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THE United High School Newspaper
Volume 5, Issue 2
IN THIS ISSUE:
School board notes
p. 2
Class officers elected p. 3
FFA has busy month p. 4
Elementary menus
p. 5
High school menu
p. 6
Golfers advance 3
p. 7
STORM ALERTS
Friday playoff info
The Red Storm football team
travels to Princeville Friday
night for the first round of the
IHSA playoffs. The game will
begin at 7:00 p.m.
Admission is $4 per person,
regardless of age.
As with all IHSA tournament
events, passes will not be accepted.
A victory would set up a second round match with the winner
of the Galena-Freeport Aquin
game to be played on Saturday.
Saturday volleyball info
The Saturday volleyball
regional championship game
will be played at Abingdon High
School at 6:00 p.m.
Admission is $4 per person,
regardless of age, and, like the
football game, passes will not be
accepted.
Sectionals will be held the following week at Williamsfield.
Board candidates sought
Nominating petition forms for
the April 7, 2009, school board
election in United CUSD #304
are now available. Forms may
be picked up in the office of the
board secretary at 101 North
Holloway Street in Alexis on any
business day between 8:00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m.
A school board candidate’s
petition must be filed in the
same office no earlier than 8:00
a.m. on Monday, January 19 (if
disctrict office is open. If not,
filing begins on tuesday, January
20) an no later than 5:00 p.m. ,
Monday, January 26.
Candidates’ names will appear
on the election ballot in the
order in which their nominiating papers are received in the
secretary’s office.
Four seats on the seven-member board of education will be
filled at the April 7 election.
Candidates elected will serve
four-year terms expiring in April
2013.
United looks to team with Habitat for Humanity
By Stasha Giese, Editor in Chief
Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit organization in which recipients receive new construction
housing and a no interest loan.
This foundation was started
by Millard Fuller in 1976. A
self-made man, he became a millionaire at age 29. Shortly after
he was affected by a downfall in
his marriage and health related
issues. After rediscovering God,
Fuller and his wife bravely sold
all of their belongingg, gave
money to the poor, and moved to
Koinonia, GA, a Christian based
community.
Fuller and Clarence Jordan, the
Koinonia founder. started building no interest homes.
“I see life as both a gift and a
responsibility. My responsibility
is to use what God has given me
to help his people in need,” said
Fuller.
Fuller continued his involvement in Habitat for Humanity, and traveled outside of the
United States to build homes
until 2005 when he passed away.
In Warren County, four Habitat
homes have been built and the
local branch is seeking out a
family which would qualify for a
new home, scheduled to be built
in 2009.
The selection process is very
detailed in order to make sure
highly valued time is spent helping those who truly need it. One
must fulfill all of the following
standards:
• Be a Warren County resident
• Need for adequate structure
Families have to be incapable of buying their own house
through conventional means. The
size of each house built varies
according to the size of each
individual family.
• Ability to repay
One needs to have at least six
months of reportable income
that meets the income guidelines
for their family size. Too much
outstanding debt can make it
impossible for the family to take
on the responsibility of a house
payment, so a credit check is
performed.
• Partnership with Habitat
Recipients are responsible
for donating 500 hours of their
time to building homes for other
low income families. Only half
of the time may be fulfilled by
friend s or family.
Qualifying families are awarded a no interest loan to cover
the entire cost of the structure.
Typically, these loans are for
$50-55,000 and are payable over
a 20 year period.
The monthly mortage pay-
Everything is new for
Thai exchange student
By Bast Chaikhunsombat
In just two months, I’ve experienced a lot. Some of it is even
better than in my home country
of Thailand.
Both the culture and style of
Americans is something that is
new to me. For eaample, the
way students dress.
In Thailand, all students wear
uniforms and we revere the
national flag everyday. Obviously, that is not the case here in
America, so it has taken some
getting used to just being able to
dress in regular clothes in order
to go to school.
After first coming to America,
I realized I would have to solve
a lot of problems on my own.
First and foremost is language.
It continues to present problems
for me, but I am working to better understand English.
Last week I went to a bonfire
for the first time with the FCA.
