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Keeping Score

Keeping Score

How many sports can each gender play in one season?
Elizabeth Driver, Sports Editor December 17, 2013

To be a fish or to be a cheetah? Sophomore Faith Ensor walked up to the diving platform, feeling for her swim cap and goggles to make sure that they were both in place. On command, Ensor got in starting...

Seniors Zach Hammons and Colby Fell fight for the ball. JC beat Mount St. Joesph 1-0 on Oct. 23.

Season Wrap-up: Fall sports

Women's Cross Country Women’s varsity cross country team finished the season with two championship wins and an undefeated season with a 7-0 record. The team competed against the entire league and...

Varsity and JV volleyball girls face-off. In a Patriot survey, 47.6 percent of students agree that varsity teams get more attention than JV teams.

Varsity sports take priority over JV

The Patriot explores the differences between JV and varsity teams in terms of attention, importance, coaching, and practices to see if these distinctions makes teams more divided or more unified
Hope Kelly, Editor in Chief October 30, 2013

"I wouldn't say [coaches] like the varsity team better, but they rely on them more, and all the JV kids, they look up to the varsity kids for what they want to become and as motivation," sophomore Mitchell...

Junior Emory Gaeng runs with the ball in the Powder Puff game. The juniors scored the first touchdown of the game.

Seniors defeat juniors 14-6 in closely contested Powder Puff game

Elizabeth Driver, Sports Editor October 28, 2013

Juniors and seniors run over their plays and mentally prepare for the annual Powder Puff game. Both groups huddle on their side of the field to organize the start of the game. The two teams of green and...

International student and senior Guillermo Almirall takes the ball up the field.  Varsity soccer lost this game 2 to 1 against Mount St. Joseph High School on Sept. 23.

International athletes face challenge of playing sports overseas

Elizabeth Driver, Sports Editor September 30, 2013

On the first day of practice, sweat drips down in buckets, muscles pull, and foreign words are  shouted over the field.  Senior Gonzalo Laura Rivera, an international student from Spain, has to push...

Wrap-up: The Patriot looks back on spring sports

Wrap-up: The Patriot looks back on spring sports

Cole Alban and Meredith Haggerty, Online Chief and In-Depth Editor June 11, 2013

As the spring sports season has come to a close, The Patriot takes a look back on the sports teams and how they performed this year. Men’s Lacrosse             The men’s varsity lacrosse...

Rule, schedule changes come to men’s lacrosse

Rule, schedule changes come to men’s lacrosse

Kailey Tracy, Copy Chief March 20, 2013

The 2013 men’s lacrosse season holds new excitement, with new rules and procedures being implemented to speed up the game, and a match against a team from California approaching. According to men’s...

Students share hunting experiences

Students share hunting experiences

Kailey Tracy, Copy Chief February 1, 2013

Freshman Michael Imbierowicz aimed his shotgun at the goose, just yards in front of him. With the animal in his line of vision, he fired his weapon. The creature toppled to its side. Imbierowicz had his...

JC loses championship football game in overtime thriller

JC loses championship football game in overtime thriller

Cole Alban, Managing Editor November 20, 2012

The temperature was low, but the energy was high, as a mix of excitement and anxiety ran through the crowd. The ball was snapped, and as it hung in the air, so did the championship aspirations of both...

Varsity football trumps St. Marys in first home playoff game

Varsity football trumps St. Mary’s in first home playoff game

Cole Alban, Managing Editor November 15, 2012

The excitement ran throughout the team. The atmosphere of the crowd was uplifting despite the cold weather. This was not just any home football game JC was playing. This was not a regular playoff game...

Women’s varsity soccer defeats Spalding for first time in six years

Women’s varsity soccer defeats Spalding for first time in six years

Haley Kyger, Sports Editor October 25, 2012

The ball hit the cross bar and crossed the goal line. Senior Jordan Clarke’s body went numb. Tears filled her eyes as she scored the winning goal against Archbishop Spalding for the women’s varsity...

Field hockey team scrambles to find players

Field hockey team scrambles to find players

Haley Kyger, Sports Editor September 27, 2012

“Keep on going!” is all she can hear from her coach. Her chest is heavy and her heart rate is high as she gasps for air during her field hockey game. She has been playing for a total of 60 minutes,...

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