2007 - 08
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers – Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen, president; Pardis Nkoy, vice president; Peter Bryner, secretary.
Senior Class Core – President Corbett Berry, Michael Berry, Chris Gibbs, Devon Schlotterbeck and Riley Nelson.
Junior Class Core – President Ian Condas, Pat Grogan, Dane Brodke, Vince Conti, Zack McKown and Johnny Murphy.
Sophomore Class Core – President Teresa Pond, Alex Khan, Malori McGill, Trey Kennedy and Cricket Oles.
Freshman Class Core – President Jeff Scott, Ofa Vaisima, Victoria Bruno, Sarina Karwande and Emily Burchett.
During the Summer
While playing in July at the South Tahoe Shoot Out, the Judge boys basketball team was befriended by off-duty firefighters battling the Angora wildfire, which claimed three lives and caused $152 billion damage. An illegal campfire sparked the 3,100-acre blaze.
Anthony Bell received his Eagle Scout at St. Vincent’s.
As Principal Jim Hamburge departed for Minnesota, where he was to become principal at Holy Family High School in Victoria, the Judge “Connections” magazine cited his efforts to improve the football field and auditorium, his introduction of computers campuswide and the installation of state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems. Upon leaving, Hamburge said “you just don’t find this sense of commitment at Catholic schools in other regions. They take what they have for granted. Judge families and alumni appreciate what a remarkable institution they have in Judge.”
The Year
National Merit Finalists: Maggie Wu, Shauna Lee, Kaitlyn Kelley, Noel Hollingsworth.
Enrollment projected to be 860 at the beginning of the year.
Rick Bartman, 49, was the new principal. He came to Judge from Florida, where he was a high-school teacher and then dealt with special-education students before becoming dean of students at a public high school. Bartman received his bachelor’s degree from the University of San Diego, then earned two master’s degrees – one from Rutgers, the second from the University of Florida, the latter in education. One school he worked at had 27,000 students. Bartman told the Intermountain Catholic one of his goals was to be conservative financially and to launch a capital campaign. He praised Judge as a “small academic powerhouse” and instructed Matt Finnigan, director of community relations, to improve the school’s image. “We are working on personalizing Judge Memorial,” he said. “I don’t want my face to be the face of the school.” Bartman also was concerned about the school’s aging infrastructure.
Early on, Principal Bartman penned an Op-Ed piece for The Salt Lake Tribune, praising the LDS Church for its help in distributing more than 500 pairs of athletic shoes to needy recipients in South Africa. Judge language arts teacher and cross country Coach Mattie Reed launched the “shoe drive” with the help of parents David and Heidi McMillan, natives of South Africa. An Intermountain Catholic story about the drive featured a photograph showing cross country team members Parker Mildenhall, John Emery, Lizzie Hindert, Isaac Losee, Elli McMillan and Peter Bryner sorting shoes for delivery.
Julie Bartel moved from the Salt Lake City Library to Judge to run its library.
Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen was editor-in-chief of the Bulldog Press, assisted by Cricket Oles, Kiersten Thorsen, Jack Lund, Danny Franks, Pat Thompson, Luigi Lollini, Erika Minjarez, William Tempfer, Dane Wangsgard, Ryan Gillis, Riley Ashton, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Maria Schwarz, Claire Lordon, Matt Gray and Eric Humphrey. Gray and Humphrey also put on Judge Radio. Chris Sloan was the moderator.
“Night Under the Lights” was the Homecoming theme.
Peter Mayer, lead guitarist for singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett, performed benefit concerts at Judge and Juan Diego to raise money for local charities. He was inspired by his parents’ organization of Christmas caroling when he was a boy in India, where his folks were Lutheran missionaries.
Cheer Squad members were Amber Anderson, Tatiana Mixco, Julia Hicks, Brittany Foti, Bridget Fey, Kristi Brown, Makyla Grovenburg, Jenny Dabrowski, Brie Marron, Jordan Dowd, Mariah Liechty, Erin O’Brien, Libby O’Reilly, Laura Espinoza, Christina Niemann, Breanna Caruso, Amy Kiechle and Molly Shupe. Their coaches were Natosha Washington and Megan Lindsey.
Officers in the Sixth Man Club were seniors John Emery, Tyson Moll, Joe Pond, Jack Oles, Jordan Benson and Matt Thorne.
The Salt Lake City Exchange Club selected two Judge seniors as its “Youth of the Month” for December. Erin McKennon was honored for raising $30,000 to purchase a pump and grain mill for a village in Sudan, serving as editor of the literary magazine Catharsis and her academic accomplishments. Ryan Gillis was singled out for 400 hours of community service, including work as a tutor and a summer docent at the Utah Museum of Natural History. He also played soccer and had a GPA of almost 4.0.
Coffee house musical performers included guitarist Diandra Ryan-Mas and trumpeter Jimin Brelsford.
The Multicultural Club included LeVaughn Williams, Ben Davis, Sarah Louie, Chau Nguyen, Alex Guinney, Ahra Ko, Veronica Perez, Pardis Nkoy, Chris Voss, Ryan Sable, Pat Thompson and Nick Shifrar.
