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January 2015
THE SOUTHERNER
Volume XXXIV Issue V • sgibson.k12.in.us
Fall homecoming queen
travels to Memphis
Left: Big and Rich play during the half-time show of the Liberty Bowl in Memphis, Tennessee. Top Right: Gibson Southern fall homecoming queen Mariah Beadles
prepares to fulfill her duties. Bottom Right: Big and Rich pose with the homecoming queens. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/FILE PHOTO
Beadles participates in Liberty Bowl, advances to next level
Sara Kissel
Staff Writer
Gibson Southern students may remember crowning senior Mariah Beadles as
their fall homecoming queen.
Beadles received a letter only
a week after her crowning indicating a scholarship opportunity. After responding to the
letter, Beadles received yet another letter summoning her to
the Liberty Bowl.
America’s Homecoming
Queens selected state finalists
to participate in the halftime
show with Big and Rich for the
Liberty Bowl in Memphis on
December 29, and the queens
arrived on December 27 to become acquainted with and tour
St. Jude’s Hospital.
America’s Homecoming
Queens, along with the Memphis St. Jude Children’s Hospital and the Liberty Bowl, rais-
es money for the hospital and
the America’s Homecoming
Queens scholarship. A speaker introduced the queens to the
goals of St. Jude, as well as
how it originally came about.
St. Jude provides free service
to select families. “There
were only 60 beds in the whole
hospital,” Beadles explained.
A college student then spoke
to the girls before the tour,
elaborating on her struggle
with bone cancer as a middle
school student. Now that she
is older, she stays in contact
with her friends from the hospital. Beadles recalled, “Her
friends would get married then
die shortly after. I don’t think
there was a dry eye in the
whole place.”
On the tour itself, the
queens didn’t visit any rooms,
as most of the patients were on
Christmas release. However,
the evidence of the patients
was in their artwork on the
walls and in the giant gingerbread house they had built
before leaving for Christmas.
There were poems composed
by the patients about the hardships but also the hope of their
experiences with cancer.
After the tour, every girl
made at least one gift basket
to try to brighten a St. Jude
child’s day; and each basket
included a one-of-a-kind card
constructed with care by one
of the queens. “They knew we
were coming, but they didn’t
get to see us. This was our
way of leaving something behind for them,” Beadles said.
The day after the visit
to St. Jude’s, the homecoming
queens were featured in the
Liberty Bowl parade. Beadles
said, “I’ve only ever been in
the Watermelon Festival Parade, so this was a big shock!
Our float was first, and there
were fans for the game on both
sides, and there were bands
from all across the country.”
In total 118 girls from
35 states went to the Liberty
Bowl and Beadles claimed, “I
still kept meeting new people on the last day! At lunch,
you could just sit with anyone
and they would accept you. I
expected a few of the girls to
be shy, but none of them were
like that at all.” The girls were
instructed to all stay in the
same hotel, though they could
request the guest package for a
parent. The one recurring person Beadles made note of was
a girl she calls “Fallon Mississippi.” “I didn’t know her
last name, but we helped each
other get ready for the halftime
show.”
The queens were instructed to buy a white dress
for the halftime show, and
Beadles recounted, “All of the
girls bought their dresses before they came; it was kind of a
hassle to take it with me there
and back. When I was shopping for the dress, I kept asking for a mix between a prom
dress and a wedding dress,
since it had to be white.”
Military personnel escorted the queens onto the
field before a St. Jude patient
sang the national anthem. The
halftime show itself lasted for
about 10 minutes with bands
playing and country duo Big
and Rich performing. “We had
to learn a dance,” said Beadles,
“It was super hard, but as long
as you looked like you were
having fun, it was fine.”
The competition continues in April, with the Indiana
state competition hosted in
Louisville, Kentucky. Each
state finalist who chooses to
advance will receive a plaque
of her engraved face as a gift
for the school. Beadles will be
advancing, stating “They pay
for everything, including the
interview and fashion show.”
2 OPINION
You should worry about human rights
Cori Fitzlaff
Web Designer
The year is now 2015. I feel
I’m at the crossroads of my life.
Here is where I learn the most
about myself. Here I discover
what I like and who I want to be
and which movement I will progress; there are so many causes
of which I feel obligated to spread
awareness. I am comprised of so
much passion and drive for so
many reasons that it is problematic to determine where to start.
Here is which politician
I wish I could impeach, and I
shouldn’t bother; I consider them
all idiots. Here is where I’m supposed to become an adult and
here is where I am still treated
as a child. Here is Southern Indiana, the crossroads of America,
and here is the crossroads of my
heart.
Looking back, 2014 was a
challenge. It was the best of times,
and it was the worst of times. How
a single year can yield such greatness and innovation as well as
such tragedy and horror is beyond
me. I find myself both amazed and
disgusted by our journey throughout the past year. As far as we
have come, people still refuse to
understand concepts as simple
as basic human rights. How is it
possible that noted mass murderer and conspirator Charles Manson can obtain a marriage license
while serving his life sentence
with the “serious” intent to wed a
woman who is 56 years younger
than he, but many gay couples
that are pretty “serious” still can’t?
How can Darren Wilson, an
officer of the United States law, kill
someone in the street and actually be backed by a roaring fanbase
which raised over half a million
dollars on his behalf, yet there is
no recognition a crime had even
been committed?
Over and over again, how
can women be beaten, abused,
murdered by society and still people have the audacity to blame
them, and for what? Existing? I
don’t know.
If you accomplish anything
within this forthcoming year, I beg
of you to start now:
People are under no obligation to alter their bodies’ natural
state or appearance to appeal to
you or anyone else. That means
that people are under no obligation to shave or practice any
other personal grooming ritual to
appease you. Their appearance
is none of your business. What
is your business, though, is your
responsibility to respect the existence of all people you encounter.
People, even those who are
pregnant, have the right to bodily
autonomy and are under no obligation to sacrifice themselves for
the sake of your religion or your
politics. You have the right to your
opinion all the way up until your
opinion disrespects someone
else’s existence. Other peoples’
bodies are none of your concern.
Short, tall, pudgy, skinny, dark,
scarred, pale, stretched, rigid,
smooth, pierced, inked: All are
normal and all are acceptable. If
you hate girls who have less-thanperfect bodies, all I will remember
of you is that you are shallow.
Defend the rights of all people because all people matter.
Feminism is for everyone and if
you are not a feminist because
you “don’t need it,” you “have
enough rights,” you are a sheep
of society.
Rape jokes are not and never were funny. Rape is not something you make light of. Rape is
a heinous violation of personal
space and dignity. There is no excuse to commit rape and there is
no way to rectify the actions of the
rapist.
Racism is absolutely disgusting. The only race that we
should label ourselves as is part
of the human race. Sexism is absolutely disgusting. Women and
men are still sliced by the dichotomy of society, which is unacceptable. Misogyny is absolutely
disgusting. Racial profiling is absolutely disgusting. Gender is a
spectrum and gender binary is a
myth. Sexuality is fluid.
Look around yourself and
force yourself to see the problems
we face every day. Find something
that awakens a passion in you
and take action on it. The world
needs more leaders and it starts
with you.
about. How many people can say
they traveled hundreds of miles to
stand up for what they believe?
If you’ve ever taken the pilgrimage, or had a similar experience,
you can agree with me when I
say the experience of standing
for what you believe is right is
something you can never forget.
For those of you who don’t
know, the “Pilgrimage for Life”
is a trip to Washington, D.C., to
take part in the March for Life, a
pro-life protest in hopes of abolishing abortion. I attended the
“Pilgrimage for Life” through my
youth group, St. Maria Goretti
Youth Group. Along with students
throughout the Diocese of Evansville, we filled five charter buses
headed for the long trip to D.C.
