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2024-2025 Staff

Lyles Forrest
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Lyles Forrest

Lyles is a senior who loves to hangout with the boys. He’s a lego master who’s constructed over 30,000 pieces in his career. He’s spider-man’s biggest fan and has dressed up as him for the previous 6 years for Halloween,...

Isaac Bean
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Isaac Bean

Isaac Bean is a senior who heavily involves himself within service around the school community and city community. He is the service coordinator of NHS and president of the Ryken Service Club. Outside of service, you can usually...

Nate Cotton
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Nate Cotton

Nate Cotton is a senior at Saint Xavier High School and is a passionate Kentucky fan. He is a member of both academic and athletic clubs at Saint X, and is a big time dinker in Pickleball. Nate loves sports, and is a 2x Intermediate...

Walker Bush
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Walker Bush

This is Walker! Walker is a senior at St. X with a wild passion and flair for college sports. He can be seen breaking ankles on the basketball court during intramural season as well as serving absolute heaters on the tennis court....

Henry Corbell
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Henry Corbell

Henry Corbell is a part of the senior class of 2025. When out of school, he enjoys weightlifting and is constantly chasing his dream physique of 6’5, 250 lbs of pure muscle (he stands at about 5’6 as of now). Henry utilizes...

Michael Rice
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Michael Rice

Michael Rice is a swift and quick track runner with a great personality. He is a die hard fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and always watches their games on Sundays. He’s an excellent employee at Kroger and makes the job fun...

Isaac Kent
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Isaac Kent

Isaac is a senior and loves watching the Indiana Hoosiers, you could even say he has Hoosier Hysteria. Isaac likes to spend time playing golf with his friends. Isaac is also an avid skier and can be seen shredding pow on the mountains....

Jack Lettieri
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Jack Lettieri

Jack Lettieri, senior, loves representing the great St. Margaret Mary Mustangs in intermediate basketball. His player comparison is reported to be a righty James Harden (on the Rockets). He is a diehard Kentucky fan and an avid...

James Doheny
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James Doheny

You have a better chance of winning the lottery than scoring on Senior State Champion Goalkeeper. James can ping a volley (kick a ball in the air) better than Ederson and can catch balls better than anyone around. Not only is...

Grayson Petty
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Grayson Petty

This is THE Grayson Petty. He kicks balls on and off the soccer pitch, kicks back with friends and is an avid Johnny Football fan. He is going into his third year as being the class president, but he is more importantly involved...

WillB Smith
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WillB Smith

This is WillB Smith. WillB is a renaissance man with talents ranging from being a soccer player for St. X to cooking up a mean quesadilla. He is a big fan of all sorts of music and loves to bust a move at any time. This Diet Coke...

Aaron Heitkemper
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Aaron Heitkemper

Aaron Heitkemper, senior SAC member, stands at 72.8 inches (with shoes). He made the C team 8th grade year and broke the single season C team scoring record with 287 points in 13 games. Aaron also claims that his “ball knowledge”...

Josh Detherage
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Josh Detherage

Josh is a senior who enjoys playing pickup basketball. His player comp is similar to prime Shaun Livingston on the Golden State Warriors, with his ability to never miss a mid-range jumpshot. The two sports teams he cares about...

Miles Dobson
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Miles Dobson

Miles Dobson: a diehard UK fan who plays safety on the football team and is a defensemen in lacrosse. He contributes all of his football prowess to Coach Lyons and Coach Bruner. He will help bring the Holy Trinity Eagles back...

Cooper Mattingly
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Cooper Mattingly

Cooper is a senior pitcher on the baseball team. He loves watching Major League Baseball and is an avid supporter of the Baltimore Orioles. If he isn’t on the bump, you can find Cooper at Charlie Vettiner working on his very...

Max Gaunt
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Max Gaunt

Max Gaunt: a stallion. You can find him dominating the field with the soccer team or busting a move like nobody’s watching anywhere the music is. He’s a family guy and loves to spend time with the fellas. Wayne Gretzky took...

