April 11, 2008 - Volume 36, Issue 12

Weightlifting team takes first at State
By Bethany Wolverton, sr.
Feature Editor

For the second year in a row, the Cubs weightlifting team took first place in the men’s division at the State Weightlifting meet in Wakeeny on March 29.

Four of the competitors for the boys won overall state titles in their individual weight classes: Reese Criger, fr., Elijah Friederich, so., Nick Miller, so., and Scott Sollars, jr.

“It feels great to win the State competition,” said Criger. “I worked my hardest and did the best I could at school to be ready for the State weight meet.”

Helping the boys’ team the win overall title was second-place finisher Jackson Smith, fr., and third-place finishers seniors Zach Cole and Drake Tilman and freshman Chris Headley.


Photo courtesy of Megan Dillow, jr.
You can do it!
(Left) Senior Zach Cole competes in squat at the State Weightlifting meet,
while Jason Feeback, counselor, watches over him. (Right) Senior Drake Tilman
competes in hang clean, while Cody Cramer, so., spots him. The team ended up
taking first place in the men’s division at the State Weightlifting meet in Wakeeny on March 29.

Holding her own ground was Megan Dillow, jr., placing first overall in her weight class in the women’s division.

Dillow set a new state record in the 140-pound weight class with a lift of 175 lbs. in the hang clean.

Despite breaking the state record by 35 lbs., Dillow was not completely satisfied with her performance.

“It was very exciting to be able to break the record, even though I wanted to be able to lift what I had lifted in class,” said Dillow.


Photo courtesy of Megan Dillow, jr.

“I wanted to break 200 in hang clean at the meet, but because I dropped a lift before my final, I wasn’t able to move up that much.”

Kelci Owens, jr., also broke the state record in the hang clean for the 105-pound weight class, taking second overall.

“I was really proud of all of them,” said Travis Burk, weightlifting coach. “All of the hard work they put into this throughout the year paid off. Even the ones who were not able to place did their personal best at State.”

Four students compete in forensics at Uniontown
By Haley Huffman, sr.
Editor-in-Cheif

Four forensics students traveled to Uniontown on March 29. Competitors in the event were senior Emily Hauser and sophomores Alexis Hosack, Bret Hauser, and Mary Hauser.

Hosack took fourth place in the humorous solo acting with a piece called “The Old Shoe Woman” and sixth place in serious solo acting with a piece called “The Broken Doll”.

“It was super-duper exciting to do well in the meet at Uniontown,” said Hosack. “I haven’t qualified for State yet, but hopefully I will be able to qualify at Regionals.”


B. Hauser received fifth place in an informative speech about golf. He also competed in oral interpretation of prose called “Telemarketers: And Other Suppertime Annoyances.”


Photo by Emily Hauser, sr.
I've got this.
Sophomore Mary Hauser readsthrough a forensics piece in Uniontown on March 29.

“I had fun, and I was glad that I broke finals in my informative speech. I hope to qualify for State at Regionals,” said B. Hauser.

E. Hauser was able to compete in her last meet with a serious solo acting piece called “We Were Just Kids” and poetry with a poem called “The Death Bed”.

“I have really enjoyed doing forensics for the last four years,” said E. Hauser. “The Uniontown meet was the last one I will be able to go to, and it was nice seeing all my friends from Uniontown as well.”

M. Hauser participated in prose with a piece called “Harvey Potter’s Balloon Farm” and poetry with a collection of Lewis Carroll’s poems.

The regional festival will be held in Neodesha on April 19.

Students of the Issue
Phillip Vernon, sr.

As an 18-year-old senior student at Humboldt High School, Phillip Vernon enjoys trigonometry class.

He is an active member in FCCLA, LEO’s, baseball, Scholar’s Bowl, NHS, and cross country.

His future plans consist of attending Kansas State University this fall.

He plans on getting a degree in aerospace engineering.

After that, he hopes to get a job at NASA and hopefully become an astronaut some day.

Emily Hauser, sr.

As a 17-year-old senior, Hauser enjoys chemistry class and photography.

During her high school career, she has participated in Scholar’s Bowl, forensics, band and publications.

She plans to attend Pittsburg State University and double major in psychology and chemistry.

She would like at least a Master’s and hopefully a Doctorate in one or both subjects.

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