I’ve also visited Genesis Medical Center in the Quad Cities as
my host parents went to see a
newborn addition to their family.
I’ve also been to a concert at
the Crossroads Cafe in Peoria.
With dinner at Steak ‘n Shake,
the concert and hanging out afterward, it ended up being a very
long night as I didn’t get home
until about 2:00 a.m.
My journalism class had
planned to take me trick or treating in Alexis for Halloween, but
we can’t go now that the football
team is in the playoffs.
I’m keeping a journal of my
activities and will report on them
every month in this paper.
This is one of four homes in Monmouth that has been built in
recent years by Habitat for Humanity. The group is currently
seeking a familly for a new home to be built in 2009.
ment includes property taxes and
homeowners’ insuraance.
Property has already been
purchased in Monmouth, near
Sunny Lane Field, for construction of the next house.
Habitat will build a house for
a single person, or large enough
fto accomodate a family of eight,
based on that family’s income.
Income parameters differ
across the state and country and
with Warren County’s cost of living being at the lower end of the
See “Habitat” on page 2
Coach Mac misses 1st
game in 30+ years
By Anton Kozelichki
Former United math teacher
Ben McIntosh recently received
the Illinois Council of Mathematics Teacher’s Distiguished
Life Achievement Award on
October 17, at the Hotel Pere
Marquette in Peoria.
To recieve the award, Mr.; McIntosh had to meet the following
criteria:
• Have a minimum of five years
experience in mathematics education in Illinois.
• Participate in professional
activities.
• Represent his profession with
enthusiasm to students, teachers,
parents, and community members.
• Provide leadership for and influence others toward mathematics education.
• Show continued growth as a
mathematics teacher.
When asked about when he
found out he won, Mr. McIntosh
said, “I was very surprised. I
didn’t know I was nominated.”
Receiving the award was an
honor for Mr. McIntosh, but it
was also on a Friday night during a football game, so he had a
tough decision to make.
“I talked to John Reynolds and
he asked me how many football
games I had been to. Then he
asked me how many awards I
had recieved. Without letting me
answer, he told me to go to the
award ceremony.”
McIntosh did, however, make
it back in the middle of the
fourth th quarter to see the Red
Storm beat Peoria Heights.
Mr. McIntosh was a teacher
for close to 40 years, but why did
he choose to be a math teacher?
“I can’t spell. I’m good at
grammer, but I can’t spell,”
McIntosh said with a smile on
his face.
Football and volleyball teams prep for post-season play
See page 8
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Stasha Giese, Editor-in-Chief
Vic Fredrickson, Business Mgr.
Reporters
Katie Allaman, Bast Chaikhun
sombat, Bethany Fredrickson,
Julie Gunter, Elizabeth Johnson,
Anton Kozelichki, Jillian Rundle,
Katy Schrader
Mr. Tony Kozelichki, Advisor
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United CUSD #304
contact numbers
Superintendent’s Office
482-3344
FAX 482-3236
United High School
734-9411
FAX 734-6090
Board continues softball field planning
By Katie Allaman
This month’s school board
meeting took place on October 9.
The meeting began with recommendations of two new staff
members. Mr. Tom Gilliland recommended Heather Davis as a
library aide for the north elementary in Alexis. Superintendent,
Mr. Jeff Whitsitt, suggested that
Steve Cairns be the new JV boys’
basketball coach. Both positions
were approved.
Following this approval, Mr.
Rick Elliot began the discussion
on building a new baseball/softball diamond at the high school.
It was decided that twelve-inch
tiling will be placed under the
field and go clear to the outfield
fence. It will connect with the
water diversion tiling around the
football field. Olson Brother’s
Tiling has offered to donate two
days of scoop work to put in the
tiling. It was also suggested that
the apple tree by the Ag. Shop be
moved or removed.
Mr. Whitsitt then talked with
the board about the school
district’s 403b plan. Currentlly,
neaqrly two dozen employees
are involved in the plan, serviced
by 12 vendors. Whitsitt said the
IRS has changed its rules and
that by January 1, 2009, we must
hire a third-party administrator
to manage how much money everyone puts into the school and
make sure that all are following
the rules. Whitsitt recommended
the district contract with vendor
Great American. No decision
was made, with discusstion to
continue at the topic November
meeting.
