perry-lecompton high school issue 2 october 5, 2007
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The KAW TRACKERPerry-Lecompton High School Issue 2 October 5, 2007
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Jamie FullerEditor-in-chief
CJ Bunce pg.3
Mr. Wall pg.4
Soccer pg.10
Football pg.8
Volleyball pg.9
Cross Country pg.11
Fiddler on the Roof Comes to PLHS
As the school year fliesby the musical is fastapproaching. This year PLHSstudents will be performingThe Fiddler on the Roof.Actors and actresses are veryexcited and hard work. Thesponsors that are dedicatingall of their time for themusical are Mr. Griggs andMrs. Ward.
“It’s a great show,” saidMrs. Ward. “We have greatvoices and the voices haveimproved tremendously!”
The Fiddler on the Roofis the story about a familythat lives in a Jewishcommunity in a village calledAnatevka. The main characteris Tevye.
Tevye is a Godworshiping milkman whoworks hard to take care ofhis five daughters. Thebiggest task that Tevye needsto accomplish is findinghusbands for his three oldestdaughters.
The matchmaker namedYente, tries to find the girlshusbands but with Tevyebeing poor and not able tooffer a dowry that makes herjob very hard. The storygoes on in detail about thegirls and how they findhusbands.
While all of this is goingon Anatevka is also putunder stress. Many Jewishpeople are forced to leavetheir homes and go toAmerica. The story showsmany hardships that a
Jewish family might have facedin 1905.
“Its going to be challengingbecause it is such a longproduction but I’m sure we willput in enough hard work that itwill come out amazing.” LanceMorris-Bohannan stated.
On September 10th and11th tryouts for the musicalwere held. Now casting isalready over, and practices havebegun.
Right now practices runMonday thru Thursday and lastfrom six to nine at the lastest.Things started out slowly sothat everyone could start tomemorize their parts and get intocharacter. After a few days thecast will start ed elected scenespractices.
There are many studentsthat go to play practice right
after they get done withsports practices. This makesfor a very long evening. Theyall have learned to managetheir time wisely. It is verydifficut to juggle, school, theplay, sports, and sometimeseven after school jobs butstudents at PLHS do it.
To take part in themusical takes a lot of timeand dedication. There are alot of after school hours putin and sometimes evenSaturday practices.
“It all pays off when thefinal nights come andeveryone is on a high!” saidJenne Moore ecstatically.
Performances will beginon October 8th with dinnertheater, there will also beviewings on the 9th and 10th
as well.
Tevye-Zach HarwoodGolde-Belai MillsTzeitel-Morgan BrownHodel-Jessica MillerChava-Jenne MooreShprintze-Alex PorterBielke-Hallie RombachYente-Maggie KuhlmanMotel-Philip HinmanShaindel-Sarah HodgesPerchik-Garret JonesFyedka-Mark Weatherford
Lazar Wolf-LanceBohannanMordcha-Brooks ChristmanRabbi-Josh HurstMendel-Cameron ShoemakerAvram-Drew SorrickNachum-Trevor MadorinGrandma Tzeitel-AlizaCaldwellFruma-Sarah-Sherri SutfinConstable-Keegan RuppleYussel-Derek O’TrimbleThe Fiddler-Jacob Callahan
Woman #1-Mariah StoverWoman #2-Emily HuerterMan #1-Jacob CallahanMan #2-Trevor MadorinMan #3-Derek O’TrimbleMan #4-Josh HurstMan #5-Keegan RuppleRussians-Tyler Willams,Josh Payne, Cody Amerine,Nate Turpin, Bryce Walker,Ryan Walker, Ben Wade,Andy Mller
ChorusChelsea Jacobson, AngelinaCastaldi, Katya kalinichenko,Katie Howard, Shelby Stufin,Mackenzie Christman, EmilyDurflinger, Darcie O’Trimble,Caitlin Callahan, Katie Hirsch,Amer Smith, Elizabeth Wells,Sydney Allen, Taylor Easum,Sarah Haley, Kayla Ledbetter,Breanna Robinson, JessicaPorter, Hannah Fair, JessicaCobb, Olivia Breitenbach, LizSchaffer, Bella Schaffer,Marisha Stover, Shelby Smith
Cast
The PLHS KawCheerleaders heldtheir annual JuniorCheer Clinic for the
children of USD343. As usual the
cheerleaders had agreat turnout and awonderful time was
had by all.
The Kaw Tracker
Editor-In-ChiefJamie Fuller
Madison Horsch
Staff WritersShawny Blankingship
Aliza CaldwellJessica ChristmanTyler Christman
Katie DavisJamie Fuller
Courtney KassonMadison HorschAndrea PhillipsKristin RobbinsErin Sergeant
AdviserJeff Dickson
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Perry-LecomptonHigh School
404 N. Lecompton RdPerry, KS 66073
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Tyler ChristmanStaff Writer
NewsSADD Club Works to Bring Awareness
The SADD club is backto work at PLHS. The club,according to Susan Whitakerclub leader, “has a ton ofmembers.”
SADD has a lot of bigevents planned this year.These events include buildinga float for the homecomingparade, Red Ribbon week,the seat belt survey, andmaking a new shirt.
They will be workingwith the theme.
“Look at me I’m drugfree” for their float at thehomecoming parade.
They also look toaccomplish their goal whichis “working with students tocreate a positive learningenvironment,” according toWhitaker.
To help them with thesebig events SADD has a bunchof officers to help them getorganized.
The clubs president isJamie Fuller.
Their Vice President isAbby Hurd. DaffodilReumund is the club’sSecretary and Treasurer.
SADD also has fourofficers at large which includeHolly Fornelli, Jessica Gibler,Isaac Fisher and SarahHodges.
