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Varsity, JV Cross Country Win ABC League

Kyle Hill, ’11 Sports Writer

Coming into the ABC League race this year, the Priory Rebels were the favorites. The Varsity squad had faced all of the teams in the League at one point or another throughout the season and had not yet suffered a loss to any of them. However, with only six teams of seven runners competing in the race, the scores promised to be much tighter than usual.

Recognizing that Burroughs, M.I.C.D.S., and Lutheran South all had two exceptional runners, the Varsity team knew they would need to continue the tight packing they had used to their advantage throughout the season. At

the first mile mark, 6 of the Priory runners were between 6th and 16th place.

As the race began to spread out a bit more, Kyle Hill, John Cole, Spencer King, and Doug Brooking remained close, keeping the front pack just in their sights. Not too far back were Zach LaVallee and Nick D’Orazio. At the two mile mark John began to make his move, slowly narrowing the gap on the trailing runners of the leading pack.

Following his lead, Spencer, Kyle, and Doug also began to close the gap. John completed the race first for Priory, taking 5th place with a new PR of 17:37.

Spencer, Doug, and Kyle brought the hammer shortly after, filling up places 8, 9, and 10 with times of 17:57, 18:04, and 18:06. Zach rounded out the top five with a 16th place finish of 18:41 (a new PR). Nick finished 18th with a time of 18:54, and Ryan Donlin completed the race in 19:16 for a 22nd place finish.

Thanks to Fr. Paul, the Rebels knew before anyone else that they were the ABC League Champs with a team score of 48. John’s 5th palce finish earned him First Team All-League recognition, and

Spencer, Doug, and Kyle made the Second Team All-League.

Looking to match last year’s perfect score in the League race, the J.V. runners quickly control of the race within the first 800m. Unfortunately for the opposition, this did not change much throughout the remainder of the race. Brian Steiner and Jack O’Brien lead most of the race, only to be overcome in the final 800m by a Principia who seemed to come out of nowhere. Nonetheless, Priory took 5 of the top 7 places and 13 out of the top 16.

Needless to say, the Red Sea destroyed their opponents and took first place.

Notable runners were: Brian Steiner 2nd (19:46), Jack O’Brien 3rd (19:55), James Capps 5th (20:10), Tim Avery 6th (continued on back page)

Editorials

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The Record Staff Editor in Chief:

Kevin H. Hess, ’11

Layout Editor:

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Dr. Frank N. Stein, ’11 Weekly Editorial Writer

Content Editors:

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Sam J. Sagartz, ’11

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Mr. Matthew L. Barrett

In this issue...

Kevin Hess, ’11

Kyle Hill, ’11

Zach Weiss, ’11

Mr. Jacob Martin, ’11

David Taiclet, ’11

Peter Jochens, ’11

Andy Schwartz, ’11

Jack O’Brien, ’12

Luke Slabaugh, ’12

Trey Erbs, ’15

Jake Drysdale, ’16

There’s no point in denying anything Mr. Jacob Martin said about me last week, as he will simply quote himself and say, “The proof is in his denial.” There is also no point in denying that Jacob Martin is a full-on ghoul.

Mr. Jacob Martin himself has openly and publicly admitted this on several occasions to me in private. “I didn’t realize that’s how I was at first,” Jacob ghoulishly hissed, “but, I mean, Oh my ghoul, when I was thirteen, I always looooooved spooky clothes. That’s probably when I started to figure out I wanted to scare

Grinds My Gears Mr. Al B. Bach, ’11 Weekly Editorial Writer

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children for the rest of my life.” He has been known to get psyched (or should I say “spooked”? [yes, yes I should]) for Halloween by watching Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas five times in a row…in French. Could he be anymore ghoul? Further proof: What was Jacob Martin’s best Halloween costume ever? Colonel Sanders.

What color suit and beard does Colonel Sanders wear? White. What else is white?

Ghosts. What rhymes with ghost? Most. What is the single most creepy denizen of Halloweentown? Disney Channel. What is Disney Channel run by? GHOULS! Jacob Martin is a ghoul. His favorite hobbies include dressing (continued on back page)

Gentlemen, before I delve into my work here, I’d like to say that as of the time of this writing, Zach Weiss thinks I’m going to talk about how Miley Cyrus won’t return my phone calls. While it’s true that I was planning to do that, that was before this weekend and something else ground my gears even more than that. (Yes, more). Still, Zach thinks I’m writing about Miley and has planned his own article accordingly, while I am hereby rendering his senseless attacks on us irrelevant by writing about something completely different. Do you, gentlemen, know what grinds my gears? Of course you do not. Allow me to recount a story from this weekend.

