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“If nothing else, value the truth” ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL, FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011

VOL. LXXV, ISSUE 24

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Racquetball victorious at Nationals

by Fritz Simmon Reporter

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arch Madness. Not only can this term be used to describe the climax of college basketball, but it can also describe the way the USA Raquetball National High School Championships went last weekend. (See page 6 for final standings.)

Last weekend, SLUH racquetball won its fifth National Championship—barely. Out of 17,486 possible points, SLUH took 2,320, and Sprague High School in Oregon took 2,296. This 24-point victory all came down to a 25-point win from senior captain and No. 1 seed Nick Schmidt in SLUH’s final match of the tournament.

Schmidt started out by winning his first match of the tournament 15-0, 15-0. He then lost his next two matches and was forced to play for third place in the blue bracket.

Schmidt said,“I thought that maybe that match would factor into the final score, but while I was playing I didn’t want to think about that. I just wanted to put a

good ending to my high school racquetball career.”

In the third place, Schmidt started out slowly and dropped the first game 15-6. With skillful pass shots he won the second game 15-8, to force the match into a tiebreaker.

Though Schmidt was playing tired he dug down deep and found the inner strength he needed to come back from an 8-4 deficit in the tiebreaker and win 11-9.

After the match, head coach Joe Koestner said, “It was too close for comfort.”

Schmidt was playing in Division I. In the tournament the Nos. 1 through 5 seeds on varsity are all put in their own bracket. Everyone from the No. 6 seed on varsity and every JV team is placed into Division 6. This means that SLUH players had to play other people from SLUH in Division 6. Every player starts in the gold bracket and is also guaranteed three games.

Depending on when you lose, you drop into either the red, blue, or white bracket. A loss in the first

gold round drops a player into the red bracket, and a loss in the first red round drops him into the white bracket. A loss in the second gold round drops a player to the blue bracket.

Comeback wins seemed to be a trend on Sunday, as two other matches were also won in the tiebreaker. Junior Joe Koch was playing for the championship of the blue bracket in Division 2.

Koch knew that SLUH needed this win. This mentality allowed Koch to forget about his 15-14 first game loss and come back to win the match 15-8, 11-3.

Koestner said,“Wins just happened over and over when the Jr. Bills were unwilling to accept defeat.”

This statement could not be more accurate of the way senior Joe Murray went into the national championship match for Division 3. Murray was seeded No. 2 in his bracket and faced Jamie Stell in the finals, the No. 1 seed from continued on page 4

Light tower razed, damages sidewalk PHOTO BY PATRICK CONREY

The third light tower razed as the result of a Feb. 27 thunderstorm rests on the lower field earlier this week. The field reopened on Monday.

Four additional posts have structural damage as one comes down

by John Webb reporter

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nother light post is on the ground thanks to the Feb. 27 thunderstorm, but in this case it was taken down by choice. In addition to the two light posts on the southern edge of the soccer stadium that fell down during storm, the post in the northeast corner of the soccer field was lowered by a crane on Sunday due to structural damage at its base.

The two light posts that fell during the storm threw glass up to 200 feet away. Director of Facilities Joe Rankin contracted two companies to remove the glass; SLUH’s own equipment was also used. The glass was removed, but during inspections of the other light posts, some structural damage was found on four additional light posts, one of which was taken down.

Together, nine light posts illuminate SLUH’s soccer and baseball fields. Of those four with damage, one had enough structural problems that it was deemed to be a safety hazard, so the decision was made to lower it.

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“It was a risk to actually keep it up because of the completely cracked weld all the way around the entire fixture of the base,” said Rankin.

Weather again played a factor in lowering the light post. Though it was originally scheduled for Saturday, forecasts of 25 to 40 mph winds on Friday and Saturday pushed the lowering date back to Sunday.

Through its insurance company, SLUH contracted Schaeffer Electric, who in turn subcontracted the crane to remove the light post.

When the crane lowered the light post, the sidewalk along the turnaround was severely damaged.

Rankin knew about possible damage beforehand, but said that the risk of leaving the light post up far outweighed the risk of sidewalk damage.

Each light post weighs two to three tons, according to Rankin.

Wooden boards that act like railroad ties were used to displace the weight of the crane, yet the sidewalk still sunk six inches.

According the Rankin, no immediate repair to the sidewalk will be made because the repaired light post will need to go up in the near future. continued on page 2

News

Chorus Clinic The department head of the Webster University music program led a choral clinic at SLUH last week. Page 2

Feature Music and Flight Gerry Quinn, ’51, spent six years in the Air Force during the height of the Cold War. Page 7

Led by incense, the closing precession at this week’s Ash Wednesday Mass.

Ralph Houlihan, S.J. celebrated the all-school event.

Independent Mission: Mexico trip cancelled

by Mike Lumetta sports editor

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espite the best efforts of senior Luke Hellwig and others, the independent Mission: Mexico trip will not happen this year. Eight men, seven of whom are connected to SLUH, planned to go to Reynosa, Mexico this spring break to build houses in Reynosa’s colonia through Strategic Alliance. Because of increased cartel violence and tension in the Reynosa area, however, Strategic Alliance founder Roland Ashby cancelled the trip.

After SLUH cancelled the school-sponsored Mission: Mexico last fall because of concerns about the dangers posed by drug cartels, Hellwig set about organizing an independent trip to Reynosa. He eventually put together a group of four seniors—Zach Rauschenbach, Tyler Carron, Andrew Beckerle, and himself—and four adults. The adults were math teacher George Mills; Hellwig’s father, Frank Hellwig, ’77; John Fey, father of Erin Fey, who went on Mission: Mexico with Cor Jesu two years ago; and Hellwig’s neighbor Jerry McClure, who has construction

Opinion

Letter: Jock School? No Conor Gearin’s column last week raised the question: is SLUH a jock school?

- A student responds to Gearin’s question and suggests SLUH is not a jock school.

- Gearin follows up, continues his identity crisis. Page 3

experience. They made plans to build homes in the colonia, a poor neighborhood built on a landfill in Reynosa, through Strategic Alliance, just as SLUH has done for the last five years. The group planned to take two SUVs down to Texas on Sunday, March 20, stay with friends of the Hellwig family in Dallas, and arrive in Reynosa, which is just across the border from McAllen, Texas, Monday. They would make the two-day return trip Friday and Saturday.

However, Hellwig got a call and an e-mail from Ashby last Thursday explaining that, unfortunately, they could not go to Reynosa.

“Over the past six months, there have been increasing levels of violence in Reynosa, and just in that area around the border with Texas,” said Hellwig. He cited the death of an American missionary about 50 miles south of Reynosa as an example.

A renewed commitment by the Mexican government to fight the drug cartels, endorsed by President Barack Obama in a speech last Thursday, is expected to accentu continued on page 11

Spring Sports

Spring sports now underway Ten spring sports began in the last few weeks with tryouts, practices, and some early games.

With some hopes for State championships in multiple sports, teams are preparing for tough competition. Eight sports – baseball, inline, lacrosse, rugby, tennis, ultimate, volleyball, and water polo – are featured. Pages 5, 8, 9

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Volume 75, Issue 24

March 11, 2011

Mock Trial advances to State tournament SLUH TO HOST HIGH

by Zach staff

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he Mock Trial team blew through the first round of Regional competition against Carnahan High School for the Future, and then argued its way to a narrow victory Tuesday in the second round against Kirkwood advancing them to the State level last night.

For the first round, junior Eddie Rolwes was the lead counsel. The other attorneys were seniors Ralph Scozzafava, Sam Harris and Logan Hayward. Juniors Chip Moloney, Kevin Cahill, and sophomore Justin Sinay were the team’s witnesses as SLUH argued for the defense and gained a 3-0 victory.

The case involved an alleged drunk driving accident in which a teenage male is accused of fleeing the scene of a car accident with a pregnant woman, causing the death of her unborn child.

Senior Conor Fellin, a member of the Mock Trial team, was in attendance observing the trial.

“Although I was not on the counsel, I was there taking copious notes to criticize my teammates’ performance. It turned out to be a pretty dramatic victory,” said Fellin.

“Our witnesses were what really made the difference. Justin Sinay was MVP. He did a fantastic job,” said Scozzafava.

The team grabbed all three ballots and ended with a 26-point victory. However, Carnahan had several key disadvantages, and team moderator Anne Marie Lodholz was quick to point out the tough competition SLUH faced.

“The team we played was really good.

They didn’t have an attorney coach and two of the people on their team joined Mock Trial about two weeks ago. So, for them to compete with the aggressiveness they did was impressive. Their competitiveness threw us off our rhythm,” said Lodholz.

After defeating Carnahan, SLUH tried the same case as prosecutors against Kirkwood.

“Kirkwood is going to be a step up in competition for us. They are always good, and they have a chance to win state,” said Scozzafava before the match.

As expected, the face-off with Kirkwood proved to be a much tougher trial for SLUH. The sides were evenly matched with both teams having times which shifted the trial in their favor. A bright spot for SLUH was the contributions by Fellin, who dazzled in his direct examinations and shot down nearly every objection by the defense.

“This is something that we haven’t really seen since last year in regionals when we went up against Clayton and MICDS. The big difference was, performance wise, last trial we gave just as good a performance but against worse people. But, when we came in this time around, the level of skill was very high,” said Scozzafava afterwards.

The teams ended the trial uncertain about what the outcome would be. continued on page 11

Chorus students attend clinic on campus

by Michael reporter

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t. Louis U. High’s varsity chorus held its annual Chorus Clinic last Thursday, where it worked under Jeffrey Carter, head of the Department of Music at Webster University. Nearly 160 people attended the clinic, including students from Cor Jesu, St. Elizabeth, Incarnate Word, and Notre Dame choruses.

This annual clinic gives the chorus students the opportunity to sing a number in a mixed, coeducational group. Ninety girls from area Catholic girls schools attended

this clinic along with 68 of students from SLUH.

Carter picked the piece,“The Heavens Declare the Glory of God” by Franz Joseph Haydn. The choruses broke into groups and practiced together to prepare for a final song involving all 160 students.

To begin the clinic, the boys and the girls split up and sang different numbers.

The SLUH chorus sang a hoedown type of piece with clapping and stomping with sophomore Nick Hunsaker on the violin.

This performance will take place again in the upcoming Spring Concert.

As the day progressed, Carter had each

school perform a piece by themselves. This collaboration of performances was not a competition but merely a learning experience for the chorus students, which allowed them to see other schools’ choruses perform.

The final performance, featuring all the choruses, combined all the techniques and pointers given by Carter.

“The day was a great learning experience for everybody,” said Koestner. “There were so many of us that we couldn’t fit on the stage. We had to sit in the audience seats, and Carter conducted from the stage, and the sound was impressive.”

Fire drill interrupts activity period last Thursday

by Nate Heagney core staff

PHOTO BY BEN BANET

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he blaring sirens interrupted everything from club meetings to a Student Council (STUCO) forum, as students picked up their belongings and trudged towards to the football field for a fire drill. The drill, which took place during activity period last Thursday, was announced to only a few administrators. The surprise drill was the first of its kind this year; Director of Student Affairs Brock Kesterson felt that it went fairly well.

The drill, which was signaled by unexpected sirens a few minutes into activity period, was the brainchild of Kesterson and Director of Security Charlie Clark. The two aimed to test the relatively new fire drill system, which has students line up by homeroom along the football field.

“I was a little nervous after intentionally putting it at the most chaotic time of the day, along with lunch time. I was hopeful, but I was a bit skeptical that it would work out,” said Kesterson. “But looking back at it I was pretty happy with the way students and teachers responded.”

Under the old system, students and their classes would leave the building through the exit closest to their classroom, and attendance was not taken until the classes were back in their rooms. Now, attendance is taken on the football field, ensuring a quicker tally of which students made it out safely.

“We used to get out of the building quickly, which is obviously one of the major goals of a fire drill, to get out of the building fast. But we used to go all over the campus,” said Kesterson, who added that the main goal of this drill was “to kind of take a look at the drills as a whole and see what we could do better, and how we could make them more realistic so that were better prepared in the case of an actual emergency.”

Faculty and administrators were in-

SCHOOL DIVERSITY MASS, DISCUSSION

by Adam reporter

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tudents from Catholic high schools throughout the area will meet at St. Louis U. High for a Mass and group discussions about diversity and inclusion on Monday, March 13.

Within the SLUH community, the event will mainly be attended by members of the Association for Cultural Enrichment at SLUH (ACES). Other schools’ delegations will mostly consist of members of their school’s diversity clubs.

The idea of a diversity Mass stretches back to at least 2002, when it was proposed as a successor to the Black History Mass. The plan for a Mass that reflected the diversity of the student body was not implemented in its current, inter-school form until 2004 as part of the Harmony Project.

