bronco express - spring 2015

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Other Scheduled EventsAugust 14, 2015

Bronco Classic Golf OutingSt. Andrews Golf & Country Club

September 18, 2015 Homecoming Game

honoring Inaugural Football & Cheerleading Teams

Duffy Memorial Stadium

October 24, 2015 Harvest Moon Howl

Montini Catholic High School

November 15, 2015Anniversary Community Liturgy Montini Catholic High School

December 6, 2015 Fashion Show, Oakbrook Marriott

January 30, 2016Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony


February 20, 2016 Bingo Night & Social


March 12, 2016Maroon & Gold Gala

Signature Events, Woodridge

Dear Alumni and Friends,

A50Celebrating

Yearsat Drury Lane for our

join us onJune 4, 2016

50th Anniversary Celebration

s we approach the end of the 2014-15 school year, I am happy to report that our 49th year of education has been one of our best -

marked with much excitement over the success of our school-wide DigitalLearning Initiative. I am also proud of the academic achievements of our students and the many awards earned in our extracurricular programs. We will enter our 50th Year of Lasallian, Catholic Education in August withgreat momentum. Presently, over $17 million dollars has been awarded inscholarships and academic grants to the 165 members of our Class of 2015.Over the last four years, our graduating seniors have earned over $55 milliondollars in academic scholarships and grants. This amount does not include the many athletic scholarships that have been offered. This year we celebrated our Math Team’s highest finish in the ICTM 2A StateChampionship - 3rd out of 51 schools. This accomplishment distinguishedMontini Catholic as the highest scoring Catholic high school in the ICTMClass 2A state competition. In addition, our Robotics Team, in its first year of competition, placed 1st in the College of DuPage Engineering Olympics. We also celebrated a terrific year athletically, with an IHSA state champi-onship in wrestling, a 2nd place state finish in football, and a 3rd place finishin girls basketball. Our girls volleyball team’s first visit downstate won them a4th place trophy. The boys and girls cross country teams and the cheerleadingteam also made appearances downstate. The Broncettes repeated as TDI statechampions in Pom, and we made IHSA history by having two students, AmyBukovsky and Jack Westerkamp, win the Class 3A female and male IHSA 3-point shooting contests. Our spring sports season, as of this writing, is still ongoing and we expect that our teams will also experience much success. I am very proud to announce that as of this writing, 9 out of our 11 IHSA falland winter sport teams have earned the IHSA All-Academic Team recognitionfor the 2014-15 school year. The teams maintained an accumulative gradepoint average of 3.0+ during their seasons. In addition, 46 varsity athletesachieved the IHSA Scholastic Recognition Award for maintaining a 3.5+ GPAon a 4.0 scale. As we approach our 50th Anniversary school year, please save the date of June 4, 2016 for our 50th Anniversary Celebration at the Drury Lane Oakbrook Terrace. Our 2015-16 calendar is already filled with a number ofanniversary events, providing opportunities for all to come together and celebrate this special moment in our history. Many more events are in thefinal planning stages. My sincere appreciation goes out to all of you for your continual support andgenerosity to our school. Our faculty, staff and students are looking forward tocelebrating our 50th Anniversary and I hope that you will join us by attendingone or more of our planned celebrations. May you have an enjoyable and relaxing summer and as always “May JesusLive In Our Hearts…Forever” Sincerely,

James F. SegredoPresident

Montini Catholic's Campus Minister, Michael Blanchette, teacherHilda Castor, and seven ardent student volunteers traveled to Indi-anapolis, Indiana over their Spring Break (March 29 through April 2)to volunteer at the Greater Indy Habitat for Humanity (GIHFH). Theorganization, with the help of diligent volunteers, creates an opportunity for families and individuals in need to purchase and own simple, quality, affordable homes. Students at Montini Catholichave been participating in Habitat for Humanity projects during springbreak since 2004. "Throughout the week, our efforts were focused on helping to rehab a

house to prepare it for occupancy," said Blanchette. "The students were divided up into teams and assigned differentareas to paint. Once the painting was complete inside,Blanchette and his students cleaned floors to get the houseready for the appliances and carpet to be installed the following week. "The house we were working on was fora mom and her daughter," informed Blanchette. "We hadthe opportunity to meet and work with them throughoutthe week."

