2019 - 20
Class Leaders
Student Body Officers – Tomas Young, president; Hannah Gose, vice president; Secretary: Maggie Harmston; Activities: Suenga “Ellie” Han.
Senior Class Core – Natalie Risse, Josh Sneddon, Simon Briesacher, Amaia Horyna, Italia Perez.
Junior Class Core – Gillian Mozdy, Nyayeek Deng, Sam Butcher, Annette Rooney, Ishmael Molina-Zepeda, Grace Carter, Asher Sudit.
Sophomore Class Core – Kurt McLaughlin, Georgia Stockham, Meredith Gross, Teya Sidberry, Katherine Evans, Brecklyn Jones.
Freshman Class Core – Lanee Farr, Jack Gose, Klowie Pike, Seungmin “Leah” Han.
During the Summer
Service trips took Tiffany Bresnan and Amani Badran to Guatemala, Alysa Gribben and Maria Martinez to Thailand and Amaia Horyna to Nepal. Heading to Peru were Sophie Hickey, Ozzie Young, Olivia Anderson, Hannah Gose, Christina Valentine, Ella Kittrell, Italia Perez, Jace Holmes, Sam Butcher, Suenga “Ellie” Han, Grace Sherman, Victoria Locke and Sam Conner.
The Year
National Merit Scholar: Suenga “Ellie” Han.
New teachers: Joseph Gibbons, science; Aundraya Dain, Class of 2013, art; Johnny Garrison, history; Nicola Landau, guidance counselor; and Fr. Francis-Hung Le, chaplain.
The Robotics team, 5933, was invited to the State Capitol to be honored by Attorney General Sean Reyes for its contributions to showing how technology can transform the world. Representing the team were team president Erica Strand, project manager Jayee Lim and club members Wesley Zumwalt and Andrew Hall. They were accompanied by advisers Marci Hall and Sonja McKown.
Emily Malouf was crowned Homecoming Queen. Her king was Tomas Young. Their attendants were Grace Sherman and Jace Holmes. The student body warmed up for Homecoming with Marvel Monday, Tropical Tuesday, American Wednesday, Jersey Thursday and Spirit Friday.
The Cheer Squad was led by captains Madison Hopkins, Kenia Martinez-Juarez, Kayla Suchar and Viviana Garcia, along with senior Italia Perez. Rounding out the squad were Marika Collins, Neve Scolere, Estrella Estrada, Elizabeth Child, Arual Deng, Taylor Liddle, Wren Walker, Sophia Coronado, Liliana Satterfield, Sofia Andrews, Emma Kelly, Grace Leonelli, Dylann Cross, Bianca Villanueva, Savannah Harlan and Alexandra Fernandez-Seoane.
Amaia Horyna was editor-in-chief of the Bulldog Press, aided by co-editors Kalson Yussuf and Yara Ahmed. Staff writers included Xander Whipple, Sage Walker, Sam Oswald, Cameron McLaughlin, Charles Leo, Josh Icasiano, Paul Florence, Sam Maxwell, Sarah Cremer, Owen Perry, Dylan Shumba, Oriandy Molina-Dominguez, Annette Rooney, Joseph Kaplan, Katie Harston, Michael Eggert, Emma Wills and Alexander Dodge. The adviser was Chris Sloan.
In the December issue, Owen Perry quoted a University of Utah researcher studying the dangers of vaping; Xander Whipple wrote about the prospects of global warming becoming worse; Katie Harston recapitulated a trip to Catalina Island by the oceanography class, including students Pauline Simonson and Madelyn Bossarte; Charles Leo interviewed dean Leilani Clark about the school’s drug-testing policy using hair follicles; Paul Florence questioned teacher Celina Poppe about Christian Service project requirements; Michael Eggert wrote about the formation of a men’s prayer group by teacher Lukas Steffensmeier; Naomi Tebben, Samuel Fedor, Jack Libin and Sam Oswald looked forward to the 2020 presidential elections; Josh Icasiano and Sam Maxwell outlined Kaden Elliss’s rise from Judge quarterback to New Orleans Saints linebacker; Paul Florence described the reaction of Judge Adventuring Guild (JAG) moderator Matthew Vanderlaan and club members like Mark Monette to the release of a movie based on the game Dungeons and Dragons; and Oriandy Reyes Dominguez noted there was a resurgence of interest in the video game Minecraft among Judge students such as Matthew Ludlow and Micah Wedemeyer, and had the support of computer teacher Sonja McKnown, who observed “it’s an easy way to introduce people to coding and programming early on.”
German students taught by Art Holder included Lillian Crockett, Huck Jones, Anthony Walz, Roan Sticka-Jones, Dim Lun, Matthew Ludlow, Sage Walker, Jamie Little, Jake Rasmussen, Audrey Claus and Genevieve Johnson.
The school’s Ambassadors were led by president Lola Phillips and vice president Jaime Gomez along with Jayleen Gomez, Benjamin Shane, Kate Borgmeier, Owen Perry, Lily Vasquez-Echols, Paul Florence, Isabella White, Sam Jacobsen, Addison Hildreth, Isabella DiNardo and Emmy Darling. Their adviser was John Michael Pantlik.
In this year, gas sold for $2.67 per gallon, going to a movie cost about $9, an iPhone 11 Pro retailed for $999, the Jonas brothers got back together, Tik Tok emerged as a social media platform and the biggest video games were Minecraft and Mario Cart Mobile. The most popular shoes were Air Force Ones, Vans, Doc Martins and Birkenstocks.
Providing Christian Service assistance at The Sharing Place were Josh Sneddon, Charles Leo, Mary Malueth, Meredith Madsen, Nickolas Maez, Matthew Ludlow, Grace Leonelli, Anguau Makol, Lilyana Lopez, Meaghan Madlena, Cameron McLaughlin, Olivia Leonard, Woody Lloyd, Connor Marland, Ava Linke, Anna-lece Macklyn and Makiah Macey. Kay Bush was their adviser.
French students included Emma Humiston, Caroline Mackey, Grace Sherman, Claire Banecker, Jose Maaz Cortez, Huck Jones and Nyalok Akec.
A faculty door-decorating contest before Christmas resulted in the following awards: Best Overall –Taylor Gustafson; Most Humorous – Dasch Houdeshel; Most Goal-oriented – Margaret Gaa Lopez; Classic Christmas – Aundraya Dain; Most Delicious – Bryan Jeffreys; Warmest and Fuzziest – Karla Keller; and Most Creative – Darin Hathaway.
