October - Troy High School

Trojan Trumpet
October 2009 Volume LXXXIV Issue 1 Troy High School Troy, KS 66087
by Whitlea Klaus
Homecoming royalty decided
Got Spirit? Troy showed
just how much Trojan
Spirit they had this year
during Homecoming week
beginning September 25.
Throughout the week,
students participated in
different activities including decorating a hallway.
Freshmen won the hallway contest.
Monday’s theme was
“Under the Sea,” although
very few dressed up. Tuesday and Wednesday were
“Dress Like a Disney
Character” and “Royalty.”
More students dressed up
for these two days.
“Although I didn’t
dress up, it was fun seeing how other people were
dressed,” junior Jacob
Pasch said.
Troy had the most participation Thursday, “Cowboys and Indians.” There
were only a few Indians among a crowd of
cowboys and cowgirls.
Friday’s Blue-andWhite Day ended
with a parade on Main
Street. The entire student body and the
community attended
to join in to cheer
with the cheerleaders,
watch dances and to
cheer for the candidates as the boys were
dressed as queens.
Freshmen were winners of the class float.
Their movie theme
was “Finding Nemo.”
They put waves along
the sides of the float
with a sign that said,
“Just Keep Dominating,
Dominating.”
Second went to the juniors, third to seniors
and last place to the
sophomores.
“I thought the pep rally
was better than the past
years and I was glad to
see how many people
came to support,” junior
football player Brady
Adams said.
Troy’s Homecoming
king and queen were
Jared Meng and Leslie
Ostertag.
“It was unbelievable!
I didn’t think it would
ever happen to me,” Ostertag said.
The football game
against the Oskaloosa
Bears was delayed for
an hour or so with 3 minutes and 23 seconds left
in the first quarter, due
to lightning. The game
was then postponed until
Saturday at 7.
Students went to the
dance Friday until midnight once the decision
to postpone the game
FFA kicks off with competitions
by Katie Smith
The Troy FFA Chapter
has had a busy start. September 16 the Greenhands
and secretary Alyssa Burchett-Burtis and Junior
secretary Haley Whetstine
participated in the activities at the Greenhand Convention at Rossville.
The group spent their
day learning who’s who
in FFA, proper dress,
and what being an active
member in their chapter
can do to help themselves
and many others.
“I really like learning the
roles of FFA members. I
also enjoyed missing
a day of school,” said
Greenhand
Tanner
Weishaar.
Seventeen FFA students went to Holton
September
23
to
compete in career
development events
(CDEs). Jared Meng,
Eliot Barnthson, Peter
Masters, Mackenzie
Clary, Kenneth Tharman, Amanda Clary,
Jesse Masters and JD
Gaither competed in
the land judging division, which required
them to determine if
plots of land were home
eligible and to estimate
slope. They placed 10th
in the competition.
Alyssa Burchett Burtis, Aaron Shelton, Ross
Libel, Kodie Wetmore,
Brady Adams, Molly
Jamvold, Mica Ashford,
Tanner Weishaar and
Tanna Meng competed
in the entomology class.
They took a very long
test and identified over
100 insects. They placed
6th in the division.
had been made. The
theme for the dance was
“When you Wish Upon
a Star.”
“I loved it! The DJ and
Mr. Prudden were so
entertaining. It was the
best dance I’ve been to,”
sophomore Olivia Bennett said.
Saturday, Troy fell to
the Bears 8-0.
Top right: King Jared Meng
and Queen Leslie Ostertag.
Bottom right: Hannah Simpson dressed Jesse Masters for
the candidates Pep rally competion
Werewolf to be
produced at Troy
by Daniel Dominguez
Look out! Here it
comes!
HOOOWWWLL!!
This fall the Troy
Drama Department will
perform The Werewolf’s
Curse or Hair Today,
Gone Tomorrow.
Werewolf is a comedic spoof of 1930 horror
movies like Dracula and
Frankenstein. It follows
Harry, a young American who has been bitten
by a werewolf cub, as he
tries to find a cure.