"As a senior, I feel as if the work we did and the experience Ihad was a great way to end my high school career," said student

Andrew Grossklaus. "My main memory from the trip is the people Imet and the work we accomplished. I have never volunteered withHabitat before, but now know that it is truly a great organization towork for that makes a difference in so many people's lives." Grossklaus also had great things to say about his co-volunteers fromMontini Catholic. "They are all people with great moral character,who worked hard and never complained even when they were tired. Iam so blessed to have spent my spring break with these people!""Montini Catholic is proud to participate with such a wonderful or-ganization that makes a difference in people’s lives," summarizedBlanchette. "We are so grateful to our students who give up their owntime to help others."

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HABITAT FOR HUMANITYStudents spend Spring Break with

Front Row L to R: Montini Catholic students, Andrew Grossklaus, Mark Shin,Alexander Kirch, Justin Stauder, Veet Zaveri, the homeowner and her daughter, HaleyHowarter, teacher Hilda Castor; Back Row: Nico Severin and Montini Catholic Campus Minister, Michael Blanchette.

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SCHOOL NEWS

Senior, Joseph Palasek,was recently congratulated for being the recipient of the 2014-2015 Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholar-ship. Joe was nominated by Principal Maryann O'Neill. "Each year we are asked tonominate one senior student for this esteemed award," she informed. "The criteriafor nomination has a strong emphasis on community service. Joe had completedover 200 hours of community service prior to his senior year, including a missiontrip. He is well rounded, intelligent, a real gentleman and an all around good kid." The program, funded through the Comcast Foundation, acknowledges high schoolseniors from Comcast communities for their commitment to community service, academics and demonstrated leadership. Joe will receive a one-time grant of $1,000for his accomplishments. "We are proud to recognize the efforts of young peoplewho are helping to make our communities stronger, and applaud you for yourachievements," said Charisse Lillie, President of the Comcast Foundation, in a lettercongratulating Joe."I was very excited and honored to win this award," said Joe, who has been acceptedinto the University of Notre Dame, where he plans on majoring in mechanical engineering. "My parents were extremely proud of me and I am excited that I amable to represent Montini Catholic."

Friday, January 16th marked a very specialmorning for one young Montini Catholicstudent. Kathryn Junior was invited to theUniversity of St. Francis in Joliet to enjoyBreakfast With the Bishop. Each year, theuniversity hosts this unique event to cele-brate the kick off of Catholic Schools Week. "I was very excited to be chosen to go represent Montini," said Junior. "I felt veryhonored, and my parents were very proud of me. The bishop talked to us about theprivilege and honor to be a part of theCatholic schools system. He also talkedabout the values the catholic school systemstrives to instill in their students."

"We were very proud of Miss Junior," saidPresident Jim Segredo. "She embodies whatit means to be a Catholic high school stu-dent, and we were honored to have her represent Monini Catholic this year."

COMCAST LEADER& ACHIEVER

Individual winners: L to R: Matthew Kaefer (6th-Algebra II), Brandon Sakas (10th-Geometry), Shawn Lee (8th-Algebra 2), Joseph Palasek (4th-Precalculus) and JosephZabinski (7th-Precalculus)

BreakfastWITH THE BISHOP

"My years atMontini have

challengedme to grow

intellectually,spiritually,

and socially.”- Joseph Palasek

MATH TEAMRANKED3RDICTM STATE

CONGRATULATIONS

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"We celebrated our best state finish ever!" - Math Moderator, Mrs. Christine McManus.


