Field Day 2016
Missing video taints an otherwise fun, competitive day
By Bobby Kunz
Chieftain Staff
Since its revival in 2004
and its integration with the
Band of Brothers in 2009,
Field Day has given Brother
Rice students the opportunity to partake in fun and
competitive activities, grow
closer with one another, and
celebrate school spirit. This
year was no exception, as the
boys from St. Padre Pio won
in one of the closest competitions to date.
With that being said,
something was missing. That
something was the Field Day
Video, produced annually
by the Senior Goon Squad
leaders. Typically enjoyed by
students and faculty alike,
this hilarious video usually
kicks off the day and sets the
event on the right note. So
why no video?
The Chieftain recently
caught up with Mr. Godwin,
Brother Rice’s Dean, to talk
about the Senior Video.
“I met with some [Brother
Rice] staff members on Monday leading up to Field Day,”
Mr. Godwin said, “and they
reached out to me about the
past videos not being appropriate for school, so Mrs.
Jackson and I told the guys to
deliver it to us by midnight
Wednesday.
“Nothing arrived until
a couple of hours before it
was supposed to play, so we
didn’t have time to review or
edit the video and, unfortunately, it couldn’t be played. I
told the Seniors that the video
could be edited and played
at a later time. They politely
declined.
“I honestly lost sleep over
this, I really did. I’m not
happy about how
it ended up, but
I just didn’t feel
it represented
Brother Rice in a
good way.”
As for the
day’s activities,
the first segment
kicked off in
exciting fashion,
as Charlie Nelson
(Sebastian) won
Students plead for the Field Day video
the Mighty Mouse
competition that
cer. Raphael won Capture
came down to the wire. The
the Flag, and Sebastian had
defending champion, Padre
another win in dodgeball,
Pio, muscled out a victory in
but Pio took the most points
handball. Lastly, Max Kolbe
from Segment 2, 47.
delivered a solid win in
Kolbe came away with
basketball. Overall, Padre Pio the top spot with 51.5 points
held the lead with 65 points
in full-time segments, so
after the first segment.
it came down to the last
Padre Pio kicked off Segcouple of events. But Pio
ment 2 by expanding their
eventually came away with
lead, taking first place in soc- an 11-point win.
Clockwise from top left: Mr. Higdon and Coach Sofran; Matthew Lemire; an unidentified sniper; Sante Dybowski; Charlie Nelson and
some upperclassmen; Ryan Kavanaugh; Travis Tucker and Sterling McCarrall; and Blake Ritter and Kyle Livingway
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