Carolyn Carter, Walker Gale and Stephen Pham were among members of the Interact Rotary-sponsored club that raised more than $8,000 to help residents of Chiapas, Mexico rebound from devastating rains and a dam failure. The club also sponsored a school assembly to educate the student body about the dire circumstances in the southern Mexican state. The club, overseen by teacher Kathy Scott, also provided dictionaries to local schools with sizable low-income populations and sent nearly 1,000 pounds of school supplies to a Catholic school on the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona.
Judge students also raised more than $11,000 for Invisible Children, a nonprofit organization that supported child and adult victims of Uganda’s 21-year civil war. Under the direction of Campus Minister Cate Adams, the students raised money by selling bracelets made in Uganda from reeds and recycled wire.
The atrocities committed against Jews by Nazi Germany were emphasized for Judge students at a February assembly. They watched the movie “I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal,” the legendary Nazi hunter who survived a concentration camp and tracked down hundreds of criminals before his death in 2005. Assembly speakers included Erik Ludwig, executive director of the United Jewish Federation of Utah, and Rabbi Aron Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles.
Senior Kaitlyn Kelley participated in the National Vocabulary Championship in Burbank, Calif. Destined for Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, Kelley was a swimming team member, Latin Club president and co-valedictorian of the Class of 2008.
Peer Ministers were John Emery, Peter Bryner, Lilly Cecena, Catherine Maxwell, Alex Carter, Erin McKennon, Susie Bonn, Elise Craig, Megan Mancini, Simone Longo, Chris Voss, Chris Gibbs, Becky Jackson, Jordan Benson, Joe Pond, Gabriella Reynoso, Pardis Nkoy, Marissa Siegrest, Lauren Camp, Tyson Moll, Chelsea Richards, Ryan Gillis, Riley Kate Nelson and Thomas Curtin.
Rotary International’s Interact chapter at Judge raised money for Mercy Hospital in Mexico and donated dictionaries to Emerson Elementary in Salt Lake City. Members included Kallie McKown, Teresa Highsmith, Rachel Palmer, Ferrid Isaac, Andraya Nelson, Alahna Miranda, Alex Guinney, Alexis Naylor, Lisa Netzel, Jackie Graham, Sammy Slager and Kim Harley.
The literary magazine Catharsis again received an “Excellent” ranking from the National Council of Teachers of English. Erin McKennon was editor-in-chief. Nicole Paul was assistant editor. Staff members included Sean Abel, Chris Voss, Devon Schlotterbeck, Simone Olive, Kate McMinimee, Roseann Glade, Kelly Schraegle, Kathryn Martinez, Jae-Young Lee, Rachel Haisley, Elle McFarlane, Michael Matticks, Chris Van Wagenen, Kaitlyn Kelley, Brendan Schnopp, Annie Johns, Michael Sayre, Thomas Luchs, Christian Schultz, Jackie Graham, Kelsey Hom, Patrick Marshall, Benjamin Davis, Elisa Schvaneveldt, Stuart Ford and James Anderson. The moderator was Linda Simpson.
The Philosophy Club included Lukas Richards, Stephanie Klebba, Jamon Cline, Alison McDonald, Lydia Gardynik, Brendan Schnopp, Sean Ahart and Diandra Ryan-Mas. Michael Lovett was the moderator.
English and New Media teacher Chris Sloan launched a program to publish a book about the history of Judge. Students Sarah Fitzpatrick, Class of 2008, and Emily Andrews, Class of 2011, led the effort to accumulate materials from the Judge archives and to interview alumni about their school experiences. Fitzpatrick was intrigued to discover, for instance, that Judge’s red and gold colors stem from the 1920s when the grandmother of a student at Cathedral High School (as Judge was called then) set out to knit caps for a late fall football game. Those were the only two colors of yarn available. “In reading these stories,” Fitzpatrick said, “I really got the sense that, despite the fact that many of these stories happened long ago, those kids were really not so different than the kids today.” She praised the work of Donna Kane and Mary Welsh, who pulled together the Judge archives.
Promoting social justice in the Amnesty International Club were Chau Nguyen, Nicole Paul, Erin McKennon, Devon Schlotterbeck, Christian Schultz, Lagi Netzler and Alex Guinney. The moderators were Mike McGinley and Cate Adams.
Student Melissa Foti had a letter-to-the-editor in The Tribune praising Judge as a “one of a kind” school. “It isn’t like how you see in the movies when one group rules the whole school. We all run the school together. Our teachers are like our guardians. They guide us down the right path. Judge is one community, one family. We believe that we can succeed, and we will.”
Membership in the Environmental Club was the largest it had ever been, counting 76 active members under the auspices of teacher Ron Hill. The club promoted recycling in the school and held a “Go Green Day.” Students could wear green tops, teachers taught in darkened classrooms to save electricity and recycling was promoted in the cafeteria. Leaders included Zan Barnett, Alexis Naylor, Rachel Palmer, Lisa Netzel, Annie Laurel Weist, Kaitlyn Schoeck, Madison Hodges and Teresa Highsmith.