I’m going to be honest here
and say that the ride there was
not fun. We traveled throughout
the night, which you would think
would the be the optimal time for
sleeping, but instead you just get
frustrated because it’s impossible
to sleep. Between being crammed
together closer than a can of sardines and the driver slamming on
the brakes as you venture through
the mountains of West Virginia,
if you get more than a total hour
of sleep, you’re considered lucky.
After a brief mass with the
bishop of Evansville and breakfast
at a helpful parish in Virginia, St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton, my fellow
pilgrims and I finally arrived at the
famed Washington, D.C. For some
reason I never quite understood,
the time the March started was
an hour earlier than we expected
to be. Luckily, since half a million
people attended, we still got a
chance to march. Having been on
the March before, I was worried
that I wouldn’t get the full experience because we were nearly
the last group to march. However,
after maybe 15 minutes into it, a
young, exuberant group from inner
city Chicago jumped in behind us.
The group, distinguished
by their neon yellow hoodies, carried makeshift drums made out of
trash cans and buckets. The rest
of the march was filled with fantastic percussion and pro-life chants.
The group’s excitement was contagious, and soon most of the Diocese of Evansville was singing
along. After the lively march past
the Capitol Building, on the day
the Roe vs. Wade decision to allow abortion was first made, the
following hour on the bus back to
the hotel was filled with the satisfaction of standing up for what
I believe in and the exhaustion
from all that was accomplished.
Most people associate prolife as anti-abortion only. However, being pro-life means that you
believe in the dignity of life, that
all people should be treated as
human beings. This being said,
the following day after the march,
we traveled to Gettysburg to remember all who died there. The
battle field makes you realize the
terrible cost of war, and that we
should try to avoid war at all costs.
Human life is special. The same
day, we also went on a mini- pilgrimage to the St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton shrine, the place where St.
Elizabeth Ann Seton started her
ministry and lived. Seeing the tiny
house she lived in and the bed she
died in humbles you, especially
after seeing the enormous Basilica that we visited earlier that day..
The next day, among other
museums and monuments, part
of our youth group decided to
view the Holocaust museum. The
museum was truly touching. It’s
filled with real life accounts and
eerie silence that really puts one
in the moment. To see th e faces of those who were murdered
and the tiny crawlspaces where
some hid is something you can
never forget. All of the horrors of
genocide and war leads to the fact
that life is sacred, and every person is to be treated with dignity.
Having been on the “Pilgrimage” several times before,
I encourage everyone to attend
the March for Life. Even though
you have to take a forever long
bus ride to get to D.C., and it’s
usually either snowing, raining,
or cold enough you’re toes just
might fall off, the trip is worth it.
The suffering you have to endure
is nothing if you’re standing up for
something in which you truly believe. Every human life is sacred,
and each human being should
be treated with dignity, even if
that human is just a tiny baby in
the womb. It’s a life, not a choice..
It’s a journey, but it’s worth your time
Rachel Weiss
Staff Writer
The dictionary defines a
pilgrimage as a journey, especially a long one, made to some
sacred placed as an act of religious devotion. I define a pilgrimage, especially the “Pilgrimage
for Life” that I recently attended,
as “a 12+ hour adventure on a
cramped and smelly charter bus,
only to get up and march for miles
in the freezing cold for babies
that you’ve never met and never
will meet.” So, why, you may ask,
would anyone ever decide to attend this “Pilgrimage for Life”?
Some may say it’s because
you get out of school for a couple
of days. Others may go because
they’ve yet to see Washington
D.C., and it’s on their bucket list to
take a picture pretending to prick
their finger on the tip of the Washington Monument. For me, it’s
about the fulfillment of taking action for a cause you feel strongly
Let’s
“spring”
forward
Keanan Alstatt
Editor-in-Chief
It is that time of the year
when Mother Nature decides
she wants to mess with all of
our schedules. While many
may feel as if this is amazing, I
am with the opposition. I want
the snow to be nonexistent and
I want spring to get here as
fast as possible.
Let me be honest with
everyone, I do not have a
problem with winter. I love
winter and the excitement it
brings in the air. However, I do
have a problem with the school
cancellations and two-hour
delays that usually come with
winter. I hear everyone talking
about how every day should
be a two-hour delay day, and I
could not disagree more.
When there is a two-hour
delay, my schedule and body
clock is thrown off to such
a disagree that I get terrible
headaches and want the day
to be over immediately. Twohour delays are the worst and I
dread every morning I wake up
to one of those infamous Tim
Armstrong phone calls.
Also, I hate when there
is a possibility we could get
out of school. I cannot stand it.
Everyone cheers when we get
out of the school, but I want
to cheer for all the three-day
weekends near the end of the
year when I don’t really want to
be here. There is nothing more
depressing than thinking that
we were supposed to be out of
school, but instead we are in
class due to Mother Nature and
her antics.
Everyone, we need
to change our thinking.
Instead of hoping for snow
and cancellations, let’s look
forward to spring and the
three-day weekends that will
come with it. Just like me, you
will not want to be here either.
Let’s start praying for spring
and hope that we don’t have
any schedule changes.
NEWS 3
Art Club uses precision and order to make umbrellas
Tara Reynolds
Staff Writer
With the spring musical, “Mary Poppins,” rounding
the corner, art teacher Laura
Russell was asked to think
about involving her classes
in the Theatre department by
hand-making a prop. After accepting the offer, two art classes were asked to make umbrellas, which will be used in the
show this March 13-15.
Russell explained, “We
are using old umbrellas from
the prop room that the theatre
has used before. By using the
old umbrellas, we will be saving both departments money,
which is important. Some
were badly torn, missing pieces, or didn’t open anymore.
At first we were not sure how
many we could get done. They
are all working and adding
items, painting the umbrellas,
or changing them to look like
other objects and so far we
have gotten quite a few done.
They have had fun being involved in a different kind of
project for the last few weeks.
Most umbrellas are based on
the Mary Poppins theme, but it
was not a requirement. There
are so many different designs
and ideas the kids came up
with. We are excited to see the
reactions.”
Director Adam Bledsoe
thought it would be fun to see
what the art students came up
with. He is planning on hanging the art work in the lobby
to attract the people’s attention before the show. It has not
yet been decided what will be
done with the umbrellas after
the show is over.
The painting class, along
with the advanced studio art
class, are the two classes that
have been working on the umbrella project. They have been
working on it since the end of
first semester. Students were
to be given a grade after two
weeks. They were told to be
creative and have fun, but they
had to work and stay focused
on their task in order to get
them done in the time alloted.
“So far, they look great!” Russell stated.
Most students’ um-
brella projects are complete with the exception of
a few, who are also working on other projects for the
department.
Sara Kissel poses with one of the many Mary Poppins themed umbrellas. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/MADELINE COX
Pep Club suits up for a new year and a new semester
Madeline Cox
Staff Writer
With the excitement of
homecoming and the basketball season and prom approaching at a more rapid pace, Pep
Club has been very proactive
this semester already. The club
just hosted the Homecoming spirit week which came
with a competitive spirit war.
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Each class competed to see
how many students dressed up
each day. The winning class
will be rewarded with a pizza
party at the end of the Homecoming game, which will take
place on Friday, January 30.
On Monday, students did
not even have to get ready for
school with PJ day. On Tuesday, students traveled through
the years of the 20th century
with decades day. Many people dressed up as their dream
careers on Wednesday. Thursday was called “Pink Panther”
day as students dressed in all
pink to support the Lady Titans basketball team at home
vs. Boonville. Finally, on
Friday, students dressed in
their favorite college gear in
honor of Good Will Hunting.
