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SLUH hosts inaugural basketball tournament over break
Powers’ murals celebrate faith at the frontier
BY Ben Klevorn CORE STAFF
S A digital rendering of one of Powers’ mural outside the Innovation Lab. BY Sam Tarter and John Wimmer STAFF, REPORTER
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s construction of St. Louis U. High’s new Innovation Lab finally comes to an end, President Alan Carruthers wanted to include some new artwork around the lab area that was both interesting to look at and depicted some of the ideas found in the Innovation Lab that were common to Catholic faith. To complete this task, Carruthers called upon art teacher Sean Powers to design two new murals for the walkways going past the Innovation Lab.
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“Having worked with and known Mr. Powers from our time together at Regis Jesuit, I knew the depth of his artistic talent and creativity as well as his deep commitment to Ignatian education and the Jesuit charism, which is why I chose him for the job,” said Carruthers via email. With the work time being from early August and the finished product needing completion in mid-October, Powers initially declined the invitation. “When I was asked, I originally said no, mainly because I didn’t really have the
time for it, and even though it would be a cool idea, I didn’t want to because it would take a lot of hours and a lot of computer strength. However, Mr. Carruthers did persuasively convince me to do it, and once I started it, I really fell in love with the project,” said Powers. The first mural features the quote “Called to the Frontiers” over an edited and saturated blue image of Jesuit artist Andrea Pozzo’s painting, “The Glorification of St. Ignatius.” This painting is located in the ceiling of the Chapel of St. Ignatius, the chapel of the Jesuit col-
be more involved and speak more often in class.” Sun has enjoyed his holiday season so far. “I was able to enjoy my first ever party in America on New Year’s Eve and meet a lot of American teens who were my age,” said Sun. “It was also really great during Christmas, when I got to see all the lights and decorations on other people’s houses.” While Sun has been enjoying his time here, the
move to another country has been difficult. “For daily uses, I have no problem using English and am pretty comfortable talking to my peers. But it sometimes gets difficult to know all the terms in classes like chemistry,” said Sun, who feels confident that he will be able to adapt to his semester at SLUH. Lyu is excited for her time in the United States despite the challenges
lege in Rome, and where the remains of St. Ignatius are kept. Viewers with keen eyesight will be able to see Jesus in the mural and can also spot Francis Xavier and Ignatius Loyola in other areas of the image. Powers said that he hopes that when viewers see those figures in the mural, they will remember that even at the frontiers of science, we are called to find Christ. Powers also wants to inspire the students at SLUH to aspire to be leaders in whatever their work or study is, just as the members of the
Society of Jesus were “Called to the Frontiers” of their works and aspirations outside of doing God’s work. To the left side of that mural is a second one designed by Powers. This one features the quote “As My Father Has Sent Me, So Now I Send You” as well as drawings of many Jesuit figures and icons, all of which were hand-drawn by Powers himself. The figures include some more well-known icons, such as Pope Francis and Matteo Ricci, but also include men who are not well known to the general
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Foreign exchange students arrive from College Counseling, Nanjing Foreign Language School English departments BY Nicholas Dalaviras and Matthew Mays
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housands of miles away from everyone and everything that they are familiar with, having to quickly adapt to an entirely different culture, the five exchange students from Nanjing, China—Hanji (William) Sun, Rachel Lyu, Liwen Chen, Yixiang Sun, and Zihan Wei—are starting off their new years with bigger changes than most at St. Louis U. High can imagine. Sun, who goes by William, has already noticed several cultural differences in his transition to SLUH. “The classes are way smaller,” said Sun. “In China, you would have about 50 kids in each class, which is far different from the classes I have experienced here. I prefer the small classes because it allows students to
revamp admissions essay process BY Johno Jackson and Brendan McGroarty CORE STAFF, REPORTER
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s part of the College Counseling Department’s ongoing work to prepare juniors for the college application process, the department joined forces with the English Department to continued on page 2 deliver two instructional days centered around the college application essay. The counselors took over English classes last Thursday and Friday after having popped into math and English classes previously in the year. These most recent lessons focused on the essay, including putting the essay into perspective within the context of the application, an explanation of photo | courtesy of @sluhjrbills purpose and audience, and
Foreign exchange students with their host families.
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OAC Trip Over Christmas Break, 25 students hit the hills in Colorado to put their skiing abilities to the test. Page 2 Feature
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Manresa Retreat Five students and three faculty members experienced silence and prayer through the threeday Manresa Retreat. Page 2
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Hockey The varsity hockey team plowed through the break, securing the Jesuit Cup and extending its win streak to eight. Page 5
the eventual drafting of a potential application essay. The juniors then wrote an essay over the weekend responding to one of the Common Application prompts. For a number of years, the English Department has tackled the college admissions essay alone. Class time spent gaining an understanding of what the essay should be was formal, concentrated, and culminated in the production of an essay for English teachers to grade. Now, after two days of instruction, essays were produced but will go ungraded and instead be submitted to college counselors for review. “We felt like if we worked together with college counseling, we could maxi-
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Wrestling The early morning workouts have paid off for the wrestling team, as the group placed high in many different tournaments over break. Page 5 Sports
Basketball The Basketball team picks up a couple of victories at the Legends of Winter Roundball Classic. Page 5
t. Louis U. High hosted the first annual Legends of Winter Roundball Classic basketball tournament from Dec. 27-30. The tournament featured high school basketball teams from around the area and was held at the Danis Field House. Varsity basketball coach Erwin Claggett’s goal for the past couple of years has been to start a tournament at SLUH, and other St. Louis high school coaches were supportive of his idea. “The area coaches, we’re all pretty good friends, so we always talked about being in a tournament where we could kinda compete against each other, and then hopefully grow it into a cause similar to Coaches vs. Cancer,” said Claggett. Claggett, in conjunction with athletic director Chris Muskopf, explored potential tournament dates in early December and January, but they could only get a handful of teams to commit—short of their initial goal of eight. Then they searched for alternative dates, and Christmas break came to mind. They set a goal for 16 teams, and ended up with 14. Muskopf was skeptical of hosting the tournament over Christmas break at first. “When we went to Christmas, the goal was to get to 16, and when we struck out in all those time frames, (Claggett said,) ‘what if we tried Christmas?’ I said I’m happy to try, but there’s all kinds of Christmas tournaments all over the St. Louis area, and in my mind the likelihood of us getting enough teams in that window was not good. Sure enough, within two weeks, we had ten teams, and we ran with it from there and got it to 14,” said Muskopf. The 14 teams that participated in the tournament
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Exchange students introduced to American culture; experience Christmas, New Years
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of adapting. After going through a rigorous selection process that included an exam and letters of recommendation, Lyu is proud to have been selected for such a unique opportunity, especially because the spots in the exchange program for girls are more limited. Because she plans on spending a semester in Brit-
ain after she leaves SLUH, Lyu wants to take advantage of her time in the U.S. by practicing her English skills and learning more about the Western education style. “I need to get more used to speaking English in an educational environment,” said Lyu. “But I think that experiencing a different culture is very exciting.” Lyu is most excited to
participate in Mock Trial because her favorite thing to do is debate, and she excelled on the debate team in China. While she is nervous about balancing her time with the demanding SLUH course load, Lyu will have plenty of support around her to get the most out of her experience. For the next four months, Lyu will be stay-
The Nanjing group at the airport.
ing with the family of Spanish teacher Kate Toussaint. After reaching out to Foreign Language Department Chair Robert Chura, Toussaint found out in mid-December that Lyu would be staying with her family. “Rachel is so wonderful,” said Toussaint. “She is art | Harrison Petty kind of like another part of our family to be honest. My
six year old daughter loves having her at the house, and she is pretty enamored with having a big sister.” Toussaint was inspired to offer her home to an exchange student because in high school, she herself was an exchange student. After staying with a host family in Spain, she developed a great appreciation for host fami-
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lies who took time and effort to create a loving home for their students. “The mom (who hosted me in Spain) was so patient with me and was really excited for me as my language was developing,” said Toussaint. “That’s the kind of care I want to give back to Rachel.”
