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February 10, 2006 - Volume 34, Issue 9
Track athletes place
in Manhattan invitational
By Derrick Onnen, sr.
Reporter
Select students traveled to Manhattan, Kansas to run in an
indoor track meet invitational. The participants were as follows; Kristin
North, sr., Sarah Works, so., Josh Honas, jr., Sam Norris, so., Mitchell
Dewey, sr., Duane Hibbs sr., Trey Zartman jr., and T.J. Shelton, jr.
North placed fifth in the open 200 with a time of 29.35, and also placed
fourth in the 55-meter hurdles running it in 10.14 seconds. Works placed
tenth in the open 200 with a time of 31.70 seconds. Works additionally ran
the 55-meter hurdles in 10.45 seconds, placing fifth.
“
It prepared me for some of the people I will be running against. We could
go enjoy it without any pressure on us,” said North.
Honas ran the open 55-meter in 7.31 seconds giving him a tie for thirteenth
place with Norris. During the open 200, Honas came in with 25.50 for twelfth
place. Dewey ran the open 55-meter in only 8.56 seconds for twenty-first
place.
In the 4x200 relay, Honas, Norris, Zartman, and Hibbs placed second. Hibbs
tied for fifth in the long jump with a jump of 17 feet two inches.
Honas place seventh with a jump of 16 feet and 10 inches. Shelton took second
place in the shot put with a throw of 44 feet 6.75 inches. Dewey finished
fifth with a throw of 37 feet 5.25 inches.
“
It was tough, because there were all different kinds of leagues and not just
3A schools there,” said Dewey. “We did awesome actually, I thought.
It just shows where we are at right now and how much we have to improve before
the season starts.”
Weightlifters bring home first place
trophies
By Anthony Sweeney, sr.
Online Manager
During the Emporia weightlifting meet held on February 4,
Humboldt had a successful outcome from all of those who competed in the men’s,
women’s, and junior divisions.
As a team, Humboldt came home with three trophies. Each trophy was for first
place overall points in the junior division, women’s division, and
men’s division.
In the junior division 114-weight class, TJ Montgomery, fr., took first overall,
as well as first in bench press, squat, and hang clean.
“
It felt pretty good because it helped me to build my self-esteem,” said
Montgomery. “Now I believe I can do more.”
Also for the junior division, this time in the the 132-weight class, Scott
Sollars, fr., took second place overall. In the 141-weight class, Nate Bartlett,
fr., took fourth place and Joab Barr, so., took fifth place. Zach Cole, so.,
accomplished fourth place overall and took first place in hang clean.
Taking sixth place overall in the 160-weight class was Chris Kolb, fr. In
the 181-weight class, Jacob Manbeck, eighth, took fifth place in overall
weight. First place in hang clean and second overall weight went to freshman
Devin Onnen.
For the women’s division, the girl participants also achieved a remarkable
outcome.
Senior Shawna Dawson brought home second place in squat and fourth place
overall in the 105-weight class. In the 114-weight class, Michelle Sollars,
so., succeeded with second place in overall weight.
Photo by Shaela Anderson
I really hope that weight stays on there...
Sophomore Sam Norris takes a quick glance at the large
amount of weight he is about to lift
during the weightlifting competition,
which was held in
Emporia on February 4. Humboldt
brought home three
first place trophies,
one for each of the divisions the team participated in;
men’s, women’s,
and juniors. The next weightlifting meet will take place in Williamsburg
on February 17.
For the 123-weight class, seniors Kristin North and
Mallory Mueller did well. North took first place in hangclean and third place
in overall weight. Mueller
achieved fifth place overall.
In the 141-weight class, senior Cara Tilman took first place in squat, second
in hangclean, and second in overall weight. For the 152-weight class, Jessica
Lowe, sr., took first place in bench and third place in overall weight. Janelle
Herder, jr., succeeded with first place in squat and bench, second in hangclean,
and first in overall weight.
Casey Womelsdorf, jr., took first in bench, squat, and hangclean, as well
as first overall in weight for the men’s 132-weight division. In the
152-weight class, Garrett Fitzmaurice, sr., took third place overall in weight.
For the 160-weight class, Tyler Thomas took sixth place overall in weight
along with Sam Norris, so. Thomas also succeeded with first place in hangclean
and sixth place overall in weight. In the 172-weight class, Josh Honas, jr.,
took fourth place overall in weight.