Greg Dean represented Utah at the 2007 National Young Leaders Conference.
Jack Oles and his video tech support team won $2,500 for finishing second in the YouTube “Friday Night Feats” national competition sponsored by State Farm; 110 videos were entered.
The Basilean yearbook was put together by editors Michael Berry and Peter Bryner, assistant editors Michaela Valdez, Teresa Highsmith and Lindsay Larson, and staff members Claire Hollingsworth, Cassie Vandeveegaete, Adam Gartrell, Morgan Rockwell, Teresa Pond, Courtney Beck, Rachel Palmer, Kaitlyn Schoeck, Kallie McKown, Alexis Naylor, Bridgett Fay, Lindsay Baker, Megan Trentman, Marissa Novak, Laura Lighty, April Dineen, Erin O’Brien, Lindsay Larson and Bailee Berriochoa.
At the Junior Class ring ceremony, Johnny Murphy, Zack McKown and Vincent Conti delivered readings while post-gospel intercessions were offered by Pat Grogan, Dane Brodke, Stephanie Lewis, Anthony Bell, Ian White, Katie Harrington and Seunghyun Ko.
Leading Judge’s Debate Team were Ryan O’Reilly, Stephanie Lewis, Scott Hilton, Samara Strasser, Jeremy Goldenberg, Ian Briggs, Skylar Zito, Sierra Brimhall, Patrick Boner, Nicholas McDonald and Michael Stebner.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP – Judge won the state Mock Trial competition for the fourth straight year, advancing to nationals in Wilmington, Del. Jimin Brelsford and Thomas Luchs were co-captains of the team, which also featured Diandra Ryan-Mas, Jamon Cline, Brendan Schnopp, Christina Romero, Kristen Worth and Josh Whitaker. Alexandra Highsmith was named the best witness. The teams were overseen by Nicole Salazar, Brent Hall and Art Holder, with help from parents Sharon Donovan and Gregg Brelsford.
A schoolwide assembly recognized the contributions Florence Holtshouser made to Judge in more than four decades of service to the school, primarily in the cafeteria and book store. She also put more than a half dozen children and grandchildren through Judge before retiring in the spring.
English teacher Tim Dolan left Judge to accept a counseling position at Westminster College.
“Fuel” was the theme of the Spring Dance Concert, which featured seniors Elise Craig, Jenny Dabrowski, Andrew Etzel, Makyla Grovenburg, Amanda Jimenez, Brie Marron, Jasmine Martinez, Erika Minjarez, Tyson Moll, Pardis Nkoy, Nicole Paul, Maria Rivera, Sean Sellwood, Caitlin Stetner, Erika Strehl, Erin Sullivan, Chris Voss and Erik Yamashiro.
Plays
“Tommy,” a rock opera by The Who, directed by Darin Hathaway, choreographed by Jeanette Sawaya, musical direction by Ramona Mayer. Starring Thomas Tsuruda, Owain Rice and Matt Gray as Tommy at different ages, Riley Kate Nelson, Sean Abel, Chris Voss, Stuart Ford, Eric White, Erin McKennon, Thomas Luchs, Sean Sweeney, Josh Whitaker and Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen. The cast included a 26-member ensemble, while the Tommy Band featured former Judge students Tyler Boegler and Patrick McGuire (Class of 2007), Scott Larrabee (1988), Brian Mayeda (2000), Ben Turner (2006), along with Ramona Mayer, Karl Schatten and John Allen. Erik Yamashiro was stage manager, Greg Dean the master light designer and Steven Hirning sound master. Mackenzie Wallace and Ann Marie Mola handled costumes.
“Cash on Delivery,” directed by Darin Hathaway, Annie Johns and Jackie Graham, posters designed by Danell Hathaway. Starring Sean Abel, Pardis Nkoy, Stuart Ford, Chris Voss, Pat Thompson, Thomas Luchs, Lukas Richards, Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen and Riley Kate Nelson. Samuel Arriola was stage manager, Greg Dean oversaw lighting, Jeremy Oldenberg and Ian Briggs were the sound crew, Jillian Weaver was in charge of costumes, Scott Hilton prepared props and Mackenzie Wallace applied makeup.
The Judge Drama Department received a superior ranking at the state Drama Festival.
Sports
The Salt Lake Tribune deemed Judge the top boys sports school of the year in all classifications, citing state championships in basketball, baseball, tennis and track and field. The baseball team went undefeated while the football, basketball and baseball teams lost only five games total. The girls’ program finished third in The Tribune’s rankings, behind big schools Skyline and Lone Peak, after compiling state titles in cross country, track and soccer and runner-up finishes in basketball and swimming. The Deseret News named Judge the 3A girls sports school of the year.
Judge initially asked the Utah High School Activities Association to move the school from 3A to 4A in the 2009-10 school year to help cut costs. “We were $60,000 over our projected budget in fuel costs alone last year,” said Principal Rick Bartman. But after months of discussion with coaches, parents and the UHSAA, Bartman withdrew that plan. The UHSAA’s realignment committee was looking to put schools with 400 to 1,000 students in 3A; in its top three grades, Judge had about 610. The Salt Lake Tribune said some UHSAA trustees wanted to automatically move all private schools up a classification, believing they have recruiting advantages that public schools don’t have. “That is absolutely untrue,” Bartman fired back. “We don’t recruit.”
