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THE WEEKLY NEWSPAPER OF SAINT LOUIS U. HIGH
Volume 52. Number 24 . .
Friday, March 4, 1988
6ephardt crushes competition; Dole edges Bush
With 100\ · of
hoaerooms
reporting.
~ep.
. Richard
Gepbardt of Missouri and Rev.
Jesse Jackson paced the De•ocrats in the SLUH Priaary '88.
Leadinq the Republicans · .was
Sen. Robert Dole of ~··~·
followed
closely
by ..VicePresident Georqe Bush.
·
Tbe results of the poll
showed that 57% of SLUH students and faculty support · a
Deaoc:ratic
candidate. while
the other 43\ side With the
Republicans.
By . class, the
freshmen were most strongly
Democratic C60% of the fresh
voted Dem.>. The
sopho•ore
class held the only Republican
majority <51% voted Rep.l. The
junior and senior classes were
De•ocratic by narrow margins.
58% and S5%. respectively. Of
the faculty who voted.
an
Democrats
274
Dukal<ts
overwhelming 78% .m ajority supported the Democrats. with the
Republicans left holding only
22\ of the faculty vote.
Further breakdo~ of the
voting by class and candidates
can be seen in the accompany-
How to Succeed-receives rave reviews
With a farewell wave ·from
the cast of a hundred and .a
slow fade of the liqhts. the
1987-88 Dauphin Players season
came to an end this
past
Sunday evening. H~ to ~ucceed
!n Business Hithqut , Really
Trying
ran
la~t
Thu~~day
through Sunday, meeting with
both popular and critical suecess. The first ever SLUH/
Ursuline winter cast hurdled
some Thursday niqht technical
problems and was nearly flawless
before
1300
weekend
theatergoers.
This year's spring musical
seemed to be enjoyed by cast
member, crewie, and
patron
alike. Senior Dave Hogan •. who
attended on
Sunday
night,
lauded the play as "an epic of
spectacular proportions." The
show's staqe manager, Kevin
Gunn, said, "The show really
seemed to click in the final
few days of practice. What was
Republicans
a disorganized mayhem gave way
to a well-oiled, solid chunk
of musical theater."
"It's a very difficult show
to make work," commented Mr .
Schulte. ~It's got a strong
script
and
a well -written
score, and requires a talented
cast to make it come off well.
We had a good cast this time
around, so the show worked
very successfully . "
In comedy , timing and pace
is very important. because · if
the show beqins to drag , the
fast comic atmosphere will be
lost. Sunday's show was ten
minutes shorter than originally timed. indicating tr~t
the
quick
comic pace was
achieved.
If the play had any functional errors, it certainly
compensated with' 5.9's
in
artistic merit. Chief among
See PLAY. page 4
and
Jay
For further resUlts,
.. · see pages 3 and 5
Sign-ups continue for ·
Bashball Marathon
XIU
.
What ' ~
·'
that you say? You
haven· t signed up tor Ba~h­
ball XIII, t he 1988 edition
of the Bashball Marathon?
Hell, don '·t ..fret too much,
there's still a little time .
left . What's
t~&t?
You
don't know ho~ to sign up?
Well, that's what the ~
News is here for ~ to inform
and illuminate.
Siqn-up
packets
are
available today and everyday in Dr. Murphy's office
in the first floor corridoor. These packets
include : one ( 1} "How To Sign
Up For Bashbali" for m. one
Cl) team r oster sheet, and
~ixteen <16> permission and
explanation ~heets.
For
those
unfamili ar
____
See BASHBALL. page
__:.. 4
2
Forum
Editorial Comment
By Beau Roy
.
As ·author and editor of all
articles
appearinq in S_LUH ' s A~Wini ~. Alumni Director Mr . Bob Lynch has
every
right
to
editorialize in his articles . However. in the
latest issue of AN, .Lynch takes this privilege
a step too far in his sUDUIIary of the ' 87 foot:.
ball campaign. crossing boundari es of good
journalism and good taste.
·coaches Dunn and Martel both reached impor- ·
tant milestones in their respect ive tenures ·
here at SLUH, as noted in each article's head- .
line, yet Lynch seems to shortchanqe· Martel by.
noting several of Dunn ' s accomplishments ~i le
mentioninq only . Martel's 3- 7 loq-.!rom last
year. This oversight -is further exacerbated as
Lynch preoccupies himself with listinq every
neqative trend and statistic set l ast year.
In light of his recent letter to ·the. editors <PN January 22, 1988, No. 18. paqe 2)
criticizing Steve Missey for "protectinq" t he
basketball team by not repo rtinq on an 0-4
holiday stretch, Lynch does the exact opposite.
and comes nowhere near "neutrality" in his·.
article. He remind!! us that the 2-8 record was ·.
the poorest since 1935 and "marked the firs~
time a SLUH football squad had lost seven
games in a row and as many as eight in a
s ingle season."· And. i f that were not enouqh,
he finishes the pa.raqraph with: ··coupled with
last year'. s 3·- 7 loq, this year : s campaiqn made
back-to-back .losinq seasons a reality at .·Backer for the f .i rst time i n. more t han hal-f ·a
century."
The caption. '"Coach . 70u could ' ve used us
this year .-· Indeed, -..e could hav~!" under a
picture of Coach Martel standinq with some of
his former players at a banquet celebratinq
both his and Coach Dunn ' s respec-tive miLestones is no more than another poke at the team.
