Aquinas Catholic 3420 MN Rd David City, NE 68632 The Crown Prints (402) 367-3175 Vol. 57, Issue 2 November 8, 2017 Thespians find challenges on Skid Row

By Madelaine Comte Feed Me! FEED ME! The Aquinas drama aration for the show. One difficulty is the department produced the musical “Little extensive singing in the show. Sophomore Shop of Horrors” as the fall show, and will cast member Morgan Littlefield said, “I play use a cutting for the one act competition my parts out on piano to make sure I’m hit- this 2017/18 season. ting all of the right notes then I go through “How could I make my life more stress- my lines in my head until they’re stuck.” ful?” Drama director and middle school Littlefield is Ronnette, a part of the “doo- teacher Mrs. Ann Heermann thought to wop” trio who “helps tell the story through herself. The reply was, “Self, let’s do a musi- song and dance.” cal!” Little Shop of Horrors is a horror com- According to Heermann the singing is not edy written by Howard Ashman. the only challenge of the show. “Part of the According to Heermann, the show can be challenge is creating a set that moves, and summarized in three short sentences. “Man we can take with us,” Heermann said. The finds plant. Plant eats man. Plant takes over set includes a rotating stage and five “Au- the world,” Heermann said. drey II” man eating plants in various sizes. The drama department has not produced After the fall presentation to the public, two musicals in a single school year since the musical will be cut down for the one- TOP LEFT: Dr. Orin Scrivellow D.D.S, played 1987/88. Senior cast member Sarah Juranek act competitions. Juranek said, “We are all by sophomore Travis Roh, threatens Sey- mour Krelborn played by senior Will Yndrick, said, “Having a fall show and one act is like really focused this year. The group we have about dental hygiene. TOP RIGHT: Audrey, a warm up for musicals. Having a musical is really into it. Everything just meshes so played by senior Sarah Juranek, talks busi- first is like jumping in the deep end.”- Ju well with this cast.” The one-act cutting will ness strategy with shop owner Mr. Mushnik, ranek portrays Audrey, the female lead. compete at the Osceola one-act festival, played by senior Josh Roh. ABOVE: Chif- Heermann had always wanted to put on conference, and districts. fon, played by senior Madelain e Comte, this show. “I had petitioned to do this show Additionally, the public will be able to see convinces Seymour to “sign that contract!” for a few years, and this year seemed like the one-act cutting of “Little Shop of Hor- and take his plant to national fame. Comte, the year to finally do it,” Heermann said. rors” at the Butler County One Act Festival along with sophomores Libby Aschoff and The cast faced many difficulties in prep- Morgan Littlefield are apart of the trio that on November 16. narrates the strange events on Skid Row. Page 2 In HIS Footsteps Nov. 8, 2017 Aquinas students work hard, pray hard Student body attends class retreats By Jenna Kobza Class retreats give students an opportu- much on their shoulders with lesson plans consecrated virgin, and her story inspired nity to grow closer to God. This year the and getting things done for kids, I decided me,” sophomore Kaley Steager said. Steager entire school began a new format of retreats to take the responsibility of organizing and added, “We filled out sheets about how to to better enhance the curriculum of the re- formatting retreats.” This year’s retreats fo- help the world, and I enjoyed that.” ligion classes. cused on the curriculum of each of the reli- Daro arranged guest speakers for each of According to Aquinas campus minis- gion classes this year. the classes. Additionally each class had an ter Mrs. Miriam Daro, “Teachers have so As it has been in the past, each class opportunity for reconciliation. went to one of the supporting parishes. “My favorite part about retreats was our The seniors went to Immaculate Concep- speaker [Tony Birkel] because he talked to tion parish in Ulysses. Juniors went to us about courage. During my adoration Saint Peter’s parish in Bellwood. time I sat, and listened to God talk to me,” Freshman went to Dwight Assumption sixth grader Riley Yindrick said. Mr. Tony Parish. The eighth graders went to Pre- Birkel ’11 alumnus spoke to the sixth grad- sentation Parish. Seventh grade went to ers. For their first retreat the sixth grade Saint Anthony’s Parish in Bruno. class stays at Aquinas. The sophomores went to Sacred Heart “Kids seemed to enjoy the retreats this parish in Brainard for their retreat this year, and all the feedback was positive,” Juniors Hayden Schawang, Reilly Kahler and year. Their retreat focused on the lives Daro said. Daro plans to continue the new Zachary Chromy work on an activity at the Ju- of the saints. “Saint Philomena was my format of retreats in the future. nior Class retreat. Fr. Ben Holdren led the retreat. favorite saint because she was a young Photo by J. Brown.

