Davis Bittner '13

For most Jesuit athletes, the summer is a time to relax and take a break from the stressful sports atmosphere while many teams have weightlifting and various trainings in the summer; it remains a nice break from the in-season rush of having to balance athletics with academics and all the other school year distractions. However, for some of Jesuit’s...

Davis Bittner and Aidan Johnston explore the upcoming football season with the Ranger's quarterback.

At Jesuit few things are more popular and successful than intramural sports. Almost every Jesuit student competes in one at some point in his career, and no single sport is bigger than basketball. Every year, the Jesuit Basketball Association gathers the school’s best basketball players who don’t play school basketball and play a full season capped off by playoffs....

This past week, eight members of our Jesuit community--juniors Nick Alexander, John Leflore, Hayden Meshell, and Drew Brunts; seniors Garrett Finney, Brenden Cain, and James Grass; and student affairs assistant Mark Campbell as coach--won the Under-18 USA Hockey National Championship in Lansing, Michigan. The Dallas Oilers, a select hockey team composed of players from schools all over Dallas and coached by...

Jesuit students have always been known for excellence in many aspects, particularly athletics, having dominated the competition since the TCIL days. Although Jesuit always sends many athletes to play on a collegiate level, the class of 2013, especially, supports one of the most athletically gifted classes ever, with six athletes, mere juniors, having already committed to play college sports. Lacrosse...

When the Louisiana State University Tigers take the field to kickoff at the start of their football games, they are led by Jesuit grad James Hairston ’11.  Hairston was the kicker here at Jesuit and now handles the kickoffs for the preseason favorite LSU Tigers.  I had the opportunity to catch up with James while watching his brother William...