The Harmony Project is a group of students from metropolitan Catholic high schools who come together to discuss issues of diversity. In the past, events affiliated with the group have included the Leadership for Diversity Project at Ursuline Academy and other projects at area Catholic schools.

Over 200 students are expected to attend.

The Mass will be celebrated by SLUH’s own John Lan Tran, S.J.

After the Mass the students will break into small groups where they will watch short videos on subjects surrounding diversity. Some of the videos were made by ACES, which include an example of how an African American would react to entering an all Caucasian classroom, or how a white student would react to entering an all African American classroom.

“We hope to bring up discussion about whether (the situation is) a result of preconceived notions or unconscious reactions,” said junior Terek Hawkins, who was involved in planning the project.

Once the small-group discussion is over, the groups will reunite, with each one sending one representative to present ideas to everyone. This section of the program is expected to continue until 12 p.m., when some students will stay for lunch.

According to Assistant Principal for Diversity Chip Clatto, the work of encouraging diversity in the community is not intended to end there.

“Whenever you have these types of workshops, you hope that people go back to their schools and spread the word,” said Clatto.

Plans for next year include an additional diversity Mass for the entire school.

Students migrate back to the school building folloiwng Monday’s fire drill.

formed of what date the drill would take place but did not know when exactly it would happen. The idea was to catch even faculty off guard, ensuring the legitimacy of the drill.

“We’ve done the drills at activity period at a set time when everyone knows it’s coming, and people sort of go through the motions. We didn’t think that was realistic so we wanted to put some realism to the drill to catch people off guard and see how they react,” said Kesterson. “The idea was for everybody to practice this drill and that includes administrators.”

A downside to the surprise drill format was the displacement of several meetings, including the STUCO forum. The forum is generally only scheduled for one day a quarter, and that day happened to fall on the date of the drill this time around. STUCO president Tim McCoy said that while the timing of the two events was unfortunate, he understood the importance of the drill.

“It’s obviously a necessity. Any activ-

ity period of the week there are a hundred things going on,” said McCoy. “So was it a hindrance? Sure. But you can’t get upset about safety precautions.”

McCoy added that, despite the break in the middle of the forum, STUCO was able to resume talks relatively smoothly afterwards.

ACES also had a meeting planning the upcoming diversity Mass scheduled for the activity period, but it was cancelled when the drill went into action.

Kesterson noted that he is considering some changes in the emergency procedure in the future, including the institution of a small committee that discusses emergency situations.

“Overall, I was pleased at the way it went. But also it was helpful—and this is why we do drills—because we were able to learn a couple things that will help us do it better next time,” said Kesterson.

Light fixture brought down in midst of repairs

(from 1) Rankin cleared both the baseball and soccer fields for use before practice on Monday. This included opening the fields to organizations who rent them from SLUH, some of whom play at night. According to Rankin, even with two fewer light standards, the teams had enough visibility to practice.

Initial estimates put the damage at $75,000, but this additional damage will likely raise that cost.

March 11, 2011

Opinion

Letter to the Editors

Jock school? Yeah, right!

To the editors:

Conor Gearin’s notebook last week on the issue of SLUH as a “jock school” was terrific. Though we often perceive ourselves as first and foremost an academic school, Conor brought up facts to the contrary which I had never before considered. We do have a large portion of the school’s real-estate dedicated to athletics. And we do have a ridiculous amount of hype leading up to some of our hockey, soccer, and football games. But Conor countered all of these facts perfectly with facts regarding other co-curriculars, i.e. numerous art studios, newspaper office, radio and TV studios, etc. This left the issue in a kind of limbo, since there were legitimate facts to support both claims. Like Conor said, there’s no way to prove it one way or another without empirical evidence.

Not that that will stop me from trying.

Let’s be honest. SLUH is not a “jock school.”

It’s just not true. It doesn’t make logical sense, at least not in the definition I have come up with for “jock school.” A “jock school” is a school which, either openly or discreetly, gives its student-athletes unfair benefits and/or advantages relative to its other students. This definition eliminates claims that SLUH is a “jock school” because of our nice facilities. All that was, was “keeping up with the Joneses.” SLUH’s expansion during Vision 2000 wasn’t concerned as much with establishing our priorities as an athletic school as it was with giving our athletes the same state-of-the-art facilities kids were getting at rival MCC schools. With their move to the county, CBC acquired a plethora of athletic fields and facilities that they had previously not had when they were in the city. If SLUH wanted to keep their campus in the city, land acquisitions were a must. Thus, the baseball, basketball, and football updates and new facilities followed.

Those changes are not symptoms of a “jock school,” but of a school that was just a little late in catching on to the fads. And to

say that we are a “jock school” because we have awards ceremonies for State champions is irrational. We are a society that has become enamored with our sports. The Super Bowl is a second Christmas. March Madness will have employees using more sick days than would the Bubonic plague. A celebration of our team’s success (a celebration that can only be earned by winning a State championship) should be viewed as nothing more than typical. We are an all guys school; to ask us to ignore a State championship is asking us to go against our basic instincts.

It’s not natural.

No, no, no. If SLUH were a “jock school,” we would know it. A “jock school” focuses itself on the betterment of its teams more so than the betterment of its students.

I’ve heard players from a number of SLUH sports speculate about “if only he had gotten in,” in reference to a star on an opposing MCC team. Every time an all-metro team comes out, it’s littered with kids who are rumored to have applied to SLUH, but ended up elsewhere. If we were a “jock school, ” those kids would have found a way into the school, and onto the team. SLUH’s message is clear; you can be whatever type of athlete you want, but without the grades you aren’t getting in.

Being a varsity athlete, with connections to other athletes throughout the area, you hear stories about high schools recruiting all the time. How this school offered him money, or that this school offered him varsity time right away. People ask questions that don’t have answers like “How’d he even hear of this school?” or “How’d he get in there?”

(You can argue summer camps, but that applies to public schools as well, and it still begs the question.) Fortunately, it’s rare that you hear those comments or questions about SLUH. And never do you ever hear whispers of teachers doing any sort of “favors” for athletes. No magical grade boosts, or specontinued on page 9

Commentary

Notebook

Volume 75, Issue 24 by

Conor Gearin

Identity crisis as yet unresolved Trying to resolve my identity crisis, I talked to people I thought might have a valuable perspective on whether or not I attend a jock school. SLUH administrators, students, and people trying to shop in Wal-Mart on a rainy Tuesday night were all bothered in the course of my neurotic pursuit for these perspectives.

I first wanted to talk to people with a handle on SLUH’s institutional stance towards athletics. Athletic Director Dick Wehner said that if a jock school was defined by the sheer number of students involved in sports, “then I would definitely say, oh yeah, (SLUH is) definitely a jock school.” SLUH’s facilities also show how important SLUH’s sports are: Wehner said that if a newcomer to St. Louis toured the campuses Vianney, DeSmet, Chaminade, CBC, and SLUH but was not allowed to talk to anyone, then he or she would probably think SLUH emphasized sports the most. “Sure as hell looks like we’re a jock school,” Wehner said. I couldn’t help but agree.

However, Wehner said that there are very few true jocks at SLUH. “I disdain the guys that walk around schools and flaunt their athletic prowess and ability, and use it as a way to intimidate teachers and other students,” he said. “To me, a jock school is an environment that cultivates that type of behavior.” Wehner said SLUH is not such an environment, and he has dealt with the rare cases he has seen a student exhibiting this behavior.

I also talked to Assistant Principal for Diversity Chip Clatto, whose perspective is particularly interesting as someone who until recently worked in the public school system and can compare SLUH’s environment to public schools. Clatto said that he doesn’t see preferential treatment of athletes by teachers and administrators. In fact, Clatto said, since athletes are in the spotlight, they sometimes get away with less than other students. Clatto said he sees SLUH as a primarily academic

Why serve: the real recipients of CSP programs

By Nate Heagney Core Staff

When Mr. Corley approached me a couple of weeks ago to gauge my interest in working at a new CSP site he was starting—cooking once every two weeks at Shalom House, a homeless shelter for women located just a couple blocks east of SLUH—I excitedly said I was interested and told him to e-mail the information.

It wasn’t the first time I’ve been approached with such a service opportunity by a teacher or student, and it wasn’t the first time I had given such an enthusiastic and affirmative answer to the proposal. However, my interest usually fizzles out, swallowed by the burden of homework and Prep News articles, and I haven’t truly done work for CSP since some off-and-on tutoring at St. Cecilia my freshman year.

But in this case I decided to not let Mr. Corley down. I’m sure in the back of my mind there was guilt over my lack of service over the past two years, and I would be lying if I said the little box on a college application where you fill out your past service didn’t creep into my conscience. But regardless, I figured it was only a couple of hours a week, so how bad could it be?

It turns out I was asking the wrong question. I should have been wondering how could I, or other SLUH students like me, not have been taking advantage of this opportunity and others like it for the last two years? Service for service’s sake was an idea I never truly, deeply considered, but it has proven to be a highlight of my junior year.

The women at Shalom House are so kind and gracious to us. At the end of the

Doing service for service’s sake

second week, a woman asked if the workers and Mr. Corley would come out of the kitchen so she could personally thank us.

After her heartfelt thank you, she gave all of us a hug. It was one of the most rewarding hugs I’ve ever received—a sign that work I had done actually had an impact, even if small, on someone else’s life. They now invite us to pray with them before meals, and I am the one who feels blessed to share in the interactions, a reversal of roles I did not expect.

I also have the unique experience of living just down the street from the Shalom House. For years, I have seen these women smoking on the front step of the house and rarely paused to give them a second thought.

To now get a chance to talk to those same women, or to listen to one of them read a poem on Black History Month brings life to a very real part of my community I once ignored.

And while the chance to serve and meet these women has been an incredible experience, a just as enjoyable and unexpected part of cooking and serving at Shalom House has been the relationships I’ve built or strengthened with my classmates and teachers have been just as enjoyable and unexpected.

I’ve never had any of the teachers who work at the site —Mr. Corley, Ms. Bugnitz or Mr. Mills—in class, but working with them at Shalom House has given me a chance to get to know them, and they are all tremendous people. The teachers all remain incredibly patient with my more than shoddy cooking skills while my classmates and I have shared some great conversations while chopping

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vegetables. And if you think really know one of your friends, try cooking with them.

It’s a revealing process, to say the least.

The only disappointing part in an otherwise outstanding experience has been the number of students who stopped showing up to help at Shalom House after National Honor Society applications were turned in.

I don’t want this to seem like me calling out those students, who for all I know could be heavily involved in other service opportunities at SLUH. But to realize that a sizable portion of the SLUH students involved with CSP might be doing so for material reasons like service requirement on an NHS form, came as a disappointment to me; it is both a betrayal to our Jesuit roots as well as a missed opportunity to share in the peace and joy that accompanies group service.

This may sound redundant to some who already are heavily involved in CSP, and for that I apologize. But I know that for much of my high school career I was content to remove myself from opportunities for service in the community and I truly regret it.

The chance to help others, and in the process bond with my classmates and teachers, has been one of the most rewarding and fulfilling experiences I’ve had in high school, and it would be even if not a single one of these hours ever appear on any community service form.

So if you’re thinking about signing up for community service or if it’s not something on your agenda at the moment, I encourage you strongly do it. If you go into the experience as a chance to learn and share with your peers, you won’t regret it.

school and suggested that students who don’t play sports are often inclined to have the idea that athletes are treated preferentially.

These conversations calmed me down somewhat, but I knew that I wouldn’t be satisfied until I was sure that SLUH is not seen as a jock school by outsiders (such is the power of vanity). So I went to that great crossroads of humanity, the Kirkwood WalMart, to ask a few complete strangers what they thought of SLUH. A student from Webster Groves High School said he didn’t think SLUH is a jock school. Of course, he wouldn’t be inclined to think that, after his football team defeated SLUH’s in the last playoffs.

One man, a graduate of Augustinian Academy, which closed in 1972, said SLUH “is a combination of things. They’ve always been known for their academia as well as their sports.” He said that students at his school used to joke about going to Augustinian because they weren’t smart enough to go to SLUH. However, the man also asked if Mr. Owens was still the principal at SLUH. Paul Owens retired in 1995. Hopefully the man’s understanding of SLUH’s culture isn’t as dated as his knowledge of SLUH’s administration.

A woman I talked to said she was the mother of a seventh grader, and they were considering either DeSmet or SLUH, both of which she saw as focused on academics, not sports.

Besides the Wal-Mart strangers, some girls that I know found the idea that SLUH is a jock school laughable. So absolutely no one I talked to outside of SLUH really thinks it is a jock school.

I began to worry that my identity crisis was baseless, unnecessary. During Activity Period yesterday, I talked to roving bands of students displaced by the National Latin Exam in the cafeteria. Every student I talked to was certain: SLUH is not a jock school.

