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ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010

VOL. LXXV, ISSUE 16

SLUH mourns the death of Mr. Mark Tychonievich 3+272 %< 05 0$77 6&,872

Memorial celebrates Latin magister and football coach at College Church BY Â JOE Â KLEIN Â AND Â MATT Â COOLEY CORE Â STAFF

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Tychonievich at the basketball scorekeeping table in 2009.

College  Church,  and  the  SLUH  Jesuit  Community  presided  over  the  service.  Despite  his  illness,  Tychoniev-­ ich  never  let  his  illness  dampen  the  positive  demeanor  he  shared  with  his  students  and  colleagues.  He  never  let  others  concentrate  on  his  illness,  and  when  the  conversation  shifted  toward  him,  he  would  redi-­ rect  it  and  focus  on  those  around  him.  â€œHe  was  the  picture  of  positive Â

thinking,â€?  said  Russian  teacher  Rob  Chura.  â€œHe  was  saying,  â€˜This  is  what  I’ve  been  given,  but  there’s  going  to  be  a  good  outcome.  I’m  going  to  get  through  this.’  â€Ś  He  embodied  that  every  day,  and  all  of  us  around  him  know  that  we  were  probably  more  crushed  by  those  words  than  he  was.â€?  â€œOne  of  our  favorite  sayings  is  â€˜It  is  what  is,’â€?  said  football  coach  Gary  Kornfeld.  â€œHe  would  take  others’  pains  on,  but  he  didn’t  want Â

anybody  else  feeling  his  pain.â€?  Tychonievich  expressed  a  desire  to  remain  in  the  classroom  as  long  as  physically  possible,  and  he  taught  Latin  I  and  IV  during  the  ¿UVW TXDUWHU RI WKLV VFKRRO \HDU During  that  time  he  brought  an  exceptional  sense  of  determination  and  willpower  to  his  teaching.  He  IRXQG LW GLIÂżFXOW HYHQ WR JHW WR his  classroom  in  room  M216  and  would  often  sit  at  his  desk  and  ask Â

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President David Laughlin addresses the senior class at the Senior Project missioning ceremony during Activity Period on December 17.

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Map shows where students hail from Basketball A new map, posted across from the main of- SLUH  drops  three  in  row  to  fall  below  .500.  Ă€FH VKRZV DOO WKH ORFDWLRQV LQ WKH 6W /RXLV Jr.  Bills  face  Chaminade  tonight.  Page  7 PHWUR DUHD ZKHUH 6/8+ VWXGHQWV OLYH 3DJH

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Volume  75,  Issue  16

January  7,  2011

Map in main corridor displays SLUH student body’s geographic diversity PHOTO BY BEN BANET

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t. Louis U. High draws its 1053 students from throughout the greater St. Louis area, and a new map outside the Main

2IÀFH LQ WKH ÀUVW à RRU FHQWUDO corridor is intended to illustrate that idea to SLUH’s students and visitors. In the map, students are di-

vided by zip code. Under each zip code stickers are put to count the students from that area: a green sticker for ten, a red sticker for ÀYH DQG D EOXH VWLFNHU IRU RQH

“I’ve seen it at a couple other schools,â€? said Principal John Moran. Moran explained that prospective SLUH parents—who may have driven by other schools on their way to SLUH—often ask where SLUH draws its students from. Moran thought the map would help answer these questions and serve as an interesting source of information for students, who may think they are the only SLUH student who lives in a given area. The map itself was made by a St. Louis map-making company, DQG ZDV PRGLĂ€HG VSHFLĂ€FDOO\ WR DFcommodate SLUH. The concentric circles are centered around SLUH instead of the Arch downtown, as is usually done. Each concentric circle on the map represents ten miles, and allows one to see that some students travel up to 40 miles to reach SLUH. Because SLUH draws students from such a large area, the map had to be widened so it could show all of the students. Once Moran had acquired the map, the admissions department supplied the information. The

time-consuming work of placing the stickers fell to Principal’s ofĂ€FH DVVLVWDQWV -DQ &RWWHU DQG 5LWD Mulligan. The map went up on Dec. 20. The zip code that SLUH draws the most students is 63119, which contains Webster Groves and currently has 88 students at SLUH. The 63122 zip code, which contains Kirkwood, Oakland, and Glendale, is next with 86. The bulk of the students hail from St. Louis County, but students come from seven counties, including one student from Franklin County and two from Breese, Illinois in Clinton County. 6WXGHQWV VHHP WR EH Ă€QGLQJ the map useful. “At one point we had ten boys out there looking at it,â€? said Mulligan, ideally situated to keep an eye on the map. Moran said he hoped that what students would take away from the map was that SLUH was “very diverse in regard to where we draw students from.â€?