Harry will be played
be junior Steven Clary.
This will be Clary’s debut performance at Troy
High School. Clary says
that he was a little reluctant in taking the role but
now is excited and looking forward to the play.
Harry’s fiancée will
be played by senior
Kia Grable. Other cast
members include Kenneth Tharman, Daniel
Dominguez,
Desiree
Weatherford,
Ashley
Miller, Brittany Clary,
Mackenzie Clary, Tyler Carskaddon, Jared
Meng, Whitlea Klaus,
Hannah Simpson, Leslie
Ostertag, Kayla Hixson,
and Haley Whetstine.
Rehearsals have begun
this week, and the production will open November 12 with another
performance November
14. The play is directed
by Martha-Jean Rockey.
Be sure to look in
future editions of the
Trumpet for pictures
of the cast as they start
practicing!
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Editorial
Trojan Trumpet
October 2009
Don’t kick the ‘Bucket’;
Fame worth seeing
by Daniel Dominguez
We have seen many big
movie releases this summer, and now is the time
that most expected blockbuster releases are postponed for the more lucrative holiday season. Still,
new movies should not be
ignored.
This month, some
friends and I took the
night off from homework
and our daily schedules
to go out to a dinner and
a movie. Our movie selection: Fame.
Fame is a remake of
a 1980 movie musical
starring Irene Cara. The
movie centers around the
lives of teenagers attending the Performing Arts
High School of New York
City. The new version of
the film, directed by Kevin
Tancharoen, is a mix between Rent and Step Up.
It has amazing dance and
musical numbers, but they
don’t feel forced or fake.
The separate story lines of
the teens’ lives are blended together showing that
they, like the viewers, are
all going through the same
problems.
The movie also showcased many young unknowns in the movie business. Naturi Naughton, the
movie’s standout singer/
perofrmer, plays Denise
Dupree. Kay Panabaker,
however, whom you may
know from Disney Channel’s Read It and Weep and
Phil of the Future, did not
impress me or my viewing
partners. Unfortunately,
she still acts with Disney
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Channel chops.
The teens are balanced by established
actors who play the
teachers at the high
school. These include
Kelsey
Grammar
(Frasier), Debbie Allen (original choreographer for Fame),
Bebe Neuwirth (Frasier, Broadway’s Chicago), and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace).
Overall, I thought
this was an excellent movie with songs
that make you want
to dance, lighting that
makes you swoon, and
a closing number that
will give you goose
bumps and make your
jaw drop. I’ll recommend this movie to
anyone, despite Panabaker and her cheesy
romantic subplot. Pair
this with the dinner we
had and the night was
superb.
I decided that my
friends and I should
choose someplace local. I always feel good
about eating at local
restaurants
because
your money stays local
and helps your community’s
economy.
With that in mind, we
picked the new Little
Boudreaux’s Bucket
Shop, nicknamed Little Bou’s.
The establishment
was opened by Boudreaux’s,
another
very successful local
restaurant, at an historic South End loca-
tion. The Bucket Shop
was a long-time staple
for local eateries but
has changed hands and
closed several times.
The menu is small, the
building feels familiar,
and the staff is nice; in
fact, they stayed open
a half hour later for our
party of four. Although I
didn’t use their facilities,
I was told by my friend
that they smelled of asbestos and air freshener.
(I’m not even sure what
he meant by that.)
We started off with
buffalo tenders. They
were spicy and arrived
surprisingly quickly. I
ordered the Pastalaya, a
dish with angel hair pasta, vegetables, chicken,
and sausage. My other
eating partners ordered
a chicken tender meal,
a popcorn shrimp meal,
and a Cajun turkey sandwich. Our hunger was
sufficiently fed and we
ended our night with two
orders of Boudreaux’s
bread pudding. The dessert was warm, rich, and
topped with coconut. No
one was dissatisfied and
our entire dining experience only cost $50.
