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BACK-TO-BACK! SLUH defeats De Smet in State Championship overtime thriller

Robotics sets school mark with eighth place finish at FIRST Competetion

BY Nicholas Dalaviras and Harrison Petty STAFF

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Players and fans celebrating after the State win.

BY Chris Staley and Blake Obert

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wo high schools, both alike in dignity, in fair St. Louis, where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny.

The 2019 Challenge Cup was not a story of love, but the game’s storied rivalry and incredible ending seemed to be something of fiction. It was the scenario every young

man on the St. Louis U. High School varsity hockey roster had dreamed about since their skates met the ice for the first time: a double overtime victory against long time Jesuit rival De Smet, and a state championship. The game was everything but tame, each fan was on the edge of their seat from the puck drop until the immaculate final goal, and subsequent delivery of the Challenge Cup back to SLUH for a second straight year.

Act I Instead of the players showing timidness, which one would expect from a game of this magnitude, both teams used aggression to counteract the butterflies. Up close and personal defense, along with fierce body checks, were rampant in the early going, and it was clear the teams were putting everything they

he Robotics team tinkered and perfected their project in the Innovation Lab for the six weeks leading up to March 15th and 16th, when they took eighth place at the FIRST Robotics Competition, Destination: Deep Space.

The competition, presented by The Boeing Company, was a worldwide event which saw 3,790 teams participating in total. Destination: Deep Space consisted of three teams competing alongside one another in an “alliance” in order to earn points by completing tasks and challenges with specially designed photo | Jonel Olar robots they had created long before. These tasks, all outer had out on the ice. space themed, included placOne possible reason ing plastic hatch panel discs for such unusual aggression could have been some chirping from De Smet during the playoffs. The Jr. Bills chose to ignore the comments and show who was boss on the ice.

“They were saying how they were going to win and that it didn’t matter who they were playing and that we were irrelevant,” said senior Gabe Schwartz. “You usually have

on mock rocket ships and loading others with cargo, represented by orange balls.

This year, the robotics team focused on building a machine which could effectively move and place the plastic hatch discs. In order to do this, the team created a unique design which used a custom built suction arm.

This efficient build was created with three suction cups which could function independently. If one failed, the other two would still be able to pick up the plastic discs, allowing the team to continue in the competition regardless of minor malfunctions. “(Junior Luke Giunta) kind of took initiative on the design of the aspect of the robot that were moving the plastic discs,” said robotics co-moderator Craig Hinders.

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TEDx at SLUH discusses youth empowerment

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Senior Alfie Arun presenting during the TEd talk. photo | courtesy of Dalton Ennis

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t. Louis U. High hosted an independently organized TED event the first Friday of spring break, attracting high school students from around the St. Louis metro area interested in learning about youth empowerment. Geared towards youth, six speakers spoke about their unique observations of how young people advocate in their community and how they interact with technology.

Senior Dalton Ennis came up with the idea last March, and applied for licens-

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Cashbah 50 Years No mid-life crisis for Cashbah as it turns 50 years old and looks forward to the next 50 with a ‘Golden Gala’ theme. Page 8 News

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ing from TED. When it was approved, Ennis approached Director of Financial Aid Craig Hannick to co-organize the event.

“I wanted it to give the audience, who were mostly Robotics team at work. youth, the idea that they could do something impactful with their life,” said Ennis.

“He actually did all the work, and I went online and did a couple checkbox things,” said Hannick. “I really like TED talks myself, and I thought it would be neat to do since I have not heard of many other high schools doing TEDx events.”

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Immersion Trips Punta Cana who? Some Jr. Bills opted for the trip of a lifetime, and traveled across North and South America to immerse themselves into service. Pages 4-5 Sports

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Track Opens Season Readers take your mark and prepare yourself to read about the opening meet of track and field. Warning: it starts out with a bang. Page 10

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Golf Defeats Vianney SLUH should have played with a handicap as Golf drives for the show and putts for the dough in a win. Page 10 Sports

Inline Begins Season As the ice begins to melt, players pull out their rollerblades for the start of another inline season.

Christian Berger returns in April to join the squad. Page 10

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Pilgrimage take two: Father Gibbons and SLUH hope for sunny skies

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early two years after it’s beginning, St. Louis U. High’s bicentennial celebartions are coming to an end, closing on April 12 with the rescheduled Bicentennial Pilgrimage.

Originally planned for Nov. 16, 2018—”SLUH Day” as proclaimed by St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson—the Bicentennial Pilgrimage was postponed until April due to a winter storm. The pilgrimage lay dormant until February when the planning committee began to ramp up preparations. Despite the pilgrimage’s three month delay, only minor changes have been made to the original schedule.

“We were ready with a light switch in November.

Everything was in place for then and now it’s just part two,” said History teacher Tom Zinselmeyer, one of five faculty members who are coordinating the event.

The other faculty members planning the events are Principal Rev. Ian Gibbons, S.J., math teacher Craig Hannick, English teacher Frank Kovarik, and art teacher Sean Powers.

Gibbons expressed worry about potential flooding on or around the pilgrimage date. Due to record breaking winter precipitation and recent flooding in the northern midwest, flooding in downtown St. Louis could possibly affect bus routes and timing.

“There’s a couple, a handful of routes that we would have to change locations. This is a river city and it just means that we have to

adapt to those changes,” said Zinselmeyer.

According to Gibbons, the April 12 pilgrimage will have a “somewhat modified” schedule due to campus being more accessible. On Nov. 16, several other bicentennial events were being held on campus, restricting the day’s timing and where and when the community could gather.

With an open campus this time around, the pilgrimage will begin 40 minutes earlier at 7:50 a.m., providing for more flexibility within the schedule.

In the morning, following homeroom meetings and an all school Mass, celebrated by the Rev. Ronny O’Dwyer, S.J., the Director of the Billiken Teachers Corps at Saint Louis University, upperclassmen will depart on busses for the Arch while underclassmen return to homeroom to complete a prelection activity. “[The prelection activity] is really to get them thinking and reflecting on their experiences within the city and what their image of downtown, what their thoughts about the future are,” said Gibbons. “So then when they experience it, they’ll be able to compare that with the reality of what they see and what they learn.”

Meanwhile, upperclassmen will meet at the Arch grounds for prayer and instruction and then depart in split-homeroom groups led by a faculty member and parent volunteer for two to three site visits. Senior advisors will be with their freshmen homerooms.

SLUH has been working

with the Gateway Arch services to coordinate its arrival to the Arch grounds. The St. Louis Police Department, National Park Service, and street services have also been notified of the event.

As the day progresses, upperclassmen and underclassmen will rotate positions, with upperclassmen returning to SLUH and underclassmen going to the Arch grounds and then to their sites.

Most groups will go on

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self-guided tours of each site, but a handful will have a SLUH alumnus meet with the group. Teachers and the nearly 85 parent volunteers will receive a packet of “bare bones and essential ‘ask Siri’” information concerning each site before the event begins, according to Zinselmeyer.

Short reflections will be held at each site, highlighting SLUH’s Ignatian outlook on the pilgrimage.

Students will be dismissed for the day at 2:30

Middle school teachers come to SLUH to better understand high school transition

BY Sam Guillemette REPORTER

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tudents may have noticed packs of unknown teachers passing their classrooms Monday morning and wondered what they were doing at SLUH. As it turns out, they were middle school educators taking part in a seminar hosted by English teacher Tim Curdt —Skills for High School Success at SLUH. The seminar, which welcomed 25 middle school teachers onto SLUH’s campus, served two goals: to share with the educators what a typical student’s transition to SLUH is like so that they can better prepare their own students for high school, and to strengthen the relationship between SLUH and its feeder schools. The program was a response to requests from middle school educators to see what SLUH’s curriculum is like, and they hope to use the experience to better inform their own curriculum.

“We’ve had a lot of feedback from principals,” said Curdt, “saying we would like support in knowing what SLUH is doing in their areas, particularly with freshman, to guide their curriculum choices, as well as resources

and guidance in developing freshman formation among our own teachers.”

The day began with a welcome and introduction to the program by Principal Rev. Ian Gibbons, S.J., followed by an overview of curriculum at SLUH presented by Curdt.

Educators were given a binder filled with information about the day, including a schedule, helpful graphics, pages for notes, and useful resources compiled by Admissions Officer Jennifer Thomas. From there, different SLUH teachers offered reviews of the curriculum in each of their specific department, including math, theology, social studies, science, and English.

“The request was to universalize the presentations to include the classes that every one of our feeder schools have,” said Curdt.

After the presentations, teachers sat in on a few SLUH classes to see the school’s curriculum and teachers in action, then enjoyed lunch and a few breakout sessions. The day concluded with a series of student presentations. The first was given by seniors Cameron Glynn and Sean Mclaughlin on the innovation lab, where the seminar took

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According to Kovarik, the extra time provided an opportunity to rethink each site. A handful of new sites have replaced old sites, that after a closer inspection, would not have adequately served the pilgrimage’s purpose. Several details of timing and routes were also adjusted.

Each of the 30 sites students will be attending on April 12 has either historical, cultural, or religious sig-

place, and the opportunities it has provided them. There were student testimonies on the transition into freshman year, given by current freshmen Gus Tettamble, John Mcarthur, and Henry Dowd.

Juniors Ethan Joly and Elijah Foster gave presentations reflecting on their freshman year.

The program was the first in what the administration hopes to be a continuing series of seminars of the same kind, with the next occurring Monday, April 1st. The event was the product of a lot of work from the SLUH administration, Curdt, Thomas, Director of Admissions Ann Murphy, and several other SLUH faculty members and teachers. According to Curdt, the event was a great success in strengthening the very important relationships between SLUH and the middle schools in the St. Louis area.

“We are supported by all of these schools, and we want to be able to support those schools in return,” said Curdt. “We’re all in it together in terms of education, specifically in terms of catholic education.”

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nificance to St. Louis and in turn, to SLUH. “We should be getting a refreshed and more detailed felt sense of where we are in St. Louis and how our school physically, culturally, spiritually is woven into the fabric of the city,” said Kovarik. “I think as we walk through the city, we’ll see the different layers of history. Some of the buildings are brand new, some of them are old and we maybe get a sense of what’s lost—the gaps. We also get

the chance to come back here and see our own school in a fresh way and think about what has changed, what has been lost, what’s still here, and what’s new.”

O’Dwyer hopes to mirror this message in the homily he will give at Mass.

“What I’d like to play with is how has the mission statement of SLU High evolved over the years, especially pertaining to some of the moments that you are going to visit,” said O’Dwyer.

“We can take three or four examples of monuments and mission statements and pair them side by side and we happen to see that the monuments are in themselves still relevant because they tell a story about the past but they also help us move forward, to see where we come from and how that story was once understood and told. And they point to where we are going.

Ironically, monuments help us move.”

O’Dwyer will likely participate in some of the pilgrimage.

Many students are looking forward to the pilgrimage—specifically the adventure, community, and lack of classes that it will bring.

“I am looking forward to it,” said freshman Clark Martin. “It’s going to be fun.

It seems like we’re going into the city and kind of look at history, about our school and of course St. Louis. There’s nothing bad about it.”

“The fact that so many of us are coming together from such a wide community shows me that the SLUH community is not just the students, it’s made up of ev-

erybody who stands behind the students too,” said sophomore Robby Brooks. “I really like that it’s bringing a lot of people together and I’m excited to see that kind of unity in our SLUH community.”

The pilgrimage provides an ideal—although early— send off opportunity for seniors, many of whom will be leaving St. Louis in several months.

“I’m excited for it. If it’s anything like what they said the first one is going to be like, it sounds cool,” said senior Max Nuccio. “[The seniors] are all going to be leaving soon and a lot of us are probably not going to come back and live in St. Louis so it’s kind of a good time to get in tune with the city and grow closer to the people in it.”

Student Council is currently creating a general instructions video that they will show for the Bicentennial Pilgrimage. They also created a promotional video.

Any student who misses the pilgrimage will be required to make up the pilgrimage on their own time and write several reflection papers. Students are asked to bring a backpack, bagged lunch, and water bottle. Cell phones are permitted. Attire will be dress down attire, preferably SLUH gear, according to Gibbons, and of course the Bicentennial trucker hats.

