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Blue Print

Alex Shelton

The morning of September 11, 2001 was a defining moment for the United States of America. On this day, the largest terrorist attack on American soil was carried out and changed the outcome of US Foreign affairs for-ever. Three hijacked airplanes, taken control by members of the Al Qaeda movement, were flown directly into the World Trade Center in New York and The Pentagon in Washington DC, causing complete and utter chaos, commo-tion, and completely but only temporarily dis-mantling a country.

Our country remained in shock for quite some time. But one thing about our great coun-try is that we never go down without swinging back. And so we did. The United States did not settle for the embarrassment and decimation of three US buildings and thousands of US lives. The United States Navy Seals, more specifi-cally Seal Team Six, located and killed Osama Bin Laden, the leader of the Al Qaeda terrorist movement. This sent a message throughout the world that the United States was not going to settle for being the little brother to anyone.

On every September 11th, we remem-ber all of those who died on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, all those who responded, risked, and gave their lives to help those in the towers. We remember all the individuals and families who have been touched by this horrific event. We should also use September 11th to say thank you and show appreciate. We say thank you to all the men and women serving our coun-

try here and abroad. We say thank you to all the men and women in the law enforcement and firefighter departments. In today’s world, Americans are divided on so many issues. One of those issues being the support of our police and first responders. We must put away all con-troversies on September 11th and truly take time to appreciate not only what the first responders did for our country that devastating morning in New York, but also every first responder in the country.

We also remember a COLONEL, Brian Wil-liams, who graduated from Covington Catho-lic. Brian Williams was killed in the tower on 9/11. It was an honor to be able to meet his fam-ily and present them with a CovCath football helmet before the varsity football game against Lexington Catholic. Please keep his family and all of the families of victims in your prayers ev-ery September 11th and throughout September. God bless the USA.

Mr. Ken Williams accepts the football helmet from Hunter Ziegelmeyer during halftime at the Lex. Cath. game in memory of Brian Williams.

Ross Basford

After a long and eventful summer break, school is officially back! The new, 2016-2017 school officially started on August 8th. Every year, the Colonels join together to for an all-school-Mass with Most Reverend, Bishop Roger J. Foys on August 26th. Senior, Class of 2017, Chris Garrett read a passage from the Gospel according to Luke.

Covington Catholic’s famous Chamber Choir, led by Mr. Jim Wolfe, sang beautifully in front of the other students, parents, faculty, and Bishop Foys. Some of the favorites the Chamber sang included “We are Called,” “Miracle of Grace,” “What Have You Done for Me?” and closed the Mass singing “We Praise Thy Name.”

Principal Rowe spoke at the end of the Mass saying how he is excited to see that this 2016-2017 school year will be a fantastic one. Also, Bishop Foys made sure to add that the students give thanks to their parents for both sending their children to Covington Catholic and paying for a great Catholic education. The students are always excited to have the Bishop,in attendance for Mass, for we usually are granted a day off of school! Thankfully, Bishop Foys granted us the day off on Friday, August 2nd. The Colonels cannot wait for a visit from the Bishop again!

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Music Reviews

Arts/ Entertainment

Movie Reviews

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Cole VonHandorf

Jacques Webster, also known as Travis Scott is currently sweeping the nation with his new album Birds in the Trap Sing Mck-

night. Travis was born in Houston, Texas, and has been coming out with music since 2008 and has been traveling all around the country for it. He has been often compared to Kid Cudi for his style and voice in the music, and he has admitted he was inspired to create music from Kid Cudi. He is currently 24 years old and is fortunate enough to be signed with Epic Records and Good Records Company. For his age that is quite impressive. He definitely has the tools to become the next

biggest artist in the music industry.

Travis just recently re-leased the album Birds in the Trap Sing Mcknight and the popularity has been growing daily. It took 11

months to produce this album, and the amount of love it is get-ting is definitely relating back to the time taken to produce it. “Goosebumps” is the most pop-ular song in the album featuring Kendrick Lamar. Travis also re-corded two other songs contain-ing other big named artists such as Pick up the Phone featuring Young Thug and also Through the Late Night featuring Kid Cudi. This adds to his credibility of how known and up and com-ing he is.

When Travis really got to be known by everyone was when he released his album Rodeo. Ro-deo is the culmination of Travis Scott’s amassed networking ability. It received a rating of 8.1/10, which has been his highest rating of all his career. Other popular albums of his are Owl Pharaoh and Days before Rodeo. These albums really put him on the map. From the age of 16 he had always wanted to be a popular rap artist, and his dream has finally come true.

