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IceCats win state final over Toledo St. Francis

By Alec Steimac ‘19

The Saint Ignatius Hockey Program has done something not many others can claim: a “three-peat,” back-to-back-to-back wins in the OHSAA state championship. On Saturday afternoon at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Wildcats once again faced off against Toledo St. Francis in the winner-take-all finale.

In a game that went 37 seconds into a second overtime, the Ice Cats prevailed, 5-4, as sophomore Greg Langermeier took the puck end-to-end, skating through three Knights to net the game winning power play goal. Other Wildcats who contributed goals included Bain Kurtz ‘18, Michael McCaffrey ‘18, Aidan Millett ‘20, and Camden Kurtz ‘20. Junior netminder Benny Savarino contributed 30 saves to keep the ‘Cats in the game.

The Ice Cats punched their ticket to the finals on Friday afternoon, stopping Dublin Jerome 6-1. Bain Kurtz led the way, netting four goals on the day. Eric Lile ‘19 and Alex Bilardo ‘20 also found the back of the net for the Blue and Gold. This win was preceded by a 3-0 win in the OHSAA district final at Brooklyn on March 2, the second win over the Eagles this season, along with playoff wins over Rocky River (3-1), Midview (11-1), and Brooklyn (11-1). With the wins, the hockey team finished the season with a record of 30-9-1, earning the sixth state championship in program history.

This year has been a busy one for the Ice Cats as four different teams were created, including an all new prep travel team that has been playing all over the country and in Canada. Seniors Kurtz, McCaffrey, Santino Pignatiello, and Andrew Denk put their stamp on the Saint Ignatius Hockey Program, leaving the team poised to continue their unprecedented run of success.

PodCats #11 – Hockey Final Four Preview

We talk to forward Bain Kurtz ’18 and SIBN broadcaster Jack O’Rourke ’20 about the exciting state final four tournament this weekend.

Produced by Dan Drellishak ’20

PodCats #12 – Ignatius Response to Gun Violence

The first meeting to organize the Saint Ignatius student response to gun violence took place on February 23. This episode takes excerpts from the hour-long meeting lead by Dillion Gallagher ’19 and Sam Evans ’18. Please excuse the poor audio quality from the large crowd in the Atrium.

Produced by Luke Van de Walle ’19

Weekly Update #26 – March 4, 2018

This is what has been happening around campus this week.

Sports

Hockey It’s time to go dancing for the hockey team. The Cats clinched their third consecutive trip to Nationwide Arena with a 3-0 win over St. Edward. The Cats, who have beaten St. Ed 7 times in a row, including three straight district finals, won the hard fought contest Saturday afternoon. Aidan Millett scored a rebound goal late in the first. Captain Bain Kurtz scored off a nice pass from Captain Mike McCaffrey (yeah he’s back.). Charlie Klenkar put the coupe de Grace on the game with an empty netter. Benny Savarino had a 26 save shutout. The Cats, and Captain Michael McCaffrey with two assists coming off what many thought would be a season ending injury, advance to Columbus to face Dublin Jerome at 12:30 on Friday afternoon and if they beat the Celtics they will play US/St. Francis Saturday.

Wrestling The Mat Cats wrestled in the district tournament over the weekend. We qualified two for the state tournament, Najee Lockett and Michael Drobnick. Najee was a district champion and Michael got second! There was also three state alternates, Logan Toth, Johnny Novak, and Aidan Gill. Wish them congrats and good luck in the halls!

Basketball The Senior Basketball ‘Cats played in their final home game in a sectional final victory over the Bees of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School 56-48. The Wildcats struggled early, with the Bees jumping out to an 8-0 first quarter lead before the Wildcats tied the score at 10 to end the quarter and eventually took a 32-24 lead into the halftime break. Although the Bees roared back to threaten the ‘Cats, St. Ignatius never relinquished the lead. Neeko Melendez led the scoring with 18 points by way of 6 threes. Fellow senior Luke Wiskes had a solid outing with 9 points and 9 rebounds while fellow big man Aymin Bahhur finished with an impressive 12 rebounds to go along with his 8 points. The Wildcats are back in action on Thursday night for a district semifinal matchup with the Medina High School Bees at Strongsville High School at 7:00. Go ‘Cats!

