Good afternoon.  I am  Jordon Anderson.  And I am Matt Schaaf.  We are here this afternoon with our weekly broadcast of St. Mary’s Cardinal news.  We began this morning with our weekly all-school Mass.  The third graders planned the Mass for the students.  We also have Benediction this afternoon.

      This week seems to be a week of standardized testing, ______________. 

On Monday the sophomores took the PLAN test.  The PLAN test is used to give a student’s projected range for the ACT test which is usually taken during the junior and senior years.  The PLAN test lasted around three hours.  Also this week grades two through six are taking the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.  These ITBS tests  compare St. Mary’s students to students across the nation.  The tests also help track academic progress and academic goals.

      Homecoming was a great success.  After the Friday night game, the homecoming dance was held.  The freshman attendants were Ashtin Soukup and Jesse Reiman.  Sophomore attendants were Sarah Novak and Ray Timmerman.  Junior attendants were Laura Cameron and Ryan Kelly.  Senior attendants were Brooke Earley and Mike Simons.  The homecoming queen was Theresa Conradt and homecoming king was Dan Haggerty.

      St. Mary’s mock trial is under way.  The Blue team features Matt Willis, Michelle Shoemaker and Kiel Neumann as attorneys and Christine Troshynski, Brooke Earley, Megan Davis, Jordon Anderson, and Kylie Ludemann as witnesses.  Other members of the Blue team are Tom Fletcher and Chris Havranek. The Blue team will compete on Tuesday, October 8th,  at 8:30 a.m. in the Holt County District Courtroom against the O’Neill High School Blue team.

     Each week, we will be doing a profile on one senior from St. Mary’s. This week that

student is Matt Willis.  He is the son of Keith and Carole Willis of O’Neill.  Matt is seventeen years old and has attended St. Mary’s for twelve years.  He is involved in football, basketball, track, and mock trial.  In his spare time, Matt likes to watch sports, hang out with friends, and watch movies. After high school Matt plans to attend Creighton University and pursue a degree in optometry.

      In the cooperative sports competitions the cross country team competed at the Albion meet last Friday.  Medals were awarded to the top twenty of each grade.  Mitchell Wecker placed third for the freshman, Daniel Ascherl placed third for the senior boys, and Theresa Conradt placed fifth for the senior girls.  The next cross country meet will be this Friday, October 4, at Atkinson.

      Also in cooperative sports action the O’Neill girls’ golf team competed at two meets this past week.   The first meet was at Valentine on Thursday, September 26th.  Kareena Nichols scored a 95 and earned seventh place.  The next meet was on September 30th at West Holt.  Nichols scored a 119, earning her eighth place.  She also received the All-Conference Honorable Mention.  The next golf meet will be tomorrow, October third at Pender.  There will also be two more golf meets this week.  One will take place on Saturday, October fifth, at Oakland.  The other will be the district meet on Monday and Tuesday,  October seventh and October eighth.

      In junior high sports tomorrow, October third, the junior high Cardinal volleyball teams play the Orchard Orioles at home.  Games start at 4:30.  The junior varsity C games will follow.

      In Monday’s game at Lynch the St. Mary’s junior high football team got off to a great start by scoring on the first play.  The boys beat Lynch 52-12.  The next game is in O’Neill on October seventh with Pope John at 4: 30.

      Also in sports the Lady Cards C team had an exciting game last Thursday against Neligh-Oakdale.  Unfortunately, they fell short 15-12, 9-15, 12-15.  The C team’s record is 0-2.  The JV team had some trouble against the Warriors.  They were defeated 1-15, 2-15.  The Junior Varsity’s record is 4-6.  The B and C teams will play Orchard tomorrow at SMH following the junior high games at 4:30.

      Also last Thursday  the  Lady Cardinals varsity volleyball team  traveled to Neligh-Oakdale and were defeated 15-8, 9-15, and 5-15.  The Lady Cardinals will travel to Stuart on Friday October fourth for a rematch with the Lady Broncos.  The games will start at 5:30 p.m.  The Cardinals’ record is 6-3.

      In football action the Cardinal varsity football team faced Rock County last Friday night. The Cardinals defeated the Tigers 50-0.  Kevin Ohri had 93 yards on 21 attempts and one touchdown.  Mike Simons completed five of his eight passes for 45 yards.   Kiel Neumann racked up 21 tackles with one saftey.  St. Mary’s travels to Stuart on Friday to take on the Broncos at 7:30.  The Cardinals are 4-0.  The junior varsity football team will then take on Spencer-Naper next Monday, October 7th,  at home at six o’clock.

      This Friday, October 4, St. Mary’s high school and grade school students will not have classes because the teachers will be attending an Archdiocesan teacher in-service in Omaha.

      That’s all the news that we have for this afternoon.  We want to thank you for joining us.  And we want to than _____________________________________________ for making this broadcast possible.  I am Jordon Anderson.  And I am Matt Schaaf.  Join us again next week for more Cardinal news!