Friday, May 29, 2015

Great Performances at State in Track & Golf

The Mount Michael Track Team put a great finish to the season at the State Track Meet at Burke Stadium in Omaha with a team overall finish of 9th place.

Earning Medals were Jake Mumby with a 6th place in the 100m Dash, 5th in the 200m Dash, 2nd place in the 400m Dash. and 5th in the 1600m Relay along with Matt Mumby, Mahammad Camara and Tommy Farhart. 7th Place medalist in the 3200 Relay were Nick Carson, Matt Mumby, Anthony Taylor, and Thomas Wooten.



At the State Golf Tournament the Knights finished in 4th place.  Finishing as Individual Medalists were J.T. Hudson in 5th place and Luke Krajewski in 11th place.

J.T. Hudson 154, Luke Krajewski 159, John Hudson 168, Cameron Bretsen 171, Adam Diesing 189.

Congratulations Knights!


Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Golf: District Runner-up

Congratulations to the Mount Michael Golf Team. District Runner-up and on their way to the State Tournament at Riverside Country Club in Grand Island on May 27-28. J.T. Hudson was a 3rd place district medalist.
Luke Krajewski, Cameron Bretsen, J.T. Hudson, Coach Kent Christensen, Adam Diesing, John Hudson
Team Finishes
Blair, 327
Mount Michael Benedictine, 358
Omaha Skutt Catholic, 359
Elkhorn, 369
Omaha Gross Catholic, 373
Bennington, 380
Douglas County West, 388
Omaha Roncalli Catholic, 390
Ralston, 402
West Point-Beemer, 412
Wayne, 499
Omaha Concordia, NTS
Go Knights!

Friday, May 15, 2015

District Track Runner-up; 8 Knights Qualify For State

Congratulations to the Track & Field: Team Go Knights!

State Qualifiers - Complete District Results
Mahammad Camara: 100, 4x400
Nick Carson: 3200, 4x800
Jeremiah Connealy: High Jump
Tommy Farhart: 800, 4x400
Jake Mumby: 100, 200, 400, 4x400
Matt Mumby: 4x400, 4x800
Anthony Taylor: 4x800
Thomas Wooten: 4x800

District B-1
1. Blair, 115
2. Mount Michael Benedictine, 79
3. Elkhorn, 77
4. Boys Town, 61
5. Omaha Concordia, 56
6. Bennington, 51
7. Douglas County West, 33
8. Fort Calhoun, 28
9. Omaha Skutt Catholic, 26
10. Omaha Roncalli Catholic, 1

Monday, May 11, 2015

56 New Alum Knights



The 56 youngmen of the Class of 2015 will be attending 25 colleges in 14 different states; with 34% going out-of-state and 34% to private colleges. Four young men are going into Military Service; one directly into the U.S. Air Force, two via the U.S. Army’s ROTC Program and one into the NROTC Program with the U.S. Marines.

The Class of 2015 was offered $ 5,252,486 of scholarship money. Sixty-five percent of the boys have been offered some kind of scholarship.  Ten different boys earned Regent’s Scholarships from the state of Nebraska to UNL or UNO. This is the most ever for a class at Mount Michael.

The Mount Michael Benedictine School Class of 2015 has 56 young men.  The average ACT score for this class is 27.2. The average ACT score for the U.S. is 20.9 and 21.5 for the state of Nebraska.

Again as last year, Mount Michael has thirteen boys qualified to be included in the Omaha World Herald’s All Academic Team. This requires a cumulative GPA of 3.5 AND a minimum ACT score of 32. That is 23% of the Class of 2015!

YouTube: Rev Bro August Schaefer 15 min., Dr. David Peters 8 min. - Harrison Hohman 5 min

Courtesy of Mr. John Gutsmiedl

Academic Honors

Jon Collins
Also on Graduation Day 2015 the Omaha World Herald announced Nebraska Academic Honors students.

Mount Michael's Jon Collins was selected to the All Metro Academic team for 2015. The Knights also had eight seniors recognized as All State Honorable Mention.  Cameron Bretsen, John Gutsmiedl, Harrison Hohman, Alex Hotovy, Jared Mikuls, Andrew Pace, Zach Starman, and Lucas Tucker.

You gotta love the class of 2015 jacket and tie.

Cameron Bretsen, John Gutsmiedl, Harrison Hohman, Alex Hotovy, Jared Mikuls, Andrew Pace, Zach Starman, Lucas Tucker. 