Rugby The Rugby Cats scrimmaged Brecksville on Saturday, getting some practice in for many of the players from A side and B side. This upcoming weekend A side faces off against Avon Lake High School at Avon Lake.

Indoor Track & Field This past Saturday at SPIRE Darian Kinnard and Eichenberg placed 2nd and 13th in shotput. Yale commit Phil Zuccaro placed 2nd in the 200m with 21.89 and 4th in the 60m with 6.96. Our 4×800 relay of Blouch, Biehl, Saunders, Ripepi placed 18th. Liam McGuire and Nick Saul got 10th and 7th in the 1600m respectively, and John Wetula got 9th in the 60m hurdles in 8.35.

Miscellaneous

Speech & Debate Team This weekend the St. Ignatius Speech and Debate team competed at the state tournament in Toledo. Congratulations to debaters JJ Conway and Elias Najm, who finished second in Policy Debate; Leonardo Villa-Forte and Henry Wade, who were quarter-finalists in Policy; Jermaine Leonard, fourth in Original Oratory; and Jarred Meyer and Daniel DeVenney, who advanced to the quarter-finals in Original Oratory and Humorous Interpretation, respectively. Before the tournament began, St. Ignatius alum and current Hathaway Brown teacher, Jason Habig, was inducted into the Coaches Hall of Fame. Excellent work by all involved.

Science Olympiad Science Olympiad attended the Northern Regional Tournament this weekend. This week, the team placed 2nd out of the 17 teams, losing to Westlake High School by two points. In addition, the team pulled off a Clean Sweep of the Rube Goldberg Machine building event Mission Possible, taking both 1st and 2nd Place. The team also managed to bring home 8 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 2 bronze medals, bringing home the most gold out of any team in the region.

All but one event placed, but due to the number of placements only those in the top 3 will be listed.

  • Geek Speak (Trial Event) – 1st Place: Isaac Smith ’18 and Jacob Leksan ’18
  • Astronomy – 1st Place: Sam Pike ’19 and John Pawlikowski ‘20
  • Disease Detectives – 2nd Place – Matt Borden ’18 and Jacob Leksan ‘18
  • Forensics – 1st Place: Andrew Passow ’19 and Tyler Cox ‘19
  • Helicopters – 1st Place: James O’Meara ’18 and Tyler Cox ’19
  • Game On – 2nd Place: Josh Frank ’19 and Caleb Palagyi ‘18
  • Hovercraft – 2nd Place: Josh Frank ’19 and Caleb Palagyi ‘18
  • Materials Science – 2nd Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Jacob Leksan ‘18
  • Microbe Mission – 3rd Place: Anthony Bogar ’19 and Isaac Smith ‘20
  • Mission Possible – 1st Place: Caleb Palagyi ’18 and Alex Rambasek ‘18
  • Mission Possible – 2nd Place: Robert Pafford ’20 (Assisted By Danny Mullen ’20)
  • Mousetrap Vehicle – 3rd Place: James O’Meara ’18 and Tyler Cox ’19
  • Optics – 1st Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Danny Mullen ‘20
  • Remote Sensing – 1st Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Caleb Palagyi ’18
  • Rocks and Minerals – 2nd Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Isaac Smith ‘18
  • Towers – 1st Place: Danny Mullen ’20 and Andrew Passow ’19
  • The Varsity Team will advance to the State Tournament held at Ohio State on April 28th.

Mitchell’s Job Opening Mitchell’s Ice Cream has reached out to Saint Ignatius and wanted students to know that there are many job openings at the Mitchell’s stores in Ohio city, Beachwood, and Solon. If interested, pick up an application from one of the stores listed above.

Jeffery Outcalt Weekend review reviews:

  • Lacrosse practice at Browns facilities: 8/10
  • Townhall brunch and art museum + company: 9/10
  • Cavs game: 6/10

Very excited for Ignatius Polo Friday. Go cats.

C.A.T. Meeting The Christian Action Team, or CAT, provides students opportunities to fulfill the mission of the school by practicing the Corporal Works of Mercy. CAT meets every Thursday in room 227 at 3 p.m. and is open to all grade levels.

Lastly, if you have an activity you wish to have featured on a weekly basis, please tell me and I’ll add it to the list. That’s all for this week men. Have a great one.

