February 13, 2009 Vol. 37 Issue 9
Lady Cubs lose to Bullpups
in final minutes
By Scott Sollars
Reporter
The Lady Cubs traveled to Caney Valley Feb. 10 to see if they
could come home with a win, but they did not manage to get the points needed
and fell short by six points.
Humboldt started the first quarter slow and fell behind. Then at the end of
first quarter they had a come back and was in the lead by one when the buzzer
sounded to end the quarter.
During the second quarter the ladies brought their lead to four at one point
before. losing momentum and allowing a Bullpup come back. At halftime, Humboldt
was down six.
In the third quarter, Caney managed to score two more points than the Lady
Cubs and extended their lead to eight points.
Photo by Megan Dewey
Callie Umholtz, sr., blocks a Bullpup’s attempt to drive to the basket.
With the
help of Lenzie Boring, sr., they trap the opponent and get the ball back.
During the fourth quarter Humboldt brought the deficit to two
points with just minutes left in the game. In the final seconds, the Lady
Cubs fouled, allowing the Bullpups to score and extending their lead. Humboldt
was not able to bounce back and lost the game 52-58.
“ I think the team played well,” Hannah McCall, fr., said. “We
just didn’t play our best, and we made the wrong mistakes.”
Senior Kelci Owens led the team with 25 points while making 12 of her 13 free
throw attempts.
“ We should have beat Caney,” Owens said. “We played with
them rather than pulling away when we had the lead.”
Lenzie Boring, sr., also hit double digit points making two of her five free
throws and hitting four two-pointers to give her 10 points for the night.
Close game ends with defeat
By Valerie Weilert
Opinion Editor
Humboldt’s Lady Cubs faced the Burlington Wildcats on
Feb. 6 in a home game during Sweetheart week. The Lady Cats took the win with
a score of 34-45.
The Lady Cubs struggled from the field shooting 14.5 percent and 55 percent
from the free throw line for the night.
The team was down by two points at the end of the first quarter of play with
a score of 8–10. The score remained fairly consistent in the first half
of the game as the two teams remained close.
Both teams went into their locker rooms with a halftime score of 16-20.
Photo by Shelley Herder
Kelci Owens, sr., looks for an open teammate while being
guarded by a Wildcat while
Coach Jeff Wilkerson stands on the sidelines giving instructions to the Lady
Cubs. The
girls played a tough game at Sweetheart but were unable to come out with a
win.
At the beginning of the second half, the Cubs managed to put
themselves back into the game by scoring 11 more points; they were down by
one at the start of the fourth quarter. The girls worked hard trying to get
ahead.
“ Our defense was pretty good,” Jeff Wilkerson, coach, said, “considering
Burlington only scored 28 in the third quarter of the game.”
Unfortunately, 11 points scored by Burlington at the end of the game defeated
the Cubs.
Senior Kelci Owens scored a total of 15 points for the Lady Cubs, including
one three point shot, a two point shot, and 10 free throws.
Lenzie Boring, sr., followed closely behind Owens with 11 points, consisting
of two three point shots and one two point shot.
“ We were doing a good job keeping up with them but defensively were
not shutting them down,” Callie Umholtz, sr., said. “We were not
working the ball around and our shots were not making it which hurt us in
the end.”
Ladies overpower Bluestreaks
By Callie Umholtz
Sports Editor
The Lady Cubs traveled to Neodesha on Feb. 3 to play against
the Bluestreaks.
Humboldt got off to a slow start in the first quarter but began to pick up
the slack and started to score, ending the quarter behind by four.
The team continued to outscore the Streaks during the second quarter. The
score at halftime was 24-17, with the Lady Cubs in the lead.
Defensively, the ladies were strong. They did falter at times, but then retaliated
with points of their own.
Photo by Baylie Morris
Senior Megan Dillow looks for an open player during the varsity game at Neodesha.
“We played very well in the first and second half,”
Taylyn Wells, so. said. “We had very few turnovers the entire game;
we also had great communication.”
In the second half, the team ran through their offensive plays and kept up
on the defensive side also.
“ We were able to slow down and run through our offense toward the end
of the game,” Kelci Owens, sr., said. “We also adjusted to their
offense and played great defense.”
During the last quarter, Humboldt was up by 12 and continued to widen the
gap. The Lady Cubs won the game with an ending score of 53-30.
Girls win, boys lose in Oswego make up
games
By Callie Umholtz
Sports Editor
Humboldt came out Feb. 2 to play Oswego in a make up game
from the Marmaton Valley pre-season tournament.
The Lady Cubs started the first quarter slow, only scoring nine points. Oswego
was ahead by six at the end of the quarter. Humboldt’s offense was
working, but defensively, they were having troubles.
Coming out for the second quarter the girls started to play, and their defense
started picking up. They were shutting out the Indians and began to add points
to the board. After the second quarter, Humboldt was ahead 26-23.
