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Mason Kinsella The thespians are at it again with the second installment to their theatre season. “Showcase: Revolu-tion.” Emceed by Luke Eisner and Rachel Darpel, this high energy show was a hit with the audience. Nearly 150 teenagers were involved on both cast and crew, making it out to be one of the largest shows ever done at Notre Dame Academy. This theatrical per-formance only lasted from February 1st through the 4th, but the parent-filled audience wanted to see more. This year’s showcase moved relentlessly fast with countless acts performing one after another. Some skits included “Dead Poets Society,” with Mason Kinsella as the renowned Mr. Keating. Many musical per-formances were acted out, such as “You Will Be Found” from Dear Evan Hansen with Lukas Hummeldorf as the named role. The audience did shed a tear or two with the senior number “Light” from Next to Normal, with Tim Belton, Katherine Horsford, Erin Miller, and Patrick Seibert as the soloists. This was the last ever showcase for these seniors, making it an important and meaningful one to them.

More acts followed one another, such as the Dance Pandas dancing to Beyonce’s “Who Run the World.” The fel-low Colonels rallied together and brought some Colonel Crazy spirit to stage the famous William Wallace speech from Braveheart, with Konnor Wil-son at the helm. It is a known fact that if you fill a room up with 150 teenagers, there is bound to be stress and drama galore, but these young actors got their act together and made a fan-tastic show that will be in their memories forever. It took some

time, but they banded together to make a noteworthy performance for the CCH/NDA community. The young thespians have one more show for this year, moving slowly towards the spring musical Pippin. This will be my last show, and hopefully the most meaningful one. Thank you to all who came to the our showcase; it meant the world to us.

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Nick Dinkens The Covington Catholic High School Parents Club presented the annual Spaghetti Din-

ner and Fine Arts Festival at 4-6:30 p.m. Sun-day, Feb. 25, in the school’s cafeteria. A per-formance by the award-winning Covington Catholic Chamber Choir preceded the event at 3:30 p.m. and a solo performed by senior, Trevor Hay who sung the song “Hallelujah.” Music during the dinner was provided by the Covington Catholic and Notre Dame Acade-my Jazz Band led by Mr. Greg Cerimele. Cov-ington Catholic student artwork was exhibited as well. Art from Mr. Haders’ art classes were

also publicly displayed through the hallways. Mr. Cleveland also showed his CAD classes work on the walls that were made using programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Inventor, and Autocad. Ad-ditionally, robots built and used by Covington Catholic Robotics Club teams in regional competitions were demonstrated throughout the wonderful night. The Photo Club was a new feature this year near the hotbed of the spaghetti feast. They displayed pho-tography over the past 10 years and also were selling their calendars they created this year. Overall the night was a success for families to see/hear some spectacular work and music, while having some great food.

Showcasing the Fine Arts at CCH

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Kyle RichardsSchool can be stressful. Every once in a while, students deserve a

day off. However, excused absences do not come around very often. In Ferris Buel-ler’s Day Off, a clever high-schooler found a way to beat the system and get the most out of his “sick days.” Directed by John Hughes, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off follows Ferris Buel-ler (Matthew Broderick) as he adventures around Chicago with two of his closest friends, Cameron Frye (Alan Ruck) and Sloane Peterson (Mia Sara) during a school day. Fer-ris outsmarts his parents, his school’s principal, and a hand-ful of other people as he enjoys his day off.

In the movie, Ferris Bueller’s day is the dream for high school students like my-self. Perhaps that is why this is

such a perfect movie – every kid dreams of having the world in the palm of their hands like Ferris does. In addition to being relatable, funny, and in-spirational, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off teaches an important lesson. As Ferris himself says “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

Personally, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is my all-time favorite movie. I could watch it all day if I had the chance. For those of us out there who want to be just like Ferris Bueller, it’s not impossible. Live in the moment, take chances, and be a leader. And most of all, remember that “leisure rules.”

Drew HummelAfter departing the girl group Fifth Harmony in mid-December of

2016, Camila Cabello spent the following months preparing until recently. Her debut album Camila was released January 12, 2018, and met with critical acclaim. The lead single off the album, “Ha-vana” is a Latin-R&B mix that not only sets itself apart from most pop music today but also shows us how Camila intends on using her unique vocal style.

Starting with the nega-tives, the beat can get quite re-petitive. By the end of the song it may feel like the song just keeps going without end due to the looped nature of its horn section and drums. Luckily, the melody almost calls for people to groove to it so the repetition is not as noticeable. Like most lead pop songs in today’s era, “Havana” features a mainstream rapper. Young Thug’s rap section in “Havana” is simply bor-ing. His flow is awkward at some points, and his verses overall slow down the already mellow song. I would have much preferred Camila continue to sing in this part of the song. It would have given the opportunity to diver-sify the song’s vocal melody even further and even keep the song’s pace so it did not feel as long. The final negative of this song is a very subjective one. Camila has a unique singing voice and singing style that just is not for everyone, I personally do not like it at all. She can be quite nasal, and her tone can be extremely unpleasant at times, especially live. Despite all of these critiques, the song’s positives definitely overwhelm its negatives.

As mentioned before, people will want to dance to this song. The general beat and rhythm just makes everyone move in their seat. It is ex-pertly mixed, and the Latin blend is fun and relaxing. This song is nothing like the other songs on the radio that are practically all the same. It stands out in the best way possible. Despite my previous mention of Camila’s often unbearable singing tone, her voice works extremely well with “Ha-vana”. The vocal and musical styles compliment each other beautifully and it is one of the few times when I actually enjoy listening to her sing.

Overall, “Havana” was a great pick for the lead single off Camila’s debut album and is an excellent start to her solo career.

