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9 The Road to Perfection: How the Cathedral Baseball Team Faced Adversity to Win it All

13 Briezy’s Bunch: Local Nonprofit

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The Road to Perfection HOW THE CATHEDRAL BASEBALL TEAM FACED ADVERSITY TO WIN IT ALL Writer & Photographer / Lynda Hedberg Thies

The Cathedral Irish baseball team accomplished what only three other teams in the state of Indiana have accomplished — a perfect season.

With a 29-0 record, they became the first Cathedral baseball team to go undefeated and win the state championship. A remarkable accomplishment for the Irish, who had the odds stacked against them and found a way to not only win but achieve perfection for a season.

The Irish faced a level of adversity that would make most programs justify that it was a rebuilding year, especially since they were not mentioned in any preseason polls. Big deal right? But this team had only three returning starters, they lost the only coach they knew, and they lost the only field they knew when Lawrence Township did not renew the school’s contract for Hair Field. That meant these boys played every single game on the road all season. This was a big deal. Yes, it is easy to be joyful when you are winning, but when you are not expected to win, the season can take on a whole new purpose. atGeist.com / AUGUST 2017 / GEIST MAGAZINE / 9

Sometimes a team strategy happens completely by default, as was the case when a few of the seniors got the idea to grow out their mustaches during the team’s first week of baseball during spring break. Just some boys and Hair Club for Men for facial hair.

What could go wrong?

They planned to have them during the break because of the school’s no facial hair policy. But when the team won every game, the boys were too superstitious to shave them off because of a policy. So, they reached out to Cathedral President

Rob Bridges to ask permission to keep them. Bridges agreed but requested that they would shave them off when they lost. The boys took on the challenge and #SaveTheStache was born. Win after win they maintained them even when it wasn’t convenient, which meant they would go to prom and graduation with them. Although their dates and moms were not so thrilled, there was no turning back.

Eventually the coaching staff got in on the fun, too.

It was easy to get behind this team because they had overcome so much adversity, but along the way the team’s bond strengthened and the energy and momentum continued to swing in their favor. It was obvious this was a united team having the time of their lives, playing the game they loved.

deeply for each other, for the game of baseball and how much this perfect season truly meant to them.

How will you remember this season and this team?

What were your favorite memories of this season?

Tommy Kafka: “I will remember the season and the state championship by the bonds my teammates and I made and by the medal we won.”

Nick Eaton & Tommy Kafka: “When we all dog-piled on Victory Field after winning the state championship!”

Jared Poland: “Overcoming sectionals for the first time in three years.”

Charlie Gomez: “Golf after practice tradition.”

Evan Thies: “The first practice of the year, snow on the ground and 30 degrees and Ross Kirkpatrick is wearing a t-shirt.”

A Look Back

Best part of the season?

So much has been written already about this team, but with the season just barely in the rear-view mirror, we invited five players on Cathedral, senior IU Commit and lead pitcher, Nick Eaton, second baseman and closing pitcher Tommy Kafka, 4-year starting catcher, senior Charlie Gomez, Louisville commit shortstop and junior, Jared Poland, and utility player, senior Evan Thies, to reflect and share their favorite memories, how they will remember this season and what lessons they learned that they will take with them in the future. Their responses show that this was special and cared

Tommy Kafka: “Being doubted the entire season and finishing undefeated.”

Jared Poland: “I will remember our practices being fun and relaxed before games. I will also remember the chemistry we had all year and how we all enjoyed every day of preparation for trying to win the state championship. I will also remember how relaxed we stayed for each game and that we treated every game as just another game, which ultimately helped us stay loose to win games. I will always remember the tough state game where we battled the whole time, and the home run Evan Uhland hit for the winning run.”

Nick Eaton: “Playing baseball the way it should be played — loose and fun.”

Charlie Gomez: “Like a movie. It doesn’t feel real yet.”