Mr. Whitsitt moved on to
share information on the district
Response to Intervention (RtI)I
plan. By January 1, 2009, a
district plan must be in place. He
gave some district statistics on
United’s special education populaqtion, citing seven percent
See “Board” on page 3
Habitat seeks Warren family & volunteers
state’s average, a fairly large,
modern house can be built in the
$50,000 range.
The following is a list of annual
income requirements for Warren
County that need to be met by
various sized families in order to
qualify for a Habitat loan:
• Family of 1
$10,950-21,900
• Family of 2
$12,540-21,900
• Family of 3
$14,100-28,200
• Family of 4
$15,660-33,840
• Family of 5
$16,920-33,840
• Family of 6
$18,180-36,360
• Family of 7
$19,410-38,820
• Family of 8
$20,670-41,340
Warren County Habitat for Humanity is also seeking volunteers
to serve on various committees
throughout the year.
The site selection committee
currently has two members who
chart out possible construction
sites. They work with local government officials on matters such
as sewer and electrical hookups,
and making sure lots are safe and
“buildable.”
The construction committee
currently has only one member who has a background of
working in construction related
areas. Committe members such
as concrete workers, plumbers,
electricians, architects, or any
other home construction related
occupation are needed.
The family selection committee has only one member. It is
required that people involved in
this part of Habitat for Humanity are interested in talking to
families one on one after reading
through their applications. It is
also required that one specifically
selects families that strictly meet
the criteria.
Three people currentl;y make
up the family support committee. These people are required to
have good people skills in order
to inform the families what will
be expected from them, and keep
careful records of each person’s
time spent on others’ homes.
The family support committee
also may help families establish a
better budgeting system.
The fundraising, public relations and volunteer relations
committees currentlly have no
active members.
People interested in the fundraising committee would be seeking out potentia donors, ranging
from churches to independent
donators. This group welcomes
cash, material for both building
and basic house needs, labor, and
property.
The fundraising committee is in
need for people who have skills
in creating fundraising material
and grant writing.
The foundation’s newsletters
are written by the public relations
committee. They strive to work
with local media, and speak to
various groups such as churches.
One of the most important
groups, the volunteer relations
committee, gather people who
can help in building, office work
est. Hours are also recorded for
other volunteers and repients of
the Habitat for Humanity foundation.
United High School is looking
at opportunities to assist in the
construction of the next Habitat
home.
“I became aware of Habitat
while watching This Old House,
and by working on my own
home, I’ve become interested
in helping others achieve the
American dream,” said Athletic
Director Tony Kozelichki.
“Initially, I thought of this as
a way for our athletes to give
back to the community as we did
a couple of years ago helping
stock a food panty in Galesburg.
Now I see Habitat as providing
learning opportunities for our
students.
“Mr. Lucas has expressed an
interest in having his construction class involved as part of his
spring curriculum, and my wife’s
family and consumer science
classes could be involved in various interior design and decorating aspects of home construction.”
Local Habitat director Danielle
Hart, a resident of the United
school district, says future construction could target the United
community, but that the current
home needs to be completed first.
This past fall, Habitat constructed a handicapped ramp
for a home on North Main in
Monmouth
While Habitat for Humanity is
an unaffiliated Christian organization, it does not discriminate
on basis of age, sex, race, creed,
religion, color, handicapped status, veteran or sexual orientation.
For more information, or to
apply for consideration for the
’09 Sunny Lane project, contact
Danielle Hart at 734-4330 or
email [email protected]
rmg Risk Management Group, Inc.
Bill Ramsey
1-800-553-7475
Helping agricultural producers manage price risk
Commodity futures, options, and cash
United Junior High
734-8511
FAX 734-6094
United Elementary North
482-3332
FAX 482-3341
United Elementary West
734-8513
734-8515
COUNTRYSIDE
BIBLE CHURCH
Thanks United students for
making our 5th quarter
Friday’s a huge success!
