Bass Fishing Team Takes 3rd Place in Three Rivers Qualifier – Advances to District 230 Classic Championship

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Coupled with cold rain, an early morning storm on Saturday, May 12, made for a late start to the District 230 Three Rivers Qualifier tournament and a tough day of fishing overall.  Only one boat out of twenty participants was able to net the limit of five keeper fish for weigh in.

Junior Bryan Lee and sophomores Joe Hays and Brendan Moriarty were able to land three hard earned keeper bass for Brother Rice for a total weight of just under five pounds.  Boat captain Ted Lowery ’73 pulled out all the stops in his game plan under the tough conditions, but the fish just didn’t cooperate.  The team caught a few smaller fish but they were not able to add to their total.  However, the three keeper bass were enough for a 3rd place finish for the day.

Coupled with their 1st place win in the District 230 Spring Showdown several weeks ago, the 3rd place finish qualified the team for the District 230 Classic Championship on the DesPlaines River in Channahon, Illinois on Saturday, May 19.  The Classic Championship will pit the top finishing teams from previous District 230 tournaments.  This tournament will close out the 2012 season and conclude an outstanding year for our Crusader anglers, who have added three new trophies to our display case this year (so far).  Great job men!  Best of luck and Go Crusaders!

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Summer Sand Volleyball League and Tournament Registration

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Brother Rice will host the third season of the Illinois High School Summer Sand Volleyball League and State Tournament.  Boys and girls teams are welcome and no coach is needed.  All incoming freshmen and graduated seniors are invited to participate.  Play will occur between Monday, July 9, and Friday, July 20. Teams consist of two players; both players must attend the same high school. The IHSA allows this program under its’ 25 Day Summer Contact Rule.  Please contact Brother Paul Ickes – League and Tournament Director at (773) 428-1957 or e-mail pickes@brrice.org with any questions.

Further information and registration forms can be found here. The application deadline for the league is Friday, June 22nd.

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Crusader Football Meet the Coach Night

May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Brother Rice will host a “Meet the Coach” night on Tuesday, May 15, to introduce new head football coach Brian Badke to the Brother Rice community. This event will be held in the school library at 7:00 P.M. Parents, alums, and all interested parties who want to learn more about Coach Badke, his program, and his staff are invited to attend.

Coach Badke will address the gathering and then host a question-and-answer session regarding the program; he will also introduce the members of his staff.  After the talks, everyone is welcome to mingle and chat with the coach and his staff.

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Register for the 2nd Annual CAAC Golf Outing

April 27, 2012 By 1 Comment

The Crusader Alumni Athletic Club will host its 2nd annual golf outing on Friday, August 10, at Gleneagles Country Club. A shotgun start will begin at 1:00 P.M. and the cost to participate is $100 per person. Prizes will be given out for several on-course events – closest to the pin, beat the pro, and much more!

We are moving the course closer to home this year so that everyone can meet at Cork & Kerry for some food and drink after the event – special thanks to Brendan Winters for setting this up! If you don’t have a full foursome, golfers will be grouped to make sure everyone that wants to play can participate. There is a cap of 144 golfers, and we expect another sellout like last year, so please sign up immediately.

If your company or contacts have the ability to sponsor a hole or donate prizes such as gift cards, clubs, signs, etc., it would be greatly appreciated.  There are great discounts to play this year for those who sponsor the event, so please consider one of the many sponsorship options.

Please fill out the form below to register.  Payments can be made by credit card by following this link, or you can mail a check to Brother Rice, ATTN:  Mike McShane.  Please make checks payable to the Crusader Alumni Athletic Club.  Payments can also be made in person by stopping in at Brother Rice during regular school hours (7:30 A.M. – 3:30 P.M.).  Registration and payments are due by July 15.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the outing please contact Matt McGinnis at Matt [at] midwestequity [dot] com.

Sponsorship Options – Each sponsorship includes a sign on the course

Title Sponsor: $3,500

  • Includes a foursome, 4 CAAC windbreakers,  free access to every Brother Rice athletic event in 2012-2013 (limit of 4 people) and special recognition throughout the event.

Co-Sponsor: $1,500

  • Includes a foursome & 4 CAAC windbreakers

All State Sponsor: $250

  • 4 2012 Br.Rice Baseball Hats

All Conference Sponsor: $100

  • Hole sponsor

Make an Outright Donation

 Golf Options

  • Individual Golf : $100
  • Foursome : $400

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Rugby Takes Win Against Sycamore

April 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Brother Rice Rugby Crusaders took another convincing win in a 66-10 victory over the visiting Sycamore Stallions.

Nolan Corley, making his first start on the wing, took advantage of space out wide and ran with pace all day. He was rewarded early on as he crossed the try line, and the Dan Lyons conversion gave the Crusaders an early 7-0 lead that they would never look back from

Joe Carroll, Carl Smith (twice), Danny Wojnowski, Dan Schmidt, and Lyons also dotted down first half tries that saw the Crusaders up 45-0 at  half. Smith and Wojnowski crossed the try line again in the second half, as did Ricky Morales.  Sean Martin drilled all 3 second half conversions, as he made his return from injury and looked on form.

The Crusaders yielded their first tries against them all season, as the Stallions crossed twice to round out the scoring in the 66-10  Crusader win.