Nick Eaton: “Messing around at practice and playing baseball like a bunch of little kids.”

Evan Thies: “I will always remember it as a group of guys that were as close and united Jared Poland: “The celebrations on the bus as I've ever had the privilege of being on a after sectional, regional, semi-state and state team with.” championships.”

Charlie Gomez: “Eating cereal at the after party.”

Evan Thies: “Spring Break games and the beginning of the mustaches.”

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What lessons did you learn that you will take with you going forward?

Tommy Kafka: “A lesson I learned from this season is to always stick together because many people working together will take you

much further than just one.”

Jared Poland: “I learned that talent doesn't win championships. Good team chemistry and a strong desire to win is what we had. That is how we finished undefeated and won state.

We didn't have the most talented team in the state, but we had a very solid one and the best team chemistry.

We all got along and each game was fun because of the energy Ross Kirkpatrick brought and that was a major key to winning.”

Nick Eaton: “I learned to cherish every moment possible with your teammates.”

Charlie Gomez: “I learned how having fun and enjoying every moment of life is more important than you may think.”

Evan Thies: “Everyone was playing for each other, and not for themselves as individuals. We all had a bigger goal in mind that trumped whatever personal gain could have been accomplished.”

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Many people are familiar with the frustration that can result from an insurance provider’s refusal to cover certain medical services, devices or medications. In the case of April and Justin Krowel’s two-yearold daughter Aubrie, who suffers from an extremely rare, lifelong form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome, such refusals can be life threatening.

In February of 2016, Aubrie had her first seizure at just eight months old, alerting the Geist-based Krowels to her condition, which can manifest in the form of febrile and non-febrile seizures and include developmental problems. During the ensuing months, April spent hour after hour on the phone figuring out what her insurance plan would cover, and learning the reasoning – or lack thereof – behind many of her policy details.

“There’s a really large gap between what insurance will typically cover and what a neurologist or other medical professional will say that you need,” April says. “It’s something that I never thought of before, and that realization was a big shocker for me.”

According to statistics posted on the American Epilepsy Society’s official website, one in 26 people will develop a form of epilepsy or recurring seizures at some point in their lifetime. After joining an online support group for families and individuals dealing with epilepsy and its attendant insurance challenges, the Krowels realized the scope of the problem and felt compelled to form a nonprofit business that could financially assist families in their shoes.

– we’re both veterans, so we wanted to do a nonprofit for veterans for a long time, then this happened with our daughter and we realized that this is our mission now.”

“I read a posting by a father who had a daughter having really awful seizures and a medication issue with his insurance, and, following an insurance decision, she ended up in the hospital in a coma,” says April, who completed her Ph.D. in counseling psychology at Ball State University in July.

“That was the last straw for me. I said to my husband, ‘We’re doing this now.’ We’ve always wanted to do some sort of non-profit

The result is Briezy’s Bunch, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization the Krowels named in honor of Aubrie’s nickname, and through which they plan to offer donationbased financial support for epilepsy-related treatments, services and equipment not covered through insurance plans. In May, the Krowels launched the Briezy’s Bunch official website, which includes information about how to volunteer with 14 / GEIST MAGAZINE / AUGUST 2017 / atGeist.com

the organization, a donation page and an online store.

“If there’s a teenager who has seizures that have been catastrophic, and now they’re developmentally delayed and they have gait problems, then perhaps they need an adaptive stroller but insurance won’t cover it because it’s not a wheelchair,” April says.

“Those can be $1,500 to $2,000 for a decent one. So, for a family that doesn’t have the means, and insurance won’t cover it but the neurologist is saying it would be helpful, we want to swoop in and pay that for them and help them out.”

"We’ve always wanted to do some sort of non-profit – we’re both veterans, so we wanted to do a nonprofit for veterans for a long time, then this happened with our daughter and we realized that this is our mission now.”

In a world of change, our focus is steadfast.