Junior, Warren Dawes, placed 9th in the state in theVoice of Democracy Patriotic Essay Competition spon-sored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). Warrenwas announced as the winner of the District competi-tion during the 19th District's Annual Awards Banquetheld in January. From there, his essay was among theentries judged at the state competition in Springfield inMarch. Warren is an Eagle Scout from Boy ScoutTroop 97 in Darien and is sponsored by VFW Post2838 in Darien.Each year, high school students nationwide are invitedto compete in the essay contest and challenged to pre-pare and record a 3 to 5 minute speech. This year'stheme was - Why Veterans are Important to our Nation's History and Future. "From our nation'sfounding fathers to my own two grandfathers, manybrave and patriotic men and women have given theirtime and talents to serve their country, with many evensacrificing their own lives to guarantee the rights andfreedoms upon which our country was founded," saidWarren in his award winning essay. "Each and every(veteran), no matter how big or small their contribu-tion, no matter how famous or ordinary a citizen, de-serves our admiration and thanks."

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VOICE OFDEMOCRACYCONTEST

Warren Dawes is congratulated by Principal Maryann O’Neill.

Montini Catholic history was made on April 24th at the annualEngineering Olympics held at the College of DuPage.The College of DuPage Engineering Olympics is a design competitioninviting high school teams, interested in engineering or design type fields,to participate in short design competitions. All of the designing and build-ing occurs during the competition time. The goal is to encourage highschool students, with a true interest in engineering, to consider pursuing education and careers in the field of engineering.A total of seventeen area high schools made up of over 225 students, including Montini Catholic, sent their best student teams (45 in all) to compete in an engineering design competition hosted by the COD Engineering Club.

"Teams were given three design challenges as well as written challenges.All of the challenges were timed and scored and developed to encouragecreativity and practical problem solving," explained Montini Catholic'sTechnology Director, Peter Farina. "Teams were tasked to build a bridgethat could carry the most weight, build a car that could travel the farthest,and create a Rube Goldberg machine that completed a task with the highestdegree of complexity."In the end, it was Montini Catholic who came out on top. "Our team ofNino Carollo, Evan Fehring, Jack Manzara, Chase Roedel, and TabiasSlater crushed the competition taking first place by scoring 283 points,"Farina proudly stated. "We scored forty more points than any other team!"One team brought home the first place trophy, but Montini Catholic wasalso well represented by its two other teams made up of: AmandaDavidek, Jin Park, Brandon Sakas, DG Yoo, Joe Zabinski, BrianMatthews, Emeka Nkuku, Matt Ratajczyk, Mike Watson, DomantasZilenas, and Raymond Zimmerman.

STUDENTS EARNFIRST PLACE AT ENGINEERING OLYMPICS

L to R: Montini Catholic's winning engineering team: Mr. Peter Farina, Tabias Slater, JackManzara, Mr. Barry Briggs (Computer Technology Instructor), Chase Roedel, Antonio Carolloand Evan Fehring.

ATHLETIC NEWS

SCHOOL NEWS


Senior Mia Porcelli is congratulated by Theater Director, Dr. Diann Matheson, upon her acceptance at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.

NEW YORK BOUNDMia Porcelli was recently congratulated on her acceptance to the Tisch Schoolof the Arts in New York City. An Oak Brook resident, she is very excitedabout her future. "I've wanted to go to New York University since I was aboutten years old," admits Mia, who has been a member of the Drama Club and aperformer in all school productions during her four years at Montini Catholic."The outstanding academics together with the diverse and colorful culture really did it for me," she said. Mia admits that she has been interested in thearts and performing as long as she can remember. She credits Montini Catholicwith preparing her for her next big adventure after high school. "The challeng-ing academic courses along with the very professional theater department atMontini has taught me a great deal about time management, dedication, andchallenging myself." She added, "I have learned how to juggle school with performances and have gained a lot of tolerance for heavy work loads andlong busy days." She feels very ready to take on a constantly moving city likeNew York. "Montini has really whipped me into shape!""I owe the most love and credit to Dr. Di (Diann Matheson, Drama Teacher and Play Director)," Mia said. "She has been the most amazing director,teacher and mentor and has blessed me with remarkable opportunities. I cannot thank her enough."Dr. Matheson has the same sentiments toward Porcelli. "Mia is known in thetheater world as a ‘triple threat’ in that she can sing, dance, and act. She is avery accomplished performer, one of the best I have ever had the pleasure ofworking with," she said. "She is very dedicated to the craft and takes her rolesseriously. She studies the craft and intends to make her passion become herlife's work. She is a terrific role model for others in the cast and cares about the ensemble. She shines on stage and off with a sparkling, genuinely nice personality. Although I am very sad she is leaving Montini Theater, I amthrilled she was accepted into NYU and know she will have a successful future ahead of her."One of the 15 schools that make up New York University, Tisch is a center of study in the performing and media arts and a training ground for artists, scholars of the arts, and creative entrepreneurs. Notable alumni include MartinScorsese, Oliver Stone, Bridget Fonda and Lady Gaga, to name a few.