Saturday night, as all my high school compatriots were coming home (Get it? It’s because it was homecoming!) and all those in the junior school were doing whatever it is young people do these days (I assume watching "Fresh Prince"), I was at a wedding reception.

Now, as I am an extremely important man (I even have a “ Mr.” in front of my name), I was sitting at the head table. During the meal, one of the bridesmaids attempted to seduce me.

This, however, was not the problem. I’m an

expert at subtly rejecting women and in fact I inadvertently did so for six consecutive months before I realized what was going on once. The problem was in fact the manner in which she tried. She said to me, “So, are you single, or is that redhead you were with earlier your girlfriend?” That redhead I was with earlier was my mother. Gentleman that I am, I kindly dismissed the question, saying, somewhat loudly, “NO, THAT’ S MY MOM!” and glaring at her in such a way that Clint Eastwood would have wet himself with fear had he been making eye contact with me at the time (and yes, I do know this from experience). Now, unfortunately this is not the first time such a vile, wretched thing has happened to me; it is, however, the most uncomfortable that a question has ever made me given the context.

The issue needs to be addressed: these most perfidious of questions must be stopped. I am tired of going into restaurants with my mother and being asked where we’d like to sit. That’s her choice. I don’t appreciate the looks the cashiers at Target give me as if to say, “Is your girlfriend buying your socks?” My mother is buying my socks because I need socks. The stares, the awkward questions, the intoxicated bridesmaids - these things are what truly grind the gears of my very soul.

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Chant o’ Treat Jake Drysdale, ’16 Editorial Writer

Every Tuesday morning around 7:45, Br. Dunstan unlocks the Chapel door in the Junior School. About ten kids flock to the Chapel to eat Muffins at Morning Prayer. It all

begins with praying the Psalms in a white booklet we receive. After praying several Psalms, we move to Room 7 to enjoy some delicious, homemade muffins from Br. Dunstan. The muffins change every week.

Some past muffins have included blueberry, peach, and pumpkin. Please come to pray the Psalms and enjoy amazing muffins!

Interesting Places in Missouri, Lambert’s Cafe Trey Erbs, ’15

Entertainment Writer

Lambert’s Café, known as the “Only Home of the Throwed Rolls”, is an excellent restaurant in the Ozarks, south of Springfield. It is distinguishable because, at Lambert’s, they have a worker throw rolls at you straight out of the oven. The good thing about this method is that if someone gets one in the head, it doesn’t hurt, because they are warm and soft just out of the oven. If they were like Bread Co. rolls (excuse me, Panera. They are all Panera

now these days) you would have a bump as big as a football on your head where the seasoned roll-thrower hit you, but of course Panera isn’t that cool. Lambert’s also has good food, but not great selection. And for you football players out there, they have huge servings, so you can feed yourself AND your best friend, but you can’t share plates. Another negative is that you have to wait an hour and a half for a seat on Fridays, but they have a strip mall nearby so you have a place to kill that time.

Overall Lambert’s has good food, and a good eating atmosphere in the middle of nowhere (excuse me, Ozark mi’zerah(Missoura.))

Cheers and Jeers Luke Slabaugh, ’12 Entertainment Writer

1. Jeers to The Record staff for crediting this article to the wrong writer. Last week, Mikey Haueisen, ‘10, was credited the author of “Cheers & Jeers.” Really? While Mikey was a lovable, respectable guy, you’re going to put his name next to this face? Above all, you’d think, since Jacob Martin generously took over his article from last year, someone else would be credited, like a Marlow Gazzoli or Krishna Kumar or Tom Hartke. Never again, Record Weekly.

2. Homecoming was, after all, a moderate success this year. Everything appeared to run on all cylinders: STUCO was on every technical issue (especially when some kid kicked out one of the main power cables), the DJ-ing was satisfactory, the freshmen were obsessing over their ties and their dates‘ dresses. It goes to show, if you summon enough enthusiasm to dance, take your shirt

off, and not take yourself too seriously, you may actually enjoy yourself. Cheers to all who made it possible.

3. Cheers to the Priory Cross Country Pizza Challenge. Not only is it conveniently placed the Tuesday after the brief Halloween break, it marks the end of a well-fought running season. That, and the outcome of the race will show just who ran during Marathon Week and who ran one lap of Conway Park and hid. Or who faked sick. The truth will be revealed.