Judge acquired a special pew from the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity at the Trappist monastery in Huntsville. Mother Theresa, also known as St. Theresa of Kolkata, is believed to have sat on this pew when she visited the monastery in the fall of 1972. She was allowed to speak at the monastery only after the Trappist monks waived a strict rule prohibiting women from being in their cloister. The bench was retrieved by Michael O’Brien, a Judge parent and supporter, who had lived with the Trappist monks when he was a boy. Age 11 when Mother Theresa showed up, O’Brien recalled “she came and sat right in front of us. I’m so glad the school has embraced it.” The pew is considered a third-class relic, meaning a saint has touched the object. Adding to its list of historic objects, Judge also acquired a gate from St. Mary of the Wasatch Academy, which closed in 1970, and installed it in the outdoor prayer garden.
Liberty Elementary School was the beneficiary of Christian Service work performed by Connor McTeague, Megan McCoy, Patrick Maxfield, Emery Lloyd, Michael Mastakas, Zhonghua Mao, Maria Martinez, Porter Hill, Nicolette Miller, Isaiah Moore, Dominic Malouf, Lilly Lyon, Grace Malooly, Danny Lin, Emily Leary, Stella Madsen, Angeth Makol, Asnica Lloyd, Jose Maaz Cortez, Chris Liu, Mark Monette, Kaeli Henderson, Emily Malouf, Victoria Locke and Kenia Martinez-Juarez.
Learning Spanish were Erin Humiston, Cameron McLaughlin, Nickolas Maez, Savannah Harlan, Jackson Tyer, Lanee Farr, MeiXing Nagata-Brown, Jack Gose, Oliver Baende, Bethany Rogers, Samuel Fedor, Nyayeek Deng and Marco Crosswhite.
Shannon Roberts took over the Music Department, directing the Choir, Jazz Band and Orchestra. The Choir included Nyalok Akec, Lillian Crockett, Penelope Dalton, Ambler Hingley, Ronata Ibrahim, Olivia Leonard, Achol Mayar, Josh Sneddon, Rebekah Sneddon, Olivia Vandersteen, Lily Vasquez-Echols and Shuang Wu.
The Band and Orchestra featured Zoe Murphy, Henry Poppe, Hanna Choi, Araxan Olivares, Boden Chell, Max Brown, Tyler Bissett, Wuyou “Orange” Zhou, Dominic Blake, Cooper Williford, Peter Larrabee, Alicia Bernardo, Cecelia Child, Sarah Cremer, Elizabeth Child, Elliott Gleich, Alysa Gribben, Naomi Tebben, Kurt McLaughlin, Drew Roberts, Martin Chen, Nickolas Maez, Michael Silas, Josh Sneddon, Samuel Fedor, Nyalok Akec, Amber Hingley, Lily Vasquez-Echols, Ronata Ibrahim, Olivia Leonard and Addison Hildreth. Anthony Jewett was the adviser.
The Deseret News published a letter-to-the-editor from Jack Harris advocating starting school later.
Forming the Black Student Union were Josephina Akec, Grace Bambabate, Joshua Ben-Baba, Marika Collins, Sarah Daw, Arual Deng, Deng Deng, Jefur Deng, Nyayeek Deng, Nyandeng Deng, Daija Hutchins, Rajah Ibrahim, Ronata Ibrahim, Sarah James, Kelsi Jones, Adior Juang, May Kueny, Nyayeek Kueny, Rick Lewis, Asnica Lloyd, Woody Lloyd, Angeth Makol, Anguau Makal, Mary Malueth, Achol Mayar, Karina Miranda, Emmanuel Okongo, Justin Omal, Dylan Shumba, Mia Tarver and Liliana Satterfield.
Dancers from Judge teamed up with dancers from West High School and the Sandy-based South Valley Creative Dance to produce a “wiggle friendly ARTventure for children and families” at Repertory Dance Theater (RDT). In many respects, it was an all-Judge affair. The West High dancers were overseen by Natosha Washington, who earlier spent many years at Judge, as did Nicholas Cendese, who directed the South Valley company and was RDT’s artistic associate. Cendese had a long working relationship with Nathan Shaw, Judge’s dance teacher and a former RDT dancer.
Taking Sports Medicine from George Angelo were Christopher Zwerin, Kate Bellew, Oscar Young, Audrey Sparano, William Selfridge, Zoe Murphy, Reece Pingree, Anna-lece Macklyn, Adrian Ortega, Sophia Claus, Andre Geraldino, Marisa De Astis, Atticus Richardson, Amelia Colman, Lindsey Housinger and Cooper Morton.
The Choir and String Players put on a holiday concert at Legacy Village.
Participating in Debate were Gus Daskalakis, Grace Clinton, Huck Jones, Sarah James, Sam Poche, Ethan Hall, Lucius Anderson and Gage Cluff. Their adviser was Ben Macey.
Students performing Christian Service work with Habitat for Humanity were Cameron Jones, Anthony Geraldino, Richard Garcia, Ishmael Molina-Zepeda, Diego Avila, Samuel Fedor, Michael Stokes, Riley Bouillon, James Trease, Gillian Mozdy, John Monette, Owen Larson and Michael Eggert. Their adviser was Darin Hathaway.
Tim Soran provided Latin instruction to Cecelia Child, Katherine Bellew, Kaeli Henderson, Lindsey Housinger, Dominic Blake, Owen Larson, Milo Hohmann, Mark Monette, Isaac Evanoff, Erica Strand, Ethan Hall, Baylor Biedermann, Lawrence Winters, Curtis Straup, Kyler Nilson and Atticus Richardson.
The school’s newest organization was the Allies Club, which spread a message of compassion and tolerance toward all people, regardless of sexuality. Members included Kurt McLaughlin, Emily Leary, Kristen Robbins, Tatum Trentman, Ruilin “Linda” Piao, Genevieve Johnson, Gracie Haffey-Sherman, Tessa Poppe, Erica Strand, Kaila Bunting, Emily Storie and Rachael Griffee.
Jonathan Barnhart was among dancers who performed at Ring Around the Rose in the afternoon and at the Winter Dance Concert in the evening.
