BROTHER RICE
V OLUME 59,
ISSUE
2
Chieftain
N OVEMBER 2018
Welcome
To the
A-Team
Meet our best eaters
For Thanksgiving Day
New Turf on the Tick
Athletic fi eld fi xes to be fi nished by Spring
By Cole Gellatly
Chieftain Staff
It’s about time. Brother Rice is fi nally
getting new turf for both Ambrose and
Fracassa Fields. The fi rst synthetic turf
fi elds were installed behind the school in
2005 and 2006, respectively. The replace-
ment turf is about four years overdue,
and the administration decided that now
is the time to install new turf.
Construction started on October 30.
Many people are excited that Rice is
making much-needed improvements on
the fi elds, which were supposed to take
place after the 2019 spring season. But the
timetable now is to complete the projects
before the 2019 spring season, allowing
the spring teams to kick off the season on
the brand new turf.
According to the administration, Broth-
er Rice had to raise about $1.5 million to
pay for the new turf and track. Over the
B R OTHE R R IC E H IG H S C H O O L C H I E F TA I N
By Colin Watts
Chieftain Staff
Ah, Thanksgiving. My favorite day
of the year. The most dominant holi-
day ever made. From the Lions game
to spending great time with family,
Colin
Watts
summer, they raised enough to start the
new track, which was outdated with torn-
up patches everywhere.
Thanksgiving is truly unlike any other
The timing of the track seems a little
day of the year.
off, now that massive construction ve-
Everyone knows that this day is
hicles will be driving over it to work on
mostly
about attacking the food table,
the turf. Also, track is a spring sport, so
so
we
at
the Chieftain have decided to
they really did not need a new one for the
choose
three
classmates here at Rice to
fall.
join
me
on
a
team
that will take down
Despite interruption to daily rou-
the
most
Thanksgiving
food ever in the
tines, such as parking, some faculty and
history
of
humanity.
staff are just as excited as the students
First up for the team is Joe Serra.
about the new fi elds. “The front porch
Maybe
he’s not the person you would
of Brother Rice are the fi elds,” said Mr.
expect
to
go fi rst, but he eats like no
Calcaterra, Athletic Director.
other.
Anyone
who has hung out with
Every home wants a good front porch
this
kid
on
the
weekends
really gets an
appeal, and Mr. Calcaterra is excited
up-close-and-personal
look
at what he
about the remodel of ours. “The big thing
can
do
around
the
grub.
For
the sake of
for me is that Brother Rice is showing
the
team,
we’re
gonna
give
Joe
the des-
growth,” he said. “The fi elds happen to
sert.
With
a
world
of
doubters,
Serra
will
be one of those components, and it’s
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N O V E M B E R 2018