“
We played well together and kept moving up and down the court,” Megan
Dillow, sr., said. “We also moved the ball around and kept them shut
down on defense.”
The second half started out evenly matched, with both teams fighting for
the first score. Humboldt was the first to score with Kelci Owens, sr., shooting
a two-pointer from the field. The girls kept the lead the rest of the half
and kept adding to it. The Lady Cubs won with the final score being 63-50.
Humboldt boy’s varsity came out of the locker room ready and fired
up. They started the first half working the ball in and driving to the basket.
The Cubs kept adding points and were able to keep the Indians shut down when
on defense. After the first half the boys were ahead with a score of 26-20.
“
We played hard and shot better than usual,” Derrik McCall, so., said, “Although
one of our mistakes was showing negative body language when the other team
scored.”
After the half, the boys came out and started to crumble. Oswego was able
to catch up and began to take the lead. Humboldt would have to work to catch
up, but was unable to. The Cubs scored six points in the fourth compared
to the Indian’s 20. Humboldt lost with a final score of 40-54.
Junior Varsity Sports
Teams continue to battle with strong effort
Photo by Malachi Melton
Freshman Jeremy Setter dribbles to the basket while
being pressured by a
Bluestreak. JV Boys traveled to Neodesha Feb. 3; they lost with a score of
15-51.
Teams defeated on
the road
By Brett Hauser
Reporter
Both teams traveled to Caney on Feb. 10 and returned home
defeated.
In the boys action the Bullpups defeated the Cubs by a score of 13-53. Junior
Chris Coronado was the leading scorer for Humboldt with six points. Throughout
the game Caney pressed Humboldt, and the team was just not able to stay with
them.
“
We have got to get better handling in pressure,” Brad Piley, coach,
said. “They pressed us, and we could not handle it very well at all.”
The Lady Cubs were also defeated; they lost with a score of 38-53. Despite
staying with Caney throughout the first half and going into the locker room
tied at 18, the team could not pull off a victory.
Boys face Waverly
at tourney
By Randi Barnett
News-editor
On Feb. 9 the junior varsity boys’ team traveled to
play in the Waverly tournament. The Waverly Bulldogs were the Cubs’ first
challenge of the tournament.
Juniors Chris Coronado and Elijah Friederich were the top scorers on the
night. Coronado contributed 17 of the Cubs’ 31 points, and Friederich
added 13.
“
We could have ran our offense and got open, and we could have played better
defense,” Friederich said.
Despite their efforts, the team lost 31-38.
Last night Humboldt faced Jayhawk-Linn in their second game of the tournament.
Results will be printed in the next issue of the Cub Tracks.
Humboldt
loses to Burlington
By Randi Barnett
News-editor
While at home on Feb. 6, the Cubs and Lady Cubs both lost
to the junior varsity Burlington Wildcats.
The boys fell behind in the first half with a halftime score of 11-27. By
the final minutes of the game, the boys were trailing the Wildcats by 30
points and were struggling to keep up with them. The ending score was 13-51.
The Lady Cubs fell to Burlington with a score of 14-48. They fell behind
in the first half and were not able to catch back up with the Lady Cats.
“
We kept up well in the first half but had foul trouble in the second half,” Michaela
Bartlett, fr., said. “Also, we did not have any subs to put in like
the other team did.”
JV
teams continue to struggle
By Bailey Myers
Editor-in-Chief
Both junior varsity teams again added to their losses for
the season on Feb. 3 at Neodesha. The boys struggled to make shots, while
the girls followed closely behind the Bluestreaks.
The Cubs started off slow in the first and second quarters, and despite stepping
up defensively to allow only four Bluestreak points in the second quarter,
the team trailed 19-13 at the half.
In the second half, however, Humboldt was only able to make one shot. The
Bluestreaks dominated the court and ended the game 15-51.
The Lady Cubs, on the other hand, were able to stay fairly close to their
opponents and finished the game down by ten with a final score of 27-37.
“
We have small numbers in JV so everyone needs to know every position,” Miranda
Myer, fr., said, “sometimes we get confused, mess up, and get down.
That hurts us a lot, but we keep each other going.”
Humboldt struggles to stay focused
By Tyler Gean
Reporter
The boys basketball team traveled to Caney Valley on Feb. 10
looking for a win. The Cubs were unable to defeat the Bullpups, however, losing
with a final score of 36-52.
From the beginning of the game, the boys were unable to get things going the
right direction for them. The first quarter ended with the Cubs trailing 9-14.
The second quarter proved to be just as difficult for the Cubs to score; they
only scored two points to the Pups’ 13 making the score 12-27 going
into halftime.
When the boys came out of the locker room, they were looking to cut the lead
and get back into the game which would prove to be a difficult task.
Photo by Malachi Melton
Derrik McCall, so., rebounds the ball and begins to
take off down the court with Chris
Coronado, jr., following behind. Humboldt was close to Caney but could not
pull off a win.