The Yearbook was assembled by co-editors Sophia Bartlit and Pauline Simonson along with staff members Cassandra Wilsak, Jackson Tyer, Maggie Harmston, Matthew Schnitter, Khristina Wilsak, Alexander Dodge, Asher Johnson, Sam Gaskill, Giovanni Crosswhite, Colin Bergin, Grace Carter, Hanna Choi, Zhonghua Mao, Sydney Ewing, Michael Eggert, MeiXing Nagata-Brown, Jack Harris, Kayla Suchar, Mario Pasillas, Katie Feldman, Cooper Morton, Madeleine Keith, Ethan Phillips, Diego Rodriguez, Mang Piang, Jackson Green and Genevieve Johnson. Their adviser was Joan Brand.
Several seniors were given an opportunity by the Yearbook to comment on the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their lives. Wrote Kayla Suchar: “I’m most mad about not being able to see my friends during senior year and possibly missing out on big things that seniors do like prom and senior assassination. For spring break I would be in Italy but because of the coronavirus that got canceled.” Said Alexander Dodge: “It has caused a standstill in time for many people as many cannot fulfill their daily lives and routines. It has really shown our country and the world just how easily something can dramatically change the course of history.” Added Katie Feldman: “The outbreak of the coronavirus . . . has put things into perspective for me on how I need to be grateful for the things around me. What I am most sad about is losing my senior lacrosse season and not being able to see my friends in person.” And, finally, Maggie Harmston: “[It] has been devastating and hard to cope with, however, I think it is a good reset button for the world to slow down and think about what really matters.”
The Yearbook’s determinations and predictions for seniors: “Best Eyes” – Christina Valentine and Cameron Jones; “Most School Spirit” – Maggie Harmston and Simon Briesacher; “Best shoe collection” – Khristina Wilsak and Riley Hale; “Best Driver” – Jack Attridge and Sophie Hickey; “Best Laugh” – Emily Malouf and Joshua Ben-Baba; “Most Adventurous” – Sam Huntsman and Hannah Gose; “Class Clowns” – Madelyn Bossarte and Michael Eggert; “Best Smiles” – Alexander Dodge and Viviana Garcia; “Best Dressed” – Megan McCoy and Dakota Parker; “Best Hair” – Sam Maxwell and Ronata Ibrahim; “Most Likely to be on a Reality TV Show” – Olivia Anderson and James Bledsoe; “Most Likely to be on Broadway” – Max Brown and Natalie Risse; “Most Likely to win an Olympic Gold Medal” – Kaya Heideman and Jack Terrill; “Most Likely to become President” – Tomas Young and Erica Strand; “Most Likely to Cure Cancer” – Madeleine Klement and John Matthews; “Most Likely to Teach at Judge” – Michael Stokes and Amani Badran; “Most Likely to be your Boss” – Paula Albaladejo and Ethan Hall; “Most Likely to Win the Lottery and lose the ticket” – Jonathan Barnhart and Katie Harston; “Most Likely to Cheer You Up” – Alicia Bernardo and Ben Yarrish; “Most Likely to Dance in a Beyonce video” – Cesar Albaladejo and Jordyn Del Rio.
Science teacher Matthew Cobbley left midyear when his wife secured a desirable job working in California state government. His replacement was Julie Koldewyn.
The Environmental Club included Teo Kjolseth, Tatum Trentman, Emilia Lewis, May Kueny, Deng Deng and Kaeli Henderson.
Playing games as part of the Adventuring Guild were Paul Florence, John Monette, Milo Hohmann, Charles Leo, Mark Monette and Parker Catten.
Collecting hygiene products and delivering Christmas gifts to Ronald McDonald House were Interact Club members Mashlin Villanueva, Claire Sparano, Neve Scolere, Erica Strand, Ruilin “Linda” Piao, Zhifeng Jiang, Tiffany Hingley, Rachael Griffee, Michelle Figueroa, Katherine Evans, Karen Carreno, Sophia Claus, Javier Caceres, Audrey Claus, Kaila Bunting, Alicia Bernardo, Paula Albaladejo and Mariam Aidemirova.
For the second year, Alisa Kasabyan edited the Literary Magazine. She was assisted by Tara Aguirre, Charles Leo, Ronata Ibrahim, Miles Brooke, Katherine Yarrish, Genevieve Johnson, Emma Humiston, Emilia Lewis, Marin O’Brien and Jayleen Gomez. Bryan Jeffreys was the adviser.
Taking A.P. Computer Science were Taylor Liddle, Victoria Locke, Bethan Rogers, Sarah James, Peyton Ables, Henry Poppe, Andrew Hall, Cecelia Child, Parker Catten, Seth Overman, Sophia Ewing, Colin Bergin, Dominic Malouf, Clinton Kwong and Alex Zang. Their teacher was Sonja McKown.
The Robotics team included seniors Cesar Albaladejo, Wesley Zumwalt, John Matthews and Erica Strand, plus Elizabeth Child, Andrew Hall, Jayee Lim, Benjamin Child, Kaeli Henderson, Ashtyn Mudge, Matthew Ludlow, Madeleine Keith, Nickolas Maez, Matthew Giovanniello, Dylan Kelly, Ruilin “Linda” Piao, Cecelia Child, Parker Catten, Dylan Shumba, Huck Jones, Lewis Young, Yara Ahmed and Chris Liu.
Tim Soran taught cooking to Epicurean Club members Nyalok Akec, GiaHy Ho, Xander Whipple, Sofia Nelson, Kaeli Henderson, Genevieve Johnson, Alisa Kasabyan and Peter Larrabee.
Serving as Campus Ministers and participating in retreats were Sam Maxwell, Michael Stokes, Strom Huber, Jimmy Cao, Max Brown, Alex Nuntapreta, Gedeon Baende, Michael Eggert, Josh Sneddon, Alysa Gribben, Benjamin Yarrish, Simon Briesacher, Madeleine Klement, John Matthews, Tiffany Bresnan, Kayla Suchar, Audrey Nagasawa, Addison Hildreth, Alicia Bernardo, Mashlin Villanueva, Emmy Darling, Jayleen Gomez, Araxan Olivares, Ethan Reid, G. Selfridge, Benjamin Shane, Emily Storie, Grace Clinton, Molly Bearnson, James Duberow, Sydney Mann, Kristen Robbins, Diego Viramontes and Amani Badran. Their adviser was Celina Poppe.
