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The Stanner
Vol. 56, No. 2
Archbishop Molloy High School
OCTOBER 2012
Dress up and dance
By Connie Zhao ’15
Rumors flew like ghosts around
Molloy saying there might not be
a Halloween Dance this year but
they proved to be as real as Casper.
The 2012 Halloween Dance will
be held on Friday Oct. 19, the
same day as the Walk-a-thon.
The dance, which will be open to
all Stanners, will start at 7 p.m. in
the Cafeteria and end at 11 p.m.
Tickets are $5 and can be bought
in advance or at the door with a
Molloy ID card.
The DJ again this year will be
LaVancel.
Costumes are not required but
those who dress up will be part of
the Costume Contest judged by
members of the Student Activities
Committee [SAC].
Prizes will be awarded to the best
boy costume, best girl costume,
and the best group costume.
SAC Moderator Mr. Pat Flynn
said the Halloween Dance has been
popular in the past and he expects
at least 300 Stanners to attend.
It will be the first Molloy dance
for the frosh, making it a great
opportunity to make new friends.
Sophomores, meanwhile, said
the dance seemed a little early for
Halloween considering the 2011
dance was held on Oct. 28.
But Mr. Flynn said the fact that
the Frosh Retreat at Esopus will be
held the weekend before Halloween
required SAC to choose Oct. 19 as Juniors Matthew Spataro and Bokey Wong had fun at last year’s
Halloween Dance. (Photo by Rashanna Seymour ‘13)
the date.
Stanners introduce Kiwis to N.Y. style pizza
By AnnMarie Gaglio '13 Kirsten
E. Paulson ‘13, Jillian Spataro '13
Molloy hosted visitors from the
other side of the world on Sept. 26.
Forty-eight students from St.
John’s College for Boys and Sacred
Heart Girls College, two Marist
high schools in Hamilton, New
Zealand, graced Stanners with
their musical talent in the Jack
Curran Gym.
The event was arranged by Bro.
Dan O’Riordan, a Molloy alum.
When Bro. Dan, a former Molloy
teacher and member of the Marist
Board of Trustees, learned that the
New Zealand students were coming to New York to visit Marist
schools, he, along with Mr. Jim
Sheehan and Ms. MaryAnn Safrey,
arranged for the concert.
The New Zealanders, nicknamed
Kiwis, visited three other Marist
schools and many New York City
sights on their 10-day tour.
The concert, which lasted about
45 minutes, included performances
from the school’s band, chorus,
string ensemble, drum line, and
“Sassy Saxes.”
“It was an amazing performance,” Mr. Sheehan said. “Some
students even wrote back saying
they had a great time.”
After their performance, the New
Zealanders sat down with Stanners
for a chat with surveys on favorite
foods, music, and holiday customs
created by Ms. Sabina Kobinski to
help break the ice.
Then Molloy faculty and students served the Kiwis their first
slice of real New York style pizza.
Mr. Sheehan said the most memorable part of the day was “seeing
the New Zealander’s eyes open
wide when they saw the pizza.”
Mr. Sheehan said a New Zealand
school’s faculty member joked that
“a slice of your pizza is a whole pie
in New Zealand!”
Kiwis made quite an impression
on Molloy students as well. Many
were simply enchanted by their
Marist counterparts’ accents.
“I thought their accents were
pretty cool,” said senior Shanijah
Steele. “It made them sound so so-
phisticated and intelligent. It was
hard to turn away from them
when they spoke. It was so fascinating. I kind of want their accent,
to be honest.”
Junior Daniela Franceschetti
said, “The funny thing about accents [is that] from their point of
view, we are the ones with accents.
I really liked theirs, though.
“They were a lot like us in many
ways,” she said. “They liked the
same music as a lot of us and had
a lot of similar interests.”
Mr. Sheehan said, “It was really
amazing [for Stanners] to see kids
from the other side of the world
who are just like they are.”
The visit left the same impression on the New Zealand students.
Laura McKeown said, "My favorite part was definitely gettingto
know you guys. The students are
so enthusiastic and were so lovely
to welcome us.
“My favorite parts were getting
to know heaps of new people at
the Marist schools and going to
Broadway. We don’t have
Broadway in New Zealand, so it
was a great experience for me as a
singer.”
The St. John’s College for Boys drum line performs for Stanners in
The New Zealand boys did the
the Jack Curran Gym. (Photo by Jordi Sevilla ‘14)
Continued on page 6
Can’t vote? You should still care
Ipods, cell phones, Facebook,
and Twitter are just some of the
important tools used by Molloy
students to maintain their social
lives.
Most of us don’t realize,
however, that much more
important things lie outside our
teenage bubble.
We are all vaguely aware of the
upcoming presidential election,
but do we all know how important
this election really is?
While only a few seniors will be
able to vote on Nov. 6, most of us
will be eligible voters in
November 2016. So we should
start to understand the
importance of politics so that in
four years we’ll be informed
voters.
We are in a pivotal time in our
country’s history and next
month voters will determine
which path our country will take
for the next four years.
If you’re unaware of the
principles of the party platforms
or the presidential candidates,
here’s a brief summary:
President Barack Obama, the
Democratic finishing his first
term, says some of his notable
accomplishments are the
healthcare reform bill designed
to cover 32 million Americans
who lack health insurance, the
end of the war in Iraq, the killing
of 9/11 mastermind Osama bin
Laden, and start of the drawdown
of U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Obama also is proud that
Democrats passed a stimulus bill,
a Wall Street reform bill, a bill
which prevented the U.S. auto
industry from collapsing, and a bill
which allows gays and lesbians to
serve openly in the military for
the first time.
Obama’s social values are those
of a pro-choice, pro-gay marriage
liberal who believes that upper
income Americans should pay
more taxes and middle income
taxpayers should pay less.
If you disagree with the things
Obama supports, you’ll probably
want to support the conservative
Republican candidate, Mitt
Romney.
Romney, now that he is running
for president on the Republican
Party platform, has changed his
views on many issues since he was
governor of Massachusetts,
where he was pro-choice, progun control and supported the
creation of a state-wide
healthcare system similar to
Obama’s healthcare reform bill.
Mr. Romney now runs on the
Republicans’ pro-life, anti-gun
control platform and vows to
repeal the healthcare reform bill.
Whom do you support, Barack Obama or Mitt Romney?
Romney supports privatizing
Social Security and Medicare for
Americans under age 55.