4. Touching up on homecoming…jeers to the chaperones. Why exactly a parental volunteer would sign up to watch kids dance at a respectable, private school goes beyond all tangible logic. As if any malevolent activity would occur at a formal dance. Honestly, all the problems are taken care of at the front door by a gallant man by the name of Mr. Tony Finan. Dancing would never go out of hand. This uptight “leave room for Jesus,” “arms-length apart” and, worst of all “put your shirt on” shenanigan is nauseating. Save that for Chaminade kids.

Weekly Calendar Friday, 10/29/2009 •8:00am, Halloween Assembly

Saturday, 10/30/2009 •XC Districts •1:00pm,V Football @ JBS

Monday, 10/01/2009 NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, 10/02/2009 •4:10pm, XC Pizza Challenge

HS v. JS • V Soccer vs. Clayton • Election Day

Wednesday, 10/04/2009

Thursday, 10/05/2009 • V Soccer TBA

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Top 10 Halloween Movies that Stay Scary Jack “O’Lantern” O’Brien, ’12 Entertainment Writer

10. “Carrie” (1976) Carrie White is a shy young girl who doesn't make friends easily. One of them takes pity on her and gets her boyfriend to invite Carrie to the senior prom. Meanwhile another girl who has been banned from the prom for her continued aggressive behaviour is not as accepting and plans a trick to embarrass Carrie in front of the whole school. What she doesn't realise is that Carrie is ... gifted, and you really don't want to get her angry. Little bit out there plot-wise, but as Stephen King can do, he brings it together and takes the movie from so-so on the acting, to actually pretty scary by plot.

9. “Rec” (2007) Spanish reporter Angela Vidal is looking for a good story. And, when she follows a group of firefighters on an emergency call to a creepy apartment building, she gets more than she bargained for. A little girl locked in a penthouse, a zombie dog, dimly lit rooms, a screaming old lady; the list of scary stuff in this flick is a mile long. Knowing a good thing when they see it, Hollywood produced its own version called Quarantine. Stick with the original.

8.“Psycho” (1960) In Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece Psycho, an embezzling secretary is on the run from the police. She hides out in a small motel in Arizona, run by a peculiar but unassuming young man named Norman Bates. The Bates Motel is in the shadow of a sinister-looking house on a nearby hill, where Norman lives and looks after his frail, disturbed mother.

Bad things happen to bad people, and soon the secretary is stabbed to death while taking a shower. Psycho, written by Robert Bloch, is brilliantly shot, acted, and edited, resulting in a masterpiece of suspense.

7. “Cloverfield” (2008) One minute you and your friends are hanging out at an awesome party, the next you're on the roof watching lower Manhattan erupt into

flames. Bummer. Part homage to the original "Godzilla," part allegory (Sept. 11), the film uses shaky home-video footage to give you that "you are really here" feeling as panic ensues while a 200-foot-tall monster flattens the city. Nice American adaptation to the freakishly-giant monster genre. Props to anyone who can sit through the subway tunnel scenes without jolting.

6. “Poltergeist”(1982) This is still one of the best ghost stories ever made. The film takes the safety and ordinaryness of the American suburb and turns it into a house of horrors. And it all begins with some strange and amusing poltergeist activity in a young family's home, and gets serious when five-year-old Carol Anne disappears. A team of paranormal investigators is called in, but it's a task none of them are quite prepared for... It also ends with a surprisingly funny scene. Truly worth it.

5. “Alien”(1979) When a mining ship lands on a planet to investigate upon a suspected SOS, the entire crew are unaware of the terror which they would unleash upon their ship. When a alien life-form attaches itself to the face of a crew member, the rest of the team act fast to try and separate the two organisms.

Unbeknownst to everyone, this is the start of the terror which would affect every member of the seven person crew. Once the alien pops out of the stomach, there’s no turning back.

Let it be recognized that Aliens, the sequel, was just as good as the original, if not better.

4. “Nightmare on Elm Street”(1984) Death stalks the dreams of several young adults to claim its revenge on the killing of Freddy Kruger. Chased and chastised by this finger-bladed demon, it is the awakening of old memories and the denials of a past of retribution that spurns this hellish vision of a dreamlike state and turns death into a nightmarish reality. If you don't like sleeping, this will definitely help.