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP – Maddie Cartwright took control of a loose ball after a scrum and fired a shot into the back of the goal with 4:52 remaining to give the girls soccer team a 1-0 victory over arch-rival Juan Diego in the 3A championship game. The team had started slow in the fall, due to injuries and a coaching change from longtime leader Wayne Voorhes to Jim Ngo. “I wanted to take the trademark of Judge soccer, which is a lot of heart, enthusiasm and a lot of will to win, and add that to my style without losing anything, and that took some time,” he told Intermountain Catholic writer Christine Young, noting the team’s theme was “be extraordinary and rise above the ordinary.” Led by nine seniors, Judge started the season 2-7 and entered the tournament with a 6-8-1 record, positioned to face top seed Logan in the opening round. Against all odds, the Bulldogs won 1-0, then went on to beat No. 2 seed Canyon View 2-0, Wasatch 2-1 and Juan Diego enroute to the title. Cartwright was named 3A MVP. “We’ve come into every game with people doubting us,” she told The Tribune. “We just wanted to prove to them, to our coaches and to ourselves that we could do it.” The Tribune’s game story included a photograph showing Susie Bonn and Ellen Sliwinski engaging in a tear-filled embrace after the win. Seniors included Natalie Przybus, Jenna Sliwinski, Kelly Frappier, Corinne Davies, Alex May, Susie Bonn, Kathryn Martinez, Simone Olive and Laura Becker. Underclasswomen who contributed to the title were Tess and Emma Burick, Kiersten Berg, Kelsey Lockwood and Ellen Sliwinski.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, CHAMPIONS – The boys tennis team won the 3A state championship, led by individual titlists Trey Kennedy at No. 2 singles and Andrew Lam at No. 3 singles. The No. 2 doubles team of David May and Lucien Taillac came in second. The three finalists amassed 18 points for Coach Hank Kennedy‘s Bulldogs, four more than runners-up Logan and Park City. Kennedy beat John Packham of Park City in his finals match-up, while Lam bested Bryan Miller of Bear River. May and Taillac lost in the finals to a Park City tandem. The Bulldogs also featured Noel Hollingsworth, Sean McCoy, Colby Newton, Matthew Henry, Michael Pappas, Michael Greenberg, William Gibbs, Patrick Murnin, Drew Gorringe, Patrick Jones and Benny Quinonez.
STATE CHAMPION – Andrew Etzel was individual champion at the 3A state golf tournament, shooting a 148 to defeat Delta’s Kyle Hills by three strokes. Etzel’s title lifted the Bulldogs to fourth place, 17 strokes behind Uintah, which beat Park City by two strokes. Etzel and Craig Chiesa were captains of the team, which included Will Bowers, Johnny Murphy, Michael Hanover, Rob Puskedra, Patrick Gorrell-Brown, Davis Kinney, Collin Murphy, Jackson Murphy and Cole Dixon. Jim Beisel was the coach.
STATE CHAMPION – The first girls 3A golfing champion was Alli Nakamura, who defeated Ogden’s Courtney Smith and Rich’s Mikayla Williamson in a three-way playoff after all shot 78s in the tournament at Rose Park Golf Course. Other girls on the Jim Beisel-coached team were Elizabeth Holloway, Garam Kim, Stephanie Klebba and Ilaisaane Loamanu.
STATE CHAMPION – Hailey Knettles won the individual cross country championship for girls at the 3A state meet at Sugarhouse Park. Knettles had the fastest time for all girl runners, including those in the 4A and 5-A ranks, crossing the finish line in 18 minutes, 25.4 seconds. That put her 22 seconds ahead of the runner-up and more than a minute ahead of the third-place finisher. Knettles’ victory marked the sixth straight year a Judge girl won the 3A state title – Samantha McMillan won the year before, and Samantha Gaffney the four years before that. The girls team finished second at the meet, missing out on the title after tying Cedar City with 62 points. A tiebreaker involving the fifth and sixth-fastest runners for each team gave Cedar City the edge over Coach Mattie Reed’s Bulldogs. Following Knettles among Judge runners were Jacqui Rodriguez (10th) and the trio of Lindsay Baker, Lizzie Hindert and Alex Hallows, who finished 13th through 15th, respectively. Baker joined Knettles as captain. Runners included Rosie Neville, Eleanor Miller, Linda Frank, Sara Webster, Laura Watson, Elli McMillan, Cory Georgopoulos, Ellen Sliwinski, Emma Welch, Heather Fisher, Laura Whittaker, Jessica Gaffney, Camille Overmoe, Ameera Masud, Josie Mascher and Amy Ware.