Little Bou’s didn’t
have a lot of choices on
their menu. I can never
make my mind, so maybe it was for the better.
So take some time,
check these out, and
enjoy the unknowns
around you.
The Trojan Trumpet
PO Box 160 66087 Volume LXXXIV
Issue 1 October 2009
Sports Page:
Editors in Chief:
Steven Clary, WhitDaniel Dominguez
lea Klaus, Dillon
News Page:
Simpson
Whitlea Klaus,
Photography:
Katie Smith
Mickayla Shelton
Editorial Page:
Daniel Dominguez, and Staff
Advisor:
Steven Clary
Martha-Jean
Feature Page:
Whitlea Klaus, Dil- Rockey
lon Simpson, Daniel
Dominguez
Editorial
Trojan Trumpet
October 2009
Students on the new seven-period schedule
by Steven Clary
According to most kids
at Troy High School,
the new schedule is not
their favorite thing about
the new year…and
that’s putting it lightly.
Each class is 55 minutes, except for seventh
hour. The day starts at
eight o’clock with first
hour, and by the time
the lunch count is taken,
there’s around 45 minutes left in class. This
makes things tough
for weights, math fundamentals, and other
classes that require
daily chores before the
day can truly begin.
Forty-five minutes
leaves just enough time
for some class discussion or work time before another assignment
is handed down and the
“H” word rears its ugly
head again: Homework.
Sports practices and
extracurricular activities extend the day well
past 3:25 and leave little
time for homework to be
finished before school
starts the next day.
Even if we did dedicate our whole night to
homework, we’re still
35%
65%
teenage boys and girls
who have lives. I’d even
be willing to go out on a
limb and say this feeling
is shared by a majority
of the faculty and staff.
Students who
do like the
new schedule.
Students who
do not like
the new
schedule.
A survey was conducted by the Publications Staff on October 2
of 93 Troy High School students with the above results.
Just because the school
year has started doesn’t
mean our social lives
have to end and be replaced with a never-ending flow of assignments.
There aren’t many
positive things to say, in
my opinion, about this
new seven-period-day. I
don’t really know how
much money it’s saving,
how much more work
it’s providing for our
teachers, or how much
down-time it’s eliminated, but I do hope the
schedule is doing what
our administration had
in mind…and if destroying morale and wearing
students out is what they
were going for, we all
know they got it right.
Roving Reporter
How do you feel about the new schedule?
“ We have to take like
“ I don’t like it. We
don’t have as much time
to do our homework
as we did with block
scheduling,” said senior
Kennth Tharman.
“I absolutely hate the
new schedule,” said Mr.
Kevin McNorton.
“ I feel that teachers need to realize we
have lives outside of
school...”said junior
Mackenzie Clary.
three to six assignments
home every night and
that means I can’t play
PS3 with my friends,”
said sophomore Dylan
Norris.
“ I like the shorter
classes, but I feel like I
have homework every
night,” said freshman
Amanda Clary.
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Feature
Trojan Trumpet
October 2009
New teachers come to Troy High School
by: Whitlea Klaus
As a new year begins,
new faces are seen in
Troy’s hallways. Troy
High has four new teachers: Mr. Jeremy Prudden, Mrs. Cheryl Johnson, Mr. Derek Jasper
and Mrs. Leah Meek.
Mr. Prudden, who has
replaced Mrs. Israel in
English, grew up in St.
Joseph, Missouri, and
attended Lafayette High
School.
“The class sizes were
anywhere from 25-35
students. I like Troy’s
small classes better,”
said Mr. Prudden.
After high school,
Prudden attended Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph.
In his spare time, he
loves to read. He also
likes playing poker, but
admitted he isn’t very
good.
He is also Troy’s new
assistant football coach.
His favorite part of the
sport is game time.
“The adrenaline rush
you get before a game is
insane.”
Prudden hopes to be a
positive influence on the
players’ lives.
Mrs. Cheryl Johnson,
a resource teacher, is the
second newcomer. She
grew up in Texas and
Oklahoma. After high
school Johnson attended
college at Texas A&M
at Commerce, Missouri
St. Joseph.