Romney says Obama has not
done enough in the last four years
to improve the economy. Romney
says his business background will
allow him to do a better job.
Even though we cannot vote,
we should understand that our
generation will produce this
country’s leaders someday so it’s
never too soon to start learning
about politics.
Now is the time to start showing
your support for the candidate
who best reflects your values and
beliefs.
Whether you are backing
Obama for four more years or
Romney for a change in
leadership, increasing your
awareness of the issues at stake
in this important election,
certainly beats updating your
Facebook page.
Go support your candidate.
Americans by raising their taxes
and cutting government programs,
especially when Republicans like
Mitt Romney refuse to ask big corporations to pay their fair share of
taxes.”
Healthcare is another hot topic.
Sophomore Grace Anne Crockett
doesn’t believe that the president
and Congress should have passed
the Affordable Care Act when more
urgent reform was needed to create jobs.
She also disagrees with the individual mandate included in the law
that forces people to pay for health
insurance.
Junior Gabriel Killpatrick said,
“Healthcare reform was absolutely
necessary at the time. We had 50
million uninsured Americans.
Healthcare bills were the number
one cause of bankruptcy and foreclosure in the country. Not only
was it good for the economy, it was
the right thing to.”
Many students brought up other
issues such as social issues, foreign
policy, and education.
Senior Darryl Carpen said “I
think it’s important to notice that
the president endorsed same-sex
marriage, bringing our government into the 21st century.”
Juniors Anthony Walsh and
Frankie Gucciardo support
Romney's anti-abortion views.
Continued on page 7
—Conor Tuohy ‘13
Stanners split on Romney & Obama
By George Gulino '15 and Kevin
McCafferty '15
The walls of Molloy are not impervious to the political debate raging across the nation over the merits of re-electing Barack Obama or
voting for Mitt Romney for president.
An unscientific survey of 70
Stanners found a narrow margin
supporting Obama, which reflects
the current national polls, with 34
voting for Obama, 33 for Romney,
one for third party Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and two undecided.
The frosh overwhelmingly chose
Obama 11-2, while sophs supported Romney 11-5.
Juniors were split 14-14 with one
vote for Johnson while seniors
leaned Republican 6-2 with two
undecided.
Romney supporter Matthew
Maneri is a junior who doesn’t like
the president’s plan to allow taxes
on Americans making over
$250,000 to return to 2001 levels.
“Raising taxes on the wealthy
and big corporations takes away
from their hiring potential," he
said. "We need to reduce the deficit by decreasing spending, not
punishing success.”
Frosh Obama supporter Connor
Kaufman said, “We’ve tried lowering taxes on the wealthiest Americans in an attempt to stimulate job
growth before. It's been ten years
since the Bush administration got
those tax cuts through Congress,
and now we’re just deeper in debt.
During the most prosperous years
this nation has ever seen in the
1990s, taxes were higher and we
balanced budgets.”
Senior Grazziella Ferrara supports Romney’s plan to lower the
deficit.
“During the last four years of
failed Democratic leadership,
we’ve added trillions to the deficit,"
she said. "I think Mitt Romney has
a better approach to lowering this
deficit so that it doesn’t become a
threat to economic growth in the
future.”
Junior Brianna Kelly said, “ I
definitely don’t agree with the
The name of frosh Madeline president on everything, but I
Gillooley was mispelled in the agree that we shouldn’t have to
“Frosh as Diverse as Queeens” balance our budget on the backs
story in the September issue.
of low-income and middle-class
Correction
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Editor-in-Chief:
Assistant Editors:
Production Staff:
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Publisher:
Monish Pahilajani
Pamela Decolongon; Joana
Capistrano; Daniela Salazar;
and Rashanna Seymour
John Fenner; AnnMarie
Gaglio; Jillian Spataro;
Shalini Joseph
Mr. Charley McKenna
Bro. Thomas Schady
New SAT anti-cheating measures take effect
By Monish Pahilajani ’13 and
Rashanna Seymour ’13
Molloy seniors became part of
the first group of students
nationwide to experience the SAT’s
additional anti-cheating security
measures that required the use of
specific types photo identification
cards that matched the admission
ticket on Oct. 6.
The SAT now requires test takers
produce a school ID, driver’s
license, passport, or other types of
picture ID’s containing a name that
matches exactly the name on the
admission ticket.
These security measures will get
more strict in March when test
takers will be required to have a
passport style photo of themselves
on their admission ticket.
These measures went into effect
this month as a result of the SAT
cheating scandal last spring at
public and private schools on Long
Island where it was discovered that
several high students had hired
college students to take the test for
them in the hope of getting a
higher score than they felt they
could have achieved themselves.
As part of the upgrade in security,
“walk-ins” at the test center, who
were once allowed to sign up to
take the test on the same day it was
given, are no longer permitted.
Molloy’s college guidance
counselor Mrs. Christine Loo is not
confident that the new measures
will reduce cheating in the future.
“People can easily get around it
and still cheat,” she said. “The
spike of instances of cheating on the
SAT is a sad commentary on how
the competition to get into college
has increased.”
Senior Alejandra Castano, who
took the SAT in Bryant High
School, used her Molloy ID card to
take the test on Oct. 6, as did all
her classmates.
She said the new security
measures went smoothly.
“Everyone had proper ID, but
only a few people included their
photo in the admission ticket
because it is not required until later
on,” she said. “I think having a
picture on the ticket is a good idea
because it will hinder the efforts to
cheat.”
Senior AnnMarie Gaglio saw
three students turned away at
Grover Cleveland High School for
not having proper ID.
“Both the photo ID and the
admission ticket have to have your
date of birth on them and their ID’s
didn’t have their birthdays on
them,” said Gaglio, who used her
Learner’s Permit driver’s license to
gain admittance to the test.
Senior Jillian Spataro, who took
the SAT in Lawrence High School,
said that she was required to show
both her admission ticket and her
Molloy ID card before she entered
the classroom to take the test.
Luckily for senior Jillian Spataro, her photo ID matched her admission ticket when she went to Lawrence High School to take the SAT
on Oct. 6. (Photo by Monish Pahilajani ‘13)
The process went very smoothly
and Spataro saw no one turned
away for not having proper ID.
She had to keep her admission
ticket with her at all times, even
when she went to the bathroom,
and she had to report where she sat
at the end of the test.
“I was very pleased that the
proctors were devoted to
preventing a crime [cheating]
which indirectly raises the average
SAT grade on the curve,” she said.
“Now there will be fewer cheaters
to harm the curve. May the curve
be ever in your favor.”
