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Here is the latest from DeMatha:
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- DeMatha celebrates its 71st birthday on Saturday. DeMatha officially opened its doors on Sept. 9, 1946.
- The Opening School Liturgy will be held today in the Convocation Center. We will have a photo gallery of the Mass next week.
- The McKinney Family (Patrick is a senior and Chris is a sophomore) sadly lost their entire home and all of their belongings due to a devastating house fire on Aug. 27. A GoFundMe page has been set up for them: Link.
- We will soon begin with Stag-For-A-Day visits for 8th graders (on Sept.18). You can register on our website here: Link. On Sept. 27 at 7pm, we will have an Information Night for prospective students and their parents. More details as we move closer to the date.
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- Roy Scalco '77. Roy is very ill. Please keep he and his family in your thoughts.
- For the people affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.
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- Robert Priest, father of Mathew '13: Obituary
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- DeMatha football defeated Avalon School 28-0 on September 1 to improve to 1-1 on the season. The Hyattsville Life & Times recapped the game: Link. The team's next game is on Friday at 7 pm as the Stags host Franklin High School at the P.G. Sports & Learning Complex.
- DeMatha has produced a compelling short documentary "Return to Glory" on its legendary football program. In particular, the film focuses on its 2013 football squad which reclaimed a conference title in dramatic fashion. Check it out on YouTube.
- Bryce Bevill '90, now as assistant football coach at Howard University, saw the Bison pull off a 43-40 upset win over UNLV on September 4. It was the biggest point-spread upset in college football history.
- Cam Phillips '14 had seven receptions for 138 yards and a touchdown for the Hokies in Virginia Tech's 31-24 over West Virginia on September 4.
- DeMatha basketball will participate in the 11th annual Cancer Research Classic on January 6, 2018. Link
- Victor Oladipo '10 released his debut music single as he also prepares for the upcoming NBA season. Link.
- Markelle Fultz '16 returned to his old middle school in Upper Marlboro, Md., for a backpack and school supplies giveaway. Link.
- DeMatha soccer won its season opener on September 1 as the Stags defeated Winston Churchill High School, 2-1. The team's following games against Walt Whitman High School on September 2 and the McDonogh School on September 5 were both postponed due to inclement weather. Next up for the Stags are road matchups against Archbishop Spalding High School on Friday at 3:30 pm. and The Heights School next Wednesday at 4 pm.
- The Washington Post has DeMatha soccer ranked No. 1 among the top area teams heading into the season: Link.
- The DeMatha cross country team finished 22nd at the Seahawk Invitational on Sept. 2. Senior Matthew Metz was the Stags' top runner as he finished 72nd out of 229 runners overall with a time of 18 minutes and 12 seconds in the 5K race. Sophomore Anthony Perry finished 96th with a time of 18 minutes and 40 seconds. At the Woodward Relays on Tuesday, the relay team of Metz and senior John Ahalt placed 17th with a combined time of 39 minutes and three seconds and the relay team of Perry and sophomore Thomas Parsons placed 18th with a combined time of 39 minutes and eight seconds. DeMatha cross country placed seventh as a team.
- Senior Will Glick has committed to Greensboro College for baseball.
- Junior Evan Gray represented the United States as a part of the National Taekwondo team in the San Jose Costa Rica-Pan Am Championships and the Costa Rica Open Taekwondo Championships last week. Evan made it to the quarterfinals in the Pan Am and to the finals in the Costa Rica Open.
- Sophomore Nicolas Trindade scored the game-winning goal in a shootout to lead the Bowie Bruins 16U AA team to a victory against Virtua Hockey in the championship of the Aston IceWorks Labor Day Tournament on September 3.
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- Congrats to staff member Rob Landini '01 and his wife Melissa on the birth of their first child, Ryan Anthony Landini, on September 4.
- Congrats to Joe Youhouse '91 and his wife Marianella on the birth of their second child, James Robert Youhouse, on August 30.
- Rockford Foster '09 started the fourth year of his PhD program in Math at U.C. Berkeley. He is also engaged to Eirish Sison.
- Curtis Bennett '05 is featured in the University of Maryland Alumni Magazine as 'Baltimore's Conservation Champion.' Link.
- Dr. Christopher Maier '07 started this week as a professor at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Dr. Thomas Hibbs '78 recently wrote a review in The National Review on writer Rick Wartzman's book 'The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in America.' Link.