STATE CHAMPION – Coach Dan Quinn’s boys cross country team took fifth at the 3A state meet, with Luke Puskedra claiming individual honors as he established himself as one of the elite runners in the country. Puskedra completed the three-mile course at Sugarhouse Park in 14:54.6 seconds, 18 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. Also picking up points for the Bulldogs were Max Lamb (17th), John Foye (25th), Chris Sayre (35th), Parker Mildenhall (57th), Frank Barrows (65th) and Dane Brodke (67th). Other runners included John Emery, Peter Bryner, Ian Larson, Dane Wangsgard, Griffin Rowland, Johannes Sossenheimer, Patrick Miller, Zach Knettles, Ian Struhs, Isaac Losee, Sean McCoy, Alex Baker, Jackson Elizondo, Weston Firmage, Dan Goodman, Alex Ferree, Colby Newton, Matt Pell, Alex Hallows, Matt Kestle and William Duff.
The girls volleyball team qualified for state as the region’s No. 4 seed, led by captains Sekola Falemaka, Kallie McKown and Melissa Sprouse. The Bulldogs lost in the opening round to eventual state champion Morgan, then came back in the consolation bracket to beat Canyon View. Judge’s season ended in the next match, however, losing to Wasatch. Coach Taryn Horner also relied upon Micaela Lawless, Kim Harley, Kristin Rominger, Rachel Palmer, Hannah King and Teresa Highsmith.
Five years after taking over one of the state’s weaker programs, Coach James Cordova directed the football team to the state finals, where it lost to Logan, 28-17. Too many turnovers doomed the Bulldog’s championship hopes. The run to the finals was made without a home playoff game. In the first round, Judge traveled to Morgan and trailed by 22 points before rallying to win 34-33. The next week, the team went to Cedar City, scored 21 first-quarter points and held on for an easy 28-10 win. The Bulldogs then earned a spot in the finals with a 35-point first-half explosion that led to a comfortable 49-20 victory over Union. The team’s high-powered offense was directed by Ray Groth, a former University of Utah quarterback and Cordova’s father-in-law. Five co-captains led Judge – quarterback Joe Pond, Lewis Walker, Jordan Benson, Diego Dominguez and Tyson Moll. Contributing seniors included Sean Sellwood, Bruce Garlinghouse, Matt Duke-Rosati, Billy Brann, Thomas Curtin, DeVaughn Wilkins, Aitu Takai, Reese Butterfield, Joey Parise and Sam Arriola. Three Bulldogs were named to The Tribune’s first team All-State in 3A: offensive lineman Billy Brann, free safety and wide receiver Lewis Walker and defensive back Keenyn Walker, his cousin. A Salt Lake Tribune series on the pressures of the college football recruiting process focused quite a bit on Lewis Walker, who ultimately opted for the University of Hawaii.
A corner of the new football field collapsed in December, two months after problems developed along the 1000 East side of the field. Then, on Jan. 6, interlocking pieces of the brick façade of the retaining wall on the southwest corner buckled and fell. Principal Rick Bartman said initial observations suggested the integrity of the whole field had not been compromised by the pair of ground failures but acknowledged to the Intermountain Catholic that “one of the possible fixes is to dismantle and rebuild the entire outside structure.” This latest failure prompted school officials to meet with the general contractor, geotechnical engineers, the architect, other engineers and subcontractors to determine what was going wrong and how to fix it. When an agreement on the cause of the failure was not reached, Judge and the Salt Lake Diocese sued, claiming design and construction defects. The litigation stretched out for more than two years before confidential settlements were reached.
In the meantime, several Judge teams played games at Juan Diego for the first year of the impasse. In the second, Judge rented playing fields at Granite High School for its games. “Playing soccer at Granite was difficult because the grass was always out of control,” observed junior Gabbie Matinkhah. “It seemed no one ever mowed it so the ball would just always stop in the grass.” Spring and summer work had the Judge field ready to debut in time for the 2010-11 school year. Said Principal Rick Bartmann: “I know the new field will really reignite the passion for the Judge community. … Though most of us have experienced half of high school without a usable field, the unity of Judge has continued to remain strong. And despite the long haul that we have endured, it seems everybody in the Judge community feels the final completion of the field will be worth it.”
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP – Coach Jim Yerkovich picked up the third state title of his lengthy career – the second in three years – riding the play of senior big man Noel Hollingsworth to the title. A 77-65 victory over Wasatch gave Judge the crown and prompted Yerkovich to note: “This team improved as much as any team we have ever had.” Hollingsworth averaged 20 points and 14 rebounds per game during the season, but in the tournament run against Ogden, Uintah, Bear River and Wasatch, junior point guard Stallon Saldivar excelled and was named the MVP. A 14-point, seven assist performer during the year, Saldivar shined in the semifinal triumph over Bear River. After the Bears cut Judge’s lead to two points, Saldivar scored seven points and dished out an assist in the final two minutes. Yerkovich also praised the play of seniors Matt Jimenez and Chris Sasich – “the heart of the team” – and juniors Oliver Hughes and Dee Crandall, the squad’s defensive stopper. Sophomore Walker Gale contributed to the successful season, as did Danny Franks, Oliver Hughes, Ben Zanolli, Chuck Edmonds, Matt Jimenez, Chris Sasich and Zach Myaer. At the Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament in Frostburg, Md., Hollingsworth was a first team All-Star. He was also Academic All-State.