Gunnar Schuh

Zac Brown Band came to Riverbend Music Center this sum-mer in early July. Zac Brown Band is a country music group that has a variety of different songs. Some are fast songs such as “Chicken Fried,” “Knee Deep,” and “Home-grown.” Others are slow songs such as “Colder Weather” and “Sweet Annie.” Because of this variety of songs, the Zac Brown Band concert is always fun, and it almost always gets good reviews. Fan Jimmy Lee Stavros from Los Angeles, Califor-nia, said, “Doesn’t get any better than this!”

Riverbend has two areas in which the audience can stay: the Pa-vilion which has seats, is close to the stage, and normally holds the older crowd; and the Lawn which is fur-ther away from the stage, normally holds the younger crowd, and holds more people. The acoustics at Riv-erbend are also great. It is always clear what the performer says, and the music from the speakers reaches all the way out to the parking lot to be sure all audience members can hear the music.

Another concert at Rive-bend this summer was performed by G Eazy and Logic, both of which perform rap music. Yo Gotti opened up with some of his most popular songs, some of which have been on the radio and have been on the “Hot 100 List” for music. It was easy for the audience to get involved, be-cause they were younger and knew a lot of the music.

Rap concerts at Riverbend are normally popular because the performers that come are usually big names that the audience will know.

Riverbend is a good place to go for concerts because every summer there are good performers with good music. It is a fun place to go with friends and a good place to meet new people. Riverbend is only about twenty-five minutes away, but normally has traffic, especially on the night of a concert. Riverbend is a highly recommended music center for a concert because of lo-cation, access, and music.

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Luke Lonnemann

The Godfather, one of the most classic films of all time, stars Mar-lon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, and Robert Duvall. It was written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, made in 1972 and based off Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather.

The movie is about an aging patriarch of an organized crime dy-nasty transferring his empire into the hands of his eldest son. Soon after he takes over, a series of unfortunate events take place, and a war begins between all the best-known families across the country. After violence, murder, revenge, and all sorts of affairs takes place, the Corleones must decide who will be the successor of the family business.

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The Godfather won three Oscars including Best Picture, Best Actor in a leading Role (Marlon Brando), and Best Writing. It was nominated for an additional eight Oscars including three Best Actor in a Supporting Role nominations. It is rated #2 on IMDb’s list of the top 250 movies (only behind “The Shawshank Redemption”) and rated #3 on AFI’s 100 Greatest Films list.

This movie is one of my favorites. I love the cast who is in the film, the plot was something I enjoy seeing, and the writing in it is one of the best of all time. The Godfather is one of the few movies that is flawless. If you have not seen this masterpiece, get your hands on this film and get a viewing.

Rio Olympics 2016

Captain America and the MCU Deliver

David Reisiger

Over the summer, the Olympic Games were held in Rio. Many countries proved themselves in the games this year, but one country stood out above the rest… the United States of America. The USA led all countries with a total of 121 medals, with 46 of those being gold, 37 silver, and 38 bronze. The next closest countries to the United States was China with a total of 70 medals overall and Great Britain with a total of 67 medals. The USA always seems to come out as one of, if not, the most prominent team every year that the games are held, and the USA did just that again this past summer.

The USA men’s basket-ball team crushed Serbia in the Championship to go on for its third straight gold medal. The USA was also dominant in swimming where we earned 33 medals overall led by star Michael Phelps, who is the most decorated Olympian in history with 23 gold medals. A very close second being track and field where we earned 32 medals led by Allyson Felix and Matthew Centrowitz, Jr, but the dominant Usain Bolt proved to be too much for anyone to handle and proved his dominance in the Men’s 100m, 200m, and 4x100m races. The USA also proved their dominance in gymnastics led by

the duo of Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas where we seem to succeed every year the games are back. The USA also did well in wrestling, boxing, tennis, judo, cycling, row-ing, shooting, water polo, and the triathlon where we at least earned

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one gold medal in all.

Overall, the USA proved its dominance once again, and we made history in multiple sports. Next stop, the winter games of 2018.

Matthew Thiel

I have seen many superhero movies in my time, but I believe I have seen the best one yet. This summer, I saw the blockbuster hit Captain America: Civil War. Captain America: Civil War came out May 6th, 2016, and stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chadwick Boseman, and Jeremy Renner- just to name a few. Civil War is the third installment of the Captain America trilogy and the latest installment of what is known as the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe). MCU is the film universe with some of America’s favorite comic book heroes such as: Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Spiderman, Black Widow, and Hawkeye.