Foulds joins Technology Department; hails from Durham, England PHOTO BY BEN BANET

BY Â LUKE Â REICHOLD REPORTER

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ain Foulds, the newest addition to St. Louis U. High’s Technology Support department, was hired over the Christ-

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mas break. The department had been looking for an addition to the team ever since the departure of Dan McGuire, who left earlier this school year. Foulds, born in Durham,

England, has quite a bit of prior technology experience. Foulds got highly interested in computers while at Gateshead College, where he worked a lot with the IT department. After college, he worked as a supervisor for a Linux customer support team for 5 years. In addition, he worked as the sole network manager for the entire Greencroft School District in England, which consisted of 750 different high schools. Looking for adventure and something new, Foulds went to work in Bethel, Alaska in late 2006, where he worked for about four \HDUV DPRQJ D WHDP RI ÀYH as systems analyst and server administrator for a school district covering 27,000 square miles and over 2500 computers. On a more recreational note, Foulds actually reffed a dogsledding team there and enjoyed

photographing them. He also met KLV Ă€DQFH WKHUH After moving from Bethel, Alaska to St. Louis in July 2010, he saw that SLUH was looking for an addition to their technology team. Both of his parents are teachers, and he likes the idea of working with IT in a school environment because he feels that there is always something new every day and enjoys the challenge. “I felt (the job) could help me grow professionally as well as personally here at SLUH,â€? said Foulds. The total-Mac computer network here at SLUH is nothing new for Foulds. As a science teacher, his father had computers at home. He had grown up using an Apple SE30 (released in ‘89) and also had used Apple computers for his servers in Alaska. Foulds is knowledgeable in several programming languages, including C++ and PHP, and has contributed to several open-source

Joe Jedlicka wins annual pingpong Christmas Classic BY Â JACK Â GODAR Â REPORTER

PHOTO BY MR MATT SCIUTO

just for freshmen during Spring Fling. The Christmas he 7th annual St. Louis U. High Christmas Classic &ODVVLF KDG D Ă€HOG pingpong tournament and bar- of about thirty kids, becue took place over Christmas and consisted of break, with junior Joe Jedlicka round-robin matchpinging and ponging his way to es in which the players were divided into victory. By winning, Jedlicka kept the groups. The players Christmas Classic championship in who won the most the family for the second year in a matches in their row, since his twin brother, John, groups advanced to the bracket part won last year. “Last year I actually lost to my of the tournament, EURWKHU LQ WKH Ă€QDOV EXW WKLV \HDU , which was held after the competitors had got it back,â€? said Joe Jedlicka. This year, John did not advance WKHLU Ă€OO RI EDUEHWR WKH Ă€QDOV ORVLQJ LQ WKH VHPLĂ€QDOV cue. Spanish teacher to junior Matthew Schoelch. Joe Greg Bantle, who is then beat Schoelch in a three-game the moderator of the Junior Cameron Trachset volleys the boll in a match during the pingpong tournament. Table Tennis club match. “It was very close,â€? Joe said. and runs the Christmas Classic, The Christmas Classic is said that the amount of players was said. “(The amount of players) was advertise this year’s edition of the exactly what I wanted.â€? tournament. normally the only pingpong tour- perfect this year. “I really didn’t go trying to Because there were too many “Kids kind of heard about it nament Bantle holds. This year, however, he will hold a tournament look for more (players),â€? Bantle players last year, Bantle did not through word of mouth,â€? he said.

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projects, including Mozilla and 2SHQ2IĂ€FH When asked, Foulds said that he prefers Xbox 360 to PS3 and prefers Android over Apple; his favorite English football club is Sunderland. He enjoys photography as a hobby.

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In the end, the Christmas Classic is more about having fun than winning, though most competitors would not mind being the winner. Jedlicka had that approach towards the tournament. “I honestly like playing pingpong just for fun, so it was more just for the enjoyment of myself WKDQ IRU ZLQQLQJ EXW LW GHĂ€QLWHO\ felt nice to win,â€? he said. “It was just a fun day and a big barbecue,â€? Bantle said.

January 7, 2010

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Volume 75, Issue 16

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Volume  75,  Issue  16

January  7,  2010

Tychonievich remembered: community celebrates long-time teacher MR. T

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approach  to  teaching,â€?  she  said.  â€œHe  was  serious  about  it,  but  he  also  injected  humor  into  learning  forms  of  Latin  grammar  that  can  be  really  tedious  unless  you  do  something  different  with  it.  He  made  Latin  come  alive  for  his  students.â€?  â€œIt’s  very  easy  with  these  subjects  to  be  very  dry  about  (teaching  them),â€?  said  history  teacher  Ben  Farley,  who  had  Tychonievich  as  a  Latin  teacher.  â€œHe’d  make  them  exciting.â€?  Farley  recalled  a  time  that  his  class  had  trouble  with  the  word  talis–meaning Â