95 seniors are inducted into NHS
By Stephanie Jaipaul ’13
The National Honor Society
induction ceremony on Oct. 16 in
the Jack Curran Gym saw 95
seniors with a cumulative
academic average of 94 or above
join the nation-wide organization.
Of the 123 seniors who were
eligible to apply, 103 did. So after
their applications were reviewed by
NHS Moderators Ms. Kelly Early
and Ms. Lauren Kemmerer, 95 met
all of the criteria to be accepted.
If the moderators were not sure
that a student met the criteria, they
consulted the members of the NHS
Council made up of five teachers,
who voted as to whether or not the
student was qualified.
Ms. Early said it was difficult
having to tell students they did not
qualify.
NHS members elected Billy
Rabold president, Tatiana Requijo
vice president, Calvin Garcia
secretary, and Monish Pahilajani
treasurer.
Garcia was happy to be elected
by his fellow NHS members.
“When my friend Christian
congratulated me, I didn’t believe
it. Then I checked for myself and
was actually speechless,” he said.
He said he and his fellow officers
just want to do their best to help
with whatever they can to give
NHS the best year possible.
Each of these officers spoke at the
ceremony about one of the four
components of the National Honor
Society membership, scholarship,
leadership, character, and service.
Amber Emmino said being
accepted was important to her
because it was a reward for
working so hard throughout high
school, both in and out of the
classroom.
“It’s something to really be proud
of,” she said.
Emmino knows some people
who were not accepted and they
were extremely upset.
Danny Marino said wanted to be
a member of NHS was because it
is such a prestigious achievement
that colleges recognize as
important.
He said just because he met the
NHS service requirements, it
doesn’t change anything about
him.
”I didn’t do any of those things
for NHS,” he said. “I did them for
me.”
Marino knows someone who
didn’t get in due to lack of volunteer
work and was very upset but he
thinks too many kids take it too
hard when they don’t get in.
Here are the seniors who did:
Derrick Adam; Ololade Afolayan;
Samantha Arena; Brittany Banker;
Gabriela Batres; Roberto Bertolini;
Patricia Bober; Brianna Boller;
Stephanie Bonanno; Jacob Borkowski;
Angela Broderick; Edwin Casimir;
Alejandra Castano; Giovanna Castillo;
Patrick Cen; Joseph Chan; Ashwini
Chawla; Odette Colangeli; Sarah
Daneshwar; Alexandria D’Attile;
Param Dave; Megan Desarno; Michael
Diaz; Marian Dingco; Gisella Dionio;
Mary Edward; Amber Emmino;
Graziella Ferrara; Jennifer Foley; Dylan
Foster; Annmarie Gaglio; Marion
Galvez; Andrea Garcia; Calvin Garcia;
Barbara Goger; Carina Gomez; Daniela
Gordillo; Elizabeth Governale; Maria
Grbic; Christian Hadjigeorgiou; Jessica
Hannon; Jenna Hoffman; Joseph
Ingrassia; Stephanie Jaipaul; Erick Jara;
Greer Kann; Sameera Kassim;
Amandeep Kaur; Danielle Klein;
Annmarie Kosiewska; Edward Krische;
Katarzyna Krol; Marcin Krol; Kristin
Lau; James Lee; Dina Mangialino; Daniel
Marino; Christopher Martinez; Marisa
Masi; Shibin Mathews; Shilpa
Mathews; Matthew Merckling; Aislinn
Messina; David Mieles; Soumya Misra;
Kayla Murphy; Anna Maria Musso;
Janet Nguyen; Samantha Paez;
Monish Pahilajani; Ann Palathingal;
Amanda Paljevic; Joanna Pantelides;
Sitara Patel; Kirsten Paulson; Amanda
Price; William Rabold; Tatiana Requijo;
Emily Rogawski; Jacqueline Rubino;
Manpreet Sachdev; Cara Salvatore;
Rashanna Seymour; Steffi Shilly; Kiara
Sigcha; Jillian Spataro; Christine
Stanolevich; Angelina Sun; Eleni
Toumazou; Rebecca Verrone; Francis
Villamater; Kirsty Vista; Danissa
Williams; Derrick Yuen; Shalini
Zachariah.
4 seniors honored by National
Merit Scholarship Program
Four Molloy seniors were named
Commended Students by the 2013
National Merit Scholarship
Program last month.
Joseph Ingrassia, Aislinn Messina,
Manpreet Sachdev and Mario
Stefanidis received letters of
commendation for earning scores
that placed them among the top
five percent of the more than 1.5
million students who took the 2011
PSAT last fall.
Clerical error results in 2 champs
By Marissa Campano ’16,
Alejandra Espinel ’16, Ebony
Paul ’16, Harmanveer Singh ’16
Homeroom 1B was announced as
the Freshmen Field Day winner
thanks to a clerical error that wasn’t
caught until after 1B had been
presented the winner’s plaque.
The true winner of the Sept. 28
event was Homeroom 1K.
So Bro. Bob Andrews, who runs
Freshmen Field Day, will award 1K
another winner ’s plaque to
recognize its achievement but will
allow 1B to keep its plaque.
Students in 1B were completely
surprised when told at the frosh
Walk-a-thon assembly on Oct. 1
that they had won.
So was 1B’s homeroom teacher,
Mr. Mark Lombardi: “It was my
first winning homeroom ever.”
Victoria Brucas of 1B said, “We
tried our best and just had fun,
since a lot of the other homerooms
were so competitive.”
Homeroom 1B actually finished
tied for third. It mistakenly had
been awarded six points for
winning the boys high jump.
The winner of that event, Michael
Esposito, was from 1D, but 1B had
been written on the score sheet.
When those six points were taken
away from 1B, second place
finisher 1K moved into first place.
The recalculated team totals
were: 1K, 44.5 points; 1E, 42.5
points; 1B and 1F tied with 41.
But winning wasn’t really what
mattered as most frosh enjoyed
themselves on this exciting day.
Esposito, who won the heartpounding high jump event, said the
day “was spectacular. I loved it
because it was a great time to hang
out and cheer with my friends.”
Jaila Guevarra of 1E said, “I was
very happy I won fourth place in
the history competition.”
Nina Pesa of 1J, who finished
second in the girl’s shot put, said,
“I enjoyed watching the high
jumpers the most. I would never be
able to do what they did.”
Brendan Meyers, who finished
fifth in the shot put for 1H, enjoyed
his event but also liked watching
other events with his homeroom.
