The Standard: Big Expectations for Crusaders
By Ryan Gierhahn ‘23 For over 25 years, Coach Dan Dwyer has been leading the Brother Rice Volleyball program. He’s captured 20 regional titles and coached several future college players including Joe Kenzinger and Mitch Weiler. Coach Dwyer announced prior to the 2023 season that this would be his [...]
The Standard: Brother Rice Baseball Field Makeover
By Jack Morrison ‘23 In 2019, the talk of Brother Rice getting a new baseball field began. There was much interest surrounding the subject, but other issues around campus had to be tended to first. The north campus parking lot was in desperate need of a makeover. Attention shifted [...]
The Standard: A Day Down Western Avenue
By Alex Cichowicz ‘23 The Southside of Chicago has hosted a parade since 1979. This consists of a big celebration as a kickoff to Saint Patricks Day. On this day, down Western Ave., you will see different types of floats, sponsors, giant balloons, and marching bands. I was lucky [...]
The Standard: Breakfast Club Play
By Billy Reardon ‘23 The Brother Rice Underground Drama Club took the stage for an original live performance of John Hughes’s 1980s classic, “The Breakfast Club.” The play took place in the Carmody Center. The play was about five high school students from different walks of life enduring a [...]
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The Standard: Crusader’s Baseball Preview
By Joshua Sutker ‘23 After coming up short of our goal in the 2022 season, the swinging ‘Saders are back and ready to go for another great spring. Sophomore infielder Aiden Nohava said, “Watching last year’s team from the outside, I was eager to start the season up. I [...]
The Standard: “Trash Talk” – BR Intramural Basketball League
By Jack Morrison ‘23 This year, Brother Rice introduced a new basketball league for students to join. Thanks to Mr. Jack Zampillo and Mr. Greg Nye set up the league. The season was full of ups and downs, but in the end it was always Team Ivers. Sixteen teams [...]
The Standard: Crusaders Bring Home Some Hardware
By Jimmy Navarrete ‘23 The Brother Rice Crusaders ended the regular season accounting for the most wins in Brother Rice history with 27 regular season wins. The regular season went by fairly quickly-now the real season starts. Rice took care of business against Eisenhower High School in the regional [...]
The Standard: Pole Vault School Record at MVP Vibe Fest
By Danny Hughes ´23 Congratulations are in order for senior Joey Heilmann after he broke the pole vault school record. Joey, with a pole vault height of 13 foot 11 and ¼ inches, broke the previous school record set eight years earlier back in 2015 by Chris Grosskopf by [...]
The Standard: Black History Month Celebration
By Robert Regan ‘23 On February 24, students from schools all over the Archdiocese of Chicago gathered together for a prayer service in honor of Black History Month. The service took place downtown at the famous Holy Name Cathedral, a stunning church featuring magnificent gothic architecture. Ten Brother Rice [...]
The Standard: ICOPS Invitational
By Charlie Walsh ‘23 “It’s my favorite indoor track meet all year,” said sophomore Gavin O’Connor. On Sunday, the entire track and field team traveled to Lewis University to compete at ICOPS invitational. It is the first real meet of the year with good competition from all catholic schools. [...]
The Standard: Survive and Advance
By Peter McShane ‘23 After closing out the season with a win against the Bogan Bengals, Brother Rice earned the 2nd seed in their sectional for the IHSA playoffs. Set to play against Eisenhower High School in the first round, the Crusaders knew they needed to take every game [...]
The Standard: State Champion Bobby Conway
By Brendan Arnold ´23 On February 18, sophomore Bobby Conway ‘25 got a chance to put his name in the books. In what was anticipated to be an early exit for the young mat man, he fought differently. “Going into the match I wasn’t worried about losing because I [...]
The Standard: Wrestling Sectionals and Season Recap
By Billy Reardon ‘23 Congratulations to the Brother Rice wrestling team on a great season culminating with another IHSA Individual State Champion and back-to-back IHSA Dual Team State appearances! This past Tuesday the Crusaders beat Lemont 38-29 in the Class 2A dual-team sectionals. The Crusaders are heading to team [...]
The Standard: Teacher Feature – Br. Patrick Hayes
By Alex Cichowicz ‘23 For 32 years and counting, we have had an incredible teacher here at Brother Rice. Brother Patrick Hayes is an outstanding physics teacher and, overall, an inspiration to the young men he teaches each day. He is known for his intricate labs and the physics [...]
The Standard: Catholic College Fair
By George Raphael-McElroy ‘23 Brother Rice hosted over 20 different Catholic colleges where juniors were able to get information about the schools. Some of the schools that attended were Quincy University, Loras College, Marquette University, and many more. Junior Tyler Wojcik said, “Even though I have time to choose [...]
The Standard: Crusader Wrestling Continues to Impress
By Jack Morrison ‘23 This past Friday and Saturday the Brother Rice wrestling team wrestled off at sectionals. The Crusaders battled through much adversity and are now sending four men down to compete at state. The first to qualify was sophomore Bobby Conway. All season long, Bobby has been [...]
The Standard: Crusader Students Honored on Senior Night
By Danny Durkin ‘23 This past Friday the Brother Rice TV and Brother Rice basketball seniors were honored before tip-off against Depaul Prep. The BRTV students that were honored were me, Brendan Arnold, Gavin Bowen, and Billy Reardon. The senior basketball players who were honored were Peter McShane, Jimmy [...]
The Standard: The Crusaders Skate Past Fenwick to Advance to the Semi-finals
By Josh Sutker ‘23 After a long regular season, the Crusaders earned the fourth seed in the end-of-the-year Kennedy Cup tournament. They matched up against the Fenwick Friars in the first round. Senior Aiden O’Hara said, “We have to move the puck up the ice if we want to [...]
The Standard: The Crusaders Take Down the Meteors
By Peter McShane ‘23 After a very close win against Saint Ignatius College Prep, the Crusaders had to take on a very good CCL team on the road. This De La Salle team came into the game with a 16-8 record with a tough schedule; so they were a [...]
The Standard: A Bright Future for the Mat Men
By Joe Scarriot ‘23 On Saturday Jan. 28, the Crusader mat men traveled to Fenwick to compete in the JV Chicago Catholic League Championship. Before the meet, sophomore Danny Tait said, “Our mindset for the meet was to win. We were all locked in and ready to wrestle.” The [...]
The Standard: Crusaders take on the Caravan
By Jimmy Navarrete ‘23 The Brother Rice basketball team was on a roll heading into their rivalry game against the Mount Carmel Caravan. The Crusaders are sitting at 23-3 (9-2 in conference) and the Caravan holds a strong record of 21-3 (5-1 in conference). This was a matchup between [...]
The Standard: Super Bowl LVII
By Charlie Walsh ‘23 Over the weekend the NFL’s four best teams battled for an opportunity to play in Super Bowl LVII. In the NFC, the Philadelphia Eagles were up against the San Francisco 49ers. In the AFC, the Kansas City Chiefs played the Cincinnati Bengals. The Eagles and [...]