The Briezy’s Bunch website includes an Assistance page with an email address where those interested in receiving financial help can reach out to Krowel and her staff to receive an application. Required materials include a signed application, a liability waiver, documentation of an insurance denial and a letter from a neurologist or other medical professional recommending the service or device needed for the patient.

“You can donate directly on the site, and the P.O. Box address is on the site too to donate that way,” April says. ”We also have a GoFundMe site where there are tiered gifts for donations.”

Learn more about Briezy’s Bunch, including details on how to apply for financial assistance and how to donate, at briezysbunch.com and gofundme.com/briezysbunchstartup.

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Crime aficionados in the greater Indianapolis area can now learn neverbefore-heard details on some of the country’s most famous criminal cases by tuning in to “America’s Most Notorious”, which launched in June on Freedom 95 Radio. Host Steve Carman, a west-side Indy native and Geist resident, doesn’t rely on secondhand accounts – he speaks with investigators, victims and criminals directly, offering them the chance to speak on the air, unfiltered and at great length, about their experiences.

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“I happened to make some contacts with Freedom Radio 95.9, and someone there eventually suggested a show,” Carman says. “The station started asking me what my experiences are and who I’ve had interactions with. When I told them they said it would make for a great show, talking to all different kinds of people – victims and criminals. I’m having a great time with it. I find that I’m always thinking about the next show and guests for the future, and I love that.”

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Far from the rapid-fire question-andanswer approach taken by many a radio personality, Carman lets his guests speak as long as they wish without interruption, to provide listeners with a comprehensive – and sometimes disturbing – recounting of events. In July he talked with Rebecca Garde, who described surviving an attack by serial killer, Gary Ridgway, in Seattle in 1982. Known as the Green River Killer, Ridgway was convicted in 2003 on 49 After just a few months into his broadcasting counts of first-degree murder – more than any other known American serial killer. career Carman has already managed to secure several guests involved in high-profile “The people I try to get on the show need criminal cases, including Frank Bourassa, to feel like they can trust me,” Carman says. known as the world’s greatest counterfeiter “I’m always very honest with people and tell who allegedly forged approximately $250 them, in the case of criminals, I know what million in U.S. currency, as well as Marc they got arrested for and what happened.

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Over the last 10 seasons, Purdue football has won 35 games and made two bowl appearances (both losses). In the last four years, the team has scraped together an average of two victories. Maybe most disturbing, Purdue hasn’t beaten arch-rival Indiana since 2012.

Several pre-season polls anticipate more of the same, projecting only a couple of wins for the Boilermakers in 2017.

New Purdue head coach Jeff Brohm isn’t promising any miracles, but optimism is again stirring in West Lafayette.

Brohm played college football at Louisville, where he was a three-year starter at quarterback. After graduation, he spent seven seasons in the NFL with stints at Cleveland, “We want to field a team that’s competitive Denver, Tampa, San Francisco, Washington and fights to win every game,” Brohm says. and San Diego. When his playing days “Purdue is a place with great academics, ended, Brohm served as an assistant coach and West Lafayette is a great college town. at Louisville, Florida Atlantic, Illinois, UAB People are starving for success, and they and Western Kentucky before his selection as want to see the football program step up and head coach at Western. do well.

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scoring at over 45 points per game while Purdue was averaging under 25. The “Cradle of Quarterbacks” may see a return to lofty scoring levels at some point, but for now the coach sees his defense as being a bit ahead of the offense.

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“Right after that, recruiting became the focus, and during the same time, we were putting together a staff,” Allen says. “It really did (turn out well). I think it helped that I was here before. We only lost one player who had committed. You never know how that’s going to work out.”

The IU defense made huge strides in 2016, reducing the number of points yielded per game by over 27 percent.

Allen believes his defense still has room to improve.

“We really did have dramatic improvement (last year), but I want to be a top 25 defense this year,” he says. “We just have to build on that momentum. Red zone defense is an area we have to focus on. We forced field goals, but we didn’t block many, and last year we didn’t finish (games) as well as I’d like to.”

