Grant VanKirk ‘13

On February 4, 2012, Jesuit’s Brothers for Others club will host the Brothers for Others Extravaganza. The club, recently founded by Dennis Kamara ’13, maintains a goal of “helping Jesuit students and students with disabilities develop unique relationships through various activities.” “My hope for this club is to not only spread the awareness of different disabilities such as Down syndrome...

On January 6 and 7, 2012, Jesuit Debate sent two teams to compete in the Plano East debate tournament. The first team, made up of James Mantil ’12 and Ryan Tan ’13, came into the tournament with zero state points out of the 10 needed to qualify for the state tournament. The other team, consisting of James Ferrara ’14...

At the Creekview Debate Tournament on Saturday, December 10, 2011, Jesuit debate finished with one of their best all-around performances in years, with teams securing first, second, and third place for the Rangers.   The one-day Creekview tournament began with three preliminary debates. After these three debates, the team of Jeff Melsheimer ’14 and Grant VanKirk ’13 had a perfect record...

On December 2-3, 2011 at South Garland High School, the Jesuit debate team excelled, sending two teams into the elimination round and getting closer to qualifying for the state tournament. Each debate tournament typically consists of preliminary round-robin style debates, in which every individual team debates four times. Then, the top eight of the 25-40 teams move on to the...

On November 8th, 2011, the JV Golf team won the Creekview Invitational Tournament for the second time this year. This win extends the group’s tournament streak to three in a row. At the Indian Creek golf course in Carrolton, Jesuit sent two different teams of five to have a shot at winning it all. Freshman Patrick Tehan had an astounding...

On Tuesday, October 24, 2011, the Jesuit Junior Varsity Golf team won the Frisco Liberty Red Hawk Shootout. The event marked the team’s second consecutive tournament win, with golfers placing 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.   Earlier in the month, the JV team came away with the first prize at the Creekview Invitational. Byron Song ’15 won it all, followed by Clayton...

    On November 4-5, 2011, the Jesuit Debate team performed admirably at the University of North Texas debate tournament, finishing with three teams in the top ten of the varsity division and two teams in the top ten of the novice division. With five out of its eight teams placing at the tournament, the Jesuit debate squad celebrated their success. In...

The Jesuit swim team out-swam McKinney Boyd last Tuesday, October 18, 2011, winning the meet 113-70. This meet was a “dual meet,” a meet where two schools face off solely against each other. The swim season lasts roughly from September until regional and state competitions in February, so this meet was one of the first few that the team...