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VOlUME XXIX - ISSUE VII

Blue Print

Senior of the Year Wins Hands Down

Seniors vote Lubbers top teacherGriffin Flesch

Each year at CCH, the Senior Class votes for a teacher they have had over their four years who has had a lasting impact on them and made a difference on their lives inside or outside of the classroom. Resoundingly Mr. Hertsenberg has swept the votes with other wins coming from Haders, Par-rott, Snyder, Ruth, but for the second consecutive year, Mr. Lubbers has headed the list.

Mr. Lubbers is in his eleventh year teaching at CovCath and is a gradu-ate of Bishop Brossart High School and Northern Ken-tucky University. He says that it takes most teachers about five years to really understand how to improve and become a better teacher, but for him it took ten. When he first began teaching,

he was more focused on the mathematical ma-terial itself than teaching by relating to the stu-dents and paying attention to them. Mr. Lub-bers attributes his growth as a teacher to Coach

Hertsenberg for helping him understand how to relate better to his students and to Mr. Parrot for fairness. In the classroom, he empha-sizes the importance of a strong work ethic through his homework and tests. Mr. Lubbers says the thing he likes most about CovCath is the students themselves and that the best part of his day is always the six hours in the classroom teaching where he can make a difference. Over the class of 2017’s se-niors four years at CCH, Mr. Lubbers has taught many of them for either one or two

years and some for as many as three.

Mr. Lubbers is involved with many ac-tivities at Covington Catholic including intra-

Ross Basford

Wouldn’t you like to hear that you “epitomize all the qualities that are the best”? Well, fellow Colonels did indeed say that about Noah Birrer as they voted him Senior of the Year. After hearing the outcome of the voting by each of the seniors, Noah feels “pretty humble.” He is glad that he has impacted people in a positive way. Noah stated, “I hope that people have been able to learn from the examples I’ve set and experiences I’ve shared over our short four years growing together into men.”

After asking Noah what his favorite part about CovCath is, he replied, “coming to school each day and not just learning, but bonding with my teachers and classmates in unique ways and creating memories that I will always remember and will miss in college.”

Other comments from his fellow classmates included, “always looks out for other,” “understands what it means to be a true brother,” “shares his talents with everyone,” “perse-veres through hard times,” and “puts others before himself.” What else could you want said about yourself than these amazing compliments.

Noah’s after graduation plans are to go to the University of Cincinnati and study cy-bersecurity. No one is more deserving of this award. Great work, Noah! We love you.

mural golf, intramural basketball, and TEAMS as well as being the Math Department Chair and teaching four different math classes. One of the things Mr. Lubbers enjoys most about CovCath, though, is the Wyoming Retreat most sophomores go on before their junior year. Mr. Lubbers goes on the retreat every year to help the new leaders of the school understand their new role of being a leader and taking owner-ship as well as helping other students who may be struggling and forgetting the petty things in life. On the retreat, and perhaps the biggest thing for the students to take away, Mr. Lub-bers wants to help the students understand the importance of God in their lives.

Congratulations to Mr. Lubbers, the 2017 Covington Catholic High School Teacher of the Year. Some of the comments from the stu-dents included “one of the smartest most down to earth teachers at CCH,” “he has improved me not only as a student but as a man,” “easy to talk to,” “fair,” “always trying to help.” Maybe he is the Renaissance man people look for in a teacher.

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Arts/ EntertainmentMovie/MusicReviews 2

the hurt locker

Luke Lonnemann

I recently watched The Hurt Locker, and I loved with what I saw. The movie is about a bomb squad during the war in Iraq, where a ser-geant who was recently assigned to the squad puts the team at risk because of the unorthodox way he handles his work. The main charac-ter, Staff Sergeant William James, gets a crazy adrenaline rush while he defuses bombs, and he puts his group in harm’s way every time the squad goes out. See if James and the other men in his squad can make it home safe.

The movie stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Guy Pearce, and Ralph Fiennes. The movie won 6 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing,

Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mix-ing, and Best Sound Editing, and was nominated for an additional three. It was written by Mark Boal and directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Direc-tor for her work in this movie. The Hurt Locker is well deserving of all the recognition it has received from all groups of people.

This movie has been out for several years, and I wish I watched it as soon as it came out because I felt as though I have been missing out. The acting in it was superb, and the film was overall near perfection, every scene came together very well. If you have not seen this and handle a brutal war movie, I would recommend viewing.

Sam Zimmerman

The Photo Contest is a long lasting tradition of the Photo Club. The club has hosted more than 20 consecutive contests. Contest en-tries started rolling in throughout April until the 20th. The prize was $100 for the winner and only one entry per person to allow an open playing field. The photos entered had to be original photos with no editing to them. The contest allows Cov Cath students with experience or with no experience in photogra-phy, as well as faculty/staff, to come together and compete against their own classmates.