The coach was heavily involved in recruiting last year, but one newcomer is especially familiar. Freshman linebacker Thomas Allen from Tampa Plant High School signed with his father’s team last summer. The younger Allen reportedly received offers from Rutgers, South Florida and other Division I schools, and was listed in the top 100 linebackers nationally. Coach Allen admits that it’s sometimes a struggle not to blur the lines between coach and father.

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Tom’s daughter, Kathy Oneacre of Lawrence, was visiting her parents near Cincinnati, Ohio, over the Thanksgiving

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Still, I was optimistic, thinking that since it was only in one lobe, he could have the lower lobe removed and carry on with his life.”

But then doctors found another spot on the opposite rib, which they biopsied, and just before Christmas Tom was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It was shocking because though he had once been a smoker, he had quit 35 years ago.

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took pulmonary tests to determine if his lungs were strong enough to endure the treatments. He passed with flying colors.

Not that this remotely surprised Kathy.

“When he had a port put in his shoulder last spring, his first question was, ‘Can I still play golf?’” she recalls. “He goes about his day the way he always did. He’s still got the

Because this marks the event’s 5-year anniversary, Kathy hopes to see registration at or above 500. She knows the camaraderie that exists in the running community because she’s been a part of that community for so long. Years ago, she and her dad ran together in road races in Indiana, Ohio and Tennessee (where her parents once lived).

“We used to do a lot of Turkey Trots and Jingle Bell Runs — things like that,” Kathy says. “We’re a sports family.”

Kathy and her husband, Todd, their daughters Savannah (21) and Katie (18), and son Colm (12) are all super active, taking part in soccer and gymnastics mostly, though she says her youngest is the real runner in the family. Last year Colm ran Indy’s Mini Marathon in an impressive 1:43.

On September 24, Tom plans to walk the Free to Breathe 5K and Savannah will travel home from college to walk beside her grandfather, who, at 77, has yet to slow down. Three mornings a week he rises at the crack of dawn and heads to the gym. He also mows the lawn, works in his backyard and even volunteers to help with construction projects for Habitat for Humanity.

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Erika Mulroney had just finished facilitating a class at her church on the evening of June 2, 2016, when she turned down a back hallway of the church, blacked out, and collapsed, face-first, on the floor. Because of the layout of the building, her body was out of the line of sight for most anyone who happened by.

Thankfully, a security guard (a person there to lock up) used the restroom near that hallway. When he saw Erika, he immediately rushed to her side, checked for a pulse and panicked. Unable to detect a heartbeat, he ran to find help.

“Come quick!” he gasped. “I think Erika may be gone!”

“What do you mean gone?” someone asked.

“I found her passed out and she’s not breathing!” he said. “I’m not sure if she’s alive.”

As it turned out, several of the members who had just taken the evening class had not yet left the building. Two of them were nurses and one was a firefighter. They, along with Erika’s husband, Kirk, raced to perform CPR and administered the AED (Automated External Defibrillator).

“They shocked me with the AED equipment once prior to the fire department arriving and again right after they got there,” says Erika, 36. “I was told that several times I flatlined and they lost me — once in the church and again in the ambulance. But both times they got me back.”

Ultimately, Erika was transferred to St. Francis Hospital for care where physicians cooled her body to 93 degrees in an effort to preserve her organs and brain for a period of time before bringing her back to normal temperature. Thankfully, Erika handled that

procedure well and didn’t sustain any seizures. She was in ICU and on a respirator for 10 days. On day 17, she had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator put in, and on day 19, she was released to go home.

“The astounding thing is that I have minimal, if any, residual damage to my mind,” Erika says. “I have a few memory issues and that frustrates me because I used to be great with people’s names and phone numbers. But I can’t complain. For all intents and purposes, I’m whole and healed.”

