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The Covington Catholic Times
Volume XXV-Issue VI 1600 Dixie Highway, Park Hills, Kentucky 41011 (859) 491-2247
March 2013
Page 2 Editorials
By: Cameron Murphy
After a stellar regular season in 2012, the Reds failed to
advance past the first round of
the MLB playoffs despite posting a division leading record of
97-65. However, the front office of the organization made
a few off-season moves that
will improve the team and turn
weaknesses
into
strengths.
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Page 9 Sports
Page 12 Reviews
How ‘Bout Dem Reds?
was brought about in a three
team trade in which the Reds acquired Shin-Soo Choo. Choo was
the starting center-fielder for the
Cleveland Indians and was the
lead-off man in the batting lineup.
In 155 games last season, Choo
batted .283, had 67 RBI’s, and hit
16 homeruns. Manager Dusty
Baker expects great things from
Choo this season and thinks he
can make an impact right away.
same as it was last year. Johnny
Cueto will return from injury and
assume his role as the Ace. In
the 2012 season, Cueto started
33 games in which he went 19-9
and had an earned run average of
2.78. His injury in game 1 of the
National League Divisional series
against the Giants proved to be
detrimental to the team’s success.
ted .337, knocked in 56 runs, and
hit 14 homeruns; Phillips batted
.281, posted 77 RBI’s, and hit 18
homeruns. They will be expected
to lead the team again and improve on last year’s performance.
The city of Cincinnati is
ready for its baseball team to
make some noise in the MLB,
and many analysts believe this
The Reds also return their is the year that everything will
star players in first baseman Joey come together. Only time will tell.
The move that will have The pitching staff for the Votto and second baseman Branthe biggest impact this season Reds has remained much the don Phillips. Last season Votto bat-
By: Andrew Schwartz
March is the craziest
month of the entire year, at
least for basketball fans. The
NCAA Tournament always provides surprising moments, and
this year is no exception. It is a
time when a team’s toughness
is tested and fans become crazy.
During March, the NCAA
Tournament is held; it is more commonly known as March Madness
for all the unbelievable things that
happen. In 2013, there have already been crazy things happening
and the tournament still has plenty of time for more excitement.
The major upsets of the first round
were La Salle beating Kansas State,
Harvard topping New Mexico, and
the biggest of all, 15 seed Florida
Gulf Coast beating 2 seed Georgetown. All of the 1 seeds advanced
to the Round of 32, but two of the
four, Gonzaga and Kansas, barely escaped, winning by 6 and 7
points, respectively. In the Round
of 32, many more late game heroics and upsets occurred. 13 seed
La Salle prevailed over 12 seed Ole
Miss, with a game winner from
Tyrone Garland with less than 3
seconds to play. Florida Gulf Coast
The Best Time of the Year
is continuing their Cinderella run send the game to overtime, where
with a win against San Diego State. Michigan would prevail, and Indiana could not defeat Syracuse and
The matchups for the star Michael Carter-Williams. The
Sweet Sixteen were very inter- 2 seed from the West, Ohio State,
esting, and it provided for some beat Arizona thanks to a 3 point-
Four in school history. On the second day of play, Michigan dominated Florida from tip-off to final
buzzer to reach the Final Four. In
the last game, Louisville manhandled Duke, but that was not the
main storyline. Sophomore guard
Kevin Ware from Louisville went
down late in the first half with a
gruesome leg break. The injury
was regarded by many as one of
the worst in basketball history.
The
tournament
still has plenty of time left, and
many upsets and buzzer beaters are sure to still happen. The
only thing we fans can do is
sit back, enjoy the games, and
watch our brackets fall apart.
exciting games. The Cinderella
of the tournament, Florida Gulf
Coast, was not able to advance to
the Elite Eight, as 3 seed Florida
was able to pull out the victory.
9 seed Wichita State advanced to
the Elite Eight with a win over La
Salle. Two 1 seeds fell in the round
of 16, as Kansas was ousted by
4 seed Michigan thanks to a 30
foot 3 pointer by Trey Burke to
er from LaQuenton Ross in the
final seconds. In the Elite Eight,
many exciting and also nauseating
events took place. In the first game
of the weekend, Syracuse dominated Marquette on the defensive
end to advance to their first Final
Four since 2003 with Carmelo Anthony. In the night game, Wichita
State got off to a hot start and
held off a late rally by Ohio State
to reach only the second Final
Editorials
and
News
The First
Francis
Page 2
Erin Go Bragh!
By: Austin Beck
By: Will Henry
The Catholic Church has
an unprecedented commitment
to faith and is led by a pope. As
Pope Benedict XVI retired, a new
pope was selected a few days later.
“Erin Go Bragh!” is the
phrase heard round the world on
March 17th, the great feast known
as St. Patrick’s Day. The origins of
“Erin Go Bragh” trace all the way
holiday is named after the patron
saint of Ireland and is a commonly
celebrated tradition in the land of
the Irish and across the globe as the
world dresses in green and drinks
green-colored adult beverages.
Pope Benedict began his
journey on April 19, 2005. He
took his oath to serve the Catholic Church to the best of his abilities and, in February 2013, decided
he was not able to do so anymore.
He stepped down on February 28,
2013. A new pope was selected on
March 13, 2013. Pope Francis is
from Buenos Ares, Argentina, and
was born on December 17, 1936.
He is currently 76 years old. He
was named cardinal by John Paul II
on February 21, 2001. Pope Francis
shows his passion for the faith as
well as his dedication to a simple
life of being humble. As he was
checking out of his hotel, after being elected pope, he went to pay
the bill which the hotel granted
him free stay. Pope Francis I seems back to the Anglican days of the In the United States specifito be liked by many and contin- island of Ireland, and are loosely cally, from Palo Alto to Pittsburgh,
ues to grow the Church each day. translated “Ireland Forever.” The rivers are colored green, pubs are
Many are excited about the
newly elected pope and are feeling hopeful that he can restore the
faith and revitalize the spiritual
life for which everyone is looking.
By: Will Henry
The NCAA tournament has
been around for almost everyone in this generation’s lifetime.
For 75 years now, the tournament
has given us dramatic upsets, cinderella stories and champions.
This year was no different. Florida
Gulf Coast is a small school out
of the Atlantic Sun Conference,
the same conference as NKU, and
earned their way into the tournament with a successful season and conference tournament.
People would argue that the
15 and 16 seeds of the tournament
are only in the tournament as a
tune-up game for the 1 and 2 seeds.
This year was not the case. The 15
seed Florida Gulf Coast won their
first round game against powerhouse Georgetown University, 7868. For most, that upset would be
the end. Not for FGCU, they would
carry that momentum into their
next game in the round of 32 where
they beat the athletic San Diego
State Aztecs also by 10 points 8171. The Eagles of FGCU are the first
15 seed in the history of the tournament to make it into the Sweet 16.
Although originally established in Ireland, the holiday has
spread across the land and encompasses all different types of cultures. The universal celebrations
pull together all different walks of
life for one common goal: to remember the good times and forget
the bad, all in the name of a saint
who continues to bless the great
land of the Irish. From the O’Doyles
to the Goldensteins, all can enjoy being green and letting loose.
