The Covington Catholic Times Volume XXIII Issue VI

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Blood Drive Parents Club Have Spaghetti Dinner Jack Templeton Philip Ryan That time of the year has come where Hoxworth has come to take our On Sunday, February 27th, Covington Catholic held its annual blood. Although it may seem scary to those who do not care for needles, the Spaghetti Dinner. The night also featured the Arts Department- both the Blood Drive is a good time for Colonels to give back to the community. visual and performing. With art pieces displayed throughout the halls, visitors Last year, Covington Catholic set record numbers for the amount of blood were encouraged to admire. The evening opened with performances from given, so Hoxworth was itching to come back this year. Students, teachers, and the chamber choir, accompanied by the Singing Dames from Notre Dame faculty got out of class and headed over to the Griffin Centre to give their blood Academy. The boys sang a wide variety of songs, and were joined by the girls for the cause. With Jake Read running the sign ups, many Colonels came out to on crowd favorites “Africa” and “It Had to be You.” The evening drew to a save lives by offering their blood. Of course, these blood donors were not sent close with performances from the CCH/NDA band and jazz band. away without some complimentary cookies and other goodies to keep their blood Overall, the night was a success from all aspects. Guests enjoyed their sugar up and to reward them for their selfless act. With all of the blood collected delicious dinner and were sweetly serenaded by the instruments and voices of and totaled, over 250 lives have been saved by Covington Catholic. the talented students. The Covington Catholic Arts Department has much to We are proud of all of the members of the Colonel family who sacrificed offer, and this night was just a glimpse of the potential of what the students are for others and truly showed the spirit that will not die. continuing to do to at the best all-male high school Park Hills, Kentucky.

Cabaret Shows the Variety of CCH and NDA Jonah Scott Thursday, February 17th was the opening night for NDA and CCH’s annual performance of Cabaret. A variety show that contains many selections from popular musicals and skits originally performed by the cast of The Carol Burnett Show. Many musicals were showcased including the dark comedy of Little Shop of Horrors, the 1920s throwback musical Ragtime, the 80s smash hit Footloose, the all female cast of Dreamgirls, and the 60s Hippie revolution of Hair. A large number of CCH men came out to support their fellow Colonels as they put on a heck of a show. The show opened with Ragtime, a musical throwback to the jazzy upbeat music of the 1920s, which showcased Eric Torres and Jonah Scott. After that came the 80s dark comedy of Little Shop of Horrors in which Eric Torres comedically portrayed a sadistic dentist and Emma Parks Brandon Rozanski is proud to give blood. Photo by: Jake Vogt played his abused girlfriend. Following that came the all female performance of Dreamgirls, recently made into a major motion picture, and then the 60s based musical Hair, which featured many talented young men and women. Index All in all the Cabaret was a big success; many people came out to view News Page 2 this display of talent that came from both schools. Arts/ Entertainment Page 3 Opinions/ Editorials Page 4 Student Life Pages 5-6 Sports Pages 7-8

Advisor: Mrs. Diane Ruth Editor: Andrew Kendall Photo Editor: Jacob Vogt Staff: Lucas Armor, Drew Baker, Drew Etling, Joe Fredrick, Austin Hudepohl, Cory Matsko, Anuel Nevels, Jake Read, Mike Rosado, Brandon Rozanski, Philip Ryan, Kevin Schoettle, Christian Schulte, Luke Schutzman, Jonah Scott, Adam Shumate, Casey Stone, Bobby Sturm, Jack Templeton, Kevin Tillman, John Turner, Jake Vogt, Aaron Wilson Jonah Scott performs during Ragtime. Website: www.covcath.org Photo by Tom Maurer National/CCHNews Page 2

The Afterschock of a Broken Economy Graduates: Where Are They Now? Andrew Kendall Adam Shumate The United States economic crisis is finally resolving. The dark Alumni, where are they now? 1980 graduate Gregory Shumate days of the past are becoming light again. The stock market and the current is now a very important political leader for Kenton County. He started state of the nation’s money is on an upward curve. Yet, with the positive off by getting a law degree at Kentucky University. He said, “Covington gains of the economy comes some negative effects on our everyday life. Catholic helped me to build a foundation of a good work ethic.” Now he The days of struggling for money and economic stability are is the leader of the Republican Party in Kenton County, and serves on slowly coming to an end. This will affect large parts of every student’s many boards for many institutions in Northern