Some students even wore
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Club President Kirstin
Connor declared, “Spirit Week
always makes me so excited.
It gives me a chance to dig
through my closet and find the
oddest of my clothes to wear at
school for the day. I love being
able to represent my school in
this crazy and exciting way.”
In addition to Spirit
Week, club sponsor Amanda
Brown was happy to announce
the theme of prom this year,
which is “Festival of Lights.”
This will be similar to an Arabian light show. Brown noted
that with this theme will come
the use of many vibrant lights,
especially highlighting the use
of purple and gold. Prom will
take place on Saturday, May 2.
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4 NEWS
Archery team hosted tournament involving 800 archers
Courtney Washburn
Staff Writer
Since the Archery Club’s
beginning here at Gibson
Southern High School, it has
expanded beyond expectations. Students who may not
play sports or excel academically are welcome to try their
hand at archery.
Since the newly created program has experienced
growth in the number of participants, the Archery club was
in need of more equipment
such as targets, quivers, and
arrows for the archers to begin shooting. Once the participants of the club received the
needed items, there was nothing holding them back from
succeeding. The club prac-
ticed twice a week to prepare
for the upcoming tournament
at the school.
Rachel Byrns, senior,
commented, “I think it was
incredibly inspiring to just
see how much we have grown
from the previous year to this
year. Our coaches have put
such a tremendous amount of
time in this program helping all
of us to become better archers.
If we did not have our coaches we would not be where we
are today. As a team we are
so blessed to have a supportive
community and coaches.
“I could not even imagine life here at high school if
Gibson Southern did not have
such a great archery program.
Although I am extremely sad
because this is my last year
Gibson Southern archery club members line up amidst competitors to shoot the target. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/CALEB KIFER
here participating in the archery program, I can not wait
to see it grow even more than
the past two years as time goes
on and more participants join
the club.”
This past school year, the
Archery Club decided to try
something new for those who
participate in the club. Instead
of traveling to other schools to
compete in shooting tournaments, the archery club decided to host a tournament right
here at Gibson Southern High
School. This tournament was
held in the gym on January
2 and 3 and was open to all
schools in the Gibson Southern area who had archers wishing to join.
For the duration of this
two day tournament, Dewig
meats was present to work the
concession stand, serving all
who came to the tournaments.
During the two day event,
approximately 800 archers
passed through the school to
participate. At the conclusion
of the competition, some archers were recognized for
their performances and presented awards.
Bayli Grubb, sophomore, said, “I felt that we did
an excellent job. I thought it
was really cool how everything came together with the
new equipment. We also had
a lot of support from the community.”
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Applied Music starts
on a good note Step 1:
NEWS 5
Ross Michael and Zaide Eads produce music in the new
Applied Music class using the computer program FL Studio.
The following is how they actually go about the process:
Raechel Kiesel
Staff Writer
Freshman Paige Johnson, a
flutist in the GS Concert Band,
practices the clarinet in Applied Music. SOUTHERNER
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Applied Music instructor Brent
Winstead helps sophomore
Kaitlyn Lohe learn a piece on
piano. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ ROSS MICHAEL
Applied Music is a new
class offered to Gibson Southern students this semester. It
was created for high schoolers who want to expand their
musical knowledge in ways
unavailable through theatre or
band. So far, the class has gotten plenty of positive reviews.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Lohe
commented, “I chose to play
piano [in Applied Music]. I’ve
been trying to learn it for years,
I just haven’t known where to
start.”
“I really like it so far,”
said Paige Johnson, a freshman in the class. “I’ve already
learned about 7 or 8 notes and
now I am working on playing
simple pieces. I normally play
the flute, and I would have to
say that it’s a little more difficult playing clarinet.”
Sophomore Zaide Eads,
who is working on producing
a song with fellow sophomore
Ross Michael, explained, “We
set goals each week and get
graded on if we complete them.
We just have a drum pattern
and some chords, and we plan
to be adding 4 or 5 synthesizer
parts, piano, guitar, and drums
with other percussion sounds.
Mr. Winstead wants us to have
a minute of music by the end
of this nine weeks.”
Brent Winstead is the
teacher of the new class. He
said he is impressed with how
well the students have been doing so far, and is excited to see
how much each one progresses
by the end of the year.
Juniors should sign up for tests
Sydney Norman
Staff Writer
Juniors who plan to attend a four-year college must
sign up for the SAT or ACT
tests to be taken this
spring. These tests are
required by colleges,
and sign-ups are available online. The
G S H S
Guidance
page contains a link to sign up
for both tests. The ACT tests
knowledge of math, reading,
science, and writing. The SAT
tests how well one can complete college-level work.
There is a fee to take
either test; a credit card is required to register. People in
21st Century
Scholars or who
are receiving free
or reduced lunches are eligible for
a
fee waiver.
Most colleges will accept either test. It is necessary
to check the requirements of
a college of interest to know
what is needed for that college
specifically. In order to learn
what a college’s standards are,
one can go to its website.
Karen
Hare,
counselor,
commented,
“It is never too early to
start seriously looking
at college options and making
college visits.” Students should
report to their designated
counselor with any questions.
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6 NEWS
Freshmen play the most dangerous game
Sara Kissel
Staff Writer
English teacher Marcia
Mishler’s freshman class had
an out-of -the-ordinary project assignment after reading
“The Most Dangerous Game”
by Richard Connell. Students
could reconstruct a model of
the fourth trap that Rainsford,
the story’s protagonist, set to
defend himself against General Zaroff, illustrate or construct a map of the island on
which the story takes place,
provide a 30-45 second video
of a commercial for the island,
or film the story’s three-day
hunt as a sporting event.
Dylan Stefanich and
Landon Mayer chose the first
option on the list. Mayer said,
“Dylan and I worked diligently to represent what we
thought the fourth trap in the
book would look like.”
ish teacher, expected that most
students would turn in a voice
or video recording, the participating students also did have
the option to perform their
commercials with a script live
in front of the class.
The projects were meant
to be an entertaining way to
practice the use of commands
in the language as well as incorporate the new vocabulary.
“There were several students that did a great job at
their presentations,” explained
Walden about the commercials
after they were shown in class.
“There were some that really
needed to put more effort into
it, but I’m sure they will next
time!
“Most of the commercials were audio recordings, I
was hoping for more videos,
but I understand many don’t
want to be in front of a camera.
“Maybe next time I can
encourage more videos by offering extra credit if they do.
This project was great for the
students because it got them
out of the normal class routine
and had them speaking Spanish a little more.”
Los comerciales son en español
Tiffany Noble
Staff Writer
This month the Spanish
III classes have been working
on expanding their vocabularies and giving oral reports.
These most recent reports
were given in the form of a
commercial.
The commercials were
to be 30 seconds long if a student chose to work alone or
one minute long if the student
chose to work with a partner.
Though Scott Walden, Span-
Top: Freshmen Drew Harpenau, Maddie Money, and Hannah Reinbrecht pose with their map project. SOUTHERNER
PHOTO/ZACH DAVIS
Bottom: Freshman Landon Mayer demonstrates his dangerous
game trap. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ZACH DAVIS
FAFSA form deadline fast approaching for seniors
Lauren Stuckey
Staff Writer
Gibson Southern High
School counselor Karen Hare
has provided some helpful
information about a form crucial to the welfare of graduating seniors: FAFSA. FAFSA
stands for Free Application
for Federal Student Aid and
is the single largest provider
of student financial aid in the
nation. FAFSA is a form that
can be prepared annually by
current and prospective college students (undergraduate
and graduate) in the United
States to determine their eligibility for student financial aid
(including the Pell Grant, Federal student loans and Federal
Work-Study).