Charging station dismantled due to numerous thefts

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nce the site of desperate, last minute charging that saved many students from demerits, the iPad and Calculator charging station next to the help desk in the library has been replaced by book shelves as a result of recent thefts.

During exam week, two calculators were stolen as they were charging, and after Library Director Cortney Schraut reported the thefts to Assistant Principle for Student Life Brock Kesterson, it was decided that the charging station should be removed.

These recent calculator thefts revealed the flaws in the current charging system. The issues stemmed from the easy access to the charging devices and the ability of any student to pick up a device, without checking to see that it is theirs.

“I couldn’t stop things from being taken, because a lot of times, if you walk up and take something from there, I don’t know that that’s not your device,” said Schraut.

It also became difficult to find stolen items, especially when many students do not put their name on calculators.

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“If I could give advice, put your name on everything,” said Schraut.

The closing of the charging station has been met with negative reactions from students.

“I’m pretty mad about it because it was a good place to charge when I forgot to charge at home,” said freshman Jack Figge.

“I don’t like it, it’s annoying,” said freshman Will Shorey.

Overall, Schraut finds the thefts to be disappointing, especially because of the heavy use of the charging station, but agrees that the charging station should be closed.

“We don’t want kids getting their things taken, and we don’t want the temptation of somebody thinking they can just take things off there,” said Schraut.

However, Schraut hopes that the station can be reopened in the future. If it is reopened, there will be added security, such as a locked cart with charging ports. In the meantime, there are other outlets in the library that can be used for charging, provided students have their own cord. There are also ports in Schraut’s office.

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Go Back goes forth to back Go Forth back

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petition to revert St. Louis U. High back to its “glory days” has garnered 6,436 signatures from teachers, alumni, parents, and even a handful of students.

The petition, which the Prep News obtained a copy of, seeks support for the Go Back Campaign. If successful, the campaign will launch in 2020.

The campaign hopes to undo the “ruinous integration of technology—especially those damned iPads—ineffective advancement, and the useless spending of money in the Go Forth Campaign.” The petition demands the administration return the school to its intended design and function—“to whip boys into functioning cogs for society and to prepare them for the merciless world in front of them.”

The petition is the handiwork of SLUH English teacher Rich Moran, ’66; Latin teacher Rich Esswein, ’78; and science teacher and Innovation Lab advocate Mary Russo, who claims to be a “double agent for retrogression.”

“O tempora O mores!” said Esswein. “Back in the day, there was no messin’ around.

All this collaboration and innovation mumbo jumbo is really just a front to get that A+ rating on that one website. What is it, Niche? All I can say is that English is a required class, and Latin isn’t.”

Many of the Go Back Campaign’s demands are relatively small, such as returning to paper demerit cards or the dunce cap. Assistant Dean of Students Dan Schulte said he is receptive of and open to Go Back’s discipline ideas.

“Ever since they got rid of solitary confinement as a JUG punishment, the rules here have been a bit soft,” said Schulte. “I wouldn’t say I’m not in favor of bringing back the ol sin bin, but we need to take baby steps.

The dunce cap is a step in the right direction, but there is still a ways to go.”

Schulte mentioned the recent Cold War bunker that STUCO discovered inside their storage closed as a potential location for solitary confinement if it does happen to return to SLUH. “It all works out. I know they also found some rationing crackers down there so we could give those to the kids for lunch,” said Schulte. “We can easily fit three or four guys in the space, so that might be an

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issue if we have more jugs than that. However, my guess is that the threat of confinement will deter troublemakers.”

Inspired by the drop safe used in the recent Amnesty Day coordinated by Assistant Principal for Student Life Brock Kesterson and Schulte, Russo hopes to have a “Tech drop safe” where students are encouraged to deposit any technology, especially mobile devices. The deposited devices would be incinerated, and the ashes will be used to fertilize the Backer Community Farm, which is currently the Backer Community Garden.

“It’s my hope that students will take our ideas seriously.

Tech and it’s innovation are rotting students’ brains and we have to reverse that,” said Russo.

“If the safe is big enough, I plan to deposit the Innovation Lab’s CNC router and Laser cutter.”

When asked about the money spent on the wasted machines, Russo said, “It’s all in the name of righteousness.”

According to the petition, students would be required to work in the Backer Community Farm at least an hour each day. Underclassmen would be required to come in before sunrise to water, weed, fertilize, and harvest while upperclassmen will work after school to do maintenance and take care of the farm animals, which will inhabit the soccer field. With the extra labor, the garden will fully sustain SLUH’s Jesuits and the cafeteria, saving an estimated $675,000.

Some demands are of a larger scale, most notably returning the Backer Memorial to its 1924 campus. To make this possible, the Campaign suggests selling the Jesuit Residence, Danis field house, Sheridan Stadium, and any other off campus property SLUH owns to private investors, among which are Christian Brothers High School and De Smet Jesuit. The money acquired from the sales, according to Moran, a member of the SLUH facilities committee, would total about $72 million.

“Just enough to fraudulently get the next 35 years of students into Ivy leagues,” said Moran.

The only surviving offcampus property to remain will be the Madonna Della Strada retreat house which the petition claims to have been secretly owned by SLUH since the ’20s as a hub for a faculty fight club, which was used to “blow off steam.”

“How else can teach-

ers survive being around you dreadful kids,” said Moran when questioned about the fight club. “But make sure that stays off the record.”

A source familiar with the petition said the fight club is still active and that English teacher Chuck Hussung attends most.

“I’ve seen him live. You won’t believe the one two punch this guy has” said the source.

“He’ll deny it, but I swear it’s true.”

Hussung declined to comment.

Another large demand of Go Back is to redirect the $70 million fundraised for the nearly complete Go Forth campaign to “undo any advancement in STEM or sustainability,” said the petition.

“We’ve spent too long focusing on innovation and critical thinking,” said Russo. “If we truly want to create functioning cogs — I mean young men — for society, we can’t let them make these so called discoveries or innovations. By pushing our students to pursue careers in STEM, they become unpredictable and uncontrollable. Who knows that they could do? It’s scary to think about.”

According to a source close to the petition writers, sustainability has given students a false sense of their ability to cause meaningful change in the world.

The petition says that the Go Back Campaign began in 2013 when Imagining ’18, a strategic thinking initiative to plan for SLUH’s bicentennial, began. Go Back remained in a quiet phase until it was openly challenged by the Go Forth campaign.

“We had the name first,” said Moran.

SLUH Director of Communications Ben DuMont declined to comment.

“Told you so,” said Moran.

Many students feel caught in the middle of both campaigns, unsure of where their loyalties lie. Some claim that Esswein, Moran, and Russo are using their classes to push the petition rather than mentor students.

“I have Russo, Esswein, and Moran in class, and all I hear is their constant nagging about how SLUH is going to the dumps. I don’t really agree with them, but I also really want an A plus. I’m not sure what to do,” said a student who chose to remain anonymous. “Can we talk later? I’ve gotta go collect signatures for homework.”

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The Mueller Report released: STUCO and Mother’s Club guilty!

Mothers Club President Martha Staley and STUCO President photo | Chris Staley Thom Molen.

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ince the beginning of the 2018-19 school year, gossip has spread that STUCO and the Mother’s Club corrupted fundraisers and events for their own profit. This past week, the shocking news of the (STUCO co-moderator Bradley) Mueller report was released—confirming the rumors that STUCO and Mother’s Club worked in collusion.

Rumors began spreading about corrupt STUCO last August when students saw senior spirit leader Pat Finlay print off fake tickets for the Back to School Mixer and sell them to girls for double the price. In the student handbook, such a crime is punishable with a very disappointing finger-wag from Ms. Kathy Hylla.

“Pat Finlay might be the most corrupt man in the history of STUCO. Dare I say the most corrupt man in SLUH,” said freshman Tag Arens on his senior advisor Finlay. “The punishment is well deserved.

I got threatened with a Ms. Hylla finger-wag and I cried.”

Students saw more STUCO members pocketing cash throughout the year, especially in the recent Mission Week, where junior trainee “spirit leader” Victor Stefanescu was eyed taking money from the seniors—a probable cause for why they were doing so poorly early on in the week. STUCO members have also apparently threatened students.

“I actually went in the STUCO room to snitch on Victor when I caught him in the act of stealing, but then he threatened to give me a swirly in the freshman hallway bathroom,” said senior and exBlue Crew member William McCann through tears. “I didn’t want to relive freshman year, so I left him alone and quit Blue Crew because of that scary boy.”

The Mother’s Club for years has also been rumored to be committing corrupt acts for their own profit.

The most obvious act of evil the Mother’s Club does is the card party. Think about it—why else would past SLUH moms come together to play art | Harrison Petty cards? Exactly, they don’t. In-

stead it’s a meeting on how to “raise money” for the school when it instead goes to their pockets.

“Oh yeah for sure it’s for evil,” said junior Peter Lally and son of Mother’s Club President Elect Laura Lally.

“My mom seemed super suspicious when she left to go to it. Besides, has anyone actually been to a card party? How can we be so sure they’re playing cards? We can’t.”

Mom Prom, held this past Sunday, made it clear something was up with the Mother’s Club. In the shuttle on the way up the circle, the SLUH dads were in tears with bandanas in their mouths to prevent them from talking.

Every mom was welcomed into the prom with trumpets and doves while every boy had to pay a $30 entrance fee to the bouncer Mr. Schulte.

“I got whipped with a lanyard, but the ones from last year that had beads on the end so it really hurt,” said senior Chuck Perry. “I hate that this all went to the Mother’s Club’s purses.”

President Martha Staley sat on a throne outside the Schulte Theater receiving a money shower when she heard the news of the Mueller Report.

“Ope,” said Staley.

All these rumors were put to rest when STUCO comoderator Bradley Mueller stepped forth to break the news through the “Mueller

one laugh.

“Sock it to me?” Stefanescu tried to say.

Despite this clear cut evidence, STUCO president Thom Molen denies it in a tweet that reads “NONE OF IT IS TRUE DO NOT LISTEN TO THE FAKE NEWS.” It is, however, true.

When pressed for questioning, Staley only had one thing to say that will ring in SLUH history.

“I did not have baking relations with that STUCO,” said Staley.

Another crime that was proven guilty through the report was the Mission Week when STUCO claimed to send the food to the sick when they actually sent it to the Mother’s Club who needed it for bribes to get more cookies from the Keebler Elf himself.

“We needed so much taco seasoning oh my Lordy the tacos are too bland,” said the Keebler Elf. “When I heard the moms got busted, I wept in my wife’s arms for I knew the tacos would soon consume us.”

The Mueller Report dove deep into Mission Week as they also found out all the raffle money was divided equally among both clubs. This was caught by Mueller when he noticed not many raffle tickets had been purchased unlike previous years. He knew the students were trying to tell him something.

“The traditional chanting of ‘spotlight uh moonlight uh’ had ceased among students ,and I knew something was up,” Mueller recounted in his report. “This led me to investigate more in depth.”

Despite admitting his crime, Finlay was not worried about what was to come with big scary man Daniel Schulte and his sidekick Dr. Broccoli Kesterson.

“I am corrupt,” said Finlay. “What are they gonna do, spank me?”

There have been no punishments for either club as of now. However, ex-co-STUCO moderator Megan Menne believes the Mueller Report was strong enough to impeach both presidents.

“Either that Soulja Boy

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NONE OF IT IS TRUE DO NOT LISTEN TO THE FAKE NEWS Report” that both clubs were not only working by themselves, but were actually colluding with each other to gain profit.

“It had to be done,” said Mueller in the report. “It is clearly pictured that Martha Staley is giving Thom Molen cookies for no cash—a clear sign the cookie sale is corrupt.”

When he first heard about the report, Stefanescu had one question that confused many but made every-

cranks you, or you crank that Soulja Boy,” said Menne.

“In this case, the Soulja Boy cranked them, and they will definitely lose their positions and I do not condone such a thing.”

A court hearing will happen in 215C on Sunday, April 6. That date was chosen because it’s after Cashbah and it’d look bad if we didn’t have a STUCO or Mother’s Club president which makes sense.