CrownPrints Students sound “sharp” at Mass The Crown Prints is published eight By Faith Kozisek times a year to inform, educate, and “Our opening hymn will be number Bless America,’ and so my mom thought it entertain the Aquinas community. seventy-nine.” Several students at Aquinas was a good idea [for us to play at Mass.]” We urge letters to the editor. Let- High School are leading the music for their Junior Eli Reiter began playing the organ ters should be given to Ms. Jean A. parish Masses. for St. Peter’s parish in Bellwood following Brown in Room 16. Letters must be These students got involved with leading in the footsteps of his brother, 2017 alum- signed; however, anonymity, if re- their parish music when they were young. nus Will. The younger Reiter began taking quested, will be granted if deemed Junior Jackie Drozda became a cantor when lessons, but now is “at the point where [he] necessary. she was only 12 years old because she want- can just practice on his own.” ed to share her love of singing with others. Drozda, Whitmore, and Reiter all plan to Issue Editors: Ryan Nemec Drozda said, “I began in the children’s choir advance their musical talents. Drozda and Staff: Madelaine Comte, Jenna Ko- and then wanted to be in the adult choir.” Whitmore plan on majoring in music in bza, Brandon Timoney, Sarah Bur- Drozda now leads the music at Marietta college. Whitmore said,“I will keep taking well, Sarah Juranek, Faith Kozisek, parish in rural David City. lessons to increase my skills, and I plan to Ryan Nemec, Regan Pelan, Hayden According to Drozda, leading the music major in music performance.” Schawang, Ivy Schmid, Isaac at her parish is an honor and is enjoyable. Reiter plans to continue playing for his Archuleta, Emily Dalton, Morgan Drozda said, “[Her singing] makes every- parish “for as long as he is a part of it” or Littlefield, Jayci Roh, Jill Witter body a lot happier.” Drozda also added her perhaps he will play for another parish Advisor: Ms. Jean A. Brown singing has “brought people to tears.” “wherever an organist is needed.” Reiter Principal: Mr. David McMahon Senior Valeria Whitmore enjoys playing enjoys playing for his parish because when Chief Administrative Officer: Fr. the violin for Sacred Heart parish in Shelby he “messes up, it wakes people up in the Sean Timmerman because it is “sharing the beauty of music in pews… like Mr. Mimick.” a way to worship God.” Whitmore got in- Getting involved with playing an instru- The Crown Prints is a monthly pub- volved with the help of her mother and sis- ment or singing for Mass is easy. Drozda, lication produced by the journalism ter and has been playing for her parish for Whitmore, and Reiter all encourage others department at Aquinas High School, about six years. Whitmore said, “My sister to join their parish choirs. Whitmore said, David Cty, Nebraska 68632. Vanessa and I just learned how to play ‘God “Share your talents.” Page 3 Student life Nov. 8, 2017

Fun “Around the World” A growl... or a roar. Monarchs and gold sound off... sequined “What has been the best thing sweat- that’s happened to you so far this p a n t s , ” school year?” Roh said. Student teacher “The most Mr. Brennan challeng- Brockhaus: ing part “Getting ac- of Home- climated into a c o m i n g classroom for Week is the first time is t r y i n g awesome. Mrs. to main- Heermann and tain order Mr. Mimick are while al- great. Being able to run my own classroom lowing the for the first time is the best part.” students to dress This year’s homecoming candidates were seniors Kelsey Baer, Veroni- ca Kobza, Becky Roh, Sarah Juranek, Madelaine Comte, Joshua Roh, Ty- up and Senior ler Vavrina, Nolan Maguire, Will Yindrick, and Isaac Archuleta. King Ty- enjoy the Julie Humlicek: ler Vavrina and queen Veronica Kobza were also the cutest baby winners. w e e k , ” “Getting to Pokorny spend more time By Jenna Kobza said. outside of the The 2017 homecoming theme was “All This year’s class games all focused on the classroom and Around the World.” The senior committee theme and the senior class ended up win- having more fun and senior moderator Mrs. Teresa Pokorny ning the class games. On Monday students with my class- put together a week dedicated to the Mon- had to maneuver through a hula-hoop mates at our se- arch “travelers.” while linked to other classmates. Tuesday’s nior retreat.” “The people on the committee came up class game was different travel trivia ques- with ideas, and we chose the one we liked tions. best,” senior class vice-president Rebekah On Wednesday the annual evening pep Roh said. Other seniors on the committee rally occurred with many class games. All included Madelaine Comte, Jenna Kobza, four class videos were shown to the crowd Seventh grader Regan Pelan, Ashley Eller, Cassie Sellers, of students and parents. Thursday’s class Mara Yindrick: Veronica Kobza, Dawson Schawang, and game happened during the warm-up time “Getting sev- Brandon Timoney. Pokorny said, “The of the varsity volleyball game. The students enth place at the ones on the