Basketball is back in the Linehan Family! In June 2015, Jeff Linehan, BCHS Class of ’73, was named JV Head Coach/Varsity Assistant by the new Girls Basketball Head Coach, Katie Fisher. His daughter, Kacie Linehan, Class of ’02, will join him as an assistant coach. Jeff was previously a coach on the BCHS Freshmen Girls Basketball staff. Welcome back to the Linehan’s!

Congratulations to Nick Martin, BCHS Class of 2011, who has been chosen as one of the 5 captains of the University of Notre Dame football team for 2015! In 2014, Nick was named team captain in the fall and started all 13 games. He transitioned from center to guard after three games, then started the rest of the season at left guard. Good luck, Nick, this season! Read about Nick’s accomplishments at Notre Dame Fighting Irish Athletics. Read an article about the 2015 season ahead of Nick.

Did you notice someone familiar on CNN? Sara Wagner, BCHS Class of 2007, was the narrator/reporter on a piece on Bishop Dwenger high school teacher Jessica Hayes who consecrated herself to Jesus in a ceremony on Aug. 15, 2015. This piece was syndicated via CNN. Sara graduated from Purdue and has been a reporter at WANE-TV, Ft. Wayne since 2013.
View the piece on CNN

Congratualtions to Krissy Kirkhoff, BCHS Class of 2014, who was listed in the top 25 Hoosier Student-Athletes to watch in 2015/2016. Krissy plays soccer at IUPUI and ranked second in The Summt League in goals as a freshman. View the article in breitbart.com

Rachel Ward, BCHS Class of 2011, has 7 goals, the most on the Ireland team as of now, in play during the European Women’s Lacrosse Championship. The team went 2-1 in pool play, losing by 1 to Scotland on Aug. 8 – a very close game. They start championship bracket play Wednesday, Aug. 13. They will play England, the number 1 seed.

Congratulations to Barney Wood, BCHS Class of 1982, who was recently awarded his second Emmy! Wood, Founder and President of Wood Innovative Group, LLC received the honor at the 2015 Emmy Celebration in Indianapolis. Wood accepted the award in the Emmy category of “Crafts: Lighting – Studio and Location”. The award was for his set lighting for a show called Comcast Newsmakers. The set was in the Ft. Wayne Grand Wayne Center.

Congratulations to Cathy Doyle, BCHS Class of 2011, as she recently graduated from the U. of Evansville with a career #2 golf average in the history of the school. Her average was 80.95.

18 players were selected to represent Ireland at the 2015 Women’s European Lacrosse Championship, Aug. 6 – 16, 2015, and Rachel Ward, BCHS Class of 2011, was one of them! Rachel is finishing her final semester at Lock Haven University, and has helped the Lady Eagles advance to NCAA Div. II Final Four in 2014. She also has conducted Bishop Chatard Girls Lacrosse clinics and is coaching the Indy United Girls Lacrosse team, with some BCHS Lady Trojans on that team. Congratulations, Rachel! Read the full story in the Lock Haven News Read about the Women’s Championship

Congratulations to BCHS alumnae, Alexandra Syndram, Class of 2015, as she heads to the Miss World America Competition on July 3, 2015. She was named Miss Indiana World earlier. From her facebook, she says, “The Beauty With a Purpose portion of Miss World America was one of the many reasons I fell in love with this organization. I’ve been volunteering with the homeless for years and to be able to shed light on my new Brown Bag Project really inspired others to join me in the fight against homelessness. If you don’t already know about the Brown Bag Project, this is where you fill paper bags with food gift cards and toiletries to keep in your car and later give to the homeless when you see them. This way you know you helped someone! In the words of Mother Teresa, “If you cannot feed one hundred people, then just feed one”.” Update: Unfortunately, Alexandra did not win the Miss World America competition.