Something Mrs. Johnson loves most about the
seven-period day schedule is getting to see her
students daily.
Although Mr. Derek
Jasper is not a new
face to Troy, he may
definitely have benefits.”
Another teacher who
is now teaching K-12 is
Mrs. Leah Meek. Over
the summer she was married to Chris Meek in
the Rose Garden at Krug
Park in St. Joseph, Missouri. After, they honeymooned in Jamaica.
Meek used to teach
in a seven-period day, so
she says it isn’t that difficult to adjust to. Like
Coach Jasper, Mrs. Meek
teachers three hours
of the day at the high
school, then returns to
the grade school for the
rest of the day.
“I’m so excited about
teaching the high school
band. I have really
missed teaching this age
group,” Mrs. Meek said.
Mrs. Meek’s favorNew teachers pictured: Derek Jasper, Leah Meek, Jeremy Pruden, and Cheryl Johnson. Photo by
ite hobbies are hanging
Mickayla Shelton
with friends, cookouts,
Western, and UMKC.
be to some high school
“Classes go by fast, but gardening and singing
Although this is her students. He replaces we still get tons of work karaoke.
first year at Troy, John- Coach Steve Martin as done,” Jasper said.
son has taught at seven the P.E. and weight liftCoach Jasper is most
other schools before this ing teacher. Since Troy excited about being here Don’t forget!
year, starting in Okla- has moved to a seven- during the basketball
homa and transferring to period day, he teaches season.
Oct. 13- Volleyball
this area when her hus- here for the first three
“I have many players @ Wathena
band accepted a job in classes of the day and in my class so that could
New student spotted
Oct. 14- Picture retakes
Zackary Langford is
just one of the new students this year at Troy.
Zack comes as a sophomore from Central High
School in St. Joseph,
MO. Central is a 7A
school, and Langford
said he is not used to the
seven-period day Troy
has adopted.
His family moved to
Oct. 16- Football @
Centralia
by Dillon Simpson
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then moves to the grade
school.
Jasper has had to adjust to school starting
earlier. He is forced to
get up earlier to help his
wife with his three kids,
but admitted it all just
takes getting used to.
Troy and lives in his
grandmother's
house.
He has a brother, Dylan
Langford, in 6th grade.
Zack’s favorite sport
is baseball; he plays
shortstop, 3rd base, and
pitcher. He plans to play
basketball for Troy and
baseball for Doniphan
County this year. Zack
is also an avid Jayhawks
fan.
Oct. 20- Volleyball
Regionals
Oct. 23- End 1st
nine weeks, NO
SCHOOL
Trojan Trumpet
Feature
Fall fashions at local Kohl’s
by: Whitlea Klaus
Our long summer
break has ended and fall
is here. Girls love to
show off their cool new
clothes and guys always
need a new shirt or two.
Kohl’s in St. Joseph,
Missouri has many new
fashions at reasonable
prices.
Are skinny jeans the
style for everyone?
Most teens are seen
wearing these jeans
and you can find them
in almost any color.
Junior Mackenzie Clary
tried on denim skinny
jeans with zippers at
the ankle. With these,
she paired a white tee
with a black vest and
tie. Skinny jeans can be
paired with flats or heels
to create a comfortable
or dressed up look.
Sports are in full
swing and players are
dressing up on game
days. Juniors Mackenzie Clary and Alyssa
Burchett-Burtis modeled two different styles.
Burchett-Burtis showed
off a short-sleeved vest
with a belt that matched
slacks. Clary modeled a
pleated pencil skirt with
a red button-up.
These are trends to
look for at local Kohl’s
stores as it gets later in
the fall season.
served several of BVN’s
sleepy students.
Then rang the bell,
which swept us off to
Trevor’s English class.
The class moved along
at a slow pace consisting of silent reading
from Black Boy, their
assigned reading.
RING!