Alyssa Bardugon and Matylda Blaszczak started an American Sign Language club, which attracted Grace Carter to join.
Students fanned out to 25 locations across the valley to provide Christian Service for a host of nonprofits to honor Christ the King Day. “You might be doing little things – cleaning or reading a book to a child – but when you look at all of us doing this together, 535 people, it makes a huge statement,” said Celina Poppe, director of campus ministry. Projects included serving meals, scrubbing floors, stocking shelves, raking leaves, reading to children and building fences at a goat farm. “It was pretty powerful to see how interested the students were,” said Kate Wright, who coordinated the goat project for the International Rescue Committee. “They wanted to engage on a deeper level than what I was expecting.”
Judge fielded two teams for Mock Trial competition. The “Red” squad was led by captains Ethan Hall and Ella Kittrell. Their team consisted of Huck Jones, Katherine Yarrish, Brody Dicks, Ella Kittrell, Charles Leo, Naomi Tebben, Samuel Fedor, Claire Banecker, Lucius Anderson, Alexandra Fernandez-Seoane and Mark Monette. The captains of the “Gold” team were Eric Stevens and Amaia Horyna. Their compatriots were Patrick Maxfield, Olivia Anderson, Boden Chell, Suenga “Ellie” Han, Jayleen Gomez, Emma Mejia, Neve Scolere, Claire Poche and Seungmin “Leah” Han. The adviser was Matthew Vanderlaan.
The Judge school building did not sustain any damage March 18 when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake occurred in Magna, the largest in nearly 30 years, rattling much of the Salt Lake Valley. The early-morning tremor caused significant damage to Standard Market, owned by a longtime Judge family, the Colosimos. The quake was followed by a 4.6 aftershock and 18 others that measure 3 or more.
Volunteering at the Soup Kitchen in downtown Salt Lake City were Jackson Tyer, Tessa Poppe, Camille Webber and Hank Pratt. They were led by Celina Poppe and Fr. Francis-Hung Le.
Oceanography students who traveled to Catalina Island included Lily Sibthorp, Riley Hale, Parker Catten, Haydn Downer, Olivia Anderson, Nicholas Falkner, Peter Callahan, Anthony Geraldino, Kayden Lewis, Charlie Vandersteen, Mark Monette, Isaac Evanoff, Olivia Vandersteen, Pauline Simonson, Sydney Ewing, Katie Harston, Jackson Tyer, Kayla Suchar, Katie Feldman, Anthony Soutor, Matthew Orr, Michael Mastakas, Diego Tomczak, Asher Johnson, Rachael Griffee, John Matthews, Madelyn Bossarte, Asnica Lloyd, Hannah Gose, Cooper Williford, Baylor Biedermann and James Bledsoe. The expedition was led by teacher Dasch Houdeshel. Chaperones included Kay Bush, Leilani Clark, Celina Poppe and Dave Dolan.
Aundraya Dain, Class of 2013, took over the art department from longtime teacher Tom Bettin, who mentored her. Some of her top students were Kaila Bunting, Emily Leary, Christina Valentine, Emily Storie, Madelyn Bossarte, Nyayeek Deng, Lily Sibthorp and Cora Hill.
Teacher Nathan Shaw oversaw a robust Dance program, which included Madison Hopkins, Alexandra Fernandez-Seoane, Kenia Martinez-Juarez, Jentrie Gordy, Hanna Bulaj, Sophie Davies, Estrella Estrada, Eleanor Young, Gillian Mozdy, Isabella White, Elizabeth Child, Emma Kelly, Meredith Gross, Lucy Callahan, Caeli Sherman, Seungmin “Leah” Han, Claire Poche, Isabella Tartaro, Makiah Macey, Teya Sidberry, Meredith Madsen, Lilyana Lopez, Brianna Valcarcel, Mary Malueth, Grace Leonelli, Karen Carreno, Kelsi Jones, Katie Horne, Got Daw, Abigail Barnhart, Spencer Ewing, Sam Jacobsen, Elizabeth Griffee, Marika Collins, Anthony Soutor, Stella Sharp, Wren Walker, Deng Mayar, Brooklyn Woods, Sophie Starks, Arual Deng, Sofia Andrews, Anguau Makol, Patrick Maxfield, Adior Juang, Lily Ferguson, Lola Phillips, Jonathan Barnhart, Jack Terrill, Sam Huntsman, Max Brown, Audrey Nagasawa, John Matthews, Ella Kittrell, Viviana Garcia, Caroline Hickey, Addison Hildreth, Emmanuel Okongo, Erica Strand, Nicholas Smith, Jayee Lim, Miles Boltax, Gus Daskalakis and Suenga “Ellie” Han.
Plays
“Side Show,” directed by Darin Hathaway, choreography by Nathan Shaw, music by Shannon Roberts, starring Gillian Mozdy, Jack Libin, Sophie Davies, Eleanor Young, Will Lin, Georgia Stockham, Joshua Ben-Baba, Alicia Bernardo, Meaghan Madlena, Emma Humiston, Max Brown, Addison Hildreth, Henry Poppe, Amber Hingley, Josh Sneddon, Lola Phillips, Natalie Risse, Emily Storie, Milo Hohmann, Abigail Barnhart, Penelope Dalton, Brody Dicks, Madison Hill, Sam Jacobsen, Meredith Madsen, Rebekah Sneddon and Savannah Harlan. Stage crew: James Trease, Tarek Amer, Cameron Jones, Samuel Fedor, Michael Eggert, Marisa De Astis, Kurt McLaughlin, Jamisin Manzanares, Riley Bouillon, Ricky Garcia, Ishmael Molina-Zepeda, Diego Avila, Mitchell Bledsoe, Owen Larson and John Monette. Posters and painters: Nicholas Cendese, Tara Aguirre, Claire Banecker, Cecelia Child, Alisa Kasabyan, Olivia Littlefield, Emery Lloyd, Grace Malooly, Michael Mastakas and Matthew Orr. Lola Phillips was dance captain.
