The Redmen Connection - USD 237 · 2017. 3. 1. · Portfolio. Bree Frieling and Sharon Topel...
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Upcoming Events
March 2nd – MCEL Wrestling @ Ellis
March 3rd – 7th Grade Field Trip
March 5th – Music Telethon
March 6th - Board of Education Meeting
March 6th – MCL Forensics @ Smith Center
March 8th – 11th – State Basketball
March 9th – FFA Labor Auction
March 10th – End of 3rd Nine Weeks
March 10th – 8th Grade Field Trip to Hutchinson
March 12th – 20th - NY/DC Trip
March 13th – 17th – Spring Break
March 18th – Sunflower Shootout 5:00pm
March 28th – League Scholar’s Bowl @ SC
March 30th – Forensics Meet @ Smith Center HS
Click here for a full list of activities
High School Art Projects On Display at Museum
The art students at Smith Center High School have the chance in the month of February to have their artwork displayed at the Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum in Logan. This is the Museum’s 39th annual High School art exhibit. Every year, the art students from area schools look forward to showing off their unique artistic talents in the Hansen Museum gallery. Area schools participating in this year’s exhibit include Hill City, Plainville, Norton, Phillipsburg, TMP, Wakeeney, Smith Center, Ellis, Oakley, and Stockton.
Students strive to create a piece of art that represents him or her as an artist, whether by personality, creativity, excellence of quality, or even their mood. Some pieces may be a whimsical creation from the artist’s own imagination, while others are reproductions of a given lesson. Whatever the case, these students put on a show for all to see.
Smith Center Jr/Sr High School
The Redmen Connection
March 2017
High School Vocalists Perform Broadway Night
At Smith Center The High School Choir and Chansonnaires
performed Broadway Night on Sunday, February
12th
at the High School auditorium. The Choir
performed renditions from Grease, You’re a Good
Man Charlie Brown, and Hotel Transylvania to
name a few, while the Chansonnaires sang songs
from The Lion King, Les Miserables, Wizard of Oz,
and Frozen. The students entertained the crowd
with upbeat choreography and several different
costume changes to accompany their performances.
High School Choir
Brell Spiess, Jesse Stapels
Trenton Colby, Ashlynn Meyer, Stuart Hackerott
Chansonnaires
Sharon Topel, Natasha Colby, Mikayla Dietz,
Maddy Koelsch, Maggie Nixon
Jordan Wilson, Avery Hawkins, Sharon Topel,
Natasha Colby
Logan Zabel, Camden Dietz, Colton Hutchinson
Junior High Wrestling
Junior High Scholar’s Bowl
The Junior High wrestling team hosted four
other schools on their home mats on Thursday,
February 9th
. Teams coming to town included
TMP, Oberlin, Osborne and Trego. The Redmen
wrestlers had 19 wins and 19 losses on the evening.
The following day, the Junior High wrestlers
traveled with the High School wrestlers to Plainville
for another dual. On Saturday, the 11th
, the Junior
High wrestlers turned around and traveled to the Jr.
Panther Classic tournament at Phillipsburg.
Overall, the Redmen team took 8th
. Individually
placing were the following wrestlers:
Brendan Lee 1st 110 lbs. 8th
Jacob Kirchhoff 4th
120 lbs. 7th
Nate Hendrich 1st 125 lbs. 7th
Griffin Kugler 2nd
138 lbs. 7th
Charlie Timmons 3rd
215 lbs. 7th
Nate Hendrich – 1st Place
On Thursday, February 16th
, the Junior High
wrestlers traveled to TMP to compete in their dual.
The Redmen wrestlers won 16 and lost 14 at this
dual.
Tyce McKenzie
The Junior High wrestlers will wrap up their
season with the MCEL meet at Ellis on Thursday,
March 2nd
.
The 7th
and 8th
grade Scholar’s Bowl team
traveled to Stockton on Monday, February 13th
.
There were a total of 12 teams competing in this
meet. The 8th
grade team competed really well and
placed 2nd
at this meet.
The next tournament was at Hill City on
Tuesday, February 28th
. The Junior High Scholar’s
Bowl team will wrap up their season in March with
one final meet March 7th
at Phillipsburg followed
by the MCEL tournament hosted at Smith Center
Jr/Sr High School on March 28th
.
FCCLA Students Headed to State Competition
The FCCLA students went to Stockton on
Wednesday, February 15th
to compete in the District
B Star (Students Taking Action with Recognition)
Event competition. A total of 10 groups gave their
demonstrations, and 8 of those 10 groups won the
privilege to advance to the state competition in
April.
Allie Ifland, Maggie Nixon, and Gracen Hutchinson
received a silver in Chapter Service Display. Reece
Buckmaster also received a silver in Career
Investigation.
The following groups will be advancing to the state
competition in April.
Adalynne Haresnape, Sydney Devlin, and Sienna
Wingerson received a silver in Chapter Service
Portfolio. Bree Frieling and Sharon Topel received
a silver in Chapter Service Display.
Lizzy Pfortmiller and Kendra Maydew received
a gold in Jr. Chapter in Review Display. Mikayla
Dietz, Josiah Moore and Katelyn Shellito received a
silver in Chapter in Review Display.