Kentucky such as Northern life. Clothes, gas prices, and food prices will all go up. With the money Kentucky University, Hoxworth Medical Center, and many more. He is a stability of United States’ citizens increasing, the supply and demand for partner at the Frost Brown Todd Law Firm, and through all this he still has objects will also go up. Some sources say that gas prices will skyrocket to time for his family. five dollars a gallon in the next few years. So money awareness will also Another graduate who is a big influence in the community is arise, even though it will be a better economy. Beechwood head coach Richard Shumate. He was a 1982 graduate, Students will need to be aware of their money and how much they and he played basketball and golf for Covington Catholic. Now he are spending. Sure there might be more money coming in but an increased Coaches the much inproved Beechwood Varsity Basketball team. He awareness is needed to leach onto the upward spiral. Students should take said, “Covington Catholic helped me to learn the game of basketball, time and learn about the stock market and research the best place to put and helped me learn the right way to run a basketball program.” their money. Rick is a special education teacher and has 3 girls. He is doing well and is happy he went to Covington Catholic for high school. Mission to Mars Peter Craig A mission to Mars has been a dream of man since the first satellite Mr. Greg Shumate was launched into space in the 1960’s. The Cold War fueled a lot of space exploration competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. NASA and Sputnik squared off with space races throughout from the 60’s to the 90’s. Both raced to reach space, orbit the earth, land on the moon, and send a rover to Mars. The space race ended before a man could ever land on Mars. But with the revival of a Russian civilization, the new Russian Federal Space Agency has had a breakthrough in reaching Mars. A few years ago Russia developed the mathematics and the rockets to power a space shuttle to Mars in the time of three months. Although they have developed the rockets to get there, they have not developed a return trip. Russians have been notorious for having no fear, in World War II they would run in to battle carrying a clip of ammo and no weapon, so to no surprise, they had zero problem picking up volunteers for a suicide mission. The government would not pass it however. They have yet to develop a space craft that can sustain life for three months in the unknown. In the meantime, Russia is still working on finishing this project and has picked up the help of China and France. They continue to simulate Community Service News landings and hope to have the project ready for execution in the next few years. Kevin Schoettle As a school that deems itself zealous in regards to philanthropy, it comes to no surprise of its high expectancy for the students to dedicate Libya Violence Causes High Gas Prices their time through community service. And what better incentive would Austin Hudepohl there be to increase productivity than to make it mandatory for students to The recent fighting and protesting in Libya has caused gas prices perform at least 60 hours of service to obtain their diploma? to rise. Stocks are falling, and oil is rising about 100 dollars a barrel as this Luckily for the lackadaisical seniors who have squandered precious violence in Libya intensifies. If the fighting and violence continues, the gas time with their tomfoolery (due to an annual outbreak of senioritis), the prices will continue to rise in the U.S. benevolent Mr. Snyder has graciously provided multiple opportunities Army units in Libya struck back at the protestors in their capital for them to attain their hours through school sanctioned events such as of Tripoli. They also attacked a mosque outside of the city where anti- the Spaghetti Dinner, Big Blue Night, Bingo night, working football or government demonstrators had taken refuge. All of these clashes sent oil soccer camps, and performing crew work during the plays. Events such as up to $100.08 a barrel on Thursday, February 24. Libya is the world’s 15th assisting the Special Olympic Track and Field Day, tutoring, distributing largest exporter of crude, and the U.S. gets a lot of its oil from them. toys to underprivileged inner-city children, and mission trips also provide Stocks have started to fall as the oil tops 100 dollars a barrel. The service opportunities outside of school. Dow Jones industrial average is down 28. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Seniors, refrain yourselves from procrastinating. The clock is index is down 3 along with Nasdaq down 1 as well. As the Libya violence ticking… continues, the gas prices will continue to be on the rise. It is expected to be rounding 4 dollars a gallon by Spring Break and 5 dollars by summer.

