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By Lily Shriner '23 The lights dim. The sound of a concert floods the room. First the keyboard, then the violins, and the rest of the pit orchestra. The cast, pit, and crew simultaneously release a breath no one had realized they were holding. The show begins. From the Cat’s hat to McElligot’s Pool, Whoville to the Jungle of Nool, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, the co-writers of the musical, bring the audience on a mind-boggling adventure with the likes of Horton the Elephant, JoJo the Who, Mayzie LaBird, Gertrude McFuzz, and the Sour Kangaroo. Formed from some of the most musically-talented students Delone has to offer, the cast of Seussical dedicated over four months to master the songs and choreography. This musical is a challenging one to perform, even with a robust theater program. Despite the challenges the cast, crew, and pit faced during the extensive rehearsal period, including the unplanned performance of a Bird Girl by Brittany Stevens, the show’s director, Delone Cat...

by Chase Hoffman '22 After a decade of Delone Catholic finding little success within their boy’s basketball program, we were finally able to make it back to the state playoffs. Throughout the offseason, we made it a goal to change the way the program has been. We started joking around by saying “we’re going to states!” but little did we know,this inside joke with our team would become reality. After a rough start to the year, we were able to flip the switch on the season. We beat an  undefeated Holy Redeemer team that no one thought we could win. This victory made us recognize our potential and we knew we could go far this year.  The team also rallied to beat one of our biggest rivals, Littlestown after 5 straight years of losing to them.  Although we did not win our league or make it to the Giant Center to play in the District  Championship, we finished third in the district and were blessed with the opportunity to play in the Pennsylvania State Basketball Tournamen...

By Olivia Hardin '22 Delone Catholic High School has molded me into the person I am today in ways that I cannot comprehend. I have spent the majority of my teenage years with roughly the same ninety people who I have come to know very well. I have grown academically, socially, and spiritually alongside my peers who I hope can say the same thing.  Throughout these four years, I have been offered dozens of opportunities to not only serve my community but also become closer to God. One of the opportunities that I am most thankful for is Kairos because it has shaped the way that I live my life and greatly impacted the way that I participate in my faith. I remember the first time I heard about Kairos freshman year from a teammate. She had said that she couldn’t tell me about it and had only said that it was the greatest experience of her life.  She remarked that everyone grew closer. As a fifteen year old freshman, this mystery excited me and I decided that I would sign up when I w...

  The DCHS Hall of Honor inducted five new members for the class of 2022, including Andrew M. Angel '73, a three-sport athlete at Delone Catholic and pictured here in the May 1972 issue of Delonews with the baseball team.  

By Kallie Gilbart '22 The Delone Catholic Music Department is something that many people don’t know much about, especially all the behind the stage fun that goes on. Jocelyn Meyer, Benjamin Elsner, and I have been friends within and outside this department for the last four years. Through spring musicals, concerts, and music classes we have made a ton of memories and other friendships.  The music department is great because everyone involved has a similar love for the joy and passion for music. No matter what your musical talent is or how developed that talent is, the department is happy to have more people involved.  The spring musicals in particular are the reason for many friendships and happy memories at Delone. In the craziness of senior year, the routine of going to rehearsals and seeing my friends made it seem a lot more focused. The show took hard work, but many nights it just felt like hanging out with the people I loved and we just happened to also be singing and da...

by Maria Elser '17  I didn’t always love learning. In fact, I used to hate reading, and writing, and school in general. But at 15 years old, in my sophomore level English course with Ms. Duffy, my love for literature and learning was born. After reading The Great Gatsby , I developed a deep admiration and interest in analyzing symbols, themes, plots, and characters. I reread that book twice more that same year just for fun. From that year onward, I knew I wanted to teach English and share my love for literature with others. Fast forward a number of years, and I am in my final semester at Mount St. Mary’s University. After four challenging years full of stress, joy, sorrow, sports, writing, reading, crying and laughing, I was nearly ready to graduate with a major in English and a triple minor in Creative Writing, Theology, and Education. One slight stressor remained on my plate: What on earth would I do with my life after graduation? After chatting with some older Mount friends, I h...

By: Paige McIntire '25 An athlete.  A perfectionist.  A princess.  A rebel.  Rising freshmen begin their first year of high school, thinking that they have to fit into one singular social norm of their choosing.  However, it’s only after the rude awakening called “reality” barges in, that you are completely submerged in opportunities to fill your high school experience with.   Transitioning from grade school to high school is a big shift.  Along with the drowning amount of responsibilities, social challenges are a big obstacle for freshmen too.   It turns out, though, that these “social challenges” are absent at Delone, and freshman year actually pushes you to both express and learn about yourself on a more developed level.   Sports teams have helped many freshmen at Delone make friendships they were originally unsettled by, like Addison Rohrbaugh.   “I went into freshman year very shy,” Rohrbaugh says, “but through the tr...

By Wyatt DiDio '22 The experience that changed my life dramatically was transferring my junior year of high school into Delone Catholic.  In my old school I never really fit in and didn't feel like I was accepted. By my sophomore year I was dreading going to school every day and my once carefree and optimistic mood was shattered, I reverted to being harsh and defensive.  Then Covid hit and we were all suddenly online and out of the classroom; I had plenty of time to relax but I still was not the same person I used to be.  One day my parents sat me and my brother down and explained to us that they wanted to enroll us in a private school which would be in-person learning. My first thought was that I would go from being the sad nerd that I was to being the sad nerd and the weird new kid. I eventually agreed to tour the school and was surprised when I saw how small the school was.  Over the summer my twin brother and I started going to soccer practices and I was greete...