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Last week was the spring signing day ceremony. The signing day had many athletes signing in a variety of sports such as wrestling, football, and basketball. Wrestler Nick Johnson signed with Averett; basketball players Dimitri Georgiadis signed with the Citadel and Justin Brown signed with Wallace State. Football players Damon Wright signed with Christopher Newport and Andrew Mulvin signed with Hampden-Sydney. Soccer player Jonathan Vergara opted to go with Lynchburg College.All of these young men worked extremely hard to realize this moment.

It's common knowledge that Mr. Sjogren knows his way around technology and a tennis court, but not many people know that he is a superb runner. Sjogren recently competed in the Monument Avenue 10K; this was his third time competing in this famous race. Sjogren placed 83rd of 1,238 competitors in his age division (30- to 34-year olds) and placed 516th of 21,290 out of all competitors, placing him in the top 2.4 percent out of all runners!

John Colizzi has proven himself to be excellent on the track, finishing races at high speeds. Last week he showed himself proficient at slower speeds as well, winning top honors in Squad Drill. Squad Drill is a tradition held at Benedictine in which the sophomores compete in squads to see who can march the best. These brave Cadets perform a series of 48 commands in front of the entire Corps, all the sponsoring officers and all the sponsors.

This past Saturday, senior pitcher Mark Loving committed to Virginia Tech to further his baseball career. Loving transferred into Benedictine from Hargrave Military Academy prior to the start of this school year. Loving has shown leadership, as he stands out on the mound and also at the plate.

At the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year Benedictine installed a new schedule that inducted an event period every day right after second block. This period is used by the school for many things. Often times this event period is used for events like Corps Mass or National Honor Society inductions, however, about two to three times a week students are free to meet up with teachers, work on schoolwork or eat breakfast.