POSTED BY EDDIE DWYER
Saint Ignatius Coach Mike Gallagher ’71 saw it in 2009, when his Wildcats ran \”the perfect team race”
Cross Country Division I State Runner-up
TWO TEAMS ON A ROLL. SAINT IGNATIUS AND COPLEY MEET IN A STATE SEMIFINAL MATCH AT NORDONIA
POSTED BY EDWARD HANNON PATRICK DWYER
Coach Mike McLaughlin’s defending state champions will face the Copley Indians Tuesday (tomorrow) in a Division I state semifinal at Nordonia. The starting time is 7 p.m.
Saint Ignatius (20-1) enters the semifinals on a 15-game winning streak. The Wildcats, who have won 43 of their past 44 games, are seeking their third state championship in four seasons and what would be a record fifth boys’ state title in Ohio soccer.
Under Coach McLaughlin, the ‘Cats have brought home state-championship trophies in 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010. McLaughlin also guided his program to national titles in 2005 and 2010.
Saint Ignatius has won three consecutive games in Golden Goal overtime – a 1-0, double-overtime victory over St. Edward in the district finals, a 1-0 overtime triumph over Massillon Jackson in the regional semifinals and a 2-1 Golden Goal thriller over Mayfield in Saturday’s regional title game at Rocky River.
Copley (15-2-4) advanced to the final four by defeating Toledo St. John’s Jesuit, 3-2, in Saturday’s regional final at Bay. Counting ties, the Indians are unbeaten in 16 consecutive matches. Copley jumped out to a 3-0 lead against St. John’s. The Titans closed to 3-2 by halftime, but the Indians’ defense stood tall over the final 40 minutes.
Coach Dave Antal’s team played most of the match against St. John’s down a player because of a red card. Copley was the Class A-AA state runner-up in 1984 and the Division II state champion in 1994. Coach Antal was a member of that ’94 team.
Saint Ignatius has not lost to an Ohio team since the 1-0 shoot-out setback to Gahanna Lincoln in the 2009 big-school state championship game. En route to state and national championships last season, the Wildcats were 23-0 and their only loss this season came over Labor Day Weekend to Louisville (KY) St. Xavier, 2-0 on Wasmer Field.
The Circus Company: Then and Now
By: Nick Eaton ’13
The Circus Company is one of the few groups at St. Ignatius that is well-known outside of the school, but not by most of the students. Even 
though it has existed for over twenty-five years, students at St. Ignatius usually haven’t a clue about what they do. In the simplest definition, the Circus Company is a group of students with an interest in magic, juggling, or other circus skills, that travel around the Cuyahoga county area performing professional juggling and magic shows. Some members find the club useful to perform and entertain people while others find it as a means of earning cash. But the history of the group is a unique one.
In 1985, students who were involved in the play \”Circus”
English Week Display
Books on display in the library celebrating this year’s English Week
by Patrick E. Gallagher ’04
I just wanted to take a moment to alert you of the books on display in the library celebrating this year’s English Week. As a department we have compiled a list of books 
that have “changed our perspective” in some way. The display is our way of communicating to the students a lifelong commitment to being “open to growth”. For those of you who find it difficult to make it over to the library please find the attached book list and commentaries from members of the English department.
A Changed Perspective: A Sampling of Books that Made us Rethink the World
As teachers of the humanities, we are inherently lovers of art, ideas, and literature as a means of coming to an understanding of the world in which we live. For thousands of years human beings have strived to ascertain a true understanding of our reality here and beyond. This sampling of texts from your teachers, colleagues, and friends in the English Department represents the books that made us reevaluate the ways in which we viewed the world.
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Washington: The Indispensable Man“
Noted Author Carlo Wolff Guest Speaker
Carlo Wolff writes for numerous publications including The Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun Times, the St. Petersburg Times, International Watch, HotelNewsNow.com and Asian Hospitality. He specializes in music criticism, book reviews, and feature articles about popular culture, travel, watches, and business. He was Features Editor of LH-Lodging Hospitality magazine from 1990 to 2008. The author of Cleveland Rock & Roll Memories, he lives in South Euclid, Ohio.
