March 27, 2009 Vol. 37 Issue 11
Lady Cubs place second
at Substate
By Scott Sollars
Reporter
Ending their season with a 15-8 record on Mar. 7, the girls
basketball team traveled to Northeast Arma to play Colgan for the Substate
championship game. The team made it to the championship following a win against
Oswego on Mar. 6
.
During the Oswego game, the Lady Cubs trailed for a majority of the game.
In the fourth quarter, however, Humboldt was able to turn the game around
and edge their way past the Indians by just two points.
“ It was awesome to come back and win,” Callie Umholtz, sr., said.
“We worked really hard in the last few minutes and never gave up.”
Photo by Lauren Habiger
Senior Lenzie Boring attempts to dribble past a Colgan defender in the Substate
championship game.
Umholtz led the team with 16 points, six of them coming from
free throws. Seniors Kelci Owens and Megan Dillow led the team in free throws
made with seven each, which helped the team to a 56 percent free throw percentage.
The next day, Humboldt again made the trip to Arma with high hopes to upset
Colgan and make a trip to the State competition.
At first it seemed that the Lady Cubs were going to accomplish their goal,
but they lost the lead just before halftime and never got it back.
Photo by Shelley Herder
Senior Megan Dillow goes up for the jump ball in the semifinal game against
Oswego.
“We were excited to get to play Colgan for the championship,”
Dillow said. “We wanted to beat them really bad; we all knew we could
beat them, but it just slipped through our fingers.”
At the end of the first quarter the Lady Cubs were up by two, but every quarter
after that was downhill. Colgan increased their lead from five points at halftime
to 18 at the end of the third, and finally by 20 at the end of the game.
Owens made 19 of the team’s 41 points and made 15 of her 15 free throw
attempts. Lenzie Boring, sr., added another 17 points making seven of her
nine free throw attempts and making two of the team’s only three-pointers.
As a team, the Lady Cubs shot 25 of 30 from the free throw line for 83 percent.
Photo by Shelley Herder
Juniors Jacob Manbeck, Elijah Friederich along with seniors Todd Hauser and
Troy Davis cheer on the girls team as they pull out a two-point victory against
Oswego.
During the game, Humboldt only made 16 points that were not
free throws.
“ We could have come out after halftime with more intensity,”
Boring said, “but we got to the championship game, which was our goal
for the season, and we finished well.”
Next year, the Lady Cubs will face the challenge of losing five seniors from
this year’s senior-heavy roster.
“ It is upsetting that we lost all our seniors. Having to replace them
will be difficult, and I think the record will not be as good,” Taylyn
Wells, fr., said. “I am confident that if we work hard during practice
and are determined we will have some wins in the upcoming year.
Owens breaks HHS career points record
By Bret Hauser
Reporter
Adding to the success of the girls basketball season, senior Kelci Owens broke the record for career points scored with 1,082 points.
Photo by Kassidy Young
Senior Kelci Owens goes up for a shot during the Substate
game against Yates Center.
Owens averaged 20.3 points a game and had a total of 467 points in this year's
season.
“ It is a pretty big accomplishment to be placed as number
one on the leaders board,” Owens said. “I set a goal for myself,
and I am glad that I was able to achieve it.”
Owens has been playing basketball since fifth grade and has played at the
varsity level since her freshmen year.
“ My teammates were very supportive throughout the season, and I could
not have made it without them,” Owens said.
Team sets goal to place at State
By Bailey Myers
Editor-in-Chief
With six seniors, one sophomore, and two coaches returning
from last year, the Lady Cubs have a very positive outlook for this season.
The team’s goals this year include improving from last year’s
record, making it to State, and placing at State.
Among the returning seniors are last year’s All-League and All-State
winners Lenzie Boring and Callie Umholtz, All-League winner Kelci Owens, and
All-State first team winner Megan Dillow.
“I’m excited for our senior loaded team,” Brad Piley, head
coach, said. “We should have a lot of experience going into this season.
I also have a lot of young girls that worked hard last summer to get ready
for this year.”
New members of the team include eight freshmen that will be fighting for varsity
positions left open from last year’s seniors.
Freshman Kylee Carson will be playing first base this year for the first time.
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“It has been very difficult [getting used to a new position].
I’ve never played first before, but I’m getting the hang of it,”
Carson said.
Last season, coaches Piley and Dave Taylor led their team to a 20-3 record,
including a State appearance.
Piley has led the team to State for four years in a row through a lot of dedication
and practice. The team has been hard at work, even over Spring Break, when
they held optional practice all week long and held a practice game against
some of the alumni on Mar. 21 to prepare them for the upcoming season.
The practice game provided the girls an opportunity to get used to their new
positions and allowed them to experience many game-like situations.
“We’re going to do good this season,” Carson said. “If
we play like a team, we’ve got a chance at winning State.”
Young golfers face uphill battle
By Bret Hauser
Reporter
Once again the golf team will be hitting the course, starting
off yet another season. Jeff Wilkerson will be returning as head coach this
year and will have four returning players.