Breanna Knapp and Paris Bailey received a gold in
Interpersonal Communications, and Camden Dietz
received a gold in Illustrated Talk
Rebecca McDowell and Megan Oliver received a
gold in National Programs in Action, Student Body
and Tayln McKenzie received a gold in Chapter
Service Display.
Teacher’s Hold In-Service
Junior High MCEL Music Contest
On Monday, February 20th
USD #237 held
an in-service day for all the teachers. In the
morning the teachers gathered in the lunch room
commons area to hear Chris Dinkel from High
Plains Mental Health Services speak about mental
health issues. In the afternoon, Greg Hobelmann
spent time giving all the teachers a tour of the new
website and showing them how they can add
information to their own class pages.
The Junior High music students traveled
with Ms. DeBey and Mr. Hobelmann to Norton on
Wednesday, February 22nd
to compete in the 2017
MCEL music contest. Several students performed
individual pieces in additional to the choir
performance. The results of the day are listed
below:
Vocal Solo Nathan Hrabe 2- Vocal Solo Nathan Huffman 1-
Vocal Solo Lauryn Gaddis 2+
Piano Solo Maggie Peterson 1
7th & 8th Girls Ensemble 1-
Quartet Ferrin McCoy, Brionna Hollenback,
Kaylee Davis Lynzie Reynolds 2
Piano Solo Kandis Frydendall 2
Vocal Solo Ferrin McCoy 1+
Vocal Solo Carril Rego 1+
Vocal Solo Brenik Spiess 2+
7th & 8th Boys Ensemble 2+
Choir 1-
Flute Solo Maggie Peterson 1
Flute Solo Ashlyn Long 1+
High School Wrestling
The wrestling team traveled to Wakeeney to
participate in the 3-2-1A Regional Tournament on
Friday, February 17th
and Saturday, February 18th.
The tournament resulted with the team taking 2nd
place and seven wrestlers qualifying for the state
tournament in Hays the following weekend.
Congratulations to the following qualifiers.
State Qualifiers
106 - Colton Shoemaker 4th
138 - David Hileman 2nd
145 - Colton Hutchinson 2nd
170 - Chase Ryan 3rd
182 - Kaden Meitler 2nd
220 - Dalton Kuhn 3rd
285 - Avery Hawkins 2nd
Top Four Team Scores
1. Norton Community 183.0
2. Smith Center 145.0
3. Oberlin-Decatur Community 121.0
4. Oakley 98.0
The KSHSAA 3-2-1A State Wrestling
championships were held in Hays on Friday and
Saturday, February 24th
and 25th
. A total of 224
wrestlers competed to medal as one of the top six
wrestlers in the state. The wrestlers performed well
with 5 of the 7 wresters placing in the top 6 in the
state in the 3-2-1A division.
State Placers
2nd
Place – Colton Hutchinson
3rd
Place – Kaden Meitler
4th
Place – Chase Ryan
4th
Place – Dalton Kuhn
5th
Place – David Hileman
As a team, the Smith Center Redmen
wrestlers placed 4th
in the state with a score of 85
points over the two days of competition. The top
five teams in the state are as follows:
1st Norton 126 points
2nd Hoisington 113 points
3rd Marysville 97.5 points
4th Smith Center 85 points
5th Eureka 72 points
Congratulations on a great season!
Basketball Wraps Up Regular Season
The Smith Center Redmen and Lady Red hosted Wakeeney on Friday, February 17th for their final regular season home game of the year. The Lady Red won over the Trego Lady Eagles with a score of 62-51. The Redmen also came away with a win over Trego 61-37. The following Senior athletes were also honored between the girls’ and boys’ games.
Meaghan Oliver Thayne Benoit
Mikayla Dietz Sierra Kirchhoff
ecca McDowell Brett Decker
For the final regular season game of the year, the teams traveled to Beloit on Tuesday, February 21st. The girls met up with a tough Beloit team coming away with a loss 25-48. The boys had a hard fought game vs. the Trojans, but came away with another loss at 59-79.
The Sub-State tournament started on Monday, February 27 with both the Redmen and Lady Redmen matching up with Plainville. The Lady Red ended the regular season with a 6-15 record and entered the Sub-State tournament seated in 5th place. The Redmen ended the season with a regular season record of 7-14 and are seated in 7th place going into the tournament.
The Lady Red had a win over the Plainville Cardinals on the first night of the Sub-State play with a score of 43-26. They will advance on to play Hill City on March 3rd. The Redmen basketball team ended their season during the first round of the Sub-State tournament with a loss to Plainville 34-68.
SC Celebrates National FFA Week
National FFA Week for 2017 was February
18th
through the 27th
. This week gives
FFA members, alumni and sponsors the opportunity
to advocate for agricultural education and FFA. It is
also a time to share with local, state and national
audiences what FFA is and the impact it has on
members every day. FFA week was celebrated by
the members hosting a staff breakfast on Tuesday,
February 12th
, dressing in their western wear on
Wednesday, and all members wearing their FFA t-
shirts to school on Thursday.
FFA Members cooking and serving the staff
breakfast
2016/2017
FFA Officers
Chase Ryan
Avery Hawkins
Sienna Wingerson
Kacie Timmons
Kyle Sasse
Sierra Kirchhoff
Ashton Hawkins
Jayden Meyer