Meyers said something on which
all frosh could agree: “There was
nothing that wasn’t fun about
Freshman Field Day.”
As the Class of 2016 walked out
of the gym doors at the end of the
day, they all came out as winners
by creating fun-filled memories
that will last for a long time.
Field Day official results
Team results: 1. 1K 44.5 points; 2. 1E 42.5;
3. 1F and 1B 41; 5. 1D, 39.5; 6. 1L and 1G, 39;
8. 1H, 35; 9. 1C, 33; 10. 1J, 25.5; 11. 1A, 22.
History: 1. Kevin Linitz and Stacy
Kanellopoulos, 1F; 2. Marissa Campano,
Lesley Camacho, and Sean Boehme, 1B;
3. Harry Singh, Laksumi Sivanandan, and
Shibangi Saha, 1K; 4. Amanda Gil, Jaila
Guevarra, and Christian Horan, 1E; 5.
Samantha Racan, Connie Raptis, Allie
Petot, 1J.
Chess: 1. Oliver Mai, 1G; 2. Jake Curran,
1C; 3. Maria Gulino, 1E; 4. Lucia Lin, 1F; 5.
(tie) Trystan Faur, 1L and Klay Plakas, 1J.
Spoon relay: 1. Stephaney Umana and
Christian Torres, 1L; 2. Isabelle Crombez
and Luigi Depalma, 1C; 3. Allison Park and
Tristan Powell; 4. Erin Fahey and Matthew
Frenzel, 1D; 5. Allison Batac and John
Ambert, 1A.
Potato sack relay: 1. Geresa-Leigh Luke
and Alexander McDonnell, 1G; 2.
Alejandra Espinel and Emanuel Figetakis,
1D; 3. Erica Losasso and Brandan Larkin,
1F; 4. Tiffany Corro and Salvatore
Contomo, 1C; 5. Stacy Zachariah and John
Wada, 1L.
Boys wheelbarrel: 1. Michael Reddy and
George Ritter, 1J; 2. Steven Lubchuk and
Thomas Manetta, 1G; 3. Brandon Chetram
and Stephen Chaparro, 1B; 4. Salvatore
Dipaola and Christopher Daskalis, 1C.
Girls wheelbarrel: 1. Alexandria
Dominguez and Jamie Durso, 1D; 2.
Kristen Niklaus and Catherine Nolty, 1H;
3. Anamilena Sanguino and Katharine
Sapienza, 1K; 4. Caroline Kelly and Sara
Leston, 1F; 5. Maria Goetz and Cristina
Giannelli, 1E.
Boys basketball: 1. Aaron Walker, 1L; 2.
Rob Bepat, 1A; 3. Bryant Quito, 1J; 4. Kieran
Rock, 1K; 5. Brian Jenkins, 1F.
Girls basketball: 1. Jamie Durso, 1D; 2.
Aoife McGrath, 1G; 3. Alexa Abrams, 1A;
4. Nicole Pagnotta, 1H; 5. Christina
Lattanzio, 1F.
Boys soccer: 1. Jesse Rodrigues, 1K; 2.
Ryan Roslonowski, 1K; 3. Hunter Cowles,
1C; 4. Dylan Kelly, 1F; 5. Frank Cerillo, 1B.
Girls soccer: 1. Isabelle Poptean, 1J; 2.
Mary Brandt, 1B; 3. Jaylin Jofat, 1F; 4.
Amanda Tracey, 1L; 5 Christina Lattanzio,
1F.
Boys 100-meters: 1. Xavier Glover, 1E; 2.
Liam Gallagher, 1D; 3. Samuel Hernandez,
1E; 4. Saeed Rasool, 1J; 5. Daniel Del Pozo,
1C.
Girls 100: 1. Lara McFadden, 1G; 2.
Giovanna Bonilla, 1B; 3. Alana Ball, 1A; 4.
Urbi Tucker, 1L; 5. Andreina Rodriguez,
1K.
Boys 200: 1. Christopher Armas, 1A; 2.
Stephen Chaparro, 1B; 3. Terence
Coppinger, 1C; 4. Mark Hilario, 1E; 5. Justin
Cole, 1C.
Girls 200: 1. Petra Stiglmayer, 1L; 2.
Juliana Distant, 1D; 3. Sarah Kowpak, 1F;
4. Mikayla Roberts, 1K; 5. Jane McNoble,
1G.
Boys 300: 1. John O’Connor, 1H; 2. Austin
Pizzella, 1J; 3. Luke Geraci, 1E; 4. Conner
Kelly, 1F; 5. Matthew Morscher, 1H.
Girls 300: 1. Kathryn Gibson, 1E; 2. Sofia
Hyland, 1F; 3. Phoebe Valenton, 1L; 4.
Annabelle Anich, 1A; 5. Benedite
Dieujuste, 1C.
Boys 800: 1. Brendan Woods, 1L; 2.
Garret Genco, 1D; 3. Evan Boyle, 1B; 4.
Michael Cortez, 1C; 5. Brandon Ma, 1G.
Girls 800: 1. Carolyn Crocker, 1C; 2. Melany
Caceres, 1B; 3. Kaitlyn McGee, 1G; 4.
Siobhan Loftus, 1F; 5. Christy Dey, 1C.
Boys shot put: 1. Isaiah Guadalupe, 1E;
2. Marc Fleurant, 1D; 3. Nicholas Gangone,
1D; 4. Joshua Zapata, 1L; 5. Brendan
Meyers, 1H.
Girls shot put: 1. Alexandra Sindo; 2. Nina
Pesa, 1J; 3. Ashley Asanjarani, 1A; 4.
Natasha Sanchez, 1K; 5. Lynn-Saskya
Toussaint, 1L.
Boys high jump: 1. Michael Esposito, 1D;
2. Ikpechwu Obayi, 1H; 3. Avi Mehta, 1G;
4. Dominick Priolo, 1J; 5. Kevin Boves, 1B.
Girls high jump: 1. Samantha Mendoza,
1H; 2. Eleni Sgantzos, 1K; 3. Gabriella
Citera, 1B.
Boys long jump: 1. James Jurgens, 1F; 2.
Daequan Morrison, 1H; 3. Harrison Sopp,
1K; 4. Casey Kearney, 1F; 5. Tristan Colon,
1C.
Girls long jump: 1. Niamh Girdusky, 1E;
2. Sophie Robinson, 1K; 3. Ashley DeSena,
1C; 4. Meghan Lake, 1F; 5. Samantha Gil,
1E.