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Jayden Parks Jacques Webster, more commonly known as Travis Scott, is an extremely popular current hip hop artist. Out of Houston, Scott is affiliated with Kanye West’s GOOD Music and T.I.’s Grand Hustle. Scott has a heavily Auto-Tuned half singing, half rapping, style of performing, and refers to him-self as a singer rather than a rapper. He has worked with many big names in the industry, including Kanye West, Drake, Rihanna, and Jay-Z. Entering the Mainstream in 2012, Travis Scott has attained platinum singles as a lead artist and songwriter/producer. He also has a pair of Top Five studio albums, the latter of which achieved number one status. Travis Scott grew up in a suburb of Houston and began making music in his teens. He formed a duo called the Graduates with Chris Halloway, and they released an EP in ‘09. The next year, he formed another duo, the Classmates, with OG Chess. Scott produced the duo’s two full-length albums. The duo broke up by the end of 2011. After dropping out of college, Scott moved to Los Angeles and began recording music on his own. Scott’s debut album, Owl Pharaoh, was released, after a delay due to sample clearance issues, in 2013. It featured guest appearances by T.I. and 2 Chainz and was nominated for Best Mixtape at the 2013 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Travis’s music from there on continued to top charts around the world. His Rodeo Tour sold out many shows, and people came to know his concerts well. Some of the select terminology used by concert-goers includes “Riot-ous, but extremely fun and entertaining.” His song “Antidote” from the album which headlined the 2015 Rodeo Tour, Rodeo, peaked at number 16 on the Top 100 and became his first platinum single. Thereafter, Scott’s features and compilations involved the biggest names, such as Migos, Wiz Khalifa, Young Thug, and Kendrick Lamar. He released Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight, and the album became a smash hit. His fame continues to increase. Recently, people in the US know of Travis Scott primarily as Kylie Jenner’s Boyfriend. But this silly publicity is the least important information to associate with the Travis Scott. The man has proven he is one of the greatest artists of his generation, and he deserves to be recognized as such.

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OPINIONS/EDITORIALSpg3Mason Kinsella On February 14th, one of the worst school shootings in US history oc-curred in Parkland, Florida. Nicolas Cruz, age 19, shot and killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. This happened right before the afternoon dismissal of school. Students feared for their lives during the lockdown, many catching the chaos on their phones and posting the blood-shed. Cruz is now facing 17 charges of premeditated murder. With another school shooting, many are crying out to politicians for more gun control understandably. Students are scheduling walk-outs from school, protesting and saying that we are not helpless victims, that we have a say in this situation. It is good that the youth of this country is standing up for something they believe in, foe something that will save lives. But they must tread lightly, because they are protesting on a thin line right now. The NRA is not a terror-ist group; it is an organization that supports the 2nd Amendment right to bear a firearm. Half of these teenagers do not even know what they are talking about, considering some of them are reading scripted questions from CNN. Some of these teenagers are honestly asking for change, and I under-stand that. I believe that we need a safer environment for students all across America, but without impeding our right to own a gun. Other students are just looking for a chance to get on national television to gain popularity. Teenagers actually came forward and confessed that CNN forced them to ask scripted questions on live television to put further pressure on Republican politicians. Why do news outlets have to further split the Democrats and Republicans again? Children actually died, and politicians are too busy fighting to get anything actually done about it. We need to reach a common ground and come to a compromise to ensure safety.

Kyle Kelley Right when it seems like cigarettes are on the down swing in today’s society, here comes another influence to bring nicotine back to teenagers.The future of this generation is now in the hands of this highly addictive substance that students and millennials keep acquiring with ease. The daily life of a student includes a ton of exposure to things that should be staying in the adult world. One of these exposures includes the E-cigarette. E-cigarettes can be easily purchased at local gas stations or convenience stores. Also, this E-cigarette can be easily concealed due to its small size, as a result students find their ways to hide this lethal device from right under your nose. Why are these E-Cigarettes so popular among the millennials? It is the new look of the de-vice that makes them appealing to the eye, as well as to the body and mind. Also the convenient size and sleek look makes these new devices pop among the millennials. These new E-Cigarettes contain harmful chemicals like vegetable glycerin and propylene glycol that have both been ap-proved as additives in food. The only problem is that there are theories of the chemicals causing long term health problems. Unfortunately, teens live like every generation of teenagers before them. “You only live once.” They feel the threats are completely irrelevant to the millennial gen-

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STUDENT LIFE: Events Pg4Julian Chapman

The NEHS could be the most active and busiest of all Cov Cath clubs. Led by Mrs. Ruth, the NEHS worte valentines, visited Madonna Manor, and will participate in the Book Drive during two weeks in Feb-ruary. Mainly a club for the community, the NEHS strives to serve the people.

For Valentine’s Day, Mrs. Ruth asked for volunteers to write Valen-tines for our neighbors at Notre Dame. Some of the cards included cheesy jokes in an effort to bring the gift of laughter to the girls. 40 of our very

own Colonel brothers participated in the fun. Don’t worry if you did not get to write one this year; it is an annual event. On February 15th, the NEHS continued to show their love for the community by visiting the elderly at Madonna Manor. I bet the sight of such wonderful young men put a smile to the faces of the residents there. The boys wished them a Happy Valentine’s Day and offered valentines to those who wanted one. Although some thought it was embarrassing, these are the kinds of service activities that makes Cov-

ington Catholic the prestigious school full of gentlemen we know and love. Don’t be afraid to participate in the community, you can only grow from it. Right now, the book drive is starting up and taking off. This is another important service opportuni-ty that the NEHS is involved in. The goal? Bring books to underprivileged children and adults who would not have the oppor-tunity otherwise. The event takes place through March 9th. Any books are accept-able to donate. If you have a book please bring it to the school lobby. The books are donated to Brighton Center and Health-point.

Book drive

JD Smith The Covington Catholic student body government is headed for sweeping changes this summer headed into the 2018-2019 school year. In the previous few decades the student body was led by four seniors, elected by the student body the previous spring. Now the Colonels will use a “House” or a Column System to operate the student government.

It will consist of six separate houses or columns, each of which are led by two teachers and a mentor group, which consists of 25 students coming from all grade levels. The “house” will meet twice a week, and every single student in the school will be placed in one of the houses. Over the last few years it has become a concern that the students were being represented well enough by the Student Senate, and many students were left without a say in things that involved them. The House should help alleviate that issue by breaking the students into smaller sections and giving them more incentive to speak out on issues about which they are passionate. Another incentive of this system is that it will give freshmen mentors as they enter Covington Catholic, similar to the efforts of the Homeroom Ambassadors this school year.

