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Despite two rain delays, students still manage to roll in on Car Free Day BY Paul J. REPORTER
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Left Field This sinkhole—15 feet in diameter and eight feet deep—was discovered a week ago in left field of Sheridan Stadium. The hole has been filled since then with concrete. Sinkholes have been a persistent problem on the SLUH grounds. The baseball team has been forced to relocate to Aviation Field in Forest Park until the hole is fixed and grass regrown on the spot. Repairs have already begun, but the field is not expected to be playable again for two weeks. For more information about the sinkhole, efforts to repair it, and the the history of sinkholes at SLUH, see the article on page 5 of this week’s Prep News.
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Alumnus treats victims of bombing at Boston Children’s Hospital BY Adam Thorp NEWS EDITOR
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s America stood shocked by the sudden bombing at the Boston Marathon finish line the afternoon of April 15, one St. Louis U. High alumnus was intimately involved in the treatment of children injured by the blast. David Mooney ’77, Trauma Director at Boston Children’s Hospital, had already completed one surgery for the day when he heard about explosion. Mooney had treated a child whose arm had been badly cut and was completing paperwork after the surgery when his wife called and told Art from the spring edition of him about the bombing, which Sisyphus. occurred only a few blocks away from Boston Children’s. BY Garret Fox With injured victims of the REPORTER bombing on the way, Mooney wice a year, a group of Saint went down to the hospital’s emerLouis U. High students, led gency room and met with staff to by moderators Rich Moran and prepare his response. Frank Kovarik, review some of Boston Children’s prepares the best pieces of literature and for disaster situations with drills artwork that the faculty and stu- every six months. The hospital dents have to offer, and publish reacted by declaring a ‘Code Tricontinued on page 6 age.’ The staff dressed in yellow
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ozens of Jr. Billikens walked, biked, skateboarded, scootered, and even unicycled to school on Monday for Car Free Day 2013, organized and promoted by science teacher Bill Anderson and his AP Environmental Science class. A tradition started by art teacher Joan Bugnitz and former science teacher Michelle Perrin, seniors in the Environmental Science class have been organizing the event for the last five years. The class was split into different groups that made a trailer, posted fliers, and obtained Metrolink passes for students in preparation for Car Free Day in hopes that people would elect not to drive. “I originally thought it was something put on by the staff and school, but we were told that we were going to be in charge
gowns to protect themselves from body fluids of the victims. Four stretchers—four patients were the most the emergency room could handle at once—were prepared in the trauma bay, each surrounded by a team prepared to treat the injured. Three seriously hurt children ended up being brought into the hospital from the bomb site. Mooney closely directed the hospital’s response to the injured, working alongside emergency room doctors. “I directed the first patient into one bed, the next patient into another bed, and the third patient to a third bed. Because we had three critically injured kids, the teams got to work. (They) started putting in IVs, making sure the kids had enough oxygen, that they were breathing okay, that their blood pressures were okay,” said Mooney. One of the children had sustained injuries to the head in the bombing; the other two were injured in their legs, both by the explosion and the shrapnel packed continued on page 6
of it,” said senior JJ Gunther. “I thought it was kind of neat that the students took it into their own hands.” Gunther was in charge of contacting the Metro agency and continued on page 7
SLUH Confessions takes on a life of its own Anonymous Facebook page seeks “wild, funny, and disturbing stories” Jacob Hilmes STAFF
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he Internet, with its catastrophic overflow of kitten pictures, stale pop culture references, and sweaty chatroom debates, can be a terrible place. However, some anonymous St. Louis U. High students have found a new way to use it by forming the newly popular Facebook page SLUH Confessions. The Facebook page encourages students to share any “wild, funny, and disturbing stories” anonymously, applying a post number for every submission. “With electronics and social networking, these kind of things can take on a life of their own,” said Brock Kesterson. “On the flip slide, there are some really nice
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Junior Eddie Howe takes a unicycle to school for Car Free Day.
Read Shift! Counseling department and librarians shift gears with choice of young adult novel for summer reading. Pages 2
and sweet things on there that I think anybody would be proud to say without (anonymity).” The posts began on March 4, starting off with relatively simple ‘confessions’ of unpaid nickels and post-graduation insights. In its prime, the page boomed, gaining roughly 800 likes over the course of a few weeks, offering a vast and colorful array of opinions, grudges, and tall tales. “I looked at it pretty intensively, maybe the first week or so it was up. And my general thoughts are that 90 percent of the stuff up there is fine—it’s funny, respectful; sometimes it’s even praise,” said film and English teacher Mark Cummings. The anonymous aspect of the site created an unfiltered window into the minds of SLUH students past and present. Some have shared accounts of English teachers improvising imaginary shootouts, while others offer sharp criticism of SLUH faculty. “Ninety percent of it I’m fine with. Ten percent I’m not fine with. It’s either sexually inapprocontinued on page 6
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B-bills drop the ball Mighty SLUH baseball team bashed 11-2 by Francis Howell Vikings; clawed by Golden Griffins. Pages 11 Stars of track and field Pressure is on busy Varsity trackers and fielders to keep pace with performance of JV and C. Pages 9
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LUH’s Latin club came, saw and conquered last weekend at the annual Missouri Junior Classical League (MOJCL) Convention in Columbia, Missouri. The Convention included Friday and Saturday competitions in which SLUH took home approximately 80 awards, nearly double the awards they won last year. The biggest of these awards was Certamen. Certamen, which sophomore Joe Slama described as being a Quiz Bowl for Latin students, is the main event of the convention nearly every year. After sweeping Certamen 1, Certamen 2, and Advanced Certamen last year, the team brought home Certamen 2 and the Advanced Certamen first place trophies this year. Junior Jack Godar, sophomore Noah Weisbrod, and seniors Joe Kreienkamp and Travis Golick, all members of this year’s
Advanced Certamen team, had to beat a fierce U. City team to win the Advanced Certamen first place trophy. “It was a crazy, insane match … I think it was probably the most packed Certamen match in history,” said Latin club moderator Jennifer Ice. Despite this and other challenges, the team still able won for the second year in a row, 140-90. Ice and junior David Greaves, a club member and the newly elected MOJCL Vice President, agreed that it was a much closer match than the score suggested. Freshman James Leahy also won the open Certamen championship. Unfortunately, Certamen 1 lost in the quarterfinals to MICDS this year, another strong competitor. Another big category was costumes. After winning last year, sophomores Jake Nelson and Sean Meehan managed to repeat in this year’s couple’s costume competition. Nelson and Meehan brought
down the house with their version of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra, his wife. Thomas Nowak won the male costume contest for his interpretation of Actaeon as well. Dramatic Interpretation was also a major category. In Dramatic Interpretation 2, SLUH placed first, second, third, and fourth, with Slama leading the pack by finishing first. For Dramatic Interpretation 1, freshman James Weingart led the team to first with his fellow freshman, Aedan James, placing third in the field. Other members who won first-place honors included David Szatkowski in Chess, Slama in Cultural Trivia and Sight Reading 1 and 2, Greaves in Drawing, sophomore Clark Conway in Vo-
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cab 2 and Reading Comprehension 2 and 3, and junior Jack Godar in History and Culture 3 and Mythology 1 and 2. The team also had the pleasure of watching one of its own, David Greaves, receive the honor of being elected the MOJCL’s new Vice President. He will be taking over from Godar, who was Vice President last year and is also a current member of the club. Tim Kieras, S.J., a Latin teacher and convention attendee, said, “It’s nice to have a SLUH representative on the team... You kind of feel connected to what’s going on (in the MOJCL).” Senior Travis Golick had the honor of addressing the entire convention during his closing re-
marks. As a senior, many of these remarks were focused on his time spent in MOJCL. Overall, the club was proud of its effort Slama said, “We had people dressing up in costumes as couples from Ancient Greece and Rome, we had people memorize whole paragraphs of Latin for Dramatic Interpretation, we had people go in and do sight Latin reading—everyone put in a ton of effort.” The Latin Club also received an additional 109 awards for its performance on the National Latin Exams—according to Ice, the most SLUH has ever received. Freshman Tim Tierney earned a perfect score. photo | Patrick Enderle
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(Left to right): Charlie Burke, Patrick Skrivan, Sean Meehan, Jake Nelson, and other sophomore Latin students listen during an activity at the MOJCL Convention.
(Left to right): Junior Jack Godar, senior Joe Kreienkamp, senior Travis Golick, and sophomore Noah Weisbroad represent SLUH in the third round of Latin quiz bowl against U. City at the MOJCL Convention. photo | Sam Gerbic
iFree Day debuts in Campus Ministry BY Keith REPORTER
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oard games. Crossword puzzles. Face-to-face conversation. Some of these may be unfamiliar to St. Louis U. High students, but last Friday, April 19, St. Louis U. High’s Campus Ministry hosted its inaugural iFree Day in an effort to reacquaint them with these older means of passing the time. Theology teacher Brian Gilmore introduced the idea, which required students to sacrifice their electronic devices to teachers and campus ministers in Campus Ministry during their visit. As an alternative, Campus Ministry offered students board games, puzzles, crosswords, newspapers, Legos, and card games to occupy their time. Gilmore came across the idea as a topic in graduate school, and thought it would be good for re-
flection. “Part of a Jesuit education is to discern cultural trends, but to not run away from them, but to think critically about them,” Gilmore said. “This day was kind of a day to live an alternative, but in a small way.” Gilmore also noted that iFree Day could be practiced more than just once a year. He suggested that Campus Ministry hold the event once a week. “It’s a great idea. I hope they do it again, but publicize it better,” said freshman Luke Thibodeau. “Guys were like ‘Oh, we should have a day where we do this again,’ but you could do this any day,” Gilmore said. “These things aren’t special occasion type of events. I’ll have board games around, and (the students) could borrow one any day.” Junior Sam Krausz also attended the event. “It was good to just talk to people,” he said.
