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A Note From the Editor

Riley McLean Editor-in-Chief

Anthony Vecchia Layout Editor

Spencer Kraft

Dear Readers, As we approach the final days of school, I am saddened to say that my time as your Editor-In-Chief is coming to a close. I am overjoyed to have had this opportunity to edit the Messenger for all of you to enjoy. There have been stories of triumph, failure, comedic relief, and pretty much anything else under the sun being exhibited by our monthly editions of the Messenger. I hope that our paper has meant something to each of you and that its purpose will continue to resonate within each of you for years to come. As each of you move on in your lives, and our seniors leave to begin the next phase of their lives, I dream that each of you can remember your high school experience and all the great memories that accompany it by looking back at the Messenger.

Please enjoy our final and Senior Edition of the Messenger. As we say farewell to our seniors, I hope that you appreciate learning about the leaders of our school. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity and helping to make the Messenger what it is.

Happy Reading!

Riley McLean Editor-in-Chief

Feature Editor

Sam Harris Religion Editor

Jordan Aberle Entertainment Editor

Ethan Leingang Sports Editor

Anna Frohlich Social Media Editor

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OUR SENIOR EDITORS Riley McLean- Editor-in-chief

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iley is planning on attending the University of North Dakota this fall and will be majoring in molecular and integrative biology on the pre-medical track. As Riley aspires to be a cardiac surgeon or a biomedical researcher she intends to spend many hours in the laboratory during her undergraduate years. Throughout high school she has been involved in numerous extra-curricular activities. Several of the most prominent organizations include the Messenger, FBLA, and Science Fair. She has held leadership positions within many of these and has enjoyed having the ability to impact others in such a positive way. As she steps into the next chapter of her life, she is excited to see what the future holds and to develop herself further in the sciences.

Spencer Kraft- Feature Editor

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pencer will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall, where she plans to major in English as a pre-law student. Her time at Saint Mary’s Central High School has left her well prepared for this new adventure. Throughout her four years Spencer has participated in a wide variety of activities, including two years in the Messenger. She would like to thank all the writers, fellow editors, advisors, classmates, teachers, and staff that have provided her countless opportunities to grow as well as made high school an amazing experience from beginning to end. This summer she looks forward to going on the mission trip to Peru, as well as having lots of time to read and have fun with friends before she moves to Ann Arbor.

Sam Harris- Religion Editor

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i! I’m Sam Harris. I’m a big fan of Taylor Swift and RomComs. I must say it has been quite a pleasure editing the religion section for all you faithful SM Messenger readers. Next fall I will be attending and playing football at Minnesota State University: Moorhead. I also plan on pursuing a career in education. Thanks for always reading and have a lovely day.

Ethan Leingang- Sports Editor

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than has been at SM all four years of high school. He played soccer and ran track for three years each. Additionally, he was also an officer for Saints for Life and went to Rome and Washington DC. This year was his first year in the Messenger. Ethan will be attending UND next year and will be majoring in banking and financial services. From there he plans to attend law school at UND.

Anna Frohlich- Social Media Editor

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nna will be attending the University of Mary this fall. She will be majoring in exercise science with a double minor in Spanish and wellness. Anna was involved in Assistant Chaplains, Saints for Life, Science Olympiad, and Forma Veritas. She has enjoyed being your SM Messenger Social Media Editor and keeping everyone up-to-date on all the Messenger happenings. She’s going to miss all of the Messenger staff and being a part of the SM Messenger editing team. She is excited to spend time with friends this summer and travel the world in the future.

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BISMARCK STATE COLLEGEGabe Aberle Seth Anderson Nick Denis Matt Guenther Adam Greff

Eric Horner Maddy Klee Grace Letteer Hailey Wanner

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYLucas Andes Bethany Richter Jaime Barta Lexie Rusch Justin Becker Jacob Scheetz Birgen Black Alex Schmidt Tatum Butz Hannah Tibor Kaden Leier Chauncey Turner Michael McIntee Ben Yantes

UNIVERSITY OF MARY-

Jack Barry Tom Kubisiak Emily Bichler Evan Konieczka Joe Curry Kielly Richter Laura Feist Dawson Rouse Adam Fortney Shaina Stiegelmeier Anna Frohlich Mike Storick Steven Hutzenbiler Tim Kubisiak Brandon Welch

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAMaddi Ahneman Sydney Graner Noah Anderson Ethan Leingang Kailey Arman Riley McLean Ian Brown Brianna Scherr Kaitlyn Ekre Casey Tanous Kayla Ellison Hayley VanderVorste Ben Frohlich

WHERE ARE T ENTERING THE WORKFORCEMaegan Heuer Casey Saville

MARINE CORPJustin Lindelow

BENEDICTINE COLLEGERachel Keller

DICKINSON STATE UNIVERSITYCarter Klein

GEMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICAElianna Vasquez

HAIR ACADEMYVicky Johnson

INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITYKurt Dickhut

JAMESTOWN UNIVERSITYEthan Birnbaum

MINNESOTA STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGESamantha Salwei

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEADHaley Becker Sam Harris Alexandra Gallagher

THEY GOING? NATIONAL GUARD-

UNITED TRIBES TECHNICAL COLLEGEBreanna RunningBear Gabby Youngbird

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGANSpencer Kraft

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-

Sarah Nagel

Madison Baumgartner Emma Hepper

UNDECIDED/OTHER-

UNIVERSITY OF ST. THOMAS-

Leighton Bader Brad Willoughby Taylor Miller

Cole Spies

WHERE WILL YOU BE IN 10 YEARS? GABE ABERLE: “Working on Aberle farms.”