committee help me out with the had to go through the stands and ask pros- Fremont-Bergan theme days and other odds and ends.” pectors for things on their “travel” list. cross country The students participated in the dress up Friday was the annual eating contest and meet.” days for the week. Monday was “Traveling car smash. The senior class won the games Monarchs,” and students dressed as if they this year and will be rewarded with a jean were going on a plane. Tuesday was “Mon- day and a pizza party. Additionally, seniors archs Around the World,” and students hosted a pinata smash at the football game dressed as tourists. Wednesday was “Mon- for the homecoming game. archs Down Under,” and students dressed Seniors have a very interesting take on as southern or outback people. Thursday homecoming this year with it being their Junior Michael was “’Mercian Monarchs,” and students last, they hope to make many “last” memo- Rerucha: dressed as red, white and blue patriots. Fri- ries in their senior year. “I really enjoyed “Being a cham- day was “Homeward Bound” and students my last homecoming. I think that the fact pion at volley- dressed in their traditional black, white and that it was my last homecoming dance ball in P.E.” gold attire. made it even more special,” Roh said. “I en- “My favorite dress up day was “Black, joyed my last homecoming because I made White and Gold day” because I got to match a lot of fun memories with my friends, Sell- with my best friends, as we wore our black ers said. Page 4 Student Life Nov. 8, 2017 Fall marchers “keep on rolling” Marching Monarch’s season comes to a close after successful season By Brandon Timoney Band! Horns! ARE UP!! The march- However, Ostdiek said one of the strengths drum major because she had to be firm but ing Monarchs competed in three marching of the show was the likability of the music. encouraging at the same time. Comte felt competitions during the fall marching sea- “[The theme] made them work harder in a being authoritative during band and going son and took home high honors at one of shorter amount of time.” back to being a student in the next period the competitions. Ostdiek had tips and tricks to get the show was a difficult task. The Monarchs competed at Benning- into tip top shape. “We get the movement Freshmen had the chance to experi- ton, the Oxbow Marching Festival, and the on the field, and then we add music. We ence their first taste of marching this year. Nebraska State Band Association (NSBA) memorized more of the music on the field Freshman Ruth Plasek liked marching competition. Band director Mrs. Helen because the music dictated the movement.” and enjoyed her time marching. “I really Ostdiek said, “I thought the show went very The two drum majors that served dur- thought [the show] was great, and I thought well, and we did well as a whole band.” The ing the marching season were seniors Mad- we could’ve gotten a one.” Plasek said she band earned a one rating at Bennington elaine Comte and Will Yindrick. Comte enjoys band because she enjoys playing her and took home honors of best drum majors said, “When we first learned the show, there trumpet. and grand champions. The band earned were a few spots we needed to improve. At The marching season provided many les- two ratings at the Oxbow Marching Festi- the end of the season we pushed through sons for the students. For Comte one les- val and NSBA. the last five percent and made it a good, son is invaluable. “I learned that we need to The theme for this year’s show was “The well rounded show.” appreciate Mrs. Ostdiek more because her Rolling Stones.” The show provided dif- Comte had many duties as drum major. job is difficult and you can’t be everyone’s ficulties for the marchers throughout the “I liked being drum major because it was friend, and you have to keep the band fo- season. “What was difficult was getting cool to become a leader in something I en- cused and motivated.” prepared for the first show,” Ostdiek said. joy.” Comte also noted it is difficult being Pro-lifers rally for an end Monarchs learn apologetics at Pius pro-life day By Jill Witter We are the pro-life generation! Hundreds nas students were joined by students from of students gathered at St. Pius X High Wahoo Bishop Neumann and Pius X stu- School to defend their pro-life views and dents. learn how to spread their knowledge of the Ms. Savannah Falter gave a talk on how value of life at all stages. to defend pro-life views at the conference. The students participated at Pius High Moravec felt she learned to defend her faith School’s annual Pro-Life Day and speaker in because “killing humans is a moral evil, no mid-September. Activities included presen- matter their size, level of development, or tations and praying at the abortion clinic. their degree of dependency.” The weather did not cooperate with the Falter’s presentation will help Brezina pro-lifers, but that did not stop the pro- find “common ground” with those who lifers from going to pray at the abortion have different views and