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Caleb Bolin–News Editor/Feature Editor/Political Columnist

Caleb Bolin
News/Feature Editor
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2016-17 was Caleb Bolin’s first year on ECHO staff, but he made several contributions while taking journalism class his junior year.

Awards

CSPA Gold Circle Certificate of Merit for Photo Slideshow– “Fire departments respond to burning house near Avery Elementary”

All Missouri Feature Writing–“Upcoming election inspires students to start political party clubs“–MIPA 2016

Superior Sports Feature Story–“Teachers live football fantasies through prestigious WGHS league“–JournalismSTL 2016

Nominee Special Projects Video of the Year–“Video: ‘Sophomoric’ game becomes popular“–MJEA 2016

Works

Voting for 3rd party candidates counts

2016 election cycle finally ends

Caleb’s Conception: Columnist throws support behind relatively unknown candidate

Op-ed: Teachers should prioritize All Write Festival

Caleb’s Conception: Columnist reflects on 2016, looks to 2017

School water fountains are inconsistent but safe

“Column: People should take better care of Earth”

Custodians support school, community

Sol brings depth, aesthetic

Video: ‘Sophomoric’ game becomes popular

Authenticity, favorability directly related

“Upcoming election inspires students to start political party clubs”

Op-ed: Trump succeeds despite unorthodox campaign

“Teachers live football fantasies through prestigious WGHS league”

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Voices of Webster is an ECHO Newspaper production. The opinions expressed are those of the student journalists and those they interview, and do not reflect the opinions of Webster Groves High School or Webster Groves School District. Lydia Urice is editor. Music is "Beauty Flow," by Kevin MacLeod from https://filmmusic.io (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) and “Poppers and Prosecco” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0.

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Senior Amy Griesedieck and unpictured juniors Aidan Owens and Ezekiel La Mantia help drama teacher Alexandria Pettey deconstruct a desk in her new room and hang up lights after school Jan. 20. Photo by Ezekiel La Mantia

Sports Scores

Men’s Basketball
Dec. 16–Confluence–W–59-57
Dec. 18–Kirkwood–W–57-54
Dec. 22–Trinity–W–82-40
Dec. 28– De Smet–L–69-50
Dec. 30–Westminster–L–66-47
Jan. 1–Bayless–W–78-30
Jan. 5–Parkway Central–W–62-26
Jan. 8–Pattonville–L–63-60
Jan. 12–DuBourg–W–51-44
Jan. 18–Carnahan–W–61-28

Women’s Basketball
Nov. 26–Whitfield @St. Joseph’s–W–61-58
Nov. 28–@ St. Joseph’s–W–54-44
Dec. 1–Lutheran South–W–67-32
Dec. 8–Parkway South–W–80-21
Dec. 16–Westminster–L–42-41
Dec. 18–Kirkwood–W–55-32
Dec. 19–Cor Jesu @ Visitation–W–56-36
Dec. 16–Lift For Life @ Visitation–W–70-62
Dec. 27–Westminster @ Visitation–L–52-41
Dec. 28–Whitfield @ Visitation–W–43-39
Jan. 2–Herculaneum @ Lutheran South–W–65-36
Jan. 19–Francis Howell Central–L–50-48

Men’s Cross Country
Sept. 17–Eagle Crusader Invitational–14th–384
Sept. 19–Festus Bowles Invitational–2nd–60
Sept. 25–24th Fox Ed White Invitational–2nd–79
Oct. 3–Parkway West Dale Sheppard Invitational-Race 1–8th–157
Oct. 3–Frank Schultz Invitational–10th–250
Oct. 9–17th Annual Terry Meatheany Invitational–2nd–47
Oct. 17–Eureka Invitational–4th–117
Oct. 22–Webster Groves Invitational–1st–29
Oct. 31–Class 5 District 2–3rd–116

Women’s Field Hockey
Sept. 28–Westminster–L–7-0
Oct. 1–Parkway West–L–6-0
Oct. 7–Clayton–L–3-0
Oct. 9–Kirkwood–L–2-0
Oct. 11–Marquette–L–4-0
Oct. 12–St. Dominic–L–1-0
Oct. 17–Oakville–L–6-0
Oct. 20–Rosati-Kain @ Parkway South–W–1-0
Oct. 21–Summit–L–6-1

Football
Oct. 9–Seckman–L–35-0
Oct. 16–Parkway West–L–55-20
Nov. 6–Mehlville–L–17-0

