Cadets Capture Commonwealth Crown
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May 2017 Vol. 105 No. 4 Opinion: School Accreditation Cadets Capture Commonwealth Crown By Sterling Palmer Ike Andrews and Jake Schattner Win the 2017 State Fishing Championship After four long years of By Jason Canestrino walking the halls of Benedictine For the past two years, Bene- College Preparatory, it begins dictine has won two state champion- to wear on you. You begin to ships for sports, but this year a new become pessimistic in a sense, victor emerged: the fishing team. In where it seems like there is little its inaugural season, the fishing team hope for something better or that brought home the trophy in the 2017 things might not change for the Virginia State Championship on better. The more you sit in one Buggs Island. Juniors Ike Andrews spot for a long period of time, the and Jake Schattner reeled in first greater boredom you can have to- place, giving them a bid to the Costa wards it. Accreditation is not only Bassmaster National Championship important to the school because in Tennessee. it keeps the school from shutting The football team man- down. As accreditation points out aged to get to its third straight State the negatives about the school, it Championship but fell short to its also shines a light on what we, as River Road rival. Meanwhile the the Benedictine community, can wrestling team proved its dominance improve on internally. Ike Andrews and Jake Schattner holding their State Championship plaques. See Cadets Capture Common- At this point in the year, wealth Crown, Page 11 the atmosphere is not too posi- tive and that is simply because everyone is ready to go. The Cadets Continuing the Campaign in College only thing we are thinking about Where the Benedictine Class of 2017 is Headed at this point of the school year By Dylan Taylor is about ourselves moving on The flowers are blooming and the seniors of the Bene- to other things. That’s the main dictine class of 2017 are receiving their acceptance letters to problem right there. The dam- see what the future holds for them. The seniors are becoming age to the school continues as excited as their time at Benedictine is coming to end, yet they do les-than-favorable actions. are nervously opening each email or letter to see if they were Everyday selfish acts go on accepted to the college of their choice. Some of the students throughout the school, and it’s a will be joining the military, some are going straight to work problem that needs to end. and others will be attending college. The only way to better Graduation is coming up June 3, and the senior class is ourselves eternally, so that the looking forward to being together for the last time and celebrat- legacy stays alive, is if we fix ing their four years spent at Benedictine. One Cadet taking the problems internally. Not the military route. That Cadet is Abraham Ramos: He will be everyone wants to conform to enlisting in the Marine Corps in the summer. This is where the Benedictine lifestyle, which he will be attending boot camp and basic training exercises. is most likely why kids act out Ramos said, “I am nervous about the situation, but I am also ex- like the way they do and give us cited and I want to make my family, friends,school and country a bad rep. proud of me one day.” Another reason is be- One Cadet who is going into the workforce out of high Henry Vita goes from challenging lacrosse players to chall- cause the students only dwell on school is Britton Jones. He decided to do this within the past leging tests at Notre Dame. the negative things of the school month: He was thinking about going to Radford, but then he when there are positives. and his family talked and they decided it would be best for him make money for myself and show my parents I can be respon- to start working. The day after graduation,he starts his first day sible, but I am also nervous because I am entering the real See School Accreditation, in his construction company. When Britton was asked about world.” Page 3 what he thinks about going to work, he replied, “I am excited to See Cadets Continuing the Campaign, Page 6 2 Senior Skit Leaves ‘Em in Stitches By Chris Firment McGiffin. After the event ended, senior Desmond Henderson said, “I am very On April 25, Cadets gathered in the school auditorium to enjoy the annual proud of myself along with all of the other speech contest contenders. I feel as if speech contest and senior skit. Each year, Cadets from each class are selected everyone delivered a heartfelt speech, with all including correct morals, values to deliver a speech in front of the student body, faculty, and family and friends and lessons.” who come to join and watch. This year’s topic was that the Cadets had to talk After the speeches, it was senior skit time. The senior skit is put on by se- about the invincibility of a Cadet. niors each year, and gives the students a chance to embarrass teachers and poke The Cadets that were selected from the freshman class fun at events that happened during the school year. The skit in- were Cadets Nick Turner and Nathaniel Gleberman. Com- cluded scenes from the office of Coach Hall, who was played ing into the speech contest as a freshman is a scary thing to by Brady Biller. Next, a fired up “General” York, who was do. The Cadets in the sophomore class were Cole Simon, played by Graham Flinn, was asked about his cords and rank, along with Bradford Dudley. Juniors who were selected while Nolte McCarthy who was played by Brittain Jones add- were Gabriel Romito and Brian Condon. Lastly, seniors ed funny remarks while enjoying a cigar on stage. Soon after, who were selected were John McGiffin and Desmond they exited the stage and headed off to Party City to look at Henderson. McGiffin, who was an anticipated speaker due what new uniform apparel they can get. Then, Mr. Bussman, to his performance the year before, was very excited and who was played by Nathan Bahen,talked to Coach Hall about motivated for the speech contest. McGiffin said “I was activities that happened when Cadets tried to have a sleep over very excited. I did not have many nerves, but I had moti- behind the school, and the Lacrosse team’s troubles. Another vation, courage, and bravery running through my body.” notable and amazing performance was Coach Arnold, who As the speeches went on, there was a roller coaster of was played by Hank Berling. While only the senior class re- Cadets Bahen and Freed act in the events that took place. With Cadets messing up, Cadets ally understood the jokes, Berlings’ performance was spot on. senior skit. forgetting lines and Cadets surprising the crowd, it was Other notable performances were Elijah Ottinger, who played a very serious talk with a comedic side to it. One Cadet Mrs. Verlander, Gene Kastelberg as Mrs. Lowry, and lastly that surprised Cadets and was talked about at school was Gabriel Romito. His Ellis Brooks who played Calvin. speech was very upright, and put a slight feeling of fear into the audience. As Overall, the speech contest was a very well put together event that included the speeches went on and the judges tallied up their score, the anticipation was great speeches by Cadets in all grades. Along with that, the senior skit included high. The winner was Henderson. Second place was Romito, and third was humorous acts that got a good laugh out of the crowd. Sweet Rides: Best Cars in the Senior Parking Lot By Dean Ngendakuriyo sports car,” exclaimed Henry. of the quality perks of Land Rovers. The double sun On an ordinary day at Benedictine, you can Often parked beside Cadet Henry’s supercar is roof makes for a fun drive on a warm sunny day. catch yourself parking next to a wide variety of Dylan Taylor’s 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Taylor’s Autry’s series II discovery sports a 4.6 liter v-8 engine unique vehicles, ranging from American automobiles Jeep is “blacked out.” The “Black Knight”, as senior producing 217 horsepower. Discos also offer a great to foreign luxury cars. While there are many great Taylor calls it, has a black interior and a leather pack- sense of adventure as they are a popular off-roading cars sported by different Cadets, five cars tend to age. His Jeep comes with a 3.6 liter v-6 engine pro- vehicle making this the final of the top-five cars at catch the students’ eyes day-in and day-out. ducing 290 horsepower. He has been driving this Jeep Benedictine. The first car on the list is driven by Aure Diaz. for a year and a half now and has mentioned how he Just as Benedictine is noted for its student di- He drives a 2012 BMW 5-series sedan with x-drive. never gets tired of hopping in and going for a drive. versity, so is its parking lot. While that lot is also char- Diaz recently picked up this new vehicle, as he re- Similar to Cadet Taylor’s “Black Knight” is acterized by diversity in its wide range of vehicles, it placed his old Audi A4 with this new german auto- Eli Ottinger’s 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee. His white is these five cars that really stand out from the crowd.