One of the main proponents of the House/Column System is Mr. Hertsenberg, who is very excited about what it will bring to the school. “I think it will be a problem-solver for us, especially for the kids who have tended to fall through the cracks in our current structure.” Coach Herts will be a faculty leader on one of the columns along with his sidekick Coach Brown.

Change is always a good idea in schools and hopefully this House System will be as beneficial as it is advertised. A government structure where the power is spread out over a variety of people obviously works well for the United States, and hopefully it will be successful on a much smaller scale here at Covington Catholic. Best of luck to all of the underclassmen on their bright future here, where change is hopefully headed for the better.

big changes in the house

Nate Dinkens On February 13, the junior class traveled on over to the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company theater to watch a play. The juniors watched Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. Based on the Academy Award-winning film, this new stage adaptation receives its Cincinnati debut at the Otto M. Budig Theater.

The play is the story of Joanna, a young woman, who falls in love with and marries, John, a black doctor. The story is about how the people around them, including their parents, friends and others, react to the news of the marriage between a black man and a white woman. Joanna had been convinced that her parents would have no problem with the situation. When her mother learns of the marriage plans, she is at first more shocked than happy, and when her father finds out, he finds himself unable to sup-port what his daughter was about to do. Soon after, Mrs. Drayton comes to fully embrace the marriage, but Mr. Drayton must come face to face with the fact that he has trouble accepting his own liberal thinking when it is applied so dramatically to his own life. That afternoon, John’s parents fly up to San Francisco, and when they discover that Joanna is white, they too must face their own fears and prejudices. Eventually though, it is Mr. Drayton who must emotionally struggle the most, and who must come to realize that a truly liberal and progressive person cannot oppose their marriage simply because other people in the world could make their lives difficult. The juniors gave positive feedback about the play. Many juniors said it was a very good play. Konnor Wilson said the play was “Progres-sive, but far necessary for the time of the play. It can be related to racial issues of today and can appeal to the progressiveness of today’s politics.”

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner addresses the subject during the climax of cultural changes in America. However, it failed to dig deep and represent the true issues that were a part of race during the 1960’s. Al-though Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner depicts the beginnings of racial acceptance and equality on a national scale. The impact that the film had on viewers understanding of interracial love marks the point where mixed race relationships became a main component in the discussion of Ameri-can.

Shakespeare in the city

PG5 STUDENT LIFE: Events

Jack Pelletier Covington Catholic students, staff, and faculty recently attended a seminar on the do’s and dont’s of social media. Over the past 10 years, millennials have turned to social media to talk to peo-

ple, instead of talking to them in real life. Because of this switch to social media, teenagers are getting in trouble due to the things they post online. Paul SanFrancesco was asked to talk to Covington Catholic and a couple other schools in the Diocese regarding social media and the trouble a person can get in. Mr. SanFrancesco travels the country talking to grade schools and high schools about social media. He has heard quite a few sto-ries from law enforcement, teachers, students, and friends about what chil-dren/teens have posted on social media and what trouble they got in. He told a story about a kid that decided to take a video of another kid getting bullied. After the school found out about the video, law enforcement was contacted and they punished the student. There were multiple other stories that he told. However, all of his stories related to each other. They taught us to be careful what we post because once it is on the Internet, it is out there forever and no way to delete it.

Overall, I think the seminar was eye-opening for multiple students. With social media taking over parts of our lives, we do not often think that what we post can impact our future.

Online do’s and don’t’sJD Smith This school week TEAMS took their talents to the University of Cincinnati to com-pete in an academic team style competition. The team was led by seniors Alec Ballman and Tyler MacKnight who are among the top two students in the Class of 2018. Overall, Covcath was rep-resented well by the team as a whole. The theme of this year’s competition was engineering the environment. It specifically focused on Global Health and durable materials. The Colonels placed second in their district behind Madiera, and finished third overall in the competition be-hind Madeira and Sycamore. Obviously it was a great showing by TEAMS, coming in first place out of all the schools in Kentucky, and only fall-ing to two much larger public schools in Ohio. JV also finished with an impressive first place finish in the state of Kentucky out of 6 schools, edging out the Pandas of Notre Dame.

TEAMS was awarded a $5,000 grant by the University of Cincinnati, and that money will be used for some sort of technology which is to be determined in the future. Many students from the club were asked to write an essay, which is still in the process of being graded, but one may guess that more awards may be headed to Cov-ington Catholic.

TEAMS is considered to be one of the favorites to win state here in the next couple months and senior Alec Ballman is feeling confi-dent about doing so. “We are going to win State. You can mark my words for that.” TEAMS looks to take that confidence and make their presence known at State. If they are able to take the title home it will just add to a long list of decora-tions for the students at CCH for the 2017-2018 school year. For any information regarding TEAMS visit http://teams.tsaweb.org/

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Justin ColvinOn Feburary 15th the Colonels departed on a charter bus to Winter Park in Colorado. They

first went to Indianapolis on the charter bus, then took a flight to Denver, and finally took another bus to Winter Park. The trip took around 10 hours, and the Colonels were happy to make it to their des-tination. They stayed in local condos with parent chaperones. The condos were separated by class.

They hit the slopes for 3 days, and had most meals catered to them. After 3 days they returned to CCH at 6am on Sunday. Nate Dinkens said, “This year’s trip was the best so far, and I am going to miss this trip and my fellow classmates as I head off to college next year.” The juniors will be looking forward to leading this amazing trip next year.

colorado ski trip

JD Smith The Chinese New Year was celebrated recently by many interested in the Chinese Culture including those in the Culture Club at Covcath. The Chinese New Year celebrates the Lunar new year in Asia and is an important part of the Chinese culture. This year the New Year was celebrated on February 16th which was the beginning of the new Lunar Year. On February 16th Covcath was lucky enough to be given a day off by the Bishop, so the students were off school but it did not stop the Culture Club from celebrating. The club held a meeting on that Thursday and had a quite a variety of activities planned for the day. This new year was the Year of the Dog for the celebration. There are 12 different animals rotated every new year and this year happened to fall on one of the most popular animals. The culture club decided to take a turn from the dog, and instead decided to celebrate a different animal. They made a larger than life dragon which still hangs over Mrs. Ruth’s room. They also decided to take a trip to Miyako which of course is a Northern Kentucky

favorite. Even if they were off by a day and cre-ated an animal from a different year, the Culture Club celebrated as only they can. Happy Chinese New Year, and happy Year of the Dog.

