November 2, 2007 Vol. 36 Issue 4
Regular season comes to
a close
By Michelle Sollars, sr.
Opinion Editor
In a crushing battle against the Pittsburg Colgan Panthers,
the Cubs suffered a shutout loss of zero to 40.
Colgan scored one touchdown with a good extra point kick in the first quarter.
They scored 27 points in the second, bringing the score to zero to 34 at the
half.
The Cubs held the Panthers to one touchdown in the second half with no extra
points.
“We weren’t very focused and most of our athletes had to play
a different position for this game,” said Travis Burk, head football
coach.
Smacking the Eagles down out of flight a week later, the Cubs beat Uniontown
39-12.
During the first half of the game, the Cubs clobbered the Eagles scoring 13
points and holding their opponents at zero.
The Cubs scored one touchdown in the third quarter without any extra points.
Photo by Emily Hauser, sr.
Side-Step
Senior Sam Norris tries to fly around an Eagle during the
game against Uniontown. Thad Wells, jr., runs beside him.
In the fourth quarter the Cubs scored a total 20 points. They allowed a touchdown
in the beginning of the fourth from Uniontown.
At the end of the fourth the Eagles snuck in one last touchdown bringing their
total score to 12 points.
“Our boys played with a lot of heart and it felt good to pay back Uniontown
after they beat us last year,” said Andrew Whitaker, jr. “This
was a critical win for us to be able to make a run in the Playoffs. This game
built a lot of confidence on our team who is ready to rumble and stumble through
the playoffs.”
“Our Kids played with a lot of emotion. I thought we played good on
both sides of the ball,” said Burk.
Playing the last game of the regular football season, the Cubs played a tough
game against the Pleasanton Blue Jays, winning 28-7. In the first half of
the game, the Cubs scored 14 points to the Blue Jay’s seven.
In the second half, the Cubs dominated Pleasanton scoring two more touchdowns
both having great kicks and held the Blue Jays at seven points.
“I think that in the first half we played pretty good, but we just had
too many penalties,” said Sam Norris, sr., “In the second half
they got tired, and we scored a couple of times, and held them on defense,
but most of all we made the playoffs; every team has got a chance at the playoffs.
It is a brand new ball game.”
Cubs dominate West Elk,
head to second round
By Randi Barnett, jr.
Sports Editor
Despite the cold, the Cubs traveled to Howard to battle the
West Elk Patriots in the first-round of play-offs. Numerous fans of the Cubs
also made the long drive to cheer on their favorite team in hopes that they
would win and make it to the second-round of playoffs.
During the first quarter the Cubs scored 14 points while holding the West
Elk Patriots to six points.
The second quarter was a shutout with the Cubs scoring 20 points. The Cubs’
defense did not let the Patriot’s offense score any points.
The third quarter scores matched those of the first quarter. The Cubs scored
14 points while allowing the Patriots to score six.
The Cubs had 19 first downs, 447 net passing yards, and 508 total offense
net yards.
Photo by Tiffany Zimmerman, so.
1st Round Down
The football team and coaches pose proudly holding their
plaque after beating the West Elk Patriots in Howard.
“To win our first playoff game since I’ve been in
high school felt unreal. It is great that we will be the team to make history,”
said Scott Sollars, jr.
The game against West Elk was the highest scoring game so far this year for
the Cubs.
Up next, the Cubs will play the 7-3 Solomon Gorillas at home tomorrow for
the second round of playoffs.
“I’m not really nervous about playing Solomon. If we play as good
as we have been playing the game should be a blowout,” said Tevin Strack,
so.
Cross country team
sends three to State
By Bailey Myers, jr.
Advertising Manager
As the season came to an end, the varsity cross country team
participated in a League meet, Regionals, and State. The League meet was combined
with an invitational meet that was held at Burlington on Oct. 11.
The boys’ varsity team placed fourth out of five teams for the League
placing, and eighth out of 15 for the invitational placing. Joab Barr, sr.,
ended the race with a time of 18:55 and placed fourth in League, but seventh
for the invitational.
Placing seventh in League, but 14th for the invitational was Andy Hill, jr.,
with a time of 19:24. Cody Wright, so., finished 21st in League, but 42nd
for the invitational. Zach Crays, sr., came in 30th in League, but 70th for
the invitational. Phillip Vernon, sr., finished 31st in League, but 71st for
the invitational.
“I was nervous before every race, and Regionals was no different. However,
there were only two teams there that we hadn’t seen in any of our previous
meets, so we did know what most of our competition looked like, and that helped
a little,” said Vernon. “For our first season, I think we did
exceptionally well, and I am proud to have been a part of this team.”
The girl’s varsity team consisted of Raquel Hill, fr., and Shelley Herder,
jr. Placing second in League was R. Hill with a time of 18:09. She also received
16th for the invitational. Herder finished with a time of 24:38 and came in
58th for the invitational.
Photo courtesy of Melany Weilert
Get the Lead
Humboldt's varsity boys cross-country team runs in the
regional meet at Burlington.
Three Humboldt runners
qualified for state.
This year, Regionals were held at the Wichita Cessna Activities
Center on Oct. 20. For the boy’s team, both A. Hill and Barr were State
qualifiers. Barr finished 5th with a time of 18:39. A. Hill finished 10th
with a time of 19:18.
For the girl’s team, R. Hill was also a State qualifier. She finished
sixth with a time of 18:17.
The class 2A State meet was held on Saturday, Oct. 27 at Wamego. There were
104 runners in the boys’ race. Barr placed 36th with a time of 18:54.75,
and A. Hill placed 41st with a time of 19:06.82.
In the girls’ race, there were 94 runners. With a time of 18:29.07 was
R. Hill placing 53rd.
“I was nervous at first, but I had a lot of support from my family,
Mr. Carlson, Joab, and his family,” said A. Hill. “ Now that I
know what cross country is like, I am expecting to do a lot better next year
and maybe get in the top 10 at State.”
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