WinterCONCERTDAZZLES

Music students brought a little warmth to a chillywinter evening on Tuesday, February 17th duringtheir annual Winter Concert for parents, teachersand friends. The concert was held in the school'scafeteria and included performances by theFreshman Women's Chorale, SophomoreWomen's Chorale, Varsity Singers, ChamberChoir, Accafellas, TrebleMakers, Freshman JazzBand, and Advanced Jazz Band.

SCHOOL NEWS


MODERNMontini Catholic's Theatre Department recentlywrapped up months of hard work on the school's annual spring musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie.The classic musical featured the talents of over fiftypassionate Montini Catholic actors, actresses, musicians and stage hands, each putting in months and months of hard work. The musical was held at the school's auditorium on March 6th, 7th and 8th.

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Clockwise from top: Alex Myk as Jimmy Smith and Mia Porcelli asMillie; Kaitlyn Reznicek as Cora; chorus member, Michael Gannon;and Lexi Campise as Mrs. Meers

Musical

Lizzie Mullins Kelly McNamara

Queen-Megan ReznicekMaddie Jamrozek

Jordan Bruscianelli Mia Porcelli

King-Matthew Fisch Chris Syregelas Alex FloeckherSam Thomas George BenesEddie Laviste

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tudents proudly embraced their diversity during Cultural Awareness Week, held March 23 through

the 27th. The annual celebration began with a specialprayer service featuring speaker Brother Ernest Miller,FSC. "We are fashioned in the image of God no matterone's gender, color, ethnicity or nationality," said BrotherErnest as he spoke to the students. "We all reflect God'struth and beauty." He challenged the students to use theweek as a period of deep reflection and repentance and toexamine deep seeded assumptions that all carry of others.

Prior to the liturgy, foreign language students participatedin a Procession of Flags from 35 countries. The flagswere then placed on display in the school entrance wayfor the duration of the week.

Since Montini Catholic opened in 1966, the school hasconsistently grown into a more diverse community, cur-rently having students from Korea, Thailand, Vietnam,China and Lithuania, and just recently saying goodbye totwo exchange students from Italy who visited over the


Every year, passionate Montini Catholic students are inspired to attend theMarch for Life event in Washington D.C. The march is held every year onJanuary 22nd. The students, accompanied by Theology teacher, Mrs. BarbCaruso, boarded one of four buses at Blanchette Pastoral Center inRomeoville and headed to Washington, D.C. for the 42nd annual event.

"January 22nd marks the anniversary of the 1973 Supreme Court decisionmaking abortion on demand available throughout the United States," saidBishop R. Daniel Conlon in his letter addressing the Diocese of Joliet's Respect for Life Ministry. Bishop Conlon, Bishop Joseph Siegel and Fa-ther John Belmonte, S.J. (Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese ofJoliet) joined the Montini Catholic students and over 200 young peoplefrom the Diocese of Joliet for the march.

On the morning of the march, the group started the day at the Verizon Center for a Youth Rally and Mass. Montini Catholic students were amongthe thousands of young pro-lifers fired up about their faith. "It was reallyan awesome sight to behold," recalled Barb Caruso, who is also the Pro-Life Club Moderator at Montini Catholic. Although members of the Dio-cese of Joliet began the march as one group, she informed that the crowdof approximately 700,000 made it impossible for them to stay together."The media simply does not do this event justice by reporting that it's agathering of thousands," said Caruso. "The truth is there are hundreds ofthousands of pro-lifers marching at the capitol. It was an absolutely amaz-ing event – people for as far as the eye could see – all smiling, all happy,all joyful, and all pro-life!" Upon reflection after the trip, Caruso ex-pressed her great pride in Montini Catholic students. "They took initiativein leading the Rosary, offering reflection on their experience, reaching outto new friends and showing just how awesome the Pro-Life Generation is.I was honored to be able to experience this rally with them.""This was my 5th trip to the march and I hope my last," Caruso added. "Ihope that between now and next January, the law of the land is changedand abortion on demand is no longer legal. Then there will be no need fora March For Life."