Happy chinese New year!

PG6CLUB LIFE

Mason Kinsella The Photography Club now has some purchasable merchandise for the Colonels wanting to represent this year. Put together by Mrs. Ruth and sophomore Paul Allison, this year’s Photo Club calendar features many up and coming photographers. With pictures

taken by Paul Allison himself, Grant Lawler, Justin Colvin, Luke Eisner, and Sean Ballow (just to name a few), your calendar is filled with bright and mesmer-izing stills.

Each month is filled with pictures that corre-spond and look like they belong in that specific month. Destinations include Smale Park, Spring Grove Cem-etery, and many more. These calendars can be pur-chased from Mrs. Ruth for $15 in her room 214. Later

in the year the Photo Club is hosting a contest for anyone wishing to join, winner is picked for the best picture entered. You can learn more from Mrs. Ruth in Room 214.

Andrew Belton This year the Green Ambassadors have been hard at work. Starting this year they have added recycling deposits for the school. Previously, we have only be able to recycle in the lunchroom; now we have bins in every classroom that are for recycling bottles not just paper. About five students go around every week and collect the bottles that are put in the bins and empty any bottles that have remaining liquid in them. We are now able to recycle the caps on bottles but if you leave any liquid in the bottle the Ambassadors will have to empty them and that is a pain for them, so pour out any remaining water outside or in the bathroom sink. Do you know what recycling is? Recycling is the process of converting waste ma-terials into new materials and objects. It is an alternative to “conventional” waste disposal that can save material and help lower greenhouse gas emissions. Did you know that you should not put recyclables in a plastic bag? The reason you would not do that is because some bags are not recyclable, and there are different processes for bags and bottles.

This is just some of the things the Green Ambassadors do around our school and they hope to have more involvement in the coming years. Do your job by placing your empty bottles in the red bins at the front of the room and help CCH go green!

CCH goes green

Kyle RichardsThe season is coming to a close for the Robotics

Team. All that remains is the State Tournament, which the team made by being one of the top teams in the state in points. For seniors Paul Couch, Tyler MacKnight, Ethan Deters, Trey Rottinghaus, Danny Ballow, Greg Macke, Jordan Erpenbeck, and Matthew Batshoun, the past four years have been a wild ride. Both Paul and Tyler joined the Robotics Team freshman year just for something to do and to meet some new people. Four years, three state tourna-ments, and one world tournament later, these two engineers enjoyed every second of the team.

Paul Couch, team captain and self-acclaimed “cool” per-son, says his favorite part about the club is “hanging out with the boys.” Paul describes the team as “dope,” and a good place “to learn about stuff you can use later in the future.” One thing Paul Couch would like to say to all his fans out there (who some would call the most devoted fans on the planet), is “If you ain’t first, you’re last.”

Tyler MacK-night, on the other hand, would like everyone to know that “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” Tyler, who recently had an older brother on the team, is admittedly a little sad to see the end of his Cov Cath robotics career. “It’s definitely bittersweet, and I’m really going to miss making those robots. One day I plan to make a robot that can do all my work for me. I’d like to thank Robotics Team for teaching me the basics and helping me begin my jour-ney to world domination.” Tyler said the Robotics Club has been “really cool.”

The state tournament will be a last hurrah for all the seniors. In the last tournament, the team the lost too was ranked number 1 in the entire world. This team has high expectations for the state competition. For Paul, Tyler, and the other seniors, the end of an era is coming soon. Good luck seniors, if one day you win a Nobel Prize or create killer robots please remember me.

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Drew Hummel The artists of Covington Catholic gathered together for a studious movie viewing in their most recent outing. The word “outing” should be used lightly as the Art Club decided the best option would be to stay local and watch the movie in the art room itself. The movie was on the famous painter Picasso and depicted his life and greatest works in great detail. Being the hectic, creative people they are, watching a movie just was not enough. To spice things up, every member wore a custom outfit based off of one of Picasso’s many pieces. They figuratively became the art that inspired them most. All the members that attended en-joyed the event and are eagerly waiting for what activity Mr. Haders and club president Brett Lampe come up with next.

Picasso-like members

Nick Dinkens Archery is one of the oldest sports, and art forms, known to man. Dating back to be-fore 25,000 BC, archery has evolved and grown from simply a means of killing food and warfare, to more of an art form. Today, archery is a common sport present in many areas of the world and throughout many different cultures. In the Colonel world of sports archery is not common, but to the twenty-four students that play the competitive sport, it is a major deal. It is fairly new to the school, now go-ing onto its third year. There are three seniors on the team: Jacob Witt, Jackson Witt, and Keith Wagner; four juniors: Evan Hanna, Luke Hentz, Michael Hentz, and Logan Rauen; six sophomores: Carson Caudill, Jaxon Clark, Luke Eliassen, Nolan Kamer, and Zach Casteel; lastly, eleven freshmen: Brennan Freking, Charlie Metzger, Daniel Bloemer, Dylan Bossart, Grant Forster, Jakob Du-erstock, Jasper Peeno, Jim Scola, Jordan Bezold, Sam Casson, and Seth Toebben. The coach of three years is Robb Schnee-man and besides coaching, Coach Schnee-man is a Business Department Teacher as well as the Business Department Chairper-son at. He enjoys spending time with his wife Meghan and their daughters; he loves working on their house, and playing and watching sporting events. The season lasts from November until March; recently the team has participated in a few meets and these are the final results. 2/9/18 NASP Regional- 10th place with a total of 3229 points. The top three scorers were Carson Caudill with 285 points, and both Luke Hentz and Daniel Bloemer tied at 275 points.2/17/18 Calvary Christian- 7th place out of 13th with a total of 3157 points. The top three scorers were Nolan Kamer and Jacob Witt with the same score of 280 points, and Daniel Bloemer with a score of 277 points. 2/23/18 Notre Dame Academy- 6th place out of 18th with a total of 3222 points. The top three scorers were Carson Caudill with a score of 287 points, Daniel Bloemer with a score of 286 points, and Jacob Witt with a score of 280 points.

