Last Saturday, Oct. 18, the men’s and women’s cross country teams competed in their first of two home meets, the Prairie Fire Invite.

This was a small meet with only three teams competing. Both of Knox’s teams took second. Top runners for Knox were senior Karen Brophy who finished fourth and senior Mike Dooley who placed eleventh.

“The [Prairie Fire Invite] was mostly just about getting tuned up for the conference meet ...

Friday night I witnessed boob grabbing, cheating, lesbian kissing, drug taking, and a human inappropriate “back massager.” Where do you think I was? A frat party, maybe? Not at all. I was in the Studio Theater in CFA.

Last week, Guerilla Surrealism Productions presented “We Sit Down to Pee: An Improv Show.” The show was ridiculous, uncomfortable, inappropriate….and really good.

The actors were great, led by the hysterical and crazy senior Pam Schuller. The ...

By Megan Young

The Knox Student

Last Friday the cross-country teams competed in the Benedictine Eagle Invitational. The ladies placed fourth out of 13 teams with three girls placing in the top 25 and the men placed tenth out of 12 teams.

The season has been “fantastic, to put it in one word,” said head coach Patrick Irwin. "But the most important meets are coming in the next few weeks."

“The important stuff has yet ...

“This was the best meet that the teams have had since I’ve been coach,” said Coach Patrick Irwin about the Cross Country team’s meet last weekend.

Last Saturday at the Forester Invitational in Vernon Hills, IL, the ladies’ team placed fourth out of ten teams led by senior Karen Brophy, who placed 25th overall. Brophy thought she could have done better personally but was proud of her team as a whole.

“I ran ...

Last season for the cross country was “a transition year” according to head coach Patrick Irwin. Though there were improvements from both teams last year when Coach Irwin first stepped up as head coach, Irwin expects even better results this season. The team has already run in two meets, improving in each one and competing well together. Coach Irwin is looking for more improvements from both the mens’ and women’s teams as the season ...