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THE: ·WEEKLY
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NEWSPAPER oF SAINT : LOUis ·u. : HIGH-
Volume 52, N~er 23
Friday, ·February 26, 1988
How toSucceed on stage this weekend
· The Dauphin Players· are set..
to
open the last ·of this
year ' s productions, "How to
Succeed in Business Without
Really ':!-'rying. " The play wi~l
run Fnday through Sunday 1n
the Because
SLUH auditoriUlll.
this year ' s spring
musical is exclusively a SLUHUrsuline
production.
the
direction is being handled by
both
schools.
SLUH' s
Mr.
Schulte and his ·Ursuline counterpart and wife Mrs. Schulte .
are the play· s directors .
Qr.
Joe
Koestner;
who
usu~lly
has control of '· the
whole musical spectrum.
is
partnered this year W1th Mr.
Neil Frederiksen, who assumed
the
helm
of
the . singinq
chorus . leavinq Koestner to
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Bradlef named
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KMOX Radio Personality
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· ·aruce Bradley will serve as
ho~orary chairman of
Cashbah ·sa. st. Louis University High School's ann~l
dinner-auction. to be held
Saturday, March 26-.
. !n announcing Bradley's
participation, SLUH President Fr. James Baker said.
"Since . arriving
in St .
Louis a. couple of years
ago,
Bruce
Bradley has
becoae one of the .: area' s
most popular and entertaining media personalities. As
·the first honorary chairman
in the history -of · Cashbab.
we are confident his participation will help . ensure
tQe auction's success;''
Cashbah '88 will be held
in · ~he · SLUH
qyanasi~
beginning ·at 5:30 PM ~ on
March 26. The cost is $60
per person .
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Mock Trial team
wins first case
The SLUH Mock Trial teaa
j ourneyed to the Civil Courts
buildinq downtown last Friday
for the first ~ound· of the
Mock Trial competition of the
Bar Association of . Me.t ropolitan St. Louis.
Mock Trial is 'a nationwide
c ompetition in whi!=h .. students
posing .as lawyer~,' and witnesses try a case . aqainst another school . Actual 'justices
cit the ·St. Louis circuit and' .
f ederal courts preside
and.'
Pass .judgment on the . c~se. The
j udge ' s ~ul ing, .however. has
no . bearing on . wh9 . j~ins the
contest . Two . ~ttorners give
points to students based on
t h.e ir perform<Jnces:
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The cases used this yell.r
:U'e ::'.ic-r.:iorial . c ases based on
previ ous ~ctual ·::ises . This
:.rear · :he·. -:~s.e concer::ts a sixth ..
..• ·;rra<;i.~r ~. ·::;;)tey Carte r;. who has
been diagnosed_ as ~ .a carr i er .of
See TRIAL. pap 2
Preparations !or Sash11
Marathon . '88
are
. underway; See -story on this
ge.
SLUH prepares lath
Bash ball Marathon
tt's spring. 1988. What
is
the
most
iaportant
international media ~vent
taking place? The Hinter
Olympics? The American presidential race? No, it's
that world- renowned sports
extravaganza
that occurs
annually in the St. Louis
u. High qymnasiua : · the
Thirteenth Bashballiad
·Bashball Marathon XIII.
The marathon i s a timehonored tradition that can
trace. its roots as far bacjt.
as 1976. This charity ev~nt
pits St . Louis U • .High students against one anot~er
i n physical combat reminiscent of ancient times and
gives them an excuse to
stay out into the wee hours
of. the night .
.
Bashball XIII will take
place from 5:00 PM Friday,
March 11 through the night
and will conclude at 5:00
PM Saturday, March 12. · But
the
enthusiasm
for the
event has already
crept
into the far reaches of ~he
U. High .
.
Each one hour slot o!
p~ ay ing time can be. purchased .by .a team of up to sixteen . students,, -with the
price ..depending . upon the
time.
Prime-time
hours,
9:00 - PM to 5 A.M.
will go
.at ·ss per student plus a
$ 10 deposit •. ·Times from 5-8
·PM -Friday -and froa noon to
5 PM Saturday -.will cost $3
per student plus deposit • .
