The Blueprint, the school's student-run paper, is published monthly. He had served on the team off and on since 2007 with his son Jeremy, St. Xavier's receivers coach. Their last sub-.500 season was 2018's 4-5 mark. Gone from the back-to-back GCL South champions are top passerBrogan McCaughey,who threw for over 5,300 yards in two seasons,league-leading rusher Charles Kellom, top receiver Terrell McFarlin and the league's top sack men MarqueCummings and Grant Lyons. There are different ways to do it and Specht sees 2022 as yet another different turn. ST. XAVIER BOMBERS ATHLETICS. The educational experience at St. Xavier High School is rooted in the powerful vision of the Jesuits. Defensively, St. Xavier has a little more experience as linebacker Max Bonner returns with 73 tackles and 1.5 sacks in 2021. "Max Klare was here last year and was a good blocker and good route-runner. endstream endobj 212 0 obj <>stream These tools ground our students in strong Catholic, Jesuit values and assist them in their formation as leaders and Men for Others through rigorous academic and formational college preparation. The Charles H. Keating Sr. Natatorium houses an Olympic-size swimming pool and seats 626. "It's bragging rights for a year for the seniors," Specht said. On average, about six percent of students in a given class year leave St. Xavier before graduation. Rose wears the number of his grandfather, Pete. 2023 www.cincinnati.com. The same year, 603 students took 1,076 Advanced Placement exams. HlQo0+#[email protected] Vice President of Advancement, CARES Act DeductionsforCharitable Giving. [119], St. Xavier's alma mater is adapted from that of another Jesuit high school, St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland; in 1958, St. Ignatius gave St. Xavier permission to adapt the song. Hudepohl was also a member of the United States Olympic Swim Team in 1992 and 1996 and still holds several school, state and national records in swimming. Giving to the Canned Food Drive, a tradition since 1928. They won't play another Cincinnati team until they host Moeller Sept. 16. The jazz ensemble, known as Out of the Blue, is considered the St. Xavier select band. The Bombers will need to defeat Cleveland St. Ignatius Saturday, Oct. 15, then Life Christian Academy of Virginia the following Friday to finish the season at .500. [173], As of 2016[update], the Bombers are one of 15 football teams in the U.S. that wear GPS-based activity trackers developed by Catapult Sports to prevent injuries.[174]. That's one thing I've always loved about coaching at the high school level is you have to adapt to your talent level." St. Xavier collectively refers to its graduates as the "Long Blue Line", after the school colors and the blue attire worn at graduation. [129], St. Xavier's 110-acre (0.4km2) suburban campus is located to the north and south of West North Bend Road, bounded by the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science to the south, Ronald Reagan Cross County Highway to the north, and residential areas to the east and west. Specht has coached the Bombers to state titles in 2005, 2007, 2016 and 2020. Click here for our Athletics homepage. Aug. 19, 2022 The Tigers' first possession of the game was a microcosm of Wallace's. They will be at Detroit Central Catholic Saturday, Oct. 15. St. Xavier dominated the ground game 164-2. The commencement address was given by ESPN host and analyst, Jordan Cornette 01. All rights reserved. 0000003244 00000 n R. S. 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WW Although located within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Finneytown Local School District, St. Xavier is run by the Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus. Over the past two seasons, St. Xavier was 20-5 winning the Ohio Division I state title in 2020 and finishing last season 10-3 before departing in the regional semifinal against Lakota West. St. Xavier's non-OHSAA state titles include: St. Xavier's arts program is centered around three disciplines: performing arts (drama), visual arts, and musical arts. xb```b``g`a` @1V x+CixA$,3+LpPvYh4&lP% baZe.[L|[[email protected] a`h v0-10qB4kHn D m' "We've been a 'pass first' team the past few years and we're hoping to get back to some of the things I like: run the ball, grind clock, play defense and win the battle of field position.". As the morning dew comes to North Bend Road, so do Steve Specht's Bombers ready for another year in the rough and tumble Greater Catholic League-South. 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Deters. St. Xavier has won the last two league titles, three of the last five and five of the last eight. Anthony E. Schad 81 Clifford now moves from St. Xavier's Long Blue Line to getting ready to experience his first Penn State white-out. The Marching Bombers perform at varsity football games. 7:30 PM. 1:21 A lifelong resident of Bowling Green, Kevin Wallace made a surprising move in February to become the new football coach at St. Xavier High School. [235] It replaced the Xavier Prep, which was published until at least the 1940s. Football games are simulcast on Fox Sports Radio affiliate WSAI,[153] clear-channel ESPN Radio affiliate WCKY, and iHeartRadio. A new offensive coordinator, Andrew Coverdale, is handling the Bomber attack after spending 17 seasons at Louisville Trinity. Wassler is 6 feet, 5 inches and 230 pounds with recent offers from James Madison, Ohio University and Liberty. 