April 25, 2008 Vol. 36 Issue 13
Hill leads Cubs at Fredonia,
Burlington
By Alexis Hosack, so.
News Editor
Freshman Raquel Hill stood out at track meets in both Fredonia
and Burlington, placing first in the 1600-meter and 3200m in both meets, and
finishing in the top five in the 800m.
The team traveled to Fredonia on April 18. Hill took first in the 1600m and
3200m and fifth in the 800m.
She was two seconds away from breaking the school record in the 3200 with
a time of 12:46.76.
“It feels great to almost break the record, and I hope I do break it,”
Hill said. “I am trying hard in practice and trying to eat non-greasy
foods.”
Photo By Baylie Morris, SO.
Flying High!
Senior Sarah Works jumps in the long jump competition at the Burlington invitational
track meet.
Works broke her personal record on the jump with a leap of 14'6 1/2"
and placed third.
Sarah Works, sr., also did well, placing second in the 100m hurdles and the
300m hurdles.
She also took sixth place in long jump with a distance of 13’10.5”.
“Fredonia has always been a big meet,” said Works. “I was
happy with the outcome. Losing by .03 seconds was difficult; I guess I should
have leaned forward a little more at the finish line.”
Junior Scott Sollars placed third in both the 300m hurdles and triple jump
while Tevin Strack, so., placed fifth in triple jump and long jump.
Joab Barr, sr., placed second in the 3200m and fifth in the 1600m.
Andy Hill, jr., took third place in the 3200m and fourth in the 1600m.
He also placed fifth in the high jump competition.
Photo By Bayliy morris, SO.
They're OFF!
Junior Andy hill and senior Joad Barr take off from the start line at the
Fredonia track meet on April 18.
Joab Barr, Jarred Barr, A. Hill, and Sollars took home a third place medal
in the 4x800m relay.
Jarred Barr and Sollars, along with Strack and Nick Miller, so., took sixth
place in the 4x400m relay.
The 4x100m relay team consisting of Miller, Joab Barr, Strack, and sophomore
Kyle Warren placed fifth.
R. Hill dominated at Burlington on Tuesday, placing first in both the 1600m
and the 3200m. She also took fourth place in 800m.
Raquel Hill
Senior Sam Norris took first place in long jump, second place
in the 300m hurdles, and fourth in the 110m hurdles.
Junior Shelley Herder took sixth place in high jump while Works finished third
in both long jump and 100m hurdles, and sixth in 300m hurdles.
Sollars placed second in both triple jump and the 400m race.
He also finished fifth in the 100m and 200m dashes.
Joab Barr received third place in the 3200m.
Placing third in high jump at the meet was A. Hill who also took fourth in
the 3200m and fifth in the 1600m.
Strack placed fifth in triple jump.
Miller, Joab Barr, Strack, and Warren placed fourth in the 4x100m relay, and
Jarred Barr, Ryan Heidrick, fr., Jock Wilson, fr., and Cody Wright, so., received
fifth in the 4x800m relay.
Cubs, Lady Cubs fare well against Chargers
By Bailey Myers, jr.
Advertising Manager
Tuesday night, the baseball and softball teams faced Cherryvale in a doubleheader.
The Cubs split the night with Cherryvale in two very high scoring games finishing
with scores of 12-15 and 20-18.
After jumping on top 5-0 after one inning, the Cubs lost their big lead as
Cherryvale rallied for the win.
“Cherryvale started slow but picked it up in the fourth, fifth and sixth
innings,” said Jeremy Weilert, baseball coach. “We started the
game as good as we have all year; it just wasn’t enough.”
Thad Wells, jr., went 2-for-4 at the plate with a double and a home run. Jacob
Manbeck, so., went 1-for-4 and hit a home run.
Photo By Michelle Sollars, Sr.
Throwing The Heat!
Junior Thad Wells pitches to a Cherryvale Charger on Tuesday. The Cubs lost
the first game 12-15 before rallying for 20-18 win in extra innings in the
second game.
In the second game, the Cubs trailed by seven runs in the seventh inning but
made an amazing comeback and scored seven runs to tie up the game and send
it into extra innings.
Wells and Drake Tilman, sr., both went 5-for-6 at the plate.
The Lady Cubs (11-0, 7-0 TVL) defeated the Chargers in both games behind the
pitching of Lenzie Boring, jr., who threw two shutouts, including a no-hitter
in the second game.
“I just kept throwing hard, and it worked,” said Boring. “I
didn’t do anything special, just threw a lot of fastballs.”
In game one, Humboldt led 3-0 after five innings and plated four more in the
sixth, ending the game win a 7-0 victory.
Boring pitched a complete game shutout, allowing four hits with one walk and
11 strikeouts.
At the plate she was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs.
Megan Dillow, jr., went 3-for-4 . Kelci Owens, jr., had two hits.
In the second game, Boring no-hit the Chargers, walking one and striking out
five.
“Cherryvale is a good quality team; we played well against them,”
said Piley.
Humboldt broke open a scoreless game with three runs in the fifth. Behind
Boring, the Lady Cubs’ defense held strong and completed the shutout.
Golf team struggles on tough Iola course
By Nicci Greve, sr.
Reporter
Senior Martey Hebeler led the Cubs with a 36th-place finish
out of 79 other golfers at a meet at Cedarbrook Golf Course in Iola on April
21.
Hebeler shot a 100, on what proved to be a tough day for the Cubs. As a team
the Cubs finished in 14th place on the course they practice on daily.
Photo by Tessa Coronado,SR.
Get In The Hole!
Senior Martey Hebeler puts the gofl ball on the green at the Iola meet on
April 21. Hebeler is the lone
senior on the squad and lead the team with a 36th place finish,shooting a
100 for the day
“I felt like we played decent at our home course but not as well as
we should have,” said Hebeler.
Joining Hebeler and Hauser at the meet were sophomores Bret Hauser and Willie
Headley, and freshmen Riley Herder and Callum Taylor.
“It was a hard course,” said Mary Hauser, so. “We weren’t
really ready to play.”
Next up for the team is a meet at Neodesha on April 29.
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