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Thursday, March 18, 2004
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Minneapolis High School, 602 Woodland, Minneapolis, KS 67467
by Ryan Wedel
The Minneapolis Lions capped off the regular
season with a bang. The Lions finished 10-0 in the
NCAA a n d 1 8 - 2 o v e r a l l .
Minneapolis won back to
back league championship
for the first time since the
early 50s.
After winter break,
the Lions went 14-0 and continued their 17-game win streak
(2nd longest in school history).
With the victory over Southeast of
Saline, Minneapolis clinched a
number-one seed in sub-sate.
The Minneapolis Lions
clinched a berth to state with an 8664 win over TMP-Hays in the substate championship game. This
marked only the fifth time in the
100 years of Minneapolis basketball
that the Lions have advanced to
state.
In the first round, Minneapolis matched up against the
Cimarron Blue Jays. Even though
the Lions were the higher seed, most
people thought Cimarron would
win. But the Lions would not be denied. Minneapolis roared past the
Blue Jays 87-64.
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round, Hillsboro was favored to win
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Trojans with stifling defense. The
Lions scored the
first nine points
and never looked
back. They finished Hillsboro
off, 68-46.
The Lions
appeared in the
state finals for only
the second time in school history.
They faced the Burlington Wildcats
who came into the game with an unblemished 25-0 record.
Minneapolis started out fast,
scoring the first six points. But by
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the end of the first half the Wildcats lead 28-25. Throughout the
third quarter Burlington built up a
ten point lead. With seven seconds
remaining in the quarter, the Lions
cut the lead to seven. The Wildcats
answered with a 30-foot three
pointer at the buzzer. That shot
proved to be the dagger in the heart.
Burlington dashed Minneapolis’
hopes with a 74-60 victory.
“All you can ask for is a
chance to play for the state championship every year.” Coach Willi a m s s a i d , “ U n f o r t u n ately, w e
couldn’t come up with the victory.
Overall, this year was a total success.”
Minneapolis finished 23-3
and a runner-up finish in the state
tournament. The Lions look to use
this experience to put together another run for the championship next
year.
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ADY LIONS ROAR THROUGH !!"
MHS Girls Basketball Brought Up Short the First Night of SubState
by Bailey Ponton
As the 2003-2004 season ends,
levels he responded, “At the varsity level
Wichita Independent and beating them.
we are shooting the ball very well. At
That was the second year in a row we
the Minne-
the JV level we have im-
apolis Lady
proved at our ball han-
As the season progressed, the
Lions have
dling skills when under
MHS Lady Lions improved in many as-
fought hard in
pressure. As for the JV-
pects of the game. They were defeated
every aspect
B, they are doing very
by TMP in the first round of sub-
of the game.
well at executing the of-
state at Beloit.
Although
fense and defense.”
they may not
Junior, post Mallory
have been as
Gawith remembers back
successful as
in December her favorite
anticipated, they never gave up their will
memory of this season. “My favorite
to win. The Lady Lion record is 5-11
memory of basketball this year
going into the last three games of the
was the first game of the
season.
year going into triple
When asked how the team has
overtime with
improved from the beginning of the sea-
fense rocks.”
Also, after Mr.
Henderson was asked
about improvements at
NCAA
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HAMPS
Wrestlers Triumph the Third
Year in a Row
son, junior Ann Labes replied, “We are
working better as a team, and our de-
won our season opener.”
by Mindy Abell
For the third year in a row,
the Minneapolis High School
Wrestling team has captured the
NCAA league title and had several team members picked to be
All-League.
First team
wrestlers are
Garrett Breen
at 112 and
R a n d y To r r e s
wrestling at
215. Second
team wrestlers
are
Marcus
Abell at 135,
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Jamie Smith at 145, John Schmidt
at171, Shane Donovan at 189 and
Anthony Johnson at 275.
Coach Giles complimented
the team when he said, “I thought
winning 15 duals, which is the
school record, and winnng our
third conference championship in
a row were both great accomplishments.”
Garrett Breen states, “It is
a n h o n o r t o b e f i r s t t e a m Al l League my freshman year and I
had a lot of fun.” The team won’t
be losing as many seniors as last
year, and hopes to continue with
their accomplishments next year.
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SHOW
A’ CHOIRING
New Image Performs: KMEA and
Singing Valentines
by Alex Resnik
The Minneapolis
High School show choir formally known as “New Image” has been very busy
these past few weeks with
Singing Valentines and
KMEA. They sang more
than 100 songs all together.