experience. “Argu- clinic. Freshman Macy Moravec attended ing makes people put up walls but finding the event and found several activities to be common ground helps people open up,” valuable. “My favorite part of the day was Brezina said. praying in the rain because it made me feel Moravec encourages all who did not go like I was doing something to change the on Pius Pro-Life Day this year to attend world and the hearts of distressed women.” next year. “The conference was such a great Substitute teacher and bus driver Mrs. experience, and I will definitely be going Junior Suzanne Oborny and senior Caleb Brezina take shelter from the rain as they Karla Brezina said, “By praying publicly we again next year,” Moravec said. Brezina pray outside the Planned Parenthood clinic. are asking for God’s intercession, and we added, “With this much fire within this Oborny said, “Praying with the people from have seen women change their mind right generation, there is no doubt in my mind different schools just showed that the catholic before going in. It’s the most beautiful thing that they will be the generation to put an pro-life cause is a universal movement.”Photo ever.” About 100 students gathered from end to abortion.” by I. Schmid three schools at the abortion clinic. Aqui- Page 5 Sports Nov. 8, 2017 Cross country makes strides at state By Morgan Littlefield The Aquinas cross country runners City golf course on Sept. 28. The girls team Awareness games, also known as the Pink brought home an individual state medal finished second, tying with Scotus; the boys Games. and a runner-up team trophy to conclude placed fourth. “Our boys had the best fin- Burwell and Archuleta both agreed their their season. The meets leading up to state ish so far,” Svec said. Senior runner Isaac final season as Monarch cross country run- challenged the thin clads. Archuleta said, “I ran a fairly good race ners went really well. Svec said he wants his Senior Eli Frasher placed first at the state compared to the last two weeks.” The Aqui- runners to know that “like anything in life, cross country tournament in Kearney on nas and David City cross country teams cross country is a process. It is what you do Friday Oct. 20. The girls’ team got run- wore pink for the seventh annual Butler to get where you want to be that is impor- ner-up, and the boys’ team received tenth County Health Care Center’s Breast Cancer tant.” place. Districts were held at Camp Kateri near McCool Junction this year. Coach John Svec said, “The expectations were for the girls to be champions, which they were, and for the boys to qualify for state, which they did. It was a very good meet for us.” The 2017 cross country Centennial Con- ference was cancelled due to weather con- cerns. Senior runner Sarah Burwell said, “The conference meet was supposed to be held at Pioneer’s Park in Lincoln, but they had a lot of rain that tore up the course, so we couldn’t run on it.” Nine teams were scheduled to compete against the Monarchs. Svec said, “Having the conference meet canceled was an ad- versity. That would have been a good meet. There were two very good girls teams there, which would have pushed our girls to get a conference championship. There was one The varsity girls’ cross country team accepts the runner-up trophy. The girls’ team won the state very good team for the boys.” championship the previous year. The girls’ varsity team will lose three seniors next season.Photo The Aquinas invite was held at the David by I. Archuleta. Knights end Monarch’s Memorial dream By Madelaine Comte GRIND FOR NINE! The Aquinas football and a very team oriented running game.” ership within the team by “leading by ex- players ended their regular season games The team lost Josh Roh, Travis Roh, and ample.” Maguire said, “The underclassmen with a 7-1 record. The Monarchs found suc- Nathan Uhrmacher due to injury late in the put in more effort into practices and doing cess in playoffs, but ended their season in regular season. Lyons said, “Josh (Roh) was their responsibilities.” Lyons added, “Being the second round against Norfolk Catholic. full time on defense which was a big part of where I am supposed to be when I am sup- The team defeated Gothenburg 42-6 in the team.” According to Mimick, he had to posed to be there is how I showed leader- the round one playoff game. The team had move other players to cover the positions of ship in the team.” to travel over 3 hours to the venue in west- the injured players. Uhrmacher returned to The players won against cross town rival ern Nebraska for the win. Senior half-back action for last regular season game and also David City High with a score of 40-0. Mim- Nolan Maguire said, “We played very well playoffs. ick said, “It is a little different because the on both sides of the ball.” The Monarchs beat North Bend with a kids know each other. You have to handle The team lost the last regular season game score of 30-0. Maguire said, “[North Bend] things a little differently because you live in to Wahoo High with a score of 14-34. Ju- was a