‘such’–and  in  response,  Tychonievich  began  excitedly  banging  on  his  podium  and  yelling  â€œIt’s  talis!  Bada-­bing,  bada-­boom,  talis!â€?  â€œI’ve  forgotten  a  lot  of  my  Latin,  but  until  I  die  I’ll  always  remember  the  word  talis,â€?  joked  Farley.  Tychonievich  brought  more  fun  to  his  classes  during  exam  review  sessions,  where  Tychonievich  combined  two  of  his  passions  into  one  activity:  Latin  Football. 7\FKRQLHYLFK ZDV ÂżUVW GLDJQRVHG ZLWK pancreatic  cancer  in  June  2007.  In  January  of  that  year,  he  was  diagnosed  with  diabetes  and  later  jaundice,  which  led  to  the  cancer  diagnosis.  Initially,  the  cancerous  mass  was  inoperable,  but  after  almost  a  year  of  success-­ ful  chemotherapy  and  radiation  treatments,  it  had  shrunk  to  a  size  that  could  be  removed  surgically.  Tychonievich  underwent  surgery  in  May  2008,  which  was  successful,  and  for  the  time  being,  he  was  cancer-­free.  Tychonievich  was  able  to  consider  himself  a  cancer  survivor  for  a  while.  He  maintained  his  normal  workload  of  teaching  and  coaching  through  the  2009-­2010  school  year.  However,  his  health  once  again  began  to  decline.  By  the  beginning  of  December,  Tychonievich  had  entered  hospice  care.  He  died  on  Dec.  20.  He  is  survived  by  his  wife,  Mary,  and  his  daughters  Melissa  and  Ellie.  Tychonievich  grew  up  in  Salem,  Ohio.  After  graduating  from  high  school  there,  he  served  in  the  Army  for  four  years.  He  graduated  from  Kent  State  University  in  1978  and  the  University  of  Missouri-­Columbia  in  1983,  earning  a  master’s  degree  in  Classical  Languages.  He  taught  at  boarding  schools  in  New  England  until  1990,  when  he  was  hired  at  SLUH  and  he  and  his  wife  moved  to  St.  Louis.  Tychonievich,  who  played  football  himself  at  Salem  High  School,  had  great  knowledge  of  the  game.  He  coached  the  offensive  and  defensive  lines,  and  was  the  defensive  coordinator  of  SLUH’s  program  for  his  entire  tenure  here.  He  helped  scout  upcoming  opponents.  The  football  savvy  WKDW KH EURXJKW WR WKH SURJUDP EHQHÂżWHG WKH team  week  after  week.  â€œHe’d  been  around  as  a  coach  for  a  long  time,  and  he  really  had  great  insight  on  everything,â€?  said  senior  football  captain  -RH %OXPH Âł+H VWXGLHG ÂżOP D ORW +H NQHZ the  other  teams’  offenses  and  defensive  line  strategies,  so  that  really  helped  a  lot.â€?  â€œHe  was  very,  very  smart,â€?  said  head  coach  Gary  Kornfeld.  â€œWhenever  he  gave  a  suggestion  for  football,  you’d  better  believe  I  listened.â€?  Tychonievich  was  noted  for  his  heartfelt  care  for  his  players  and  his  continuously  positive  attitude.  â€œHe  was  the  perfect  coach  for  a  player  to  have,â€?  said  Blume.  â€œHe  was  inspiring.  He  always  came  out  with  the  attitude  that  â€˜We’re  gonna  get  â€˜em.’  He  was  just  always  in  it  for  us.  His  players  were  an  extension  of  his  family.â€?  As  the  beginning  of  the  school  year  approached,  â€œYou  could  tell  that  he  didn’t  have  that  energy  anymore,â€?  said  Farley.  â€œI  think  that  really  hurt  him  â€Ś  but  he  never  lost  that  love  of  the  kids.â€?  By  this  summer,  Tychonievich  no  longer  felt  he  had  the  energy  to  continue  as  an  assistant  coach.  Kornfeld  invited  him  to  remain  on  the  team  as  a  press-­box  spotter  for  this  season.  Even  in  this  limited  role,  Tychonievich  regained  some  vigor  on  game  nights  and  gave  exciting  halftime  speeches,  which  often  left  him  exhausted  afterward.  Waters  remembered  a  particular  moment  from  class  this  year  when  Tychonievich’s  passion  for  Latin,  especially  for  the  Aeneid,  became  especially  clear  to  him.  â€œHe  normally  would  just  sit  at  his  desk  during  class.  But  that  day  he  was  up,  and  he  was  walking  around  the  room  a  little  bit  DQG ZH ZHUH DVNLQJ KLP TXHVWLRQV DERXW WKH SDVVDJH ZKLFK ZDV SDUWLFXODUO\ GLIÂżFXOW

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of  his  free  time  with  his  students,  dedicat-­ ing  activity  periods  and  working  through  lunches  to  help  his  Latin  students.  When  his  former  students  came  to  visit,  it  was  not  uncommon  for  him  to  drop  everything  and  spend  hours  catching  up  with  them.  When  it  was  Tychonievich’s  turn  to  speak  at  football  EDQTXHWV KH ZRXOG IUHTXHQWO\ KDYH WURXEOH staying  composed  throughout  his  speech  as  he  praised  the  students  he  coached,  according  to  Chura.  The  dedication  he  gave  to  those  around  him  became  mutual,  as  his  students  grew  to  develop  a  great  deal  of  respect  and  admira-­ tion  for  Tychonievich.  â€œWhen  kids  got  up  to  talk  about  him  (at  WKH EDQTXHWV \RX FRXOG VHH WKDW LW ZDVQÂśW ‘Oh,  I  gotta  talk  about  Coach  T,  I  just  want  to  get  this  over  with,’â€?  said  Chura.  â€œ(The  kids)  were  genuinely  speaking  from  the  heart,  and  they  really  appreciated  him.  They  had  a  real  relationship.  In  the  world  of  sports,  you’ve  got  to  be  demanding,  but  make  kids  know  you  care  about  them—he  was  a  master  of  that.â€?  Perhaps  the  best  indication  of  Ty-­ chonievich’s  students’  shared  love  for  him  FDPH LQ ZKHQ LQ WKH PLGVW RI KLV ÂżUVW bout  with  cancer,  he  was  granted  the  Faculty  Appreciation  Award.  That  the  entire  class  could  agree  on  the  award  shows  that  the  scope  RI KLV LQĂ€XHQFH RQ 6/8+ GLG QRW VWRS DW WKH end  of  a  Latin  class,  or  at  the  conclusion  of  D IRRWEDOO SUDFWLFH 7\FKRQLHYLFK LQĂ€XHQFHG everyone  he  encountered  for  the  better,  and  served  them  as  a  Man  for  Others.  â€œWhat  separates  him  was  that  he  loved  and  believed  in  you  as  a  student,  as  a  player,  and  above  all,  as  a  person,â€?  said  Farley.  â€œAnd  he  got  you  to  the  point  where  you  would  love  and  believe  in  yourself  â€Ś  That’s  what  made  him  special.â€?