E-mail Taxes
has drawn attention from across
the nation for the so-called “bittax.” Wozniak stated, “There could
be a cent per gigabit… and they
would make billions of dollars a
year.” Responses have been varied,
according to Wozniak. Some economists have called his offices wishing
to collaborate on a plan to continue
with the proposal, while others vehemently disagree, primarily consumers. Many concerns include
practicality and already ever-present e-commerce taxes, which were
only instituted within the year.
Americans are used to
exorbitant taxes---nothing new.
From income to property to sales
taxes, there is practically nothing left to purchase without paying some form of levy to the gov
Making just as much news ernment. The only thing left is
as their fantastic play is how much the freedom of the internet and
fun they are having while playing. one’s own thoughts. What if both
The Eagles are enjoying every mo- of these were compromised?
ment and it shows. The coach of A new taxed proposed by
the Eagles Andy Enfield was quoted a California councilman, Gordon
this week as saying that “we don’t Wozniak, proposed erecting a new
take ourselves too seriously.” For tax code for none other than eThe 46¢ stamp may soon
being the complete underdog of mails. E-mails, or electric mail, have be
introduced
as a virtual tax.
the tournament, the Eagles play been one of the primary forms of
loose and confident. The team communication across the globe While it could raise billions of doldances around after baskets, goes for decades. Councilman Wozniak lars, it raises just as many concerns
amongst the American populace.
crazy on the bench and is living up
every moment they have on this
historic run. The Eagles high-flying
play is making hype as well. The city
of Fort Meyers, Florida, has jokingly
been re-named Dunk-City because
of the multiple highlight dunks
they have had in the tournament.
75 Years of Madness
By: Ethan Egbers
filled, and laughs are shared as the
night pushes onwards. The Chicago
River is dyed green every year followed by the annual St. Patrick’s
Day Parade. Recognized locally
and around the world as one of
the top St. Paddy’s Day celebrations takes place at the University
of Dayton. Thousands of undergrads gather from all across the
region to fill the streets, crowd
the houses, and hang off porches as the festivities continue into
the wee hours of the morning.
The Florida Gulf Coast Eagles are just a bunch of kids out
there having as much fun as they
can, which is something you do not
see from most of the top teams.
They have no pressure to do anything or win anything so they are
playing like they have nothing to
lose. The Eagles are Americas most
talked about team of the tournament and for most now a favorite
in the tournament, that is unless
your team is their next opponent.
Editorials and
News
It’s the Final Round!
By: Daniel Sandfoss
Music is a powerful thing,
but few are truly able to master
the craft of producing the purity
and power that music can have
on people. In Covington, Kentucky, our very own John Frisch,
Will Huber, and Brett Micek of the
band Anderson Ferry have showcased this talent as their deep
blues-filled lyrics left the crowd
in awe at this year’s Battle of The
Bands at the Madison Theater.
On February 15, Anderson
Ferry as well as 17 other bands
that survived the first cut battled
it out for supremacy of the Greater Cincinnati area. Each band is
awarded 20 minutes to win over
the crowd and from the start Anderson Ferry had the crowd eating
out of their palms. Anderson Ferry
is an alternative band by nature,
but has deep rhythm and blues
in a majority of their lyrics.They,
however, were not the only band
that performed to the highest of
their ability. Six other bands including the incredibly talented Rio and
the Ramblers (Former CCH Grads
Ryan Snyder and Eric Torres band)
were chosen to advance to an extra round of musical battle due to
voting issues. The bands will later
battle it out to see who the top
band is in the Northern Kentucky/
Greater Cincinnati area. Expect everything to be left out on the table
with a record label on the line for
the top finishing band. Whether Anderson Ferry
or one of the other musically talented bands pulls out the title, it
is still a testament to the level of
craftsmanship that these bands put
into their art just for advancing so
far in such a high level of competition. Due to the recent news of
all top 7 bands advancing the next
round has been chosen to take
place on Friday, March 23. Come
out to Madison Theater on the
23rd to hear some great bands and
help our own Colonels advance on!
Guitarist, Will Huber performs a solo at the Madison Theatre.
He’s Taking Over
By: Sam Wehrman
Tiger Woods regained the title “World’s Best Golfer” on March
25th when he finished first place in
the Arnold Palmer Invitational. It
took him two and a half years to
take back the title he lost back in
October 2010. This was Tiger’s third
win of the season in which he only
has played in five events, which is
remarkable. Tiger now hopes to
end his championship drought this
April at The Masters in Augusta,
Georgia. Tiger claims that it has
been a long time since he felt so
confident heading into a major, and
he hopes to capitalize with a win.
King Of The Court
By: Matt Summe
Over the past two decades
it has become more difficult to
win games in the NBA because
the talent is so spread out. Therefore, no one has broken any records from the early 80’s because
there was a lack of talent. This
year could be a little different.
This year the Miami Heat
are trying to make history, and
they have almost accomplished
that goal. In 1983 the Los Angeles Lakers maintained a winning
streak consisting of 33 games. This
was when the NBA did not have
as much talent as it does today.
The Miami Heat right now is on a
winning streak of 27 games. They
have gone through thick and thin
during this streak. A big part why
they are doing so well is LeBron
James. He is averaging 27.9 points,
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8.8 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per
game. Those are MVP caliber stats,
and with him on the team there is
a chance that they can repeat and
win the NBA Finals. But you cannot forget about his supporting
cast: Dwayne Wade, Chris Bosh,
and also future Hall of Famer Ray
Allen. These guys are all averaging at least 15 points per game.
That is unbelievable, considering
most teams do not even have three
players averaging more than that.
This streak has been going on for about two months now.
There have been many critics saying that the Heat will not be able to
maintain for this long, but the Heat
took that as fuel to the fire. The
Heat are now only seven games
away from breaking the record and
that will be an infinite amount of
momentum going into the playoffs. Tiger Wood’s amazing run
was halted after his infamous scandal and the divorce of his wife Elin
Nordegren in 2009. He fell as far
as No. 58 in the Official World Golf
Ranking before he began climbing
back. Tiger underwent addiction
problems, leg injury, changed his
swing coach, and he lost his biggest
sponsors including AT&T and Gillette. This is the reason why his resurgence took as long as it did; a lot
was going through his mind. Tiger
now is dating Olympic Ski Champion Lindsey Vaugn and he has never
felt more confident in his golf game.
Tiger Woods now has 77
career PGA Tour wins, and he is
only five behind the all-time leader, Sam Snead. This is also the first
time Tiger has one back to back
events since 2009 when he won
the Buick Open and the Bridgestone Invitational. Tiger Woods
is a 14 time major winner, only
4 behind Jack Nicklaus record of
18 majors. Tiger’s new number
one ranking and his recent confidence may result in a 15th major.
Editorials and News
The Death of Football
By: Daniel Sandfoss
The world of pro-football is
collapsing around us as we know it.
There is no longer any sanctity in
the game, and the players are no
longer allowed to play hard-hitting,
smash mouth football anymore.
The National Football League, led
my commissioner Roger Goddel, is
now coming up with some of the
most strict enforcements on the
game, restrictions that have never
before been seen. If these new rules
and restrictions keep being brought
up by the league, soon we will need
to cough up the money to buy the
players tu-tus and pom poms.
