You can hear the ball being hit from across the street. The ball speeds through the air, hits the net, and falls back to the ground as junior, Jordan Lawlar, takes his swings in the batting cage. Jordan has had a great start to his Jesuit career. He has already been granted an offer and is now committed to...
Walking into Hughes Hall, you see a great white banner at the center with the Jesuit Dallas logo. Behind a table with 8 chairs, 8 Jesuit athletes, and 8 bright futures.
On Wednesday, November 14th, eight Senior student athletes officially declared that they are going to continue their athletic careers in college.
Baseball Signees
Three of the eight signees are baseball players:...
The Jesuit baseball player, dressed in white khaki pants and a blue polo, walks through the large silver metal detectors. Quickly, he scurries through a set of large glass doors and into the next room, taking a seat next to his teammates only a few rows away from the Dallas County commissioners who are sitting at the far end...
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The video above represents many accomplishments to the Jesuit Dallas community. To the players themselves, it represents the fruits of their hard work and dedication from when they walked in freshman year, and it represents the triumph over adversity, which had previously defeated them last year. To the coaches, it too represents the reward for their endless determination over their...
Sometimes when you least expect it, adversity pops up in your face. This surprise knocks you off your game, after all, you thought it was going to be easy. Two quick wins and onto the next one. It was only the second round. There was no way we were going to lose this early. Now battling adversity, you have...
The tall, towering figure stares down at the batter from his grassy green turf mound. He commands the pace of the game and its outcome; every pitch he throws can determine if his team wins or loses. He turns his attention to the crouching catcher, who flashes him one finger pointed down. The symbol representing a fastball, the pitcher...
Sweat beats down his face as he stares at the catcher, affirming or denying signals. The pitcher stands up, focused and in the zone. Ready to throw, he pulls his knee up, creating a ninety-degree angle with his leg, before stepping down, whirling his arm around, and sending the ball flying toward the plate and into the catcher's mitt...
On a foggy February morning, the pitcher fires a fastball over the white plate. Rotating his hips and hands quickly, the batter connects and sends the ball sailing into the outfield. The left fielder shifts his position and sprints back towards the flying projectile, determined to catch it in his glove. In a matter of seconds, however, the baseball...