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Underclassman Struggles at Spartan lesson for Jr. Bills M L Sports Update by ike umetta sports editor

B Basketball (7-3, 1-2 MCC) Monday, January 3 SLUH 52, St. Charles West 34 The Jr. Bills got off to a 17-2 start on Monday against St. Charles West, a team that had already beaten DeSmet’s B team. They kept the big lead until the third quarter when the Warriors came within five points. Ryan Trenter made a huge three-point shot that changed the team’s momentum, as they went on a run and won easily, 52-34. -Ben Hutchison Tuesday, January 4 SLUH 43, Vianney 35 Both teams got off to a slow start, because of good defense. Momentum changed back and forth, but SLUH held a small lead the whole game and won 43-35, to improve their record to 1-2 in the Metro Catholic Conference. —Ben Hutchison JV Hockey (8-1-3) Sunday, January 2 SLUH 4, Fort Zumwalt West 3 The SLUH JV hockey team edged the Jaguars by one in a close contest on the road. Sophomore Jimmy Wirthlin added a goal in the game to help the Jr. Bills win. —Eric Mueth JVD Hockey (5-2) Saturday, January 1 SLUH 4, Marquette 1 The JVD hockey team beat Marquette 4-1 on New Year’s Day. SLUH was able to pull off a win thanks to sophomore Joe Walsh, who had two goals. Freshman Jack Kinzel and defenseman Scott McCartney also had goals. —Jack Kinzel C (Blue) Basketball (3-6) Tuesday, January 4 Vianney 42, SLUH 16 The Jr. Bills took a beating against MCC rival Vianney. Will Smith had 6 points as SLUH looks forward to another MCC game against Chaminade today. —Stephen Lumetta

This Week in SLUH Sports History

Volume LXX Issue 16 In a hockey game against Webster Groves, SLUH star forward Eddie Effinger scored 3 goals in 1:03, an average of one goal every 21 seconds. SLUH held on for a 4-3 victory over the Statesmen. —Adam Cruz, Editor Emeritus

SLUH Academic All-State The following members of the 2010 SLUH football team were selected to the class six All-State Academic team by the Missouri Football Coaches Association.

Trevor McDonagh – Jr. Paul Simon – Jr. Tim Pettey – Sr. Mitch Klug – Jr. Sean Rammaha – Jr. Elliot Fish – Sr. Lan Sansone – Sr. John Brusati – Sr. Sam Knesel – Jr. Matt Hinkebein – So.

January 7, 2011

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he Jr. Bills had a tumultuous break. After losing 40-36 at home to Ritenour in a dual meet originally scheduled as a quad meet, SLUH wrestled in the Spartan, DeSmet’s grueling holiday tournament. Over two days, wrestlers competed in as many as nine matches. Junior 160 Joe Mungenast led the team with a fourthplace medal, and SLUH finished 11th with 212 points. The quad meet scheduled in the Danis Field House on Dec. 22 was supposed to start at 1 p.m. and include SLUH, Ritenour, Zumwalt East, and Troy wrestling duals against each other. Zumwalt East and Troy, however, thought that the meet started at 5 p.m. and did not show up, so SLUH and Ritenour wrestled each other, with all three levels spread across four mats at the same time. Head coach Jon Ott said that he would like to hold a similar event or a tournament successfully next year. “We wanted to have a multiple-team event, whether that means we have a tournament or try to do something more like this next year,” said Ott. “We figured since we had such a nice space (the Danis Field House) we might as well use it.” The match went back and forth throughout. SLUH got a bye at 152 pounds and a pin at 160 from Mungenast. Senior 215 John Brusati, in his first match back from an ankle injury, managed a pin in the third period. Brusati said that, even though he got the pin, he was tired because he has not quite returned to wrestling shape. “It’ll come, though. You (have to) wrestle a few matches before you’re there,” he said. After the heavyweight match, SLUH led by the slim margin of 18-16, but Ritenour surged in the lower weights. Aside from a forfeit taken by freshman 112 Sean Mulligan, who also won his exhibition 14-4 with strong snaps and shots, the Huskies won every match from 103 to 130 and took a 34-24 lead. Junior 135 Nick Danter broke the streak, though. He got a head-and-arm in the first period for the lead and eventually pinned his opponent. The Jr. Bills and Huskies traded pins in the last two matches of the meet, and SLUH could not catch up. In SLUH’s most difficult match of the afternoon, at 140 pounds, Ritenour senior Eric Bowman surgically picked apart senior Hans Brende, lifting him on double-legs and turning him often. Bowman eventually pinned Brende in a nearside cradle. Junior captain Will Whitney got out to a 10-0 lead at 145 and pinned his opponent to make the final score 40-36. On Dec. 28, the Jr. Bills ventured to Hazelwood East for the first day of the Spartan. For the first part of the tournament, SLUH wrestled in a round-robin pool with Berkley, Troy, and Windsor. Mulligan, Mungenast, and junior 189 Tom Stevens each went 3-0 in their pools and claimed No. 1 seeds in the next round. Six other SLUH wrestlers went 2-1 in pool play. Despite the success in pool play, SLUH wrestlers struggled a bit. Based on their places in pool play, wrestlers received a seed and competed in a single-elimination qualifying bracket with wrestlers from both Hazelwood East pools. Mulligan received the first difficult loss of the round; a Parkway North opponent with a good shot took him down five times en route to a 12-6 win. At 152, Evan Chipley, who was hampered by a lingering shoulder injury, faced Lafayette’s Dan Klutter. Klutter caught Chipley’s ankle early in the first and worked an armbar for a pin. Stevens, despite a strong showing early, got pinned by a Zumwalt South opponent, and sophomore heavyweight Sam Wilhelm, up from 215, who