The new rule that I am talking about now, of course, is the ruling about how running backs are no
longer allowed to lead with their
head. The league is trying to take
away the natural instinct to duck
your head when you are about
my make a collision with another
player. These players know the risk
of this game before they sign their
million dollar contracts, and they
know that every time they put on
those pads and walk on that field
they could get hurt. We cannot
allow the officials of the league
to constantly change rules to the
game, or there will be no game
left by the time they are done.
The game used to be played
in leather helmets, and today they
are played in the top of the line gear
with all the safety equipment a person could ask for. No matter how
much we try to protect our players injuries will always occur, but
we can control whether or not the
sanctity of the game is intact or not.
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Another Type of Madness
By: Max Williamson
March is full of madness,
but not just for the players on the
court. Late into March, the top
swimmers of Division one swimming gathered together at Indianapolis to compete in the proverbial “floating four.” With Olympic
talent such as gold medalist Allison
Schmidt and Shannon Vreeland,
the meet was sure to be filled with
excitement and high expectations.
The field was out against
last year’s champion, Cal Berkeley, as Tenessee’s women powered
their way to victory in the first two
relays, but strong performances
by Georgia in the freestyle events
put them in a strong second place
after day one. From here the likes
of Olympian Elizabeth Beisel of
Florida and Stanford’s Maya Dirado
battled it out in the individual medleys, with Beisel remaining victorious. After day two, Georgia had
gained advantage of the lead with
Tenessee and Cal close behind.
On day three, tensions ran high,
and teams battled to the bone to
gain their team advantage and a
national championsip. The night
started off with a record shattering swim from Cal’s Liz Pelton as
she swam her way to an American record in the 200 backstroke.
From here, local Ohio standout
Margo Geer represented Arizona
and coined her second NCAA title
in the 100 freestyle, just missing
the NCAA record mark. To close out
the night, Georgia took first place
in the 4x100 Freestyle relay, edging out Arizona and Cal to take the
event in NCAA record time. However, due to foreign athletes on the
Georgia team, Arizona was credited with a new American record.
The final results were as follows: Georgia in first, Cal Berkeley
taking second, and surprise underdog Tenessee coming in third.
The ‘dawgs ended the night in
celebration and in culmination of
a year full of hard work and dedication. Next week, the men take
it to the pool and battle it out for
the mens’ NCAA championship.
Junior Nationals
in the team competition. Day two
saw events such as the 400 IM,
This March, swimmers from with Andrew Seliskar of the DC
around the nations gathered togeth- area winning with a Phelps record
er in Orlando in order to compete shattering time and Max Williamfor the title of being the best swim- son taking the silver. In the ladies
mer 18 years old or younger. Swim- course, the Ims came down to the
mers from California to Maine to last lap with Dynamo’s Kylie StewFlorida came together for the 5 day art taking gold. From here the meet
long pentatholon of a swim meet. took is course, with the Dynamo
swim club taking the overall crown.
In the men’s course, day
one belonged to the breastrokers The next step for these
with Andy Schuler of Jersey, Will swimmers is to further their
Licon of Texas, and Max William- dreams by chasing after the title
son of Kentucky taking the top of being on the world championseeds. In the girls course, Kennedy ship team, whose trials are in June. Lohman took the top spot in the The goal is greatness, and these
breastroke. Teams from Dynamo young swimmers will continue perin Georgia and Rockville Montgom- suing success one stroke at a time.
ery of Maryland took to the water
By; Max Williamson
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Student Life
Music City
By: Andy Gregg
I spent my senior spring
break not on the beaches of Florida,
but in Northern Kentucky(NKY)
and Nashville, Tennessee. What I
thought was going to be another
extremely boring spring break
turned out to be one of my
favorites. I was fully anticipating
hours of siteseeing in Nashville,
when in reality it turned out to be
one of the best places I have been. My family and I left NKY
after Easter mass for the four hour
drive to Music City. We had no fixed
plans on the way down aside from
seeing my brother who attends
Belmont University, which is a few
blocks from downtown. The first
full day in Nashville was quite tiring. I woke up bright and early to have
breakfast, and then drove over to
the Grand Ol Opry Hotel with my
family. This hotel was the coolest
place ever it was a rainforest inside
of a building. There were rivers,
waterfalls, fountains, trees, fish,
and even a boat! The next day was
even better. I spent the night at my
brother’s house and then got picked
up by my dad to meet the family
at Noshville for brunch. After that
we headed over to the Parthenon. Wait, did I just say the Parthenon? Yes, I did. In Nashville’s Centennial
Park there is a full scale replica
of Greece’s Parthenon, including
the 30-foot Athena statue. After
an hour spent there, we headed
on down to the heart of the
Music City, Broadway. Broadway
is lined with bars, restaurants,
homeless musicians, and shops. There are infinite possibilities of
things to do. Also, do not forget
Bridgestone Arena, the home of
the professional hockey team the
Nashville Predators. Speaking of
which my dad, brother, and I sat
rink-side at their game against the
Colorado Avalanche. It was the best
sporting event I have ever been to. What I thought was going
to be a downright boring vacation
was actually one of my favorites. I can honestly say I did not want
to leave Nashville, and I turned
out to really love the city. There
are plenty of things to do, and I
highly recommend a Predators
game. Hopefully, I will be able to
pay another visit in the future. Top Model To Role Model
By: Andy Gregg
Every year a chastity speaker
comes to Covington Catholic in
the spring time, typically before
spring break. In the past we have
had speakers male and female that
seem to endlessly critique us boys
on our behavior, how we treat girls,
and how it is our fault. Needless to
say the Colonels were hoping for
something a little different this year. This year’s chastity speaker
was someone unexpected. Leah
Darrow was a previous model, was
on multiple top brand magazines,
and was also on a season of
America’s Top Model. Darrow’s
slogan on her posters around
school was “From Top Model,
To Role Model.” As soon as the
boys found this out everyone
seemed rather excited and much
anticipated for this chastity talk. This year had potential to be
different than the previous ones!
The talk was hosted in the
gym. Ms. Darrow was in the middle
with the Cov Cath freshmen and
sophomores on one side, junior and
seniors in the middle, and Notre
Dame freshmen and sophomores
on the other side. Her talk began
with everyone in full attention,
heads held high, but soon it became
directed straight to the girls of NDA. All hope seemed to have faded for
the Colonels, yet another year of
these talks. As she continued it did
get better. Even though the talk did
not seem to be related to chastity,
but only for a brief moment, it was
a great moral and life story. It was a
story that everyone can learn from
and use as a reference in the future.
Leah Darrow’s talk was
one to go into the books here at
CCH. The book of chastity talks
that did not condemn the boys as
heathen creatures out to bring girls
into sin. Therefore, it was a good
talk, and she had a great story to
share to everyone young and old. Page 5
Global Spring Break
schools and colleges made the trek
down to the Florida panhandle to
“Short, but I had the time stay a week in paradise. Festivities
of my life,” said senior Zach Toeb- included concerts by names such
ben to describe his Spring Break as the Ying Yang Twins, giveaways,
endeavors. Although considerably beach parties, and contests of all
shorter this year, most still man- varieties. The beads were flying
aged to get out of town and enjoy and good times were shared all
the weather from Quebec, Canada, around. Panama City Beach conto Panama City, FL, to sunny Puerto tinues to impress, year after year.
