April Daily Prayers
Thursday, April 1, 2021 Today is the Feast of St. Hugo of Grenoble Today is Holy Thursday Let us remember that we are in the holy presence of God. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. AMEN Loving Provider, you gather [...]
The Standard: Virtual Career Day at Brother Rice
By Danny Wallace ‘21 Career Day at Brother Rice is one of the many events that seniors look forward to during their final semester. Many students truly enjoy the advice that the alumni speakers give as well as the detailed descriptions of their daily tasks. But this year, Career [...]
The Standard: Brother Rice alumni perform with senior Chris Staszak
By Sean Mahanes ‘21 Earlier this month, the City Lights Orchestra, a group of alumni led by Richard Daniels ’74, visited Brother Rice to perform with senior singer Chris Staszak. This musical collaboration certainly did not disappoint, as the group played beautiful renditions of “Smile” and other songs. Chris [...]
The Standard: The Markulin Cup returns to Brother Rice
By Quinn Clifford ‘21 The Brother Rice and St. Rita soccer teams play each other annually for the coveted Markulin Cup. The Markulin Cup game was started to honor the late Chicago soccer coaching legend, Nick Markulin. The great Nick Markulin coached at St. Rita for a season before [...]
The Standard: The Crusaders Battle But Fall Short to Rival Marist
By Michael Badke ‘21 The Crusader football team took a tough loss to the Marist Redhawks on Friday, March 26. It was a back and forth tough, Southside, Catholic League battle between arguably two of the top teams in the state. The Crusader offense started off sloppy on their [...]
The Standard: Crusader Bowling Claims Chicago Catholic League
By Cullen Cosme ‘21 Last weekend the Crusader bowling team claimed the Chicago Catholic League title over the Shamrocks from St. Patrick led by huge performances by seniors Tony Lundy, Josh Bell, and Brennan O’Malley. In a year where athletes across the state were uncertain if they would be [...]
The Standard: Scholastic Bowl Team’s IHSA Regional Championship
By Adam Homel ‘21 The Brother Rice Scholastic Bowl team traveled to Sandburg High School to participate in the IHSA Regional Championships. The team's moderators are Mrs. England and Mrs. Pansino, with senior Chris Staszak helping them. Scholastic Bowl is an activity at Brother Rice where the students compete [...]
The Standard: Why the Chicago White Sox will win the 2021 World Series
By Aidan O’Connor ‘21 The Chicago White Sox have been in the spotlight lately. The combination of promising young stars and proven veterans are ready to put the MLB on notice. Anyone who knows me knows I could go on and on about why the White Sox will go [...]
The Standard: First Year, Second Season, and a Return to Ultimate Frisbee
By Matthew Quattrocchi ‘21 Finally, in a break of cold weather and in the relief of warm weather, the Ultimate Frisbee team made it’s second semester debut for their first practices of 2021. The club first started as a Kairos gimmick in September, but over the course of the [...]
The Standard: The Week of Brother Rice Bowling
By Anthony Lundy ‘21 The Brother Rice Crusaders had two competitions against Southside rivals. The first match was against the Leo Lions and the second match was against the St. Laurence Vikings. The Crusaders have had a rough year so far and needed two wins to boost the team [...]
The Standard: One Last Go Around
By Matt Murphy ‘21 Two months ago, an article was released by Michael O’Brien, a Chicago Tribune journalist, saying that there would be no high school basketball season this year amidst the worldwide pandemic. Social media instantly blew up with frustration and a bit of sorrow, most of which [...]
The Standard: BRTV Breakdown
By Nick Cipriani ‘21 As high school sports start back up in Illinois, fans are dying to cheer on their favorite teams. Unfortunately, COVID-19 restrictions are keeping fans out of the gym. Thankfully, Crusader Nation has BRTV to help out. Brother Rice TV has been broadcasting every home basketball [...]
