the Cadets were still able to get past SLUH’s offense each and every time and either score a touchdown or field goal. Near the end of the game, their second and third string units came on to finish.

SLUH’s offense was unsuccessful in both the running game and the passing game.

CBC’s cornerbacks were too good for the Jr. Bills, with most passes being knocked away from the intended receiver. And their inside defensive unit, made up of linemen and linebackers, kept Porter and the rest of the corps of running backs from advancing more than a few yards

at a time. Porter ended up with 53 rushing yards and around 75 in receiving. For the season, he has 580 yards on 107 carries, averaging out to a respectable 5.4 yards per rush. He mentioned that a key factor in his running game last week was pushing through the gap.

“What helped the running game was just hitting the hole because it would close as fast as it opened,” said Porter.

Although the varsity team fell last week, the younger Jr. Bills pulled off an impressive victory against the younger Cadets last Monday.

The B-team, composed of players from the freshmen and sophomore classes, defeated

CBC 28-21 at SLUH. Down 21-7 at halftime, the Jr. Bills responded by scoring three touchdowns in a row and won in overtime, all while containing the Cadets’ offense. They improved to 2-3 on the season with the victory.

Tonight, the varsity team plays the St. John Vianney Griffins at SLUH at 7 p.m. The Griffins are 4-1 and beat De Smet last week. Last year, they advanced to the state quarterfinal. Next Friday, the Jr. Bills compete against Chaminade to wrap up their Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) portion of the schedule.

“We have to eliminate turnovers,” said Jones. “We have

to eliminate giving up explosion plays, and we have to score in the green zone,” (inside the opponent’s 30-yard line.)

Jones mentioned a couple of improvements for the defensive core on improving pass coverage for tonight’s game.

“We are working on making sure our defensive line and our linebackers and defensive backs are executing their assignments,” Jones said.

The B-team plays Vianney on Monday Oct. 1, and Chaminade on Monday, Oct. 8. Jones was optimistic for their prospects.

“The B-team is playing well,” said Jones. “The future is very bright.”

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Around the outHallways Upper Field of the campus every day.

For the past few weeks, the upper field has been closed for student use due to maintenance work being done with the grass. The field was aerated, reseeded, and split seeded, which will allow the grass to hopefully grew fully as the fall season begins. This is the first of several times maintenance work will be done on the field this year.

The Saint Louis Science Center shares the lot with SLUH and they wanted to change the system. The old system had passes that gave full access to a student for life, and the Science Center did not think that was fair. Dean of Students Brock Kesterson is working with the Science Center on granting certain people access. So far, things have not been going so perfectly and New key cards for parking some passes are not working.

SLUH drivers are feeling a bit Kesterson says that he wants different as they drive in and to give the seniors until June

to park in the lot.

Russia Trip Plans are in the works for this summer’s Russian Trip, where 80 to 90 percent of Russian III students will engage in classes at SLUH’s partner school in St. Petersburg, and be living with sponsors in the area. The trip lasts two weeks, beginning in mid-June, during that time the students will be taking a morning class on Russian language and culture. They will be finishing off the trip with three days of sightseeing in Moscow. Later in the year, Russian students will come to

SLUH to for a similar experience.

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Art Retreat Students and faculty left for the Art Retreat on Wednesday.

The retreat is held in Columbia, Ill. and lasts until Friday afternoon. The retreat offers both faculty and students an opportunity to explore spirituality through artistic expression. For more, look for our coverage of the retreat in next week’s issue of the Prep News.

Regular Schedule Friday, September 28 Junior/Senior Art Retreat Spirit Week AP Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Chicken Bacon Cheese

Vegetarian—Hungry Planet Sandwich 4:00 PM C Soccer vs Vianney 7:00 PM V Football vs Vianney

—Nick Campbell, Nick Shelton, Johno Jackson, Ben Klevorn and Paul Gillam

Monday, October 1 Regular Schedule Tech Week Freshman Advisement AP Snack—Chicken Bites Lunch Special—Chick-Fil-A

Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

McKendree University

Lindenwood University 3:30 PM NIE 1st Quarter Meeting 4:00 PM B Football @ St. John Vianney 4:15 PM B & C Soccer @ Lindbergh 6:00 PM V Soccer @ Lindbergh Tuesday, October 2 M Schedule Voices of SLUH Presentation Tech Week Lunch Special—Taco Bar

Vegetarian—Penne Pasta

University of Kansas

Webster University 4:00 PM C Soccer @ CBC 4:00 PM JV Soccer vs Vianney 5:30 PM B Soccer @ CBC 7:00 PM V Soccer @ CBC Wednesday, October 3 Late Start Department Meetings Tech Week Lunch Special—Hot Ham & Cheese

Vegetarian—Turkey Burger 6:30 PM FAFSA Night Thursday, October 4 Regular Schedule Tech Week AP Macalester College

Vanderbilt University

Creighton University

Snack—Cinnamon Rolls Lunch Special—Domino’s Pizza

Vegetarian—Grilled Cheese

University of Puget Sound 4:00 PM MCC Championships Cross Country 4:00 PM JV Soccer vs DeSmet 4:30 PM Swimming & Diving vs FZW 5:30 PM AMDG Spirituality for Parents Regular Schedule Friday, October 5 F/C 1st Friday Mass AP Freshman Class Mass

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

Snack—Pepperoni Bosco Lunch Special—Country Fried Steak

Vegetarian—Garden Burger 4:00 PM B Soccer vs Soldan 7:00 PM V Football @ Chaminade 7:30 PM Theater Production

Voices of SLUH, IV Language teachers Kate Toussaint and Frank Kovarik have launched Voices of SLUH, Volume IV, “What does the Brett Kavanaugh story mean for us at SLUH?” in which a series of reflective essays concerning matters of sexual misconduct, alcohol abuse, privilege, all male environments, and Jesuit school culture will be published to the student body via email. Students and faculty are encouraged to submit reflective essays focused on any of the aforementioned topics to Mrs. Toussaint as soon as possible. The essays will begin being sent in coming weeks. For questions, concerns, or comments, please contact Mrs. Toussaint.