Civil War opens with the Avengers working as an unregulated group of trained “vigilantes” dedicated to fighting terrorists and other malevolent organizations. The Avengers come under fire for incidents involving them that cost dozens of lives like Iron Man creating Ultron, who nearly de-stroyed the Earth by creating an asteroid with a European city. The United Nations comes up with a plan to register all “powered people” with them, so they can keep powered people in check. The other alternative is that the Avengers must disband. The Pro-registration heroes led by Iron Man, Tony

Stark, sign “The Accords” and the Anti-registration heroes led by Captain America, Steve Rodgers, do not.

The rest of Captain America: Civil War deals with choices of both sides regarding the issue and the outcome that result. Some surprising twists are thrown in to advance the plot and heighten the action and thrills for the viewing audience. Civil War also introduces new characters to the MCU, like Spiderman and the Black Panther. I personally love the new addition of these superheroes. Both the web-slinging teenager and the unbreakable-suited warrior have been met with extreme pleasure by mul-titudes of fans.

Captain America: Civil War was hyped for the number of super-heroes involved, thirteen in all. Many blockbusters do not live up to their names. This one exceeds its name. Civil War delivers exhilarating action, comedic relief, and heart-wrenching moments that together make it the best superhero movie of all time (I said it). Captain America: Civil War is currently ranked 150th on the Internet Movie Data Base’s Top 250 Movies list. Civil War was released on DVD and On-Demand on 9/2/16 .Viewers looking for action-packed thrills and suspense should check it out. They will not be disappointed.

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Summer HighlightsCronin Visits AfricaDavid Reisiger

When thinking of a summer vacation, most people think of a week-long trip with the family to Florida, Alabama, California, or something along those lines. That was not the case for senior Greg Cronin. Greg took just about a month long trip to Africa for his first ever trip out of the country to see the other side of the world, and to meet up with his brother Andy Cronin (CCH Grad ’01). Like most people, Greg went into the trip having no idea what to expect and had his perceptions of the country being poor, outdated, and dirty.

While in Africa, Greg went on a five-day safari through the Serengeti stopping through the Ngorongoro National Park where he camped in the wild. Greg also stopped through the Zanzibar Island and Stonetown, which happens to be a town where a lot of slave trades happened in Africa. He also went on an unguided hike through the Usembara Mountain Ranges. This hike was a 4-day, 70 kilometer hike with 30-pound backpacks. During the hike, Greg and a few others hiked through the Mamba Rainforest, travelling thorough a string of small villages where most of the people in those villages had never seen a white man before. While there, Greg and the people he was with were referred to as “mzungu” which means “whitey,” but not in a negative way. Throughout the entire trip, some of the coolest things Greg said that he saw included the great migration of wilde-beests, zebras, lions, a cheetah, and a jaguar.

Overall, Greg said that going to Africa was one of the best things that he has ever done, and highly recommends it to anyone that has the opportunity. Greg does plan to go back, but does not know for sure what his plans are for his next trip out there.

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Griffin Flesch For most high school students, summer is a time to relax at home with friends and family. For CovCath senior Jarrett Eilerman, however, summer was an opportunity to ex-plore different parts of the globe. Over the recent summer, Jarrett visited Paris, France, and Juneau, Alaska. While Alaska may seem like a strange place to visit during the warm sum-mer months, Jarrett said it was incredibly refreshing and not quite as cold as many imagine it to be. Jarrett’s summer abroad proved the perfect way to reconnect with family and visit new places. In late May, Jarrett’s father, Paul, told him he was planning to take him to Paris, France with him while on a business trip. Jarrett had dreamed for many years of getting to see the famed Eiffel Tower, and his chance had finally come. In early June, Jarrett and his father boarded a plane and flew to Paris, connecting through New York. While in Paris, he and his dad went to the top of the Eiffel Tower, saw the Arc de Triomphe, and even found time to attend mass at the historic Notre Dame Cathedral. Jarrett says the one thing he really enjoyed about the trip to Paris however, was the food. While a trip to Paris already made for a great summer he would never forget, he also got to visit Alaska. In late June, Jarrett was back in the airport boarding a plane by himself to Alaska to visit his aunt and uncle, who live in Juneau. While in Alaska, Jarrett got to go kayaking, mountain climbing, fishing, and even glacier climbing. While in Alaska, Jarrett even found time to play a round of golf, which given the conditions were even harder than usual. Jarrett said that after his whirlwind June, “it was nice to get home and truly relax.” Jarrett’s trips to France and Alaska were trips he will certainly never forget, and ones that he hopes he gets to do again in the future. Jarrett said that it “was an incredible, eye-opening experience that I will never forget.”