Mr. Wolff was the guest speaker at Saint Ignatius High School as part of the English department celebration. Mr. Wolff spoke to students about the writing process, critiquing works, and was available for a book signing after an informal question and answer period.
A special thank you to Mr. Mark Hodermarsky, an author himself, for making the arrangements for this special event.
The Arimathea Ministry at Saint Ignatius
The Arimathea Ministry at Saint Ignatius operates at the goodwill of the faculty and staff, who make many sacrifices so that our students may serve those who have no one else to accompany them to their final resting places.
As an acknowledgment of your patience with our student pallbearers and as a sign of thanks for your gracious spirits, we share with you some images from last Saturday’s outdoor prayer service. Fr. Bernie Streicher, SJ, led our boys in prayer at Potter’s Field, where prayer is conspicuously absent at the time of burial.
Please know how grateful we are for your support of the Arimathea Ministry.
On behalf of the student-leaders of the Arimathea Ministry,
Mr. Dan Baron
Mr. James Skerl
See activity in action Here
Dr. Michael Modic Speaks About Concussions
Alumnus and classmate of Science teacher Mr. John Cooney, Dr Michael Modic spoke to the students at Saint Ignatius on Wednesday, October 26 2011. His talk dealt with the subject of concussions and the concussion studies being undertaken by the Cleveland Clinic.
Watch on iTunes in our Podcast directory.
WILDCATS VARSITY FOOTBALL IS TURNED BACK BY ST. XAVIER, 14-12
ST. XAVIER (7-2) WRAPS UP A PLAYOFF SPOT IN DIVISION I, REGION 4 AND RINGS THE FIRST CANNON BELL IN THE STORIED JESUIT SCHOOL RIVALRY. THE WILDCATS (7-2) HAVE TO PUT THE LOSS BEHIND THEM AND FOCUS ON ST. EDWARD, A GAME THAT WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON THE ‘CATS’ PLAYOFF POSITIONING.
BY EDDIE DWYER, COPYRIGHT OCTOBER 2011
In his 29 seasons as the head football coach at Saint Ignatius High School, Chuck Kyle ’69 has seen it all when it comes to dramatic endings or strange plays.
In fact, in the days leading up to Saturday’s annual showdown with Cincinnati St. Xavier, Coach Kyle spoke several times about the one, two or three big plays that always seem to decide the outcome between the Wildcats and the Bombers.
Simply put, big plays are nothing new to either tradition-rich Jesuit School program.
But what happened in the final seconds of St. Xavier’s 14-12 victory at John Carroll University on this blue-gray sky and sunshine “
New Trier Policy Debate Success
Once again the policy debate teams take on the best teams in the nation. The New
Trier \”Season Opener”
Policy Debaters Win John Carroll, Advance to States
John Carroll University was host to an Ohio state qualifying policy debate tournament on October 14-15, 2011. There were 26 teams representing 12 schools from around the state.
The first teams from Saint Ignatius to qualify to the state finals in March 2012 are Cameron Colella ’12 with Kevin Pucci ’14 and Andrew Beddow ’14 with Sean Lavelle ’14. Cameron and Kevin won the tournament with a 7-0 record and 3-0 decision in the final round.
Sean and Andrew advanced to the semi finals losing to Cameron and Kevin.
In addition, Cameron received 1st place speaker award, Kevin 5th place and Daniel Counihan 9th place. This success follows the outstanding performance at Georgetown University.
The Georgetown University Invitational was held from October 1-3, 2011 on the Georgetown University campus. In varsity policy debate, the tournament was a quarterfinals bid to the Tournament of Champions finals hosted by the University of Kentucky in May 2012.
There were 72 teams from more than 30 schools and 10 states in attendance. Cameron Colella ’12 and
Kevin Pucci ’14 finished in 9th place, one away from qualifying. Cameron received a 16th place speaker award for over all performance at the tournament. Also competing for Saint Ignatius were Sean Lavelle ’14 and Andrew Beddow ’14.
Cameron also received a 16th place speaker award at that tournament.