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Lasers Glee Just Go With It Review Jack Templeton Lucas Armor Bobby Sturm The show goes on and Lupe Fiasco has Many new songs are released everyday Adam Sandler is well known to be one drawn the attention of the world. With his hit by artists that are looking to get a big hit, yet no of the funniest comedians in America and his new single and the album Lasers set to release one does this as well as the cast of Glee. The thing movies are usually a big hit with everyone. In on March 8, Lupe is back in the hearts of all hip- that is special that Glee does is that they take a the recently new movie Just Go With It Adam hop fans. popular song and use their own voices to sing Sandler works up his magic again, but is his Lupe Fiasco is the smooth hip-hop king the song. Glee is a musical comedy-drama series magic good this time around? Check it out. who lays down beats and lyrics that are not on Fox. It focuses on a glee club that competes The movie begins with Danny Maccabee comparable to anyone before him. His style is on the show choir competition circuit, while the (played by Adam Sandler) as a plastic surgeon one of a kind. Known for his previous albums members deal with relationships, sexuality, and who fakes an unhappy marriage to pick up The Cool and Food and Liquor, Fiasco has social issues. women, after leaving an unhappy marriage 20 emerged on the stage as one of the premier The show’s musical performances have years ago. One day at a party Danny meets the rappers since his debut in 2006. His single, “The been a great success, for there are over twenty- girl of his dreams known as Palmer (played by Show Goes On,” has taken the hip-hop world by one million copies of Glee cast single releases Sports Illustrated model Brooklyn Decker). storm and many look forward to his new album purchased digitally, and over nine million albums However, Palmer finds his fake wedding ring and Lasers with hit songs such as “Words I Never purchased worldwide. In 2009, Glee had 25 says she cannot be with someone who is already Said” featuring Skylar Grey. singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, a record in a marriage. Danny comes with the plan of Lupe has always been the underrated since The Beatles had 31 songs in the chart in having his office manager, Katherine Murphy hip-hop artist but this album should take him to 1964. In February 2011, Glee surpassed Elvis (played by Jennifer Aniston) act as his soon to be the top. Previous albums have brought him to as the artist with the most songs placed on the ex wife and prove to Palmer and everyone that average status but Lasers will take Lupe to new Billboard Hot 100 chart, though less than one- he is ready for a commitment. heights featuring big artists such as Skylar Grey. fourth have charted for more than one week. The I would give this film a 3.5 out of 5 stars. For all hip-hop fans and fans of Lupe, March 8 cast performance of “Don’t Stop Believin’” was This movie is filled with many laughs and great will be a day to remember. certified gold in November 2009, getting over scenery. Yet, a few jokes do fall short. If you 500,000 digital sales. The series’ cover versions have seen most Romantic comedies, you will tell The Rite have also had a positive effect on the original what happens at the end from a mile away. But recording artists, with sales of Rihanna’s “Take if you love Adam Sandler movies such as Happy Casey Stone a Bow” increasing by 189 percent after the song Gilmore and Big Daddy than you are obligated If you are looking for a great thriller/ was covered in the Glee episode “Showmance.” to see this film and tell yourself to Just Go With scary movie, look no farther! Go out and take Their cover of “Forget You” was also credited It. your date to see The Rite, a thrilling story of for making the original song reach a new peak how a young priest becomes an exorcist. on the Billboard Hot 100 on the same week the Inspired by the book by Matt Baglio, Glee cover reached the chart. The Rite, is a the story of a young man who has It was announced by Fox on May 23rd, second thoughts of becoming a priest but has his 2010 that Glee will have a third season. In June life turned around when he is forced to travel to 2010, it was announced that Oxygen would host Rome, the Catholic capital of the world, to attend a reality series set to air in June 2011, featuring classes on exorcisms. Michael Kovik (Colin O’ performers competing for a spot on Glee. It was Donoghue) is the young seminarian who is very the lead out program for Super Bowl XLV on skeptical about the religion he is about to preach Sunday, February 6, 2011. for the rest of his life. He is a very smart young The success of this singing group is based man but tries to use scientific thoughts in relation solely upon their fans, also known as “gleeks.” to God and the Bible. After meeting Father Lucas Their music is one of the most cherished in Trevant (Anthony Hopkins), a Christian priest America right now, and Glee wants to make sure and Roman exorcist, he soon falls into the life it stays that way for years to come. of an exorcist. After a few cases and some major traumatic experiences he soon believes that God is calling him to be an exorcist. With an acting veteran like Anthony Hopkins and a beautiful setting like ancient Rome you cannot go wrong with this movie. It is a great movie with a very thrilling and interesting plot of a young person trying to find their notch in life. I advise anyone who loves a scary movie or just has an interest in exorcisms to see this movie. I give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Paris Photography Photo by: Brandon Rozanski Opinions/ Editorials Page 4 A Christmas Carol Kevin Schoettle

