Heard in the Halls - September 2019

September 11, 2019



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ATHLETICS | COUNSELING | BAND | THEATER | CAMPUS MINISTRY

Athletics

Girls Soccer

By Rosie Malone-Povolny ‘07, Head Coach

Raiders Girls Soccer is off to a powerful start. They won their first three games 9-0, 4-0, and 3-0 versus section foe Armstrong, SPA, and 2018 Class A State Champs Mahtomedi, respectively. They learned a lot from a loss versus conference opponent, White Bear Lake, 2-1.

The Raiders are led by a senior captain trio of goalkeeper Olivia Kalla ‘20, defender MaryKate Kocourek ‘20, and forward Paige Peltier ‘20. The group prides itself on strong team bonds and a gritty, attacking style.

Big upcoming home games are Hill-Murray (Sept 14), Senior Night vs. East Ridge (Sept 17), Eagan (Sept 28), and Stillwater (Oct 1). Come catch the action!

Boys Basketball

By Tony Yazbeck, Assistant Coach

Congratulations to Raider Boys Basketball player Tre Holloman ‘22 on being invited to participate in the USA Basketball Junior National Team camp in Colorado Springs. Tre is one of 25 players invited to this prestigious event that takes place from Oct. 10-14.

Girls Tennis


CDH Girls Tennis is off to a great start to their season. The Raiders have recently won the South Saint Paul Invitational and defeated Conference rival Stillwater. The Raiders are currently 9-3 on the season and has matches coming up at home vs Simley (Sept 9) Irondale (Sept 10) and Park (Sept 12). Come out and cheer us on!

Dance Performance

By Alison Svendsen, Head Coach

The Fall Performance Dance team has been working hard on technique and choreography since mid-August. They started their season off while also holding their first-ever Kids Dance Camp during the first week of practice. The team's hard work was recently debuted at the first CDH home football game, where they performed their routine, "Salsa." Now that the performance half of the season has begun, the team will be incredibly busy while continuing to perform at home football games, celebrating their seniors and parents at the Sept. 20 game, holding their 5th annual kids clinic on Sept. 21, and returning to the South St. Paul Dance Show to defend their title as Most Spirited and Energetic Team. The most amazing part of the first half of this season is the community and bonding the team has developed during and outside of practices.

Football

By Chuck Miesbauer ‘03, Head Coach

The CDH Football team has started the season strong. The Raiders are currently 2-0 and have a state ranking of #7 in Class 6A. CDH defeated conference rival East Ridge 24-14 on Friday behind QB Preston Thelemann ‘20, who completed 21 of 26 passes for 299 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Raiders. CDH travels to Roseville (Sept. 13), hosts White Bear Lake (Sept. 20) and travels to Woodbury (Sept. 27)

 

Boys Cross Country

By Chris Babcock, Head Coach

So far this Fall the Boys Cross Country team has been showing off their preparedness. Coming in with 500 summer miles - run between the middle of May and August 11 - John (Jack) Mountain ‘22 has shown great improvement in his last two races improving by over 3 minutes at the 2-mile distance and over 2:30 in our first 5K of the season. His efforts are backing up those of Eli Brotman ‘20 and Andy Chestovich ‘22 who have also shown much-improved racing ability so far this season. Josh Sims ‘20 is a newcomer to the team, but no stranger to racing as he has been a track and field athlete for the past two seasons. He is our 4th runner and is learning a new distance quickly. The top seven runners make up the varsity and right now places 5 through 7 are up for grabs with many experienced and new runners vying for those positions.


Girls Cross Country

By Chris Babcock, Head Coach

The girls cross country team ran a really great race at our home invitational the first week of school finishing third with good racing from Flannery McGreevy ‘21, captains Ana Morton ‘20 and Monica Calkins ‘20 in the front followed by Sofia Lentz ‘23, Anna Zastrow ‘22, rounding out our top 5. Izzy Lauer ‘22 finished as our 6th runner. These girls are also showing great improvement over their performances from last season. We are looking to run even better as the season progresses.

If you are interested in joining the CDH Cross Country team please contact Mr. Babcock at cbabcock@c-dh.org. We would love to have more people out to join the runners mentioned above and their teammates.


Volleyball

By Ellen Schafer ‘10, Head Coach

CDH Volleyball is pleased to share that senior, captain, outside hitter, Emma Honsa ‘20 has been selected by the AVCA as an elite undecided senior. We are also excited to share that senior, captain, libero, Mia Scanlan ‘20 needs 168 more digs to join the 1000 dig club. She currently holds the record for most digs in a high school career at CDH. 


Girls Swim and Dive

By Shannon van Oosterom, Head Coach

The CDH Girls Swim and Dive team are off to a great start this year with a win over Park Cottage Grove 97-81. The team is lead by four senior captains, Sophie Clausen ‘20, Eleanor Jablonic ‘20, Chole Schmidt ‘20 and Anneke van Oosterom ‘20.

The Raiders face a tough opponent in East Ridge this week on Thursday, followed by an Invitational at St. Kate's this Saturday.


The girls have put in a lot of work already this season in the pool and the weight room and are looking forward to end-of-season play in their new section 4A.

Counseling

By Joan O'Connell, College Counselor

Where are they now? CDH Class of 2019
95% Attending College

Of the students in the Class of 2019 continuing on with their educations:

  • 43% are attending 22 different post-secondary schools in MN
  • 64% are attending post-secondary schools in the five-state area (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin)
  • 36% are attending post-secondary schools in 24 other states, Washington D. C., Canada, and Germany
  • 53% are attending public institutions & 47% private institutions
  • 33% are attending Catholic colleges & universities

CDH College Application Boot Camp
Close to 100 seniors in the Class of 2020 worked hard at the CDH College Application Boot Camp this August where they got a head start on college essays, applications and resumes.

Fall College Visits
Fall is the prime time for college and university admissions representatives to make their annual visits to high schools. CDH expects to host over 100 institutions of higher education this fall and many of our students take advantage of these opportunities to learn more about schools. The list of schools scheduled to visit CDH can be found on Naviance and the CDH website.


Band

By Jeffrey P. Ruhnke, Band Director

My name is Jeffrey P. Ruhnke and I'm the new Band Director. I'm very excited to be here at CDH and am working to learn all of the important traditions that are followed here. 
 
The Marching Band is currently working on their Half-time Field Show for the Homecoming Game on Friday, Oct. 4. They recently played at the Minnesota State Fair on August 29. It was a lot of fun and they did really well.
 
The Pep Band played at last Friday's home game at UST. They will be playing again at the next home game. They will also play at a few home Volleyball games.
 
In addition to that, the Band will be playing for the Cretin Banquet, and assisting the JROTC at their Fall Review and their Diamond Reviews.
 
The Band has a lot on their plate... and speaking of plates...  the Annual "Bandcake Breakfast Fundraiser" is coming up on Sunday, Oct. 13. Please come and get your fill of pancakes.
 
After that, the Marching/Pep Band will change their attire and instrumentation to that of the Concert Band.  Their Fall Concert is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 18.
 
The Band is off to a busy start, but they sound great! Come give them a listen.
 

Theater

The Theater Department has announced its new season, consisting of The Hobbit, Miss Nelson is Missing!, 1984, and Holiday Inn.
 
The cast for The Hobbit has been announced and rehearsals have begun.
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