Youth Group @ Emanuel Baptist
Sundays @ 7:00 p.m.
United classes elect 08-09 officers
Seniors officers Christian, Powell, Damewood, Fresdrickson and
Darrah
Sophomore officers Toops, Lee, Kaywood, Gavin and Armstrong
United senior wins husking contest
By Jillian Rundle
Sara Martin, a senior at United
has accomplished something that
many of us have never heard of,
a corn husking championship.
Martin has competed in the
corn husking event now for five
years, finishing first in the state
every year, and placing in nationals each year, as well.
This year, the event was held
in Roseville at Harlan and Barb
Jacobson’s farm. Nine states are
represented at this event, with a
possibility of two qualifiers from
each state making it to nationals.
Martin took the state title in her
division with a total of 132 lbs,
20 more lbs. than second place.
Nationally, she placed third with
a total of 164 lbs.
United High School’s four
classes elected officers during the
first week of the new school year.
2008-2009 senior officers
(pictured upper left) are president
Bre Christian, secretary Preston
Powell, vice president Stephanie
Damewood, treasurer Lyndsey
Fredrickson and student council
representative Katy Darrah.
Junior officers (pictured upper
right) are president Katy Schrader, vice president Zach Steele,
secretary Bethany Fredrickson,
treasurer Jenna Fox and student
council representative Katie
Hook.
Sophomore officers (pictured
lower left) are president Taylor
Toops, vice president Breayn
Lee, secretary Katie Kaywood,
treasurer Alex Gavin and student
council representative Brooke
Armstrong.
Freshman officers (pictured
lower right) are president Tyler
Sedam, vice president Evan
Powell, secretary Jennifer Elliott,
treasurer Jake Gavin and student
council representative Christian
Schrader.
Class officers often have
the primary responsibility for
fundraising activities, especially
when it comes to planning for
prom during their junior year,
which can cost several thousnad
dollars.
Underclass officers also help
with class ring selection, while
senior officers do the bulk of the
work in planning for graduation.
2008-2009 class sponsors are
Tim Engebretson and Jean Kern
for the seniors, Jennifer DeJong
and Brian Higbee for the juniors,
Fred Lucas and Roy Schwass for
the sophomores, and Brian Cirks
and Wendy Havens are the freshman class sponsors.
Junior officers Schrader, Steele, Fredrickson, Fox and Hook
Freshmen officers Sedam, Powell, Elliott, Gavin and Schrader
Board sets parent/teacher conferences
of students having a learning
disability. Speech is the biggest
problem.
“It all goes back to good teachers doing what they should be
doing and what they have been
doing all along,” commented
Whitsitt.
Mr. Gilliland spoke about the
September 30 RtI day. Fourteen
meetings were held and parents
showed up to all but two of
them.
During the principal’s reports,
Mr. Dan Renwick said that the
fire drill, RSIP day, and the Jr.
High open house all went well.
The PTO was successful, earning
about $900.
The first quarter grading period
ended on October 22, with report
cards to be distributed on October 29.
Parent-teacher conferences
are for 4-8 p.m. on Thursday,
November 6 and 8:30-11:30 a.m.
on Friday. November 7.
The purchasing of flu shots at
$12.50 for staff members was
also approved..
The next regular school board
meeting will be November 13.
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FFA heats up United with annual hog roast
By Bethany Fredrickson
On October 10, before the
Aledo/Westmer game, the
United FFA held its 26th annual
hog roast.
This year the FFA served more
than 550 meals, earning $1500
in profits.
If people did not want to eat
at the high school, they could
get meals to go, and the B&B
Restaurant in Alexis was also
offering carry out meals, where
they served about 150 customers.
The United FFA is very proud
of their hog roast, it offers an
outstanding meal at an excellent price that has always stayed
the same, encourages people to
come to the football game, and is
a great social time for people to
get together.
People were offered one or
two BBQ sandwiches, baked
beans, chips, a cookie and a cup
of ice cream, along with orange
drink or iced tea.
Sandy Bertelsen, Warren
County Ag Educator, said “That
was the best BBQ sandwich that
I had ever had.’’