It’s that most never heard of A Christmas Carol, I will make the plot synopsis short wonderful time of the and simple to avoid wasting time. Spoiler alert: The following description year again. Yes, Christmas may contain pivotal plot points that may ruin the whole experience for the season has come around in reader. full swing, carrying with it A cantankerous old man by the name of Ebenezer Scrooge with an all the traditions that have overabundance of wealth and cares about nobody except himself is visited accumulated throughout the by four spirits resulting in a total conversion where he is transformed into years like a giant snowball a sprightly carefree man whose demeanor mimics the likes of a schoolgirl gathering speed as it makes with a newfound crush. All is well with the world. The End. it descent down the mountain going faster and expanding As mentioned previously before, the audience knows everything ever larger as time passes stretched out between Point A and Point B, but it is in the traveling there by. Christmas is, perhaps, that makes it all the fun. The story’s classical feel is augmented by the beginning to be a bit too much elaborate Victorianesque set with two fully realized London houses placed for us to handle. The holiday in front of a silhouette of the darkened city, creating a brooding urban seems doomed to repetition aesthetic. Street lights floating in the air cast shadows that lurk from every where once considered timeless stories are worn down through endless surface. Never has there been a more defined contrast than when Christmas remakes and adaptations that come from every angle thought possible, morning finally arrives for Scrooge, allowing us to exhale in relief from inducing a nauseating effect on the public who have grown overwhelmed the tension stemming from his nightmarish experience the night before. from it all. And Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol is no exception. As gorgeous as the exterior of the play may be, it would So then we must ask ourselves, “Why?” Why is it that a be nothing without our beloved self-centered Ebenezer Scrooge at the sophisticated species such as ourselves attend these plays and movies if focal point in which everything revolves around. Scrooge is played by the we know everything that happens from Point A to Point B and still find versatile Bruce Cromer who six years ago, made the big transition from ourselves wondrously amused by it all? Is it a faulty biological mechanism the prudish yet generous Bob Cratchit where he had the privilege of being within us that inhibits us from venturing out and resorting to perform the apprentice to Joneal Joplin, the previous Scrooge. His contemptuous nature same ritual where we find comfort in familiarity? is made more apparent in Cromer’s cranky vocals and his scowl which is Here’s the way I look at it. We are like children wanting to hear used as a cover-up to mask his troubled past. He dons a monochromatic their favorite bedtime story despite how excruciating it is for the parents outfit of an overcoat, pants, shoes, and a top hat all covered inblack, to have to repeat the same story over and over again. There are moments gliding about the stage like a shadowy specter .His gloomy demeanor is where the child screams out, “That’s not how it happened!” when the malignant, spreading to anyone who gets within close proximity to him. parent makes an error in telling the story. That particular story had become He is like Death incarnate. so ingrained within the child’s mind that he demands the story be told in Providing contrast to the gray Ebenezer, the colorful ensemble one (and only one) way. To make even minor adjustments would botch the helps enliven the play and gives it that sense of joy and merriment that is so whole story. Tell it the same way you did the first time, pops. strongly associated with Christmas. From the straight-laced Bob Cratchit After 20 years, it is no wonder how Playhouse in the Park always (Andy Prosky) to that adorable Tiny Tim (Owen Gunderman), they each takes its precious time in retelling A Christmas Carol every year. It is not for bring something to the banquet table. themselves, as parents know, but it is for the audience, their children, and Whether you are an adult, a child, or an adolescent in between to see their faces light up from the sight of it all. And what a phenomenal You’ll never be bored of A Christmas Carol, no matter how many job Playhouse has done in keeping it alive and just as fresh as when it times it’s been seen originally started. You will not be disappointed, of that I can be sure Assuming that the reader is not a deprived individual who has For the holidays are meant as a time of joy, not something to endure Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark Excuse Peter Craig February 14th comes every year, and it just won’t end. Most males, though they do not show it, do not look forward to this day. Valentine’s Day is the name it was given, but why it is considered a holiday I will never know. It is the most cliché holiday of them all. Hallmark Holiday is an understatement for Valentine’s Day. It is nothing but an unnecessary expense for a male. They have to spend anywhere from 20 to