St. Xavier 30, Trinity 6, pages 8–9 AVIER NEWS St. Xavier High School 1609 Poplar Level Road, Louisville KY 40217 October 2008 Golf Team Wins 17th State Title Photo by Tim Porco ing first-place finishes in the Bowling Payne captures Green Invitational and North Hardin individual title Invitational. With the season near its end, all By Bryan Just that stood between the St. X golf team and its 17th State Championship were The Tiger golf team ended an im- the Regional and State Tournaments. pressive 2008 season in style by win- “I feel we are the favorites, and we ning its 17th state championship, the just need to play our game and win a second in five years. They finished championship,” said Bader before the a perfect 9–0 with seven first-place tournament. The Tigers dominated tournament finishes, including re- the Regional Tournament, beating gional and both individual and team second-place Male by 20 strokes. The state championships. Junior David team was lead by Ratterman, Thomas Payne’s performance led the team to and Payne. victory, and he was subsequentially Last on the agenda was the State named Kentucky’s Mr. Golf. Tournament, where Thomas and David Payne with new St. X golf coach Mr. Dan Utley Over the summer Saint Xavier Payne played some of their best golf experienced the loss of a legend, as chose a proven golfer named Dan Ut- sport, Tennessee. The McDonalds In- of the season. Payne shot a four-un- Coach Marty Donlon retired after 45 ley—a University of Louisville grad vitational is an exclusive tournament, der-par 68 on the first day of the tour- years of excellence. Donlon was rec- who has won the Kentucky State Am- inviting only 16 elite schools. nament, and a one-under-par on the ognized as a National Coach of the ateur Championship and been a mem- They next collected wins over second day after birdieing four of the Year three times, and was inducted ber of the PGA of America throughout Ballard and Male, led by junior Pat- last eight holes. into the Bellarmine University Hall of his golfing career. Coach Utley plans rick Sullivan. The Tigers were then Payne’s final birdie on 18 not Fame in 1986, the St. X Alumni Hall to continue the legacy that Donlon has paired with Assumption against the only helped the overall team score, of Honors in 1992, the National High passed on and keep the St. X golf team combined team of Trinity and Sa- but also forced a playoff hole with School Athletic Coaches Associa- at the top in the state. He has taken the cred Heart. David Shearn and Ryan Marshall County’s Travis Thompson tion Hall of Fame in 1996, the Metro first step by winning a State Champi- McLeland led the Tigers. Although for the individual championship. On Area Athletic Directors Hall of Fame onship in his first season. the combined St. X/Assumption the extra hole, Payne took a par and in 2002, and the Dawahares/KHSAA With a new coach and a talented team lost, St. X shot the lowest of all claimed victory as Thompson’s bogey Hall of Fame in 1994. If the awards team, the Tigers started their season schools, shooting eight less than sec- was not enough. are not enough proof of Donlon’s with a fourth-place finish out of 15 ond-place Trinity. The Tigers finished “Going in I thought we had a greatness as a coach, the players he teams at the George Rogers Clark In- up the regular season by winning their good chance,” said Payne. “A lot of has coached throughout the years all vitational. The team was led by a two- last three matches from the great play teams played well, but I am glad we offer additional evidence. under-par 70, shot by sophomore Jus- of Ryan Glass and Bader, and claim- were able to pull out a win.” “Coach D. is a great coach and an tin Thomas. Next, the Tigers picked even better person,” said Brian Gunt- up their first and second first-place er, a basketball player and former tournament finishes by defeating Welcome to the Jungle Donlon student. “He could always Dunbar by three strokes in the Frank- Bronze tiger welcomes visitors to stadium lighten a situation while keeping a se- lin County Classic and Somerset by Marlene Bohn, was created by Mat- rious manner.” 