The team managed to cut the margin to 25-37 at the end of the
third quarter of play. However, they were not able to overcome the deficit
in the final quarter, scoring 11 compared to Caney’s 15 points.
“We didn’t play with any intensity or heart,” Josh Elder,
sr., said. “I’m upset we lost because it was a win we should have
had.”
Junior Tevin Strack led Humboldt with 17 points and nine rebounds. Strack
was followed by Chris Coronado, jr., who contributed eight points and nine
rebounds.
The team struggled scoring, as they went 11 of 54 from the field and 13 for
35 from the free throw line.
“I don’t think we were mentally focused coming out in the beginning,”
Chris Coronado, jr., said. “We could have played better defense and
worked the offense more.”
Teams
split with Jackets, assessment awards given
By Alexis Hosack
News Editor
The Yellowjackets visited the Fieldhouse Jan. 30 for a night
of basketball. The crowd was extra large due to awards being handed out throughout
the evening to students scoring exemplary on state assessments last year.
The night was a success for the varsity Lady Cubs as they pulled through for
a 53-44 victory. However, the varsity boys along with the junior varsity boys
and girls were not as successful. In an intense match, the varsity Cubs fell
short with a 41-53 loss. The junior varsity girls and boys lost with scores
of 26-33 and 23-30, respectively.
After falling behind in the first quarter the Lady Cubs managed to battle
back for a one-point lead in the second quarter. The teams stepped off the
court for halftime with Humboldt leading 20-19.
The Lady Cubs slightly increased the margin in the third quarter, which ended
33-31. The team finished the game with a 53-44 victory.
“We outletted the ball well, and we got good rebounds from our great
blockouts,” Lenzie Boring, sr., said. “We have greatly improved
on our defense this year, and our free throw percentage has increased.”
Several debatable foul calls weighed down the varsity Cubs’ efforts
as they struggled against Fredonia. In the first quarter, Humboldt was outscored
by the Jackets 8-15.
Fighting back, the team scored 13 points in the second quarter while only
allowing Fredonia to score five. At halftime the Cubs led 21-20.
After a tug-of-war third quarter, the score shifted to Fredonia’s advantage
with the Cubs behind 35-37. It seemed the game could go either way, but the
Cub’s momentum slowed in the fourth. The team fell behind, and the game
ended 41-53.
Cubs defeated by Wildcats
By Tyler Gean
Reporter
On Feb. 6, the high school boys basketball team took the court
for the Sweetheart game against Burlington.
All hopes were high to get a win not only because of playing for their home
crowd, but also because of the hype of Sweetheart. However, the boys ended
up losing 31-61.
After the end of the first quarter of play, the Cubs were down 7-20. The team’s
troubles continued throughout the first half as the score going into halftime
had the Cubs behind 14-40.
Photo by Malachi Melton
Junior Tevin Strack goes up to block a Burlington Wildcat
layup. Strack had three rebounds for the
game. Humboldt only had 14 points compared to Burlington’s 40 points
in just the first half. “I
thought we were out-matched size wise, so we needed to run more offense,”
Strack said.
Coming out of the locker room the team hoped to cut the lead
to get back into the game; however, the third quarter ended with a score of
22-53.
“We didn’t play to our full potential and didn’t run our
offense,” Elijah Friederich, jr., said. “It could have been closer
if our shots would have went in, and we would have ran our offense the way
we should have.”
As a team, the Cubs went 11 for 50 from the field, shooting 22 percent. Junior
Tevin Strack led the Cubs with 16 points and two steals. They were able to
grab 15 rebounds. Turnovers were not a huge factor in the game, having only
six as a team.
“We played okay for a while, but then turned the ball over too much,”
Seth Nickell, so., said.
Boys continue season at Neodesha
By Scott Sollars
Reporter
A 37-42 let down gave the Cubs yet another loss on the season.
With the score just about tied up at the end of the third quarter, Humboldt
just could not get the points needed in the fourth to upset Neodesha.
“It feels good to be improving because it shows that we are not giving
up just because of what our record is,” Tyler Gean, jr., said.
Photo by Malachi Melton
Senior Micah Poovey attempts to block out a Neodesha
Bluestreak.
Poovey had a total of five rebounds during the varsity game.
At the end of the first quarter Humboldt was trailing Neodesha by just three points with the score 11-14. The second quarter was the same with both teams scoring eight points making the score 19-22. The Cubs out scored the Bluestreaks in the third quarter 10 to eight and ended the quarter trailing 29-30. In the fourth quarter Neodesha was able to extend their lead by five points and end the game with a 37-42 victory.
Tevin Strack, jr., led the team in points scored, assists, steals, and blocked
shots. Thad Wells, sr., was second in points scored and led the team in defensive
rebounds.
“I think I played better than I have in the past games we have played,”
Micah Poovey, sr., said. “I just did what I was told to do.”
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