hundreds of dollars to show their girlfriends/wives that they “love” them. Love is supposed to be an emotion and material things cannot represent it. However, the female counterpart cannot get enough of this holiday. It is a day where their partner has to cater to their every need and feed them all the verbal praise they can handle. They get to be queen for a day, as if they were not all other 364 days of the year. Maybe it is not the same for all, but this does cover the majority of relationships on this holiday. This is a cliché holiday, that was simply thrown into the worst time of the year and does not aid the seasonal depression that men may bear and only gives more of a reason to look forward to spring time. Student Life Page 5 Shakespeare Comes to CCH Sophomores See Ballet Austin Hudepohl Jake Vogt On February, 10, the senior class went over to the Griffin Centre “Did you know that people don’t talk in ballets?” explained to view the play Hamlet. The play was performed by the Cincinnati sophomore David Zalla. Believe it or not, even the two-sport athlete was Shakespeare Company consisting of six actors who all played different able to derive pleasure from this fine piece of artwork. On Februrary roles. These were all professional actors who made their own remake of 11, the members of the sophomore Honors English class went to the Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. The performers worked very well with the Aronoff Theater to watch the Cincinnati Ballet perform Shakespeare’s A props they had and made the play as interesting as possible for the students. Midsummer Night’s Dream. The original name of the play is The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of When asked what he thought of the play, David Zalla replied, “It Denmark. It is a tragedy that recounts how Prince Hamlet takes revenge was truly a great piece of art. I would go back and watch it any day.” He on his uncle Claudius for murdering Old then added, “It was much easier to pay attention in this ballet because King Hamlet, Claudius’s brother, and there were two actors doing voice overs, which were strategically placed Prince Hamlet’s father. Claudius then throughout the ballet to not distract the audience.” Ms. Ruth then added, succeeds the throne and marries Prince “ The secenery was absolutely beautiful. The sets were vivid and vibrant Hamlet’s mother Gertrude. The actors greens, it was like we were actually in an animated movie.” If the famous all played a few different roles and made Ms. Ruth has to say this about a ballet it must be extremely entertaining. the plot very suspenseful. You too can see other ballets by the Cincinnati Ballet company on The seniors had mixed emotions every weekend in March, just visit www.cballet.org to view show times about the play but overall, enjoyed and future ballets. it. The actors did a very good job of portraying their characters and using Hofbraus House Trip their props well. The seniors seemed to Jack Templeton enjoy it and hope to experience another Cincinnati Shakespeare Company With the coming of February comes the traditional Foreign play in the future. Language Week and the annual trip to the Hofbraus House in Newport. Every year Mr. Kaelin takes the German sutdents out for a nice German meal of sauerkraut and weinerschnittsel as a reward for his rigorous German courses. When asked about this year’s trip, Mr. Kaelin replied, “The food was good, the people were beautiful, and the drinks were cold.” Also on the trip was our favorite German exchange student Phillip Kunze. “It was the first actually authentic German food I have had since I have been in America. It was pretty good.” Kunze was reported to have a couple of conversations in German with others during lunch. All went well for the German scholars this year as they enjoyed a great meal and a taste of German society right here in Kentucky. They look forward to next year when they get to go again.

Shakespeare Competition Winners Ian Dollenmayer, Eric Torres, and Brady Dunn Photo by: Diane Ruth A Shakespeare Journey for Torres Andrew Kendall Every year Covington Catholic students can test their acting abilities with the Shakespeare Sonnet/ Soliloquy competition. Honors and Advanced Placement Students use the contest to not only showcase their talents, but obtain a better understanding of the Shakespearean language. Eric Torres is one of these extremely talented students. The star in numerous Covington Catholic/ Notre Dame Academy theater productions, Eric decided to test his skill in the Shakespeare Competition. He excelled from the beginning by winning first place in the contest with his fellow Colonels. Ian Dollenmeyer and Brady Dunn were second and third respectively. Eric moved onto compete in the Regional 2011 Shakespeare Competition. Unfortunately he did not place in the top German Students on the annual Hofbraus House trip three of the regional competition but he was a great ambassador for the Photo by: Jake Vogt talent Covington Catholic has to offer. Congratulations to Eric Torres on all of his accomplishments with the Shakespeare Competition. He still has one year remaining and all the talent in the world. Good luck to Eric in all of his future endeavors. Student Life Page 6 Blue n’ Green Back in the Swing Engineering Club visits Cincinnati Anuel Nevels Bobby Sturm At the onset of this year the Blue/ Green Environmental Club Over a dozen students in the Engineering Club here at Covington did not exist. After spending the summer