Outdoor Adventure Club Treks to Co. for fifth Students explore prayer, reflection on annual winter break trip Manresa retreat Grant Corsi and BY
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fter wrapping up exams on December 19, P.E. teacher and Outdoor Adventure Club (OAC) moderator Patrick Zarrick took a group of twenty-five out to Dillon, Colo. to ski for four days. The 25 boys consisted mostly of upperclassmen. “I enjoyed the mix of ages that we had on a trip this year. We had about a dozen seniors, eight juniors and three sophomores— thought everyone worked together well.” In his fifth year leading the trip, Zarrick was joined by three SLUH alumni who helped chaperone the trip, one of whom was the person who convinced Zarrick to start the trip. Sam Perry, ’15 played a big role in orchestrating the first ski trip back when he was at SLUH and was happy to come along this time around. The SkiBills were able to ski for four days at Vail, Keystone, and Breckenridge. “The ski trip was one of the most fun parts of Christmas break,” said junior Adam Floretta. Floretta went into the trip not knowing what to expect, and ended up very pleased with the experience. “We stayed at this massive house with a ping pong table, pool table, and a hot tub,” said Floretta. “We also played a lot of Super Smash Bros.” One of Floretta’s fondest memories of the trip was going late night hot tubbing with some friends when they realized that all of their hair had frozen to their heads. The crew also had a lot
The club on top of a ski slope.
of fun on the slopes. “We were shredding a lot of pow in Colorado because it’s mostly natural, unlike in St. Louis where the artificial snow gets icy,” said junior Nick Vacca. Vacca had never skied before the trip, but left feeling confident in his abilities. Floretta, who considered himself a competent skier, left the trip feeling empowered to try harder slopes. “I got to go on some tree trails for the first time—it was gnarly,” says Floretta. Even Zarrick, a veteran skier, was impressed by the conditions. “We had superb snow this year, far better than last year,” said Zarrick. “It gave us a great variety of hills to ski—groomed slopes, deep powder, challenging mogul runs—we had it all.” The variety in the amount of snow that fell every night contributed to the great conditions. According to Zarrick, no matter what your prior skiing skills are, you’re going to enjoy yourself. “There were three boys on the trip aside from Vacca
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who had never shredded powder before, but they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves in Dillon,” said Zarrick. “One of the funniest moments of the trip was when I was skiing on the back bowls with some buddies when we accidentally ended up at a double black diamond,” said senior Jon Ferrari. “There was three feet of powder, so I surveyed my options and decided that the only way I would be getting down would be if I took off my skis and poles an rolled down to an easier slope. Despite all the rolling, it was another splendid trip to ’Rado with the OAC though. The trip never disappoints.” “My assistants were wonderful—Mr. Traxler, a SLUH parent, and three alums: Tyler Lucas, who currently lives in Crested Butte, Jack Bailey, a student at Denver University, and Sam ‘P-Dawg’ Perry, who studies at the University of Alabama,” said Zarrick. “All of these young men were leaders of the OAC during their time at SLUH and represent
over three generations of leading club adventures.” As for the upperclassmen on the trip, Zarrick thought there was, “outstanding leadership shown by the senior group; always willing to help, very organized and did anything that I asked. I’m looking forward to the younger guys stepping up in this fashion next year.” While the challenge of taking 25 boys out to Colorado might have seemed like too steep of a hill to climb, the OAC not only climbed that steep hill, but they proceeded to ski down it. Zarrick said that this year the students demonstrated great maturity. “Most of my colleagues and friends thought that I was certifiably nuts for taking 25 boys skiing, but the fact was that these young men were prompt, fairly responsible and very respectful towards others,” said Zarrick. “They represented themselves, SLUH and the OAC very well, and that’s all asked for. Oh, and they all came back in one piece!”
ive students and three faculty members embarked on the three day Manresa Retreat at the Pallottine Renewal Center in Florissant, on Sunday, Jan. 6. During the retreat, seniors were given the opportunity to explore the power of prayer and meditation in silence and participate in personal, oneon-one, and group prayer. They were able to sit down and take a look at their lives through high school and into the future. Centering around some of the stronger points of the Spiritual Exercises, the retreat adopted its name from the time Ignatius spent in Manresa, Spain, when he sat down at the River Cardoner and began to find lucidity and purpose in life. “Manresa is designed to be small retreat, so we are able to gear it directly around the individual needs of the seniors participating. We strive to meet each senior where they are in their spiritual life right now,” said Campus Minister Meg Beugg. The retreat began at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and lasted until 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Five seniors—Liam John, Douglass Sansone, Nick Dendrinelis, Jack Buehring and Max Nieder—and Campus Minister Meg Beugg, Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares, and Fine Arts Department chair Kevin McKernan all attended the event, which featured adult talks, prayers, Mass, and meals together. The retreat was designed to be small so it could be directed around the individual needs of those that participate. Most participants really liked that conversations were able to go in-depth, rather than just literal, newspaper versions of their lives.
A lot of conversations began while eating. The group shared college ideas, career plans, pop culture favorites, and more. “I really liked the eating aspect,” said John. “We all got together at one table and talked about several different topics. It felt like a family dinner in a way. The food was also amazing.” The meditation section of the retreat focused on one’s personal relationship with God and the life of Jesus in relation to the students’ own lives. When silent periods were given, passages from scripture were read that centered around the life of Christ. The students also spent those silent periods reflecting on what aspects of their lives can be improved. “It immersed me into the Bible, and benefitted my silent prayer greatly. It helped me to realize that just as Jesus was conflicted about his inner faith, I am too,” said Dendrinelis. “I found the silent periods of the retreat very powerful,” said John. “Tracing back the things in my life was such a great experience. It gave me more appreciation for the things I love.” Along with all the meditation and prayer, recreation time was woven in. Retreatants could play basketball, board games, cards or just sit, talk and enjoy each other’s presence. “It’s okay to feel confused in our faith life at times because even the founder of the Church was at my age,” said Dendrinelis. “This was a great group of students and adults,” said Beugg. “Everyone really entered openly into the retreat. This was my fifth year on the Manresa Retreat, and each year Manresa has been one of the highlights of my year.”