William Norris
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William Norris

William Norris is a concert fiend having been to over 70 shows, his favorite being on May 3rd, 2024 when Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Golden Colorado (William’s 15th Jason Isbell show)....

Walker Sigg
Staff Writer

Walker Sigg

Walker Sigg is a senior who you could see winning 50 dollars on any given weekend in a two-man scramble at Big Spring, while still trying to pay off his new Mizuno irons. He is a die hard Commanders fan and Bleeds Blue. You could...

Cullen Spalding
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Cullen Spalding

Cullen Spalding, a current senior, is a member of the lacrosse team and an avid horse racing enthusiast. In his free time you can find him cheering on Louisville at football and basketball games. In the fall you can find him in...

Jack Stewart
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Jack Stewart

Jack Stewart is a varsity laxer for Saint Xavier. He is a huge Auburn fan who has a photographic memory of the Kick Six. Jack enjoys spending time with his friends, often watching games or playing poker. On his weekends, you can...

Nick Beam
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Nick Beam

Nick Beam, a senior at Saint Xavier, is a four year varsity hockey player. He enjoys listening to country music, playing golf, and going to the gym. He is an avid supporter of the Louisville Cardinals and the Chicago Blackhawks....

Kaden Ford
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Kaden Ford

Kaden Ford is a senior baseball player for St. X. The lefty with the smoothest stroke you’ve ever seen likes to relive his glory days of 8th grade basketball by playing pickup (shoutout Gavin Lewis (bench bro)). He also likes...

Eli Winsted
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Eli Winsted

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Nah, it’s just Eli. He’s a goat between the foul poles, an avid “sneakerhead,” finds enjoyment in watching Black Panther, and dabbles with a fresh glass of lemonade once in a while. He makes...

Matthew Lynn
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Matthew Lynn

Matthew Lynn is a senior at St. X who is a 4 time National Championship-winning coach at the University of Oregon (CFB 25). Hailing from Dallas, Texas, Matthew supports all things Stars, Cowboys, Rangers, or Mavericks…“It�...

Lou Webber
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Lou Webber

Lou Webber, a dual sport athlete, worships the brotherhood at Saint X. He loves what the Louisville Cardinals have done during this long and dreadful offseason. Lou, a senior defender for the soccer team, is flawless out of the...

Mason Sedelmeier
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Mason Sedelmeier

Mason is now in his senior season at Xavier News. You’ll see him writing about St. X and his favorite sports. You may even catch him at Photo Club on Tuesdays. Mason is a proud supporter of all things Louisville Cardinals and...

Aiden Zemba
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Aiden Zemba

Aiden Zemba is an accomplished baseball player representing Saint Xavier. He possesses huge enthusiasm for watching baseball on TV, whether it's MLB or college games. During his downtime, he enjoys socializing with his friends,...

Jackson Graeter
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Jackson Graeter

Jackson Graeter is a senior who is stoked to report for Xavier News during the 2024-25 school year. He is an avid sports fan who’s been to 6 different professional sports league games live, which are hockey, baseball, basketball,...

Brody Peters
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Brody Peters

Brody Peters, a senior track star who seems to be one of Kentucky's slowest varsity members. He is a life long Kentucky fan whose basketball game has been called the Saint Xavier Kyle Korver. Brody loves golfing but he often struggles...

Liam Whelan
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Liam Whelan

Liam is a senior who enjoys a relaxing day at the local links. While he’s not shooting ten-under par, you’ll find him at photo club on Tuesdays following the school day. Liam is a Louisville baseball junkie that is always...

Rowan Swindler

Rowan Swindler

Rowan is a senior at St.X. He is a member of the soccer team and a proud leader of the Spanish club. He loves the thrills he gets from slicing and dicing on the pickleball court. On the weekends he loves to kickback and hang with...

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