Big Thanks to Coach Lori Prideaux, Tony Commodore and the Angel Cheer/Poms team for sponsoring lunch today.. The menu was DeRango's Fried Chicken, French Fries, Coleslaw, Pasta Salad. Dessert included Brownies and Carrot Cake.
Pat (Ingrasci) Nielsen brought her homemade Blueberry Banana Bread - Delicious.
Bobby Letsch brought two 12-packs of Diet Coke and Dave O'Brien's O&H Kringle served as a snack.
Tony Commodore, Sr IT Mgr, Lori Prideaux, Campus Ministry/ Sub Coordinator
Joining Us: Lori Prideaux, Tony Commodore, Jack Kelley, Terry Toll, Dan DeMatthew,
Amy DeMatthew, Gary Schonert, Fr Ron Crewe, Dick Peterson, Dan Bentz,
Joe Woitach, Bobby Letsch, Rick Jones, Dan Kovara, Joe Ingrasci, Pat (Ingrasci) Nielsen, Renee (Ricchio) Benjamin, Dan Miller, Tom Goebel, Bob Brohier, Tom Konieczko,
George Gordon, Dick Heidenreich, Mike Hyduke, Dr Parisa Meymand, Alia Onaczynski,
Chelsea Ostrov, Rachel Lantz, Dave Benjamin, Jeff Tarkowski, Kory Borek, Cinti Sanchez,
Jeff Pulda, John Busey, Xzavier Graber, Brooklyn Barron, Alexus Hrouda, Giaynah Garcia,
Ellie Orth
Cheer/Pom Team Members:
Back Row: Tony Commodore, Xzavier Graber '25
Center Row: Brooklyn Barron '24, Alexus Hrouda '23, Lori Prideaux
Front Row: Giaynah Garcia '23, Ellie Orth '23
Dan Bentz '58 presented Joe Ingrasci '64 with a "pinnie" with the number of his favorite
basketball player #23 (Jordan, James, Jaklich, Drummond, Verwey, Wood)
• A normal conversation, any Monday at the Alumni House.............
• Suggested Reading: Dick Heidenreich suggested "Heaven is for Real" by Todd Burpo
• Football Pool - Sunday's winner was Dick Peterson
• Cribbage: Table #1 Teams - Bobby Letsch/ Dave Benjamin defeated George Gordon/ CWood 3-2. Benjamin was going to see his Chiropractor to help relieve his back pain from CARRYING Booby Letsch today in cribbage.
We played 6 handed - George Gordon/ Booby Letsch & Dave Benjamin/ Dan DeMatthew lost two straight in very closely contested matches to Mike Hyduke/ CWood
Table #2: Dick Heidenreich/ Terry Toll defeated Dan DeMatthew/ Mike Hyduke with "Back-to-Back" - "Skunks".
• Angels Connecting.............
Chris ' 77 & Sue Gorman had dinner with Kris & Joe '77 Blommel in Naples, Fl.
• Angels Making the News.............
Watch for the Alumni House version............
• Racine News............
• Catch Boys HS Basketball with Dick Graceffa '69 "Play by Play"
Friday, February 3rd Metro Classic Conference leader St. Catherine's Angels host the 2nd place team St. Thomas More Cavaliers, 6:40pm.
• Full Schedule.........Mark Your Calendar
• Prayers for the families of departed Angels......
• Prayers for Alumni & Friends dealing with Health issues:
Dave Bulik '71 dealing A-Fib condition.
Mark Pawzun '75 dealing with teeth alignment problems - fitted for braces.
Janet Grant '60 is dealing with Chemo for Blood Cancer.
Ed DeMeulenaere has Knee Replacement Surgery out of rehab.
Barb (Bohn) Jarapko '60 dealing with health issues.
Reported that Bob Garrity and Jim Poulsen are doing better.
George Gordon deal with Neuropathy, Back issues.
Jack Kelley '58 H still dealing with throat issue, difficult to speak.
Jim May has an ankle issue and is using a cane.
Dick Peterson now dealing with Hernia - surgery not an option.
Rick Cramer '60 dealing with health issues.
Al Mollerskov rehabbing from Knee Replacement Surgery.
Don Heck '63 diagnosed with NOH (neurogenic orthostatic hypotension). After 3 or 4 minutes of standing, he gets very weak and light header. This disease is not curable but you can learn to adjust your life and work around the issues.
Don Heck in addition to his above health issues - visiting family in Florida - now has Covid and is in the hospital with pneumonia.
Tommy Pulda '72 on Wed Jan 18th had two heart vales replaced - doing well.
Del Alton's wife dealing with recent stroke.
Mary Woitach '59 dealing with chronic knee issues.
Bob Letsch has been dealing with Flu/Cold/Chills for past two and 1/2 weeks.
George Gordon '57C tripped over laundry at home, has a black eye and contusion over that eye.
Dave & Renee Benjamin's daughter Susan '83 had recent Gall Bladder Surgery
• Special Prayers for Chris & Sue Gorman's grandson Eli rehabbing from Brain Surgery.
Eli is the son of their daughter Caitlin '03.