Frosh cheer on their classmates. (Photos by Mr. Joe Sommo)
Frosh find Molloy is
like their new family
By Maria Aliberti ’16, Daryl Caffarone ’16, Rose Maisano ’16,
Sargam Mehra ’16, Nicholas Molehidas ’16, Samantha Racan ’16,
Laksumi Sivanandan ’16, Sarah Stiglianese ’14, Sylvie Williams
’16, Lucia Lin ’16, Perry Chresomales ’16
They dislike walking the work. They come in early and also
crowded hallways, having four stay after school to give extra help.
minutes between classes, eating Each teacher shows they care about
lunch at 10:30 a.m., battling to every one of their students.”
Harris Mohsin, who went to P.S.
open lockers, wearing lanyards,
174, most enjoys “the great people
and doing all that homework.
Yet most members of Molloy’s I am around everyday. They make
Class of 2016 have found good every class and activity exciting
and enjoyable.”
times at Stanner High.
Petra Stiglmayer, from Most
Niamh Girdusky from Our
Lady of Hope School “imagined Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy,
Molloy as a crowded jungle, where said, “I made friends much quicker
I was the small gazelle, and than I had anticipated. I love the
everyone around me was a much people here, especially my
bigger and stronger animal. I was teammates on the volleyball team.
the small freshman surrounded by They have all been very kind and
welcoming.”
scary upperclassmen.”
Lauren Boldeau, from Our Lady
She soon learned otherwise.
of
Snows, was told by junior Emily
“My favorite part about Molloy
is the friendly atmosphere,” she Noblesala that Molloy was like a
said. “I love my classmates and my family. “I feel really comfortable
teachers. The upperclassmen are here,” she said.
Tristan Colon, from St. Anselm
really nice, too. They’re not the
School,
said, “The teachers really
scary jungle animals I thought
make you learn what you’re
they would be.”
Kristen Roberts, from Ave Maria studying instead of just making
Catholic Academy, was told by her you remember it. They are very
senior brother Tyler that her considerate to the ones who need
classmates will become like family. extra help. Honestly, I love the
“The school work is challenging, teachers here. I feel like I can truly
but the teachers make the classes bond with them and learn”
Taylor Fredrick, from St. Francis
interesting, “ Roberts said. “Each
teacher is very involved and they of Assisi, heard Molloy was strict.
truly care about their students’ Continued on page 7
Walking to benefit Caf & Chapel
By Sophia Savvides ’15 and
Phillip Barsamian ’15
October is here again, so all
Stanners will walk through
Briarwood in the 20th annual
Walk-a-thon on Oct. 19 to raise
money to renovate the Cafeteria
and the Chapel.
The 2012 Walk-a-thon shirts will
be cardinal red and feature senior
Ruthba Ahmed’s winning entry
from last year’s Google-style design
contest during Spirit Week.
Remaining in effect will be the
policy begun last year which states
that only students who raise at least
$80 will get a day off from school
on Nov. 2.
Last year the Walk-a-thon raised
the money which paid for the Jack
Curran Gym’s shiny new floor, new
bleachers, and new curtains.
The Cafeteria and Chapel were
chosen to be renovated next
because, “looking around the
building with the new science labs
and new Library, they looked like
they needed to be updated,” said
Assistant Principal Mr. Ken Auer.
The Cafeteria will get skylights,
new lunch tables, and easier access
to the food service counters. The
Chapel wil get new seats and air
conditioning.
This year’s Walk-a-thon holiday
will be Nov. 2 because, “getting the
day off on Thursday Nov. 1 [for All
Saints Day] and not Friday Nov. 2
would be silly since everyone would
have to come back to school right
before the weekend,” Mr. Auer
said. “So they chose Nov. 2 to make
it a long weekend.”
Students getting Nov. 2 off is no
Juniors Camille Pangalangan, Megan McNamara, and Elizabeth Prado take a break from walking to
pose during last year’s Walk-a-thon. (Photo by Jordi Sevilla ‘14)
longer based on each grade level
achieving its fund-raising goal as
it was for the first 18 Walk-a-thons.
Students who do not bring in at
least $80 will have to report to
school on Nov. 2.
“They will do something
educational,” said Mr. Auer, who
will supervise the day along with
Mr. Ed Shannon.
Last year, 75 students had to
come to school to watch the movie
“Ghandi” in the Theater.
Senior Carina Gomez said, “It
should not be mandatory for
everyone to bring in money and be
punished if they don’t.”
Junior Kristian Mosquito said it’s
unfair to punish students because
“they don’t have a say on how the
money is going to be used.”
However, sophomore Daniel
Aguirre said students should not
get a day off unless they raise $80.
“If the school tells people to do
something, they should do it to
help our school,” he said
Mr. Auer said all students should
participate because they walk to
improve the school.
“Each improvement is made for
students,” he said.
As always, students who raise the
most money will earn prizes.
The top two overall prizes are free
tuition for the year and an iPad.
The top frosh and sophomore
each get two Justin Bieber concert
tickets, the top junior a free driver’s
education course, and the top
senior two Senior Prom tickets.
Since it began in 1993, it has
never rained on the Walk-a-thon.
Mr. Auer said Molloy has defied
the odds because “the brothers
have been doing a lot of praying
and we have just been very lucky!”
Mosquito said that if it were to
rain, he’d still be willing to walk.
“I would not mind if we walked
with umbrellas,” he said, “but the
other students probably would be
annoyed.”
Most students have a great time
during the Walk-a-thon.
“It is a fun day because it is cool
to chill with your friends while
walking around,” said Gomez.
Seniors speak to parents
The Stanner reporters Sophia Savvides and Phillip Barsamian
model the 2012 Walk-a-thon t-shirts. (Photo by Mr. Ed Shannon)
By Matthew Spataro ’14
People attending Freshmen
Parents Night on Sept. 27 in the
Jack Curran Gym were treated to
speeches from seniors in Ms. Mary
Pat Gannon’s Public Speaking
class.
John Anthony DiMaria, Jacob
Lascano, Robert Mielczarek,
Vivian Papas, Anita Swider, and
Conor Tuohy interviewed school
administraion members in order to
explain their jobs to parents.
All were volunteers who received
extra credit from Ms. Gannon if
they wrote persuasive speeches.
They explained the jobs of
President Mr. Richard Karsten,
Principal Bro. Thomas Schady,
Assistant Principals Ms. Mary Ann
Safrey, Mr. Dennis Vellucci, Mr.
