Cana captures third Chaminade Cup at Crusader Games
The House Provincials celebrate at the Crusader Games Closing Ceremony.
May 23, 2023
The Crusader House Games are the Riordan community’s way of working together in teams to engage in school spirit.
There are four houses. The House of Bolts, House of Pilar, House of Russi, and House of Cana. Each house has a provincial to lead their house. The House Games happen four times a year and occur when all houses come together to earn points for their house. The house games originated from the House Leadership Team looking for days to allow for the Houses to compete in more competitions.
At the end of the 2023 Crusader Games, Bolts house came in first as the Crusader Games winner, followed by the Pilar House winning the Senior Gauntlet. The last award went to Cana as they won this year’s grand Chaminade Cup once again, making them back to back champions.
This year the Crusader Games have seen various changes with new house provincials, new games, and themes.
Director of Student Activities Benny Willers believes that the main goal is to build community within the Houses and compete in friendly competition.
He said, “I would like to find our staple games that work really well, but also find a way to spice the games up and have some more creative, engaging games.”
According to newly elected student body president Santino Martinez ’23, “An obstacle that the games has faced is the misunderstanding of how the games are played.”
He said the rules of the games could be unclear to the students, which could affect the participation or interest from the students.
Hana Wadlow ’25, who was recently elected co-student body president for the 2023 – 2024 school year, said, “As president going forward I’d like to see more interactions from the audience in general, and for the student body to voice their own opinions.”