Rico. Covington Catholic students
Swimming sensation Max
enjoyed getaways of a lifetime. Williamson finally got to partake
An initially skeptical Brett in a much needed hiatus from the
Micek stated, “When my family stresses of school and swimming
said we were going to Canada to on the national scale. He stayed the
ski during Spring Break, I had my week in U.S. territory, Puerto Rico!
reservations… Shouldn’t I be head- Max claims it was the time of his life
ing somewhere warm?” But, in the and Puerto Rico has really “gotten
end, the senior had a fantastic trip, its act together.” While the island
“I loved every minute of it and, territory used to struggle, now it
quite honestly, enjoyed it more has transformed itself into a boomthan most of my previous trips to ing tourist hotspot. Olympic qualifithe beach.” The ski resort was the er Williamson said he would recombiggest in North America and had mend the island getaway to anyone
dozens of slopes providing end- who is looking for an enjoyable
less hours of fun. It was certainly and relatively affordable vacation.
distinctive and new destination.
Spring Break 2013 will live
Sundrenched Panama City, in the memories of all for years
Florida, was the hit of Spring Break to come. What does Spring Break
2013. Dozens of seniors from Cov- 2014 hold in store? What fantastic
ington Catholic, Notre Dame Acad- trips will be recorded in personal
emy, and hundreds of other high history books? Only time will tell.
By: Will Henry
Nothing But Vitamins
these kids. One vitamin is to be included in the meals, and their goal
Amongst all the great things is to provide enough vitamins to last
that Covington Catholic has to offer, the children for at least six months. I believe charity is the most high- Mrs. Stengle has teamed up with
ly regarded aspect of our school the Nicaragua missionaries to collect as many as 36,000 vitamins
This year CCH math instructhrough both donations and the
tor Julie Stengle has volunteered
money collected on the out of unito lead a vitamin drive that goes
form day, which totaled to around
to support children of Nicaragua, a
$400. We would like to thank
country that unfortunately has the
Crestville Drugs for their generosity
and support of this
cause, as they sold
us 20,000 vitamins
for a mere cost of
$400. CVS pharmacy is rumored
to provide another
16,000 vitamins,
which would put
us at 36,000 total, to provide
for the children
of
Nicaragua.
By: Cameron Stansberry
highest incidents of childhood malnutrition in Latin America. She has
teamed up with Nicaragua missionaries as well as the mission “Amigos for Christ”, which is a charitable
organization that donates enough
food to feed eight hundred children one hot meal per day, in order
to make a difference in the lives of
We are extremely thankful for the efforts of
Mrs. Julie Stengle and the generous
donation given by Crestville Drugs. Through their efforts we are making a difference in the lives of children who need it the most, and are
evoking change in our world today.
Student Life
Jeff Ruby Takes
Out The Colonels
By: Matt Summe
Deutsch
Competition
Day
By: Will Henry
Now that this world is turning into a “Hallo!” was the phrase heard all across
walking social network, people are starting to the campus of the University of Cincinnati on
get active on twitter, because like Facebook, Monday, March 25. Students from all across
Twitter is now the mainstream of socializ- the Tri-State gathered to compete for the
ing. This week demonstrated a great example. grand prize of permanent bragging rights and
a chance to be recognized from world-renown
Around two weeks ago, a student named German professors. Over 450 area high school
Matt Summe otherwise known as @sumdog7 students took part in tests of German grammar,
tweeted a Cincinnatti legend, Jeff Ruby. The reading, comprehension and culture as well as
tweet read, “Hey Mr. Ruby, us Cov Cath boys are competing in art, baking and costume competiinterested in meeting you and we were wonder- tions. It was certainly a fun-filled day all tying
ing if we could come to your place for dinner?” in to the central theme of “Deutschland geht
This tweet sparked a twitter friendship with ins Kino!” or “Germany goes to the movies!”
Matt and Jeff. It turned out that Jeff responded
and said, “Yes, get 10 of your ‘homies’ and you Here at Covington Catholic, the German
guys can come to my restaurant for a dinner.” 3 and 4 classes participated and enjoyed the
benefits of not only showcasing their own Ger
Sure enough, this was not just a Twitter man skills, but learned much along the way. In
joke; this actually happened. However, there fact, our German classes did so well that they
was a problem in picking the students who were won first place in the short skit contest! The
able to go with Matt. So they decided in order to team consisted of Grant Lyons, Nik Knipper,
keep it fair, that Mrs. Ruth could pick names out Ross Rohling, Will Huber, Justin Schmitt, Collin
of a jar. A couple of students received the brunt Cummings, and Mark Schult. Our very own Fred
using this method but that was the only fair way. George is noted for achieving overall first place
The ten students: Matt Summe, Cameron Mur- in the Level 1 German Competition! The one
phy, Sam Wehrman, Kellen Jenkins, Austin Wes- and only Mark Schult finished off the day for
ley, Tanner Fangman, Nick Fredrick, Ethan Eg- the Colonels with a first place spot in the Poetry
bers, Drew Brueggeman, and Brandon Sullivan 3 Competition! Mr. Kaelin has enjoyed many
then got the privilege to go out to eat with Jeff years of teaching German classes and is proud
Ruby for free. Not to mention they were able to wrap up his years here at CCH with recognito ride on his tour bus. As soon as they got off tion on the national scale. Danke, Mr. Kaelin!
the bus, they were guided into the restaurant
by a hostess. The hostess took them to a room
where only celebrities eat in, “The Wine Room.”
The students sat down and started asking
Jeff about some of the stories that he has been
involved in. Starting from the OJ Simpson story
to how he had to raise himself up since the age of
15. After the stories the students ate the meal Jeff
ordered for them: New York Strip, green beans,
Mac & Cheese, and some homemade ice-cream.
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Shhhhhh!
By: Jake Kaiser
Covington Catholic students have been
doing their Charlie Chaplin impersonations
getting ready for the silent film competition.
The Cov Cath Journalism Class submitted several films to the competition and two
of the films have been chosen to be shown at
the two day festival in Mansfield, Ohio on April
6th and 7th. The films titles are Neighborhood
Watch, and The Football Phantom. The guidelines for the films are they cannot be longer
than three minutes and they must be put to
the music selection given. There is a cash prize
for first place, and there are 45 films chosen to
be in the competition. The films will be judged
by three celebrity judges to see who wins.
Good Luck to all the Colonels in
the competition and maybe we will see
one of them in Hollywood someday.
Chamber Choir Sings At State
people. When the time finally came the boy’s
showed off their hard-work with 2 great perfor
The Chamber Choir here at Coving- mances. The next day the Chamber Choir got
ton Catholic has already proved to be the best some awesome press in the paper by reporter
around in Northern Kentucky, but this past Dick Ham. He wrote “…16 young men from Covmonth they have proved even more--the best in ington Catholic High School sang a very beautiful
the entire state. The group of 18 boys headed and tasteful arrangement of “My Old Kentucky
down to Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, Home.” They followed that with a stirring and
to present the crowd with their renditions of appropriate rendition of “The Star Spangled Ban“My Old Kentucky Home” and the National An- ner.” They were one of the finest all-male high
them at the KHSAA Boys Sweet 16 Final game. school groups that I have heard in many years.”