Taking a stand against gun violence

by Ferenc Somogyi ’21

“We are here today to build consensus,” proclaimed Dillion Gallagher ’19, Junior Class President and co-organizer of the Saint Ignatius gun violence protest, on Friday, February 23. The protest was Ignatius students’ response to the recent Parkland High School shooting tragedy and the resulting political movements on the local, regional, and national levels. Through our protest, Saint Ignatius men answered their call by acting and planning for the future to stop school shootings, functioning on a similar agenda to other bold high schoolers around the U.S. now advocating to end gun violence. The protest strongly encouraged brotherhood that surpasses political boundaries and opens the doors for wholehearted cooperation.

The gun violence protest (organized by Dillion, Sam Evans ’18, and Mr. Pacetti), which had been announced only a few days earlier, was held in the Atrium after school. The turnout was impressive given the short notice of the event and its inconvenient placement. “This is actually really reassuring,” Dillion said on Friday afternoon. It truly showed that Ignatius students want to make the world a better place, no matter the effort it takes.
Functioning as both a visible sign of Saint Ignatius’ commitment against gun violence as well as “planning ground” for future ways in which the school can make a difference, the protest effectively served a dual purpose.

“At the end of the day, you’re going to get more done if you work with people with different ideas.”

Dillion Gallagher ’19

Various anti-gun violence activist movements that Saint Ignatius students plan to take part in were discussed. The protest organizers outlined three main goals for their movement: education, activism, and advocacy. Ideas brought to the table included an Ignatius prayer and activism day on March 14th, a Columbine High School shooting anniversary commemorative event, attendance at the March for our Lives march in Washington D.C. and Cleveland on March 24th, and communication via phone and email with congressmen, government officials from both major political parties, and families of gun violence victims.
Additionally, the meeting gave students in attendance the opportunity to speak their minds about the recent gun violence-related events in our country. Boldly putting aside political standings, freshman to seniors and even some faculty and school-affiliated adults took the floor, calling for innovative endeavors and, above all, cooperation.

“At the end of the day, you’re going to get more done if you work with people with different ideas,” Dillion remarked.

Clearly stated by the protest organizers was the challenge of this Ignatius movement. Keeping the discussion about gun violence going over time will be an issue to surmount. However, the school and the protest organizers firmly believe in students’ abilities to make this journey a meaningful one – so much so that students in attendance at the protest could sign up for leadership positions in the movement’s coming programs if they wished. Recently, an email with the same sign-up opportunities was sent out to the entire school in case anyone else wanted to take the lead.

This movement is solidly a student-driven one and depends on Ignatius men’s commitment to get things done.

We live in an era of turmoil. Aside from political divisions, events like school shootings test our nation and our world, and shake us out of inaction. We must always strive to unite, and together to defend our Christian and American ideals, so that we can do what needs to be done to prevent such evils from ever happening again.

As proclaimed so eloquently by Mr. Wilhelm at the protest, “If not now, when? And if not us, who?”

Contact Mr. Pacetti, Dillion Gallagher ’19, or Sam Evans ’18 to get involved and make a difference. Look for the recent sign-up email if you want to take a leadership role in the movement.

This episode of PodCats includes excerpts from the February 23rd meeting. 

Wildcats begin playoff push with tough victory over Brecksville-Broadview Heights

Neeko Melendez leads team with 18 points on 6-11 shooting from behind the arc

Sullivan Gymnasium – It was a known fact that the path for the Wildcats would not be an easy one in pursuit of another District Final game and another shot at Saint Edward. Brecksville-Broadview Heights made the road for the Wildcats more difficult than expected Saturday night. With the help of Neeko Melendez, the Wildcats fought off a charging Bee’s offense with a 56-48 victory in one last game at Sullivan Gymnasium.

Luke Wiskes finished his night with
nine points

It began as another slow night for the Wildcats, which gave flashbacks to games against University School, Beachwood, and Kenston–games where, on paper, the Wildcats should not have had any struggles. Offensive struggles allowed the Bees to remain in the game for a lot longer than the Wildcats expected. The Wildcats quickly fell behind 5-0 which was quickly countered by a Wildcat full court press to disrupt the Bees fast start. The Bees controlled most of the first quarter until the Wildcats were able to show some life and tied the game up at 10.

