Last Friday night the stakes were high as the varsity football team matched up against the Plano West Wolves, a classic private vs. public school rivalry. The winner would advance to round two, to play at the historic Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. The loser would go home, thus terminating their 2013 season. This time it was the...
Foot after foot, step after step, the runners of the Jesuit Cross Country team force themselves forward. Ignoring their heavy breathing and pain in their stomachs, they continue forward. Up in the front, Varsity senior Dillon Smith can see the finish line. He pushes himself past his body’s limit, sprinting for the finish despite his exhaustion. He breaks the...
The Rangers JV football season came to a close this past Thursday, but the team proved that they are one of the top rosters in one of the toughest districts in Texas, finishing 9-1. This game turned out to be an offensive shootout; with the Rangers putting up 56 points in an impressive 56-13 route of the Richardson Eagles.
For...
On the weekend of November 2-3, the Jesuit crew team traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee to finish their fall season at the Head of the Hooch regatta, the second largest regatta in the world next to the Head of the Charles in Boston, which the crew team participated in earlier this fall. The Head of the Hooch, hosted by the...
A loud buzzing noise started to creep into stadium. Over time it got louder and louder, stronger and stronger. The image of a small black speck started becoming more visible, and it appeared to be getting closer and closer. Whispers spread throughout the football crowd, what is this strange flying object? A bird? A plane? No, that was an...
Facing high expectations to defend last years State Championship title, the Jesuit Rangers Hockey team eagerly trains to battle it out on the ice and inch their way closer to that final, decisive game.
Although the Rangers began their season Sept. 26 with a loss of 0-4 to Denton County Varsity, the team quickly recovered with a 5-2 win against...
“Trunk or treat!” rang out the excited cries of children, resounding across the Jesuit parking lot last Halloween. You may be thinking, “Wait a minute. Trunk or treat? A parking lot? That doesn't sound like the trick-or-treating I know.” And you're right, my savvy and convenient-question-asking reader. It's a new Jesuit tradition, the Halloween Trunk-or-Treat!
“Hold up. You still haven't...
Head Wrestling Coach Ryan Menard recently helped to coach Jesuit Graduate Antonio Martinez ’12 to a gold medal finish in the 18th International Copa Sparta tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Oct. 12. Martinez described Menard as "a big part of success on and off the mat."
Martinez said he asked Menard to help him because " taught...
