​Stickball is Back!

By Chip Genung ’25

Photo by Yoon Byun

Stickball, a time-honored Westminster tradition dating back to the school's founding in 1888. It has changed throughout the years, but the premise has stayed the same. Still, despite almost a century and a half of this tradition, last year was a subpar year for the sport with only a few games being played and a low community involvement in the activity. On top of that, with the unfortunate departure of Ms. Kennedy, we have lost our commissioner.
 
But this year, Westminster has the opportunity to bring Stickball back and make it better than ever. Tyler Arsenault, the gym instructor, is the new commissioner and is excited to lead Westy into a great season. I had the chance to sit down and talk with him about his plans for Stickball. At the end of last year, Tyler was asked by Ms. Kennedy to be the new commissioner, and he enthusiastically responded yes. He was “excited and delighted to take part in such a fun community event,” and he already had some ideas. One of these ideas is to have all the games on the same one or two days of the week to make it easier and more fun for more students to get involved, as he said, “the more people, the better it will be.” He is also striving to instill more communication not only between himself and the students but also between the students and other students in their halls.
 
Tyler and the entire community are very excited to see what is in store for Stickball this year, and it seems that this will be the best year yet.