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Jacob Kennedy

May 28, 2016, started out as any other ordinary day, sunshine, birds signing, and children laughing. Everything was normal and fine, but little did the people at the Cincinnati Zoo realize this would be one of saddest days in the zoo’s history. Around 4:00 P.M. a curious three-year-old boy fell into a gorilla exhibit belonging to the 17-year-old Harambe. The now intrigued gorilla investigated this small boy, dragged and looked at the boy. The gorilla began to drag the boy further around the enclosure, but as the boy’s mother saw him in the pit she began to scream frantically. The cries of the mother concerned the zoo keepers at Cincinnati as they rushed for an answer. After much deliberation, the zoo decided the only viable option was to put down the gorilla. The keepers believed that tranquilizers would not subdue the gorilla quick enough, so they shot Harambe just a day after his birthday. There was much outcry to this action by the zoo, but they felt it was their only option. The Cincinnati Zoo mourned the death of the gorilla and kept the gorilla enclosure closed to the public for a brief time.

What really came as a surprise was the national outcry that followed the shooting. There has been mass outrage on social media with actual protests in front of the zoo. The fact that people are upset is quite interesting as in most cases choosing the life of a human rather than an animal is celebrated not mocked or protested. This hive mind is present in several social media websites like twitter and Facebook, the Cincinnati zoo going so far as shutting down all social media accounts to avoid all the hate they get on it.

Even today people still talk about it today almost four months later. It simply won’t go away maybe because the zoo releases public statements to “stop making jokes about Harambe.” The real reason probably is the anonymity of the internet, and people can say what they want with almost no real consequences. They can torment a zoo for months on end. Some people feel the zoo will end the nonstop memes and jokes when they finally start making fun of it themselves. As soon as they are in on the joke the sooner it will stop. Others believe the zoo is hurting for their loss and want the entire situdation to end. Until that time, expect it to end when the entire internet gets bored with it which unfortunately won’t happen until much, much later.

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Nathan Schroeder: The Sound of Music

Mrs.Tewes is back!

Ross Basford

After a long and eventful summer break, school is officially back! The new, 2016-2017 school officially started on August 8th. Ev-ery year, the Colonels join together for an all-school-mass with Most Reverend, Bishop Roger J. Foys. This year that occasion occured on August 26th.

Senior Chris Garrett read a passage from the Gospel according to Luke. Our very famous Chamber Choir, led by Mr. Jim Wolfe, sang beautifully in front of, the other stu-dents, parents, faculty, and Bishop Foys. To name a few, the Chamber sang “We are Called,” “Miracle of Grace,” “What Have You Done for Me?” and closed the mass singing, “We Praise Thy Name.”

Principal Rowe spoke at the end of the Mass saying how he is excited to see that this 2016-2017 school year will be a fantastic one. Also, Bishop Foys made sure that the students give thanks to their

Ross Basford

She’s back! Previously em-ployed lunch monitor until 2013,

Dee Tewes, is now the C o v i n g t o n Catholic caf-eteria lunch m a n a g e r . Mrs. Tewes a t t e n d e d high school at LaSalette Academy in Covington,

Kentucky. She also attended Our

Lady of Providence in Newport, Kentucky. After high school, she continued her education at Eastern Kentucky University.

Mrs. Tewes had two sons who both went to Covington Catho-lic. Zach, who graduated in 2008 and Blake, who graduated in 2012. Mrs. Tewes left after the 2012-2013 school year. Mary Lenihan, who was the lunch manager up until the end of the 2015-2016 school year has officially retired, so the cafete-ria needed to fill her tough position, and no better replacement than Mrs.

Tewes! I asked why she decided to come back to work in the cafeteria and she said, “I simply missed the kids, faculty, and staff… it is really hard to get this place out of your heart.”

Mrs. Tewes knows the ways of the Colonel students since hav-ing two sons go through the school, so I asked her what the best advice was to give a student at Covington Catholic. She replied, “Respect ev-eryone no matter what, and you will get respect back.”

Obviously, the students’ fa-vorite part of the day is lunch time! I just couldn’t resist and had to ask if there were any future lunch plans. So Colonels, be ready to eat… buf-falo chicken flatbread could be on the way!

Covington Catholic holds a special place in everyone’s heart. Mrs. Tewes says Covington Catho-lic means one thing, “a big happy family with a spirit that will not die.” It is great to have Mrs. Dee Tewes back on the staff and back in the Colonel family.

Josh Galvin

Freshman Nathan Schroed-er has been accepted into the NKU Youth Orchestra. To be a part of the orchestra one must be between grades7-12 and have at least four years of experience with an instru-ment.