The application is not for
a single federal program, but
the gateway of consideration
for the nine federal student-aid
programs, the 605 state aid
programs, and most of the institutional aid available
To apply, students are to
go to https://fafsa.ed.gov and
fill out an application form.
All FAFSA related forms and
information can be found on
the FAFSA website. Parents
are to fill out the form using
their taxes filed from 2014.
The financial aid that can be
received is based on family
need.
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piece of account information
in a folder, because you have
to reapply every year that you
attend college. You will need
to have all tax information and
passwords handy when applying and reapplying.”
Hare also recommended
that even if parents are unsure if they may be entitled
to any aid, that they should
apply anyway for other benefits that can also be offered.
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A financial aid workshop
for parents and students was
held in the school’s cafeteria
on January 27 at 6:30 p.m.
Angie Dawson, a financial aid
director from the University of
Evansville, was at the meeting
to give some insight and to
help with the application process. Hare also provided some
of her advice for student financial aid.
Hare stated, “Students
who applied for FAFSA
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Student Council announces winter homecoming candidates
Mariah Beadles
Staff Writer
To many of us it seems
as if the fall homecoming football game was merely a month
ago, but preparations for winter homecoming 2015 are in
full swing. This year’s homecoming game will be held at
the Titan Fieldhouse 7:00 p.m.
on January 30 against the Mt.
Vernon Wildcats.
Recently, voting for
queen candidates, as well as
homecoming court members,
took place electronically via
chromebooks. Results of the
voting were as follows: freshman court attendants are Abby
Goings, Regan Happe, and
Hannah Reinbrecht; sophomore attendants are Aubree
Lankford, Amy Niehaus, and
Kate Ziliak; junior attendants
are Lora Barton, Maisie Lay,
and Emily Sisk.
Each queen candidate
and court attendant chose an
escort among senior boys
elected to the court. Abby Going will be escorted by Alex
Smith, Regan Happe will be
escorted by Nick Bengert, and
Hannah Reinbrecht will be escorted by Kyle Todrank.
Aubree Lankford will be
escorted by Hunter DeWeese,
Amy Niehaus will be escorted
by Zachary Floyd, and Kate
Ziliak will be escorted by
Kane Jones.
Lora Barton will be escourted by Chase Maurer,
Maisie Lay will be escorted by
Teddy Rexing, and Emily Sisk
will be escorted by Ian Peach.
Senior queen candidates
The winter homecoming court and queen candidates. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/DANA BITTNER
are Kirstin Connor escorted by
king candidate Dalton Armstrong, Madeline Cox escorted by king candidate Tucker
Madison is 18 years old and
is involved in Pep Club,
Sunshine Society, Anti-bullying Club, Theater Club,
choir, and she serves as Vice
President of International
Thespian Society.
Madeline is 18 years
old and is the President of
International Thespian Society, and participates in
BETA, Sunshine Society,
SADD, Theater Club, Quill
and Scroll, choir, and GSHS
Youth Alive.
Kirstin Connor
National
Beta Club
Krista Tenbarge
Krista is 18 years old
and is involved in Pep Club,
BETA, Sunshine Society,
Theater Club, Anti-bullying Club, and Fifth Quarter.
Krista is also on the varsity
cheerleading squad.
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Rachel Ziliak
Rachel is 18 years old and
participates in BETA, Pep
Club, Sunshine Society, and
serves as the Senior Class
Treasurer. Rachel also plays
on the varsity softball team.
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Kirstin is 18 years old
and is involved in the International Thespian Society,
Student Council, BETA, 5th
Quarter, Sunshine Society,
and is Pep Club President.
Kirstin is also active in
cheerleading and track.
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(812) 868-8889
OPEN ALL WEEK: Sunday-Thursday: 11:00 am-9:00 pm
Friday & Saturday: 11:00 am-9:30 pm
LUNCH BUFFET: 11:00 pm-2:30pm
DINNER BUFFET: Sunday-Thursday: 4:30 pm-8:30 pm
Friday & Saturday: 4:30 pm-9:00 pm
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Softball Open Gym - Every Monday and Saturday
Girl Talk - Every Wednesday at 3:45 p.m.
3 - ITS Meeting 7:30 p.m.
3 - Archery Auxiliary Gym 6:00 p.m.
14 - Valentines Day
16 - School in Session
3
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Spaghetti & meat sauce
Cheeseburger
Salad, Green Beans
Cheesy Potato
Fried Green Beans
Garlic Bread
Baked Apples
Sliced Peaches
Mac and Cheese
Cheesy Bread
Spicy Chicken
Spicy Chicken
Bosco Stix
Ham& Cheese
Regular Chicken
Cheeseburger
9
10 Cheesy Chix & Noodles
Stromboli
Bacon,Let,Tom, Salad
Baby Bakers
Peas & Corn
Baked Beans
Rolls
Fruit Cups & Fluff
Frozen Fruit Cups
Eggrolls & Rice
Bosco Stix
Pep Bosco
Chicken & Cheese
Chicken Parm
Fish
Spicy Chicken
Spicy Chicken
16 Chicken & Cheese 17
Ravioli
Baby Bakers
Salad
Baked Beans
Corn
Broccoli & Cheese
Breadsticks
Sliced Oranges
Pasta
Mini Corndogs
Calzones
Pep Bosco
Chicken Panini
Regular Chicken
Chicken Cordon Bleu
Spicy Chicken
Corn Dog
Chili & Crackers 24
23
Chicken Sp Alfredo
PB Sandwich Bacon,Tom,Lettuce Salad
Cheese Stick& Fruit Salad Green Beans & St. Carrots
Green Bean Casserole
Rolls & Cuties
Grilled Chicken
BBQ on Bun
Bacon Cheeseburger
Spicy Chicken
BBQ Rib
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Chicken 6
Spicy Chicken
Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Sweet Potato Fries
Refried Beans
Corn & Green Beans
Baked Beans
Chips and Salsa
Rolls
Peach Cobbler
Fruit
Sliced Pears
Corndogs
Orange Chicken and Rice Mini Corndogs
Mozz Stix
Chicken Panini
Spicy Chicken
Chicken Nuggets
Philly Steak
Cheeseburger
Cheeseburger
BBQ Chicken Burger
Ham & Cheese
4
11
12
Fish Sandwich
Fries
Green Beans
Pasta Salad
Fruit
Mac & Cheese
Grilled Cheese
Bosco
Spicy Chicken
Nacho Supreme
25
Refried Beans & Corn
Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese
Baked Apples
Soup
Spicy Chicken
Chicken Club
BBQ Rib - Hot Dog
19
13
Mini Corndogs
Lasagna
Mini Corndog
Potato & Vegetables
Caesar Salad
Potato & Vegetables
Ranch Slaw
Green Beans/Peas
Ranch Slaw
Sliced Pears
Applesauce Cups
Sliced Pears
Meatball Sub
Chili
Grilled Chicken and Rice
Cheesy Bread
Corndog
Slice Pizza
Spicy Chicken
Mozz Stix
Corndogs
Chicken Nuggets
Regular Chicken
Spicy Chicken
18
Beadles
Towing
Pizza
Chicken 20
Sunchips
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Fresh Veg & Hummus
Peas & Corn
Ranch Slaw
Hot Rolls
Cookie
& Fruit Cup
Apple Sauce
Bosco Stix
Potato Soup
Spicy Chicken
Spicy Chicken
Cheesy Bread
Double Cheeseburger
Mozz Stix
Chicken Club
Chicken Parm 27 Cheeseburger - Fish
26
Fries
Spaghetti/Sauce
Broccoli & Cheese
Caesar Salad
Fluff & Fruit
Green Beans, Roll, Fruit
Cheesy Bread
Turkey & Cheese Wrap
Spicy Chicken
Spicy Chicken
Grilled
Cheese
Stromboli
Bosco
Pizza
Chicken Cordon Bleu
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in focus.”