Lynch acknowledqed that he created .the quota tion himself. Since · it was not a quote from a
player, it could have easily been omitted. The
game
summaries
include similarly cuttinq
remarks and statistics. But my pGint is not to
naq about the accurate yet humblinq facts
about our season; rathe~ I wan~ to suqqest
that .Lynch went out ' of hi s way to research
such statistics to make a point. In doinq so.
he dwells on the bad without qivinq -the
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players any credit at all for showinq up every
niqht and tryinq.
.
Attemptinq to explain the team: s poor performance, Lynch says · that it was "hampered
somewhat by injuries and inexper.ience .. " overlooking the loss of at least. four probable
starters to transfers <O'Neil. Shelton . Sher.galis, and Strickler), · and · another sis .to
injuries <Chehval, . Fttzsilllllons·, 1-!ohl. Kertz.
Muich, Slade ! , leaving the defense at times
with only three· seniors. He then surmises that
our biqgest problem was :•a .shocking lack - of
athletic ability." This simplification coaes
completely wi thout merit since we did have
some very talented athletes on the team. and
since Lynch admits to only seeing two qame~ ,
he hardly had enouqh time to make an accurate
conclusion. Maybe a better assessment would
say that we lacked size apd qreat speed. or we
lacked. a few hiqh-impact players l~_ke a Henry
Jones or Mat t Herzberg.
·
Inconsistency rinqs loudly at the enq of
the AN article . In his letter concerning the
Missey article. Lynch states, "the most elementary of the athletic' facts of life: for
every winner, there must be a loser." Ho\ol'ever,
in his article about t he football team. Lynch
contradicts this philosophy. His last paragraph laughs at one of "the ' hoariest cliches
i n sports, .. that "losing '.builds character : . ''
Losing , i n his eyes, "breeds frustration and
apathy for coaches, play_e rs, parents, students
and alumni alike . ·• At SLUH, "athletic and. academic accomplishment have always ~one hand in
· hand. " and Lynch will not accept t~e fact that
for every .winner, there must be a loser. even
· at Sl.iUH. He hopes in the end that "recent
teve~~als
in football and basketball will
pr-ove to be short-term aberrations · in a proud
t radition.·
·
·
.
.
The team and I take offense at beinq cal led
"aberrations." The fact that we did. not produce a winning record does not make us an
embarra~sment
to the school. There is much
more to SLUH ' s '"proud tradition" than Nst
winning ·numbers. The 1987 Junior Bills Foot ball Team worked ' just .as hard with wnat we had
as any previous team •. and .I consider ~s an
equally important part qf SLUH' s proud tradition. ·
!·
PN .S taff
m§. EOITQR : Mark Eaaiq
SPoRn .;EDITOR Nfi2 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Mike
"let the press decideH Downey
' ASSISTANT EDITORS: Beau Roy, Brian Halsh
~ STAFF: Chris Brown, Aaron Schlafly,
Mark
Sexton, Jim Wesalinq, Mike Zereqa
·
REPORTERS: Jay Barry, .Jas on · Berne ,
Bry.an
Bradley, . Jeff co. .inqs, David Gla~ner, Brian
Gunn, Bob Hall.
Paul
Kwiatkowski,
Matt
McGu.i re, Ti• Menard, Vic Tayback
ABt ~ QRAPHI~~: Anqelo Directo, Brian Gunn .
Mark ·ounn, Tom Johnston·, ·P at Saunders, Aaron
Schlafly ,· Brian Halsh
MOQERATOR: Mr. James . Raterman
-----..
Features
Students, faculty
comment on poll
51'7votes
(571 of voters)
Republicans
170
Dole
Bush
146
38
Kemp .
33
----------·-·----------------------387votes
(431 of voters)
~cbeJtscn .
Freshmen
--Democrats
Gephardt _ ·
Jackson
Hart -.
Dukalcis
Simon
95
15
14 ·.
651 ..
tQI
91
t'3
91
7 ·
51
Gore
3
21
-----------------------------------147votes
. Republicans
r--.
Busn _
~
I<smp .
46
37
481
Dl
7
~
Robertson
7
71
-·---------------------------------97votas
(401 of freshmen)
The pOll t a ken on Tuesday
provides us with only a saall
samplinq of the vast political
opinions present at SLUH. To
f urther 1nvestiqate the wealth
of
political knowledge and
i nformation inherent · in our
s tudents
and
faculty, ace
r eporter Jay Barry armed hiaself with a tape recorder and
went to the roots of the elective
process:
the people.
Herewith is a samplinq of the
educated responses .o f individual members of the SLUH coamunity to the question. ''Hho
d id you vote for. and why?" :
Senior John Barsanti : "Paul
Simon.
because he· s_ really
cool. I th~nk Bush is goinq to
Win the CRepublicanl nomination. I don ' t know how--he's
an idiot--and Dukakis Cwill
win for the Democrats] . People
will · final ly figure out that
Bush i .s . an idiot and Dukakis
will win."
Senior Dan Kertz:
"Jack
Kemp,
because
I like his
views. and he's an ex-footba ll
pl ayer. I think Dukakis will
be the next president .~
Senior Rusty Bucher : "Jesse
· Jackson. because i f he ' s pre ~
s ident .• we won · t spend all our
money · on weapons and will
s pend more money on the poor. -"
Senior Brian Gunn: ''Hell. I
voted for Albert Gore becaus e
he ' s not ·all rhetoric, and I
like h:ls foreign policy. "
· Juni,or
Chris · Herzberg:
"Mys elf: I am who am."