in Washington at a National Catholic visited the University of Cincinnati recently. They went on Environmental Conference (WYSE) as Kentucky’s only representative different days in February to follow college students who will become I felt as if I had to do something. Now as president of the club I have engineers one day and to learn what to expect in the courses if they do personally seen to revive it with the much needed help of Mrs. Mosko, I choose engineering as their career. am bringing all the knowledge I learned while in DC. I have many ideas When Cov Cath first arrived at the university’s campus, they did planned for the club. I am arranging for a private falconry demonstration not know what to expect. Each student followed a college student studying as well as nurturing a hope of taking the club to the Red Wolf Sanctuary engineering, and they experienced different things throughout the day. located in Indiana. The Defenders of Wildlife, an organization devoted to They went into a classroom to sit through a lesson and learn how to put the preserving of nature, is helping by sending us up-to-date information programs on a computer, which one of the professors was presenting. on all environmental crises that cross their desk. Some of the programs they learned they have never heard of and now th The club’s first meeting occurred Thursday, February 10 after they can bring part of their experience from the classroom to their homes. school. It served merely as an organizational meeting to gauge interest A few students afterwards followed the college students into their dorm and our numbers exceeded what we had hoped. Nine students came and rooms or some-kind-of engineering room to create works of engineering. signed their names on the list. Among them: Anuel Nevels, Hank Hehman, For the rest of the stay they followed the college students around and learn Quentin Floyd, Nich Otte, Connor Nowak, Trevor Wendt, Chris Molony, more techniques of an engineer. It was an eventful day for most guys Noah Gripshover, Nik Knipper, Eric Schieman, and Mitchell Lemker. that learned what college life for them could be like. Covington Catholic To those who came I salute you, to those of you reading this I engineering student, Khang Le said, “The trip was really fun and I can’t encourage you to come out the next time you hear an announcement about wait til college. I am now certain that being a engineer is for me.” us or to see Mrs. Mosko or myself, and we will be happy to give you information. NEHS Events Philip Ryan The National English Honor Society at Covington Catholic continues to lead our school in the areas of service and fundraising. On February 16th, NEHS paired up with the B.U.G. Club to provide a pancake breakfast for any ravenous student or faculty member passing by. Exactly one week later after school, members of NEHS volunteered their time at Madonna Manor, reading stories to the residents. The NEHS also recently sponsored a feeder school essay contest. The essays will be received back on March 15th and the schools will be notified of the winners in the near future. On March 26th, members of the NEHS will travel to the Barnes and Noble bookstore on the Levee to read stories to children. By volunteering their time and talents, the members of Grant Guess reads to the tiny tots at NEHS are learning the fruits of service and how to make our world a better Barnes and Nobles in Newport. place in which to live. Photo by Diane Ruth In mid March the NEHS will be giving all students an opportunity Coach McCoy shows to win a free lunch from their favorite restaurant. Chances will cost one off his chess artwork dollar, and if chosen, the lunch will be brought back to school for the Photo by: Luke winning student to enjoy. Schutzman Overall, the National English Honor Society is striving to serve the community while raising funds to aid in other beneficial projects. The Chess Club NEHS contains more than just the English leaders of the school; it contains Luke Schutzman the ideas and opportunities necessary for the betterment of our school and The Chess Club meets on Tuesdays after school at Sub Station 2 for our world. good food, good times, and good chess. The Club is run by Coach McCoy and student president Luke Schutzman and is open to all students with no sign ups or requirements. Even with their open door policy the Chess Club is considered by many as the most difficult club/team to get into at Cov Cath. Governors Cup! Just getting to Sub Station 2 is a challenge for many, after getting there a Jake Read rigorous screening process follows to determine who can join. Students The Academic Colonel team is composed of: Captain Matthew who make it in describe Chess Club as one of their greatest memories Baker, Jonathan Miller, Josh Moorman, Andrew Baldridge, Jimmy Nutter, of Cov Cath, up there with the Wyoming retreat and chicken patty meal. and Derek Koshiol. Matthew Baker and Jonathan Miller specialize in the This February the Chess club is adapting to the loss of Coach McCoy areas of Social Studies and Quick Recall. Josh Moorman competes in the who must fulfill his duties as head track coach and can no longer join the areas of Math and Quick Recall. The area of Language Arts and Quick Recall guys after school at Sub Station 2. In recent news Schutzman has lost to was Andrew Baldridge’s domain. Jimmy Nutter competed in the Science one of the Kleier brothers and Tilford has beat Blake again. The club has and Quick Recall category. Senior, Derek