Keenan Womack ‘12

Upon entering Jesuit College Preparatory, seeing the Hall of Honors walls adorned with composites from the inaugural class of 1943 to the most recent class of 2011, listening to academic banter from the clusters of blazer-and-oxford clad students, feeling the intensity of one of the most competitive academic environments in all of Texas, one’s first impression is not of...

Heartbreak. Last year’s Jesuit Basketball Association runners-up The Crew (also known as TBC) suffered a brutal, one-point loss in the 2011 title game, a contentious finish tantamount in controversy only to the team’s now-banned jerseys, which depicted the Coors Light mountain logo.   That said, the hangover from defeat hasn’t clouded the team’s mindset going into 2012.  In fact, last year’s...

JESUIT--Nick Ackels ’12, owner of and forward for JBA team Blake Griffin & Company, expects big things from his team this year. “Returning last year’s league MVP, Matt White, is a great start, obviously,” explains the player/owner. “In addition to having him, we return guards Sheldon Robbs ’12 and Michael Stephens ’12. It’s going to be a great year for...

Number one versus number two. Undefeated, bitter rivals. Division, conference, and national title implications on the line. There’s a reason that this Saturday’s matchup between top-ranked Louisiana State University and second-ranked University of Alabama is being billed the “Game of the Century,” a title specially reserved for regular season games between the two top ranked teams in college football. The...

With the recent and massive turnover in college football realignment, teams in the Big XII Conference have been forced to try to find new conferences to join. A&M is, pending a lawsuit, headed to the SEC, Nebraska and Colorado have already left, and the two Oklahoma schools seem to be flirting with the Pac-12. While many have assumed that Texas...