The Qff ~ peak . hours, 5 AM to
noon Saturday, •will be virt ually givena.way at: $2 per
student plus· deposit·...The deposit ...goes
to
cover the up- keep of the
qya. and will -be returned
·1! at leas.t two members of
't he. teaa .stay ··· to clean-up
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concentrate his effor ts on t:tie :
orcnestra . This musical teamwork promises a stronq vocal ·
brigade to back up the princiPal in such numbers as "A
3ecretary is Not a Toy'' and
"The Brotherhood of Man . " The
choreography . is by · Marilyn
Mur. and showcases a talent~d
dan(;:ing ,chorus ··in -numbers like.
''The . Pirate Dance:·. and "Paris
Oriqinal. "
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-The· shoY nar'r ates t he · story
of young, asp~ring J. Pierrepont Finch iChris Lawyer >, a
window washer with the World
Wide .Wicket Company.
Finch
har.bor:s ·a yearning to be a big ·
business magnate, so . he climbs
the co~Porate · ladder with the
aid of . a-handbook. <appropriately
titled
. ~·How
to
Succeed. ·•. "l •
Cheering
on
young · Finch on his quest for
succelss is secretary Rosemary
Pilkington <Tina Myers>. · .
Finch cleverly tucks himself . under the favorable wing
of company
president · J . B.
Biggley <Matt Mueller>. and , .
without too much difficulty
and With a little !tc•,7-to<Ainq',
he soars · to the position · ·of
Vice President in charge of
advertis~nq. Finch devises the
idea of··.a ·treasure · qive-away
shoW ..which
has hilarious ,
albeit disastrous, results.
Adding
their
theatrical
ta le nt~ ·to
this musical are
Nikki Kessle r, who · plays the
voluptuous Hedy · L~ Rue; M&rk
Gunn• as · the .antiquated but
lovable
Hr. Twimble: Ellen
Voqt, who ._p ortays the headstrong and conf~dent Smitty;
and ·nan . Schieber. ·as· the boot- ·
-. l icking · · BUd
Frump.
Mr.
Biggley ·s ~ephew.
_ 'F or many, . "How to Succeed"
will be· thei r · last Dauphin
·..Players show. The majority of
the seniors in the show have
been i nvolved in drama for
rour ·1ears a t SLUH , and wi ll,
when as ked: hark back to those
earl7 1ays of theatre.
John
Brockland ,
spotted
f irst as a thespian in December, 1985, says, " It· s been .a
lot of fun, . and I 've ·don& a
lot of growing. ·~
Veteran
ingenue Tina Meyers, a Dauphin
Players. regular, remembers. "I
never knew I could learn so
much about· myself. "
On a
lighte r · side. Chris Lawyer .
the headliner i n this show.
says . "In· Carou.s e,l (Ursul ine
' 85] nob.o dy talked to me .••
and gee . you know. t hey still
don·t . "
The show opened last niqht
with a dinner theatre perfor mance . It can be seen t onight,
Saturday. and Sunday at 8:00
PM in t he Auditorium. Ticket s
are $3 . 50 at the door or $3 . 00
outside the cafeteria at lunch
or noon rec today.
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and run the ~ra­
tho n during the next hour .
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The money raised by the
marathon will be donated to
agenci.es that aid _·teenagers in
need. In past years, money ~s
been 91ven to -groups such .a s
Boys Hope. Over the 7ears , the
marathon has · had such years
that raised nearly $1.200, and
hopes are -. h.igh for · Bashbal1 ·
XIII.
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For those not .familiar with
the
rules of the · que, a
demonstration game .· will
be
held on Tuesday, March 8.
Bashball, whose name is ~n
::1cronim .
for
"'Basketball
As sociated with Soccer
and·
Hockey", can be played indoor
o r outdoors and uses a _volleyball and ~all purpose, .P.-:E •.''
goa l s. The current qoals are
t;hose
used in the Phys. Ed.
but the first goals
were · wooden, constructed by
Dauphin Player stage ··hands~
. · I n past year s the STUCO and
the Prep News have met ' on the
Bashball court to ·iron . out
dis putes . · According to . Andy
Cr a ig, STUCO Sports Co~is- ·
s ioner, _.".Th~s yea r·· s qame wil l ·
be just · like last year- we' l l
win!• In an -attempt to rek:f,ndle another - tradition .
the
Bashball
Committee formally ·
challenged a faculty team to a
··game· during the Marathon.