The winners of this year photo contest included Joe Gray in first place, Justin Colvin in second place, Max Gray in third place, and Nick Flesch in fourth place. The winners were picked out of 20 en-tries and a competitive field of en-tries. The judges were Mr. Haders, Mr. Durham, two Prestige photog-raphers, and Mrs. Jill Franxman as the guest judge. The judges were vastly spread out over the different arts for a far playing field. Every-one loved walking past the hallway where the photos were displayed to judge the photos themselves. Over-all, it was another huge hit and a success as it is every year!

L to R: Nick Flesch, Joe Gray, Justin Colvin, and Max Gray.

Joe Gray 1st Place

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ray 3rd Place

Justin Colvin 2nd Place

Nick Flesch 4th Place

The Past FOur Years in a Blink of an Eye3 Arts/ Entertainment

Reds Game VisitMatthew Thiel

This year the Covington Catholic journalism class was in-vited to participate in the Reds’ High School Media Day on April 20th. Two of our elite journalism students, Zach Michels and I were invited to watch the Reds take bat-ting on the field, interview the Vice President of media relations, Rob Butcher, and tour the Reds media facilities.

Our day began by us being picked up at the gate by business operations person Emily Mahle. We then made our way down to the

field where we watched the Reds batting practice. Being a baseball player myself, I really appreci-ated the experience of being able to watch some of the best hitters in the world, especially Joey Votto get ready for the game was intriguing. Then, we got the opportunity to in-terview the Vice President of Media Reactions Rob Butcher. Mr. Butch-er has been working in baseball for 28 years. He said his main respon-sibility is to be the liaison between the media and the players, which involves scheduling interviews for player and setting up postgame in-terviews among other things. On an

Alex Shelton

They were right. Every sin-gle one of them was right. Whether it was your mom, dad, brother, sis-ter, uncle, grandma, neighbor, cous-in, friend, or teacher; they were all right. They told us high school goes by in a blink of an eye but no one really believed them. It is hard to believe that my four years at Cov-ington Catholic are coming to an end. Although, it flew by, we made a lot of memories together.

We came in as freshmen as one of the largest classes ever at CovCath at the time. A bunch of dudes strolling the halls, most of us remained in our grade school friend groups, some tried out new sports, and others just went with the flow. Freshman year was headlined with the first basketball state champion-

ship in school history and our fresh-man day of reflection. From cheer-ing sections to playing in sporting events ourselves, it was no secret that our 2017 senior class had much potential.

Sophomore year rolled around and we realized that we sur-vived freshman biology with Coach Krumps. The next challenge that stood before us was being accepted and picked to go on the Wyoming Retreat. 72 sophomores were for-tunate enough and lucky enough to go on the Wyoming Retreat. Not only was that retreat a great way to experience nature and get to know our classmates better, but the trip changed our lives entirely.

One blink later and junior year was already here. We could check off sophomore chemistry,

and we gladly accepted being up-perclassmen in the school. Junior year was good to us. Junior year we brought home another state cham-pionship, this time in soccer, the first soccer state championship in Northern Kentucky. And a few days later…

We were seniors.

Finally. What he had been waiting for. We were now the big fish in small pond. College was on our minds but we weren’t expecting it to actually be a reality. We started off our senior year with a remark-able football season with some very memorable wins. As seniors, we beat Highlands in football, some-thing that had not been done since 2006. We were lucky, as seniors, we played under the lights, at home, something Park Hills has only seen

only once before. We did not need to make new friends anymore, be-cause everyone already knew ev-eryone. We were all close, we were a part of the Brotherhood now. We attended our last basketball game, our last pancake breakfast, it was our turn to lead the days of reflec-tions, and we sat in class trying to soak up every little memory and moment before we walked across that stage on graduation. And then it hit us. 10 days left and it was time to move on from the greatest high school in the world.

To the Class of 2017, good-luck, no matter what direction life takes you. And remember, you will always be a Colonel, one “ With a Spirit that Will Not Die.”

average day, Mr. Butcher comes in at 9am and leaves in between 11 and midnight. During his day his day consists of compiling statistics pack-ets, putting together media clips, and being the liaison between media and players and staff. After that we toured the Reds’ media facilities. The world class facilities included the press box, the scoreboard operating room, the broadcast center, and the main media room where they interview the play-ers and coaches. After that Zach and I stayed and watched the game.

Zach and I are thankful for this experience. We would like to thank Ms. Emily Mahle for taking us on our tour and also giving valuable infor-mation into her job. We would also like to thank Mr. Rob Butcher for an-swering our interview questions and giving valuable insight into his career and his experience. Go Reds!

4Senior Wills

Nathan Bir

I, Andrew Alcorn, will ev-erything to Mitchell Franx-man.

