On May 8, 2012, the McNamara Baseball team defeated the St. Mary’s Ryken Knights to sweep a best-of-three series and move on to the WCAC Championship Series, where they will face the Paul VI Panthers. The Mustangs beat the Knights 5-0 in a complete, shutout game pitched by Connor Hax ’13. The Championship is scheduled for Friday through Sunday, May 11-13 at the University of Maryland and will be a best-of-three series as well. Photos by Matt Nunez ’12, Editor-In-Chief

‘On April 27 and 28, the Bishop McNamara Dance Program presented “Dancing On Air,” this year’s production of the annual Spring Dance Festival. Dancers from each class performed and were directed by dance instructors Victoria Keithline and Cyndi King.

From March 8 through March 11, the Bishop McNamara African Dance program performed five shows for the ninth annual Sankofa production. This year’s performance was titled Kleopata, and is an interpretation of the story of the Ancient Egyptian queen Cleopatra. (Photos by Matt Nunez ’12 and Luciana Rodrigues ’12 / THE STAMPEDE)

Though we may not always see them, if there is a show or performance of some sort going on, the tech crew is always there. Though it may seem like a simple job of just pressing buttons to make a light go on, a song to cue, or a microphone to work, it takes a lot more than that. Concentration is required so that they do not mess up, as well as focus and common sense. But this never keeps them from having fun. Without the tech crew, our performances would be nothing like they are now. Under the direction of  Mr. John Shryock, tech crew is one talented group of people, all very easy to work with and whom understand the value of the work they are doing.

For the Sankofa performance of “Kleopata,”  take a behind the scenes look at what is required for the first night of the show from the tech crew. (Pictures and Story by Luciana Rodrigues ’12 / THE STAMPEDE)

On February 14, 2012 the Bishop McNamara girl’s basketball team played in their annual senior game. Every year there is a senior game to honor all the seniors on the team in their last home game. This year the Lady Mustangs beat Bishop Ireton high school in their last regular season home game 61-49. It was a great win to end off the senior girls last high school basketball season. Senior members of the Pep Band and Dance Team were also honored. Pictures by Luciana Rodrigues ’12 / THE STAMPEDE

The FADE Program (Fine Arts Diploma Endorsement) performed their annual Senior Showcase on Tuesday, February 21 in the Fine Arts Theater. The program seeks to highlight the artistic skills of those seniors graduating with a FADE designation on their diploma. (Matt Nunez ’12 / THE STAMPEDE)

Five seniors participated in National Signing Day on February 1 by signing their National Letters of Intent to play their respective sport in college / Editor-in-Chief: Matt Nunez ’12

On Friday, January 27, the McNamara Men’s Varsity Basketball team faced first-place Gonzaga. Having lost by over 20 in their last meeting, the Mustangs were able to keep the lead within five points for most of the game but ended up losing 67-61.