“I mean, it’s not good, but yeah makes sense,” said me.

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Volume 83, Issue 24

Nutrition and play bring joy in Honduras Peter Campbell STAFF

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s opposed to spending their spring breaks vacationing with friends and family or lounging around the Lou, a group of five seniors and two teachers took an immersion trip to the town of Yoro, Hondouras to serve at the town’s nutrition center.

The Friday after exams seniors Ben Poag, Liam John, Reed Milnor, Charles Perry, and Christian Marzo along with Physics teacher Bradley Mueller and Theology teacher Rev. Joseph Hill, S.J., started their journey to Honduras.

The service trip has two primary goals for the students and faculty attending. The first is to serve the children at the nutrition center. The second is an immersion into the culture of Honduras.

“The center that we help out at is a nutrition center for babies who are malnourished.

Babies could range anywhere from a newborn, and there is an eight year old at the center as well,” said Mueller. “The other part of the experience, which was immersion into the culture, whether that be food, host families, or mass in a different setting.”

A typical day for the students began with them waking up in their host families’ homes and having traditional meals cooked for them. Then they began their one-mile walk to the nutrition center.

“We were there from about eight to twelve thirty or

so, and then we would go back to the center around two. We would then be there from two until six,” said Mueller.

While at the nutrition center the students participated in a variety of tasks.

“At the nutrition center we would vary from cleaning the floors to helping with bath time, and playing with kids a lot. We mainly played with kids because they do not normally get a lot of that,” said Perry.

The students were able to form close connections with the children they worked with despite the language barrier.

“One of my favorite experiences is watching the students interact with the young kids and babysit at the center.

Mostly for the fact that there are no words in communication,” said Mueller. “It is all body language. So, that is a very impactful experience for our students because they do not have to speak Spanish to interact with kids in a different country.”

Marzo spent a lot of his time hanging out with one of the children named Kevin.

“There was this baby carriage that he basically just asked Reed Milnor to push it outside. So, we would basically spend hours outside just pushing on it,” said Marzo, who laughed remembering his time with Kevin.

SLUH students have been travelling to this particular nutrition center for over 20 years. Patrick Mulligan, ’13

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Christian Marzo with a child in Honduras photo | Mr. Bradley Mueller

currently manages the center. “(Mulligan) is trying to do a couple of things: organize the structure of the center, get locals donations from people in the city the center is located in, and broader around Honduras, and he is also trying to stabilize the finances of the center,” said Mueller.

Mulligan helped show the group around Yoro, and he was able to point out the complexities of life in Honduras. Many of the students and the faculty walked away with new outlooks on life and lessons they learned while in Honduras that they can bring back to their communities and SLUH. Mueller emphasized silence as he reflected on the often quiet walk to and from the

Nick Prainito (left) and Solomon Elliot (center) playing the game of life.

photo | Courtesy of Ms. Tracy Lyons

BY Ben Klevorn and Braden Kramer CORE STAFF, REPORTER

group of eight students, chaperoned by math teacher Tracy Lyons and Spanish teacher Maria Paz Campos, participated in a week of service over spring break in Camden, N.J. through the Urban Challenge. Camden, a suburb of Philadelphia, has long struggled with poverty. According to Data USA, it is among the poorest cities in the nation. The median household income is $26,214 and the poverty rate is 38.4%.

The Urban Challenge is run by a Catholic organization centered in the area—Romero Center Ministries—with the goal of serving residents of Camden through the Catholic faith tradition. In the past, the Urban Challenge was offered annually over the summer.

However, not enough students signed up this past summer, so the trip was offered this spring.

According to Lyons, it is expected to be offered only during the spring in the future.

The eight students split into two groups each day. They went to various service sites across the city, including the Neighborhood Center, a community center with after school programs and a soup kitchen; Abigail House, a nursing home; the Cathedral Kitchen, a soup kitchen for those struggling with food insecurity; Inglis House, a home for disabled people; Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, a place with an adult daycare and preschool classes; Urban Promise, a non-for-profit thrift store; and Share, a foodbank with the goal of providing healthy food for an affordable price.

The Jr. Bills dedicated their

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center as the students thought about their experiences with what life is like in this part of the world.

“The people there were very welcoming to us, … They were super open to us, and we were born in a different area and didn’t speak their language,” said Perry.

The students began to look at what they have as a gift, and be aware of how fortunate they are.

“One of the things is especially to be grateful for what we have,” said Marzo. “Overall, the trip was a huge success and the faculty will continue to the run trips over spring break for a select group of seniors.”

Students serve and witness urban poor in Camden, NJ

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entire day to one site and were able to interact with people through conversation, playing board games, dominos, and bingo with residents.

One day, the group traveled to an adult daycare where everyone spoke Spanish. Although it posed a challenge for the students, they were still able to overcome the challenge and do their best to serve.

“I think we just learned that, despite our differences, at the heart of it, we all want to just enjoy each others’ company,” said Lyons.

Before and after each day of service, the group participated in sessions of prayer, reflection, and education in Catholic social teaching.

Many students were nervous at times to interact with the elderly or handicapped, but their feelings changed as they met the residents.

en students and two chaperones from St. Louis U. High spent spring break at Jerusalem Farm, an intentional community dedicated to serving their neighbors in the northeastern area of Kansas City.

The community lives according to four main pillars: community, service, prayer, and simplicity.

Each volunteer’s day began with 30 minutes of music to wake them up and then was followed by a morning prayer to being their day.

“One day we heard an entire Spice Girls album,” said English teacher Justin Seaton. “There are about 30 minutes of music, but by the last song, everyone must be down in the chapel for morning prayer.”

When prayer was finished, the group did chores around the garden and house until the bell rang to signal breakfast.

“After that, we dismissed for daily work, for which we split into four different work crews,” said Seaton.

The four work crews were mixed with the SLUH students and students from Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Kansas City. The crews rotated regularly to diversify the experiences that the students had and to ensure that every crew had an opportunity to work at every site.

Some of the work crews helped renovate homes that were in disrepair. “I did things like help people paint kitchens, and move in new furniture for their house,” said freshman Donovan Meecham. “I did a lot of manual labor.”

“We did a lot of things,” said sophomore Charlie Byrne. “We helped a lot of people in low income housing. I helped paint a lady’s laundry room.”

Another area of work was called the “home crew.”

They were responsible for cleaning and cooking around the house while the other crews worked at other sites.

The student crews also helped a bit with the day to day responsibilities of the garden.

“We went in Spring, so

we were doing a lot of prepping for the produce they are going to grow in the summer,” said Seaton.

“One day I helped dig at an orchard to help prepare the soil for the plants they were going to plant there,” said Byrne.

One more interesting aspect of Jerusalem Farm was their policy of no electronics.

“We had no electronics whatsoever,” said Byrne.

“You weren’t allowed to have your phones out, you weren’t even allowed to wear a watch. An interesting thing about the farm is that they don’t want to use time to structure the day. They just want you to live in the moment and not worry about that stuff.”

For senior Tony Buttice and junior Lucas Frillman this trip marked an extraordinary third trip to Jerusalem Farm since SLUH started the Immersion Trip program three years ago.

“I wanted to go back for a few reasons. I had hoped to see the people I’d gone with the first time, and I just wanted to experience the life-changing moments of Jerusalem Farm.” said Frillman.

Frillman had seen firsthand how the farm has changed and improved over the last three years.

“The first time around, in 2017, we were laying the foundation for a new house they were building for the volunteers,” said Frillman. “A year later, the building was finished with construction, and they were laying drywall and putting in flooring. This year, the whole thing was complete.”

Over the three years Frillman and Buttice have served at Jerusalem Farm, one thing has remained constant—the love and support they have received from Jerusalem Farm.

“The people of Jerusalem Farm unconditionally support us, and I’m still staggered that they remembered me even just after my first visit,” said Frillman. “They really are my family.”

“The boys were probably pretty nervous going into it, like not sure about experiences in nursing homes and how the elderly are not always that easy—maybe people don’t want to talk to you or people are in a bad mood—and I think they were pleasantly surprised with how willing the folks were able to sit down and open up or talk or tell their story,” said Lyons.

“People came away with some pretty intense stories that they were willing to share.”

“My favorite part about the trip was the variety of service sites we got to visit,” said junior Grant Corsi. “One day I’d be working at a soup kitchen, the next day I’d be at a nursing home and the next I’d be working with preschoolers.”

In reflecting on his experiences, Corsi noted some of the things that he learned from his week in Camden.

“I learned that service is an activity with a mutual benefit.

While you may be there serving others, you yourself grow in faith through the acts.”

“The greatest thing that I was able to come away with is that you can only learn if you are willing to give yourself fully and be open to the new experiences that await,” said junior PJ Butler. “Starting up a conversation with any stranger, let alone a stranger who is a part of a different part of the country who comes from a different background is not an easy task, but if you decide to take up the challenge, it is immensely reSLUH group keeping the grounds. photo | Courtesy of Sam Tarter warding.”

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uring our pre-immersion trip meetings, my friend Lucas Frillman, who has now gone to Jerusalem Farm for three years in a row, noted how these trips changed him on an emotional level. I did not expect to be affected in the same way, but I am pleased that I was changed by Jerusalem Farm.

Walking into Jerusalem Farm on March 17, a cold Sunday evening, I was anxious about eating vegetarian and taking a limited amount of bucket showers for the week, but I left the community house focused on the friendships I had made and the fulfilling work that I had done.

Throughout the course of the week, I became more and more comfortable being the version of myself that I have always wanted to be around people. At school I tend to shy away from starting conversations about my interests or hobbies with just anyone, usually saving that for the lunch table or my common friend group. But at Jerusalem Farm, I was pushed outside of my comfort zone, and sometimes that meant getting to know some new people and sharing who I was with total strangers.

While this act was totally new and sometimes scary for me, the community members at J. Farm accepted me with open arms (they quite literally first greeted me with a hug and told me “Welcome Home”).

As it turned out, meeting these community members was quite the experience. I got to know a fellow classmate and friend of my older brother is a fellow graduate of Creighton University. I was also able to share many memorable lunch conversations with a lovable musician named Thomas, who along with sharing about his own passions and interests, also took a liking to hearing about my own passions, and further encouraged me to pursue my career as an aspiring writer.

Beyond getting to know the community members, I made new friends along the way, both from SLUH and the Kansas City school accompanying us, Cristo Rey. Thankfully, I knew the two other sophomores in the group: twins Sam and Charlie Byrne.

While we had shared some classes and eaten lunch together, this trip truly bonded the three of us together, especially Charlie and I. Having been placed in the same work

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group together, Charlie and I spent quite a bit of time talking about our common interests. Getting to know people in my class with the same common interests both encouraged me to become more socially active, and assured me that making friends isn’t as hard as it may seem for me.

I was even able to grow closer with the upperclassmen and chaperones during the trip.

Junior Lucas Frillman and I bonded over conversations about movies and comic books and our undying love for Freddie Mercury. Getting to know Lucas as the amazing musician he is, and becoming friends with an amazing person that I hadn’t had the privilege of knowing yet, was life-changing. Our friendship showed me that remarkable and interesting people can be found in all ages and lifestyles, but sometimes you just have to take a chance and look for them.

Also in my group was ASC member and English teacher Justin Seaton, whom I had gotten to know very well as a supervisor and mentor through my time in the Prep News office. But over the course of painting houses together and having discussions at lunch time, I came to know Seaton as someone I can look up to and admire for our shared interest in journalism, and I’m extremely thankful for having the blessing of getting to know him.

Not only was I able to form stronger relationships with students and community members, but I also had the privilege of getting to know homeowners whose house I helped work. The most prominent and memorable of these interactions was a woman named Janet. While painting the front corner of her house, Janet walked outside and spontaneously started a conversation with me. I had not had any extensive interactions with any homeowners during the week, so I was very eager to spend some of my time that day getting to know someone.

And as the next hour went on, Janet and I found out we had quite a few things in common. For instance, both of us were raised in small towns in Illinois, and both of us share interests in poetry, writing, theater, and other performing arts.