I, Ross Basford, will my Ultimate Frisbee skills to Blake Shields, my quarter-back skills to AJ Mayer, and my dance moves to Coach Eviston.

I, Jacob Bayless, will my hair to Coach Hovan, my phone to Mr. Schneemann, and my excellent school lunches to Coach Ruthsatz.

I, Hunter Beard, have no will.

I, Gunnar Benson, will my dance moves to Blake Shields.

I, Cameron Berling, leave my soccer skills to John Di-etz because he needs them, and my amazing vocals to Casey Nowak because all he does is voice crack.

I, Anthony Best, will my quick feet to Sam Schuh, my sharkin abilities to Adam Schneider, the quote to Mr. Wolfe, and my amaz-ing singing abilities to Tim Belton and Harris Disken.

I, Max Bishop, will my good looks to Mark Reitzes, will my layup skills to Jake Walter, and my school spirit to everyone.

I, Bryant Bolden, will my admiration to Coach Hertz.

I, Anthony Bosch, will my good looks to Luke McHale and my tennis skills to Alex Schneider.

I, Ben Boydston, will my Graphic Design projects to Joey Moser, my spikes to Coach McCoy, and my bi-ology assignments to Jack Dunham.

I, Kyle Brake, will my white socks to Nick Eg-bers, and my angelic pipes to Harrison Farrar and my dodging abilities to Harris Disken.

I, Will Breen, will my sense of humor to Mrs. Ruth, my Hawaiian shirts to Jimmy Buffet, and my memories of the OG chicken patty meal to the incoming freshmen.

I, Mark Briede, will my

presidency to the church, my music game skills to the incoming Latin I class, and rejected Harvard applica-tion to Mr. Hartman.

I, Sean Burke, will my glasses to Noah Gastright, my ability to make bets to Jacob Wigger.

I, Blake Cecil, will my manager skills to Joe Huber, and my work ethic to Jake Walter.

I, John Ciaramitaro, will my physics grade to Noah Gastright, my spicy memes to Zack Lind, and my good looks to Tim Hillebrand.

I, Strephon Cole, leave my current good grades to Mi-cah Cole. I will my mass attire to Coach Hertz for re-ligious uses throughout the year.

I, Kyle Crail, will my hu-mor to all Latin scholars, my outstanding writing to Ms. Baulch, and my argu-ing ability to the Mock Trial team.

I, Danny Curk, will my drug tests to Jack Talley, my back-up goalie position in lacrosse to Joey Rentrop.

I, Noah Dames, will all of the ankles I have collected to Chad Gerding, my hops, and backflips to Chandler McFadden, and my snow-boarding skills to Matthew Krebs.

I, Derek Darwish, will my good grade in American History to Jared Darwish.

I, Noah Davis, will my ac-curacy to Cov Cath Archery program, precise bow to Coach Schneemann, and my courage to Hartman’s AP Physics class.

I, Jake Dressman, will my Hawaiian Tux to Noah Powers.

I, Ryan Eckerle, will my basketball skills to Tony Hentz and my A in anatomy to Will Knipper.

I, Jaret Eilerman, don’t have a will.

I, Matthew Elsbernd, will my computer skills to Ms. Matz.

I, Cody Esmeier, will my fortune and Dave and Buster’s tickets to Martin Suetholz.

I, Adam Feinauer, will my globe to Noah Birrer, my shredder to Ben Flesch, and ownership of my pen to Noah Feinauer and Stephen Metzger.

I, Ethan Fleek, will my graphic design skills to Mr. Cleveland.

I, Nick Flesch, will my ten-dency to mock people to my entire art class, my anxiety to speak in public to Mrs. Ruth, my basic understand-ing of Photoshop to Mr. Cleveland.

I, Griffin Flesch, will my coaching ability to Mr. Am-merman, work ethic to Pat-rick Kennedy, and driving distance to Tyler Chandler because he is weak.

I, Ben France, will my quarterbacking ability to AJ Mayer, my looks to Kam Butler, and my snapped bat to Logan Beagle.

I, Matthew Franxman, will my dashing good looks to Trenton Martin, my con-fidence to Jack Burke, my incredible charm to Mitch-ell Franxman, my tennis skills to the Sandman, and a good morning to Mrs. Ruth forever.

I, Kyle Fryman, don’t have a will.

I, Ian Galvin, will my lus-cious locks of hair to Luke Thelen.

I, Josh Galvin, will my meat headness to Nick Raisebeck, the tag team to Logan Beagle and Jack Maile, and my IBL skills to John Dietz.

I, Christopher Garrett, will my dislike of Com-munism to Coach McCoy, my studio in the art room to Sam Cooper, my trade lock-er to Ben Flowers, and ev-erything else I will to Coach Hertz.