Whitaker says that theirmain goal is to “showstudents that the decisionsthey make really do affecttheir lives.”
“I think SADD gives agood message to help keep ourstudents safe and not makedestructive decisions,” saidMegan Sorrick.
They have been doing aton of stuff already that you
might not know about likeworking in the pizza trailerat the last home footballgame. Their hard work hasnot been limited to justduring the school yearthough. the club has beenactive this summer as well.
Some members alongwith Mrs. Whitakerattended a meeting thissummer.
While at the meetingthey talked about the
Article IVSection I Exercised Student Council RightsA. The Council promotes the limited use of Ipods, Zunes, mp3 players, and singular musical devices in the
teacher controlled environment of the classroom. The specific rules are as follows:1. Students may only listen to their devices during teacher approved times during seminar.2. Students must ask for teacher approval before any action to listen to device occurs. Consent is
required.3. Individual teachers exercise the right to ban the use of musical device in his/her class at any time.4. If upon abuse of above No. 1 & 2, teachers have the right to confiscate the item until end of period.5. Musical devices must be set quiet enough so as not to disrupt the class or affect others learning.6. All devices are prohibited during quizzes, tests, finals, lectures, speeches, presentations, projects, and
any time when teacher requests them not to be in use.7. All devices are prohibited during passing periods, assemblies, morning announcements, the Kaw
Update, break period, regular classes, and lunch period.8. Abuse of any said rules can result in a penalty of level of the misuse in discretion of the teacher or
principal.9. If misunderstanding of the time allotted for device listening occurs, the teacher has the right to decide
whether the item should be confiscated or the level of punishment.Example: A student thinks that the teacher has given them permission to listen to theirdevice when the teacher actually meant at a later time. The teacher may decide that thestudent just has to put the device away, or can act upon the teacher’s own discretionabout the punishment.
B. The definition of a singular musical device is one when used with head phones. Any boomboxes, radios,speakers, etc., are prohibited without the teacher’s consent and may be confiscated by the teacher if notallowed.
C. Any device which is a cellular device and also plays music is prohibited. All cellular mp3 combinationdevices are still considered cell phones and will be confiscated on the spot and turned in to the office ordisciplined according to the cell phone policy.
“Our Main Goalis to show
students that thedecisions theymake really do
affect their lives.”
consequences of drinkingand driving.
Among thoseattending were TheKansas Department ofTransportation and otherKansas area SADDgroups.
Whitaker was sayingthat she, along with theothers in attendance,took a lot away from themeeting.
They found it veryinformative and wereglad they had the chanceto attend.
The club has beenworking extra hard tomake this yet anothersuccessful year.
It does in fact looklike it is going to beanother great year forSADD.
Handbook Changed to Allow Ipods In Seminar
THE KAW TRACKERFeatures
Katie DavisStaff Writer
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Mental Strength key to success in archeryMental Strength key to success in archeryMental Strength key to success in archeryMental Strength key to success in archeryMental Strength key to success in archery
Contrary to popularbelief archery is not aphysical sport. It is howeverone of the most challengingsports there are today.
It takes lots of concen-tration and mental strength.
Not only do you needthose qualities but you alsohave to have to have time,dedication, and precision.These are all aspects thatJunior, C.J. Bunce has.
“I got started shootingarchery when I was 9 yearsold. I wanted to do itbecause my dad went bowhunting.
So, I got my own toyboy and it sort of took offfrom there. I was enrolled in4-H and under the ShootingSports Project, there wasarchery so I tried it,” saidBunce.
Since then C.J.’sarchery has nothing butimproved. He’s competed inseven state 4-H matches,two in Hays, where he said“it was windy enough tostop the bows in mid air”,
then two in Emporia,and two in GreatBend.
Then on the 22nd
of September C.J.competed at a match20 miles North ofManhattan.
“As you all mighthave noticed, I had apretty nice tan line onmy forehead for abouta week afterwards.”chuckled C.J. whentalking about hismatch.
As well ascompeting inthe 4-HState Matches, Buncealso competed in theSunflower StateGames.
He’s received sixmedals ranging from1st to 3rd place.
“Probably theneatest shoot I haveever been to was theState Games ofAmerica in ColoradoSprings, Colorado.
This was the nationalsfor the Sunflower StateGames and it was con-ducted like the Olympics.
They had a huge
welcoming ceremony and allthe athletes from each statewalked throw the arena behindtheir state flag.
They also lit the torch andthe whole bit.”
Not only does C.J.have the six SunflowerState medals but, he alsohas an additional 22medals to add to hiscollection.
“Currently I have 22medals and two trophies,all of which are 1st through3rd place.
I have also competedin the National 4-HShooting Sports Match inRapid City, South Dakota,two years ago.
Here I was only fiveplaces away frommedaling” said Bunce witha big smile on his face,
“I was extremelyproud of this. At thismatch, they don’t offer abare bow class, which is abow and arrow only, (nosights of anything). Theyonly offer the Olympicclass which is a recurvebow with sights and astabilizer.I competed inthis three day match withno sights and I was rankedabout 12th to 14th out of 75shooters who were usingsights.”
As for training, Bunce
puts in a lot of time. He useto have a target in his backyard until a neighbor built ahouse about 40 yards awayfrom where he shoots. C.J.said that he then would goout to his cow pasture andshoot there.
But, it seemed to haveits problems as well.
“If the cows are home Ican’t shoot out there, so Ireally have no place to shootunless the cows are out inthe other pasture.
Once football gets overI’ll go to Topeka on Satur-day mornings to shoot withJ.O.A.D. (Junior OlympicArchery Development.)