Senior 215 John Brusati rides his Ritenour opponent in his first match of the season Dec. 22.

was tied with Lafayette’s Will Burgess 3-3, before getting pinned as well. SLUH did get seven wrestlers through. Sophomore 130 Jack Flotte jumped out to a 4-0 lead by working a front headlock for a takedown and back points. He got several more takedowns and won 11-3. Sophomore 103 Ryan Arroyo, Danter, Brende, Whitney, Mungenast, and Brusati also made it to the next round. The next round proved more difficult. Danter, Brende, and Whitney each met previous State qualifiers. Danter lost 17-5 to State third-place medalist David Evans of Parkway North, stymied by Evans’ strong double. Brende faced Lafayette’s Nick Olejnik, who hit low singles twice and wrestled well from top to beat Brende 11-0. Whitney wrestled another Lafayette wrestler, senior Kyle Black, a two-time State qualifier and sixth-place medalist. Black got three cradles in the match and won 13-1. Only Mungenast managed to win his qualifying semifinal, getting a quick cradle and a 40-second pin. The Jr. Bills rebounded in the qualifying finals the next morning at DeSmet. Five wrestlers—Arroyo, Flotte, Danter, Whitney, and Brusati—captured No. 3 seeds for the double-elimination championship bracket. Lafayette’s Khalyil Moore pinned Mungenast to push him to the No. 2 seed. Brende got the No. 4 seed at 140. The quarterfinals posed another challenge for the Jr. Bills. All of the remaining wrestlers lost to drop into wrestlebacks. First wrestlebacks started better than previous rounds, though. Arroyo faced a Westminster 103 and held the match even through two periods. Down 5-4 early in the third, he got a takedown and back points to take an 8-5 lead and hung on to advance. The subsequent matches, however, reflected some of the Jr. Bills’ earlier struggles. Facing strong opponents, Flotte, Danter, Brende, and Whitney all lost on points, Brende and Whitney in simultaneous overtime matches. In Brende’s second overtime, his Marquette opponent started down and struggled successfully for an escape and a 4-3 lead. Brende started down in the third overtime and tried very hard for an escape, but his opponent held him down, using doubles and running him out of bounds every time he got close. On another mat, Whitney faced Vianney senior Nick Dondzila. In overtime, Dondzila took the first shot, and Whitney sprawled hard. However, Dondzila kept struggling, held Whitney’s leg, and poked out behind to win 9-7. “Dondzila’s just a very funky wrestler, and I got in some positions that I didn’t do what I know I should do. I don’t know what I was thinking,” said Whitney. Ott said that finishing an overtime match depends on conditioning and drilling. “I think our guys are in really good shape,” said Ott. “But another part of that is just kind of simulating that in the practice

room, and maybe we need to do more of that.” Mungenast and Brusati advanced to second wrestlebacks later, both on pins. Mungenast secured another cradle in 33 seconds, and Brusati got a reverse half. In second wrestlebacks, Arroyo’s Windsor opponent pinned him in a cradle in about a minute. At 160, Lafayette’s Moore dominated the first period, taking Mungenast down twice. However, Mungenast started the second period on top and got a cradle to tie the match 4-4, and shortly afterward he caught Moore on his back for a pin. The win advanced him to the third-place match. Mungenast is very happy with the way he has used the cradle so far this season. “That’s actually my go-to move,” he said. “If you take all of my wins, I’ve made one pin out of a half, one major decision, and the rest have been off of cradles.” In the second period of Brusati’s match, Chris Stainbeck of Lafayette took him down and aggravated Brusati’s ankle. After a brief pause in which Brusati’s ankle was taped up, Stainbeck turned Brusati for three back points to lead 5-1. In the third, after Stainbeck chose to start in neutral, Brusati pushed the action to a pace somewhat at odds with his style. However, Stainbeck held him off every time, or Brusati took them out of bounds, so he could not get a takedown. A point for stalling made the final 5-4 Stainbeck. Mungenast wrestled Vianney senior Brett Lux for third in the 160 bracket. As in their quarterfinal match, Lux hit a shot for a takedown in the first period and used his skill on top to ride out Mungenast. In the second, Mungenast chose down, and Lux took advantage—he pinned Mungenast about halfway through the period on an armbar. “He’s very good on top against me, and then his high crotch shot is really good,” said Mungenast of Lux. The Spartan sets the tone for the second half of the season; wrestlers can see where they stand and figure out what they need to improve on. Ott said that, despite the team’s struggles, the mat time will benefit the team later in the season, especially the sophomores and less experienced wrestlers. He said the wrestlers did well for the most part. “A couple of guys learned lessons, like that they can’t stop wrestling,” Ott said. Mungenast said that his fourth-place finish represented a step up. “I’m kind of working my way up as the year goes by,” he said. He added that he will have a shot at the wrestlers to whom he lost later in the season. Whitney in particular said his disappointment at the Spartan will motivate him going forward. “This tournament sucked and I hate it, but also, I want to go again,” he said. “I want more matches.”