3. “The Exorcist” (1973) When Regan, a cute 12-year-old, experiences odd behavior, her mother Chris believes she's (continued on back page)

iTunes Top 10 1. We R Who We R

Ke$ha 2. Whip My Hair

Willow 3. LIke a G6

Far East Music 4. Sparks Fly

Taylor Swift 5. Only Girl

Rihana 6. Just a Dream

Nelly 7. Bottoms Up

Trey Songz 8. Just the Way You Are

Bruna Mars 9. Monster

Kanye West, Jay Z 10. Innocent

Taylor Swift

Top 10 Halloween Songs 1. Monster Mash 2. Thriller 3. The Purple People Eater 4. Ghostbusters 5. Zombie Zoo 6. The Adams Family 7. Airline to Heaven 8. This is Halloween 9. Witch Doctor 10. Werewolves of London - Young Ivory, ’11 Contact the editors if you want to provide a Top 10 Playlist of your own for the band or artist of your choice and it could appear in The Record Weekly in the future...

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Mizzou Upsets Number 1 Ranked Oklahoma Peter Jochens, ’11 Sports Writer

While many people, such as myself, were dancing the night away at the Homecoming Dance last weekend, the Missouri Football Tigers were making school history. Unfortunately, I was unable to take part in the College Game Day festivities (College Game Day is when ESPN broadcasts live from the city hosting the game of the week, which was Mizzou v. Oklahoma) in Columbia, but from what I hear from my relatives that were down there, it was incredible, and the other 70,001 fans who flooded Faurot field would agree. As many of you, being residents of this state, should know, the Tigers took down the Oklahoma Sooners for the first time since 1998, and beat a #1 nationally ranked team for the first time in school history and on homecoming weekend at that. The fans showed their excitement by running onto the field, (ignoring an

announcement advising them not to) tearing down the goal posts, and carrying them to Harpo’s, a local bar & grill, where they continued their party in the streets for the rest of the weekend and then some. Allegedly, the campus hired bulldozers to clean up the mess the fans left behind. And we were at a school dance. Wow. The Tigers, ranked 11th in the nation going into the game, got a running start when Gahn McGaffie returned the opening kickoff 86-yards to put the Tigers up 7-0. Oklahoma would respond after a bobbled punt return by Carl “Gettis to the National Championship” Gettis gave the Sooners prime field position. The Sooners were knocking on the door for another score when Aldon Smith tipped and intercepted a Landry Jones pass attempt and returned it 58-yards which led to another Tiger’s touchdown. The Tigers led 17-14 going into the locker room at half.

A Grant Ressel field-goal would put the Tigers up by 6, but Oklahoma

retaliated with 7 to get their first, and last, lead of the night. Zavier Gooden’s pick off of Jones deep in Oklahoma territory would set up another field goal to put Mizzou up 29-21, and ultimately lead to victory. The final score was 36-27, a 2 score victory for the Tigers.

QB Blain Gabbert threw for 308 yards and a touchdown, but the real story of the game was the running game and the defense. De’Vion Moore led the run attack with 73 yards and a touchdown, and the Tigers gained 178 yards total on the ground against one of the best rush defenses in the country.

The offensive line was noticeably dominant over a Sooner line that, in years past, had massacred the Tigers up front. The defense, led by DE Aldon Smith who suffered a broken leg early in the season, held the Sooners to only 99 yards rushing, and stuffing DeMarco Murray, Oklahoma’s star running back, to only 49 yards, and no touchdowns.

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College Football Update Andy “The Freak” Schwartz, ’11

•Cam Newton is large. Quite large. Cam Newton is very large.

Sports Writer

An Expert’s Take on College Football •What’s happening MIZZOU? The Tigers have the defense to shut down a Cornhusker offense that is far less explosive than Oklahoma’s. A win this weekend means a BCS bowl for your thugs in black and gold.

•Sure, Boise State doesn’t play the toughest schedule but who has beaten them? Look at the top teams in the BCS. It doesn’t look to me like any of them could beat Boise by more than a touchdown.

•Q u a c k , q u a c k a t t h e n a t i o n a l championship - Oregon is a sure bet to finish undefeated.

•Spartan Nation should be feeling pretty good about themselves. They are undefeated and could be the Big Ten Champs. Sounds like a national championship resume to me. They

play Iowa this weekend, and it should be their last major test.

College Football News •Ohio State QB, Terrelle Pryor, attended the Jonas Brothers concert in Atlanta on Thursday. After the show he tweeted: “Marry me Joe Jonas <3”.

•Lou Holtz was found dead in his Indiana home on Tuesday.

Authorities reported that he died from drowning in his own drool.

