SMH KBRX School News

Ashley Braun and Monica Marx

February 14, 2001

It’s V-Day! Love is in the air and cupid soars overhead. Necco’s Sweetheart

Conversation Hearts are being dispersed everywhere. That’s right, everyone! Happy

February 14th! This is Ashley Braun and Monica Marx with this week’s segment of St.

Mary’s High School News!

The Saint Mary’s boys’ basketball team played at Chambers last Friday and were

defeated with a score of 54 to 72. They will be traveling to Elgin Pope John this coming

Friday along with the JV boys basketball team. The games will begin at 6:30 with the bus

leaving at 4:45. Sub Districts for the boys will begin next Monday, February 19th. The

games will be held at the O’Neill Public High School. The Cardinals’ first game will be

against Stuart beginning at 8:00.

The Lady Cardinals ended their regular season games on Friday, February 9.

They went up against the Chambers Coyotes. The Cardinal team had a good game but

couldn’t pull through. They lost the match, 37-57. In Junior Varsity action, the SMH JV

Lady Cardinals played their last game. They were defeated by the Chambers Coyotes,

11-35. The Cardinals started their sub-district action Monday versus the Rock County

Tigers. They played well and came out on top with a score of 55-46.

The squad’s next game will be on Thursday, February 15th. They will play

Spencer/Naper for the spot in the district finals. The game will be at 7:00 in the OHS

High School Gym.

On January 25th the Junior High boys basketball team wrapped up their season in

a final game against Inman. Unfortunately they lost with a score of 12 to 42. The

Cardinals will now be participating in various tournaments this month.

The senior spotlighted this week is Bill Troshynski. Bill is 18 years old and has

attended St. Mary’s for three years. He is the son of Jim and Betti Troshynski of O’Neill.

Bill was involved in football and mock trial during the fall. He is currently participating

in basketball, FBLA, and Eucharistic Ministering. Bill also plans on competing in track

this spring. His summer is occupied by playing baseball. With regards to sports, Bill has

received many special awards. He was named Honorable Mention All-State in basketball

and football, and received 3rd place on the 4x400 relay track team at the State meet.

After graduation Bill plans to attend either the University of Nebraska at Lincoln or the

University of Nebraska at Omaha. Bill hopes to major in engineering.

An all-school Mass was held this morning, on Saint Valentine’s Day. Several

grades were included in the liturgy. Eighth and ninth grade girls provided the music.

The freshmen and their special grade-school angels read the readings and carried the

gifts. Some of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders bore extraordinary valentines to the altar in

the procession. It was a very nice way to begin a day dedicated to love.

St. Mary’s has resorted to the wild wild west for its spring musical this year.

Try-outs for the musical ‘Calamity Jane,’ have been held for the past week. The cast was

announced this morning. An enthusiastic cast is expected for this year’s play. The debut

will be April 6 and 7.

The Development Dinner is Sunday February 25th at the K.C. Hall with a 6:00

p.m. reception and a 6:30 p.m. dinner. The cost is $50.00 per person. The speaker of the

event is Harry Knobbe and the master of ceremonies is Scott Poese. Proceeds are matched

by the O’Malley fund which supports St. Patrick’s Parish and St. Mary’s Schools.

Purchase your tickets from Retha Marx at the Parish Office by February 14th. Thank you

for your support of this important fund-raiser.

There will be no school on Friday, February 16th due to a teacher inservice.

This Saturday is St. Mary’s annual Sweetheart Dance. It will be held from 9 to 12

at the Parish Hall.

District wrestling was held last Saturday in Central City. St. Mary’s wrestlers that

competed in the event included Tyler Cole, who placed second; Dan Ascherl, who closed

his season with a 24 and 12 record; Tim Krugman, who closed his season with a 10 and

16 record; Mark Mahony, who closed his season with a 5 and 6 record, and Tyson Cole,

who placed fourth. Tyson and Tyler Cole will both compete at State wrestling in Lincoln

on February 15, 16, and 17. There will be a pep rally for the state-bound wrestlers on

Thursday morning in the O’Neill High School Gym. St. Mary’s students in grades 9-12

will attend the pep rally. Home room will meet at 7:45 Thursday morning for all

students.

The next meet that the speech folk are prepping for is the Battle Creek

Invitational--the largest meet they face. The meet includes class B, C, and few class D

schools. This will be held Saturday, February seventeenth. Katie Cameron commented,

“The year’s going fast,” when asked about this year’s speech season. “We hope to have

a very successful second half to our season and we look forward to the district contest.”

Good luck to all competitors at Battle Creek!

We’d like to thank Torpin’s Rodeo Market and Pinnacle Bank for sponsoring us.

This has been Ashley Braun and Monica Marx with this Valentine edition of the

St. Mary’s School News.

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