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Cathedral
Highlights
Spring 2009
Magazine
Celebrating 90 years of tradition.
Graduation ’09
Class of 2009 earns
record amount in
scholarships and awards!
a message from the president
Dear Friend of Cathedral,
“This is a great
school that
has produced
many, many
serving
leaders ...
In their
families,
churches,
places
of work and
communities,
Cathedral
graduates
change lives
for the good.”
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Greetings from Cathedral High
School! We have begun our summer
academic sessions and our third year of
Camp Cathedral is in full swing. Quite
honestly, it is hard to tell the difference
between our regular school year and the
summer sessions if one looks at traffic
patterns and activity levels on campus. It
is wonderful to have the campus so busy
and filled with young people at this time
of the year. The summer academic sessions are filled with freshmen and sophomore students who want to get a particular course under their belts, or free up a
class period normally scheduled during
the school year to be able to schedule a
desirable elective. The Camp Cathedral
sessions, both athletic and experiential,
are attended by younger students who
want to come to our campus and get a
taste of this special school. We want to, of
course, have these young people and their
parents come to the conclusion that there
can be only one high school for them to
ultimately attend … CHS!
We had a great school year in 2008-09
and we were blessed with an outstanding
senior class. This group of young men
and women earned nearly $28 million in
scholarships to attend fine colleges and
universities across the country. That’s
a new school record. If you follow the
accomplishments of our students and
their adult mentors through the school
year, you know that we won several state
championships in athletics. We watched
remarkable performances produced by
the folks in our theatre program. Our
band and choirs won rave reviews as
they performed in front of audiences and
judges in competitions.
And, importantly, there were real and
tangible examples of growing faith and
prayer lives and commitment to service.
We do believe we are effectively
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pursuing our vision … “Cathedral High
School, a Catholic institution, will be the
model for all high schools as she profoundly shapes the way students think,
serve and lead.”
The economy is having an impact on
families who desire a Cathedral education
for their child and on donors who have a
desire to financially support the school.
And we clearly understand the connection between these two key elements of
our school … the recruitment of missionappropriate students who will take full
advantage of this four-year journey AND
having the financial resources we need
to support the “Four Cornerstones” that
“hold up” this great institution. Diversity,
Affordability, Faculty and Facilities all
require resources. And just as men and
women have stepped forward to support this school in the past, so will we ask
thousands of alums and friends of the
school to step forward in the weeks and
months to come to ensure we do not lose
the mission of this school.
This is a great school and is worthy of
your support. This is a great school that
has, for more than 90 years now, provided
a learning and growing experience for
her graduates that has changed the life of
virtually every attendee. This is a great
school that has produced many, many
serving leaders who have made this world
a better place. In their families, churches,
places of work and communities …
Cathedral graduates change lives for the
good.
Pray for us and please say “Yes!” when
asked for your financial support. q
Sincerely,
Stephen Helmich
President/Chief Advancement Officer
Cathedral Trustees
Board of Directors
Incorporated 1972
Officers
Joseph M. Dezelan, ’62, Chairman
Steven J. Schaefer, ’70, Vice Chairman
David P. Lewis, Treasurer
Colleen Spellacy Cline, ’83, Secretary
Rev. William G. Munshower, ’50, Chaplain
Stephen J. Helmich, President
Members
Mark D. Batties III, ’62
Daniel Bayt, ’71
Rev. Patrick Beidelman, ’90
Michael Berghoff
Tammy Billows
John Borel, ’70
John I. Bradshaw Jr., ’48
Christian Browning, ’93
Dennis Casey
Julia Crowe
John L. Davis, ’66
Brian J. Elson, ’84
John S. Flynn, ’70
V. Matthew Hammond, ’97
John G. Leicht
Carl McClelland, ’61
Glendys Moosbrugger
Patrick J. O’Connor, ’70
Cami O’Herren
Daniel J. O’Malia, ’65
Richard J. Pfleger, ’73
Andrew Shiel, ’74
John D. Short, ’70
Brother Roy Smith, C.S.C, ’61
Hugh R. Sullivan, ’44
Victoria Schneider Temple, ’88
Joseph P. VandeBosche, ’80
Tanya Walton-Pratt, ’77
Robert V. Welch, ’84
Michael G. Welsh, M.D., ’73
Hon. Gerald S. Zore, ’59
Members Emeritus
R. James Alerding, ’63
William T. Brady, ’49
Paul P. Farrell, ’51
Rev. Msgr. Richard Kavanagh, Hon. ’67
Joseph E. Quill, ’39
Michael G. Schaefer, ’43
Spring 2009 Volume 40, Issue 1
The Cathedral Highlights
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and Fall) by Cathedral High School
for alumni, parents and friends.
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agazine
Volume 40, Issue 1
State Champs!
Royal Irish Rugby Society claims Div. I and II titles! Pgs 44-45.
Congrats Class of ’09!
Grads earn more than $27
million in scholarships and
awards. Pages 22-29.
Standing features
Class notes, pages 56-58, 63
Editor’s note, page 4
Irish Here and There, page 67
President’s note, page 2
Principal’s note, page 5
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editor’s note
We buried our 88-year-old grandfather recently, and though he hadn’t
been ill long, his vision had deteriorated to the point where he could no
longer drive. That loss of independence was in so many ways the beginning
of the end for grandpa.
But Lord, when he was healthy, Grandpa Lloyd was always the life of the
party — willing to take a spin on the dance floor, or be the first to suggest a
round of golf. He spent 50 years with Burlington Northern Railroad, starting
off shoveling coal into steam engines, and working his way up to engineer.
During those decades, he took time away from the railroad to serve in the
Army, father four kids, host legendary barbeques and provide for his family.
But it was a night at a social hall that changed his destiny.
That’s where the woman who would be the love of his life first spied him
and told her girlfriend, “I’m going to marry him someday.”
And she did.
For 68 years, theirs was a marriage that defined and defied the times in
which they lived.
Grandma Lillian was the one who made a life for the new little family
when, with two small children at home, Grandpa was called up to serve with
the 5th Armored Division during World War II. She was the one who, upon
Grandpa’s safe return, kept hearth and home running smoothly when he
went back to work on the railways. And it was at Grandma’s insistence that
their children were raised Catholic and educated in parochial schools.
It was to her that Grandpa turned in those final days.
When his body and mind were failing him, he knew she never would.
She was always the rock, the reason, the strength.
While she is, of course, still saddened at Grandpa’s passing, rather than
sit quietly and watch the pages of her calendar flip, she is seizing the chance
to discover and learn new things about herself and her world.
And she takes comfort in knowing they will dance again someday.
I can’t help but think about what Grandma’s been going through these
last few months as I reflect on what our new graduates are experiencing.
The members of the Class of 2009 have departed from their dear
Cathedral, where they knew what was expected, took comfort from their
daily routines and relished the traditions and special memories they had
gathered during their years here.
But now, it is with a loving and gentle, but firm push, that these young
people are going out to discover new things in their world and within
themselves.
There were some tears on graduation day — an acknowledgment of the
life they loved but can lead no more. But there is much greater anticipation
and expectation about all they can become.
And there is comfort in knowing that this is not the end. Cathedral will
remain for them as she has for the 88 classes that have gone before — a
source of strength, a foundation upon which they will build amazing lives.
So ready the band and prepare to take your places, dear ones.
Your dance is only just beginning. q
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Cathedral
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agazine
A quarterly publication
for alumni, parents and friends.
President
Stephen J. Helmich
Executive Vice President
Jim McLinn, ’70
Vice President for Advancement
Mike Feeney
Vice President for Enrollment Management
R. Duane Emery
Vice President for Finance
Jim Williams
Director of Marketing and Communications
Lisa Renze-Rhodes
Director of Alumni Relations
Ken Barlow, ’82
For change of address: Please
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On the cover: Father William
Munshower, ’50, and Class
of 2009 graduate Bridget Stark,
following graduation ceremonies at
the Murat in Downtown Indy.
Watercolor from photo,
Steve Vanderbosch.
Prayer: Loving Lord, we give you
praise and thanks for the successful
completion of our 2008-09 school
year. We lift up in prayer for your
special blessing on our graduating
seniors and their parents and ask
Your continued guidance and protection for them as they leave us. Bless,
too, the teachers, counselors, and
staff who gave them love, guidance
and support during their Cathedral
years. As the warmth of summer days
comes upon us, we ask that You
continue, Lord, to warm our hearts
with Your love and grace to do good
wherever we can. Amen.— Sr. Dolores Jean Nellis
a message from the principal
Dear Cathedral Family,
Classes have ended for this school
year. The Class of 2009 has graduated and
has brought in $27,155,585 in scholarship
and award offers! However, along with
these celebrations comes the need to say
goodbye to some very familiar and wellloved faculty and staff members. Our
departing friends are:
• Linda Benson, media specialist, has
moved to Monan Trail Elementary School
in Westfield, where she will be opening a
new library for this new school.
• Don Christian, director of maintenance and facilities, passed away this
past spring. He has left us for his eternal
reward, well-earned by this generous and
gentle man, who for many of the early
years held us together with a prayer and
duct tape. Don had been with us for 25
years.
• Jan Duggan has retired from the
science department and will have time
for her grandchildren and for enjoyable
activities. She has been at Cathedral for
19 years.
• Tom Gallagher has been with our
math department for nine years and is
moving to teach and coach at Guerin
High School next year.
• H.R. Jung has been with us for four
years in our fine arts department, working
with our instrumental music program.
• Dennis Kelly has retired from our
science department and is looking forward to travel and leisure with this family.
• Jane Kelly has worked as the administrative assistant in the guidance office
for 11 years. She has been the welcoming
face greeting students and parents for our
counselors and college advisers.
• Jo Kissling has been at Cathedral for
23 years and has continuously worked to
raise the bar for her students and to foster
a love and appreciation of literature in
them. She plans to spend time with her
family and reading in her retirement.
• Kate Morrison came to Cathedral
from a background in nursing and has
returned to the health care arena for Select Specialties Hospitals in Beech Grove
and Greenwood. She has been with us for
eight years.
• Jim Obergfell is leaving the theology
department after 29 years with us. He
will be working with the Riley Children’s
Foundation and will be the director of the
James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home.
The Riley Foundation is an outstanding
organization that helps fund Riley Hospital for Children, Riley Summer Camp
and the James Whitcomb Riley Museum
Home.
• Vicki Perry has retired from the
science department after 20 years and is
looking forward to reading, traveling, and
much relaxation with her family.
• Judy Rail has been with us for 15
years, most recently as administrative
assistant to the vice principal for student
affairs. She is a regular face at our athletic
event, and volunteered here long before
her official hiring date.
• Jim L. Williams, former athletic
director, has been with Cathedral for 25
years. The past four years he has helped
supervise our students during resource
period in the Student Life Center.
• Erin Zorek has been with us for only
one semester, but is a vibrant new teacher
from our science department. She will be
moving to the Cincinnati area this summer.
For the generous service of all of these
men and women, we give thanks. We
have been blessed to have their giftedness,
skills, compassion and presence as role
models for your students. They are an important part of our Cathedral family and
will be missed! q
Yours truly,
“For the
generous
service of
all of these
men and
women, we
give thanks. ...
They
are an
important
part of our
Cathedral
family and
will be
missed!”
David L. Worland
Principal
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Irish represented
in Model UN
Dozens of students represented Cathedral and participated in
the 2008-09 Model UN programs
at IUPUI.
Representing the United
Kingdom were — Sarah Bauer,
Laura Braswell, Lauren Buchanan,
Brooke Daley, Connor Doll, Lisa
Edwards, Matt Keyes, Katie Laine,
Danny Liecht, Alec MacDonnell, Billy Mahoney, Maria Malm,
Kelsey Massa, Natalie Moistner,
Brittany Nay, Dale Pedzinski,
Tommy Rouse and Ben Smith.
Representing Colombia were
— Elyse Ausenbaugh, Elizabeth
MacGill, John Macke, Emily Peat,
Taylor Poppmeier, Sam Quigley,
Samantha Sloan and Hannah
Waltz.
Indiana Fever star and Olympic
gold medalist Tamika Catchings
(above) visited Cathedral during
the Irish 500 to spread the word
about the importance of good
nutrition in a healthy lifestyle.
The visit was part of the NBA/
WNBA “Get Fit by Finals” program. The initiative is designed
to combat adolescent obesity by
encouraging young people of all
activity levels to take steps to improve their fitness or nutrition.
In addition to Catchings’ visit,
Members of the girls’ tennis
Cathedral will receive a $1,000
teams (above) joined forces with
grant.
the National Junior Tennis League
Highlights photo/submitted by Mark Noe
Catchings touts
healthy choices
Serving up community support
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in a spring clean-up at Garfield
Park. Some 35 girls helped clean
up and repair courts at the park.
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Alum returns to
share experience
Students in Susie Watson’s
costuming classes got a special
treat recently when one of
Cathedral’s own returned to share
the fruits of her college labors.
Megan Halquist, ’05, (right), a
recent Purdue University fashion
design graduate, shared her senior
portfolio with the students.
Halquist talked about the processes of designing and creating a
clothing line, as well as planning a
fashion show, sharing everything
from how sketches look at the
beginning to the special details on
the finished pieces that help make
a look and a line complete.
Watson said Halquist hopes
to one day design her own line of
wedding gowns.
Brackett foundation helps the Irish
Highlights photos/Lisa Renze-Rhodes
Representing Nicaragua were
– Evan Garing, Maddie Jarrett,
Melissa Schopper, Katie Wacker,
Mariah Whitaker and Erin
Wissler.
Representing the Dominican
Republic were — Victoria Alden,
Christina Bechtel, Justin Byers,
Dan Englehart, Peter Shipley and
Alex Worrell.
Representing the Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya were — Marco Caress,
Luke Flood, Michael French, Katie
Melloh, John Streiff and Louis
Welebob.
Alec MacDonnell received
the medal for Best Delegate in
UNESCO.
Indianapolis Colts’ linebacker
Gary Brackett, (above center,
shown with Matt Pimentel, left,
and Aaron Green) visited Cathe-
dral as part of a project that partnered his Impact Foundation with
The Hawthorns Golf & Country
Club and Cathedral High School.
“Youth fitness is the first
piece of living a
long, healthy life,”
Brackett said.
Brackett,
along with The
Hawthorns,
organized a move
that brought some
gently used
fitness equipment
to school for use
by physical education classes, as
well as the many
athletic teams.
“We appreciate the generous
benefits that come
from partnering
with like-minded
individuals,” said
Cathedral
President Stephen
J. Helmich. q
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Tasty fundraiser
Gates winner
Nancy Wheeler’s students
(below) got to chip in on a classmate’s project that rewarded their
tastebuds as well as their sense of
stewardship.
Students contributed their
pocket change to get a helping of
Wheeler’s “Death by Chocolate”
dessert, with the money going to
support senior Stephen Champlin’s work with an after-school
project for at-risk kids.
More than $70 was raised.
Briana J. Anderson (left,
with guidance counselor Melba
Salmon), has earned the highly
coveted, highly competitive Gates
Millennium Scholarship award
that will cover tuition, room and
board, transportation, books/fees,
and other personal expenses, and
will continue through her Ph.D.
The scholarship is good for
any university in the U.S.
Only 1,000 students across the
country were selected.
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Biology students
tackle projects
Students in Aarti Brooks’
honors biology class worked on a
project involving the dissection of
fetal pigs.
The teens worked in pairs,
and if they needed any help, could
simply refer to the aprons they
wore to guide them.
Shown (above) are sophomores Katelyn Buckman (left)
and Kat O’Hara.
National Latin
Exam winners
Cathedral students did exceptionally well on the National Latin
Exam. Those results were:
Summa Cum Laude — Patrick
Zunk
Magna Cum Laude — Pat
McSharar and Kevin Wissler.
Cum Laude — Josephine
Barrett, Reid Graham, Luke Lohrstorfer and Nicholas McCarty.