I enjoy shooting withthem because there are onlyabout 10 kids that shoot. Weall shoot the same style ofarchery, and we have a goodtime.”
With the archery yearwell started, Bunce has highhopes and expectations fornext year.
He plans to bring homemore medals and moretrophies. But, still wants tokeep archery fun, for thelove of the sport.
Some of the many medals CJ has won in archery. Photo provided by the Bunce Family
Photo provided by the Bunce FamilyPractice makes perfect for the Bunces.
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Jamie FullerEditor-in-chief
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You’ve seen him in the hallstanding next to Mr. Smithduring passing periods. His faceis new, that is unless you tookdriver’s ed. this summer.
Mr. Eric Hoffman is hisname; he is the new mathteacher at the high school and isfresh out of college.
If you’ve had one of hisclasses already, know a lot ofdetails to his life.
Now it’s time to geteveryone else up to par.
Mr. Hoffman grew up inHoisington, Kansas.
Hoisington is a small townin central Kansas that is alsoknown as “Crossroads ofKansas” and “The Gateway toCheyenne Bottoms”.
He grew up on a farm thatwas run by his father, Alan.
His mother, Kathy wasinvolved with the school; sheworked as an Elementary Schoolcounselor.
Along with his parents Mr.Hoffman lived with his threebrothers; Kevin, Nathan, andRyan.
He started off in “CardinalTerritory” and graduated fromHoisington High School.
While attending the 3Ahigh school he participated in
football, basketball, baseball,and track.
He was also apart of theStudent Naturalist Club andNational Honor Society.
Our Principal, Mr. Elliot,also happened to be atHoisington High at the sametime, he was Mr. Hoffman’sBiology teacher.
After finishing highschool Mr. Hoffman furtheredhis education at Emporia StateUniversity.
There he completed hisbachelors in MathematicsEducation.
He also obtained asecondary license in driver’seducation; which he used thissummer while teachingstudents at Perry Lecompton.
When asked why hechose math as his major hesaid, “I didn’t like English orsocial studies, so I pickedmath.”
He furthered hisreasoning by explaining thatmath is very black and white.It’s a subject were you alwaysget an answer.
While attending EmporiaState, Mr. Hoffmanparticipated on the track andfield team where he didthrowing events.
He competed on the teamfor four years and after a lot of
time and dedication he placed 5th
as a Hammer Thrower inNationals.
Up until he came to PerryLecompton Mr. Hoffman has hadmany different jobs.
He has worked as a farmer, awedding singer and karaokesinging specialist.
He was also employed by avending machine company.
While working that job hewould deliver food, fix pooltables and dartboards, and repairjuke boxes.
Mr. Hoffman also worked asan official for high schoolbasketball and football games.
Some of his favorite pasttimes include softball, golf,fishing, singing karaoke, hunting,
horseshoes, going to the lakeand wake boarding. He alsojoined the Knights ofColumbus, a churchorganization, so that he couldbe on their bowling team.Much to his surprise theyhappen to be very successful!
He says that he is a verycompetitive person and isalways up for a goodcompetition.
He likes almost all sportsand is always ready to cheerfor the Chiefs and Royals.
In addition to all thethings above Mr. Hoffmannoted that he enjoys carvinglimestone post too.
Why did he choose tocome to Perry Lecompton? A
lot of his decision had to dowith Mr. Elliot. After being hishigh school teacher he alsobecame a mentor.
Mr. Hoffman was veryexcited to receive theopportunity to work for him.
He also knew that therewould be a lot of chances forhim to further his career anddevelop as a teacher at PLHS.
For right now Mr. Hoffmanteaches Calculus, Algebra 1A,Algebra 2, and AdvancedGeometry.
He hopes to assist coachingtrack, basketball, and football ifthe opportunity ever arises, butfor now he is helping KasiPackard in coaching CrossCountry.
When it comes to futurehopes the only thing he said wasthe he hopes to have a family.
So next time you see Mr.Hoffman’s friendly face in thehallway feel free to say “hi” oreven start up a conversationabout one of his many pasttimes.
We are very glad to havehim here at Perry Lecomptonand we are looking forward tohim being a part of oursuccessful program.
Shawny BlankinshipStaff WriterThis year at PLHS we
have two new teachers. One ofwhom is Mr. Wall.
The earth and spacescience teacher has beenteaching for about 32 years: sixyears at Royal Valley HighSchool, and a whopping 26years at Seaman High.
He went to Eskridge HighSchool, now Mission Valley,and participated in the “usualsports”, as he said.
“Football, Basketball andTrack were the only sports backthen.”
This athlete also was theFuture Farmers of AmericaClub President, 4H President,and his class president.
“There were onlyseventeen kids in my class, soit wasn’t that hard of acompetition,” Wall added witha laugh.
When Mr. Wall went offto college he first attendedEmporia College for twoyears.
“I played football therefor two years but thentransferred to Emporia Stateso that I could work onteaching.”
Wall graduated with aBSE and Masters in Biology.
“I had the worst scienceteacher in high school. I wasmotivated by a bad teachernot a good one, and I likeoutdoor science a lot.”
So you would wonderwhy this retired big town
teacher would come to a smallschool such as Perry-Lecompton.
“I liked the smaller schoolenvironment, and I didn’t hearanything bad. I had interviewed atseveral other schools and I justliked this one the best.”
Now Mr. Wall isn’t just allteaching. He enjoys going outhunting with his dog, Peggy Sue,spending time with his wife,children and grandchildren. Healso spends time playing guitar,fishing and gardening. When heisn’t doing his job or spendingtime doing all those things he lovesmost he likes to go out and takephotos of the tall grass prairie.
Just go by the science roomand take the time to talk to thisinteresting fellow. You might justlearn something new about scienceyou’ve never known before.