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Senior Project Spotlight: Whose stories get told? Letters Seniors adjust to service at prompt English Department response Dressel Elementary
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s readers of the Prep News may recall, before Christmas break, two letters from alumni appeared in the paper. Both letters discussed the curriculum of the English Department. One letter urged us to teach more books by women, citing a relative lack of such books in the curriculum during the writer’s years at SLUH. The other letter implicitly suggested that we should not consider the sex of authors—or, for that matter, any particular aspects of their identity—when selecting works to teach to SLUH students. The English Department would like to thank the authors of these two letters. As Oscar Wilde once said, “There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.” In all seriousness, we really appreciate both letters because they affirm the significance of literature in the lives of our students. One of the letter writers graduated from SLUH two and a half years ago, the other over 30 years ago. Their letters thus attest to the lasting power of what we do in our classrooms as we (students and teachers) make meaning of texts and our own lives through discussion and writing. As we select the texts that students read in our classes, we consider numerous factors. One set of questions we ask ourselves is quite practical: How will students respond to this piece? Will this novel, this memoir, this story, this poem, seize students’ imaginations and compel them to do the hard work of careful reading and re-reading? Given our context at SLUH—where the vast majority of our student body
identifies as male (and as white)—it is perhaps not surprising that the vast majority of our curriculum is by and about white men. Literature is a mirror in which we see ourselves and learn about ourselves, and like a mirror our curriculum reflects the relative homogeneity of our community. However, we also ask another set of questions as we select the works that we teach, and this set is more philosophical: Do the works we teach, taken as a whole, present students with a picture of the world that is varied, complex, and multilayered? Do the works support the goals of SLUH as expressed in the Grad at Grad? Those goals include helping students: –become more flexible and open to other points of view and recognize their own biases, limitations, and thinking patterns. –work against personal prejudices and stereotypes and communicate comfortably with others, especially with persons of other races, religions, nationalities, socio-economic backgrounds, genders, and sexual orientations. –respond with passion and compassion to the stories of the human person conveyed throughout the curriculum. –begin to understand the complexity of many social issues and the need for critical understanding of diverse sources of information about them. Clearly, if every work in the curriculum were by a white man, it would be hard if not impossible for us to meet these goals and to form our students properly. Literature is also a window through which we look at the world around
us and learn about the lives of people who are different from us. It is also necessary to recognize that not all of our students—and not all of our department members— identify as white men. So it is important to provide mirrors for them as well. We read and teach works by women and people of color not only to learn about oppression and difference, but also to see how women and people of color experience and artistically represent the essential human truths and conflicts that all humans face. Over the past thirty or more years, our department has wrestled with the question of how to balance the practical with the philosophical, the mirror with the window. In the mid-90s we were granted funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study the literature of men and women. For many years we offered a course that drew on that study. We have made conscious efforts to add female voices to our curriculum, notably in sophomore English and several of our senior electives. We have also made an effort to add brilliant female voices to our department. Over the past 15 years, of the eight full-time English teachers we have hired, five are women. Yet we still have more work to do. As we continue to review and renew our curriculum through the current school-wide Understanding by Design initiative, we commit to meeting the first letter writer’s challenge while continuing to strive for the ideals championed by the second letter writer.
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eniors Brian Lymberopolous, Joe Miner, Kolin King, Collin Gund, Andrew Chabloz, and Jack Schoen are volunteering this month at John Cary Early Childhood Center preschool in the Mehlville school district, as teachers’ assistants and aids. So far, no one day at John Cary has been the same as another. The seniors work alongside teachers, often times teaching with the adults, helping the preschoolers with their work, or simply staying around to play with the kids during break time. The school day is divided into two separate sessions—an “A” group of
younger students in the morning and a set of older “B” students in the afternoon. Acting as a preschool teacher for two energized groups of kids has proven to be a draining endeavor. “You would think we would just be sitting there, not doing much, but you’ve got to be on guard most of the time. Most of the kids are usually looking at you, so you can’t look bored, or else they’ll get bored, so we have to be constantly involved. It takes way more energy than you would think,” said Lymberopolous. Thus far, the seniors have taught the alphabet and instructed students how to write their name. Similar to any school environment, encountering new situations has presented its challenges
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eniors Brad Pike, Paul Reddy, Justin Surber, and Will McCann are completing their Senior Service Project doing a wide range of tasks at Dressel Elementary school in the Lindbergh District. The focus of much of their work has to do with special needs students. ¨They are a bit more relaxed than SLUH,¨ said McCann, who typically arrives at 8:30 for his service and leaves at 3:00. Coming into this experience, McCann was a bit nervous. “I didn’t have any younger siblings so I never really had to talk to younger kids, especially kids with special needs,” said McCann. “I was nervous I wouldn’t know how to do it and I’d be all weird around them.” Despite this, McCann learned quickly not to fret. “That first day just taught me they really are just kids just trying to get through school and live their lives like we are,”
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Senior Project Spotlight: No two days the same at John Cary Early Childhood Center BY John Browdy REPORTER
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to the seniors, some of them working with young children or mute students for the first time in their lives. “Seeing the mute students trying to interact with the other kids and helpers has been pretty tough, but they do have iPads with apps to help articulate their thoughts, so it has been a matter of getting them to open up and use them. It’s a pretty cool system; all of these kids are pretty bright,” said Lymberopolous. As he wraps up his first week, Lymberopolous is grateful for the time he has already spent in service, and appreciative for the chance to work so consistently with a diverse group of kids—an otherwise challenging task to work into the hectic life of a senior.
said McCann. “It became really easy to talk to them, to just have fun. It went way better than I thought it would go.” Each one of the seniors has a unique job within the school. Pike, for example, follows around a fourth grader with autism all day. He is there to help make the teacher’s job a bit easier and bond with the student, who enjoys shooting hoops at recess. Surber is responsible for helping kids with behavioral and learning disabilities. Reddy assists the staff in the speech and social skills room and helps with both neurotypical kids (those who don’t suffer from any disability) and those who are not neurotypical. McCann is based in the room for language and fluency. All four of the seniors have had the chance to bond with students and have gotten to know them pretty well. McCann recalled a very special story from his very first day with a bit of a chuckle. “So my first day there was this little girl. She walked in, came behind me, and told me to sit, and I said ‘What are you
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talking about?’, and she said ‘Sit.’ And pointed at this bean bag chair,” said McCann. “I sat down and she started piling stuffed animals on me and even gave me a little wand to hold.” The seniors also serve the kids academically when they aren’t buried in plush toys. “My room’s main focus is on reading. Kids come in for 30 minutes to an hour and we sit down and read and write with them.” said McCann. McCann helps them keep their spot in the text, pronounce words they stumble on, and tries to enhance their reading experience. The teachers have also helped to make the experience a good one by helping the seniors get adjusted. “The teachers are really accepting,” said McCann. “They’re really grateful for the help. I’m extremely grateful that SLUH does this. It’s impressive to see the motivation, the tenacity of each one of them trying, not just giving up after 5 seconds. I’m super excited to wake up every morning and go there.”
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SLUH tweet of the week: St. Louis U. High @sluhjrbills This month 239 seniors continue their development as #menforothers for Senior Project. They are serving at 66 sites in the St. Louis area, France, Guatemala, Russia, and Taiwan. Over the course of 18 school days, this equates to more than 30,000 service hours! #AMDG #worldview
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were SLUH, CBC, John Burroughs, Hazelwood East, Cardinal Ritter, Bishop DuBourg, Hazelwood Central, Soldan, Carnahan, Urbana, St. Louis Christian, McCleur, U. City, and Jennings. The Athletic Department settled on using a tripleelimination bracket format tournament, and although 14 teams is not ideal, the department made it work. The top two teams received first round byes to accommodate the inconvenience. “Most Christmas-time tournaments everybody is going to try to get three games, and so we got everyone three the way we structured it,” said Muskopf. “Some teams got four, but everybody at least had three.” Claggett came up with “Legends of Winter,” to dedicate to the various coaches who have helped shape him and his colleagues throughout their basketball careers. “Every year we want to acknowledge high school coaches that have kind of given back to the community and how they’ve help basketball players become successful,” said Claggett. The ten honored coaches had brief biographies broadcast over the P.A. in between quarters of the games as well as biographies printed in the tournament programs. According to Muskopf, an official ceremony with the coaches present is a goal for the tournament next year. Parent volunteers and
student volunteers helped with various tasks at the tournament. Parents worked a hospitality room for coaches, officials, and school administrators. Junior Jimmy Stanley and alumni Jimmy Coen headed up the social media, with jobs ranging from sending out highlight plays, working music, hospitality, and score updates. Muskopf believed the turnout for the games went better than he expected. Most days the stands were full, although not to the point where there was no more room for spectators. “Day one was ok, but for days two, three, and four (the attendance) got progressively bigger,” said Muskopf. Cardinal Ritter defeated Soldan in the championship game to win the inaugural tournament. Urbana avenged their opening game loss as they went on to beat SLUH in the consolation championship. The first year of the tournament ended up being a very successful and well organized event, according to Muskopf. As planning begins for next year’s event, the Athletic Department is hopeful they can expand the tournament to 16 teams and eventually move the tournament to a larger offsite venue. “It took a lot of effort to run the tournament, but I think it went well. The teams who participated were really appreciative, and we were appreciative of them,” Muskopf said.