By: Ethan Egbers
After some great conversations and
some great food the students went back on the
bus with Mr. Ruby, and watched some basketball games. Short after the games ended, the
students went to their cars and drove home. On Sunday, March 10, our young men in
Chamber Choir were treated with an experience
of a lifetime. They showed up in Lexington early
that morning and ran through the pre-game routine a couple times before they had to sit around
and wait for what seemed to be a lifetime to
get on that floor and perform for over 17,000
Pictures and a video of the boy’s performance are available for your viewing pleasure on Covington Catholic’s facebook page.
The Chamber Choir will be putting on a spring
concert coming up before the end of the school
year if you have yet to see them in action.
Student Life
Sophomores Reflect
By: DJ Powell
On March 22, 2013, Covington Catholic
hosted the Sophomore Day of Reflection which
is a day where the sophomore class comes together and listens to many talks from seniors
which are supposed to help the sophomores
learn from mistakes the senior have made in
order to aid their last two years of high school
by persuading them to make good decisions.
Also, the day is used for the sophomores to
reflect on their past two years at Covington
Catholic and think about some things in their
life that they may need to change or situations
in their life that they may need guidance in.
The day began with two “ice-breaker”
activities to get the sophomores comfortable
and excited about the rest of the day as well
as getting to know their classmates a little better. Then the sophomores and seniors leaders
broke out into their tables and listened to the
first two talks from seniors Eric Zimmer and Jeff
Molony, respectively. The main topic of the first
two talks was family. The sophomores were
then asked to do an activity to help them reflect on how they have treated their family and
how they may be able to treat their family better. After the family activity, the sophomores listened to two more talks given by Quenton Floyd
and Adam Goddard on the topic of school. Following the school talks, the sophomores were
asked to do another activity to help them reflect on their experience at Covington Catholic
so far and what they can do to make the next
two years better than the first two in order
to have the ultimate high school experience.
The seniors then let the sophomores
take a break to eat their lunches. Afterwards,
the day resumed with two more talks on the
topic of “social” given by Ben Schweitzer and
Nick Stutler. The sophomores were then asked
to do a final activity to have them reflect on decisions that they have made socially the past two
years and to help them make good decisions in
the future. The day concluded with a talk and
closing prayer by the rector of this event, Daniel
Sandfoss. This talk was a way to challenge the
sophomores to leave the event and take lessons with them from the talks that they learned
throughout the day in order to better their lives.
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Freshman Day Of Reflection
By: Ethan Egbers
Every year, Cov Cath holds a Reflection
Day for the freshmen so that they can look back
on the year and prepare for their future here
at CCH. This year’s day fell on Friday the 22nd.
More than 20 seniors helped to put together
to successful day. Tanner Fangman led the
charge as the day’s rector and Mr. Wirth and
Mr. Snyder also helped the students prepare.
Every Reflection Day is started with an
activity to break the ice and keep the students
loose and relaxed. This year’s activity frightened
our young freshmen as Father McDole took the
podium and gave the kids an earful. As he was
yelling at the kids, loud music came on and our
seniors charged out from hiding and danced
around like crazy. With the ice broken, it was
now time for the day’s activities to commence.
Most of our senior leaders just helped to
lead a table, but a few of the guys built up the
courage to speak to the kids about their trials and
tribulations during their time here at Cov Cath.
They gave them advice to consider as they go
on with their time here. The speakers were Zach
Stegman, Christian Greenwell, Jacob Futscher,
Grant Lyons, Nate Kunkel, Sam Williamson and
Tanner Fangman. The seniors prepared their
talks over a period of more than 3 weeks, and
the rest of the seniors attended meetings in this
time to organize all of the in’s and out’s of the day.
Overall the day was a huge success
for everybody with the freshmen learning
new advice from their senior brothers, and
the seniors reaping the benefits of their hard
work. Thank you to all the seniors involved
for sharing your story and making this day
one that the freshman will always remember.
Juniors Reflect on Chastity
niors to pray for their future wife and that she
may be pure once she enters wedlock. The
On Friday March 22nd, the juniors spent next speaker explained the difficulties he had
their day in the Griffin Center as the fresh- to overcome from his weakness to pornogramen and sophomores listened to personal phy and how he has overcame those obstacles.
stories of fellow seniors in the gym and cafThe last talk of the day came from Friar
eteria. The juniors subject touched on a dif- ferent note. The purpose of their day was to Ezra Sullivan who came to endorse a confraterreflect on a chaste life and their future goals. nity who used angelic warfare for chastity. The
idea rests behinds the promise that God will
Courtney Brown, who also spoke to the help you be chaste rather than you promising
school last year, gave a talk on chastity. He chal- to be chaste for God. Noah Wilmink said, “Julenged them to try to live out these set goals nior day of reflection was a great opportunity to
and think about chastity in a different light. experience and learn about chastity with a new
He talked about viewing chastity as preserv- outlook.” The juniors all had a great time and
ing yourself for your wife rather than a clichéd even had some laughs from a few students peridea that is expected of us. He asked the ju- forming outlandish acting as a part of charades.
By: Drew Brueggeman
Colonel Diplomats
Following the closing prayer, the sophomores were dismissed. I had a chance to talk
with a few of the students in the sophomore
class upon dismissal and all had nothing but
positive feedback about the day and mentioned
that they learned a lot of valuable lessons from
the talks and will use them for the rest of their
high school career and the rest of their lives.
By: Corbin Maschinot
KUNA is the Kentucky United Nations Assembly. It is a three day long event that gives the
participants to gain experience and practice with
doing internal diplomacy. The students which
are called ambassadors get to pick a country as a
team then enters into a debate. The team creates
a proposal on how to better the world as a whole.
Covington Catholic sent some students
down to KUNA this year with their leader Mrs.
Hagedorn. They decided to be the country of
the United Arab Emirates as they proposed to
increase research in desalination technologies.
Desalination is taking salt out of water to make
it possible for people to drink it. They would use
this technology to increase water supply to arid
nations. Mrs Hagedorn said, “It was a wonderful
time, we got to see the global visit and learn a lot
about different cultures and countries. We met
people from all over and they showed us talents
that were significant to their country, it was a very
unique and rewarding experience.” If given the
chance to go to KUNA you should not pass it up.
Clubs
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You Get A Line, I’ll Get a Pole
By: Daniel Sandfoss
now one of the most participated events that our school
offers. Although the recent inclement weather that has
Our Fishing Club taken place over the past few weeks has limited the fishhas slowly gained interest ing events that our Fishing Club could participate in, the
throughout the years. It is fmembers are still staying active with events such as the
guest speaker that came in last Wednesday.
Adam Hock is a graduate of Covington
Catholic, and after his first year at Western Kentucky University decided to start
his schools very own fishing club. He came
and talked to the Fishing Club on Wednesday morning about the possibilities or doors
that a fishing club can open up for a person.
The possibility of a scholarship can come
from being a part of a fishing team or club,
and Adam talked about how he was put on
scholarship after starting the Western Fishing
Program. The Fishing Club is also coming up
with ideas about starting a bass fishing team,
but that will come some time in the future.