32 Year Veteran Science Educator Comes to PLHS32 Year Veteran Science Educator Comes to PLHS32 Year Veteran Science Educator Comes to PLHS32 Year Veteran Science Educator Comes to PLHS32 Year Veteran Science Educator Comes to PLHS
Meet Mr. Larry Wall, veteran Science teacher. Photo by Jamie Fuller
Meet Mr. Eric Hoffman, Math Teacher. Photo by Jamie Fuller
PLHS Proud to have Emporia State GraduatePLHS Proud to have Emporia State GraduatePLHS Proud to have Emporia State GraduatePLHS Proud to have Emporia State GraduatePLHS Proud to have Emporia State Graduate
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THE KAW TRACKERHomecoming
Madison HorschEditor-in-Chief
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There are only a fewtimes of year that the PLHSstudent body looks forwardto with zealous attitudes.One of these times is thetraditional Homecoming.
Homecoming not onlymeans a fun semi-formaldance, but also a week filledwith festivities and schoolspirit. This year it is nodifferent.
As the year has alreadyproven to be a very busyone, this month has beenvery full as well as PLHSstudents prepared for thedance and week of activities.
Spirit week, designed toencourage studentinvolvement, was planned byBlue Krew with verycreative twists to old ideas.The first day of spirit weekwas an idea that StudentCouncil wanted to have for avery long time. Instead ofthe common “hat day,” Blue
Krew decided to hold a daycalled Stop Light Day.
On this day the studentsdressed according to whatthey were planning onattending the dance as. If thestudent had a date for thedance they wore red, if theyneeded a date they woregreen, and if they wereundecided they wore yellow.
Having this easy way todecipher who’s taken andwho’s not, encouragedstudents to go out there andfind dates for the dance onFriday and hopefullyencouraged attendance to thedance.
The next day was just ascreative as the first as thestudents dressed in any shinymaterial that they could find.“Bling, Bling” day almostspeaks for itself as studentsparticipate in who has thebiggest diamond chain, orwhose outfit is the flashiest.
Wednesday was a first aswell for Spirit Week, as allfashion lovers covered theireyes. “Fashion Disaster day”
allowed for the students todress in their most hideousoutfits as well as to make themistake of wearing their shirtinside out or makeup smearedall over their faces.
Thursday held the mostinteresting theme of all as thestudents adorned floatationdevices around the school.Floaties and water wings wereseen on students as they triedto survive the cool waters ofthe high school day.
When Friday finally camearound the students werealmost ready to burst withexcitement for the best day ofall, Blue and Bad day. It hasalways been an exciting day forthe students as peoplecompletely clothed in bluefrom head-to-toe roam thehalls. Some even with theirfaces painted.
All of these days have ledup to the Homecoming parade.In the parade the are given theopportunity to show their Kawpride as they develope manythemes that are supposed todiscourage the Piper Pirates,
who is the team the Kaws play inthe Friday night football game.
At half time of the game oneof the main traditions ofHomecoming will occur, thecrowning of the King and QueenCandidates. This years Queencandidates are Madison Horsch,Abby Hurd, and Kristin Robbins,with the King candidates beingCaleb Denton, Alex Hackathorn,and Bryce Walker.
The Junior attendantshelping with homecoming thisyear are Sydney Allen, Emily
Caleb Denton
Madison Horsch
1. I was shocked because I didn’t expect it at all.
2. I do feel I have a responsibility to, but I do not really feel that there is more for me to do. I think that everyone that is up has already proven to be a good leader otherwise they would not have been nominated.
3. I think it’s wonderful that the tradition is still going on. I feel really appreciative about the fact that I get to participate.
4. Homecoming to me represents something that we all hold onto, tradition.
1. I was pretty excited and really surprised!
2. No, I feel I’ve been always been responsible for offering leadership even before I was nominated
3. It feels good even though some traditions are changing. I believe tradition is important. You should never change it.
4. It’s a time for people to come back and watch football and it’s a great tradition where things should stay how they are.
The following questions were asked toeach candidate:1. What was the first thought that came to mind when you found out you were nominated?2. Do you feel you have more responsibility to offer leadership now that you have been nominated?3. How does it feel to uphold the Homecoming tradition?4. What does Homecoming mean to you?
Huerter, Daffodil Reumund,and Sandy Robbins for thegirls, and Caleb Gesner andShane Gimzo for the boys.
After the game is held themain part of Homecoming willoccur in the PLHS commons.Every student and Alumni iswelcome to enjoy the dancewith a whimsical theme of“Come Away With Me,”inspired by the song by NorahJones.
THE KAW TRACKERHomecoming
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Abby Hurd
1. What am I getting myself into?
2. No, just because I got nominated doesn’t mean I have to act different.
3. I feel a little bit shocked. I’m not honored, but I’m happy.
4. It means nothing. It will not determine what happens to me in life.
1. I was surprised; happy…I don’t know… I waswaiting for everyone else’s names to be called
2. Not really, because I already felt like I was offeringleadership.
3. I think it’s very cool because my grandparents andmy dad were involved as well.
4. I think it means that maybe people look up to me.
Alex Hackathorn
Kristin Robbins
1. I can’t lose focus on the game.
2. I’ve always tried to be a leader, so not really.
3. Well, since they are changing so many things there isn’t a lot of traditoins being upheld.
4. It is an award given to the most liked people in the school and it is a special honor.
1. Wow! I was speechless
2. Not really, it’s just like people are watching you more. I just continue to be myself regardless of the situation
3. It’s definitely an honor to be chosen by the student body to be a candidate and very flattering!
4. Homecoming is one of the biggest games of the year a lot of graduates come back to watch this game. It’s really cool to reunite with friends after so long.
