April 13, 2007 Vol. 35 Issue 12

Track opens season at Central Heights
BBy Michelle Sollars, jr.
Business Manager

Richmond, April 2 – Attending their first track meet of the season, the girls track team was awarded ninth place overall while the boys track team was awarded sixth place overall at Central Heights High School.

Sarah Works, jr., was third in the 100m hurdles with a time of 18.1 seconds. Works also took fifth place in the 300m hurdles with a time of 55.8 seconds.

“I felt I could have done better in the 300m hurdles, but I was happy with third in the 100m hurdles,” said Works. “Deedra [Barnett, jr.,] and Laura [Watts, so.,] are very disciplined, and they are both very good at what do they for the track team. I think they will do extremely well through out this season.”

Placing second in the 200m event and setting a personal record time of 23.5 seconds was Josh Honas, sr. Honas also took fifth in the 100m event, setting a personal record time of 11.4 seconds, and was fifth in the 400m event with a time of 58.4 seconds. Also running the 200m event was Scott Sollars, so., who was placed fifth with a personal record time of 24.6 seconds.

“Dropping down to 2A, I think I will have a lot of competition,” said Honas “I think I will have a good season, provided I don’t get injured.”


Photo by Chelsy Wright
Up, up, and away.
Andy Hill, so., soars over the high jump at the Central Heights track meet. The
boys received sixth place while the girls were awarded ninth place.

Sam Norris ,jr., placed second in the 300m hurdles with a time of 44 seconds. He also ran the 100m hurdles in 17.3 seconds, a personal record, and was awarded sixth place.

Throwing the javelin 145 feet, one inch for a personal record and earning fourth place was junior Zach Cole. Cole was also awarded sixth place in long jump with a personal record jump of 18 feet one inch.

Junior Joab Barr received a third place finish in the 3200m event with a time of 12 minutes, eight seconds and sophomore Andy Hill got fifth place with a time of 12 minutes, 17 seconds.

In the 4X100 relay race, Humboldt received fourth place with a time of 48.9 seconds. The runners were Norris, Nick Miller, fr., Chris Winner, and Nate Bartlett, sos.

In the 4X400 relay race, Humboldt received third place with a time of three minutes, 53 seconds. Tanner Korf, sr., Norris, Winner, and Honas made up the team. Also, in the 4X800 relay race, Humboldt received fifth place with a time of nine minutes, 37 seconds. The runners in this group were Sollars, Korf, Miller, and Hill.

Tracksters compete at Jayhawk-Linn
By Chantel Verren, so.
Reporter/ Photographer

Mound City, April 10 - Competing in the blistering cold rain, the boys’ track team finished fourth at the Jayhawk Linn track meet while the girls’ team ended in 11th place.

Junior Sarah Works led the girls team by claiming fifth place in both the 110m and 300m hurdles.

For the boys’ team, Sam Norris, jr., placed second in the 300m hurdles with time of 43.70 seconds. Andy Hill, so., and Joab Barr, jr., both placed in the 3200m run taking third and fourth, respectively, with only 13.96 seconds separating them. Barr also placed fourth in the 1600m run with a time of 5.22.45. In the 200m dash Josh Honas, sr., placed third and Norris placed fourth. Honas rounded out Humboldt’s individual medals with a fourth place finish in the 100m dash.

In the field events, Hill placed fifth in high jump, and Devin Onnen, so., placed fifth in javelin.

As members teamed up for the relay competitions, the Cubs placed fourth place in both the 3200m relay and the 1600m relay. They were third in the 400m relay with a time of 48.63, two seconds behind the leaders.

“I felt we did a great job running, jumping, and throwing in the wind and rain,” said Eric Carlson, coach. “Our times and distances weren’t great, but considering the elements, I was very pleased.”

Hebeler attends two meets
By Laura Watts, so.
Reporter

Starting a new season, the golf team had their first meet against Erie on April 2, Martey Hebeler, jr., was the only member to attend the meet. He shot a 93 for the event.

Hebeler also attended a meet in Burlington on April 3, where he scored a 92.


Photo by Emily Hauser
Practice makes perfect.
Bret Hauser, fr., walks the course during golf practice. Players
had to receive a certain score in order to qualify for a meet.

This year members must qualify during practice to attend varsity meets.

“ I am hoping to have more members ready to go by this weekend,” said Jones.

Lady Cubs get two victories at J-Linn
By Dustin Corban, sr.
Graphics Editor

Mound City, April 5 - Despite the snowy weather, the Lady Cubs swept the Jayhawk-Linn softball team.
The Lady Cubs won 5-0 in their first game against Jayhawk-Linn.

Lenzie Boring, jr., went seven innings with no runs, one hit, three walks, and 12 strikeouts. Callie Umholtz, so., had two singles in the first game along with juniors, Katie Manbeck and Tessa Coronado.

“Considering the cold weather and snow, I feel the team performed awesome. We had a little trouble hitting the ball in the gap, but our defense was great,” said Janelle Herder, sr. “I think the team is successful this year because we have really good hitting and Lenzie is doing awesome at the mound. We all want another trip to State, and we know it will take lots of hard work to get there.”


Photo by Kris Brown
Full stretch.
Sophomore Kelci Owens tries to keep her foot on the base as she stretches to catch a throw
that is intended to get the Jayhawk-Linn player out. The Lady Cubs swept the Jayhawks on April 5.

In game two against Jayhawk-Linn, the Lady Cubs won 8-1.

Both Staci Collins, jr., and Umholtz had two singles.