It was the deep ball that gave the Wildcats the slight advantage they would need. Neeko Melendez knocked down four three pointers in the first half (including one from DEEP in Sullivan Gym) and would knock down two more in the second half. Melendez would finish the game with a team high 18 points. Jon Barnes knocked down back to back three pointers from the corner to give the Wildcats a 32-24 lead at halftime. Chase Toppin and Josh Ozanne also added their share of the deep ball in the first half.

Jon Barnes knocks down the first of his
back to back three pointers to help
grow an Ignatius lead

The Bees of Brecksville-Broadview Heights outscored the Wildcats 18-13 in the third quarter and only trailed by three heading into the last quarter of play. The Wildcats continued to slow down their offense and take time off the clock. Both sides of the crowd unexpectedly rose to their feet including a large and noisy section of Ignatius students who weren’t ready to see their team’s season end. The Bees failed to make some shots down the stretch and the Wildcats were able to hang on to the 56-48 victory.

What’s Next?

A relocated Strongsville District that has been dominated by the Saint Ignatius/Saint Edward duo is now set in the Akron/Toledo Region. Along with the relocation of the Strongsville District, some new talent was also added to the District. Brunswick, who has impressed all season, entered the year with a plan to disrupt the Ignatius-Eds domination of the Strongsville District. Brunswick took the #2 seed away from Ignatius and added a potential road block to the District Final vs. Saint Edward.

#2 Brunswick was upset by #7 Medina last night which means Medina will be the next opponent for Ignatius in the District Semifinal this Thursday at Strongsville HS.
Medina sits at 7-16 on the year and is yet another team that at first glimpse, the Wildcats should have no trouble with. Taking a deeper look, Medina has had their shot at competing with some top teams and undoubtedly played a tougher schedule than Brecksville-Broadview Heights. Even though Medina has suffered 16 losses throughout their season, they made some extreme improvements only losing to Solon by six and Garfield Heights by eight. Medina was not able to keep up with Shaker Heights in both matchups they had but have the experience of playing top teams which will come in handy this Thursday and further on in the tournament.

Experience is something the Wildcats have as well. The Wildcats have had their share of challenges with top teams in the area including Solon, Garfield Heights, Cleveland Centeral Catholic, and Saint Edward and have had close games all season long. The Wildcats are now one win away from another District Final vs. Saint Edward, which this year would would be played at the Wolstein Center on the campus of Cleveland State, an opportunity that the team is looking forward to. The Wildcats look to do what the Eagles did to them a year ago after loosing both regular season matchups against the Wildcats and knocking the Wildcats out of the tournament in the District Final at Strongsville High School. It is always said it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season, and with a fully healthy squad, there is no doubt in player’s minds they can compete with Saint Edward. #1 Saint Edward will play #4 Lakewood Wednesday night at Strongsville HS. Anything can happen during play off basketball.

Wildcats huddle around Coach Becker
during a timeout late in the fourth
quarter Saturday night

The Wildcats will have three days to prepare for the District Semifinal at Strongsville HS. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. As always, Matt McKenzie ’18 and Brad Anderson ’18 will have the call on SIBN and I will be keeping you up to date with twitter and snapchat updates.

To keep up with every Wildcat playoff push make sure to follow @SIHSports on Twitter and Snapchat

Weekly Update #23 – February 11, 2018

Sports

Hockey The Wildcats 2017-18 Regional Tour took its last regular season stop this past weekend. The Cats went to Canada for the Barrow Tourney. The Cats fell to Levis College in a close game Friday with their lone goal coming off the sick of Camden Kurtz. Eric Lile and Joey Trobenter lifted the boys up by two on St. Michael’s Ontario before a two goal comeback by the Shamrocks and an OT goal. Saturday night the Cats lost to Upper Canada College in a game that got away from the Cats fast. The regular season ended on a positive note when Benny Savarino got a shutout and Santino Pignatiello, Rory Zawadzki, Charlie Klenkar, and Alex Bilardo provided goals in the 4-0 win over Everest Academy. The Cats close the regular season 24-8-2. The Cats begin post season play against the winner of Brecksville and Brooklyn.