James Mayberger ('84) was one of the 2015 Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher Award recipients. The annual local award goes to 15 Omaha Public School nominees with at least two years of teaching experience. The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation sponsors the awards. Each winner receives a medallion, $10,000 and $500 in McDonald's gift certificates.

From: Omaha World Herald

James Mayberger

math, McMillan Magnet Center
Years with OPS: 22 (all at McMillan)
Bachelor of science and master of science from UNO
A colleague wrote: “Everyone can recall that one teacher who stands out in their mind as the one who motivated them, cared for them in a genuine way, or sparked something they didn’t know they had. Mr. Mayberger is that teacher for many students.”
A student wrote: “Mr. Mayberger has been a fantastic inspiration to me. He kept me going and helped me exceed my expectations for all the possibilities that engineering and architecture could give me.”

Friday, May 8, 2015

District Soccer Champions; Win Substate.

Back Row: Logan Kalkowski, Mohammed Elradi, Sam Van Haute, Andy Ernst, Logan Larson, Marcus Cronin, Ashton Legenza, Zach Frevert, Fred Gurnsey, Keylan Beller, Peyton Hottovy. Front Row: Matt Dugick, Luke Van Haute, Colin Lakeman, Sam Heimerman, Pat Halpin, Jon Collins, Brian Kang, Randall Esquivel, Dusty Loukota. Larger Photo

The Mount Michael soccer teams has earned a birth at the state tournament.  

Congratulations Knights!

Thursday, May 7, 2015

Academic All-State Award Winners

Congratulations to the following Knights who have been recognized by the Nebraska School Activities Association  as Academic All-State Award Winners during the 2014-2015 school year.


Cross-Country
Peyton Hottovy
Thomas Wooten
Football
Caiden Groff
Patrick Halpin
Tennis
Alex Hotovy

Basketball
Harrison Hohman
Logan Larson
Speech
Zach Frevert
Andrew Pace
Swimming
Jackson Thompson

Journalism
Harrison Hohman

Soccer
Jon Collins
Marcus Cronin
Baseball
Jacob Bova
Lukas Tucker
Golf
Luke Krajewski



Nebraska School Activities Association

Wayne State Math Competition

Jack Sun, Yi Xie Chen, Ben Arkfeld, Colin Lakeman, Garrett Gloeb, Edwin Huang, Michael Ecker, Zach Cairney,
 Junho, Ho, Alex Earsley.
8th Algebra Ben Arkfeld, 10th Algebra 2 Alex Earsley, 5th Geometry Jack Sun, 2nd Pre-Calculus Zach Cairney, 5th Pre-Calculus Junho Ho, 1st Calculus Edwin Huang, 2nd Calculus Yixie Chen.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Trap TakesTeam Handicap Championship at State Trap Shoot

The Mount Michael Trap Team won the "Team Handicap Championship" this past weekend at the Nebraska state shoot in Donaphin. The boys performed under pressure by beating Lincoln Pius in a shoot-off to claim title of champion.  A complete listing of the teams with each squads results.  

The Knights also were the only school to have two squads in the top ten overall with the "Black" squad finishing 5th and the "Red" squad finishing 10th out of over 200 squads!
Black Squad: Kalle Haines, John Gutsmiedl, Andrew Whitaker, Garrett Engel & Walt Wear
Back Row: Black Squad: Kalle Haines, John Gutsmiedl, Andrew Whitaker, Garrett Engel & Walt Wear.
Front Row: Red Squad: Paul Dougherty, Dustin Hartwell, Ben Nigro (White Squad), Joe Coldiron, Jackson Panzer, not shown Case McNally

Back Row: Black Squad: Kalle Haines, John Gutsmiedl, Andrew Whitaker, Garrett Engel & Walt Wear
Front Row: Brad Carson, Jerome Townsend, John Gutsmiedl, John Drahota, Lumir Drahota, Mike Whitaker

Friday, May 1, 2015

Foreign Language National and State Exams

National Spanish Exam
Over 157,000 students took the exam this year in the United States.

