Good afternoon. I am Tom Fletcher. And I am Christine Troshynski.

Welcome back to our weekly broadcast of St. Mary’s School news.

St. Mary’s students had a welcomed extended Thanksgiving vacation

when Mother Nature sent the snow storm on November 26 and 27 to give us

Monday and Tuesday off for snow days and begin our classes with a late start

on Wednesday, November 28th. The junior high girls basketball game was

postponed as was our last week’s radio broadcast on KBRX. Mr. Gellerman

had to postpone plans for a Madrigal performance before Christmas because of

time needed for practices. The musical special will be rescheduled to a later

date.

The one-act district play contest was then held last Thursday at Stuart.

Congratulations goes out to the one-act cast for placing second with their

performance of “Do Not go Gentle.” Sargent took first place honors. Ashley

Braun, Shannon Holz, and Kevin Ohri all received special recognition for

outstanding performances at the district level. The cast under the direction of

Ms. Jennifer Goettertz then held the public performance on Sunday December 2.

This Friday, December 7th there will be an all-school Mass at 8:10 a.m.

The grade school will minister the Mass which is being planned by the grade

school teachers.

The winter sports’ programs are now in full swing! The junior high girls

basketball team along with the junior high wrestling team have already competed

in several events.

The junior high girls’ basketball team is going strong into their season. Roger

Weise coaches both the seventh and eighth grade teams. The eighth grade won over

Atkinson. They lost to Stuart and then won over Butte to place third in the Stuart

Tournament. Then they lost to Ewing and to Chambers. The junior high girls have played

five games and are now 2-3 on the season. The seventh graders have lost to Atkinson and

to Chambers. The next game for the junior high girls’ basketball teams is tomorow

against Atkinson for their home opener. The game starts at 6:30. Come out and support

the Junior Cards.

Last month on November 8 Alex Ascheral traveled to Plainview for his

first wrestling match of the year. Alex had one pin and one loss. The

following week Alex then traveled to Creigton and had two losses. On

November 27 in Albion Alex had one win and two losses. Alex’s next

competition on December 8 will be in Petersburg starting at 9:30 am.

Good luck, Alex!

High school wrestling has officially started with the first wrestling invitational held

at O’Neill High School last Saturday. The boys representing St. Mary’s were senior Aaron

Troester, juniors Dan Ascherl and Tim Krugman, and sophomore Tyler Cole.

Tyler Cole, wrestled in the 119 pound bracket and came out on top tying for the

first place medal. Tyler is 1-1 on the season. Juniors Dan Ascherl and Tim Krugman both

finished with third place medals. Dan Ascherl wrestled in the 130 pound group and

finished with a 3-1 record for Saturday. Tim Krugman is wrestling in the 171 pound

weight bracket. Tim also finished the meet with a 3-1 record. Senior Aaron Troester

fought hard but didn’t manage to come out with a medal. Aaron wrestled in the 140

pound weight bracket and finished the day with a 1-2 record.

The wrestlers’ next meet will be at Newman Grove this Saturday starting at 10

a.m.. We want to wish the boys the best of luck on their next meet!

The Lady Cards had a shakey start to their season on Thursday. They played the

Clearwater Cards and were defeated 67-28. Christine Troshynski helped the Cards out

with ten rebounds and Laura Cameron added eight points. The Cards bounced back on

Friday night with a win over the Orchard Orioles. Lindsey Kallhoff led the boards with

nine and came up with 11 points. Kristen Carr was the scoring leader with 12 and Mary

Kersenbrock follewed close behind with 11 points. The lady Cardinals traveled to

Verdigre last night and lost to the Lady Hawks 43-39 in a hard-fought game. Christine

Troshynski led tthe scoring with 16 points. Turnovers and fouls were a key factor in the

loss for the Lady Cardinals. The Cards are now 1-2 on the season.

Last Thursday the O’Neill St. Mary’s Cardinal boys’ basketball team

traveled to Clearwater to take on the Clearwater Cardinals. In the battle of the

Cardinals, St. Mary’s jumped out to a 10-9 lead after the first quarter of play and

led at half 22-20. But the second half belonged to the St. Mary’s Cardinals. In

the second half the St. Mary’s Cardinals outscored the Clearwater Cardinals

40-19. The game ended with a final score of 62-39. For the game the St. Mary’s

Cardinals were led by Chris Bahrij with 19 points and 11 rebounds, Danny

Haggerty with 12 points and 11 rebounds, and Ryan Hickey with 11 points and

ten rebounds. With the win the St. Mary’s Cardinals move to 1-0 on the season.

Then on Friday the runnin redbirds traveled to Orchard to take on the

Orchard Orioles. After the first quarter the Orchard Orioles jumped out to a 16-13 lead

and led at half 28-27. In the second half the Cardinals came on outscoring the

Orioles 29-21. This game ended with the Cardinals on top 56-49. The St.

Mary’s Cardinals were led by Chris Bahrij with 18 points and nine rebounds, and

Ryan Hickey with nine points and seven rebounds. The Cardinals got the win

with a strong performance on the boards, out rebounding the Orioles 41-22.

Last night the Cardinals traveled to Verdigre to take on the Hawks. The

teams were tied 64-64 at the end of regulation play and St. Mary’s went on to

win the competition 77-72 in over-time. Scoring in double figures were Chris

Bahrij with 29 points followed by Dan Haggerty with 14 points. Last night’s win

moves the Cardinals record to 3-0. We would like to thank all of the fans who

came out in the heavy fog last night to support all of our teams!

We want to thank the sponsers of our school news this week. I am Christine Troshynski. And I am Tom Fletcher. Thanks for listening!