Now Trevor and I
maneuvered our way
through the halls. I made
my first observation:
students here are, dare
I say, more scared than
those of us at smaller
schools. Troy has a
homey, relaxed feel to it.
Were these students less
likely to act out because
they had been scared
into submission?
Our walk took us into
the music wing of the
school. We emerged
from the hallway into a
large stacked room with
more than 100 singers,
all of whom were singing, and dancing to Rihanna being played on
a stereo. Trevor quickly
explained to me that
dancing was required in
order to receive daily
points. I grabbed my
camera. I was not about
to miss these students
dancing their way to an
A. After more than half
of the class realized I
had a camera and was
capturing some very embarrassing photos, the
conductor
introduced
me.
The class was enjoyable, and then we went
to lunch. We ate during
the second of four lunch
periods. I waited until it
was our turn to choose
from many different dining options. Their cafeteria is more comparable
to that of a hospital
I could now see just
how diverse the student
body here was. Nationalities and religious
groups were represented here that may never
be seen at Troy High
School.
The administration
only allowed me to
stay past lunch, so I
had to leave. I drove
October 2009
Editor visits Blue Valley North
by Daniel Dominguez
Take a look around
you. You’re at Troy High
School. You are living in
a town with 1,015 people. That’s small. Maybe
you realize that; maybe
you don’t.
This month I stayed
with a friend, Trevor
Frets, from Overland
Park, KS. I planned to
go to school with Trevor.
Trevor attends Blue Valley North High School
in Leawood, KS. The
school’s student population exceeds 1,600!
Imagine that, a school
with more people than
are in your town. Of
course we realize that
there are many schools
larger than ours, but how
do we compare to them?
Trevor started off his
day with AP American
History. I was surprised
to hear how knowledgeable these 28 juniors
were of current events,
but that isn’t to say
that BVN didn’t have
their shortfalls as well.
Throughout the day I ob-
home thinking of Troy
and BVN. The students
there seemed much
more competitive and
serious. Several times
I felt the classrooms
grew too quiet, something I rarely feel here
at THS. I concluded two
things: students at larger
schools have more opportunities, but those
of us at smaller schools
have more chances for
experience. Trevor and
his friends were flabbergasted at all of the organizations I am involved
in. They felt that they
were forced to choose
only certain things and
stick to those activities.
It was remarked to me
by a teacher at BVN that
larger schools’ funding
is more attractive to new
teachers wanting exposure, and often bigger
schools have locations
better suited to the wants
of established teachers.
Troy isn’t in short supply of good teachers, but
our phones aren’t ringing off the hook when
we are in need of a new
teacher. I then wondered
about even smaller
schools. What were they
to do? Next month I will
be shadowing a friend
at a school smaller than
Troy: Union Star High
School.
Perhaps a look at the
whole spectrum will
help me find just where
Troy fits in.
Top to bottom: Students dance
in choir. Muslim students at
BVN. Daniel and Trevor.
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Sports
Trojan Trumpet
October 2009
Trojan football reaches halfway point
by Steven Clary
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The Trojans started
their football season
with a game that had
huge implications for
Delaware Valley League
standings, for the loser,
and the winner. Week
one slated the defending, DVL champion Trojans against the Pleasant
Ridge Rams of Easton,
Kansas. The winner of
this game has decided
the league champion
for the last four out of
five years. Both teams
came into the game with
high expectations for an
undefeated season and
only one team came out
with these dreams still
alive.
After a defensive
struggle by both sides
for most of the game,
the Trojans walked
away with their first loss
of the season. The final
score was 33-6 in favor
of the Rams. Kenneth
Tharman racked up 111
yards on 17 carries and
accounted for the Trojans’ lone touchdown.
The Trojans’ passing
game was off to a decent start. Quarterback
Eli Smith spread the ball
between four receivers
for 81 yards on 14 attempts.