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Cameron Hemmer The Junior Intramural Basketball League has been in full swing this sea-son. Every team is still looking for a chance to make it to the tournament, but also for an IBL title. Team Furnish kicked off their season by beating Team Halverstadt 56-54. Bishop had 24 points. In week two, Team Foster was defeated by Team Furnish 59-74. Team Furnish was at the top of the ranks coming into week three where they took their first loss of the season against Team Jacobs 55-65.

Week four action was very controversial due to the reffing by Coach Am-merman. Team Porras beat Team Silbernagel 84-53. At the end of the week, four teams were tied for first place: Team Furnish, Team Porras, Team Trojani, and Halverstadt. Week five action is coming up next week and it will be a nail-biter.

juniors Battle in IBL

Kyle Kelley This year’s freshman IBL league went smoothly as the freshman teams battled on throughout their season and finished on a high note. The first week started off with a bang in an intense battle between Drees and Dietz that ended in a 54-36 Win over Deitz. Following Drees and Dietz was Isler and Hodge, with Isler dropping ten points, and Mahaney dropping thirteen. Isler finished with 44-23 with the Win over Hodge. Next up was Kruer and Forgiel with Siemer dropping twelve, and Schultz dropping ten. Ending in a 51-38 win was Kruer, proving they had the talent. The final game for week one was a thriller between Gronotte and Bloemer ending in a 69-37 win for Gronotte, Arnzen with fourteen, and Kruer, and Jace with twelve. The freshman IBL league is important for the formation of the Covington Catholic brother-hood. It promotes camaraderie and sportsmanship for the young freshmen as they compete play-fully between classmates. The friendships built here in this league can last a lifetime, and are necessary in producing the essential building blocks for a well rounded Covington Catholic gen-tleman. I can vouch for this activity from my own experiences in the league, as I participated as a freshman and in the sophomore leagues. This club is an excellent opportunity to open yourself up to the Covington Catholic community, as well as plant the seeds for a successful Covington Catholic career.

Freshmen enjoy the IBL experience

Justin Colvin The 2017-2018 IBL season is winding down and the sophomore

Colonels are ready for the playoffs. The season is around 7 weeks long and the playoffs last an 2 weeks. The playoffs are occurring in two more weeks, so the teams are making sure they are at the top of their game.

According to Truman “Gator” Pierson from Team Vonderschmidt, “Half of the teams reportedly do not try, but the other half do. My team is terrible talent-wise, but we try so we are now 3-1.” Team Fitz is reportedly one of the worst teams to ever play IBL. This year’s ranking proves the famous quote from Tim Notke, “hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard.”

Sophomore IBl is up for grabs

PG8More IBL Action

Logan Beagle “Playoffs? We’re talkin’ Playoffs?” As the season starts to wind down, the IBL players are beginning to get into mid-season form. There has never been a more competitive class as this year’s seniors. The IBL Championship ring is up for grabs and really it is anyone’s to win. As of now, the two top teams are Team France and Team Thelen. Team France’s Kevin Durant is a caliber player; Mi-chael Schaefer is clearly the man to lock down when they play. However, Team Thelen’s captain, Paul Thelen, has been aver-aging a double double this season. Both these teams have an undefeated record of 3-0 and are looking to finish out the season strong. With France and Thelen in 1st place, Team Eten (2-2) in third, Team Pike (2-1) in fourth, Team Schneider (2-2), and fall-ing in last place is Team Bode with an astounding 0-3 record. With only a few more regular season games left in the final season for these seniors, you can guarantee that every team will give it all they have so they can leave CCH as the greatest IBL team of their class.

Senior IBL could be one for the books

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Nick Raisbeck What an amazing run for the Colonel Bowling Team. For the second year in a row, the team won the Regional Bowling Championship held in

January 2018. This is the first time any team in the region won it two years in a row. There were 14 members on the terriffic 2017-18 varsity team coached by Head Coach Gary Wagner and Assistant Coach Darrin Rump. The team members consisted of freshmen through seniors. This year the re-gional competition was held at the Superbowl in Erlanger, during the last week of January. The winner of the region is the first team to accomplish three victories. During this battle, CCH was losing to St. Henry in its first game, but managed to come back and get the W with some outstanding action and ball movement. In the second game, the Colonels defeated Dixie three to one, moving onto the finals. In the third game, CCH beat Lloyd Memorial handily, again winning three to one. Senior Michael Reynolds led the way to the victory and came in 4th place in singles for the region. His skills and fantastic finish moved him forward to the State Tournament, where he finished 24th in the state. The CCH team also competed at the state championship, but unfortunately, had an early exit. They will be back next year to defend their regional title and hope to go even further in the state tourney.

Region Champs in Bowling attend State

PG9 CELEBRATIONS

Jayden Parks Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday which is held high within our society. February 14th can be a different experience for many. Some spend their hard-earned cash on gifts to woo their SO (significant other), or their friends. Still, many lonely people spend V-Day sulking in the fact that they do not receive affection and comfort from someone of the opposite sex. I have personally only had one Valentine’s Day in which I had a girlfriend. Most years I spend the day snatching chocolates from my mother’s loot and avoiding social media, as to avoid the cheesiness of my peers’ relationships. But quite honestly, the holiday is overrated. My Step-Dad blows at least 75 dollars on my mother every year, yet they have not gone out to dinner in at least five years. And I doubt the stability of their relationship is held on the shoulders of a Hallmark Holiday. They have lasted since I was 7 years old, so I do not expect things will go downhill due to him not buying a jumbo plush animal, a large box of chocolates, and like three balloons. Seriously, the money spent on February 13th could pay at least one bill. And to top it off, nobody even recognizes the actual point of Valentine’s Day. The whole point of the day is to show love towards those you care about, not waste money on material items that only might improve relation-ships slimly. I will admit, it was pretty fun to make those cool little mailboxes in elementary school and look and see who all got you valentines. But think about it, even that emphasizes selfish concepts. “Uh oh, Timmy, I got more valentines than you. That means people like me more than you!”. Then poor Timmy goes home and cries to mommy about how he has no friends. And those candy grams you could send to people in your school were the worst. I only got one in my entire time in middle school, and I sent it to myself, and bought it with a dollar my mom lent me. The saltiness I felt when the “cool” kids received about five each was unbearable. I am sure there is some real meaning behind Valentine’s Day, but it does not affect me either way. No matter what, I will probably always have a negative outlook on the whole idea, but others might not. All I know is it is the one day of the year when I get the opportunity to save more money than everyone else in the country, besides Christmas, because I do not buy gifts then either.

a day of love?