.. . Math . teacher Mr.
George
-Mills:
"I
voted for Paul
Simon. He strikes me as a man
with . some inteqr ity, and I'm
· not sure <lbout t he others . "
· Freshman Kevi n Grif !ard: "I
co~~dn ' t vote •. I was sent down
to ' the library by Mr. Aylward
to c;et a movie pr o j ector. "
Principa l Mr. Paul OWens:
" I prefer not to answer. No
couent. I don · t' · th! nk £my
choi cel was l i sted · on that
ballot . Somebody ' s 9oing to
c~me
in
around
convention
time . and t he convention won ' t
be able -to determine a clear
f ront
runner·, and somebody
who ' s standing in t he wi nqs-Cuomo or -Bradley- -is going t o
t ake over."
_Senior · Joe Gudiswitz: "I
voted for Simon because he 's
the ~artest - one out there .~
Theology teacher Mr . James
Linhare s: "Mike Dukakis . HelL
See ELECTION. page 5
Sophomores
Democrats
Gephardt
48
22
15
9
Jacbon
Dukakis
~
8
Hart
Gore
3
1OS votes
1
461
21 GA
144Jl
~~
81
3'A
- (491 of sophornoreJ)
~rbncans
Dole
46
36,.
11
101
12
ROOertmn
Kemp '
431
38.
11~
··--··---------~---~---·----------~-
107votes
(51' of sophomor811)
· Juniors·
Democrats
- ~~:t -
.
75
-15
15
Jackson
Hart
6
5
Simon
Gore
3
-----------------------------------119votes
· (58' of jUniors)
Republicans
[A)le
.
Bush
Ra-tson.
..Kemp
49
24
12
1
571
281
14"
11
-------------------------~---------(·~of juniors)
86votes
More results. paae 5
4.
News
Bashball
Play
(continued from page I)
with
the
rules, . here· s .. a quick
recap. Captains should organize teams of 12-16 players .
Twelve <12> bashballers may
play at once. six· l6l on a.
side; all player~ must
be
either , SLUH · stugents
or
faculty. All players·.-·aust have
one permission · slip for each
hour they play.
Hhen the capt~ins have collected the permission slips,
money, . and ·roster, -~hey should
send "them · to Dr. Murphy's
office during noon · rec
or
after school. Hours Will be
assigned on· a first · come,
first serve basis .
Price!! for the all ni_gh~
sports-a-thon range from $5
per person for
the
prime
hours. 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m.
Saturday morning, to $3 and $2
for the less popular hours.
The $10 deposits due with each
tea• siqn~up will be returned
i f the . qrpups play by the
rules and if the captain and
co-captain stay to work during
the hour immediately followin9
their playing time.
One aspect the committee
wishes to stress is that a
·t~aa· of twelv~ doesn't
have
to ·find a real •team• to play.
Only twelve ~11 be allowed on
the court at a ti•e, so one
group plays against
itself
during the hour,
.
A demonstration gaae for
freshmen
and other novices
will be played next Wednesday.
March 9, at noon rec. Any
freshman interested in playing
should see Dr. Murphy. · The
committee is also sending out
an
urgent plea for anyorie
interested ih refereeing and
to those interested in li!Onj,_toring the gaaes on the night
of the Marathon.
Jason Berne
(continuecl from face 1)
these thespia~s
was
~nris
LaWyer, who portrayed Pierrepont Finch. · Bria.n _ Schlueter
cotmented that Lawyer' S .. endiess enthusiasm and slidt per_;
forun~e· "!lade iae · tingly ali
o~er."
· ···
.T he y.o ung Finch must conduct
various strategies to
achieve his des.tiny. These · include
ingratiating
himself
with corporate ·biqwigs
Hr.
Bratt <Robert J. Hall. Jr. l
and his oyerbe!lrinq boss .·J .B.
Biggley <Matt Mueller>. The
moments .· between. Lawyer : and
Mueiler will long be remembered as some of the most hilarious and energetic scenes on
the SLUH stage.
.
Finch's climb up the corporate l~dder takes him past the
hilarious Mr . TWimble ~Mark
Gunn) • the s ·l eazy Hr. Gateh
(Sam Romeo>, teenage heartthrob Ovington <Brian Gunn),
and the villainous ne'er-dowell nephew of tne boss, Bud
Frump <Dan Schieber>.
The female
contributions
were equally top-notch. featuring romantic lead Rosemary
<Tina Meyersl . and the trampy
Hedy LaRue <Nicky Kessler l .
The· play ~s predictably mel odramatic , with · boy
getting
qirl in the end.
- Yet the bulk of the musical
numbers must be credited to
the 59 members Q!.., the . signing
a~ dancing trou~>~s. The dancing ensell\ble, choreoqrap~ed by
Mrs. · Marilyn 8ur, made great
strides in the last week and
was "nearly synchronized for
the
weekend . perf ormanc~s.
Besides
tnese taients. the
dancer:s bQasted or:.long-l~gged
lasses and bare-ch~sted &Washbucklers to pleas.e even . the
most · disint_
e rested fan. A.,few
Driwr Ed meeting ·
neXt Wednesday
An 1nforaat1onal aeetinq
for
students interested in
taking Driver Education t~~
suaaer will ·be held Wednesday.
Mar.c h 9th. durinq noon rec in
the gym lobby. Interested students. who aust be 15 years of
age before their first driv~nq
time. will receive information
and ·applications
for
the ·
clas.s . See Mr~ Kornfeld .for
additional details.