This year’s golf team is young so they will have to perform well in
order to be able to attend the varsity meets.
“ I think it will be easy for me to do better than last year,”
Callum Taylor, so., said.
Returning players are Bret Hauser, jr., and sophomores Matt Lafferty, Riley
Herder, and Taylor. They all participated in varsity meets last year, but
they did not place at any of them.
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“ I have been looking forward to playing golf this year
since last golf season ended,” Taylor said.
New players out on the course this year are Austin Haar, so., Matt Green,
so., and Jacob Jones, so.
“ This year we will be looking to shoot under 100 individually at each
tournament,” Wilkerson said.
The team’s first meet will be held on Apr. 6 at Erie, followed by the
meet at Burlington on the next day.
Expectations high for Cubs
By Alexis Hosack
News Editor
Head baseball coach Jeremy Weilert is looking forward to a successful
season this year with 11 returning players, four new players, and a new assistant
coach, Tim Endicott.
Team members have high hopes of improving from their 12-7 record last year.
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“ We have a lot of returning starters coming back from
last year,” Jacob Manbeck, jr., said. “We should have done better
last year, but I expect us to more than make up for it this year with the
addition of coach Endicott.”
Returning players include seniors Thad Wells, Andrew Whitaker, Andy Honas,
Troy Davis, Micah Poovey, and Billy Schomaker. Juniors Manbeck, Chris Coronado,
Elijah Friederich, and Brett Heslop, along with sophomores Derrik McCall and
Seth Nickell will also add leadership for the team’s newcomers.
New players include juniors Christian Hicks and Kyle Warren, sophomore Chris
Headley and freshman Michael Zimmerman.
Photo by Malachi Melton
Senior Andrew Whitaker plays catch while at practice to warm up his
arm. Whitaker has pitched for the varsity team since he was a freshman.
Wells and Whitaker both received All-League honors last year,
and Manbeck received honorable mention All-League.
“
We have a strong group of returning players,” Weilert said. “If
we do what we are supposed to do and play like we are capable of playing,
we will have a good year.”
The Cubs will be looking for a win against the Neodesha Bluestreaks at home
Tuesday night for their first game of the season.
Athletes honored at winter banquet
By Tyler Gean
Reporter
Winter sports athletes and parents attended the winter sports
banquet Wednesday night. After eating the dinner, the awards for girls and
boys basketball, cheerleading, and Scholars’ Bowl began to be distributed
by their respective coaches.
For girl basketball, all of the girls on the team lettered. Seniors Kelci
Owens and Lenzie Boring received first team All-League.
“
I am really excited,” Boring said. “All the hard work from the
previous years paid off and was well worth it.”
Owens was a unanimous decision. She also received All-State honorable mention
in Wichita, third team All-State in Topeka, and was ranked sixth in the state
for scoring percentage.
Photo by Tiffany Zimmerman
Coach Hailey Schoendaller gives Bailey Goodman, fr.,
her letter
Junior Tevin Strack received All-League recognition for the
boy’s basketball team. There were others who lettered for this season
that were recognized as well.
“
It is a good accomplishment,” Strack said. “It makes me feel
good, but I just wish we would have won more games.”
Cheerleaders received letters; the girls receiving their second year of lettering
were sophomores Brandi Malloy, Taylor Fitzmaurice, and Jamie Myers.
Callie Umholtz, sr., Joy Myers, Bailey Goodman, and Jacki Huse, all fr.,
and sophomores Amanda Maxton and Lauren Habiger were all first year letterers.
The Scholars’ Bowl team received letter recognition as well. Senior
Todd Hauser was a second year letterer.
Juniors Bret Hauser, Mary Hauser, and Alexis Hosack all earned their first
letter for the Scholars’ Bowl team.
Returning, new track members prepare for upcoming season
By Randi Barnett
News Editor
The 2009 track team members have high expectations for their
upcoming season as 12 returning runners, seven of which are seniors, join
a large group of new members.
“ We have a large number of new athletes that will push our returning
runners and compete for spots we have not been able to fill in the past,”
Eric Carlson, head coach, said. “With a large senior group with good
leaders, we should place well at each meet.”
Last year eight runners made it to State, and the team is planning on making
more State appearances this year.
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Five of last year’s State athletes are returning this
year: Scott Sollars, sr., Andy Hill, sr., Malachi Melton sr., Cody Wright,
jr., Jarred Barr, so., and Raquel Hill, so.
“ After making it to State two out of the past three years, I plan to
make it to State again this year,” Sollars said. “We have a large
team this year with a lot of good athletes; we will be able to push each other
in practice and at the meets.”
In addition to returning members and underclassmen, two seniors, Devin Onnen
and Rusty Olson, decided to run track for the first time their senior year.
“ I am running track this year so I can get into shape while having
fun,” Olson said. “I also run track to be more involved during
my last year of school.”
The first track meet will take place at Central Heights on Apr. 3 at 3 p.m.
Scoreboard
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