None of my fellow students seemed to be on a parallel quest for identity.

“I think everyone’s main focus is education,” said senior Steve Ludwig. “Or surviving academics.”

Junior Tommy Behr said that popularity is not limited to athletes. “There’s a lot more kids that don’t play any sports that I consider to be popular, that I think are cool kids,” he said.

No one I talked to said they thought SLUH was a jock school. What was I worrying about? And why haven’t I really stopped worrying?

One thing I did learn in my conversations, particularly with students, is that many people are of the attitude that since American culture is obsessed with sports, then a school in America therefore shares this obsession.

Nothing can be done about it.

This attitude spooks me. When President Laughlin talks about SLUH being countercultural, I want to believe him. But when students feel that the colossal amount of money, real estate, professional coaching ability, and student free time we devote to sports are merely a by-product of being an American school, of competing in a city that takes high school sports very seriously, I start to wonder just how committed we are to countering mainstream culture. In the end, it doesn’t bother me that we have all these things and that we care about sports so much. There’s nothing really wrong with sports. But there’s something wrong with the unreflective mindset that accepts mainstream culture without question, without worrying at all about it.

What I want to see is other students having identity crises. If not about whether SLUH is a jock school, then about whether we’re too obsessed with grades and test scores. Or whether SLUH students are religious enough. Something, anything—just don’t accept your culture, your identity, as already decided upon by someone else.

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Volume 75, Issue 24

Conversation of the Week

March 11, 2011

Inline Hockey holds fundraiser Aaron Heisohn and Luke Hellwig, 2012 Scholarship Fund Varsity Racquetball doubles team for L R explained the situation. Very shortly after-

by Mike Lumetta sports editor

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caught up with the SLUH racquetball doubles team of seniors Luke Hellwig and Aaron Heisohn, who, like most of the SLUH racquetball program, have collected a number of medals over the past two weeks. Hellwig placed fourth in the No. 6 gold bracket at Nationals, and Heisohn placed second in the same bracket. Team Hellsohn captured the Missouri doubles title two weeks ago at State and the bronze in the No. 3 doubles bracket at Nationals.

And, of course, they are State and National team champions.

Mike Lumetta: So you two have had a pretty big last two weeks. The weekend before last, you won the Missouri State doubles championship. How’d you pull that off, and how’d you feel about that?

Luke Hellwig: I mean, that was only my third time playing racquetball since coming back from an injury, and so I was a little nervous about whether I’d be prepared or not. But I think just the amount Aaron and I have played together, you know, we were able to

work together well anyway, and I think that contributed to our success.

Aaron Heisohn: We’ve been playing together for three years now?

LH: Yeah.

AH: We use mental telepathy or whatever it’s called.

ML: So, let’s go back to the beginning of the season briefly. How did you guys end up as the varsity doubles team?

AH: Well, we were both a little down the food chain, and we played really well together. So I think Doc wanted to have a couple of guys who played well together, because doubles is an important division.

LH: The U. High has a long tradition of doubles dominance. And, you know, some of the guys who are also lower on the varsity team haven’t played as much doubles, and so it just seemed like a good fit. continued on page 11

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o honor Jacob Ritz, ’12, who passed away in the summer of 2009, the Inline Hockey Club held a fundraiser last Monday at California Pizza Kitchen to benefit the Class of 2012 Scholarship fund.

The fundraiser was held all day Monday at the California Pizza Kitchen located in West County Mall. Anyone there to support the fundraiser simply had to say so or present an event flyer during check-out for twenty percent of the proceeds of the meal to be donated to the fund.

“Last year, as a club, we kind of adopted the 2012 scholarship fund as sort of our charity, our philanthropy, as an organization,” said coach Tim O'Neil.

In Ritz's name, the club raised a couple hundred dollars last year from donors such as parents and other coaches. However, the club organized no particular fundraisers or events at that time.

O'Neil had heard that California Pizza Kitchen is known for holding these types of fundraisers regularly. Interested in the idea of having a dedicated, advertised fundraiser, O'Neil contacted the restaurant's manager, who happened to be a SLUH alumnus, and

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wards, the two arranged and scheduled the event.

“As a fundraiser, it was good because some fundraisers can get very, very complicated. This one was an easy one—it was practical and didn't require a whole lot of work,” said O'Neil.

Junior inline player Alec Lombardo, who attended the fundraiser, added, “I thought we had a pretty good turnout. The restaurant was about two-thirds filled with people there just for the fundraiser. The food was great as always.”

California Pizza Kitchen has not yet determined exactly how much money was raised. Depending upon the success of this fundraiser, it will be the players' decision to choose whether they would like to hold another one, according to O'Neil. It is very possible that another fundraiser may be offered next spring. O'Neil's ultimate goal is that if the club can theoretically raise enough money over time, the fund can turn into an endowed, or partially endowed, scholarship in Ritz's name.

“I'm not sure if we'll ever reach that, but we'll try. We'll certainly need the com continued on page 12

(from 1) Sprague. Murray knew that if he lost this match SLUH would lose the tournament.

Murray went into the match with a lot of nervousness. This was evident when Murray got off to a rough start. In the first game, Murray skipped many simple kill shots and could not aim his passes. Without these two shots, Murray dropped the first game 15-12.

When Murray returned, he brought more fire and passion than anyone had seen in him all season. After almost every shot the crowd could tell what mood Murray was in. If he skipped a shot Murray would usually bang his racket against his left thyroid muscle or throw a right hook at the wall. Kill or pinch shots though were usually followed by a two-handed fist pump and “Come on!” to his fans.

Thankfully there were more fist pumps than wall punches. Murray ended up seizing the national title by coming back to win his final match as a Jr. Bill 15-13, 11-9. Murray walked off the court with the game ball in one hand and his fist doing the “John Wall dance” in the other.

Afterward Murray said, “This past Nationals was one of the most exciting times of my life.”

Murray’s individual national championship was preceded by one from junior No. 4 seed Rob Laurentius. Though Murray won his bracket with two tiebreak matches, Laurentius suffered the fewest setbacks of anyone on the team. Laurentius rolled over his opponents and only allowed 14 total points in all three matches. This included a 15-1, 15-5 win to capture his first national championship. Immediately after Laurentius won, his teammates stormed the court in celebration.

Before Murray and Laurentius celebrated in their spoils, junior No. 5 seed Fritz Simmon earned the first individual championship of the tournament for SLUH. Though Simmon always let his opponent stay in the first game, he also always won both games. Though Simmon might not have intentionally done this, it seemed as if he did in all three matches. Simmon won his first mach 15-13, 15-1, his second 15-14, 15-7, and the national championship match 15-9, 15-1.

Division 6 got off to a fabulous start with first and second round wins from seniors Aaron Heisohn, Luke Hellwig, and Stephen Deves, juniors Jack Mohrmann,

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The 2011 Racquetball National champion SLUH Jr. Bills with their trophy.

Jeremy Compton, and Michael Fotouhi and sophomores Lorenzo Crim, AJ Cirillo, and Patrick Mulligan. These players all advanced to the round of 32 and faced a win-or-go home situation. Out of these nine players, Mohrmann, Heisohn, Hellwig, Crim, and Fotouhi all reached the final eight. Heisohn, Hellwig, and Crim were lucky enough to make it to the final four.

The final four began with something no one had seen all season—Hellwig and Heisohn battling against one another instead of fighting on the same side. The match went back and forth the entire time. Since they had played side by side all year, each knew the other’s strategy and how to play against the other. The match was slow, but in the end Heisohn pulled out a 15-11, 15-5 win.

Heisohn said after the match, “My favorite match of the weekend was against my doubles partner, Luke. He kept me on my toes with plenty of ceiling balls, but I kept the kills rolling. The thing I will probably miss most from racquetball is playing with Luke. We have had so much fun and have played so well together.”

This sent Heisohn into the championship match and Hellwig into the third place match. Heishon had to play against Crim in the finals. Though Crim was the No. 24 seed, he still coasted to the finals.

The match began with fury and concluded with a bittersweet victory. When the match started it was obvious that each player wanted the distinct title of “National cham-

pion.” Crim hit consistent pass shots while Heishon almost never let the ball bounce twice because of his cross-court dives. In the end Crim and the pass shot prevailed.

Crim won 15-14, 15-7 and became SLUH’s fourth National Champion of the tournament. The downside was that Heisohn lost his last match in a SLUH uniform—a true heart-wrenching moment for all the fans who watched the phenomenal player walk off the court one last time.

Crim said, “Winning singles forced me to be at the top of my game because there were so many skilled players I had to face.”

Along with Heisohn, Hellwig was unable to pull through. Hellwig lost his final match in the tiebreaker 11-15, 15-14, 9-11.

Not only did SLUH do remarkably in the Division 6 gold but in all the consolation brackets as well.

SLUH’s dominance in the lower brackets started out with a win in the blue bracket by junior Jack Sellman. This was followed by a third place finish by freshman superstar Thomas Riganti in the blue bracket, a fourth place finish by Alex Reitz in the white bracket, and a notable tiebreak win from junior Dan Jost in the white bracket.

Despite all of these remarkable finishes, SLUH did not fare nearly as well in the doubles world. In doubles, the top two doubles teams from one school have their own brackets. Every other doubles team from that school is placed in Division 3.

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and Murray lost their only two matches in Division 1. Koch and Laurentius placed third in Division 2 gold. Since Koch had to play through back spasms, Laurentius stepped up and carried the team. Simmon and Mohrmann suffered an embarrassing loss to Parkway West’s JV doubles team in the third round of Division 3 doubles. State champion doubles Team Hellsohn lost in the semifinals to the eventual SLUH champions Crim and Cirillo.

Crim and Cirilo did something no one else was quite able to do—play to each others’ strengths. They were able to complement one another and win another national title for SLUH.

In Division 3 consolation doubles, the JV 1-1 doubles team juniors Kevin Landgraf and Will Powers advanced to the round of 8.

Newly formed team of Fotouhi and Deves was able to control the court and win the consolation bracket.

At the end of the day, SLUH won five out of the nine gold brackets and two consolation brackets. All SLUH varsity players and seven other players medaled. Four of these players will be forever known as national champions—Murray, Laurentius, Simmon, and Crim. Most of these players won on the last day, because they all knew that losing on Sunday was not an option.

Hellwig said, “On the last day, it was some of the best racquetball I’ve seen our guys play. I think the amount of work we’ve put in has really shown. It was an amazing way to end our careers.”

Coach Mike Laurentius commented, “Our team succeeded in the most epic comeback on the final day that would make Charlie Sheen’s face melt off into a pool of his own tiger blood.”

Though Laurentius’ opinion might seem extreme, it is not far from the truth.

If SLUH had lost just one more match in the final two days of the tournament, the Jr. Bills would most likely not be in the process of ordering another banner. If SLUH players had not found that extra strength they needed to pull off those wins, there would not have been a celebration at the local Red Robin afterwards. If the team had not been there for each other to pick everyone up and give each other that extra boost, there would be no special recognition on the morning announcements. But as it is, SLUH won its fifth National championship, a perfect end to a perfect season.

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Volleyball, ranked 26th in nation, aims to repeat at State this year PHOTO BY HAROLD WAYNE

The Jr. Bills drill in practice this week.

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e finna win,” said senior Quin Pazderka.

St. Louis U. High’s varsity volleyball team comes into the 2011 season fresh off a State championship last year. There are strong indications that the team, ranked 26th

nationally on the ESPN Rise Fab 50 list, could repeat, although they have been wracked with several injuries.

Two big injuries have hit the team since the last season: senior Zak Otten has torn three ligaments in his ankle, and senior Daniel Schneier has torn his ACL. While Otten’s injury had him out for some of the varsity basketball season, he should be returning for most of the volleyball season.

“The difference between basketball and volleyball is that in basketball, you can pretty much get away with jumping off of your uninjured foot, but with volleyball, you have to jump with both feet,” explained Otten about his injury.

Otten, like senior Alex Hughes, only started playing volleyball two years ago, but both have started for the team at one point or another.

Otten ascribes much of his new knowledge of the sport to playing club volleyball over the past summer.

Schneier’s injury, sustained during the championship intramural bashball game, which occurred much more recently, will have him out for most, if not all of the season.

“I met with my doctor recently and he said that I looked good and that I could be back by late April if everything keeps going well,” said Schneier.

“With Dan (Schneier) getting hurt, I really have to work hard to learn all the points of the game that Dan’s known and that I don’t. He’s definitely always been a lot more experienced than me, so I really have to work hard to get where he is,” said Otten.

“We do have other seniors that are ready to step in, so we should still compete very well,” said assistant coach Dan Becvar.