Nathan plays the bass clari-net, and has been playing since he was in 6th grade. He found out about the program from a friend who also is in a band. The audition

consisted of the following: 2-oc-tave major scales up to 3 sharps/flats, and a prepared solo that demonstrates the student’s ability. Solo and excerpts should be no more than 3 minutes in length. The piece does not need to be memo-rized. The orchestra holds rehears-als at NKU on Tuesdays from 6:30-8:00pm and Youth Orches-tra performances are at NKU and directed by Mr. James Ledbetter. Nathan’s favorite song to play on the bass clarinet is “Be-

coming One”, which was created by the band. He also in the near future would like to learn how to play the contra bass clarinet. This young man attended Twenhofel Middle School and participated in their school band. He then de-cided to continue his academic and band career at Covington Catholic High School. He has yet to decide if he would like to possibly be in a marching band or orchestra when he attends college.

Jacob Sander

On Tuesday, Septem-ber 6th seniors from all across the Diocese gathered for Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of the Assump-tion in Covington. Those attending were Covington Catholic, Notre Dame, Bishop Brossart, Covington Latin, Holy Cross, Newport Central Catholic, St. Henry, and St. Patrick High Schools. A member from each school spoke before congregation. Colonel Anthony Best was our cho-sen speaker, and he did a great job addressing the large crowd before him. CCH senior Chamber Choir members were singing, along with St. Henry’s choir. Even though they were forced to share the stage, the

Colonels serenading voices could be heard clearly as the songs they sang echoed throughout the large Cathedral. Covington Catholics Ben France was a part of the pre-sentation of gifts with some other seniors. The Mass proceeded in the beautiful Cathedral of Covington.

At the end, the Most Reverend Bishop Foys addressed the Class of 2017. He spoke of how the seniors are not only the leaders of our schools, but the leaders of the Diocese itself and the whole com-munity. All of the younger students look up to the seniors and follow their example. With the guidance of the senior class this has the poten-tial to be a great school year.

parents both for sending them to Covington Catholic and for paying for a great Catholic education. The students are always excited to have the Bishop visit, for we usually are granted a day off of school! Thank-fully, Bishop Foys granted us the day off on Friday, August 2nd. The Colonels cannot wait to have the Bishop again!

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Nathan is one of the many freshmen that have a bright future at Cov Cath.

Bishop Foys Grants Colonels A Day Off

Senior Mass at Cathedral

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8Varsity Football

Fall Sports

No worries

Lights OutKyle Brake

The Colonel JV football team has its sights set on a per-fect season. After starting the sea-son with an outstanding showing against Ryle, Coach Benji re-marked on his team’s performance saying, “It isn’t hard to see that we really have a special team here this year.” The Colonels have set themselves up as the team to beat after taking down the Ryle Raiders with a 20-7 victory. There were spectacular performances from Logan Beagle and Jack Coldiron who, both, put up touchdowns for CCH.

After a victory over Ryle, it was clear that the Colonels could do big things. With high morale, the Colonels took on Oak Hills. It was a hard fought battle for both teams, but CCH came out of the game with 2-0 record. The final score of the game was 6-0.

With 2-0 record, CCH then faced Sycamore. I had a chance to sit down with Ben “The Bulldog” Welch before the game and spoke with him about the season up until then and the goals for the rest of the season. When Ben was asked

Alex Shelton

The Freshman Colonels are now a perfect 4 and 0 on the sea-son. Perfect seasons, especially this early in the season, are nothing new for freshman sports at Covington Catholic. CovCath prides itself on competing and winning on all lev-els at sports, especially in football. But there is something different and special about this freshman football team. They are winning, but they are doing it with only twenty five players. Twenty-five players is a drastic drop of players compared to the last 3 seasons of CCH foot-ball, but this team, led by Coach Ted Edgington is different. “This group of boys rally around each other. They recognize that they are going to have to work harder than everyone because they are heavily outnumbered. They fight for each other and they play for eachother. It is very obvious,” added the Head Coach.

Nathan Bir

Varsity football won the game Friday, September 3rd, against the Sycamore Aviators. The Colonels were able to con-jure up a late game victory with the star of the game Senior David Reisiger, who had a miraculous overtime catch to tie up the game and with a perfect extra point by Matthew Kloska. However, the real highlight of the game was the fact that the Colonels finally got lights. This was the first game with lights in over 7 years, and the win in overtime made it even more memorable. The atmosphere was electric with a packed stadium and a nearly full student section. When questioned about the atmosphere of the game, senior Austin Wilson said, “It was the craziest football I’ve ever been a part of. I’ve never in my 12 years of my football ca-

reer, experienced the fans storming the field.”

Friday the 9th was another spectacle for fans with an outstand-ing win by Covington Catholic with a one-point win against the mighty Lexington Catholic Knights. The Colonels have been plagued by in-juries this season with about 5 se-niors out every game making this record all the more impressive.