For the seventh time in its 27-year history, Judge won the Freshman Basketball Tournament. Coach Jeff Baird’s club beat Sky View 33-31 in the title game, led by Daniel Shiramizu, Ben Cook, Colin Lawless, Michael Olive and Kelton Quinn.
Junior Tina Fakahafua, coming off an All-Region season as a sophomore, led Coach Jeremy Chatterton’s girls basketball team to the 3A state championship game where it lost to Wasatch, 55-49. The Bulldogs relied heavily on the outside shooting of sophomores Erica Martinez and Mikelle Mancini, and senior role players Annie Cheung and Jenna Sliwinski. The girls beat Bear River 36-33 in the opening game of the tournament, then defeated defending 3A champion Emery 61-58 before reaching the finals with a classic 46-38 overtime victory over Morgan. Rounding out the squad were Alli Nakamura, Rosie Neville, Laura Whittaker, Malori McGill, Jackie Stultz, Laura Watson, Alison Brann, Michaela Valdez, Nyakuiy Puoy, Ashley Azarow, Emma Welch, Jessica Nielson and Moriah Sadiq.
STATE CHAMPION – Judge’s string of five consecutive state championships for the girls swimming team was snapped, but just barely as Coach Matt Finnigan’s squad finished second. The Bulldogs amassed 408.5 points, just five behind Park City and 68 ahead of Logan. Alex Carter captured two individual titles, in the 100 freestyle (56.69 seconds) and 100 breaststroke (1:09.66), then teamed with her sisters Carolyn and Kenzie and Kate McMinimee on a second-place medley relay team. She also was on the third-place 400 freestyle relay team, with Jade Lubeck, Garam Kim and McMinimee. Kenzie Carter came in second behind her sister Alex in the breaststroke, other sister Carolyn was sixth and Megan Bush eighth. Besides her two strong relay performances, McMinimee also finished second in the 200 individual medley (Melissa Nichols was 4th and Jade Lubeck 7th) and the 100 butterfly (with Kenzie Carter third and Lubeck 10th). Kim added valuable points with a second in the 100 free and a fifth in the 200, right behind Victoria Luman, who also finished third in the 500 with Bush fourth and Hailey Knettles ninth. Also contributing points were Sarina Karwande (7th in the backstroke), Maria Schwarz, Erika Eisenman, Lindsay Baker and Becky Jackson. Rounding out the squad were co-captain Elizabeth Holloway, Angie Ashok, Emily Burchett, Hannah Fitzpatrick, Sydney Gee, Rachel McKinlay, Kathryn Richards, Elisa Schvaneveldt, Sammy Slager and Kristy Smith.
The boys swimming team finished fourth at the 3A state meet, its 216.5 points well below the 339 compiled by champion Ogden. Oliver Diamond led the way with seconds in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle, Eric White added a second in the 500 free and a fourth in the 200, and Chris Gibbs finished third in the 200 free and fourth in the 100. Willis Schafer added a seventh and an eighth, Will Voytovich was 11th in the backstroke and top 20 performances were turned in by Kelly Gee, Emerson Eshleman, Will Bowers and Patrick Murnin. In addition, Gibbs, Diamond, White and Bowers teamed up on three relays that earned points. Other swimmers for Coach Matt Finnigan were Thomas Hanlon, Joe Ahart, Jackson Elizondo and Patrick Grogan.
Leading the hockey team were senior co-captains Corbett Berry, Kiefer Smith and Michael Berry. Key players were Shepard Scott, Aaron Faulkner, Sam Welch, goalie Davis Pope, Steve Strehl, Shawn Benvegnu, Carlos Esparza Jr., Doug Bergquist, Davis Pope, Keegan Teeter, Alex Andruzzi, Drew Abby, Josh Cummings and Will Abby.
