Joel Elms '22

Now, to all of those people out there wondering, "Joe, when are you going to start talking about basketball stuff and intramural stuff? The season starts soon!" Spoiler alert: intramurals/JBA/JBDL was canceled and it's not happening this year. Thanks for that, COVID. Anyway, I may or may not have been assigned a new beat over the weekend: soccer! So...

The junior varsity basketball teams for Jesuit have burst out of the gates to start the 2020-21 season, as JV blue has gotten off to a 4-0 start and JV gold has gotten off to an equally impressive 3-0 start. And while the freshman teams have yet to tip-off this season, with both teams' first games coming on December...

Well, hey! I'm here to answer the question in the title! In all seriousness, the Jesuit cross country team advanced to the UIL Regional I-6A Championship, coming out with a very solid second-place finish in the District 7-6A meet. Furthermore, they finished in second by persevering through rough weather conditions. Yes, I'm fully aware that the cross country season did...

Regardless of what we think about how the end result for the run turned out, there is no denying that the Dallas Stars' 2020 playoff run was one for the ages. Not since 1999 had the Stars had this level of success in the postseason, and we all know how that one ended: in the most satisfying of ways....

Since the MLB season is only 60 games long this year, I thought it might be appropriate to come out with this piece now, as we're just about halfway through the season. This MLB season almost didn't happen, and now that it did, the playoff picture for each league is starting to become a little bit clearer. However, there...

While I'm absolutely sure that everyone who has basketball (more specifically, NBA basketball) on their list of most passionate things to scream at their TVs about has been watching the 2020 season unfold in the magic of the Orlando Bubble, there have been plenty of big moments on the campus, and I'm here today to count them down(in my...

The coronavirus pandemic has put an unexpected hurdle in every major sports league’s way, as they try to come back and start and/or resume their seasons in some form or fashion. After what seemed like an eternity, we can finally say it with 100% confidence and accuracy: baseball is back. The negotiations between the MLB and the MLBPA finally...

Yes, I know, there has been a ton of Jesuit basketball for the JV and freshman teams over the break and yes, I know that this is likely the first you're hearing of it from The Roundup. But, don't let that steer you away, because today we'll be recapping all the action from the past couple of weeks and...