Scott Nguyen and Isaac Martel enjoy checkers and human interaction in the Campus Ministry office last Friday.
Gilmore also added that the event, which had only been scheduled about a week prior, could have been better publicized Gilmore used the event as a trial
to see if it went well with students. Gilmore also joked about the student enforcement. “Some students got into it and said things like, ‘Oh! That
guy’s on his phone!’ and the student would reply, ‘I’m sorry, I forgot!’ but it was all in good spirit, and that was kind of cool,” Gilmore said.
All-school summer reading Shifts to young adult fiction BY Danny REPORTER
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t. Louis U. High’s library and counseling office have chosen Shift, a young adult page-turner by Jennifer Bradbury, to be next year’s all-school summer reading book.
“We wanted a light reading book for the summer,” said librarian Cortney Schraut. “We thought it might be a nice book for everybody to read. Even as adults, we enjoyed reading it. (It was) kind of one of those where we just couldn’t put it down.” Shift is a young adult fiction
novel about two best friends who embark on a cross-country bike trip shortly after graduating high school. It is 272 pages long and has received very positive reviews from critics. Although it delves into mystery when one of the boys disappears, the book contains a lot of
themes that will resonate with SLUH community. Shift deals largely with the anxiety of college looming on the horizon, loyalty between friends, and the extent to which even best friends can’t hope to truly know each other. “There’s a lot going on in this book, and as we think about re-
lationships with our friends and going off to college, I think it’s a great book for a school like this,” said Schraut. “There are a lot of SLUH themes that run through this book, brotherhood and that type of thing come up a lot. I’m interested to see what sort of things people take out of this book.”
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Espenschied, Barron, to New books on Chinese culture, language continue leading Class of ’15 grace Confucius Classroom shelves
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Some of the Confucius Classroom’s new book collection. BY Leo Heinz REPORTER
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Tommy Espenschied (top) makes his point with vigor as Matt Barron (bottom) gives a smile to the crowd.
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ophomores Tommy Espenschied and Matt Barron will continue to serve their class on the Student Council (STUCO) as junior class president and vice president, respectively. Both Espenschied, who has served this past year, and Barron, a two-year veteran, beat two other candidates for their positions when sophomores cast their ballots last Friday. “I’m excited for everything and it’ll be a great year,” said Barron. Since there were fewer candidacies than in years past, no primaries were held to narrow the field of candidates before a final vote. Sophomores Thomas Lally and Rollin Jackson competed for president, and sophomores Matthew Hennessy and Joe Godar vied for the vice president spot. Espenschied began his speech by walking down the left theater aisle towards the stage holding a CD player playing “Heads Will Roll,” which was met with more cheering and applause than any of the previous speeches. Espenschied highlighted his STUCO experience and good-naturedness as reasons he would be a good fit for the job. STUCO moderator Lauren Dickens agreed these were key qualities. “(Barron and Espenschied) are so eager to be involved and bring great things to their class
and to their school as a whole,” said Dickens. “I had so much fun on STUCO last year,” said Espenschied, who said that, as a junior, he looks forward to a more influential role in STUCO. “I really got to see how they did things, and I thought I could use that experience.” Dickens said both Barron and Espenschied were exemplary STUCO officers this past year. “(Barron and Espenschied) were awesome with Mission Week,” said Dickens, who said it was their idea to contribute to two charities instead of one for each class, an endeavor that proved successful. Espenschied said one thing he’s been talking about with STUCO is a program called the Lunch Lottery, where students would pull numbers at lunch in order to be randomly assigned to a table. “It would be a way for everybody to get to know each other in the class,” said Espenschied. “It would take a little bit of planning, but we’re going to try and do that next year.” Dickens agreed that there would be a lot of logistics to coordinate for this program, but said it would be helpful to open students up to one another. Barron and Espenschied are excited to work together on STUCO again, as they are filling the same shoes they filled last year. “(Barron) is funny and he has great hair,” said Espenschied. Barron said the same about Espenschied.
he Confucius Classroom in the St. Louis U. High library received around 500 volumes of reference textbooks and other forms of literature last month through the Chinese government’s National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language, or Hanban, which sponsors Confucius Classroom programs across the globe. SLUH will also soon receive two grants, one for $10,000 to cover the cost of the recently received books. Both of the grants are part of the Confucius Classroom program. In addition to the Chinese textbooks and reference books, there are also videos including some how-to series and other Chinese cultural topics. These are written primarily in English. The videos are on Chinese culture, music, movies, martial arts, acrobats, and other topics. The how-to series includes edi-
tions on calligraphy, paper cutting, opera mask making, and a few other areas. Other books discuss topics such as Chinese cities, the contributions of western missionaries in China, the history of the Silk Road, Chinese painting, and architecture. This is the second time in many years that SLUH has received a collection of Chinese cultural materials. Both came in conjunction with the opening of the Confucius Classroom in the Robinson Library in 2011. “They are not being fully utilized, unfortunately,” said Chinese teacher Ching-ling Tai of the books received last year. “That’s why I’m thinking of a way that we could fully use them. Since we have more books now, we could now build a mini-library open to the entire school.” Although about two-thirds of the books are written in Chinese, the remaining third are in English. A considerable number are a mix of both languages.
The larger part of the $10,000 Confucius Classroom grant has been used for various cultural activities such as SLUH’s funding the Chinese drum group that performed at the Botanical Gardens last year. Other events covered by the grants this year included a dragon dancing program and a Chinese dumpling-cooking session in the Currigan Room in January that was open to the whole school. After two years of receiving considerable amounts of Chinese books and reference materials, Tai wants to make them more accessible for the entire school. Tai plans to grow the collection in coming years. Currently, Tai is looking for more bookshelves in the Confucius Classroom. Tai also hopes to use some of these newly received books as resources for various projects in her classes. She explained that she still has yet to closely go through several.