Basketball The Wildcats took the floor twice this weekend, once and home and once on the road. On Friday night, the ‘Cats travelled to St. Edward for a rematch with the Eagles. The team fought very hard, battling not only the relentless Eagles but also Mother Nature, as most of the team was under the weather, and dropped the game by a score of 85-67. Senior Neeko Melendez had 19 points including 5 three balls, while Josh Ozanne had 13 points. On Saturday, the Wildcats welcomes the Beechwood Bison to Sullivan Gym for Senior Night and Safety Forces Night. With most of the team still battling illness, the 64-62 victory over the Bison was one of toughness and mental fortitude. Senior Jon Barnes led the Wildcats with 17 points while fellow senior Dom DiNunzio finished with 5 points, 7 rebounds, and 2 assists. The Basketball ‘Cats are back in action in Massillon on Saturday to take on the Massillon Washington High School Tigers. Tip off is at 7:30. Go Cats!

Swimming The cats swam great at sectionals over the weekend. There were many personal bests and first place finishes.
The meet started off with a win in the 200 medley relay over St. Edward, the relay went

  • 1:36.72 (T. Hong 23.49, N. Hong 27.07, J. Libertin 24.47, C. Ohaimhirhin 21.69). In the
  • 200 free J. Richmond placed 2nd with a 1:48.26.
  • In the 200 IM Tyler Hong won with a 1:51.48 and new meet record. Also Z. Toothman placed second.
  • 50 Freestyle: C. O’haimhirgin placed 1st with a 21.91.
  • 100 Fly J. Libertin (56.16), N. Hong (56.04), B. Johnson (56.27), C. Marcie (56.04)
  • 100 Freestyle C. O’haimhirgin placed 1st with 47.88.
  • Joe Richmond 500 Freestyle Sectional Champ with a 4:52.6
  • The 200 Freestyle relay went 1:30.60 and placed 3rd. The relay consisted of K. Carmichael T. Metz D. Haywood and J. Soeder
  • Tyler Hong does it again and sets a new sectional record with 50.67 in the 100 back
  • Nick Hong places first in the 100 breast with a 59.46
  • The 400 Freestyle relay placed 1st with a 3:14.82

Wrestling The Mat Cats hosted North Canton Hoover and North Royalton for Senior night. The team won both matches by a score of 56-17 and 51-6. They take on Lake Catholic on Thursday

Miscellaneous

Science Olympiad Science Olympiad took a road trip out to Sylvania, Ohio to compete in the Sylvania Southview Invitational. They placed 5th out of 30 teams despite a few kids who were unable to compete this weekend.

  • Dynamic Planet- 6th Place: Danny Mullen ’20 and Robert Pafford ‘20
  • Fermi Questions – 6th Place: Isaac Smith ’18 and Alex Rambasek ‘18
  • Forensics- 4th Place: Andrew Passow ’19 and Tyler Cox ‘19
  • Helicopters – 4th Place: James O’Meara ’18 and Tyler Cox ‘19
  • Hovercraft – 3rd Place: Josh Frank ’19 and Caleb Palagyi ‘18
  • Mission Possible – 3rd Place: Caleb Palagyi ’18 and Robert Pafford ‘20
  • Remote Sensing – 2nd Place: Caleb Palagyi ’18 and Matt Borden ‘18
  • Rocks and Minerals – 2nd Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Isaac Smith ‘18
  • Towers – 1st Place: Danny Mullen ’20 and Andrew Passow ’19
  • The JV team also had some events that placed at the top of the pack. Congratulations to the following team members who broke the top 8 for their first time!
  • Herpetology – 7th Place: Brian Kim ’21 and Charles Koncelik ‘21
  • Towers – 7th Place: Nick Ragone ’21 and Joe Fall ‘18

Next week both teams will be competing at Mentor High School in the final invitational of the season.

Jeff Outcalt “I am well. Got a good workout in Saturday with some fellas from the lacrosse team as we gear up for tryouts. Then I decided to stay in and watch The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson. Pretty good film, fun story with good characters, 7/10.”

C.A.T. Meeting The Christian Action Team, or CAT, provides students opportunities to fulfill the mission of the school by practicing the Corporal Works of Mercy. CAT meets every Thursday in room 227 at 3 p.m. and is open to all grade levels.