Troy hosted the Horton Chargers on week
two of the season. Both
teams came into the
game with an 0-1 record, looking for the
win that would put
their season on the right
track. The Trojans controlled the tempo of the
game with their power-
ful “bone,” run-first offense which scored 28
of Troy’s 34 points. A
newly designed defense
also helped the Trojans
cause, holding the Chargers to a modest 12
points.
At the end of the 4th
quarter, the score was
Troy 34, Horton12.
Troy’s
three-headed
running attack contributed 275 of the Trojan’s
332 total yards of offense. Smith completed
four passes on nine attempts. Smith’s primary
target, Jesse Masters,
caught three of the four
passes for a total of 44
yards.
The Trojans traveled
to McLouth for their
third game of the season. Both teams brought
a 1-1 record into the
contest. The game began with a few changes
of possession between
each team until Troy’s
offense finally broke
loose a 48-yard touchdown run by Smith.
The Trojan defense controlled the rest of the
game with five sacks,
and a forced fumble
recovery, and held
McLouth to 0 points.
Troy’s offense picked
up just where it left off
the week before with
314 yards of total offense. At the beginning
of the 4th quarter the
junior varsity offense
came in and pushed the
ball down the field but
not before time ran out.
A 2-1 Trojan team left
the field with the final
score of 35-0.
Homecoming set the
stage for the Trojans’
fourth game. Troy was
scheduled to play the
Oskaloosa Bears. The
Bears entered this game
with an undefeated record of 3-0. The game
began Friday night, but
due to inclement weather, the game was postponed until Saturday
night.
After a turnover-laden
first quarter by the Bears
Friday night, the game
picked right back up
with an interception by
Randall Baskins Saturday night. The game
continued to follow this
trend with turnovers on
both sides and a lack
of offensive production on either side. One
thing that did remain
constant in this game
was the Trojan defense.
Troy held Oskaloosa, a
team that was averaging almost 38 points per
game, to only 6 points.
The other 2 points came
from a safety surrendered by the Trojans in
the second quarter. The
Trojans failed to capitalize and eventually fell to
the Bears, 0-8.
After their Homecoming defeat, the Trojans
traveled to Onaga. The
Buffaloes were not the
only thing the Trojans
had to battle with; temperatures in the lower
40ºs and gusts at upwards of 35 mph also
slowed the team. Unlike previous weeks, the
Trojan offense got off
to a quick start with a
40-yard touchdown run
by Smith. Meanwhile,
Onaga scored through
the air and on the
ground, scoring a touchdown by each method.
Both scores came early
in the second quarter.
Despite a late drive by
the Trojans, the game
ended with a two-point
Buffalo lead.
The Trojans currently
sit at fourth place in the
DVL standings with remaining league games
against Jefferson County North, Doniphan
West, and Wathena. District play for the Trojans
begins October 16 when
they visit the defending
district champions, the
Centralia/Wetmore Panthers.
Trojan
Stat Leaders
Rushing: Kenneth Tharman-450 yards
Passing: Eli Smith-172
yards
Receiving:
Randall
Baskins-62 yards
Tackles: Garrett Meng32
Sacks: Jared Meng &
Steven Clary-4.0
Play of the
month
The October plays of
the month go to Eli
Smith, Hannah Simpson, and Hana Speaks.
Against the McLouth
Bulldogs, Eli Smith ran
for 79 yards and threw
for 43 more. Smith also
accounted for 12 of the
Trojans 33 total points.
Congratulations, Eli!!
Hannah Simpson and
Hana Speaks finished
first and second respectively in the Troy cross
country meet. Simpson
finished the race with a
time of 18:19. Speaks
followed closely behind
with a time of 18:47.
Congratulations,
Hannah
and Hana!!
Trojan Trumpet
Sports
October 2009
Cross country team is up and running
by Dillon Simpson
The Troy cross country team has competed
in four meets this year.
The runners are Hannah Simpson, Hana
Speaks, Desiree Weatherford, Hanna King,
Haley Whetstine, Peter
Masters, Dillon Simpson, Gabe Martinez, and
Levi Dunn. Coaching is
Angela Johnson.