Although the team lost six graduating seniors, including outside hitter Scott Metzger, the team is set to recover well with a large supply of returning players. The three returning starters, seniors Zak Robben, Hughes, and Schneier, are set to lead the team, along with six other returning seniors and some juniors. Junior Alex Boatman and sophomore Jack Walsh are also expected to vie for the libero position, a primarily defensive position.

“With our history, we hope to be in the final four every year,” said head coach Paul Scovill.

One focus for the team has been to do well in the Metro Catholic Conference, where they will face off against rivals De Smet and Vianney.

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he tarps, removed. The grass, greener.

Now, even peeks of sunshine have returned to shoo away Old Man Winter over Sheridan Stadium.

“It’s getting ready for the (baseball) season time,” head coach Steve Nicollerat said. “You know that month that begins with an M, March, means baseball.”

Nicollerat has seen this familiar time again and again in his 32-year coaching career at St. Louis U. High.

“For me, all the seasons are the same in the sense that you are glad to start and you get to see the kids on a more regular basis,” Nicollerat said. “But I’ve had this group of kids for a long time. Four or five of my guys I’ve had since they were freshmen. That is unique.”

But SLUH baseball did lose graduating seniors over the off-season including catcher Christian Stark, outfielder David Kirner, and shortstop Clint Wobbe. According to Nicollerat, these seniors and others largely contributed to SLUH’s hot 21-7 season last year, finishing behind a very good CBC ballVarsity Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Time 3/21 McCluer North 4:30 3/24 Maplewood 4:30 3/26 Ladue 1:00

(Ritenour Tournament) 3/29 Hancock 4:30 4/1 Jesuit Tournament 4/2 Jesuit Tournament 4/4 Parkway West 4:30 4/8 McCluer 4:30

(Ritenour Tournament) 4/9 DeSmet 11:00 a.m.

4/11 at Chaminade 4:30 4/17 St. Mary’s 11:00 a.m.

4/19 Vianney 4:30 4/20 Belleville West 4:30 4/21 DuBourg 12:00 (SLUH Tournament) 4/23 McCluer North 10:00 a.m.

4/23 Jerseyville 1:00 4/28 CBC 7:00 4/30 Ritenour Tournament at SLUH 5/3 at DeSmet 4:30 5/5 Chaminade 4:30 5/9 at CBC 4:30 5/11 at Vianney 4:30 5/14 District Tournament 5/20 District Tournament

club. Their State hopes were dashed by a 12-2 loss to CBC in late May. “I mean, we lost a lot of great kids, but we also had some really good kids backing up that I knew weren’t coming back,” Nicollerat said.

But the loss of players doesn’t necessarily correlate to a loss of depth. Although Nicollerat could not comment on a starting nine because tryouts are not over, he did make some generalizations about the situation in the field.

“The outfield, you can narrow it to five guys,” Nicollerat said. “Those guys are going to play a fair amount.

And I can look around the infield at certain spots and feel comfortable.

But you don’t really know (who will play where) until the kids go through the workouts.”

When official rosters are announced, expect to see a team that relies not on superstition, but on solid hitters and hard defense. Nicollerat expects senior Sasha Kuebel and juniors Willie Floros, Mitch Klug, Sam Knesel, and Andrew Pitts to provide pop at the plate. The heavy continued on page 6

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Varsity Volleyball Schedule Date Opponent Time 3/22 at Mehlville 5:00 3/28 at Zumwalt South 4:30 3/29 Pattonville 5:00 3/31 Chaminade 6:00 4/4 Parkway West 5:00 4/6 at DeSmet 6:00 4/8 at Vianney 6:00 4/11 at CBC 5:00 4/12 Marquette 5:30 4/14 at Francis Howell 6:00 4/16 at Parkway Tournament 4/18 St. Mary’s 5:00 4/20 Vianney 6:00 4/25 Parkway Central 5:30 5/2 at Howell Central 5:30 5/4 CBC 6:00 5/5 at Chaminade 5:00 5/9 at Althoff 6:00 5/11 DeSmet 6:00 5/13 at District Tournament 5/14 at District Tournament 5/25 at State Tournament 5/26 at State Tournament MCC,” said Robben.

Vianney typically puts up a strong fight against the Jr. Bills, with the coach who has won the most titles in state history. SLUH went 2-1 against DeSmet last year, though they did not face DeSmet in the State tournacontinued on page 10

Two juniors score 36 on ACT

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he Class of 2012 has its first members in the perfect ACT score club.

Juniors Danny Millar and Sam Erlinger have both learned that they had scored a 36.

Both Millar and Erlinger stressed preparation in the form of practice tests as the key to their success.

“I prepared just by taking the practice tests and going over those with Mr. (Craig) Hannick,” said Erlinger.

A perfect score can open doors to many elite colleges. Millar and Erlinger are both thinking about attending Stanford University.

The pregame meal always carries importance when heading into an important test. Erlinger had a hearty breakfast of bacon, eggs, and a bagel, while Millar enjoyed a McGriddle and a large Coke.

Both students feel relieved that they've passed one period of their college journey with flying colors.

Senior pitcher Sasha Kuebel warms up during practice.

After down year, water polo set to return to top

by Justin Jellinek reporter

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ith three weeks of hard work already put in, the 2011 varsity water polo team is primed to begin games. The seven returning seniors, along with returning juniors Sam Erlinger and Michael Savio, are fueled by their thirst to win State. After last year’s fourth place finish, they are ready to bring the Jr. Bills back to the top.

“I think despite losing a couple key players, this year’s team can definitely be better than last year’s,” said Erlinger. “We have good team chemistry. All in all, I’m confident we can beat any team in the area, and I’m looking forward to bouncing back from last year.”

The team is working hard to keep this chemistry strong by working hard at practice, constructively criticizing each other, and spending time with each other outside of the pool on a regular basis.

Though it is true the team has lost some key defensive players to graduation, such as defender Rob Golterman and goalie Pat Archer, senior Joe Kabance and the two goalies—senior Jacob Chisholm and junior Sean Sullivan—will fill those roles.

Sullivan’s outlook on the year is quite hopeful.

“I would say that after last year’s fourth place finish, the seniors are really hungry to win a State title, and for us juniors, we are all excited to compete again this year,” said Sullivan. “We all want to help as much as we can to win State. For me personally, I would probably be disappointed if we didn’t win State this year because I think we are capable.”

Head coach Paul Baudendistel said, “Our goal isn’t to be the best; it is to be our best.”

Key returning players from last year’s team include senior captains Michael

Hagerty, John Lewis, Kabance and Erlinger.

As a defenseman, Kabance hopes to make it extremely difficult for most teams to score in front of the goal, while forwards Lewis, Hagerty, and Erlinger should lead the team in goals.

Junior Pieter Derdeyn said, “With a team returning four major contributors from the previous season, it’s hard to imagine the team not doing well this year. Also, the team as a whole is very experienced—12 of the 17 players spent their summer preparing for and competing in the National Junior Olympics tournament in California.”

With the majority of the team training with the some of the best players in the country, they should be well prepared for most of the teams they will encounter this season.

One of the most anticipated games this season will take place against Fenwick, continued on page 9

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Fans can follow varsity sports on Twitter SPEEDY SENIORS LEAD LACROSSE, LOOK FOR A STATE TITLE AGAIN

by Nathan core staff

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re you going to the games, cheering in the student section, reading the Prep News sports articles and still not getting your full St. Louis U. High sports fix? Now you can get even more intimate with SLUH sports teams. Six varsity sports teams are now on Twitter, allowing students, alumni, and parents an opportunity to get team information, schedules, and live updates using the trendy social media outlet.

Water polo was the first team to get a Twitter account. Assistant coach John Penilla set up the account last March prior to the team’s trip for Chicago tournament.

Penilla created the account so that parents could follow the results of the season. He has experience with Twitter, using it before with the Jungle Cats Water Polo Club, a team he helps coach.

Following the Chicago tournament, Penilla did not update Twitter as much as he would have liked during the remainder of the season.

Penilla hopes to give his followers more updates this season. He also would like to give updates during games via Twitter. As the assistant coach, Penilla believes he could manage in-game tweets since he is not “running up and down screaming.”

“If I think of it, and I am able to sneak it in there, I’ll do it,” said Penilla about ingame Twitter updates.

Penilla has noticed an increase of water polo alumni following the team recently and is glad that Twitter gives them an outlet to follow their former team.

In early January, head track and cross country coach Joe Porter followed the Twitter trend, setting up a joint account for the two teams under the account name of @ Sluhxctrack. Porter got the idea to begin tweeting from Jon Bell, the head track and cross country coach at Saint Louis University. Bell has used his account to give live updates from SLU track and cross country meets.

So far Porter has used Twitter to post results from the Frostbite series, a winter running series in which a number of SLUH runners participated, and to post announcements. Porter has tweeted reminders about

track sign-ups and information about team members and practices.

This week, Porter was able to tweet funeral information about James Wattowa, father of sophomore track and cross country runner Nick Wattowa.

Besides relaying personal information, Twitter, in Porter’s opinion, will find its limelight updating fans on the multitude of track events. “I think it will be more useful during (track) meet season,” noted Porter.

Porter is looking forward to tweeting live results from upcoming track meets. He and Gilmore will use their smart phones to tweet the results live from the track.

With a new season approaching, the baseball team has also begun exploring Twitter. Assistant coach Tom Zinselmeyer, who set up the account, said that using Twitter “just made sense” after seeing Porter and athletic director Dick Wehner apply it (see PN Vol. 75, Issue 23).

“I thought it would be a neat idea for

alums and parents to follow,” said Zinselmeyer.

Like Porter, Zinselmeyer hopes to be able tweet live results from games during the season, especially Metro Catholic Conference (MCC) contests. The baseball team has only tweeted five times thus far, but looks to progress its tweeting as the season moves on. Zinselmeyer has handed over the Twitter responsibilities to team manager John Milner.

The SLUH rugby and lacrosse teams have also set up Twitter accounts. Both teams set up their accounts in the beginning of 2011. Rugby has been very active in tweeting. When the team traveled to Oklahoma for a tournament two weeks ago, one of the coaches tweeted live results from the field.

The team has also used Twitter to update followers of upcoming matches.

The lacrosse team has mainly used Twitter to let its team members know about practice times and locations. Posting practice information via Twitter requires players to have their own Twitter accounts so they can receive the updates.

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National Racquetball Standings

High School City Points 1. SLUH St. Louis, MO 2,320 2. Sprague Salem, OR 2,296 3. Beaverton Beaverton, OR 1, 673 4. Parkway West St. Louis, MO 1,511 5. Oregon City Oregon City, OR 1,506 6. Kirkwood St. Louis, MO 1,285 7. Southridge Beaverton, OR 1,027 8. Lincoln Portland, OR 964 9. Mountain Home Mountain Home, AR 716 10. St. John Vianney St. Louis, MO 600 11. Franklin Stockton, CA 575 12. Lakeland White Lake, MI 475 13. Sandy Sandy, OR 359 14. Parkway Central St. Louis, MO 294 15. Los Alamos Los Alamos, NM 275

“You’ve got to make sure your team knows they have to follow you on Twitter,” said Wehner, talking about teams posting practice information on Twitter.

The possibility of more teams moving to Twitter relies on the coaches. Head hockey coach Charlie Busenhart explained he would not know how to use Twitter.

“I hardly know what Twitter is,” said a perplexed Busenhart.

He explained that if the hockey team would get a Twitter account, it would have to be set up by a player or parent who has the capability of managing the account.

Head basketball coach John Ross shares the same idea as Busenhart in that his knowledge of Twitter is limited. Ross said that if his team went on Twitter, he would have to talk to other coaches who use it and find what benefits it would provide.

Ross said that he would not use it to communicate with coaches or parents because he already uses e-mail and cell phones to contact them about practices and upcoming games.

Ross explained that he would be interested in using Twitter to let alumni keep up with the basketball program.

“It think it would be great, but I would have to talk to alumni first and see if it would be helpful,” said Ross.

Wehner said he will not force teams to use Twitter, though he encourages it. Twitter allows teams to have a total of three outlets to post information to go along with their team webpage on the SLUH website, and then the SLUH athletic hotline.

The biggest excitement for Wehner is that Twitter allows alumni to follow and keep tabs on the sports teams they used to play for while at SLUH. “I played football at DuBourg and if Twitter would have existed after I graduated, I would have most definitely followed the team,” noted Wehner.

Wehner looks forward to see the athletic teams’ progress on Twitter as the teams who currently tweet expand with it and the possibility of more teams setting up accounts.

“I really like it,” said Wehner. “It’s just a great idea.”

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he St. Louis U. High lacrosse team looks to use its speed to make up for some major losses from last year’s team. The team lost three key defensive leaders from last season in Adam Clark, Michael Riddering, and All-American Sean Meagher.