- Fitzgerald Deregla '98 works as a performing artist with the Bayanihan, The National Folk Dance Company of the Phillipines.
- Eric Bickel '88 asked Chris Downs '86 and his marketing/graphics company C2 Imaging to reprint a large fathead of himself for Bickel's radio/television show 'The Sports Junkies.' Check out the video from the show here: Link.
- Brandon Jones '15 is an Equine Science Major at the University of Kentucky.
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- 44th Annual Senior Boosters Crab Feast: Sat., Sept. 30 from 4-7pm: Pay Online
- The DeMatha Hockey & Golf Classic: Fri., Sept. 29 starting at 8am: Register at the link: Link
- The first Washington, DC public screening of the documentary 'Morgan Wootten: The Godfather of Basketball' will be Wed., Sept. 13 at 8pm at the historic Avalon Theatre (5612 Connecticut Ave NW. Washington, DC 20015). Morgan and his wife Kathy will be attending along with Dereck Whittenburg '79 and Pete Strickland '75. There will also be a post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Bill Hayes. Order tickets now: Link. Hayes also did an interview about the film on 106.7 FM: Link.
- Golf Tournament in memory of Brendan McCarthy '64 (Sept. 15) will be held soon. E-mail tponton@dematha.org if interested. This is the 20th and final year of the McCarthy tournament.
- The Men of DeMatha Annual Cookout will be held on Sat., Sept. 9 from 12-2pm. the event is free in the courtyard on the DeMatha campus and food & music will be sponsored by the DeMatha Parent's Organization.
- 2017 DeMatha Hall of Fame Ceremony: Sun., Oct 29 from 2:30-6pm. See link for more information: Pay Online
- Instrumental Music Booster Gala Fundraiser: Kaleidoscope: Join us on Sat., Oct 14, at 7:30 pm, as four esteemed music directors and over 200 young musicians come together to form 10 specialized ensembles performing popular, light musical pieces across three separate stages in the LT (SEAL) Brendan Looney '99 Convocation Center. This is the sixth annual Kaleidoscope Concert. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., enjoy hors d'oeuvres, refreshments, and a cash bar while supporting the DeMatha Instrumental Music Program. Advertise your business and support our musicians in our Playbill. Order tickets now at the link: Link.
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That is all.
Thomas Ponton
Director of Advancement
tponton@dematha.org
240-764-2222 |
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From the Office of Advancement:
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Malcolm Wiley '87 recently retired from the US Secret Service after a long, distinguished career. He visited DeMatha in June and, afterwards, wrote back a long reflection on the school. Here is a small part of what he wrote:
"I took time to walk around the Convocation Center. I found my Hall of Fame 1986 football team plaque; I saw the plaques of Jon Jeffries '87; (Big) Andre Jones '87 - deceased; Phil Bryant '88 and others. I reminisced about my time walking the halls, going to class, competing
and forging life-long friendships. I marveled at how the campus had changed since I left. I took pride in my yearly donations to the school through the Combined Federal Campaign. I reminded myself that I needed to thank my mother, again, for sending me to DeMatha, which I did. I chatted with Dr. McMahon, who has not aged a bit. We talked about my time at DeMatha and he shared what he remembered about me. About ME?! How many students has he taught? He remembered me? Wow.....
As large a presence as I am, I am also a sensitive, thankful, contemplative man. I am incredibly humbled by this most recent homecoming. My oldest son now fully understands the brotherhood that he's heard me talk about all these years."
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E-mail we received last week from DM parent Patty Holt:
"My son Ryan had car trouble in the back parking lot after school today. I placed a call to the AAA 1-800 number requesting service. When the gentleman repeated my address as 'Silver Springs,' I could infer he was not local to this area. The conversation continued with me giving the address of where Ryan's car was located. He then asked me the name of the school. When I responded, 'DeMatha Catholic,' he said, 'Oh yes, I see it here on the map. Ma'm, I have a question for you that has nothing to do with the car. Does DeMatha have a really good football team?' When I enthusiastically replied that indeed it does, I added that their game had been televised on ESPN last Friday. He very excitedly told me that he had watched the game and that is why the name was familiar to him. He stated that DeMatha played a very good game and that they really are a good team. After we confirmed that help was on the way, I closed the conversation by asking where he was located. He stated that I had actually called New Jersey."
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God Bless,
TP |
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