Third annual chapter Mass

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Members of BC Alumni San Diego and friends attended the chapter’s third annual Mass and reception Sunday. The events were held on the campus of Cathedral Catholic High School, San Diego.

Here is a brief video of the event.

Celebrant of the Mass was Peter Gyves, S.J., ’73, ’94, ’08, associate pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the only Jesuit parish in the San Diego area. Hosting the chapter were Kevin Calkins ’00, principal of Cathedral Catholic, and his wife, Beth Calkins ’03.

 

Eagles in the Desert

BC alumni and friends at Eagle Rock, Warner Springs. L-R: Mike Ross '09, Marissa Robles, Rebecca Scease Reid '96, Lissa Herrick Tsu '00, Brian Tsu '00, Margot Tsu, Ray Berube '78, Mary Farrell Berube '80, Janet Rodriguez, Kevin Smosky '00, Bill McDonald '68.

BC alumni and friends at Eagle Rock, Warner Springs. L-R: Mike Ross ’09, Marissa Robles, Rebecca Scease Reid ’96, Lissa Herrick Tsu ’00, Brian Tsu ’00, Margot Tsu, Ray Berube ’78, Mary Farrell Berube ’80, Janet Rodriguez, Kevin Smosky ’00, Bill McDonald ’68.

There is a natural rock formation in Warner Springs, about 90 miles northeast of downtown San Diego, that looks a little like an eagle. Actually, as you can see above, the rather large natural rock formation looks like nothing else than a big eagle.

On Saturday, 10 alumni and friends (and a young daughter) made the trek to Eagle Rock, which is located on the Pacific Crest Trail. In a pretty weird connection, we accessed the area where Eagle Rock is located from Camino San Ignacio in Warner Springs. That’s “St. Ignatius Road.” !?

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And a few miles down the road on State Route 79 is a street with another Jesuit-related name (see photo at right). Anyone know about any Jesuit presence in northeast San Diego County?

We also went further initially than Warner Springs, over the mountainsides to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. Desert flowers are somewhat past peak (earlier and briefer than expected in this El Niño year), but there is still some color not seen the rest of the year.

Our flower guide was Christina St. John from the Anza-Borrego Foundation. About to pursue a master’s degree in botany, Christina was an invaluable guide to the desert flora, as well as a friendly companion. With her guidance, we visited Glorietta Canyon, one of the most accessible areas of the Park (though over a couple of miles of dirt road) and location of many flowering plants in the spring.

It was pretty much a day-long excursion, also including lunch in Borrego Springs, and a visit to a rather unusual piece of “public art.” Below is a short (<5 minutes) video of the day, including the desert flowers, etc. You’ll see that we were able to visit Eagle Rock and park our cars inside the gate that warns “No Trespassing.” That’s because we had received official permission from the Vista Irrigation District to do so, after filling out various waivers, and were on the property for only about a half-hour. We had some unexpected companions on our visit to Eagle Rock, examples of the “wildlife” in the area . . . but that’s for you to see. (Click on “BCSD @ Eagle Rock” at upper left of graphic below to watch on YouTube. Much better viewing.)

 

At the track

A dozen BC Eagles and friends enjoyed a beautiful November afternoon at the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club yesterday. Companionship, food, libations, beautiful horses, exciting races . . . at the Turf Club . . . a wonderful afternoon.

Front, l-r: Andrew Lutz ’13, Matthew Pare ‘13, Karlie Wong ’13, Jasmine Howard ‘11, Mary Farrell Berube ‘80 Rear, l-r: Greg Cortese JD’74, Bill McDonald ’68, Nick Mills JD’14, Patricia Hardy Nascenzi ‘80, Bob Nascenzi ‘78. Mike Ross '09 had joined us earlier.

Front, l-r: Andrew Lutz ’13, Matthew Pare ‘13, Karlie Wong ’13, Jasmine Howard ‘11, Mary Farrell Berube ‘80. Rear, l-r: Greg Cortese JD’74, Bill McDonald ’68, Nick Mills JD’14, Patricia Harvey Nascenzi ‘80, Bob Nascenzi ‘78. Mike Ross ’09 had joined us earlier.

This is the second fall season for Del Mar. They call it the Bing Crosby Season and often refer to it as the “BC Season.” We’ll go with that. :)

The 6th race of the afternoon was named in honor of “Boston College Alumni.” Greg Cortese JD’74 and Mary Farrell Berube ’80 represented San Diego Eagles in the Winner’s Circle to present gifts to the winning horse’s owner and jockey. Here’s the finish of that race.

This was a bye week for the BC football team, so there are no highlights. (That a good thing?) Next week is BC’s bowl game — Notre Dame, in Fenway Park. It’s a 4:30 pm PT kickoff and there is, of course, a BC game watch.

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Other sports highlights

Both hockey teams continued their successful seasons. The #2 men’s team advanced to 9-1 with a 6-4 win over Michigan State. The four goals by the Spartans ended a three-game shutout streak by goalie Thatcher Demo (of San Diego), who had blanked the opposing team in six of the previous seven games. The #2 women are now 14-0, following a weekend sweep of UNH.

Field Hockey won its NCAA tournament opener yesterday, beating Albany, 2-1. The Eagles meet UConn today. (Update: UConn 1, BC 0)

Women’s Soccer, also in the NCAAs, fell to Princeton, 4-2, in its opener. Men’s Soccer ended play the ACC tournament, losing to Clemson, 3-0. The men, however, will host Vermont Thursday in an opening round of the NCAA Tournament.

Basketball has started and both Eagles teams opened with a win. The men beat St. Francis (Brooklyn, N.Y.), 75-49, and the women won over Providence, 67-41. The women followed up on that opening win with a victory over Maine today, 55-48.

You can see updated schedules and results on the Sports Schedules/Results page.

Go Eagles!