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Xavier News

The Student News Site of Saint Xavier High School

Xavier News

The Student News Site of Saint Xavier High School

Xavier News

2022-2023 Staff

Tyler Neal
Staff Writer

Tyler Neal

Tyler is a Junior that plays varsity football and does field in track. He likes to spend his time working on his football skills to improve his game. When he’s on his rest days he loves to play video games like God of War, Destiny...

Henry Mercer
Staff Writer

Henry Mercer

Henry is a senior who plays lacrosse and has won multiple state championships at his time at Saint Xavier. He loves to eat pasta and pizza. In his free time he enjoys hanging out with his best buddies. They participate in activities...

Jack Phelps
Staff Writer

Jack Phelps

Jack is a senior that plays lacrosse. He is a die hard Purdue basketball fan, but tends to stay away from Purdue football because they are terrible. He has won two state championships with the lacrosse team and will soon have...

Tyler Boggs
Staff Writer

Tyler Boggs

Tyler Boggs, a senior at St. Xavier and was a part of the football team. He’s a huge Kentucky Wildcats fan who loves their basketball and football team. Boggs will be reporting on the St. X basketball team throughout the year.

Nick Nall
Staff Writer

Nick Nall

Nick is a senior at Saint Xavier who played on the varsity football team. Outside of school he spends a lot of time in the gym where he has recorded a deadlift of 550 pounds and a bench press of 325 pounds. When not in the gym...

Carson C. Hall
Staff Writer

Carson C. Hall

Carson is a charismatic senior with many goals in his journalism career ahead. I enjoy writing and have always been good at it. There are many aspects and different things in my life that I think could make a great story that...

Austin Uhrhan
Staff Writer

Austin Uhrhan

Austin is a Dominique Jones, aka ‘Lil Baby’, fanatic. His extreme love for Lil Baby is expressed in his daily life. He played football and basketball for St. X. He has aspirations of becoming a professional intramural basketball...

Justin Wood
Staff Writer

Justin Wood

Justin is a senior who used to be a part of the basketball team. He is a lifelong Kentucky sports fan as well as a die hard Packers fan. He is also a huge fan of listening to music. His favorite artist is George Stone III, aka...

Joe Stack
Staff Writer

Joe Stack

Joe Stack is a senior who lived in Brooklyn, New York for 11 years and, sorry, he liked it better there. He does theater, y-club and more. Joe loves to strike up a conversation with anyone, his family says he was born shaking ...

Sam Fischer
Staff Writer

Sam Fischer

Sam is a senior who is also an amateur golfer. He moonlights as a standup comedian on Wednesday nights. This young man light's up a room with his witty banter and one-offs. He is a premier addition to a roster in any field.

Wesley Stevenson
Staff Writer

Wesley Stevenson

Wesley is a fierce “competition addict” and loves all things sports. He hopes to one day spend more hours at Churchill Downs than he does at home. He swears he is an OG Tyler Childers fan even though he’s fallen off a little...

Ryan Prestigiacomo
Staff Writer

Ryan Prestigiacomo

Ryan is a senior who just recently started running track, and couldn’t be more excited. He is returning for journalism to continue arguably the greatest one-semester stint in St. X history. Ryan enjoys slaying mortals in the...

Aidan Riggs
Staff Writer

Aidan Riggs

Aidan Riggs is a senior captain on the ice hockey team. This manager turned goalie is known for his all black pads and continuous smile. Aidan spends time after school Tuesdays in the photography club, serving as the assistant...

Teddy Meiers
Staff Writer

Teddy Meiers

Teddy Meiers is a senior with subpar writing skills, but sky-high ambition.  You wouldn’t want to face Teddy in a steak cook off, because cooking steak is all he finds joy in (medium rare is the only acceptable way to cook...

Anthony Eisert
Staff Writer

Anthony Eisert

Anthony is a senior who loves any and all things related to music. He likes to brave the elements in the form of rock climbing, cliff jumping, and boating. Don’t play him in Smash Bros. or you’ll leave the game in tears after...

Andrew Etscorn
Staff Writer

Andrew Etscorn

Andrew Etscorn is a senior at St. Xavier High school. He plays golf, but is still awaiting the hole in one. He his confident that he’s the best ping pong player in the school. He's a proud graduate of Saint Margaret Mary School...

Frankie Klein
Staff Writer

Frankie Klein

Frankie is a junior at Saint Xavier and loves to hang with his pals and follow all things sports. He is a back-to-back-to-back fantasy football champion and his father even calls him the ‘Oracle’ because he literally knows...

Max Cherry
Staff Writer

Max Cherry

Max won the baseball state championship as a Tiger last year as a junior. Recently, he has found himself grinding in pickleball at local courts, crushing anyone in his way. He also plays basketball on the side for fun (some peop...

Bo Brumleve
Staff Writer

Bo Brumleve

Bo Brumleve is a junior who was a part of the state champion lacrosse team last spring. He is a huge Louisville Cardinals fan and loves watching sports in general. As an avid guitar player, Bo spends much of his time playing and...

Matthew Gardner
Staff Writer

Matthew Gardner

Matthew is a junior who has played JV volleyball both his freshman and sophomore years. Matthew is also involved in other activities such as SAC, KYA, and KUNA. Matthew is a proud supporter of the Tigers, Cards, Dodgers and Ravens....

Nelson Williams
Staff Writer

Nelson Williams

Nelson Williams is a part of the few who believe that the NBA is greatest league of all time. He spends way too much time looking up NFL and NBA player stats. He is committed to the Xavier News lifestyle and is all about the story....