I, Benjamin Gerdes, don’t have a will.

I, Joseph Gray, will my 36-pack of Prismacolor colored

pencils to whoever stole them, will my “Why evolu-tion is true” book to Coach A.

I, Jared Haught, will my yelling abilities to Cristia-no Trojani, my leadership abilities to Evan Gardner, my ability to hold my seed to Benito Trojani, my head-band to Max Cook, my hand ball skills to Nick Eten.

I, Zack Hemsath, will my sick rhymes to Will Akin, my basketball skills to Nick Eten, and my 2 mile PR to Will Tate.

I, Tony Hentz, don’t have a will.

I, Hudson Henry, will my football skills to Kam But-ler, my mower to Coach Ruthsatz, and my bottle of water to Mr. Schneemann.

I, Jeffrey Huston, will my great experience to the fu-ture Colonels.

I, Alex Jordahl, don’t have a will.

I, Jacob Kennedy, will nothing to nobody.

I, Drew Knochelmann, will my Graphic Design and artistic skills to Mr. Cleve-land, my failed physics grade to Mr. Hartman, all my LEDs to Ethan Fleek, and my lawn mower to Hudson Henry.

I, Thomas Kreutzjans, will my goatee to Mr. Schnee-mann and my beautiful ties to Mr. Holden.

I, Jacob Kunkel, will my expert diving abilities to Logan Smith, my mass at-tire to Coach Eviston.

I, Andy Kuykendall, will my artistic skills to Tom-my Webster, my awesome Earth and Space skills to Chad Gerding, and I leave my nametag to Mr. Schnee-mann.

I, Griffin Lamb, will my good rages to Reese Foster, my photographer duties to Sam Poulos, my ability to get off topic to Coach Shep, and my soccer cleats to Joel Schneider.

I, Zack Michels, will my

parkour skills to Casey Nowak, raging/pitching abilities to Sean Casteel, and IBL balling skillz to Coach B.

I, Daniel Mounir, will my neck beard to Coach Mc-Coy, my lucky piece of tin foil to Ms. McDonald, and my entire collection of Young Thug tracks to Con-ner Furnish.

I, Andrew Mullen, will my dodging abilities to Harris Disken, my lucky boots to Luke Thelen, and the Bill bates Dance to Sam Schuh and Nick Raisbeck.

I, Josh Newman, will my uplifting attitude to Tony Hentz, and my Spanish tal-ents to Jack Simkonis.

I, Joe Niehaus, will my smile to Michael Kessans and my style and fashion to Mr. Eviston.

I, Ryan O’Connell, will my greasy spoon to Jacob Schriver, my hoodie to Mr. Schneemann, my parking spot in the gardens to Logan Beagle.

I, Josh Penrod, don’t have a will.

I, Mason Phelps, will my common sense to Zach Thapar, and my good stand-ing with Mr. Hartman to Lo-gan Brake.

I, Jared Reid, will my kid-ney to Ammo, my left big toe to my youngest brother, and my Latin I/II legacy to Mr. Balskus.

I, David Reisiger, will my hands to Armon Baker, and I will my lightning speed to Alex Christmann.

I, Jacob Rohling, will my ambition to Mr. Cerimele, my stack of old notes to Coach G, and my outland-ish experiences with the la-dies to Nicholas McFarland.

I, Carter Ross, will my watch to Jared Darwish, may it keep you on time for your classes and help you be as organized as it did for me.

I, Ben Schmitter, will my service hours to Mr. Snyder, my phone to Mr. Hartman,

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and my math grade to Sam Zim-merman.

I, Hayden Schuh, don’t have a will.

I, Gunnar Schuh, will my past flow to Harris Disken, my IBL jump shot to Chad Gerding, and my angelic singing to John Schuh.

I, Logan Schulte, will my math skills to Mr. Lubbers, my nametag to Mr. Schneemann, and my QB skills to AJ Mayer.

I, Josh Schultz, don’t have a will.

I, Stephen Schutt, don’t have a will.

I, Kevin Schutte, will my IBL skills to Mitchell Franxman, my physics knowledge and skills to Zach Lind, and my tennis skills to Patrick Thelen.

I, Max Schrand, will my clever re-marks to Coach Brown.

I, Neal Schrorer, will all of the pic-ture of homework on my phone to Paul Thelen, my disdain for certain newly implemented school policies to Joshua Struck, and my member-ship in the 2-strike club to Tyler Chandler.

I, Alex Shelton, will my sarcasm to Andrew Shelton, my coaching abil-ity to Coach Brown, and my math skills to Mike Reynolds.

I, Dylan Silbernagel, don’t have a will.

I, John Simkonis, will my good looks to Coach Brown, my swag to Casey Nowak and my A in Spanish to Aiden Ruthsatz.