Beyond getting to know Janet as a fellow artist and writer, the most inspiring aspect of our time spent togeth-

er was getting to know someone of a completely different lifestyle. Janet showed me that people who live in poorer living conditions are not any lesser than people who don’t, and that your dreams can be achieved at any age, no matter what your income is or where you live.

But one of the most surprising things to me during our final day of service was just how comfortable and self-confident I became with my trip mates.

On that last day, our small group joined together in a circle to affirm each member on the qualities we saw in them. In these 45 minutes of sitting and talking with each other, I had the most uplifting experience that I had had during the entire school year. While I felt humbled to share that I was overjoyed at how each member accepted me for the person I was, and how I admired each one of them for making our group a “judgment free” area. Their affirmations almost brought me to tears.

In that moment, being surrounded by people who truly accepted me, cared for me, and encouraged me to be the truest version of myself, I was reminded of something Lucas said during one of our evening prayer services.

Lucas referred to Jerusalem Farm as his “safe haven.”

He stated that he could come to this place and that no matter how he is feeling prior to the trip, he doesn’t have to worry about what happens, because he will always land on his feet.

And on that last day at J. Farm, talking to Janet, reflecting on the friendships I’ve made, and reminiscing on the amazing moments of the week, I truly saw the beauty in what this immersion trip can bring to someone. While many people may remember getting paint on their clothes, not being able to use their phones, or having to take freezing cold bucket showers, I will hold onto moments of singing songs in the van and around the campfire, the quiet moments of prayer before every meal, the friendships I made with my SLUH peers and girls from Cristo Rey, and the knowledge of knowing that I have a community where I can enjoy the experience of a lifetime.

What brought me to tears on the Saturday morning before we left wasn’t having to say goodbye to the many friends I had made that trip, it was knowing that for the first time in a long while, I was able to not be afraid of being the most genuine and unapologetic version of myself, which allowed for me to truly find myself, and become the person I had wanted to be for quite some time.

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Immersion trip to border complicates, humanizes immigration

Students in downtown Nogales, Sonora outside a U.S. port of entry

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fter a long week of studying for exams, a group of six students, accompanied by Spanish teacher Kate Toussaint and theology and English teacher Michael Mohr, S.J., travelled to the United States-Mexican border in Nogales. For a week, they worked with the Kino Border Initiative to learn the story of immigrants, asylum seekers, and those who live on the border.

Kino Border Initiative is a binational organization seeking to improve the lives of migrants on either side of their international journey.

The SLUH group participated in the educational aspect of the initiative and came to understand how complex immigration can be, by humanizing, accompanying, and complicating immigration stories and policies.

During the first two days of the immersion trip, the group fed and visited with migrants at the comedor, KBI’s soup kitchen just south of the border. They also took a tour of downtown Nogales, walked along the border wall, and heard stories of those who crossed the border.

The group heard many different stories from people struggling trying to recieve asylum.

Many didn’t have a spouse or children to help their chances.

The group saw the struggles of migrant families and those who were deported first hand.

“It was definitely a very difficult experience for me, and I almost felt guilty knowing that at the end of the day I would just cross over the border and continue my life in America, a life he would dream for,” said junior Victor Stefanescu.

The third day, the group went into the desert in Arivaca and saw relics and artifacts of immigrants who had passed through on their journey north.

“There were blankets we found, water jugs, and clothing in the desert, and I think even from the hill tops we were being watched by the Cartell,” said Mohr.

The group attended mass with the community and afterwards talked with some locals who held wide ranging beliefs and perspectives on immigration. They heard stories of the effects of drug trafficking in the community.

After that, the group travelled to a federal court and witnessed Operation Streamline, a process of rapidly sentencing people who have been charged with illegal entry into America.

They spoke with judges and saw a human trafficking case.

The next day, the SLUH group visited Casa Elitas, an old Benedictine monastery temporarily turned into a social ser-

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vice center for temporary housing spaces for families approved to live in the United States with family while they apply for asylum, on their way into the country for hearings. While there, the students played games with the kids in an attempt to bring a smile to their face while Toussaint translated for new arrivals and Mohr worked inside.

“It really felt like we had brought in a sense of ease, community, and just fun by playing with the children and taking everybody’s minds off of the many different things that probably had to happen for them to get where they were at that moment,” said junior James Galli.

“It was just a great, precious moment of community, family, and bringing people together through something as simple as soccer.”

“I felt like I was in the kingdom of heaven when I saw SLUH kids playing frisbee, hula hoop, football, baseball, and basketball all with the children,” said Mohr. “It was amazing.”

“We saw real people, like you and me, with real love for their families, a desire to work, a desire to do better, to be in a better place,” said Mohr. “I was just so touched and grateful for the experience to bond with my fellow human beings.”

Students experience rural Appalachia in Barren Springs, VA

John Besmer chopping wood.

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ver spring break, fourteen students, five faculty members, and one parent continued the St. Louis U. High tradition of immersing themselves in service, embarking on a ten hour drive

photo | courtesy of Amy Mersinger

to the hills of Virginia. The Appalachia Immersion trip is spearheaded by Campus Ministry and allows students to spend their time off giving back to the communities of Woodlawn and Barren Springs, Va. “It was like a vacation.

Even though you’re doing service it’s a lot of fun,” said junior Matthew Mays.

This year marked the twelfth Appalachia immersion trip. Over the years, the trip has undergone changes. In the past, groups have gone to different locations, done different activities, and worked with different people.

For the most part, however, the trips have been centered around work with the Neighbor-to-Neighbor program.

The residents typically stay in an unoccupied house on 61 acres of the Joy Ranch campus.

Joy Ranch is a Christian children’s home that has two houses of kids, separated by gender, with “house parents” in each. The children all come from some sort of troubled background, and Joy Ranch’s goal is to give the kids the experience of the typical home life of a family.

Throughout the trip, the students did lots of manual

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“Adrenaline’s running through my body, my heart rate’s really high. really excited that this is happening right now.

We’re not done yet, we’re still here, we’re gonna show up and crush our little brother De Smet.”

ACT II Nothing Comes Easy “I’m not too worried about coming back. For the most part, it seems like we’ve dominated the game, so over time, their team, I think, will wear down and we’ll take over again.”

-Junior Peter Lally

“All of their offensive chances have come off of defensive mistakes—just missing the puck a couple of times—so I really think we need to be more consistent on defense and really just put the puck on the sides and hit it in.

“I’m really seeing Trey Lyons with a lot of offensive chances as well as Henry Wagner, definitely those guys as tanks as well as Jack Hazelton being an absolute monster in the back.”

-junior John Mungenast

playing part in the game. Both sections were ruthless after mistakes shown from either team—any missed pass, bad shot, or big hit was means for celebration, and it was clear early both teams felt their presence.

“Seeing all those people in the stands… I was really nervous at first,” said freshman defenseman Mario DiMaggio.

“Those feelings went away as we got deeper into the game and we just tried to start focusing on doing what would help us win the game.”

Both teams began to see the offensive side of the game open up as well, as they be-

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The Batt -senior Will McCann

I knew they’d get one right back,” said Rasch.

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to win something to be that cocky.”

“De Smet constantly talked trash on social media, but we knew that all we had to do was keep our composure even in the game, maintain ourselves, and be ourselves to pull out the dub,” said senior goalie Brendan Rasch.

An unexpected fault of De Smet in the first period was their continual tendency to lose their feet on the ice.

This continued because of the high intensity of the game, and the effect of nerves on the players. Everytime a Spartan fell, SLUH’s student section erupted. This was not the only instance of the student section

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gan to tally shots on the board. De Smet held a higher total of shots in the early going, but overall it was evident that SLUH was in control of the puck and earning themselves a better chance at hitting the back of the net with more calculated shots and tactical play calling. De Smet, on the other hand, was playing with a scattershot mindset offensively, valuing quantity over quality in terms of shot selection and decision making.

As the quality of opportunities increased, so did the quality of the stickhandling. SLUH created some chances with the use of nifty dekes and moves on the Spartan defense to open up the ice, while simultaneously holding back the De Smet offense with strong poke checks.

“We were able to keep them out most of the time,” said junior Jack Hazelton.

“When we needed to we were able to go to work.”

As the fans grew rest-

“I think we’re doing pretty good.

I think they had one or two shots that period. We’re in total control of this right now. We just need to find one good shot on and we’re good. We’ve been making all the good plays, but we haven’t yet made that one touch or that one play to get us that goal.”

-junior Jack Brewer

less and the period grew closer to its conclusion, the scoring drought was ended after junior Patrick Simoncic hit a “slide-back” midrange shot after some confusion in front of the net freed up space for Simonic to pull the trigger. SLUH took a 1-0 lead with five minutes left in the period after the goal.

“We were confident,” said Simoncic. “Once we got a point we knew that if we got one more we’d bury them.”

After the goal, Hazelton was sent to the sin bin for an obvious hooking penalty, and SLUH’s defense faced its first real challenge of the game. SLUH rose to the challenge with fantastic hustle, blocking three shots in a row, and with strong goalkeeping from Rasch.

SLUH escaped the power play and retained their early lead through the end of the first, despite being down on the shot totals 6-10.

“I knew my team had my back, so if I let in a goal,

At the beginning of the second, De Smet gave SLUH a power play opportunity of its own, which could have turned south very quickly, as a defensive lapse on SLUH’s defensive side of the ice led to a breakaway opportunity for De Smet. Luckily for SLUH, Rasch held strong in net and diffused the situation.

De Smet did not take long to take another attempt though, as on the next possession junior Jack Estes poked the puck in after Rasch lost track of the puck after a save. De Smet erased SLUH’s lead and left the score 1-1.

“It was a little scary to be honest but we kept at it, we didn’t get frustrated too much, we kept having fun and did our thing,” said Schwartz.

De Smet took advantage of their newly gained momentum and began to make SLUH’s defense put in some work. Their best opportunity came on a cross-crease pass from De Smet that, if handled correctly, would have resulted in a goal. After hitting off of De Smet sophomore Ben Lodes’ skate and not his stick, the Jr. Bills avoided the goal.

After the misfire from De Smet, SLUH began to crawl its way back on top of the Spartans by possessing the puck in a much more confident fashion as the period progressed. It was finally with just under three minutes left in the second that Simonic pocketed his second goal of the game after a nifty deke and drive horizontally through the slot followed by a well placed shot, once again putting the Jr. Bills in the lead.

The Jr. Bills would end the period up 2-1.

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“You know it’s a great game.

The boys are really getting out there on the ice. Our defense has stayed in the middle which is good, it’s a major key to win the game.

Lots of energy, lots of shots on goal, really good vibe, so yeah good stuff.”

ACT V “Roll Billies”

Act III The third period’s start brought with it a drop in aggressive play. Both teams were playing cautiously, seeking to find the net in the safest way possible. De Smet was able to strike first in the third after a fantastic handle from freshman Carson Wilhelm who then passed to sophomore Jacob Kausch across the ice for the finish. The Jr. Bills’ shot at a repeat was once again in jeopardy as the scoreboard flashed 2-2.

“I looked at Gabe and Pat and all three of us just smiled at the same time like ‘alright here we go let’s get ready to get them back’,” said senior captain Henry Wagner.

SLUH bounced back with a barrage of offense, and De Smet held on for dear life as the end of regular time approached. The most heartbreaking moment of the game soon followed as SLUH’s student section and team was shocked by a shot, which nearly everyone in the building thought was a goal, until replay proved that the puck in fact did not cross the red line. SLUH was still in jeopardy of losing the championship.

This did not slow SLUH down though. As the period progressed the Jr. Bills took back the shots on goal statistic and by the end of regular time had an 19-16 advantage. Going into the sudden death overtime the score remained 2-2.

Act IV This was it. One goal would end the season and the scoring team would leave with a Challenge Cup in hand in one of the most exciting state games in the history of St. Louis hockey. Everyone in the arena seemed to be

holding their breath as the puck dropped in the first ten minute overtime period. “(Coach) said just keep pressuring them,” said Wagner. “I think they were only rolling two lines so they were getting pretty exhausted so we just had to keep working them.”