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-mize what English brings to the table to help (the juniors) with your understanding of how to respond to a prompt and how to write a really great college admissions essay,” said English teacher Steve Missey. “We could also maximize what college counseling brings, with expertise about this exact essay in its real context.” The essays will be revisited formally later in the year when students meet with their counselors and again during the summer college application work week. College counseling hopes that by introducing the essay early and working on it throughout the year, they can help students avoid stress and produce more refined work. “So what we’re doing this year is an effort to work with the English department to bring their skills to the forefront, us to bring our skills to the forefront, and to build this partnership for us to bring these skills to the students in a thoughtful manner,” said college counseling chair Kevin Crimmins. The effectiveness of a
college admissions essay depends largely on its ability to appeal to the admissions officers of whatever school the application is sent to. The essays are read quickly with less attention to detail and more emphasis on the big picture of who the applicant is. Students who feel like they need to impress their English teacher may write less authentic or overly intellectual essays, or miss their audience. Both departments hope that the collaboration leads to the kind of interesting, self-expressive essays that are effective for college applications. “I want to make this more real world and less academic,” said Crimmins. Student reaction was mostly positive. Many are eager to gain an understanding of the essay as part of the larger process of producing an application. “I liked writing about something that was distinctly me, and found it easy to write about something I cared about and enjoyed,” said junior Colin Floretta.
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public. While the popularity of each figure may vary, all of the men depicted in the mural were Jesuits who in some way or another were involved with sciences, the arts, exploration, innovation, linguistics, and missionary efforts. Since the main goal of the artwork was to tie into the Innovation Lab and what the lab means, Powers chose men that were going to the frontiers of whatever it is they were passionate about. The Jesuit icons that were drawn by Powers are colored in blue and grey, with additional varieties of red included in some of the figures. Powers chose the “sketchbook style” for the figures to display the types of drawings or sketches that are seen in innovation, such as drawings that are a work in progress or are the basis of what is being created. “I wanted each figure to feel sort of sketchy, and loose, and innovative. When it comes to innovation, a lot of it is trial and error. It’s following step-by-step processes. It’s coming up with blueprints and drafts and editing those drafts, so I wanted this mural to feel like a blueprint or a draft,” said Powers. Powers based his style for the icons on a Benedictine monk’s drawings of saints and holy men and women that he saw in feast day pamphlets at the College Church at Saint Louis University. Powers also wanted to keep the drawings playful and fun to make them relatable and interesting to younger people. Originally, the second
mural did not include a background, and it only featured a textured grey color; however, the idea was suggested that it would be more interesting to include some examples of the work that these men did in the backdrops. These works include a document that Matteo Ricci translated into Chinese, some geometric works by Christopher Clavius, a map of the Spanish reductions where Martin Schmid worked, and a map of the moon by astronomer Francesco Grimaldi. The most noticeable work of art included in the mural’s background is a giant map that includes the river that Jean De Brebeuf would have travelled on as a missionary. The backgrounds also include works from Jesuits who are not on the mural, such as handwriting from Gerard Manley Hopkins, a famous Jesuit poet. “While I only have 18 men depicted on the mural, I actually drew about 24 in total. Xavier was one of them, but he didn’t make the cut. While he is certainly an explorer and a linguist, in the grand scheme of things, Xavier is thought more of as a missionary and a founder of the Jesuits than he is as an innovator, which is also why Ignatius is not depicted on the mural,” said Powers. While Powers does revere and appreciate those men for what they did for the Church and the world, he believes that they could go on another work of art in the future. “This mural is really just arts and sciences, and my original thought process was that I could do more of
Ignatian Pilgrimage Part II: Paris & Rome SLUH students have the opportunity to embark on the trip of a lifetime: to travel from Paris to Rome in SLUH’s second Ignatian Pilgrimage. The pilgrimage will visit the Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Catacombs, Assisi, and several other important landmarks from the life of St. Ignatius. The trip is from June 10-22, and will cost $2800. There will be an information session on Monday, Jan. 14 during Activity Period in 215C. Please contact Fr. Joe Hill for any questions.
these murals. For instance one of the subjects that came to mind was to just do icons of the original Jesuits, which would include Xavier, Ignatius, and Peter Faber, so I am just saving those for later,” said Powers. Like the first mural, the second mural has a message tied to innovation that is both similar but distinct from the quote in the first mural. ‘As My Father Has Sent Me, So Now I Send You’ is essentially a message of obedience. The Jesuits probably pride themselves most in their vow of obedience, and I wanted people to know that even though these men were leaders in the arts and sciences, as well as innovation and exploration, first and foremost they tried to be followers for Christ,” said Powers. Both murals went through six to seven drafts. The original drafts were first designed on paper and were shown to some administrators, as well as some people with an eye for art and design, who each gave their feedback. The feedback caused the designs for the murals to change drastically from what they looked like originally to the finished product. Despite the murals being very different in the type of art they depict, they are both heavily based on the Jesuit faith and display messages of innovation, which Powers said he portrayed to combine science and faith together in one way. “One of the reasons why I made the murals explicitly religious is because in con-
temporary times, a lot of people liked to separate the sciences from faith, but the Jesuits are a living example that faith and reason are not separate, but that they are hand-in-hand,” said Powers. The religious ideals and messages depicted in the piece were praised by Carruthers, who also enjoyed the details and style of the piece itself. “The mural turned out beautiful and meaningful, and the message is right on target. After the installation, I was thrilled how the smaller design translated into such a large scale. In the end, the murals reflect the Ignatian historical tradition of using faith, intellect, innovation, problem solving, creativity and exploration on the frontiers to solve real world problems,” said Carruthers. Powers takes pride in his work, and wants the students of SLUH to look up to the Jesuits in the murals as influential people in their lives. “I am very honored to make something so big for St. Louis U High. I’ve made a lot of big artwork elsewhere in other clubs and restaurants, but I have never made anything this big and this permanent for SLUH. I’m very grateful to be able to share my knowledge and my talents with the school,” said Powers. “I hope that each passerby gets a little more wisdom from the piece, and I hope that the young men passing by from the Innovation Lab can look to these Jesuits on the wall as mentors or role models for them.”
The Prep News sends its condolences and prayers to Mr. Allen Boedeker and his family as they grieve the loss of Mary Boedeker, Mr. Boedeker’s wife. Please keep the Boedeker family in your prayers.