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Haubstadt, IN 47639
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Hair & Tanning
Salon
839 South 9th,
Haubstadt
Mon-Sat 9-7
(812) 615-0566
Norman
Painting, Inc.
Fort Branch
Johnson Township Public
Library
107 E. Locust Street
Fort Branch, IN
(812)753-4212
Mon. Wed. Thurs. 9-5
Tues. 12:30-8:30
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Office: 812.421.1674
Fax: 812.421.1675
Cell: 812.449.2882
10 A & E
# C e le b sTw e et
Caiti Long
A&E/Feature Editor
Twitter has grown
tremendously popular over
the past couple of years,
serving as a source for news
and entertainment. With
it’s rapidly
growing
popularity
has come an
accumulating amount
of awareness
towards
conflicts in
the news. Topics that have
been protested for and
against- including Ferguson
and Leelah Alcorn- have
been made popular by the
unadorned hashtags (on
Twitter). Celebrities aware
of developing stories can let
their fans know of a situation through their twitter
accounts. These celebrities
have the power to bring
awareness to their many
followers.
Celebrities like Kim
Kardashian, Uzo Adu-
ba of “Orange is the New
Black,” and Charlie Sheen
have taken part in tweeting
about Ferguson and Leelah
Alcorn- huge topics in the
media today.
Now with the newest
situation taking in place in
Paris after
a terrorist
attack,
celebrities
and their
followers
have littered their
feeds with
#JeSuisCharlie.
Celebrities unknowingly inform their fans of the latest
happenings. What will they
tweet next? #CelebsTweet
ROCK AND ROLL HALL
OF FAME INDUCTEES
Joan Jett and
the Blackhearts
Joan Jett has been
in the music business since her teens,
starting with her
all-girl rock band
“The Runaways.” She
started Joan Jett
and the Blackhearts
in the mid 80s, and
this band has given
us classics like “Bad
Reputation” and “I
Love Rock N’ Roll.”
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr is the
former drummer of
“The Beatles.” Since
the end of the Beatles era, Starr has
constructed his own
solo projects. He
continues to appear
in the media/rock
scene as an important musician.
iTunes Tops
Singles
Albums
Uptown Funk (feat. Bruno
Mars)- Mark Ronson
Thinking Out Loud- Ed
Sheeran
Uma Thurman- Fall Out
Boy
Lips Are Movin’- Meghan
Trainor
Title (Deluxe)- Meghan
Trainor
1989- Taylor Swift
Reality Show- Jazmine
Sullivan
American Beauty/American Psycho- Fall Out Boy
Uptown Special- Mark
Ronson
Lou Reed
O RIG I NA L S T U DE N T A RT WO R K
Selected students from Laura Russel’s third
period photography classes submitted their
best photos to display. Not all submissions
are shown.
Green Day
Mikalya Keen, junior
Delaney Spindler,
senior
Widely known all
over the world since
their release of
“American Idiot” in
2004, the punk band
Green Day has come
a long way since
their first album in
1989. From a garage
in California to the
Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, Green Day has
made waves in their
music career.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will take place on April 18, 2015,
at the Public Hall in Cleveland, Ohio. The event
is sold out for individual ticket purchase, but will
be broadcast on television for viewing.
Sarah Lloyd, sophomore
Bethany Miller, senior
(1942-2013) Deceased
American musician and
songwriter Lou Reed
is one of the inductees
for the 2015 ceremony.
As the principal songwriter/frontman of The
Velvet Underground,
he is best known for his
songs “Walk on the Wild
Side” and “Satellite of
Love.”
Masie Lay, junior
REVIEWS 11
Chynnia Farrar
Managing Editor
With an IQ of 197,
what could go wrong?
Einstein’s was 160. The
new TV series “Scorpion”
has taken over like a cyclone. WHOOSH! Literally.
Explosions, crises, interlaced problem solving that
only a group of geniuses
could figure out. It is like
“Elementary” and “CSI”
combined.
The main character,
inspired by founder and
CEO of Scorpion Computer
Scorpion
Services, Walter O’Brien
and his friends (more geniuses) take every insurmountable adventure that
Homeland Security tasks
them. O’Brien is inclined
to prove himself to their
agent, Cabr Gallo because
he is a father figure to
O’Brien. With his help,
the Scorpion team prove
that their knowledge based
ways can be useful in
today’s society along with
helping one of their member’s son grow up in a welcoming environment. (The
son, Ralph, is a genius as
well.)
I thoroughly enjoy
this new production. It
captivates me and gives the
impression of being right
there in the agile predicaments that the team leaps
into head first. It is not a
show, like some, that gives
the audience a headache
listening to all the perplexing mathematic probabilities and scenarios. The
show keeps the viewers
intrigued and sitting on the
edge of their seat.
This series also provides the audience with a
budding romance along
with insight on what hap-
pens behind the scenes
during a crisis. The show
is captivating and strangely
addictive with several different genres of television:
romance, action, suspense,
and even comedy at times.
This television series
can be viewed on Monday
nights at 8 p.m. on CBS.
Top 3 Most Quoted Movies
Mean Girls
Anchorman
Let’s Keep the Funk!
Chynnia Farrar
Managing Editor
The 70s are
back! No, sorry
70s natives, but
we are not time
traveling to your
era, that ship
has sailed, but
Mark Ronson’s
“Uptown Funk!”
featuring Bruno
Mars has brought
back some of that
jazz and sass
from the 1970s.
This song
has everyone
head banging to
the alliterative verse beat
of “do do do do
do do do do do”
of Mark Ronson.
The single is on
Ronson’s album
“Uptown Special”
with vocals by
Mars. Mars sings
the entire song,
but it is on Ronson’s album.
It took the
duo six to seven
months to write
this album, with
Ronson chasing
Mars around the
globe due to his
busy tour sched-
ule at the time.
The dedication it
took make this
single paid off
tremendously.
This song
is literally a
world-wide sensation with success
in Australia,
Canada, Ireland,
New Zealand, the
US, and United
Kingdom.
I L.O. V. E
this song! When
it presents itself on either
the radio or my
iTunes on shuffle, the volume
is TURNED UP!
It provides the
groove to dance
to and lyrics
that are easily recognizable.
‘Julio! Get the
stretch!”
Ronson and
Mars should take
their success as
a clue that another song together in the
future would be
much appreciated by their fans,
“cause Uptown
Funk gon’ give it
to you.”
12 FEATURE
Madeline Meadows
Assistant A&E Editor
THE KITCHEN
Madison Meadows
Assistant A&E Editor
Rachel Weiss
Assistant Feature Editor
W
Hostess Mini Cupcake Maker Electric Baker helps you make the perfect
Hostess cupcakes in minutes. The
product comes with a recipe book
and a pastry bag.
You could probably make these just
as easily in your own oven. Or, better
yet just buy the stupid cupcakes from
the store.
THE BEDROOM
This light switch activated
by clapping made its way
to homes in the late 1980’s
and became one of the most
popular televised products.
Unfortunately, it can be
triggered by other loud
noises, such as a dog’s barking or a door being closed.
This is perfect for situations where one is already
comfortable in bed.
THE CAR
Dents and dings are forever gone
with this DIY repair kit. Working
as a vacuum, attach it to the car’s
dent and use the handle to pull it
out. Disclaimer: this product only
works on large dents...Otherwise
don’t bother trying.
THE PETS
Cleaning your fish tank is a pain.
The new My Fun Fish Tank is simple and easy to use. Just add clean
water and the dirty water flows
out the cleaning spout. Fish not
included.