I, Alec Simon, will my bench spot on the Lacrosse team to Big Dew and my subs to Will Breen.

I, Harrison Sommerkamp, will my uneaten food to the trashcan, and my track spikes and pole to Ms. Garrett.

I, Cole Stava, will my untucked shirt to Coach Eviston, my work ethic to Mr. Lubbers and my goal scoring to Johnny Dietz.

I, Adam Stegman, will my beard to Patrick Seibert, my rocket league skills to Jake Wigger and Noah Gastright, and my bounding to Neil Green, and my STEM abilities to Lance Knipper.

I, Jack Tenhunfeld, will my beau-tiful singing voice to AJ Mayer and Trey Rotttinghaus, and my seat in Spanish IV to Jack Maile.

I, Matthew Thiel, will my tackling

abilities and my clout and savage nature to Kam Butler, my beard and good looks to Blake Stiens, I will my IBL legend status to Jack Coldiron, my number 37 to Tanner Bayer, I will Jack Maile my calf muscles, and I will Logan Bengle Beary the Bearhat.

I, Nick Tilford, will my running skills to Owen Piatt and my knowl-edge to Paul Couch.

I, Jordan Tuemler, will my lan-yard to Mr. Hartman.

I, Tyler Urbina, don’t have a will.

I, Cole VonHandorf, will my ath-letic ability to AJ Mayer, my knowl-edge to Jake Walter, my phone to Mr. Hartman, my A in Econ to Luke Thelen, and my jokes to Luke Leni-han.

I, Blair Wesley, will my ankles to Harry Moore, my humor to Alex Shelton, my kendamas to Joe Schmoe, and my Jordans to Mr. Cleveveland.

I, Austin Wilson, will my Ohio State belt to Coach Ruthsatz, my IBL skills to Alex Moore, and my Audi to Joe Dimuzio.

I, Joe Wuestefeld, will my love and devotion of tennis to Nick Sandma-nn, and my amazing bowling skills to Jake Wigger and Luke Siether.

I, Adam Zimmerman, will my bowling skills to Jake Wigger.

I, Sam Zimmerman, will my run-ning abilities to Owen Piatt, my brains to Paul Couch, and someone special to Michael Kessans.

Alex Shelton

The Covington Catholic Prom took place on April 7th at Paul Brown Stadium, the second year in a row PBS has hosted this event. The CovCath Prom is always a big success, no exception this year. Great dinner, great music, great people, and great memories pretty much sum up prom, but this one was even more special.

For seniors, this prom was their last and it did not disappoint. Se-nior Thomas Pilger explained, “It was one fun night, from the start, to the very end. I never thought I would say this, but I’m going to miss high school dances.”

This year’s prom had a surprise twist. A group of seniors that in-cluded Jacob Sander, Thomas Pilger, Cole VonHandorf, Zach Michels, Jacob Kennedy, Dylan Silbernagel, Cameron Berling, Jack Tenhundfeld, Ryan Eckerle, and Alex Shelton all performed a choregraphed dance on the dancefloor at prom. Not only did they surprise everyone, but they killed it on the dance floor.

This after prom was held at Five Seasons where the was a surplus of food, games, and activities. Prom was a success, and another year of them is in the books. Until next time…

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Max Schrand- Most likely to think it’s a guy, when it’s a dude, but actually a girl.

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Mike Vogt- Most likely to play in the MLS.

Cole VonHandorf- Most likely to be stalked.

David Weller- Most likely to be a Priest.

Blair Wesley- Most likely to never be heard of.

Austin Wilson- Most likely to own Ohio State season tickets.

Joseph Wuestefeld- Most likely to play professional tennis.

Hunter Ziegelmeyer- Most likely be a scientist

Adam Zimmerman- Most likely to bowl a 300.

Nick Zimmerman- Most likely to Roll Tide.

Sam Zimmerman- Most likely to attend a math seminar with Mr. Lubbers.

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7Colleges attending

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Colonel Crazies Support Spring

Sports

Andrew Alcorn-UofL

Ross Basford- UC

Jacob Bayless- UofL

Hunter Beard- Cincinnati Sate, NKU

Gunnar Benson- UK

Cam Berling- UC

Anthony Best- UD

Max Bishop-UC

Bryant Bolden-UC

Anthony Bosch-NKU

Ben Boydston-XU

Kyle Brake-UK

Will Breen-UC

Mark Briede-UK

Sean Burke- Mount Saint Joseph

Blake Cecil-UK

John Ciacamitaro-UofL

Strephon Cole- UC

Kyle Crail-UD

Danny Curk-UC

Noah Dames-UC

Derek Darwish- NKU

Noah Davis-UofL

Jake Dressman- Montana State

Ryan Eckerle-UC

Jarrett Eilerman-UC

Matthew Elsbernd- Cincinnati Sate

Cody Esmeier- NKU

Adam Feinauer- Gateway/NKU

Nick Flesch-UC

Griffin Flesch-XU

Ben France-UD

Logan Franxman–US Naval Academy

Matthew Franxman-UofL

Kyle Fryman-Thomas More

Ian Galvin-UK

Josh Galvin-EKU

Christopher Garrett-Thomas More College

Benjamin Gerdes-UofL

Joesph Gray- ?