Compiled from Sources
weak-stoaached viewers
compl ained
the "rather revealing spande~ tights Worn by the
male members of the pirate
scene. but aost nQticed only
the superior footwork.
The sinqinq chorus •embers,
under
"the
tutel~ge
of
Ursuline's
Neal Frederiksen
and SLUH's very own Joe Koestner. were once again superb.
lending their tonsila to such
crowd favorites as MA Secretary Is Not A Toy,~ "I Believe
In You," and "Brotherhood Of
of
Han."
This year ' s spring production also sported one .o! the
most impressive sets in recent
memory,
especially
because
virtually no money was spent
on new materials. Scenery was
created out of almost every
available piece of l~r in
the crew room, thanks to the
talents of a large and well~
run. stage crew. " It was especially difficult because qf
the quick scene changes in Act
Two, •· said crew chief Kevin
"Mouse " Paglusch. "The crew
handled it well, eventually
putting together
a
smoo~h
piece of technical theater,"
he added.
The play could not have
existed Without the great · job
of. SLUH and Ursuline· s stage
managers,
set. and. costume
crews , and orchestra . All ~~re
i ndebted to the patient skill
of the husband/wife directing
duo
of
Joseph
and
Judy
Schulte. This group
~ffort
provided .for _the . ~uccess of
what some feel is arguably
SLUH ' s finest Winter .. ausical
in 5 years. Others. however.
dilslliil!sed such historical comparisons and simply called How
IQ ~uccee4 -the hippest thing
they had ever seen.
. Brian Gunn and Bob Hall
Twelve advance
In national math contest
..
Of the 109 SLUH students
who ·.took Tuesday's · Allerican
High Sc~ool Matheaatics En- ·
minatian, twelve ad~anced to
the second round of competition by scoring .1 00 or aore
points. The complicated· scoring system 4warded ·5 points
for a correct ansWer, 2 for an
unanswered question. and none
for a wrong anawer.
The . top twelve Hathbills
~11 next undertake the American .· Invitational Mathematics
Examination,
~
three-hour,
fifteen-question
test,
on
Tuesday, March 22.
The twelve qualifiers and
their scores are as follows:
· Tim· Bergfeld
lZi
Jim Constantino
117
Brian Walsh
. 109
Pat Jones
·ros ·
Bob Kollmeyer
103
~4tt Haffner
102
Paul Baudendistel
100
Matt McCormick
100
Pat Niemeyer
. 100
Steve Schaeffer
100
Karl Stiefvater
·100
Ed Wi2eman
100
Compiled from Sources
News
•p;ris· praiiB
Election
I r4d a hard time With the
decision, but I'm impressed
with ..mat he did in .- Massachusetts. He seems credible to
me. He doesn't seem to be as
much a victim of regular political rhetoric . r think he
can beat either Bush or Dole.
I don ' t . think Gephardt can
beat either Bush or Dole. I
think he's a better candidate. ·•
..
Junior Ken Daust: "Nobody.
I don ' t like them. "
Math teacher Mr. Bill May:
"Jesse
Jackson,
because I
think he's the .best choice of
president out of the people we
have to pick fro111."
Junior Kevin Kreikemeier:
"I didn't vote because I was
absent. I wasn't sick; I was
:l~st at home."
Freshman John Del Cecato:
"Jack Kf.!mp is my man. If you
look at the
issues.
he's
better than any other candidate around."
Freshman
Ted
Rechtin:
"Gephardt. because he ' s from
Missouri."
Overall Distribution
· YJlnllt ata. . . . .
Seniors
(continued from page 3)
Democrats
(;eptulrdt
39
38~
Dukakis
24
19
18~
Jadsm
23~
Hart
9'
~
Simon
8
K
Gore
4
4"
(55%of seniors)
103votes
Republicans
Dole
Bush
Kemp
Ra:ertson
41
. 26
12
48"
31%
6
7,
14~
----------~-------------------------
(451 of seniors)
85'90tes
Faculty
Democrats
Gephardt
Simon
Dukakis
Jackson
Hart
Gore
"17
10
1
7
2
0
4QfJ,
2"'
16%
16,
5~
0%
--------~--·----------------~-~-----
. 43votes
(78'1 Of faculty)
Republicans
:Dole
. Bush
Kemp
Rcbertson
5
4
2
1.
~---------------------------------(22~ of faculty)
12votes
Seniors. ·dollies·
set for dance
Because classes Will not be
in session this Monday. one
would assuae that
socially
active. members of the senior
class ·would be far away fro•
their mothers on Sunday night .
5
However. many seniors will instead be quite close to aoa.
because Sunday, March 6. is
the date the annual Mother-Son
Dinner Dance .
Colloquially known as wHomProm.~ the event will begin at
5 PM at the Cedars With an
open .,., soda .bar. Dinner wi 11 ·
follow at 6. and there will be
dancing from 7:30 to 10:30.
The price of $23 Per person ·
. For the sopho•ores.
the
most anticipated event of t~e
. year has arrived.
Tomorrow
rtight
sophomores and their
ladies will attempt to mak~
Sopho•ore Formal Dinner-Dance
' 88 one of the most raucous
.bashes in history.
The doors will open a.t 7:00
PM . and upon enterinq. the
sophomores will .be initiated
into the SLUH dance scene.