There are some big shoes to fill, as all three senior defenders were key contributors to the State-winning team of 2009. This year’s offense, though, returns several key players.

“Rebounding off a big loss of defense, it’s our job to step it up,” said junior defender Sam Cannon.

Though the defense lacks size, the back lines have a lot of speed in their skillsets, allowing close coverage of opponents as well as conquering of ground balls.

With the graduation of last year’s seniors, also came the loss of goalie Connor Blanquart.

“Anytime you graduate a senior goalie there is a huge gap to fill, so we’ve been working a lot with our junior goalie, Aidan Kelly, and sophomore goalie John Lawder,” said varsity head coach Mark Seyer.

Kelly and Lawder are slowly adjusting to the varsity level, as both were companions on last year’s junior varsity team.

“If we all step up and play how we’re supposed to play, it will all go great,” said Lawder, who has his sights set high, hoping to make a run for State.

As the team continues to train for a good season, many look forward to seeing how well the offense plays. Key seniors Jim Reichenbach, Mac Moore, Michael Griffard, and Andrew Schoessel all return as varsity players.

“We had a young team last year offensively, while we had an old team defensively, so this year most of the offense are older,” said Seyer. “We’ll be a lot stronger at midfield and attack, moving the ball up and down the field.”

Despite some big losses from last year, the team appears to be very well rounded and even more excited for a successful season.

“We have people that can play every position,” said face-off specialist Griffard.

“There really is no position that we have a weak link in.”

Besides four young sophomores— Lawder, Remy Hoffman, Justin Mayfield, and Stephen Lordo—the team has a strong corps of upperclassmen.

“Every team that is successful comes down to the seniors who step up to be a leader both on and off the field,” says Seyer.

The SLUH lacrosse team looks forward to testing its talents this weekend at DeSmet for the Mini-Jamboree, where they face DeSmet, Eureka, and a Parkway conglomerate team.

Sophomore goalie John Lawder practices this week.

Baseball in spring training mode, lineups to be determined (from 5) hitters (excluding Knesel, who only had 7 at bats) fared well last year, averaging an astounding .375 in 259 at bats and driving in 76 RBIs. Kuebel led the team with 4 home runs.

In the field, great gloves will be found in Klug at shortstop, Kuebel at first base, Simon in center, and sophomore Joey Rund.

Nicollerat is looking for consistency at all positions and is emphasizing hard play

whether on the field or at bat.

“I really expect that they all be scrappy,” said Nicollerat. “When they get an opportunity, they have got to make the most out of every situation.”

As far as pitching is concerned, Kuebel, a Division I recruit at Iowa and one of the area’s most dominant pitchers, will likely get the nod as the No. 1 starter. Keubel was 7-2 last year with a flat 2.00 ERA and hurled 67

Ks in 56 innings.

“It’s fair to say Sasha will be a starting pitcher. But then you look at the rest of the pitchers and it’s really kind of murky. But, out of that murkiness, I do think I can identify the top six,” said Nicollerat.

This year, SLUH has shelved last year’s great season and is focusing on the present.

Outside of being shuffled in the gym for rain related reasons, practices have been going

smoothly.

“Practice is good. It’s a little different, we’ve implemented a little tweak in the torque drills. The first couple days, new kids, getting used to the new style. (But now) practice is getting short and crisp,” said Pitts. “I’m just ready to play the games.”

SLUH’s first game will be at home versus McCleur North. Game time is 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 21.

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Hours of monotony and moments of stark terror

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Quinn, ’51, talks about life in music and the air PHOTO BY TED WIGHT

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erry Quinn’s black grand piano sits on the right side of the stage and, despite its size, tends to disappear into the background each time the chorus begins to harmonize. His tight, near flawless performance draws little attention. His hands, dancing across the glowing white keys, miss few notes. The choir—a large group from Cor Jesu at SLUH for a choral critique—is the show here, as it should be.

Quinn only appears on stage a few times a year at events like these and the twiceyearly choral concerts. This year he also played in the orchestra in White Christmas.

He accompanies the chorus at Masses, but most students have probably never really noticed him, or, if they have, left it at that.

It is not much of a surprise that this is the case. Most days find Quinn practicing or working one on one with students in his small, soundproofed annex tucked snugly between the chorus and band rooms. He spends almost all of his time here, rehearsing choral accompaniment or working with a member of the solo ensemble group, who he helps train. He offers his services as a vocal coach as well.

Quinn is not an imposing figure. His dress—Quinn always wears a tie, often with short sleeve button down shirts—is of another era when professionals, even musicians, dressed nicely and carried a briefcase. The one he carries bear his initials lettered near the metal clasp. An American flag decal sticks to the inside of the lid. The briefcase sits on top of one of three pianos in the small rectangular room. Soundproofing hangs from the walls.

There is little else of note in the room, except for the two to three hours per day of practice that occur there. It is this dedicated practice that makes Quinn’s playing on the stage look so easy, though he’s quick to tell you it is never easy. As part of a special arrangement since the mid-1990s, Quinn is actually an employee of the Fine Arts Department, not the school. He works part-time, which a busy schedule has made more like full-time lately.

Quinn learned to play the piano when he was four. He first learned to fly a plane when he was a senior in college. Two disparate thoughts and pursuits, but to an outside observer unfamiliar with both piano and flying, there would seem to be a connection. The keys and pedals of the piano find their equal in flying. Buttons and dials—controls to push, turn, and handle—require an equitable precision with much different consequences.

Whether predisposed to piloting or not, Quinn learned to fly a plane, though only partly by choice. When he graduated from St. Louis U. High in 1951 in the years shortly after World War II the draft was still in effect. Quinn decided he would avoid active duty by enrolling in Air Force ROTC at Washington University in St. Louis. In the fall of his senior year in 1956, he began to fly.

While finishing a major in music education at Washington U., Quinn was learning to fly at nearby Wiess Airport. The program was paid for by the Air Force in an effort to weed out recruits not suited for flying in hopes of cutting down on training costs after those students graduated. All ten or so members of Quinn’s ROTC class passed and earned their pilots licenses.

In 1957, Quinn graduated from Washington U. He had put himself through college by performing at the Municipal Opera (Muny) for five summers—singing has always been Quinn’s best musical skill—but after working briefly at McDonnell-Douglas, the Air Force became his full-time career.

Quinn’s call was to Strategic Air Command in Westover, Mass., a hub of Cold War-era air activity.

“You got on what they called a combat

Gerry Quinn practicing in his usual haunt: the small, soundproofed annex between the chorus and band rooms. Quinn practices here two to three hours a day when he’s not working with students.

crew status. And what it was was we had our crew had a specific target in Russia. At that time that Russia was the bad guy,” said Quinn.

In 1957, Russia was indeed the bad guy. Though in between “hot” encounters in Korea and Vietnam, the Cold War was as real as ever, and the Soviets, at least as seen by the American people, were a daily threat.

Unlike any previous United States war, the Cold War was one of threats executed mostly through diplomacy and military buildup—stops and starts, moments of sheer panic and moments of real calm. Amidst this intermittent warfare, the Air Force became the paramount force in a rather complex defense system in which standing armies were not practical.

“We had specific targets and we were on alert about twelve days out of a month and what that meant was that we were at the base, we lived at the base, and we also flew Chrome Dome—24-hour missions where you get up and you fly around constantly for 24 hours,” said Quinn.

Operation Chrome Dome was one of several Air Force programs that kept planes perpetually in the air with specific targets in Russia in case things got hot. According to Quinn, the missions he flew took him up to Greenland, where he revolved in a racetrack pattern for several hours before flying back to Massachusetts.

“The advantage was that if anything happened, we had already saved about a ten-hour flight to get to that point, and we could leap off immediately from there,” said Quinn. “Luckily we never had to do anything.”

Chrome Dome flights were made in

“The atmosphere was very, very serious. Everybody knew that, boy, if the whistle went off it was the real thing.”

only one type of plane, the B-52 bomber.

Although pilots dropped large sacks of flour during practice, missions were flown with four live hydrogen bombs aboard.

“Oh yeah. Yes, we did. We had the bad ones,” Quinn said. Needless to say, he never dropped one. Though they never were called into use, the bombs and their pilots would be recognized by many as the hallmark of the war.

Nineteen sixty-one brought a chilling change in the Cold War, one that threatened to very quickly set both powers aflame. What would become known as the Cuban Missile Crisis paralyzed America. The enemy was now just 90 miles, or a five-minute flight, from the U.S. mainland. The mood of the country turned quickly and so did that of the Air Force which would be first into action if things got hot.

“It was interesting from the standpoint that prior to that, when we were on alert, we’d play cards, listen to music, we’d watch movies, we’d just play softball—just kind of have a nice good time. We took our job seriously, don’t get me wrong. But when the Missile Crisis came, everything that would fly was loaded, and we were all on alert.

Everybody. We knew at that time if we got a message it would be a go message,” said Quinn.

“The atmosphere was very, very serious.

Everybody knew that, boy, if the whistle went off it was the real thing.”

Of his fellow pilots, Quinn said, “You knew that this problem that was only 90 miles away ... there’s just a different atmosphere.

Everybody just had a little different look about them. It was a very serious time, no question about it.”

After 35 days, the crisis passed, and life returned to normal. Quinn was never pushed into a live action, so to speak. Though the aftermath of the Cuban Missile Crisis was filled with analysis and political rhetoric on a national scale, as a soldier, Quinn was not a part of it.

“Your political views really didn’t count unless you were willing to leave the service,” said Quinn. “But I felt like, if anything really got hot, I was going to do my bit to help if I could.”

The Missile Crisis and live hydrogen bombs aside, most of Quinn’s flights over six years in the Air Force were quite uneventful.

As it turned out, much of the Cold War would be remembered this way. In more than 1500 hours of general flight time, Quinn saw no action.

“We used to have a saying when you flew: ‘flying is hours and hours of momentary, punctuated by moments of stark terror,’” Quinn recalled.

Twenty-four hour missions were more a test of endurance and will than anything else.

Quinn said he and his copilot would alternate taking brief catnaps to stay sharp. The flights were long enough to make in-flight refueling necessary. When executed properly the refueling was the stuff of recruitment videos touting technical advancement, but it could just as quickly become one of those moments of stark terror.

“We flew underneath and behind the refueling tanker,” explained Quinn. “When it got close enough, he would extend the boom, and it would lock into our aircraft.

That was always a little hairy because you were really only—well it looked like you could reach out in touch them ... one little slip and you could easily slam up into him which could ruin your whole day.”

Quinn never had any incidents—he credits much training—but several of his fellow pilots were not as lucky.

A B-52, the model of Quinn’s plane, has eight engines, each with its own set of dials. The cockpit also has a general alert panel and a warning button that flashes on when the general alert panel comes to life.

On Chrome Dome missions, the autopilot was in effect, so Quinn’s job was primarily as monitor, managing and manipulating dials and buttons when necessary. Despite the weight of the tiring missions, flying was something Quinn loved.

“I remember one time we were up flying in the afternoon and there was a storm front that was off our right wing that had ... this was a picture-perfect squall line: about four or five thunderstorms right together in line. I thought, where’s my camera, my kingdom for a camera,” said Quinn, echoing the famous climax of Richard III. His enthusiasm for flying itself comes through often in memories like these.

When Quinn’s time in the Air Force was winding down, the Vietnam Conflict was heating up. In 1963, when he was discharged, continued on page 10

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LARGE ULTIMATE TEAM, Upperclassman-heavy rugby squad will UNDER NEW COACH, make “legitimate run” at State REWORKS STRATEGY PHOTO BY DR. RICK KUEBEL

Coach Huether brings in “vertical stack” offense to Frisbee team

by James reporter

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s Jack Frost hangs his hat, completing another cold and bitter season, the St. Louis U. High Ulti-bills lace up their cleats and retrim their fingernails for another Ultimate season. The team consists of 44 Jr. Bills, a considerable increase from last year’s numbers.

“With around 25 new guys on the team, (the season) was crazy at the beginning, but I have seen a lot of growth from week to week,” head coach Tim “ImaHoya” Huether said.

Huether plans on integrating a new “vertical stack” offensive strategy into the Disc-bills' game plan. Huether used the vert stack offense during his time playing on the Ultimate team at Georgetown University.

“The vertical stack caused a little chaos in the beginning weeks, but it is easy to master for young players and will be a good offense for our varsity,” he said.

Senior Steve Hoerr, a two-year veteran on the squad, had initial doubts about the new offense, but concluded that the new stack will help the team’s performance.

"It was kind of a downer to the returners that we won't be doing the (horizontal) stack this year, but Mr. Huether taught us the vert stack well, and once we got the hang of it, the team looked good doing it,” Hoerr said.

With the sport rapidly gaining in popularity, many schools have started to expand their Ultimate organizations.