Koshiol competed on the Quick some new faces and has grown to a steady 15 students every week. One Recall team also. The head coach of the Academic team is Bill Balskus. new member had this to say about joining, “Chess Club is the best club The Governors Cup took place on Saturday, January 29th from at Cov Cath: Free drinks, stay as long as you want, and in the end it’s just 8:30-3:00 at Holmes High school. Many schools competed in the a great club to hangout and play some chess.” Anyone who is not doing competition including: New Cath, Notre Dame, Newport, and Holmes. something after school on Tuesdays or is but wants something better to do, The Colonels finished first in districts going into the Governor’s cup should come down to Sub Station 2 for some great times and some of the but they came in second in the Cup. New Cath came in first followed best chess matches since Bobby Fischer played chess. Coming up is the by Cov Cath in second, NDA in third, Newport in fourth, and school wide chess tournament which may or may not have a monetary prize Holmes in fifth. Keep up the good work academic Colonels! for first and second place see Coach McCoy or Luke Schutzman for details. Sports Page 7

Basketball Colonels Freshman Region Lucas Armor Austin Hudepohl The basketball Colonels ended their The freshman basketball team had a Colonels fell behind in the 2nd half and would regular season on a sour note with a loss at fantastic season and capped it off with the have lost in regulation if Jake Thelen had not Madison Central 51-76. Many people at the Regional Championship. They finished the made a last second 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds game said that Coach Listerman wanted to get season with a final record of 22-2 and had an left on the clock. In overtime the Colonels could some bench players more playing time so he undefeated season against all Northern Kentucky not stop the Raiders as they went on to win 61-55 could rest his starters for the district game against competition. Their only two losses on the season in overtime. the Indians of Holy Cross. Holy Cross pulled off came to Lexington Catholic on December 3 and It was a great season for all the Colonels a huge upset against the Colonels earlier in the Louisville St. Xavier on December 17. and everyones thanks go out to the seniors for season at Cov Cath’s gym 54-59. This year’s freshman squad was led by such an exciting year of basketball! On a brighter note, the Colonels still have Mark Schult, Brian Radcliff, and Ben Heppler. some signature wins to look back on to get them These three led the Colonels in scoring all year fired during the playoffs. They had a nice win JV Region and helped them win the Freshman Regional against Cincinnati St. Xavier with a score of 63- Peter Craig Championship on February 14, 2011. The team 56 at the Bank of Kentucky Center on December defeated Newport Central Catholic 36-32 in a 10th. Another great win was on December 17th at The JV Colonel basketball team entered the postseason winning three of their last four very heated game. Brian Radcliff led the team Louisville St. Xavier when the Colonels came with 13 points, 11 of which came in the second out with a score of 73-62. At the Republic Bank games. The squared off first against Boone County at Boone County. The Colonels didn’t half to overcome a 4 point half-time deficit. Holiday Classic, the Colonels beat top 10 ranked Mark Schult and Ben Heppler also helped lead Henry Clay 67-57. They also had wins against let the pressure up and took a 62-44 victory to advance to the quarterfinals against Cooper. the team adding 10 points each. University Heights and Mercer County at the Congratulations to the freshman Republic Bank Holiday Classic. It was against After playing some more games in between the tournament games, the Colonels worked on on basketball team on a stellar season and winning Boyle County that senior Jake Thelen joined the the Freshman Regional Championship. This is elite “1000 point” club for Covington Catholic some more areas and it payed off. They faced Cooper at Cooper and fought the first regional championship for the freshman basketball. With big wins against Mason County colonels since 2007. The future continues to (63-54, at home) and Boone County (73-66, hard throughout the whole game and pulled off a close 50-48 win. With this win the Colonels look bright for the basketball program and best away), the Colonels were ready to play Simon of luck to the freshman team. Kenton on their Senior Night. Despite the advanced to the semi-finals where they would Pioneers’ efforts, the Colonels pulled out a win face Conner at Cov Cath. A fight broke out the of 73-66. It was a great way for the seniors to end during the game and the Colonels lost a player to their career at home. ejection. They had a tough time scoring without The Colonels traveled to Holmes for the player and suffered a 3 point loss to knock their first post season game against the Holy them out of the tournament. Cross Indians. Cov Cath was looking for revenge Although they did not win region, the after losing to Holy Cross earlier in the year. The JV Colonels had a great season and will be Colonels got their revenge as they knocked off promising Varsity players in the next few years. the Indians 70-56. Drew “Waka” Baker came to play this game as he led the team in scoring with A traditional CCH cheering 22 points, while shooting 10/14 on the night. The section Colonel Crazies were lacking