·sign- up·s . •.Jill
begin · on
Monday, February 29 , in Dr.
·Murphy: s office .
Permission
sliPs and rules will be avail.:ilile today i n the same place.
Faculty
members
are still
needed t o. monitor each hour of
the Marathon.
Jason Berne
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·:he AIDS •fi rus. and · •..Jho i s · a
hemoDhiliac with a history of
Hghting . She has been removed
from · Lovejoy school district
as a precautionary measure.
Her father is petitioning the
court to allow Corey to return
to s chool.
•Jn Fr i day , after three allniqht · c ram sessions , t he stu-·
·dent lawyers. Mark Gunn, Kevin
Gunn. and Matt Gunn, and the
three witnesses. Mike F l ynn,·
Brian Roy, and John Hennelly,
left homeroom tq do b~ttle
against
Fort Zumwalt . Upon ·
arrival. the SLUH group. struck
up a conver~ation with the
ZUIIIWa lt boys and girl, who
said. "I hope we g,o OK . We've
only been practicing a ·month
and a · half • ·• Hhen told that
the . Legalbills had only worked
on the case for a week, they
suddenly becaae suspicious and
quietly confident.
The team
bad
what
it
thought was a feasible case as
the defendant, Lovejoy School
District. They bad an uphill
battle. though, because previous Lovejoy attorneys had won
their case only 15% of the
time .
After t he trial. the Hon.
Michael Hart ruled . a rare.
favorable decision for
the
defending
Legalbill s. There
was
still
anticipation,
though,
as · to who won on
points. ··we were plea~ed with
the judge's decision. _yet what
we really cared ab~u~ were our
s cores from the evaluators, t'
witness John ·Hennelly
de~
clared.
The team ··next ._.journeyed ·· t o
t he . t op floor of the Mercantile building, . where : the ·Bar
Association· has its .o ff ices;
in order · t o find . out
the
s c o res. One evalua·t o r -h ad the
3core as 5 1 l/2 f or .ZUJIWalt
a nd 49 112 for· SLUH. The other
evaluator , however. gave the
edge to the Leqalbills .by a
score of 52 to 46, thus giving
SLUH · the victory · !oi 112 to 97
11 2. The · maximum score possi ble is -120.
'' Breaki ng 100 ·is considered
great on your first ro~d,"
said Nancy Eschman, ~ coord1na­
tor of · scores for the Mock
Trial. Out of approximately 40
teams, SLUH placed in t be top
f i ve.
·Mike F lynn
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FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26
Advisement Day Scheduie
Dauphin Players Production
at 8:00 PM:
"How to. Succeed in
Business Without Really
Trying" · ·
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Varsity Swimming State
Tournament at Columbia
Hickman High School Pool
in Columbia, MO, at
3:30 PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Dauphin Players Production _
at 8:00 ·PH:
"How to Succeed in
.
Business Wi~hout Really
Trying"
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Varsity Swi~U~ing State
Tournament at Columbia
Hickman High School Pool
in ·.=olum.bia. HO:
Diving at 9:00 AM
State Finals at 2:30 PH
$UNDAY. FEBRU~~y 28
Qauphin Players - Production
at 8:00 PHi
''How to Succeed in
Business Without Really
Trying"
MONDAY. FEBRUARY 29
Varsity .Basketball
Districts through 3/4
'fUESDAY, MARCH 1
Jesuit Collllllittee Meet-ing at
7:00 PM
Mother-Son Banquet ·ticket
deadline at 3:30 PH
National Math Contest·
_. .d~rin(] periods 1 and 2
WEDNESDAY, MARCH .2
~en~or Ret~eat beC]ins
THURSDAY, MARCH 3
Senior Retreat continues
FRIDAY, MARCH 4
Senior
Retr~at ends
Ja.es Wessling_
Bner
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Louis
University High School. 4970
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8ophs to visit
SLUHtohoJd
mock prilnaries ..PA~is fftj.Ni9ht"
SLUH will hold a presidential primary next Monday in
honor of Missouri's first primary. The primary, sponsored
.by the ~News, Will allow
every
willing
student and
teacher to vote tor one current
presidential
hopeful.
There will be no write-ins,
and only leqitimate contenders
Will .be on the .ballots. The
results ·o f this pr111Ary will
.be published in next Friday ' s
ff!.