At the meet at Effingham the varsity girls did
well. Hannah Simpson
and Hana Speaks were
Troy's top runners coming in 10th and 11th
places.
For freshman Hanna
King's first meet, she did
the best of all the junior
varsity runners. Her first
place times was 21:00.
Varsity boy runners
Peter masters and Dillon Simpson placed 35th
and 53rd, respectfully,
against 70 runners.
The teams's second
meet at McLouth was
a success. All of Troy's
runners' times were
improved. Also, all of
the girls ran varsity at
McLouth.
On September 22, the
cross country team ran
at Nemaha Valley. Hana
Speaks was Troy's best
runner with a time of
18:07 which earned her
8th place.
The only junior varsity
runner for Troy was Levi
Dunn who placed 16th
with a time of 22:02.
All of Troy's runners
did well at their invitaional meet on Sep-
tember 24. The varsity
girls even placed 2nd as
a team. Hannah Simpson won with a time
of 18:19, Hana Speaks
took 2nd with a time of
18:47, Desiree Weatherford placed 15th running
22:22, Leslie Ostertag
ran with a time of 23:01,
placing 20th, and Hanna
King placed 25th with
a time of 24:05. There
were 31 runners competing.
Peter Masters placed
9th with a time of 19:06.
Coming CC
Meets:
Oct. 15- DVL @ Rim Rock
Oct. 24- Regionals
Oct. 31- State @ Wamego
Clockwise from far left: Pete Masters runs cross country at
ACCHS. Levi Dunn competes against a group of other cross
country runners at Nemaha Valley. Kia Grable prepares to serve.
JV girls receive an opposing hit. Lady Trojans gather for a pep
talk. Bailey Morgan attempts to block a hit. Cross country photos by Angela Johnson. Volleyball photos by Mickayla Shelton.
Volleyball season well under way
by Whitlea Klaus
With high school volleyball well under way,
Troy has had a rough
season so far, but they
are definitely showing
improvement since last
year. This year, there are
three seniors: Kia Grable, Bailey Morgan and
Hannah Simpson.
“We’ve had a rough
season so far, but we
have a lot of games left
and we can only get better,” Hannah Simpson
said.
Troy earned its first
victory against Wathena,
at the Hiawatha Tournament Saturday, September 19, with scores of
15-25, 27-25 and 27-25.
Hannah Simpson led the
team in hits with 17 kills
and 15 hits. Next was
Bailey Morgan with six
kills and five hits. Whitlea Klaus had 44 sets,
and Hannah Simpson
had 30. Other stats could
not be included.
“I like knowing the
team’s strengths and
weaknesses and being
able to get through it as
a team,” freshman Paige
Fenley said.
Troy hosted Senior
Night Tuesday, September 22, against Horton
and Mclouth. All of the
players were recognized
before the last game and
threw mini volleyballs
to the crowd or to their
parents. The coaches,
Mandy Kostman and
Michelle Bowe, were
also recognized at this
time. Although the team
didn’t win any games
that night, Troy played
hard. Kia Grable had
13 digs and Mackenzie Clary had six hits
against Horton.
“High school is way
more aggressive. It’s
very competitive, but
exciting at the same
time,” freshman Tanner
Weishaar said.
Troy attended a quad,
a four team tournament,
Saturday, September 26.
Troy lost against Wetmore, and won against
Bishop Seabury, and the
Kickapoo team did not
attend the quad. As the
season contines Troy
will keep looking up and
continue to improve.
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Pictures
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Clockwise from top: The Homecoming candidates pose for a picture after the crowning of
Leslie Ostertag and Jared Meng. Senior Stephanie Cain sings in her choir class at Blue Valley North High School. Freshman cheerleader
Paige Fenley gets the crowd going at an away
football game. Katie Cluck, junior, prepares to
draw in her art class. The Trojan Dance Team
performes during halftime. Kenneth Tharman
and Jesse Masters exchange a chest bump to
rally themselves before a game.
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