TRIES: Corley, Carroll, Smith (3), Wojnowski (2), Schmidt, Lyons, Morales

CONVERSIONS: Lyons 5 of 7, Martin 3 of 3

SYCAMORE: 2 Tries, O Conversions

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Tom Hickey `08 is John Carroll’s All Time Hit Leader

April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Tom Hickey, class of 2008, who had a phenomenal three year varsity career at Brother Rice, is continuing his outstanding performance at the collegiate level. Tom recently broke the All- Time Hits record at John Carroll University. The former record was 184 hits and was held by Craig Recko and Jim Wideikis, graduate of Marist High School. Tom currently has 185 hits and looks to extend that number since the season is still young. Tom commented, “I have to give credit to all of my coaches and my family.”

Tom is one of two seniors on the young JCU team this season. The season has thus far been tumultuous for the Blue Streaks, who have just begun their conference match ups. Tom said of the current season, “There have definitely been some growing pains in the early going, but as of late we have played much more complete games, and are starting to gain some momentum.”

After college, Tom plans on working for AlphaBit Trading, a trading firm downtown at the Chicago Board of Trade.

Brother Rice congratulates Tom and wishes him good luck on the rest of his season, as we look forward to watching him continue his success at JCU.

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Mike Kennedy `08 Becomes St. Ambrose Basketball Leading Scorer

April 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Photo Courtesy of St. Ambrose University

Mike Kennedy, a 2008 graduate of Brother Rice originally from Evergreen Park, recently received the honor of becoming an All-American for the second time in his collegiate basketball career. Now a senior at St. Ambrose University, Mike has been a large factor in the success of the Bees. A four-year starter for the program, Mike has set many all time and season leading records in the university’s basketball history, along with leading the team to the NAIA national tournament. Mike has become third all time in career scoring and rebounding for the Bees and is ranked in the top forty points per season chart at St. Ambrose. The hard work that Mike put in his senior year at Brother Rice has paid off with great achievements he was able to attain with his time playing basketball for St. Ambrose. Since then, his work ethic and basketball skills that he learned during his time here at Brother Rice have carried on further into his playing career.

Mike Kennedy started his career at Brother Rice in the fall of 2004. Mike played basketball all four years at Brother Rice but was not considered a stand out player until his senior year in 2008. Coach Pat Richardson commented, saying that he was a good player his freshman through junior year but was not really a stand out. It was not until after his junior season where Mike made the turn around. After meeting with Mike for his junior year meeting, Coach told him that he would have to step up his senior year to become a contributing factor for the 2007-2008 squad. Mike worked hard his senior year, never missing a practice, summer work out, or conditioning season. “Mike was an easy going kind of guy; nothing really bothered him,” Coach said about Mike’s work ethic that season. “He would take responsibility for his actions and worked hard in practice.” Through the hard work and coaching of Coach Richardson, Mike’s senior year was a memorable season for him.

In his senior year, Mike stepped up for the team like Coach Richardson wanted him to do for his final season at Brother Rice. Mike set many single season and all time career records for the Crusaders. Mike lead that year with points (523), free throws (89), and rebounds (328) for the Crusaders; he also set records for number six all time for points in one season and free throws in a single season and number one all time with most rebounds in a single season. Mike was able to grab over 100 offensive rebounds and over 200 defensive rebounds that season, which helped him to achieve 21 double games in his senior season. Mike was also a MVP, All-State players, and All-American player that year from his record setting performances with the Crusaders. Through his efforts, Mike was able to help lead the Crusaders to the regional game that year.

The hard work and record setting trends did not stop when his time at Brother Rice ended.  Mike kept that same mentality with him through his four years at St. Ambrose. The hard work also paid off for him there because of the all the records he has set and goals he has achieved over his four years at the University.

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Boys Volleyball: Brother Rice outlasts Providence

April 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Mitch Weiler, of Brother Rice, goes up for the kill against Providence. l Gary Middendorf~For Sun-Times Media

When talking about Mitch Weiler, Brother Rice coach Br. Paul Ickes delivered the ultimate compliment.

“You would never know he is a sophomore,” Ickes said. “He’s very smooth and he doesn’t get rattled. It’s great having him on court.”

Weiler finished with 12 kills for host Brother Rice in a 25-21, 21-25, 25-23 thriller over Providence in a meeting of last season’s Catholic League Blue co-champions.

An outside hitter, Weiler is coming off a stress fracture in his back that caused him to miss several months in the offseason. He’s showing no lingering effects from the injury.

Read more >

Source: SouthtownStar | Tim O’Brien

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Track Competes at Catholic League Indoor Championships

March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

This past weekend, the track team competed in the Catholic League Indoor Championships at the University of Chicago. The frosh/soph team placed 11th and the varsity finished 5th. Kevin Jones finished 2nd in the high jump and 3rd in the long jump. Dan Caddigan finished 3rd in the mile. The 2 mile relay team of Anthony Maciag, James Durkin, Dan Caddigan and Emmet McClain were event champions, unofficially.

Results

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Flagg, Salmon, and Stull Commit to Play Football

March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Cody Stull '12 to play football at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.

Congratulations to the following varsity football players who have made commitments to play college football in the fall:

Kevin Salmon, a safety and graduate of St. Catherine of Alexandria, will attend St. Xavier University.  Kevin says he is looking forward to playing with a national championship team.

Both Cody Stull, middle linebacker and a graduate of Central Junior High, and Jason Flagg, corner and graduate of St. Margaret of Scotland, plan to attend the University of Wisconsin-Platteville.  Jason says his decision was influenced by praise for the school by good friend and Brother Rice alum Bronzun Kyles ’10, who is a defensive lineman for the Pioneers.

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