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he St. Louis U High hockey team bounced back from two disappointing early season games against Chaminade and CBC with a string of convincing victories over the break, including wins against Edwardsville, Kirkwood, Oakville, and MCC rivals St. John Vianney, De Smet, and CBC. The team showcased a powerful offense along with a rock solid defense, scoring at least three goals in every game except against CBC and did not allow more than one goal. SLUH has been playing with a lot of energy and having fun doing it while showing some great potential as they approach postseason play. The team’s record now sits at 13-1-1. The Jr. Bills took the ice against Edwardsville on Dec. 20 and went into the game thirsty for a victory. The game started with a solid first period, where they scored two goals, the first coming from senior Henry Wagner and the second coming from junior Patrick Simoncic. The offense took control of the game and SLUH retained possession for most of the first period. The Jr. Bills opened the second period with a quick goal from Wagner, his second of the game, but Edwardsville finally got on the scoreboard off of a power play with nine minutes left in the second. The Jr. Bills struck back with their own power play goal from junior Jack Hazelton. In the third, SLUH finished
Edwardsville off, with the dagger coming from junior Preston Johnson, ending the game with the final score of 6-1 SLUH. “(We were) just trying to get off to a quick start to our five games during the break,” said junior Bob Lockwood. “We took it one game at a
The Jr. Bills were not satisfied, though, as junior Alex Beville scored an early goal in the third, and Wagner put another point on the board close to the game’s conclusion. SLUH left the game victorious the final score 5-1. “The Jesuit Cup is more than just another game,” said
Senior Henry Wagner against De Smet.
time. We had to get the first win to get the next four.” The next day, the Jr. Bills faced De Smet in the Jesuit Cup, an important game that would earn the winner bragging rights and the Jesuit Cup trophy. The game began unexpectedly for SLUH as De Smet managed to score the first goal of the game only three minutes into the first. Six minutes after the De Smet score, senior Gabe Schwartz made the score 1-1. The Jr. Bills found their stride in the second, starting with a goal from Lockwood up close and personal, and another last-minute goal from junior Trey Lyons.
head coach Jack Behan. “Our guys take great pride in wearing the SLUH jersey and want the honor of being the top Jesuit high school team.” After a week-long break, the team took on Kirkwood on Dec. 28. Lyons opened the scoring with 12:13 remaining in the first. The rest of the first remained quiet, but SLUH kept up the pressure in the second and added a twoon-one fast break goal from Simoncic. “We were trying to get pucks deep, work the corners,” said Simoncic. “We were just trying to get shots on net.” With a goal coming from
senior Nate Pawlow in the third, the Jr. Bills seemed to have the game all but won. Kirkwood eventually got on the scoreboard with a goal coming with 6:50 left in the game, but it didn’t take long for the Bills to respond with a goal coming from Lockwood with 4:55 left, making the fi-
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he St. Louis U. High wrestling squad came back from Christmas break explosively—winning one
tri-meet, splitting another, and taking third in the Vianney tournament. SLUH went 2-0 at a Ritenour tri-meet last Thursday, taking down Ritenour 46-11 and tackling MICDS 49-22. Seniors John
Murphy, Jake Pineda, and sophomore Bobby Conroy’s first place finishes highlighted the Jr. Bills impressive third place finish at the Vianney tournament last Saturday. The boys wrapped up their busy week by going 1-1 at a tri-meet at SLUH, falling to St. Mary’s 30-27 and taking down Bishop DuBourg 41-24. Over break, the team practiced hard to prepare for the increased level of competition they will face in January and February. “We’ve worked day in and day out with the coaches, who have made sure to work us hard,” said senior captain John Murphy. “I worked hard to capitalize on the free time I was given (over break) … I wanted to surpass kids who had beaten me earlier in the season.” Last Thursday, the art | Nick Koenig team headed northwest to
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and took over a major role on the team from the second he stepped onto the court with his quick ability to move the ball and momentous energy. In spite of McClain’s impact, SLUH’s offense was unable to get rolling, only being able to establish their shooting game on occasional outside shots. SLUH was unable to penetrate the paint, an issue they have had all year due to size. The transition defense was inefficient and early turnovers plagued the young team. SLUH took home their first victory on Dec. 28 against the Cavaliers from Bishop DuBourg. Freshman Luke Johnston put the team on his back, dropping 14 points in the second quarter alone and finishing with 18. The game was close throughout and SLUH was able to shut down DuBourg’s ability to score points in the paint. It was a deserved win by the boys in blue, but it was not pretty. Seniors Christian Wallace-Hughes
t. Louis U. High basketball played seven games over the break, including three in the annual Legends of Winter Roundball Classic. Just halfway through, the Bills are 2-11, a rough start, but there have been some shining moments. The first game they played was against CBC and due to a lack of effort and focus they were demolished resembling the beginning of the season mistakes. The Legends of Winter Roundball Classic was next, which proved to be a similar outcome against Cardinal Ritter in comparison to CBC. In the next rounds, SLUH’s young, explosive team flickered as they defeated Bishop DuBourg and John Burroughs, their first two wins of the season. In the consolation championship SLUH had the opportunity to win their third straight but blew the lead photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott in the fourth quarter. Continunal score 4-1. ing with the bright last games, The next night SLUH had to face off against yet another MCC rival, this time Vianney. Once again, SLUH let up the first goal, but SLUH came back with a goal from Wagner with 4:30 left in the period and then took the lead with a power play goal from Lyons in the final minute of the first to make the score 2-1 going into the second. “(After the first) we started playing more aggressive, making sure we got more pucks to the net,” said Lockwood. “We also wanted to start throwing more bodies Sophomore Freddie Cooper versus Chaminade. around.” photo | Jonel Olar
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Wrestling dominates pair of tri-meets along with third place at Vianney tournament BY
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battle both MICDS and Ritenour at Ritenour in a trimeet. Despite a lack of early wins against an impressive MICDS squad, the wrestlers were able to redeem themselves and pull through with a win due to several pins, defeating MICDS 49-22. Next, SLUH faced Ritenour and earned a blowout victory over the small team. Highlighted by wins from Bobby Conroy, Kevin Flack, Will Coovert, and Leo Wagner, the SLUH team earned enough points to emerge victorious at the tri meet, outscoring Ritenour 46-11. The next day, the SLUH JV team travelled to Vianney to participate in their annual wrestling tournament. Although the tournament has a reputation of bringing in tough competition from reputable wrestling programs, the Jr. Bills held their own,
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SLUH held Chaminade to a three-point lead at half but ultimately was never able to overcome the deficit. “We have had a rough first half of the season. It has been tough to get rhythm, but there is a lot of good and young talent in this program who will continue to get better and make the rest of us better,” senior Carter Kane said. In the first game of the break, SLUH faced CBC in a one-sided battle. SLUH was able to put up a mere 12 points in the first half next to CBC’s 30 points. SLUH trailed the whole game and couldn’t close the scoring gap. The overall effort and energy was lacking for the Jr. Bills from the start and the final score showed it. SLUH was dominated on the transitional game and rebounds all night, and they were unable to prevent CBC’s explosive three-point game from catching fire. SLUH’s first game of the Legends of Winter Roundball Classic was against the highly regarded Cardinal Ritter team. Freshman standout Jaden McClain had his high school debut
and Trip Dolan both were in foul trouble by the second quarter, and SLUH relied on its bench with sophomore Freddie Cooper getting solid playing time. Following the confidenceboosting win over DuBourg, the Jr. Bills struck again, demolishing John Burroughs 52-36. McClain again showed his quick abilities on the court by putting up 21 points and carrying the brunt of the workload on offense. However, alongside his stellar offensive performance, the defense was all over the place and SLUH committed ten personal fouls in the first half. With early foul trouble and repeat issues with turnovers, SLUH was unable to hold their momentum against Burroughs. “Once we get our issue with composure and turnovers down, we will be good,” said Dolan. “I think we did well with that against DuBourg and Burroughs, which in the end, proved out well for us.” The next and last game of the consolation bracket for the Jr. Bills proved to be a heartbreaker, as the team showed a