The future looks bright for the Covington
Catholic Fishing Club, and it will only get better
as the spring and summer times approach. Mr.
Snyder has many plans he would like to put in
to motion, but it is all based upon interest in the
group and if the weather permits in the future.
Above: Adam Hock talks of starting his own
Fishing Club at WKU.
Above: Ben Schmidt holds up a massive crappie
on a recent fishing outing.
Colonel Cafe
By: Jimmy Stratman
The name says it all
when it comes to the newest club at CCH, the Coffee
By: Cameron Murphy
Club. Finally the early risers
and the coffee addicts have
Each year, eight students from Covington Catholic compete at the University of Cina place to be in the morning.
cinnati where they take standardized tests on the subjects of Engineering, Math, and Science.
The coffee drink
The 2013 team is led by senior Tanner Fangman who has proven to be excellent
originated in Ethiopia and
in the classroom. Going into the competition he said, “I think everyone is ready. We’ve as legend would tell you,
been studying for five weeks now and it’s time to see if our hard work will pay off.” it was discovered by a goat
Mr. Charles Hartman, who serves as the Physics teacher at CCH, is the herder named Kaldi who realized that when his goats
coach of the team. He is assisted by the Math Department Chair, Mr. Ryan Lubate a certain type of berry,
bers. Their time and help that they contribute to the team does not go unnoticed.
native to the Ethiopian
While the Colonel Crazies would certainly be unwelcome at a standardized test- highlands, they would not
ing competition, they send along the best of luck to the eight Colonels competing. be able to go to sleep. Kaldi
reported his findings to the
abbot of the local monastery who turned the berries into a drink. The abbot
By: Corbin Maschinot
found that the drink allowed
The Ultimate Frisbee League is in full swing. The league is always a big him to stay up for hours.
hit here at CCH and this year is no exception. The teams play one game a week
That is the legend;
with each game having three periods, each period is three to eight minutes long with substitutions at the end of each period. The team plays six people at a time. here is the fact. CCH stuThe captains of the teams are senior art students with an interest in frisbee. dents need to be able to
T.E.A.M.S
Ultimate! Begins
The first week ended with Team Gruner beating Team Noble in the first game
of the season six to one. After that Team Williamson was in a close match with Team
Gerwe with Williamson ending in the win with a score of seven to six. The third game
of the day started off with Team Schmitt beating Team VanDusen four to 1 but the final score was seven to three. Team Vandusen claims that the loss was because they
only had four team members show up for the game and vows to return with a vengeance. This year the league has high potential to be a lot of fun and really intense.
stay awake during their
classes, and coffee does
just that. The Covington
Catholic Coffee Club will
provide students with a
way to stay alert while also
supporting a good cause.
Headed by Mr. Cleveland,
the coffee club looks forward to being a very successful club in the future.
During the Coffee Club’s first meeting/
event, all the proceeds
from the student’s purchase of coffee were
sent to an animal shelter.
At the end of the
day it seems like the students of Covington Catholic
High School will be able to
continue on and concentrate on studying for their
classes, because they know
that the Coffee Club has
their back in the morning.
Sports
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High Hopes
Varsity Preparation
By: DJ Powell
by a score of ten to zero.
By: Daniel Sandfoss
The
Covington
Catholic Colonels Varsity
Baseball team opened up
their season with a win
on March 15, 2013 over
the Bishop Brossart Mustangs but fell the following day to a tough Louisville St. Xavier Tiger team
by a score of ten to nine
in the Lexington Catholic
Tournament. The Colonels
then used that loss as motivation to get two more
victories in the Lexington
Catholic Tournament over
the Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds and the
Louisville St. Xavier Tigers,
avenging their loss they
suffered a week prior. Unfortunately, the Colonels
then fell to the Lexington
Catholic Knights on the final day of the tournament
The Colonels caught
fire after the Lexington
Catholic tournament, winning their next three games
over Newport Central Catholic Thoroughbreds, Simon
Kenton Pioneers, and Hamilton Badin Rams. The Colonels most recent game was
a loss suffered at the hands
of the Cooper Jaguars by
a score of four to one.
With spring time
amongst us, it is time to unveil another
year of Cov
Cath baseball.
The
Varsity
team is underway battling it
out with the
best teams in
the state. The
real
talent
pool shines
through on
the JV team,
h o w e v e r,
where
the
players
are
still polishing.
The Colonels currently have a record of
six and three with a lot of
games left in the season.
Come out and cheer on the
varsity baseball Colonels as
they continue their quest
to a district championship, a regional championship, and ultimately a state
championship in 2013!
Start of Something
Good
By: Sam Wehrman
The freshman baseball Colonels opened up
the 2013 season with a
bang. This is not uncommon for one of the best
baseball programs in the
tri-state year in and year
out. Freshman coach Rob
Harman has his boys as
energized and excited as
ever. Expectations are
high from Coach Krumpelbeck and Coach Eckerle to
prepare the young boys
for varsity in the future.
The first game
played was against Bishop
Brossart and the Colonels
breezed past them 15-2.
After the easy win, how-
By: Cameron Stansberry
The track and field
season is now in full gear,
and Covington Catholic has
experienced tremendous
success, both individually and as a team, so far. To begin, our freshman track team hosted
a meet here on its home
turf on April 15. Nick Jacobs pulled through with a
stellar performance in the
Cov Cath Frosh Invite, as
he won first place in both
ever, the Colonels came out
flat against Hamilton Badin,
and they lost 12-1. They
next day, the freshman
played Newport Central
Catholic at Cov Cath, but
they lost 3-1. The next few
games will be extremely
important for the freshman
team so they need to focus.
Covington Catholic
is known as one of the best
teams in the area and it all
comes down to coaching.
The varsity coaches hire
the best available coaches
for the underclassman in
order to prepare for the
future. It has worked thus
far and hopefully Cov Cath
baseball can return to glory.
The season has just
begun for the JV team,
and the season started off
with an unfortunate loss
to Ryle with a score of 6-2,
putting the JV colonels at
(0-1). The story is not fo-
cused on the record of the
JV colonels, but rather on
their young age and natural talent. The majority of
Although age often
times plays a factor
in the game of baseball, the JV team this
year shows a lot of
promise, not only for
this year, but also for
the future years to
come. The players are
sure to blossom later
on in this season and
when that moment comes
we are all in for a treat.
Coach Hertz’ Pride
By: Austin Beck
The tennis program
at Covington Catholic has
a history of successful winning season which
was largely due to
the current coach,
Coach Hertsenberg.
Coach Hertsenberg,
commonly
known
as “Coach Hertz”,
has been leading
the Colonels to victory since 1991.
Last year the
team faced tough
competition at the
annual state tournament and found a way to
win their way to the championship round. Unfortu-
nately they did not become
the 2012 state champions, but the team has high
hopes for this year. Austin
team, which consists of
Adam Flynn, Austin Flynn,
Bryce Day, and Jake Fischer,
ham. Coach Hertz said, “I
expect the team to bounce
back after the disappointing loss last year and show
the state what we’re really
made of.” Many others also
share this belief and all of
the players agree they have
the ability to take back the
state champion trophy.