The
Democrats on the
.ballot will be:
Gov. Michael Dukakis <MA>
Rep. Richard Gephardt <HOl
Sen. Albert Gore. Jr. <TN>
Former Sen. Gary Hart (CO>
Rev. Jesse Jackson
Sen. Paul Simon <IL>
The Republican contenders are:
V.P. Georqe Bush Sen. Robert Dole <KS)
Rep. Jack Kemp <NY>
T. v . -Evangelist Pat
Robertson
Hark T. Gunn
Lata callactias
hilp charities
'l'be annual Lenten Mission
Collections ~ a t last Hednesd:ay' s uu and · Will continue at the Wednesday litur-_
gies throughout Lent.
Part of the money , collected .
will · go to a medical mission
tn Belize. The .mission · is··
staffed by volunteers, many of
whom are from the St. Louis
area, and especially froa St ,
Louis University. The money is
needed tor aedical and other
suppl'ies. The E"est of
the
money' collected will go to
local · organizations
to
·.be
named later . .
Ac.c ording
to
Religious
Affairs Commissioner Carl Gentile, there
·are
tentative
plans to hold a mission ··week,
perhaps the last week of Lent.
Included
in the activities
will be a film festival slm1lar - td· the one. during Christmas· Food Drive, which
will
!eature 'short movies at noon
rec for .the low price of · 25
cents. ·
John Barsanti
_.SophOilores wil l qather at
SLUH next Saturday, March 5,
for ·· the
Sophomore
·F orul
Dinner Dance. · ' 'J!he doors will
open a~ 7:15 , and the buffetstyle dinner with "everything
from tacos to . sandwiches" will
be served at 7:30 .
The NewsBoys will provide
the evening's entertainment.
which will end, at least at
SLUH,
at
11 : 00.
The dance's theme, "Paris
by Night," was chosen by the
class as a whole. Homeroom
reps took suggestions from all
the sophomores, who then voted
for their favorite-.
Sophomore class
office_rs
Matt Gunn and 'Tim Stal~y · are
working with sophomore class
moderator
Mr ·. Suwalsky and
with numerous committees to
Plan the dance.
· The sophomores will have
little time to decorate the
auditorium ·because the play
sets from -this weekend must
first be dismantled. However.
tentative plans do include a
15 ' Eiffel Tower •.
Hr.
Suwalsky.
excited
about the dance. commented,
"This is a good opportunity to
have fun together. and it is
the first organized activity
since . their [the sophomores ' ]
retreat. ·• Suwalsky hopes that
"many people will come."
Tickets will be en sale
today through next week at $20 '
per · couple.
Tim Henard
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NmS EDITQR: Hark Essig
SPORTS EDITOR .: Mike Downey
AS*ISTNiT EDITORS: Beau Roy,
· Bnan W&lsh
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Garino. ~ron . Schla!ly, Jim
Wessling
THESPIAN: HARPCORE: Mark Sexton
H¥IDCOR£ QH ASSIGNMENT:
Ed .
W1.zeman
REPORtERS:
John
Barsanti.
Jason
Berne, Paul BoZdech,
. Bryan Bradley, Jef! Comming~,
Mike Flynn, Jack Geist. Joe
Gudiswitz, Kevin Gunn;. Hark
Gunn,
Bob
Hall.
PaUl
KWiatkowski.. Matt McGuire. Joe
Sant~
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TYPIST: Steve Missev
ARTISTS: Angelo Directo, Brian
. Gunn, Mark Gunn
MODERATOR: Mr. James Raterman
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Spo rts
Isbell fourth at State
Last year when Lance Isbell
took fifth at the State Tourney· in Columbia, it · was the
first time in ten jears that a
SLUH Grappler wan
in
the
Hearns
Center.
This year,
Isbell became· the first SLUH
wrestler ever to place twice
in the State
Tourney.
14
pounds heavier. he took fourth
place in the 112 pound weight
class.
Early on Thursday , ~ance,
his family, and Coach Murphy
journeyed to
Columbia
for
weigh-ins
and a chance to
sectle in before che matches
3tarted that evening. After
schoo l . l l team aernbers and
the t~o other Coaches (Mr.
And-e rson -"lnd Mr.
Suwalski l
joined Isbell for his first ·
match.