In the 198-weight class, senior Anthony Sweeney took sixth place overall
in weight. Derrick Onnen, sr., came out with first place overall in his weight
class. In the power weight, TJ Shelton, jr., took second in bench and squat,
as well as second overall weight.
The weightlifting squad will be attending their next meet in Williamsburg
on February 17.
Season ends at Regionals
By Melany Megenity, so.
Reporter
Even though Scholars’ Bowl is now over for this season,
the team is going out with a positive outlook after their last competition
at Eureka on February 2.
“
Regionals could have gone better; we all wanted a better outcome. All we
needed to move onto the final round was to get second in our pool, but instead
we placed third,” said Hailey Schoendaller, Scholars’ Bowl coach.
At Regionals, Humboldt competed in seven rounds; five out of seven of those
rounds were won.
“
I was happy that they placed at two separate meets, including the fact that
the team placed third at the league meet,” said Schoendaller.
Round two was won by Humboldt with a lead of 10 points over Central Heights,
ending it with a score of 30-20. In rounds four and six against Jayhawk-Linn
and Fredonia, respectively, each ended with a winning score of 60-40.
During round seven, the team lost 40-60 against Eureka. However, they soon
redeemed themselves with a win during round 10, scoring 60-30 against Galena.
After losing with a score of 30-60 against Burlington in round 11, the team
climbed back up with another victory. In round 14, they scored 60-50 against
Cherokee South East.
Leading scorer for the team was Katie Hauser, jr., with 19 points. Daniel
Weilert, so., was next in line with six points, while Emily Hauser, so.,
came in with five, Todd Hauser, fr., with three, and Paul Vernon, sr., with
one.
Drama students travel to
Eureka
Serious solo qualifies one for State
By Jesse Lundine, sr.
District Editor
Forensics students competed in Eureka for a tournament on
February 4, with one member ranking high enough to compete at state level.
Blair Umholtz, sr., and Chelsy Wright, jr., received third place for their
duet, entitled ‘The Boy Book’ by John C. Havens. Wright also
received third when competing in the prose category with her piece ‘Clutter
Management 101.’
Umholtz received first on her serious solo, ‘Multiple Personality Murder’ by
Deborah Karczewski.
By taking first, Umholtz received an invitation to State competition, which
will be held during the first week in May.
“
I could not believe it, I did not at all expect to get first for my serious
solo,” said Umholtz. “But I am excited and can not wait until
State. I love performing my serious solo. I am able to lose myself in the
character that I am trying to portray,” said Umholtz.
Other members competing in the meet were Tessa Coronado, so., Jason Kaufman,
jr., and Todd Hauser, fr. Coronado performed a poetry piece, while Kaufman
and Hauser teamed up to participate in improvised duet acting (IDA).
IDA is when two participants randomly choose three settings, characters,
and events out of a closed container. From there, the two participants select
one setting and event, as well as two characters.
Then, using that information, the partners create a story line to act out
in front of their judges. The IDA pieces that they construct from sheer imagination
and original thought can range from dead serious to hysterically comical.
The piece Kaufman and Hauser chose to put together was comical at this particular
meet.
Kaufman also participated in prose with his piece being ‘Life’s
Grind.’
“
I am very proud of our team thus far,” said Gracie Newman, forensics
coach. “They are coming along nicely and getting in a lot of good practice
for State competition.”
The team’s next tournament will be held at Gardner Edgerton on February
18. Those participating thus far are Coronado and Hauser. All forensics team
members are encouraged to sign up for the Gardner Edgerton tournament.
Practice will continue throughout the season on every Wednesday after school
until approximately 5:30 p.m. for each upcoming meet.
Photo by Melanie Weilert
She has no idea what’s about
to happen.
Seniors Adam Headley and Sarah Riebel were crowned
the Sweetheart King and Queen during halftime
of the varsity boys’ game on January 27. “I
felt great when our names were announced, and then everyone
cheered for
us. I actually felt like a queen,” said Riebel. Just moments after
their names were announced,
Headley and Riebel revived and old tradition. “I
was proud of myself when I got to kiss the queen in front
of all those
people,” said Headley. “WOO!”
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