Hockey team makes bank

Mount Carmel hockey is the most expensive sport to play here at MC. With the prices so high, MC hockey athletes have had to turn to other ways to get enough money to pay for their gear and ice time fees. To do this, the hockey team has started an operation called The Business. It has multiple services such as holding parking spaces in the lots on Fridays, doing pages of AP US History homework for Mr. Vazquez’s extremely tired students, selling their places in the lunch line, and watching a football player’s stuff in the locker room all practice so nothing gets stolen. 

The hockey players, through their various tactics, have managed to raise enough money to pay for their fees and more. “We might even have enough to install an ice rink next year,” said junior Conor McClelland. “I’m surprised this actually worked out.”

MC students are also extremely grateful for the services that The Business provides. “It's awesome to get home and not have to worry about turning in three different packets to Mr. V,” said Ryan Clark, a junior in AP US History. “I can even get lunch at a reasonable time in the lunchroom because I can buy one of their places in line.”

Some services have been more popular than others; however, a fan favorite is buying saved parking spaces in the lot on Friday football games. The right side of the parking lot has been shut down on game days, so finding a parking space has been really difficult for students who get to school late. “I had to park my car on the football field last time,” said junior Nick Lewanski. “I had to move it anyway when game time came, so it was a real pain.” 

Luckily, students will never have to do something like that again if they are willing to pay a small price of $50. “I thought it was a little expensive at first,” said senior Rory Small. “But everything changed when I got to laugh at Jario Acuna as he drove around the lot for the fourth time looking for a space.”

The football team has especially been grateful for not having to worry about their stuff going “missing” when they glance away for a second. “I swear this is the fourth hand warmer I've bought this year,” said junior quarterback Jack Elliott. “I look away for a second and it's gone.” 

This is strenuous work however, looking at a locker without blinking for hours at a time takes extreme work ethic and patience. “I'm the best on the team at focusing,” said junior Danny O’Connor. “But even I have slip-ups sometimes." 

MC teachers are especially proud of the hockey team for both the work ethic and business skills they have shown. “They learned it all from me,” said Mr. Scott Tabernacki, school principal. “It's so great they could understand my teachings to this extent; you know, back in my day, I did something similar.”

Though unconventional, the MC hockey team's way of raising money has put them in competition for most funded team this year, and they have more than surpassed their initial goal of simply paying for everyone's fees.