Her family learned, through results from a blood draw, that Erika had suffered sudden cardiac arrest caused by a small microvascular clot. Beyond that, they really have no answers as to why this incident occurred. All she knows for certain is how grateful she is to be alive, to still be a wife to Kirk and a mother to their 5-year-old son, Brooks.

Though he is too young to really understand what happened to his mom a year ago, whenever they drive by St. Francis, he points to the building and says, “That’s Mama’s hospital!”

With no heart disease in the family, it really does seem a fluke that Erika would suffer cardiac arrest.

Though she, herself, has no way of knowing how long she was unconscious, church surveillance tapes reveal that Mulroney was passed out for 5-7 minutes before anyone noticed her. Her friends, husband and emergency workers then proceeded to work on her for 20 minutes before being loaded in the ambulance. So, the fact that she didn’t suffer brain damage is nothing short of a miracle.

“We definitely feel like my survival was a miracle,” Erika says.

“God saved my life, and I’m really glad to be here. To say that I am lucky to have survived is an understatement. The fact that I suffered very few mental and physical disabilities after the event is astonishing. I definitely think I am the luckiest Hoosier alive!”

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August is a great gardening month in Indiana. Our farmer’s markets are full, our days are long and we still have summer nights for entertaining outdoors. Martha Stewart’s book, Entertaining with Martha, is a great reference book for setting a beautiful table outdoors and using what you have growing in the garden for a tremendous dinner party! Hosting a well-put together dinner party is something everyone should do once.

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Sometimes these things feel like a lost art, but with the reemergence of ‘farm to table’ trends, we Americans are gathering together like never before.

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8 BACK-TO-SCHOOL TIPS FOR PARENTS 4. Set up a bedtime routine which is best for you and your child.

Make certain that your child gets plenty of sleep.

5. Don’t forget that all kids need down time just like adults do. So, free play in the evening or after school is essential.

6. Bed time should be set and not open for discussion. Start your child getting ready for bed in plenty of time so that they have time to take a relaxing bath or shower, brush teeth, cuddle and read aloud stories in bed.

Having a regular routine, consistent bedtimes and preparing for the

next school day helps your child get ready and have less anxiety, 7. Reading aloud to your children is one of the best gifts that you stress and worry. It helps set your child up for success in school by can provide. It helps enrich their vocabulary, build imagination, setting their morning mood. It also helps everyone feel comfortable, builds interest in the written word, helps open discussion and organized and establishes a solid morning routine. builds bonds with your child. Reading aloud lets your child know that you feel it is important. Books provide kids with Here are some helpful hints. opportunities to learn about so many things.

1. Check the weather for the next day. Discuss with your child I strongly suggest 20 minutes of reading aloud to your child what kinds of clothing would fit the expected weather. Then, nightly. You will be providing an irreplaceable gift of storytelling choose several outfits together that would be appropriate for — a gift that brings culture, fantasy, adventure, mystery, love and your child to wear the next day narrowing down the child’s life. You are providing quality time by spending time with your choices. Letting your child have a choice is important. It helps teach decision making and problem solving. Lay the outfit out child and sharing the enjoyment of good books. for easy access for the next morning.

8. The last suggestion is to provide your child with a good, healthy 2. Discuss the school lunch and if the child is buying or taking their breakfast before sending them off to school. This is the most own. If your child is taking their lunch, help them pack it the important meal of the day. It is difficult to think and work if your night before. child is hungry.

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Although it isn’t easy to start setting the alarm and waking your children earlier than the relaxing hours of summer, we know that all children thrive on consistency.

3. Bookbags should be set by the door ready to go, along with appropriate shoes.

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THE PERFECT PITCH FISHERS-BASED BASEBALL TECH COMPANY IS CHANGING THE GAME Writer / Josh Brown Photographer / Brian Brosmer

The game of baseball has evolved. Gone are the days of deciding how great a player is by simply looking at their batting average, how many home runs they’ve hit or how many games a pitcher has won. Those numbers certainly still matter, but with the emergence of sabermetrics, teams are diving deeper into advanced analytics to determine the value of players and future value of prospects.