There is much hype
about the tennis team this
year and it is for a good
reason too. The team
looks strong and with consistent players, a state
championship is the only
goal for them this year.
Hussey, ranked number two
in the state, leads the team
along with seniors Scott
Drees and Ryan Cunning-
Run Like The Wind
the 300 and 100 m hurdle
races. Overall this season, the freshman 4x800
the team on the JV level is
made up of the freshman
class. The star standout of
the freshman JV squad
is Will Heppler. This
young buck can crack
the ball while also
showing a very strong
glove on the defensive end of the game.
have had strong showings
throughout the course of
multiple meets. The Freshman Regional Meet will be
held on April 29, which is
the final meet to round out
the freshman track season.
ell Lemker won the Discus
competition at the Colerain Invite on April 17. The
team will compete in the
district meet on April 23,
followed by the regional
meet on May 11, and finally
the state meet will be held
On the other hand, in Louisville on May 17.
our varsity team has had
multiple meets this season We look forward
in Ohio and one meet in to seeing a great finish by
Indiana so far this year. Al- Head Coach Josh McCoy’s
though the competition has track team in the following
been fierce, the Colonels weeks, and wish them the
have hung in there strong best of luck as they enter into
this season. Senior Mitch- postseason competition.
Sports
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No More IBL Updates To Follow
Freshman
Junior
By: Brian Radcliff
By: Cameron Stansberry
The 2013 Intramural Basketball League (IBL) was
It is now tournament time for the Intramural Basketball League, and every student is pumped and ready for the opportunity to lead his team to an IBL championship title. fun filled, competitive, and full of excitement. At the end
of the season, the junior tournament consisted of eight
This year, the Freshman league was extraordinarily competitive with a few great well selected teams that were all competing for the 1st
teams and many good teams, making competition extremely stiff. The first round of the place trophy, or lack thereof. The tournament started with
tournament played out as expected with the top four seeds advancing to the final four. an upset in the very first game with Team Couch beating
The first matchup featured Team Fischer, who came into the tournament as the number team Way; the rest of the first round games went as exone overall seed with an undefeated record, against Team Timmerman. In addition, pected. Team Berling, the one seed, made it to the chamthe second game showcased Team Thieman, the undefeated number two seed, against pionship with ease; along with the two seed, Team NeTeam Pitzer. Team Fischer won their game pretty handily with a double digit victory, mann, who likewise had no trouble. Team Berling beat
while Team Pitzer pulled off the upset over previously undefeated Thieman in a game Team Nemann early in the season, providing added tenthat came down to the wire. The championship was now set in stone with Team Fischer sion. Team Nemann’s captain, Sean Nemann, shed blood
taking on the number three seed Team Pitzer. The days leading up to the championship early in the game due to the rough play. Players from
involved much hype and excitement for the players, as this was their first ever experience both teams exchanged blows, and everybody and their
in the championship game. Game day rolled around and the madness was ready to be- brother yelled at the referees. In the end, Team Nemann
gin. Team Pitzer and Fischer played it extremely close with lead changes occurring mul- pulled away and became the 2013 junior IBL champions. tiple times. At halftime Team Fischer was up by only a couple of points. The second half
was physical, competitive, and everyone was putting it all on the line. Back and forth the
game went until the final buzzer sounded and Team Fischer was crowned IBL champions!
Team Fischer played as a single unit all season long which led them to
be successful. There were no all-stars on this team but rather a team of good
players that cared more about their team’s success than individual accolades.
Junior Champs
Freshman Champs
Senior IBL Ends in Competitive Fashion
By: Drew Brueggeman
The best team all year long was the best team once again
during the Senior IBL Championship on February 15th. Team
Summe came into the tournament with only one loss and dominated the competition. They advanced to the championship after a close overtime win over Team Stansberry. It was a physical
game that resulted in Matt Summe needing to get stitches after
he was dealt an elbow to his eye. Team Humphrey was the dark
horse of the tournament who was left with task of dethroning
the top team. They advanced to the finals with a blowout win
over Team Shumate who was missing some key components.
Team Humphrey took an early lead behind the scoring of Nate Erpenbeck. Kellen Jenkins quickly cut the lead by
draining deep threes and driving the lane. By halftime, Team
Summe had sustained a significant lead with Jenkins 18 points.
However, they came out flat, and Team Humphrey took advantage of it. With 10 minutes left in the game, the score was
tied and Summe’s leading scorer, Jenkins, was cold with no second half points. Five minutes later, Jenkins began to take over.
Team Summe held out the lead for a victory. The final score
was 69-65. Jenkins and Erpenbeck were the leading scorers with
28 and 16 points respectively. Summe picked up his second championship after winning the title his junior year. He had big shoes
to fill however, after, J.B. Bernhard won four consecutive years.
Senior Champs
Sports
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Sophomore Team Wagner Takes it to the End
By: Jimmy Stratman
At the end of the regular season, one team began to
see the light at the end of the tunnel, and the other Sophomore IBL teams began to hear the fat lady start singing.
“On any given day any team can win” as the old adage
says, and for the most part, that saying went by the wayside
during the first round of the Sophomore IBL Tournament.
In the opening game the number one seed Team
McDowell won relatively handily over the number eight
seed Team Crowe as Grant Guenther posted eighteen points
to help push McDowell’s team onward in the tournament.
Game two was the only upset of the night
in sophomore action as the number four seed Team
Hussey fell to the five seed Team Zumdick. Ben
Zumdick led the way for his team with 14 points.
Games three and four were less than exciting as
the two and three seeds, Wagner and Kathman, won
without much of a challenge from their opponents.
The second round of the tournament held one
major surprise in the sophomore division, however.
Sophomore Champs
points for his team as Team McDowell was sent home after a disappointing 56-43 loss; setting up the championship game Team Wagner vs. Team Zumdick for the sophomore title.
As expected Wagner defeated Team Kathman in a
well contested game, but the shocker came when the five In a hard fought battle, Team Wagner captured IBL gold in the 2013 sophoseed Team Zumdick upset the overall number one seed Team more division. Now the only question that remains is whether or not Team WagMcDowell in a route. Zumdick led the way with twenty two ner can cement their name in IBL History by repeating next year as Juniors.
Best Lacrosse in NKY
By: Jimmy Stratman
The CCH Lax Bros
are back in action this
season. The Colonels are
trying to improve on a
sub-five hundred seasons that left the colonels
with a fire in their eye.
but they were much harder to take. Northern Kentucky LC fell to the mighty
The Colonels were
rolling through their schedule on the backs of senior
Five games into the
season and the Colonels
have posted an impressive
4-1 win/loss record that has
earned them the number
seven high school seed in
Kentucky, according to laxpower.com, as well as second place in their division.
The Colonels started the season off with a
bang against Scott County
and Lafayette blowing them
out 12-5 and 7-3 respectably. The next two games
also went to the Colonels,
Colonels by a score of 12-7,
and Miami Valley loss 9-5.
leadership from future division one player Nick Stut-
ler, Andy Gregg, and Zach
Tobler, but all good things
must come to an end. The
Colonels four
game winning
streak
was
shattered in
a 10-12 loss
to Lexington
Tates Creek.
and
The upcoming schedule
does not look
very
hospitable for the
Colonels
as
they go on
a five game
road trip starting on April
10 which will
take the Colonels to Louisville, Lexington,
Middletown before
returning home for three
out of their last five games.