Highlights photo/submitted by Kevin Williams
was recommended by his counselor, teachers and community
leaders based on his academic
success, community involvement
and leadership potential. This
recognition was the culmination
of 16 weeks of an intensive training program intended to increase
his consciousness of his gifts and
talents, as well as knowledge, skills
and value to help him create a
productive life in a global society. Congratulations, Kevin!
Schott selected
for IU honor
Junior Theresa Schott (above)
was one of 50 Indiana high school
students selected to participate in
the IU School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children’s Molecular Medicine in Action program.
In the highly competitive
program the students, under the
supervision of IU scientists, rotate
Junior Kevin Williams (above) through workstations and labs,
learning how DNA — the building
was selected this spring to reblocks of life — are isolated and
ceive a scholarship at the Annual
analyzed. They also observed how
Beautillion Militaire Scholarship
gene mutations are identified and
Dinner. It is very unusual for a
how modified genes are used in
junior to receive such an honor. therapy. q
To qualify for this honor, Kevin
Williams honored
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Barker honored
Senior Kyle Barker was one of
several students from area high
schools who were honored as
Good Citizenship award winners,
by the Daughters of the American
Revolution.
Each student read the essay he
or she had written on American
values and received a pin and a
certificate.
Donation drive
nets big results
This year, Cathedral
High School students and staff
members gave big where it
mattered most by donating 169
units of blood to the Indiana
Blood Center.
First-time donor Brynne
Thompson, 18, (above left) looks
away as Michelle Goldwood of Indiana Blood Center gets her blood
draw started. Cheering Brynne on
is Dominic Corsaro, 18.
Chuck Hayes, an Indiana
Blood Center supervisor, said
the pints donated would have
far-reaching and lasting effects on
the community.
German students
score well
Nine Cathedral students traveled to Ball State University this
spring for the annual German
state convention (Staatskongress).
Sophomore Kevin Hoeper,
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Indiana Association of Students
of German, placed second in the
baked goods competition and the
spelling bee.
Sophomore Henry Will,
representative on the state board,
claimed first place in the spelling
bee. Freshman Alex Moore earned
a first place in grammar. All students who attended enjoyed a full
day of German culture, academic
competitions, and fun with more
than 400 other students from
across the state.
Scouts recognized
Congratulations to Joe Kowal,
Juan Pagan, William Reuter, Eli
Richey and Timothy Smith, who
have completed their requirements and were granted Eagle
Scout Awards.
Only about 5 percent of those
who begin in Scouting complete
the highest rank of Eagle Scout.
Famous Eagle Scouts include
astronaut Neil Armstrong.
Congratulations all for your
dedication and service to others.
Spring 2009
Computer drive
for Senegal
Fourth-year French students
(below) collected computers
and parts to help the Indy-based
organization Wings for West
Africa. The group is assisting
schools in Senegal and helping the
students connect to the Internet
and with research projects.
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Highlights photo/submitted by Diane Doxey
Brain Game team
at nationals
The Brain Game team of Sarah
Bauer (12th), Abbey Helvering
(9th), Ethan Helvering (12th)
and Jay Ruckelshaus (10th) competed in New Orleans in national
competition and defeated several
teams from all over the country
to secure the group’s best finish to
date.
By winning four of six matches, the team qualified for playoffs.
Moderators are Judy Birge and Jo
Kissling. Great job to students,
faculty and parents for a fantastic
showing at nationals!
Speeches win big
Cathedral freshmen swept the
Northside Optimist Club speech
contest with their works, “For me,
Optimism is ...”
Haley Roach took the gold,
Shelby Hyde earned silver and
Michael Nave won a bronze medal
in the competition.
LEFT: Fourth-year
French students
organized a computer
drive for Senegalese
school children.
They are (from left)
French exchange
student xxxx, and seniors Christiana Gray,
Sarah Bauer, Michael
Kolodzej, Chris
O’Connor, Rachel
Roberts, Drew Keller,
Katie Gill and
Laura Braswell.
Couple sticks
to prom plan
The promise of potential
scholarship dollars lured seniors
Farah Doxey and Steve Arduini
(above) to don duct tape for prom,
according to atGeist.com.
Centered around the theme
of the Irish, the students designed
and crafted a dress and tux made
out of green, yellow and orange
Duck brand duct tape.
The pair are vying for $3,000
each in scholarship dollars.
Arduini plans to attend Georgetown this fall, while Doxey is
headed to Indiana University.
“Once they came up with the
theme, they were off and running,”
said Doxey’s mother, Diane.
“You would be amazed to see
how many colors of duct tape are
out in the world.”
The winning couple will be
announced July 9. q
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FAR RIGHT: Senior
Michael Downs’
photo took first place
in the Architectural
category.
RIGHT: Sophomore
Christine White’s
photo showcasing
a forest’s canopy won
the Landscape/
Nature category.
FAR RIGHT BOTTOM:
Vincent Demyan
captured a sea turtle
in his first-place photo
in the Still Life
category.
CENTER: Senior Mary
Clare Quinn is a
winner again this year
with a portrait she
took of Marta Kizym.
BELOW: Librarian
Jenny Herron took top
honors in the
Faculty/Staff
category with her
landscape entry.
Highlights photo/Jenny Herron
Highlights photo/Christine White
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Highlights photo/Mary Clare Quinn
Photography club members
held their second annual schoolwide photo contest this spring in
an effort to encourage would-be
shutterbugs to give the hobby
a try! Winners are shown.
Congratulations to all! q
Highlights photo/Vincent Demyan
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Barker earns
national award
Military ranks
to swell by six
Class of 2009 grad Kyle
Barker (below) recently earned
the National Choral Award, which
is given to vocal music students
around the country “in recognition of singular merit, ability
and achievement, of outstanding
contributions to the success of the
school vocal program.”
Barker is shown with teacher
Elaine Holloway.
The U.S. Army grew stronger
this spring with the addition of six
Class of 2009 graduates.
Marco Caress, Jon Mecker and
Ben Smith will leave soon for the
U.S. Military Academy at West
Point; Blake Anthony will leave
for the USMA Prep School; and
Tim Bolger and Dan Levy begin
immediately in active duty.
God be with each one of you.
Gov. Mitch Daniels, shown
above with junior Sam Salin, was
the featured guest at the April
Dad’s Day breakfast held in the
cafeteria.
Daniels shared stories about
his life experiences,
including things he learned as a
Cathedral dad!
Daniels urged the students to
appreciate the education they were
receiving and encouraged them all
to give back to the community.
MacDonell
named All-Star
Alec MacDonell was selected
as a 2009 Indiana Academic AllStar by The Indianapolis Star.
MacDonell was one of 40
students chosen for the award
and was invited to a luncheon
that honored the students, their
parents and a teacher the student
believed was influential in his or
her academic career.
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Cathedral Highlights Highlights photo/submitted by Elaine Holloway
Governor visits
for Dad’s Day
Seniors lauded for their talents
Many talented members of the
Class of 2009 were honored for
academic and athletic excellence
and service to their communities.
This year’s National Merit
Finalists are Laura Braswell, Ethan
Helvering, Alec MacDonell, Ellen
Moriarity, Claire Myers and Patrick Sullivan.
The National Merit Hispanic
Scholars are Dominic Corsaro and
Nicolas Hidalgo.
The National Merit
Achievement Scholar is Morgan L.
Spring 2009
Rhodes.
Athletes of the Year are Katy
Achtien and Patrick Paligraf.
The 2009 Dezelan Award
winners are Barry Flynn and
Christiana Gray.
Board of Trustees Award
winner is Kyle Barker.
Five members of the Class of
2009 were named Herbert Presidential Scholars.
This four-year renewable
scholarship at Indiana University
is awarded to only 60 incoming
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Students see
Robie named
dangers in drink Fulbright Scholar
As part of their coursework
at Cathedral, all students are required to take a class that
gives them insight into
the dangers of drinking
and substance abuse.
One lesson lets students feel what it would
be like to operate a car
while under the influence of alcohol, by using
specialized goggles that
simulate the activity.
With the goggles on,
the students are then
asked to walk toward a
ball and kick it (left) —
the exercise draws laughs
from onlookers but gives
a powerful lesson to the
students involved about
drinking and driving.
Latin teacher Lucy Robie is
spending a portion of her summer
in Italy as a member of the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program.
Robie was one of 120 teachers
from around the world chosen to
participate in the program, which
began in 1946 and is designed to
promote cultural awareness and
literacy between teachers in the
U.S. and those in other countries.
As a Latin teacher, Robie said
the opportunity to study in Italy is
particularly compelling.
“By participating in this program, I will bring to my students
not only a greater understanding
of the Classical Roman world and
Latin, but also a better appreciation of the cultural complexities
that have descended from this
world.” q
LEFT: Congratulations
to the school’s first
“Battle of the Books”
team. The team placed
second during its Brain
Game style competition
in April against two Ben
Davis teams. The team
members were (from left)
Jackson McGrath, Maggie
Brennan, Brenna Holland,
Audrey Gelb, Melissa
Longwell and Connor Doll.
They scored the highest
on the written portion of
the contest, moving them
into the final round. Jackson McGrath had
the highest written score
of all eight teams participating. Team moderator
was Linda Benson, seated.
The “Battle of the Books”
team became experts
on seven books from the
Indiana “Eliot Rosewater” Book Award List for
2008-09. Highlights photo/submitted by Linda Benson
freshmen, and Cathedral students
received an amazing FIVE of
them! Great job to Kyle Barker,
Lauren Buchanan, Nicolas Hidalgo, Juan Pagan and Andrew
Spillman.
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A Year with
Frog
Toad
Highlights photo/Lisa Renze-Rhodes
and
TOP: The trees enjoyed fanciful
costumes. From left are Abby
Hammond, Danielle Kelly and Erin
Wissler.
LEFT: Ashlee Mills was “The Snail
with the Mail.”
FAR LEFT: Waiting backstage
were flowers and butterflies from
left Claire Dilts, Stephanie Brown
and Caroline Scheidler.
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LEFT: The moles
were a hit of the
production. Front
row from left are
Natalie Rawlinson,
Megan Baker and
Haley Roach.
Back row from left
are Ellen Turner,
Al Robinson and
Ellen Lee.
ABOVE: Senior Allison Vollmer starred as
“Turtle” in the spring production of “Frog
and Toad.” RIGHT: The frog and toad in
“Frog and Toad” were Malcolm Herbert,
left, as Frog and Kyle Barker as Toad.
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Time Machines
and Other Things
Trip offers glimpse into
what can be possible
Flexibility. If you’re going to
survive on a mission trip, you need
to learn to go with the flow, and
the weather the week of the 2009
South Carolina mission trip provided everyone a great opportunity
to embrace that gift.
We went to work for others, to
explore our faith and to appreciate the various gifts that each of us
possess. We did all that, and more.
In fact, the last night spent at
the beach revealed much of what
had been learned. And it offered
a great look at opportunities and
work that still remained.
Outside, the thunder and
lightening show was an awesome
spectacle that last night. It proved
to be a blessing, because it forced
the 73 students and eight chaperones to spend time together in a
large commons area, rather than
splintering into groups that went
running or to play basketball or
walk on the beach.
Card games, board games,
group skits and a “make a human
machine contest” had everyone
laughing and very quickly forgetting about the inclement weather.
It reminded everyone that the
week was one that perhaps didn’t
win them all, but one that opened
the hearts and minds of those who
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ABOVE: A cross erected
on the beach on Seabrook
Island reminds those on
the spring break mission
trip the reason for their
journey.
FAR LEFT: Nightly chapel
sessions allowed everyone to take quiet time
to reflect on the lessons
they were learning during
the day .
CENTER LEFT: Sophomore
Alex Whitfield helps install
a ceiling fan in a building
that will be used as a food
pantry for residents of
St. John’s and Seabrook
Islands.
BOTTOM LEFT: Grace
Gibbons (from left), L.E.
Evans, and Jack Wade
pause while building an
outdoor shower facility to
show there’s strength in
numbers when attacking
a new project.
LEFT: Girl Power! Gabby
Crowe and Sarah Fox
spent their days in South
Carolina on the four different Habitat for Humanity
sites the teams worked.
were the most skeptical, if even for just a bit.
And while it’s true that much work remains, God gathered everyone for a reason,
and the grace and goodness that took hold
was powerful and palpable.
Leaders emerged, and while some showed
glimpses of potential, they didn’t yet have the
self-confidence to rise up and accept that role.
There were many who had a new appreciation of the blessings they have. Time and
again around the evening prayer circle, a student referenced the abundance they enjoy at
home, compared to some of the life situations
encountered in South Carolina. What’s more,
they had the insight to say they needed to be
more thankful for what is provided for them.
Some showed they have a true heart for
service and outreach — that no matter how
unsavory a task, they were the first to step
up, willing to help someone in need. Others displayed a fearless faith and generously
offered their strength to those searching for
some meaning.
Some eagerly lent cheerful attitudes, wide
smiles, warm hugs or joyful silliness, in an
effort to cheer another member of the team
who was struggling with a project, an early
morning, a bad attitude or a disappointing
work day.
SCSB09 (South Carolina Spring Break
’09) was special for the funny memories of
one team member’s dolphin noises, the bus
getting stuck and the garbage bag ponchos
that were a very popular fashion fad.
But underneath the laughter, the memories that will linger are those of one homeowner trying to overcome an abusive marriage and unfathomably difficult life; the little
girl at the children’s party who shared that
she doesn’t really have a mom or a dad in her
world; the widow living in a home that had
been awash in raw sewage.
Each team member brought talents to
share, but we were the recipients of the greatest gifts — bone-crushing hugs, tearful smiles
borne of immense gratitude, prayers for our
well being, simple words of thanks.
We saw the light of Christ.
It’s hard to imagine any greater gift. q
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The Society of Student Scientists gathered this spring for another of its fun experiment days,
this one involving liquid nitrogen
and dry ice.
For these experiments, the
students took common household
goods — fruit, racquetballs, flowers — and watched and measured
those items’ reactions after coming in contact with the two different solutions.
Teacher Kevin Williams (below) said the experiments offer
a fun way to learn in a relaxed
setting, while familiarizing the
students with dry ice — most
commonly used in transporting
ice cream — and liquid nitrogen,
used in cryogenic studies.
Highlights photo/submitted by Mic Roessler
Student Scientists
learn and play
Artists share gifts
with local seniors
during a service learning project
that paired the kids with “senior
buddies.”
One such pairing matched
freshman Patrick Diamond
Students in Mic Roessler’s art
(above left) with Class of 1947
classes had the opportunity to
share their talents with communi- alum Joe Harmon. The project
ty members at Sunrise Apartments will be an annual event.
LEFT: Teacher
Kevin Williams
prepares to dip
a carnation into
liquid nitrogren to
show the effect
the substance will
have on the flower.
Watching the experiment are from
left: Guy Valponi,
Steven Meuleman,
Michael Liotti, Dale
Pedzinski (back),
Alec MacDonnell,
Patrick Steinmetz
and Sarah Bauer.
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NHS officers
announced
Congratulations to the new
National Honor Society officers for 2009-10. They are John
Macke, Kevin Williams, Maddie
Jarrett, Elyse Ausenbaugh and
Erin Wissler.
German NHS
inductees named
This spring several students
were inducted into Delta Epsilon
Phi, the German National Honor
Society. Delta Epsilon Phi recognizes high school scholastic
achievement in the study of German and promotes interest in the
study of German language, literature and
civilization.
The national
educational
honorary
society is
sponsored by
the American Association of Teachers of
German. To be considered for
induction, a student must have
completed at least three semesters
of German classes with a 3.6 GPA
on a 4.0 scale. The student must
also have at least a 3.0 GPA in his
or her other classes.