FFA advisor Brian Cirks was
more than happy to hear that
and hopes to keep the hog roast
going for many more years to
come.
On a different note, the Ag
ALPD class participated in the
float race held at the Mercer
County YMCA in Aledo on
October 19.
A group of four students
worked together in class for 3-4
days creating a boat using only
foam board, duct tape and silicon
caulking.
The goal is to compete with
other teams to see whose boat
stays afloat while two group
members are sitting in their masterpiece, while being propelled
across the water by using their
hands.
The different teams competed
for the title for having the fastest
time, best design, and for the
most creative boat.
Eric Olson, Ivy Shepherd, Matt
Frakes and Ellen Reeder, with
the boat named Leadership, took
the title for having the best time
of 42 seconds, as well as having
the best design.
Claiming second place was the
boat John Deere 4010. Brennan
Jensen, Victoria Fredrickson,
Logan McLaughlin and Brittney
Olson proudly took second place
with that boat.
Preston Powell, Sarah Unsworth, C.J. Ravel and Jullian
Rundel took third place with El
FCA continues to expand with Bible studies offered
By Katy Schrader
The second annual Fellowship
of Christian Athletes cookout
was held on October 11 at senior
Sara Martin’s house, south of
Kirkwood. Twenty-five students
and six adults were in attendance.
Everyone gathered around the
fire and after a prayer ate hot
dogs, chips, and s’mores and
drank pop, water, and apple cider; all provided by the students.
After some fellowship, everyone quieted down and listened
as Mr. Rick Johnson spoke and
introduced Maddie Eagen, sister
of sophomore Marina Eagen, and
a graduate of United, who played
her guitar and led everyone in
songs between testimonies. Faith
Schleich, Katrina Parks, Anton
Kozelichki, and Katie Allaman
each shared their story of coming
to know Christ and how they can
see Him working in their lives.
Special guest Mrs. Amy
Schmidt, United High School
principal, also shared an inspirational thought with the students.
After a game, students were
thrilled with a hayrack ride.
“The testimonies were really
good,” commented Logan Hickerson. “The hayrack ride and
games were fun.”
Beginning September 24, the
girls’ study group, named
“Extreme Makeover from the
Inside Out,” has been a success.
Stories, testimonies, and lessons
have been the basis for incredible discussions, led by Mrs.
Julie Schrader and Mrs. Judy
Gilliland.
Meeting every Wednesday, the
group has had a fairly consistent
number of members who come
every week and even more with
volleyball girls who come on
days they don’t have practice.
Mr. Marshall Schrader is
pleased with how the boys’ study
group is going.
“There have been engaging
conversations and good participation,” he said of the high school
boys. Due to football games and
practices, scheduling has been
tough. However, the group has
fit in an hour-long study for the
past four weeks and is looking
forward to growing.
FCA is experiencing a lot of
changes and enjoying the ride to
a bigger, stronger, closer group
of students who are encouraged
by each other and the beliefs they
share.
Winners of the FFA’s fishing derby held in September were (left
to right) Robbie McKay , Michael Johnson and Joe Kolb.
Frijole.
The team of Kelly Long, James
Paine, Sara Martin, and Jeremy
Livingston won the most creative
crown.
Victoria Fredrickson said, “I
had a blast with this and I hope
that it continues so other students
may participate also.’’
Mr. Cirks stated, “This is
not only a fun activity for the
students, but it also teaches them
teamwork and leadership. Each
of these students will eventually
be part of a team someday and
it’s a great opprotunity to teach
them how to work as a team in
order to get them ready for the
future.’’
Speaking of the future, the
United FFA has many different
activites set up for the students to
participate.
Several FFA members attended the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, Indiana,
October 22-24.
With Halloween just around
the corner, FFA members will
be helping 1st and 2nd graders
carve pumpkins during their
regular scheduled classes.
Kicking the month of November, there will be a Hare N’
Hound Race that any FFA member may partipate on the 2nd.
Some members will travel to
ROWVA to participate in this
year’s trapshoot on November 8.