SETH ANDERSON: “Enjoying life.”

NICK DENIS: “Working for a random

business.”

ADAM GREFF: “Having a job and hunting &

fishing a lot.”

ERIC HORNER: “Working and looking after a

family.”

GRACE LETTEER: “Cutting hair and living the

dream.”

HAILEY WANNER: “Hopefully teaching in a

high school.”

JACK BARRY: “Owning a wellness center.”

JOE CURRY: “Working for the Bismarck PD.” ANNA FROHLICH: “Traveling the world with

my husband.”

TOM KUBISIAK: “Working a normal job,

living a normal life.”

EVAN KONIECZKA: “Living the dream.”

MIKE STORICK: “Living the dream.”

BRANDON WELCH: “I don’t know.”

LUCAS ANDES: “Finding the fun.”

JAIME BARTA: “Married and working as an

athletic trainer in baseball.”

JUSTIN BECKER: “Probably living in North

Dakota.”

TATUM BUTZ: “Designing the inside of

Adam Levine’s house.”

ALEX SCHMIDT: “Driving my Tesla to my

summer home in Prague.”

MADDI AHNEMAN: “Laughing on a beach on

exactly May 3rd, 2027

thinking about all the

great high school

mems.”

WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE?

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FOR FRESHMAN...

FOR SENIORS...

GABE ABERLE: “Don’t take things so

seriously. You only get to go

through high school once,

enjoy the heck out of it.”

NICK DENIS: “Be responsible for your

actions.”

ADAM GREFF: “Have fun, the seniors aren’t

that scary.”

HAILEY WANNER: “Don’t be lazy, take your

time, do it right.”

JACK BARRY: “Take as many gym classes as

you can, you won’t regret it.”

LAURA FEIST: “If you’re short or have

trouble walking through

crowded halls, try to walk

behind the tall people, they’ll

make it way easier.”

ADAM FORTNEY: “Learn how to walk in the

hallway.”

STEVEN HUTZENBILER: “Be kind to

underclassmen

and don’t go out

of your way to

make somebody’s

life difficult.”

TIM KUBISIAK: “Don’t slack at the end of

the year.”

SHAINA STIEGELMEIER: “Live in the pres ent, don’t worry

about the future,

and don’t fret

about the past.”

JAIME BARTA: “Lead by example.”

BIRGEN BLACK: “Go to every school event

that you can.”

HANNAH TIBOR: “Be nice to everyone and

go to everything.”

ALEX SCHMIDT: “Don’t stress and enjoy.”

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WHAT WILL YOU MISS THE MOST? GRACE LETTEER: “I will miss the art room and having

the ability to make whatever I want

on any day of the week... for free.”

EMILY BICHLER: “I will miss the family atmosphere

and how close the whole school is.”

LAURA FEIST: “How we celebrate Christmas by deco rating the halls and playing music.”

TIM KUBISIAK: “Being able to be with friends.”

EVAN KONIECZKA: “3 court.”

KIELLY RICHTER: “The family enviroment. Everyone

knows everyone.”

BRANDON WELCH: “Pep band or band in general.”

LUCAS ANDES: “Not having to think about what to

wear (uni’s).”

JAIME BARTA: “I will miss the daily opportunity to

grow in my faith.”

TATUM BUTZ: “The teachers and the inside jokes.”

JACOB SCHEETZ: “Ferrie’s class.”

ALEX SCHMIDT: “What will SM miss most about

me?”

MIKE STORICK: “The awesome people here.”

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KAITLYN EKRE: “I’m going to miss being able to know

all of my classmates and having the

family feeling.”

ETHAN LEINGANG: “Mr. Roger Haug.”

RILEY MCLEAN: “The library and Jeanne.”

EMMA HEPPER: “I’ll miss the family atmosphere. I’ll

miss seeing the people I’ve known

since kindergarten.”

GABBY YOUNGBIRD: “The opportunities you get like

Writers’ Club, Leo Lions, and

Science Olympiad.”

SAMANTHA SALWEI: “Being super close with all my

teachers.”

SAM HARRIS: “All the good times and family feeling.”

ELIANNA VASQUEZ: “Ferrie.”

CARTER KLEIN: “Gym with Mr. Ferrie.”

RACHEL KELLER: “How everyone is a family.”

SARAH NAGEL: “Being able to see my friends

every day.”

LEIGHTON BADER: “Being around people with the

same beliefs as me.”

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE MEMORY? ADAM GREFF: “Winning state football 3 out of the 4

years I’ve gone to St. Mary’s.”