With more and more athletes playing from around the area, an increased amount of competition has the Jr. Bills working hard to remain one of the top in the state.

“There are no cupcakes this year,” says Huether of the spring lineup. “DeSmet remains nationally recognized and Priory is always athletic.” Among other teams from around the greater St. Louis area, Parkway North remains another threat in the Jr. Bills' lineup.

Although the Jr. Bills graduated a number of valuable seniors from last year’s team, they have a number of key returners to help them flick their way to a successful season.

“We lost two great seniors who led the team last year. But last year we didn't have nearly as many kids that we have this year, and that gives the team so much more spirit and depth that it didn't have in years past,” said Hoerr.

Along with Hoerr, there are many other experienced players to add to the team's overall wisdom, namely seniors Michael Anderson, Eric Mueth, Etefia Umana and juniors Evan Thornberry, Danny Millar, and Jean-Paul Angieri. With an abundant number of Jr. Bills returning for another season, the team has high hopes to improve on its respectable third place finish in last year’s State tournament.

The Bills set out on their long road to State this Sunday, at Compton Drew field.

Varsity squares off against Marquette High School at 1 p.m., while the JV squad locks horns with Ladue following the varsity game, at 3 p.m.

Senior Kevin Flaker evades a tackle against Eureka Saturday at the DeSmet Jamboree.

by Eric Mueth assistant sports editor

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n its second year of school-sponsored competition, the St. Louis U. High Rugby team (1-2) will put all its efforts toward winning a State championship. The team

fell short last year in the semifinals against a tough Eureka team and finished third, but this year’s team thinks that they might be able to pull it off.

Head coach Joe Muller said, “It’s going to be a little difficult to match last year’s team

mainly because we had such an exceptional team. But, all that being said, I feel real confident about the team this year. The more I’ve seen us play, the more I’m confident that I think we can take a legitimate run at State.”

Despite losing a number of seniors to graduation, the Jr. Bills loaded up this year on new talent, fresh faces, and the experience of returners who were backups last year. The team this year will sport a full-fledged JV squad in addition to varsity, as opposed to last year’s part time JV team.

The team lost a good number of forwards and downgraded on size, but juniors Aaron Kerwood and Mason Jungels, and seniors Mike Mentel and Tate McCarthy look to replace the large forces of Dan Kuehl and Mike Wedekind. Senior Danny Heinrichs will play hooker.

Even though they might not be as big as the previous forwards, senior captain Steve Ludwig said, “They kind of have their heads a little bit more in the game than Kuehl and Wedekind (did).”

Another huge loss is that of Corey Donovan, who was the intimidating force for the Jr. Bills all of last year. Though there is no real replacement for him, the team will be able to cover at other positions with good communication and playmaking. continued on page 10

SLUH tennis led by veteran Marifian

by Drew Dziedzic core staff

SLUH has had many individuals advance in the State tournament, for the past few years the team as a whole has been stymied at the s St. Louis U. High’s varsity tennis final eight. team prepares for the year, one thing Naturally, as the team works on its is clear—they are looking forward to a sucdoubles play, they hope their chances for a cessful season. Despite losing three players successful season increase. to graduation, the team enters the season “My goal is to get all six of our indiwith a four-year No. 1 singles veteran and viduals through State,” said Zarrick. “I like a plethora of players who have varsity our chances at district. It’s a new District. experience.

There are some different teams we haven’t

“I think in terms of comparing our team played. However, I think we should be very this year versus last year, our singles look competitive.” very strong,” said head coach Patrick Zar The team’s new district will include rick, specifically mentioning senior captain Vianney, Webster Groves, Roosevelt, and Greg Marifian, who will again play No. 1 Kirkwood. singles this year.

“As a team, Kirkwood will be really Rounding out the rest of the singles tough to get through,” said Marifian. players will be sophomore David Mayhall While the team wants to do well at and junior Cameron Trachsel, who will be State, Marifian, who has played at State playing in the No. 2 and No. 3 singles posisince sophomore year, has high hopes for tions. The No. 4 singles position is still open, himself as an individual at State. according to Zarrick, and will be filled by “My goal honestly is to win State beone of two juniors, Tony Ghazarian or Matei cause it’s my last hurrah,” said Marifian. “It’s Stefanescu. going to be tough, though, because there are While the singles positions are nearly seven or eight guys who are my caliber, and decided, the doubles positions have not been on any day one of us could beat each other. … That’d sure be a way to go out of Compiled by Mike Senior basketball Senior wrestler Senior racquetball high school though.”

Lumetta and Nate guard Austin Head John Brusati No. 1 Nick Schmidt

As the team focuses Heagney on these long-term goals, Ball handling, swagger Knowing that I’m I get to everything. I My best quality on they have added some factor and court vision. tougher than my guess speed. the court/mat is... new assistants this year. opponent.

Joining the coaching staff are interim science Taylor Swift.

“Control” by Janet JackPregame pumpA lot of songs (See box teacher Megan Nelson son. My coach tells me I up music on page 12.) and student-teacher Steneed to be in control so we phen Kainz, ‘06. Nelson sing that when we play. played tennis at RosatiKain High School and at Anything Doc tells me.

Favorite inspira- “You have to play to win I’m the Truman State University. beeeeeessttt! tional quote and you have to win to Kainz played for SLUH play”- Michael Scott and won State with his team his senior year.

Highlight of SLUH On senior night against Winning Nationals, My strip and 80-yard “It’s good to have athletic career Chaminade, hitting that easily. runback for a touchsomeone with State expefirst three. down against CBC. rience working with our guys,” said Zarrick.

The team’s first Next great athletic Winning the 3 on 3 spring Beating Phil Hogrebe in Playing racquetball match will be on March fling tournament. at Mizzou. pickup basketball. venture 31 at Ladue.

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determined as tryouts are still going on. Between Ghazarian and Stefanescu, whoever does not play in the No. 4 singles position will play No. 1 doubles, likely with junior Peter Windler. Another six players are vying for four spots on the No. 2 and No. 3 teams.

A recurring theme this year for the entire team is to focus on improving doubles play.

“Last year, what kind of cost us a bit was our doubles,” said Marifian. “We were trying to find the right groups. This year, if we find the right groups and stick with them, and work on good fundamentals, mechanics, and strategy, it’ll make the difference.”

“Our doubles guys need to work on playing as a team and not as individuals on the same side of the court. They need to develop strong serves, strong second serves, strong overheads, and strong net play,” echoed Zarrick.

Improving doubles play, an important factor in the postseason, will have to be a team wide effort. In the District and State tournaments, teams have their top six players compete in both singles and doubles matches in order to determine who advances. While

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JV 3 RACQUETBALL Racquetball JV 2-1 and 2-2 complete season with 6th and 9th finishes in State HAS STRONG SEASON IN LADDER LEAGUE

by Nick Lewchenko reporter

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t. Louis U. High’s JV 2-1 and 2-2 racquetball teams finished up their seasons with the State Championship tournament on Saturday, Feb. 26 at Vetta Sports-Concord with JV 2-1 in finished second place and JV 2-2 tying for sixth place.

“In a division with a very diverse talent, the JV 2 teams performed remarkably well” said head coach Joe Koestner, complimenting the teams’ performance amid tough competition.

Junior Jeremy Compton, No. 2 on JV 2-1, felt that he had improved a lot over the course of the season, but he was disappointed in his performance in the State and National tournaments.

When asked about his team, Compton described it as “injury stricken,” referring

in part to the team’s No. 1 player and team captain junior Ryan Shea. Shea dislocated his kneecap at a practice, forcing him to forfeit the last three matches of the season as well as his place in the State tournament.

“I’m looking to improve next year after the injury,” said Shea. “The team performed at an extraordinary level with poise and determination.”

Aside from the forfeited No. 1 seed, juniors Compton, Luke Hagerty, Jack Sellman, and Nick Lewchenko—seeds No. 2 through No. 4 respectively—all placed second in their brackets in the State tournament. Despite the late-season injury, JV 2-1 went undefeated in the regular season, taking first place in the league’s team ranking.

JV 2-2, consisting of senior No. 5 Marcelo Fernan, sophomore Sam Martel, sophomore Alex Reitz, junior Daniel Jost,

and senior Tommy Majda as seeds No. 1 through No. 5, placed ninth in the team standings, with four wins and six losses for the season.

“I think we started off really well but finished with some losses,” said senior Tommy Majda. He expressed disappointment in his own performance at State, losing his second-round match to a player he had beaten in the regular season and had hoped to defeat again. Speaking about his teammates, he noted the achievement of Fernan, who took second place at State in his JV 2 No. 1 division.

“It’s sad, I guess, but I’m glad I did it,” commented Majda about his last racquetball season, adding that he would definitely keep playing through college but that he wished he could continue playing at SLUH.

JV-D hockey team season ended early

by Jack Kinzel and Jack Godar Reporters

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he SLUH JV-D hockey team’s season came to an early end in an eight-shot shootout loss against Fox in the first round of the State playoffs.

The team had lost to Fox earlier in the year, 3-1. The Jr. Bills knew that it would be a tough game, but kept it close all the way to the end with a goal by sophomore Andrew Zeiss. The game was tied 1-1 going into overtime and the puck control between the two teams was even.

After neither team scored in overtime,

the game went into a shootout. After eight shooters, Fox came away with the win, despite shootout goals by freshmen Liam Fitzgerald and Jack Kinzel. The loss ended the Jr. Bills’ season.

The team was disappointed in the loss, but they remained positive and thought about how fun that shootout was.

“The shootout was one of the best moments I had at JV D,” Fitzgerald said.

Despite the disappointing ending, the Jr. Bills had a great overall season, finishing with a10-4-2 record. Among the team’s highlights were scoring two goals in a minute and a half to tie Holt and the Andrew Zeiss

Jock school? No way! (from 3) cial test exemptions. I laugh when I think of the numerous times I’ve heard a teacher wish a student luck in their playoff game that night, and then pleasantly remind the student to be sure to find time to study for their test the next day. No, if SLUH were a “jock school,” we’d have teachers who were bigger fans of the students than the students’ own classmates.

I can accept the fact that outwardly it

Volume LXXV, Issue 24 Credits

“Spring break plans”

Editor-in-Chief: Nick “Debating Wonderful” Fandos News Editor: Conor “Russian Exchange Program” Gearin Web Editor: Patrick “Catching up in Calc Class” O’ Leary Sports Editor: Mike “Sqaure Dancing” Lumetta Assistant Sports Editor: Eric “March Madness” Mueth Core Staff: Drew “;)” Dziedzic, Matt “Dominating China” Cooley, Nate “Tanning...duh!” Heagney, Joe “Catching up on Sleep” Klein, Nathan “Crushin’ Webster in wiffle ball” Rubbelke

may appear that SLUH has some qualities people associate with “jock schools.” But let the record show that until SLUH lowers its admissions standards, or starts hiring teachers who care more about the “athlete” and less about the “student,” SLUH will never be able to meet the necessary criteria to be considered a “jock school.” And that is something worth having a celebratory assembly about.

Daniel Schmidt ‘12

The weekly student newspaper of St. Louis U. High Staff: Zach “Stay-cation” Rauschenbach, Jack “Prep News staff” Witthaus Reporters: Michael “Read Dubya’s Decision Points” Baldetti, Alex “All day massage” Burbee, Stephen “Winning!” Deves, Ryan “It’s called Charlie Sheen” Dowd, Matt “Road Trip” Geisman, Jack “Changing my name to Kevin” Godar, Jimmy “Not Cabo” Griffard, Justin “Mission Trip” Jellinek, Jack “Disney Cruise” Kinzel, Donnie “Ocean” Land, Nick “AP Studying” Lewchenko, Luke “Wear my red sweater” Reichold, John “Dying my hair” Sachs, Dan “CABO” Schmidt, Fritz “Biloxi’s

snipe in the playoffs. “(Sophomore) Phil Bundren was the heart and soul of the team,” said freshman Stan Pawlow. “He’s contributed some great goals (this year).”

If the JV D season is any indication, the SLUH hockey team looks to have a bright future.

Water polo hopes to recover from down year

(from 5) the top ranked team in Illinois, during the DeSmet Invitational in April. Fenwick has avoided coming to this tournament for the last few years, in a suspected attempt to avoid SLUH’s powerful teams. This year, it appears they finally agreed to test themselves against Missouri’s top teams.

The seniors this year are doing everything humanly possible to bring back the top title.

“Our team this year is working to be the best that we can be. We’ve been working hard during the off season and these last few weeks, and I think it will pay off in May,” said Lewis.

The water polo team’s promising season will begin Tuesday, March 15 against Ladue at 5 p.m.