Jared Haught-XU

Zach Hemsath-XU

Tony Hentz-UD

Hudson Henry-UC

Jeffery Huston-UC

Alex Jordahl-XU

Jacob Kennedy-NKU

Drew Knochelmann-XU

Thomas Kreutjans-UC

Jacob Kunkel-UK

Andy Kuykendall-UK

Griffin Lamb- Translyvania

Zach Michels-UC

Daniel Mounir-UC

Andrew Mullen-UD

Josh Newman-UD

Joe Niehaus-UC

Ryan O’Conell-UC/UK

Josh Penrod-EKU

Mason Phelps-NKU

Jared Reid-UK

David Reisiger-NKU

Jacob Rohling-Undecided

Carter Ross-NKU

Ben Schmitter-UC

Hayden Schuh-EKU

Gunnar Schuh-UK

Logan Schulte-UC

Josh Schultz-EKU

Stephen Schutt-John Carroll

Kevin Schutte-NKU

Max Schrand-NKU

Neal Schroer-NKU

Alex Shelton-EKU

Dylan Silbernagel-UC

Jack Simkonis-NKU

Alec Simon-Alabama

Harrison Sommerkamp-Arizona

Cole Stava- Translyvania

Adam Stegman-UofL

John Tenhundfeld-UC

Matthew Thiel-John Carroll

Nick Tilford- Embry-Riddle Aero-nautical University/Purdue

Jordan Tuemler-UofL

Tyler Urbina-Thomas More

Cole Vonhandorf-Fairmont State

Blair Wesley-NKU

Austin Wilson-UC

Joe Wuestifeld-NKU

Adam Zimmerman-Campbellsville University

Sam Zimmerman-NKU

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Ultimate Frisbee Lacrosse

Spring Sports

Kyle Brake

For thousands of years, proph-ets have predicted the coming of a great lacrosse team. This team was said to go 14-4 in the regular season and go undefeated in their district. During the 2016-2017 school year, the prophecy was fulfilled by the Covington Catho-lic Lacrosse team.

During, the regular season, the Colonels were able to pull off a 7 game winning streak against their big-gest rivals. Additionally, the team went undefeated in their district by handily slaughtering the NKY Warriors and Dixie… twice. They also beat 6 other teams by scoring double digits early in the game. Andrew Mullen turned out to be a pleasant surprise, as he is now the leading team with 38 goals, Kyle Brake is second with 36, and Ryan O’Connell with 33 points in the regular season.

The Colonels Defense has been a major part of their success. With only 1 returning starter, Coach

Alex Slabaugh had an enormous task to undertake, finding 2 new players to start. Slabaugh’s answer came as a re-tired basketball player named Gunnar Schuh. Schuh quickly got the hang of the game and has been a starter since the first game. Playing alongside Gun-nar is 4 year-starter, Jordan Tobler, who leads the state in ground balls. Jordan Tobler has accumulated over 100 ground balls in the regular season. Other notable defensive players have been Jake Jones with 69 ground balls, Ryan O’Connell with 61, and Noah Reed with 59.

With the regular season over, the Colonels have their aim set on a Kentucky State Championship. This season’s team has broken multiple school records including Most Wins in a Season, Most Points Scored in a Season, and Longest Winning Streak. The Colonels begin their trek to the state championship on May 9th and will likely play the winners of the Bryan Station and Dixie game.

Cole Stava

The Ultimate Frisbee season started three weeks ago and seems to be growing at CCH. Every year more and more students are signing up to take part in this growing sport. The league is run by Mr. Gastenveld and now has 6 teams who compete in the graveyard every Tuesday right after school. The league is in week three with the play-offs fast approaching.

The league is now attracting some big talents such as Mike Finke and Nick Tilford. These two have emerged as stars in the league and have led their teams to the top of the standings re-spectively. These two are clearly the standouts and look to be leading their teams straight through the playoffs and into the championship game where they will face off to become this year’s Ultimate Frisbee championship

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Freshman Baseball

Varsity Baseball Picking up SpeedJosh Galvin

The Covington Catholic varsity baseball team is on a roll; they have been bull dozing through teams all around the Northern Kentucky area. This year’s team is different than the ones in the past. They seem like a family and they are very talented. The Colonels have some strong underclassmen and great senior leaders, such as Ben France and Ryan Eckerle. The Colonels are looking exceptionally good going into the post season in the next few weeks.