On the November 13, there
will be a Section 4 crop CDE
judging contest in Aledo..
On November 18 FFA students
will be starting the Christmas
Sale. This fundraiser sales are
items such as fruit, cheeses, beef
sticks and other items.
The next event on the agenda is
the FFA sponsored Blood Drive
to held at United High School on
November 24.
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Nov. North Campus Menu
Nov. West Campus Menu
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
3
Chipped Beef
Mashed Potatoes
Peas
Tropical Fruit
4
BBQ Rib
Tatot Tots
Mand. Oranges
Cookie
5
Chili
Carrots & Dip
Cheese Sticks
Pear Half
6
Italian Chicken
Nachos/Cheese
Green Beans
Applesauce
7
NO SCHOOL
3
Chicken Sand.
French Fries
Peaches
Graham Cracker
4
Fiestada
Mexican Corn
Pears
5
Potatoes & Ham
Cole Slaw
Pineapple
6
Cheeseburger
Hash Browns
Applesauce
Cookie
7
NO SCHOOL
Sausage Biscuit
Cereal
Long John
Cereal
Cereal
Cinnamon Roll
Mini Muffins
Toaster Pastry
10
Tacos
Lettuce/Tomato
Apricots
Cookie
11
NO SCHOOL
12
Hamburger
Mixed Veggies
Cheesecake w/
Cherries
13
Tetrazini
Garlic Stix
Peas
Pears
14
Tenderloin
French Fries
Pineapple
Cookie
10
Pizza Casserole
Green Beans
Mixed Fruit
11
NO SCHOOL
12
Chicken Noodles
Mashed Potatoes
Peaches
13
BBQ Rib Sand.
Oven Potatoes
Mand. Oranges
Oreos
14
Corn Dog
Potato Chips
Baked Beans
Applesauce
Breakfast Pizza
Cereal
Pancakes
Long John
Cereal
Mini Muffins
Cereal
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Golf team advances more to Sectional than ever before,
but fail by only two strokes from sending one to state
By Victoria Fredrickson
The United Red Storm golf
team finished a very successful
2008 season, going 11-3 in dual
meets..
Dual meet success, however,
didn’t translate into late season
tourneys as the team finished
fifth among Lincoln Trail
Conference team at the annual
Railsplitter Classic.
Sophomore Alex Gavin placed
eighth as an individual in that
event, to lead United golfers..
The Red Storm was set to play
in the Monmouth-Roseville
regional on October 7, but the
weather was less than hospitable.
While many golfers were able
to complete nine holes, the day
turned into a washout as heavy
rains made the course unplayable.
With IHSA rules calling for all
18 holes of the match to be com-
pleted in a single day, the meet
was rescheduled and players had
to start from scratch.
Two days later, not only did
the weather cooperate, but three
United golfers took advantage
of solid play to advance to the
sectional at Aledo’s Hawthorne
Ridge course.
Freshman Jake Gavin led
United golfers, shooting an 81,
while brother Alex and senior
Preston Powell each carded an
83 to also advance.
United’s performance left them
in fourth place in the 12 team
field, behind Monmouth-Roseville, Alwood and West Central.
Alex Gavin(Sophmore), Jake
Gavin(Freshman) and Preston
Powell(Senior).
The three found the going
much more difficult at Hawthorne Ridge, where both the
hilly course and tougher compe-
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occasion holding the Trojans to a
score of 8-0 at halftime.
The second half didn’t go
United’s way, though, as they
had four fumbles and only ran
six plays of offense the entire
half. Elmwood/Brimfield shut out
United by a score of 38-0.
The following night, many
of the Red Storm players met at
Coach Engebretson’s house for a
pizza party and to see who they
would playing in the first round
of the playoffs.
At 8:10 the Red Storm were
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“They are impressive and
physical.” said Engebretson.
“They aren’t real big, but they
are agressive and quick. Their
defense hasn’t given up a lot. If
we can move the ball, play better
than we have, and make zero
mistakes, then I think we have a
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tition leaving the trio a little short
in their quest for the state finals.
Alex Gavin’s 80 was four shots
better than brother Jake’s score,
while Powell concluded his high
school career with an 89.