With the popularity of MLB’s Statcast data, baseball teams today are much more focused on analytics like exit velocity, launch angle and spin rate.

Enter Rapsodo.

Rapsodo is a baseball and softball analytics technology company that offers pitch tracking tech. The company’s sales team, made up of six former high school and college ballplayers, resides in Launch Fishers.

The small sales team packs a big punch wearing many hats, including extensive

product testing and customer service. The team is led by Seth Daniels, Director of Sales and Marketing for Rapsodo.

“As soon as we launched our product in October of 2016, we knew we needed a salesforce support team,” Daniels says.

“The entire team is support and sales, and we lead the charge. It is a total group effort. We test the product and software, too. It’s never a bad day when you get to go to the ballpark or batting cages and take hacks.”

The company’s CEO, Batuhan Okur, first started Rapsodo with golf in mind. Okur lived in Silicon Valley for 10 years before landing in Singapore where he started a family and continued working on startups.

Throughout golf outings and meeting with investors, Okur wanted to improve his golf game but found that the only tech available for such data was doppler radar, which could cost as much as $20,000.

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From there, baseball was the next logical step to expand the company’s technology.

Today, Singapore is home to Rapsodo’s main headquarters, housing the engineering team and actual building process of the product.

Daniels, a Pendleton, Indiana native and former ballplayer at Anderson University, got word of Rapsodo in 2015 when a business associate, and investor, suggested that he apply for the sales position.

“I had six midnight Skype interviews because of the time difference and a 20hour flight for my final round of interviews,” Daniels says. “That was right when they began the first product development for the alpha testing. We came in and did some of the product integration. There was a lot that we did to help with the baseball terminology and testing. We debuted in January 2016 at the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), and it was a big success. The tech that we have enables our product to be so much cheaper than what is out there. That caught people’s attention.”

Recently, Rapsodo landed a deal with Major League Baseball and USA Baseball to be the ball flight data measurement provider for every single Prospect Development Pipeline (PDP) event this year. The PDP is a recent player development initiative created by the MLB commissioner to make player evaluation more inclusive and not cost prohibitive. The MLB wanted a way to standardize the data, too, and that’s where Rapsodo has stepped up to the plate.

“We are very excited about this,” Daniels says. “What is really cool is it helps these ballplayers get exposure to the data. They will get a report after the showcase that shows their data and how they stack up with other players. It is a great initiative to help with the education side of things. We are going to get to expose a lot of people to this technology.”

Rapsodo is now in the process of launching its new hitting technology kit as well. The tech will be able to measure launch angle, exit velocity and spin rate giving hitters the ability to evaluate that data and change their swing based on what type of hitter they want to be.

“High school kids can get in the cages now and train with our tech and see this data,” Daniels says. “That is really exciting. We use the tool from a development standpoint.

The technology gives you the insight to change things. If you are a pitcher, you can change the way you throw to have a higher spin rate. You can literally create your pitches.

Swing design will come that way, too. You want your leadoff guy peppering line drives,

Today, more than 20 MLB teams have utilized Rapsodo’s pitch tracking technology. The company didn’t expect to be so popular this early on with MLB teams, because most teams have similar tracking systems already in place. The difference is what they’ve had is much less mobile and portable. Rapsodo’s simple setup system and portability drew teams in quickly.

Now, Daniels says, MLB teams can take their technology and software to scouting sessions for high school and college pitchers and can utilize real-time data that appears right in front of them on their iPad or computer as players throw bullpen sessions off the mound.

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For now, Daniels says Fishers will continue to be home for the Rapsodo sales team.

Because of all the travelling he does, Daniels says Indianapolis makes a great “central hub” to just about everywhere.