THE KAW TRACKERSports
Kristin RobbinsStaff Writer
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The first football game onAugust 31st againstImmaculata came as nosurprise to the Kaws as theyprepared all summer for aRaider defeat. After travelingfor an hour, the Kaws arrived atLeavenworth at the Raider’shome field with many fansbehind them.
Ask anyone and they willtell you that there was by farmore blue than green in thestadium that night and thechant of P-L-H-S could beheard miles away. The Kawswere ready.
“We were ready to play,”said senior Aaron Brooks. “TheImmac game gave us a goodindication of how the seasonwould go this year.”
That game proved that theKaws would be stellar thisyear, completing the game with344 yards and fourinterceptions, leaving Immacwithout a single completedpass and only 24 yards.
With an outstandingperformance the Kaws finishedstrong with a score of 46-0.
After crushing Immac thefuture looked very bright forthe Kaws. The real test was thenext game at home versusLansing on September 7th.
Lansing was chosen as theleague favorite this year and
the locker room talk for the Lionswas real intense that night.
Things like “we’re notImmac” and other derogatoryphrases were being thrownaround all evening, but theirsmack talking and mohawksweren’t anything for the Kaws asthey won yet another victory, 42-13. With a very powerful defenseby the Kaws the Lions were ableto rush only 133 yards and pass93 yards.
Senior captain Caleb Dentonand junior Shane Gimzo each hadfive solo tackles for the Kaws,
with Denton also leading in blocks atten followed closely by juniors MarkHiggins with seven and Joel Gantzwith six.
“Defensively we schemed allweek,” stated Denton, “we wereready.”
Kaw defense was strong, nodoubt, but the offense was just aspowerful.
Gimzo led the Kaws with 166rushing yards and 16 carriesfollowed closely by Denton with 90yards and 10 carries, contributing tothe 417 yards the team gained thatnight.
Several touchdowns werescored by teammates Caleb Denton,Joel Gantz, Shane Gimzo, MarkHiggins, and Kyle Morgison for thebig win over Lansing.
“We came out strong and put areally good mark on the program,”Denton said.
With a winning record thus farthe Kaws traveled to Basehor-Linwood on September 14th to trytheir luck against the Bobcats.
Several starters were on thesidelines due to previous injuriesand it was apparent that the Kawswould have to make a few
adjustments.“A few of our guys switched
to running backs and we had tochange quarterbacks,” DillionHarrell said, “and I don’t thinkthey were used to those positions.We just didn’t go into the gamewith the right attitude.”
The Kaws held the Bobcatsall through the first quarter,leaving them unable to score untilthe second quarter.
Leading with 15 blocks byjunior Aaron Andrew and 12blocks each for Gimzo andMorgison, the Kaws for the mostpart played defense pretty well,their offense just didn’t get a lot oftime on the field.
The fourth quarter wasprobably the most devastating forthe team as they didn’t score anypoints while Basehor-Linwoodscored 14. That game ended witha final score of 21-27, the first,and hopefully only, loss for theKaws.
“We weren’t preparedmentally for this game,” saidsenior Drew Pearce.
After the first loss for theKaws, recovery was vital.
“As a team there was a lotmore urgency to get back on theright track because we don’thave much longer until ourdistrict finals start,” senior MattMerritt stated about the teamrecovering.
For September 21st, thegame versus Santa Fe Trail, theKaws came out with a victoryon their minds. For the pastthree years the Kaws traveledto Carbondale to battle theChargers, but this year it wastime for the Chargers to get ataste of Kaw Kountry.
Kaw defense was led byjunior Aaron Andrew with nineassisted tackles and senior BillyBrown along Josh Durflingerwith seven. With anindestructible defense theChargers were unable to scoreuntil the fourth quarter with lessthan a minute left into thegame.Leading the Kaws withthree touchdowns was juniorShane Gimzo who carried for119 yards. With this superiorperformance by the Kaws theteam was able to celebrate yetanother victory, 28-7.
“We played well and wewon, and now we’re back ontrack,” said Merritt, “but thereis still room for improvement.”
The Kaws traveled to theever dangerous Bishop WardCyclone Field on FridaySeptember 29th. Ward was oneof the preseason favorites in theKaw Valley League. TheCyclones returned a big portionof the offensive and defensivestarters from last season.
It was a close hard foughtbattle which saw the Kawsprevail 14-3 in a defensivestruggle.
The Kaws got on thescoreboard first on a nice swingpass from Gimzo to Higginsthat Higgins took 57 yards forthe touchdown.
Then the PLHS defensetook over with Gantz, Denton,Gimzo, Josh Durflinger, AaronAndrew and Morgison havingbig nights for the Kaws.
Next up for the Kaws onHomecoming night are thePirates from Piper, the teamthat knocked PLHS out ofleague contention just one yearago.
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Photo by Courtney Kasson.
Photo by Courtney Kasson.The Kaws have racked up an impressive 4-1 record.
Senior Caleb Denton gets set to light up a Lansing running back. The Kaws crushed Lansing, 42-13.
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Katie DavisStaff Writer
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With season well under gothe Lady Kaws Volleyball teamis ready for some victories.
After a tough start to theseason with a devastating lossto Jeff West the Kaws hadrevenge in their eyes. Theygirls played hard but not theirbest. The Kaws were ready fortheir first home tri againstEudora and Bishop Ward.
“I think we started offstrong against Bishop Ward ourfirst game. By the time oursecond game came around Ithink we needed to learn howto win. We sat and watchedEudora play against BishopWard and I think we were justplain intimidated. Our losingrecord is due to mental errorsnot because of our physicalability.” said Junior, AndreaPhillips.