15 in the Taylor County Invitational. By Matthew Vories thew Weir, a 1999 graduate of Saint As Donlon’s successor, St. X Next for the team was a match Xavier. Maybe the most amazing thing against Manual, which they won by Opponents will now have a new about this is that Weir constructed the Inside nine strokes. The Tigers’ streak con- tiger to watch out for in the plaza be- tiger in just over a year and a half. News, 2 tinued with a win at the Kentucky In- tween the football and baseball fields. From now on, whenever sports vitational Tournament, where Thom- A 1,000-pound bronze tiger is now are played at one of the St. X athletic Decision ’08, 3 as’ two-under-par 70 led the team to crouched on a pedestal just inside fields, the bronze tiger will pay trib- Opinion, 4 a five-stroke win over last year’s state gate one of Brother Thomas More ute to the power and strength of our champions, Marshall County. Issues, 5 Stadium. This lifelike tiger is almost teams. The next two events were match- eight feet in length from his tail to his On Campus, 6 es against Christian Academy and outreached paw, to Student Life, 7 North Oldham. The team won both ensure that its pres- behind two-under-par performances ence is felt by all Sports, 10–12 from Robert Bader and Bryan Ratter- who come to watch Arts, 13 man. The Tigers then claimed second the games. Gaming, 14 place out of 24 in the PRP invitational The monumen- behind good showings from Michael tal statue, which Halloween, 15 Ising and Michael Oldiges, and third was made possible Tiger Blast 16 in the McDonalds Invitational in King- by donors John and 2 NEWS October 2008 11 Seniors Named National Zoo Selects Leist as Ambassador The Louisville Zoo recently selected St. X junior Sam Leist to be the Zoo’s Merit Semifinalists ambassador during Polar Bear International’s week-long Polar Bear Leadership Eleven St. X seniors have been named National Merit Semifinalists by the Camp. Leist and 16 other high school students from around the world traveled National Merit Scholarship Corporation. These talented seniors have an oppor- to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada from October 2–9 to study polar bears during tunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships. Finalists their fall migration and collect field data with scientists. The camp includes will be named in February with scholarship winners announced next spring. intense field work that exposes students to all sides of the issues facing polar bears and humans in the Churchill region. Leist, who has been a teen volunteer at the Zoo since 2006 and an active Zoo Youth Board member, said he has always been interested in the conservation of wildlife. “Last year, I cre- ated a presentation at my high school about po- lar bears and their natural habitat,” Leist said. “During this project I learned of their tragic sit- uation. It is an act of injustice that this species, along with many of Earth’s other wonders, are dying out so rapidly. I believe that any attempt to help inform the general public of this situa- tion should be endorsed.” Gupta Receives Bell Award for Service Akash Gupta, a National Merit Semifinalist, will receive a Bell Award. The Pictured are: (first row) John Bolander and Michael Hogan; (second row) WLKY Spirit of Louisville Foundation has named 10 adults and two teens as Ross Cunningham, Akash Gupta and Christopher Fargen; (third row) Matthew this year’s recipients of the Bell Awards, which recognize volunteers for their Seabold, Derek Bekebrede and Luke Glaser; (fourth row) Francis McNamara service and showing the “spirit of Louisville.” Gupta’s volunteer work in- IV, Aaron Riggs and Samuel Walling. cludes Norton Audubon Hospital, Mother Teresa’s Mission in India, Ronald In addition, 12 seniors have been named Commended Students in the 2009 McDonald House in Puerto Rico, Wayside Christian Mission, and the Mayor’s National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among Youth Cabinet. the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2009 competition by taking the 2007 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Congratulations to: Alexander Beattie, Michael Grace, Mi- Beasley Recognized by National chael Grantz, Nathan Horrell, Patrick King, Ryan McLeland, Peter Meredith, Daniel Nall, Alex Naser-Hall, Anthony Puopolo, Patrick Robinson, and Wil- Achievement Scholarship Program liam Spence. Senior Paul Beasley has been recognized by the National Achievement Scholarship Program as an Freshman Scholars “Outstanding Participant” for his performance on a standardized test given to high school juniors. Paul scored in the top 4% of more than 150,000 Black Americans who requested consideration in the 2009 National Achievement Program when they took the 2007 PSAT/NMSQT. 90 National Honor Society Members Inducted On October 8, the Driscoll Auditorium was packed with proud parents and commendable students eager to be inducted in the Br. Thomas More Page CFX chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS). Ten seniors were inducted this year as well as 80 juniors, who were selected based on their GPAs and their Thirty-five members of the Class of 2012 were named Xavier Scholars previous service activities.