“Peter and the Starcatcher,” directed by Darin Hathaway, the house manager was Aundraya Dain, music by Ramona Mayer and Lynn Brown, starring Jonathan Barnhart, Isabella DiNardo, Max Brown, Dominic Blake, Sophie Davis, Brody Dicks, Samuel Fedor, Paul Florence, Savannah Harlan, Madison Hill, Emma Humiston, Milo Hohmann, Jack Libin, William Lin, Meaghan Madlena, Gillian Mozdy, Ben Shane, Georgia Stockham and Alli Vara. James Trease and Tarek Amer (Class of 2019) were the stage managers, Cameron Jones and Fuego Avila were assistant stage managers, Riley Bouillon handled the sound with Ricky Garcia and Ishmael Molina-Zepeda, Naomi Tebbens organized the costumes, Michael Eggert designed the lighting and Nicholas Cendese oversaw poster design. Making up the floor crew were Mitchell Bledsoe, Anthony Geraldino, Andy Gutierrez, Sam Jacobsen and Kurt McLaughlin.
Covid prevented the performance of a one-act play that would have involved Henry Poppe, Isabella DiNardo, Max Brown, Natalie Risse, Dominic Blake, Sam Huntsman, William Lin, Sophie Davies, Jack Libin, Georgia Stockholm, Ben Shane, Emily Storie and Amber Hingley.
Serving as the technical crew for Judge plays were Diego Avila, John Monette, Ishmael Molina-Zepeda, Michael Eggert, Riley Bouillon, Owen Larson, Mitchell Bledsoe, Ricky Garcia, Samuel Fedor, Gillian Mozdy, Anthony Geraldino, James Trease, Cameron Jones, Christopher Zwerin, Marshall Owens and Jamisin Manzanares. Their instructor was Darin Hathaway.
Sports
Not played because of COVID: Baseball, Girls Golf, Boys Lacrosse, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Soccer, Girls Softball, Boys Tennis, and Boys and Girls Track.
The girls soccer team advanced to the 3-A championship game at Rio Tinto Stadium, where the Bulldogs dropped a heartbreaking 1-0 decision to top-seeded Manti. The Bulldogs were the No. 2 seed entering the tournament. They opened with matching 8-0 triumphs over Grand County and Emery, then advanced to the title tilt with a 3-1 victory over Morgan, compliments of goals from Lucy Callahan, Caeli Sherman and Madison Tartaro. But goals were hard to come by in the championship game. The Bulldogs and Templars played a scoreless contest through regulation time, then the first overtime. In the second overtime, however, Manti’s Megan Olson fired a shot that skimmed under the crossbar from the top of the box to leave Judge disheartened. Sherman, a sophomore, was named first team All-State in 3-A by the Deseret News, along with senior midfielder Sophia Ewing and freshman defender Lanee Farr. Second team honors went to Tartaro, a senior forward, junior midfielder Emily Gonzalez and junior goalkeeper Kate Bellew. Bridget Hankins and Abigayle Kendall received honorable mention consideration. Coach Scott Platz also relied upon Sadie DuBois, Olivia Leonard, Kate Borgmeier, Brecklyn Jones, Abigail Fowler, Sophia Coronado, Maya Renteria, Zoe Behle, Paris Tran, Cecelia Child, Mia Schmidt, Grace Jensen, Nikki Torres, Marisa De Astis, Zoe Murphy, Sofia Wedemeyer, Sydney Mann, Audrey Sparano, Jentrie Gordy and Caroline Mackey. Platz’s assistant coaches were Andrew Montoya and Eric Bambabate.
The boys golf team won the region title and finished second at the 3-A state tournament, played at Roosevelt Golf Course. Morgan won the tourney with a team score of 621, followed by Judge (642) and Carbon (673). Graham Hodell’s 152 was good for second place in state. Nico Smith shot a 160, which tied for sixth, followed by Sam Gaskill (164), Riley Bouillon (167), Sam Butcher (168) and Nicholas Falkner (182). Hodell, Smith and Gaskill earned first team All-State honors. Bouillon and Butcher were second team and Falkner honorable mention. Other players included Sam Conner, Boden Chell, Max Gross, Cooper Morton and Alex Zang.
At least the girls golf team was able to get in a tournament in St. George before Covid canceled the season. If they had played more, the Bulldogs would have depended on Lucy Callahan, Katherine Evans, Andrea Giovanniello, Ava Isaac, Megan Johnson, Madeleine Keith, Ava Linke, Victoria Locke, Shaandiin Moore, Annette Rooney, Isabella Valles, Isabella White, Brooklyn Woods and Katherine Yarrish.
The girls tennis team tied for second place at the 3-A state meet. The Bulldogs and Waterford each compiled nine points to finish six behind champion Morgan. Aria Handlon went to the championship match in No. 3 singles, but lost to a player from Morgan. At No. 2 singles, Hannah Gose won her first two matches before losing, while No. 1 singles player xxx and the No. 1 doubles team of Alysa Gribben and Isabella Valles both lost their second matches. Earning Academic All-State honors were Christina Valentine, Suenga “Ellie” Han and Megan McCoy. The Bulldogs’ captains were Pauline Simonson, Valentine, Gribben and Olivia Anderson. The squad included varsity players Emma Wills and Megan McCoy along with seniors Ella Kittrell, Wuyou “Orange” Zhou and Abbey Storms. The JV squad added Justine Nicholson, Emery Lloyd and MeiXing Nagata-Brown. Coach Tracey Valentine was named “Girls Coach of the Year” by the Utah High School Activities Association. Her assistants were Christie Brightwell and Karl Ward.
After going 6-5 in region (8-6 overall), the girls volleyball team bounced back from an opening day loss to make a run through the consolation bracket and claim sixth place at the 3-A state tournament, its highest finish since 2013. The Bulldogs lost 25-22, 25-10 and 25-13 to South Summit in the opener, then ran off wins against Summit Academy (25-22, 25-22, 25-15), Grantsville (25-13, 25-22, 14-25, 25-21) and South Sevier (25-23, 18-25, 25-21, 23-25 and 16-14) for the consolation crown. Marley Rosello was first team All-Region and honorable mention All-State. Lily Sibthorp and Cora Hill were second teamers and Grace Malooly made third team. The Bulldogs were led by seniors Cora Hill, Sandra Contreras and Emily Malouf, and also featured Hanna Bulaj, Nicolette Miller, Peyton Ables, Annette Rooney, Victoria Locke, Daija Hutchins, Klowie Pike and Alyssa Bardugan. The coach was Taylor Gustafson.
