Spring Events

Even though the weather might convince you otherwise, the spring sports season is well underway here at Union Catholic. All the teams have been practicing hard and each played a few scrimmages. As a member of the varsity baseball team, I can say that our team has a lot of potential this year. We are no longer the young team in the county and we are ready to play hard this year. The softball team is coming back from a great State Tournament last year and look very good on the field. The lacrosse team has just picked its captains and is coming off a good win in their last scrimmage. As always, the track team is looking strong and Coach McCabe has everyone working hard.

Coming next week is our Spring Pep Rally, Quarters for Cancer dinner, and Mr. UC Pageant. Every day, the candidates for Mr. UC are practicing each morning in preparation for their glory time on stage. Excitement is building around the school as next week will be very eventful. As well as the events mentioned above, all the sports teams are eager for their first game. Come check out some of the home games. Also, stop by for dinner and a show on Tuesday March 29^th, and go to Quarters for Cancer and Mr. UC!!!

Spring

Hello Everyone!

One of the most exciting seasons for Union Catholic is the spring season. So many things are coming up soon such as junior prom, the Mr. UC pageant, and Quarters for Cancer. Polo shirts will be coming out soon and this is a personal favorite time of the year for me.

Another amazing thing about spring is the spring sports tryouts have just ended. Now our baseball, softball, lacrosse, track, golf teams are all under way and practicing. One of the most amazing things is standing in the outfield at baseball practice and watching all the other teams go to work too. Everyone is out on the field at the same time, and it is truly an awesome sight! Now everyone is just waiting for the weather to get warm and the sun to come out and that first game/meet/outing will be fun for everyone. Can't wait for that opening day game for baseball!

Peer Coordinator & SMAC

In my last post, I talked about how I am part of the Peer Coordinator program at UC. I think it is one of the coolest things to do inside school because it allows me to see what it is like to work so closely with the freshmen and incoming freshmen class. Every morning I get to stay in a special homeroom up in the freshmen wing. I help in whatever way possible with the freshmen moderator, Mr. Gresco. The first day of school for freshmen was absolutely silent. I knew this would never last and my beliefs were true. About a month into the school year the freshmen were probably the loudest hallway in the morning. I watched as friendships were made and everyone started playing sports. It was a really awesome transformation.

Another big event happening at school is SMAC's Quarters for Cancer Dinner. The SMAC Executive Board had a meeting about this event last night. We discussed how much of a successful event this was last year, and we are hoping to attain the same achievement this year, if not better. This dinner is one of the biggest fundraisers SMAC hosts and all the proceeds are donated to Relay for Life. What happens is when you walk in, you buy tickets, a quarter per ticket. Each ticket allows you to get one scoop of food from whatever you want. It's a pretty good deal considering the food is all amazing. The personal favorite of mine is all the desserts that are available. We hope this will be a great success again this year!!