January 7, 2011

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Jr. Bills’ MCC woes continue PHOTO BY TED WIGHT

Senior Mo Oginni gets a shot blocked in the first half of SLUH’s 67-46 loss to Vianney.

by Nate Heagney core staff

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n a season filled with ups and downs, the St. Louis U. High basketball team (7-8, 0-3 MCC) continues to dance the dance of .500, competitive enough to win some games but unable to separate themselves from the middle of the pack. Throughout the season, the Jr. Bills have pieced together two wins in a row multiple times, but rather than turn those spurts into full-on streaks, the team has fallen back to a baseline .500 record. So it was only fitting that the Jr. Bills went 3-3 over break, capturing fourth place in the MICDS tournament. However the team ended the tournament on a sour note, losing their last two games. That put the Jr. Bills at 7-7 as they headed into the part of the season that has proved to be the Jr. Bills’ nemesis in years past: conference play. To make matters worse, the Jr. Bills had to get back on the winning track at Vianney, a place that has seen the Jr. Bills go 0-3 there over the last three seasons. This time would prove no different as the Jr. Bills got behind early and failed to rally, eventually losing 67-46. The Golden Griffins came out hot early to put SLUH in a hole too deep to climb out of. An early stretch of hot shooting gave Vianney a 14-4 lead just four minutes into the game. From that point forward, SLUH got no closer than eight points, and Vianney’s shooting never cooled, pushing SLUH to an 0-3 conference record. “They are very well-coached and very well-disciplined and they can make you look bad,” said coach John Ross.

There were times when the Jr. Bills themselves were the ones making the team look bad, as early turnovers led to easy Vianney baskets. SLUH would finish the game with 16 turnovers compared to only five assists, a ratio not good for any team. In contrast, Vianney shot 58.7 percent from the field. Generally, when a team shoots that proficiently, they are bound to win. Defense has been a problem for the Jr. Bills all season, a problem that became even more apparent during the three-game losing streak. Ross said that SLUH’s shooting woes have translated to a poor defensive performance. “I think the more we are able to score, the easier it is for us to get back (on defense). But the more we are either turning it over or they’re getting defensive rebounds and getting out, the harder it is for the team to defend,” said Ross. Junior guard Matt Clark said some of the problems come from SLUH defenders getting beat off the dribble, leading to either open shots for the player driving or easy passes to a teammate. “We just need to keep our man in front of us; we are getting beat too easily,” said Clark. “We need to play better help side defense.” One bright spot for SLUH during the slide has been the play of the 6’3” Clark, who was a member of the all-tournament team at MICDS and finished with 20 points against Vianney on only 11 shots, a very efficient performance. But Clark said he hasn’t been doing anything special during his hot stretch. “I’ve just been making my shots lately and taking them as they come to me,” said Clark. SLUH will need more than Clark to step up on both sides of the ball tonight as they play undefeated Chaminade. The Red Devils are, once again, led by phenom Bradley Beal, a Florida commit and consensus top-ten high school player in the nation,who leads the area in scoring with just over 32 points a game. Ross said the team wouldn’t do anything out of the ordinary defensively on him, though. “He’s a heck of a player and it’s going to be hard to defend him no matter what you do, but we’re going to give guys opportunities and we’ll see what happens,” said Ross. Clark added that it was key for players not to get caught up in the mystique of the opponent, and instead just play their game. “We just need to stay focused and not be overwhelmed by the level of competition. If we play well we can stay with the other team,” said Clark. The game is set for tonight, 7:00 p.m. at Chaminade.

Basketball Winter Break Update DeSmet 59, SLUH 50 SLUH was unable to hold on to a fourth quarter lead in what would have been a big upset of the top-ten Spartans. Grandson of SLUH legend “Easy” Ed McCauley Nolan Berry torched the Jr. Bills for 23 points. SLUH 48, DuBourg 43 Despite holding DuBourg to an abysmal 26 percent, the Jr. Bills led by a mere four points entering the fourth quarter. However SLUH was able to hold on in a barnburner for their first home win of the season. Senior Mo Oginni finished with 14 points. SLUH 62, St. Mary’s 46 SLUH used 70 percent shooting from threepoint land to win the first game of the MICDS tournament. Senior Sam Hill hit four threes to lead the Jr. Bills. SLUH 69, Whitfield 61 (OT) In a wild game that involved several technical fouls, multiple players fouling out and a banked-in buzzer-beating three from a Whit-

field player to send the game into overtime, the Jr. Bills were able to prevail. The game meant a lot for the Jr. Bills as the Whitfield coaching staff had ranked SLUH 11th in the 16 team MICDS field, a slap in the face for the Jr. Bills, the defending tournament champion. Junior Jack Kelley hit several key free throws down the stretch. Parkway South 59, SLUH 51 SLUH fell behind in an awful third quarter to the eventual tournament champion Patriots. Parkway South had 13 steals to catapault them into the championship game. Matt Clark finished with 10 points, five assists and four steals in the losing effort. Clayton 69, SLUH 61 Clayton ran the Jr. Bills ragged in a fast-paced game. SLUH jumped out to a 16-6 lead but was outrebounded 35-18 overall against the number one seeded Greyhounds, ensuring a fourth place finish for SLUH. —Compiled by Nate Heagney