The boys cross country team placed sixth at the 3-A state meet, led by Porter Hill, who finished in seventh place in 16:27.40. The Bulldogs finished with 133 points. Carbon won with 57. For the Bulldogs, Zachary Petrogeorge finished 24th (17:20.20), followed by Jace Holmes (31st), Joseph Craddock (38th), Max Brown (53rd), Jonathan Barnhart (54th) and Atticus Richardson (56th). Jonathan Barnhart, Max Brown and Michael Eggert were captains of the team, which included Peter Stokes, Haydn Downer, Jackson Green, Paul Florence, Lucas Jew, Micah Wedemeyer, Carson Brashear, Matthew Ludlow, Tyler Bissett, Owen Perry, John Monette and Sam Hazel.
The girls cross country team finished fourth at the 3-A state meet with 104 points, well behind champion Morgan’s 37. Madelyn Bossarte finished third for the Bulldogs, completing the Sugarhouse Park course in 20:30.1. Madison Tartaro placed tenth, finishing in 20:58.7. Also placing at state for Judge were Anna-lece Macklyn (33rd), Claire Hill (38th), Lily Ferguson (41st), Abigayle Kendall (44th) and Bella Tartaro (69th). Other Bulldog runners were Makiah Macey, Naomi Tebben, Kaya Heideman, Reece Pingree and Allison Varra. Eric Heideman coached both cross country teams.
The football team did not qualify for the 3-A state tournament, but quarterback Tomas Young and Michael Stokes earned Academic All-State honors. “Earn the Right” was the season motto for first-year coach Will Hawes, who relied on captains Sam Maxwell, Louis Valles, Timothy Tanga, Young and Stokes. The squad’s seniors were Gedeon Baende, Noa Salazar, Dominic Arias Duvall, Casey Pratts, Matt Joy, Charlie Vandersteen, Strom Huber, Dominic Malouf, Timothy Jerome and Josh Sneddon. The squad also featured Carlos Padilla, Shawn Kundinger, Kayden Lewis, Diego Rodriguez, Ethan Phillips, Josh Icasiano, Oscar Young, Matthew Skorut, Colin Bergin, Christopher Zwerin, Diego Avila, Kevin Pernich, Sam VanDongen, Asher Strong, Mitchell Bledsoe, Rocco Fassio, Curtis Straup, Marshall Owens, Patrick Clark, Rick Lewis, Stephen Jenny, Adante Darling, Luke Cotter, Jack Gose, Lucas Maxwell, Joseph McDonough, Isaiah Hemmings and Drew Hansen-Coomes. The assistant coaches for Hawes were James Cordova, Joshawa Pike, Kayden Milburn, Jack Stahl, Mike Murray, Cody Young, Stan Finn and Deonno Avila.
In a story on the relationship between football and brain injuries, KUER Radio reporter Doug Frabrizio noted that Judgemade a decision rarely seen in prep sports and had forfeited a game because of too many injuries and the prospects of hurting even more players if younger players were forced to replace them. That forfeited game against Morgan – “they had 37 seniors on their team. We didn’t have 37 people on our team, let alone seniors,” said athletic director Scott Platz – led Judge to ask the Utah High School Activities Association to let the Bulldogs become an independent in football. There was precedent. Ogden High had gone independent in 2015 and 2016, keeping its football program in the 3-A ranks while other sports went 4-A.
The girls basketball team reached the 3-A state championship game, but poor free throw shooting at the end cost the Bulldogs in a 47-46 loss to South Sevier. Coach Joshawa Pike’s girls hit only four of 19 free throws – missing their first 10 – and South Sevier made its free throws at the end, when it overcame a five-point deficit with 50 seconds to go, taking the final lead with just four seconds remaining. “To see how hard these girls worked this year – it was painful, not only for my leading scorers but my seniors, after the effort and commitment they put into this program for four years,” Pike told the Deseret News. “I wanted to give them something special to leave with. Judge has never won a state title in the girls program, and that would have been something cool to give them.” Judge opened the tournament with a 52-23 thumping of Union. Morgan gave the Bulldogs a better run before falling 54-47, then Judge edged Grantsville 40-37 to reach the title game. The tournament left the Bulldogs with a 21-3 season record. Seniors Emily Malouf, Abigayle Kendall and Abbey Storms were co-captains of the team, led by sophomore scoring machine Teya Sidberry. Coach Pike also depended on his daughter, Klowie, as well as Mia Tarver, Marika Collins, Peyton Ables, Maya Renteria, Mia Schmidt, Emily Gonzalez, Lucy Callahan, Geri Clinton, Maria Martinez, Kate Borgmeier and Liliana Anderson.
A Salt Lake Tribune feature story on sophomore Teya Sidberry, who had a 26.5 point per game scoring average, focused on the importance of dance to her basketball success. “She’s been a dancer longer than she’s been a hooper, performing at a high level in jazz, lyrical, hip-hop, ballet and others since the age of 3,” wrote Tribune writer Alex Vejar, quoting Coach Joshawa Pike as saying “being graceful on her flight and light on her feet helps her with basketball because of the balance situation . . . Even though her shots don’t look so graceful sometimes, it is because she’s so soft and light on her feet.” Vejar also noted that Sidberry was a cheerleader.
The boys basketball team entered the 3-A state tournament as the No. 4 seed, winning its final nine games of the season. After an opening round bye, the Bulldogs beat Carbon 42-36 and San Juan 66-63. But in the semifinals, top-ranked Manti ended Judge’s title hopes, 65-55. The Templars went on to defeat Richfield for the 3-A state title, while the Bulldogs settled for third place, whipping Emery 64-51. Coach Tim Gardner relied on leading scorer Deng Mayar, who averaged 17 points per game, and junior Dominic Burns, who chipped in 10.6. Sophomore Got Daw and junior Makhiah Tarver, Jr. both added 7.5 points and senior point guard Jack Terrill scored 4.6. Tomas Young earned Academic All-State honors. Rounding out the squad were Josh Icasiano, Zachary Petrogeorge, Nico Smith, Jefur Deng, Henry Frech and Jace Holmes. Gardner’s assistant coach was Jason Soto.