tough game for both teams because the same town as them.” nior running back Andy Lyons said, “We of the conditions of the field. It was hard for The team had high expectations for the played nice in the second half, but the first us to run and them to pass.” Maguire added playoff season. Lyons said, “[I expected] for half wasn’t what we needed it to be.” Despite the team needed to work on “coming out on us to be good and prepared to play.” Nor- the loss, head coach Mr. Ron Mimick said, fire” during a game. folk Catholic bested the Monarchs with a “Our strengths were our depth, attitude, According to Maguire, he showed lead- score of 17-21. Page 6 Sports Nov. 8, 2017 Districts leave players “out” By Emily Dalton Single! Double! Triple! Home Run! The Southern. Unfortunately, the weather l softball team finished its season with a 16- changed the tournament to a single elimi- Softball Scoreboard 13 record. With six returning varsity play- nation tournament, and the 2-11 loss Twin River 7-2 ers, experience was key. against Malcolm ended the season for the The team “struggled” at the beginning of Monarchs. Baer was still happy with the North Bend 11-1 the season, according to varsity shortstop performance. “Even against number one Vanessa Bohuslavsky. “We weren’t prepared Malcolm, we were able to compete most of Central City 7-6 or focused and didn’t do very well.” How- the game.” Columbus Lakeview 5-3 ever, the team pulled through in time for Being the only senior, Baer lead the team. districts. Bohuslavsky said, “As a team, we Bohuslavsky said, “[Having one senior] was O’Neill 5-3 put hitting, fielding and talking together almost better because we all looked up to Polk County 8-1 and performed pretty well.” her. She did a really good job.” Unfortu- The road to districts was quite muddy, lit- nately, Baer’s graduation will leave the team Bishop Neumann 2-13 erally and figuratively. Rain pushed districts short one pitcher, but Bohuslavsky believes from Oct. 5 to Oct. 6. Senior varsity pitcher they have girls who show potential. Arlington 0-14 Kelsey Baer said, “[The scheduling change] Baer says she will miss playing with girls North Bend Central 13-0 frustrated us because we were ready to play she has begun to think of as family. “There Thursday, and Friday was hectic.” is a lot of heart in this game. We play for Southern (Districts) 8-3 Despite the reschedule, the team started each other, not for ourselves.” Baer plans to Malcolm (Districts) 2-11 out strong with an 8-3 win against continue playing softball in college. Volleyball strikes again at conference By Jayci Roh The Aquinas High School volleyball team The Monarchs also played Bishop Neu- fought for the wins all throughout their mann in the Conference tournament and season. The team showed their skills as they lost 1-2. Pelan said “We played pretty well played ranked teams to go into the district the first set, then got into some problems season. when they started blocking us.” The volleyball players played against sev- The volleyball team played against ranked eral ranked teams throughout the season. teams and showed their ability to fight Junior middle hitter Kloe Ruth said, “The through and work together as a team. The hardest part about the season was being Monarchs also played in the Lincoln Chris- mentally tough with a lot of close games tian invite. The team went 2-1 in the tour- where we pulled out the win.” Senior set- nament receiving fifth place against Lincoln ter Veronica Kobza added the team played Christian losing 0-2, Yutan winning 2-0, some of the toughest teams in the confer- and Auburn winning 2-1. The girls also ence tournament. played Guardian Angels Central Catholic Ruth said the most exciting game of the (GACC) the following week beating GACC season was against Fremont Bergan in the 3-0. Centennial Conference tournament be- Pelan said, “It was nice to get the win cause the team was not expected to beat the against GACC; we played well enough. The number one ranked team, as the Monarchs girls did what they had to do to win.” The went in to the tourney as the ninth seed. Monarchs also played at the David City Tri- The team won against Freemont Bergan angular where the team went 2-0. The high- 2-1. light of that game, according to Pelan was Senior Veronica Kobza passes during the Head coach Mrs. Jody Pelan said, “We “beating both teams, and winning against a Centennial Conference game. The Monarchs started off with St. Cecilia and played de- cross town rival.” ended their season against Columbus Scotus cent, and then beat them. We played them The volleyball team played Lincoln Lu- Central Catholic with a record of 17-11. Photo in the beginning of the season, and it’s al- theran and lost 1-2. Pelan said, “We came by J. Brown ways hard to beat a team twice. Then we out on fire and beat them in the first set, stepped up our game and beat the number then played flat the rest of the game and it one seed Fremont Bergan.” was hard to get into a rhythm.” Page 7 Middle School Sports Nov. 8, 2017 Middle school cross