Harrison Hatfield
Staff Writer

Harrison Hatfield

Harrison is sadly a Denver Broncos fan and can’t stand to watch his team anymore. Harrison thinks that Peyton Manning is the greatest football player of all time. He will be going to the University of Kentucky next year. He...

John Reid Carlon
Staff Writer

John Reid Carlon

John Reid is a senior and was a part of the lacrosse state championship last spring. He is a big time Louisville Cards fan and loves watching all sports. He spends his time outside of school by practicing his sports reporting...

Harris Overton
Staff Writer

Harris Overton

Harris loves reading fantasy novels, watching crazy foreign films, and watching anime in other languages. He’s been across the globe to Uganda, Africa and been in the airport of many European countries. Harris also loves all...

Ben Purnell
Staff Writer

Ben Purnell

Ben is a senior who plays baseball as a pitcher and first baseman. When not in the gym or on the diamond, he can be found hanging out and bonding with his teammates. Ben likes to travel with his family to the beach and the lake...

Evan Reidy
Staff Writer

Evan Reidy

Evan is a senior on the Tiger Tech Team. He has been working in tech since he was in middle school. Evan loves creating useful programs he can use in his everyday life. He is also interested in learning new programming languages that can be used ...

Landon Gaines
Staff Writer

Landon Gaines

Landon Gaines is a senior here at St. X. He enjoys listening to different genres of music, such as 70s-90s rock and rap. He has a mind for creativity and originality and will never be afraid to show it. He strongly believes the...

Jack Koenig
Staff Writer

Jack Koenig

Jack is a 17-year-old senior who has the heart of a lion. He plays baseball as a pitcher only and throws like Aroldis Chapman minus 22 mph. Jack can be found wake surfing or riding a jet ski at Kentucky Lake on the weekends.

Landon Akers
Staff Writer

Landon Akers

Landon is a senior this year who is a shortstop on the baseball team who who recently committed to Bellarmine University and is a new kicker on the football team. He enjoys traveling around to different golf courses with his dad....

Talon Sells
Staff Writer

Talon Sells

He's an up and coming Twitch streamer, and a writer in his free time. When he's not doing that he's usually hiking, hunting, or  going on dates with his girlfriend. Talon also pre-release game tested Elden Ring, which is now...

Jackson Hall
Staff Writer

Jackson Hall

Jackson Hall is a senior and plays volleyball for both club and school. He enjoys watching and studying college and professional sports. His favorite sport to watch is football. He likes writing and will potentially be studying...

Carson Hall
Staff Writer

Carson Hall

He is a 17-year-old and plays volleyball for St. X. He enjoys watching the NBA, NFL, and MLB. He is the youngest of four with two sisters and one brother. He has three dogs named Dutch, Teddy, and Bo.

Collin Deem
Staff Writer

Collin Deem

Collin, otherwise known as Deem by his fellow brothers is a member of the St. X lacrosse team. You can catch him washing golf carts for a living. He has recently found an interest in golf and enjoys hitting the links when he can;...

Alex Jankowski
Staff Writer

Alex Jankowski

Alex is a 15-year-old St. X student who enjoys watching football, baseball and basketball. He is a member of the History, Chess, and Ryken Service Club. He also is a member of the powerlifting team. He will occasionally spend...

Sam Senes
Staff Writer

Sam Senes

Sam Senes is a senior that moved to Kentucky a little over two years ago. He used to lived in Connecticut and Massachusetts and has many hobbies. Sam likes to collect sports cards and shoes to resell. His best shoe in his collection...

Luke Daley
Staff Writer

Luke Daley

Luke is a senior who is on the golf team (career low of 69 at Old Bridge Golf Course in Danville, KY). He has a 143 yard hole-in-one at Big Spring CC on hole #6 -- an easy pitching wedge. Off the links, he comes off the bench...

Landon Robertson
Staff Writer

Landon Robertson

Landon (class of 2024) is a part of the Robotics Team and Comic Book Club. He is aspiring towards a career in software development. You'll probably find him watching Star Wars, or anything Sci-Fi for that matter. His musical catalogues...

Tommy Scanlan
Staff Writer

Tommy Scanlan

Tommy is a senior who plays basketball and tennis (won the state title in doubles last year). He dunks like Aaron Gordon and shoots like Steph Curry. Tommy thinks Kanye's a lyrical genius and respects 21 Savage's artistry. He...

Sam Hayward
Staff Writer

Sam Hayward

As a senior football player, Sam spends a lot of his after school time practicing and bonding with his teammates. During the winter, Sam loves to find hills to ski and sled on, no matter the size. Sam loves a good laugh and you...

Ben Howard
Staff Writer

Ben Howard

He is a junior and plays soccer for the Tigers. He devotes his time to keeping the other team's ball out of the net as a goalkeeper. Off the field, Ben is an avid Boston Celtics and Manchester United follower. In school, Ben loves...

Adam Campisano
Staff Writer

Adam Campisano

Adam (class of '23) was a part of the 2022 state championship Tiger baseball team. When playing pickup basketball, he is a pass-first guy and is still chasing his first fantasy football championship. If you pull up next to Adam...

Andrew Herp
Staff Writer

Andrew Herp

Andrew enjoys hanging out with friends and playing video games. He also listens to music all the time. When he is not doing that, he is watching streamers play video games. If he isn’t doing any of that then he is 100% at a...

Darren Davis
Staff Writer

Darren Davis

He is a senior that’s heavily into gaming, drawing, and anime. Despite watching nearly 200 shows, he still seeks out shining gems from the anime medium. He’s been into games his whole life but his gaming journey began wit...

William Lewis
Photographer

William Lewis

William is a junior at St. X and is a big Cats fan. He believes John Calipari’s platoon system is one of the best strategies known to man. William is a photography and videographer for St. X and loves to make videos for teams....

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