The inductees for 2009 are:
Victoria M. Alden (11th)
Kaitlyn G. Barker (10th)
Kyle H. Barker (12th)
James F. Berlage (12th)
Erin K. Bucherl (11th)
Walter W. Hanuschek (10th)
Choir students
honored
Irish 500
celebrates fun
Congratulations to the following students who received choral
awards at this year’s Spring Fling:
• Kyle Barker – National Choral Award
• Sarah Michaelis – Leadership
Award
• Ashlee B. Mills – MVP
• Most improved singers:
Maureen Kennedy, Kelsey Lee,
Brittany Ignas and Ebony Dillon.
• Best Musicians: Kelsey
Massa, Anna Marie Meulbroek,
William Ash and Maria Malm
• Best Performers: Carolyn
Humbert, Clare Welch, William
Harrington and Hannah Moman
Thank you, also, to our 14
graduating seniors: Kyle Barker,
Carolyn Humbert, Danielle Kelly,
Megan Kloc, Maria Malm, Kelsey
Massa, Sarah Michaelis, Brianna
Mills, Hannah Moman, Natasha
Olsson, Jade Powers, Taylor Schultheis, Julia Tirinnazi and Kenee
Walton.
The annual Irish 500 fest
brought the school together for
one last hurrah, having fun with
the trike race, the Talent Show
winners’ showcase, where Adam
Fisk (above) and bandmates got to
strut their stuff, a special presentation of the Clark Cup by the
Indianapolis Ice, a presentation by
Tamika Catchings of the Indiana
Fever and the special end-of-year
blessing by Tom Greer.
Essay contest
winner named
Congratulations to senior
Marissa Thomas, selected as the
winner of the Northside Knights
of Columbus essay contest.
The topic she addressed was,
“If you had dinner with President
O’Bama, are there any special
topics that you wish to mention
to him?” Marissa was awarded
$500. q
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The Class of 2009!
The members of this year’s
graduating class earned a whopping,
record-setting $27 million in
scholarships and awards. Well done
on an amazing accomplishment
– and good luck to all the members of
the class as they move on to the college, university or armed services
commitment of their choice.
Our valedictorians are Lauren
Buchanan, Elizabeth Kelly, Katie
Laine and Alec MacDonell. Our
salutatorians are Laura Braswell,
Emily Collins and Lisa Edwards.
The members of the class are:
Merrie Achtien
Forrest Adams
Briana Anderson
Nolan Anderson
Blake Anthony
Josephine Arbogast
Stephen Arduini
Robin Babbitt
Aaron Bachtel
Dana Baele
Kyle Barker
Kelsey Barlow
Christina Barra
Lauren Batalis
Sarah Bauer
Grant Baughman
Matthew Beauchamp
Joseph Bender
Cyril Bennett
Alanna Berdanier
Lauren Berghoff
James Berlage
Andrew Bernauer
Tyler Berry
Shane Berschbach
Nicholas Blaising
Timothy Bohlman
Timothy Bolger
Bridget Borrowdale
Kevin Bower
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LEFT: Dale
Pedzinski
(right)
served as a
Eucharistic
minister during
the Baccalaureaute Mass,
offering
Elizabeth Kelly,
one of this
year’s four
valedictorians,
the blood of
Christ.
BELOW:
Co-valedictorian Alec
MacDonell and
co-salutatorian
Laura Braswell,
address their
classmates,
families, teachers and friends
at graduation.
Highlights photo/Lisa Renze-Rhodess
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Teacher Kevin Kubacki, ’94, addresses the Class of 2009
Thank you, Brian.
I’d like to welcome Mr. Dezelan, Mr. Helmich,
Mr. McLinn, Mr. Worland, Mrs. Elson, faculty and
staff, parents, my beautiful wife and mother, and most
importantly, Class of 2009.
I remember a time way back in the 190s when I,
too, sat at my Cathedral graduation wondering how
long the old person speaking would drone on about
life after Cathedral. Deep down inside, I held a dark
secret … I didn’t floss regularly. It wasn’t until more
than a decade later that a gifted dentist by the name
of Dr. Cureton (who happens to be in the audience
today) showed me the dental X-rays which confirmed
the deleterious effects resulting from years of being
a non-flosser. I chalk this up as one more life lesson
which I didn’t really believe simply by being told by
someone else; I had to learn the lesson on my own.
As such, it would be presumptuous of me to assume
that in the mere hour or two I plan to speak today, I
will provide new and life-altering revelations for you.
Instead, I am going to rely on the accomplished
men and women sitting behind me, who comprise the
most talented faculty in the state of Indiana. Today,
we are going to review what you have actually learned
over the course of four years at Cathedral. I stress
learned because your education extends well beyond
the simple facts that you studied along the way.
In your health and physical education classes,
classes which are often overlooked in importance,
you probably studied how to find your target heart
range for exercising and what the court specifications
are for badminton. What you learned, however, is
that it doesn’t matter how intelligent you are, how
wealthy you become, or how much power and influence you accrue, if you don’t take care of yourself and
strive to maintain a healthy lifestyle, none of your
accomplishments will matter much because you won’t
be around to enjoy them.
Along the same lines, in your science classes
you studied and dissected the different parts of cells,
Choosing to f ly
plants and animals. What you learned is that one
common truth connects all of these living things …
they all die, and so will you some day. You can focus
on the morbidity of this concept, OR you can remember what is more important … what you do with your
life while you have the chance.
If you made it to physics, you may have even discussed the notion that scientists suggest that a bee’s
wings are too small and too fragile to support its large
body during flight. For some reason, though, the
bees seem to ignore these naysayers and continue to
practice the improbable, flying around with a complete disregard for those who want to focus on what
they can’t or shouldn’t do. As you leave Cathedral,
you will encounter many people who cling to negativity and the status quo. This may result from fear of
failure, fear of risk, fear of change … it doesn’t really
matter. What matters is that you choose to fly while
others resign themselves to the ground.
When I think of risk, I think of the foreign
language department in whose classes you have
studied such key phrases for your travels abroad
such as “Where is the library?” and “I live in a red
house.” More importantly, though, you learned how
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much time and effort it takes to truly learn a second
language. So the next time you find yourself speaking with someone whose thick accent exposes their
foreign heritage, keep in mind that their accent
doesn’t suggest ignorance … it suggests that they are
bilingual … and because you know how hard that is,
their effort to communicate deserves your respect
and encouragement, not your ridicule.
More importantly, that individual probably took
an incalculable risk when he left his home and what
was familiar, not for a guarantee, but for the mere opportunity for a better life. What risks of this magnitude will you be willing to take in your lives?
You’ve studied such risk-takers in your history
classes. You can probably tell me all about strong
rulers whose very name suggests greatness like
Alexander the Great. You can recall the influential
thinkers whose radical views were often received with
mockery and scorn like Newton, Edison and Galileo.
And you can hopefully recite some of the words of
the influential activists, like Dr. King and Gandhi,
who saw the world for what it could be and fought
to make life better. The
constant for all the distinguished characters of
history is that they took
action in their lives and
sought change, and we
remember them for their
courage and their contribution. Never question
your ability to change the
world just because of your
youth or experience level.
Remember that an amateur built the ark, while
experts built the Titanic.
History will, however,
forget the time you spent annihilating 12-year-old
Dutch kids in an epic 24-hour Call of Duty battle
royale on your X-box LIVE. Your life should be
defined by your actions outside of your dorm room
and your life offline. And NO, writing about living
on Twitter doesn’t mean you are living … it means, by
definition, that you are a twit.
“Your service
contributions
over your
four years at
Cathedral
shouldn’t
be ignored
because they
are inspiring.”
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In your theology classes, you actually studied
that great risks should be taken with a fair amount of
preparation involved such as … bringing a map when
fleeing Egyptian slavery or planning what gifts to
bring the son of God in order to be considered a wise
man. More importantly, though, you learned that
wise men still seek the son of God.
The message of the theology department can be
clearly seen through a modern day parable which
places an older man on a beach one sunny morning
for his daily walk. He immediately notices that the
tide has washed thousands of starfish onto the beach,
leaving them to dry out and die in the heat of the day.
On his walk, he encounters a young child who has
undertaken the Herculean labor of tossing the starfish
back into the sea. The old man approaches the boy
and in a jaded and chastising manner he comments,
“Son, you are wasting your time out here throwing
these starfish back into the ocean. Their numbers
stretch out as far as the eye can see in either direction.
You are just too small to make a difference.” The boy
ponders the old man’s advice for a moment before
heaving another starfish into the sea. He then smiles
up at the old man and observes, “I made a difference
to that one!”
Now, as good Cathedral students, you obviously
wouldn’t have been content with just throwing starfish back into the sea. You would have organized a
“Save the Starfish” fundraiser which would likely have
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involved putting money in jars at lunch … and, of
course, there would be the prerequisite T-shirt which
accompanies any activity at Cathedral. In all seriousness, your service contributions over your four years
at Cathedral shouldn’t be ignored because they are
inspiring. You have recorded nearly 40,000 service
hours collectively while raising tens of thousands of
dollars. You have worked to change the world and
you have succeeded. I rate much of our success as the
Cathedral faculty on how many of you continue to
practice being servant leaders throughout your lives,
not because it is easy, but because it is right.
It is natural to get so caught up in the hustle and
bustle of life with school, work, relationships and
Facebook that you forget to stop and appreciate the
world around you. No classes celebrate what’s right
with the world better than the fine arts. To steal an
idea from John Keating, “the human race is filled with
passion. Medicine, law, business, engineering, these
are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But
… beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive
for.” And these are exactly what you celebrate in the
fine arts.
Conversely, you have also spent a great deal of
time in math classes at Cathedral. If you are anything like me, you still harbor a certain disdain for
mathematics because they trick you with all that talk
of ‘pie’, and it isn’t until much later that you realize
that the teachers weren’t talking about baked goods
but rather another silly number. Now, thanks to the
invention of calculators, I have been able to function
in the world with a math IQ which ends with the ability to add and subtract most two-digit numbers, but
the one idea that has stayed with me all these years is
the Transitive Property: If A = B and B = C then A =
C. Very soon, many of you will begin forging a new
life and identity in college, and whether you like it
or not, you will be judged by the company you keep.
When you begin building relationships, pay close attention to what these bonds will suggest about you as
a person because the older you get, the more closely
you will be scrutinized based on those with whom
you surround yourself.
Finally, and some would say most importantly, are
the classes which address the very essence of human-
ity … your English classes. After 18 years, you are
nearly fluent. Many of you even appreciate the joke
when you ask me if you can go to the bathroom and
I reply that I don’t know because I’ve never seen you
do it. I know those eye rolls mean you are laughing
on the inside! But English is about more than just
learning how to talk good. Along the way you have
studied a hero’s journey. You know that every journey begins with someone who possesses the potential
for greatness, there are trials and helpers, and the
goal is always self-actualization. My question to you
today is, “Are you the hero of your own life’s journey?” Are you actively striving to achieve your goal,
or are you merely the sidekick for others, resigned to
a life in the background because you are too afraid of
the responsibility of your own quest? Are you willing
to face the trials and pull yourself back up after you
fall, or are you more comfortable being the temptress
who derails others on their own quests so that no one
outshines you … so you can all wallow in mediocrity
together.
Worse yet, are you merely a spectator in your life’s
play who sits contentedly and waits for interesting
people to enter your life so you can be momentarily
entertained with little effort … lacking ambition or
real purpose. NO! You all have the potential for
greatness because you made it through one of the
most challenging high schools in the state. You all
have the hero’s amulet or aids in the journey … just
look around. At this moment you are surrounded by
people who will always love and support you. And I
truly believe that if you are willing to risk the journey and take the trial with the triumphs, you will be
amazed at the illimitable opportunities for success
and happiness that await you.
Well, this review session is over, and your test
will be … everyday of your life from this moment on.
You owe it to the fine men and women seated behind
me and the fine men and women seated behind you
but, most importantly, yourselves to ace this test.
And when you prepare to write the essay of your
life’s journey, the thesis statement should read, “I am
going to live my life with a relentless and unapologetic drive toward excellence because I know I will
make a difference in the world.” So, Class of 2009,
take out a pen which writes in blue or black ink. Your
test begins … now… q
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Laura Braswell
David Braun
Emily Brelage
Adam Broady
Dajuan Brown
Stephanie Brown
Lauren Buchanan
Emily Buker
Annamarie Bustion
Philip Caito
Marco Caress
Ryan Cathcart
Brandon Chambers
Stephen Champlin
Hana Chong
Carrie Christman
Allison Clyne
Jennifer Cockshott
Lindsey Cohen
Emily Collins
Sean Collins
Brian Conroy
Cory Constantine
Stephanie Cooler
Dominic Corsaro
Anthony Cossell, Jr.
Michael Countryman
Vincent Culpepper
Skylar Cuppy
Trace Cureton
Jonathon Cutshaw
Brooke Daley
Eric Dechow
Lauren Dedinsky
Jacqueline Devine
Trevor Dewey
Alex Diedrich
Claire Dilts
Connor Doll
Mary Dowd
Michael Downs
Farah Doxey
Daniel Dresser
Chatara Edwards
Lisa Edwards
Emily Erotas
Michelle Erotas
Matthew Falvey
Robert Farrell
Elizabeth Faurote
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Katherine Fillenwarth
Adam Fisk
Kelly Fitzgerald
Mary Fleck
Kara Fletcher
Luke Flood
Barry Flynn
Kevin Foley
Ryan Foley
Ian Foster
Alexandra Fox
Michael French
Brian Frick
Peter Gauss
Karlie Gaver
Jay Gehl
John Gibbons
Katherine Gill
Margaret Gill
Kaitlin Ginder
Siobhan Glass
Rachel Graham
Christiana Gray
Aaron Green
Joseph Greenwell
John Grey
Alexandra Haddad
Elissa Hagans
Joseph Hahn
Mackenzie Haley
Jarrett Hamilton
Abigail Hammond
Taylor Harrington-Shaw
Jaclyn Head
Ashly Heath
Ami Hedlund
Sarah Hehner
Ethan Helvering
Katelyn Hendrickson
Louis Herron
Connor Hess
Adam Hicks
Nicolas Hidalgo
Hannah Hilboldt
Andrew Hilger
Vincent Hofmeister
Harold Hogue
Alyssa Howard
Brittany Howard
Matthew Hughes
Carolyn Humbert
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ABOVE: Co-valedictorians Katie Laine (left) and Lauren Buchanan
were recognized with their classmates at graduation.
Nicholas Hupp
Meredith Iozzo
Emily Izzo
Thomas Jacoby
Kakpindi Jamiru
Elisabeth Janoson
Mary Johantges
Matthew Jones
Alexander Juerling
Joseph Jurkash
Catherine Kahn
Andrew Keller
Danielle Kelly
Elizabeth Kelly
Ryan Kennedy
Stephanie Kennedy
James Kervan
Matthew Keyes
Ally Khajenouri
Jared Kidwell
Taylor King
Elizabeth Kiplinger
Grace Kirchgraber
Marta Kizym
Megan Kloc
Drew Kochell
Kyle Koehne
Rachael Koester
Michael Kolodzej
Christopher Kopf
Abigail Kotarski
Joseph Kowal
Torey Krug
Kathryn Laine
Catherine Lansing
Brian Lauer
Emily Leahy
Brittany Lee
Daniel Leicht
Sarah Leonard
Thomas LeStourgeon
Daniel Levy
Morgan Lewis
Jacob Lyons
Alec MacDonell
Stephen MacKay
Erica Maginn
William Mahoney
Maria Malm
Taylar Marshall
Kelsey Massa
Cody Mattox
Brian Matz
Elizabeth Maurath
Angela McCurdy
Anthony McGinley
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Justin McGinnis
Samanta Meade
Jonathon Mecker
Katelyn Melloh
Lena Mercho
Michaela Meyer
Sarah Michaelis
Mark Miller
Matthew Miller
Brianna Mills
Tyler Mitchell
Kevin Moeller
Natalie Moistner
Hannah Moman
Zane Montefalco
Elizabeth Mooney
Ellen Moriarity
Kenzie Murphy
Meaghan Murray
Claire Myers
Britney Nay
Christopher Nellis
Jeremy Nelson
William Neuffer
Christopher Nguyen
Rachel Nicksin
Matthew Nunley
Brittany O’Brien
Carleigh O’Brien
Christopher O’Connor
Collier O’Connor
Nathan O’Connor
Brian O’Hara
Natasha Olsson
Mary Ording
Emily Oskay
Juan Pagàn
Andrew Page
Jacqueline Painter
Patrick Paligraf
Anna Parsons
Madeleine Pavlik
Errick Peck
Dale Pedzinski
Samuel Phillippe
Benjamin Pietrzak
Kevin Pittman
Molly Pitz
Henry Plager
Spencer Poling
Anna Pollom
Jade Powers
Lena Pratt
Eric Prechtel
Lindsay Price
Paige Prior
Andrew Puente
Mary Quinn
Natalie Rawlinson
Alexander Reinking
William Reuter
Morgan Rhodes
Allen Richardson
Eli Richey
Rachel Roberts
Rose Roberts
Aaron Rogers
Katrina Rohrer
Katherine Rougraff
Thomas Rouse
Colleen Ruhmkorff
Caitlin Rumer
Rita Ryan-Seal
Adrienne Sahm
Olivia Scheidler
Stephen Scheller, Jr.
