Coach...Mentor...Leader...all these are titles that could describe our very own lacrosse coach: Chris Surran.
Having accepted the head coaching position at Jesuit in 2007, every season since has been nothing but stellar, leading the team to five Texas High School Lacrosse League Final Fours (2010-2014). Although many people know the Jesuit lacrosse team around Texas, very few know the man that puts Jesuit...
Why Do Catholic Universities Have Successful Basketball Programs?
Catholic universities embraced basketball as far back as the tournament itself, which started in 1939. These programs have excelled in Catholic universities due to demographics. Dr. Rick Eckstein, a sociology professor at Villanova and expert in sports and society, stated, “atholic schools originated in or near urban areas and were able to...
“Did you see that dunk?” “He’s going to Michigan State!” If you go to school at Jesuit, you’ve heard people in the hallways talking about him. The one and only: Julius Marble. The 6’8 center for the basketball team is unstoppable. Dunk after dunk after dunk with a mix of three-pointers in there as well. Fortunately, the Michigan State...
Every Jesuit student, current or future, remembers their 8th-grade visit and remembers receiving the talk about how dominant Jesuit athletics are. We are told about all the championships Jesuit has won, the state-of-the-art athletic facilities Jesuit has, and all the athletes who went on to play in college. But, when I was an 8th grader, I found myself asking...
The sport of boxing, since its existence going back to the late 1800's, has always possessed weight classes, determined on the mass of the fighters competing. These limits are set in place to ensure that there are no massive size differences between two fighters in a bout (for example, a 130 lb. fighter facing a 200 lb. fighter). Originally,...
In the early 1900s, the sport of boxing was in its archaic age. Lack of regulation and oversight made boxing an extremely dangerous and unglamorous job. Rampant racism also made it difficult for black fighters to earn fair shots at boxing championships or earn wages as high as their white counterparts.
It was in this unfulfilling, lawless, and cruel world...
The ref blows his whistle, and he drops the water polo ball into the center of the pool. Will Mckinney '21 furiously puts his head down with a determination to get to the ball first and passes it onto his teammate Emmet Halm '19, who sets up his offense for a position to score the first point.
Coach Silver...