The first two rounds -w·e re
hard. but Isbell fcuqht harder
and advanced to the semifinals
aqainst the Jim Brewer. The
Truman Troll. as he is (aff ectionately?i
know~.
had no
problems in
defeatinq
n~s
first two opponents by pin.
Lance went out looking for an
upset victory. Things did not
fare well as Lance fell to the
eventual ·state champion.
From there, Lance fell into
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the consolation bracket. Aftet
winning a match, Isbell was
intitled to wrestle . in the
consolation championship . In
that match. Ken Jacques was
waiting. In a close match,
Lance and Jacques battled to a
3-2 decision. with Jacques on
top . In t h is manner, Lance
Isbell finished his very respectable high school career
with a fourth place finish i n
the ll+ weigh class of the
Miss ouri State Tournament .
Bry~~ Bradley and
Paul Boozdech
Spibllills setting up for saasa
Roll out the net ·and break
out the knee pads. it'3 time
for Volleyball to start again
at SLUH.
Tuesday March 8th,
Super Tuesday, the Spikebills
begin
their
1988 campaign
against the Dragons of St.
Mary at 7:00 at SLUH •.
At a aeetinq earlier thiS
week,
moderator/coach Kevin
Moore sized up the situation.
He ·f irst wants to establ'ish a
Volleyball club consistina· of
anybody who is interested in
playing. The Volleyball - team
will consist of ten players
from the Volleyball club. If a
player does not make the var3ity team~ he will be a member
·:Ji :he second or recreational
team. Both squads ~ill meet
~wo
or three times a week for
play and practice.
Although Volleyball is - not
f'unded
by the school. _the
sport has received $225 fr.om
Stuco. These funds were needed
for updating the qym for the
Spikebills to play home games :
Equ ipment included a new net,
On
two ·antenni . a referee's platand tape fo r adjusting
the court to regulation size :
Fees tor being in the Volley- '
ball club consist of $5 for
ne.~ volleyballs. An additional
$20 is required for members of
the Spikebills to pay
for
league play ~The Spikebills' season con- ·
sists of twa games versus the '·
five teams in their conference: Hazelwood Wiest. Parltw&y
South, Parkway Central, DeS~et
and Ladue and one game versus
the six teams out of conference:
St.
Mary, Oakville,
Mehlville, Kirkwood. Vianney
and Lutheran South for a total
of sixteen games. the top two
teams
from each conference
~ill make the playoffs.
All our invited to
the
practice and tryouts
which
will take place everyday next
week in the qym. Even though
volleyball
is not a state
sponsored sport. excitement is
guaranteed for all.
Anthony Garino
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Riflebills tate gold
This year . the Riflebills
avenged
their disappointing
season of last year by going
7- 0 in indiVidual matches. ~~e
team overcame its l ack of seniors and a change in coaching
to gain an impressive array of
medals and victories in Sectional matches.
This year was a year of
change. as the team lost a
number of seniors from last
season
and
gained
a ne~
l eader. Sgt. Mike
Brummett
t ook over the traditional· ·,;-ole
of Fr. Martin Hagan to coach
t he squad. The Sarge emphasized mental preparation and the
personal maintenance of the
target . 22's. Sarge·
taught
from experience . as he was a
Master 'G old Medalist on the
u.s. Army Reserve Team. and
serves as coach of the Army
Reserve team.
The
'87- ' 88
Riflebill$
i mproved on last season ' s .500
record e:ven though only . .one
upperclassman
returned from
last
season. . Captain
and
senior Mike Labitzke l ed the
squad. with strong
support
coming from j uni ors Dan Hen~oid, Erik
Siebel-Spath, - ~d
Paul Kwiatkowski ( among whom
t~ere was some
match experience from last vearl .
The Riflebills were undef~­
ated against.arch-rival CBC in
the normal league matches " but
lest to the Cadets last Sunqay
at the 3-Position Sectionals .
Yet the Cadets were ·a RQTC
team. and thus in a different
division. So the Jr. Bills won
t~e qo!d med~l in the scholastic division.
So•e of this year's highlights incl ude a come,..trom...·
behind victo ry over CBC at CBC
o~ January 18 . Th is match feat~red
an incredible 384 performance
by
Captain
Mike
Labitzke aut of a POSSible 400
points in the . four-position
match .