The current juniors have stepped up to the plate with junior Cam Butler having two interceptions and dozens of tackles.

Friday, September 16, the Colonels took on the Beechwood Ti-gers. Under the lights and with a packed house, the Colonels crushed the Tigers 44-10. It would appear that the Colonel’s

hard work over the offseason has been a massive help to the team. The legendary Colonel Crazies, student section, showed up in style with bagpipes and kilts aplenty. The theme was Brave heart, at the Col-onel’s home stadium, as students poured into the stadium with their plastic swords and body paint. This is a tradition for the Colonels as ev-ery game against Beechwood for

years has been played under the lights with the Colonels yelling “Freedom” from the bleachers. The crazies worked their magic to hype up the crowd and players as the Tigers quickly lost the spirit to win and crumbled in defeat.

A big headline for the Colonels was the shakeup for the coaching staff with nearly all the coaching stepping down giving way to former Georgetown coach, Eddie Eviston. Coach Eviston has an impressive resume prior to leading the colonels including helping the Georgetown Tigers win back to back national titles as the offensive coordinator. Af-ter two years of Coach Eviston’s leadership, it appears the Colonels are in tip top condition with the current record standing at a solid 4-2 .

what the greatest advantage they have over their competitors, he informed me that the Colonels have an unmatchable confidence that mentally puts them ahead even before the first kickoff. With morale high, Colonels takedown the Aves with a score of 30-7 with multiple touchdowns scored by Jack Coldiron.

The Colonels go into week four with an undefeated season on their mind. In North-ern Kentucky, the matchup be-tween Cov Cath and Beechwood is never taken lightly. Even at the JV level, the competition is intense. With all eyes on the Colonels, they take on the Beech-wood Tigers. The Colonels had no problem backing up the hype by crushing the Tigers 22-0.

With an undefeated sea-son within their grasp, all eyes are fixed on the Colonels. Head Coach, Sam Beiting, comments that he has the confidence that his team can complete the per-fect season. The only thing stand-ing between the Colonels and a season shutout is, arguably the toughest competition that they will face, Trinity High School.

The fight and sacrifice have been very noticeable with the 4 and 0 record. The Colonels have wins over Dixie Heights (27-0), Cooper (33-0), Campbell County (38-20), and Simon Kenton (31-14). It has been a very exciting season so far for the freshman football team. Aside from a perfect record, they have even been fortunate enough to be able to play a home game under the lights. The team was able to play under the temporary lights and get their first experience of what the future of Covington Catholic Football game atmo-spheres will be like.

The Colonels take on rival High-lands, Wednesday, September 28th at home. CCH has not lost to Highlands on the freshman level, in four years. Keep rolling Colo-nels!

Jackson Blank makes an amazing touchdown catch against Beechwood.

Varsity Soccer

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Stephen Schutt

After the 2015 soccer state championship, the soccer team’s biggest challenge is to replace the 18 seniors and 9 starters. The Colo-nels still have 8 returning seniors, including two returning starters Stephen Schutt and Griffin Lamb.

The Colonels also have Cole Stava and Mike Vogt who had major contributions to the title-winning season last year. The team stepped up their game, by starting to condi-tion a month and a half before try outs started. Coach Robertson also stepped up his game by getting fit-ness trainers to train the team twice a week this summer. The team be-gan with two pre-season games. The first was against Cooper at Soc-

cerama; they won 3-0. Their second game was against South Oldham; the Colonels won 4-0. The Colonels then hosted the first annual Colonel Cup and won. They played St. Hen-ry in the semifinals, winning 2-1 and then beat Kentucky Country Day in the finals 4-0. They rolled over Scott 10-0 to start the season 6-1. Their only loss was to Walnut Hills 1-0. Captain Cole Stava says, “If Stephen Schutt had not forgot his jersey we would have won.”

The soccer Colonels’ next big game was against #16 in the country Trinity. The Colonels came away with a 1-1 tie. They struggled after that losing to Ballard, High-lands, and Ryle. A positive for the team was the return of two starters from injury and the return of John Dietz. When these starters came back the Colonels were able to beat undefeated Anderson 3-1 and undefeated Madison Central 4-1. Madison Central was ranked #6 in the state prior to their loss against Covington Catholic.

This team has not been deep; however, as long as these Colonels can stay healthy, they will be a big time contender for another state title. Evenn though not deep like last year, the team works extremely hard for each other and hard work is an important trait that all teams need to win a state title. These Col-onels have improved dramatically over this year and are ready to win another state title.

Cole Stava

The JV Soccer Colonels started their summer training as soon as dead period ended on July 19th. Going into the season, the squad looked to be a promising group of young players who could complete the ultimate goal of win-ning the JV Regional Tournament in early October. This year’s squad is made up of three freshmen, 18 sophomores, and one junior, under the leadership of four-year coach Matthew Hansman.