0 [179] Unless otherwise noted, the titles listed below were won at the Division I level. Let Us Know You Decide How You Give. Xavier High School Football; Xavier Football. Additionally, St. Xavier students have won state titles for singles or doubles Division I tennis in 1946, 1947, 2002,[182] and 2006.[195]. The newly signed Nittany Lion is ready to pull down the football and soak in the . [234] Until 2007, the Blueprint was a member of the National Scholastic Press Association. Like the college landing spots in play for Clifford, Lang and Kirby,O'Malley's suitors attract high performersin academics as well. St. Xavier football is a program based on the Jesuit philosophy of "striving for the magis!" Past and present football student-athletes have many reasons to be proud of the football tradition known as "the long blue line." We feel that "tradition dictates a standard of excellence . When you include St. Xavier High School in your estate plan, your generosity provides exceptional spiritual, academic, athletic and arts programming to every student every day. [23], St. Xavier's financial aid program benefits from a pair of annual fundraisers, each held annually since 1973. [21] X-Box, an experimental theatre program, put on its inaugural production at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2018. He likes Penn's business school and takes care of business in the trenches for St. Xavier. [113] In 1984, St. Xavier was one of 60 schools recognized by the Council on American Private Education's Exemplary Private School Recognition Project, which surveyed 358 schools nationwide. He had also spent time coaching in the state of Wyoming. A month later he dies on the operating table. We want to be at our best when playoffs roll around." [60], St. Xavier's Finneytown campus features athletic facilities comparable to most colleges, including a new football stadium and a modernized Natatorium which it shares with the Cincinnati Marlins. endstream endobj 202 0 obj <>/Metadata 23 0 R/PieceInfo<>>>/Pages 22 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/StructTreeRoot 25 0 R/Type/Catalog/LastModified(D:20100412150829)/PageLabels 20 0 R>> endobj 203 0 obj <>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>>/Type/Page>> endobj 204 0 obj <> endobj 205 0 obj <> endobj 206 0 obj <> endobj 207 0 obj <> endobj 208 0 obj <> endobj 209 0 obj <> endobj 210 0 obj <> endobj 211 0 obj <>stream Celebrating the Feast Day of St. Francis Xavier as a community. These kids play hard.". Harry Fath '59 and his wife Linda turned gratitude into generosity with their $50 million gift, leading to our $200 million capital campaign for our 200th anniversary in 2031. Clifford caught 17 passes for 268 yards as a sophomore, but five were touchdowns. "Their defense was completely different than what we thought so we had to make a lot of adjustments at halftime. "Tom and I agree that you get better by playing the best. I'll be kind of all over the place.". As it has since 2020, the "King of the Road" trophy will stay with St. Xavier. Mason Mattingly started at quarterback going 15-for-20 passing for 178 yards, but McLaughlin finished going 13-for-20 for 154 yards and the lone touchdown to Beasley. The commencement address was given by ESPN host and analyst, Jordan Cornette '01. The Cross Country team has also enjoyed a great deal of success, winning Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) championships in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2012, 2013, and 2019 as well as runner-up finishes in 1999, 2009 and 2020. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. He did so with ESPN GameDay, in effect, on hand as his father Kirk Herbstreit and his show partner Pat McAfee were on the sideline. Junior defensive lineman Ted Hammond is a top 2024 prospect and had 32 tackles and a fumble recovery as a sophomore. "We have our up and downs but we've got to work up from here and we're on a roll. Xavier High School The Long Blue Line Begins With You! Watch out for us in the playoffs.". In 2008, St. Charles Preparatory School of Columbus broke the Aquabombers' nine-year state title streak. Swimming 19701981 (12 consecutive), 1984, 19901995 (6), 1997, 19992007 (9), Singles/doubles tennis 1946, 1947, 2002, 2006. [169] Specht won the 2013 Don Shula NFL High School Coach of the Year Award[170] and joined the USA Football board of directors later that year. In 1985, a lawsuit was filed against OHSAA and St. Xavier on behalf of four St. Xavier students who were residents of Kentucky, claiming that the rule violated the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the United States Constitution. OBETZ, Ohio The Long Blue Line added another state football championship Friday night. La Salle had one more shot with the ball but the drive ended with a sack. [93], St. Xavier students may receive credit for work completed at the school's partners, Canisius-Kolleg Berlin and Xavier University. Director of Alumni Relations, [email protected] Events Coordinator, More than 40,000 men have graduated from St. Xavier High School, creating a Long Blue Line that expands around the globe. KHSAA Playoffs - First Round v Southern. [164] In 2007, the Bombers were rated first or second high school football team nationally in a number of pre-season rankings;[165] the same year, St. Xavier defeated DeMatha Catholic High School in a game nationally televised on ESPN. 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