MADDY KLEE: “Meeting all my friends this year.”

JACK BARRY: “Winning state championships.”

ADAM FORTNEY: “When Cole and Ian almost got in a

fist fight over an essay and a

Belveeta bar.”

TOM KUBISIAK: “Winning State Know Your Faith.”

JUSTIN BECKER: “When Seth rapped in front of the

entire school the first day of

freshman year.”

BIRGEN BLACK: “Rome and Know Your Faith.”

MICHAEL MCINTEE: “Going to Rome and Assisi.”

BETHANY RICHTER: “All of the powderpuff games.”

HANNAH TIBOR: “Seth rapping in the cafeteria

freshman year or winning state

KYF junior year.”

BEN YANTES: “The last night in Assisi, Italy on the

Rome trip.”

NOAH ANDERSON: “Catholic Schools Week.”

TATUM BUTZ: “The plays.”

JUSTIN LINDELOW: “Soccer.”

KAILEY ARMAN: “Playing volleyball with my team-

mates. Every moment was usually

filled with laughter.”

KAYLA ELLISON: “Senior year! CSW 2017!”

CASEY TANOUS: “Dance party in Assisi, Italy or

Know Your Faith Championship

2017.”

HAYLEY VANDERVORSTE: “All the football games

and soccer season.”

BREANNA RUNNINGBEAR: “D.C.” HALEY BECKER: “Winning State Know Your Faith.”

COLE SPIES: “Winning the state championship my

junior year.”

CASEY SAVILLE: “Grandparents’ Day Mass with my

grandma.”

BRAD WILLOUGHBY: “Meeting new friends at SM.” TAYLOR MILLER: “Witnessing Kayla upchuck in St.

Paul’s Basilica. Unforgettable

sound, relatable to someone doing

a belly flop and then echoing for

like ever.”

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WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE CLASS? NICK DENIS: “Weights and Conditioning.”

HAILEY WANNER: “History classes. I love learning

about those that came before

me.”

JOE CURRY: “Gym with Ferrie, we all know why.”

ANNA FROHLICH: “Marriage and Family, because it

teaches you about life.”

DAWSON ROUSE: “My favorite class was AP Bio

senior year. Why? One word says

it all... Loomis!”

SHAINA STIEGELMEIER: “Freshman religion with Mr.

Ruggles, because he got me

excited to learn more about

my faith.”

MIKE STORICK: “Business Law, it’s a class where you

can have fun with classmates and

learn some helpful things.”

LEXIE RUSCH: “English class with Mr. Vetter. He

actually makes class exciting and fun

to go to.”

ETHAN BIRNBAUM: “Calc, Mickey Mouse arithmetic.”

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CHAUNCEY TURNER: “Mrs. Larson’s business classes,

because we always had the

best convos.”

MADDI AHNEMAN: “Gym class with Ferrie, even

though I’m not athletic at all!”

IAN BROWN: “My favorite class was physics because

I loved our building projects in class.”

BEN FROHLICH: “Gym, everyone is in the best

mood.”

SYDNEY GRANER: “Gym. Nothing better than a good

game of 3-court.”

BRIANNA SCHERR: “Classes with Mr. Vetter because

you never know what will

happen.”

MADISON BAUMGARTNER: “Anatomy because the

cats were very

interesting.”

ALEXANDRA GALLAGHER: “Catholic Disciple

because I learn things

about my faith.”

VICKY JOHNSON: “Advanced Art, because I love to

be creative.”

MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT? GABE ABERLE: “Dunking off the spring board and

landing on my face.”

SETH ANDERSON: “Tearing my ACL in gym class.”

MATT GUENTHER: “Every time I got a math test

back.”

ERIC HORNER: “Going into the wrong classroom and

not realizing it until halfway through

class.”

MADDY KLEE: “Freshman year at Mandan High I got

locked in a locker and had to have a

janitor get me out.”

EMILY BICHLER: “Doing announcements with Evan

and forgetting the Angelus prayer.”

STEVEN HUTZENBILER: “Having to wear khakis to

workout my freshman

basketball season.”

KADEN LEIER: “Probably walking into the wrong

classrooms freshman year.”

JACOB SCHEETZ: “Spending the entire bus ride to

the state championship freshman

year in the bus bathroom.”

KAYLA ELLISON: “Throwing up in St. Paul’s Basilica in

Rome.”

ALEX WELCH: “When I lost my choir folder at BSC

freshman year and it was found a

year and a half later by a senior from

the year before in the BSC choir

room.”

CASEY TANOUS: “When I said the ‘world was made

fresh’ during the Angelus over the

intercom.”

SPENCER KRAFT: “Having to ask Jeanne for a tardy

slip almost every morning of

sophomore year.”

KURT DICKHUT: “Being the only senior in the NHS

Induction Ceremony.”

MAEGAN HEUER: “All 4 years.”

BRAD WILLOUGHBY: “Spiking Tatum Butz in 3

court.”

JACK BARRY: “Falling while on cruches in the

hallways.”

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