The following weekendthe girls still had a victory intheir eyes traveling to theBaldwin tournament.
At the Baldwin tourna-ment the girls went 0-4. Thepieces just weren’t fallingtogether. The Lady Kaws stillneed a victory.
Junior Courtney Kassonsaid, “We played decent upuntil the Hayden game. But inthe Hayden game we broke outof our shell and played betterthen we had all year. Even
though Hayden beat us prettyhandily we still kept our momen-tum up. After the Hayden gamewe played Baldwin and that’swhen we started to go back to oldhabits. In the Mill Valley game we
were all tired from playing back toback all day long resulting in a notso strong finish.”
The following Tuesday thevolleyball team traveled to “TheDungeon” of Topeka High. The girls
played Highland Park first andbeat them two games straight.They finally had their victory.They then played Topeka Highand they went three games withthem. Even though the girlsdidn’t get a victory out of thatgame, many said that it was themost fun they had had playingthis season so far.
Now with a taste of victoryin their systems the girls werecraving another one. Theytraveled to Lansing to competein a tri with Basehor-Linwood.The volleyball team knew thatcompeting against the numberone team in 4A was going to bea challenge. They playedLansing first. The girls suffereda difficult lose to Lansing. Thenthey competed against Basehor-Linwood. The team played wellthe first game, but again wentback to old habits the secondgame.
The Tonganoxie tourna-ment was right around thecorner, being the toughest
tournament they would competein. The girls finished 11th out of12 teams winning their lastgame against Bonner Springs.
Finally the Perry-Lecompton Volleyball team hadanother home match. The triconsisted of Piper, BonnerSprings, and PLHS. The girlsplayed Piper first.
They went three gameswith Piper. But weren’t able topull out a win. The team thenplayed Bonner Springs to theirfull potential, and came out withanother win.
The Perry-Lecompton girlstravel to Tonganoxie again nextTuesday. There they willcompete in a tri with Tongie,Santa Fe, and themselves.
They are going into the triwith hopes and expectations.They’re looking for another winand are sure they’re quitecapable of bringing one home.
Courtney Kasson encourages her teammates at a recent match. Photo by Staff
Photo by StaffAndrea Phillips springs up for the kill against Piper.
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Shawny BlankingshipStaff Writer
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SoccerSoccerSoccerSoccerSoccer Rebounds vs Bishop WRebounds vs Bishop WRebounds vs Bishop WRebounds vs Bishop WRebounds vs Bishop WardardardardardThe PLHS soccer team has
been on a roll lately.With mostly wins and the
season half way through, no onecan say that they have had a badtime. The Kaws had their firstloss to Mill Valley, a hardfought battle, losing in a 0-3score.
“It was hard to lose. Butthey are a tough team and theycame out with a game thatstrengthened us physically,”said Holly Fornelli.
When asked if the losshelped the team improve, someof the players had differingviews.
“It was tough, but MillValley is a great team and Ithink we learned a lot from thelevel of the game.” said TaylorAkagi, a freshman on thevarsity team.
But Ryan Walker dis-agreed in saying “Maybe, butprobably not as much as theloss to Piper.”
After a hard fought gamethe Kaws went on to play Piper,but the game was rescheduleddue to the bad weather.
The Kaws then went totake down Immac in a 10 to 0score. The game was an easywin for the Kaws and gavethem the boost they needed to
go to into the re- scheduledPiper game.
Afterplaying therescheduledgame, theKaws came outwith anotherloss, but notwithoutfighting hard.
The PiperPirates beat theKaws 4-0.
“I wasreal disap-pointed withthe loss toPiper becausethey havealways been arival team. Ibelieve wecould havebeaten themthough,” saidRyan Walker.
“I’mreally proud ofmy team. Ithink it’s thebest team Perrysoccer has seenand we plan tobreak the Perrysoccer winningrecord,” said Walker, soundingvery optimistic about histeam.
The Kaws, looking past
the last few games, went on toplay Bishop Ward. The Kawswon the battle, 3-2, and arecontinuing to play for the
regionals. Thewin againstBishop Wardmarked thesecond game vsthe Cyclonesthis season andgave the Kawsthe seasonsweep overWard.
“Ourpassing andreading skills ofa play haveimproved a lot.We also arecurrentlylearning tospread the fieldout.” saidWalker whenasked how hefelt the team wasprogressing.
You can tell
Kaw soccer has been goingstrong and they have no plansof stopping their current racetowards regionals. They havestrong captains and a team thatis just as strong.
All sports players have afavorite game and soccer is nodifferent.
“My favorite game wasthe first game against Tongie.We all shared the ball well,everybody played great and Iscored to my first goal.” saidAkagi about her personalfavorite game.
The Kaws are gettingbetter all the time and playerson the team have noticed.
“We are playing well andgetting better.” said BryceWalker.
“I feel that the season hasgone good so far. There’s roomfor improvement so it could bebetter but I’m happy with howwe are playing.” said RyanWalker.
If you have gone to aPerry soccer game you know
the intensity the Kaws havewhen playing the sport.
You can see how well theyare working together, and howmuch the sport has improvedover the years.
“Our team has alwaysworked well together and thisyear it’s the same as always.We learn to work together as ateam should.” said RyanWalker.
“I think we have made alot of progress, everybody islearning each other’s strengthsand weaknesses. And I thinkwe listen to each other on thefield more,” added Akagi.
The Kaws are reboundingand beginning to get back totheir form that saw them jumpout to an early season 5-0record.
It is extremely importantfor PLHS to get back to thelevel of play that they hadachieved earlier in the seasonwith regionals looming on thehorizon.
Photo by Staff
Photo by Staff
Sophomore Riley Shafer chases down a ball.
Junior Justin Miller blows by an Immac defender.