Unquestionably the largest,
most important high point this
sea3on was the wi·n at the Sectional Match in Jan~ry at
High land. Mike Labitzke won
the gold medal as an i ndividual
shooter.
and
Paul ..
Kwiatzkowski won a ·gold ·as the
highest junior shooter.
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At the end of the season ,
Sergeant Brummett noted. ~Tt.is
year's team did tremendously
well compared to the teams of
the - last few years and should
do well next year due t o the
r eturning r:.umhe r : of i uniors."
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Mauer'• Men.Jtecln second. .nauoa
The B&sketbills
finished
their season · with a disappointing l-2 ~~ek · &nd a 10-14
record. The week began When
Mauer's Maniacs Yent to CBC to
try to avenge the loss xhey
suffered
earlier
in
the
season. Unfortunately~ victory
would again escape the Jr.
Bills · grasp.
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' The first half the Parquet
warriors bounded out to a 3323 lead . The Basketbills "reached their potential" as Kevin
Mc~aughlin scored ten of ·his
game high twenty in the first
quarter. Dan
Kertz,
Kevin
Bauman. Pat McCool, and Sean
Meara also chipped i n to give
~he
Basketbills a 19 -16 lead
after the first quarter.
SLUH ' s Caqers carried their
momentum through the second
quarter to s tay on top at. the
half. Kevin McLaughlin continued his scoring spree downing
·six more points. "Although he
is not 100% he may be on his
way, " one teammate was quoted
·a s saying.
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· The Basketbills
suffered
their second straight third
quarter 'letdown and allowed
the Cadets to get back in the
game. CBC turned up the tempo
··and the Bills failed to counter. CBC shortened SLUH ' s lead
and eventually caught and tied
SLUH in the fourth quarter .
The Bills <who as Coach Mauer
said "have a habit of finding
a way to l ose ;") lost as they
fell to CBC by the score of
61-60 • .
· Coming off their lose to
the unranked Cadets, .SLUH' s
Cagers looked like they had
little charice to the fifth
ra~ked
team in . the
area.
Belleville West. MWe knew they
were beatable." mentioned Dan
Kert:z:. and the teaa that 'had
found a way to lose only the
niqht before found themselves
the victors in a match of ball
control . with
the Maroons .
Kertz hooped
eiqhteen
and
junior Pat McCool threw i n
fourteen as the Basketbills
fought their way by Belleville
West .
·
The teams fought ev enly to
a 12-12 tie · after the first
quarter . Dan Kertz· popped his
first six points while Seniors
Mike
Deimeke ·
and
Kevin
McLaughlin chipped in with two
apiece to keep the Bills in
pace with the Maroons. Both
t eams played tight defe nse in
t he f irst quarter and managed
t o carry the def ense i nto the
s e c ond quarter.
w~ile beinq
held to only
seven points , SLUH managed to
hold i ts opponent to a sparce
ten to stav wtt~n striking
distance during the
second
quarterSLUH
entered the
locker room at half losing 2219 and hoping to break their
string of poor third quarters.
. Kertz came
out
firing.
nailing eight points • while
the Biq Blue de fense held the
Maroons t o only six. Outscoring their oppone nts 13 - 10 put
the Bills on top by f our. but
the game was far from over.
As the Cagers took
the
floor
t o begi n t he four th
quarter , t he players must have
thought t hey were in Chicago
as the Wrigley Field crowd
went nut·s . The ivy adourned
walls of SLUH shook as the
crowd sparked the Bills into
keeping the ' gaze close and
with five seconds left and the
score tied. fans thought back
to the night before where CBC
drove the Bills into overtiae
and beat; t:nea.
Against Belleville history
would not repeat itself . As
the clock ticked
down
to
three, Kevin Bauman launched
the ball at the hoop in hopes
.of delivering the Bills to
victory. His hopes, and the
shot, f ell short. but the Big
Mac was there . Kevin McLaughUn put a !allaway jUlllp shot
through the ring to give the
Jr. Bills the usp.s et victory
over Belleville Hest.
Still rid~nq high . after
their upset, the Cagers went
north to combat the Spartans
of
Hazelwood East . In the
circus-like atmosphere of the
Hazelwood East gym the Basketbills never got on track. The
Bills managed to hang close in
the f irst period and
kept
within one of East . SLUH'·s
played aggressive. but subpar . basketball coupled with
Hazelwood's
lack
intensity
kept the game close through
the first half. SLUH outscored
its opponent but a last second
desparation shot gave East .a
19-17 lead at the half.