They started their season on August 15th against archrival St. Henry. They pulled out a hard fought win against a quality St. Henry team; the score was two to one. After this, the JV season went into full swing having almost three games a week until early October. Throughout the regular season the team played a good number a high quality teams, most of them being on the road. These games would bring out the stars in the team. Ken-nedy Suraski, sophomore, is the main goal scorer for the Colonels. He has notched over 5 goals this year. Another standout player who came to light this season is sopho-more midfielder Max Dierig, the captain and leader. Finally the third

standout player would be sopho-more midfielder Ben Wessels, who is a prominent voice out on the field.

These players and the rest of the team have amounted a 7-5-1 record this year. They began their post-season journey on Friday, Sep-tember 24. They played Bishop Brossart and won soundly with a 5-0 score line. The following week-end the Colonels began the home stretch of the JV Regional Tourna-ment. In the quarterfinals they were squared up against their archrival NCC. The Colonels would go on to beat the breads with a 3-0 score line and advance to the semi-finals where they would play Calvary Christian. The colonels pulled out a hard fought victory beating Calvary by the score of 1-0. Up next were the finals. The Colonels would play the Highlands Blue Birds for the JV regional title. The Colonels would take an early 2-1 lead into the sec-ond half but in the closing minutes the Blue Birds would tie the score at 2-2. The game would go into ex-tra time and eventually into a pen-alty shoot out for the title. Unfortu-nately the colonels would come up just short losing by a score of 4-3 in the shoot out. Congratulations on a well-played season.

Zach Michels

The freshman soccer Colo-nels kicked off their soccer careers at Covington Catholic strong post-ing a solid record of 8-4 during the regular season and then going on to win the freshman regional champi-onship. In all there were 26 fresh-men on this squad led by Coach Derek Smith. Throughout their reg-ular season they took down some rival opponents in some nail-biting matches defeating St. Henry, New-port Central Catholic, and High-lands. The freshman soccer Colo-nels won all 3 of those matches 2-1. After finishing their regular season being one of the favorites to win the freshman regional champions the soccer colonels were ready to fulfill their expectations.

Starting off round 1 of the region the Colonels blew past the Braves of Grant County winning 5-0. On to round 2 the freshman

soccer Colonels defeated Conner by a score of 2-1. Then came the semi-finals. Taking on the Camels, the freshman colonels had a look of determination in their eyes edging out Campbell County 1-0. Finally the freshman soccer Colonels were at the long awaited regional finals. In a back and forth game against Calvary Christian the Colonels found themselves tied 2-2 heading into penalty kicks. The Colonels had their lineup set for penalty kicks with Matthew Weil, Chris Steg-man, Joe Keiley, Patrick Thelen, and Jack Jordahl. With suspense on full go they went into sudden death penalty kicks. Jack Jordahl lined up across Calvary Christian’s goal-keeper confident he would bring the Colonels a regional champion-ship. Striking it into the goal Jack Jordahl helped the freshman soccer Colonels win the freshman regional championship!

Alex Shelton

The Covington Catholic Football team notched their first win of the season last week against a Di-vision 1 Ohio team, Oak Hills, in the Skyline Crosstown Showdown. The Colonels were the underdog in the game and needed a big performance to beat the Highlanders. That big time performance came from soph-omore running back Casey McGin-ness. Casey lit up the score board for the Colonels, and he did it in so many different ways. Casey started scoring in the first half with a 70 yard receiving touchdown. “We had the screen called and I knew if we did our job up front with the block-ing, we would have a good chance to make a big play,” Casey added.

Later in the game, when the Colonels needed a big play and to bring momentum back in their fa-vor, Casey stepped up once again. This time, McGinness made it hap-pen on Kickoff Return. Casey broke a 90 yard kickoff return for a touch-down that really gave the Colonels the lift they needed.

McGinness didn’t stop there. Late in the 4th Quarter, Casey broke a 47 yard rushing touchdown

that sealed the game for the Colo-nels. “It wasn’t the most explosive play of the night but it felt the best because I knew we had it won,” Mc-Ginness explained. And so it did.

The Colonels went on to beat Oak Hills 56 to 48 in an of-fensive shootout led by McGinness. Casey finished the game with 323 All Purpose yards and was awarded the Beacon Orthopedics Primetime Performer of the Game. Casey is excited about the rest of the sea-son and is ready to keep helping his team string together W’s.

Mike Vogt Clears the ball to give his teammates an opportunity to

score.