• Others Needing Prayers:
Ron Bentz, Bob Letsch, Bob Garrity, Gary Schonert, Kathy (Hackl) Wirtz, Jim Poulsen,
Dick Peterson, Mickey Postorino, Dave O"Brien, Helen Miller, Tom Konieczko,
Mike O'Brien, Dick Albregts' wife, Rudy Weibel's wife, Tom Krug’s wife,
Bill Halberstadt's wife, Dan Peterson's wife, Pat (Peters) Obernberger
Important Dates:
* Valentines - Tuesday Feb 14th
• Easter - Sunday April 9th
• Brenda White's Last Day - Friday June 30th - Happy Retirement !!!
• Eleven-Player All-Star Game - Saturday July 15th, 12:00 Noon
Coach Dan Miller was chosen to be the head coach for the WFCA All-Star Game. https://www.wissports.net/news_article/show/1249639
• Schonert's Annual Picnic - Monday August 14th
Angel Athletics
Jan 22nd - Jan 28th
Girls Basketball
Tuesday night the Lady Angels basketball team traveled to The Prairie School for a Metro Classic Conference girls basketball game. The Angels had a great 2nd half, however Prairie showed why it is ranked in the top 10 of the state as they defeated the Angels 63-34. Kennedee Clark led the team with 12 points and 7 rebounds while Aniyah Price had 6 points.
Friday night the Angels hosted Martin Luther and unfortunately failed to find any rhythm on offense and defense as they were defeated by the Spartans 64-24. Ariana Green led the team with 12 points and 9 rebounds while Aniyah Price added 5 points.
Boys Basketball
In a Metro Classic Conference matchup Wednesday night the Angels hosted The Prairie School. The Angels found themselves down early as Prairie came out playing great defense and some even better offense. However in the last 9 minutes of the first half the Angels went on a 32-9 run to take the lead into halftime. In the 2nd half the Angels couldn’t pull away but kept a comfortable lead all 2nd half to defeat the Hawks 71-54. Evan Moherek led the team with 21 points while Lamont Hamilton had 19 and Domonic Pitts had 12.
Saturday afternoon the Angels traveled to Martin Luther for what would turn out to be a very challenging Metro Classic Conference game. While the Angels held the lead for most of the game, they found themselves tied with 5 seconds to go. Lamont Hamilton took the ball to the rim for the final basket of the game as the Angels defeated the Spartans 56-54. Davion Thomas-Kumpula led the team with 18 points while Lamont Hamilton and Domonic Pitts each had 14.
Wrestling
The St. Catherine’s/Lutheran/Catholic Central wrestling team traveled to Living Word Lutheran for a double dual with LWL and Ozaukee High School on Thursday night. The matches didn’t go as hoped as the Angels lost to Living World Lutheran 66-18 and 30-15 to Ozaukee. Demacio Trujillo went 2-0 on the night with a pin and a decision. Elijah LaFountain also went 2-0 on the night with 2 pins. Kyle Arb and Alberto Rodriguez each earned forfeit victories as well.
Poms
Congratulations to the poms team for a great performance at Waterford on Saturday. Great job to the entire team and coaches. Good luck at Nationals!!
Boys Swim
The PSC Aquatics team traveled to Elkhorn on Tuesday night for a double dual with Elkhorn and Badger. While the team was defeated in each of their duals, the team swam extremely well including setting an impressive 7 new team records. New team records were set by Nathan Breit in the 200 meter freestyle (2:08.79) and 100 meter backstroke (1:05.14), Jack Borzynski in the 100 meter breaststroke (1:17.01) and 100 meter butterfly (1:03.40), Nolan Mrotek in the 200 meter individual medley (2:44.15), Jerome Mattick in the 400 meter freestyle (6:12.26) and the 200 meter freestyle relay team of Borzynski, Breit, Mrotek and Timothy Peterson (1:51.44).
Saturday the PSC Aquatics team traveled to Racine Case for an invitational. While the team only had 7 swimmers, they swam amazing and finished 6th out of 10 teams. The team continues to set team records as 5 new team records were set. Jack Borzynski took 1st in the 200 IM with a time of 2:02.21. Taking 2nd place was Borzynski in the 100 butterfly (54.70), Nathan Breit in the 100 backstroke (57.19) and the 200 freestyle relay team of Borzynski, Breit, Timothy Peterson and Nolan Mrotek (1:37.21). The last team record was set by Breit in the 200 freestyle (1:54.34).
Digital Ticketing
St. Catherine's has gone to digital ticketing for varsity football, girls volleyball (JV2, JV and varsity), boys volleyball (JV and varsity), girls basketball (JV and varsity), boys basketball (JV2, JV and varsity), wrestling (JV and Varsity) and all WIAA tournament events.
See flyer below for more details. Please note that on days of varsity football games and boys basketball (JV2, JV and varsity) ticket sales will end at 2:00pm the day of the event. Anyone without a ticket will not be allowed entrance into the game.
Upcoming Angel Athletic Events
Monday January 30th
No games/matches/meets scheduled
Tuesday January 31st
Girls basketball @ Shoreland Lutheran @ 7:00pm
Boys basketball vs. Shoreland Lutheran @ 7:00pm
Wednesday February 1st
No games/matches/meets scheduled
Thursday February 2nd
No games/matches/meets scheduled
Friday February 3rd
Boys basketball vs. Thomas More @ 7:00pm
Saturday February 4th
Wrestling @ Shoreland Lutheran @ 9:00am
Boys swim @ Delavan-Darien @ 11:00am
Boys basketball vs. Batavia (IL) @ The Prairie School @ 12:00pm
Girls basketball @ Thomas More @ 4:00pm
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