I have always enjoyed playing sports.  They have been a big part of my nine years at SLDM.   I have been a part of flag football, tackle football, basketball, cross country, volleyball, and plan to play baseball this spring. I feel blessed to have had many fun-filled  seasons of CYO sports. Basketball has been my favorite sport to play in large part due to the coaches I’ve had. Rez Mollabashy, Josh Barber, and Paul Glenn have coached me and given me a chance to develop into the player I am now. Not only have they helped me on the court, but have also taught me lessons about life off of the court.  I also have one more coach that I know pretty well. Not once did I ever think my mom would be coaching me in anything. This is now the third season she has been my volleyball coach. It’s something special we share together.  Believe it or not, she has been a pretty good coach for us! 

My favorite memory of CYO was playing in the basketball Christmas tournaments in 7th and 8th grades. My team won both times. The one in 7th grade I was just subbing for another team, but a championship is a championship. My 8th grade team this year, coached by Rez and Josh was awesome! We were undefeated in the regular season and were going into the City Tournament. Unfortunately, I was exposed to COVID and was unable to play.  My basketball season was over. Even with a rough ending, this basketball season was my favorite of any sport, CYO or not.

For CYO games or meets, I feel like I have been everywhere around the city of Indianapolis, but my favorite venues to play at were the high schools- Guerin, Chatard, and Cathedral. It just feels different playing at a high school. It makes you feel like you’re in the spotlight!  CYO does a nice job incorporating the high schools into CYO grade school sports. I will always cherish my time playing CYO sports--playing with my friends and having fun is something to treasure...well, that and beating St. Simon! 

My name is Malcolm Houze and I have been at SLDM for 10 years.  I started playing mini-Cardinals when I was in first grade, and I started playing CYO in 3rd.  My favorite memories are wining City in track for the 200m in 4th grade, and then winning City in 6th for the 100m.   It was also great to set a City record with 3 of my close friends for the 4x100m relay in 6th grade.


I also really loved it when my older brother, Christian Daniels, was able to be my head basketball coach (with my Dad as the assistant) in 5th grade.  And my favorite football year was 6th grade when we made it to the City Championship game.

This year, I am trying to play as many CYO sports as possible.  I already played football and basketball, and we are playing volleyball now.  I hope we can possibly hang a banner for volleyball, and I’m excited to play soccer for the very first time.  I am also excited to run track one last time, and hopefully set a record.  I love sports, so CYO has been a great part of my time at SLDM.  Thank you to all the parents and coaches who have made playing sports for our school possible!