Picks for the Weekend #6 Missouri 20 – #14 Nebraska 13 #5 Michigan State 31 – #18 Iowa 28 Ole Miss 49 – #1 Auburn 48

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Soccer Update Kevin Hess, ’11 Editor-in-Chief

After suffering a disappointing loss to Springfield Catholic, the Rebels took on district rivals Clayton at home. Priory jumped on Clayton early when a cross came into the box and found junior Jacob Mohrmann’s foot and then the back of the net. Priory continued to play strong and struck again when sophomore Jeffy Hopson played a beautiful ball to send senior Doug Brooking on a breakaway. A little bit of disorganization in the backfield led to a cheap Clayton goal before half, driving the score line to 2-1. The Rebels, however, responded early in the second half, with goals from junior Andrew Rhodes and sophomore Sam Newman both within four minutes of the second half. The Clayton team remained very resilient and managed to crack the Rebels’ defense once more.

Senior Doug Brooking capped off scoring in the game with his second goal of the day to end the game 5-2 in favor of the Rebels.

Priory faced off against Burroughs later in the week on senior day. After a nice presentation in which the seniors presented their mothers with flowers, the Rebels took the field and never looked back. Senior Brendan Kelly started off the scoring early, and was followed by junior Andrew Rhodes and two goals from captain Jack Wegmann.

Junior Brendan Phillips capped the scoring for the Rebels with his second goal of the year and the fifth on the day. 5-0 Rebels.

In their final game of the regular season, Priory traveled to Principia to face off against the Panthers.

Peter Reitz opened up the scoring when he got on the end of Sam Newman’s cross and tapped the ball in. Soon after, Jack Wegmann smashed in his team leading 12th goal of the season.

The game was dominated by the Rebels as was shown by the increasingly lopsided score line. Still in the first half, junior Kyle Collins smashed in his fourth goal of the year. The final goal of the half and game was scored by senior Gustavo Sanchez who blasted a left-footed shot from the top of the box that pinged off the bottom of the

Football Update

Hockey Preview

David Taiclet, ’11

Brendan Thomas, ’12

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The Priory Football team has been flying through Districts thus far.

A 42-6 beating of Imagine was followed by a 35-0 Senior Day trouncing of Confluence Prep. The Rebels scored early and often against Imagine. Colin Linkul scored his first two touchdowns of the season. David and Jack Taiclet both crossed the goal line. Colin Bruns added 6 more to his already league leading points scored. Lastly, Scott Telthorst scored his second touchdown of the season. Overall it was a success as the Rebels offense could not stay out of the endzone and the defense held Imagine to very few first downs all game. The Seniors played there final regular season game on Busch Field against Confluence Prep. The Rebels once again started the scoring early and never let up. Colin Bruns scored two more touchdowns this game.

Nick Thompson caught his 7th touchdown pass of the year.

Adam Still and Brendan Mulqueeny both scored their first career touchdowns. The Rebels‘ biggest game of the season is on Saturday against Burroughs.

This game is for the District Championship, possibly the ABC League championship, and for the number 1 seed going into Sectionals. We need as many fans as possible to show up and support Priory.

The game is at Burroughs at 1:00. crossbar and into the net. With this 4-0 win, the Rebels claimed the ABC League Title and drove their record to 18-3 on the year and 9-1 in the ABC League.

Priory enters their “win-or-gohome” playoffs as the number one seed this Tuesday on the turf versus Clayton.

If the Rebels advance past this game, they will play the winner of MICDS and Westminster on Thursday at MICDS. This game has huge state tournament implications and so, especially if we are playing MICDS at MICDS we need as many fans as possible! Go Rebels!

Sports Writer

The best sport team at Priory is about to get underway for what looks to be another fantastic season. That’s right I’m talking about Priory hockey. Under the leadership of this year’s crop of seniors, the young Priory hockey team is looking to join the ranks of other Priory teams that have come before them and continue the streak of success that has become expected from them. This year’s team has lost a lot of depth with last year’s graduating senior class, but the offense looks to be solid again this year, led by seniors Niall Caparon and Nick Thompson, and juniors Colin Kopsky and Alec Atkinson. The defense looks again to be stout with three of the four major defensemen from last season returning this year. Sal Revetta, Brendan Thomas, and Chris Pilcher will roam the blue line for the Rebels and behind them the goaltending looks to improve with freshman T. J. Niemann thrown into the mix between the pipes. Overall, look for the Rebels to have a great season and be in contention for the championship at the end of February. It all starts Friday, November 6th at 8:45 at Webster Groves Ice Rink.