The puck was on the fly early, and, despite every shot potentially being the game winner, all were easily defended. As the period continued SLUH again began to dominate control of the puck and De Smet fell back onto its scrappy play in order to keep the game moving.

“We kinda knew we had their backs up to the wall.

We were kind of on them,” said Schwartz. “We kind of had a good feeling. We knew that if we worked, kept it simple, we knew we could come out with a victory.”

As time ticked, emotions were high and anger soon flared as De Smet

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goalie Jacob Dobes punched senior Henry Wagner in the face with six minutes left in the first overtime period— which to the fans dismay was not met with any punishment for De Smet. The lack of punishment didn’t scare SLUH, though.

“We weren’t really frightened too much,” said Wagner.

Play from here on out only intensified. Both teams started to fire off shots on net, but both were unsuccessful in finding twine. It turned out that one overtime period wasn’t enough to decide the fate of the 2019 Challenge Cup. It would take two.

to be a deflection from junior Trey Lyons. The credit for the goal would soon be disputed by analysts and fans alike, but for any fan or member of the SLUH hockey team, the only thing on their minds was the pure ecstasy of an overtime championship winner.

“I just saw a lane and let it rip,” said Hazelton. “I heard the goalie keep saying we weren’t going to get past him, and I was just like ‘Okay buddy you just wait’.”

“This game was like this season,” said Behan. “We come out and we get kicked in the stomach, they score that goal, we come back, we take the lead, they tie it up in the third period, and the way they respond is why I’m so proud of this group.

-senior Pat Finlay

“It’s an electric factory.

That’s all I have to say.”

-senior Jon Ferrari

“This is the most amazing game I’ve ever watched in my life. Double overtime—there’s no way to beat it, no way to beat it. Best show on ice ever.”

-senior Handley Hicks

“This is great. This was our game, we played really well, they kept us on our toes through the whole game, but we’re proud of them.

It’s a good day.”

Act V 11 minutes and 9 seconds into overtime play, the Jr. Bills sealed the game with a slap shot from the point from junior Jack Hazelton followed by what appeared

“I know we’re not allowed to say that, but SLUH is the best at everything. Pardon my French, but what the hell, we’re the best at everything.”

-senior Justin Lombard They didn’t sit back, they didn’t feel sorry for themselves. They just took command of the game and my feeling was it was a matter of time before we scored that goal.”

The Jr. Bills got the happy ending they were looking for in the story of the 2019 state championship. They were able to overcome tragedy and reconnect with their one true love, the Challenge Cup. SLUH and De Smet’s rivalry will continue to be a fabled one, but this part of their story will absolutely be marked in the history books as one of the most captivating stories in the history of Missouri hockey.

“The boys are just in the zone right know, ready to secure the bag. ‘Ship times two? Yes please. Rasch is just a brick wall and they can’t get anything past him. This is an awesome vibe being up front and I’m ready to get rowdy with the boys.”

-senior Paul Reddy

ACT IV “We ain’t done yet” —Design and layout by Liam John, Chris Staley, Paul Gillam, and Blake Obert.

—Photography by Mrs. Kathy Chott, Sulli Wallisch, Jonel Olar, and Brian Grassi.

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After summer break, Ennis, Hannick, and senior Sean McLaughlin compiled a team to help organize the event.

McLaughlin was the executive producer, senior Max Mantych was the communications director, and senior Sam Guillemette was the emcee. The team met and spent time getting donations, speakers, food arrangements, programs, and the schedule.

Mantych was unable to attend the event, but he was happy with how it went and joyous with the planning aspect.

“Planning the event was one of the best experiences of my high school career. I missed the actual event. That was disappointing, but we had great leadership while it was happening, so I know it was in good hands,” said Mantych.

The event began in the Joseph Schulte Theater with a minor audio malfunction while trying to play an introduction video by TED required for any TEDx event.

Following the mishap, Maggie Hannick, a senior from St. Joseph’s Academy, opened the evening’s speeches by talking about her experience as a political activist. She has been very involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, The March for Our Lives, and more activism and political movements.

“I’m very grateful for this opportunity. I wouldn’t have been able to have it without SLUH. I think the focus on youth was very important, and it was very fitting that this event happened in an institution that strives to develop and form good global citizens,” said Hannick.

The evening continued with a talk given by Christine Holladay, a college counselor at St. Joseph’s Academy, about youth and spirituality, followed by an official TED video. The group then moved to the Si Commons for an hourlong lenten dinner.

Coming back from the break, guidance counselor at Crossroads College Preparatory School Gina Watkins took the stage with a presentation on how to reframe obstacles in life.

“I know there were some seniors in the crowd. Being a guidance counselor, I know seniors think they know where they’re going and some really struggle with it,” said Watkins.

“It’s okay to struggle and not to have all the answers. Life is going to happen, but you are the only one who can control your attitude.”

“It doesn’t have to be something huge either, just the little things you can do throughout your life. Reframing the way you see your obstacles can make a big impact,” said McLaughlin.

Three members of the SLUH community spoke. Senior Alfie Arun spoke about getting out of the cultural comfort zone, a challenge that he undertook during his abroad trips to Asia.

Senior Alvin Alaphat talked about the benefits and downfalls of technology. Alaphat focused a great deal on artificial intelligence and his work in the field of technology.

Finally, Assistant Principal for Mission Jim Linhares spoke about the challenges youth face such as technology.

The planning committee chose to focus on youth to make the event more relatable for the SLUH community. The talks provided many takeaways for the audience, including how they can make changes within themselves or out in the world.

“The event overall went very well for the first time doing this. The people who came were engaged, and I think they took the messages that were talked about to heart,” said Ennis.

While only about 60 were in attendance, SLUHTube is producing a video of the event to publish for the SLUH community to watch.

“I was so impressed with the TEDx SLUH event. I thoroughly enjoyed the wide range of speakers from high school students to professors to counselors. It was a night full of excellent discussion. Kudos to the students who organized such a professional and unique event,” said Lauren Fiedler, a senior from Lindbergh High School.

“I certainly enjoyed working with the group a lot, and it was another good example of things we do at SLUH that take a lot of planning and a lot of coordination from people and just the overwhelming support of the administration, Kathy Hylla, and Tim Moore just letting us do it,” said Craig Hannick. “The kids have this idea and we are going to do whatever we can to support them.”

Robotics team hard at work.

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“It was pretty unique and a major aspect of our success.”

The suction cup design was not perfect, but thanks to the teams adaptability and cooperation skills, the design was able to be modified to better suit the competition.

“We had to adapt the robot on the first day, so we could attach a disc right out of the gate and start scoring points immediately. That was a big help,” said Hinders.

While the innovative suction cup design was very successful, the SLUH robot’s greatest feature was its ability

photo | courtesy of Mr. Craig Hinders

to climb.

To conclude each round of the competition, teams have an option to guide their robot onto an elevated platform to earn bonus points.

In order to set themselves up to get the biggest point total, SLUH’s team called upon senior and robotics president Matthew Hayes to design a climbing mechanism.

After hours of research and countless designs, Hayes produced a working model.

“The climbing mechanism was a great design by Matthew Hayes,” said Hinders. “He really poured his

heart and soul into that aspect of the robot, among many other things that he did. He was a great leader this year, and he played some major roles in the design” Luckily for the team, the robot’s ability to climb led to several victories in difficult challenges. The RoboBills went undefeated and were positioned at the top of the leaderboard for much of the first day.

“Because (the scoring system is lower this year), our climbing was worth so much more,” said senior Sean O’Brien. “It paid off for our

team, and we won a lot of matches because we built the climbing mechanism ahead of time.”

Because of the team’s early success, other teams at the competition began to proposition the Jr. Bills into joining their alliance for the team competition final.

“This was the best we’ve ever done,” said O’Brien.

“We’ve never had the experience of other teams being the ones pitching to us why they’re good, so that was pretty fun.”

On the last day of the competition, three alliances made up of three teams each battled against one another in a sandstorm planet arena in a final fight for the win.

“It was so much pressure, but it was so much fun,” said O’Brien.

The RoboBills finished in eighth place, their best finish ever. The robotics team was thrilled that their whole team effort led to such a big success for the program.

“When it came time for the game, we did really, really well, and I’m incredibly proud of these guys,” said Hinders.

“It was my first year doing this with Mrs. Wellen, and we learned a whole lot, and the guys were outstanding, very welcoming, and patient with us.”

Cashbah celebrates 50th anniversary with “Golden Gala” theme

BY Johno Jackson and Matt Friedrichs CORE STAFF, REPORTER

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ashbah has celebrated St. Louis U. High through dining, buying, and fundraising for 49 years. As Cashbah turns 50 next Saturday, April 6, Cashbah’s “Golden Gala” theme promises a celebration of not just SLUH, but of Cashbah itself.

The first Cashbah was held in the spring of the 1969-70 school year.

This year’s co-chairs are Aura Quinn and Nicole Nester. Quinn co-chaired last year’s record-braking event, which grossed over $2,500,000 in donations.

The co-chairs work with dozens of committees, student volunteers, and President’s Ambassadors to ensure all things Cashbah go smoothly.

“It’s really the moms who pull this crazy thing off. It’s really amazing,” said Events Coordinator Liz Tuxbury, who works closely with the co-chairs.

Since Cashbah’s inception, the devoted moms of Mothers Club have spent countless hours planning and executing Cashbah.

In keeping with the golden theme, this year’s puppies are a golden retriever and goldendoodle among other incredible photo | courtesy of Dalton Ennis items.

“To me, the most unique thing is the golfing trip in the Hamptons,” said Cashbah co-chair Nicole Nester. “We’re calling it ‘the golfer’s dream in the Hamptons’ and it’s at this exclusive Bridgehampton Golf Club. There’s no way you could play there unless you were with a member.”

All of the money raised

by Cashbah goes towards direct and indirect financial aid.

“This Cashbah is very important to our fundraising efforts,” said Vice President of Institutional Advancement Melissa Jones.

“This is really a big part of what we do in terms of meeting our annual need.”

For some attendees, this Cashbah will be the first, but for one woman, Carol Ferrara, it will be her fiftieth. Ferrara is yet to miss a Cashbah, and is just one of many who will be honored at the event, including past co-chairs. The rear side of this year’s invitation, which featured a golden “50” on its front, featured the names of every co-chair since 196970.

“As part of our slides for the evening thanking our sponsors we’ll have photos from previous Cashbahs,” said Jones. “We’re going to be honoring the chairs that have come before.”

If the over 700 attendees want to escape the gold decorations and chaos of auctioning, SLUH’s recently opened innovation lab will be on full display.

“I’m excited that we have the innovation lab,” said Jones. “That might be a little bit different this year in that people will be able to go and visit it during the

Cover of Cashbah booklet.

night of the festivities.”

Behind the glamour and gold of the 50th Cashbah is an enduring tradition strengthened by the devotion of generous benefactors and Mothers Club to SLUH. “It’s a celebration of community…. It’s a homecoming of sorts,” said Jones.

photo | courtesy of Mr. Alan Carruthers

Baseball heads to Rugby goes national; success comes Florida, Jefferson from physicality and size City; goes 3-3 T P

BY Thom Molen and John Mungenast CORE STAFF, REPORTER

BY Jimmy Stanley CORE STAFF

eople ask me what I do during the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell them what I do. I stare out the window and wait for “ spring,” the great Rogers Hornsby once said. Saint Louis U. High baseball, too, has been waiting at the window, ready to kick off their season.

Over spring break, SLUH started their season with their annual trip to Vero Beach, Fla. to play four regular season games and one exhibition match, winning three out of four games and losing the exhibition match, 5-4. They then took a trip down to Jefferson City, Mo. for a double header against Helias Catholic High School, where they lost both games: 3-7 and 4-14.

Every year, SLUH travels to Florida to the old Los Angeles Dodgers training facility, Dodgertown, to face teams from across the nation. In their exhibition game, SLUH played against Vernon Township High School from Virginia, losing 5-4. They then faced Eureka High School from Missouri, McDonough High School from Maryland, Milford High School from Ohio and Ransom Everglades High School from Florida in their other four games in the Sunshine State.

The Bills came out with a spark and won their first regular season game in a close battle against a familiar foe: Eureka. SLUH jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead but Eureka responded with one run in the bottom of the second inning. The teams continued exchanging leads.