This is disgusting, but if it really
works, then it’s a life saver.
The Purrfect Arch brushes cats’ hair
as they play. It collects hair as your
cat gets a massage, a purrfect combination....Your cat will be purrfectly content and purrfectly brushed
and you’ll be sick of all the cat puns.
Editors’ Picks:
Make burgers like a pro!
Stufz Stuffed Burger Maker
helps you create delicious
burgers with a filling. Stufz
helps you create mouth-watering burgers in just three
easy steps! The catch? We
can’t find one. This product
looks fantastic.
Marita Coyle
Assistant Feature Editor
e’ve a ll been there: we’re sittin g on the couch on a lazy Sund ay when the screen tempora rily turns black a nd white. People stumble,
crash, a nd fidd le with common household products before hea rin g a n a nnouncer describe the new must-have item. With a somewhat-reasonable price--includ in g shippin g a nd ha nd lin g, of
course--a spokesperson illustrates how the product ma kes life
one hund red times more convenient. The overly enthusiastic a nnouncer then procla ims that the ori gina l price is bein g slashed,
especia lly for you
you,, but only if you call in the next 15 minutes. And
even better, they’ll double
the a mount
for f ree! With a quick breath, the a nnouncer rushes through
a n incomprehensible
d iscla imer
as the fina l screen d isplayin g the “deal” appea rs. As silly
as the products
may be, we
a ll ca n a gree that they look temptin g.
Trying to
navigate
the maps
on your
smartphonew h i l e
simultaneously
driving
is
too
stressful. With the GripGo, your
phone mounts onto the windshield
with a suction cup without the clutter of adhesives or other tools. Even
better, it doesn’t leave a sticky residue and can pivot 360 degrees for
that perfect viewing angle.
FEATURE 13
Are your legs uncomfortable
when you sleep at night? Do
they stick together on those
hot summer nights? This
leg pillow restores natural
alignment, relaxes muscles,
and relieves painful pressure
points as you sleep. The pillow is to be placed between
your legs to provide restful
relief from aches and pains.
Just use your own pillow.
We asked The Southerner’s editors to talk about their favorite “
As Seen On TV products, ” and their answers did not disappoint.
Tori Michael, Photo Editor
Keanan Alstatt, Editor-in-Chief
Q: What “As Seen on TV” product catches
your eye the most?
A:
ic
I
liked
Ball because
the
Fushigi
Magit always looked cool.
Q: What “As Seen on TV” product catches your eye the most?
A:
Q: Would you ever buy it?
Tiddy Bear. Its name is so strange.
A: Yes, I did.
A: No.
THE BATHROOM
Sometimes going to the bathroom is too
much work. For those times when you
just need a little extra help, the Long
Reach Comfort Wipe is there for you! The
Comfort Wipe has a soft, flexible head that
grips toilet paper to help you
reach
where
you
can’t!
Unfortunately,
this product is
100% real.
The Sauna Pants are a new type of
pants that help you lose weight in the
waist, back, and hips. Simply put the
pants on and turn the dial to your desired temperature. The Sauna Pants
quickly
make
you
sweat,
helping
you
potentially lose
weight.
...Like we need
any more butt
sweat.
Do you ever have
problems seeing the
toilet in the middle of
the night? When you
turn the bathroom
light on are you blinded by its brilliance? If
this is the case, then
the Bowl Brite is the
product for you. This motion detector light
turns on when you need it most. Best of
all, when the toilet seat is down, the light is
green; and red when the seat is up.
... If this is an issue for you, then the Bowl
Brite could be extremely beneficial.
Ev er y b o d y
knows
it’s
bad to stick
a Q-tip in
your ear, yet
we do it all
the time. The
Wax Vac is
the solution
to all your Q-tip woes. Simply attach
the silicone tip to the Wax Vac, and it
gently draws dirt particles out of the
ear.. How have we lived over 2000
years without this?
Hannah Cosby, Sports Editor
Caiti Long, A&E/Feature Editor
your eye the most?
your eye the most?
Q: What “As Seen on TV” product catches Q: What “As Seen on TV” product catches
A:
A:
The
WaxVac,
for
obvious
reasons, and the Perfect Polly. They have
stood out to me. I became interest- captured my interest because the wax
ed because the product involves bacon. vac sucks ear wax out of your ear... gross,
and the Perfect Polly is a weird, fake
bird. Why would you get that?
The
perfect
bacon
bowl
A: I never did, but I should have.
always
A: No, and no.
While they may be a bit tacky, the spokespeople of commercials can really make or break a sale. Some products just wouldn’t
be the same if he or she didn’t put their own twist into it.
Billy Mays was the beloved spokesFitness personality and
Vince Offer appears in television commercials
man of Oxi-Clean, Orange Glo, Kaactor
Richard
Simmons
for the Shamwow, Slap Chop, and Schticky, all of
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weight-loss
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Titan basketball defeats county rival
Lexie Sollman
Sports Writer
“We needed a win,”
stated first year Titan head
coach Kyle Runyan. The
Princeton game on January
16 marked the first victory
for the Titans in 2015. This
was also their third win of the
season against eight losses.
The Titans struck down
with vengeance on the Tigers for a victory on Saturday’s game. The Titans, who
hadn’t won a single game
against the Tigers in ten consecutive matchups, finally
defeated their county rival.
Junior Grant Allen exclaimed, “It was a big win!”
Sophomore
Chandler McKee made a trio
of three-pointers all within the first quarter to start
the game off. He also made
all of his first seven shots.
McKee exclaimed, “After my first shot went in, I felt
it would be a good night!”
Runyan claimed the
night to be “a game of
runs,” when asked about
describing
the
game.
Runyan also said “We
took better care of the ball
fourth quarter. We did a better job of getting the ball inside and getting layups.”
At halftime, the Titans were leading with four
points, 31-27. However, by
the end of the third quarter they were behind 41-36.
McKee
scored
thirteen of his points in the first
quarter and thirteen more
in the last. The sophomore
shot another free throw
which tied the game 46-46.
The
6-foot-3
Allen
scored 18 points in the second half of the game. This
also led to McKee scoring
more points as a 1-2 punch.
The Titans switched
guards throughout the game
to wear out Tiger opponents.
In the last quarter, McKee, who had scored his first
seven shots, missed a oneand-bonus free throw under
pressure in the last ten seconds. This slip kept the score
at a tight 58-57, Titans in the lead.
McKee, however,
did score a gamehigh of 30 points.
This allowed
the Princeton
Tigers
to
snatch the
ball. With
only
a
few seconds remaining,
the Tigers
dribbled at
full speed to
their goal. Just
before the buzzer,
Princeton shot the
ball. Hitting the rim,
the ball bounced off
and away from the net.
If there would have
been just a few more
seconds left in the game,
the Princeton Tigers’ Josh
Mans would have been
there to rebound the ball
and score the final point.
This led to a victory for
the Titans. Gibson Southern
won 58-57. It marked the
first win for Gibson Southern
against the Princeton Community Tigers since January 12, 2007 and the first
win for the Titans out of four
outings in the 2015 season.
On January 6 the Titan basketball team left their
court to play Southridge in
Huntingburg Memorial Gym.
While scoring was not an is-
Shane Murphy guards rival from attempting to pass the ball.
SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ KEANAN ALSTATT
sue, keeping the other team
from getting the ball certainly
was. With less than a minute
on the clock, and tied 35-35,
the Titans lost the ball to the
Raiders, who have a 40.0
defensive average tied for
eighth in the state. The Raiders won the game 37-35 with
a lay up at the last second.