Edward Cameron, and Mr.
Kenneth Auer.
Tuohy, who spent two days
writing and rehearsing his speech
on Mr. Auer’s role in the school,
volunteered to speak in order to
show parents what Molloy
students are like.
Despite the large crowd, he was
not nervous.
“All the parents came up to me
to congratulate me,” he said. “Even
Mr. Auer congratulated me.”
Mr. Auer did offer some criticism,
however, saying Tuohy should have
added “handsome” when
describing him.
Swider had a fun giving her
speech to the parents despite her
fear of public speaking.
She said she took Ms. Gannon’s
class to conquer her fear.
“Ms. Gannon helps with all
aspects of public speaking,” she
said. “It is a really good course and
I recommend it to all who fear
talking in public.”
I AM Green cleans up Rockaway
By Roberto Bertolini '13
I AM Green, Molloy's environmental club, participated in the
annual Rockaway Beach clean-up
for the fifth time on Sept. 28.
The event was sponsored by the
American Littoral Society, which
collects data on the amount and
types of trash found on local
beaches.
Thirty-four club members
cleaned up trash found along the
shore between Beach 106th and
116th Streets and deposited it in the
proper recycling and trash bins.
They arrived at 3:30 p.m. and
worked for two and a half hours,
collecting over 300 pounds of garbage, ranging from paper goods,
bottles, cigarettes butts and even a
tractor tire, three couch cushions,
a 60-foot rope, a bag of mangos, to
a handcuff.
Moderator Mr. Chris Dougherty
said new city laws have affected the
garbage they find.
“We used to find a few thousand
cigarette butts but now we are only
finding a few hundred," he said.
"The laws are working!”
Club President Jacob Borkowski,
who joined the club as a sophomore, said, “I love the earth and
nature. I want my kids to grow up
in a nice, clean world. Cleaning
up garbage is not nasty. I was with
my friends so I had a lot of fun.”
Senior Liam Tuohy went on his
third beach cleanup because, “I am
very concerned about the future of
Rockaway Beach.”
Tuohy‘s favorite part of the trip
was going for tacos afterwards at
Rockaway Taco.
“The tacos were amazing and
reasonably priced!” he said.
Environmentalists like tacos. (Photo by Mr. Chris Dougherty)
Frosh happy to be part of the Molloy family
Continued from page 4
“I thought it was going to be
really hard and not that much
fun,” she said.
But she was happy to be wrong.
Fredrick likes all the clubs and
activities there are to join and the
“wide variety of students. I like all
the friends I’ve made.”
Jamie Durso, from Ave Maria
Catholic Academy, said, “Molloy
has a very hard working staff that
accommodates each student’s
needs.”
Carissa Rahaman, from St.
Sebastian School, said, “The
teachers aren’t as mean as I thought
they’d be but the assignments are
sometimes difficult to keep up
with, especially if you’re in
advanced courses.”
What Rahaman likes best is “the
diversity and the fact that
everyone’s really nice.”
Kathryn Gibson, from St.Francis
DeSales School, said, “The teachers
are good and help individuals in
many different ways. I love
meeting new friends that I hope I
will be friends with forever.”
Kristen Niklaus, from Sacred
Heart School, said Molloy “is even
better than I expected. Molloy is like
a family.”
Emily Peckham, from The
Scholars’ Academy, said, “I
expected Molloy to be a stricter
environment than my old school,
which it is, but I also expected a
welcoming environment. I like that
Molloy has a lot to offer to students
who have different interests.”
Thomas Lynch, from Our Lady
of Victory and whose siblings J.D,
Gurt, and Mary attended Molloy,
said, “I like that there are so many
activities here and that almost
everyone is a part of something.”
Amanda Tracey, from Floral
Park Bellerose School, said, “I like
how the schedule changes
everyday. Your classes are always
mixed around.”
Nadine Yamout, from St.
Joseph’s Catholic Academy whose
brother is a Molloy graduate, said,
“At first I thought coming to this
school meant getting a lot of work.
But now that I’ve gotten used to
the style of the school, it’s been
easier than I expected because of
my teachers. They make it easier
on you. I think I like my teachers
the most, as well as my friends.”
Audrey Sabatino, from Our Lady
of the Blessed Sacrament whose
brother was a Stanner, said, “Even
at a young age, I thought Molloy
was a really cool place.”
Now that she’s here, “I
understand why people say it’s a
big family. I know this might sound
corny but I love everything.”
Three students from William
Spyropoulos School all enjoy being
at Molloy.
Stacy Kanellopoulos didn’t plan
to come to here but changed her
mind at the last minute.
“I like it a lot,” she said. “I like
that it’s a very cozy and safe
environment and I like my
teachers.”
Padelis Astrinidis said Molloy has
“ambitious students but, besides all
the studying, overall it is fun.”
Alex Gliagias said he liked
Molloy’s “ various events such as
Freshman Camp, Freshman Field
Day, and the Activities Fair where
you can meet new people, try new
things, and, most of all, have fun.”
Club officers named for 2012-13
Stanners are very involved in
Molloy’s various activities, none
more so than the club officers.
Six Stanners this year are so
involved that they were either
elected or appointed as officers for
two different clubs.
Cara Salvatore, a senior, is
president of both the Student
Council and the Concert Band.
Senior Jacob Borkowski is
president of both I AM Green and
the Guitar Ensemble.
Senior Lauren Velez is president
of both the Stanner Film Society
and the Health Club.
Senior Mario Stefanidis is vice
president of the Poli-Sci Club and
treasurer of Student Council.
Senior Ray Fu is president of the
Sci Fi Club and was named by
S.M.I.L.E. Moderator Mr. Chris
Dougherty as his “secretary of
keepin’ it real.”
Junior Aerin Toskas is president
of the String Ensemble and vice
president of I AM Green.
Here are the names of some of
Molloy’s recently elected or
appointed club officers:
Asian Club: President Kirsty Vista; Vice
President
Francis
Villamater;
Secretary Felicia Mendoza.
Book Club: President Jillian Spataro.
Concert Band: President Cara
Salvatore, Vice President Mitchell
Cottrell; Secretary Veronica Singh.
French Club: President Alejandra
Garcia; Vice President Carina Gomez.
Guitar Ensemble: President Jacob
Borkowski; Vice President John
Anthony DiMaria.
Health Club: President Lauren Velez;
Vice President Christian Martinez.