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Tyler ChristmanStaff Writer
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Cross Country Squad Racing to the TopCross Country Squad Racing to the TopCross Country Squad Racing to the TopCross Country Squad Racing to the TopCross Country Squad Racing to the Top
With the season under way thenext questions for the Perry-Lecompton cross country team toanswer is how they would follow uptheir first place finish they earned attheir last meet.
The Kaws were able toanswer that question with authority.On September 13 your Kaws had agreat showing at the McLouthInvitational. According to coachPackard a “warm and sunnyafternoon brought top times andgreat results for 15 teams” thatcompeted in the invitational. YourPerry-Lecompton Girls Varsity teamput up a good performancefinishing second as a team.
The girl’s individual honorsincluded Katie Hirsch with a nicefinish of second with a time of16:45.
Katie was followed by astrong finish from Maggie Kuhlmanwho earned fifth with a solid timeof 18:02. The girls varsity team hada great showing all around withSydney Allen who finished 16th
with a time of 19:15, Kerry Neilfinishing 19th with a time of 19:37,Chelsea Cooley who placed 31st at20:35, Belai Mills in 32nd with atime of 20:38 and Tayler Blodgettwho finished in 36th with a time of20:56 The boys Varsity had a strongfinish as well finishing in 7th as ateam. Their individual timesincluded Garret Jones who earnedhimself 8th place with a time of18:39. Following Garrett was JoshPayne followed with a finish of 11th
and a time of 18:50. The boys alsohad a great showing from everymember with Philip Hinmanfinishing 21st with a time of 19:55,
Ethan Merritt who earned 39th with atime of 20:50. After Ethan was GageMcMullin in 54th with a time of22:25, Cody Nichols at 56th with atime of 22:34, and Lance Morris-Bohannan in 58th and a time of22:41. Michael Mallonee added afinish of 35th place in Junior Varsitycompetition with a time of 22:50.
Overall the McLouthInvitational was a great success for
the team.On Monday the 25th ofSeptember the Kaw Cross Countryteam traveled to Tonganoxie tocompete. It was yet another goodshowing for the Kaws. With Girl’sVarsity finishing in 5th as a team.Individual honors included KatieHirsch in 4th, Maggie Kuhlman with afinish in 12th place, Kerry Neil in 41st,Sydney Allen in 44th, Belai Mills in53rd, and Chelsea Cooley who
finished 54th. Katie Beckwith added a34th place finish in Junior Varsitycompetition.In boys Varsity the Kawsfinished a combined 9th place overall.Boy’s individual honors includeGarrett Jones 17th, Josh Payne 22nd,Philip Hinman in 49th, Ethan Merritt65th, Lance Morris-Bohannan in 78th,and Gage McMullin in 88th. MichaelMallonee contributed a 64th placefinish in Junior Varsity competition.
Photo by StaffThe Cross Country Team clowns around at Tonganoxie.
The tennis girls arehaving a wonderful season thisyear. Their first match was inSeaman on August 30th followedby their game in Atchison onSeptember 4th. Their firsttournament was in Hiawatha andall they did was succeed. Itstarted early on a Saturdaymorning at 9:00 a.m. atHiawatha High School.
One of their matches waspostponed due to the weather,which was the match in Desoto.Also the girl’s tennis team hadanother tourney in Hayden on
Wednesday September 19th.On Tuesday September
25 at 4:30 the girl’s tennisteam headed down to Lansingwith high expectations.
In number one doublesLexzi Mapes and DaffodilReumund had a winning streakof 10-1 beating Lansing 8-4.In number two doubles JenneMoore and Jena Corel put up ahard battle against Lansing,losing a tie breaker 7-8. Innumber one singles ReneVasquez lost to Lansing 2-8 toa tough competitor. In numbertwo singles Maureen Mulvihillbeat Lansing’s number twoplayer in a tie breaker 8-7winning the tie breaker 7-1.
One of their most recentgames was on ThursdaySeptember 27th at BonnerSprings.
In the invitational the Kawsended up taking third place overall, with Desoto taking first andOlathe placing in second. Innumber 1 singles Rene’ Vasqueztook second in pool play and sheended up beating Baldwin 8-0and Seaman 8-3. In bracket playRene’ took fourth but lost atough match to Gardner 6-8.
In number 2 singlesMaureen Mulvihill took secondoverall. In pool play she beatBaldwin second overall. In poolplay she beat Baldwin andSeaman. She played in the
championship round beatingOlathe and she took second losing4-8 to Desoto.
In number two doubles wasLexzi Mapes and DaffodilReumund and they took second.They beat Baldwin 8-3 andSeaman 8-6 in pool play.
They beat Olathe 8-4 inbracket play. They lost in thechampionship round againstDesoto 2-8.
Jenne Moore and Jena Coreltook 4th in number two doubles.They beat Baldwin 8-3 andSeaman 8-2. They lost to Desotobut they still won their pool.
The games still to be playedare October 1st at 4:15 p.m. girl’sjunior varsity at Baldwin High
The Tonganoxie Meet was also agreat showing for the Kaws.
They are off to a great start andlook for continued success down theroad. The team is also looking forwardto the Kaw Valley League CrossCountry Meet on October 17th in whichyour very own Perry-Lecompton CrossCountry team is hosting. So good luckand remember to keep cheering on yourKaws.
School. Tuesday October 2nd
junior varsities tourney in Bonnerat 8:30 a.m. Friday October 4th
Girls Varsity tennis regional,followed by state on October 12th
and 13th. All the girls are doing great
the varsity records are; 10-1Daffo-Lexzi, 7-3 Jena-Maureen,4-7 Renee’, and 5-3 Jenne Moore.The tennis team is starting strongand they are definitely going tofinish strong.