The Colonels’ line up is deep and strong from the seniors to the sophomores. Some of the players that are looking strong are: senior Ben France, junior Jack Maile, senior Zach Michels, junior Adam Schneider and sophomore Jack Coldiron. The Colonels’ most recent game was against the Holmes Bulldogs. The final score was 23-2 CCH. A big play of the game was Junior Alex Kennedy hit a grand slam in the third inning. The Colonels are setting the tone going into the post season that they mean business.

Cole VonHandorf

The CCH baseball program is regarded as one of the strongest in the tri-state. The team competes on the freshman, JV and varsity levels, which play in the spring of the school year. The Junior Varsity team is usually made up of mostly sophomores, several freshmen if they are good enough to move up, and a couple of juniors if there is not any room for them on the varsity level. This year, the team is made up of three freshmen, fourteen sophomores, and three juniors.

With having one of the toughest schedules in the area, the team is put to the test almost every game. This year the team is looking to be led by sophomores Jack Coldiron and Casey McGinness. Both of them got moved up towards the end of the year last season due to their effort and work ethic. Notable wins this season include the highest scoring game of the year against Conner with a final score of 19-6. That was the second game of the season, giving the Colonels a huge boost of confidence early on. Other important wins on the year include at Hamilton Baden winning 6-3 and at Ryle winning a nail biting 2-1.

The Colonels have a record of 16-3 with only 7 games left in the season.

Ross Basford

The Freshman Baseball Colonels are officially 11-4, beating tough teams like Conner, Dxie, and Highlands, and look to head into the Region 9 Tournament as one of the best teams in the area. Their next game is May 1st against Beechwood, an inner-region rival.

With studs like Jack Raisbeck on the mound as the ace for the season, and Andy Molique hitting dingers, the Colonels are a favorite to win the region.

The Frosh Colonels have 9 games left in the regular season and hope to end the season on a high note headed into the tournament starting on May 11th. Freshman coach-es Mark Bogenschutz and Jake Kleier lead the Colonels again this year hoping to win the Freshman Regional Tour-nament for the third year in row.

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Tennis Team looks to state competitionGriffin Flesch

The Covington Catholic Tennis team began the year as the top ranked team in Northern Kentucky, and so far no one has been able to prove the ranking wrong. With less than one week until region, the team has a record of 15-1 with the lone loss to the second ranked team in the state, Louisville Trinity. The Col-onels have won the region title for fifteen consecutive years dating back to 2002 and are expected to reign supreme once again this year.

The Colonel Ten-nis Team is led primarily by seniors Anthony Bosch

and Jared Haught as well as juniors Max Cook, Alex Schneider, Jack DeFraites, and Lucas Reynolds. The team has seen consistent contributions as well from the Trojani twins, Cris-tiano and Benito, and Luke McHale and freshmen Da-vid Schlacter and Evan Gardner. The two main highlights of the year so far are wins against Cincin-nati St. Xavier and defend-ing Ohio State Champion Indian Hill. According to Senior Jared Haught, “Our wins against the two best teams in Ohio prove that if CovCath was in Ohio, we would get a ring every year. Ohio is overrated.” The ten-nis team is looking forward

to not only region, but the possibility for another State title run. The team finished runner up in 2015 and is looking for the first ever Tennis State Championship for the school.

On April 3, senior Anthony Bosch committed to Northern Kentucky Uni-versity to continue his ten-nis career. The last CovCath tennis player before Bosch to commit to play in college was Austin Hussey, who is playing at the University of Kentucky. “I can’t wait to prove myself on the division level and show that I am one of the best singles players in not only the United States but the world,” said Bosch.

“I’m looking to get to the U.S. Open, Wimbledon, so as far as I’m concerned re-gion is just a tune-up.”

As expected, the tennis team has high goals heading into postseason play. With experience from

seniors and underclassmen, a State Championship is definitely possible for the Colonels.

Good Luck on your Next Stage in Lifefrom the CCH Faculty/Staff

We will miss you!

11Andrew Alcorn- UofL Tustees Scholar-ship $6,000

Cam Berling- UC Pro-life $500

Anthony Best- UD $130,000

Anthony Bosch- NKU

Ben Boydston- Xavier

Mark Briede-UK- Full ride $12,000 a year

Kyle Crail- UD- Dean’s Merit, Lead-ership in Service, Commitment to Catholic Education, Study abroad, Back Scholarship, Forever Flyer

Derek Darwish- NKU Commonwealth Scholarship

Noah Davis- UofL Brown Forman En-gineering Academy Scholarship

Jake Dressman- Montana State Achievement Award $13,000/year

Ryan Eckerle- UC Cincinnatus Scholar-ship

Cody Esmeier- NKU Excellence Schol-arship

Senior ScholarshipsEthan Fleek- UC CCM Honors

Nick Flesch- Columbus College of Art and Design Cad Discovery District Scholarship