As for the future, the company has its longterm goals in place.

“In the next 12 months, we will have several new product releases,” Daniels says. “Baseball is just the beginning for us. We will branch out into softball and more golf, too. Things are pointing up, and we are excited about the future. Hopefully, we continue to grow and see good things happen.”

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THE SOUNDS OF ST. SIMON MUSIC DIRECTOR, PHILIPPE MOORE, IS HELPING THE DEPARTMENT HIT THE HIGH NOTES that he says was instilled in him when he was a student at Wayne Township’s Fulton Junior High, now Chapel Hill The voices rise and fall as the choir sweetly “I never measure success by the size of your Seventh and Eighth Grade Center. echoes the soulful versus of “Let It Be.” trophy,” Moore says.

Band Director David Cole gave him a The vibrant, pulsating beats of Richard music aptitude test in which he scored Saucedo and Samuel Hazo escape from Indeed, Moore seems to measure his success high, despite having no musical influence the band room, a sign that the students at home. by a different barometer. are learning more about music styles and cultures from countries around the “My job is not done until I teach every Moore credits Cole with giving him the world. Under the direction of Mr. Philippe student to have an understanding and greatest opportunity in his life. While at Moore, the St. Simon Music department appreciation for music,” he says.

Fulton Junior High, Moore was eager to hits all the high notes. play in all the bands the school had to Writer / Suzanne Huntzinger Photographer / Jamie Sangar

Taking the lead starting in the 2013-2014 school year, Moore has taken the middle school band program from just over 30 members to almost 90 members and led the 7th to 8th grade large ensemble band to a First Place win at the Archdiocese of Indianapolis CYO Music Contest in February.

With such success, it would seem time for Moore to celebrate.

He points out that music is the one thing that transcends all barriers and religions.

“You can go to any country and play music and everyone just gets it,” Moore adds.

offer. By eighth grade, he learned how to play the drums just so he could be in another band. His trademark, though, was the baritone sax, the “bari,” as he calls it.

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“Believe it or not, I was a small kid hefting this big bari. I became known as the bari player,” Moore says.

Musical talent wasn’t Moore’s only takeaway from junior high band. In fact, Moore borrowed a page from Cole’s teaching songbook.

“I modeled my teaching style after David Cole,” he says. “He was like a fun uncle who wants to laugh and joke with you, listen to you if you have an issue that’s bothering you and be that neutral party that’s there for guidance. He showed us that he cared about us as people, and that’s what I try to do.”

Moore’s passion for music only grew deeper in High School at Ben Davis. Also a talented football player being scouted by several universities, Moore juggled marching band and football. But during his sophomore year, the school required students participating in football and marching band to make a choice of one over the other.

Ultimately, marching band won.

“It was an obvious choice. I just had more opportunities with marching band, whereas if I’d chosen football, my career would have likely been short lived,” he says.

After high school, Moore enrolled in IUPUI to study Psychology. Moore’s father later passed away and the grief from the loss caused him to get derailed from his goals and pursuing his passion.

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changes,” Moore says.

The changes materialized when a friend asked Moore if he’d like to help with the percussion section at Triton Central High School. After a year at the school, the band director urged Moore to return to college and get his degree in music education. She told Moore he was too good not to be a band director. With that, Moore enrolled in Marian University’s music program and got his groove back.

After graduation, Moore began working at Lawrence North High School and Ben Davis helping with their saxophone sections. After a year, a friend called telling Moore about an opening for a middle school band teacher at St. Simon. He interviewed with then Principal Donovan Yarnall and didn’t hesitate when he got the job offer.

“I’ve never worked at a job where I like and admire every single one of my colleagues,” Moore says. “It’s not work when you can say you enjoy and love what you do.”

The students admire Mr. Moore just as much. Many of his middle band students have had no previous experience with an instrument, but Moore gives the students a chance, the same chance he got in junior high. He also makes the environment fun, and the students are eager to learn quickly. In no time, Moore magically turns these novices in to a harmonious band, ready to play for a school concert.