At the end of the day, Mrs.
Wollenberg stated, “Singing Valentines
went extremely well this year; the kids
have really interacted well with people
of all ages and brought a lot of smiles to
a lot of faces.”
Mallory Gawith and Ryan
Mortimer were also pleased. Gawith
said, “Singing Valentines were a blast
this year. It was especially funny when
Drew Crosson had to stay on stage the
whole time.” And Mortimer said, “the
best part was getting out of school all
day... it was just AWESOME!”
A few victims of the Valentines
were interviewed. Probably the most
famous, Drew Crosson claimed, “It was
a pleasant suprise to be serenaded for
six songs!”
Crosson’s significant other,
Molly McHenry, said, I thought it [Singing Valentines] was a good way to embarrass people and it was fun to watch.”
Singing Valentines are not the
only thing happening in fourth hour for
the New Image; they have also been
working very hard to prepare for a
KMEA concert in Witchita, in which
PUMPIN’ UP
VOLUME
THE
Band
Performs
in League
Honors at Steifel Theater
they performed on February 27.
According to Mrs. Wollenberg,
“the kids worked very hard for this huge
accomplishment.” To get to KMEA a
group must audition against all of the
other show choirs in the state, both high
school and collegiate level. The concert went smoothly, and the group
recieved a standing ovation. This is the
first time the New Image has ever performed at KMEA.
by Trevor Adkins
On February 9, members of the
band traveled to Salina to the Steifel
Theatre for League Honors. The nine
members performing in League Honors
were Elaine Leonard, Lauren Eckert,
Danielle Klein, Celeste Leech, Anne
Labes, Katie Cummings, Cameron
Knox, Ryan Wilson, and Ana Arvelo.
“One of the funnest parts at
League Honors Band was hanging out
in the Minneapolis dressing room and
meeting people from other schools,”
stated Celeste Leech about her experiences.
Cameron Knox said, “The
greatest element of League Honors consisted of sleeping on the green sofa in
the girls dressing quarters, but then they
kicked me out!”
BCookie
ROWNIE
or Cake?
by Ashley Kelly
During class one day, in Mrs.
Beall’s 4th hour Trig./Pre Calculus, the
class was playing an innocent game of
?????. The object of the game is to keep
naming items from a certain category, until there are no more items, or someone
can’t think of one so then they start over.
Mrs. Beall made a student sit
down because, on the category of cookies, the student said brownie, and she
didn’t consider it a cookie but actually a
cake. This controversal topic grew until
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the school was polled on whether they
think a brownie is a cookie or a cake.
Out of 147 students and teachers, 69 people said brownies are considered cake, and the other said 78 said
brownies were considered cookies. Other
people had a different thoughts: Mr.
Grosshans and Luke Wedel said that they
think of “Girl Scouts” when they hear
brownie, and Ryan Wedel surprisingly
said, “It’s food, so ummm...” In conclusion, a brownie is just food that tastes
good.
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StateRRunners-Up!
State
u nner s -U p!
(right)
As the final minutes of the
Burlington-Minneapolis
Championship game wind
down, the coaches encourage
their players
The team members support
each other as their names are
called to be acknowledged for
their second place finish
(right)
2004 3A State Runners-Up!!
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The cheerleaders await a
free throw during the
championship game
Lion fans go wild with
basketball spirit
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Several StudentsUT
Respond
a Variety LUE
of Random Questions
by Jessa Perry
If you could be any kind of animal
what would you be and why?
“I’d be a turkey buzzard.
Cause then, I could...the name explains it all.”
-Paul Logaglio (’05)
What’s the most interesting experience you’ve had with a police
officer?
“I got pulled over on my first
date because one of my taillights was
out. It wouldn’t have been so bad, but
afterwards my truck wouldn’t start!”
-Caleb Specht (’04)
Explain an unforgettable moment in
class.
“While at a meeting discussing the upcoming field trip, Mr. Meall
stated, “You guys can bring your
Playboys! Oh, I mean Gameboys on
the fieldtrip!”
-Jeff Crawford (’06)
What are situations you would find
yourself in during your grade school
years?
“We would fight about that zip
thing on the playground when they
first got it...or over who got the best
swing!”
-Alex Resnik (’05)
Explain a stupid stunt you and your
friends did or took part in.
