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Page 18 The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise Wabaunsee High School Volume 2 Issue 2 Thursday, October 3, 2002 912 Missouri Alma KS , , . . . FFA G reenhand Conference ers i ..... person award that went to sopho-'. more, Josh Lawton for showing By Ryan Quintanilla By Tanna Geisler the most participation. Then theyStaff reporter ,Staff reporter announced the top ten scores on n Tuesday, September 24, the test. Out of the ten awards the Lady Bears walked into n September 25, there was a given, Wabaunsee received four, GreenhandC°nferenceheld junior, Brian Boeckman placing the gym to face competition at Spring Hill High School, third, junior, Sharon Johnson against the volleyball team." hosted by the East Central District placing fourth, junior Brian Hund Freshman participants kicked off Officers for the new members of placing fifth, freshman, Libby the night with their match. The FFA. Lira placing ninth and junior, Chargers had only six freshman players, but recognized this short- Out of 22 students in Mr. Tanna Geisler tieing for tenth. Griesel's Into to Ag class, 16 of the _r "The Greenhand Conference new FFA members attended the is a great way to get new FFA conference• As the members en- members involved and excited tered the high school they had the about FFA," said David Griesel, opportunity to visit with the dis-. FFA Advisor. "I am very proud trict officers; Kim Clark, Kansas of all the Greenhand members FFA Treasurer from Holton, Craig _ for their dedication on the writ- Pringle, Kansas FFA Sentinel from ten test," Griesel continued. Winfiold and J.J. Jones, National Griesel is in his first year of more, Emily Loughary. FFA Officer Candidate from ladvising at Wabaunsee High As a spectator, 1 thought that Atwood, Kansas. School• He and his wife Sarah, i the crowd was a vital part of their Upon arriving, the new mem- reside in Alma. • success," said senior, Kevin Seele. bers had to take an information. Jason McKinney Memorial Cross test. The results of the test deter- com sful ..The second In the first match, varsity fell they played to the Bears 8-15, and 10-15. In 'dheir loss, was match two, game one, the varsity Wamego Raiders. squad defeated the Bears 15-5,but cleared the igrior the Bears came back in the second came out for a game 8-15. The teams had to com- tory. pete in a third game to determine ' "The girls the winner, and the Bears pulled had a purpose, off an 8-15 win. s pectator, Zack age and coped with it well. "We matched up well againstcame in wit The varsity team next stepped - St. Mary's," said junior, Oney. "I I showed people what onto the court to compete in their think we scared them, along with all about•" first match. Starting athletes were ourselves in game one of match . Leading kills senior, Kelsey Hendricks, senior, two by coming out strong and held by Ebert. ValerieEbert, junior, KaylaOney, taking care of business. We just. !blocks, along junior, Kodi Ginavan, sopho-couldn't quite hold on to our in- .Hendricks lead more, Rachel Yancey, and sopho- - tensity to pick up a victory•" eight assists for the Ebertlead the team in kills and ! The girls then digs, while Hendricks had lead- game rest. The ing assists, and Yancey had nine against Rock blocks for the team. would win Saturday, September 28, the Wamego Raiders hosted a tourna- the tournament. Country meet would have been better if we had .ment that the Chargers partook the Chargers fell in. The team is guaranteed three tory. Going ?+~i! mined the awards to be presented later in the day. After the test, members were moved all around the school to different workshops throughout the day. In the workshops the officers challenged the members to de- velop leadership skills that w6uld enable them to be a more positive person and encouraged them to set goals for their lives• At the end of the day, the offic- ers summoned all the members to the stage to announce awards. The e.y..gave out an outstanding Jacque Gehrt After high school: Plans on majoring at K-State in sec- ondary education. "I've al- ways wanted to teach•" Favorite subject: "My fa- vorite classes are any class with Ms. Breiner. FACS classes are so fun and easy." Life motto: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Hobbies: basketball and spending plenty of quality time with my friends Role model: Lesa Leslie be- cause she is an awesome player in the WNBA Favorite food: Cherry cheesecake Most interesting thing she has ever tried: The Rip Cord at Worlds of Fun, "Twice, What a rush!" Compiled by: Bryce Ebert more girls on the team to run; By Anthony Siebert with only two its hard to get matches in pool play, and de- Mustangs many points, commented Short. pending on the number of victo- then advance. for the match were: Staff reporter- The top three were Michelle 'ries, can advance to tournament