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scary, trick-AND-treating (as I said, fullon ghoul), and frightening and stealing candy from small children, whom he hates. “I hate babies,” he once said to me, “and you can quote me on that!” I certainly did, Jacob, I certainly did.

However, he has repeatedly told me that his favorite thing to do is to hide in the bushes on Halloween night and children as they go by. Please Mr. Jacob Martin, we know you want to be scary, and we can help you. The fact is that you won’t let us, Mr. Jacob Martin, is a tragedy and quite frankly Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod…

Mizzou Upsets (continued from page 6) as was shown when Jerrell Jackson spun off two defenders for the go ahead score which sparked the 16-point 4th quarter for the Tigers. Jackson finished the game with 139 yards and a touchdown, while Michael Egnew, T.J. Moe and Wes Kemp also proved to be deep threats when the Sooners shut down the highly effective Mizzou screen passes.

It was a night to celebrate for Coach Pinkel, who beat the Sooners for the first time in his tenure as head coach at Mizzou. Sam Bradford, former Oklahoma quarterback who beat Mizzou in back-to-back Big 12 championships, lost a bet made with teammate and former Mizzou Tiger Danario Alexander, and as a result showed up to practice on Wednesday sporting the Black and Gold in a Mizzou Jersey, that read Bradford on the back. And this win was no fluke; Mizzou was obviously the better team and controlled both sides of the ball. The Tigers shot up to #6 in the BCS rankings, a ranking that understates the Tiger’s power, who take on #14 Nebraska next Saturday. It may seem

just sick. Regan goes to doctors, who attribute the disturbances to nerves or a brain dysfunction. At first, Regan's cherubic complexion gets worse and she curses, perhaps signifying nothing more sinister than puberty. But as the incidents become more common, horrific, and violent (including projectile vomiting), Chris suspects her daughter is possessed. Finally she turns to Father Damien Karras, who himself is struggling with an ailing mother and a loss of faith. With help from the infirm Father Merrin, Karras confronts the evil in the little girl during an exorcism.

2. “The Thing” An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and hard to believe, but there is still a Big 10 team left in the top 5, Michigan State, and a WAC team, Boise State. No, I do not know what the BCS pollsters are thinking either, but a decisive win over Nebraska on Saturday will hopefully rocket Mizzou over these overrated teams, but this win will not come easy: playing Nebraska in Lincoln never is.

This game also ends a Big 12 rivalry that is as old as the game of football, and a win for the Tigers would add another loser to the Big 10 conference when Nebraska enters it in 2011.

On another note, everyone needs to come out and watch the Priory Football Rebels take on the John Burroughs Bombers in a football game that decides not only Districts and home field advantage in the playoffs, but also possibly who wins the ABC title. This game is at John Burroughs, and so we need as many or more fans than John

the members of the team that investigate. The team soon realizes that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over. Both a horror and a psychological thriller, it’s a great watch at any time of the year.

1. “Halloween” (1978) The year is 1963, the night: Halloween.

Police are called to 43 Lampkin Lane only to discover that a 17 year-old Judith Myers had been stabbed to death by her 6 year-old brother. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out just days before Halloween.

No one knows nor wants to find out what will happen on October 31st, except for Myer’s psychiatrist, Dr. Loomis. He knows Michael is coming back to Haddonfield, but, by the time the town realizes it, it will be too late for many people. Also note: never once is blood seen in this movie. This movie keeps gore at a minimum, thank your lucky pumpkin.

Varsity Cross Country (continued from front page) (20:14 PR), Charlie Lohmann 7th (20:22), Joey Pasque 8th (20:27), Clayton Petti 9th (20:33), Quentin Amice 11th (20:40), Nicky Sarai 12th (20:44), Patrick Lindmark 13th (20:45), Richard Mazuski 14th (20:53), Derrick Swaney 15th (20:54 PR), Peter Hilboldt 16th (20:55), Jack Herr 19th (21:04 PR), John Menteer 20th (21:10), Andrew O’Sullivan 21st (21:11 PR), Zach Weiss 26th (21:20) and Dan Martin 27th (21:28).

The next, and arguably most important meet of the year, is the Class 3 District 2 race at Jefferson Barracks.

Priory must be one of the top two teams to qualify as a team for State. Come yell at us while we push ourselves to the physical and mental limit!

THE RECORD Editor in Chief: Kevin H. Hess, ’11 Layout Editor: David J. Taiclet, ’11 Content Editors: Jon P. Gower, ’11, Sam J. Sagartz, ’11 Moderator: Mr. Matthew L. Barrett