Robert Schick
Kristen Schneider
Matthew Schoenfeld
Magdalen Schrage
Nicholas Schroeder
Taylor Schultheis
Patrick Schuster
Amelia Schwandt
Jayson Sexton
Kelly Sheridan
Kelly Shew
Stuart Showalter
Nathan Shruba
Christine Sieber
Elizabeth Sims
Ajmir Singh
Benjamin Smith
Katherine Smith
Nolan Snyder
Patrick Snyder
Morgan Soladine
Melissa Speckman
Andrew Spillman
Zachary Spoerner
Shelbi St John
Bridget Stark
Frances Steger
Samantha Stempky
James Stevenson
Thomas Stipp, III
John Streiff
Megan Stutts
Calvin Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan
Corinne Sutherlin
Ashley Taylor
Kathleen Theisen
Marissa Thomas
Brynne Thompson
Katelyn Thompson
Katherine Thrapp
Darrell Tibbs
Julia Tirinnanzi
Anna Tirman
Kyle Torain
Nicholas Torvik
Patrick Trainor
Alex Urbanski
Paola Usina
Christian Villarruel
Kara Voigt
Allison Vollmer
Kevin VonSpreckelsen
David Wacker
Curtis Wade
Ross Walthall
Kenee’ Walton
Dennert Ware, III
Olivia Warstler
Peter Wasky
Matthew Weir
Louis Welebob
Elizabeth Whitsett
Hilary Whitsett
Megan Wiegand
Peter Witchger
Kaleah Wolf
Sean Worland
Michelle Yeager
Corey Ziedonis
Anna Zubak q
ABOVE: Co-salutatorians Emily Collins (top) and
Lisa Edwards share some of the lessons they
learned while at Cathedral with their friends and
family members at graduation.
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A Year to Remember
Loss in final game
can’t diminish
accomplishments
of ’09 baseball team
By CathedralNation.com
There was disappointment,
and the disappointment was real.
But as time goes on, senior
shortstop Patrick Paligraf said
that’s not what he’ll remember
about the baseball season that
ended in surprising, heartbreaking
fashion in early June.
What he’ll remember is what
the Irish accomplished:
How they went the regular
season without losing.
How they fared better than
anyone outside the team imagined.
How they maintained excellence in a program that has come
to exemplify it.
So, while Paligraf said a 6-5
loss to Center Grove in the Class
4A regional semifinal certainly
hurt, he said to dwell on that is to
think about the wrong things.
“It’s always tough finishing
out that senior year with a loss,”
Paligraf said recently. “You always
want to go out winning your last
game, but there is only one team
that can do that in the state, so it’s
hard to do.”
The Irish were that team in
2007, Paligraf ’s sophomore sea30
Cathedral Highlights son, when they won the Class 4A
title just a year after losing in the
4A title game. Last year, they lost
in the semistate round.
Cathedral was 113-12 in the
last four seasons.
Irish coach Rich Androle said
that no matter this year’s postseason result, the season was special.
And one he’ll long remember.
“After the (last) game, we were
disappointed,” Andriole said.
“I think we all were, because
we didn’t play our best. We did
some things that were uncharacteristic for us. Not just with this
team, but within our program. But
take nothing away from Center
Grove: They won, and that’s the
way it goes. But as I was walking to the bus that day, I was just
thinking, ‘It’s hard to think about
this year and think that we failed,
because we didn’t.’ This was a
phenomenal team that didn’t play
well one day.
“People will probably laugh
at this, because this really is not
how I am, but I really don’t think
in this case that loss is in any way,
shape or form indicative of this
group.”
Andriole said it’s his hope
that the entire roster remembers a
team that excelled throughout the
season more than a single loss.
The Irish have consistently
placed multiple players in Division I collegiate programs the last
decade. But this season, after losing significantly talented players
in recent years, they entered play
with major questions in key posi-
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tions.
The team featured nine seniors, including Paligraf and
Miami (Ohio) signee Kevin Bower
at first base, as well as infielder/
pitcher Brian Lauer. But the Irish
also had other seniors -- outfielder/pitcher Sean Collins, catcher
Danny Leicht, infielder Alex Juerling, outfielders and twins Kevin
Foley and Ryan Foley and pitcher/
outfielder Pat Snyder – who had
not played as extensively.
“It was just a real good group
to be around,” Andriole said. “Not
a lot of ego or selfishness, just a
lot of guys who came together and
played baseball.”
Much of the season was about
those players filling roles, something Paligraf and Andriole each
said they did admirably.
The Irish also got significant
contributions from sophomore
Dillon Peters, the team’s No. 1
pitcher and one of the area’s top
young players, as well as junior
centerfielder Scott Miller.
“Maybe some in the high
school baseball world sort of
counted these guys out before season even started,” Andriole said.
“A lot of these guys were first-time
contributors. I just feel like the
way the team came together and
what the team accomplished was
really pretty remarkable.”
Said Paligraf, “As the season
went on, obviously we didn’t lose
until the last game. We were undefeated and thinking we had the
state championship in our grasp. It
all just ended like that, but a lot of
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The Irish won the City Tournament again this year.
people stepped up in different positions and that’s what contributed
to our success this year. Being
Cathedral, you’re always going to
get every team’s best game. They’re
always coming out pumped up to
beat you, and they’re going to give
you their best shot. But with us
pretty much being able to handle
adverse situations throughout the
year, it definitely contributed to
what we did this year.
“As a senior, I kind of took
on a role as a leader. Seeing the
younger kids come into their own
as the season went on was nice.
They all matured, and everyone
got better and came together.
“As the year went on, we all
got closer as a team.”
That closeness lasted all season, he said.
“We were all there once
Center Grove took us down,” said
Paligraf, who will play collegiately
at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
“It was kind of a shock to all of us,
because we never thought about
losing, obviously. We were there
for each other when that time
came, too. I was definitely proud
of our team and our coaches and
the year we had.”
Andriole, in his 15th year
as the program’s coach, said the
overriding emotion after the game
wasn’t as much disappointment
as “feeling fortunate to be part of
such a special group.”
“As I looked up and down at
the line in the dugout, obviously
there are always some who play
more than others,” he said. “Some
reacted more sad than others, if
you will, but I said, ‘Guys, it didn’t
end the way we wanted it to today,
but I guess I’m personally just
thankful for all of your contributions and the way you guys came
together and believed in each
other.’
“I was just thankful to be part
of such a unique group. It was a
group that really didn’t care who
got the accolades. It was just a
group that was out there representing Cathedral, and for the
most part, everyone brought into
what they were doing.
“It was a great example of my
vision for the program – that you
want a bunch of guys who are in it
together win, lose or draw.”
Said Paligraf, “Each senior
class has left something different
on the program. There’s just a tradition that you don’t really find in
any other program. It’s something
to be proud of, and that’s why it
means so much to each and every
individual on the team, especially
the seniors.
“When you’re a senior, you
kind of feel like it’s your last time
to do something special.” q
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soon
Not Forgotten
They were talented, clutch
golfers who won at the highest
level.
And although the three members of the Cathedral High School
boys golf team’s senior class didn’t
end their careers this season quite
as they hoped, Irish head coach
Joe Vollmer said that can’t diminish a bigger truth:
The senior class of Corey
Ziedonis, Brad Gehl and Henry
Plager set a level of excellence for
the program. And as a result, the
class won’t be forgotten.
Certainly not any time soon.
“Cathedral has had a number
of terrific players over the years
and some pretty strong teams, but
there never has been a group like
these three,” Vollmer said shortly
after the Irish rallied for a thirdplace finish at state.
“In a sense, they’ve kind of set
the standard or raised the bar for
Cathedral teams and individuals
in the future.”
Ziedonis, Gehl and Plager,
who helped the Irish to the state
title a year ago, closed out their
careers by leading Cathedral to a
third-place finish at the 2009 state
tournament at the Legends of Indiana in Franklin on June 16-17.
The Irish in rainy, windy
conditions ground out a thirdplace finish, shooting a two-round
608 to finish 32-over par, 21 shots
behind state champion Avon.
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Cathedral Highlights Talented senior class set new standard
for Cathedral’s boys golf team
Highlights photos/Doug McSchooler
ABOVE: Senior Corey Ziedonis fought hard during this year’s state finals to help bring his
team to a third-place finish. Ziedonis will play next year for Indiana.
“Avon was the best team that
week, and they’ve been a terrific
opponent, competitor and rival
all year long,” Vollmer said. “We
played them a couple of times. We
beat them early in the season, and
this time, they got us.”
Vollmer said the state finals
summed up the nature of the senior class. The Irish started slowly
on the first day, then rallied to
make the cut. They then started
slowly again on day two, rallying
throughout the back nine to move
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into third place.
The effort was led by the three
Division I-bound seniors:
•Gehl, who will attend Oklahoma State, shot a first-round 79,
then followed that with a secondday 69 to finish tied for ninth at
four over.
•Ziedonis, who won the state
individual title last season and
who will attend Indiana, shot a
first-round 73, then followed that
with a four-over 76 to finish tied
for 15th at five over.
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LEFT:
Senior
Henry Plager
will play next
season
for Purdue
University. Plager
sought
council from
head coach
Joe Vollmer.
•Plager, who will attend Purdue, shot a first-day 76, following
that with a second-day 75 to finish
tied for 18th at plus seven.
“We spent a good part of the
first day in 10th-to-12th place,
and actually fell as far as 14th,”
Vollmer said. “On the back nine,
all of them were grinding so hard
and playing with a lot of heart.
They pulled themselves up to sixth
place.
“(On day two) when some
Senior Brad Gehl, who will attend Oklahoma
State, shot a first-round 79, then followed
that with a second-day 69 to finish tied for
ninth at four over.
teams were fading, they fought
hard to bring themselves all the
way back to third place even
knowing they were so far behind the top two teams that they
couldn’t win. They played with a
lot of pride. They showed a lot of
grit right up the very end.”
The senior trio left an indelible mark on the program en route
to some of the nation’s premiere
college golf teams. All three were
named first-team All-State this
year.
“They set a terrific example for
the younger kids as far as dedication and effort. The hard work
they’ve put into it — they’ll be the
model, really, for what future players hope to accomplish, whether
it’s in high school or to be able to
earn a college scholarship.”
As Vollmer expected, much of
the regular season this past season
was spent determining who the
Nos. 4 and 5 players would be,
having lost two front-line seniors
a year ago. Two underclassmen
eventually won the positions,
with Charlie Plager and Michael
Armstrong playing the spots at
the state tournament.
“There was a lot of good competition for that,” Vollmer said. “I
was real pleased with the way they
played. They didn’t play as well as
they wanted to, but all things considered — with the weather and
so forth — I was very proud of the
way they played.”
Vollmer said Plager and Armstrong likely will lead the program into the future, a future that
Vollmer said is bright because of
young talent in the program but a
bit dimmer because of what’s lost
and won’t be returning.
“I don’t know that it’s possible to replace what we’re losing
in Gehl, Plager and Ziedonis,
but we have some very promising talent coming back,” Vollmer
said. “They’re terrific kids. They
did everything you wanted them
to do and set an example for the
younger players.
“I’m just going to miss these
three seniors a lot. I’m just sorry
that their era is over.” q
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so
close
Irish finish season-to-remember
as state boys lacrosse runner-up
He would have loved to have
gotten that one last victory. But
ending one win short didn’t lessen
the season. Or the career.
Justin McGinnis, a two-time
All-American boys lacrosse selection from Cathedral, wasn’t happy
that the Irish ended one win short
of the state championship.
Still, with time to reflect, McGinnis said he can see clearly what
the season meant.
The Irish accomplished much
in a memorable season. And he
and the other Irish seniors helped
rebuild the program, re-establishing Cathedral as one of the top
programs in the state.
Yes, McGinnis said, a state
title would have been nice. And
memorable.
But what the Irish accomplished was hardly disappointing.
“I think it was big that we were
able to make it to the finals and do
everything we could,” McGinnis
said days after the Irish lost, 15-9,
to Culver Academy in the Indiana
High School Lacrosse Association
state championship game at Indi34
Cathedral Highlights ana University-Purdue University
Indianapolis on May 23.
“It was unfortunate that Culver beat us again.”
The Irish lost to Culver, 17-4,
in a state semifinal game last year.
This year, Cathedral entered
the state tournament ranked No.
2 in the final IHSLA poll and had
beaten Culver, 13-8, in a muchanticipated regular season game in
late May.
The state championship was
a matchup worthy of the rivalry,
with Culver taking control with a
13-2 run that spanned the second
and third quarters.
The Irish regained momentum, cutting into the lead before
falling short.
“We beat them by five, and
they beat us by six,” said Cathedral
coach Andy Gruber. “In the game
of lacrosse, momentum is a huge
thing. We were able to control
momentum in the first game (in
May), and they grabbed it in the
second quarter of the championship game. It would be great if it
could have been a seven-game
series, because if it went seven
games, it would be fun to watch.
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“You never know. The boys
were really prepared. They knew
what they had accomplished. Culver had a revenge factor going for
them, which was a plus.”
Gruber said that on the surface it may appear this season
ended the same as last, with a loss
to Culver. But while Culver was
clearly the state’s dominant team
last year, he said, this season was
close. Very, very close.
“There’s nothing to question,”
Gruber said. “Unlike last year,
where we were left scratching our
heads saying, ‘How are we going
to figure things out?’ we left this
game saying, ‘Today, they were
better. On a different day, we were.’
“We could just keep playing back and forth in some great
games. It wasn’t as if we walked
away saying, ‘Something’s wrong.’
That’s positive.”
Another positive was how
member of the Cathedral senior
class — led by McGinnis and fellow All-State selections Tim Bolger and Vince Culpepper — ended
their careers.
The trio began as freshmen on
a 2006 Irish team that made the
final four a year after the program
won its only state title. The Irish
lost to Culver in the state quarterfinals in 2007, a season that
Gruber said marked the beginning
of a rebuilding process.
“We had a lot of big wins this
year,” McGinnis said. “We just lost
the final. We beat (Cincinnati)
Moeller (this season), and we had
never beaten Moeller. That was
a big win for us. Throughout the
whole season, we had a very good
season. And a lot of guys who
were younger stepped up -- guys
Highlights photo/Courtesy of VYPE Magazine
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LEFT: Senior
Tim Bolger
had a fantastic
final season
with the Irish,
recording 111
points and 48
goals. Coach
Andy Gruber
said the boys
should be
proud of what
they accomplished during
the season.
who I didn’t think would be as good as they were.
“We weren’t as mentally strong last year. We
would lose games, and when we came back, people
would joke around in practice and stuff. This year,
we had a goal and we knew what we wanted to do.