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Fair trade survey ends, clubs discussing next step in the process BY Jack STAFF
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et another step in the schoolwide conversation on fair trade is complete. The joint Pax Christi, Sustainability, and STUCO survey issued at the end of March to evaluate St. Louis U. High’s position on the issue has closed, leaving the three clubs to assess the data and determine what is next for fair trade at SLUH. The survey was taken by 301 students and faculty members, and asked five questions designed to determine where SLUH stands on the issues of fair trade in a year where it’s become a prominent issue, in large part due to activist Jim Keady’s presentation during Mission Week. The first question in the survey asked SLUH’s definition on fair trade. An overwhelming majority, nearly 81 percent, held the same definition: treating workers well while also paying a fair wage. 7 percent of responses said that fair trade is getting exactly what you paid for, while 7 percent said that a fair trade company pays its workers fairly. The survey also asked if, when shopping, SLUH students and faculty members thought about who made the product. Only 27 percent of those who responded to the question said that they did, with 73 percent saying that they did not think of the workers. “Nobody ever takes time to think about (fair trade),” said
freshman Nick Bentz. “Nobody ever pays attention, so it’s almost like it’s not there. When we finally start looking at the facts, we realize it is a really big issue.” Though some thought the numbers were low, sophomore Evan Schulz said that there has been some improvement in attention to fair trade at SLUH. “It actually seems pretty high,” said Shulz. “Before (Keady’s) talk, probably only a few thought about where it came from because we were so uneducated.” “It’s a terrific start,” said Spanish teacher Suzanne Renard. “It’s on people’s minds, it’s in people’s vocabularies, which is a really good beginning.” Renard also believes that the workers are not the only thing we need to think about when buying a product. “There’s the land and the oceans and the air to think about,” said Renard. The third question asked survey-takers to rank where they would most want to buy from, cost aside. Thirty-eight percent of those that responded to the question said that their number one choice would be from an American Made company. Thirty-two percent said that they would prefer American Union Made companies. Twenty-two percent chose international fair trade as their number one source, three percent responded that they preferred international made clothing, not necessarily fair trade, and six percent said that they preferred in-
ternational sweatshop free made clothing, though that response did not guarantee fair trade. When asked whether or not SLUH should provide fair trade clothing in its bookstore, 88 percent of those that responded to the question said that they did believe SLUH should, and only 12 percent said that they should not. The final question was how much extra you would pay for a fair trade t-shirt. The options ranged from less than $5 to more than $25 with a majority of the answers coming from the $10 to $15 and $15 to $20 ranges. According to Bentz, however, the additional cost for a fair trade product isn’t a reason to not support fair trade. “We have pretty average prices for clothes, and then there’s people in Asia who are making those clothes but can’t afford clothes for themselves,” said Bentz. “We’re very ungrateful, a Tshirt to us is nothing,” said Schultz. “We have to look at it in comparison to the people that make the T-shirt.” Some people, however, held the opposite view: 29 percent of survey-takers said they would not be willing to pay more than ten dollars for a shirt. “For things that are already more expensive, people would be more willing to buy fair trade, but with a t-shirt people wouldn’t want to buy for that much more,” said sophomore Zach Morley. Now that the survey is over,
Survey results Question 1: What is your description of fair trade? 81% said it is treating workers well while paying them a fair wage. 7% fair trade is getting exactly what you paid for 7% fair trade is a company that pays its workers fairly 5% no response
the clubs have already begun to discuss what to do next with fair trade. Pax Christi plans to talk to principal John Moran to see if SLUH can establish a fair trade policy. SLUH has made apparent progress this year since Pax Christi’s attendance of the Ignatian Family Teach-In last November and Jim Keady’s presentation in January. Even with Keady’s presentation, however, walking down the hallway there seems to be no change. “I notice a lot of guys wear Nike,” said Morley. “I think that most students don’t really care, they’re not really interested (in fair trade).” While most SLUH products were not fair trade, some such
Question 2: When shopping, do you think about the people who made the product? 24% yes 63% no 13% no response
Question 4: Should SLUH provide fair trade clothing in the bookstore? 77% yes 10% no 13% no response clothing has been purchased. “The Mission Week clothing was American made, the wrestling uniforms were made in the USA,” said junior Pax Christi member Gabe Miller. “There are parts of SLUH that are making progress with fair trade, but as a whole we have a lot more to accomplish.” Implementing more fair trade and making it a serious concern may, however, only be possible with a new mindset, according to Renard. “We need to begin to live and think on a daily basis to take our fair share and give back a fair wage and a decent environment,” said Renard. “It would mean not having certain things, which we can live without.” photo | Ben Banet
What is that (in the floor)? BY Ben Banet STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
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ver step on a nail or fossil while walking the halls of SLUH? Chances are you have but never noticed. In the sophomore hallway by locker 962, there’s a nail embedded in the terrazzo floor. Terrazzo floors, like SLUH’s, are made up of hundreds of pieces of crushed marble chips embedded in a concrete base and sanded smooth. At some point during the construction of these floors,
a two inch long nail got mixed into the marble chips and sanded flat. It takes an observant eye like art teacher Joan Bugnitz’s to find such treasures but keep your eyes open the next time you’re walking to class. You never know what you might find. If someone asked you where the Archimedes Bryozoan fossils are, you might suggest the library display cases or a biology room, but those guesses would be wrong. Instead, they are located on flight of stairs leading from photo | Ben Banet
senior hallway to the basement. Dozens of students tramp over the 450 million year old fossils without realizing it every day. The Archimedes Bryozoan comes from the Ordovician Period, starting 488.3 million years ago and ending 443.7 million years ago. Back then, the Earth was covered with shallow seas, coral reefs, and marine invertebrates like trilobites, bryozoans, and primitive fish. The Archimedes Bryozoan was an aquatic invertebrate that consisted of a spiral wall wrapped around a corkscrew stalk. The spiral walls filtered sea water for nutrients, but the corkscrew stalk is the only part remaining as a fossil. Former SLUH Biology teachers Steve Kuensting and Dan Shelbourne identified the fossils as bryozoans and decided the steps were likely made of polished limestone. Director of Facilities Joe Rankin reports the steps were placed in 1924 with the original SLUH building.
The staircase at the end of senior hall has fossils embeded in the floor. photo | Ben Banet
A nail in the sophomore hallway outside of locker 962.
An Archimedes Bryozoan fossil is implanted in the floor on the bottom step of the staircase.
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Departing faculty BY Jack Godar CORE STAFF
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istory teacher and football coach Matt Buha will leave St. Louis U. High after four years to become the strength and conditioning coach at MICDS. Buha taught freshman and sophomore history during his time at SLUH. Buha said that the MICDS job opportunity was similar to when he came to SLUH from Rockwood Summitt four years ago, in that he was unsure such an opportunity would ever come up again. At MICDS, Buha will be able to move his career into the strength and conditioning field,
John Lan Tran, S.J. photo | Mr. Matt Sciuto
something that he has planned to do for a long while. “(At MICDS) students will come down to us for athletic training during the day, so we won’t necessarily have a PE class of 50 kids,” Buha said. “It’s a great opportunity for me to pursue a career in strength and conditioning, and it’s a way I was hoping to direct my career at some point.” There are many aspects of the classroom and SLUH that Buha will miss. “I’m absolutely going to miss the academic interacting with these kids. They’re great people,” Buha said. “The entire Ignatian setting is going to be tough to replace.”
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fter four years at St. Louis U. High, John Lan Tran, S.J., will be leaving to finish his Jesuit training. Since his arrival at SLUH, Tran has taught computer classes and helped out in Campus Ministry. Tran is going back to complete his final year of Jesuit training. “The program he’s going to is called tertianship; it’s a Jesuit term. In the United States, the tertianship is in Portland, Oregon,” said theology teacher Carl Heumann, S.J. “Some kids call it Jesuit homeschooling,” said Tran. “The last stage of training usually oc-
Junior Adam Cooley had Buha as a sophomore. He said that Buha was able to keep his class entertained and involved while imparting valuble history knowledge. “He really had a powerful way of connecting with the students,” Cooley said. “He kept his class involved, he brought a lot of humor in the classroom, and I enjoyed his class a lot.” Cooley also played on the offensive line on the football team under Buha, who coached the offensive line and special teams. Cooley said that Buha was “well educated” as a coach. “I know he worked hard during the season and in the off-
season to prepare for opponents and so forth,” Cooley said. “I got a lot of insight as to how he ran his special teams and his o-line.” Head football coach Gary Kornfeld said that SLUH will miss Buha. “He’s a great guy, he’s a great teacher here, great coach, and I’m sure he’ll bring all those attributes to MICDS,” said Kornfeld. Though Buha accomplished a lot at SLUH, he never finished painting his room blue, leaving one blue wall, and three stark white ones in M122. However, Buha is at peace with leaving behind his unfinished project. “I got the job started, and someone else can finish it, right?” Buha said.
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curs three to six years after our first assignment. “My overall sentiment is it has just been a great place to be with a lot of good students and a lot of good people,” said Tran of his time at SLUH. “Probably by this time next year I will have a better sense of what I’ll be missing.” Tran has spent a lot of time organizing events as part of Campus Ministry. Some of the retreats Tran has worked on include Kairos, the junior White House retreat, the sophomore retreat, and many of the freshman retreats. “Over the last few years, some of the more memorable moments have been retreats,” said Tran. Tran suffered a heart attack in June. “For me also personally the heart attack was also a big mo-
ment in my own life. Life changing experience, for better or worse.” said Tran. Tran said he learned a lot during his time at SLUH. “I came to SLUH with the thought of trying to learn to become a better priest. I think SLUH has taught me a lot about what it means to minister to people … what it means to be a priest, and what it means to be a Jesuit,” said Tran. “I’m leaving here with a better sense of what it means to be a person called to minister to other people.” Heumann said that Tran will be missed. “I wish he were staying,” said Heumann. “We’re only going to have three priests next year and one scholastic, but he does need to finish his Jesuit training.” “I think he’s been pretty good
at organizing the Campus Ministry office. I just think it’s been good to have some diversity on the faculty,” said Heumann. “I think he’s worked pretty hard, especially at the Campus Ministry.” Tran said he has worked with about 150 students during his time at SLUH. “I’ve done work grant with him for about three years,” said senior David Ayeke. “Father Tran is a priest you can really talk to. He’s young, for one thing … He’s pretty funny. He’s not afraid to say what needs to be said. You can talk to Father. I want to thank him for what he’s done for me over the past four years. I’m going to miss him.” “I’m kinda hoping he comes back … don’t know how possible that is but I do hope it happens.” said Heumann.
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New sinkhole appears out of left field Clark DeWoskin SPORTS EDITOR
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he St. Louis U. High baseball team was forced to find a new home last Friday when maintenance crews discovered a large sinkhole developing in left field. The hole, which is approximately 15 feet in diameter, is likely a result of water movement underneath the soil due to recent rainfall, according to director of facilities Joe Rankin. The cost of repairs is estimated between $7,000 and $10,000. Repairs to fill the hole began yesterday, and work is expected to end today. It will likely be almost
two weeks before play can resume in Sheridan Stadium. “There’s no specific date, obviously there has to be seeding and growth,” said Rankin. “We’re looking at the calendar around the May 7th area. We have to look at the soil to make sure it’s not any type of a hazard.” The hole was roughly eight feet deep when discovered Monday; since then it has deepened slightly. The repair will begin by excavating the hole and filling the bottom with first large and then small rocks. Concrete will then be added to the rock mix. Gravel will cover the concrete, and then photo | Ben Banet
Caution tape surrounds left field after a sinkhole destroyed the baseball field.
