Good afternoon.  Thank you for joining us on this blustery FALL October Day for this week’s broadcast of St. Mary’s High School news.  I am Jordon Anderson.  And I am Laura Cameron.  Jordon, I really thought that winter wasn’t supposed to arrive until at least AFTER Halloween!   All of the trick-or-treaters will have a chilling experience tomorrow!

      And so, ______________, let’s take a look at what  has been happening at St. Mary’s this week. 

      Parent-Teacher Conferences were held last week for the first nine weeks.  Students had a half-day of school on Friday.   Parents picked up report cards and met individually with teachers.

      Some junior girls attended an open house for junior and senior girls at the Notre Dame House in Omaha this past weekend.  Sister Anita sponsored the trip.  The girls arrived in Omaha on Saturday night.  Sunday morning the SMH girls attended Mass with other girls from Wahoo and Omaha.  They also went on a tour of the Notre Dame house, listened to some of the sisters speak about their missions, and participated in games.

      An all-school Mass will be held Friday at 8:10 a.m. in honor of All Saints Day.  The fourth grade is planning the Mass.  They will dress up as saints.  They will also give short speeches about the lives of the saints.  The high school choir will sing.

      Members of the Future Business Leaders of America will work at the Parish auction this Sunday, November third.

      In mock trial the Red team will compete against the Stuart Red team at O’Neill tommorow at 10:00 am at the Holt County courtroom.

      Tomorrow, October thirty-first, the cheerleaders will be handing out trick-or-treat bags to the little children at the football game.

      As a treat for the only class in the junior-senior high school that didn’t have detentions in the first quarter the sophomores had juice and donuts complements of Mrs. Conradt.

           This week’s senior profile is on Kiel Neumann.  Kiel is the son of Darin and Linda Schneider and Charles Neumann of Omaha.  He is seventeen years old and has attended St. Mary’s for twelve years.  This year Kiel is involved in football, basketball, track, and mock trial.  In his spare time he likes to watch sports and hang out with friends.  After high school Kiel plans to attend the University of Nebraska at either Omaha or Lincoln and major in physical therapy.

      Turning to sports news at St. Mary’s we have ended the cross country season. SMH students participate in cross country with the OHS Eagles.  The volleyball and football teams have ended their regular season play and now turn their attention to conference tournaments and post-season play.

      Two St. Mary’s athletes competed in the State Cross Country Meet in Kearney last Friday.  Mitchell Wecker finished in 56th place and Daniel Ascherl finished in 60th place.  Congratulations on a great season, boys!

      The C and B volleyball teams finished their season last Friday.  The C team defeated the Verdigre Lady Hawks 15-11, 15-12.  Their final record is 2-4.  The B team also defeated the Lady Hawks 15-7, 15-8.  The B team’s final record is 7-9.  The B team struggled throughout the season but eventually learned to work together.  All the girls gained valuable experience throughout the year.

      The Lady Cardinals varsity volleyball team also faced the Verdigre Hawks last Friday, October 25.  The Cards were victorious with scores of 15-8 and 15-4.  Then in first round action of the Niobrara Valley Conference West tournament at SMH the Cards played on Monday, October 28, against the Stuart Lady Broncos and defeated Stuart with scores of 4-15, 15-8, 15-3.  Games last night at Lynch were moved ahead because of the winter storm warnings.  The Lady Cardinals met the Elgin Pope John Lady Crusaders,  and the Spencer-Naper Pirates met the Wheeler Central Broncos in cross-bracket play between the East and West sides of the NVC teams.  The Lady Cardinals fell to the Crusaders in two sets.  Scores were ______________________.  Wheeler Central defeated the Spencer-Naper Pirates  in two sets.  The finals of the NVC tournaments are scheduled for Friday night at O’Neill High School.  D2 St. Mary’s with a 13-6 record will meet Class D1 Spencer-Naper who holds an 18-8 record in the consolation competition.  And number one State rated D2 Wheeler Central, standing 23-1 on the season, will face Class D1 Elgin Pope John, 21-4 on the season, in the NVC championship games.  So come out Friday night and support the Lady Cardinal volleyball girls!

      The St. Mary’s Cardinals football team hosted the Verdigre Hawks last Friday night on parents night.  The Hawks fell to the top rated Cardinals 38-0. The Cardinals end the regular season 8-0.  Heading into the playoffs the Cardinals will face the Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Mustangs.  St. Mary’s and S.E.M will play at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday at O’Neill.  This is the first round of the playoffs.

      That ends our broadcast for this week.  We want to wish the Cardinal football team good luck in their first round play-off games tomorrow afternoon.  Remember school dismisses at 3:06 so that fans have plenty of time to get to the four o’clock kick-off at the O’Neill football field.   And good luck to the Lady Cardinal volleyball team as they enter into final play in the NVC tournaments at OHS on Friday night.

      We want to thank ____________________________________________ for sponsoring our broadcast this week.

      I am Jordon Anderson.  And I am Laura Cameron.  Tune in again next week at 3:10 in the afternoon for more Cardinal news.  And remember. . . have a safe and happy Hallowed Eve!