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Volume 12, Issue 2 | Thursday, September 28, 2017
Nicholas Hom | The Roundtable
Convent & Stuart Hall students boogie during the Homecoming Dance at the Pine-Octavia campus on Saturday night. The event saw an attendance of over 200 students from both divisions.
The Hall takes on Homecoming Knights obliterate Anzar, 62-20; community shows out for one of the biggest dances of the year.
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Nicholas Hom | The Roundtable
Jorim Powell ’18 rushes the ball during the Homecoming game on Saturday against the Anzar Eagles at Boxer Stadium.
Owen Fahy
Editor-in-Chief
nights football crushed the Anzar Eagles at Boxer Stadium last Saturday in front of hundreds of fans by a score of 62-20. “I am really proud of all my players,” Head Coach Richard Robinson said. “It was a big game for Gordie [Smit ’18], over 100 yards and a couple touchdowns, and JP had a ridiculous game with his runnin, and then defensively, a lot of guys were making plays.” Smit competed in his first-ever game for Stuart Hall and reeled in four passes for 120 yards scoring touchdowns on three of his receptions. After dropping a pass in the end zone on the first play of the game and then missing a key block on fourth down, Smit responded with a touchdown catch over the head of an Anzar cornerback. “Honestly I was super upset
when I dropped that pass, and I wanted to make up for it,” Smit said. “So I just focused on watching the ball into my hands and making plays for the team.” Smit’s receiving attack complemented Jorim Powell’s ’18 running assault. Powell, a fouryear starter playing in his last Homecoming game, ran for 105 yards on 10 carries. Racking up highlight play after highlight play, Powell kept the crowd on the edge of their seats as it seemed as if he could not be tackled. “I was a little nervous because my ankle was hurt, so getting out there the first few minutes, I was hesitant,” Powell said. “But the crowd got me hyped, and the adrenaline rushed through me and it was all good.” Powell is one of five seniors who have been on the team all four years. “It hits me that I am about to graduate and that this was my last,” Powell said. “Crazy.” Two of the other seniors are Sam Cormier ’18 and Nick
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New head of athletics & P.E. pursues projects
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Nicholas Hom
Editor-in-Chief
ew Head of Athletics & Physical Education Anthony Thomas has promised several changes for the athletic department, some of which, will not be seen by outgoing seniors. Thomas’s position is a symbol of the ongoing shift from the four-independent-school model to the aligned-four-division model. “I am looking to establish a philosophy that will cross all divisions,” Thomas said. “We will have one athletic department that will serve the entire school, bringing about a unity and an equity to all programs.” The need for equally weighted and equally enriching athletic programs among the four divisions prompted the search for the position last school year, according to President Dr. Ann Marie Krejcarek. With the aligning of the four schools, now considered Thomas continues on 2
Nicholas Hom | The Roundtable
Carson Fleece ’19 throws a football from the stands onto the field at Boxer Stadium during the Homecoming Game last Saturday. The game featured a barbeque, tug-of-war at halftime, and opportunities to demonstrate school spirit. Student and faculty alike came out to support the football team in its penultimate home game of the year. The Knights lived up to the hype and won their third consecutive Homecoming Game.
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