Women’s Golf
Sept. 14–Lindbergh–Second–186
Sept. 15–Fox–W–183-202
Sept. 16–Oakville –W–176-214
Sept. 22–Webster Scramble–4th–257
Sept. 30–Suburban Conference Championships- Red Pool–1st–372
Oct. 6–Parkway Central at Four Seasons CC–165-187
Oct. 7–Eureka at Aberdeen GC–185-198
Oct. 12–Class 3 District 1 Tournament–6th–372

Men’s Soccer
Sept. 29–Clayton–L–2-1
Sept. 30–Trinity–W–8-0
Oct. 6–Kirkwood–W–2-1
Oct. 8–Summit–W–3-2
Oct. 10–SLUH–L–2-1
Oct. 12–Vianney–W–5-0
Oct. 15–Lindbergh–L–3-2
Oct. 20–Chaminade–W–2-1
Oct. 24–Priory–W–3-1
Oct. 27–Mehlville–L–7-0
Nov. 2–Windsor (Imperial) @Mehlville–W–8-1
Nov. 4–Mehlville–W–4-0
Nov. 7–Clayton–L–3-1

Women’s Softball
Sept. 28–Borgia–W–12-0
Sept. 29–Kirkwood–W–12-2
Oct. 1–Parkway West–W–12-1
Oct. 2–Cor Jesu–W–17-0
Oct. 3–Oakville–W–9-6
Oct. 3–Oakville–L–10-6
Oct. 5–Summit–W–14-9
Oct. 6–Pattonville–W–15-5
Oct. 7–Fox–W–7-1
Oct. 8–Northwest Cedar Hill–W–14-0
Oct 10–Parkway South–L–2-1
Oct. 10–Parkway South–W–18-7
Oct. 13–Affton @ Windsor–W–15-0
Oct. 15–Incarnate Word @ Windsor–W–14-4
Oct. 16–Rosati-Kain @ Windsor–W–15-0
Oct. 22–Farmington @ Windsor (Imperial)–W–5-1
Oct. 24–Summit–W–4-3
Oct. 30–Webb City @Killian Softball Complex–W–5-4

Men’s Swimming
Oct. 8–Clayton–W–139-36
Nov. 14–Missouri Class 1 Championships–17th–33

Women’s Volleyball
Sept. 29–Oakville–L–25-19; 25-19
Oct. 1–Northwest Cedar Hill–L–25-14; 25-17
Oct. 3–Kirkwood–W–25-20; 25-18; 25-21; 25-20
Oct. 8–Nerinx Hall–L–25-19; 25-23
Oct. 14–Parkway West–L–25-23; 28-26; 25-10; 25-22; 15-10
Oct. 22–Lindbergh–L–25-19; 25-14; 25-20; 25-20
Oct. 27–Nerinx Hall @Incarnate Word–L–26-24; 26-24; 25-13

Men’s Wrestling
Nov. 24–Union @Capital City-30-Final–47-30
Jan. 7–University City–L–24-18
Jan. 8–Union–L–42-30

Women’s Wrestling
Nov. 24–Union-30 @ Capital City-12-Final–30-12
Dec. 1–Lafayette-48 @ Timberland-24-Final–48-24
Dec. 1–Clayton-6 @ Brentwood-12-Final–12-6
Dec. 9–Francis Howell Central-30 @ Fort Zumwalt West-30–30-30
Dec. 9–Troy Buchanan-30 @ Timberland-12–30-12
Dec. 9–Lafayette-48 @ Marquette-12–48-12

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Former Staffers

*Former entertainment editor Abby Botan interned with the St. Louis Post Dispatch during the summer of 2016. Here are a few of her published works.
--“'Queer' in pop culture"
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*Class of 2017 former sports editor/columnist Bennett Durando writes for the The Missourian.
*Class of 2018 editor-in-chief Caroline Fellows is copy chief for the Maneater.
*Former editor-in-chief Kate Grumke is a political producer for PBS and an Edward R. Murrow Award winner.
*Former sports editor Roy Harris is the author of Pulitzer's Gold.
*Class of 2015 former ECHO editor Aerin Johnson graduated from Truman University, where she was executive producer of TMN TV news.
*Class of 2017 former ECHO editor Andy Kimball is a reporter for the The Missourian.
*Class of 2019 print editor Ellie Marshall is a copy editor for the Maneater.
*Class of 1978 ECHO staffer Russ Mitchell is an anchor for WKYC in Cleveland.
*Former technology columnist Sean Mullins is at Webster University and continuing his blog "Electric Retrospective."
*Former web editor Phoebe Mussman won the Jury Award for Best Cinematography & Sound at the Stronger Than Fiction Film Fest for her documentary "Qualm & Quietus."
*Class of 2019 editor-in-chief Cole Schnell is a copy editor for the Maneater.
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