The Colonels are
looking for greatness this
season, but like all good
teams, you need to look
forward. The Colonels seem
to be well off for the coming years. Underclassmen
standouts include Junior
Corey Criag, Sophomores
Ben Zumdick, Sam Kathman, and Chandler Brooks.
The Colonels feel
very confident about their
chances this season, and
are determined to bring a
championship back to the
Lax Bros of Colonelville.
Reviews
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I’m Not A Human Being 2
By: Brandon Ward
Around two weeks ago the
well-known rapper Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., also known as Lil
Wayne was entered into CedarsSinai Medical Center, for having
multiple seizures. He was admitted into the Medical Center for
an overdose on codeine. Carter
is known for his addictiveness to
the drug which almost led to his
death. He was later released from
the hospital and later seen entering his home. The star rapper was
visited by fellow famous co-workers Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Mack
Maine. These people that visited
are part of his record label, Young
Money Cash Money Billionaires.
Lil Wayne started rapping
at the young age of nine. He was
born in New Orleans and also grew
up there. Lil Wayne released his
first album in 1999; the album was
called The Block Is Hot. Since then
Wayne has become a national star
receiving over ten BET Awards and
four Grammy Awards. Lil Wayne
has collected a total of eighty music awards throughout his career.
With the news of Wayne’s
death looming, fans were wondering about the release of his new
Album “I’m not Human Being 2”.
Lil Wayne’s album was released
on February 19, 2013, which was
when the album was released.
The album did great in sales and
the rapper is now doing great after his near death experience.
Really, Really, Really,
Good Looking
By: Corbin Maschinot
Zoolander is a one of a kind
movie. It is a comedy making fun of
the male model industry. The movie
stars Ben Stiller as Derek Zoolander
and Owen Wilson as Hansel. Hansel
and Derek get stuck in the middle
of a big conspiracy that has been
going on for many years in the male
model industry. Zoolander is the
biggest male model in the world but
his career begins going downhill as
Hansel is getting more popular. The
main evil character in the movie
is a fashion designer named Mugatu who is played by Will Ferrell.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia is creating new child labor
laws which will increase the prices
of all of Mugatu’s clothing material.
Mugatu is part of an underground
group of fashion designers who
assassinate people who try to decrease their profits. They do this
by brainwashing the male models
into doing what they want. Male
models are the perfect assassins: they are in perfect shape, extremely flexible, and really dim-witted.
Derek is chosen to assassinate the
Prime Minister. In the midst of
trying to save Derek, a journalist
named Matilda teams up with Derek and Hansel to end Mugatu’s plot.
The movie is well made
and most people who see it end
up laughing the whole time, from
the gasoline fight to Derek’s one
look. The movie is well worth
seeing and is recommended to
anyone who enjoys comedy.
Honest Abe
By: Zach Toebben
It’s 1865. President
Abraham Lincoln (Daniel
Day-Lewis) has just been reelected, and it is clear that the
Confederacy is not likely to
survive another spring in the
ongoing Civil War. But before
Lincoln can embrace the likelihood of the South’s surrender,
he wants more than anything
to pass the 13th Amendment and definitively outlaw
slavery in the entire Union.
With the help of Secretary of
State William Seward (David
Strathairn), Lincoln hires three
political negotiators (James
Spader, Tim Blake Nelson, and
John Hawkes) to convince at
least 20 of the House of Representatives’ Democrats to vote
for the bill. Meanwhile, in his personal life, Lincoln faces more issues
Field), and his desperate-to-enlist months than a “biopic” about his
son, Robert (Joseph Gordon-Levitt).
personal life. Day-Lewis’ performance is a brilliant character
study of a legendary man. Unlike the over-the-top characters Day-Lewis played in Gangs
of New York and There Will Be
Blood, his President Lincoln is an
introspective man who tells stories that sound like parables and
who exudes a powerful dignity,
even in silence. This is a respectable movie to go see because
it provides good and accurate
history of our country that a lot
of people do not know. Most
movies do not provide a history
lesson; however if you are looking for a good film and some
education at the same time,
head out and watch Lincoln.
LINCOLN is more about the
of compromise and sacrifice with his emotional wife, Mary (Sally political intrigue of Lincoln’s final
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Dangerous Liaisons Misses the Mark
By: Jimmy Stratman
of the virgin Cecile (Bailie Breaux)
so as to get revenge on one of her
previous lovers. Valmont agrees to
help but also makes a deal with the
Marquis that if he is able to seduce
the holy Madame de Tourvel, the
Marquis must spend a night with
Valmont. As the games continue
and the stakes rise, it becomes evident that the win-win situation has
deteriorated into a win-lose scenario where no one is getting out of
the kitchen before they get burned.
Mothers hide your daughters, husbands hide your wives
because the Vicomte de Valmont
has infiltrated the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company, and is seeking
a challenge. Too bad Christopher
Hampton’s Dangerous Liaisons
did not live up to its full potential.
With the exception of Giles Davies as the Vicomte de Valmont
and Corinne Mohlenhoff as the
Marquis de Merteuil, the acting
Giles Davies takes on the role
left much to be desired and ulti- mately led to the show falling flat. of the perverted liar the Vicomte
de Valmont and was one of the
Set immediately prior to the strongest players in the ensemble.
French Revolution, Dangerous Liai- Still, Davies was not fully convincsons follows the sexcapades and ing at times. This snotty, superior
love games of the devilish, the Mar- aura that he portrayed throughquis de Merteuil, and her former out the entire performance did
lover the Vicomte de Valmont. The not help him when he transitioned
Marquis enlists the help of Valmont from the devious accomplice of the
to attempt to soil the good name
Marquis de Merteuil, to the holy, was one of the worst offenders.
generous, Samaritan who falls in Portraying the Madame de Tourvel,
love with the Madame de Tourvel. Mengelkoch made the outcome
of Valmont’s scheme clear as crys
Coming in second to Davies tal from the first moment she
was Corinne Mohlenhoff. Her per- saw him. Her constant crying and
formance was not quite as memo- self loathing on stage made her
rable as Davies’; however, she got self-conflict more of a distracthe job done. As the Marquis de tion than a believable struggle.
Merteuil, Mohlenhoff portrayed
The Cincinnati Shakespeare
her deviousness as an evil pup- pet master who takes pleasure in Company ensemble can look back
ruining the lives of those around on the immortal words of Alfred
her, so long as it benefits herself. Lord Tennyson for comfort after
She is conniving, stuck up, confi- the demise of what could have
dent, and bitchy; job well done. been a great show, “’Tis better to
have loved and lost/Than never
Dangerous Liaisons was a to have loved at all.” If you are
funny show that was riddled with looking for an entertaining way
double entendre and provocative to spend a few hours without exmaterial, but in the end it just did pecting to be blown away, then go
not produce. Other than Davies ahead and see Dangerous Liaisons.
and Mohlenhoff, the cast was dry Just do not ask me to join you.
and as predictable as the next page
of a picture book. Kelly Mengelkoch
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