Bellarmine's cross country team opened the season on Saturday at the Lowell Invitational in impressive fashion, placing first in the Varsity, Junior-Varsity, and Sophomore races, and 2nd in the Freshman race. 

The junior year includes continuing work in composition (critical, creative and research), and literary analysis. Students are expected to complete 2 semesters of Junior-level elective English courses. Eligible courses are included below.

This creative writing class (formerly titled Creative Writing 1) will provide students an opportunity to explore their creative and imaginative potential in order to find themselves as writers and discover their true writing voice. The class is divided into three sections. 1) Discovering your own voice and learning to write stories about your life. 2) Character voice: learning how to create a character and mimic other authors' voices. 3) Story Mechanics: the fundamentals of writing including plot, theme, character, description, dialogue, perspective, conflict, syntax, word choice, symbolism, and ultimately style. In order to accomplish these goals, the class will use open ended journaling as well as brainstorming activities to draw on a student's own life experiences for story material. We will also study and model the writings of master story tellers including William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, C.S. Lewis, Edgar Allan Poe, Bernard Malamud, Flannery O'Connor, and John Updike, among others, in order to incorporate their techniques into original stories. Peer evaluations and public readings will also be used to understand criticism and how to incorporate criticism to better students' writing.

The Bellarmine wrestling team is a fun, positive place for hard work and strong dedication. As the winter season’s only no-cut sport, the freshman, junior varsity (JV), and varsity teams welcome students of all sizes and levels of experience. In 2019, the Bells were able to capture their fourth West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) title, going undefeated in duals. The Bells went on to finish 4th in CCS, with two Bellarmine wrestlers moving on to the State Meet. 

In addition to success on the mat, the team has been honored with CCS Scholastic Championship Team awards three of the past four years.

Over the years, Bellarmine wrestling has captured 23 of 31 WCAL team titles.  

Coach Bio

Coach Scott Benson has coached 61 seasons of high school athletics in both football and wrestling. After spending two years at his alma mater with legend Gus Talbot, Benson began his Bellarmine coaching career in 1991 under the tutelage of the founder of the program, Tim Kerr. In that time, he has coached 14 state placers along with a number of state qualifiers and CCS Champions and medalists. He was also a member of the staff that coached the 2001 team to a CCS Championship and Bellarmine to 11 straight WCAL titles, the longest run in the history of the league. Coach Benson preaches hard work, commitment, the importance of conditioning, and an aggressive style of wrestling.