The girl’s are very competi-tive this year and are raising thebar even higher every match. Theygo in with the right mind andattitude and pull off a victory.
Jessica ChristmanStaff Writer
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Kristin Robbinsstaff writer
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Our team arrived at theschool before anyone elseon September 4, 2007. Thatmorning our golf team hada tournament at SunflowerHills in Bonner Springs andour team had mixedemotions about the nextfew hours. Some wereexcited, few were nervous,and most of us wereprepared.
To describe SunflowerHills in as few words aspossible, we’ll just say thatit was long. Majority of theholes were 300 to 400yards long, and even if wedidn’t have to hit that farwe still had to walk thedistance regardless.
The course wasdifficult and once you’replaying bad it’s hard tokeep your spirits up. That’swhere your opponents comein.
The people that youplay golf with always makethe experience. If you’replaying with snobby girlsit’s hard to have a goodtime when they’re seriousthe whole tournament. I’veplayed with girls in
previous tournaments wherethey’re all about the game,and every one of their shotsaren’t “good enough”.
This might be how theyget into their zone orwhatever, but personally Iplay better when I relax andtalk about other thingsbesides the game. Laughing atyour self makes the gamebetter and more memorable,and it’s really not that hard todo.
Picture this: I wasplaying awful and didn’treally know how to pickmyself up after scoring a sixon a par three. To make themoment even better, I teed upmy ball to start the next holeand saw my opponent’smother hide behind a tree.After joking with my newfriends about the situation, Ihit a great shot right down themiddle.
After the tournament wasover, I met up with myteammates to see howeveryone did. None of us didour personal best, but we allhad a story to tell. Lauren toldhow Sandy practically fellover with her clubs on herback, Jamie told about thecool people she played with,and Emily told about how a
golf cart splashed her withmud.
I could tell you moreabout these stories, but it’sone of those things where onlythey would be able to tell itjust right.
Even though none of usplaced that tournament, I canguarantee that we were theteam that had the most fun.The room was filled with ourlaughter as the other teams atethe amazing hamburgers andbrownies that were servedwhile staring at us.
The van ride home thatnight was even more fun thanthe tournament because Vignawas involved. Each girl retoldher story while he gave somehumorous feedback, and thenwe talked about more randomthings.
We talked about ourchildhood fears, actually itwas just Jamie’s fears, butthey were probably thefunniest things I’ve heard of,like trolls under her bed thatwould bounce her feet beforeshe went to sleep.
After taking numerouspictures of our day, the vanfinally arrived back at theschool. Most of us went to thesoccer game and the JVfootball game that same night
and cheered both of the teamson to victory.
Basically, it was a greatday.
The next tournament, onSeptember 10, we met at theschool even earlier than theprevious meet. It might havebeen the lack of sleep, ormaybe we were just beinggoofy that day, but thistournament was by far one ofthe most memorable that I’veattended.
To start the day off wewarmed up on the puttinggreen. None of us werepracticing seriously becausewe just couldn’t stay focused.It was the little things likealmost smacking each otherwith the club and dancing ineach other’s putting line thatmade that day special.
The weather at St.Mary’s wasn’t too great toplay in since it started gettingwindy and misty. A decentshot was hard to come by;you just had to go out and hitwhat club was going best foryou. For example, on onehole it took me three times tohit it off the tee box.
I teed my ball up, took aswing and waited to see myball in the air. I saw my teefly, but no ball. I looked back
down to see what hadhappened and noticed thatmy ball moved probably twoinches at most. Now this wasa short hole so there weremany people there waiting totee off, waiting for me toactually hit the ball.
Emily and Mr. Vignawere both there, probablylaughing at me behind myback. I took another swingand basically repeated myfirst attempt, switched clubs,and then finally madecontact. It was awesome.
Our team finished thatday in sixth place out ofeleven teams, which isn’t badat all. I’ve noticed that we’reslowly growing together as ateam and the moments thatwe share and laugh togetherabout are priceless.
The third tournamentthat we attended was atHidden Springs Golf Coursein Santa Fe Trail onSeptember 25. There reallyisn’t very much for me to sayabout this tournament exceptthat it was awful. Our teamdidn’t prepare well for themeet and our scoresdefinitely showed that weneeded some work.
Andrea Phillipsstaff writer
The Perry-LecomptonHigh School Girl’s GolfTeam has been traveling todifferent places to show offtheir golf skills.
Lately they’ve been toPiper’s course which isSunflower Hill, St. Mary’s,and Hidden Springs which isSanta Fe Trail’s course.
Sunflower Hill is thebiggest course the girls haveever played on.
“It’s a really, reallylong course.” states senior,Jamie Fuller.
The greens are onaverage 350 yards apart andsome were up to 500 yards.
The girls did pretty well eventhough no one placed.
At St. Mary’s the teamplayed the nine-hole coursetwice.
“On the second timearound with the course beingwet it was hard to makecontact.” Kristin Robbinssays.
Fuller’s opinion on theweather is,
“Mist is worse than rain.You couldn’t see becausemist was coming downdiagonally into your eyes.Clubs were slippery, ballswere wet, and it was hard tomake good contact and hitthe ball well.
It was miserable.”Although the weather
was horrible and course was
hilly one Kaw Golfer reallystood out.
Robbins placed fourteenthwith a score of 109.
Spring Hill was a hardcourse to judge because someholes were really long andsome were really short.
It was a nine-hole courseand he girls’ played in groupsof five. The course was a bitchallenging but Robbins says
, “No one prepared for themeet therefore we playedreally bad. No one practicedover the weekend and we justweren’t ready.”
The girls are going to goto practice and get hard atwork to keep improving.
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