“My friends and I used to hide
in the clothes racks in Wal-mart and
scare the employees and shoppers by
yelling “pick me, pick me” every time
they’d walk by!”
-Katie Cummings (’06)
In grade school what were ways you
would try and get your crush’s
attention, or how would you try and
impress them?
“I would kick them, hit them,
and make fun of them!”
-Amy Davidson (’06)
JMHS
OURNALISM HITS THE ROAD
Journalists Compete in Regional Contests
in third place for editing, and Misha
The MHS journalism staff went Walmsley in third for Yearbook Layout.
to the Regional Kansas Scolastic When asked about her first place finish
Press Association contest held at at regional, Nava said, “I am speechby Misha Walmsley
the K-State Manhattan campus on less.”
Recieving honorable mention
February 24, 2004, to compete in
a variety of newspaper and year- were Mark Heck in Newspaper Design,
book competitions. Student com- Mindy Abell in Editorial Writing, and
peted in 16 of the the 17 different Hayley George and Jessy Perry in
events offered ranging from pho- Theme Development/ Graphics.
tography to writing to advertising
Ashley Kelly says, “Everything
was alright except for the fact that I got
and more.
Those placing in the top three the hiccups right as I entered the room
were Heather Nava in first with for my contest.” Overall, the whole day
yearbook photography, Mark Heck was eventful as well as educational.
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by Hayley George
The Minneapolis High School
FFA has many plans for the remainder of
this year.
On Tuesday, February 17, FFA
held their annual faculty and community
breakfast. Minneapolis High School FFA
members
served
breakfast to the staff at
MHS before school
began.
February 2128 was National FFA week. Members of
FFA were active throughout the week.
The 21st of February is the 21st
Annual Toy Show. Eric Klein (’04) says,
“The toy show is a great fundraiser where
FFA members get to meet people from
all over the nation.”
FFA also competes in poultry judging competitions and livestock and horse judging later on this
spring. John Schmidt (’05) says,
“Poultry judging gives students the
chance to have fun and meet new
people.”
Five FFA members are
working on applications for the State
FFA Degree or district proficiency.
They are as follows: Paul Carver
(’04), Drew Crosson (’05), Eric Klein
(‘04), Jon Schmidt (‘05), and Melanie
Snavely (’04).
On September 27, FFA traveled
to Chapman for the North Central District Entomology contest in which they
placed second out of ten schools. Placing: 2nd Eric Klein (‘04), 3rd Danielle
Klein (‘06), 6th Brooke Eckert (‘06), 9th
Katie Cummings (‘06), and 11th Sophie
Chrismon (‘06). Each contestant identified 50 insects and took a written test over
integrated pest management practices and
insect habitats.
Next on the FFA calendar was
the National Convention in Louisville,
Kentucky from October 28 to November
1st. The theme for the year was ìLiving
the Legacy.î FFA members attending
Melanie Snavely (‘04) placed third and
Eric Klein (‘04) finished in fourth. Carver
represented the North Central FFA district in the state competition in May in
Manhattan.
On January 9th through the 11th
five members of
Minneapolis FFA
attended the National Western
Stock Show and
Rodeo in Denver,
Colorado. These
members included Paul Carver (‘04),
Cory Kiser (‘06), Katie Cummings (‘06),
Danielle Klein (‘06), Morgan Moore
(‘07), and student intern Beth Jones. Also
during the trip the members attended the
Mexican Rodeo Extravaganza, viewed
pens of cattle, visited the IMAX theatre, and visited the Museum of Nature and Science.
On February 17 FFA hosted a
breakfast for area business supporters of FFA, school board members,
administration, and faculty and staff
of MHS. With a turnout of 58, the
group had many mouths to feed.
The poultry team placed first at
the District FFA Poultry career development event in Ellsworth. Out
of 22 contestants, Drew Crosson
(‘05) was the high individual, Brad Kiser
(‘04) 2nd, and Daniel Ablard (‘05) 5th.
The team qualified for the state competition in April at Kansas State University.
Officers for Minneapolis High
School FFA were as follows: President:
Paul Carver (‘04), Vice-President: John
Schmidt (‘05), Secretary: Melanie
Snavely (‘04), Treasurer: Caleb Specht
(‘04), Reporter: Eric Klein (‘04), Sentinel: Drew Crosson (‘05), and StuCo Rep:
Daniel Ablard (‘05).
