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The Catalyst
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The Catalyst
Holden Clausen

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter

Holden is a senior and this is his first year on the Catalyst staff. He likes to spend his time doing various things such as hanging out with his family and friends, playing sports, watching sports, and working. He enjoys writing about and reviewing things such as sports games, new restaurants, and movies.

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Starting off the 4x400 relay, senior Bobby Joseph, looks to finish in first and hand the baton to his teammate. Joseph’s start was enough to bring Millard West 2nd place in the relay. “I got a pretty good start for the 4x400 and we barely got beat out by first place,” said Joseph. “We are going to get back to work at practice to improve our time, and hopefully finish first when it really matters.”

Racing to finish in First

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
April 24, 2024
Junior Carter Laborde setting up to get an easy layup. We started the game out very physical, and the score reflected that at the start of the game, Laborde said. It was a very emotional loss for the team because it was the last game of the season.

Wildcats last game of the year

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
March 25, 2024
Locking the opposing team down, Senior Cooper Fortune moves his feet to force the stop. Defense has been a big part coaches game plan towards the end of the season, Fortune said. I just go out there and execute what coach told us to do, and most of the time it works pretty well.

Millard West takes on Westview

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2024
Senior Luke Wu getting ready to bowl another strike to help his team prevail over Benson. “This season was very fun,” Wu said. “I got to bowl with a good amount of my friends and also made some new friends.”

Striking season

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
February 20, 2024
Junior Reink Mast gets the scoring started by getting past the former national player of the year Zach Edey for the easy bucket. Mast kept up the scoring all game finishing with the second most in the game with 18 points.

The Cornhuskers shock the Boilermakers

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
February 5, 2024
Senior Bobby Joseph details the interior and exterior of his customers cars. He started this entrepreneurial business to earn a few dollars but it turned into a great opportunity to learn more about entrepreneurship. “I’m really glad I decided to take my own route and start my own business,” Joseph said. “Not only has it brought me a little money on the side, but has also brought me a lot of experience and has taught me a lot of skills that I can use in the future.”

Detailing his future

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
December 18, 2023
Nebraska plays their first non-home game at a neutral site against the Oregon State Beavers, at the Pentagon in Sioux Falls, SD. They Dominate the game and take the victory 84-63.

Red hot start for the Big Red

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
December 11, 2023
Released in June 2023, highly anticipated movie “Shooting Stars”, released on peacock. The movie highlights the high school career of four friends, including one of the greatest NBA players of all time, Lebron James.

Shooting for the Stars

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
November 20, 2023
Kevin Mar takes position as he referees for 16th season in college football. Kevin has officiated many games and is a veteran in the industry, with 28 total year under his belt. “This job has granted me with many experiences that I couldn’t get anywhere else,” Kevin said. “I love to travel the country and get the opportunities that I get through the NCAA.”

Stripes and whistles

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2023
The highly anticipated Netflix series “Quarterback” released to Netflix July 12, 2023, showcases the lives of three NFL quarterback and shows what goes on behind the scenes of the NFL season.

Dropping back into the everyday lives of quarterbacks

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
October 23, 2023
Senior Brady Mar gets put in a box and league mates dump 28 different gross items on him. Mar lost 2 of his fantasy football leagues and had to do some extreme punishments for his losses. “This is probably the worst thing that I have ever had to do, it was so sticky and smelled disgusting,” Mar said. “The spray tan wasn’t as bad as the items being dumped on me but I was much darker and was asked about it too many times to count.”

Fantasy Football fails

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
October 2, 2023
Brady Mar, Jordan Gassen, Holden Clausen, Cooper Fortune, and Michael Bartholomew come out as the starting lineup for DHE. The team only had 6 players to play, making the starting group very tired. I came in thinking that the competition was going to be much harder, since only 2 of us play organized basketball still, Mar said. But we came in and took care of business pretty easily.

Dale Hansen Elite takes over Lincoln

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
September 13, 2023
Senior Bobby Joseph working on skills and speed in team drills. Joseph is the starting running back/ wide receiver for the Wildcats. I want to step up and lead this team to the playoffs and hopefully win the championship, Joseph said. Joseph and the wildcats were knocked out of the playoffs in the first round last season, and look to bounce back this year and make it to the championship.

Kicking off the football season

Holden Clausen, Staff Reporter
August 25, 2023
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