Initially Gibson Southern
fell behind. Several times
the Titans made up for
a five-point deficit, only
to lose the ball back to
the Raiders. In the
fourth
quarter,
the Titans fell
behind
by
nine points
after being one
p o i n t
away at
the buzzer
of the third
quarter. Allen scored
two free
throws
and
a
basket.
Southridge,
however,
nett e d
t h e
ball a
few
times
t o
m a k e
t h e
g a p
i n crease
Varsity
Scoreboard
L
Jan. 6 vs. Southridge
37-35
Jan. 10 vs. Evansville Memorial
Jan. 16 vs. Princeton
W
Jan. 17 vs. Washington
back to nine points. Smith
scored five points and Allen
closed the gap with two more
shots. In the last minute of the
game the Southridge Raiders took control of the ball
and scored the winning point.
For the game Smith
scored a total of 17 points,
followed by Allen with eight,
McKee with five, Ziliak
L
59-36
58-57
L
50-28
three, and Mockobee two.
Runyan said, “We have to
figure out a way for good execution and lock down the shots.”
The coach also called
the it a “low-scoring game.”
“I felt like by holding
teams to 46 points we would
win games. We just didn’t make
our shots,” Runyan stated after
the Southridge game was over.
Senior Alex Smith drives through Evansville Memorial player’s blockade. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/
KEANAN ALSTATT
20 SPORTS
Titan Wrestling dominates at PAC
Hannah Cosby
Sports Editor
team as a senior.”
Baehl had a 5-0 lead
on Saturday, until it quickly
turned into a 5-5 tie, before
he wrestled Owen Ninke and
took him down 8-7. Baehl will
take a 30-7 record into the post
season.
Greenwell
competed
well in his last PAC tournament. It only took him a minute 31 to pin Jarrett Hawhee,
and he will take a 21-7 record
into the Sectional.
Freshman Kaije Elliot
wrestled on Saturday and
placed third in the 106 weight
class. Senior Dominik Richardville also placed third in
the 182 weight class by major
decisioning Heritage Hills’
Dylan Williams 8-0.
Sophomore Cody Dilbeck, brother and teammate
to Logan, placed fifth in the
152 weight class by decisioning South Spencer’s Luke
Stuter 10-4. Junior Landon
Knight also placed fifth in the
170 weight class after pinning
Ethan Byers from Tecumseh.
The Titans traveled to
Heritage Hills on Saturday,
January 24, and they won the
PAC meet with a final score of
233. The only teams close to
the Titans were Heritage Hills
with 177.5 and Southridge
with 175. Tecumseh placed
fourth with 137, South Spencer fifth, Tell City sixth, North
Posey seventh, Pike Central
eighth, and Forest Park placed
last with 52.5 points. The Titans had success in the winners
bracket with seven individuals
winning their weight class.
Wrestlers finishing in
first place for Gibson Southern
were as follows: seniors- Kyle
Todrank at 138, Christian Pellacer at 120, and Kaleb GreenGibson Southern’s PAC Champions pose with their medals and bracket boards after a big day
well at 145; Juniors- Hunter
at the PAC Tournament for the Titans. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ FILE PHOTO
Baehl at 132, Logan Dilbeck
Princeton, Central, Evansville
at 113, and Cory Klem at 220.
North, Evansville Mater Dei,
The only sophomore to take
Vincennes Lincoln, Pike Cenfirst place for the Titans was
tral, North Posey, and TecumMichael Polen at 126.
seh. The top four individuals
Dilbeck,
in each weight
Pellacer,
and
class will advance
Greenwell each
PAC went just as we planned this year. Last
in the tournament,
earned
their
year, we fell a little short, but we made up for it
and the Regionthird PAC title in
this year. Seven champions did the job.
al will be held
wrestling. Baehl
at Castle the folbecame a secSenior Kaleb Greenwell
lowing weekend.
ond-time chamSemi-State will be
pion, and Pollen
picked up his first PAC victory One more Titan, freshman at the Ford Center this year.
Pellacer
shared
his
by pinning Jon Craig. Polen Deven Mills, finished in fifth
place
in
the
195
weight
class.
thoughts
about
the
season
thus
pinned his opponent, Craig, in
The Titans will compete far, “PAC was just one of our
4:30. Pellacer commented on
the win, “I have wrestled for in Sectional at Central this goals to accomplish this year.
four years, and I am a three year on Saturday, January 31 at The Sectional is just the begin-time PAC Champ. It feels 9 in the morning. Teams com- ning of our long journey, and Senior Kyle Todrank won PAC in the 138 weight class.
pretty good, and it’s awesome peting against Gibson South- we would like to win the tour- Todrank has remained unfeated thus far this season. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/ FILE PHOTO
to be a part of a championship ern include Wood Memorial, nament for the first time.”
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Lady Titan basketball shoots for 20 win season
Lora Barton
Sports Writer
The Gibson Southern
Lady Titan varsity basketball
team has passed the halfway
point in their season. With a
strong record of 12-4, the Lady
Titans began a three game
week, including a Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC) game.
The week started with
a home game against Jasper
High School on Tuesday, January 13. The Lady Titans took
an early lead in the first quarter with a score of 18-9. In the
second and third quarter, the
scoring was even. The Lady
Wildcats remained down by
10 points, 42-32. The Lady
Wildcats fought back during
the fourth quarter. Jasper put
up 25 points, but it was not
enough to defeat the Lady Titans who had scored 19. The
Lady Titans were victorious
once again with a final score
of 61-57. Senior Hannah Cosby
led the team with 21 points and
13 rebounds. Junior Maddie
Raley followed with 16 points
and seven rebounds. Sophomore Presley Johnson added
10 points and six rebounds.
The second game of
the week
for the
Lady
Titans
w a s
T hu r sday, Janu a r y
15. The
Lady
Titans
hosted
t h e
Te-
cumseh Lady Braves,
a PAC opponent. The Lady
Titans came out strong in the
first quarter. Scoring 15 points,
Gibson Southern kept the Lady
Senior Hannah Cosby makes a post move against a Jasper
Lady Wildcat. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/TORI MICHAEL
Braves scoreless. The second
quarter was almost even with
Tecumseh scoring 12 and Gibson Southern scoring 13. The
half
time
score was
2812 with
the Lady
Titans
in
the
lead. The
Titans continued
to
stretch
their lead
in
the
third and
fourth
qua rters,
outs c ori n g
t h e
L a dy
Braves by 4 points and 6
points respectively. The final score was 62-36 with the
Gibson Southern Lady Titans on top. Raley led the
team with 17 points. Cosby
and junior Lora Barton followed close behind with 13
and 10 points respectively.
For the final game of the
week, the Lady Titans traveled
to Washington High School on
Saturday, January 17 to take
on the Lady Hatchets. The
Lady Titans got off to a rough
start in the first quarter, but
they fought hard and won the
quarter 16-15. They continued
the fight in the second quarter.
At halftime, the score was 2922 with the Lady Titans still
in the lead. In the third quarter, Washington fought back.
They brought the score a little closer, but the Lady Titans
were still in the lead 39-37.
Gibson Southern pulled away
in the fourth quarter, finishing the game victorious with a
score of 56-48. Cosby lead the
team with 17 points and eight
rebounds. Raley was close behind with 17 points and seven rebounds. Senior Kiana
Smith contributed nine points.
The Lady Titans now
have a record of 15-4 with
only five regular season games
left to play. They hope to fin-
ish the season by winning
the last five games, which
would give them a 20-4 record heading into Sectional.
When asked about the
season, Smith stated, “I have
really enjoyed this season so
far because it has been one
of our better ones. All of the
girls get along pretty well,
and we know how to play together. I am really looking
forward to seeing how we do
the final part of the season.
Hopefully, we can pull out a
conference
championship.”