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a layer of fabric will separate the layer of sand that will sit on top of the gravel. The final step will be adding soil, repairing the irrigation system, and seeding and growing grass over the area. The goal will be to ensure that water can flow freely underneath the area so that further erosion that could lead to another sinkhole will not occur. The sinkhole is not the first to develop in the area. In 2009, one fell out from underneath the student parking lot and another took out a large portion of Drury Plaza. Rankin said that it is the first sinkhole to develop on the baseball field since its completion in 2005. However, there were sinkholes present during construction and grading of the field that were repaired at that time. Since 2004, 11 total sinkholes have been found. Rankin cited previous construction on the site and the possibility that brick mining took place in the area as causes for the sinkholes. “I would hope that there isn’t (a future problem), but obviously we have to prepare to fix these things when they actually occur,” said Rankin. Geological testing to see if other sinkholes are likely is possible, but there are no guarantees
The sinkhole on the baseball field after it was filled up.
that those tests will be accurate over an extended period of time. Rankin said that there is a small safety risk related to the sinkhole and any that might develop in the future. SLUH was aware of these risks at the time
the field was built and decided that the risk wasn’t great enough to deter construction. “So far, when you look at the kind of holes that we have, when it opens up it’s exposed to no more than five or ten feet,” said Rankin.
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SLUH Confessions attracts attention, amusement and concern (continued from page 1) priate, or it’s comments about teachers,” said Cummings. “And everybody in this building does their best. Some have been here a really long time, and that in particular offends me, because these comments judge them off of one day, a guy or a woman’s one day, rather than their body of work over the years.” More controversial are the “10 percent” of the confessions, some others attacking specific teachers.
However, the page seems to be drawing laughs and nostalgia from classes of any year. Most students agree that the page should remain active, and hope to see it continue its popularity. “You’ve got to be careful, because you never know who’s watching, and we represent SLUH,” said junior Alex Peraud. “But I enjoy scrolling through the page late at night.” Some teachers, on the other hand, are concerned over this use of social media. “My thought has always
been if people have an opinion, they should feel free to express it, and stand behind it, and not hide behind technology,” said math teacher Craig Hannick. “If you’re going to say something about somebody, you might as well go talk to them.” “Well, my general feelings are mixed. I’m frustrated by the anonymous nature of it, and I wonder why it has to be presented that way,” said Kesterson. Although school authorities have little power to stop the page, it seems to be declining on
its own, much to the pleasure of some SLUH faculty. “I do think (the 10 percent) spoils the rest,” said Cummings. “Because the ones that were over the top were really over the top, especially the sexual ones.” On the whole, the orchestrator of this electronic act seems to be doing a good job of controlling the nature of the posts. “I think most of the confessions are pretty clean, and I think relatives or friends of SLUH faculty stand up to any attack on faculty,” said junior Sidarth Iyer, who
has submitted several posts and has had a few make it through. “It exemplifies the inner SLUH voice, often with good humor and good taste. The ones that I’ve sent that were clean got put up, and the ones that weren’t so clean didn’t.” However, the administrator of this social networking remains anonymous. “I do not know who is running it,” said Kesterson. “I know there was some conjecture that it was being employed by the administration, but no: I do not currently know who is.”
Spring Sisyphus cover is first to feature a student photograph photo | Austin Strifler
(continued from page 1) them in Sisyphus. The spring issue will be released next Thursday, May 2, costing only a quarter.
The 72-page magazine “ties for the longest magazine that we’ve ever published,” said moderator Rich Moran.
“Given the time and work we already put into each issue, I’m happy with the Spring ‘13 issue’s length,” said senior literary editor Alex Tarter. The cover displays a pair of silvery-blue butterflies, captured in a photograph by junior Sam Beckmann. “It’s the first time (we’ve) ever done a cover with a photograph,” said Moran. There are many other astounding art pieces scattered throughout the magazine. “We’ve got several regular contributors that always do a good job giving us quality pieces,” said senior art editor David Greaves, who has also contributed some of his work to the magazine, including a pastel of a saxophone placed on the inside cover.
Mooney, ’77, treats child victims of Boston bombing at Boston Children’s Hospital (continued from page 1) into the bomb. The children with leg wounds were sent up to the operating rooms, where surgeons attempted to close the cuts on their legs. “They had basically nails sticking out of their bodies where the bomb had just stuck them into their body. So we plucked all the BBs and nails out that we could and cleaned out the cuts, and we actually couldn’t really close all of the cuts because there were so many of them,” said Mooney. The injuries the children had sustained at the scene limited what Mooney and the surgeons at the hospital could do immediately, for fear of worsening the condition of the already destabilized children. The surgeons did what damage control they could, and then sent the children to the ICU to stabilize. Both of the children with leg wounds received medical attention at the scene of the bombing. If first responders had not placed tourniquets on their legs, Mooney suspects they would not have reached the hospital alive. “They actually saved their life by doing that because otherwise at least one of them would have certainly bled to death by the time they got to us,” said Mooney. Though the event was horrif-
ic, Mooney put it in some context. Thirty to 40 children pass through Boston Children’s emergency room each day, and the hospital usually admits three to five of them for further care, so the volume of the children caused by the bombing was not unusual. As part of a disaster response team sent to Haiti after its 2008 earthquake, Mooney had seen worse injuries than the ones caused by the bombing. “We were the first Americans to land in Haiti after the earthquake,” said Mooney. “We saw some pretty nasty stuff as you might imagine: there were a lot of people, pretty badly mangled limbs and different wounds. Because this was little kids, and because someone did it on purpose, that makes it sort of bad in that way.” “But one of the cool things about my job is that I really get to help people who are in a tough spot (like) these kids and their families are. I personally get a lot of benefit from being able to do that for them. But emotionally, sort of on the Haiti scale, it is nowhere near the gut wrenching of going down to Haiti.” Mooney anticipates a long recovery for the victims, as they struggle with both the physical and mental results of the bombing.
“The recovery obviously doesn’t stop when they leave the hospital. It keeps going, usually for weeks and months. A lot of kids who get hurt, especially in something as dramatic as this, can have mental health problems afterwards, they have this thing called post traumatic stress disorder. I don’t know if these kids are going to get that, but they are certainly at high risk for getting that,” said Mooney. “Their general sense of safety in the world is obviously a problem (because) this random, really bad thing happened to them.” Mooney thinks each of the three children will heal from their injuries, though the bombings effects will continue to be felt for some time. “One of the kids will be fine functionally. The others will have some challenges that they should be able to overcome. Eventually, I think they’ll live a long, happy, healthy life, but one of them will have a life a little different from what they expected their life to be because of the damage from the blast,” said Mooney. As of Tuesday afternoon, one of the two children whose legs were hurt in the bombing has had his cuts closed. The other, eight days after the bombing, was still in the ICU, as doctors had not yet been able to fix his cuts.
“(There is) some really good drawing work done by (freshman) Jack MacDonald,” said Moran. “I’m excited to have a freshman do such good work.” Unfortunately, this spring’s magazine has had few hand drawn art submissions, compared to the overwhelming amount of photographic art. “We got so much more photography than hand drawn art,” said Greaves, “(and) as editors our goal is to … reach a balance between art and photography.” On the other hand, the literary portion of the magazine has received many exceptional pieces, both from the faculty and the students. “One prose piece, ‘Tomorrow’ by (senior) Kurt Thiemann,
really stuck out to me,” said Tarter. “The point-of-view of his story is refreshing, and I think the readers will really enjoy his writing.” “I love the story by Alex Groesch called ‘The Looking Game’,” said Moran. “(The) story manages to be both funny and sad at the same time.” Both these stories, along with many others, are to be published in the Spring issue. All of the pieces can be found on the new Sisyphus website along with two new podcasts of authors’ opinions on their own work. “It was a pleasure working with the people on the staff,” said Moran. “It’s a nice sense of community there.” “It should be a pretty good magazine,” said Greaves.