"Since this is our first SLUH
dance. we wanted to create an
especially
original
and
vibrant atmosphere," colDl\lented
class officer Matt Gunn. who
has been planning the dance in
conjunction with fellow . officer Tim .Staley, class moderator Dave Suwalsky, and sophomore homeroom reps.
The
buffet-style
dinner
will be served at 7:30. Anyone
·arriving later than 7:45 will
.be "locked out and slapped
silly," according to Gunn.
The evening's band .
the
Newsboys, is widely regarded
as one of St . Louis' finest
and has actually appeared on
Ed McMahon's ·•star Search."
"We wanted to get a band that
has been touched .by Ed McMahon
in some form or another," said
Gunn.
Tentative plans also include a song and dance act by
Bob "Golden
Tonsils"
Hall
during
dinner. Accompanying
him will be freshman pianist
Abraham "Ludwig Van" Song.
Today · after school those
sophomores who signed ' up to
. help decorate will vivify the
auditorium in accQrdance wit~
the. theme of the · dance, "Paris
.by Niqht·. " The cafeteria will
.be modeled after Casablanca's
Rick's .Cafe Americain •
Gunn and Staley would like
to inform the sophomores that
they are more than welcome to
take home ·. the plastic · cups
imprinted with the · official
"Paris by Night·M logo. Pictures also may .be purchased at
the dance for $8.00.
Victor E. ~t~ck;; .
includes
soela. dinner.. and
musical entertainment . .by Biq
Jack's Time Machine .
· As of Thursday, approximately 130 couples. had .bouqht
tickets to the event. Brother
Thornton called the evening
the ".best party of the ,year"
and ordered all seniors to
"dance with <your>
dollies
till the ~ight is .throuqh."
John Barsanti
6
Spor t s
Racquet&iUs joust with Lancers in tlistrtcts
The varsi'ty
Racquetbills
finished their reqular season
Tuesday by defeatinq the Griffins of Vianney 6-1. A Raquetbill's forfeit gave the Grif fins . th:eir only win.
This
contest was one of the easier
eatches
the Jr-. · Bills had
during the regular season, as
illustrated
by
their
4- 6
recor.d .
The team consisted of seven
· players <in order of· rank> :
Ed Bottini· <6-3>.. Steve Boyd
.<4-6 l, John Cahill <4-6 l , Dave
Glarner . <7-3l, .Phil Tiemeyer
(4 - 6>. Gabe Forir <5- Sl, and
Dan Santiago . <0- 3>. Other Racquetbills who played · for the
varsity squad include Rusty
Bucher <l-4l and Matt Laumann
<0-ll.
The season
started
off
slowly because the Jr. Bills
were ,not ready for the· tough
competitors that they faced .
The squad . was qui·c kly stunned
by Clayton and lost 6- 1.' The
second match was against CBC.
and the Bills barely escaped
with a · 4-3 victory. The Btllikens then lost three in a
row, to Ladue by the score of
6-l, by a close 4-3 to DeSmet,
and another 4-3 l oss to the
Principia Panthers .
After these three losses ,
the J r. Bills recorded another
victory late i n January by
defeating Parkway Central 5- 2 ,
only to lose in their next
game to the Lafayette Lancers
4-3 . The Lonqhorns of Parkway
West then gored the Racque t bills 6-1. The sea son ended on
an upward trend , as the squad
defeated Kirkwood 5-2 and shut
down Vianney 6-1.
This year the team ~~fered
from a lack of seniors, as
only two b~qan the season with
the team. The only senior ·.to
last the season was Ed Bottini. who was also the only
player with e~erience on the
varsity level'. Another senior .
Rusty Bucher, played for the
first five matches but· was
then ·sidelined for the r est of
the season because of a leq
injury. Rusty was replaced by
Dan Santiago.
Ca.aenting on the regular
season. Coach Koes~ner said,
Grapplers post best season in fifteen years
The
'87-88
Wtestlebills
wrapped up their 8-2 sea~on
with numerous impressive finishes in tournaments. In addi tion to the improved f+nishes
over ~ast year at the Vianney
and · DeSmet · TournUients. the
team
also qained a . second
place, tr.oph:Y in the Country
oay· Tournament. These reaul ta
gave ~he team the best finish
in fifteen years~ according to
varsity coach Dr . Murphy • .
Coach Murphy qives
tricaptains Lance Isbell. Scott
Crouch. and Jim Craig most of
the credit for the team ' s success. saying. ''1 don '.t think a
coach can do that himself . ·• He
also praised the seniors on
the team for their leadership.
dedication. and hard work..·
In · their first year
of
wrestling. seniors Dave G~imm
and Mike Menghini did unexpectedly well. Strong effort and
determination . paid off
for
veteran Brian Hahn. while John
Barsanti . had· a great
year
after .a slow start wrestling
up two weiqht classes. Dave
Drury _had a good year on the
mats but gave a greater contribution
working with the
younger wrestler·s .
In the first match of the
season ~ . SLUH ' s matmen trounced
the· Flyer3 of Chaminade. The
Grapplers
had defeated the
Flyers by only three
last
season. but this year 3cored a
devastating· victory. After the
match. junior Joe Held noted~
''This is the most intense ·the'
team has been in ay three
years of wrestlinq. "
Intensity
and
everincreasing .
competi t iven~ss
carried th:e team to victories
over McCluer, U. City. ParkWay
North, and Webster
Groves.
Last year. McCluer ·· defeated
the Jr . Bills 48-27, but this
year the Bills ~on 48- 27 .