Eureka found themselves up one run in the bottom of the fifth. Senior Conor Christie hit an RBI single up the middle to score the tying run in the sixth. Later that inning, junior Austin Brush scored by stealing home, trickery from head coach Ray Bulte.

SLUH won the game as junior Cade Hohl closed the

7th inning and gave the Bills their first win of the season, 5-4.

“It was a sigh of relief, just nice to get the first win under the belt, especially versus another St. Louis team,” said Brush. “We are dealing with some injuries right now so it is nice to see everyone stepping up and getting opportunities to play. The deeper the lineup, the better.”

With much of the starting pitching missing the first few weeks of the season due to injury, the team is trying to do the best they can with what they have. According to Bulte, the pitching is thin at the moment, but they will be back to full strength soon enough.

In the next three games, SLUH bats took off. Senior Joe Gilmore went 3-7 at the plate with five RBIs, including a bases-clearing double against Milford. Senior Danny LaChance also went 2-4 with five walks. As the two emerged as leaders on the team, SLUH won two out of their three remaining games in Dodgertown.

SLUH then headed to Jefferson City on the March 23 to play against Helias High School in a double header.

Senior Cam Glynn started the first game in Jefferson City putting up a solid three innings but letting up five runs with three of those being earned. Glynn struggled against the overpowering offense, but the poor defense didn’t help. In the fourth, junior Dashiell Wuller relieved Glynn after he allowed fourruns in the inning. The score jumped to a large 5-1 lead for Helias. The Bills struggled from there on out with the game ending 7-3. Wuller finished the game on the mound with zero earned runs in three innings.

On the offensive side of the game, the Jr. Bills seemed to have lost some of their spark from Florida with only

he St. Louis U. High Rugby Bills have had an explosive start to their season and faced some of the season’s toughest opponents over spring break. The “first 15”— Varsity 1—had three games, their homeopener and two in sunny Sacramento. They won two and lost one.

The Varsity 1 home opener was against La Salette Academy on Sunday, March 10.

SLUH came out strong on offense but a poach by La Salette lead to their first try, setting the score at 0-7. SLUH quickly responded with a try on a line break and then 35 meter run by senior Darion Mullins tying the score 7-7.

“We physically had the edge over them. We were bigger, stronger, and faster” said junior fly-half Owen “Tuck” Tucker. “This translated to great offensive runs and hard defense.”

Following a tough defensive battle La Salette took a penalty kick and set the score at 7-10. Shortly after SLUH kicked off to La Salette, junior Andy Finlay intercepted a pass from La Salette and ran straight into the try zone setting the score at 14-10.

“Our mental state was right where it needed to be,” said junior center Sam “Sammy Miami” Mulcahy. “Calm, cool, collected.”

Quickly after Finlay’s try, a turnover was recovered by senior Mikes Trittler, who broke through the La Salette defensive line and ran up the field. Trittler passed the ball to junior Luke Schuermann who

a decisive win against a solid squad, the team still has to sort out a few kinks before their next match.

“We barely ran any of our actual offensive plays that we practice,” said Tucker. “Instead, we utilized our physical advantage to run straight through them. These plays are imperative to compete against high level teams.”

The “second 15”—Varsity 2—played De Smet Jesuit and

Junior Sam Mulcahy passing the ball.

Saleeby, who busted through the defense and scored. Saleeby scored again shortly after, thanks to two long runs by senior DJ Sansone and Mullins, setting the score at 33-10.

La Salette broke through on the wing to score their final try, but Tucker responded by exposing a gap on a penalty quick tap to score making it 40-15. In the last few minutes of the game, Sansone scored off of a 40 yard break making the final at 47-15.

Although Varsity 1 scored

Marquette, dubbed the Hornets. Senior Zack Bievenue started the game off strong with a try, setting SLUH up with an early of 7-0 lead.

“I noticed that everyone on the Hornets was shifted to the inside and there was a gap.

So I picked it straight up off of the ruck, blasted the gap, and touched it down,” said Bievenue. “This try really made us as a team more confident because it was our first try of the year and set the precedent for the rest of the game.”

In his first game of his rugby career, senior Steven Mack ran in to score. De Smet responded right away with their first—and only—try but Mack hit them back with another, setting the score at 19-5 going into the half time.

Soon after, Junior Dominic Nguyen forced his way through the Hornets defense and ran all the way to score, setting the final score at 24-5.

The Varsity 1 team started

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their trip to California against the #2 team in the nation, Jesuit High School. Unfortunately, the game did not end in the favor of the Jr. Bills, as the Jesuit High team made up for the size deficit with skill and rugby knowledge, as SLUH lost 64-0.

“They didn’t necessarily have a size or speed advantage, instead they were extremely skilled,” said Tucker. “Many of their seniors had played rugby at least all four years of high

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Tennis serves up wins against Marquette and Vianney; sets sights on successful season

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ran to score his first try in his first ever rugby game and set the score at 19-10.

“I didn’t even know I had scored,” said Schuermann.

“I only really realized I had scored when everyone came up and patted me on the back.

It came at a crucial point in the game too which was really cool.”

After a La Salette offsides, a SLUH penalty quick tap was handed off to senior Trey

efficient with their daily training.

“We are trying to prove everyone wrong with one of the youngest teams in the city,” said Fischer.

The Jr. Bill’s tennis squad isn’t lacking talent, and their work ethic shows.

The freshman bring new energy to this squad, pushing each other and everyone else to get better each day.

“I believe that as a team maintaining our consistent training and good work ethic will be crucial to our success and if we apply ourselves every day to add the little details then those things will add up in the long run, which will separate us from the competition,” said Da Silva.

Against Marquette, their key to victory was putting pressure on the opponent and burying them when they saw an advan-

tage.

On Wednesday, the team destroyed the Vianney Griffins, winning with a clean sweep.

If the Jr. Bills can remain consistent for the remainder of the season, a state run appears very pos-

sible.

“We have a talented group of guys,” said Tettamble. “We all lead by example and push each other to play harder.”

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Golf stays below Track shows great potential after par in victory over strong showing in first meets of season Vianney

BY Chris Staley SPORTS EDITOR

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ake your mark … BANG! The track season has officially opened with its first races in the SLUH JV/V meet and the highly competitive McCullough-Douglass Invitational known as the Festus meet. Despite being many’s first meet and despite the meet occurring during Spring Break, many runners stood out in their performance.

In recent years, the sprints squad has not been strong.

However, they showed up at Festus, running a 46.36 in the 4x100 meter relay for fifth overall. The team was supposed to run junior Ben Thomas, but due to late injury, junior Nate Bischof took his spot only ten minutes before the gun went off. It did not seem to affect the relay.

“You don’t know what you’re gonna get right out the gate. The weather has not cooperated enough with it being as cold as it was to do any time trial or early season races or anything like that so when we got to Festus, we just wanted to see where guys were at,” said head coach Joe Porter. “Some things we could see were some technical aspects that we can work with in terms of our sprinters … but some great sprinters made for a very impressive race.”

Senior captain Jay Duda ran a 23.95 in the 200 meter dash, just 0.2 seconds short of his PR from last year. Duda credits this great start to his training.

“I’ve been doing a lot of work at setting up my blocks better so that way I can get out faster,” said Duda. “I took the curve a lot harder than I did in that race, a lot harder than ever before, and that was a big difference there.”

In the mid-distance area, junior Lazarus Williams stole the show, winning the 400 meter dash with a 51.09. The 4x400 meter relay took second with a young team composed of one junior, two sophomores, and one freshman. Freshman Baker

jump for a PR. Despite rough weather at the beginning of the season, Wallace-Hughes’s training pushed him to get those jumps.

“The weather wasn’t too great at the beginning of the season so we didn’t get too many

Pashea ran the second fastest split with 54 seconds in the relay along with a 2:09 in the 4x800 relay, which was the fastest split of the four SLUH runners.

“Baker running as well as he did was impressive and his foot speed in his 400 looked outstanding,” said Porter.

On the field, the throw team composed of mostly new athletes threw well for their first varsity meet. Junior captain Patrick Hayden got tenth in the the Shot Put with a throw of 41.1 feet, and new javelin thrower Michael Gordon grabbed tenth with a 111.09 feet throw in his first varsity meet as a thrower.

“It was really intimidating—I was the smallest thrower there—but I just came out and I did what I’ve been practicing for the past few weeks and it paid off,” said Gordon.

The jump squad showed their potential with standout senior captain Christian WallaceHughes getting fourth in long jump with a 19.11 foot long jump and snagged third in the triple jump with a 41.03 foot

jumps in but we did do a lot of acceleration and a lot of running so I definitely think that trained me to get a lot better,” said Wallace-Hughes. “I feel like now that the weather’s feeling great I feel like I’ll be able to go beyond what I did on Saturday.”

The highlight of the meet came in the 3200 meter run when junior Lucas Rackers ran the fastest 3200 time in the state of Missouri with a 9:29.11 victory. Rackers, who is coming off a sixth-place finish at the cross country state meet, did not plan to do much in the race, but his fast finish and relaxed nature helped kick him to first.

“We kind of just went into the day to kind of see how fast I can run, what I can do,” said Rackers. “I didn’t really set down any time I wanted to run, so I went into the race fresh and coach said don’t let too many 73’s [a 400 split] slip by you for the laps.”

“That was an outstanding race,” said Porter. “He led from the beginning. He was pushed by two great runners from Her-

teacher Tim O’Neil stepped down last May, ending 16 years of service to the club.

Returning players are senior Justin Jacoby, juniors Bryan Gund and Tyler Lindhorst, and sophomore Matt Warnecke. In addition, senior Christian Berger will be rejoining the team in April after he concludes his junior ice hockey season in Wisconsin.

In inline, Berger notched 58 points last season, averaging well over 3 points per game.

Warnecke, a playmaker, tallied 19 assists. Jacoby, a goalscorer, scored 29 goals. Senior Dylan Bak is the team’s goalie.

Varsity 1 opens its season with a game against rival De Smet Jesuit on Saturday, at 7 PM at the Fenton Forum.

Crowds have been light in the past but LePage wants a large showing this season.

“I would encourage guys to come out to these games,” said LePage. “It’s fun to watch, and the style we play is going to be exciting.”

The second varsity team is experienced as well. It is led by coaches Matt Spaeth and John Pecher. Returning players include senior Nick

Prainito and juniors Andrew Zerega and Peter Lally. All three played on SLUH’s state runner-up team in May 2017.

Lally, who has several years of experience already in both ice and inline, serves as goaltender for the team.

Varsity 2 opened its season playing SLUH’s JV team and winning 8-2. This past week, the squad played two games, falling 8-2 against Rockwood Summit on Tues-

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cy and Cape Notre Dame, but at no point did he relinquish the lead and he just kind of kept his foot on the pedal. Very excited about his last lap as well that he closed extremely fast. He closed in about a 65 second 400 so just looking great for the future and looking at the season and saying ‘alright that’s a good starting point. How fast can we go?’”

At the SLUH JV/C meet, SLUH hosted De Smet, CBC, and KIPP Victory. Standouts were sophomores Aidan Byrne and Cas Magruder getting under 58 seconds in the 400 meter dash. Sophomore Noah Apprill-Sokol ran an impressive 5:06 mile in his first race as did sophomore Sanford LeGrand who ran a 5:16 after a tough cross country season.

“That mid-distance group is looking great. Those guys are some people we’re excited about,” said Porter. “We want to see how many guys this year on the distance side can get under 5:00 in the mile and Noah getting that close this early is a great sign of our depth as we run more guys throughout the mile this year I can definitely see that happening.”

The track program hopes to keep improving with a JV and varsity meet at the Lindbergh invitational this Saturday at Lindbergh High School. This meet will allow SLUH to see more of the St. Louis competition they’ll be up against, especially against Kirkwood and Lindbergh. Events start at 9:15 a.m.

“We’re excited about Lindbergh this week to see if guys can improve on things and continue to get better each week,” said Porter.