The Flu and the Eagles defeat Wildcats in rematch

Jon Barnes drives to basket in the third quarter of Friday night's loss

St. Edward High School – With what was already a demanding matchup for Wildcat Basketball, a severe case of the flu created an even grueling scenario for the Wildcats. Friday night’s game was set to be one final test for the Wildcats, who are just weeks away from playoff basketball. The test transitioned from “How will they compete against a talented team?” to “How many players would be on the bench ready to go at 7 pm?”

Dom DiNunzio, Luke Wiskes, Nate Hubbard, Tevin Jackson to just name a few were all under the weather in the week leading up to Friday nights game. It was clear the Wildcats ran out of gas in the fourth quarter as the game slipped out of their hands.

Dom DiNunzio battles through illness putting up 6
points for the Wildcats Friday night

The Wildcats made some improvements against the Eagles and were able to stay in the game slightly longer than the first time around. The Wildcats only trailed three after two quarters of play, unlike the first time around where the Wildcats trailed by 14 at halftime. Neeko Melendez’s 19 points, including a 3-pointer at the buzzer to end the third quarter helped the Wildcats hover around the 10 point deficit mark during the 3rd quarter. The Wildcats had their opportunities but the deficit was not cut less than 8 points in the fourth quarter and the boys in green ran away with an 86-67 victory. Senior Josh Ozanne helped keep the game close in the fourth quarter with his 13 points.

Neeko Melendez leads way for Wildcats with 19 points

The three point shooting from the Eagles is what kept the Cats behind for most of the night. Every time the Wildcats looked like they were going to be able to make up some ground, the Eagles fired right back not giving the Wildcats any chances.

What’s next for the Cats:

With three games remaining in the regular season, the Wildcats will need to do some deep soul searching in preperation for the playoffs. The Wildcats are now 10-6 on the year with games vs. Beachwood, Massilon Washington, and Kenston coming up in the next two weeks.

Final home game, and senior night for the Wildcats will take place tonight, Febrauary 10, at 7 pm. The final two games will be on the road at Massilon Washington and far east Kenston.

Playoff Preview: 

With the playoffs just around the corner for Wildcat Basketball its hard not to take a peak ahead to see whats to come for Coach Becker and the Wildcats. Brunswick who has moved into the Strongsville District with the Wildcats and Eagles have been having a solid season looking to make a statement come playoff time. With how the season is wrapping up, it is looking as if Brunswick would take the two seed and Wildcats would be pushed back to the three or four seed in the district bracket.

With the three seed the Wildcats would have to face St. Edward for the third time this season in the District Semifinal instead of the District Final as it has been the past few years. If the Wildcats fall into the four seed they would have to play Brunswick in the District Semifinal and would face St. Edward in the District Final like usual.

We will know exactly where the Wildcats stand when the seeding comes out tomorrow, Sunday February 11.

 

Weekly Update #22 – February 5, 2018

Sports

Hockey The Wildcat Hockey team went to Trenton, Michigan over the weekend to face the top two teams in Michigan at the MIHL Showcase. On Friday night, the Cats fell down 2 goals after one period to #2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s before the Cats fired back to even up the game off the sticks of Eric Lile and Bain Kurtz. OLSM came back right after and took the lead back and did not relinquish it. The Cats fell 4-2 in a close game which the Cats had a goal disallowed to tie the game late (it was 3-2, and an empty net goal followed.) On Saturday, the Cats faced #1 Detroit Catholic Central. Andrew Denk scored for the Cats first before the Shamrocks tied it up heading to the locker room. The Wildcats took back to back penalties and DCC capatalized taking a 3-1 lead. A late second period goal made it 4-1. The Cats kept fighting including multiple grade A chances but couldn’t find the net while the DCC onslaught made it 6-1. The 23-6-1 Cats head back North for the Barrow Tourney this weekend.