Drew HummelThe 2018 Olympics have just wrapped up with the closing

ceremony as of February 25th. With a total of 23 medals, the US team may not have lived up to expectation, but audiences at home were still left with many memorable moments from the games. Perhaps one of the most impactful was standout US snowboarder Chloe Kim. Her gold-medal winning halfpipe run awed viewers around the world and brought pride to many Americans.

The 17-year-old teen from Southern California competed in her first Olympic games this year. She is the first female snow-boarder to complete back-to-back 1080s in Olympic History and scored an incredible 98.25 to nab the gold. China’s Jiayu Liu took silver and fellow American Arielle Gold earned the bronze. The first generation Korean-American seemed to take all the excite-ment in stride, tweeting about eating to calm the butterflies in her stomach right before her run. The reaction to Chloe Kim becoming the youngest snowboarder to win an Olympic gold was on a level which only the likes of Usain Bolt has caused. Chloe’s limited-edition “Gold Medal” Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box sold out in seven hours after its release. To say the least, her life is forever changed. She can now count Nike, Toyota and Mondelez as her sponsors with many more household brands soon to follow.

Chloe Kim has now written herself into history, and we can not wait for her to stand out again in four years at the Beijing 2022 Olympics.

Winter Olympics

Jayden Parks George Washington’s birthday, more commonly celebrated as Presidents Day, fell on the 18th of February. As odd as it may seem, this birthday is not celebrat-ed by a certain date, but by a certain day. Every year since 1879, federal offices and state establishments have the day off on the third Monday of the month of February. The dates can vary within the range of the 15th and the 21st. While the day was founded based on George Washington’s birthday, it is also utilized to honor Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson, depending on the state. As students, we know this Monday as one of the few guaranteed good Mon-days we have in the year. The reason for this is because we do not have school on President’s Day. Whoot! Whoot! Who is to argue with that. Thank your govern-ment for the sleep-in day! At CCH, President’s Day always has a certain event that happens. While we do not attend school for the day, we have IBL games. Other than that, we as Colonels do not really know the day as anything else. It is not that important of a holiday when considering moral views, but I suppose we should have a day to

honor our first president.

Another day off school

PG10SUPERBOWL

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Matthew DietzThere are no unhappy residents of Phila-

delphia this week, as the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII. It was an extremely entertaining battle throughout the night, with the Eagles and first-year head coach Doug Pederson narrowly hold-ing onto a 41-33 victory. The story of the 2018 Super Bowl was the emergence of Eagles Quarterback Nick Foles, who ended up tak-ing home the Super Bowl MVP Award. Foles began the season as a backup to starting Quarterback Car-son Wentz, who was enjoy-ing one of the best seasons of any player in the NFL, before an ACL injury in Week 14, vaulting Foles into the starting position. With a record of 13-3 in the regular season, the Eagles earned the top spot in the NFC Confer-ence Playoffs, and led by Foles, defeated the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vi-kings to advance to the Su-per Bowl and take on Tom Brady and the New Eng-land Patriots. Entering the game, the Patriots were con-sidered favorites by many to win the game, but right from the opening kick-off, Philadelphia showed they were a force to be reckoned with, especially on offense. With star Patriots corner-back Malcolm Butler suspended for the Super Bowl for violating team rules, Foles was able to expose deficiencies in the secondary, throwing a touchdown pass to Alshon Jeffery in the first half, while also catching a touchdown pass on a trick play to end the first half. Unfortunately for the Eagles, Brady and the Patriots were also having no trouble taking the ball down the field on Philly, as a 26-yard touchdown run by James White, combined with two Stephen Gostkowski field goals set the tone in the first half for New England. The score at halftime read: Philadel-phia 22 and the Patriots 12. A veteran-laden Patriots squad was not ready to throw in the towel just yet though, as Brady came out firing in the third quarter, throw-

ing touchdown passes to Rob Gronkowski and Chris Hogan, to keep the Patriots within three points of the Eagles entering the final quarter of the season. The fourth quarter of the Super Bowl was entertaining to say the least, as the Eagles began with a field goal by Jake Elliot, but a four-yard Touchdown reception by Gronkowski five minutes later gave the Patriots their first lead of the night. However, Foles was not done with his

masterful performance, and led the Eagles down the field for seven minutes, before an 11-yard touchdown pass to Zach Ertz put the Eagles on top once and for all. New England would get the ball back, but a fumble by Brady with 2:16 left in the game, gave the Eagles the ball back and in great posi-tion for a field goal. Elliot was able to put that field goal in with just over a minute left in the game, setting up one final drive for the five-time Super Bowl winner, Brady. New England’s final possession got off to an atrocious start, as Brady threw three consecu-tive incomplete passes, before finding Danny Amendola for the first down with 42 seconds left. Brady then targeted Gronkowski for two consecutive plays, proving unsuccessfully on both attempts, and was forced to try one more pass down the field to keep New England alive. Brady called hike with nine seconds left, dropped back in the pocket, waited un-

til Gronkowski got into the end zone 51 yards away, and let loose. With all of America watch-ing, the ball sailed majestically in the air, but was incomplete, as Gronkowski jumped high into the air to no avail. The Eagles had held the Patriots on their final drive of the game, and won the Su-per Bowl, 41-33. The Eagles were able to put together a very impressive statistical output, as Nick Foles threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns.