For Alex Gavin, it was a second straight year of just missing
out on advancement, as he fell
two strokes shy of qualifying for
the state finals.
The Red Storm loses the bulk
of its team as seniors Powell,
Brandon Lee, Heath Fredrickson
and Chad Carlson all end their
Volleyball team concludes regualr season
Continued from page 8
could easily see why. Along with
numerous kills, she had 47 digs
on the day. Sommer Foster led
the back row with 71 digs and
Carissa Youngquist had 36.
In conference play for the
JV Storm, they’ve ended with a
record of 9-2, earning themselves
second place.
The freshman team attended
the Stark County Tournement
earlier this month and returned
with a third-place finish.
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Any boy or girl interested
in golfing for United next fall
should contact the athletic
director’s office to make plans
for next summer’s camp and the
beginning of the golf season in
August.
Cross country returns all
By Beth Johnson
United’s first foray into cross
country running ended up being
a successful one, even though the
individual results may not have
shown it.
The team participated in a
number of weekend invitationals,
including one at Peoria Heights
on October 18 which featured
runners from 57 schools.
At the sectional meet on October 25 junior Nathan Wooters
placed 31st while Duncan Nall
was only four slots behind him
out of 65 runners.
Also competing this year was
junior Jacklyn Barnhouse and
freshman Daniel Adee, whose
father Eric helped coach the team
when head coach Barb Bohan
was unavailable due to prior
commitments.
The team practiced in Alexis
on most occasions, but also took
advantage of the terrain on the
West Campus and at the Univeristy of Illinois’ Ag Research Center, where Mr. Adee is employed.
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and cross country runners on
Thursday, November 13, beginning at 6:00 at the high school.
Volleyball awards will be
distributed at the team’s annual
pot-luck banquet, which will be
set after the team’s post season
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Football team: Back where we belong
By Anton Kozelichki
After a one year absence
from the IHSA playoffs, the 6-3
United Red Storm will be travelling to face the 9-0 Princeville
Princes on Friday, October 31,
Halloween night at 7:00.
The Red Storm remain without
tight end and outside linebacker
Dustin Logsdon and running
back and defensive end Adam
Olin. Logsdon, who fully tore
his ACL and partially tore his
MCL against Alwood/ROWVA,
had surgery on October 21 and is
recovering well. Olin, who broke
his fibula against Aledo/Westmer, had surgery on October 20
and he, too, is recovering well.
In the game in which Logsdon
was hurt, the Red Storm and the
A/R Bulldogs had a shootout
with United coming out on top
44-35. The rushing attack continued for United, but it wasn’t just
Olin in this game.
Even with Olin rushing for
more than 100 yards, the Red
Storm had time to give the ball
off to Aaron McDonald and
Chris Olson who also had 100plus yards rushing each.
The following week, United
was at home to face the Aledo/
Westmer Green Dragons, a 3A
school whom they shocked last
year, 28-27, in Aledo.
For the first quarter and a half,
it looked as though the Red
Storm would repeat what happened last year.
United was up 14-13 in the
middle of the second quarter
and backed up in near their own
endzone,when Olin ran the ball
right and was tackled for a gain
of a couple yards. As the punt
team came onto the field, there
was an injured Storm player:
Adam Olin.
The star running back for
United was helped off the field
and initially the coaching staff
thought Olin just sprained his
ankle.
X-rays showed it was a broken
leg and Olin’s record setting year
was finished.
After his injury, the Red Storm
offense couldn’t regain any confidence and the Green Dragons
went on to smoke the Storm
42-14.
“It (Olin’s injury) definitely
had an effect on our team. It was
demoralizing. The impact he had
in the first six and a half games
was unreal,” said head coach
Tim Engebretson.
The Red Storm had to regroup
a week later as they travelled
to Peoria Heights to take on the
Patriots, a winless team.
The Red Storm started out in a
dominating fashion, scoring on
the first three drives and not allowing the Patriots to score until
after United made it 21-0.
Although they were up at half
time, the Red Storm were not
happy with themselves because
of mistakes made, including a
lot of penalties just prior to the
break.