Al t hough the
.same
tea.
emerged after · the halt, the
aggressive quality that ca~­
r i ed them in the f irst half
disappear.ed. The
unorthodox
styl e of the SP&rtans lulled
the Bill· s defe~se 'i nto ·. a
trance, and the Spartans began
to score at will. The third
quarte r
saw Hazelwood East
out score t he Bills 20-14 and
take
the
lead
for good .
5
McLau<Jhlin managed to "can"
e ight.
but East seemed to
scor e every tiae down
the
court.
.
Taking a six point deficit
into . the fourth quarter , the
Basketbills shqwed their third
pe.r sonality . Going down ·by as
much as ten points, Mauer's
Men scrapped their way back to
within one point. Hazelwood
East then called tiaeout. apd
came back froa their brief
talk to find the Jr . ' Bill
defense seeainqly absent. The
Spartans finished the g&ae in
total control and took the
victory by the score of 60-50.•
The Bills now turn into
the playoffs or · wb&t Coach
Mauer calls "the reason you
play the regular season. " The
Basketbills
kick
off
the
second season at 6:00 aqainst
Ritenour at O'Fallon Tech on
Monday. If they win they· go on
to play Vashon cfifth ra,nked
in the nation! at 7:30 on
Tuesday. · ''After
Vash~~· ·
I
don ' t know who we play. ·: said
Dan Kertz. summing up their
first three post season games.
Jack Geist .
~~pll-.6
The enthusiasa and optiaisa
of the B Grappleb ills led the
team to a 4-0 record in dual
meets at the beqinninq of the
season, but the team then faltered.
In the end, rookie
coach Mr . Dave Suwalsky and
his squad fell to a 6 -4 overall record in dual meets.
Coach Suwalsky's rigorous
opening
practices
proved
advantageous f or the Jr . Bills
a s they dominated Chaminade in
the season opene? with a score
of 64-12.
·
The team next claimed·· seventh a.t the Mehlville Tourna..:
ment with Curt Miles taking
first. Paul· Boyer se·cond, "and
Chuck Sanderson fourth . ··The·
squad continued its wi~~1ng
ways by rolling over
such
t eams as McCluer. U. City , and
~r iory.
·
At the Vianney Tournament,
the team took sixth with Mark
Nischwitz, Kevin Kuhn,
and
Doug · J olterst placing firs t ,,
second. and fourth. respectively .
.
The Jr. Bi lls l ooked strong.
a t the Clayton-Classic Tourna-i
ment, advancing seven wrest- lers into the "finals" round.
At the tourney ' s end . Paul
Boyer took first. Tim Curdt
the silver, and Mark Murphy
the bronze . J im Geerling. J. P.
. See B WRESTLING. pqe 6 ·
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Hben I listened to those
lonq speeches &bout ~the
spirit of St . Louis
U.
tiigh"
and
·t he constant
~eferences
to ftthe
SLUH
co-unity," I often wondered where this collection of
overused · sloq~s came fr011.
'This
· .. coaUnityM
and
" spirit"
only seeaed to
exist in the
realm of
catch phrases. These words
didn't mean much to
me
until the other night at
what would be my final varsity hockey game of the
year .
.
The playoff game between
·sLUH
and
Lafayette was
ticking away • . and it was
apparent that SLUH's season
was over. The most unheral· ded part of sports, losing,
turned out to be the greatest part of the time 1
spent playing hockey for
SLUH, due to the fans that
attended the game.
At the end of the game
when SLUH had lost. cheers
came fr0111 the
Lafayette
section, but eventually the
fans started to file out.
Then~ when I was picking up
my sticks to head into the
locker room, the SLUH fans
roared at a volume I had
never heard. I just stood
a.n d watched. The Lafeyette
fans who were already leaving stopped and watched in
awe as the SLUH .f ans continued to roar for what
seelled to be forever. They
didn 't get it. "Hhy would
these people be cheering if .
their teaa lost", they must
have thought. How I have an
idea where all this talk of
" spirit"
and "coamuni't y"
coaes from. I suppose when
one has exerted himself in
athletics one
tends
to
becoae eaotional, but it
really was so.ethinq.