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he St. Louis U. High rifle team had a productive winter break. Though there were no team competitions, an alumni match and an individual qualifier provided plenty of practice opportunities for the shooters. Shooters from Missouri participated in the qualifier for the U.S. Junior Olympics on Jan. 5. According to head coach Will Bresnahan, the match was different than most in terms of scoring because it was an individual only event with no team scores. SLUH’s three varsity team seniors—Adam Stemmler, Hayden Steingruby, and Jack Doyle—participated in the match and fared well. Stemmler came out on top and secured an automat-
ic bid to this year’s Junior Olympics. Steingruby scored high enough to qualify for the competition as well. But Doyle will have to wait to see if he qualifies. “Doyle had a good day, but finished a little behind Adam and Hayden and will have to wait for the ‘at large’ invites to be sent out to receive his qualification,” said Bresnahan. Approaching the midpoint of the season, with the Missouri State Championship coming up at the end of February, Bresnahan mentioned that the team is in pretty good shape compared to the same point at last season. “The team’s position is definitely stronger than last year. The varsity team is comprised of three elite seniors and one of the hallmarks of
senior-laden teams is their consistency week in and week out,” said Bresnahan. Senior Anthony Rizzo agrees with Bresnahan. “We did lose a varsity member this year but still have the core of the team... We still maintain great potential,” said Rizzo. A small but noticeable source of the team’s success this year is that many matches are held at SLUH. The rifle team practices four days a week at SLUH, so when it comes time to have a match, the shooters are comfortable. The lighting at SLUH’s range also helps. “Our target lighting is also some of the brightest, which definitely helps the scores. Lighting at rifle ranges varies wildly,” said Bresnahan. This Saturday, the club will participate in the NRA International Sectional at SLUH. The freshmen, JV, and varsity teams will be shooting. According to Rizzo, the varsity team will need to focus on increasing personal scores in future matches. “With the matches we have left before the (Missouri) Junior Olympic match it is important that the core of the team gets their personal score in order to qualify for that match, 560 out of 600 standing position at the lowest,” said Rizzo.
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fter having two weeks for just practices and a casual alumni tournament, the St. Louis U. High racquetbill team found itself back on the courts Wednesday. The St. Louis U. High varsity 1 team faced off against fellow classmates on varsity 2 at the courts of Vetta Concord, defeating them by a score of 5-0. The No. 1 seed match featured seniors Matthew Hayes for varsity 1 and Joe Miner for varsity 2. Hayes managed to dominate his match against Miner and had total control over the court. Miner put up a strong fight throughout the match, but in the end, Miner fell to Hayes’s strong play. The No. 2 seed match was not played this Wednesday because varsity 1’s Ryan Lieser was in surgery. He would have played against varsity 2’s Collin Gund. The two SLUH teams are currently trying to find a later date for the two seniors to play. Junior Andrew Porterfield won his No. 3 seed match for varsity 1 by dominating the court against senior Eli Saadi with his effective “Z serves” and wide angle shots. “My passes were good today, and my pinches weren’t, so I stuck to down the line and wide angle passes,” said Porterfield. Junior Nick Schulze defeated senior Jacob Nelson by a score of 15-3 in the first
game and 15-1 in the second game. Schulze used good serves to overpower Nelson and propel him to a win. “I had good serves, but I need to work more on my shot placement because I left too many shots in the middle of the court,” said Schulze. Senior Ryan Juergens for varsity 1 defeated senior Cole Banker 15-2, 15-8. With excellent placement on the court, Juergens dominated the court. “I just need to work on some things like my backhand follow through,” said Juergens. Junior Tommy Phillips stepped up with incredible play for the V1 team to overpower senior Jakub Gorzko from the V2 team. With strong serves throughout the entire match, Phillips racked up a few points and established an effective serve rotation along with his power and energy. Phillips managed to dominate in his match by only letting up a total of five points
in his 15-3, 15-2 win. “My passing and my angles on my shots were also solid. Overall, all of my shots were really working well and I was able to feel in control nearly the entire time,” said Phillips. The doubles team however, which would have had senior Liam John and senior Zach Pavlisin from the V1 team against V2’s seniors Dan Mahn and Nick Rakonick, was delayed because Pavlisin is in Guatemala for his senior project. The match is hoped to be rescheduled. After a long-awaited match for the SLUH racquetball team, both varsity teams had an opportunity to put all their work from practices into action. The varsity 1 managed to plow through varsity 2, only allowing around an average of 6 points per match. Varsity 1 is off from regular season matches next week before facing off against Lindbergh at Vetta Concord on Tuesday, Jan. 22.
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Sophomore Bobby Conroy at the Ritenour tri-meet.
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with two JV wrestlers placing Friday night. Sophomore Logan Neumann continued his undefeated season, taking first place and winning his final match with an impressive pin. Freshman Jack Onder won an exhausting match that went deep into the third period and ended when Onder had completed a tech fall, which occurs when a wrestler outscores his opponent by 15 points. “For Onder, the key has been hard work in the practice room and experience. He has grown with each of his matches and continues to do so. As his conditioning and attention to detail improve, he will become an even better wrestler. Logan
pushed himself to get better in the top position and rely more on skill than strength. The results showed that work. Now, he just needs to learn that there is no smiling on the medal stand,” said freshman coach Sean O’Brien. The next day, the varsity wrestlers arrived at Vianney for the varsity tournament with an appetite for high place finishes. Senior captain Jake Pineda took first for the third time in his SLUH career at the tournament, winning 9-0 through major decision against some possible opponents later in the year at districts. “I was excited to face district opponents at Vianney,” said senior captain Jake Pineda. “So any district op-
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ponent I face, I place special importance on winning because it will affect my seeding in the district tournament.” Murphy was also able to take first place through major decision. Sophomore Bobby Conroy, who won the tournament for his second time, displayed his impressive skill set as he successfully took down his opponent, taking the match through all three periods, winning 15-3. Junior wrestler Kevin Flack also had an exceptional day as he earned a second place finish. Senior Zack Bievenue was also able to grab an impressive second place finish, losing only his final match to one of the top wrestlers in SLUH’s district. The Bills ended the tourna-
ment with an impressive third-place finish. “I’m very pleased with our team finish,” said Pineda. “This is my fourth time wrestling this tournament and it’s one of the only times we have ever scored high in the Vianney tournament. So yeah, I’m really pleased with how we placed and how strong we’re pushing through January.” On Tuesday night, SLUH hosted both St. Mary’s and DuBourg in a tri-meet. Wanting to win on their own campus and impress the home crowd, SLUH put forth a strong effort against St. Mary’s first and DuBourg second. With a blowout 41-24 win and several pins against DuBourg, highlighted by Murphy’s 2-0 finish, the SLUH wrestlers confidently faced St. Mary’s. Despite a strong start from the Jr. Bills, St. Mary’s caught up to SLUH’s early lead and topped them, winning by a mere three points—27-24. “I think we did extremely well overall,” said Murphy. “The number one thing we’ve been working on and need to continue to work on is wrestling our match. We got in too many ties, and as a team that’s not our strong suit. We have to focus on getting out of those ties, getting angles and taking quality shots.” Despite a loss to St. Mary’s, the team found hope
in sophomore Cam Perry’s persistence against his opponents. “One guy who stood out was Cam,” said Murphy. “He lost his match against St. Mary’s, but he was a major inspiration for the team. The guy was a lot better than him, but no matter what happened, Cam kept fighting as hard as he could, and it takes a lot of courage to do that.” JV will head to Fox High School to participate in their annual wrestling tournament on Saturday, while the varsity team will wrestle in the 141 Rumble Tournament at Rockwood Summit High School, also on Saturday.