Father Hagan Award
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This award “recognizes leadership in the freshmen and sophomore year, love of the school, generosity in giving of self, joy in coming to school everyday and just being glad to be here.” Freshmen winner: Jack Perryman (front right) Sophomore winner: Kevin Schneier (middle)
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(continued from page 1) requesting the passes, with the help of Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson. After getting the passes, they were distributed for free in the Si Commons during lunch and Activity Period. “We probably ended up giving out, from the 400 we gave out probably 250 or 300,” said Gunther. “Hopefully (the passes) were used,” said Anderson. “Ideally on Car Free Day, but at least they’re going to get used, and maybe some people will get out there and use the bus more. I’m very appreciative of (Metrolink’s) support for us.” Seniors Andrew Nguyen and Elliot McCandless were part of the team that created the trailer, which aired last week during lunch periods. “Mr. Anderson just wanted a trailer that would get people excited,” said McCandless, “but still … (we needed to) make sure that there were little things in there, like wearing helmets, and lots of different (forms of transport), like a scooter or a bike or the metro.” Car Free Day experienced a hiccup and a decrease in participation, perhaps because it was rescheduled twice due to expected rain. Last year, there were 279 cars in the student parking lot on Car Free Day, but this year there were 327 cars. The number of cars in the faculty lot increased by one from last year. “(The schedule change) was unfortunate,” said Anderson, “but we were trying desperately to avoid having silly boys out in thunderstorms.” Severe thunderstorms were expected on Thursday, so Anderson and the administration decided to switch it to Tuesday, allowing them to remind the students
on Monday, but then thunderstorms were expected on Tuesday as well so they settled on Monday, which had a clear weather forecast. “It was a beautiful day,” said Anderson. “We got lucky.” “People were kind of excited for that Thursday,” said McCandless, “but as it got pushed back, more people lost interest.” The bike rack was still overflowing with 37 bikes (and at least one tandem), five scooters, two skateboards and a unicycle. “We probably didn’t have quite the turnout we might have had if we’d been able to stick to a day and really pump it out,” said Anderson. “But I was real pleased with the trailer the guys did, with the signs they got up, with the work getting the metro passes out. We made a good show of it.” According to the assistant to the Assistant Principal for Student Life, Marla Maurer, there were 85 students tardy on Monday. On a typical day, Maurer said that there are about ten to 15 students tardy. “I thought it went really well,” said Nguyen. “It was still disappointing to see all the cars in the parking lot, but overall, if some students participate, I’m happy with that, and people had fun.” Overall, Anderson and his AP Environmental Science class were pleased with Car Free Day, and were glad to be a part of such a prominent event. “Most people aren’t aware of all the ways they can get to school,” said McCandless. “And I think Car Free Day is such a great way to (say,) ‘hey, let’s investigate how to get to school, and why it’s important.’” “There are options out there. Carpool, make some new friends,” said Anderson. “There are a lot more options out there, maybe not as convenient or quick as just hopping in your car, but still good
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Above, SLUH’s student parking the morning of car free day. Below, SLUH’s bike racks on car free day.
options.” “Even if you did it once this year … maybe once a month, or
once a week, something like that. Baby steps to make some changes in our lives,” he added.
“Car Free Day is a good day,” said science teacher Charlie Busenhart. photo | Adam Lux
Junior Awards Bausch Lomb Science Award This award is given by the University of Rochester to one junior who has demonstrated outstanding performance in science classes for three years. Winner: Alex Shaver
Rensselaer Award This award is given to one junior by Mrs. Kissel and the Math Department who has superlative academic achievement in the areas of mathematics and science. Winner: Ryan Bub UMSL Excellence in Science Award Winner: Sam Beckmann
The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen Award
This award is given to a student who has demonstrated the qualities of dependability, service, leadership, and patriotism. Winner: Stephen Lumetta
Avila University Service Leadership Medal This award is given to juniors at Catholic High Schools who are making significant contributions to their communities through service and leadership. Winners: Thomas Staley, Daniel Sullivan, and Noah Weber.
Dartmouth Book Award
Cornell University Book Award
This award is presented to a junior who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and character. Winner: Brendan Keuss
This award is presented to a student who has excelled in academics, character, and commitment to diversity. Winner: Michael Sit
Harvard Book Award This award is given to a junior who displayed excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields. Winner: Joseph Edmunds
St. Michael’s College Book Award
St. Lawrence University Book Award This award is presented to a student who has displayed a significant commitment to community service. Winner: Mark Rieke
Princeton Book Award
This award is given to recogThis award is presented to a nize a junior who has shown student based specifically on strong personal commitment achievement in academics and to community service while social conscience evidenced maintaining excellence in through commitment to commuacademics. nity service, issues of peace and Winner: Gabe Miller justice and concern for others. Winner: Thomas Riganti
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JV lacrosse drops to 6-3, hopes for turnaround before State tournament photo | Mr. Matt Sciuto
Junior Matt Bradyscoops up a ground ball with junior Alex Sextro in a vital hustle play against CBC on April 6.
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he past couple of weeks have been a roller coaster for the St. Louis U. High JV lacrosse team. After jumping out to a sizzling 6-1 record that included two three-game winning streaks, the
Jr. Bills have dropped their past two games to Priory and then to DeSmet in the Father Marco Cup. In the past two games, the Jr. Bills have been outscored 24-8. Saturday’s loss to DeSmet was especially hard to swallow. “There was a lack of communication between the defense and
the midfielders,” sophomore longstick midfielder Drew Tomek said. “We just didn’t come out ready. We should have won.” “It was an extremely disappointing loss,” head coach James Spink added. In spite of the tough loss, the Jr. Bills still found a silver lining
in the defeat. Junior attack Matt Brady scored four goals near the end of the game to help the Jr. Bills end on a high note. “Matt really stepped up in our loss to DeSmet,” Spink said. Spink believes that both Brady and junior midfielder Alex Sextro have both stepped up as leaders on the team. “Alex is always positive and works hard in every drill, making those around him better,” Spink continued. However, the Jr. Bills’ biggest accomplishment came earlier in the season, when they dominated MCC rival CBC en route to a 7-2 victory. “We controlled every aspect of that game, and it was a proud moment for myself and the other coaches,” Spink said. Perhaps the biggest problem that has plagued the Jr. Bills is consistency. In their six wins, the Jr. Bills have an average margin of victory of nearly six. In their three loses however, they have an average margin of loss of seven. “On offense, we need to keep
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JV volleyball 5-7 after loss to DeSmet BY Matt REPORTER
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relatively young JV volleyball tam has had mixed success so far this season. After its disappointing loss against Pattonville in the season’s opening match, the JV team went on a winning streak of three consecutive 2-0 wins against Chaminade, Parkway South, and Webster, before a loss against their Jesuit rival DeSmet. Not to be kept down, the Bills bounced back two days later with a victory against the Patriots of Parkway South. Since then, the team has battled through a series of losses
that have left it with a 5-7 record. The team is looking ahead to the JV tournament at DeSmet on May 4. “We’ll have some tough competition there, but I think we have a team that will compete very well,” said head coach Dan Becvar. “I think we could make a good run,” said junior captain Ben Tarter. “We want to finish off the season strong.” Freshman captain David Corley conveyed similar thoughts: “I’m excited about finishing the season strong and looking to see where we end up,” said Corley. “I’m curious to see how much we have improved from the begin-
JV and C inline on fringe of playoffs near end of season BY Andrew REPORTER
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he St. Louis U. High JV and C inline teams have been having great seasons this year. C team is currently 5-6-0, and JV is going 3-8-1. Though both teams have fewer wins than losses, they are both looking at a good chance of making the playoffs. In order to make playoffs, a team must be in the top eight for their division. C team is currently in eighth place, below competitors such as De Smet and Affton. JV is in ninth place, but they are confident that they will be able to pull out some wins in their upcoming games so they can make playoffs. This past weekend both JV
and C team had exciting games. On Friday, April 19, the JV lost 7-4. Freshman inline player George Baldas pulled a hat trick. Sophomore and JV alternate captain Blake McCartney said, “I am really happy with the way we played tonight. We only had one sub and we all still gave it 100 percent. We just need to continue to work as a team, to make good passes, and score goals. If we do that, we should have no problem making it into the playoffs.” C team had two games on Sunday, against Wright City and Fort Zumwalt East. In the first game, SLUH C team beat Wright City 6-0. The game was filled with great shots from the SLUH team. Senior John McCann scored,
ning of the season to the end.” The team this year is young, and mostly comprised of freshmen. “We’ve got a lot of guys that don’t have as much experience with organized volleyball,” said Becvar. “We need to get a bunch of guys that have never played with each other to kind of gel.” Becvar also gives credit to the upperclassmen for leading the young team. “We’ve got a good pair of junior leaders,” said Becvar. “They have provided a lot of good experience for the younger guys.” The team competes at Fort Zumwalt South this evening at 4:30 p.m. against the Bulldogs.
Junior Ben Tarter rockets a shot over the arms of the opposing team.
sophomore Andrew Fix scored twice, and freshman Mark Becker scored. Perhaps the most exciting shot of the game was when sophomore defenseman Tony Esswein took a slap shot from the point
and watched as it slipped under the goalie’s legs. In the second game against Fort Zumwalt East, SLUH lost 5-0. The players did not let the loss get them down, but rather,
they began planning what they could do better next time. One of C team’s last games before playoffs is against Fort Zumwalt East, and they plan to come to the game ready to end the season with a win. photo | Mr. Matt Sciuto
Quote of the Week Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen. I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen. -Robert Mugabe
the possession so our defense can rest,” sophomore attack Steven Roth said. “More possessions will lead to more goals.” “On defense, we need more communication,” Tomek added. Spink believes that the Jr. Bills can break out of their minislump. “They have the ability to be a top tier team when they choose to work together and play hard,” said Spink. “Our guys need to get into more competitive attitudes at practice to make themselves that much better.” Luckily, they still have time to turn it around. The Jr. Bills have five games remaining, as well as the Parkway Central Tournament, before the JV State Playoffs begin. “I hope to continue improving and move on, with last Saturday being our final loss,” Spink said. “Our goal is to win the JV State Championship,” Roth added. The Jr. Bills’ next home game is today at 5 p.m. against Rockhurst.
A JV inline hockey player glides down the rink against DeSmet on April 13.