Volume 75, Issue 16

Hockey relies on depth

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Beats three of four MCC rivals PHOTO BY AUSTIN STRIFLER

Sophomore forward Chase Berger sends the puck on in a 2-1 victory over Chaminade.

by Nathan core staff

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he adage “no rest for the weary” has held true for the St. Louis U. High hockey team lately. The team played five games over the break, beating three of its four Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) opponents and dropping a game against Lindbergh to improve to 10-5 overall. The Jr. Bills started their holiday games on Friday, Dec. 17 against DeSmet. The Jr. Bills got off to a slow start, letting in two goals in the first five minutes played. But near the end of the first period, the team started clicking when senior defenseman Jackson Hoffman found the back of the net. The Jr. Bills controlled the ice for the rest of the game, scoring four more goals, including two third period goals from senior forward Ryan Reding. SLUH outshot DeSmet 29-11 in the 5-3 victory. Three days later, the Jr. Bills took the ice again in a long-awaited game against CBC. SLUH had taken an 11-2 beating from CBC in the teams’ first meeting. The Jr. Bills, hyped with adrenaline, got out to a quick start, scoring six minutes in on a goal from sophomore forward Nick Walter. SLUH took their 1-0 lead into the second period, where the teams played pinball hockey, both moving the puck well. But with five minutes left in the second period, CBC struck, tying the game 1-1. In the third period, SLUH continued to hang with the Cadets, fighting for a redemptive win. SLUH seemed poised to take a go-ahead goal, but with 3:59 remaining, CBC scored in front of the net, taking the 2-1 lead. SLUH had three closing chances on a power play in the final two minutes, but it wasn’t enough and CBC escaped with their closest win of the season. “It was a great improvement over the 11-2 stomping, and we played well enough to win,” said head coach Charlie Busenhart. After a full week off, SLUH played Lindbergh at Affton Ice rink on Dec. 27. SLUH called on a number of younger players, as seven players were missing for other games. SLUH got off to a good start, and tied the game at one heading into period two. Then Hoffman scored 45 seconds into the period on a slap shot to give SLUH a 2-1 lead. But just 15 seconds later, Hoffman would be ejected after taking down a Lindbergh player who had taken a cheap shot at SLUH goalie junior Thomas Place. Hoffman’s ejection depleted an already short-handed SLUH. The Jr. Bills responded

well, scoring two more goals for a 4-1 lead midway through the second period. It looked like SLUH was headed towards a rout, but instead Lindbergh began a rout of their own. With five minutes left in the second period, Lindbergh scored three goals in a 1:13 span to tie the game. Lindbergh took a 6-4 lead with two goals early in the third period. After the sixth goal, SLUH pulled Place out of goal, replacing him with senior starter Justin Ragland. The Jr. Bills scored with 4 minutes left, but lost 6-5. “We gave them too many scoring opportunities,” said Busenhart, citing his team’s nine penalties SLUH opened up 2011 with a New Year’s day faceoff against Chaminade. It was the first time the Jr. Bills had their full roster on hand since their game on Dec. 20 against CBC. SLUH had all their scoring in a three-minute span on a pair of goals from junior forward Dan Warnecke early in the second period to take a 2-0 lead. Chaminade made it a 2-1 game late in the second period. SLUH played excellent protective defensive in the third period and Ragland was nearly flawless in the net. The game ended with a 2-1 SLUH victory. “It was a hard game, as Chaminade is a pretty good team,” said sophomore forward Chase Berger. The Jr. Bills wrapped up their holiday schedule Monday evening with another MCC contest against Vianney. SLUH dominated the entire 45 minutes, winning 9-1. Warnecke led the team with his first hat trick this season and Chase Berger added an incredible six assists. Place recovered extremely well from his outing against Lindbergh, stopping 22 shots. “The players did what the coaches asked them to do,” said Busenhart of the solid performance. After scoring no goals in the 2010 portion of the season, Warnecke has five goals in just two games in 2011. “The new year has been great,” joked a thrilled Warnecke. SLUH has six regular season games remaining and every game matters. SLUH is currently ranked No. 3 overall and needs to win nearly every game to keep their ranking when tournament seeding rolls around. If SLUH falls to No. 4 or No. 5, they will have to play in CBC’s side of the State bracket. “Every game we are fighting to get the two or three seed,” said Berger. SLUH will play Chaminade again on Friday evening at Queeny Ice Rink. Game time is 9:30 p.m.