Unfortunately, we lost that final game.”
McGinnis said the loss doesn’t diminish the season or necessarily mark the end of Cathedral’s success. Gruber agreed, and each spoke of the strength
of the returning roster.
McGinnis (128 points, 91 goals) and Bolger (111
points, 48 goals) scored more than 100 points, and
Culpepper scored 55 (36 goals). The Irish also featured a core of strong underclassmen: junior attacker
Vince Indiano (60 points, 52 goals), junior midfielder
Greg Welage (42 points, 28 goals) and sophomore
midfielder Colin Donnelly (39 points, 31 goals).
“It’s still a fairly young team,” Gruber said. “It’s
a great bunch of seniors, but out of 10 starters, only
four were seniors. Out of 19 people who played a
significant portion of the game, that senior number
only goes up to seven.
“People are going to find that the offense is not
going to take a step back just because we lose a
couple of triple-digit scorers. Welage, Indiano and
Donnelly all finished with over 40 points this season.
To put that in perspective, having a 40-point season
in high school lacrosse is considered a fantastic accomplishment. To do that while other team members
are scoring triple digits . . . they got overlooked because of Tim and Justin, but they’re not to be underestimated. Those guys can put up goals.”
McGinnis said a young defense also played a
critical role late in the season.
“There are a lot of kids who stepped up,” he said.
“Our defense was pretty weak early on, and they
stepped it up big-time in the playoffs.”
Because they did, the Irish came within one game
of a state title, capping a trip and perhaps setting a
tone for a new one.
“We just lost the game,” Gruber said. “There
wasn’t a regret. It was a journey. That journey started
back in 2007, and it keeps going. It was a real rededication after that season, and it ended with a lot of the
same guys who were sophomores back in 2007.
“They should be very proud of what they put together and of playing at a very high level. Those guys
have been around the program since their freshman
year. They should be extremely proud of what they
accomplished.” q
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A pleasant
surprise
Regional
runner-up
great way to finish
The results were surprising. Quite surprising and
pleasantly so.
Veronica Clark, who returned this season to
coach Cathedral’s girls lacrosse team, said few outside the program expected it to fare particularly well
this year after graduating several key players from
last season.
Clark said that while the Irish had talent and
were confident entering the season, they didn’t think
they were guaranteed big things.
They got them anyway.
The Irish, with Clark back after a one-year hiatus, turned what many expected to be a rebuilding
season into a memorably successful one, finishing
second in the region and giving the program a base
to build on.
It was not, Clark said, exactly what the Irish
expected. And that made it special.
“We made it much farther than anyone thought
we could go,” Clark told Cathedralnation.com recently.
“That made it really exciting.”
The Irish (8-6), who finished the season eighth
in the LAX power Indiana rankings, lost 8-5 in the
regional final to Park Tudor. That team lost in the
state championship game to Culver Academies.
“I knew that we had potential from the very beginning, but I could tell the girls were kind of timid,”
Clark said. “They were unsure where they were going to fall. We had lost a ton of talent the year before,
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LEFT:
Senior Rachel
Roberts is one
of a number
of core
athletes the
lacrosse
team will miss
next year.
Highlights photo/
Submitted.
so right before we got into the meat of our season, I
let the girls know where we were in our regional play.
We were actually tied for first with Park Tudor before
we went into playing them.
“It really just boosted their confidence and let
them know what other teams around the state were
doing, and how the field was just so much more even
than it had been in the past. People were still respecting us when we stepped on the field, and we had a lot
to live up to.
“They really stepped up to that challenge and
played the game.”
The postseason loss to Park Tudor marked the
end of Cathedral careers for a core group of seniors
who helped the Irish maintain their status as one of
the area’s top programs.
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Ice win Clark Cup
Highlights photo/Courtesy of Indiana Ice
Center and captain Ellen Moriarty was the lone
player nominated for All-State. Clark said Moriarty will be missed, as will the other seniors: Hana
Chong, Jackie Head, Megan Kloc, Katie Melloh, Liz
Mooney, Rachel Roberts, Liz Sims, Marissa Thomas
and Katie Thrapp.
Mooney and Sims also were captains.
“This group of seniors always has been a real
close-knit group of friends,” Clark said. “They don’t
do a lot of hanging out outside of lacrosse, but
when they got on the field, they were friends and
everything was outside of it. They played the game,
and the seniors really led the effort through that.”
The Irish played six Top 10 teams, beating No.
10 Brebeuf (10-7), No. 7 Heritage Christian (8-7)
and No. 6 Carmel (8-7).
“Every single one of the girls (was) shocked
with how far we made it, and they were all disappointed at the end,” Clark said. “It’s hard for a
coach to see disappointment in your players, but at
the same time, you know they’re hungry for it and
you have something to look forward to.
“We lost some good leadership, but we have a
lot of good girls coming back with some experience. Hopefully, that’s going to take us pretty far
next year and beyond.”
The hope for the future has merit. The 17member freshman team improved throughout the
season. The Irish junior varsity finished 7-4 and
made dramatic improvements, with several underclassmen making key contributions at the varsity
level.
Freshman goaltender Gail Moriarty saved 60
percent of shots against her, while Britney McGinnis — the sister of Irish boys two-time All-American Justin McGinnis — led the Irish in scoring and
tied for the league lead in assists.
“There’s a lot to look forward to,” Clark said.
“There’s a lot of talent. I’ve been optimistic. When
you see some players, you see they have a lot of
talent, and you know they’ll be able to play in college, but this is the biggest group when I look at it. I
think they have a lot of potential.
“We have a lot more girls I think can go on and
play after high school – maybe even compete at the
Division I level – and that’s something we haven’t
had in the past.” q
Cathedral High School students (from left)
John Parker, Torey Krug and Shane Berschbach
helped the Indiana Ice claim the Clark Cup for
the first time in franchise history.
The Ice finished the regular season in third
place in the U. S. Hockey League, but blazed
a trail through the postseason, beating Cedar
Rapids, Green Bay and ultimately Fargo.
Defenseman Krug is headed to Michigan
State University for school. Krug was one of the
top scoring defensemen for the Ice.
Forward Berschbach will suit up for Miami of Ohio. Berschbach scored a power play,
game-tying goal in the Ice’s win over Fargo.
Parker will return for his senior year at
Cathedral and continue to play for the Ice.
Congratulations to these fine young men! q
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Getting
Closer
But it ended a successful
season, a season that could set the
tone for a brighter future.
“We (were beaten) by a better
team,” Noe said recently. “That’s
how it goes, but we were close.”
And getting closer.
The Irish, who finished the
regular season at No. 3 in the
final Indiana High School Tennis
Coaches Association rankings,
sustained a third consecutive season-ending loss to Carmel. CatheThe improvements have been
real and they have been dramatic. dral had lost in the regional final
round the last two seasons.
Each year in recent seasons,
The Irish lost 4-1 to Carmel
the Cathedral girls tennis team has
in the postseason the last two
taken distinct steps forward, and
seasons, but this season’s matchup
this year was no exception.
was decided by just one match.
The Irish in 2009 were very,
The Irish’s No. 2 and 3 singles
very deep. And they were very,
players – junior Kate Winningham
very talented.
and senior Paola Usina – won, and
They were ranked among the
state’s top teams the entire season. the No. 1 singles and both doubles
teams lost.
The problem for the Irish?
“It was a tough matchup and
For years, they have been in
one
I knew we’d have difficulty
one of the state’s toughest regions.
with, but you know what? It was
That was true this year, and that’s
a great season,” Noe said. “We
where their season ended again.
lost to the top two teams (Carmel
Cathedral, which finished
and Park Tudor) in the state and
the season with just two losses,
we beat everybody else, so we
sustained one of them to No.
did what we had to do. We just
2 Carmel 3-2, in the regional’s
semifinal May 26 at North Central couldn’t get over the hump.
“Last year, we got beat 4-1 and
High School.
It was a difficult loss, said ten- this year, it’s 3-2, so we’re picking
up steam, slowly but surely.”
nis coach Mark Noe.
Girls tennis
continues to push
toward the top
of the state
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Madison Rothberger, who
played No. 2 singles a year ago as
a sophomore before ascending to
the top spot this season, said the
improvement in the overall program has been obvious.
“We were ranked three in the
state, and that was just a major
accomplishment that we had,” she
said. “That’s what we were really
thrilled about. Even though we
lost to Carmel in regionals, we still
had that to look back on and be
proud of.”
Next season, the Irish will
have a chance to continue that
momentum. While the team will
lose Usina – the No. 1 player the
past three seasons and the No. 3
player this season – Rothberger
will return, as will Winningham.
The Irish also return sophomore Cassia Wojtalik, who played
No. 1 doubles, as well as freshmen
Megan Adams, Carlene Eckhart
and Meghan Frye.
“What we’ve got coming back
next year, there are a lot of good
things happening,” Noe said. “A lot
of good things. We’re loaded to a
point, and we just have to get over
the hump, which is regional.”
Said Rothberger, “Even though
we’re losing Paola Usina, I think
we’re going to be as great next year
as we were this year. We have so
much depth.”
And far from losing momentum en route to competing for a
state championship, Noe said his
sense is the team’s drive remains
strong. When he considers the
future, Noe sees no signs of stagnation.
“Not at all,” he said. “We’ve
got some kids coming up playing,
and that’s the whole thing about
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LEFT: This year’s team featured (front row from left) Emily Criss, Nicole Starleaf, Paola Usina, Brooke Payne, Megan Adams, Caroline
Graham, Ana Nassiri and Mallory Welsh. Second row Marta Goedde, Karlie Fletcher, Ashley Noe, Emily Peat, Maddie Offenhauser,
Brittany Noe, Olivia McClellan, Haley Young, Ashley Tiplick, Coach Mark Noe. Third row Anna Bielawski, Abby Robbins, Katie Lansing,
Hannah Smith, Dani Billows, Kate Winingham, Kara Fletcher, Kristen Satarino, Julia Cole and Chelsea Connors. Fourth row Coach
Cheri Hood, Coach Brian Krueger, Marika Edwards, Natalie West, Jennifer Shepley, Madison Rothberger, Anna Tirman, Erin Mooney,
Lia Kennedy, Elizabeth Whitsett, Cassia, Wojtalik and Carlene Eckhart.
it. Carmel has some depth. We
have the players, and we may have
been one short this year, but that’s
OK. I’m really proud of the girls.
They played hard. What more can
I ask?”
The Irish this season turned
that effort into victories over not
only No. 3 Munster but No. 11
Brebeuf, No. 12 Zionsville, No.
22 Roncalli and a victory in the
City Tournament. Their lone loss,
aside from Carmel, came against
No. 1 Park Tudor, 3-2.
“This team showed good
teamwork and had good practices,” Noe said. “Everybody was on
the same page. Until the very end,
we were right there and supporting each other. That was a major
positive for us, but the seniors
– it’s been the best class I’ve had in
my eight years here. We’ve got kids
who care, who want to work hard,
and that’s all you can ask.
“It’s hard to get the right
bounce all the time, but these kids
definitely found it.”
Rothberger said of the Carmel
and Park Tudor matches, “Each
match really could have gone
either way. We had so many close
matches and so many that went
to three sets. That was an accomplishment, because I can remember my freshman and sophomore
year, the matches weren’t as close
as they were this year.
“Our team has improved.”
The question, Noe said, is how
to turn that effort into taking the
next step in the postseason, which
will mean getting past Carmel,
traditionally one of the state’s elite
programs.
“Carmel loses three girls,” Noe
said. “They have their top three
players coming back, so that will
be tough, but they’re always good.
They have the numbers.”
Noe said Cathedral has not
only talent, depth and a core of
young players but the drive and desire to succeed. In tennis, focus and
work in offseason clinics are crucial
to in-season success. The Irish have
a roster of players making such offseason commitments.
“That’s the key,” Noe said. “You
can see the improvement if they
play in the offseason, and these
girls, they want to do it. I’m proud
of them. How can I complain?” q
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Finding the
Right Direction
Irish boys’ track get
four to state meet
Gallagher, the Irish’s coach the
past five seasons, said he will leave
the program for personal reasons
to take a similar teaching/head
track and field coaching position
at Guerin Catholic.
“It was a tough decision for
All in all, Tom Gallagher said
us to make, but it’s six miles from
he was pleased.
my house and it will give me more
Sure, Gallagher said his final
time with my family,” he said. “The
season as the Cathedral High
School boys track and field coach one thing that made it so tough
had its difficulties and disappoint- was it took five years and we got
the program going the direction
ments.
The Irish didn’t have quite we wanted to go.”
The program moved further in
the state meet success he hoped.
that direction this season, one that
And there were a few competiended with a successful postseators who didn’t get quite as far in
the postseason as he thought they
might. But overall . .
Well, overall, the Irish
placed several athletes at the state
meet, and they won the City Meet.
They finished sixth in the sectional
and won the All-Catholic meet.
They had a distance runner place
seventh in the mile at the state
meet, and developed some young
talent for the future.
So, overall, Gallagher said he
couldn’t be disappointed. At least
not too much.
“We were a little bit disappointed in the final standings, but
happy with the success we had and
Junior Hale
happy with the direction we’re goO’Herren was
ing,” Gallagher told Cathedralnaone of four Irish
track and field
tion.com recently.
athletes to make
That direction is what Gallait to the state
tournament in
gher said made his recent decision
May.
particularly difficult.
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son that included the Irish placing
four athletes in the state meet.
That group was junior Hale
O’Herren, who finished seventh in
the 1,600-meter run with a time
of 4:22.01, as well as junior J.R.
Ricker, who finished 17th in the
3,200-meter run with a time of
9:32.34.
“Hale ran great,” Gallagher
said. “It was a real physical race.
The top 15 ran almost an entire
lap without using their arms, there
was so much banding around.
Hale was disappointed he didn’t
have more to give at the end.
“He got the experience last
year (at the state meet),
finishing 16th, so he knew
a little better what he
was in store for this year.
He went out there fresh
for the first time all year,
because he didn’t have to
run the 4x800. I think he
was pleased.
“He knows he could
have done better, but he
did run a great race to
run seventh.”
Senior Joseph Greenwell finished 22nd in the
110-meter hurdles at the
state meet with a time
of 15.65, and freshman
Graham Reid qualified in
the pole vault.
“He knew going in it
was an honor to be there
as a freshman,” Gallagher
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said of Reid. “He took it well. The
starting height was 13-06.00 and
the best he’d done was 12-03.00.
He started the meet off. His first
attempt, he kicked the bar off.
His next two attempts, he looked
phenomenal.
“Had it been 13-03.00, he
would have cleared it. It was a
great start for him.”
The state meet followed a successful regional meet for the Irish,
with O’Herren finishing second
in the 1,600 with a time of 4.21.69
and Ricker finishing fourth in
the 3,200 with a time of 9:26.16.
Greenwell finished fourth in the
110-meter hurdles (14.85) and
sixth in the 300-meter hurdles
(40.39).
Reid finished third at the
regional with vault of 12-03.00,
and the Irish’s 4x800-meter relay
team of O’Herren, Ricker, senior
Matthew Keyes, senior Coley
O’Connor, junior Alex Bannister,
freshman Jack Kelly finished sixth
with a time of 8:14.49.
Gallagher said the Irish also
showed their experience and
potential with a solid sixth-pace
finish in the sectional meet, a
performance that included strong
efforts by:
Freshman Tre’ Roby (100-meter dash, seventh place, 11:51; long
jump, fifth, 20-05.00), sophomore
Corey Jackson (100-meter dash,
10th place, 11.94), senior Trace
Cureton (200-meter dash, sixth,
23.49), senior James Kervan (400,
sixth, 52.16), sophomore Scott
Wolfe (400, 12th, 53.93), senior
Coley O’Connor (800, sixth,
2:01.47), junior Alec Bannister
(800, 12th, 2:07.53), O’Herren
(1,600, second, 4:21.69), freshman
Highlights photos/David Dixon
ABOVE: Senior Joe Greenwell was a talented and versatile member of this year’s Irish boys track
team, competing in multiple events throughout the season, including the high jump.