STATE CHAMPION – Boys track star Luke Puskedra capped a stellar career with individual state titles in both the 1,600-meter (4:09.29) and 3,200-meter runs (8:54.40) at the 3A state meet, where the Bulldogs finished third with 69 points, trailing Cedar City (89) and Hurricane (73). Lapping other runners in the long-distance races, Puskedra also came in fourth in the 800 and was named The Salt Lake Tribune’s “Prep Male Athlete of the Year,” adding to his previous accolades – three Gatorade “Utah Athlete of the Year” awards, two for track and one for cross country. Puskedra became the first Utah high school runner to finish the 3,200-meter run in less than nine minutes and the 1,600 in under 4:10. The senior also placed first in the mile run at the Boston Indoor Games, and first in the two-mile at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Maryland and the Arcadia Invitational in Los Angeles. He was second in the mile and two-mile at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in North Carolina. “The impact that he made will forever go down in history because he’s broken so many barriers,” said Coach Dan Quinn of his University of Oregon-bound runner. Besides Puskedra, Christian Barbiero finished second in the 200-meter dash and teammate Lewis Walker was sixth. Walker also finished second in the long jump. Billy Brann took third in the shot put, Jack Oles placed sixth in the high jump and the 1,600-meter relay team finished third. Other team members included Paul Clark, Will Katoa, Frank Barrows, Matt Kestle, James Anderson, Emerson Eshleman, Kevin Ortiz, Parker Mildenhall, Isaac Losee, Alex Baker and Peter Bryner.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, CHAMPION – The girls track team won its sixth state crown in seven years. Coach Dan Quinn’s Bulldogs had only one individual champion – shot putter Whitney Singleton – but piled up big points by always being in the running. The total atop the pack: 100 for Judge, 94 for Cedar City and 84 for Ogden. The win was built, in particular, on spectacular performances by two athletes – sprinter Kiersten Berg and distance runner Hailey Knettles. Berg finished second in the 100, 200 and 400-meter runs while Knettles was second in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs and third in the 800. Jenna Sliwinski added a fourth in the shot put and a sixth in the 200, Lauren Santy came in third in the discus, Elli McMillan finished fifth in the 100-meter hurdles and Lizzie Hindert was sixth in the 3,200. The 1,600 and medley relay teams also came in second. Helping to lead the team to victory were Camille Overmoe, Amy Ware, Ellen Sliwinski, Josie Mascher, Elizabeth Loader, Damara Walker, Gabbie Matinkhah, Rosie Neville, Tori Marron and Moriah Sadiq.
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP – One bad inning in the eighth game of the year resulted in the only loss of the year (against 26 victories) for the baseball team, which collected the 3A state championship at Kearns High School with a 6-2 triumph over Juan Diego. Junior A.J. Carman struck out 10 batters in the complete-game victory and catcher Tyson Moll hit a two-run homer to give the Bulldogs a 3-2, fourth-inning lead they did not relinquish. Coach Jeff Myaer’s squad dominated throughout the tournament. The Bulldogs opened with a 13-0 whitewash of Morgan and a 12-1 drubbing of Park City. A hard-fought 3-2 win over Desert Hills lifted Judge into the battle of the unbeatens against Juan Diego, which proved no match. The Bulldogs won 10-0. Juan Diego worked its way back to the finals before Carman and Moll secured the state championship. Judge was led by 3A MVP Joe Pond, who overpowered batters all season and picked up the win in the semifinals, needing just 65 pitches to dispatch Juan Diego. Judge started the playoffs with another pitching gem, a two-hitter by Keenyn Walker against Canyon View. Noting that Pond and Moll both arrived at Judge the same year as he did, Myaer said “this was their senior year and they had a mission to win nothing less than a state championship . . . by the time they left us as seniors they had a first (2008), a second (2007) and a third (2006) . . . To win a state title you have got to have players. I have players. All I had to do was stay out of their way and let them play.” The talented roster included Matt Thorne, Stallon Saldivar, Court Zollinger, Vince Conti, Dominick Mirabelli, Chris Pell, Mason Minhondo, Jimmy Falo, Christian McMullin, Michael Loveland, Blake Fery, Peter Shipman, Gordon Warlaumont, Bennett Wheatley, Cole Dixon, Matt Walje, Shawn Benvegnu and Matthew Ireland. Myaer was assisted by Ron Hill and Jim Shipman.
Entering the 3A state tournament as the No. 2 seed from its region, the boys soccer team opened with a scoreless tie against Ben Lomond, a game it won 5-4 on a shootout. The Bulldogs then blanked Dixie 2-0 before coming out on the short end of a shootout, losing 3-2 to Morgan in the semifinals. Team members included senior captain Charlie Brennan, Tim Benvegnu, Jake Troy, Luke Bettin, Sean Sellwood, Matt Jimenez, Sam Taylor, Ryan Gillis, Michael Yeh, Robert Higgins, Sam Naatz, Cole Pollard, Sam Watson, Luke Watson, Ross Terrill, Jake Winter, Nick Warner, Travis Valdez, Nick Shifrar, Lukas Richards, Johnny Murphy, Brayden Martinez, Seunghyun Ko, Matt Kierkegaard, Eric Humphrey, George Hoffman, Dan Goodman, Kelly Gee, Marcel Gaztambide, John Foye, Weston Firmage, Coleson Firmage, Alex Ferree, Oliver Diamond, Greg Dean, Talley Carlston, Matt Bradbury, Armando Borceguin, Erich Berckman, Alex Bennion, Alex Benjamin, Max Bell, Chris Bell, Anthony Bell and Drew Abby.
The girls softball team finished fifth in region, then lost its opening game of the 3A state tournament, 8-3 to Emery. The Bulldogs bounced back to beat Logan 8-3 before losing a 5-4 heartbreaker to Juan Diego. Coach Carolyn Richards’ squad included Rachel Coffey, Michelle McKenzie, Annie Cheung, Mariah Liechty, Erika Eisenman, Teresa Pond, Ashley Azarow, Lindsay Larson, Kassi Romero, Stephanie Avila, Madison Hodges, Catherine Briggs, Alison McDonald, Madi Moll, Chase McQuarrie, Michaela Valdez, Alison Brann, Jacqui Rodriguez and Kasi Stults.