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FrisbeeBills top CBC, Howell in doubleheaders BY Justin REPORTER
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he Saint Louis U. High varsity ultimate frisbee team (41) played double-headers against CBC and Kirkwood two weeks ago, and this past week against Francis Howell Central. On Sunday, April 14, the Jr. Bills took on two formidable opponents in a much-improved CBC squad and a consistently strong Kirkwood varsity. SLUH came out at noon in the midst of a brutal wind ready to make quick work of the Cadets. In past years, the CBC game was one of the easiest of the year for SLUH, but with a more experienced squad and an improved zone defense, the boys in purple and gold showed SLUH early that they were ready to fight. “They took the lead early and for most of the game,” said junior starter David Kasper. After trailing by three points in the first half, things were looking rough. An inspiring halftime cheer by senior Joe Reardon and the looming possibility of the team’s first loss spurred the Jr. Bills on in the second half. “Toward the end we gained a lot of momentum and were able to take it to them with some great up-wind points,” said Kasper. The two teams juggled the lead numerous times, the crowd cheered, gasped and jumped out of their seats, and after an hour and a half of battle the Jr. Bills ended it with a relieving 13-11 win.
Dear Stucco,
We love you. There, we said it. Actually, we lied. But we digress. As a sign of sheer superiority, we would like to cordially invite you to a good ol’ fashioned butt whoopin’ at our hands. The date is May 6th. Scoot your clammy thighs down to yonder football field during the activity period. Don’t forget your Polo socks. Love, The Prep News P.S. Jack Godar ’Nuff said.
JV Ultimate Frisbee scores Priory varsity: L 2-15 Parkway South: L 11-15 Metro: L 11-15 Kirkwood: L 5-15 Lindbergh: L 3-15
After five minutes of passing time, the FrisBills were back on the field, this time facing the Pioneers of Kirkwood. After beating the SLUH JV team, Kirkwood was carrying some momentum and it showed as they held SLUH to a very long first point. But with one tough win under their belt and the wind at their back, SLUH was able to take the first score and hold a sizable lead throughout the game. SLUH won 11-5. On Sunday, April 21, SLUH faced yet another double-header, taking on Francis Howell’s varsity two games in a row. Howell has always been a regular contender for State. After a week’s worth of rainouts and cancellations, the Jr. Bills were noticably out of shape and out of practice. “It took us a long time to find a rhythm in that one,” said Kasper. Despite a rocky start, SLUH came rumbling back within one and finally took home the win 1312. “The first game against FHC was hard fought,” said coach Andrew Schroeder, ’06. “We dug a pretty big hole in the first half but showed enough grit to come back and win on game point. A game like that hopefully showed us we are always in the game, no matter the score—and so is the other team!” After a rough and tough first match, both teams were worn out before the second game even started. The Junior Bills rode the
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Junior Michael Kasper looks to sneak a flick past his opponent during the doubleheader on April 14
momentum of the first win all the way to a 3-0 lead before the exhaustion started to kick in. “We couldn’t sustain the pressure,” said Schroeder. They dropped the next few points and had a huge deficit to overcome at the end of the first. “We let them get way ahead and they just ran with it,” said Kasper. “I think fatigue played a big part in our first loss.” “Our legs looked pretty tired in the second half of that one,”
added Schroeder. “And we just couldn’t find the mental focus to mount another comeback.” SLUH lost 4-13. Despite the loss, Schroeder is happy with some of the play he has seen. “The Kasper brothers are looking sharp,” said Schroeder. The Kasper twins, David and Michael, have at least one assist, point, and D in each of the five games. “Will Leingang’s defense has been terrific,” said Kasper. “And
sophomores Jake Dryden and Matt Barron have been huge assets to varsity, especially in their first year playing the game.” Kasper and Schroeder agreed the team needs to improve their endurance and general fitness if they want a shot at State. This Sunday, SLUH faces its biggest week of the season, with a double header against Desmet JV/ Varsity.
Track spurred to second at Kirkwood by jump team Wingo, Groesch take first in sprints BY Michael REPORTER
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he St. Louis U. High track and field team geared up for the MCC meet on May 2 with a handful of meets this week, most notably the All-Catholic, Dale Collier, and Ladue meets. All-Catholic proved to be a challenging meet, with CBC coming in first, DeSmet placing second, and Vianney taking third, with SLUH trailing in fourth. There was outstanding talent displayed on the track and field despite the upsetting loss. Junior Nathan Dalaklis soared his way to second on the SLUH pole vaulting squad, finishing behind junior Alex Peraud. Dalaklis cleared eleven feet, a new personal record, in the pole vault. The freshmen at the Kirkwood C meet certainly didn’t take the pressure off the varsity team, as they snagged second place overall. Freshman Joe Butler, a long distance runner, took first place on the podium for the 3200, with a time of 10 minutes, 40.04 seconds. SLUH’s C 4x200 relay team concluded the event by taking a solid second place, trailing only Hazelwood Central. The Ladue meet offered younger varsity members a chance
to shine. Freshman Cameron Gunn cleared his personal record of 5-8 in the high-jump. Five-foot four-inch junior Michael Sit also set a new personal record in pole vault, clearing 10 feet. The team didn’t place at the Ladue meet, but with barely half a team rostered, the track and field second-string varsity had a chance to demonstrate the hard work they have put in from the beginning of the season. The annual Dale Collier Varsity meet at Kirkwood was a second place finish for SLUH. When asked about concerns regarding the Kirkwood meet, junior Jim Gasch, discus and shotput captain, answered, “Well, at Kirkwood it was cold and we had a hard time getting loose, but I think it might help us learn about how to stay loose and warm in the future and next year.” One strong squad at the Dale Collier meet was the jumps group, where junior Alex Piening highjumped to first place with a height of 6-2 cleared, and senior Prince Yakubu flew into second place in the triple jump with an eye-popping distance of 42-8. “We had a good day in the jumps, just not enough to claim victory,” said Yakubu. Junior sprint captain Raymond Wingo (100-meter-dash) and senior sprint captain Alex Groesch (400) did exceptionally well with their usual first place
finishes. The pole vaulting team faced some wind issues and frigid weather, resulting in less-thandesirable performances. Dalaklis finished in third behind CBC and Rock Bridge with 10-6. Peraud placed fourth with a ten-foot jump, two and a half feet lower than his personal record of 12-6. The distance squad clinched a second place in the 4x800, with a team consisting of sophomores Jack Sullivan and Shayn Jackson, junior Michael Swan, and senior distance captain Matt Nicholson. “I thought we ran well,” said Nicholson. “We had the lead going into the last 800, and the guy who beat us is probably the best 800 runner in the state,” said Nicholson. About junior favorite John Esswein, Nicholson replied, “John Esswein had a good day, 4:27 in the mile for third, a blazing 1:57 for second in the 800, and finished with a good 4x4 leg.” About the end of the meet, Nicholson said, “While we had a good meet, there were definitely places that we could have picked up a couple points and maybe have had a shot at winning the meet. At the same time, Kirkwood is a good team. They picked up a lot of high finishes, so being close to them means that we’re in good shape. If we keep improving, I think we can do some good things here at the end of the year.” Looking forward to MCCs,
the SLUH track and field team expects to bag first, but strong competition from CBC and DeSmet in sprinting will be tough. “This is kind of a meet that starts the end of the season, at least in my mind,” Nicholson said. “It’ll be a good test to run against teams in our conference, especially CBC and DeSmet. It should give us an idea of where we stand going into Districts. Hopefully we can use it to get a good race in and build some confidence before Districts.” Piening, SLUH’s number one high jumper, has confidence in the jumpers’ talent and performance. “We should sweep the MCC›s in jumps,” Piening said. Reporting for the pole vaulters, Peraud said, “I’ve been fighting against a tough pole recently, but today at practice, I finally tamed the beast and was getting the highest I’ve ever been. I can’t wait till conference.” “At MCCs I think I can hit a 45 in shotput, and I think (senior Nick) Granberry can, too, as long as we buckle down and outwork the other guys this week,” said junior Jim Gasch. With MCCs just around the corner, the track and field team wishes to pour the hard work and dedication onto track and field on May 2. “The team is strong. We’ve got good people in everything,” Groesch said.
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Tennis to take on MCCs without #2 seed BY Stephen CORE STAFF
April 26, 2013
Volume 77, Issue 26
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he St. Louis U. High tennis team (6-3, 3-1 MCC) had a rough week. The team lost No. 2 senior David Mayhall to a seasonending ankle injury last week and beat Whitfield on Monday 7-2 before losing to Parkway West on Wednesday 3-6. The team’s match against Kirkwood on Tuesday was canceled due to inclement weather. Coach Mark Hoppenjans noted that Mayhall was not a player who could be replaced. “Everyone sensed that he was completely invested in tennis and SLUH’s season. That energy and push from one person is hard to replace mid-season,” said Hoppenjans. Despite lineup adjustments, SLUH easily took on Whitfield. No. 1 Mike Essma (Sr.) beat his opponent 6-1, 6-2. Junior Danny Schneller stepped up into the No. 2 spot, and fell 1-6, 1-6. No. 3 Kyle Schnell (So.) lost 1-6, 6-7, but the losses stopped there for SLUH.
