Studium snowball shenanigans 

The Caravan has been back from winter break for roughly a month, and there are already very clear signs that the joyful Christmas spirit from this past Advent season has faded away.

In its place, an even more passionate-filled endeavor has captured the student body’s attention and energy.

In the first days back from break, Mr. Dan Haggerty and Mr. Dominic Scheuring came together to try and get their Studiums to participate in a competitive, yet also harmless activity. 

The third floor teachers gathered their classrooms during Studium and brought them out to Barda-Dowling Stadium for a friendly snowball fight. 

What followed was a barbaric battle that raged on well after the end of Studium, and even the school day as a whole. 

Mr. Haggerty and Mr. Scheuring were initially met with soft throws of snow, but eventually pelted with sheets of ice that forced them to run inside and abandon their students. 

“Mr. Scheuring and I knew our guys were competitive,” said Mr. Haggerty. “I just didn’t think our harmless idea would turn into a battle on our own football field.”

Students have since named the initial snowball fight, “Clark’s Crawl” as senior Ryan Clark tore his ACL yet again amidst the action and had to crawl off the field in pain. 

Mr. Conroy, Mr. Tabernacki, and the administration as a whole did their best to handle the situation, but things became out of control when the baseball team caught wind of the fight and geared up before ambushing both Studiums on the field while taking the territory for themselves. 

“Did you really think we would let them beat us at our own game?” said pitcher and Notre Dame commit Connor Elenteny. “Joey Ireland and I weren’t going to let that slide.”

Junior photographer and student in Mr. Haggerty’s Studium, Rocco Lopez, opted to stay neutral during the fight and instead take pictures for his Instagram account, shotsbyrocco.

“Once I heard the baseball guys were getting involved I ran and got my camera,” said Lopez. “I told the guys that I wanted to get some nice flicks, but honestly I just didn’t want to be hit in the face by a 90 mph snowball.”

The baseball team wasn’t the only group of guys to join in on the fight. Student Council President Christos Dimas announced to the entire school that whichever Studium or athletic team was able to completely take over the field would only have to pay one dollar instead of two for the next dress down day.

“I take my dress downs seriously,” said Garrett Mann. “That is if I make it to school on time, or even make it at all. My bike has been slowing down on me because of the snow recently.”

Due to Dimas’s announcement, the entire school stopped showing up to class and instead got hard at work to take over the football field. 

Some students opted to represent their respective athletic programs, and others chose to fight for their Studium.

“I told my students that if they didn’t fight for my Studium I would write them all up immediately,” said Mrs. Emma Norise. “Then I hugged all of them.”

Mrs. Norise’s strict demands for her students have not gone to waste. Her Studium and Mr. Baffoe’s Studium are currently the only groups left duking it out for the dress down reward.

When asked how he managed to keep his Studium out on the field for so long, Mr. Baffoe responded quite interestingly. 

“I told them that they could sleep when they die and that they’re allowed to go home when the McRib comes back.”

Students in these two remaining Studiums will continue to fight it out until one side decides to call it quits. 

In the meantime, everyone else has gone back to school and tried to get things back to some normalcy. 

The biggest change for the community is that the lacrosse program has since had to relocate practices indoors since their usual outdoor spot has been occupied by the fight on the field. 

“This is so not dece,” said lacrosse head coach Matt Kelly.