GinaVan Stueve from Olpe in first, Terri play. The first match was against leading kills, Thursda September 26, Baker from Rock Creekin second, Nemaha Valley. The Chargersleading digs, sc were defeated by the Raiders. Ichet Hancock Ik--J Wabaunsee hosted the Jason and Stephanie Bryant from Silver "We know what we didI !blocks, and Me_Kinney Memorial Cross Coun- Lake in third. + try meet, the fourth of their sea- The boys race was next, with a wrong, and we knew that we , i the had to pick up our play and fo- "It was a • son. The sky was clear and the total of seven Chargers runnin . . _. _ • " • cus in order to make it to tour- but in tide temperature was warm. It was a thelr hearts out. At the start Brlan - , .... i .... id perfect sunny day for a run, but Boeckman, iunior, and Michael nament play, aaKl sophomore, I '.grao a win, sa this run was to be rather strenu- "Hei ert, so" homore, ot out in" Yancey. " Gehrt. g P g .+ .......................... ous. Most athletes find our home the front at top speed. The boys Weight Club holds student course to be the most difficult and course was long, a full mile longer " physically challenging of the than the girls They fought it out By Scott Eckelberry league, even if it was designed to and the top placers were Heigert Staff Reporter be easier than last years, in fourth and Boeckman in sev- In the foreboding excitement enth. The leader from Jackson that hung over the heads of the Heights, Andy Fenton, finished The Wabaunsee High School's participants before the start of this far in the lead. Craig Menke from 31. Weight Club held a lunch for difficult run, Gabe Zeller, senior, Hartford took second, while paying students on Friday during was anxious but ready• Quincy Colstrom from Lebo fin- homecoming. Students wishing "It's going to be a long hard ished third, to attend were to sign up with Mr. race, but the Chargers should The boys varsity walked away Lietz. They had the option of ei- come out on top• We've been with first place in the meet. Last ther barbecue beef sandwiches or practicing really hard and Ithink years state champion, Keen hot dogs. Brownies ala mode we have some good talent that. Umbehr, said that he was glad were served to all those in atten- should lead us to a good season," that a lot of people showed up to dance afterward. he said. cheer the team on. "I think the turnout was good The girls race came first, with "Some really good times were overall. I think the interest for only two Charger girls compet- run, and it was a great race" he Weight Club is there, we just need ing: Rebecca Short, sophomore, stated, to have more peoplejoin,"said se- and Shawnee Barron, sophomore.. In all the entire event was a nior Zack Beavers. "Luckily some The competition was rough, but success, and all of the runners did of the underclassmen have real- the girls stuck in there, and their best and achieved what they ized what a great club it really is Shawnee finished in ninth place, have worked for in practice, when it comes to accomplishing with Rebecca following close be- Make sure to go and cheer the your goals. hind, finishing in eleventh• Chargers on at their next meet To those unfamiliar with "I think we did good, but it •.October 3, at Centralia. . Weight Club, it is a club that helps student at both sports and goals and workir [[ achieve them. Senior and had this to say goals for this year. our main goals as a ¢ should be toco e whole. It would be some more pe6ple t est and join. It everyone" goals this year Students wish g Wabaunsee Club only need the high school and ings on a regular i ers tri -By ___ Andv--...r.Vrma a gave the Chargers their first the start of the second quarter. . touchdown of the night, and "We need to come together as Staff reporter !.GradyWenderott, junior hadthe_a team and improve our The ( tta'rgers took -anoflaer loss extra point, defense,"said Todd Theel, senior• last Friday night against a At the start of the second quar- The junior varsity played Mon- ready to play Onaga team. The ter the Buffalos jumped ahead of day night against the junior Bur- Buffalos ended up defeating the the Chargers and gave them- falos. They ended up winning, Chargers 40-22. selves some breathing room. As 46-22. Brian Johnson, freshman, "Our team seems to struggle, hard as they tried the Chargers _ rushed a little over 300 } ards. W tt on our first fe games, says Matt could not catch up. The team tried their hardest Schrader, senior. "Our offense did good against" and got rewarded with their first The Chargers took an eight to a hard hitting Buffalo defense," junior varsity victory. seven lead over the Buffalos in the said Tyler Wegele. The Chargers will take on a first quarter. Tyler Wegele, jun- The Buffalo defense started to tough Valley Heights team this ior was having a good night. He. slow down the Charger offense at .Friday night at seven o'clock. f