Jack Kelly (1,600, 13th, 4:46.93),
Ricker (3,200, third, 9:26.16),
sophomore Will Bond (3,200,
13th, 10:39.81), Greenwell (110
hurdles, first, 15.01; 300 hurdles,
second, 40:39; high jump, third, 600.00), sophomore Alex Whitfield
(110 hurdles, third, 15:42), senior
Allen Richardson (300 hurdles,
12th, 44.98), the 4x400 relay team
of sophomore Harry Rumer, Jackson, Kervan, Aaron Rogers (sixth,
3:29.63), the 4x800 relay team
(fourth, 8:17.19), junior Emery
Becker (high jump, fifth, 6-00.00),
Reid (pole vault, third, 12-00.00),
junior Stevie Wilson (long jump,
seventh, 21-06.50), senior Aaron
Green (shot put, fifth, 52-8.00;
discus, ninth, 130-07.00), junior
Camaron Beard (shot put, 11th,
41-02.00) and sophomore Connor
Barthel (discus, 14th, 119-05).
“We felt great all the way
through,” Gallagher said. “I
think the guys were excited that
throughout the season there were
a lot of coaches from big-name
schools that gave us a lot of credit.”
Gallagher said the Irish
showed solid depth throughout
the season and postseason.
That kind of depth made leaving a difficult decision for Gallagher, as did the youth and potential of the program. But he said he
leaves knowing he’s leaving behind
a developing program.
“The toughest part of leaving
is knowing I’m going to be facing
them at the All-Catholic Meet,”
Gallagher said. “I taught at Carmel
for a year before going to Cathedral and when I came to Cathedral, I saw Carmel at a couple of
meets and that was the year they
won state — my first year away
from them.
“I feel similar thoughts about
this team. I think they have the
potential to do extremely well at
state.” q
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Tough
Season
Irish girls track and field
looks to next season
with talented young team
ABOVE: Throughout her career, senior Katy
Achtien was a constant source of leadership
for the Irish. In addition to earning a special
award in her sport, Achtien was named the
Female Athlete of the Year for the Class of
2009. She’ll attend the University of Kentucky
next year and compete in the Southeastern
Conference.
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Cathedral Highlights The season wasn’t easy. Far
from it.
From beginning to end, there
were difficulties, and when it was
over, the Cathedral girls track
team missed qualifying any athletes for the regional meet for just
the second time in more than two
decades.
But coach Mark Worrell said
that’s not what he’ll remember.
What Worrell said he’ll remember is the final season of a
career for an athlete who has been
critical to the program for four
years — senior distance runner
Katy Achtien — and a group of
girls who continued to lay a foundation for the future.
“We were sort of a little bit
snake-bit through the season, but
that happens,” Worrell said. “I
think this is the second time in 23
years we haven’t had anybody get
through sectionals, but our sectional is a tough one.
“The opposite side of that is
you’re up against some of the best,
and if you make it through, you’re
probably going to the state meet.
But we’ll be back.”
Among the difficulties for the
Irish in the sectional was Achtien,
a multiple-season state qualifier in
the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs,
Spring 2009
was out with strep throat, and junior distance runner Paige Mason
also was sick for the meet.
They were among the Irish’s
top point scorers this season,
along with seniors Elizabeth
Maurath and Katie Smith; juniors
Molly Lawless and Melissa Schopper; sophomores Katie Gordon,
Stephanie Israel and Tarasae Stancil; and freshmen Aysha Jemison,
Olivia Johnson, Jasara Perkins, Katie Quigley and Lauren Williams.
Stancil finished third in the
110 meter hurdles at the City Meet
with a time of 16.83, while Johnson took eighth in 18.23. Maurath
was seventh at City in the 200
(28.17), and Williams finished
seventh in the 400 (1:03.15).
Johnson also finished sixth in
the 300 hurdles (51.21) at the City
while Achtien was second in the
1,600 (5:25.52). Lawless placed
fifth in the event (5:46.06).
Mason finished third at the
City in the 800 at 2:25.15, and Kelly Shew finished third in the 3,200
at 12:28.62. The Irish also showed
potential in the field events, with
Israel placing ninth at the City
meet in the long jump at 12 feet,
11 inches, and freshman Melanie
Gardner placing sixth in the high
jump at 4 feet, 6 inches.
Smith took sixth in the shot
put at 30 feet, 8 inches, and Per-
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LEFT: Olivia
Johnson was
named one of
two freshmen
of the year for
the Irish.
kins finished ninth with a put of
29 feet, 2 inches. Smith finished
fourth in the discus with 93 feet,
10 inches, and senior Chatara
Edwards had a toss of 85 feet, 7
inches that was good for seventh
at the City.
Israel placed third at the City
in the pole vault at 7 feet, 6 inches.
“We’ve got two decent hurdlers
coming back, and we have some
young sprinters — a couple of
kids who have shown progress in
the 400,” Worrell said. “Our pole
vaulter keeps getting better. She
went from 6 feet to 7-6 this year.
She’s making strides.
“On the distance side, we have
some young talent, too.”
Among the graduating talent
was a runner who had consistently
been among the state’s best during her Cathedral career, Worrell said, which was why Achtien
was awarded the Breslin Career
Excellence Award. It is named
after former Irish state high jump
champion Emily Breslin, now at
Purdue University.
Achtien will run for the University of Kentucky.
“I’d only given (the award)
to Emily Breslin before,” Worrell
said. “It’s given to somebody who
– over the course of their career
– has really made a difference in
the program and has motivated
and really been an example for
other kids. Katy was ... just someone who always set the tone for
the distance kids.
“She gave them something
to shoot for. I think we probably
had some kids who, without Katy,
would have just been good runners. She made them work to be a
little better. She has a really positive attitude. She’s a fun kid.”
Of the award, Achtien said, “I
was really surprised. I really appreciated it.”
While she was disappointed
with the end of her senior track
season, she said she valued her
four years at Cathedral.
“It’s been part of my life,”
Achtien said. “If I don’t run, I feel
lazy and I love competing, so it
kind of fit well. I wondered sometimes if I might not do as well as I
thought, especially when I wasn’t
getting good times. I stuck with it
and hoped it would pay off.”
Other award winners for the
Irish this season were Olivia Johnson and Jasara Perkins, freshmen
of the year; and Katie Gordon,
Shew and Williams, mental attitude awards.
“We have a lot of really good
talent on Cathedral’s track team,”
Achtien said. “They’re going to do
well next year.”
Said Worrell, “It was sort of
the agony and the ecstasy. It was
up and down, but it was really fun
working with the kids. I’m looking
forward to next year.” q
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mission
ACCOMPLISHED
Royal Irish Rugby
Society claims
state honors again
There was only one goal. One
very lofty goal.
And members of the Royal
Irish Rugby Society — a team of
student-athletes from Cathedral
and Bishop Chatard — were accustomed to the accompanying
expectations and pressure, and
they were more than equipped to
handle them.
And while that meant expectations and pressure, the members
of the Royal Irish Rugby Society
– a team made up of student-athletes from Cathedral and Bishop
Chatard – were not only accustomed to such things, they were
more than equipped to handle
such things, too.
The group was, after all, talented. And they were experienced.
And they were very, very motivated.
In the end, all of those factors were enough, and on Memorial Day in Elkhart, they put the
final touches on a historic season,
defending their Division I state
championship and winning a
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Cathedral Highlights fourth state title this decade and
the fifth in program history.
The RIRS beat LaSalette RSC,
36-0, in a state semifinal early on
Memorial Day, then beat Penn,
27-25, for the state title.
“It puts a good taste in our
mouth after all of the hard work
these guys put in,” Royal Irish
Rugby coach Aaron Griggs said.
“They were very passionate
about going after it again this year.
These seniors, they
really dedicated
themselves to being leaders on this
team in order to
bring the young
guys up. It was
icing on the cake
for us, to be quite
honest.
“This sealed the
whole deal.”
Preparation
for rugby season
essentially starts
shortly after football season.
“This was six
and a half months
of effort that ended
on the right note,”
Griggs said.
The RIRS also
won the Division II state championship with players not on the
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Division I team. It was the first
program in Indiana history to
win the Division I and II titles the
same season.
The society’s season, Griggs
said, was about more than this
year. It was about a group of
seniors who have formed the core
of a dominant program for several
seasons. The class is led by:
• Eight man Matt Falvey, team
captain.
• Scrum half Jack
McLaughlin.
• Fly half Bobby
Farrell.
• Nick Schroeder.
Other Cathedral
seniors on the team
were Colin Babbitt,
Cy Bennett, Adam
Broady, Ryan Cathcart, Dominic Corsaro, Andrew Hilger,
Joe Jurkash, Drew Kochell, Tommy Larson,
Jimmy Mundell, Mike
O’Hara, Andrew Page,
Ralph Purcell, Ben
Rolfsen, Matt Sergi,
Calvin Sullivan and
Peter Witchger.
“I’ll be bluntly
honest with you
– it was our fitness,”
Griggs said. “We had to assert fitness first. There were seniors who
“There
were seniors
who needed
to be leaders,
... they chose
that direction
and boy, did
they ever follow through.
We’re on
Cloud Nine
right now.”
Highlights photo/Courtesy VYPE Magazine
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WNDE new
home for Irish
football games
ABOVE: Irish senior Nick Schroeder stretches out in an effort to control the ball against
a defender from Brownsburg in an early-season pairing of the teams. The Royal Irish
Rugby Society team won this year’s Div. I and Div. II state championship games.
needed to be leaders, and they
chose that direction and boy, did
they ever follow through. We’re on
Cloud Nine right now.”
It was a deep team, Griggs
said, one with only one goal.
“We said, ‘We’re not going to
throw this all away,’ ” Griggs said.
“We have three great coaches,
including Simon Bidmead and
Denny Connor. Denny is one of
the founding members, kind of
the grandfather or rugby here in
Indianapolis. He kind of founded
the high school league.”
Even with a strong senior
class leaving the program, Griggs
said the future is bright — in part
because of the success of the Division II team.
“These are guys who could
have been on the ‘A’ side, but
they’re the future,” Griggs said.
“These guys will be expected to
win Division I next year, and the
guys behind them will be taking
their spots next year, and we hope
to just repeat this whole thing, so
for us to win Division I and Division II as one school — it’s just an
incredible feat.
“It’s never been done in the
history of high school rugby, so it’s
really unique to Cathedral.” q
Beginning this fall, all
Cathedral football games
will be heard on WNDE
1260-AM and streamed
at wnde.com and through
www.gocathedral.com.
Getting the Irish in
the lineup is a great addition to WNDE, said Rick
Green, vice
president for
Clear Channel
Radio.
“We’ve considered adding a high school sports
component to our schedule
for some time, and we’re
pleased to make that transition with a partner that has
the rich history of Cathedral
football,” he said.
Cathedral coaches and
administrators said the
move to WNDE offers an
expanded coverage area, the
highest-quality broadcasting support and professional
expertise that’s unmatched
in the market.
“Our alums gather
across the city and across
the country to cheer for the
Irish. The move to WNDE
means our fans won’t miss a
single snap,” said coach Rick
Streiff.
The season kicks off at
7 p.m. Aug. 21, when the
Irish face the Greyhounds in
Carmel. q
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they are only just
beginning
Ed Roessler wasn’t satisfied.
Far from it.
Roessler, in his first season
back as the Cathedral softball
coach, said without question he
was proud of the Irish, who he
said achieved the goal of taking
the first steps toward returning the
program to a place among the best
in the area.
Roessler said the season was
memorable.
It was productive, too.
But Roessler, who returned
this season after eight seasons,
said that while winning the section title was a thrilling, special
moment, he said he felt the Irish
were capable of more.
So, no, he wasn’t satisfied.
“I was disappointed,” Roessler
said. “I was very disappointed,
because I just really thought we
were a better team than our record
indicated. Although we played an
awfully good schedule, I thought
there were a half a dozen more
games we should have won.”
The Irish (10-13) won three
games en route to the championship of the seven-team Class 4A,
Sectional 10. They beat Lawrence
North 3-2 in the first round, then
beat Indianapolis Arlington 11-0
before beating Lawrence Central
2-0 in the sectional final.
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Cathedral Highlights Head coach says foundation being laid
for future of Cathedral Irish softball
The season before the Irish lost
to Warren Central in the sectional,
snapping a streak of five consecutive sectional titles.
“That meant everything to the
seniors, because last year we had
a rough time in the tournament,”
said senior outfielder Kate Hendrickson, the Irish’s Most Valuable Player. “We got knocked out
earlier than we thought we were
going to. It hurt for the seniors last
year, but it sort of fueled the fire
for the juniors that were going to
be seniors.
“That was our goal from the
beginning, just to win that sectional for the coaches and ourselves.”
Hendrickson was part of
a core of group of seniors that
Roessler said performed admirably through the season, a group
that also included:
• Shortstop Adrienne Sahm.
• Third base Emily Oskay.
• Outfielder Katrina Rohrer.
• Outfielder Taylar Marshall.
Rohrer played left field and
took a leadership role, with Hendrickson shifting positions several
times — from left field to second
base to first base — when situa-
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tions dictated. Oskay began the
season at first base before moving
to third base and “doing an excellent job defensively,” Roessler said.
Marshall excelled defensively,
Roessler said, as did Sahm.
“The five seniors we will miss
because each one of them individually brought something special
to the team,” Roessler said. “But
looking to the future right away,
I’ve got people who can go there
right now.”
Although no team entered the
sectional with a record over .500,
Roessler said winning a sixth sectional title in the last seven years
was an accomplishment.
“We had to play well to win,”
Roessler said. “You can say, ‘Teams
under .500,’ but they both play in
a very tough conference. I thought
both of those teams (Lawrence
North and Lawrence Central)
were good.”
The Irish lost to Carmel in the
regional 8-0 with Carmel scoring
four runs in the top of the seventh
inning.
“The kids competed,” Roessler
said. “That’s what I wanted them
to do.”
Mostly what Roessler said
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ABOVE: The members of the varsity Lady Irish were (front row from left) Lexi Ferguson, Emily Oskay, Katie Dusing, Katrina Rohrer,
Shelby Day, Alex McKinley and Karley Olsen. Second row Allison Sobecki, Alex Zimmerman, Mary McNulty, Adrienne Sahm, Savanagh
Oskins and Kelly Cathcart. Third row Brynne Thompson, Coach Ed Roessler, Kate Hendrickson, Grace Hendrickson, Grace Hart, Molly
Sahm, Taylar Marshall, Coach Molly Love and Connor Hess.
he wanted from the season was
attained — that is, the first steps
toward the re-establishment of
a program that traditionally has
been one of the city’s best. Fielding
a freshman team for the first time
in several seasons helped achieve
that.
“That got us excited, because
we had a full freshman team, a
full junior varsity team and a full
varsity team,” Roessler said.
Roessler said three freshmen
played extensive roles on the varsity, and along with three sophomores, there is a solid foundation
of underclass talent. Roessler said
there are at least nine players in
the freshman class “who are going
to be good softball players.”
“We’ve got some freshmen
who played jayvee ball who did
an excellent job,” Roessler said.
“I’m really excited about that. I’m
really excited about our future. We
need to develop our pitchers, and
I think we need to strengthen our
hitting.”
“We definitely have a lot of
talent in the younger grades,” Kate
Hendrickson said. “Each year,
they’re just going to get stronger
and stronger.”
Roessler said it took several days following the season to
recover from the season-ending
disappointment.
“I really think this was a learning year for me as well. I think I
found some things I wasn’t doing
and that I need to get better on.
We should have been better prepared. When situations came up,
they knew they’d been through it
but not enough to be confident.”