Griffin Flesch- Xavier John Biedenharn Memorial Scholarship

Ben France- UD $23,500

Matthew Franxman- UofL Trustees Scholarship

Kyle Fryman- Thomas More Saints Award $3,200/year Thomas More Award $10,000/year

Ian Galvin- UK Kehs $1,600

Benjamin Gerdes- UofL Henry Vogt Award $14,568 per year

Joseph Gray- KHEAA’s $1,000

Jared Haught- Xavier Academic Schol-arship

Zach Hemsath- Xavier Academic Scholarship

Tony Hentz- Dayton Merti Scholarship UK Provost Scholarship Leadership in Service scholarship

Jeffery Huston- EKU $2,400 Xavier $7,600

Drew Knochelmann- Xavier award $68,000

Jacob Kunkel- Provost Scholarship KY Future Scholarship, Presidents Merit Scholarship

Andy Kuykendall- Gallenstein Schol-arship $800

Daniel Mounir- UC Cincinnatus Schol-arship

Andrew Mullen- UD Deans’ Merit Scholarship Study Abroad Scholarship Textbook Scholarship

Josh Newman- UD- $96,000

Mason Phelps- NKU Excellence Schol-arship

Carter Ross- NKU Presidential Schol-arship, NKU Excellence Scholarship, KY Education Excellence Scholarship

Hayden Schuh- EKU Presidential Scholarship

Logan Schulte- UC Cincinnatus Schol-arship $2000

Josh Schultz- EKU Presidential Schol-arship

Kevin Schutte- NKU Excellence Schol-arship

Alex Shelton- EKU Scholarship Presi-dential Scholarship

Harrison Sommerkamp- Arizona Ari-zona Excellence

Cole Stava- Translyvania Founders Scholarship

Adam Stegman- UofL Trustees Schol-arship $4000 a year

Matthew Thiel- John Carroll Presi-dent’s Scholarship Alumni Scholarship

Nick Tilford- $7,500 from Embry-Rid-dle aeronautical Univeristy

Jordan Tuemler- UofL Woodford R. Porter

Cole VonHandorf- Fairmont State, full Basketball Scholarship

Joe Wuestefeld- NKU Excellence Award

Adam Zimmerman- Campbellsville Univeristy Bowling Scholarship

Students Recognized at Local VFW for Art Junior Sam Poulos, sophomore Sam Cooper and soph-omore Jack Teller took 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in the competition sponsored by the local VFW Post in Erlanger. All three young men won money from the post, the district and the region, bringing home well over $600. Sam Cooper even had some interest in a personal purchase of his patriotic piece. Sophomore Jude Kiely, who had entered in the speech portion of this competition, also saw more recognition and more winnings for him. Mrs. Ruth, who gets the students to enter into these local VFW competitions, is always proud to see the work the boys put into each contest. “It is well worth their time to see what they can win with their talents,” says Mrs. Ruth. “And the VFW members are amazinginly generous and love the boys coming out to participate.” Next year could be your turn; just come out and enter.

Henry Toebbe The Track and Field team looks to put an end to their season in the upcoming weeks with the Regional Meet and the State Meet at the end of May. THe varsity team is coming off a near perfect season with winning all NKY meets they have entered--two indoor meets at Mason County, the Walton Verona Clash of Classes, Villa Relay for Life, Kenton County Champion-ships, Diocese of Covington, and the NKAC Conference Meet. It has been a great season so far, and as they head down to the last few weeks they hope to end on good note. The JV/Freshman Track and Field Teams also had great seasons working on their devel-opment and growth in their running events. They have had several top 3 finishes all throughout this year. They also end their seasons soon.

Track Has a Stellar Season

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The BluePrint StaffAdvisor: Mrs. Diane Ruth

Editor: Jared HaughtReporters: David Reisiger, Josh Galvin, Cole VonHandorf, Matthew Thiel, Will Breen, Hudson Henry, Cole Stava, Jared Reid, Alex

Shelton, Kyle Brake, Andrew Mullen, Sam Zimmerman, Ryan O’Connell, Nathan Bir, Alec Simon, Luke Lonneman, Stephen Schutt, Griffin Flesch, Jacob Kennedy, Ross Basford, Henry Toebbe, Zach Michels, Jacob Sander, Ben Schmitter, Austin Wilson, Justin Haacke,

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Photography: Diane Ruth, Mr. Haught, Josh Galvin, Prestige Portraits, Joe Gray, Justin Colvin, Max Gray, Nick Flesch, Mr. Thiel, Griffin Lamb

Editorials are the opinions of the reporters, not the CCH Administration/School.

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