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ixty degrees, partly cloudy, and a slight breeze. You couldn’t ask for a better day on the golf course. Neither could the St. Louis U. High varsity golf team, who claimed a 262-241 victory over the Vianney Griffins this past Wednesday in their first match of the season.

Junior Ray Winter led the charge against the Griffins, shooting a 36 over the nine holes at Tapawingo National Golf Club in Sunset Hills. Winter took his talents all the way to the state finals last year and looks to go even further this year. Winter capped his round with an eagle on the par-five ninth hole.

Seniors Jonathan Turner and Parker Leavitt also contributed, scoring 37 and 38 respectfully, looking to aid Winter and provide more depth to the squad.

Depth is a strength for SLUH this season.

“If you give Ray Winter a pass as being the best most consistently, there are literally twelve players right now who on a given day could beat everybody else on the team. This is a program that Coach Gilbert has built, not a season, and this team will continue to raise their game each week,” said Reardon.

Reardon sees a bright future ahead for the GolfBills but he also noticed the first match jitters, something not uncommon for any golf team in their first match.

“I knew we were really

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solid as a group at Forest Park, but the combination of being on a golf course with more dangerous holes and playing for real for the first time was the unanswered question. What I saw today was a team that was a little nervous the first time out and scores that were a little more volatile,” said Reardon.

There were plenty of highlights from the match, including Winter’s eagle and a spectacular 400-yard drive by senior Nate Rauschenbach. As a team, the Jr. Bills found a way to pull through, although the journey wasn’t easy. There were some bad holes Wednesday, but Reardon sees a solution for it.

“We need to be better managers on the golf course. Everybody is going to make bad swings. That’s golf. But knowing mistakes are a part of the game, we need to learn how to make certain our mistakes don’t turn into minor disasters.

This team doesn’t lack for ball striking ability. They just need to continue to figure out how to turn bad holes into average holes,” said Reardon.

“We got the win but we came out a little shaky at the beginning it felt like for a lot of our guys so we just had to pull through in the end; just trying to win your group was the goal,” said Turner.

The Jr. Bills tee off next against St. Dominic next Monday at Norman K. Probstein Community Golf Course for their second regular season matchup.

Inline starts season; looks to repeat last year’s successes

BY Nick STAFF

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Prainito

ach of St. Louis U. High’s four inline hockey teams began this season’s regular season play over spring break.

Due to an influx of new players, two varsity teams, a JV team, and a C team are representing SLUH in the Missouri Inline Hockey Association (MOIHA). All teams will play 14 games in hopes to qualify for the playoffs in early May. Early results are mixed for each team, but everyone agrees that when the season gets into full swing, the club as a whole will experience success.

For the varsity tier 1 team, the vision is to win the State Championship. The team is composed of some experienced players, but mainly of new athletes, many of whom have played ice hockey.

Still, they expect to be competitive.

“This is going to be my ninth season coaching and I think this is hands down the most talented team,” said head coach Chris LePage.

LePage is now leading the program after history

day and 12-6 on Wednesday.

In spite of the recent losses, Spaeth has encouraged everyone to remain positive and optimistic, and that learning to play inline well can take a while to get used to.

“It’s getting our ice guys to be able to transition their ice hockey skills onto the roller hockey floor,” said Spaeth, describing one of the team’s main goals for the season.

“I think by the end of

Freshman Ryan Spinner against CBC.

next weekend we should be definitely in a better groove,” said Pecher So far, freshman Ryan Spinner and sophomore Cole Fitzhenry have led the way, each earning seven points throughout the first couple of games. Up next, the squad plays games on April 5-7, against Fort Zumwalt West, Seckman, and Oakville.

Next, SLUH’s JV team is considered the “senior team,” which was moved up from the C Division a few weeks ago. On this team are eight seniors—most of whom played last year—and five underclassmen, including sophomore goalie Andrew Bergman and Jake Buttice. The team is coached by David Richert, and has failed to pick up a win as of late Thursday night.

However, like the Varsity D2 team, JV has many new players, so there is optimism for upcoming games.

Stats leaders are freshmen Joey Inserra and Matt Windler. Inserra has scored two goals and tallied an assist, and Windler has one of each.

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Fenton at 9 PM on April 5.

Finally, SLUH’s C Team is coached by Charlie West ’17, another member of the 2017 State runner-up team.

West brings energy and positivity to the club’s youngest players, and this has paid off through the team’s early success. They are 2-0 and play tonight against CBC at 8 PM in Fenton. Bergman is goaltender for the team and other returners include sophomores Tim Torrez, Henry McIntyre, and Jake Buttice, who also skates as a forward.

So far, McIntyre has been leading the way with three goals, and junior R.J. Ledbetter has two goals and an assist. Buttice and Bergman have split the time in goal so far and both have impressed.

Buttice put up a shutout and Bergman faced 32 shots and only let four in for a .875 save percentage.

“Two years ago we had one team,” said LePage of the inline program. Now there are 44 players, 30 of which are from the ice hockey program. “The future looks phenomenal and this year it’s going to be a lot of fun.

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Volume 83, Issue 24

Ultimate glides into new season with win over Alton; wobbles against Priory

BY Brad Pike CORE STAFF

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he St. Louis U. High ultimate Frisbee team has gotten off to a strong start this season, following a malicious beatdown of Alton, 15-4, due to vast team improvement in practices and strong team leadership and chemistry.

The ultimate team started prepping for this season in late February, looking to bounce back from an eighth place finish in the state tournament last year.

Despite retaining several players from last year’s squad, the roster lost a lot of the main talent from the previous year’s senior class. Now, with a plethora of new players, the team looks to improve for the upcoming season with the help of their more experienced players.

“I was really excited to be approached to be a captain,” said sophomore co-captain David Slama. “I really wanted to do it because next year we won’t have any seniors, so we will need juniors to step up, and I wanted the experience going into that.

A lot of the freshmen are already asking me for advice while we walk to the archery fields in Forest Park for practice.”

“We are a very young team, but we got a lot of energy and some good enthusiastic people that will help us going into the year,” said coach Jeff Ullery ’10.

This enthusiasm is a big part of the sport of ultimate. A core tenant of the sport, referred to as the spirit of the game, is held highly by all players and fans. Because the sport is selfofficiated, it relies heavily upon the players’ genuine high energy play and sportsmanship

throughout the season to enable a fun, positive playing environment.

Although this ‘spirit of the game’ is very important, so is the performance on the field, which the team has been practicing three times a week since late February. The team has been working towards progressing into a well-oiled machine for the dog days of the season.

“Our goal is to get better as the season goes on,” said Ullery.

our cuts, and our throws.”

The team recently took a break from the busy practice schedule to play a first year ultimate team in the area, Alton High School. SLUH came out of the gates hard, scoring the first few points unanswered and eventually winning the game, 15-4. The team executed well on offense, taking advantage of open cutters by making key deep throws downfield to score easy points. Defensively, the

Senior Brad Pike catching a frisbee.

“We want to be playing our best ultimate at the end of the season before the State Tournament (in May).”

“If we keep practicing like we are doing, we might even be able to beat De Smet,” said freshman Jared Thornberry. “I feel very comfortable with our pulls,

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team held strong against an unorganized offensive set from the inexperienced Alton team.

“We had really good energy on the sideline,” said Ullery.

“I liked the cuts and throws that I saw. It was a good first game for the season, and a good start for us.”

“(The game) was a big highlight,” said Slama. “We got some stuff we want to look over from that game, like we were crowding up our offense too much when we got close to the endzone, and really just making sure everyone knows how to throw the disc well.”

The ultimate team followed the dub with a game against Priory at home on Thursday night. Heavy rain hit the football field at SLUH during warmups and persisted throughout the course of the game, but the dischuckers of the U-high fought through the elements to compete against the Priory Rebels, who were ranked second in last year’s state tournament.

Priory came out with a strong first half through the conditions, and took an 8-2 lead into halftime. However, the Jr. Bills did not back down and stayed even with them in the second half, with the final score being 12-6.

“We haven’t really encountered rain this year, and our team is comprised mostly of new players,” said captain Ben Kleffner. “So, it took us a second to adjust, which made us have a shaky first half. However, we managed to stick together and compete with them well in the second half.”

The team heads into the weekend ready to face Chaminade at 1 p.m. on Sunday at Chaminade.

“We’re just some dogs chasing after the national championship—our frisbee,” said Kleffner.

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seven hits, and many missed opportunities. Eight runners were left on base and the only runs batted in came from senior Kolin King, who had two.

In the second game, sophomore Jake Noonan (11) started his third game of the season hoping to keep his hot streak alive, having allowed only two runs over four and one third innings between his last two starts.

Unfortunately, Noonan suffered the loss as the Helias bats got hot at the start of the second. He was relieved by junior Ben Kennebeck who pitched one and two thirds.

Sophomore Thomas Pollard closed out the game.

“We are going to improve individually on staying focused and not worrying about perfection on the mound. We don’t want to suffer in the field so we need to get as many outs as we can. We lose our confidence when we get stuck behind errors,” said Kennebeck.

The Jr. Bills have set very worthy and achievable goals for the year and according to Bulte, they are aiming high.

“Our ultimate goal this year is to get to the state championship and before that obviously districts and the MCC,” said Bulte.

Errors have emerged as an early flaw for the Jr. Bills with a total of five de-

fensive errors against Helias in the double header. Errors change the team’s view of a game from one that wasn’t won to a game that was lost.

“We have played six games and that one game, the second game of the double header, was where the defense fell apart a little bit. Other than that, we are working on that this week to make sure we are solid on our pitching and defense,” Bulte said.

“Once we do a better job of picking each other up, I think we will have our key to success. We don’t want to be hard on ourselves, and we need to just focus on the next play because it’s in the past and we can’t change that. We need to be looking to the future,” said Kennebeck.

SLUH will face Loyola Academy and St. Ignatius in a double header this Saturday. They then host Chaminade on Monday.

March 23rd Game One SLUH 3 Final Helias 7 (7) WP: J. Weaver LP: C. Glynn (9.64 ERA) Game Two SLUH 4 Final Helias 14 (5) WP: D.Meyer LP: J. Noonan (12.00 ERA)

Rugby secures win against Sacramento’s CBHS after loss to Jesuit High (continued from page 9)

school rugby.”

Fortunately, the SLUH team was able to resolve some of these problems when the team got the opportunity to train with former team USA rugby coach, Sean Roy, ’93. In high school, Roy played for the Druids Rugby Club, a St. Louis club composed of SLUH and CBC players. The Druids existed before SLUH had an official rugby team. The training session, taking place on Treasure

Island, gave the team a boost in morale and improved skills.

“The training session really helped reinforce the defense that we’ve been working on so hard in practice recently,” said Junior Sean “Bull” Flynn. “We were very fortunate to be able to learn from such an experienced and knowledgeable coach.”

The RugBills took the advice into their next game against the other Sacramento team, Christian Brothers High

School (CBHS). The team, with a fire lit under them, had something to prove after such a tough defeat to Jesuit High.

Mullins started SLUH off by running through the CBHS defense and scoring right in the middle, 7-0. SLUH’s defense pushed CBHS into their own try zone, when turnover was recovered by Mulcahy who touched it down and set the score at 14-0.

Then, senior Maceo Cummings scored his first-

Underclassman Briefs C Team Volleyball (1-0-0) 3/26-Mehlville SLUH: 25 25 Mehlville: 21 11 JV Volleyball (2-0-0) 3/26-Mehlville SLUH: 25 25 Mehlville: 8 10 3/27-Chaminade SLUH: 25 25 Chaminade: 8 10 JV In-line (2-0-0) 3/22-Northwest

SLUH: F: 1 Northwest: F: 0 3/23-Fort Zumwalt South SLUH: F: 7 Zumwalt: F: 4

3/27-Parkway Central SLUH: F: 19 Parkway: F: 6 Cooper Scharff (8) Carson Cornett (2) Jonas Hostetler (2)

JV Rugby (0-1-0) 2/26-Chaminade SLUH: F: 7 Chaminade: F: 10

B Team Baseball (1-0-0) 3/22- Webster Groves SLUH: F:10 Webster: F: 2

JV Water Polo 3/25- Parkway West SLUH: F: 5 Parkway: F: 4 Eli Butters (3)

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ever try off a pass out wide by senior Justin “Frenchie” Lombard setting the score at 19-0.