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David Callon, the Rev. Joseph Hill, S.J., and John Penilla.

Surprisingly enough, Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock “ankles snapped” Kesterson did not show up to play in the game this year.

The game started off with Huang winning the jump ball, hushing the crowd of rowdy seniors. After the jump ball, a series of sloppy plays by the senior squad led to an early lead for the teachers; there were multiple turnovers, missed layups, and bad passes.

With the vicious spin moves of Huang and nasty crossovers from Mueller, the teachers dominated the paint early.

Claggett also hit a deep 3-ball to add to the lead, putting a lot of stress on senior coaches

Joey Lally and Trip Dolan.

When halftime rolled around, the seniors were only down two points to the teachers, 13-11. The teachers came out of the half with a full head of steam, going on a quick 8-0 run, but Brad Pike changed all of that with his “nifty” layup skills. He started off a drive for the seniors at the six minute mark, putting his team on a 12-2 (or 12-4 but who’s counting?) run to close out the game.

With 40 seconds to go, the score was (allegedly) tied, and the teachers had the ball. In the final seconds, the teachers were looking for a two-pointer to tie the game up, but Paul “always ready” Reddy stole the ball off of a pass from Mueller and scored

Prep News Volume 83, Issue 6 Editor in Chief Paul “Toast Marshmallows” Gillam News Editors Liam “Drink Pumpkin Spiced Lattes” John Handley “Watch Bama Football” Hicks

Nick “Eat Gummy Worms” Prainito Art Director Darion “Do a Split” Mullins Staff Artists Jackson “Watch Pixar Movies” DuCharme

Sports Editors Chris “Nae Nae Real Staff Photographer Good” Staley Louis “See My Kids” Justin “Leave My Lanyard Barnes At Home” Koesterer Reporters Core Staff Ben “Wear WindbreakBen “Stalk Sam Chechik’s ers” Kleffner Articles” Klevorn Jack “Write Articles?”

Schoen Staff Matthew “Overthrow Brad “Leave Early” Pike STUCO” Thibodeau Thom “Carve Pumpkin Nick “Buy More Gucci” Spiced Sushi” Molen Shelton Peter “Join the Army” Will “Join the Navy” McCampbell Cann

a two point jumper from the free throw line.

With 13 seconds left, down by two, the teachers gave the ball to their most trusted assassin, Erwin “SLU(H) Basketball is life” Claggett. He got the ball with six seconds left off of a quick pass and shot the long ball. It bounced off of the back of the rim and students rushed the court. “Seniors win, Seniors win! 25-23!” shouted Jack Perry, announcing the game from the sideline. The seniors, led by Paul “MVP” Reddy, put away the teachers, or did they?

Some say that senior Ben Blittschau, who was scoring the game, failed to add two points to the teachers score in the last five minutes thus meaning the game ended in

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“I am 100 percent confident that the score was correct and the seniors won,” said Blittschau.

“All I know is that I shot the ball, it went in, and no points were added,” said Hill.

Dissenting students say these are made up allegations brought up by teachers, desperate to relive their glory years, however, Principal Ian Gibbons, S.J., has decided that there may be evidence of foul play. An official investigation is currently underway, but until a panel of impartial judges reaches its conclusion, the students can declare victory.

Saturday, September 29

Tech Week Swimming & Diving Lindbergh Invitational 9:00 AM V, JV, C Cross Country Parkway West Invitational

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Credits “Now that it’s fall, I can...”

Joe “Be a Lil Colder After Swimming” Feder Peter “Wear my Toga” LaBarge Matt “Sing Ave Maria” Friedrichs Sam “Eat Fish” Tarter Noah “Wait for Spring” Apprill-Sokol Fitz “Drink Pumpkin Root Beer” Cain Jimmy “Watch the Rams Win?” Stanley Johno “Cold” Jackson Blake “Jump in the Leaves!” Obert Nicholas “Find my Sweatshirt” Dalaviras Nick “Join the Air Force” Campbell Jared “Become Thom” Thornberry Contributing Artist Harrison “Spell Jesuits” Petty

Emanuel “Obtain Wisdom” Akpan Jack “Go for a Drive” Colvin Contributing Photographers Sulli “Take Pics” Wallisch John “Photography” Hilker Mrs. Kathy “Study covalent Bonds with my Students” Chott Moderator Mr. Steve “Grade Essays” Missey Advisors Mr. Peter “Wear a Quarter Zip Over a Collared Shirt” Lucier Mr. Justin “Get Spooky” Seaton

Mothers’ Club Card Party St. Louis U. High Mothers’ Club is hosting their annual Card Party on October 14, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. All mothers are invited to enjoy an afternoon of cards, games, conversation, crafts, white elephant, raffles, attendance prizes, bakery items, beautiful baskets from alumni, and lunch. Attendees pay just $10.00 and have the option to join a table or make their own.

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