Running backs LeGarrette Blount and Jay Ajayi com-bined for 147 yards, with one touchdown scored by Blount. Corey Clement led all Eagles receivers with 100 yards and one touchdown, while Nelson Agholor added 84 yards, and Alshon Jeffery and Zach Ertz each added one touchdown reception apiece. On defense, Jalen Mills led Philadelphia with nine total tackles, and six solo tackles. Kicker Jake El-liott was solid as well, kick-ing three field goals in as many attempts. For New England, Tom Brady was sensational as always, throwing for an as-tonishing 505 yards and

three touchdowns. New England’s running game did not have the same effect on the game as the Eagles’ did, as James White ran for 45 yards and a touchdown, but the rest of the backs were non-factors. Receiving however, was a plus for the Pats, as three receivers (Amendola, Hogan, and Gronkowski) totaled over 100 yards each, with Gronk scoring two touchdowns and Hogan adding one. Patrick Chung anchored the defense with 10 total tackles, and cornerback Duron Har-mon provided the lone interception of the game for either team. Kicker Stephen Gostkowski was not as sharp as his counterpart, missing both an extra point and a field goal. Congratulations to the Philadelphia Ea-gles organization and its fanbase on a remark-able victory. After 85 seasons of football in Philadelphia, the Eagles are finally Super Bowl Champions!

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Wilson Represents WellHarris Disken

To be or not to be. To memorize or not to memorize. To compete or not to compete. Here at CCH, we hold a long tradition of the annual Shakespeare Competition. In this contest, students from any grade level can memorize some Shakespeare and recite it in front of the English Dept. and then is judged on how well they did. This year’s race was close, but the winner was junior Konnor Wilson.

By winning this part, Konnor then went on to represent CCH in the ESU (English Speaking Union, Cincy Branch) Shakespeare Contest. The contest, held at the Playhouse in the Park, held the top 10 presenters around the NKY/Cincy area. each competitor presented their memorized sonnet and monologue of choice. Konnor, for example, recited sonnet 87 and Hamlet’s famous monologue. With six judges, most of which were college professors having some sort of English or drama background, the critiquing was taken seriously. After a hard fought competition, Konnor ended up not reaching the finals but still did an amazing job. The Colonel community could not be happier and more proud of Konnor and his accomplishments.

Alex SchoborgAs graduation day approaches for the Class of 2018, more and more seniors are deciding at which university they wish to continue their acad-

mic, as well as athletic, careers. On February 21st, a signing day was held on campus for seniors who had made athletic collegiate commitments, with six Colonels to play athletics.

Dominic Russo, a standout soccer player, will be taking his noteworthy offensive skills to Thomas More University. Grant Dyer, a multi-role varsity football player, will be taking his hard-hitting intense play to Dayton. Adam Schneider, an exceptional shortstop, not to mention powerful at the plate, will be taking his baseball talents to Sinclair University. Noah Wulfeck, a persistently tactical midfielder, will be playing for Transylvania this fall. Malachi Pike, a wide receiver, will be catching touchdowns at Butler University. Alex Kennedy will be behind the plate as catcher for Georgetown College’s baseball team.

With so many Colonels moving on to the collegiate level of athletics, watch for the impending success of these exceptional student athletes.

More Athletes Sign with colleges

Blake ShieldsOn Feb. 6, people saw NASA launch the most powerful rocket we have ever seen, the Falcon Heavy Rocket. The Falcon has enought power to

possibly send us back to the moon or even Mars. The rocket has 9-engine cores, powerful enough to make many orbits. The Falcon is launching from the same pad as Apollo Moom Missions. The rocket is 230feet tall and is designed to carry 57 metric tons. Elon Musk, its creator, said that the rocket could fail, attempting to lower the launch’s expectations. He also guarantees excitement.

I personally watched the rocket launch, but Musk’s prediction of the excitement was 100% correct. The launch began with a large cloud, sig-nifying the beginning. It then proceeded to rise, fairly slowly to the naked eye. The rocket was actually going almost 10,000 kmh at one point, which is actually insane. I liked how the video had a little bar on the bottom of the screen that told what was happening, so the average person like me and you could somewhat understand it all. As the rocket reached space, it released a Tesla car with a dummy astronaut. The video ended with the booster rockets returning to Earth and landing simultaneously.

This was a launch to remember, to say the least. There are more projects to come from Musk you can be sure. We could have a population on Mars before we know it.

A Launch to remember

SPORTS PG12Jake Walter

One of the greatest times of the year at Covington Catholic High School comes around in early March, when our beloved basketball Colo-nels enter the Ninth Region Tournament, in a quest for another State Cham-pionship. This season, with three players C.J. Fredrick (Iowa), Jake Wal-ter (Xavier) and Aiden Ruthsatz (Christian Brothers) leading the charge, Covington Catholic will enter as prime contenders to head down to Rupp Arena.

On February 21st, the CCH Var-sity Basketball Team took on Beechwood in the first round of the District Tournament. Coming out hot in the first quarter, Iowa com-mit and the front- run-ner for Kentucky Mr. Basketball, C.J. Fred-rick finished the game with 21 points. Jake

Walter helped as well in the 85-43 victory putting up 21 points 7 rebounds and 2 blocks for the Colonels. Aiden Ruthsatz finished the game with 6 assists. The colonels blew out Beechwood in every aspect of the game,out-rebounding the tigers 36-18, out-assisting them 22-3, and out-stealing the

Tigers 9-1. The Colonels finished the game shooting a 63% from the field, including 42% from behind the three-point line.

Friday the 23rd, the Colonels faced off against the Holy Cross In-dians for the district championship. Leading the way for the 87-61 win was Frederick, leading CovCath, with 27 points, two rebounds and four assists. Walter did not have a great scoring game, but he grabbed 8 re-bounds. The Colonels out-scored the Indians 44-26 in the first half, and 43-35 in the second half. The Colonels also out-rebounded the Indians, while also leading them in assists and steals.

