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Scoop:

Notes from Coach Reed

Hello Lacrosse families! I'm excited to start our year off and see some new faces. I've been at Bishop Ireton for almost a year now, have enjoyed my time and hope to keep it going. During the summer, our student athletes played on several travel teams. I was fortunate enough to coach a few of them. We had over 16 BI laxers playing for Alexandria Travel. I was pleased with the progress they made. I think we are entering this season with many positives.

During our 2012 BI Men’s Lacrosse Organizational meeting in September, we focused a lot on "cuts". Unfortunately, they

are necessary as interest in BI Lax grows. I will not cut players who work their butts off. Our coaches can turn any athlete with a positive attitude and a good work ethic into a lacrosse player. This year we are focusing on the 3 F's - Faith, Fight, and Fortitude. Faith, believe in the system, your team, your coaches. Fight, never give up, until the buzzer sounds. Fortitude, sometimes things don't go our way and it might be a few bad games. Keep a positive mental attitude, because at the end of the day it's only a game.

The coaching staff and I want Bishop Ireton Men’s Lacrosse to be a great experience for you and your sons. I know with hard work and lots of effort, we will have a great team. Every player has five months till the season starts, more than enough time to prepare. Everyone can make the team. Your son might just be the piece to the puzzle we need. If you are not the biggest, be the fastest, or strongest or smartest. There's something for everyone in BI Men’s Lax. Find your spot!

Notes from Coach Blaine

We currently have 77 student athletes in the Men’s Lacrosse program. Many attended camps and participated in leagues over the summer, including 15 BI laxers who participated in the Lynchburg Team Camp in June. Senior attackman, Max Becker, served as a Senate page over the summer. During June

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and July we held open fields on Fannon Field every Wednesday evening, giving BI Lax alumni, current BI and local high school players a chance to compete against one another. Many of our laxers are participating in Football, Soccer and Cross Country this fall. The football win over O’Connell at home was a great start to the school year! The football Cardinals are 5-0! We need to keep that winning attitude throughout our winter sports programs and into our spring season.

In June the 2011 BI Men’s Lacrosse program finished the academic year with a 3.279688 GPA. We missed our goal of 3.3, but not by much. Keep working on academics! The following student athletes had a 4.0 or higher last semester: Steven Gottlieb, Liam McCormack, Owen McHugh, Thomas Owen, Albert Schibani and Phillip Thomas. Congratulations gentlemen! Work to your potential. Manage your time. If in doubt about your priorities, they are Academics and Lacrosse. Get ahead on your school projects and volunteer hours.

All BI glove and Spirit Pack order forms and CHECKS must be mailed to Coach Reed at Bishop Ireton BEFORE the 5 Oct 11 order date. Checks should be made out to BIHS, with “BI Men’s Lax” on the memo line. This is the ONLY opportunity to buy BI gloves this season. It is the first of two chances to buy the BI Spirit Pack.

Men’s Lacrosse conditioning begins on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Coaches will supervise lifting, conditioning and stick skills twice a week. Captains will hold a third practice each week. The conditioning program is ONLY for those laxers NOT involved in a fall sport. “A journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step.“ Get Started. Step off. Go CARDINALS!

Kiss: Why We Love BI!

Bishop Ireton has the highest SAT scores in the Dioceses of Arlington. 99% of our students matriculate to colleges of their choice. BI fields 48 teams in which 75% of our student body participates in one or more sports. The goal of our community of committed, caring faculty and staff is to provide an atmosphere encouraging each student to achieve their greatest spiritual, academic and social potential.

Seniors Helena Barber and Jacob Ramey have been named 2012 National Merit Scholarship

Semifinalists. National semifinalists represent less than one percent of all US high school seniors.

Seniors Catherine Addington, Carlos Daing, Lacrosse midfielder Matthew Dubow and Christine Snyder have been named Commended Scholars in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to these scholastically talented seniors.

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Fifty-nine students at Bishop Ireton High School have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition

of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) provides willing and academically

prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the more than 1.9 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams.

Fifteen BI students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Alisha Ault, Helena Barber, Laura Becht, Lacrosse defenseman Robert Beydler, Kathleen Caler, Denise Catbay, Gina Damond, Allyson Freeland, Edward Nguyen, Sarah Olsen, Meredith Ramey, Daphne Reynolds, Sarah Rupp, Sebastian Spinetto, and Nicole Williams.