The Standard: Crusader Soccer Season Preview
By Devlin Harris ‘21 Brother Rice soccer opens their season this Tuesday, March 16, against local rival Marist. This game will be even more difficult this year without 2019 Gatorade State Player of the Year, Jack Finnegan. Finnegan, who scored over 100 goals in his high school career for [...]
The Standard: A Convincing Victory for the Bowling Team on Senior Night
By Sean Deane ‘21 On March 2, Brother RiceTV hosted its first bowling broadcast in five years. They could not have chosen a better match to broadcast as the Crusaders put on a show against the Marist Redhawks on Senior Night. The Crusaders had impressive victories at both the [...]
The Standard: Return to Rugby
By Michael Lynch ‘21 “Let’s play some touch!” Shouts filled the air as we poured into the gym, with everyone immediately ready to start playing. With the majority of the roster also on the football team, attendance was low. This low attendance, along with the hybrid system this year [...]
Brother Rice Taps Coach Tim Vaughan as New Head Golf Coach
Last week, as Chicago lay dormant under a few feet of February snow, new Brother Rice High School head coach Tim Vaughan met with students on two separate afternoons to introduce himself and discuss local Evans Scholarship opportunities through the Ridge CC Caddie Program. Wait… golf? That’s right. What [...]
The Standard: Brother Rice vs. Fenwick Basketball Thriller
By Quinn Clifford ‘21 On Friday, Feb. 26, the Brother Rice basketball team faced off against Fenwick in a highly-anticipated Chicago Catholic League (CCL) matchup. The Fenwick Friars, led by Kentucky recruit Bryce Hopkins, went on the road to play the extremely balanced Crusaders in the Brother Rice south [...]
The Standard: Swimming Crusaders fall short against St. Ignatius
By Sean Mahanes ‘21 On Saturday morning, the Brother Rice swim team took to the “swamp” to square off with St. Ignatius. The Crusaders were unable to continue the momentum from last weekend’s win against De La Salle, suffering a tough home loss to the Wolf Pack on both [...]
The Standard: Ranking the Harry Potter Books
By Kevin O’Connell ‘21 Over the span of ten years, British author J.K. Rowling brought a world of witchcraft and wizardry to life with the Harry Potter series. The adventures of wizarding savior Harry Potter have since become a staple of pop culture and a source of comfort and [...]
All in the Family: Hail Lyons Crusader Clan – 25 From Tom ’63 to Shane ’28
Hail Lyons Crusader Clan - 25 From Tom '63 to Shane '28 Brother Rice High School's ability to help form young men of faith and to pass on the Catholic tradition in the name of Blessed Edmund Rice and the Christian Brothers flows from the heart of its mission. [...]
The Standard: Skating Crusaders outplay but fall to St. Rita 2-1.
By Michael Badke ‘21 The Brother Rice hockey team lost its first Chicago Catholic Hockey League game Thursday night against the St. Rita Mustangs. The Crusaders fell with the final score of 2-1 despite outshooting the Mustangs 48-24. St. Rita goalie Michael Menard had an unbelievable game in net [...]
James E. O’Connor ’67: Challenging Beginnings Toward Becoming World’s Most Admired Garbage Man
On January 28, 1970, Jim O’Connor ’67 was only 20 years old when he lost his dad. He said he was “overwhelmed” that such a thing could happen. In a highly publicized tragedy, Chicago Police Department Lieutenant James E O’Connor spared the life of an armed robber in an [...]
Brother Rice Senior Christopher Valles ‘21 Joins the Posse
Brother Rice Senior Christopher Valles ‘21 Joins the Posse In the summer of 2020, Brother Rice High School Director of Counseling Pat Creed looked over a laundry list of scholarships for which Crusader students would be eligible, a tedious but rewarding task he and the other counselors perform without [...]
The Standard: Brother Rice Overpowers Montini
By Garrett Greene ‘21 On Wednesday Feb. 10, the Brother Rice Crusaders took on the Montini Broncos for their first home game of the season. This was the Crusaders’ first home game in 351 days. Despite the odd layout of the gym and the unusual safety precautions, everyone in [...]
