Good afternoon. I am Kiel Neumann. And I am Kristen Carr. Welcome back to

our weekly broadcast of St. Mary’s School news.

This Friday, the 14th, there will be an All-School Mass at 8:10 a.m. The

high school students will minister the Mass which Sister Anita is planning. The Youth

Choir under the direction of Mrs. Lisa Lueninghoener will sing.

The students had a 9:30 late start this past Monday morning due to a

teachers’ meeting at 7:45. The St. Mary’s faculty and staff will have their annual

Christmas party this Saturday, December 15, at the KC Hall, which is preceded

with Mass at 5:00 p.m.

This week the kindergarten children have been very busy. First of

all Isaac Ascherl had a new baby sister and the Ascherls named her Teresa

Marie. But that was just the start of the week for the kindergarten children. They

have been getting ready for the holidays by decorating their classroom

Christmas tree and making Christmas stables out of toothpicks. The children

have been very busy learning about the letter I. The kindergarten through sixth

grade elementary students have been practicing for the grade school Christmas

program scheduled for tonight at 7 o’clock in the high school gym.

Mrs. Cameron’s second grade class will be singing a song titled “Little Tiny

Miracle.” The second graders are very excited about singing tonight. We wish

all of the elementary students good luck in their performance.

The eighth grade held an art show in the grade school gym last

night to deisplay their semester art work.

The Freshmen Class have been working hard in every class they

attend. Reporter Michael Jeffrey said the Freshmen that are in Art I class

working hard and have been making angels.

The Senior Class have been evaluating their options on where to go for

the senior trip in the spring. They are also working on graduation plans. They

have chosen their class colors of Cardinal and Silver and have been measured

for their caps and gowns. And most importantly, seniors are taking ACT’s,

scheduling college visits and making decisions on post-secondary education

plans!

In sports the Junior High Lady Cardinal basketball team took a trip to

Creighton on Monday. The seventh grade took a loss with a score of 15-18.

The eighth grade also came home with a devastating loss, 22-25. The girls’ next

game is tomorrow at home against Page; the game starts at 6:30. Come out and

support the girls.

The St. Mary’s boys wrestling team has been busy this past week. Last Saturday,

the boys traveled to Newman Grove where they faired very well. Only two of the four

boys wrestled on Saturday, but both boys ended the day with medals. Junior Dan Ascherl

wrestled three matches during the day and won all three. Dan wrestles in the 130 pound

weight bracket and is 6-1 on the season. Sophomore Tyler Cole finished the day with a

second place medal. Tyler wrestled two matches on Saturday and won one match and lost

the other. Tyler wrestles in the 119 pound weight bracket and he is 2-2 on the season.

Last night the wrestlers stayed home to host Burwell in a duel here in O’Neill.

Aaron Troester was the only wrestler for St. Mary’s because Burwell didn’t have any

wrestlers in the other boys’ weight divisions and they drew byes. Aaron wrestled one

match and won it. Aaron wrestles in the 140-pound weight division.

The boys will travel next to Neligh tomorrow, December 13 and to Valentine on

Saturday for the Valentine Invitational Wrestling meet that starts at 10 a.m.. We wish the

wrestling boys good luck in their upcoming matches.

The St. Mary’s Lady Cardinals had another tough week of basketball last

week. Last Tuesday the Cardinals played the Verdigre Hawks, but fell short of a

win. They were defeated 39-43. Christine Trohsynski led the Cards with 16

points and eight rebounds. Kristen Carr came out with eight points, eight

rebounds, and five steals.

The Cardinals came back on Friday and defeated Elgin 49-43. Lindsey

Kallhoff was the leading scorer with 16 points. Mary Kersenbrock contributed

ten points to the game. The Cardinal team won the game with the help of

making 79-percent of their free throws!

Then last night the Lady Cardinals lost to Neligh-Oakdale, 38-47.

The ladies now are 2-3 on the season as they head to Bassett on Friday for

games against Rock County. The junior varsity girls start the roundball

marathon with a four-o’clock tip-off followed by the junior varsity boys basketball

game. The varsity girls will play at six o’clock and the varsity boys take the court

at eight o’clock. The team bus lealves schools at 2:30 on Friday.

The St. Mary’s Cardinal Boys basketball team won games on Friday and

Tuesday to improve their record to 5-0. The Cardinals took on the Elgin Eagles

last Friday and came home with a 73-62 win. Outstanding players in the game

were Chris Bahrij with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 steals. And Mike Simons

added 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Cardinal men defeated the

Neligh-Oakdale Warriors last night at home. Nice job, Cardinals!

We want to thank the sponsors of our school news this week. Tune in next week for another

exciting edition of Saint Mary’s School News!!!! This has been Kiel Neumann

and Kristen Carr. Thanks for listening!