Another long 80 meter run by Finlay lead to a try, setting the score up to 24-0.

Later, Saleeby broke through the CBHS line and stiff armed through the defense before offloading to Trittler who scored. In response CBHS’s scrum-half busted down the field and outran SLUH’s defense to score but some strong offensive play lead to another try by Trittler setting the score at 36-7.

Near the end of the first

half, senior Thom Molen ran up the middle of the try zone and set the score at 43-7 going into the half. The second half ’s only tries were by Finlay and CBHS’s scrum-half making the final score 50-14.

“We learned a lot of valuable lessons from our tour in Cali,” said Trittler “We’re hoping we were able to turn it into a great season and a state run.”

SLUH travelled to California to play better teams and interact with nationally ranked rugby programs SLUH hopes to one day emulate. The lessons learned by the players will

help them on the road to State.

“We got the chance to learn about and apply some key fundamentals that we lacked in the game against Jesuit (High) in the training session with Coach Roy,” said coach Joe Husgen. “Things such as line breaks on our kickoffs and situational awareness were things that were pointed out that we weren’t able to notice in our practices.”

SLUH rugby will head to Germantown, Tennessee this weekend to face the Germantown High School Rugby Team on Saturday.

Varsity Briefs V Volleyball (2-0) 3/26-Mehlville SLUH: 25 25 Mehlville: 22 19 Peter Quinn: 7 kills Charlie Steenberge: 7 points

V Water polo (2-0) 3/25-Parkway Central SLUH: 10 Parkway Central: 8 Mike Kreinkamp: 5 goals John McCabe: 6 steals

3/27-Chaminade SLUH: 25 24 25 Chaminade: 17 26 22

3/27-Parkway Central SLUH: 11 Parkway Central: 4 John McCabe: 12 saves Garrett Baldes: 5 steals

­­—Compiled by Jimmy Stanley

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Volume 83, Issue 24

Appalachia volunteers find inspiration through service (continued from page 5)

labor around the campus and spent time with the members of the Joy Ranch community.

“The last two years, we weren’t as involved with the kids at Joy Ranch,” said senior John Mersinger, who attended the trip for the third time this year. “This year, we played basketball with them, cooked dinner for them a lot more, and did projects with them. That’s something that was definitely missing.”

Campus Minister Stephen Deves and trip leader Meg Beugg spearheaded the planning process this year and decided to focus more on the human interaction on the trip.

They also held three preparation meetings in advance to help explain to the students who they would be working with and what they would be doing.

“We stress that it is an immersion experience, which means that it is really about connecting with the people and learning about the culture, and the work is just the means to that,” said Beugg.

Students performed a variety of different tasks involving tiresome manual labor.

They spent the daytime raking leaves, hauling branches, tearing up carpet, and completing any other odd jobs that needed to be done.

Possibly one of the most difficult jobs they had involved using sledge hammers to break up a large six inch deep piece of blacktop. After breaking it up, they loaded it into a truck, and moved it to a different area, where they were required to break the remaining chunks of asphalt into gravel.

“Making it into gravel was the hardest, because when you break a rock, you’re just left with two smaller, harder-tobreak rocks,” said Mersinger.

On Wednesday, the group travelled to the small family farm of Sam and Kelly Crawford, the founders of Neighborto-Neighbor. Led by the Crawford’s twelve year old grandson, Ian, the SLUH students spent the entire day helping cut firewood and building chicken coops.

“Having grown up on this farm now, he was explaining to our guys what to do,” said Buegg, who considers the Crawfords her family. “He wasn’t trying to show off. He just knows cause he’s grown up doing this;

it’s part of his family’s life. That’s a really proud moment for me, seeing him grow up and now be able to take on this role to help our students.”

At night, all the students gathered together for reflection and prayer. They were prompted with questions, that allowed them to review and learn from their experiences helping others that day. After journaling, students were given the opportunity to share. Students gave very personal and deep testimonies, which helped the group grow closer.

“It’s a time to stop and reflect on what you’ve done and what you’ve accomplished,” said Mays.

In past years, grade levels were not nearly as diverse as they were this year, with students in every grade attending.

This raised concern on whether it would be hard for the group to stay mature, on task, and connected. However, those worries soon flew out the window.

“This was the first year we had people that were younger than me. So, this year I had to take more of a leadership role.

I was really worried about the underclassmen, cause even

Late Start

Wednesday, April 3

SLUH Fish Fry

guys my age in years past didn’t work super hard,” said Mersinger. “However, they were the hardest workers.”

“They connected so well,” said Buegg. “It was amazing. I especially attribute it to great leadership from the seniors, who made it clear from the beginning that we were all in this together.”

One of the best bonding moments the boys had was during a bluegrass concert they attended their last night in town.

“It was like pretty uncomfortable. It was weird and these older people were doing these funky dances,” said Mays. “It was kind of one of my favorite moments, though, because it way for us to make fun of each other and joke around. It showed how close we’d gotten.”

The biggest takeaways from most of the students came in the form of their interaction with those they were serving.

Mersinger admired the friendliness of the community. They were always greeting people with kindness, whether they knew them or not.

“The community there is unlike any other,” said Mers- The editors would like to thank their inger. “I hope to bring that back moms for attending Mom Prom. photo | courtesy of Liam John to St. Louis.”

Today from 4-7pm in the Si Commons is the SLUH Fish Fry. In addition to cod, shrimp, mac and cheese, and other foodstuff is live music, circus club, and Kahoot!

Mom Prom!

Calendar Friday, March 29

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Sunday, April 7

Tech Week Theater Junior Kairos Cashbah Cleanup Sophomore Retreat 12:00PM JV Lacrosse vs Shawnee Mission East Cashbah Setup 1:00PM Ultimate Frisbee vs Edwardsville

2:00PM V Lacrosse vs Shawnee Mission East 8:30AM JV Golf @ Fox Tournament 8:00PM JV Inline vs Northwest @ Fenton Forum 4:15PM V Baseball @ Rockwood Summit 9:00PM V Inline vs Oakville @ Fenton Forum

JV Tennis @ Westminster Christian Monday, April 8

V Tennis vs Westminster Christian Regular Schedule 4:30PM C Lacrosse vs CBC Tech Week Theater

V Lacrosse @ Parkway West AP Snack—Chicken Bites

JV Water Polo @ Lindbergh 5:00PM V Ultimate Frisbee @ CBC Lunch Special—Meatball Sandwich Saturday, March 30 5:30PM V Water Polo @ Lindbergh

Vegetarian—Garden Burger 9:00AM JV/V Track & Field @ Lindbergh 6:00PM JV Lacrosse @ Parkway West 8:00AM V Golf Bulldog Battle Invitational 7:00PM C Inline vs Rockwood @ Fenton Forum 3:30PM JV Golf vs Westminster

C Volleyball @ Oakville Tournament 9:00PM V Inline vs CBC @ Fenton Forum 4:00PM JV/V Water Polo vs De Smet 1:00PM JV/1XV Rugby @ Germantown 4:30PM C/JV/V Volleyball vs De Smet Invitational 6:15PM C Baseball vs Clayton No Classes 8:00PM Thursday, April 4

C Inline @ Eureka V Inline vs Lindbergh @ Fenton Forum 2:30PM V Lacrosse @ Eureka Department Meetings Tuesday, April 9 Regular Schedule 3:30PM C Lacrosse vs Shawnee Mission East Junior Kairos 5:00PM C Inline vs Washington @ Fenton Forum AdvancED Visit AP Freshman English Bonus Reading 7:00PM V Inline vs De Smet @ Fenton Forum

AP Registration Cashbah Setup

Snack—Mini Tacos Sunday, March 31 Schedule R Wilderness Retreat Lunch Special—Taco Bar Sophomore Retreat 10:00AM JV lacrosse vs Rockhurst

Vegetarian—Olive Oil Pasta 12:00PM Sophomore Retreat Leadership Meeting Lunch Special—Spicy Chicken Sandwich 8:00AM JV Golf @ Clayton Invitational

Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

V lacrosse vs Rockhurst 4:00PM JV/V Water Polo vs CBC St. Louis University

C Inline vs Ft. Zumwalt West @ Fenton 4:15PM C Baseball @ Seckman 4:30PM C baseball @ CBC Forum

V Tennis vs Clayton

C Volleyball vs Belleville East 1:00PM Ultimate Frisbee vs Chaminade 4:30PM C/JV/V Volleyball @ Parkway Central

V Volleyball vs Belleville East Regular Schedule Monday, April 1 5:00PM C Lacrosse vs Lindbergh AP AP English Boot Camp Regular Schedule Wednesday, April 10

DePaul University No Classes Tech Week Theater Friday, April 5

Snack—Mini Corn Dogs Junior Kairos AP Equity and Inclusion Committee Lunch Special—Chick-Fil-A Cashbah Setup

Rising Senior STUCO Elections

Vegetarian—Mac & Cheese 4:00PM V Track & Field @ Eureka Invitational

AP Registration 3:30PM V Golf vs St. Dominic

JV Tennis vs Lindbergh

Snack—Mini Corn Dogs 4:00PM JV Water Polo vs Parkway South

V Tennis @ Lindbergh Lunch Special—Chinese 4:15PM C baseball vs DeSmet 4:15PM C Baseball @ De Smet

Vegetarian—Black Bean Burger

B Baseball @ Chaminade

B baseball vs Oakville 8:30AM V Golf @ Laker Invitational

V Tennis @ John Burroughs 4:30PM C Volleyball vs CBC 4:30PM C/JV/V Volleyball @ Marquette 4:30PM V Baseball vs Chaminade

JV Volleyball vs CBC

B Baseball @ Belleville West 5:00PM V Water Polo vs Parkway South 5:30PM V Volleyball vs CBC

V Baseball @ Belleville West 5:30PM C Lacrosse @ St. John Vianney 7:00PM V baseball vs Webster Groves

C Baseball vs Webster Groves 8:00PM V Inline vs Ft. Zumwalt West @ Fenton

Regular Schedule Tuesday, April 2 5:00PM JV Lacrosse vs CBC Forum 6:00PM C Inline vs De Smet @ Fenton Forum Junior Kairos Begins After School 9:00PM JV Inline vs Summit @ Fenton Forum AdvancED Visit Thursday, April 11 Regular Schedule ACT @ SLUH Regular Schedule Tech Week Theater Saturday, April 6 AP Snack—Mini Tacos AP Bicentennial Mass Liturgical Choir Rehearsal 9:00AM V2 Track & Field @ All-Catholic Meet Lunch Special—Taco Bar

Illinois College

C Volleyball @ Parkway South

Vegetarian—Grilled Veggie

Snack—Bosco Sticks Tournament 3:30PM C Golf @ Chaminade 10:00AM C Inline vs Washington @ Fenton Forum Lunch Special—Dominos Pizza

JV Golf vs Chaminade

V Lacrosse vs Arrowhead Wisconsin

Vegetarian—Sweet Potatoes

V Golf @ Chaminade 8:00PM JV Inline vs Wentzville Holt @ Fenton 4:00PM JV/V Tennis vs CBC 4:30PM C Volleyball @ Parkway West Forum 4:30PM XV2 Rugby vs North County

JV Volleyball @ Parkway West 9:00PM V Inline vs Seckman @ Matteson 5:00PM Ultimate Frisbee vs Ladue

V Volleyball @ Parkway West Square Garden 5:30PM AMDG Ignatian Spirituality 6:15PM B Baseball vs Lindbergh 6:00PM C Inline vs Ft. Zumwalt South @ Fenton 9:00PM V Inline vs Parkway @ Fenton Forum Forum calendar | Ben Klevorn Lenten Confessionals SLUH Fish Fry 5:00PM JV Volleyball @ Francis Howell Central 6:00PM V Volleyball @ Francis Howell Central 8:00PM C Inline vs CBC @ Fenton Forum TBD V Baseball Jesuit Classic

JV Rugby @ Germantown Invitational

V Water Polo @ York Invitational Rifle Regionals

V/JV Tennis @ Edwardsville Tournament