coun- Middle school football team try “runs” to the finish finishes season By Jill Witter By Jayci Roh Ready! Set! And they’re off! The 2017 the struggling runner for the last mile.” With an end to the season, the middle middle school cross country team ran for The runners did their best at “pushing school boys had a successful 2017 football motivation and inspiration. Their experi- past being tired and giving it everything season. The middle school boys ended their ence this year helped the runners prepare they” according to Munter. Munter’s goal football season with a win against Bishop for what could come in their high school for the runners this year was to “keep the Neumann. running career. joy of running in their hearts so they can Middle and high school football coach The middle school cross country runners continue that skill throughout their life.” and P.E teacher Mr. Dan Mettler felt “the competed at many of the same meets that Along with Munter, high school business boys have competed to the best of their the high school runners. However, compet- teacher Mr. Tony Smith helped motivate abilities.” The boys played six games: Scotus, ing in the meets is not mandatory for mid- the cross country team to run long dis- Lincoln Lutheran, Shelby, Norfolk Catholic, dle school runners. Standard scorekeeping tances without giving up. “He’s the one that and Neumann. does not apply to the cross country team. took them out on longer runs, and the kids Eighth grade quarterback Caleb Thege said Role models for the young athletes are liked it because they got to go on longer dis- his favorite game of the season was against within the very walls of Aquinas High tances,” Munter said. Bishop Neumann. “We lost last year and School. Eighth grade cross country runner Even though the cross country season came back this year and beat them as a Ella Moravec said, “Seeing the high school has ended, it certainly has not ended for team,” Thege said. Seventh grader Quarter- cross country team is my inspiration to run some of the runners on the team. While the back Luke Sellers felt the hardest competi- because seeing their team work together eighth grade class is deciding whether they tion of the season was also Neumann. “We made me want that.” want to continue their running passion into did not work together as a team,” Sellers High school science teacher and cross their high school career, some will certainly said. country coach team Ms. Vanessa Munter be using the off season as an opportunity According to Mettler the hardest part felt the highlight of the season was “the to better their running skills. Eighth grade about coaching is “getting athletes to listen, home meet. One of our runners was strug- cross country runner Xavier Fiala said, “I pay attention, and to be able to perform is gling with finishing the race and a high try to run at least twice a week for about the hardest part about coaching.” school athlete, after just getting done with two miles. Running will always be a love of Thege and Sellers agreed that the biggest a game and still in her uniform, ran beside mine.” improvement the players need for the fu- ture is to become better leaders. [Football] “helps you out in life and builds up your Volleyball “sets” their season communication skills,” Thege said, “I like By Regan Pelan working with my team and building char- Cross! Line! Angle! The middle school on-six live play,” Pelan said. Pelan tried to acter,” Sellers added. volleyball team recently finished their sea- run some of the same drills the high school The season had many highlights for play- son with a 17-9 record between all three volleyball team runs and “establish similar ers and coaches, alike “Every game is ex- teams. expectations.” citing because we have an opportunity to The team exemplified both strengths Pelan’s goals for the team this season play Aquinas football!” Mettler said. and weaknesses this season. According to were “to improve their individual skills, as middle school volleyball coach Miss Tay- well as how they played as a team.” Pelan lor Pelan, the team’s biggest strength was was pleased with each team. “Every single “probably their experience in volleyball girl improved tremendously since the first knowledge coming into the season because practice of the year, and every team had a a lot of them have played on other teams in winning record,” Pelan said. elementary school and middle school.” Eighth grade “A team” player Mallori Kuc- The team showed weakness in their ability era believes their most difficult opponent of to converse on the court. Pelan said their the 2017 season was Neumann. “We had to biggest weakness was “communication and go into three sets and keep up our game,” being confident in talking on the court.” Kucera said. Pelan tried to prepare the middle school The “8A team” finished their season with Eigth grader John Prochaska takes his last players for high school volleyball. “Prac- a 6-2 record. The ‘7A team’ finished with a steps before kicking the ball against the Scotus tices started out with reviewing fundamen- 5-3 record, and the “B team” finished with Shamrocks. The eight graders then won their tals every day and built towards more six- a record of 6-4. contest against Scotus Central Catholic. Photo by E. Dalton Page 8 Opinion Nov. 8, 2017 In case you missed “IT” By Sarah Juranek Director: Andy Muschietti lidifies into the group that will fight the -ma Club, puts together the pieces of the puz- Cast: Jaeden Lieberher, Jereny Ray Taylor, levolence which has terrorized Derry over zle. Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen the years. The Loser’s Club learns that Pennywise Jacobs, Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff, Bill Pennywise terrorizes the kids until Ben, is a demon that surfaces every 27 years and Skarsgard, Nicholas Hamilton the new student and a part of the Loser’s feasts on children. Despite this informa- Synopsis: tion, Bill is convinced that Georgie is still The Losers Club faces bullying and per- living and waiting to be found. Conse- secution, as they fight off the demon clown quently, the Loser’s Club goes to fight Pen- Pennywise in a horror film about growing nywise in his own territory- the sewer. up and facing fears. The final fight takes place in the sewers Review: the true home of “It”. After a “killer” dance “It” (2017) is a remake of the 1990 hor- by Pennywise, some jump scares, and the ror mini-series “It” which was based on the heart wrenching realization made by Bill book by Stephen King. The screenplay “It” that Georgie is truly gone, Pennywise is was written by Chase Palmer, Cary Fukun- beaten by the kids, literally and figuratively. age and Gary Dauberman. The movie opens The Losers Club leaves the sewers with the with little Georgie Denbrough floating his hope that Pennywise is dead, but not leav- paper boat down the street in the pouring ing anything to chance, they slit their hands rain. His boat floats down a sewer drain, and make a blood oath to come back if Pen- until encountering Pennywise, the demon nywise ever surfaces again. clown. Pennywise pulls Georgie into the This editor would only recommend this sewer and into his demise. film to anyone who enjoys being terrified Next, the viewer encounters the “Loser’s enough to sleep with one eye open for at Club” on the last day of school. After a brief least a week after. Unless the viewer would confrontation with the school bully Eddie like to float with the lost kids of Derry, Bower and his gang, the Loser’s Club so- avoid this terror. Gun safety and justice for all By Isaac Archuleta In the wake of the recent horrific shoot- concerned citizens may be going about it criticized the situation on his late night talk ing in Las Vegas, gun control advocates are the wrong way. show saying how something should be done out in full force once again trying to push People who are constantly advocating to control guns. Kimmel repeatedly blasted their own agenda instead of mourning this about unity, and how citizens need peace second amendment advocates. Later that tragedy like the rest of the country. and understanding in this country, are the week it was found that Kimmel increased On Sunday Oct. 1, a lone gunman began ones fracturing the unity and bonds that al- the size of his armed security detail to 10 firing at people attending a Jason Aldean ready exist. Mrs. Hillary Clinton, the 2016 people, all equipped with guns. Hypocriti- concert. At this time at least 59 people have Democratic nominee for president, is a cal? Perhaps. been confirmed dead, and over 500 people prime example. Gun control advocates and politicians have been injured. The shooter placed him- Clinton called for peace and unity after believe banning a certain type of gun or self in a lair in the Mandalay Bay hotel and the shooting but immediately afterwards a certain attachment on guns will prevent used self-made automatic weapons to fire took aim at the National Rifle Association deaths and make America a safer place. upon the crowd of thousands, until he took by tweeting, “Our grief isn’t enough. We They point to the fact the Las Vegas shooter his own life when faced with capture. can and must put politics aside, stand up to used automatic weapons to mercilessly After this attack, many organizations the NRA, to try to stop this from happen- mow down too many people, an incident rushed to Las Vegas to support the wound- ing again.” The former candidate blames a that could have been lessened if the shooter ed. The nation united in solidarity to help group that promotes one of the most im- only had a single fire weapon. fellow Americans. There were also those portant amendments in the constitution for The advocates also believe if gun laws who, understandably, were mad that this the massacre. So much for unity. were stricter it would prevent unstable peo- incident occurred and looked for how it Late night television personality Jimmy ple from acquiring the weapons in the first might have been stopped. However these Kimmel, host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, also place.