Thursday March 1st, the Colonels will take on the St.Henry Crusaders in the first round of the Regional Tournament. With a win, they will take on the Cooper Jag-uars, a team that beat the Colonels in last season’s Ninth Region Tour-nament Championship. One of the top teams in the state, the Colonels will be seeking their third Final Four appearance in the last five seasons. Best of luck, Colonels.

varsity basketball On to State

Cameron Hemmer The freshman basketball team played in the Jack Kaelin Freshman Regional Tournament making it to the finals where they played against Cooper. Coach Stevens led his team to victory finishing off the 2017-2018 season going 24-1. Center Joseph Eu-bank was one of the major keys to vic-tory against every rival they faced in the tournament. This team’s future looks bright with this impressive season, they will be very nice additions to the JV team, Varsity team, or The Intramural Bas-ketball League. Coach Stevens has had several impressive season records like this one. His 2014-2015 season, he led the freshman team to a perfect season. Bryce Schlagbaum led the team in points and also led his team to victory in the regional tournament.

frosh take region

Harris Disken Patience. This word meant more than anything to the 2017-18 JV Colonels. Patience allowed these guys to do many things throughout the season. The season began in mid-October with tryouts and started shaky. By beating Lex Cath only by a point and then jsut a few days later, only beating St. Henry by 3 at home, many people thought this was the year the JV Colonels were going to be a mediocre team. The whole season changed when the Colonels prevailed and cruised to a 20-point victory over the men of Moeller, just a day after the varsity boys had a huge win over Moeller. From then on, the Colonels swept through the region and in Ohio, beating teams like LaSalle and Roger Bacon. The did hit a few bumps in the road with teams like Campbell County (3-point victory) and Highlands (5-point victory). In their last three games of the year, they had their work cut out for them. Leading them into the Regional Championship vs. Cooper, Neil Green and Grant Disken both dropped 15 in an 8-point win over the Jaguars. And as he did all year, Joey Moser took two charges in that game. The Colonels then took on SK at home with the excellent shooting performance by Mick Davin and Jalen Bowles and clutch defense and finishing ability by Jay Jackson. The Colonels finished the season at Madison Central winning by a nice 11 points there. With the help from long defender and shooter Hunter Sommerkamp and junior leadership by Adam Fortner, Coach Ben Franzen was able to go back to back season without a loss. Going 23-0 on the year, all of the players knew that is what they wanted all year and playing against the varsity everyday allowed these young men to do so.

Shaky Start turns into 23-0 Season for JV

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Nathan DinkensThe AquaColonels ended the 2018 season with the regional and

state meet in February. There was the preliminary round and final round for each of those meets. Preliminaries is the portion of a competition that determines which swimmers qualify for the championship and consolation finals in the events. The consolation finals are final events consisting of swimmers who placed in the second tier of swimmers during preliminar-ies. All swimmers were taken to the regional meet and most qualified for the state meet.

On Friday, February 9, at Silverlake Cov Cath competed in the preliminary round of regionals, hosted by Highlands this year. Regionals consisted of high schools from all around Northern Kentucky from Region Seven competing against each other. The high schools include Beechwood, Boone County, Calvary Christian, Campbell County, Connor, Cooper, Cov Cath, Cov Latin, Dixie, Highlands, Holmes, Holy Cross, Ryle, Scott, Si-mon Kenton, St. Henry, and Villa Madonna. The top 16 swimmers in each event moved on the next day to compete in the finals.Boys 400-yard Freestyle Relay 2nd Patrick Merse, Joey Novak, Pierce Knollman, Patrick Lester On Saturday, February 10, at Scott High School the dive team competed in regionals. All of the divers from Cov Cath who participated in regionals qualified for the state meet. Results for the following meet are listed below: On Saturday, February 10, was the consolation finals that consisted of the swimmers who scored in the top 16. Cov Cath with the combined swimming and diving score placed second in the region with 381 points and Highland in first with 508 points overall. This year will be the first year since 1999 that Cov Cath is not first in the region. To qualify for the state meet, a swimmer has to score in the top 40 out of all 9 regions in Kentucky. The swimmers and divers that qualified for state were Pierce Knoll-man, Joey Novak, Patrick Merse, Ethan Hanna, Patrick Lester, Bret Holt, Bradley Kathman, Max Cochran, Calvin Scheper, Connor Ryan, Logan Smith, Jude Dierker, Max McCauley, and Ryan Schneider. The seniors that went down to state to support the team were Nick Dinkens, Nate Din-kens, and Sam Schuh.

February 22-24 at the University of Louisville, Cov Cath competed in the preliminary and finals of the KHSAA state championship. State consisted of high schools from all around Kentucky compet-ing against each other. The high schools that competed against each other from over all 9 regions. The top 16 swimmers in each event moved on the next day to compete in the finals. The results for the following meet are listed below:

Diving PrelimsPlace score Diver5 185.75 Logan Smith16 165.25 Max McCauley18 163.00 Jude Dierker39 65.15 Ryan Schneider

Diving Semi-finalsPlace score Diver4 304.05 Logan Smith15 255.20 Max McCauley16 248.40 Jude Dierker

Diving FinalsPlace score Diver3 (16 points) 415.90 Logan Smith10 (7 points) 370.65 Jude Dierker14 (3 points) 349.40 Max McCauley

Swimming PrelimsEvent Place Swim-mer/SwimmersBoys 200-yard Medley Relay 4th Pierce Knollman, Partick Merse, Joey Novak, Ethan HannaBoys 200-yard Freestyle 7th Ethan

HannaBoys 200-yard IM 11th Patrick Merse 13th Joey Novak 24th Patrick Lester 33th Bradley KathmanBoys 100-yard Butterfly 18th Joey NovakBoys 200-yard Freestyle Relay 14th Calvin Scheper, Patrick Lester, Bret Holt, Pierce KnollmanBoys 100-yard Backstroke 6th Ethan Hanna 11th Pierce KnollmanBoys 100-yard Breaststroke 6th Patrick Merse 27th Patrick LesterBoys 400-yard Freestyle Relay 7th Patrick Merse, Joey Novak, Pierce Knollman, Ethan Hanna

Swimming FinalsEvent Place Swimmer/SwimmersBoys 200-yard Medley Relay 4th Pierce Knollman, Partick Merse, Joey Novak, Ethan HannaBoys 200-yard Freestyle 8th Ethan HannaBoys 200-yard IM 10th Patrick Merse 13th Joey NovakBoys 200-yard Freestyle Relay 15th Calvin Scheper, Patrick Lester, Bret Holt, Pierce KnollmanBoys 100-yard Backstroke 7th Ethan Hanna 14th Pierce KnollmanBoys 100-yard Breaststroke 8th Patrick MerseBoys 400-yard Freestyle Relay 5th Patrick Merse, Joey Novak, Pierce Knollman, Ethan Hanna Overall the Colonels did well at State, but not as well as the past few years. The Colonels placed sixth overall out of 38 teams. The 2017-2018 season has been a great season with many great wins and memories, being second in the region and sixth in the state. Let’s see what next year holds for team. Go Colonels!!!

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