The
, HrestlebiHs
most
impressive victory, however,
occurred over St . Clair. After
being dev~stated last year · 963, this year's team defeated
the Bulldoqs 32-·31. St . Clair
is· known . for fielding touqh
teams , and thus the defeat of
this consistent power proved
the competitiveness of
the
"This. was
a
disapPQ1ritinq ..-.....,.
s eason because we have a lot
ot talent that the team record
doe s not show. The problem is
consistency; a lot of games
·were lost in the tie- br e~ke r
(editor ' s note: tbree of the
s ix losses were decided i n the
tie-breaker] and a lot
'o f
matches were lost because of
slow starts .on the · team's
part. OveralL there.· was a ~ot
improvement from l as t year and
a l ot of potent.ial talent . :·
However. he
hopes
that
things
will change in the
post - season play. About the
post-season
meeting . with
Lafayette,
Coach
Koestner
stated , ."He lost to Lafayette
by only · one point. and. qur
game ' ha;s improved a lot 3ince
then . We have a good chance t o
beat them. "
This afternoon
the
Jr.
Bill s will put their hopes .on
the
line when
the
face
Lafayette in the fi~st round
of District play at Town .and
Country Racquetball Club at
3: 30PM. If successful • . ehe
team will .take on Parkway West
at Concord Racquetball Club
tomorrow at 9 AM,
Dave Glarner
Grappl ers.
Another important factor to
the team ' s success was the
team spirit . The team and fans
made t his point clear when the
Jr . Bills took on CBC at SLUH.
Despite losing to CBC py · t hree
points for the . second year in
a row , the match was definitely the most excitinq of 't he
season due to the tremenqous
spir-it generated.
CBC
and
Vianney were· the only t e ~s
who be.at the Wre5tlebills this
year.
J oe Held looks to be the
best prospect for next season.
as he came withi n twenty sec onds of winning his Sect ional
match in overtime. This victory would have s ent him on t o
State.
Other returning wrestlers
include juniors Bryan Bradley,
Greg Dana, Mark N ischwit~. and
Steve Hertel. Paul Boyer, thi~
year ' s . heavyweight wrest ler.
is only a sophomore and should
also return. He wi ll be join~·
by his classmates. Curt Miles,
Mark Mtirphy, · Corey Sc~idt,
and Kevin Kuhn . who now all
possess varsity experience .
Bryan· Bradley.
~
7
Sports
H~c'keybllls - h ;a ve __
successful·season::
The IcebiJ:l~· · .. ~an . the
seas~ with ~ victory
over the Parkway North. Vik1ngs
and . contin.u ed on ..to .· one of
their most successful., s easons .
in the past· few ·y ears.
· As the season began . : ..:Poth
players
and
coac.h es
were
uncertain about the rost er ·and
the · line-up. ~ch o~ last
year's formidable .·· defensive
strength was lost ~~ - gradu­
ation>, and the need to fill.
this void wss' urqertt. ·.
Senior Tim . Laa&rge
soon
found himself ·a'S the ~.eam ' s
top
def enseman . · ·: -Sophomore
arandon Cho a nd juniors Randy
Thompson and Troy, ~tson also
found themse lve!!l · in'.the defe n- ·
sive spotliqht. Newcomer: Tony
Fox and Mat.t McCormick· were
used fn impo.r .tant ro les. as
did t he ever exciting and constantly crowd . pleasing ' Mike
"House" Haskell.
The offensive scheme proved
to be a much ·easier qUestion
to answer because
of
the
r eturn of four top seniors -Sean Ferrell . . Matt McGuire.
Dave Flieq. and Pat Hollora n - who were joined -by scoring
power junior Brian Driemeyer.
The lines the~selves were constantly
reworked throughout
the season. . · ·
··
The Jr. Bills remained consistent thro~qbout the• season~
They won when they were favored, a problem for past SLUH.
teams.
who
lost
precious
1987-88
;.;.
.. t
Riflebtits reM Rams
· ;: The , freshaen
R1tleb1lls ·
. points
in
hesrtbr~akinq
top three shooters trekked t o
upsets. The Jr . Bills also
played excellent hockey whe(l : Country .Day along With two
on
Hednesday.
they were the und.er.doq. 'l'his · · sophomores
February 26, to . take on the
phenomenon · ~s illus trat~ in
Hams •. .These · fiv e Jr .. Bills •.
the team-'s victory over · the ·
·f
reshmen Matt · -O'ji.l.'e. Daniel ·
much-heralded· DeSmet Spartans .
Schoenekase and ShaWn Spindel • .
The team's ·· 3-3 tie with Park ~
.and . ~opho~ores David Brooks
way CentraL · who ..went on to
and. Ke~th Georqe ; ~hot a ·total
· ==~t ~~e ~ ta!ayette t~~~e~~ !~r
.score·
·. of ·. 1310 in the four
-third place in the Mid-St_ates
position
.· · match . · This score
Finals • was on ' t;.he .'_same · n:.v el' ·· easily ,_, defea·
t -ed the . hapless
.in the upset category.