Boring went all seven innings and only allowed one hit. She threw three strikeouts and one walk.

“I was very proud of my girls that night. It was cold and snowy. When the game started their sweatshirts came off, and they played great softball, and did not complain about how cold it was. I had nine starters get hits in the first game, and Lenzie continues to pitch well,” said Brad Piley, softball coach.

Humboldt Cubs split with Jayhawk Linn
By Deron Owens
Reporter/Photographer

Mound City, April 4 - Despite the cold, snowing weather the baseball team managed to pull off a victory of 14-1 in their first game against Jayhawk-Linn.

“Every member of the starting lineup had at least one hit in game one,” said Jeremy Weilert, head coach. “Tory [Thomas, sr.,] pitched an outstanding game. We started out the game a little slow offensively. The score was 1-0 after 3 innings. We were getting hits in those innings; we just weren’t able to get the runners home.

In the first three innings, the Cubs only had one point. In the next inning, the team scored two runs. In the fifth and sixth innings, they scored a total of 11 points.


Photo by Chelsy Wright
Fastball
Tory Thomas, sr., winds up to throw a pitch to a Jayhawk-Linn player.
The Cubs won one game against the Jayhawks..

In the second game, the team was not as successdul as they lost 4-8.

“Our pitching staff was a little thin for game two,” said Weilert. “Andy Honas [so.] started game two on the mound. He did exactly what I asked him to do; throw strikes and only walk during the first inning. We helped them out with a couple of throwing errors. We did not hit the ball nearly as well in game two. We need to become a more consistent hitting team.”
In the first inning Jayhawk Linn had a lead of four points and started to gain more points.

By the sixth inning, J-Linn had scored eight points while Humboldt had four.

“We played a fair game, we just did not execute when the time was right,” said Honas.

Girls win two, boys lose two
By Melany Megenity, jr.
Opinion Editor

Burlington, April 2 - Cracking the bats at Burlington, both the baseball and softball teams competed against the Wildcats.
The softball team added another two wins to their record, but the baseball team lost both games to the Wildcats.

With their first victory for the night, the Lady Cubs had a final score of 14-5. Kelci Owens, so., was the high hitter with two singles. Owens was also one of the highest hitters in the second game with a total of three singles.

In the second game, the Lady Cubs had a second victory for the night with a score of 14-6.

Lenzie Boring, so., pitched for both of the games. In the first game, Boring had 13 strikeouts and in the second she had four. The high hitter for the second game was Callie Umholtz, so., with five hits. She had four singles and one double.

“We did really well,” said Umholtz. “Their pitcher was okay, but we had great batting. Our defense was awesome. And our pitcher did an even better job on the mound. We played an overall great game.”

Baseball also played a doubleheader. In the first game, the game ended with the Cubs not scoring any points. The final score was 0-10.

The team did score in the second game, but fell short of victory with a final score of 5-20.

In the first game, Phillip Vernon, jr. went two for two at the plate. In the second game, Bryce Smith, so., went three for three with singles.

“I was really disappointed in how we were hitting that night. Luckily, we have been working on our weak areas, and hopefully we will do better in the future as a team,” said Vernon.

Sports Brief

Softball wins two despite mud, rain
By Daniel Weilert, jr.
News Editor

Humboldt, April 10 – Dreary, wet weather and the bitter cold wind did not prevent the varsity girls from earning two wins over the visiting Eureka team Tuesday.

In a three inning run-rule, the Lady Cubs won 16-1 during the first game of the evening. Lenzie Boring, so., pitched all three innings allowing one single run, no hits, six walks, and throwing four strikeouts.

Randi Barnett, so., hit a single, a double, and a triple in the first game. Also helping the team offensively was junior Britany Sellman with one double.


Photo by Shelley Herder
Covered in mud.
Hali Dawson, jr., Bailey Myers, Callie Umholtz, Kelci Owens, sos., and Katie
Manbeck , jr., show off their muddy uniforms after the Eureka doubleheader.

In the second game against the Tornados, the varsity girls won with a score of 12-8.

Callie Umholtz, so., hit one single and had two stolen bases. Terra Woods, jr., had a double in the second game. Boring pitched five innings and allowed eight runs, eight hits, while handing out five walks and two strikeouts.

“I had lots of fun sliding in the mud, and I’m really happy we won because we’ve worked hard,” said Bailey Myers, so. “Even though it was raining, we had a really good defense and our batting was great as well.”

Monday the Lady Cubs will travel to Yates Center with an undefeated 8-0 record to play against the Wildcats.

Boys collect victory at home against Eureka
By Michaela Myer, sr.
Sports Editor

Humboldt, April 10 – Bearing the rain and the cold, the Cubs baseball team still came out on top over the Eureka Tornados with a score of 7-6.

“We played good before the rain,” said Thad Wells, so. “Once it began raining, we stuck with it and finished as a family.”
Wells led the team with two hits. Tory Thomas, sr., Andrew Whitaker, so., and Bryce Smith, fr., followed closely with one hit apiece.

Both Wells and Smith collected a single during the game. Thomas, Wells, and Whitaker each ended the game with one double each.

“I think we played well considering that we played in the mud,” said Smith. “Pitching was good even though we had some problems due to the weather.”

Thomas had a total of 11 strikeouts in his 5 1/3-inning pitching outing. Wells relieved him for the final 1 2/3 innings of the game.

“Tory pitched a great game but struggled a little when the rain started to get heavy,” said Jeremy Weilert, head coach. “There weren’t too many balls hit into the outfield. I told our guys to be patient, and for the most part we were.”

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