No. 4 Vinny Bartholomew (Fr.) clobbered his opponent 6-1, 6-1, and No. 5 David Lord (Fr.) won 6-1, 6-3. No. 6 Sean Philip (Sr.) made his singles debut an easy 6-1, 6-0 win. The doubles teams played well and swept Whitfield. SLUH hosted Parkway West on Wednesday, and they went into the challenge knowing they would have a tough fight. They were not disappointed: the first four singles players all lost, although Bartholomew and Lord were playing No. 3 and No. 4. Schnell has been battling a day-to-day back injury and sat out from the singles lineup on Wednesday. Lord lost his match in a tight tiebreaker: 6-4, 5-7, 9-11. Philip remained undefeated in singles with a 6-1, 6-4 win. Junior Kevin Benben won his first career singles match at the No. 6 spot. Both the No. 1 doubles team of Essma and Schneller and the No. 2 team of Schnell and Bartholomew lost 4-8. Lord and junior John Sullivan won their dou-
bles match at the No. 3 spot 8-4. Hoppenjans was relatively pleased with how his team has been responding to lineup adjustments. “Bartholomew, Lord, Phillip, and Benben have taken on the job. (Bartholomew) and Lord were proven at No. 5 and No. 6 singles and looking to play some tougher opponents,” said Hoppenjans. He then stated, “Sean Phillip has done whatever we asked in singles or doubles. … (He is) very mature and is great at figuring opponents out. (Benben) competes hard and hustles, and the other players take notice.” The Jr. Bills will head to Chaminade tomorrow for the MCC tournament. Their only MCC loss this season came against CBC, 4-5. In order to win the conference, the team has to pull through in tough matches. “Our focus is finishing tight matches. … We’re getting there, but we need to stay on the task in the later parts of sets,” said Hoppenjans.
JV Tennis hits rough patch photo | Mr. Matt Sciuto
Still undefeated, JV WoPo looks to State
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Junior Peter Charles lunges forward to strike a sharp winner. BY Charlie REPORTER
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fter a promising 3-0 start to the season, the St. Louis U. High JV tennis team has been struggling of late. A recent blowout loss to DeSmet and tie with Vianney brought the team’s threematch winning streak to a halt. “I think with the skill that we all have, we could definitely be undefeated right now,” said freshman Joe Bingaman. “We’re all pretty talented at tennis. With more practice we will get a lot better. We just need to get in sync when we are playing doubles.” Bingaman also noted that the team’s main weakness is communication. JV tennis consists only of doubles, which makes communication and teamwork key in \ Sophomore Peter Brooks fights off a Parkway West opponent in a valiant quest for the water polo ball.
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he JV Water Polo Bills (11-0) are more than halfway finished with their already-stellar season. The team has currently played eleven games, all of which they have won. With the Ladue Invitational and four additional tournament State games ahead, the team is looking forward to claiming the State title and an undefeated season. The Jr. Bills have played especially well this season, beating most teams by an average of ten points. Their closest games were against Lindbergh and Parkway West, in which the team won by
six points. The team’s best performance came against Marquette, with a 20-0 shutout victory. Sophomore captain Franklin Rosario attributed St. Louis U. High’s success to a great coaching staff and a close-knit relationship with his teammates. “Our coaches are great … and the team as a whole is really tight right now,” said Rosario. JV water polo coach John Penilla is impressed with the team and is really happy with the way things are going so far this season. Penilla would like the team to be undefeated, but he hopes that the freshmen and sophomores will use the season as an opportunity to prepare for the varsity team.
“It’s nice to go undefeated and have that as a goal,” said Penilla. “As a JV coach I’m trying to get these guys ready for varsity, so that doesn’t necessarily mean that we are winning every game, but that everyone is improving.” The team is looking forward to opportunities for victory in the future. The team will be playing in the Ladue Invitational Tournament this Friday and Saturday, and if all goes as planned, the team will be playing in the May State tournament games, with the State Final game on May 9. The team hopes to continue its winning streak with the goal of having an undefeated season, and looks forward to another State title.
Rugby Nightbeat With a 10-0 win over Kirkwood last night, SLUH clinched its playoff spot for the State tournament. The Jr. Bills maintained ball possession for most of the first half and their efforts paid off with a try with 2:30 left to put them up 5-0. In the second half, SLUH halted a Kirkwood big man streaking down the sideline and turned it around a few minutes later. With 12:30 left, they got the ball out to senior Jackson Cummings who turned on the afterburners to sneak into the tryzone, putting the Jr. Bills up 10-0. compiled by | Thomas Riganti
winning. “Our strength is to always keep going. Even if we are down 5-1 we still keep going. We never give up,” said Bingaman. The SLUH JV tennis team started out with three straight wins which gave them confidence for upcoming matches. A few of the latest scheduled matches have been cancelled due to weather. The team is near the halfway point of the season. “(In the second half of the season) we will definitely recover from the past two ties and losses. I think that we will win almost the rest of our matches,” said Bingaman. The team’s next match is Monday, April 29 at Westminster at 4:00 p.m.
NHS Officers On Monday, the National Honors Society elected its new officers. Three current sophomores were named to serve alongside the three previously elected three juniors. President: Michael Sit (’14) Tutoring chair: Mark Robinson (’14) Secretary: Luke Robinson (’14) Vice President: Eric Berg (’15) Treasurer: Andrew Hof (’15) Officer of Special Events: Luke Twardowski (’15)
Baseball Nightbeat
The Jr. Billiken baseball team defeated the CBC Cadets 8-3 last night, improving their MCC record to 3-1. SLUH scored six runs in the top of the first inning as hard-throwing CBC senior Dan Hermann walked seven batters in the frame. Senior ace Brian Howard earned the win, moving his record to 5-1 in his third complete game of the season.
ACES Car Wash
The SLUH ACES group will sponsor a car wash tomorrow from 11-3 at the turnaround to raise money for charity. Money raised from the $5 fee and donations goes to Covenant House, a teen house in North St. Louis.
SPORTS
April 26, 2013
Prep News Volume 77, Issue 26
Baseball drops two straight to Howell and Vianney BY Clark DeWoskin SPORTS EDITOR
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he St. Louis U. High baseball team (14-3, 3-1 MCC) is slumping of late, having dropped their past two games. The first loss came in the form of an 11-2 thrashing at the hands of Francis Howell on Monday and was followed by a 3-2 nail-biter against Vianney on Wednesday. Against Howell, the Jr. Bills scored two runs in the top of the fourth to go ahead 2-1. Senior shortstop Matt Binz doubled and then came around to score on a single by left fielder Luke Robinson. Robinson would score four batters later on a wild pitch. The game turned sour for the Jr. Bills in the bottom of the fifth when the Vikings scored nine runs on eight hits, including a two-run homer from senior Calvin Munson that put Howell on top 11-2. Starting pitcher senior Kaleb King (2-1) exited the game with one out in the fourth inning. King struck out two and gave up six earned runs before he handed the ball off to junior Mick Layton. Layton got a groundout from the first batter he faced but was subsequently pulled after allowing two hits and walking and hitting a batter. Senior Matt Rancilio replaced Layton only to have his first pitch sail over the left field wall for Munson’s home run. “I came out and I went right after guys and they put the ball in play, we didn’t make some plays and they capitalized on it,” said King. “(King) threw it really good,” said head coach Steve Nicollerat. “I thought he deserved a better fate than we gave him … we had a chance to make a few good plays and were just a little short.” Howell tagged SLUH’s pitching staff for 14 hits en route to the victory. Prior to the game
SLUH had not allowed an opposing team to score more than four runs. Binz was the lone bright spot for SLUH. His three for three day with two doubles and a run scored accounted for almost all of the Jr. Billiken offense. “I was able to get some pitches I could do something with and I was fortunate enough to find some gaps,” said Binz. Senior right-hander Andrew Quinn (5-1) took the mound for what would become the first conference loss for the Jr. Bills at Vianney on Wednesday. Quinn allowed three earned runs on seven hits in six innings. “I thought I threw pretty well,” said Quinn. “They found some holes in the defense so it was kind of disappointing in that sense.” The Griffins got to Quinn for two runs in the second. An infield single and a misplayed bunt loaded the bases before Quinn walked in the first run. The next batter laid down a bunt back to Quinn, who threw home for a force out. Senior catcher Charlie Kretschmer made the turn to first for a double play attempt, but his throw went off the arm of the baserunner, allowing another run to score. Senior right fielder Ryan Hurston knocked in a run with a single in the fourth inning to get the Jr. Bills on the board and bring the score to 2-1. Vianney tacked on another run in the bottom of the fifth on a sacrifice fly to go up 3-1. The run would go on to be the game-winner. Down two in the top of the sixth, the Jr. Bills smelled a comeback. Following a double by Robinson, Hurston put a charge into a ball to center that was just feet away from clearing the wall and tying the game. Robinson scored on a single by junior center fielder Charlie
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Senior Ryan Hurston takes a lead off third base in Monday’s game against Francis Howell.
Nester two batters later. The next batter reached on a walk, bringing senior third baseman Matt Clohisy to the plate with two men on. Clohisy ran the count to 3-2 before striking out swinging to end the rally. “I was really proud of the guys the way they battled in the sixth and seventh innings, they weren’t going to go easy,” said Nicollerat. “And that’s so important because you’re not going to win games like that unless you do that.”