CODASCO squad.. a~ . the . Rams
One of the aost vivid h19ht urned ·in a 1102 perforunce.
lights of the year . was t he
The sophomo~es. coapeting
perfort~ance of senior· qoaltel'\.- .... in their first match. gained
· der, Matt Siorek . Who played · valuable match e~perience for
game after _ g~e Wi th · increasnext season . Alonq with ·the·
ing i ntensity;· Siorek qave one
,Strong p:lethora.. of:
varsity
of his finest ' per formances in
shooting
juniors that will
the Bills ' .win · over . DeSmet.
return nex't year, , these sophoThe
teu
·finished
the
mores
should help put. the
season losing to Lafayette 1n : Riflebills
on . mark
, next :
the play-offs , but finished .:. season .
with an impressive record· of
Meanwhile. t~e freshmen ~
12- 6- 2.
have benefitted from a very '
With
Brian
Dr i emeyer
active club: -- five club . memret urning
as the offensive
bers are: quickly earning ·c
leader. and joined by a cohort
letters after completing their
of returning varsity skaters.
, NRA -Shatpshooter · certificates.
the team lo.o ks to have a promThe freshmen have not only
ising · season ·next year. Supconfined their practicing to
plementinq this po~er will be
their desiqriated davs. ·
a number of upcoming talents .
. Before departinq for trout
i ncluding Brian Vi erling • . The
s eason .
_Serqeant
Bruaae.tt
defense of the future will be
added, "If the f reshmen stick
in the hands of Randy Thomp~
. with it. they will . have a tre son . Brandon Cho, and Troy ·' Dl'endous opportunity . t o ' score
Watson . and these are capable
h igh as a team in the Nat-ioruil.
. hands .
Matches."
·
.
·
· Matt McGuire
Psul Kwfatliowski
SW
1MB IlLS SEVENTH AT STATE
Las·t Saturday, eiqht of the
fights led by Chris Ferrari.
~~chool
~~~~~record
b~;;:inq
·~11 t~::vio~;
of l'i 02 . 55 ~ · The
1987-88 Aquabills trav,e led _
to
The fun did. not · seem to
400 . lllf!dl~Y. . relay·· rtt"lr"'" JJth
H+ckman Hiqh School iri. · Columaffect i the performance . . The
fo r "the fill4lS . but. finished.
bia to. compete · in the State
200 111edl.ey relay "'·'<~truckhoff
12th after the finals;
. .
Meet. The seven swimmers <Ted
.cback l , : Commings :. <breast l~ •. .
· Next ye ar's
t en· aga·! n:·
Baudendistel. . Jeff Comminq~ •. · · ·Kelly <fly> • · and. ···Gudiswitz .... l ooks set for a :, successful
Dave DiMarco. Chr i s Ferrari·,
<!ree l _..:; placed fourth !in the
season. The 200 relay plans · t o
Joe Gudiswitz. Mi~e Kelly, ~d
finals w,ith a - tillie of 1 : 4Z.l0, · . · use· freshllen .. Ray Taddeuc:ci
J ay StruckhoffLarid. one diver
a-··'new sc:hool r·e cord.
<back),
C011J11in9~ · <bresst ) .
<freshman Joe cr·a ft f took ,s ev·' Next. Jeff · COmm~ngs. who
Kelly
<fly> • .. and · sophoaore
enth out of ·47 teitms..
.. . ,· qualified for the 200 IM. · took ' . Dave Grimmer . : {f~ee>.
These
The team me-mbers psyched . . •ele"enth\ wi th ~ a ·:· . ti~e . of : . swiliimers should be able . to put·
the111se 1ves up by shaving thei r: · 2: 06 . 60 : in · the · · cor}solation
the teaa in ·the top ten · once
bodies. This · escapsde be<Jan
fi.nals. :rn
the .. sq·. ~.r ee,
again in · 89.
l ast Wednesday When some ~nt
Struckhoff placed· seventh in
Coach Moore also anticipate barbershops t o get ·their
the f inals with a time of
tes
new
swimmers in · next
hair shaved· .. The fun continU.ed
22 . 39 ,
.setting
the s econd
vear 's fresh!a~m class.
.The
when each' . swimme~ sha ved his.
school re·c ord of the 114e.e.t. ·.
i:e a111 record may suffer because
legs, arms, and chests . . . ·
In diving. Joe Craft came
af the loss~' of !our.· strong
Some brought, dee cakes.
into the l ast t hr.ee dives at
· s eniors
<Struckhof! ,
Gud- ·
.-----... others
brought. oranges and
t enth place. ~ut .fell . back to·
i switz. Ferrari,
and ' Mike
Rice Krispies. ''It's high ·in · ···12th after 11 -dives . . In the
~onntag>. bu~ ' the team zshoul'd
vitamins ·B and c," sai d Gud.1.0 0 back. Struckhoff. -- came i'n
recover.
iswitz. '''ie tded to do everyfifth in ~ the , _pr;-elimtnaries . ·
·.Next week.' a film of the
thi ng
possible
to . do our .
but · placEid
sixth.
in
the·
·Sta:te · Meet will be shown at
bes t. " The .weekend ended with
finals .
.
noon rec in .. the · suditorium.
vi deotaping· by Jeff Commin~s
ln the tlOO breast . Commingzs
Further
details
will
be
a rid hilari ous shavirig cream · placed th'ird -.behind ·parkWay
announced later .
.Wes t (first > and Country Day
J eff Commings
, ·.
8
Sports
Sportswrap
As the ))iq- "wh1<JS" of
the Mew. Division of this
hallowed
new3paper
sat
around countinq the votes
in the presidential primary, and the llajor candidates duked it out !or top
honors, the . quiet member of
the staff of the Sports
Wrap <just ae> resolved to
qet in on the action · and
endorse a little-knoWn candidate who nonetheless deserves p\JDlic ·recoqnit_ion.