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Clockwise from top: Jordan Lazowski participates in the flag procession at th Kayla Cooper and Delaney Miller performed an Irish dance called Real Aroun Ernest Miller, FSC speaks to the students; Students present intercessions in diff

MARCHING FOR

LIFE

L to R: Amanda Davidek, Kaitlyn Reznicek, Father John Belmonte, S.J., Jessica Brown,Megan Reznicek, Lexi Campise, Carina Greico, Beth Laviste, Bobby Powers, Eddie Laviste,Lucas Cabon; Kneeling in the front, Eva Laviste


previous semester. "This week is a time for us to recognize the manygifts we have received by becominga more diverse community," notedCampus Minister Michael Blanchette in his address to the school."Cultural Awareness is the foundation of communication which involves the ability of standing back from ourselves and becomingaware of our cultural values, beliefs and perceptions. Why do wedo things in that way? How do we see the world? Why do we react in that particular way?"

Blanchette went on to explain how cultural awareness becomescentral when we have the opportunity to interact with people fromother cultures, as students do daily at Montini Catholic. "I alwaystell my students it is important for us to put ourselves in someoneelse's shoes to see the world from their perspective. It is then thatwe can truly be in ‘solidarity’ with one another," he said. "As wecelebrate our diversity this week at Montini Catholic, may we stand‘united’ for our acceptance and understanding of shared values andlet us continue to work hand in hand to express our gratitude andmake this world a better place."

During the week, the celebration continued into the school's cafeteria where students were treated to a menu of foods from different countries each day.

A native of New Orleans, Brother Ernest has been a Brother of the Christian Schools for 20 years. He is a doctorial student at theCatholic Theological Union in Chicago. He recently completedthree years as the associate director for Mission and Ministry in the District of Eastern North America, the geographic region for all Lasallian educational ministries in six states, Washington, D.C.,and Ontario, Canada.

Brother Ernest also served for two years as Director of Educationand Lasallian Mission Formation in the Legacy District of Balti-more and served on the faculty of Central Catholic High School inPittsburgh, La Salle College High School.

DIVERSITYCelebrating our

WARENESS WEEK ‘15

e all school prayer service; Emma Makowski, nd the World for their classmates; Brother fferent languages; the Varsity Choir performs.

ATHLETIC NEWS


SPORTS WRAP-UP

The Lady Broncos celebrated theirsixth straight state trophy on Saturday,March 7th at Redbird Stadium in Nor-mal, when they brought home the 3rdPlace State Title (Class 3A). After anupset by Morton the previous day inthe semifinal game, the Broncos foundtheir footing and fired back for thirdplace, beating Bogan 63-40.Seniors Kelsey Bogdan and RaineyKuykendall were thrilled to have wontheir last game as Montini Broncos!Bogdan will be continuing her basket-ball aspirations at Harvard this fall andKuykendall will be playing at TrinityValley Community College in Athens,Texas.

1stIn State Class 2A

WRESTLING

3rdIn State Class 3A

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Our Broncos won their seventh con-secutive Class 2A championship andtheir eighth straight state title overallthis past February.Our wrestlers also brought home sixtitles from the IHSA Individual StateCompetition, Class 2A, held at theUniversity of Illinois, Champaign.The new individual titles increasesour program history total number ofindividual titles to 51. IndividualState Champions were:Real Woods, Freshman - 106 lbs.Dylan Duncan, Junior - 132 lbsVince Turk, Senior - 145 lbs.Luke Fortuna, Senior - 152 lbs.Xavier Montalvo, Senior - 182 lbs.Michael Johnson, Senior - 285 lbs.Jimmy Pawelski, Junior - 126 lbs.