United halfback Zach Steele (;eft) tries to break a tackle as Peter
Elliott applies the block in United’s win over Alwood-ROWVA.
United finished off the Patriots
and won 42-22 to notch their
sixth win, assuring the team of a
post season bid.
In week nine, United went to
Elmwood/Brimfield to try to do
to the Trojans what they did to
the Red Storm a year ago, beat
them and knock them out of the
playoffs.
The Red Storm took the ball
first and marched down to the
two yard line, but would be
stopped due to penalties.
United’s defense looked like it
was going to step up to the
See “Football” on page 7
VB takes LTC again, plays for Regional title Saturday
By Julie Gunter
The IHSA regional championship will be played on Saturday,
November 1, at 6:00 p.m. at
Abingdon High School.
Provided the Red Storm was
able to win its preliminary this
past Wednesday over either
ROWVA or Aledo, the team
would play for its third regional
title in five years.
The winner of this game will
go on to sectionals in Williamsfield, starting November 6.
Already under the Storm’s
belt is the fourth Lincolln Trail
Conference Championship in
United’s five years of varsity volleyball. Though their goal was to
stand atop conference play alone,
a loss against Alwood put their
record at 10-1 and forced them
to share conference gold with the
Aces.
The tail-end of the season was
made up of all conference wins
and a trip to a perennial stronghold of volleyball.
Gina Long (left) and Mollie Murdock (right) team up for a block
in United’s senior night win over visiting West Central.
United swept the rest of the
field with two-game wins over
Westmer (25-9, 25-23), ROWVA
( 25-21, 25-20), West Central
(25-13, 25-13), and Princeville
(25-13, 25-14).
On October 6, they were out to
avenge a loss against Cambridge
that forced them to share the
conference title last year. At first,
it seemed the Storm would walk
away with it as they put the first
match away 25-18, but it was a
race to the finish when they lost
the second 23-25 and came out
ahead in the third, 25-20. Tied
to lead in kills were Gina Long
and Stephanie Damewood with
11 each. Sommer Foster chipped
in 18 digs and Krysten Karns
served for 3 aces.
On October 22, the team made
the trek to Augusta-Southeastern
for a battle against a #1 ranked
team. That night was also A-S’s
“Volley for the Cure” game. The
Storm participated as well, sporting pink uniform tops provided
by Augusta-Southeastern for the
occasion.
The match was a battle of
wills, as neither team showed
much weakness in a three-game
round that held fans on the edges
of their seats. However, the Suns
pulled ahead for the last two
points on the third game and
came out on top (25-22, 18-25,
25-27). Holding up the front line
were Damewood with 14 kills,
Long with 11 and Bre Christian
and Karns with 7 each. Mollie
Murdock contributed 38 assists.
In tournement play, the ladies
have brought home two firsts, a
second and a third place.
One of those firsts came on
October 18 at the Bushnell/Prairie City-Avon Invite. The Storm
went 5-0, defeating North Fulton
( 25-12, 25-10), West Hancock
( 25-20, 24-26, 18-16), Havana
(25-21, 25-11), BPC-Avon (2514,25-11) and Beardstown (2510, 25-14). Leading in kills for
the day were Long (40), Karns
(30), Christian (24), and Damewood (14). Murdock totaled 121
assists before the day was done.
On October 4, they went to the
Orion Tournement to face three
2A schools and other strong 1A
teams.
They started the day off right
with a win against Riverdale
(21-13, 21-16). Long led in kills
with 6 while Murdock had 16
assists. The second game against
Orionended in a three game defeat (17-21, 22-20, 15-9) but the
ladies popped back to down Annawan (22-20, 21-18). Long and
Karns led in kills with 14 and 8,
respectively. Murdock picked up
another 26 assists. They lost in
three semi-final games against
Rushville/ Industry (9-21, 21-14,
15-13).
It was a clash of the Storms
for third place as the Red Storm
faced the Blue Storm of Bureau
Valley, with the Red Storm coming out on top (13-21, 21-14,
15-13). Long was named to the
All-Tournement team, and one
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