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FFA Members Find No Time for Rest!
were Janeal Schmidt (‘03), Francis Baker
(‘06), Miranda Erickson (‘03), Cory Kiser
(í06), Katie Cooper (‘03), Eric Klein
(‘04)and sponsors Tammy and Jerry
Schmidt. While some members attended
the career show or convention sessions
District Poultry Team - 1st place
the ag sales team of Erickson, Schmidt,
Cooper and Klein competed in the national ag sales career development event.
Overall the team placed 13th out of 41
state teams and Katie Cooper (‘03) placed
7th individually.
MHS hosted the North Central
District job interview career development
even on December 15th with seven
school competing. Minneapolis FFA
chapter won the event. Paul Carver (‘04)
was the high individual for the contest.
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MHS MANS THE
MUSICAL
Fill Students’ Time
ANS THE
Music Man Rehearsals
Cast of 2003-04
•Harold Hill....................Seth Prochaska
•Marion Paroo....................Tricia Barker
•Mayor Shinn.................Luke Wedel
•Eulalie Shinn.................Lindsay Perry
by Ashley Kelly
•Marcellus......................Jee-Hoon Jang
The students here at
•Mrs. Paroo....................Alyssa George
MHS are cramming
•Tommy Djilas...............Alex Resnik
lines and memorizing
•Zaneeta..........................Stephanie Alderson
•Gracie...........................Lauren Eckert
dance moves for the up•Winthrop......................Kenton Lonberger
coming production of
•Amaryllis......................Kacia McHenry
The Music Man.
•Charlie Cowell..............Ryan Wilson
•Conductor.....................Kody Moody
The show is about
School Board
Harold Hill, a swindling instru•Jacy Squires..................Tyler Crosson
ment salesman, who tries to
•Ewart Dunlop................Andy Fulton
sell instruments with the fake
•Olin Britt.......................Paul Carver
•Oliver Hix.....................Cameron Knox
promise of leading a kids band
Wives
in the stubborn town of River
•Maud Dunlop...............Rebecca Frack
City, Iowa. The town, with
•Alma Hix......................Anne Labes
interesting oppostition from
•Mrs. Squires.................Sarah Comfort
•Mrs. Britt......................Kendra Smith
Mayor Shinn and Marian
•Ethel Tofflemeir............Crystal Vansant
Paroo, the piano teacher, responds with spectacular and
comical events as “The Music
Man” finds himself caught up in
more than just instrument sales.
There will be a matinee
performance for the grade school
on March 31 and three performances open to the public on April
1st, 2nd, and 3rd in the High
School auditorium. The play is
packed full of humor and excitement, so don’t miss it.
Townspeople
•Jeff Crawford
•Taylor Kline
•Aly Catron
•Morgan Erickson
•Hayley George
•Jordan Crosson
•Mallory Gawith
Teenagers
•Ashley Kelly
•Kim Baccus
•Chelsea Dewitt
•Jessica Vanmeter
•Beth McDuffee
FCCLA
Club Dedicates Itself
to Service
By Celeste Leech
The FCCLA club at MHS ex-
pends boundless energy while participating in and planning activities
during the third nine weeks.
On Feburary 11th, members
attended District Officer Elections in
Beliot. They also held a book drive
that started February 2nd and was extended until February 12th due to
snow days. “Although the book drive
didn’t go as well as planned, a couple
of people still participated” said
FCCLA president Hally Stratton.
February 9th through February 13th, they participated in National FCCLA week. Some activities during this week were the candy
guessing game and the best class
contest. Winners of these games
were Kody Moody and the junior
class.
Also during that week, each
member has a secret sister they gave
small gifts and notes to throughout
the week. FCCLA member Sarah
Comfort (07) said, “I thought that the
FCCLA gift exchange was really
cool! I was actually excited to go to
school in the morning to find out
what I got and put my present in the
box for my secret sister.”
Coming up on March 2nd
the club will be having a homemade
pizza party for all members.
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Journalism Staff Members
Newspaper Editor: Seth Prochaska
Yearbook Editor: Mindy Abell
General Editor: Mark Heck
Photography Editor: Heather Nava
Trevor Adkins
Alyssa George
Hayley George
Ashley Kelly
Celeste Leech
Jessa Perry
Bailey Ponton
Alex Resnik
Misha Walmsley
Ryan Wedel
Jan Clark, Advisor
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