The Standard: Meet Coach Stamas
By Jackson Mendoza ‘23
Brother Rice has a new basketball coach for this upcoming season!
Coach Conte Stamas has been named as the new head coach for the varsity basketball team and is excited to get to work. Coach Stamas’ responses will excite Brother Rice fans.
Why was […]
The Standard: The ONLY Water Bottle
By Alex Cichowicz ‘23
Water is an everyday necessity. Our bodies are mostly made up of water, and we can’t survive without it.
This year Brother Rice enacted a rule that if you need to bring a water bottle with you, it must be a Brother Rice […]
The Standard: Valladay Making a Name for Himself
By Danny Durkin ‘23
Former Crusader Xazavian Valladay is making a big name for himself.
Valladay, who graduated from Brother Rice in 2017, was a phenomenal football player at Rice and continues to show his talents now. While he started on the B team his freshman year […]
The Standard: “The Wizard of Zou”
By Josh Sutker ‘23
Everyone in the Brother Rice community knows about the man behind the camera. At every sporting event last year, he was either taking pictures, broadcasting in his bright orange jacket, or playing defense for the lacrosse team. Jacob “Wiz” Wizgird ‘22 began […]
The Standard: Crusaders Take Down Benet Academy in Fourth Quarter Showdown
By Jimmy Gilmartin ‘23
Last Friday, the Crusader football team traveled to the College of DuPage where they won 13-10 in a tough fought battle against Benet Academy.
The Crusaders took an early lead in the first quarter after quarterback Ryan Hartz connected with wide receiver Rickey […]
The Standard: Trains Get Longer as my Patience Gets Shorter
By Patrick Mahanes ‘23
I live east of the train tracks that run parallel with Rockwell Ave. To get to Brother Rice, I have to cross the train tracks every day. I typically leave 10 to 20 minutes before my first class in the morning. It […]
The Standard: The Moments We Live For
By George Raphael-McElroy ‘23
I recall being dragged to my brother’s soccer game between Brother Rice and Marist known as the Pulaski Cup. While witnessing my first Pulaski Cup, I loved the exciting atmosphere and looked forward to coming back the following year. The games were […]
The Standard: The Last Rodeo
By Danny White ‘22
¨Yo, what class do you have first period?¨
I remember asking that to all my classmates on schedule pick up day, what feels like a month ago. But it was actually 10 months ago.
I like to think of this school year in three […]
The Standard: What a Great Time
By Dylan Warda ‘22
From the very first day of the school year, I knew this was going to be a fun year. I got lucky with my schedule and got classes that I was excited about.
The thing that made each day so great were the […]
The Standard: Wrapping It Up
By Connor O’Malley ‘22
When people say high school goes by fast, I did not realize it would fly by that fast. Brother Rice only has a couple more days of school until the seniors start a whole new life. I am excited for the University […]
The Standard: The Last Dance
By Liam Nelligan ‘22
My experience at Rice has been more than I could have ever expected coming into the school freshman year. A lot of great things happened throughout my four years that exceeded all of my expectations.
Freshman year was really great and welcoming for […]
The Standard: Best High School on the South Side
By Kevin Murphy ‘22
When I think back on my four years at Rice, I mostly think about all the times I have been crying laughing in my classroom seat and all the funny moments I had here. I am glad that as my years went […]
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The Standard Highlights
Alumni Spotlight: Sean O’Reilly ’08
Written By: Jack Zampillo ’18 -------------------------------------------------- Men of Edmund are called to serve. To serve the community, the school, and it’s people. Sean O’Reilly, Class of 2008, answered his call to service at an early age and hasn’t looked back. Following his time at [...]
Alumni Spotlight: Brendan Coghlan ‘18
Written By: Jack Zampillo '18 The term “mind over matter” is intriguing. Do our minds have the ability to negate and persevere through hardships we may endure in the physical world? For Brendan Coghlan, the answer is yes. Coghlan, Class of 2018, exemplified the [...]
Alumni Spotlight – Brian Conlisk ‘16
By Jack Zampillo ‘18 Can you imagine what it would be like to spend five days underwater? To be in control of a naval aircraft thousands of feet in the sky? Me neither. For Brian Conlisk, Class of 2016, these extraordinary circumstances are just [...]
Alumni Spotlight – Declan Kennedy ‘15
By: Jack Zampillo ‘18 Declan Kennedy and music go together like maroon and orange - a perfect pairing. Kennedy, Class of 2015, has built his musical prowess from a young age, performing in numerous local shows with the family band “Kennedy Compound” and actively [...]
Alumni Spotlight – Brendan Reidy ’17
The Crusader community is like a family: close-knit, influential, and united by a love for Brother Rice High School. Family members move away, explore greater opportunities, and create their own paths, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t catch up once in a while! “Alumni [...]
The Standard: Snowmageddon: How I Learned to Start Worrying and Hate Chicago Weather
By Seamus Quinn ‘21 Greetings my fellow Chiberians! I hope this message finds you well. I am currently writing this from the safety of my igloo manor that I built three weeks ago when a snowplow buried me in the wonderful wintry weather we [...]