A major step for the Irish
next season, Roessler said, will be
learning how to win.
“I think we played defensively all year,” he said. “We played
games not to lose or to stay close
rather than, ‘Let’s go on the offense and be the team to beat.’
“That’s the thing that we, as
coaches, have to try to teach them:
better ballplayers are better prepared and winning’s everything
— just like our football program.
We don’t talk about losing.” q
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Memory Makers
Volleyball team overcomes difficulties to make state title match
With experience comes perspective, and Rhonda
Low has enough of both to know how to judge success.
It’s not always a season-long No. 1 ranking.
It’s not always an undefeated final regular-season
record.
It’s not always even a state championship.
The Cathedral High School boys volleyball team,
one of the state’s elite programs regardless of sport,
experienced all three the past two seasons, and although the Irish didn’t quite reach their goal for the
2009 season, Low — the Irish’s head coach — said
that didn’t make the season a disappointment.
RIGHT:
Senior libero
Tommy Rouse
will play at Ball
State next
year. He was
named an AllAmerican by
the American
Volleyball
Coaches
Association.
Highlights
photo/
Submitted.
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Not even close.
“It was a good season,” Low said recently.
The reason for that, Low said, is the Irish faced
circumstances far more difficult this year than the
past two — seasons in which they entered as judge
favorites for state titles.
That wasn’t the case this season. In fact, Low said,
many expected the Irish to struggle.
Instead, the Irish again spent much of the season
ranked No. 1 in the Indiana Boys Volleyball Coaches
Association poll, lost just five matches, and came
within one match of becoming the first boys volleyball team in Indiana history to win three consecutive
state titles.
The Irish, who finished the season ranked No.
2, lost 25-20, 25-17, 25-22 to No. 1-ranked Center
Grove in the IBVCA state championship game at
Franklin High School on May 28.
The Irish had beaten Center Grove for the previous two state titles.
“I think the guys were dissatisfied, but knew
they’d done everything they could,” Low said. “It’s one
thing about playing as hard as you can and working
as hard as you can and getting beat versus giving it
away. I think we played the best we could play, and
when you have two good teams playing, one of them
is going to win and one of them is going to lose.
“I just wish it was the other one.”
Low, who has coached the Irish to state titles in
1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2008, spoke
recently of what made the 2009 season memorable,
and said it was a group of seniors and underclassmen
who developed into a winning team.
The Irish this past season returned just two starters — starting setter Matt Beauchamp and libero
Tommy Rouse, the former of whom emerged as a
team leader this season. The Irish also featured 6feet-8 junior middle Kevin Owens, junior outside hitter Lucas Behringer, junior outside hitter Zach Turi,
senior block middle Brian Conroy, senior outside
block middle Anthony Cossell and
senior block middle Matt Jones.
Rouse, who will play collegiately at Ball State, provided
leadership on and off the court,
and was critical to the Irish’s success. He recently was named an
All-American by the American
Volleyball Coaches Association.
“It was nice to have him there
to kind of settle the hitters down,
and give them, ‘Here’s my viewpoint in what’s open,’ ’’ Low said.
“He did a nice job of talking to the
guys and just bringing everybody
together. He was steady, reliable, confident and in some ways,
demanding of the other guys. He
made sure they stepped up and
played their best.
“Being four years on varsity,
he had that history of playing
with the ‘great’ outside hitters
and ‘great’ middle that we had in
the past, so he plugged in a lot of
holes he would see happening and
he was able to bring some youth
along faster because of the experience.”
Asked what she’ll remember
about the 2009 Irish, Low said, “I
would say the seniors, and how
they came together as quality leaders. Some of them were subs last
year. They had to put on that role
of, ‘I’m a starter; I’m a leader.’ We
watched them mature.
“Just getting to know the
young guys, and watching them
work hard with the leadership of
the seniors – those are the memories I’ll treasure with this team.”
It was a group that overcame
the pressure of expectations.
“There are a lot of fears that
young men have with that tradition,” Low said. “There’s an ele-
LEFT:
Junior outside
hitter Zach
Turi will return
next season
for another
chance at a
state title.
Highlights
photo/
Doug
McSchooler
ment of, ‘We don’t want it to be
us. Remember that bad team,’ so
there are pressures.
“Only losing five in the season
was tremendous. Most people had
us, in their minds, not that good.
And as the guys looked among
themselves, they said, ‘We don’t
have any stars, so we need to work
at keeping each other positive and
helping each other do their best,
so we’ll play as a team and we’ll
win and lose as a team.’”
The Irish, who split four
matches with Center Grove before
the state championship, also
finished second to Center Grove
in the Metro Championship, and
while they fell short of their goal
for a three-peat, Low said the
future is bright.
The first glimpse of that future
came in the national tournament
this summer, competing without
Rouse and getting their first experience with this season’s junior
class as the team leaders.
“He (Rouse) went to Cincinnati to play club this year,” Low
said. “The other guys who are still
here playing know that now they
have to step up in another direction. Our youth, our hitters, are
juniors. They’re now going to be
our seniors – isn’t that amazing?
– and I think the guys are excited about the opportunity to fill
Tommy’s shoes. It’s exciting to see
that they’re not fearful, but having
gone through this year of filling
the offense’s shoes, now they get
to see how they can do on the
defense.
“They’re excited for the challenge, and that is why I’m not
worried about next year.” q
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Families enjoy Easter outing
The annual Easter Egg hunt
has been growing in popularity
since it began three years ago
— everyone enjoyed a treat and
a treasure!
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St. Patrick’s
Smiles
Annual parade brings the
Irish out in everyone
ABOVE:
Pride of the Irish
members Mark Miller
and Austin Brazillio
(foreground) kept the
crowd entertained
throughout the
parade.
ABOVE RIGHT: Elyse
Ausenbaugh and the
rest of the cheerleaders new what the
crowd wanted to
hear, “I-R-I-S-H!”
RIGHT: The members
of the Class of ‘45
Singers were once
again the hit of the
parade.
Highlights photos/
Lisa Renze-Rhodes
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Dakich a fan favorite at Dezelan Dinner
With stories from
his days as player, coach
and now observer,
former IU player and
coach Dan Dakich
(center), with Board
Chairman Joe Dezelan,
’62, entertained a big
crowd at this year’s
“Papa Joe” Dezelan
Dinner. The dinner is
named in honor of legendary Cathedral coach
Joe Dezelan, and the
event raises money for
Cathedral — this year
to the tune of some
$15,000!
UPCOMING
EVENTS — 2009
July 18 — Class of ’74 reunion
Aug. 1 — Class of ’94 reunion
Aug. 15 — Class of ’59 reunion
Aug. 15 — BAC Family Picnic
Aug. 24 — The Tradition
Sept. 11-12 — Class of ’99 reunion
Sept. 19 — Class of ’64 reunion
Oct. 1 — Sweethearts Ball
Oct. 2 — Homecoming
Oct. 3 — Alumni Awards Dinner
Oct. 17 — Class of ’79 reunion
For more information about any of
these events, please contact
Ken Barlow, director of alumni and
community relations at
(317) 968-7366, or via e-mail at
[email protected]
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ABOVE: This year’s Shamrock Scholars Dinner featured past grant recipient Colleen
McGinley, whose moving tribute to Cathedral brought guests to tears. McGinley (second
from right) is shown with (from left) Mike Feeney, CHS vp of advancement, and Betty
and Hugh Sullivan, who sponsored McGinley’s Cathedral education. To read McGinley’s
speech, go to http://www.cathedral-irish.org/page.cfm?p=1484.
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Successful events
fuel tomorrow’s
dreams for CHS
With your support, key events
this spring helped raise money for
the four cornerstones at Cathedral
High School — facilities, faculty,
affordability and diversity.
Our thanks to our alums,
friends and families who each year
help keep the dream of Cathedral
a reality for hundreds of young
people across Central Indiana.
A sell-out crowd helped make
this year’s ShamrAuction a whopping success! The event raised
nearly $360,000 for Cathedral!
At just $1 a ticket, hundreds
of alums, friends and families,
helped raise more than $16,000
for Cathedral!
Nearly 100
players enjoyed
a night of great
cards and
good fun at the
annual Texas
Hold ’Em
Poker Tournament, and we raised
$7,100 for Cathedral!
Sr. Nancy Murray, OP, brings
14th century saint to life
Sr. Nancy Murray, OP, has
traveled the world and most
recently came to Cathedral to
share the amazing life story of
Catherine of Siena.
Murray, shown above with
Zach VanderMissen, used
simple props for her onewoman show, she was able
to link 21st century audience
members to the simple yet
profound life of Caterina Benincasa, who was born in 1347
into a large Italian family.
Though the girl lacked
any formal education, Catherine of Siena — as she came
to be known — ministered to
the sick and provided spiritual guidance to all men and
women in search of God and a
faith-filled life.
With humor and a playful
spirit, Murray, who is the sister
of comedian Bill Murray, was
able to share with the audience
the powerful lesson of what
can happen when one
diligently answers God’s call. q
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2008-09 school year ends
Luncheon has become a tradition
LEFT: More than a dozen
teachers and staff members
were retiring or moving on
to new jobs at the end of this
school year. Some included
(from left) Jan Duggan, Judy
Rail, Vicki Perry, Dennis
Kelly and Jim Obergfell. For a
complete list of retirees or departing staff members, please
read Principal Dave Worland’s
column on Page 5.
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LEFT: This year’s teacher and
staff members of the year
were honored at the end of
year luncheon. The Dick Nuttall Teacher of the Year was
English teacher Barb Fitzgerald (far left). The Brother
Pedro Haering Staff Member
of the Year was given to Don
Christian. Christian’s wife
Helen and sons Tom and
Derek accepted the award
on behalf of Christian, who
passed away in April.
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1970s
Highlights photo/Linda Evans
The Black Alumni Council and friends gathered in May for the
fifth-annual Charles E.Q. Stuart Memorial Golf Classic at Coffin Golf
Course. The event, organized by Mara Stuart, ’80,
(left) and the Black Alumni Council, raises money
for tuition assistance for students at CHS. With
Stuart is Andy Crowe, a friend of Cathedral. q
1980s
Smith inducted
into Hall of Fame
Cathedral High School’s Shelton
Smith, ’84, (second from right)
was inducted as a member of this
year’s Silver Anniversary Team
through the Indiana Basketball
Hall of Fame. With Shelton is
Scott Hicks, ’82, (left) who was
inducted in 2008, Doc Wellman,
(second from left) Cathedral
teacher and longtime scorer for
boys’ basketball, and Ken Barlow,
’82, (right) inducted in 2007. q
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Mark Lorenzano, ’73, and
his wife Martha have moved
to W. Terre Haute, Ind., where
Martha works as a senior
assistant manager for GFS
Marketplace Stores and Mark
has opened Excalibur Catering and Banquet Hall.
Although Lorenzano had
been catering since 1997 he
did not have his own hall, so
when they moved they found
an “almost ideal place,” that
was once a funeral home.
He said they tell people,
“It’s “catering to die for” and
if you rearrange the letters
in the word funeral, you can
make it say “real fun.” Thus
we call it the ‘real fun home!’ ”
Mark can be reached at:
[email protected]
They have two daughters
Maria Lorenzano Stumpf, 31
and Lisa Lorenzano, 28.
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ABOVE: Members of the Class of 1970 gather quarterly at the Northside K of C to share lunch and swap stories. Pictured are back
row from left: Mike Ray, Joe Cirillo, Mark Schmidt, Joe Sullivan, Leo Kane and Pat O’Connor. From row from left Ken Schweitzer, Bill
Walpole and Dan Fagan.
1980s
Ute Karolina Finch, ’82,
(below) is living in Lahaina, Maui,
Hawaii. When not playing in the
sun and surf, Finch works as the
concierge manager at Westin
Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas.
1980s
Nicole Lillig, ’87, and Greg
Klosowski are proud to announce
the birth of their children (right)
— son, Liam Mathias and daughter, Lillia Florence. They were born
Feb. 6, 2009, in Berkeley, Calif.
Greg is owner/architect of ellipsis
architecture + design of Alameda,
Calif., and Nicole is the marketing
manager of Shah Kawasaki Architects in Oakland, Calif., where the
family resides.
Nick Melloh, ’88, and his wife
Lisa are the parents of a new baby
girl, Cecelia Ann, born March 23,
2009. She weighed 8 lbs., and was
19.5 inches long.
Navy Chief Theodore “Ted”
Taylor, ’88, retired in May after a
20-year career as a master explosive ordinance specialist. He did
tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, and
now in his retirement will work to
find ways to prevent IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices) from
killing and maiming soldiers in
the world’s war zones.
Taylor fondly remembers
Cathedral and the Irish baseball
team, for which he played catcher.
He lives in Maryland and has a
daughter Caitlyn, 15.
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1990s
Max Ritter Kubacki was born
to Kevin, ’94 and Angie Kubacki
on April 28, 2009. He was 21
inches long and weighed 8 lbs., 9
oz. He joins two older sisters.
David W. Lindgren, ’96, and
Jill M. Glaser, ’98, (below) were
married at SS. Peter and Paul
Cathedral in Indianapolis on July
12, 2008. Although walking the
mutual friends at Cathedral, they
traveled more than 1,000 miles to
Denver before actually meeting
one another!
Cathedral alumni in the wedding party included Cheryl (Berg)
Nolan, ’98, Annie Lintzenich,
’98, Boz Lindgren, ’94, and Nick
Schmidt, ’96. Many other alumni
attended the reception.
Jill is a pediatric nurse practitioner at Riley Children’s Hospital
in Indianapolis. Dave is a sales
and marketing representative for
Royal & Camelot Carpet Mills.
They reside in Carmel.
Anne Maureen Buskirk, ’97,
and Mark Allen Bailey (right) were
married Oct. 4, 2008, at St. Joan of
Arc Catholic Church in Indianapolis. Alums in the wedding party
were George, ’94, and Brad Buskirk, ’00, brothers of the bride and
Ann Fox, ’97. The couple lives in
Indianapolis, where Anne works
as a freelance artist and photographer and Mark is a civil engineer
with AECOM.
same halls, attending the same
sporting events, and even having
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and her husband Justin, welcomed
their first child, Victoria Ray Webb
(above) on March 19, 2009.
Victoria was born at Carmel
St. Vincent Hospital at 12:57 p.m.,
Spring 2009
weighed 6 lbs., 3 oz. and was 19
inches long. The family lives in
Fishers.
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Honorees named
The Alumni Awards Dinner, traditionally held in June, will
instead this year be celebrated on Oct. 3, in conjunction with Homecoming Week. Other events include the Sweetheart’s Ball on Oct. 1
and the Homecoming Game Oct. 2. In addition to recognizing the
50-year class, the Alumni Association presents its awards to deserving alumni/friends of Cathedral. This year’s winners are :
Michael Alerding, ’74 — Distinguished Service to Cathedral
Alerding has been involved in many ways with Cathedral over
the years. In the years shortly after the school
was saved by Bob Welch, Alerding worked closely
with Mike McGinley to put together financial
statements that were used by the board and various banks to help keep the school afloat. During
that time, Cathedral did not have an in-house
financial department, so Alerding volunteered his
time to put the statements together. Alerding also
spent a few years on the board and for more than
20 years has been involved with Cathedral football.
Hugh McGowan, ’62 — Distinguished Service to Community
After graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a
degree in business, McGowan ultimately went to
work for his family’s insurance agency, building
it into a large, community-focused organization.
In tandem with his business career, McGowan
has been involved with a number of Catholic and
community organizations including Serra International, which is aimed at increasing vocations.
McGowan also became involved with the CYO
as a coach, board member and president, and is a
winner of the St. John Bosco award.
