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The School Newspaper of John Carroll School

The Patriot
The School Newspaper of John Carroll School

The Patriot
Mike Moxley, Sports Editor 2015-16

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor 2015-16, Sports Editor

Senior Mike Moxley is a Sports Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com. This is his second year on The Patriot staff and third year taking journalism. After working as a Media Editor last year, he is ready for a fresh start as a Sports Editor. Outside of journalism, Moxley enjoys playing basketball and spending time with friends and family. Mike Moxley can be reached for comments at [email protected].   

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Junior pitcher Alex Marlow swings at a pitch while playing against Loyola. The Patriots were defeated by the Dons, 5-1, on April 13.

Baseball swinging for playoff spot, Badminton smashes through season

Mike Moxley and Azanae Barrow
April 26, 2016
Swing and Swish: Mastering the Greens of Augusta

Swing and Swish: Mastering the Greens of Augusta

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
April 7, 2016
Swing and Swish: Let the “madness” begin

Swing and Swish: Let the “madness” begin

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
March 17, 2016
Senior Ben Flomo holds his shoe collection worth thousands of dollars in his arms. Flomo’s newest addition is a pair of Yeezys, Kanye West’s shoe line, which have been reported to sell for $3,500.

If the shoe fits

Kishan Patel and Mike Moxley
March 17, 2016
Seniors Josh Payne-White, Ky'el Hemby, Damon Lloyd, Kurt Rawlings, and Alex Rasmussen (left to right) officially ended the recruiting process with help of varsity football head coach Keith Rawlings (back center) after they sign their National Letters of Intent. During this signing period, seven student athletes committed to Division I and Division II colleges.

Committing to the process

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
February 11, 2016
Caption: Senior Dean Laponzina takes in the scene of Camden Yards on an Entrepreneurial Studies class field trip. Laponzina and his class visited Camden Yards Jan. 12 and met with members of the management staff from the Orioles.

Field trips teach students outside the confines of the classroom

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
February 5, 2016
Swing and Swish: PGA tour tees off new year

Swing and Swish: PGA tour tees off new year

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
February 5, 2016
Swing and Swish: Kobe Bryant begins his farewell tour

Swing and Swish: Kobe Bryant begins his farewell tour

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
January 15, 2016
Swing and Swish: Stephen Curry shooting the lights out

Swing and Swish: Stephen Curry shooting the lights out

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
December 16, 2015
Senior Kevin Kangu dribbles up the court preparing to shoot. Kangu has averaged 7.5 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1 steal per game to start the season.

Canadian native shines on the court

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
December 15, 2015
This sign hangs in the back of the Bel Air Bakery as a notice to their customers about their decision to close. The Bel Air Bakery will close on Christmas Eve.

Bel Air Bakery hangs up the apron

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
December 10, 2015
Women's basketball season starts with success, Women's indoor track prepares for season

Women’s basketball season starts with success, Women’s indoor track prepares for season

Mike Moxley and Grace Mottley
December 10, 2015

Men’s Cross Country

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
November 30, 2015

Women’s cross country

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
November 19, 2015
Junior midfielder Seth Anderson runs past a Loyola defender in order to gain possession of the ball. JC played Loyola on Oct. 16, and lost 3-1.

Men’s soccer

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
November 19, 2015
Athletes winning in and out of the game

Athletes winning in and out of the game

Grant Sharretts and Mike Moxley
November 18, 2015
Swing and Swish: NBA season preview

Swing and Swish: NBA season preview

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
November 11, 2015
Senior varsity captain and forward Kristen Isoldi dribbles downfield with two C. Milton Wright players close behind. The women's soccer team defeated C. Milton Wright 2-1 on Oct. 23.

Senior captains reflect on their last season

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
November 10, 2015
Swing and Swish: Tedious injury holds back golf's biggest name

Swing and Swish: Tedious injury holds back golf’s biggest name

Mike Moxley, Sports Editor
October 26, 2015
Director of Enrollment Edward Maynard wins the Educator of the year award. He was honored at the Senior Awards May 27.

Week In Pictures: Senior Awards, Chemistry Lab, and Class Speeches

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
June 1, 2015
Being bilingual benefits students

Being bilingual benefits students

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
May 28, 2015
Centerfielder Tim Kutcher slides into home base with a safe call. The team added the run, making the score 2-0 against Archbishop Curley. The final score was 2-1 on May 11, but the umpire overturned a controversial call, forcing them to play another three innings the next day, with a final score of 4-3.

Week in Pictures: Lacrosse Championship, Theater Dinner, Turf Field Dedication

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
May 20, 2015
Sleep patterns reflect personalities

Sleep patterns reflect personalities

Claire Grunewald and Mike Moxley
May 14, 2015
Junior Alex Nyce portrays president Herbert Hoover for 1920's day. The project was for Mr. Hollin's honors history class on Fri. May 1.

Week In Pictures: Prom, Grandparents Day, and 1920’s Day

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
May 6, 2015
Senior Luke Schaffer runs towards first base during a baseball game against St. Paul's high school. JC lost the game 8-18 on April 15.

Week In Pictures: Baseball, Softball, O’Leary Speaker

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
April 23, 2015
Juniors Madison Hooper, Julia Henninger, Victoria Caldwell, Sydney Kirwan, and Sydney Branch sing at the beginning of the ring mass. Juniors and their families attended mass together the morning after the juniors received their rings.

Week in Pictures: Ring Ceremony, Fashion Show, and Senior Seminar

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
March 30, 2015
Junior Gavin Ding builds a robot out of Legos in robotics class. In class, students learned how to set up the robots and how they function.

