Good afternoon and welcome to the weekly broadcast of school news

from St. Mary’s High School. I am Gina Hoesing. And I am Matt Schaaf.

After a long Christmas break, the students and the teachers are back

and are ready to get back into the swing of things. The first semester

ended before the Christmas break. And the first semester report cards will

go home next Wednesday, January 15th. So let’s first take a look at the

school activities.

An all-school Benediction will be held this afternoon at three. The

seniors are also planning an all-school Mass that will be held Friday

morning at 8:10.

This week’s senior profile is on Michael Jeffrey. He is the son of Bill

and Jean Jeffrey of O’Neill. He is seventeen years old and has attended St.

Mary’s for twelve years. In his spare time, Michael likes to hunt, take care

of his pickup and car, travel, and go to the mountains. After graduation

Michael plans to attend Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington, Wyoming

and major in wildlife conservation.

Now let’s take a look at junior high sports. On Thursday, December

nineteenth, the seventh grade girls basketball team was defeated by Page.

On Saturday, January eleventh, the eighth grade girls will head to Butte to

play in their basketball tourney. Games will start at 9 a.m. The junior high

boys’ basketball team will compete in their first game of the season here at home against

Ewing on Monday.

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Students in high school sports are getting ready to come back to

their seasons after the Christmas break. The varsity wrestlers have had

a nice long break in their season. Their last meet was on Saturday,

December twenty-first, at Valentine. Tyler Cole earned second place. Tim

Krugman also participated in this meet. The junior varsity wrestlers will

end their break with a meet on Friday, January tenth, at Burwell. The

varsity wrestlers will travel to David City on January eleventh.

On Friday, December 20th, the junior varsity Lady Cardinals were

defeated by the Rock County Lady Tigers ________. The jv girls will face the

Pope John Lady Crusaders this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at Pope John.

In varsity basketball, we would like to congratulate the Lady

Cardinals for their victory over the Rock County Tigers with a score of

50-42. Over the Christmas break, the Cardinals traveled to Stuart for their

annual holiday tournament. The Cardinals first competed against the Rock

County Tigers and came out victorious with a score of 42-31. The leading

scorers were Lindsey Kallhoff with thirteen points and ten rebounds,

Theresa Conradt also had thirteen points and six rebounds and Kara

Garman with eleven points and seven rebounds.

Then the Cards faced the Butte Wildcats. The Cardinals came up

short with a score of 46-43. The leading rebounders were Christine

Troshynski with eleven rebounds and twelve points, Theresa Conradt with

eight rebounds and two points and Kristen Carr with seven rebounds and

three points.

The Lady Cardinals’ next game is this Friday, January tenth, at Elgin

Pope John. The games will start at five o’clock. Then on Saturday,

January eleventh, the Cardinals face the Keya Paha Indians at St. Mary’s.

The games will start five o’clock.

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The varsity boys basketball team also had a successful run at the

Stuart Holiday tournament. On December 27th the boys clinched a birth in

the championship game by defeating the Wildcats of Butte. The next game

the Cardinals defeated the Broncos of Stuart to receive the Stuart Holiday

Tournament Championship. This Saturday the JV boys and varsity boys

will host the Indians of Keya Paha at 4:00 p.m.

We would like to thank our sponsors this

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tuning into our broadcast and be sure to tune in again next week for the St.

Mary’s School News on KBRX . I am Gina Hoesing. And I am Matt Schaaf.