The New Chevron May, 2022
Vol. 111 Ed. 4
Memories I Will Always Cherish
Looking Back at My Four Years at BCP
By Tyler Craig ‘22
I thought I was going to hate it here. I barely knew anybody, and for the first two days I was screamed at and oriented for hours. I thought I could never survive the military aspect and the academic aspect at the same time. Looking back, I’m so glad my parents decided to send me to Ol’ BC. The good, the bad and the ugly have all made me become a man ready to conquer any problem I will have. The weekend before Thanksgiving break was definitely the biggest highlight of freshman year, possibly of my time at Benedictine. To truly become Cadets, all freshmen had to complete orientation finale at Camp Brady Saunders. We stayed there for three days, being yelled at and oriented morning, day and night. And by night, I mean 1 or 2 a.m. in thirty-degree weather. It was hell, but I maintained a durable relationship with
my classmates by attending that weekend. I now feel like if I ever had a problem, I could call any one of my classmates and he would help me without asking anything, and that’s all because of the bond that orientation finale created. The strongest bond I created with one of my teachers is one well-known to many Cadets: the one and only Mr. Nolte McCarthy. I had already taken religion from kindergarten to eighth grade, so I thought there was nothing I could learn that I had no knowledge about. I was wrong. He taught me so many things I never knew, and he looked after every one of his students as one of his own. There’s no doubt he’s a Benedictine favorite, and I am lucky to still have the opportunity to talk to him today. From sophomore year to senior year, things got a bit wacky, to say the least. Obviously, in 2020,
August 2018
the pandemic caused the students to attend school virtually, which didn’t help a lot of kids learn new topics, as it was difficult sitting for hours on end listening to your teacher talk. One benefit from sophomore year, however, was again making those man-to-man relationships with my teachers. Another Cadet favorite, Mr. Savino Padrone, who is the offensive coordinator for Cadet football, was someone I had a small relationship with freshman year. However, by the middle of the first quarter sophomore year, we had already created a handshake. There were many times during my free period where I would come into his classroom and talk about sports. The best memory from sophomore year, however, was getting to see my brothers defeat Saint Chris to win the VISAA D1 Football Championship on Saint Chris’s field. That was no doubt one of the best
Tyler Craig ‘22 leading the drums in the pass-in-review, striking the bass with the spirit of a Cadet. memories of my time being a Cadet. Sadly, for junior year, we had lost many of our military cadre. Master Chief
Dan Tobias had retired to watch his son, D’Andre (Class of 2019) play football at West Point, and Sergeant Major Mike
Stockhausen (a.k.a. “Stock”) had just re-
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The Class of ‘22 knocking out hundreds of sit- Cadet Andrew Stivers ‘22 grabbing ground with Cadet Aaron Grapes ‘22 with steeled nerves as his fellow Cadets. ups first thing in the morning. he competes in Individual Drill.