Week In Pictures: Statistic Class, Yellow Ribbon, and World Language Honor Society

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
March 23, 2015
Brian Williams and his wife Jane Williams at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Williams was recently given a sixth month suspension without pay for fabricating a story about the Iraq War.

Op-Ed: Brian Williams should be given a second chance

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
March 18, 2015
Senior Jerome Brown prepares to sling a rubber band to knock cups off of a table. Seniors played three different "Minute to Win It"-style games throughout the senior retreat.

Week In Pictures: National History Day, Senior Retreat, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
March 16, 2015
NBC news Anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months from news-casting for "misremembering" a story. Williams had been the news anchor of NBC's "Nightly News" since 2004.

NBC news anchor Brian Williams faces six-month suspension

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
March 10, 2015
Dr. Werner Cohen gives a thumbs up to the seniors greeting him and other Holocaust survivors. In 1938 Cohen was sent to the Dachau concentration camp at the age of 16 and was then released to travel to England.

Week In Pictures: Senior Holocaust Events, Bingo Night, Diversity Project

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
March 4, 2015
Calculus teacher George Appleby poses with one of his cherished Mr. Potatoheads at his board. Appleby has been a devoted math teacher at John Carroll for 43 years.

George Appleby challenges students to do their best

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
March 1, 2015
Preparing to run in a relay, sophomore Steven Kutcher is poised to sprint. Kutcher is usually the only sophomore on the relay team.

Sophomore strives for new heights

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
February 26, 2015
Former Calvert Hall students and lacrosse players practice with their new classmates behind the tennis courts. Athletics are a major draw for transfers, according to Director of Enrollment Edward Maynard.

Students come to JC for improvement

Eric Johnson and Mike Moxley
February 23, 2015
Elevating their hands as freshman Immanuel Quickely attempts a free throw, the crowd braces themselves. The "Patriot Pit" was filled even though there was no school. The icy conditions didn't hold the Patriot's student section back from attending the game.

Week In Pictures: Men’s Basketball, Haitian Speaker, Chinese Lunar Year

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
February 18, 2015
Seniors Oladokun Ekundayo, Jessica Hastings, Madison Schutz, and Ashley Hunter (left to right) show off the personalized portraits they received at their senior night game from varsity coach Craig Simmons (back). The team played St. Vincent Palotti on their Senior Night on Feb. 3.

Week In Pictures: Girls Basketball Senior Night, Wrestling, Holocaust Day

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
February 11, 2015
Junior Hebe Wu poses at her desk. Wu and fellow classmates had just finished Pre-Calculus class.

Wait…Hebe who?

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
February 11, 2015
Junior Kristen Isoldi, sophomore Charlotte Haggerty, junior Holly Driver, and senior Nicole Clauter pose after winning the bronze in the varsity women's 4 by 400 race. The women's indoor track team won fifth place in the IAAM championship meet on Jan. 30.

Week In Pictures: Blood Drive, Track Championships, Speech and Debate

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
February 2, 2015
Women's varsity basketball coach Craig Simmons instructs the team on how to run their next offensive play against Archbishop Spalding. The game was Jan. 22, and the team lost 47-60.

Week In Pictures: Girls Basketball, Spanish Exchange, Chemistry Project

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
January 28, 2015
A male dancer from one of the Native American tribes shows off his traditional regalia. The regalia present at the powwow came from several tribes and is often passed down through generations.

Week In Pictures: Basketball Game, Popsicle Stick Tables, Pow-Wow

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
January 21, 2015
Students and faculty enter school two hours late due to weather conditions. School was canceled on Jan. 6 and delayed two hours on Jan. 7 and 8 because of snow and freezing temperatures.

Week in Pictures: Academic Team, Snow Day, Baran’s Painting

Mike Moxley and Erica Kelble
January 14, 2015
Senior Juan Cajigas comforts Stephan Splitgerber at the first year anniversary ceremony of Gloria Sedney's death. Seniors and other students and faculty close to Sedney attended the ceremony on Dec. 11.

Week in Pictures: Christmas Bazaar, Academic Team meet, and Remembrance Ceremony for Gloria

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
December 15, 2014
Seniors decide on alternative routes

Seniors decide on alternative routes

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
December 8, 2014
Junior Matt Clarke hangs lights above the lockers near his advisory. Students and teachers decorated the area around their advisories this week for a Christmas door decorating contest.

Week in Pictures: Turf Field, Indoor Track, Door Decorating Contest

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
December 8, 2014
Varsity field hockey head coach Gary Scholl gives the girls advice during the game against Indian Creek on Oct. 29. Because of Scholl's coaching, the team made it to the championships on Nov. 1, beating Maryvale 2-1 in double overtime.

Coaches’ passion molds teams

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
December 3, 2014
Sophomore Sydney Shupe and junior Cara Wolfarth carry a box of cans from their advisory to support the Thanksgiving food drive. The food drive occurred from Nov. 10 until Nov. 21.

Week In Pictures: Food Drive, Junior Class Yard Sale, and AP Psychology

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
November 24, 2014
Juniors Adam Mrowiec and Preston Thomson share their musical talents during retreat. The first junior retreat occurred from Oct. 6 to 7.

Junior retreats open hearts and minds

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
November 13, 2014
Sophomore Devin Darrington and juniors Ben Flomo and Damian Wies (left to right) help each other with homework in the library. Students can go to the library every day from 8-4:30 to work on their assignments.

Week in Pictures: Friend 2 Friend Party, NYC Trip, Womens Cross Country Championships

Erica Kelble and Mike Moxley
November 3, 2014
Senior varsity football player Ryan Sheehan recently had 150 dollars stolen from his locker. Locker room thefts have occurred in both the men's and women's locker rooms.

Athletes, administration baffled by locker room thefts

Mike Moxley, Multimedia Editor
October 14, 2014
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