Official Student Newspaper of St. Paul's High School
Nathan Macdonell ’23 Contributor This year, the Varsity Crusader Rugby Team season started early. The team was invited to travel down to St. Louis to play in St. Louis University High School’s (SLUH) second annual All-Catholic Rugby Festival. The team trained indoors at St. Paul’s and the WSF Soccer complex for weeks ahead of their... Continue Reading →
Eleojo Audu '24 Contributor In the 2015-2016 Premier League season, the impossible happened. A team that spent almost all the previous season struggling at the bottom of the table was now at the top, crowned the champions of the Premier League. This team was Leicester City F.C., a small club when compared to the English... Continue Reading →
Pranav Mannem ’24 Contributor It has been a while since the Canadian Men’s National Soccer Team qualified for the group stage of the FIFA World Cup. Their last and only showing was in 1986, with a lackluster performance losing all three games in the group stage. However, 36 years later, with the 2022 FIFA World... Continue Reading →
Julian Brennan ’24 Contributor After an unprecedented mid-season transition, Winnipeg’sValour FC was able to edge into a playoff position in the final weeks of league play. Unfortunately, that all ended in Calgary on Thursday, October 2nd, after a lop-sided 2-1 loss to Cavalry FC––their fourth winless game in a row. However, fans must not focus... Continue Reading →
Sean Ehmann ’24 Copy Editor Who is the fastest man of all time? Seems like a simple question with a simple answer: Usain Bolt, multiple Olympic champion and world record holder for the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m relay. This answer is wrong, since speed over such a short distance doesn’t mean squat. The true king... Continue Reading →
Samay Dadlani ’24 & Evan Peters ‘25 Copy Editor & Contributor Roger Federer, often referred to as the “Swiss Maestro”, is the greatest tennis player of all time. Federer holds the record for the most ATP singles titles, winning twenty Grand Slams, including eight Wimbledon Titles, as well as two Olympic medals. These titles alone... Continue Reading →
Samay Dadlani ’24Contributor Even before the conclusion of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL), the hype for the next rendition has begun. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the addition of two new feathers on their wings. This means an addition of two new teams to the roster, the Gujarat Titans... Continue Reading →
Samay Dadlani '24 Contributor American swimmer Caeleb Dressel has what it takes to be the next Michael Phelps. The 25-year-old is currently the fastest swimmer in the world. He was the only individual athlete to win five gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Dressel, the third oldest of four, was born on August... Continue Reading →
Manny Bezabeh '22Contributor The FIFA World Cup, one of the most prestigious sporting tournaments in the world, could have some major changes coming soon. A recent proposal from FIFA President Gianna Infanito suggests hosting the World Cup every two years instead of the normal four. The main reason for this proposal is that it allows... Continue Reading →
John Ergon Golpe '24Contributor Born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama, James Cleveland “J.C.” Owens was the seventh child of Henry Cleveland Owens and Emma Alexander Owens. Henry Owens was a sharecropper, and along with Emma, descended from a lengthy line of people trapped and traumatized by decades of slavery in the United States... Continue Reading →
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