Two-for-One Special The Jr. Bills took both games of last Saturday’s doubleheader, topping McCluer North 9-3 in a noonday matchup and Chaminade 11-2 in the contest that followed. SLUH found the scoreboard in five of seven innings against McCluer, racking up a team total of 12 hits. The Jr. Bills jumped to an early lead in the third when a home run by left-fielder-turnedfirst-baseman Kaleb King pushed the team ahead 4-1. Junior Mark Elbert (5-0) took the mound for the win, allowing only three runs while striking out six over six innings. Senior Matt Rancilio closed out the game in
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the seventh. Staff ace and senior Brian Howard (5-1) manned the bump in the second half of the doubleheader. Howard scattered ten hits across his six innings of work, allowing only two runs and striking out nine. He then handed the ball off to freshman Charlie Soffner for the game’s final inning. “Towards the fourth inning he made a good adjustment,” said head coach Steve Nicollerat. “He was throwing a few changeups and … sometimes to an average hitter a changeup makes things easier. So he went with a little more fastball, a little more curveball.” The Jr. Billikens’ one through four hitters went 8 for 14 in the game. SLUH’s one and two hitters, Kretschmer and Luke Robinson, each doubled. Three hitting shortstop and senior Matt Binz picked up a single and an RBI.
King-Size Weekend Left fielder Kaleb King was also swinging a hot bat in Saturday’s doubleheader. He went six for six with eight RBIs—five against Chaminade alone—and five runs scored to accompany the continued on page 12
espite the continuous downpour on Tuesday, the St. Louis U. High golf team pulled out the MCC title at Pevely Farms with a team score of 404, capping off its undefeated record against MCC teams. The rain created another challenge for the Jr. Bills, but sophomore Alex Ciaramitaro answered the call by posting an impressive 74. Through nine holes, Ciarmitaro was leading the pack at three under par. After hearing from another coach that a SLUH player was three under, Gilbert had a feeling who the coach was talking about. “I bet it’s Alex,” Gilbert said. Ciarmitaro struggled on the back nine, but his 74 was still an impressive four strokes ahead of the closest finishers, junior Will Doorack and senior Ben Hutchison at 78. The second place finisher was DeSmet with a 416, 12 strokes behind SLUH. On Monday, SLUH beat Chaminade at Missouri Bluffs 246-256. SLUH distanced itself from CBC with a 253-258 win on Saturday at Normandie after beating them by one stroke earlier in the season. Juniors Scott Schaeffer and Ryan Pilcher lead the team by shooting 41s. Gilbert was happy with his players’ performances at a course that featured small greens, creating a challenge for players. But once again, they came ready to play. With the win at the MCC tournament, Gilbert is confident in his team’s ability to perform. “We don’t try to do too much,” said Gilbert. “We know what works. We’re sitting in a good spot, but it’s a very tough District. I wouldn’t want it any other way.” SLUH plays in the District tournament at Forest Hills on Monday, where the team looks to win its second consecutive District title.
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Friday, April 26
Mass Schedule All-School Awards Ceremony AP Snack Mini Tacos 4:15pm C Baseball @ Lindbergh 4:30pm JV Volleyball @ Fort Zumwalt South 5pm C Lacrosse vs. Chaminade JV Lacrosse vs. Rockhurst 5:30pm V Volleyball @ Fort Zumwalt South 7pm V Lacrosse vs. Rockhurst 8pm V Water Polo vs. Kirkwood Lunch Special Basket Special Healthy Mini Tacos
Saturday, April 27 8am 9am 12pm 1pm 2pm 3pm 6:30pm 7pm 10pm
V Water Polo @ Lindbergh V Tennis MCC Tournament C Inline vs. Parkway West JV Inline vs. Lafayette V Water Polo vs. DeSmet @ Lindbergh Invitational C Inline vs. Ft. Zumwalt East JV Inline vs. Rockwood Summit Lindbergh Invitational Finals Senior Follies V Inline vs. Vianney
Sunday, April 28 7pm
Senior Cullin Tripp sings the lead in “Before He Cheats” during last night’s Senior Follies rehearsal. BY Joe Kreienkamp CORE STAFF
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Also assisting Follies are dance instructor Simonie Anzalone and music coordinator Mike Nigh, ’01. Corley was very pleased with the work of Anzalone and Nigh, who spent up to five hours on some nights helping the students learn the moves. “(Schulte and Hinders and I) divided up the skits very well. I really think Mrs. Anzalone works harder than anybody. (She) has been here five hours a night with no rest. The singing and dancing is always professional,” said Corley. Skits of all kinds will be featured in Follies. Corley’s favorites include
history teacher Anne Marie Lodholz’s cooking show, as well as a carpool skit with drivers education teacher Gary Kornfeld. Dances include making a mockery of sustainability and SLUH’s rendition of “I’ll Make a Man Out of You,” from the Disney classic Mulan. Tickets are $7 in advance and $10 at the door. The show will run Saturday and Sunday and will start promptly at 7:00 in the theatre. Corley requests that more people buy tickets for Saturday evening, as Sunday evening is usually packed, and in past years people have been turned away from the show.
his weekend, continuing a tradition that dates to1945, months of work from the seniors will pay off as the St. Louis U. High class of 2013 presents Senior Follies. Since 2010, math teacher Frank Corley has directed Follies. Corley sent an email to the senior class in late March that discussed its tradition but also because seniors had not been working hard enough, said that students should meet to plan a funeral for Senior Follies. Although Corley’s original intent was to cause commotion in the class and get help with Senior Follies, he intended it to be fun. His email was exactly the same as last year, with a simple date change. “When I realized they did take it seriously and it worked, I thought that I would do it again this year,” said Corley. Once things got going, Corley was impressed by the students’ work. He believes the show will be funny to a lot of audience members, and unlike the years past, there are some new teachers that will be impersonated, straying away from the usual teachers. Corley did not solely lead the brigade, as he had help from fellow math teacher Craig Hinders and theater Senior Mark Messmer sings about garbage in “I Love Trash”. teacher Joe Schulte.
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Joe Schulte is no stranger to Senior Follies. Since he began working on Follies, Schulte has only missed two performances. How long has the veteran been helping with Senior Follies? The answer to the question will be revealed in issue 27 of the Prep News. photo | Joe Kreienkamp
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Baseball
(continued from page 11) Jr. Bills first home run of the season. “I was seeing the ball well and had some guys getting on base,” said King. “I knew I had to come up with some RBIs.” In a bid to fill the hole left behind by first baseman JJ Guenther, who injured his left hamstring against Ladue on April 11, King made an unlikely move from left field to first base Saturday. King remained at first base for both the Howell and Vianney games. “(King’s) been a pleasant surprise (at first base),” said Nicollerat. Guenther is scheduled to return tomorrow at the earliest.
Final Exams
Joe Schulte reviews scripts during a Follies practice this past Sunday.
The Jr. Bills will close out the season with a thorough test of the team’s pitching staff. Over a week-and-ahalf stretch starting last night, SLUH will play five in-conference games, two apiece against DeSmet (13-5, 2-1 MCC) and CBC (11-6, 1-2 MCC) and one against Vianney. The five game sprint began with a matchup at CBC last night.
Senior Follies
Monday, April 29 Faculty In-Service 8am V Golf District Tournament 4pm JV/C Track SLUH Meet JV Volleyball @ Mehlville 4:15pm V/JV Tennis vs. Westminster D Baseball vs. CBC 4:30pm V Lacrosse @ Parkway West 5pm V Volleyball @ Mehlville 6pm JV Lacrosse @ Parkway West
No School
Tuesday, April 30 AP 4:15pm 4:30pm 5:30pm 6:30pm 7pm Lunch
Schedule R Freshman Class Meeting Junior Class Meeting Snack - Chicken Rings C Baseball @ Eureka V Baseball vs. DeSmet JV Volleyball vs. Francis Howell Central V Volleyball vs. Francis Howell Central V Baseball vs. DeSmet NHS Induction Ceremony Special Lil Charlies Healthy Country Fried Steak
Wednesday, May 1
Mass Schedule End of Year All School Mass 4pm JV Tennis vs. Priory V Tennis @ Priory 4:15pm C Baseball @ DeSmet 4:30pm B Baseball @ Chaminade V Baseball vs. Chaminade 5pm NIE 4th Quarter Meeting and Dinner
Thursday, May 2
Schedule R V Golf Sectional Tournament AP Million Bones Ceremony U.S. Army—M112 11am Mix-It-Up Lunch 12:45pm Kansas State University—Counseling Office 4pm V/JV Track vs. MCC Championships 4:15pm C Baseball @ Webster Groves 4:30pm C Lacrosse vs. MICDS V Lacrosse @ Ladue 5pm JV Volleyball vs. Chaminade 6pm V Volleyball vs. Chaminade JV Lacrosse @ Ladue
Friday, May 3
Half Day Schedule JV Water Polo Championship Tournament, Round 1 1pm Junior Ring Banner Signing 1:30pm Junior Ring Mass 4:15pm B Baseball vs. Granite City C Baseball vs. Borgia @ CBC 8pm Junior Ring Dance calendar | compiled by Jack Kiehl