MONTINI CATHOLICBRONCOS

ATHLETIC NEWS


1st & 2ndOur Broncettes enjoyed a memorable Valentine's Day on February 14th aftercompeting in the TeamDance Illinois (TDI) Category Championship atNorthern Illinois UniversityConvocation Center,DeKalb, Illinois. The Broncettes placed firstin Pom 1A category and2nd in the Hip Hop 1A Category.

22Twenty-two athletes were congratulated on theircommitments to continue their academic andathletic pursuits at the collegiate level on twoseparate National Sports Signing Days(February 4th and April 15th). Signing Lettersof Intent were:BasketballMichael Mooney - St. Ambrose University

FootballLeon Thornton - Indiana University Grant Branch - Eastern Illinois University Terrell Johnson - Northern Michigan University Michael Johnson - Yale University Mason Weisenhoffer - Northwestern University Eric Kibbey - Washington UniversityAustin Warden - Robert Morris University Michael Reilley - Butler University Stephen Dennis - Western Michigan University Charles Norgle - Wake Forest UniversityMark Salvo - Loras College

LacrosseNeil Orr - Trine UniversityMichael Cislek - Benedictine University

SoccerJordan Bruscianelli - Illinois WesleyanValerie Sanchez - Dominican University

SoftballMorganne Evans - Elmhurst CollegeAshley Lentine - Loras College

Track/Cross CountryJasmine Woodley - Eastern Illinois UniversityMadeline Jamrozek - St. Louis UniversityMatthew Fisch - Butler University

VolleyballJennifer Marten - St. Ambrose University

ATHLETES COMMIT ON NATIONAL SPORTS SIGNING DAYS

Juniors Jack Westerkamp and Amy Bukovskymade Bronco basketball history this schoolyear. The pair became the first boy and girlfrom the same school to win their divisions inthe state's Three-Point Showdown in the sameyear.Bukovsky, a junior guard, won the girls Class3A division on March 7th and Westerkamp, also a junior guard, won the Class 3A divisionby making 10 out of 15 shots on March 20th.Westerkamp also won the King of the Hill competition on March 21st which was held between the winners of all four classes, makingan impressive 14 of 15 shots. Bukovsky fin-ished second in the Queen of the Hill overallcompetition.Both Bukovsky and Westerkamp made the"money ball" shot which earned money fromCountry Financial. "We received a cash prize of $500 from the efforts of Amy Bukovsky, and will also receive a cash donation from theefforts of Jack Westerkamp," said PrincipalMaryann O'Neill.Westerkamp joined Wes Zaba ‘97 and BrentJensen ‘99 in advancing to the state level.

BRONCETTES

TDI Category Championship

MAKINGHISTORY!

ATHLETIC NEWS


ATHLETES NAMED SCC ACADEMIC ALL CONFERENCEMontini Catholic recently recognized students named Suburban Christian Conference(SCC) Academic All Conference for the winter sports season. Seventeen (17) student-

athletes earned a 3.7+ GPA for a complete academic quarter.

Boys Basketball: Samuel Thomas (Senior), Kevin Brachmann(Junior), Jack Westerkamp (Junior),Nicolas Malik (Sophomore), Will Smith Jr. (Sophomore), Jack Walsh (Sophomore)

Girls Basketball: Kelsey Bogdan (Senior), Amy Bukovsky (Junior), Emily Cochrane (Junior), Nicolette Oppenheimer (Sophomore), Lindsey Jarosinski (Freshman)

Wrestling: Edward Laviste (Senior), Vincent Turk (Senior), Samuel Detmers (Junior), Robert Gannon(Junior), William Lewan Jr. (Freshman), Real Woods (Freshman)

17 Boys BasketballMichael MooneySamuel ThomasGirls BasketballKelsey BogdanLea KersteinKaylee BambuleClaudia KunzerLindsey JarosinskiSCC Player ofthe Year Kaylee Bambule

WrestlingLuke FortunaMichael Johnson Jr.Edward LavisteXavier Montalvo-MataVincent TurkDylan DuncanCaleb FortunaRobert GannonJames PawelskiHolden HellerWilliam Lewan Jr.Joseph Melendez Jr.Real WoodsSCC Co-Wrestlerof the Year Xavier Montalvo-Mata

2015 ALL CONFERENCE

Winter

Montini Catholic Broncos traveled to Orlando Florida to take part in the Disney Baseball Spring Training held at the ESPN Wide World ofSports Complex. The team experienced a full week of games, practices,team meetings and other activities.

