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Prep News “If nothing else, value the truth” Volume 77, Issue 13 St. Louis University High School | Friday, December 7, 2012 sluh.org/prepnews Buzzer beater shocks Chaminade, nets MCC victory No Hostess photo | courtesy of STLhighschoolsports.com BY Brian Dugan SPORTS EDITOR and he could make his own shots,” for Honduras said senior captain Zach Greiner. n Friday night, the St. Louis “But once we stopped him, their OU. High basketball team (4- offense really struggled to get any- Bankruptcy of 0, 1-0) defeated St. Mary’s 56-37 thing.” baker leaves to defend its Southside Classic The highlight of the game crown. But the Jr. Bills had al- came late in the second half, when Project planning ready been on that stage last sea- SLUH already had a comfortable for new goodies son. Their bigger reward came on lead. Following a steal at mid- Tuesday night, when they toppled court by junior defensive special- Chaminade 47-45 on a buzzer- ist Ollie Tettamble, Nester dove BY Sam Fentress beating lay-up by junior guard for the loose ball and passed from STAFF Charlie Nester. his rear end to wide-open junior In the Southside Classic final, David Schmelter, who pounded xactly three weeks ago, Host- SLUH continued its reign of terror home the breakaway with a dunk Eess Brands, Inc., provider of over its side of the bracket, hold- that received applause and hollers many an activity period snack, ing the Dragons to only 37 points. from the sparse student section. notably at the Honduras Project Their main goal in the game was SLUH wrapped up a 56-37 table, filed for bankruptcy. Al- to shut down St. Mary’s forward win behind junior forward Aus- though Hostess manufactured Josh Robinson, who scored 51 tin Sottile’s 13 points and 10 re- a large majority of the products points combined in the first two bounds. As a team, the Jr. Bills sold by the Honduras Project, rounds of the tournament. shot 45 percent from the floor Spanish teacher and Honduras Behind a consistent offense and 92 percent from the free Project moderator Charlie Mer- that scored 14 points in each throw line while outrebounding riott said he doesn’t expect a sig- quarter, the SLUH defense was as St. Mary’s 29-18. nificant loss of profit. tight as it had been in the first two After the game, Greiner and The profits of the Activity -Pe games of the tournament, limiting Sottile were named to the all- riod snack table, which go to the Robinson to 17 points. No other tournament team. Honduras Project fund to sup- Dragon scored more than eight “It’s a neat honor,” said port the nutrition center and send points, and the Jr. Bills forced 13 Greiner. “It was the first year I was seniors there for their project, turnovers. named to (the all-tournament consisted largely of money made “(Our plan) was basically to team), and three or four guys def- from sales of Hostess products. handle Robinson, because he was initely could’ve made it. It’s just Out of $100 of profits per week, basically their only real scorer, continued on page 4 continued on page 5 Junior David Schmelter dunks against St. Mary in the Southside Classic title game. 49ers borrow SLUH turf before loss to Rams BY Jonathon Bartolone photo | courtesy of Dick Wehner Land of the Eternal Spring: REPORTER Weber in Kunming, China ast Saturday looked like any Lother Saturday up at the U. High from the outside, with the photo | courtesy of Noah Weber exception of some high-profile guests: the NFC West division- leading San Francisco 49ers. The Niners arrived at the St. Louis U. High campus at 1:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon for a one- hour walkthrough in preparation for their game against the Rams on Sunday. Students were not told about the practice because it was closed to the public and 49er players walk on SLUH’s football field before their St. Louis game. was meant to be under-the-radar. In fact, SLUH Athletic Director Wehner. arrived Saturday afternoon with Dick Wehner was convinced they NFL teams may commit to a police escort, four team buses, would not actually come. a facility, and then back out the and security personnel. SLUH “This is the third time the day they were supposed to use it. shut the gate to the Berthold Ave. 49ers have contacted us. It’s not Sometimes the decision comes turnaround, and security was out of the ordinary that they con- down to the coach’s preference placed at all entrances to the sta- Junior Noah Weber sightseeing on the Great Wall of China. tacted us,” said Wehner, “It was the day of the scheduled walk- dium. Cory was adamant that no- out of the ordinary that they actu- through. body see the practice. The 49ers BY Keith Thomas and Kieran nese Bridge-Chinese Proficiency ally came.” “One time the 49ers’ were even had one security guard in Connolly Competition for Foreign Second- When NFL teams travel, they supposed to come, I had tickets the Science Center’s bridge over Reporter, Staff ary Students was held in the city look for a facility that is private, to the Mizzou versus KU football Highway 40. unior Noah Weber took two of Kunming, the capital of China’s secluded, and close to their hotel. game that weekend. I cancelled “I actually told him his best Jweeks off of school in Novem- southern Yunnan province. The 49ers security director, Dan that weekend,” said Wehner. bet was the soccer field,” said ber to travel to China, where he Although the name may not Cory, came to SLUH that Thurs- Wehner received a phone call Wehner,.“You’re out of the way, observed an international Chi- have much recognition in the day to inspect the facilities. Friday morning from Cory assur- you’re down, no one can see you nese language competition for United States, Kunming is a grow- “(Cory) had his iPad out ing him they would be using the from Oakland Ave., and no one secondary students. The 5th Chi- continued on page 5 taking a bunch of pictures,” said facilities on Saturday. The 49ers continued on page 8 The weekly student newspaper Opinion News Sports of St. Louis University High School Deck the halls? 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Page 4 rick. Page 6 Pages 4-5 Prep News NEWS December 7, 2012 2 Volume 77, Issue 13 With guest coach, ChessBills topple Vianney B team BY Jack Sinay REPORTER matchup was Wednesday, Nov. 28 anney, Crossroads, and Metro to of the season is to improve “by which was double-elimination, is against Alton. They swept them, be “towards the top,” and believes playing a lot and thinking about projected to finish by next Mon- he St. Louis U. High chess despite it being an away match. that SLUH will end up battling it how we play, we hope to just get day. Tteam barely edged out Vian- “We had a really good start to the out with Ladue and Burroughs. better.” Gioia claimed that the tour- ney’s B team. The match was held season,” said Gioia. Gioia explained that al- The chess team has also spon- nament is taking a while because in room 215C at 4:00. The Chess- The team now looks forward though they are competing for a sored a school-wide tournament of the double-elimination struc- Bills were without their coach, to their next match against Metro, shot at the playoffs, the real goal so far this year. The tournament, ture. Latin teacher Jim Gioia, and were one of the hardest teams on their photo | Joe Kreienkamp instead coached by art teacher schedule, according to Gioia, Joan Bugnitz for this matchup. coming up next Wednesday at The team turned in a surpris- SLUH. ing victory, winning 7-13. They The ChessBills look up to did, unfortunately, lose on the their first board, senior Joe Grady, first boards, manned by sopho- and second board, sophomore more Michael Winkelmann and Michael Winkelmann, as lead- junior Alvaro Gudiswitz. ers to help them succeed through The team rallied behind their tough schedule. Gioia point- boards one, four, and five as they ed out that Winkelmann is the built their way back up. youngest player in the team’s top Senior Joe Grady, who was in five boards. charge of the first board, said, “It “He’s a very strong player,” came down to John Esswein (who said Gioia. was fourth board), so everyone Junior Alvaro Gudiswitz is sort of surrounded his game.” the team’s third board.