Indian Club: President Jayeda Newaz;
Vice President Ashwini Chawla;
Secretary Soumya Misra.
I AM Green: President Jacob
Borkowski; Vice President Aerin
Toskas.
I.Q. Club: President Marian Galvez.
Irish Club: Presidents Steven McGuire
and Liam Tuohy.
Knitting Club: President Ayana Tan.
Poli Sci Club: President: Christopher
Almeida; Vice President Mario
Stefanidis; Secretary Natalie Picon.
Sci-Fi Club: President Ray Fu; Vice
President Jordi Sevilla.
S.M.I.L.E.: Secretary Ray Fu.
String Ensemble: President Aerin
Toskas; Vice President Jordan Foster.
Spanish Club: President Alejandra
Castano; Vice President Robert
Santana; Secretary Kristen Candelaria;
Treasurer Thalia Toro; Alternate
Giovanna Castillo.
Stanner Film Society: President Lauren
Velez; Vice Presidents Barbara Irala,
Steven McGuire; Executive Board Billy
Rabold, Jonathan Cajas, Dylan Diaz,
and Daniel Ramirez.
The Stanner: Editor-in-chief Monish
Pahilajani; Assistant Editors Pamela
Decolongon, Joana Capistrano, Daniela
Salazar, and Rashanna Seymour.
Student Council: President Cara
Salvatore; Vice President Jayeda
Newaz; Secretary Connie Zhao;
Treasurer Mario Stefanides.
Kiwis love pizza
at Stanner High
Continued from page 1
Haka, a Maori war dance, in the
Molloy parking lot and Stanners
found the dance “pretty
interesting” and “really cool.”
Stanners came away from the
Kiwis’ visit with heightened interest
in New Zealand.
“I wanted to visit New Zealand
to begin with,” said senior Alyssa
Plaia, “so talking to them made me
want to visit even more.”
Molloy Dance Team welcomes new members
By Ruthba Ahmed ’13
Molloy’s Dance Team held
tryouts on Sept. 25 in the Jack
Curran Gym and callbacks on
Sept. 27. When they were over,
only 17 of the more than 50 girls
who tried out had made the team.
Dance Team Moderator Ms. Liz
Murdocca was impressed by all the
talent that was showcased during
the auditions.
“Seventeen girls made the team,
two more than I usually take,
because the talent was so good this
year,” she said. “I had a hard time
making cuts.”
Ms. Murdocca said many
returning members had really
progressed in their dancing over
the summer.
“There was also some exceptional
new talent in the freshman class as
well,” she added.
Ms. Murdocca said to make the
team dancers must be able to learn
new choreography quickly.
“I also look for technique, style,
stage presence and performance,”
she said.
Ms. Murdocca said she strongly
recommended to the girls who
didn’t make the team that they
should join the Dance Club.
“I already have girls in mind for
next year’s team,” she said. “If a
dancer doesn’t make the team but
joins the club, it gives me an
opportunity to really see her
strengths and weaknesses and it
gives her a push for what she needs
to do to make the team the
following year.”
“This year, two of my new
dancers are on the team because
they worked with me in Dance
Club last year and I really had an
opportunity to watch them grow
and develop as dancers. A dancer
probably won’t move up to the
team this year, but she will be in
mind for the following year,” Ms.
Murdocca said.
Aside from performing at
basketball games, the Dance Team
will attend the LIU-C.W. Post High
School Dance Conference again
this year.
“We plan to take part in some
competitions and at least one
convention,” Ms. Murdocca said.
“We will also be at International
Day, Spirit Week and would like
to dance at some of the girls
basketball games as well. My hope
is to have the dancers get more
involved with some service work
where they can utilize their dance
skills to help others.”
Senior Melissa Neumann, who
has been dancing for 11 years, is
captain of the team this year.
“I’ve gone to a bunch of different
dance studios such as American
Dance & Drama and Broadway
Dance Center in New York and
Dance Time in Florida, when I used
to live there,” she said, “I currently
go to In Motion in Whitestone.”
Neumann said, “I was extremely
nervous in trying out for the Dance
Team in my freshman year. But
once I made the last few callbacks
as a sophomore and junior, I was
pretty confident I would make the
team [again this year].”
Neumann was impressed by the
new dancers’ abilities.
“The new girls were able to
remember the routines, perform
the routines very well, and had
great personalities,” she said.
As team captain of the Dance
Team, Neumann is looking
forward to the year ahead.
“I can’t wait to make up new
dances, go to competitions and
conventions, bond with the team
and, last but not least, perform for
our peers,” she said.
Senior Alejandra Castano, who
has been dancing for 10 years, is a
new addition to the team.
“I tried out freshman and
sophomore year but I didn’t make
the team,” she said. “I didn’t try
out in junior year, but I gave it a
shot in senior year and I made it!”
Last year Castano danced at
International Day for Molloy’s
Spanish Club.
“I choreographed some of the
dances with help of others and I
know a lot about Spanish dances
because I’ve learned them from my
family,” she said.
Now that she’s on the team,
Castano said, “I’m looking forward
to dancing with the other seniors
and making it a great senior year.
I’m excited to perform at the
basketball games and also at the
Senior-Faculty Basketball Game.”
Here are the team members:
Seniors: Alejandra Castano; Micaela
Modica; Anna Maria Musso; Melissa
Neumann; Samantha Paez; Joanna
Pantelides.
Juniors: Rosemarie Casano; Bea Cruz;
Emily Lewis; Ashley Vascellaro.
Sophomores: Flora Ho; Maria Troia;
Deanna Aliperti; Savannah Coppola;
Frosh: Caitlin Conza; Nicole Pagnotta;
Stephanie Peperone
Dance Team senior captain Melissa Neumann, center, and senior
Micaela Modica, standing, dance last year at a basketball game.
Mr. Harrison takes charge of Model UN Club
By Christiane Crawford ’14 and
Jennifer Desamero ’14
When long-time moderator Mr.
Bill Flemen resigned last year as
leader of the Model UN Club,
many members were disappointed
that the club ceased to exist.
Hearing about their situation
from a few of his students, Mr.
Mike Harrison, chairman of the
Social Studies Department,
decided to step in to restart the club
after its year hiatus.
“I taught Austin (Samaroo) and
Anna (Poulakas) and they were
‘crying,’ they were so upset,” Mr.
Harrison joked. “I was very
disappointed that Model UN
wasn’t happening last year.”
Mr. Harrison feels strongly about
his team which has over 50
members.