Grillin’ on the Spring Fling” Simmon, Adam “Billy Ray Cyrus concert” Thorp, John “Canoeing down the Meramec River” Webb Staff Photographer: Ted “Lax Tourney” Wight Contributing Photographers: Ben “Watching my favorite movie, Titanic” Banet, Patrick “Going to a Celine Dion concert” Conroy, John “Idk” Kissel, Harold “Texting everyone I know” Wayne Staff Artist: Bobby “Helping Drew draw” Lux Moderator: Mr. Steve “Grading essays and waiting for the end of February” Missey Advisor: Mr. Tim “Brochacho-ing” Huether The Prep News is a publication of St. Louis University High School.

Copyright ©2011 St. Louis University High School Prep News. No material may be reprinted without the permission of the editors and moderator.

by Alex Burbee reporter

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he JV 3 racquetball team had a very good season this year, much like the whole SLUH racquetball program did.

The Jr. Bills practiced Sunday nights, played three games each Saturday, and sharpened their skill over the course of the season.

Because JV 3 players are not ranked as a team, players are ranked individually in the JV 3 ladder league. Freshman Drew Bollinger led the team, and was ranked fourth for JV 3 in St. Louis area. Freshman Drew Ferguson was at the top of the SLUH team as well, and ranked No. 2 in the JV 3 bracket.

Bollinger said, “We had a wide variety of great players. Most people did very well for never playing. We had great players in every bracket. Overall I think we had a great JV 3 team.”

After a long 27-game season, the team headed into the State tournament. JV 3 played many tough games, and finished a close third behind Kirkwood and CBC. Freshman Travis Scott spoke highly of the season, saying, “I always had a great time playing and met a lot of people.”

The JV 3 racquetball team players look forward to future successful seasons on higher levels, after a promising rookie season.

Junior Fritz Simmon, a National champion this year, said of the importance of JV 3, “I was on the JV 3 team my freshman year.

JV 3 helped me to prepare for the varsity level.”

This Week in Sports History Volume 51, Issue 25 March 13, 1987 Mimlitz dismissed as coach

by John Wagner

The St. Louis U. High administration announced Wednesday that Mr. Joseph Mimlitz has been “relieved of his responsibilities as head basketball coach at St. Louis U. High.”

Mimlitz had compiled a 192-60 record in the nine years he had held the job.

“It’s disappointing,” Mimlitz said Wednesday afternoon. “We had a lot of good years.”

Athletic director Richard Wehner submitted this written statement to the Prep News: “This decision has been made in the best interests of everyone involved with St. Louis U. High in general, and with those involved in the basketball program in particular.

“It was felt that the decision to relieve Mr. Mimlitz of his responsibilities as head basketball coach at St. Louis U. High should be made at this time…”

In the 1977-78 season, the year before Mimlitz was head coach, the SLUH basketball team finished with 2-21. The 1986-87 season was the first sub .600 season in Mimlitz’z tenure.

—Compiled by Assistant Sports Editor Eric Mueth

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Rugby heavy in upperclassmen, will make "legitimate run" for State (from 6) Behind the three big men, the flankers, second row and eight man positions look strong.

Seniors Ludwig, Joe Bentz, and Tim Pettey and junior Jungels look to replace Brian Faron and former captain Joe McDonald.

In the backfield, SLUH lost another group of former seniors, and look forward to filling those holes with experienced returnees.

“We had Tony Born last year at scrumhalf, who literally knew, just no one else knew more about the game than he did,” said senior Nick Herrmann. However, Herrmann is confident the combo of junior Danny Gaines and senior captain Tom Dell’Orco can get the job done.

“Dell’Orco is athletic and knows what he’s doing, and Gaines has probably one of the best throws, if not the best one on the team,” Herrmann said.

Herrmann has the honor of replacing the leading scorer from last year, Rob Koehneman, at flyhalf.

To round out the lineup in the backfield, junior outside center Nick Sykora replaces Tom Bobak, with Dell’Orco playing center as well. A group of new juniors and seniors will fill the wings and at full-back, senior Nick Schwetz will provide key fundamental kicking and tackling for the team.

In the Jr. Bills’ action thus far, they have compiled an overall record of 3-3 in scrimmages and tournaments.

Two weeks ago, SLUH headed to Tulsa to compete against top-tier teams from all over the country.

In its first game, the team had a tough draw to face Bixby (Okla.), a team which they lost to twice last year. With a new and raw group of players, they could not get anything going against the stout powerhouse and fell 22-0 in a disappointing defeat.

“Not a lot of the backs knew how to hit the holes, because they were pretty much all new,” Ludwig said, explaining why they could not score any tries (a “touchdown” in

PHOTO BY DR. RICK KUEBEL

Junior Paul Fentras jumps on a line-out.

rugby, which is worth five points).

Next, SLUH played Jenks, another team from Oklahoma. Again, the Jr. Bills were shut out, this time 17-0.

“What we struggled with was back play.

We had a lot of new guys as backs primarily, and no one had really good form tackling in that game. And every single try they scored was pretty much against the backs because we would have two or three missed tackles,”

said Herrmann.

Nevertheless, the team gained some experience, and headed into a consolation game against Shawnee Mission West (Kan.).

After letting up seven points, junior Michael Henry scored the team’s first try of the season, and a conversion was successful to tie the score. Pettey, Ludwig, Dell’Orco, and senior Connor Reid all scored tries as well, en route to a 34-10 blowout.

PHOTO BY TED WIGHT

“We had to make a few adjustments and put people in the right positions, but now it seems we’ve gotten those flaws worked out,” said Muller.

SLUH competed in three 15 minute mini-games at the DeSmet Jamboree the following weekend. The Jr. Bills were victorious over Eureka, 5-0, and DeSmet, 7-0, but fell to CBC, 5-0, on a fluke score right out of the gate.

CBC looks to be the Jr. Bills’ biggest competition this season. The Cadets return a hoard of athletic talent. SLUH prepares for a tough conference that, along with CBC, will include Priory, Jefferson City, DeSmet, Marquette, and Parkway United. The Jr. Bills also have to keep in mind teams from Kansas City like Liberty and Rockhurst for the State tournament.

As for the team’s leadership to guide them through their tough schedule, a strong group of seniors are helping keep younger or inexperienced players on task.

“Steve Ludwig and Tom Dell’Orco, our captains, have really, so far, done everything that you know, I expect captains to do. They’re playing the game the right way and making sure all their teammates play the right way,” Muller said.

The rugby team braces for the challenges ahead, and looks to tone its raw talent in the backfield and get low with tackles up front.

“We expect to win, win a lot. We expect to play hard. We’re still learning what we have, we expect to grow as a club,” said assistant coach Chris Keeven. “We have expectations of making the State playoffs. I don’t know if we are the best team in the state, but I’m anxious to find out.”

Austin Head’s Pregame Playlist Senior basketball player Austin Head shared a part of his pre-game playlist with us Blow Up- J. Cole Ballin’ Out- Waka Flocka Flame Final Hour- Big Sean Look Out for Detox- Kendrick Lamar H.A.M.- Kanye West & Jay-Z Undisputed- Ludacris Michael Jordan- Kendrick Lamar

Volleyball 26th in nation, aims to repeat at State

Quinn, '51, talks about life in music and the air (from 7)

the U.S. had yet to begin a bombing campaign in Vietnam, but did shortly thereafter.

Quinn is confident he would have been a part of it had he still been in uniform. Several of his friends and former copilots no doubt participated.

After leaving the Air Force, Quinn found employment with IBM, who trained him as a salesman. After two years, he took a job with Shell Oil where he worked for roughly seven years before returning to St.

Louis and Motorola, a salesman for life.

After retiring in 1991, he returned once again to the Muny. The music had never left him; Quinn had performed with choirs and bands for much of his adult life, including on occasion in the Air Force.

When Chorus teacher Joe Koestner took a sabbatical in the spring of 1998, Quinn was hired to step in, based on the recommendation of his daughter, then SLUH dance teacher Peggy Quinn. His current part-time arrange-

ment was put into place a couple years later.

He has played in and directed plays and performances in the years since retirement, but for Quinn, most time now passes under the radar, in practice or accompaniment.

Most people don’t know it, but he plays a strategic role in most things musical at SLUH. That quiet responsibility is a trait of a good pilot, no doubt.

(from 5) ment; Francis Howell Central knocked them out in the semifinals. SLUH lost to DeSmet two years ago in the State semifinals.

“It’s going to be tough to beat a team like DeSmet, we’re going to need to play at a high level, non-stop,” said senior Willie Whealen.

On the future of the season, Hughes said, “I don’t care if we lose to the other teams, just as long as we get more points than them.”

A new edition to the team’s “strategy” off court is to create an account on Twitter to be updated with midgame and endgame reports, as well as general information about the team.

“We’re probably going to give the phone to Schneier when it comes down to it for midgame updates,” said Robben.

Follow SLUH varsity volleyball on Twitter at @sluhvball to receive updates from the team.

“It’s gonna look like Jurassic Park out there, and we’re the dinosaurs. And we’re hungry,” explained senior Elliot Rhodes about the new season.

March 11, 2011

News

11 Mock Trial Volume 75, Issue 24

Conversation: Aaron Heisohn, Luke Hellwig (from 4) ML: How is doubles different from singles?

LH: Yeah, so the points are longer, and it’s harder to win a point because they have two people to get to the ball.

AH: The shots come a lot quicker, so your reaction time has to be a little bit quicker.

And there’s a little bit more emphasis on— well, the shot selection becomes a little bit different.

LH: It’s more fun to play with someone and have a team atmosphere. And you encourage each other to play better and keep each other on track.

ML: How do you communicate when you’re out there? How do your personalities mesh out there?

too angry at each other, because right after that we had to play doubles together again.

Do you want to say anything?

AH: I was terrified to play Luke, because I had never beaten him. Ever. Ever. So I really psyched myself up, and I just went out there and, as I normally do, flailed around the court, and just ran all over the place and just really worked hard. My kills were really working. So it was fun. Luke played well, and I was really proud that I pulled out one of my better matches.

LH: And actually, the first time we ever PHOTO BY JOHN KISSEL

didn’t play smart racquetball, and I didn’t really get the ball around him. So it was kind of disappointing that I didn’t kind of play to, I think, my potential, but it was also really encouraging to have Crim in it.

LH: Obviously, it was my last racquetball tournament, so I had those gold medals on my mind. So it was disappointing, but I’d much rather lose to a teammate that’s going to be shoring up the team next year than to someone I don’t know.

ML: Okay. So as a team, you came in third at No. 3 doubles, and second and fourth, respectively, at No. PHOTO BY JOHN KISSEL 6 singles. You’re national champions. How do you look back at this season?

LH: I mean, like two weeks before the State tournament, I didn’t think I’d be able to play in either the State tournament or Nationals. So in that way it was just an amazing turnaround. And, just the way that our whole team played was amazing to see, and it was really cool.

AH: We use mind telepathy.

LH: We have formed guidelines, as to who takes what shots, and I’m on the left side and usually Aaron’s on the right side.

And, you know, it’s good doubles technique to be calling out to the other person.

There’s a lot of talking that goes on about each shot.

Senior Luke Hellwig

AH: Luke is a lot smarter of a player than I am. I tend to be the guy that just like flails around going for balls and stuff, whereas Luke tends to be the guy that makes smart shots and keeps the rallies going and makes sure I’m playing smart racquetball and not just dumb racquetball.

ML: Yeah, I actually saw you take a few dives at the State championship.

AH: I thought you were going to say, “playing dumb racquetball.”

ML: So at Nationals, you two actually played each other in the semifinals of the main draw at the No. 6 seed. What was that match like, playing your partner?

LH: It was fun. Aaron destroyed me, the way I remember it. You know, we couldn’t get

AH: I’m just so proud … I was really proud of the heart, and just the skill. SLUH has a tradition of being really smart racquetball, and I think that’s what we brought to the tournament. We worked really hard, and it was just a lot of fun, and I’m so proud of everybody.

advances to State

(from 2)

“I thought tonight was a great contest.

I thought their witnesses were phenomenal.

I thought that two of their counsel members did an exceptional job leading the team, and I thought they had two counsel members that kind of struggled tonight. Our team did very well. I think some of our counsel members really shone tonight. It was a very close trial, and I am interested to see how it turns out,” said Lodholz, minutes before receiving the final decision.

In the end, SLUH won the judge’s decision and split the two jury decisions one each for a final score of 2-1. With the victory, SLUH advanced out of regional play and moves on to the State competition.

“I think we put on a good case. They were definitely a strong team, and they did really well. I thought it was a good head on battle between two good teams,” said star counsel member Rowles.

However, SLUH may see Kirkwood again in State as they also advanced past the regional competition.

Senior member and four year Mock Trial member for Kirkwood Kayla Lohman commented on the match.