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Volume 75, Issue 16

Racquetball continues dominance

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he Jr. Bills pulled off a 7-0 sweep against the DeSmet Spartans yesterday afternoon. While senior Nick Schmidt and junior Joe Koch (No. 1 and 2 seeds) both won handily, the two most enticing matches of the day came for the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds, senior Joe Murray and junior Rob Laurentius. Murray skipped nearly every backhand shot and allowed his opponent to control the center of the court early in the game. It was not until late in the second game that his usual dominating playing kicked in. Once Murray snapped out of his funk, he began to pass his opponent consistently. He kept his opponent running from corner to corner, which allowed him a comeback win in the second game and an easy win in the third game. Unlike Murray, Laurentius controlled the match from start to finish. Laurentius started off hot, placing each serve in strategic positions that allowed him to get easy kill shots. Once his opponent figured out his serve, Laurentius knew he had to change something. He then starting mixing in a number of pinch shots in order to keep his opponent guessing. The fact that he continually changed his shots allowed him to secure a win. These two exciting matches were followed by three close but relatively easy wins from the rest of the SLUH team. Junior Fritz Simmon won 15-10, 15-8 and junior Jack Mohrmann won 15-9, 15-4. Senior doubles team Aaron Heisohn and Stephen Deves (substituting for senior Luke Hellwig who was out with a pulled groin) lost the first game 15-12 but turned it around and won 12-15, 15-5, 15-2. Deves was phenomenal in his varsity debut. He hit perfect ceiling

Racquetball Records

3:30pm JV Racquetball @ Ladue C Basketball Blue @ Chaminade B Basketball @ Chaminade Basketball @ Chaminade Hockey vs. Chaminade

Saturday, January 8

10am

C Wrestling @ Windsor C Basketball Blue @ DeSmet

Sunday, January 9

11am 1pm

KEEN Combo Concert

Monday, January 10

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Tuesday, January 11

Exam Schedule

Wednesday, January 12

Exam Schedule

Half Day 7pm Senior Project Reflection

Senior Kairos Semester Exams

Senior Kairos Senior Pallotine Semester Exams

3:30pm JV Racquetball vs. Parkway Central

Thursday, January 13 Senior Kairos Senior Pallotine Semester Exams Junior No. 5 seed Fritz Simmon serves the ball in SLUH’s 7-0 sweep of DeSmet yesterday.

shot after perfect ceiling shot, while also mixing in a number of excellent down-the-line passes.

Extreme Weather in PN History

On December 31, 2010 a tornado struck St. Louis, inflicting heavy damage in the city and county. Luckily, no St. Louis U. High students were harmed in the storm. The costliest tornado for the school, however, took place on September 29, 1927 when a wretched tornado wreaked havoc on St. Louis U. High. “Quickly, but without panic I had the boys file out of the classroom and into the main lobby at the north entrance. The last of us had just come into the lobby when the twin funnel with the old one-two spun into the roofs of the gym and chapel,” said Father Francis G. Benoit. Fortunately, only two students were injured. Eddie Immer received a cut along one temple when flying glass struck him, and another stuForecast printed with permission of the National Weather Service. dent was struck by a cabinet in the St. Louis, MO Weather physics room. The cabinet-struck Service Office Phone: 636-441-8467 student suffered “more of an emotional bruise than any physical injury. Compiled by Conor Gearin He stayed in the hospital just long enough to drink a glass of orange juice and have the nun tell him what a brave and handsome young man he was.” Damage to the school included severe roof damage to the chapel and second floor study, along with a dismembered Physics lecture room. As a result of the tornado, the Mothers Club was created later that year. The club’s first goal was to raise money to rebuild SLUH. “The mothers decided to have a benefit card party, and elected Mrs. Victoria Cervantes as the general chairman of the group.” —Compiled by Jack Witthaus, from the Prep News Vol. 13, March 17, 1950

Nick Schmidt 5-1 Joe Koch 6-0 Joe Murray 6-0 Rob Laurentius 6-0 Fritz Simmon 6-0 Jack Mohrmann 6-0 Luke Hellwig/Aaron Heisohn 5-0 Luke Hellwig/Alex Reitz 1-0 Aaron Heisohn/Stephen Deves 1-0

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Today 4pm 5:30pm 7pm 9pm

by Fritz Simmon reporter

January 7, 2011

Exam Schedule

3:30pm Racquetball vs. Parkway West

No Classes

Friday, January 14

No Classes–Faculty In Service Senior Kairos Senior Pallotine 4pm 8pm

C Basketball White vs. Kirkwood Hockey vs. CBC @Affton Ice Rink

Saturday, January 15

9am

Wrestling @ Rockwood Summit C Wrestling @ Fox

Sunday, January 16

9am

CISL Speech @ SLUH

Monday, January 17

No Classes–Martin Luther King Day

No Classes

8:45pm Hockey @ Oakville

Tuesday, January 18 Junior College Planning AP Rosary Snack–Mini Tacos

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4:15pm C Basketball Blue vs. Lafayette Lunch Special­—Stuffed Crust Pizza Healthy—Baked Mostaciolli

Wednesday, January 19 Junior College Planning Semester Grades Due AP Snack–Apple Boscos

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3:30pm JV Racquetball vs. Parkway North 4:30pm B Basketball vs. Webster Groves 6pm Basketball vs. Webster Groves Lunch

Special­—Redi Ribs Healthy—Sweet and Sour Chicken Skewer

Thursday, January 20 9am AP 6pm

Mothers Club Day of Reflection Snack–Bosco Sticks Wrestling @ Chaminade

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Lunch Special­—Papa John’s Pizza Healthy—Chicken Parmesean

Friday, January 21 AP

Snack–Egg Rolls

6pm Wrestling @ MICDS 9:45pm Hockey vs. DeSmet Lunch

Special­—Chicken Strips Healthy—Chicken Cordon Bleu

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