I did get ay Sticka
and finally heaclec! ·'towards
the locker rooa just as I
heard a coach from Lindbergh say, "boy, wouldn ' t
it be soaethinq i f we had
fans like tbatl"
Hi th r4t9&rda,
Matt McGuire
Sport ~
Lafayette ends lcebills hopes
The SLUH
hockey
tea.'s
hopes
faded
last Thursday
night as a ·s-2 loss to the
Lafayette Lancers · ·ended the
Icebills season.
The game opened with two
quick Lancer goals . and the
Icebills found themselves in
an early hole.
From that point on , the
game was a great deal more
competitive . End to end action
dominated the game until the
buzzer rang for the end of the
first
period.
The Lancets
still ·led by a
two
goal
margin.
The Bills had their work
cut out for them during the
second period . Midway through
the 3econd period the scrappy
Jr. Bill squad cut the Laf eyette lead in half on a goa l ·
from junior sharpshooter Brian
Driemeyer .
The
SLUH crowd
chanted encouragement .
Next. ·towards the end to
the second period , Driemeyer
struck once again .to tie the
game at 2-2, sending the SLUH
fans into a frenzy. As the
second peri od ended the teams
were even .
It seemed as if the Bills
were on t hei r way to a thrilling comeback , but the third
period would prove to be different. The Lancers
scored
three quick ·goal s to take a 52 lead, rounding out the scoring.
·
Thus ended t he
Billiken
hockey season of 1988 . The
team finished with one of · i ts
best records in years, 12-a-l·.
Matt McGuire
DWRESTLING
McDonough, Ron Taylor, and Joe
Santos
each
claimed f ifth
place honors.
.The sophomores then took on
Parkway North and CBC . Uritortunately they could not pull
out the wins.
The squad climbed back on
track to defeat ' Country' Day
and Webster Groves before '·falling by three points aga inst
St . Clair. 33~36.
·
In what was called a ·· lowintensity effo rt, the B Hatbills then closed off their
season With a loss t o the
Vianney ·Gritfins.
Joe Santos
SWIMBILLS SHAVED ..
ANDFEADY
Af ter easily winning ~he
All Catholic a eet last Friday
night. the A~ills began the
final preparations for State.
The three months of rigorous
practice began to taper off.
and they were replaced by a
plethora
of premeet t radi tions . ·
The
craziness
started
Monday· with the carbo load at
the Rich and Charlie's Hall
you can eat·· night. In .an
attempt to receive the .right
nutrition for State. sen iors
Jay Struckhoff and Chris Ferrari each downed three orders
of pasta. Senior Joe
Gudiswitz, however. downed two
more orders than his adversaries and won himself a free car
wash in addition to a terrific
meal .
The Eat ·out was followed by
t he "Polar Palace Barbecue."
This cookout. celebrating the
end of the swimmers ' regular
season ,· took place over the
heatinq
ventS
outside ,.the
For est Park pool.. The spot,
affectionately
known
as ·. a
refuge from the pre-swimainq
artie blasts , housed a feast
of sOda , chips. dogs •
and
~arshmallows,
all cooked on
the hibachi provided by Joe
Gudi switz.
Partaking. in the
carnal
celebration were fres~ Jeff
Commings,
sophomore .
Dave
Di~~arco,
junior T-Bone Ted
Baudendistel, Mike Kelley, and
captains Jay Struckhoff and
Chris Ferrari. Kelley summed
up the spirit of
t he event
saying, "It just doesn't get
any better than this . " .
The preparations concluded
with Thursday's videp, t~ped
haircuts
of
the .formerly
mangy-Q.aired
swilllllers •.
The,
tops came off
at
Ernie' s
Barber Shop. Both SLUH relay.
squad · received uniform flat
tops. and hope the intililid- ".
ation factor aay help against .
their opponen1;s .
The final preparations cu1-·~
minate with the final shave"
dcnm <of aost of the body>. ·.
Last
year Ted Baudendistel
continued to bleed profusely ·
from . his shaving up until ·the
swil!Uiling wara ups. No injuries···
resulted a t this years shav..:·
ing.
How al l that 's lett is f or ·
the aptly prepared swimaers to ··
reach .t heir expec tations at
sta te
and
do SLUH proud.
Whether or not they succeed
will .be determined in Co lumbia
tonight and tomorrow night .
Joe Gudiswit z