The team is looking forward to tough competition, as the tournament will be featuring four top ranked teams and over thirty five ranked wrestlers. “The team has been drilling fundamentals and working on conditioning. We needed to revisit our single leg attacks and develop better finishes so I hope that work is apparent at these tournaments. It’s always dangerous to look too far ahead, so the MCC tournament will be our focus next week. Right now, we are getting ready for a tough, but fun weekend of wrestling,” said O’Brien.
Head basketball coach Erwin Claggett was recently named by Delux Magazine as one of the top 100 most inspiring and influential urban professionals in St. Louis. The Prep News will publish an article covering the award in its next issue.
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balanced offense and a strong three quarters against Urbana. Notable performances were from the freshmen, Johnston and McClain, who combined for 22 points, a possible dynamic duo in the near future. It was not just the freshmen who showed up to play, though. Dolan showed effort and hustle throughout the game, rallying the team at its low points and going full throttle for all four quarters. Unfortunately, with all of their effort, the Jr. Bills gave up 27 points in the fourth quarter and lost the game, giving Urbana the consolation tournament championship. As far as the defensive side of the ball goes, foul trouble plagued the Bills once again, and they managed to up their game in the foul department by committing two technical fouls. “We thought we had it,” junior Demarcus Bond said. “We got ahead of ourselves and we weren’t competing. Competing has been a big thing for us all year and something we really have worked on individually.” SLUH closed out the break by hosting their MCC rivals, Chaminade, in a usually close battle. SLUH started off strong shutting down the Chaminade offense on the three point game in the first half. The Achilles heel was transition defense. Bond stood out as a major leader in this game, something the younger stars have been searching for. As the third quarter came around, the fatigue of the
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Jr. Bills began to kick in and the point differential grew to 15. The strong first half defensive performance was not enough to stop the explosive Chaminade offense. “In those games that we won, we really took care of the ball and played good defense all 32 minutes which helped us come to some good wins. Hopefully we can build off of that for the rest of the season,” said Kane. CBC 17 13 26 14 70 SLUH 7 5 9 6 27 (0-7): Johnston 11, Lang 7, FG 10, FT 2-4.
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The second period remained quiet on the scoreboard until late in the period when Lockwood scored a rocket assisted by Schwartz, which marked the fourth game in a row where Lockwood netted a goal. The Jr. Bills led 3-1 into the third and tacked on another point with a goal from Gabe Schwartz with seven minutes left in the third. The score would remain 4-1 until the end of the game, giving SLUH another win.
out very similarly to the second. It was a back and forth battle with strong play by both teams. As time ticked down, the fans were restless and the intensity was high. The pressure remained until with three minutes left, Wagner found the net giving SLUH the lead. After the goal, the Jr Bills defense shut down CBC’s last rush and secured the 2-1 victory. “The CBC win brought a tremendous amount of satisfaction after losing 5-0 ear-
more goals by sophomore Matthew Warnecke and once again Wagner to make the final score 4-1, bringing the Jr. Bills’ win streak to seven in a row. “We were moving the puck really well and we were talking really well, communicating stuff like that.” said Dimaggio. “And we were really executing our plays.” In the final game of the stretch, SLUH took on De Smet once again at Queeny Ice rink. SLUH came onto
Edwardsville 0 1 0 1 SLUH 3 1 2 6 SLUH (7-1-1) Wagner 2, Simoncic, Hazelton, Johnson, Lockwood De Smet 1 0 0 1 SLUH 1 2 2 5 SLUH (8-1-1) Schwartz, Lockwood, Lyons, Beville, Wagner Kirkwood 0 0 1 1 SLUH 1 1 2 4 SLUH (9-1-1) Lyons, Simoncic, Pawlow, Lockwood Vianney 1 0 0 1 SLUH 2 1 1 4 SLUH (10-1-1) Wagner, Lyons, Lockwood, Schwartz
Cardinal Ritter 27 9 28 6 70 SLUH 7 6 12 7 32 SLUH (0-8): Johnston 13, Wallace Hughes 9, FG 12, FT 6-12.
CBC 1 0 0 1 SLUH 0 1 1 2 SLUH(11-1-1) Lyons, Wagner
DuBourg 12 10 7 11 40 SLUH 8 24 5 12 49 SLUH (1-8): Johnston 18, Lang 10, Bond 10, FG 16, FT 8-12.
Oakville 0 1 0 1 SLUH 1 1 2 4 SLUH(12-1-1) Dimaggio, Wagner 2, Warnecke,
Burroughs 5 12 11 8 36 SLUH 17 16 3 16 52 SLUH (2-8): McClain 22, Wallace Hughes 7, FG 15, FT 15-23.
Urbana 7 7 13 27 54 SLUH 9 13 11 12 45 Senior Brendan Rasch protecting the net against De Smet. SLUH (2-9): Johnston 13, Wallace Hughes 8, McClain 9, FG After the big win against lier in the season,” said Behan. 16, FT 10-14. Vianney, the team faced off “The win also launched us against CBC, SLUH’s big- into first place on the all imChaminade 11 20 18 25 74 gest rival on the ice, on New portant loss side. This win was SLUH 12 14 8 16 50 Year’s day. For the third game huge for our season.” SLUH (2-10): Johnston 14, in a row, the opponent scored SLUH used its momenBond 9, Cooper 8, FG 19, FT first with 13 minutes left in tum to carry them into their 8-14. the first. The Jr. Bills’ defense next game against Oakville looked strong despite the two days later away at the early goal, and managed to South County Ice Rink. kill off a CBC power play. The Though a strong start ofscore remained 0-1 for the fensively, the Jr. Bills did not rest of the first. manage to put the puck away The second period was until the last two minutes marked by back and forth of the first with a goal from play. Both teams were evenly freshman Mario Dimaggio, matched and the puck was giving them a 1-0 lead. moving from half to half The second period constantly. That is until Ly- brought with it another SLUH ons sent a puck off the CBC goal from Wagner, but it goalie’s skate and into the goal was followed by a goal from from behind the net to tie the Oakville to make the game a game up, sending the packed bit more interesting. student section into a frenzy. In the third period, their Junior Demarcus Bond receiving a handshake. photo | Jonel Olar The third period played hard work finally paid off with
De Smet 0 0 0 0 SLUH 1 2 0 3 SLUH(13-1-1) Simoncic, Hazelton, Schwartz, photo | Mrs. Kathy Chott
the ice with ferocity, playing physically from the get go, but were unable to find the net until late in the first, after Simoncic sent a slapper from the blue line in for a goal with less than four minutes remaining in the first. That goal would be the only one of the first period. In the second, it did not take as long for the Jr. Bills to find the back of the net. Three minutes in, Schwartz tallied another goal, putting SLUH up by two. That wasn’t the end of the scoring though, as Hazelton sent another slap shot in for a goal, solidifying the 3-0 lead that the Jr. Bills would carry through the rest of the game. “It was just another game for us,” said Simoncic. “Another day at the office really.”