Nine students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average score of at

least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. These students are Michael Andersen, James Bieron, Daniel Burns, Joanna Faletti, Neil Heitbrink, Jacqueline McCabe, Liam O’Connor, James Oliva, and Allison Wulf.

Thirty-one students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Catherine Addington, Samantha Bass, Noah Brooksher, Cierra Coan, Aida-Stephanie Dohou, Richard Drummond, Anton Ekman, Elaine Ferguson, Cyrelle Elize Fermin, Samuel Ferrara, Paloma Ferreira, Katherine Fogarty, James Fonda, Sarah Fyffe, Brittany Harris, Liam Heaney, Stephanie Heredia, Allison Laclede, Robert LaRose, Marin Nolan, Jacob Ramey, Michael Robertson, Geraldine Salazar, Matthew Smith, Christine Snyder, Allison Swiger, Jessenia Villanueva, Stephen Washington, Nicole Winfree, and Reid Yager.

Of this year’s award recipients at Bishop Ireton High School, fourteen are sophomores or juniors. These students have at least one more year in which to complete college-level work and possibly earn a higher-level AP Scholar Award.

Madeline Caballero and Stephen Washington have been named Scholars in the National

Hispanic Recognition Program. CONGRATULATIONS to ALL our BI academic award winners!

Cradle: Alumni Activities

We hope to see ALL BI Men’s Lacrosse alumni at our NEXT Alumni game which is TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED on Saturday, May 19th, 2012. Following the Alumni game, we will host the BI Men’s Lax Day for Rising Freshmen.

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This year the following BI Classes will be celebrating reunions: 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991,

1996, 2001 and 2006. We would like to contact all BI Men’s Lacrosse players, and their coaches, from these classes.

Joey Kestermann, ’99, and former Men’s Lacrosse

Coach will enter the BI Sports Hall Of Fame on Friday, October 22, 2011. Please try to attend.

All Bishop Ireton and St. Mary’s Academy alumni

are encouraged to join the Ireton Business Network. For more information, go to www.iretonbiznet.com

Matt Dowden, ’06, graduated from Virginia Tech

with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering. He is in his second year as a grad student at Virginia Tech for Masters in

Mechanical Engineering, specializing in robotics and Mechatronics for military and medical applications.

Tim Blaine, ’08, plays defensive end on the Ursinus College Bear football team. Tim completed his second summer of Marine Corps Officer Candidate School during July.

Andrew Rodriguez, ’08, a senior at the US Military Academy, plays outside linebacker and was named the Captain of the Army football team.

Robert Beydler, ’11, a plebe at the US Naval Academy, is shown here with his sister.

Dave Souliotis, ’11, is a rat at Virginia Military Academy.

Any alumni who wish to donate lacrosse equipment should contact Coach Reed @

reedjon@bishopireton.org. This extra equipment will be used during off season open fields to introduce new players to lacrosse. Thanks to Coach Calabrese & Coach Kestermann for their generous donations!

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We would like to contact ALL BI Men’s Lax alumni. We only have contact with 103 of 203 known

Lax alumni. If you are, or know of, a BIMLax alumni or former coach, please contact Coach Blaine @ iretonmenslax@gmail.com.

Upcoming Alumni Events, 2011-2012

The mission of the Bishop Ireton Alumni Association is to strengthen our commitment to our school, renew and foster the bonds of friendship and promote continued involvement of graduates of Bishop Ireton and St. Mary’s Academy in the Salesian spirit of the Oblates of Saint Francis de Sales.

The following is a list of Class Representatives and Scheduled Reunions. Please contact your

Class Representatives for details.