After longtime basketball coach Jim Yerkovich died in June of 2020, Salt Lake Tribune columnist Gordon Monson wrote a lovely tribute “about a life that was spent informing and enlightening kids in a math classroom and in an old sweaty gym, one that is now named after him.” Monson maintained that Yerkovich taught “more than motion offense and transition D. He was molding disorganized teenagers into disciplined humans. It’s all he ever wanted to do – coach up the kids at Judge. And teach calculus. And educate and administrate. And win. So, he did, 634 W’s in total. “The wins are never as important as the people,” Yerkovich told Monson.
The girls swimming team finished fifth at the 3-A state meet with 179 points. Carbon won with 309. Grace Sherman and Emmy Hardin-Reynolds led the way, with Sherman finishing second in the 100 butterfly and seventh in the 100 breaststroke while Hardin-Reynolds had a second in the 100 backstroke and a third in the 500 freestyle. They were also part of the medley relay team that finished third, joined by Penelope Dalton and Sophia Ewing. Marin O’Brien was 13th in the 500 freestyle and added eight-place points in the 200 individual medley, where Penelope Dalton was 10th. Sophie Ewing was 15th in the 50 freestyle, while the butterfly also gave the Bulldogs points from Caeli Sherman (eighth), Olivia Vandersteen ninth and Ewing 16th. Emma Mejia added ninth-place points in the 100 backstroke, where Penelope Dalton was 14th and Caeli Sherman was 16th. The 400 freestyle relay team finished seventh. Amani Badran and Olivia Leonard also competed for coaches Sage Maaranen and Chad Parks.
STATE CHAMPIONS – The boys swimming team fell one point short of capturing the 3-A state meet in a highly contested match. The Bulldogs piled up 212 points, which was one fewer than Union’s winning 213 but only two better than Richfield’s third-place 210. Alex “Buddy” Yannelli had a sterling meet, collecting individual state championships in the 200 individual medley (2:06.05) and the 100 breaststroke (59.99, a school record). He also was a member of two title-winning relay teams. He swam the anchor leg in the 400-yard relay, crossing the finish line in 3:28.85, following teammates Seth Overman, Ben Yarrish and Nico Morton. In the medley relay, Morton got the team off to a great start and Yannelli, Yarrish and Overman brought it home in 1:43.17, six seconds ahead of their nearest competitors. Morton also had an accomplished meet, adding a second-place finish in the 500 freestyle and a third in the 200. Overman also added valuable points with his third-place finish in the 50 free and fourth in the 100 breaststroke, while Ben Yarrish contributed 10th place points in the 200 individual medley and the butterfly. He 200 freestyle relay team of Brennan Riad, Charlie Vandersteen, Henry Vandegrift and Matias Ciulupa Campos placed 10th. Other swimmers for coaches Sage Maaranen and Chad Parks were Samuel Hall, Cameron McLaughlin, Brennan Riad, Christian Eggert, Matias Ciulupa Campos, Henry Vandegrift, Charlie Vandersteen and Benjamin Child.
If its season had not been wiped out by Covid, the boys soccer team would have been made up of seniors Elliott Gleich (captain), Jack Terrill (captain), Anthony Geraldino, Riley Hale, Sam Gaskill and Gedeon Baende, along with co-captains Gus Daskalakis and Patrick Maxfield, and Anthony Soutor, Ronald Pia, Emmanuel Okongo, Jeffrey Muffler, Michael Mastakas, Woody Lloyd, Luke Hartung, Abraham Gaucin, Anthony Galindo, Christian Donelson, Sam Daskalakis, Nicholas Dalton, Tyler Bissett, Olivier Baende, Jacob Thomas, Asher Strong, Kolby Sessions, Matthew Orr, Evan Nelson, Connor Marland, Teo Kjolseth, Matthew Giovanniello, Andre Geraldino, James Duberow, Johann Dellenbach, Juan Batalla and Mynor Corado. Kelly Terrill would have been the coach.
The boys tennis team would have featured seniors Luke Pearson, Dakota Parker, Josh Sneddon and Honam Cao, along with Carter Titmus, Boden Chell, Siqi Guo, Rowan Hodell, Hanson Hong, Mark Monette, Henry Poppe, Brennan Riad, Yan “Martin” Chen, Clinton Kwong, Jose Maaz Cortez, Wuyou “Orange” Zhou and GiaHy Ho.
A girls track team would have included Peyton Ables, Myriam Cortez-Trujillo, Nyayeek Deng, Claire Hill, Makiah Macey, Tara Aguirre, Grace Bambabate, Asnica Lloyd, Anna-lece Macklyn, Georgia Morgan, Kaya Heideman, Audrey Sparano, Emily Storie, Liliana Anderson, Alyssa Bardugon, Madelyn Bossarte, Gage Cluff, Lilly Lyon, Penelope Dalton, Emily Malouf, Maya Renteria, Brecklyn Jones and Isabella Tartaro.
If competing, the boys track team would have been made up of Michael Stokes, Araxan Olivares, Jace Holmes, Jack Gose, Gage Cluff, Micah Wedemeyer, Zachary Petrogeorge, Lucas Jew, Joseph Hill, Samuel Hazel, Paul Florence, Joseph Craddock, Tyler Bissett, Christian Vasquez, Peter Stokes, Atticus Richardson, Nicholas Klekas, Jackson Green, Carson Brashear and Gedeon Baende.
The baseball team captains would have been senior Peter Callahan and juniors Alex Zang, Sanjay Kasturi and Henry Frech. Louis Valley and Sam Maxwell also lost their senior seasons to Covid. The rest of the Bulldog lineup would have consisted of Kyler Nilson, Luke Borgmeier, Connor McTeague, Mario Pasillas, Lucius Anderson, Isaiah Moore, Michael Paul, Curtis Straup, Shawn Kundinger, Samuel Oswald, Alex Klement, Patrick Clark, Thomas Lawrence, Rocco Fassio, Aleksander Leonelli, Miles Brooke, Roan Walker, Brandon Bastian and Rocco Martinez. Head coach Jesse Carrillo was assisted by James Brooke, Brian Moore and Alec Lossee.
Covid canceled the season for the girls softball team, which would have included Amber Hingley, Ariana Andrade, MeiXing Nagata-Brown, Emily Gonzalez, Jamisin Manzanares, Tiffany Hingley, Yara Ahmed, Josephina Akec, Yesenia Andrade, Elizabeth Child, Sarah Cremer, Lindsey Housinger, Emma Humiston, Kenia Martinez-Juarez, Ashtyn Mudge, Zoe Murphy, Maya Renteria, Blu Rust and Claire Sparano.
