Irish Insights

BMCHS surging into spring

As the Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School students approach spring break, they have been busy with both academic and athletic achievement while winter sports conclude and spring sports begin. 

Eucharistic procession 
In celebration of the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, McGuinness held its first Eucharistic procession, with students lining the halls to honor the Blessed Sacrament.

The Jubilee Year is a biblical and historical tradition which comes from the Old Testament, specifically the Book of Leviticus. This year is a year of restoration, grace and forgiveness, the theme being Pilgrims of Hope.

“This is just a cool thing we do to bring Jesus out to our community and school,” Campus Minister Kelly Allen said. “This is just a really great celebration.”

For students, this year is the first opportunity to celebrate a Jubilee Year.

“I think it's very interesting that we celebrate this,” sophomore Lacey Lake said.  “They don't do this at every school, so it's a rare time and a rare thing that makes us different from other schools.”

Recognizing achievement
On Feb. 24, the school held an assembly to recognize winter sports and academic achievements, celebrating girls and boys basketball, swim, pom, cheer, and ACT and PSAT achievements. Some of the achievements:

Seniors with a 36 on one or more subject in the ACT – Zane Challis, Coffey Collier, Jack deKeratry, Joseph Dickerson, Claire Ellis, Oliver Gumerson, Willie Gauthier, Annabelle Harden, Kylee Hart, Maisie Krodel, Ryan McClanahan, Lauren Potter, Pyeatt Rivera, Quenby Swanson and Leo Ton.

Juniors in the top 5% of PSAT scores – Nguyen Chow, Anna LaForge, Joseph Nguyen, Sophia Hart, Sedwyn Nones, James Schultz, Tony Huynh, Sam Margo, and Joseph Zacharias.

Swim State Qualifiers – Zander Pruden, John Nguyen, Brady Mitchell, Caamryn Kanaly, Megan Milligan, Addison Harley, Grayson Hallman, Jackson Hill, Miranda Pina-Pineda, Brandon Mai, Kaylie Fedor, Tony Huynh, and Tristan Shao.

Wrestling State Qualifiers – Nora Thompson, Marah Lofgren, Elijah Velazquez, and Cohen Rich.

Speech
On March 6-8 the school hosted the speech and debate NSDA district tournament to qualify for nationals. The tournament hosted all classes with McGuinness competing in 5A. 

Soccer ramping up
After months of practice, Irish soccer is scheduled to open its season March 11 against Lawton Ike. The underclassmen dominated girls team has been practicing since mid-January. 

“I think we’ll go a lot further than we did last year,” junior Molly Strop said.

Katherine Menz is a junior at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School.


Photo: Fr. Rick Stansberry and servers led a Eucharistic procession on Feb. 25 around Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School. Photo Aimee Martinez.