The Jr. Bills’ offense has been explosive and the defense has looked lockdown. SLUH’s winning streak is now at eight, and the rest of the schedule looks interesting, with games against CBC, Chaminade, and De Smet lying ahead. SLUH hockey now looks to tonight where they will play CBC at the Affton Ice Rink. “We set our goal at the beginning of break to win all five games during the break,” said Behan. “It was an extremely tough stretch of games and the guys were definitely up to the challenge.”
Underclassman Briefs B Team Hockey (1-1-2) 12/16-Fox Red B SLUH 110 F: 2 Fox Red 0 1 1 F: 2 Goals: Sean Wiegers (1), John Browdy (1) JV Hockey (8-1-4) 12/16- Marquette JV SLUH 000 F: 0 Marquette 1 0 2 F: 3 Peter Lally (16 saves) 12/21-De Smet JV SLUH 000 F: 0 De Smet 0 0 0 F: 0 Cole Jansky (31 saves)
12/31-Parkway South JV SLUH 0 3 2 F: 5 Parkway 1 1 0 F: 2 Goals: John Pinkowski (1), Ryan Spinner (1), Tyler Lindhorst (1), Joey Perotti (1), Jack Moehle (1)
1/7- St. Charles SLUH 0 0 F: 36 St. Charles 0 0 F: 33 1/8- Confluence Prep SLUH 0 0 F: 45 Confluence 0 0 F: 38
C Basketball Team (White) (8-5-0) 1/6- Francis Howell JV 12/20-CBC SLUH 1 1 1 F: 3 SLUH 16 18 F: 34 Francis Howell 0 0 0 F: 0 CBC 2 15 F: 17 Goals: Gustav Winter (1), Chris Brooks (17 pts),(4 asst) John Pinkowski (1), John Loretta (1) 12/26-Kirkwood SLUH 23 16 F: 39 JV Basketball (6-3-0) Kirkwood 18 10 F: 28 12/13-MICDS Mikey Floretta (10 pts) SLUH 00 F: 47 Chris Brooks (5 pts),(8 MICDS 0 0 F: 33 rebs),(7 asst)
12/23- Lindbergh JV SLUH 1 1 1 F: 3 Lindbergh 0 0 0 F: 0 Goals: Ben Winkleman (1), 12/20-CBC Ryan Spinner (1), Preston SLUH 00 Johnson (1) CBC 00
F: 27 F: 32
12/30-Lafayette JV 1/4-Chaminade SLUH 2 1 1 F: 4 SLUH 00 Lafayette 1 2 1 F: 4 Chaminade 0 0 Goals: John Loretta (2), Joey Perotti (1), Cole Fitzhenry (1)
F: 59 F: 52
12/27-McCluer North SLUH 19 13 F: 33 McCluer 26 28 F: 54 Mikey Floretta (15 pts),(5 rebs) 12/28-Cardinal Ritter SLUH 19 31 F: 50 Cardinal Ritter 29 28 F: 57
Mikey Floretta (15 pts),(6 12/14-Soldan International rebs) SLUH 13 22 F: 45 Chris Brooks (14 pts),(6 rebs) Soldan 20 29 F: 49 Nick Witcher (13pts),(4 rebs), 1/3- Chaminade (1 asst) SLUH 22 17 F: 39 Chaminade 10 13 F:23 12/20-CBC Chris Brooks (15 pts),(14 SLUH 23 27 F: 50 rebs) CBC 29 21 F: 50 Charlie Stewart (14 pts) Kevin Hogan (14 pts),(8 rebs) Nick Witcher (11 pts),(3 1/5- Rock Bridge (Columbia) rebs),(2 asst) SLUH 16 24 F: 40 Rock Bridge 21 12 F: 33 12/26-Cardinal Ritter Tommy Etling (8 pts),(5 rebs) SLUH 11 14 F: 25 Joe Weiss (8 pts),(13 rebs) Cardinal 17 25 F: 42 Kevin Hogan (11 pts),(9 rebs), 1/10-Westminister Gus Tettamble (11 points),(3 SLUH 18 22 F: 40 rebs),(2 asst) Westminster 9 23 F: 32 Chris Brooks (13 pts),(11rebs) 12/28-Hazelwood East Mikey Floretta (10pts) SLUH 31 16 F: 47 Hazelwood 5 5 F: 10 C Basketball Team (blue) (3- Kevin Hogan (14 pts),(6 rebs) 10-0) Gus Tettamble (10 pts),(10 12/13-De Smet rebs),(10 asst) SLUH 20 15 F: 35 De Smet 18 29 F: 47 1/4-Chaminade Kevin Hogan (14 pts),(8 rebs) SLUH 20 16 F: 36 Chaminade 16 28 F:44
Gus Tettamble (11 pts), (6 rebs), (5 asst) Kevin Hogan (9 pts), (11 rebs) 1/5-Rock Bridge SLUH 18 14 F: 32 Rock Bridge 29 21 F: 50 Kevin Hogan (9 pts), (4 rebs) 1/7-Webster Groves SLUH 17 25 F:42 Webster 7 17 F: 24 Gus Tettamble (9 pts),(3 rebs),(4 asst) Kevin Hogan (7 pts), (10 rebs) 1/8- Mehlville SLUH 12 21 (OT:0) F: 33 Mehlville 23 10 (OT:3) F: 36 Gus Tettamble (16 pts),(3 rebs),(2 asst)
—compiled by Jared Thornberry
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Prep News Volume 83, Issue 16
January 11, 2018 AMDG
Calendar
Faculty cleaning day
Friday, January 11 AP 3:30PM 4:00PM 5:30PM
Regular Schedule
Junior Class Mass JV2-1 Racquetball vs CBC C White Basketball @ DeSmet B Basketball @ DeSmet
Saturday, January 12 V Wrestling 141 Rumble 1:00PM JV 3 Racquetball Doubles
Sunday, January 13 12:00PM KEEN
Monday, January 14
Regular Schedule
Admissions Committee Meeting AP Snack—Chicken Bites Lunch Special—Chicken Quesadilla Vegetarian—Garden Burger 4:30PM C White Basketball vs DeSmet 5:00PM Senior Project Reflection Night 6:00PM C Blue Basketball vs DeSmet Third Floor.
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Tech Offices.
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Tuesday, January 15
Regular Schedule
Admissions Committee Meeting Senior Kairos AP Snack—Turnovers Lunch Special—Taco Bar Vegetarian—Turkey Burger 3:30PM V2 Racquetball vs Lindbergh 4:00PM C White Basketball @ Chaminade 5:30PM C Blue Basketball @ Chaminade
Wednesday, January 16
Regular Schedule
Senior Kairos AP Snack—Pizza Stick Lunch Special—Chinese Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger 3:30PM JV1-1 Racquetball vs Kirkwood 5:00PM MCC Wrestling Tournament
Thursday, January 17
Math Office.
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Regular Schedule
Senior Kairos March for Life AP Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Lunch Special—Papa John’s Vegetarian—Pasta 4:30PM C Blue Basketball vs FZS 6:00PM B Basketball vs FZS Reunion Planning Meeting 7:30PM Open Mic
Friday, January 18
Regular Schedule
Senior Kairos March for Life AP Snack—Bosco Sticks Lunch Special—BBQ French dip with Swiss Vegetarian—Pasta 3:00PM JV 3 Racquetball Doubles Tournament Eric Lewis Wrestling Tournament (V) Reunion Planning Meeting 5:00 PM Clavius set-up calendar | Handley Hicks and Ben Klevorn
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Prep News
Volume 83, Issue 16
Editor in Chief Paul “Grow Beard” Gillam
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