Basketball The ‘Cats were in action for two games since the last update, first on Thursday evening and second on Saturday. On Thursday, the ‘Cats defeated Senate League semifinalist John Marshall by a score of 77-44. Seniors Jon Barnes and Josh Ozanne had 13 and 11 points, respectively. Fellow senior Luke Wiskes played a great game, finishing with 11 points, five rebounds, and four assists. On Saturday night, the team travelled to Benedictine High School for a matchup with the Bengals. The Bengals handled the Wildcats, who’s record dropped to 10-5 after a 76-68 loss. Junior Nate Hubbard had a good night statistically, finishing with 15 points on 6 of 9 shooting to go along with nine rebounds. Senior Luke Wiskes again played a nice game with 14 points and seven rebounds as well as four steals. This week, the Wildcats will hit the road to take on that school on Detroit on Friday night at 7:30pm and will be back at home for senior night against Beechwood on Saturday night at 7:00. The team is going to a loud student section for both games, so SHOW UP AND BE LOUD. Tickets for Friday night will go on sale on Wednesday morning at 7:30. There is a very limited supply and a limit of one ticket per student so be sure to get their early and GO CATS.

Wrestling The Mat Cats went 1-1 over the weekend—beating Woodridge in a nail biter and losing to CVCA. They are back in action on Friday vs. North Royalton and North Canton Hoover for Senior night! Go support Michael Drobnick, Aidan Gill, Zach Tomford and the rest of the team in one of the last home duals of the year!

Swimming The Swim Cats had a great JV Championship meet yesterday at Canton McKinley High School. Divers Alex Claus, Kian Carmichael, Will Claus, and Noah Keim will be competing at sectionals tomorrow. Swimming sectionals will be held at Cleveland State this Saturday.

Miscellaneous

Speech and Debate This Saturday, the Cleveland District Speech and Debate Tournament was held at Berea-Midpark High School to determine qualifiers for the state tournament in March. Debaters Matt Conway and Vasly Alexoupolous, and speech team members Jermaine Leonard, Prester Pickett II, Daniel DeVenney , and Cam Cupar will join John Conway, Elais Najm, Leonardo Villa-Forte, Henry Wade, and Jarred Meyer, who had previously qualified, in Toledo. freshmen John and Alex Daoud were named alternates. In addition Congressional debate representatives have yet to be determined. The next tournament will be held at St. Ignatius in two weeks to determine Cleveland’s representatives at the national tournament in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Science Olympiad Science Olympiad just returned from the second largest and one of the toughest competitions in the country, with teams from six states (Eight of which attended Nationals last year). They placed 16th out of 64 teams beating the ED Varsity team by a whopping 370 points. The JV Team didn’t fair quiet as well, but still managed to beat many local Varsity teams including Rocky River, both Olentangy Orange teams, Avon Lake and the ED Junior Varsity team. Here are this week’s placements:

  • Source Code (Trial Event) – 2nd Place: Robert Pafford ’20 and Josh Frank ’19
  • Disease Detectives- 8th Place: Matthew Borden ’18 and Isaac Smith
  • Helicopters – 6th Place: James O’Meara ’18 and Tyler Cox ‘19
  • Herpetology – 7th Place: Sam Pike ’19 and Anthony Bogar ‘19
  • Mission Possible – 8th Place: Caleb Palagyi ’18 and Alex Rambasek
  • Rocks and Minerals – 1st Place: Matt Borden ’18 and Isaac Smith ‘18
  • Towers – 8th Place: Danny Mullen ’18 and Andrew Passow ‘19

A special shout out to Isaac Smith ’18 and Matthew Borden ’18 who brought home our first gold medal of the season. They faced some incredibly difficult competition and performed incredibly well. Please be sure to congratulate them on their success. Next week both teams will be traveling out to Sylvania Northview High School for their invitational.

Model UN SIHS Diplocat delegation competed at the University of Chicago Model United Nations conference this past weekend. Seniors Gabe Oliss and Jack Showman were the winners at MUNUC ‘18 Conference our of 1800 students at the Palmer House in Chicago.

Jeff Outcalt Had a great visit to tOSU this weekend. Was also great to see the Bucks play against CSU in lacrosse. Also, I had Citizen Pie for the first time, I would highly recommend it.

C.A.T. Meeting The Christian Action Team, or CAT, provides students opportunities to fulfill the mission of the school by practicing the Corporal Works of Mercy. CAT meets every Thursday in room 227 at 3 p.m. and is open to all grade levels.

Podcats #9 ¿Good How Are Yoü?

Ian Thompson interviews Tim Rivera ’18, Tommy Wild ’18 and Jack Oebker ’18 about their band and playing in the HS Rock Off.

Hear some of their music at at their soundcloud page.

Produced by Adam Benevento ’19

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