in numbers with Photo by: Jake Vogt their golf theme, but made a lot of noise none the 2010-2011 Varsity Basketball Team less. The Covington Catholic Colonels went into the District Championship game with high hopes of beating rival Holmes High School. Unfortunately, Holmes had other plans as the Colonels stepped onto the Bulldogs’ home court. The final score was 62-51 in favor of the Bulldogs. The main problem for the Colonels was their turnovers. After they would make a nice bucket Holmes would quickly score and get the Colonels to force a turnover with a full court press. Senior Jake Thelen led CovCath with 26 points and 13 rebounds, and senior Alex Connelly added 12 points. But the Colonels couldn’t overcome 1-of-11 3-point shooting. Even with the loss, the Colonels still go to Region, but as a lower seed. There was some luck on Cov Cath’s side as they drew the Ryle Raiders in the first round of Regionals (they beat Ryle earlier in the season 81-72). It was looking good for the Colonels during the game during the 1st half, for the Colonels were leading by a few at half time. Senior Andrew Schult had a career high 16 points, 14 of which he scored in the first half. The Sports Page 8 Freshman and Sophomore Intramurals Adam Shumate The Real Deal Cory Matsko With the Intramural basketball season Freshman and sophomore intramurals defeated Stratman 76-69 in the first exciting coming to a close for both the junior and seniors, finished this week with many good games. game of the night. Summe threw in an amazing tensions between teams are beginning to build. For the first freshman game Team Keller 36 points in this win, and Kunkel put in 26. In The playoffs are about to begin and teams are and Team Adkinson showed off their skills. Team game 2 Goddard beat Sandfoss by eleven. In this beginning to prepare for a late run in the playoffs Keller pulled out a narrow win with the score of 71-60 victory Goddard put up 30 points and Bir that will hopefully get them into the coveted 46-45. Leading scorers were Keller with twelve scored 19. Hemmer defeated team Dressman 69- championship game. and Bir with seventeen. Game 2 was a blow out 60. Major contributions by Daniel Shumate with The Senior Division has been a tale of with Team Hatter defeating Team Fischer 61- 26 helped to win this big game. Dressman put two stories. Teams Shumate and Teranna have 38. Leading scores included Klier with 23 and in 23 points. The final game of the night pitted been dominating everyone that steps onto the Hacher with twelve. Pope defeated Miller in the Klosterman and Stutler against one another. court, and there have been the teams who are third game with strong showings by Schlacter Klosterman won 67-48. Klosterman had 15, and in the middle of the pack like Teams Baldridge, with 16 and Fritz with 11. In the final freshman Erpenbeck had 18. Miller, Gerding, and Rozanski. These teams have game of the night Boyle destroyed Turner 51 to This was a great week for Intramurals. had their ons and offs throughout the season but 23. Boyle threw in fourteen and Harden put up There many hard fought battles and some blow definitely have a chance to make a run to the seven. outs, but everyone had a great time and no one championship. Then there is Team Read and In sophomore basketball action Hodge got hurt which is the real point of all Intramurals. Team Slabaugh who have yet to win a regular

season game. Although both of these teams have some shining stars they have yet to prove that in the wins column. Look for these two teams to upset someone in the opening round of the playoffs. In the Junior Division no team has shown that true domination like Team Shumate in the senior league. At the top of the league are three teams with a record of three wins and one loss. These teams consist of Team Bernhard, Team Perkins, and Team Tomlin. Team Bernhard was seen as the top team in the league until their recent loss to Team Tomlin. Other than these three teams the other teams are all evenly spread out in talent. Looking at this year’s Junior division the clear champion is not going to be easy to decide upon. The playoffs are about to begin and two Freshman Champions champions are about to arise from these two Photo by Diane Ruth divisions. Who they will be, nobody knows, but when these two champions are crowned victorious they will face off in a head to head Bowling Colonels 2011 Senior Champions battle to see who is truly the best Intramural Photo by: Diane Ruth Basketball team. Good luck to all the teams and Andrew Kendall hopefully this year’s playoffs are more exciting The season for the Covington Catholic than ever before. Interscholastic Bowling Team is coming to a close after a great season. They have rolled their way to a 7-3 record under the command of Coach Jack Kaelin. Although a recent game with Boone County left even the Colonel’s jaws on the floor. The Colonels recently faced the Boone County High School bowling team and it was a battle. Well, Boone County was having a battle for perfection. During a Baker Game, where the team chooses five bowlers to bowl two frames each, Boone County almost bowled a perfect score. They had nine strikes and unfortunately bowled a nine on the last frame to have a game total of 299. Even though Boone County got the best of the Colonels they look forward to finishing the season off strong. They hope for a victory at the Region Tournament and to make a run at the State Championship. Good luck to the Covington Catholic Bowling Colonels.