Coach Dave Allen’s boys lacrosse team was led by Matthew Duke-Rosati, Luigi Lollini, Jack Lund, Alex Kaschmitter, Pat Grogan, Bruce Garlinghouse, Jacques Calame, Anthony Wright, Adam Gartrell, Patrick Hagan, Dylan Calame, Steve Hirning, Zack McKown, John Emery, Ian Condas, Ian White, Danny Franks, Douglas Gosselin, Chad Terry, Patrick Marshall, Zach Gosselin, Peter Finch and Ian Larson.
The girls lacrosse team featured Chelsea Farrell, Katie Hoskins, Mary Briggs, Sylin Rose, Jennifer Gardner, Isabelle Ghabash, Lauren Schultz, M.C. Graham, Becca Teynor, Sierra Allegra, Jade Lubeck, Annie Harper, Erika Strehl, Olivia Madrigal, Kirsten Williams, Ali Garcia, Ahra Ko, Claire Lordon and Katie Teynor.
The No. 2 doubles team of Jacquelynn Pok and Morgan Rockwell finished second at the 3A state girls tennis meet, lifting Judge to fifth place behind champion Juan Diego. With Pok and Rockwell advancing to the finals against a duo from Ogden, the Bulldogs amassed seven points, well behind champion Juan Diego’s 21. During the season, sisters Megan and Mikelle Mancini led Coach Lani Wilcox’s squad, which also included Chloe Ropner, Alexandria Wright, Sydney Gee, Rachel Winn, Claire Hollingsworth, Megan Short, Emily Williams, Hannah Brashear, Katherine Richards, Jillian West, Avery Noorda, Lindsey Reemsnyder, Allyson Iwasaki, Alexis Naylor, Chesley Price and Erika Strehl.
Skiing or snowboarding were the sports of choice for many, including JROC members Keegan Reedy, Craig Chiesa, Ian White, Keefer Smith and Peter Bryner.
Signed up for Crew were 40 students, including Stuart Ford, April Dineen, Maria Jose Rivera, Adriane Berenson and Jim Dietz.
Graduation
181 graduates on May 25 at Abravanel Hall.
Co-valedictorians: Kaitlyn Kelley and Thomas Curtin
Highest senior GPA: Thomas Curtin and Kaitlyn Kelley
Outstanding Scholar Athletes: Hailey Knettles and Noel Hollingsworth
Senior Scholar/Activities Award: Christopher Voss and Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen.
Gold honor cords representing cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or greater were worn by 63 graduates. The seniors received scholarship offers totaling $7.8 million and had an overall GPA of 3.36. The graduating class completed 20,060 hours of community service during its Judge years, 900 hours in senior year alone. Graduates attended 130 colleges and universities.
Christ the King Awards winners: Luke Puskedra and Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen.
First Honors, for achievement in A.P. and Honors courses: Karolina Bulaj, Thomas Curtin, Andrzej Forys, Ryan Gillis, Noel Hollingsworth, Annie Johns, Kaitlyn Kelley, Ahra Ko, Shauna Lee, Claire Lordon, Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen.
Academic Awards – English: Nick Delisi; A.P. Literature: Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen; A.P. Language: Annie Cheung; A.P. Government and Politics: Thomas Curtin; American Government: Lauren Allen; Economics: Ahra Ko; Debate: Scott Hilton; Theology: Sarah Louie and Christopher Sasich; Peer Ministry: Ryan Gillis and Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen; Christian Service: Christopher Sayre and Sarah Louie.
Spanish: Annie Cheung; French: Melissa Sprouse; German: Shauna Lee; Latin: Kaitlyn Kelley; A.P. Art: Kathryn Martinez; Dance: Makyla Grovenburg; Music (Vocal): Jennifer Brown; Music (Instrumental): Christopher Sayre; Drama (Actor): Sean Abel; Drama (Actress): Pardis Nkoy; Drama (Technical Theatre): Erik Yamashiro; Psychology: Sarah Louie; P.E./Health: Jenna Sliwinski and Sam Arriola.
Computer Science (Web Publishing): Kim Harley; (Multimedia Productions): Erik Yamashiro; A.P. Calculus: Noel Hollingsworth and Corbett Berry; A.P. Biology: Annie Johns; Honors Physics: Corbett Berry; Journalism (Newspaper): Lieren Stuivenvolt Allen; Journalism (Literary Magazine): Erin McKennon.
Alumni
Three members of the Class of 1999 – Samantha Dwyer, Nicole Long and Brianna Koucos – climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in Kenya as part of a fundraising effort for the Global Alliance for Africa. Organized by Dwyer, who was living in Tanzania, the effort generated more than $5,000 from each of 10 climbers; Longtime Bulldog supporter Robert “Sully” Sullivan, Class of 1956, died in January at age 70. He was the president of Valley Bank and was active in Judge’s Legacy Campaign; Greg Dean, Class of 2008, represented Utah as a national scholar at the 2007 National Young Leaders Conference in Washington, D.C. Dean was one of 350 students participating; Jack Oles, Class of 2008, was a finalist in YouTube’s “Friday Night Eats” contest.