Little do many people
realize that ·o ne · student
here at SLUH earned eiqht
votes . . from
his
claes
<doU))le the number cast for
. politico Dave Kostecki> and
tied Paul Simon en route to
a landside victory amonqst
unannounced candidates. If
you too feel that this candidate should -step· out and
let his voice · be known.
write letters to your conqresslll&ll.
Support
Mike
Downey -- the Co111J11on Man
for ' 88.
·
BASKE'rBAI.L
VARSITY <10-15l
~ J:m: The Basketbills
started
off s-tronq With
three conse.cutive
victories, includinq a 66-63 win
over Vianney . But the teaa
then lost to DeSaet and
started
doWnward slide.
After the Hoopbills ' first
ever Missouri . Basketball
Classic. they· Wtrit back to
• soo ))all by . beatinq Sou-thwest. However, the
Bills ended the season winninq only six ~-f seventeen
qaaes to finish · 10-15~ On
the briqht aide, , .jUniors
Mike Hohl, Mark Bab!Q, Pat
McCool, Kevin ·Loqan. Kevin
· BaUIIall , and (;req Beeklllan -alonq With sophoaore Brian
· Leahy-- are expected to
return next ~_year wi.t h play- ·
inq experience under their
hiqh tops. '
··
a
Jr.
- ~ ~ <15:-9)
~ Yl! t
.
The · Killer Bees
finished ' their season by
winninq seven of their last
nine. In tournament action.
.the Bees u ·nished second at
.the St. Mary's Tournament
and captured the consolation chaapionship at the
RJverview "Tournament .
~
~ ~ (14-5)
~ ye: . . Led
.
by Chris
Gorman . Craiq Ortwerth. and
Matt Salamone~ who together
combined 710 · points. the C
Hoopbills 'had · an expressive
season and won 11 of their
last 12 games. In the process. · the team placed first
in the SLUH -Tournament.
RACOUE."l'BALL
'lABSITY
~!rAE
IJARSITY U2-8 "': 2)
J.m: Coach . Busenhart
led
the Icebills ~o an
impressive season
filled
with . an upset of DeSmet , a
qood showing against
CBC. and many other high. lights
before
Lafayette
ended
the
.H ockeybills' s
season in the first round
of the play-offs . Seniors
Matt Siorek and Sean Fer rell were selected to the
leaque~s All Star squad and
will play Sunday at 8 PH at
Queenie . -Admission is $2 .
~
ye: Sunday the Strike_bill:s venture to Dick Weber
Lanes to bowl in the high
school
State -Tournament.
Becvar ' s Bowlinqbills fin~
ished the regular $eason
with a disappointing loss
to Vianney. Because of the
team's low seeding in · the
Tourney, they will probably
open the fir:st- round of t he
playoffs against· Mehlvil le.
~
for the JV Icebills when
they lost to CBC S-O last
Thursday, February 25. This
defeat occurred
in
the
second round of the District Tournament, as the
Hockeybills had advanced bv
defeating Webster · 2-1 ~n
the first round.
.
~
~om:
The . Aquabills
started
off :-- by
qoinq .. ~
undefeated in their first
five meets and finished the
season with a 10-3 record.
The team then took {irst
place in the All-Catholic
Meet for the second time · in
three years . In the State .
Meet
the
Aquabills ·. s~t
three new school records en . '
route to an impressive sev- .
enth place finish out o( 47
teams.
"!RESILING
~
....
Jm:
BOWLING
JVNIOR VABSITI <8-4-2>
'!U:le !am: The · season ended
ye: Lance Isbell finished fourth in the State
Meet in the . 112
pound
weight class . and th~ Grapplebills experienced th:ir
best season overall in f.J.fteen years.
C4-7l
The Racquet))ills
finished the season with
victories over Kirkwood and
Vianney. The team now hopes
to keep its winniog ~ t c· ecu.
alive when it beqins District play this
eveninCJ
aqainst Lafayette at Town
and
Country
Racquetball
ClUJ) at 4 PH. Vic:_tory over
the Lancers will advance
the
Racquetbills into a
qame toaorrow morning at 9
AH aqainst the ParkWay West
Longhorns in the Concord
Racquetl>all ClUJ).
HOCKEy
. SWIMtfiNG_ .
I&;M ( 2- 7 )
The C Grapplers showed a
need for improvement as the
season wore on but the team
possesses the raw talent
that
experience
should
forge into a winni,n g squad • .
•
Ritenour endsBasketbill~' season
I! a b&sket))lill, teu lqses
a que and rio ~e is around .to
see it. did that basketball
_teu really lose the que?
· Unfortunately for the · 88
Basketbills, the answer is a
resounclinq " yes.~ The Cagers
bowed out of post-season contention last Monday
night.
dropping a so- 44 contest to
Ritenour in the first round
Districts · played at _.O'F~llon
Tech.
Danny Ke_rtz clo:sed out a
fine SLUH · career by scori~q a
team-'-high 15 points ·, followed
in offense by fe l l ow retiree
Kevin ''Big Mac " McLauqhlin,
who sank ten for the Blue and
White.
Tune in next week ' s for a
portrait
of the Bi l l ikens ·
final ·sa performance. as well
as a last look at ~hose sen ~
iors who graduate, and maybe
even an · insightful and witty
1nterpr.etation of the whole
season. Don ' t miss it t
Steve Missey
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