According to Varsity Coach Rich Janor, the objective of the trip was toexpose the athletes to world class training and competition facilities."We also wanted to help our team build early season team chemistry,"said Janor. "This will undoubtedly elevate our level of play and producebetter results throughout the course of the season."

The High School Baseball Spring Training is one of the most popularprograms at Disney's All -Star Sports Resort. "It sells out and has awaiting list each year," said Janor who plans on making the trip an annual tradition for the varsity team. "I am certain that events like thiscan impact a young person for a lifetime."

SPRING TRAINING IN ORLANDO!


ALUMNI NEWS

1Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Maroon & Gold Gala heldon March 14, 2015 at Bobak’s Signa-ture Events in Woodridge!

1. Shannon Mullins Smith '892. Peter Oprisko and his Ensemble

entertained guests.3. Special Events Coordinator, Michelle Ptak O'Connnor '88 modeled a gorgeous WalkingCoat donated by York Furrier and Kathy Wagner Rezny '79.

4. Bill Crotty '83 and wife, Karen5. Allison Rosati Dennis helped to

keep the excitement level highduring the live auction.

6. Katie Doll Hubeny '96 and Development Director David Walsh

7. David Casey '79 and wife, Gail8. John Luka '81 and Pat O'Connor '81

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ALUMNI NEWS


OUR SYMPATHIESTo the Thallemer Family, on the death ofMr. Michael Thallemer in April 2015. Mr.Thallemer is the father of Anna (Thalle-mer) Sharp '91 and father-in-law ofMelissa (Hevia) Thallemer '95.To the Manna Family, on the death ofJim Hill. Jim is the son of Debby(Manna) Hill '72 and nephew of MikeManna '70.To the Coconato Family, on the death ofMr. Joe Coconato, on January 26, 2015.Mr. Coconato is the father of Joe ’98.To the Kaufmann Family, on the deathof Mr. William Kaufmann, on November1, 2013. Mr. Kaufmann is the father ofKeath '00. To the Barron Family, on the death ofMrs. Nancy Barron. Mrs. Barron is themother of Kelli (Barron) Devlin '89, andgrandmother of Alyssa Barron '09, Brit-tany Barron '11 and Jimmy Barron '14.To the Gerlesits Family, on the death of Mrs. Mary Louise Gerlesits. Mrs. Gerlesits is the mother of John '70, Bill'72 & Pat (McElroy) '72 Gerlesits, Janet(Gerlesits) Thill '73, Gail '74 and Bob '84. To the Busching Family, including Martin '04, on the death of his mother,Mrs. Bonnie Busching, in January 2015. To the Ryberg Family, on the death ofMrs. Dorothy Ryberg, mother of Cynthia(Ryberg) Chapen '84, on January 30,2014.To the Mazzei Family, including sonsDaniel '83 and Enrico '85 and daughter-in-law Jenna (Kuceba) Mazzei '89, on the passing of Mrs. Diane Mazzei, onFebruary 18, 2015.To the O’Toole Family, on the death ofMr. James O’Toole, in October 2014. Mr. O’Toole is the father of James '76,Thomas '77, Maureen (O’Toole) Hull '79,Larry '80, Kathleen (O’Toole) Keifer '82,Michael '83, Fr. Bill '88 and Daniel '92. To the McCarthy Family, includingJames '77, Thomas '78 and Michael '83,on the death of Mr. James McCarthy inNovember 2014.

