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Video: Morning strength and conditioning program prepares athletes

Every Tuesday-Friday morning at exactly 6:12, some student athletes involved in baseball and football meet in the gym to start their day with strength and conditioning. Around 10-20 students show up each morning, each one ready to work. “Getting everyone here in the morning is probably the toughest part,” junior Carter Gokie said. Learn more […]

Bolts beat Grizzlies in sub-district matchup

The Pius X Thunderbolts girls basketball team faced the Standing Bear Grizzles for the first time at the sub-district game on Tuesday. “We had never played this team before so I was not really sure what to expect from them as a team,” sophomore Josie McCabe said. The Thunderbolts led from the start, with important

Water pipe break leads to school cancellation

A pipe burst in the Pius X basement on Thursday, Feb. 20. The leak was located in the study hall room late Thursday which resulted in a cancellation of school the following Friday. “It was fairly minor, and luckily it was caught very early on,” attendance secretary Jamie Jakub said. “Mr. Schafers decided to scoop

Video: Speech team prepares for districts

The speech team is preparing for districts next month. “We’ve been practicing since October, we start competing at the beginning of November,” head coach Kathy Donlan said. Learn more about how the team is preparing for the district tournament in Maria’s video.

Video: Boy-Girl dance gives senior boys chance to perform

Before taking center stage at the pep rally, learning sideline cheers, and even before attending the first practice, 17 senior boys had to decide if they wanted to be a part of a legacy at Pius X High School. Learn more about what went into the annual boy-girl dance in Blair & Maria’s video!

Ro Sham Bo PSA

Students! This Friday: Ro Sham Bo Your goal is to get as many beads as you can by the end of the day! Learn how the game is played in Malina and Easton’s video.

Class Registration PSA

Hey Thunderbolts, it’s registration time! Director of counseling Shelly Pick tells you all you need to know to register for next year’s classes in this PSA.

AcaDeca wins regional competition

The Pius X Academic Decathlon competed in regionals on Saturday, Jan. 18. The competition consisted of tests, a super quiz, and finally awards and it took place at Pius X. Junior Regina Jordan competed as a varsity student in the competition. She won two bronze, one silver and six gold medals. Jordan scored twice as

Spanish IV classes celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

Spanish IV classes celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in class on Jan. 10. Due to timing issues last semester, the classes were unable to celebrate the feast day on Dec. 12. Teachers Tracy Chapelle and Katie Hayes have celebrated this tradition for the past six years. “Every Spanish level watched a different

Class spreads “JOY” around school

Child Developments kicked off their first project to start the year with “The Joy Germ” on Jan. 8. “This national day first started in World War I when sickness started going around. People decided they wanted to start presiding joy to boost morale,” Child Development teacher Amy Shonka said. The project started with salt paintings.

Russman kicks off Restore for 2025

The first Restore of 2025 took place on Jan. 8 in the Bishop Flavin Gym. Senior Lily Russman was the student speaker. “The point I wanted to get across for my talk is that we are made for joy and our journey to joy is going to be so much different than everyone’s and this

Video: Academic Decathlon competes at second scrimmage

Academic Decathlon’s second scrimmage was held at Bellevue East High School. The scrimmage went over science, social science, economics and music. Learn more about how Academic Decathlon prepares and competes in Inara and Ava’s video.

Wick and Wax grows from idea to business

What originally started out as a warm Saturday morning eating breakfast at IHOP ended up becoming the start of two young students’ business venture. Learn more about Wick and Wax Lincoln in Easton and Malina’s video.

“Theology kickball” takes review game to new level

Fr. Augustine Reimers’ Theology III classes spent their class a little differently on Monday, Dec. 16. They enjoyed one of their final days before exams outside playing a class-wide game of theology kickball. “My students are always asking to go outside,” Reimers said. “They are tired of sitting in desks and playing Kahoot, so I

Theology IV classes act on “big issues”

Students in Sr. Maria Meza’s Theology IV class were assigned a project on suffering in the world and how they can do their best to help combat the evil. Meza sees the project as a way of giving the students a push to do something good for the world. “I want them to have an

Marian Sisters hold special place at Pius X

The Marian Sisters are a religious order located in the Diocese of Lincoln. They follow the Franciscan rule along with their own constitution. The Marian Sisters teach in various Catholic schools in the Lincoln Diocese, one of which is Lincoln Pius X. “We’re apostolic sisters,” Sr. Maria Meza said. “We are out and about working

Contemporary History finishes semester with textbook project

As we approach the end of the first semester, Mr. Hain’s Contemporary History class finds itself finishing up in the same way it has for the past four years: a final project. “Our final project for Contemporary History is to write a textbook chapter from the perspective of 100 years in the future,” social studies

Kovar captures audience’s attention in final Advent service

The final Advent service was held on December 16, this time featuring a speech by freshman theology teacher Fr. Matthew Kovar. It focused on the final member of the holy family, Joseph. Ironically, Joseph is the reason that it is called the holy family instead of the perfect family, as unlike his wife and foster

Academic Decathlon team competes in second scrimmage

The Academic Decathlon team competed in their second scrimmage on Dec. 12th. The team competed at Bellevue East The team coach is Mike Katalenich. He has helped coach for four years. “At the last competition we did very well,” Katalenich said. “But at the one scrimmage we were at we did very well we took

Freshmen display literary learning through tableaux

From Dec. 11-13, groups of freshmen students in Jennifer Sander’s English I classes have been performing a tableaux over different books they read in the class. A tableaux is a series of motionless, silent freeze frames taken from a reading. Sander likes seeing all the groups combine their efforts and figure out how to present

Freshmen memorize, recite psalms

Students had to memorize a psalm of their choice and recite it for the class in the freshman theology classes. Sr. Guadalupe is one of the freshman theology teachers. She was impressed with her students. “I was really pleasantly surprised with my students,” Guadalupe said. “I felt like I got a good effort from everybody,