Teaching the kids to learn and appreciate music is only part of Moore’s masterpiece.

“Every kid has a special place in my heart. I want to teach them how to be better people, to be disciplined and how to work with others,” he says. “I want them to be happy with themselves, proud of themselves and have a sense of purpose. If I do that, then I’ve succeeded.”

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Get in to your closet and pull out your Trivial Pursuit, Monopoly, Dungeons and Dragons and Battleship.

“It’s the golden age of gaming,” says Max Michael of Stratamax Games. But Michael doesn’t mean video games. In a surprising twist that points to the need for more human interaction, the trend for the 20 something to 40 something age range is toward playing board games and card games.

While no one is telling moms and dads globally to start expecting to see their children abandon their Xbox and online games, Michael says there is a shift in adults to go back to the bridge party style traditions of our parents’ generation.

“You’re seeing it locally in places like Books and Brews, but it’s caught on globally,” Michael says. He says the trend began with a European gaming invasion about 20 years ago, similar to the British invasion of music 50 years ago.

Hardcore gaming aficionados may be familiar with the difference between American style games and European style games. Most American style games are designed for head-to-head competition with winning the game largely based on luck and chance. But European games are designed for the players to compete for resources with multiple scenarios and solutions possible to win. The European gaming invasion has been made possible largely because of a strategic difference in Europe’s gaming industry.

“In Europe, their gaming houses have people who design the games, but they contract out the printing and manufacturing of the game to independent companies,” Michael says.

Michael knows a little about niche games.

He started Stratamax Games in 1989, as a part-time hobby. He says he grew up playing a lot of games as a past time, and gaming has always been his hobby. But one day, several years after college graduation, Michael decided to write a book, Max’s Advanced Rules for Axis and Allies. The popular war game capitalized on two of Michael’s other hobbies, history and war. The book’s publication opened up a whole world for Michael. His book got noticed, and eventually he designed and licensed his very first game.

Not surprisingly, it was a war game.

Michael continued developing his company and feeding his part-time hobby while raising a family and working his full-time job with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management in the Emergency Response and Preparedness team. Although he recently retired from the job, he still consults on emergencies part-time.

The business model makes it more cost effective for smaller gaming companies to get their games to market. That means you don’t have to be a giant like Milton Bradley, Through the years, Stratamax Games, has Hasbro or Mattel to get your niche game developed dozens of games including on the store shelves.

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the hit political game, Tammany Hall.

Not only has Michael seen Stratamax’s presence in the niche market gaming industry evolve, he’s seen the Indianapolis gaming market evolve.

Local shops like Game Preserve, Family Time Games and Saltier Games are all new to the Indy gaming landscape. All shops have friendly and helpful staff and are well stocked with niche market games. Saltier Games even has rooms available for gaming themed birthday parties. Good Games, Australia’s largest game store, just opened a shop downtown Indy.

The gaming revolution is unmistakable at the major gaming industry trade shows like Gen Con and Spieltage in Essen, Germany. Gen Con, in Indianapolis, is the gaming industry’s first and longest running gaming convention in the world. Gen Con is so popular that tickets for a four-day pass to the August convention are completely sold out.

While gaming fans take front and center at Gen Con dressed in their costumes and playing a variety of interactive games, Spieltage, coming up in October, makes the games the star of the show. The convention, which Michael calls the Oscars of the gaming industry, is a true trade show with exhibits featuring new game releases and booths with the latest in the industry. Most importantly, there are awards including best kids game, best family game and best strategy game.

With the boom in the gaming industry, Michael and Stratamax have endless possibilities and opportunities in store for the future.

“Playing a game is more than just having fun,” he says. “You learn how to take a turn, take a chance, think critically, use resources to your advantage, how to analyze data and plan ahead.”

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