Every weekday night from 4:30 to 6:30, a team practices a sport that goes relatively unnoticed at Catholic High. But they form a bond like no other team in the school. Wrestling is a sport of takedowns, pins, strategy, and mental determination. The team puts countless hours of work in during the week for just…
Fifteen yards to go, and the pressure sets in. Every footstep pounds like thunder and each second lasts an eternity. Five yards remain, and a final push is all that it takes for history. As the moment stops, a Rocket crosses the line and sets a new record. It’s the stuff of legends. Mr. Ron…
Halfway through practice, John Matthew Rogers jogs from the pitching mound to first base. Coach Jones works with the catchers receiving pitches. Coach Strube is thinking about the team they play this Friday. What is the best way to counter the other team’s pitcher? It’s finally baseball season again. Mr. Dustin Strube is the head…
Freshman Hudson Humphries details his journey to be on the show Junior American Ninja Warrior.
Juniors James Thomas Brown and Josh Farrell both started their ice hockey careers at a young age. At the time they joined, the team was called the Little Rock Chaos, but two years ago the name was changed to the Little Rock Aces. It all started back when Brown was in second grade. He said,…
He could have given up. He had just injured his leg for the second time in two years. Instead of giving up and walking away from running, senior Andrew Straessle kept fighting and persisted. And because of that decision, he is now a college athlete. Straessle started running in the sixth grade and…
When star high school athletes have a major injury, it is a devastation to the team. Most never come back. But one student wouldn’t let his injury keep him down. Junior Henry Nolan is half of our star tennis doubles team. Nolan and his partner Steven Weeks have won the tennis state championship two years…
Blood, sweat, and tears. That is what the fitness team puts into their sport. Being on the physical fitness team means pushing past the limits for the sheer sake of doing it. Our Marine Corps JROTC won the 2017 National Physical Fitness competition in San Diego, California last May. This sport takes an immense amount…
In football, the center position is one of the most important roles. The ball always starts with the center, and the success of the entire offense hinges on whether or not he can consistently snap the ball to the quarterback. For senior football player Audry Horn, nothing is more natural. Weighing in at a hefty…
Senior Duncan Diaz exemplifies the cliché, “When the going gets tough, the though get going.” Everyone can say the phrase, but Diaz has had to live it throughout his entire high school athletic career. Diaz has played more than one sport at Catholic High. He said, “I played football, but got injured sophomore and…