“I think it went overall well, but there’s always things to continue to work on as we improve more and more throughout the season. It’s always unique to go against another team and see how they take the case because each time it’s a new experience just to see how they are going to change it and what their strategy is,” said Lohman.

The state tournament will be held at Clayton Courthouse from March 25-27.

Senior Aaron Heisohn

played Aaron beat me, too. And then the last time. But there weren’t a lot in between, there weren’t a lot in between. There were some.

AH: I won the ones that matter!

ML: Aaron, you suffered quite a bit at the hands of (sophomore teammate) Lorenzo Crim this weekend, and you both lost to the team of Crim and Cirillo. How’d that feel, losing to teammates, and how does that bode for the future of SLUH racquetball?

AH: Once Crim like just keeps learning the game and gets a hold of his orangutan-length arms and just really figures out his body, he’s going to be fantastic. He’s going to be one of the better players I think SLUH has had. Like ever. Because he’s really talented already, and he’s really smart. It was really aggravating to lose against Crim because I’m more confident in the fact that I think my shots are a little bit stronger, but I just

ML: Okay, so last question. Aaron, can you confirm or deny rumors that you and former national champion Matt Stewart are going to form a Jesuit superteam in New Orleans next year?

AH: All I can say is world racquetball, look out.

Challenge Cup Bracket Winner

Congratulations to junior Kyle Padberg, our Prep News Challenge Cup Bracket winner. Padberg edged out senior Michael Blair by one point. Padberg can pick up his hockey prize from the Prep News office.

Blood Drive:

By The Numbers 52 44

pints of usable blood

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successful donations local beneficiaries donatees fainted movies shown(Dumb and

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Independent Mission Mexico trip cancelled

(from 1) ate the already rising violence. Therefore, it would be difficult for Americans to work safely in Reynosa.

“For the next month and a half or so, there’s going to be increased government activities against the cartels, and because of that there’s likely going to be cartel counterattacks,” said Hellwig.

Despite violence elsewhere in Reynosa during the week of Mission: Mexico last year, Ashby had maintained that the people on the service trip were in no danger, especially since the colonia is too poor of a neighborhood for cartels to operate in. Even the stopping of two Cor Jesu vans by three unidentified black cars on the trip back across the border last April did not deter Ashby or Hellwig; the incident was blamed on the fact that the group crossed the border at 4 a.m. by a route unfamiliar to Ashby.

Hellwig said the smaller group planned to take greater precautions this year.

“We were going to be driving through

Reynosa during the day during the way that Roland knows, and not the way that we took leaving last year in the middle of the night,” he said.

According to Hellwig, Ashby has spent more time in Mexico on a regular basis in the last nine months than he ever had before, in spite of the increased danger. He was working to clean up the colonia, which is located right next to the Rio Grande, from last summer’s floods. The floods decimated the colonia and severely damaged many of the homes Strategic Alliance has built in the past.

“He’s been down there back and forth more than anyone else we know, and he still felt safe going back and forth,” said Hellwig.

However, Obama’s speech exacerbated the already difficult cartel problem, and Ashby learned of some information which caused him to cancel the retreat.

“I had some specific information that I was privvy to that led me to cancel that

outreach,” said Ashby.

Ashby cancelled all outreach trips until April 1. “We’re going to re-evaluate then,” he said.

Hellwig said that the group was disappointed not to be going, particularly because they, and the SLUH community in general, could not continue their relationship with the families in the colonia.

“I think a lot of the group is sad not to be going back, worried about whether now the SLUH community will ever go back and reconnect with that extension of our community,” said Hellwig. “But hopefully these military actions will mean greater stability for the people in that region.”

“There’s sadness for a situation like that,” Mills said. He characterized the situations as having two different sources of sadness: one that the SLUH group cannot go down to serve their friends, and a second that the situation in Reynosa has become so dangerous.

Ashby called the SLUH groups that have come in the past “a blessing” and expressed disappointment that SLUH cannot come this year.

“I hope they feel confident in the way we conduct ourselves to come with us again, at some point,” said Ashby.

The biggest problem on the SLUH end, according to Mills and Hellwig, is the inability for people at SLUH to continue their relationships with families in the colonia.

“It’s good to be around people like that,” said Mills.

Hellwig said that he and the rest of the SLUH group did everything they could to return to the colonia and maintain those relationships.

“I am proud of our group for our efforts in going down, and I think that it was an important thing to say that we’re going to go down there at all costs, as long as it’s not an outrageous threat to our safety,” he said.

12 Today AP 2pm Lunch

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Volume 75, Issue 24

Schedule R

Snack—Mozz Sticks MUNY Adults Special—Bosco Pizza Healthy—Fish n’ Chips

Saturday, March 12

Saturday, March 19 8am 10am 11am

12pm MUNY Teens 8am Father/Son Day of Recollection 10am CISL Speech @ Incarnate Word 1pm Ultimate vs. Marquette 3pm JV Ultimate vs. Ladue

Schedule R

ACES Diversity Mass AP Snack—Tater Tots 4pm C Lax vs. Chaminade Lunch: Special—Chicken Strips Healthy—Chicken Parmesan

Half Day

Quarter Exams 8am Mothers Club Lenten Adoration 4pm JV Water Polo vs. Kirkwood 5pm Water Polo vs. Kirkwood 6pm Inline vs. St. Mary’s

Exam Schedule

4pm JV Water Polo vs. DeSmet 4:30pm Baseball vs. McCluer North 5pm Water Polo vs. DeSmet

Spring Break

Tuesday, March 22

Spring Break

Wednesday, March 23

Spring Break

Thursday, March 24 4:30pm Baseball vs. Maplewood-RH B Baseball vs. Maplewood-RH 7:30pm Inline vs. FZS

Spring Break

4pm 5pm 7:30pm 8:30pm

JV Volleyball vs. Mehlville Volleyball vs. Mehlville JV Volleyball @ FHW Volleyball @ FHW

Inline has strong start, ready for long season

by Matt Geisman reporter

T

he St. Louis U. High inline team, a rebuilt team full of largely first year inline players, doesn’t know what to expect going into the season.

“The team has really changed from last year,” said sophomore Scott McCartney.

With an influx of ice hockey talent, including fan favorites such as seniors Jimmy Berger and Matt Potter, the club was optimistic about its chances for their season opener.

“It really didn’t take (the ice hockey players) long at all to adjust,” said senior Tommy Meehan. “The only big difference is the skating, and they already have gotten that down.”

The Jr. Bills faced off against Fox on Saturday night at Matteson Square Gardens Triplex, and took control as soon

Inline holds fundraiser

(from 4) munity's help to achieve it. We'll get as close as we can,” O'Neil said.

Last spring, Ritz's number 19 was retired. The inline players gave a jersey to his mother and family in a ceremony at the end of the season (see Vol. LXXIV, Issue 29). O'Neil revealed that the club also ordered a jersey for the school, and they are trying to find a location on campus to display the jersey as a memorial.

as the game started, as Matt Potter scored the opening goal a mere minute into the game.

Although Fox tied the game at one with a goal quickly after SLUH’s initial goal, SLUH quickly capitalized on numerous scoring chances. Junior Trent Lulow scored consecutive goals to increase the lead to 3-1, creating a sudden momentum burst that led SLUH to a flurry of four goals in as many minutes for a steep 7-1 lead.

Although the game got chippy in the third period, junior Dan Warnecke increased SLUH’s lead to seven while at the same time earning a hat trick.

Fox, getting frustrated with their lack of scoring, took a number of penalties, ending in junior Brendan Niebruegge and a Fox player taking coincidental roughing penalties before the game ended with a 8-1 win for SLUH.

SLUH will take on Fort Zumwalt West tonight at 8:00 p.m. at Queeny Park.

For Lent, the Pastoral Student Council and the Pastoral Department have initiated several projects.

Service: To encourage almsgiving and charity, the Service Team invites everyone to participate in Operation Rice Bowl. We will pass out the paper box piggy banks so students can contribute their change. Our goal is to encourage students to remember, pray for, and serve the poor. Try to put some money in the box every day. At the end of Lent, on Wednesday April 20, we will collect the boxes and send them to Catholic Relief Services, the official U.S. Catholic Relief agency.

Prayer: During Lent, the Student Prayer Team will offer prayers and reflections on different Lenten themes. The Mother’s Club will organize Eucharistic Adoration every Wednesday morning. We invite students to take time out in their daily lives and pray.

On the Web

Look online for Stephen Deves’s JV 1-1 and 1-2 racquetball wrapup at www.sluh.org/prepnews/.

Spring Break Friday, March 25 3:30pm Water Polo @ Midwest Classic vs. York 4pm B Baseball vs. Jerseyville 5:10pm Water Polo @ Midwest Classic vs. Mundelein 6:30pm Lax vs. Pembroke Hill 6:50pm Water Polo @ Midwest Classic vs. Conant 10pm C Inline vs. DeSmet

Saturday, March 26

9am Track @ Gateway Invite 10:30am Water Polo @ Midwest Classic vs. Schaumburg 12:10pm Water Polo @ Midwest Classic vs. Hoffmann Estates 1pm Baseball vs. Ladue 7pm Inline vs. FZS C Inline vs. FZN

Sunday, March 27

Lax @ Jesuit Classic 1pm Ultimate vs. FHC 2pm JV Inline vs. FHW 3pm JV Ultimate vs. DeSmet

Monday, March 21

Tuesday, March 15

Wednesday, March 16

Catholic Library Association Mtg. JV Inline vs. Marquette C Lax vs. Eureka Lax @ Jesuit Classic

Sunday, March 20

Monday, March 14

C Lax @ Clayton C Water Polo @ Ladue Coaches Roundtable Water Polo vs. Ladue Lax vs. Clayton

Quarter Exams 4:15pm JV Water Polo vs. Parkway Central 5:15pm Water Polo vs. Parkway Central 6pm Rugby vs. Marquette

Exam Schedule Quarter Exams 4pm JV Track vs. DeSmet/Chaminade/CBC 6pm C Inline vs. Oakville

Sunday, March 13

4:30pm 5pm 6pm

Exam Schedule

Friday, March 18

Mom Prom 8am JV Lax Tournament @ SLUH 10am Rugby @ Tin Cup Tournament 2pm C Inline vs. FHC 6pm JV Inline vs. DeSmet

4pm

Thursday, March 17

March 11, 2011

Fast: Every Friday students can join our “Fast Friday.”

During lunch on Thursday, we will have a table outside of the Cafeteria for students to sign up to recieve a simple peanut butter and jelly sandwich on Friday for lunch. The goal is to promote simple living that focuses on prayer and non-material things, so we can be closer to God. What are you giving up for Lent?

Penance: Every Tuesday and Thursday, the Jesuits will hear confession during activity period.

9:30am White House Alumni Mass 1pm Rugby @ Jeff City Ultimate vs. PNH 2pm JV Inline vs. FZS 3pm JV Ultimate vs. Clayton

Monday, March 28

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Tuesday, March 29

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Thursday, March 31

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Friday, March 18

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AP Snack—Cookies 3:30pm Golf vs. CBC 4:15pm B Baseball @ Bishop DuBourg 4:30pm Volleyball @ FZS 7pm C Inline vs. Northwest Lunch Special—Pizza Calzones Healthy—Chicken Parmesan

3rd Quarter Grades Due Junior Kairos AP Rosary Snack—Pepperoni Boscos 3:30pm Golf vs. Vianney 4pm JV Lax vs. Rockhurst C Lax vs. Kirkwood JV Volleyball vs. Pattonville 4:15pm JV Water Polo vs. Parkway South 5pm Volleyball vs. Pattonville 5:15pm Water Polo vs. Parkway South 6pm Lax vs. Rockhurst 7:30pm JV Inline @ FZE Lunch Special—Chinese

Healthy—Baked Lemon Pepper Tilapia Schedule R Wednesday, March 30 Junior Kairos AP Snack—Pretzel Braids 8am Mothers Club Lenten Adoration 3:30pm Golf vs. DeSmet 4pm Track @ Webster Invite 4:15pm C Baseball vs. Fox 6pm Founders Reception 8pm C Inline vs. FZS Lunch Special—Crispitos Healthy—Roasted Turkey Junior Kairos AP Snack—Bosco Sticks Graduation Announcement Distribution 4pm Tennis vs. Ladue

Rugby vs. Kirkwood

Track @ MCC Relays 4:30pm B Baseball vs. Rockwood Summit 5pm JV Volleyball vs. Chaminade 6pm Volleyball vs. Chaminade Lunch Special—Papa John’s Pizza Healthy—Chicken Parmesan AP Sophomore Class Mass 4pm Tennis @ Westminster 4:15pm C Baseball vs. DeSmet 4:30pm B Baseball vs. Mehlville JV LAX @ Eureka 6pm Lax @ Eureka 7pm Inline @ DeSmet compiled by

Nathan Rubbelke