10XC Bros

Griffin Flesch The date all of the Colonel golfers had circled on their calendars was Tuesday, September 27, the day of the Region Championship. The Colo-nels regained the Region crown for the first time in four years, beating Ryle High School for the first time since 2012 by 5 shots. What began as an optimistic season for the Colonel Varsity golf team did not disappoint. After losing just one senior from 2015 and a roster full of young talent, the Colonels knew they would likely regain a spot among the top teams in the state of Ken-tucky. With one tournament remaining, the Colonels have three-third place finishes at the Madison Central Invitational, Oldham County Invitational and CCH/Steve Flesch Invita-tional, two runner-up finishes at the Kentucky Cup hosted by Lexington Christian Academy and the NKAC Champion-ship, and wins at the Catholic Cup, Cooper Classic, and 7th Region Championship. The team was led by senior Grif-

fin Flesch, who already had three years of experience at the State Championship under his belt. Following closely behind were seniors Neal Schroer, Jared Reid and Chad Crowe, rising juniors Tyler Chandler, Paul Thelen and Josh Struck, and sophomore prodigy Pat-rick Kennedy. According to Tyler Chandler, “Our team knows what we’re capable of, now we just have to go out and prove it to everyone.” The school athletic motto for the year “Strength in Unity” cer-

tainly holds true for the Colo-nel Varsity golf team, and they certainly showed just what they were made of throughout the season. On the Junior Var-sity Golf Team, it was an up and down season, filled with wins and losses to the top pro-grams in the area. The JV team saw consistent play from the number one man Ben Pieper, son of assistant coach Chris Pieper. Also showing solid play were fellow juniors Evan Klein and Lucas Reynolds, as

well as sophomores Cameron Martin and five man Lincoln Hammon, who all posted good scores against other teams in the Cincinnati area. “The JV guys are all preparing for the chance to see Varsity time next season” says Coach Chris Pieper. “We have a solid group of seniors leaving this year, so there will certainly be plenty of opportunities to fill those roles.” Although the JV season is now complete, many players showed that the Colonel golf team will be in good hands for

Jared Haught

The Covington Catholic Cross Country team has had to overcome a lot of losses from last year, including Matt Rose who led the team last year, Thomas Ziegler, and Nathan Sucher. Injuries have also hurt this team severely, including the losses of Owen Piatt at the beginning of the season and Joe Niehaus for the whole season. Owen and Joe are two of the top five runners on the team. This team has fought through the adversi-ty this season and has come up with some very good re-sults.

The Varsity team consists Zack Hemsath, Owen Piatt, Sam Zimmer-man, Logan Franxman, Ja-son Krebs, Will Akin, Nick Eten, and Calvin Scheper. The team won their first meet of the season against the Covington Catholic Alumni team, led by Logan Franxman with a time of 19:52. The next meet was the St. Xavier Tiger Run in which the team came in fifth

against the best competition

in the state. Zack Hemsath led the team with a time of 17:46. Then came the Grant County Invitational where the Colonels came in second place, led by Will Akin with

a time of 18:04. The Mason

Invitational was a hard race for the varsity team because a lot of the varsity runners were unable to run that day. The team came in four-teenth place, led by Will

Zack Hemsath and Logan Franx-man give it their all to win the race.

The varsity team holds up the tropy after beating Ryle to win the regional championship.

Akin with a time of 18:22.

The next meet was the Scott Classic, which was a great race for the Colonels. The Varsity team split up into two teams, and came first and second. Owen Piatt led

the blue team with a time of 16:42, and Nick Eten led the white team with a time of 16:56. The Midwest Catho-lic Championships was the next race in which the team came in ninth place, led by Owen Piatt with a time of 17:19.

The Junior Varsity team is one of the best teams in the state. The team started their season at the St. Xavier Tiger Run in which the team came in second, led by Mi-chael Kessans with a time of 18:20. The next race was the Grant County Invita-tional in which the colonels won, led by Will Tate with a time of 18:21. The Mason Invitational was the next race. The Colonels came in sixth place led by Mikey Krebs with a time of 19:42. Sean Casteel led the team in the Scott Classic with a time of 18:22. Jason Krebs led the team in the Midwest Catholic Championships with a time of 18:39.

Both the JV and the Varsity runners are ready to give it their all to get to that state competition.

Varsity Golf

Fall Sports

years to come. Joining head coach Robb Schneeman and assis-tants Chris Pieper and Tim Schrand this season included Steve Sorrell, who coached the 1984 team to a State Champi-onship, and first-year religion teacher and 2006 CovCath graduate Alex Ammerman. With a team as large as the 2016 edition, extra help was needed, and Sorrell and Am-merman proved to be perfect fits for the program.

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