1971 Brian Gritte briangritte@cox.net Jack Bruggeman jackbruggeman@cox.net Chris Stegmaier Byrnes byrnesc@aol.com (SMA contact) Location: Ft. Belvoir Officers’ Club, 5500 Schulz Circle, Ft. Belvoir, Cocktails 6:30 PM, Dinner 7:30 PM

1976 Posy Haley Green rosemary_gr@comcast.net Frank Hopke fhopke@wbhopke.com Location: Gadsby’s Tavern, 138 N. Royal St., Old Town Alexandria, Cocktails 6:00 PM, Dinner 7:00 PM

1981 Tom Donnelly tom.r.donnelly@gmail.com Maria Decowski mfdecowski@yahoo.com Location: The Fish Market, 105 King St., Old Town Alexandria, 8:00 PM

1986 Michelle Hannas Crabtree michellehannas@yahoo.com David Masri david.masri@usi.biz Location: Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Presidents Quarters-3rd Floor, Arlington, 7:30 pm

1991 Eric Pavlick ericpavlick@cox.net Eileen Glass Patterson patterson_eileen@yahoo.com Location: Pat Troy’s Ireland’s Own, 111 N. Pitt St., Old Town Alexandria, 7:00 PM

1996 Lisa Barkovic lisabarkovic@gmail.com Location: Union Street Public House, Regatta Room,121 S. Union St., Old Town Alexandria, 7:30 PM

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2001 David Sobral dasobral@gmail.com Location: The Light Horse – Upstairs, 715 King St., Old Town Alexandria, 7:00 PM

2006 Maureen Finn finnmk@dukes.jmu.edu Location: Chadwicks – Upstairs, 203 The Strand, Old Town Alexandria, 7:00 PM

In October we will hold our 2nd Annual Alumni Association New Member Recruitment Event at

the Carlyle Club in Alexandria. Last year was a smashing success as 175 Bishop Ireton and St. Mary's Academy alumni and spouses gathered at the Spectacular Carlyle Club for a great evening of cocktails, food, and renewing old friendships and beginning new ones. Please come and join us. Bring a fellow classmate. Joining the Alumni Association is free, as is the entire event at the Carlyle Club. 1981 Bishop Ireton Alum Brennan Reilly, who owns the Carlyle Club, has been generous enough to Host this exciting event again this year. All cocktails and food are complimentary.

These two signature events will kickoff our Alumni Association Events Calendar for the 2011-2012 school year. Our remaining Alumni events will be announced in early September. Go Cardinals !

Pass: Upcoming Events

October 5th: Glove & Spirit Pack orders placed.

October 11th: Lax Conditioning program begins.

October 19th: Alumni Association New Member Recruitment Event at The Carlyle Club, 411 John Carlyle Street, in Carlyle section of Alexandria, 1 block from King Street Metro. Complimentary cocktails and food will be served in a Cardinal spirit-filled atmosphere leading up to Homecoming Weekend! 7:00 pm

October 21st-23rd: Homecoming Weekend and Class Reunions for 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006

Friday – Hall of Fame Induction dinner, 6:30 pm, Carlyle Club-Alexandria, contact fannonr@bishopireton.org to purchase tickets

Saturday – Homecoming football game vs. PVI, 1:00 pm

Complimentary Alumni barbeque in Atrium and courtyard, 3:30 pm

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Saturday Evening – Class Reunions held throughout Northern

Virginia area

Sunday – Cardinal 5K run sponsored by BI Athletic Boosters, 9:00 am, Cameron Run, 4001 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria

Alumni Homecoming Mass in auditorium, 11:00 am. Lunch to follow in the Atrium.

Faculty and Staff Hall of Fame Induction ceremony and complimentary luncheon at 12:00 noon, Atrium, immediately following Mass

October 30th: BI Open House, 1-3 pm

November 16th: Renaissance Faire

November 23rd: Alumni Association pre-Thanksgiving social on BI campus, 6:00 – 9:00 pm

Full Alumni Association calendar for the entire school year will be announced later in October. For questions on upcoming Alumni Association events, please contact Ryan Fannon, ’89, Director of Alumni Relations at fannonr@bishopireton.org or at (703) 212-5178. Go Cardinals!

December 3rd: BI Winter Lacrosse League begins

December 14th-16th, 19th: Exams

This is the 6th issue of the BI Scoop. It is intended to keep future and current students, alumni and their parents aware of the activities of the BI Men’s Lax program and Bishop Ireton High School. If you liked it, let us know. If you did not like it, tell us why. If you have information you’d like to share with the Men’s Lax family, send it. If you’d like to be added to the distribution list, please email Mike Blaine at iretonmenslax@gmail.com.