The weather was starting to get chilly at Dwight Davis on Tuesday evening. It was 6:30 p.m. and as the wind picked up, the Jr. Bills were in a familiar spot: waiting on a closely-contested singles match to end. Just like the MICDS match, senior No. 2 Henry Dowd found himself fighting long after the others had finished. 

SLUH’s golf squad began the season sizzling with a 237-245 against conference opponent St. John Vianney at Tapawingo Golf Club on March 28, with senior captain Louis Cornett shooting an even par 36, followed closely by a one over par from senior Thomas Ziegler. 

After a solid win, St. Louis U. High went on a brief cold spell, struggling in the Bantle Tournament the next day and against Chaminde on April 4. SLUH rebounded the next week with two wins over Ladue and Westminster, and a fifth place tournament finish at the Bulldog Battle Tournament, highlighted by round in the 70’s by Cornett, Ziegler, and senior Sam Orlando. 

Senior Sean Kellogg officially committed to run Division 1 cross country and track at Marquette University last Wednesday. After coming off of a great cross country season where he was SLUH’s number one finishing runner for the majority of the season, Kellogg finished with a personal record of 15:47 at the State meet where he earned an All-State spot. 

Following a strong four years playing forward for the Jr. Bills, senior Tyler Van Bree will continue his soccer career next year at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, where he plans to study financial markets and economic analysis.  

It is often said that weekends are for relaxing. With time off from the chaos that school often brings, SLUH students cherish their weekends as times of alleviating stress from schoolwork and other extracurricular activities. However, this was not the case for the SLUH volleyball team this past weekend. After school on Friday, April 22 and the following Saturday morning, the Jr. Bills traveled to Chesterfield for the annual Parkway Central Volleyball Tournament. With 16 teams, the tournament fielded multiple teams that will stand between SLUH and a state trophy in May. SLUH prevailed with the first place tournament trophy, but not without a nail-biter win in the finals against the Marquette Mustangs. 

Revenge. The greatest feeling in sports. Lebron beating the Warriors in 2016, Rocky Balboa knocking out Apollo Creed in Rocky II, and now the Jr. Bills lacrosse team taking down the CBC cadets. 

The Jr. Billikens have stumbled as of late, dropping three games in a row against Columbia-Hickman, Westminster and De Smet. 

Students learned during yesterday’s farewell video that science teacher and STUCO moderator Bradley Mueller will be leaving SLUH at the end of this year to become a pilot. 

Assistant to the President Kim Walsh officially retired from St. Louis U. High this past March, with bittersweet goodbyes from students and staff alike as she takes on becoming a full-time devoted grandmother.