165 Nebraska students placed in the top 3 national percentile categories. 65 of those were Mount Michael students!


Gold: 95-100 national percentile - Silver:  85-94 national percentile
Bronze:  75-84 national percentile




Gold: David Choi- David, Harrison Hohman, Michael Ecker, Joe Melia, Nick Carson, Henry O’Callaghan, Tyler Degener, Ben Hynes, Andrew Ahn, Alex Stoupa, Samuel Bohart, Logan Baumberger, Jackson Hitzman

Silver: Cameron Bretsen, Marcus Cronin, Lucas Tucker, Zackary Frevert, Broden Kaps, Reilly Jackson, Nick Huetter, Alex Earsley, Zach Cairney, Adam Diesing, Ryuta Kure, Peyton Hottovy, Alec Gregerson, Luka Mixan, Aaron Meyer, Jackson Thompson, Brendan Nicholas. Nathan Hazard, Maximilian De Mayo, Paul Forget, Walter Wear, Garret Gloeb, Lukas Williams, Keyton Pappas, Nolan Hutter, Lucas Van Haute


Bronze: Jared Mikuls, Caiden Groff, Joseph Coldiron, Christian Burbach, Nash Kelley, David Mordan, Nathan Carpenter, Patrick Halpin, Ben Murray, Randal Esquivel, Luke Krajewski, Jacob Hudson, Mathew Amao, Sam Van Haute, Mathew Coghill, Corbin Merkel, Nicholas Snyder, Jack Blaser, Mathew Thiele, Lucas Rief, Callum Bikus, Kane Kousbky, Edwin Hung, Nicholas Orr, Adam Orr, Daniel Goraycochea


Individual State Ranking
LEVEL 1 (361 STUDENTS)
7 GARRETT GLOEB
9 LUCAS WILLIAMS
10 KEYTON PAPPAS
11 NOLA HUETTER
13 LUCAS VAN HAUTE


LEVEL 2 (364 STUDENTS)
1 MICHAEL ECKER
2 JOE MELIA
3 NICK CARSON
5 HENRY O’CALLAGHAN
7 BRODEN KAPS
9 REILLY JACKSON
10 NICK HUETTER
13 ALEX EARSLEY
15 ZACH CAIRNEY
16 ADAM DIESING
17 RYUTA KURE
19 ALEC GREGERSON
20 PEYTON HOTTOVY

 
LEVEL 3 (147 STUDENTS)
1 TYLER DEGENER
2 BENJAMIN HYNES
3 ANDREW AHN
4 ALEX STOUPA
5 SAM BOHART
6 LOGAN BAUMBERGER
7 JACKSON HITZEMANN
8 AARON MEYER
10 JACKSON THOMPSON
11 BRENDAN NICHOLAS
12 NATHAN HAZARD
16 PAUL FORGET
18 WALT WEAR


1(B) – RANDALL ESQUIVEL

LEVEL 4 (142 STUDENTS)
1 DAVID CHOI
2 HARRISON HOHMAN
6 CAMERON BRETSEN
7 LUCAS TUCKER
10 ZACHARY FREVERT
19 JARED MIKULS


1(OE) MARCUS CRONIN

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National French Exam

French 1
Armel Mignondje: 11th State; 15th National
Cayden Cribbs: 12th State; 17th National

French 2
Ian Price 4th State; 13th National
Daniel Jewell 8th State; 17th National
Jose Amian 9th State; 18th National

French 3
Kalle Haines: 11th State; 17th National
David Recic: 11th State; 17th National
Dun Fletcher Lin: 8th State 18th National
Connor Kenney placed 12th State; 22nd National

French 4
Jonathan Collins 4th State; 17th National
Jean-Marie Djidjoho 7th State; 23rd National
Sam Heimerman 11th State; 26th National
Nhat Nguyen 11th State; 26th National

Knight Writers Win 4 State Championship Medals & More!

Sophmore Homer Xu joins student journalists from other schools,
accepting his first place medal for News/Feature Photography
On April 27 eleven qualifiers traveled to Norfolk to compete in the NSAA state tournament for journalism.  The qualifiers were Harrison Hohman, Young Joon Park, Oliver Jarosik, Adam Terasinski, Thomas D’Aquila, Leo McGrath, Sam Van Haute, Jack Morrissey, Jackson Thompson and Homer Xu.  These students then were given prompts in various categories of writing and design for both newspaper and yearbook categories.  The team, competing in a much more competitive class B, took 4th place out of 26 teams.  We also had several individuals who did very well.



Harrison Hohman-Class B champion: Editorial Writing and Sports News Writing
Jack Morrissey-Class B Champion: Photo Illustration, 4th place In Depth Coverage
Homer Xu-Class B Champion: News/Feature Photography
Jackson Thompson- 2nd place Entertainment Review Writing, 4th place Headline writing
Thomas D’Aquila -2nd place Feature Writing
Joe Budd-4th place In Depth Coverage
Adam Terasinski-6th place News Writing