A couple of games were all the boys lacrosse team could muster before Covid shut everything down, costing the senior seasons of Sam Poche, Timothy Jerome, Asher Johnson and Dominic Malouf. Jerome and Malouf were captains along with Isaac Evanoff and Oliver Liston. The rest of the Bulldogs included Colin Bergin, Baylor Biedermann, Sam Butcher, Mathew Crawley, Jack Harris, Nathan Hill, Owen Larson, Ethan Phillips, Lorenzo Salazar, Matthew Skorut, Daniel Spoor, Asher Sudit, Henry Vandegrift, Samuel VanDongen, Drew Watson, Oscar Young and Christopher Zwerin.
This would have been the seventh year of coaching girls lacrosse for Kaely Kernan Wolf, who was counting on senior captains Sophia Bartlit, Katie Feldman, Christina Valentine and Maggie Harmston. Other players would have included Caroline Mackey, Emilia Lewis, Camille Webber, Ruilin “Linda” Piao, Tara Aguirre, Grace Carter, Mae Sweetland, Matylda Blaszczak, Shuang Wu, Justine Nicholson, Lena Levaux, Ava Sibthorp, Allison Varra, Gracie Haffey-Sherman, Madden Clark, Claire Poche, Emery Lloyd, Taylor Liddle, Rowan Burris, Teresa Poppe, Tatum Trentman and Jenna Tiranno. Wolf’s assistant coaches would have been Lindsey Cronin and Megan Fenton.
Making up the ultimate frisbee team were Spencer Ewing, William Selfridge, Charles Leo, Max Brown, Jossan Arano Vargas, Jacob Thomas, Connor Marland, Cooper Morin, Ava Isaac, Jack Libin, Sadie DuBois, Michael Silas and Henry Poppe. The team also included students from several other Salt Lake-area schools. The coaches were Ben Walker and Natalie Smith.
The Bowling Team consisted of Riley Bouillon, Kanoelani Magner, Henry Poppe, Tara Aguirre, Joseph Kaplan, Peter Larrabee, Teresa Poppe, Graham Hodell, Cesar Albaladejo, Strom Huber and MeiXing Nagata-Brown. Their coaches were Joan Brand, Ashtyn Thomas-Jensen and Johnny Thomas-Jensen.
Boys Volleyball team members included Milo Hohmann, Marco Crosswhite, Sam Conner, Henry Poppe, Matthew Ludlow, Adam Warden, Nicholas Morton, Sam Daskalakis and Cooper Morton.
Junior Oriandy Reyes Dominguez established a reputation for herself as a Boxer, winning the Ringside Boxing Golden Gloves tournament in Michoacan, Mexico and finishing second in another competition. Her goal was to become an Olympic boxer.
Graduation
133 graduates on June 14 in the Judge Memorial parking lot.
Valedictorian: Eric Stevens
Salutatorian: Ellie Han
Leading the rite of the changing of the tassel were Simon Briesacher, Amaia Horyna, Italia Perez, Natalie Risse and Josh Sneddon. Gold honor cords representing cumulative GPAs of 3.5 or greater were worn by 67 students. Outstanding Scholar-Participant in Athletics: Abigayle Kendall and Elliott Gleich. Outstanding Scholar-Participant in Activities: Suenga “Ellie” Han and Joshua Ben-Baba.
Christ the King Awards: Joshua Ben-Baba and Emily Malouf.
Presidential Service Award: Tiffany Bresnan, Megan McCoy, Erica Strand, Ella Grace Kittrell, Maggie Harmston and Alysa Gribben.
First Honors (for achievement in A.P. and Honors courses): Emmy Darling, Alysa Gribben, Seunga “Ellie” Han, Amaia Horyna, Megan McCoy, Kathryn Vargas Serna, Eric Stevens, Michael Stokes, Christina Valentine and Tomas Young.
Academic Awards – Biology: Jaime Gomez; Science: John Matthews; Science (Edison Award): Pauline Simonson; Science (Sagan Award): Alexander Nuntapreda; Math (A.P. Statistics): Michael Stokes; Math (A.P. Calculus): Eric Stevens; Physical Education: Emily Malouf and Louis Valles.
A.P. Studio Art: Emily Leary; Dance: Kaitlyn Taylor; Men’s Dance: Nicholas Bruno; Music (Instrumental): Elliott Gleich; Music (Vocal): Josh Sneddon; Theatre: Maxwell Brown; Theatre (Technical Production): Michael Eggert; Journalism (Newspaper): Amaia Horyna.
Computer Science: Dominic Malouf; English: Kathryn Vargas Serna; Social Studies: Amaia Horyna; Spanish: Amaia Horyna; A.P. Spanish: Isabella DiNardo; Latin: Emily Leary; French: Casey Pratts; Peer Ministry; Emmy Darling; Theology: Tomas Young.
Because of COVID, this was a unique graduation. The ceremony was held in the parking lot to avoid an indoor setting. Everyone wore masks. Social distancing was maintained. “The driveway into the parking lot was lined with photos of the members of the Class of 2020,” wrote Intermountain Catholic reporter Laura Vallejo. “As the graduates got out of their cars, they were saluted by the school’s faculty and staff.” Valedictorian Eric Stevens reflected on the trying times, noting “helping others by protecting ourselves and complete strangers could make the difference. Through this pandemic, we, the Class of 2020, have realized how our individual behaviors can impact the whole community.” Added salutatorian Suenga “Ellie” Han, citing the impact of an earthquake on top of the pandemic, “no matter how good or bad these last four years have been, they have been unforgettable. This pandemic has taught us to take every opportunity and to appreciate all we are given. We are strong and we are resilient.”
Alumni
Louis Franciose, Class of 2013, professed vows as a monk of St. Anselm Abbey and took the name Basil; Elliott Fall, Class of 2003, was named general manager of the Real Salt Lake soccer team in Major League Soccer; Alan Lang, Class of 2017, signed to play basketball at Bossier Parish Community College in Louisiana after redshirting at Weber State University; Kaden Elliss, Class of 2014, had seven tackles as a linebacker for the New Orleans Saints when they opened the NFL season; Luke Puskedra, Class of 2008, was competing in the Olympic marathon trials, four years after being the alternate on the U.S. team.
