Freshman Hobie Hotard prepares to return this Crusader serve during Tuesday’s match against Br. Martin High School at the UNO tennis facility. Jesuit went on to defeat Br. Martin, 6-1. Jesuit-Br. Martin Tennis Photo Gallery For more details about Tuesday afternoon’s win, please visit the Tennis Home Page.

Staff writers and editors of The Blue Jay competed last weekend at the 34th annual Tom Bell Silver Scribe Competition. The Blue Jay journalists joined more than 50 students from six area schools for the yearly high school journalism competition, which is sponsored by Loyola University and the Press Club of New Orleans. Senior Evan Shea, editor-in-chief, won the first place prize in the Sports Writing category, for a piece that the judges called "heartfelt and compelling" and which showed "fresh ideas." Shea also won the second place award in Column Writing and an honorable mention in both the Feature Writing and Critical Review categories. The Blue Jay Writers: Tyler Treuting (left), Eric Haydel, Evan Shea, Ian deBoisblanc, Chris Glueck, Fritz Metizinger  Senior Ian de Boisblanc took first place in Editorial Writing. The judges particularly cited his "original point of view." In the Feature Writing category, senior Eric Haydel took second place. Haydel also scored an honorable mention for Layout and Design. Senior Chris Glueck won the second-place photography award. Junior Ricky Bordelon won the third-place prize in the Critical Review category. Other Blue Jay staff writers competing included seniors Fritz Metzinger and Tyler Treuting. The Blue Jay earned a second place rating overall in the Best Newspaper competition. The panel of judges made up of professional journalists praised The Blue Jay's mix of features and news, cited the professional, easy-to-read design of the pages and solid writing skills of its staff. Congratulations to The Blue Jay journalists!

Congratulations to Jesuit's varsity quiz bowl team for taking first place at the Mt. Carmel Academy Tournament this past Saturday (March 13). Check out the Quiz Bowl Home Page for more details.

Individual academic winners at the Mt. Carmel tournament display their medals. Daniel Cooper (left), Seth Bourg, Matt Young, Kevin Yokum, Zack Creel. Daniel, Seth and James Burvant (not pictured) won first place in the team portion of the competition.

Junior Alex Hotard (left), sophomore Jacob Pritt, juniors Scott Tilton, and Austin Speaker

Jesuit’s Debate Team said, "No, I'm right; and yes, you're wrong" all last weekend (March 14)  as they travelled to Lafayette to compete at the NFL Nationals Qualifying Tournament at Acadiana High School.  Debaters who place in the top two at this tournament go on to compete in the National tournament in Kansas City in June. Sophomore Jacob Pritt won 19 straight ballots to take the first-place medal in Lincoln-Douglas debate, with junior Alex Hotard finishing a close second.  The junior team of Austin Speaker and Scott Tilton won first place in Public Forum debate, as they won 9 straight ballots to close out the tournament. Congratulations to these four debaters for qualifying to the national tournament in June.