Junior Varsity
Scoreboard
Jan. 13 vs. Jasper W 44-37
Jan. 15 vs. Tecumseh W
49-14
Jan. 17 vs. Washington W
55-32
Jan. 22 vs Southridge W
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Titan swim team swimming to victory this season
Olivia Mayer
Sports Writer
Titan swim was making a splash this season as
they headed into the PAC
on January 22 and 24.
Sophomore
Olivia
Schneider broke her previously set school record in
the 500-yard free where she
placed fourth with 6 minutes and 32.14 seconds.
with a time of 1 minute and
13.79 seconds, and seventh
in the boys’ 50-yard free
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Chandler and sophomore Emma Williams placed
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McClain and Cory Hite finished
fourth in the boys’ 200-yard
free relay with a time of 1 minute and 56.83 seconds.
On January 12, the Titans traveled to Pike Central High School to compete
against Pike Central and
Northeast Dubois. The Lady
Titans defeated the Lady Chargers and the Lady Jeeps with
a score of 119 points. The Ti-
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tans trailed behind Pike Central(151) and Northeast Dubois(67) with 44 points.
Sh. Rose placed first
in the girls’ 50-yard free and
broke the school record with
a time of 27.93 seconds. Rose
also placed first in the girls
100-yard free with 1 minute and 1.22 seconds.
O. Schneider placed
first in the girls 500-yard
free with a time of 6 minutes and 34.34 seconds.
Chandler
finished
first in the girls’ 100-yard
fly with a time of 1 minute and 12.96 seconds.
On December 18, the Titans traveled to South Spencer to
swim against the Rebels.
O. Schneider, Chandler,
and both Roses won the girls’
200-yard free relay with 2 minutes and 5.92 seconds.
Sh. Rose placed first in the
girls 50-yard free with a time of
28.28 seconds. Rose also won
the girls’ 100-yard free with 1
minute and 1.72 seconds.
In the girls’ 100-yard
fly, Chandler and Williams
placed first and second respectively with 1 minute and
16.63 seconds and 1 minute and 24.84 seconds.
Merrill and McClain
placed first and second in the
boys’ 100-yard free. Merrill finished with a time of 1
minute and 3.83 seconds, and
McClain in a time of 1 minute and 4.23 seconds.
In the boys’ 100yard breast, Davis finished
first with a time of 1 minute and 11.62 seconds.
When asked about the
season, Williams replied “I
think the season went allaround really well. There’s
so much raw talent on the
team, and we keep getting better and better.”
Competing in sports is stressful enough, but competing with your sister adds a different level of pressure. Senior Allyson and sophomore Olivia Schneider
both compete in cross country and swimming. We asked
the them what it is like competing against each other.
Is there any kind of sibling rivalry between you?
Olivia and I don’t have too
much of a sibling rivalry; we There is a lot of sibling rivalry
compete in different races in between us sometimes, but we
swimming and most of the time are sisters so its okay.
we are separated by varsity and
JV during cross country.
Does competing against each other increase the pressure?
In my opinion, competing against each other
does not increase the pressure; I actually feel better
having her around.
Does this lead you to push each other to be better?
We definitely do push each
other to do better in both
cross country and swimming!
Since I was in high school
first, she had the opportunity to watch a lot of my meets
and see how things are done
in high school. I have lots of
tips for her, and I try to help
her out whenever I can!
When participating in the same sport, you spend a lot of time
together. Is that better or worse for your relationship?
We do spend a lot of time to- Since we participate in the same
gether, and I will admit that sports we have a lot of time toat first I was a little skepti- gether so I feel like it betters our
cal! However, we’ve become relationship. She gives me a lot of
accustomed to having each advice on how I can do things difother around and it has been ferently. It really is nice doing the
good for our relationship.
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From a Titan to a Knight - Luigs commits to play
Kyndall Fox
Sports Writer
On Friday, January 16, senior Alissa Luigs officially made
her big decision on where she will
not only be attending college, but
also continuing her softball career. Olney Central has landed
Luigs’ talents for the next two
years. Luigs has been a part of
the Gibson Southern Lady Titan
softball team for her whole high
school career. During Luigs’ first
three years playing softball for
the Titans, she has been a part of a
team that accumulated a record of
75 wins and 14 losses. Throughout Luigs’ freshman season, the
Lady Titans won first place in the
Rain Catcher Invitational, and the
team got second place in Sectional, falling short to Boonville by
just one run. Déjà vu occurred the
following year, when the softball
team ended up in second place,
with a score of 3-2 against the
Boonville Pioneers during the
Sectional game. During Luigs’ junior year of softball, the Lady Titans were hungry for revenge, and
that’s exactly what they dished
out for their opponents.
Last year during the first
game of Sectional, Luigs led the
team to a victory against Mount
Vernon. The Lady Titans not only
made a comeback and became
Sectional champions by beating
the Princeton Tigers, but they also
battled it out against Heritage
Hills to bring home a Regional title. The Titans then entered
the race to becoming Semi-State
champions, and the ladies were
once again successful, continuing
their goal to win their last game.
The Lady Titans finished their
2014 season with a record of 294, after losing to the Leo Lions by
a final score of 2-0.
On the subject of playing
for the Gibson Southern Lady
Titan softball team, Luigs stated:
“Being, as well as playing as, a
Titan has been a wonderful experience for me. Being an athlete
and watching every one of my
teammates grow, as not only a
person, but also as an athlete, is
a pretty cool experience. Gibson
Southern has given me the full
outlook on how fun high school
is. To me, playing softball is fun
and my teammates are very special to me; we have become a
family. The memories that I have
made through softball with my
Luigs and her mom are all smiles as the senior commits
to play softball for Olney Central. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/TORI MICHAEL
Luigs signed to play softball on Friday, January 16, and is accompanied by her parents, current coaches, and future coach. SOUTHERNER PHOTO/TORI MICHAEL
teammates are irreplaceable. Going to State was a really exciting
experience for all of us. Although
it didn’t go the way we wanted it
to, it was something that I would
relive over any day!”
Luigs has had, and is continuing to have, a very successful
softball career, playing and pitching for the Lady Titans. However,
she also spent her childhood playing for local Rural Girls’ softball
teams and the Southern Indiana
Heartbreakers throughout her
middle school and some of her
high school years. While playing
for the Heartbreakers, Luigs was
part of a team that accumulated a
large display of trophies, plaques,
and medals, including multiple
State titles.
Why did you decide on Olney Central for college?
“Olney was in my top
schools to pick because of the
scholarship offer I received. After
going on a visit, I loved the campus and it seemed like a perfect
fit.”
What position do you hope
to play at Olney Central?
“I’m open to playing first
base or pitching, along with hitting. I am just very excited to
continue playing the game that I
love.”
How do you see your role
as a pitcher on college level?
Short-relief or long-relief?
“I see myself being a longterm relief pitcher. I still have a
lot of work to do and room to improve, but I am open to anything.”
What do you plan to do
after you graduate the two-year
college?
“After Olney, I plan to attend Logan University of Chiropractic in Missouri. While
furthering my education there, I
hope to receive my doctor of Chiropractic degree.”
Which teams will be a
tough opponent for the Olney
Central Knights?
“From what I have heard
and know about the other conference teams, I see Wabash Valley
being a tough competitor for us.”
With your senior softball
season ahead of you, and with
the success of last softball season, what are your hopes and expectations for your final season
as a Titan?
“Being a senior, the role you
take on is very important. Along
with the other seniors, we take
on a strong leadership role as a
team. A team like us coming back
from last year’s season, I think we
will continue to focus and work
towards our main goal: to win
the last game we play. The hard
work and drive of every player so
far this year has been awesome. I
look forward to seeing what kind
of damage we can do.”
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