Dr. Joseph Thie, ’45 — Distinguished Professional Achievement
Having spent most of his life in the field of nuclear reactors in
the United States and abroad, Thie began his career as an instructor in the physics department at the University
of Dayton. He then became a research physicist
at the Argonne National Laboratory, where he
was the chief physicist and design group leader
for the development of the first boiling water
nuclear reactor. He was a U.S. delegate at two of
the United Nations Atoms for Peace conferences
(1958 and 1964) and at the Japanese-American
Nuclear Conference in 1968. He has a large body
of published work and is referred to as the “Father of Noise” in
nuclear reactor circles. q
With thanks
for your
continued
support
By Michael J. Feeney
At Cathedral High School we
always begin our new year on July
1, and it is our great pleasure to
report to you, our supporters, that
the 2008-09 school year has been a
tremendous success.
Our seniors graduated in
May and have moved to colleges
and universities throughout the
country, after being
awarded a record
number of scholarships totaling more
than $27 million.
Our congratulations to them
and their families. Much will be
expected of them as they go prepared to change the world that has
so dramatically changed during
their teenage years.
As we prepare to begin a new
fiscal and school year, we would
be remiss if we did not continue to
thank you for your financial support of this great high school. This
past year your donations totaled
nearly $3 million, which was used
to provide for the four cornerstones of the school: affordability,
diversity, faculty and facilities.
Cathedral continues to be one
of the finest high schools in the
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Years of uncompromising service and devotion
Christian made Cathedral a better place
For 25 years, Donald “Donnie” E. Christian made sure that each and every day the
students, faculty and staff
who called Cathedral
their school home had
a safe, warm and welcoming environment in
which to learn and grow.
That commitment
never waned, even
when the only tools he
had were duct tape and
prayers.
Christian, 56, of Indianapolis, passed away
April 3, 2009, after a hard-fought battle with
lymphoma. He was born in Indianapolis on
Jan. 11, 1953, to his late father, Ebert Christian, and surviving mother, Mary Christian.
He graduated from Northwest High School in
1970. During that time, he met the love of his
life of 35 years, Helen.
Donnie had two passions in life, his family and Cathedral High School (in that order).
He always put his own needs and desires on
reserve for the benefit of others. He was extremely proud of his family and encouraged
his sons to live life the fullest and to be the
very best that they could be.
In 1984, he joined the Cathedral family. For 25 years, he helped facilitate extreme
transformations of the school as the director of
maintenance and facilities.
Donnie is survived by his wife, Helen;
sons, Tom (Katie) Christian, Derek (Elizabeth)
Christian; grandchildren, Haley, Brooke and
Nicholas; sisters, Kathy (Chuck) Farnsworth,
Tammy (Tony) Skinner; brothers, Tim (Jodi)
Christian and Jeff (Lynn) Christian. q
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Dear Cathedral Faculty, Staff and Student
Body,
The family of Don Christian would like
to thank everyone at Cathedral for all the
kindness and words of comfort extended
to us during this most difficult time. Words
cannot express our heartfelt gratitude for the
amazing ceremony given to Don. It’s comforting to know Don was loved and respected so much because he so loved Cathedral.
Don put his heart and soul into this school
and to be remembered in such a way was so
deserving, so appreciated and most humbling to all his family and friends.
Cathedral was as much Don’s life as his
family. He was truly proud to play a major
role in the wonderful transformations and
improvements made over the years. He cared
deeply about the thousands of students that
walked through the doors of “his school.”
Don always wanted Cathedral to be safe and
clean for everyone and for every event.
Don loved and respected his staff, the
entire faculty and the students. He was
honored to work with his peers, staff and
vendors.
Don’s enjoyment in life was helping others. Don was known to family and friends as
the “Tool Guy” who could fix anything. He is
missed by many who are proud to have been
part of his life.
We thank you again for making Don’s
life so meaningful and his untimely death
far-reaching.
Sincerely,
The Christian Family q
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In memory of ...
We remember
Michael Patrick Bigelow, 41, of Fishers,
Ind., passed away of complications from pancreatic cancer at home. He was born May 25,
1967, in Tampa, Fla., to Mary Bigelow (Whitty) and Tom Bigelow. Michael was assistant
general counsel for Eli Lilly
and Co. in Indianapolis,
Ind.
He was a member of St
Louis de Montfort Parish,
Fishers.
He enjoyed coaching
his children’s sports teams
and traveling with his family. Most recently,
he and his family enjoyed hiking in Yosemite
Park and the Smoky Mountains, in addition
to a spring break visit to Naples, Fla. He was
an avid wine collector and a frequent visitor
to the wine country in California.
Mike was also an Indianapolis Colts fan,
and he and his family were selected as the
“Twelfth Man” by the Colts at the first game
in Lucas Oil Stadium. Mike graduated from
Cathedral High School with honors. He was
Student Council president and played on the
tennis team.
He graduated summa cum laude from
the University of Dayton and attended
Vanderbilt University Law School, where he
was an editor of the Law Review. He passed
the Indiana Bar exam while in his final year of
law school. Mike was recently awarded
The Chairman’s Ovation Award by Eli Lilly
for helping to develop the company’s policy
on pharmaceutical industry information
transparency.
Mike is survived by his loving wife of
17 years, Kris Bigelow. His daughters are Kate
and Maggie and his son, Matthew, also
survive him. Mike is also survived by his
brother, Dr. Brian Bigelow of Indianapolis
and his parents, Tom and Mary Bigelow of
Carmel, Ind. q
We remember and pray for those who have died:
Michael P. Bigelow, 41, ’85
Ronald L. Cassidy, 77, ’51
Donald E. Christian, 56, director of maintenance
and facilities; father of Tom, ’89; and Derek, ’99
Deacon John J. Coffey, ’48
Douglas E. Cregor, 60, father of Matt, ’95;
and Lauren, ’96
Dorothy J. Cunningham, 97, was the oldest surviving
graduate of St. John’s Academy
Robert G. Dreyer, ’42
Pete E. Dryer, 62, ’65
William F. Dugan, 83, ’44
William F. Eckhart, 80,
grandfather of Carlene Eckhart, ’12
Adolph Goebel, ’49
Joseph Gritt, 81, ’45
Joseph M. Hally, 85, ’39
Louis R. Harney, ’72, father of Richard Harney, ’10
Howard J. Kaltenbach, 91, ’35
John V. Larson, 77, ’49
Rickie E. Like, 53, father of Wilbeth Like, ’03
John F. Lime, 88, ’39
William M. Lower, grandfather of James Maurath, ’06;
and Margaret Maurath, ’09
Louis James McNamara, 91, ’35
Barbara R. (Woerdeman) Mescall, 79, SMA ’48
Daniel J. Moran, 86, ’40
Charles J. Murphy, ’55, father of Kevin, ’00 and
grandfather of Emily Oskay, ’09,
and Katherine Oskay, ’12
Thomas E. Nohl, 83, ’43, father of Tom, ’71; Anne Traub, LSA
’72; John, ’74; Vincent, ’75; Marie Corner, ’77; James, ’78;
Timothy, ’81; Paul, ’86 and Jane, ’88.
Salvatore J. Puntarelli Sr., 81, ’45
Sharon L. (Manship) Raymann, 74, SMA ’52
Rita D. Roberts, 79, SMA
Janet L. (Alhand) Roos, 74, Ladywood ’52
William F. Roth, 88, ’39
John V. Scott, 80, ’46
Victor J. Vaughn, 82, ’45
Charles W. Willmering, 70, ’56
Theodore L. Wolf Jr., 87, ’39
Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual
light shine upon them. To have a Mass said in honor of a
loved one or classmate, please call Father William Munshower
at (317) 968-7362. q
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THANKS, from pg 59
country, and you should be very
proud of your association with
this great institution.
As we begin our new year, we
recognize the many challenges
that are before us. The economy
seems to be on everyone’s mind,
and we are certainly aware of the
unknowns that remain. We also
know that many families continue
to be affected by loss of jobs and
assets.
However, we know that the
rich traditions, high quality education and Catholic values that
Cathedral High School has provided for more than 90 years will
continue. Our hope is that you
will join us as we enter this coming year.
Our pledge to you is that we
will continue to be good stewards
of your gifts to the school and will
remain steadfast in our efforts to
provide the finest education available anywhere. Please contact us
at any time if you have questions
or comments of any kind. q
Feeney is vice president of advancement at Cathedral. You may reach him by
calling (317) 968-7348 or contact him by
e-mail at [email protected]
News from YOU!
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Do you just need to update your information with us?
Let us know! We want to be sure to keep you up on all the latest news about your
classmates and friends and our growing Irish family!
Complete this form and mail it to Lisa Renze-Rhodes c/o Cathedral High School, 5225 E. 56th St.,
Indianpolis, Ind. 46226, or contact her via e-mail at [email protected]
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LEFT: Some members
of the Class of 1992
have made a habit of
gathering for dinner
and including now-retired theology teacher
Jim Obergfell, H’92.
Though not all of the
group that typically
gathers are pictured,
with Obergfell are
back row from left
Ellen Murphy Hasch,
Kathleen Gill Bigelow,
Obergfell, Megan
O’Bryan Koschnick,
Jill Dascoli White
and Sheri Osterhaus.
Second row are Molly
Davis Hahn, Kristen
Kennedy Corbett and
Shannon O’Malia Hall.
Front row are Katie
Quinn Pastorino and
Chris Weaver Carlyle
and Nancy Lorenzano
Obergfell, LSA ’72.
1990s
Jan (Van Velse) McHugh, ’98,
and her husband
Chris welcomed
their son, Henry
Michael McHugh
(left) on Dec. 18,
2008. The family
resides in
Indianapolis.
2000s
Jamie Lupo, ’02 and Blake
Lindsay (right) were married on
Nov. 29, 2008. Jamie is finishing
up her nuclear engineering training in Charleston — her husband
Blake is also studying nuclear engineering. Alumni in the wedding
party included: Megan (Barkley)
Bannister, ’02, Anna Obergfell,
’02, Laura Cheesman, ’02, Erin
Bower, ’02, Lupo’s cousin and
maid of honor Kait Behan, ’04,
and Chugger, ’04; Max, ’06 and
Jack Lupo, ’08. q
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Cathedral opens doors
Family ties never fray
By Richard A. Michaelis
Highlig
hts ph
oto/Jim
I came to Cathedral High School as a sophomore. The nuns at Scecina High School told my
parents that they had done everything they could do
for me. I was, like many sophomores, “sophomoric”
— overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed
and immature. It is not hard to understand why
sophomore year is so challenging.
For the first time
students have some
freedom, they do not have to depend
on parents to take them places, and let’s face it, their
brains have just not matured.
I am not certain how my father managed to persuade Cathedral to take me on, but I was admitted
and graduated in 1976.
When I attended Cathedral, it was still located at
14th and Meridian and was an all-male high school.
I still credit Cathedral with guiding me along the
right path. At Cathedral I also developed lifelong
friendships which I continue to cherish today.
Each of our three children has attended or is
attending Cathedral. Any bumps in the road have
occurred during their sophomore year. Like a family,
Cathedral has been there for each child to help assist
them in again finding the right path. Our
children have also developed friendships
which I am sure will last a lifetime.
The student body seems to be the
same, the best students in the city.
The only differences are that the student population is now coed and the
campus is in a different location.
The campus is magnificent. The
Ladywood-St. Agnes Academy
property is a very special place.
I do admit, however, that I still
enjoy visiting the old school. My
wife and I attended the “Sweethearts Ball” as part of the homecoming festivities last year. It
was held in the old Cathedral
gym, and all classes that
attended there were invited. I
was immediately greeted by the smell of the gym
and met wonderful people who also shared my fond
memories of the school.
In my opinion, Cathedral High School is the best
Catholic college preparatory high school in the state
of Indiana. I am happy our children have had the
privilege of attending.
I do, however, miss the fighting leprechaun. q
Michaelis, ’76, is a member of the Cathedral High School
Alumni Association board.
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Preserving the magic
Our history is our future
Cathedral has progressed, too. When the brothers could not staff the school any longer, the school
hen the invitation to string some words did not fold; it charged forward. The downtown
together on behalf of Cathedral High
location gave way to what had been the Ladywood
School was extended, I was pleased,
campus (Carol taught there in the Ladywood years.)
and it caused my mind to whirl rewhere changes came to pass. Young women became
garding all that actually flowed from that wonderful
part of the tradition, and
experience. My mind flashed to 14th and Meridian,
it has been exciting to
to Brother Pedro, to the Cathedral across the street
me that they are building
where the sacraments were so available, especially
on the old tradition and
when we were substituting them for actually studyhelping move a special
ing before a test. There was Brother Eugenius facing
school to a new level of
the blackboard and then pivoting and firing an eraser
excellence.
at you or Brother Damien giving you a rosary. Up
I am thrilled to see
came images of Brothers Joe and Cleon introducing
the new programs, the
us to “the board of education” — it was a much difcontinuing commitment
ferent board of education than I dealt with in more
to diversity, the sustained
recent years as a school superintendent.
emphasis on concern for
What were we taught? Oh, we were taught Engthe poor, the hungry and
lish, history, math, science and religion. We loved
the homeless. That in my
our sports and were good at them. We did yearbooks
mind is being Cathedral
and a school paper; music was special.
at its best.
But, to me it was about much more.
As we think about
It was about faith and honesty and being dependwhat we can do for the
able and treating all people equally and working
Irish tradition, let us be
hard. Maybe it was also about showing people that
kind and generous to the
being Catholic was not a handicap; it was something
annual giving program.
of which to be proud. We didn’t just go to church or
It would be very good
services; we went to Mass. At the same time we were
for us to have the highhelped to understand that everyone had the potential est percentage of members giving to CHS this year.
to be special, to teach us something and to be loved
There are challenges out there in the economy; of
no matter their faith or color.
course, we can all have reasons not to participate.
As these thoughts came flowing out, it made me
However, I have often said when visiting with famthankful for 51 years of marriage, for three great chil- ily and civic groups that giving for children and for
dren, for five special grandchildren, for the chance
the poor will never come back to hurt us; we will not
for Carol and me to capture six degrees by having
ever feel it. I promise!
one of us taking courses for the first 17 years we were
God bless each of the people in the class of ’54,
married. Yes, we still love being part of our commu- and God bless Cathedral! q
nities, with Carol doing Habitat; and me doing two
elected offices, and we’re active in our parish.
Karl Hertz is a member of the Class of 1954.
By Karl Hertz
W
“The new
programs,
the continuing
commitment
to diversity,
the sustained
emphasis on
concern for
the poor ...
That in my
mind is being
Cathdral
at its best.”
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irish here and there
On a Mission
Two busloads full of Cathedral students traveled during
spring break to South Carolina, where they worked with
Sea Island Habitat for Humanity and a local church on several mission projects.
More than 70 students and eight adult chaperones made
the trip. In addition to helping build four homes and complete other works, the group took time each night for chapel, recreation and relaxation.
It was the seventh year that a group from Cathedral has
made the trip. q
Where’ve YOU been?
Ever raced along the Rhine?
Tipped your toes in the Tigris?
Waved to Her Majesty at Windsor?
We want to see it!
Next time you travel for business
or pleasure, don’t forget to take along a
T-shirt or pennant — anything with the
Cathedral name — then snap a picture
of yourself or your family members
displaying the colors.
E-mail a little information about
yourself (your classmates would love to
know what happened to you) and your
trip, and send your minimum 300 dpi
jpeg to The Highlights at
[email protected]
Don’t have spirit wear?
No problem! Check out the bookstore
Web site at www.gocathedral.com
Spring 2009
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Non-Profit Org.
U.S. Postage
PAID
Indpls., Ind.
Permit No.
015718
5225 E. 56th St.
Indianapolis, Ind. 46226
www.gocathedral.com
Dated Material — Do Not Delay
timeline
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July
20
24
Family Night at Victory Field
Father Kelly Golf Outing
(rescheduled due to weather)
August
13
14
15
24 First Day of School
All-School Mass
BAC Family Picnic
The Tradition Golf Outing
September
13
17
Cathedral’s Birthday
Trustees Dinner

Cathedral High School

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