To the Owczarski Family, on the deathof Mr. Daniel Owczarski, on April 12,2015. Mr. Owczarski is the father ofDanielle (Owczarski) Budig '80, Dan '83and Lara '86, and grandfather of Alison'15 and Kate '18 Owczarski. To the Miller Family, including Noreen(Miller) Hardgrove '87, on the passing ofher husband, Nicholas, on November 13,2014. Brother-in-laws include JamesMiller '83 and Patrick Miller '84. To the Piemonte Family, includingPatrick '98, on the death of his father, Mr. Al Piemonte, in December 2014. To the Laskero Family, includingStephen '74, Gina '76 and Dan '83, on thedeath of their mother, Mrs. Edith Laskero,in March 2015. To the Hyland Family, on the death ofMrs. Kathleen Hyland in January 2015.Children include †Larry Huff '84, KevinHuff '85, George '84 & Sheilah (Krisch)'85 Hyland, Maureen (Hyland) Bair '87,Joe Hyland '94, Mike Hyland '97 andMarty Hyland '06. Maddy Jamrozek '15, Tommy Hyland '16, Ryan Huff '15 andKevin Huff '17 are all grandchildren ofMrs. Hyland as well.

IN MEMORIAMOur sympathies go out to all of the families, friends and classmates of:Kevin Miller '79, who passed away onJanuary 7, 2015. Kevin is the brother of Susan Miller '71, Linda (Miller) Alberswerth '72 and Kathy (Miller) Conley '74. Jim Chilcutt Jr. '88, who passed away on March 20, 2015. Robert Wojkovich '11, who passed away in February 2015. Robert is thebrother of Rhett '14 and Reed '15Mary Catherine Wegerzyn '91, sister of Kirsten (Wegerzyn) Kainz '85, Barbara(Wegerzyn) Fitzgerald '88 and Theresa(Wegerzyn) Diciaula '94

Joanna (Drabik) Morrissey ‘02 andhusband, Kevin, are excited to announce the birth of their first child,Francis William. Frankie was born onFebruary 9, 2015, weighing 7 lbs. 10oz. and was 20 ¼ in. long.

Daniel Mueller '02 and his wife, Erin,lovingly welcomed a son, JacksonRichard Mueller, on September 14,2014. Jack weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. andwas 18 in. long.

Kasia (Serio) Giblin ’00 and husband,Jeremy, welcomed Frank SalvatoreGiblin on March 10, 2015. Frank joinedthe family at 2:58 a.m. weighing 8 lbs.9 oz. Older brother, Nico, and older sisters, Cora and Liv, love their new little brother!


Lauren (Treckler) ‘02 and husbandJoe Winckowski ’02 welcomed EmmaElizabeth on April 10, 2015 at 1:18PM.Emma joined big sisters, Olivia (4) andCharlotte (3) weighing 8 lbs. 1oz. andwas 19 ½ in. long.

Tina (Riccio) Wurtz ’00 and husband,Vince, welcomed three little girls onFebruary 6, 2015: Aria Rose, MiaValentina and Giulia Francesca. Thetriplets came home just in time forEaster!

MARRIAGES, FUTURE BRONCOS,

UPDATES & SYMPATHIES

ALUMNI NEWS

Mark Klepacki ’02 and wife, Jessica,are happy to announce the birth of BeauAnton on January 9, 2015 at 12:50AM.Beau was welcomed to the worldweighing 9 lbs. 8 oz. and was 21 in.long.

WITH THEBRONCOSKEEPING UP

April (Smith) Blacker ‘96 and husband, Andy, welcomed her thirddaughter, Andrea (Annie) MaeBlacker,on May 8, 2013. She joined big sistersGinny and Corinne, now 5 and 3, inrural Champaign County where April is a music teacher.

Joe Zilla '02 married Megan Liszewskion September 6, 2014 at Sacred Heart inLombard. The other Broncos whohelped celebrate the day were Peggy(Zilla) Dattilo ’98, Tom Zilla ’95 and Paul Stumbaugh ’02. The couple reside in Chicago where Megan is a fulltime student working towards her PhDand MD from the University of Chicago.Joe works as an Account Manager forSouthern Graphic Systems.

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