“They’re going to be as great as
they were two years ago!” Mr.
Harrison said.
Some of the returning members
are club president Poulakas and
vice president Christopher
Almeida.
The Model UN Conference this
year will be on May 16 and
Poulakas said her teammates will
begin to prepare after the UN
assigns them the countries they
will represent on Nov. 2.
They will practice their speaking
skills and write position papers.
“At the conference, you debate
with other delegates on the topic
of interest, you make resolutions,
and come to a general agreement
that will better your country,” said
Poulakas.
The club last went to the Model
UN Conference two years ago.
“I got to meet a lot of people from
around the world.” said Almeida.
“It was an interesting experience
and very exciting!”
Poulakas said, “One of my best
memories was sitting in the actual
UN conference room and hearing
what actual delegates have to say.”
Mr. Harrison said, “I hope the
kids learn more about the UN, the
countries they will represent, and
world events. Model UN is a great
way to learn social skills and
interacting with others as well as
working on your writing, thinking
and communication skills.
Altogether, I think Model UN
makes its members well rounded
students.”
Stanners split on vote
Continued from Page 2
Frosh Terry Severe applauded the
president’s strong support of equal
pay for equal work for women.
Junior Catherine Lamberson
denounced as weak the president’s
handling of the situation in the
Middle East, alienating our allies
there and allowing terrorists to
make ever more daring attacks on
our property and citizens overseas.
Junior Dylan Diaz applauded the
way the president ended the Iraq
War and plans to do the same in
Afghanistan.
Libertarian Party supporter
junior Giancarlo Diaz said both
Obama and Romney “support an
irresponsibly aggressive foreign
policy. Gary Johnson takes a more
anti-war stance that saves us from
adding to the deficit and the fallen
soldier count.”
Junior Carluto Touissant is
pleased Obama’s student loan
reform makes paying for college
easier while Romney “has turned
a blind eye to that issue.”
Junior Daniela Franceshetti
criticized Romney on primary and
secondary education.
“He said he was all for hiring
more teachers but later he said we
need to cut a lot of federal funding
for schools,” she said. “Yet another
issue he’s flip-flopped on.”
Intramurals begin with football tournament
By Stephanie Bonanno ‘13 and
Jaclyn Eng ‘13
Molloy intramurals will kick off
this year with the Football
Tournament starting the week of
Oct. 22 on the Stanner baseball
field.
The Intramural Committee, run
by Mr. Brian Kelly, has many
tournaments planned for this year.
Upcoming competitions include:
the Ping-Pong Tournament in
November; Volleyball Tournament
in January; the Basketball
Tournament in February, the
Dodgeball Tournament in March
during Spirit week, and the
Ultimate Frisbee Tournament in
April.
The Ping-Pong Tournament will
feature larger tables than the ones
used last year.
As a sports fanatic, Mr. Kelly said
he is excited about another year of
intramural sports.
“It gives me a chance to keep my
love of sports alive,” he said. “It’s a
great way to be active outside of
the classroom.”
Students on the intramurals
committee, which has 30 new
members this year, must advertise,
organize, and officiate all the
tournaments, establish the rules,
distribute and collect rosters.
Returning members include
seniors Billy Rabold and Tarundeep
Kaur and juniors Rebecca Wagner
and Taylor Moss.
Kaur most enjoys running the
tournaments.
“It’s fun putting together each
event,” she said. “It’s a good feeling
knowing that it all turns out
smoothly after all of the hard work
we put in.”
Intramurals continue to run very
efficiently with very few teams
forfeiting games since Mr. Kelly
took over and turned intramurals
into a series of one or two-day
tournaments.
“Everyone is very spirited,” Mr.
Kelly said. “Despite students’ busy
after school schedules, it is nice that
they stay dedicated for a couple of
days to participate.”
The Intramural Committee also
encourages students to be creative
in their team names and uniforms
to make the experience more
enjoyable.
The champions, as in the past,
will win T-shirts.
If students have any new ideas
for intramural events, the
committee welcomes input after Anthony Genna and Virgilio Jimenez have their game faces on at
last year’s Ping-Pong Tournament. (Photo by Jordi Sevilla ‘14)
school in Room 301.
Boys varsity soccer wins 9 in a row
Pick hurdle captains
Seniors Vanja Matkovic and
Dylan Foster were named team
captains of Molloy’s Hurdle Team
for the 2012-13 indoor and outdoor
track and field seasons.
First place Molloy’s overall record
is now 12-3.
The highlight of the season in the
eyes of captain Chris Mouzakitis
was Molloy’s 2-0 defeat of Iona on
Sept. 27.
“The most satisfying victory was
Iona because Justin Thompson was
there and we won it for him,” he
said about his classmate and
former teammate who was
paralyzed by a random shooting
last fall.
After beating Iona, Molloy
defeated St. Peter’s, Xavier, and
Francis Lewis.
Molloy’s Athletic Director Mr.
Mike McCleary said, “Molloy has
amazing defense. Coach [Andy]
Kostel builds from the defense up.”
Junior Nikolaos Chagias said,
“We take every game seriously,
Giovanni Vittozzi ‘15
Seniors Brendan Brosnan and
Chris Mouzakitis, above, close in
to foil a St.Francis Prep attacker.
Junior Denes Kostel, right, is
Molloy’s boys varsity soccer
team’s leading scorer. (Photo by
Blue and White Yearbook staff)
its only league loss of the year.
The Stanners followed that
victory with a 6-0 rout of Holy
Cross on Oct. 11 for their ninth
straight win and eighth shutout of
the season.
Cartoon Corner
By Anna Poulakas ’14
Molloy’s boys varsity soccer team
defeated St. Francis Prep 1-0 on
Oct. 9 on a goal by junior Denes
Kostel with an assist from senior
Demetrios Andriopoulos to avenge
play strong, go for the win, and
love the game.”
This year’s top defenders are
seniors Mouzakitis, Nicholas
Dorcean, Connor Leavens, Eddie
Steele, and juniors John Young and
Eric Alerte.
Dorcean and Young also split
time as goalkeeper in games, with
one playing the first half and the
other the second.
Denes Kostel is the leading scorer
with nine goals and senior Nick
Matusewicz is second with seven.
Molloy reached the semi-finals of
the city playoffs last year and Mr.
McCleary hopes the Stanners do
well again in the 2012 playoffs,
which will begin after the final
regular season game on Oct. 19.
Young said the team’s goal is to
reach the city championship game.