Cardinal Booster
September 2003
Four new staff members bring their talents to PHS
New class is added to cirriculum
New organization takes form at PHS
Views on the new school year and writing
FCCLA kicks off year with bowling party
FFA makes plans for year with new sponsor
Stuco members attend summer camp
Comeau attends summer art school
PHS cagers participate in summer competition
Freshmen express their views about high school
Dancers sharpen their skills and learn dances at camp
Cheerleaders have their own camp at PHS
Defense stays strong against Norton
Tennis meets tough competition at Hays
Netters travel to compete at Ellis
Thirty-six men take to the field for Cardinal football
Nine returning seniors lead volleyball team
Nine players hit the courts with new coach Jeff Kohl
Four new staff members bring their talents to PHS
This year, four new teachers joined the staff at PHS. They are Cullen Jackson, Jeff Kohl, Rick Jackson, and Joe Dreiling.
Cullen Jackson is the new are and art graphic design tech. teacher. He attended Hill City High School and graduated from Fort Hays Sate University.
Prior to teaching at PHS, Jackson taught in Holbrook, Arizona, Salina South and Buhler, Kansas.
"The kids here are eager and come in ready to work," Jackson said of the PHS students.
Kohl is the new geography, history, and government teacher. He is from Ellis, Kansas, and graduated from Fort Hays State University.
Before teaching at Plainville, Kohl taught at Sedgewick and Utica, Kansas.
"My impression of the school and students are excellent. The students for the most part seem hard working," Kohl said.
Rick Jackson is the new geometry, intermediate algebra and advanced algebra teacher. He is also the new FFA advisor. He attended Stockton High School, two years at Colby Community College, one year at Manhattan and finished at Fort Hays State with his bachelor's degree in math.
Prior to teaching at PHS, Jackson taught at Meade High School, Atchison Vo-Tech, and has been teaching at Jetmore for the past three years.
"I hope I can help revive the FFA program and increase our math scores. I hope to take our math program's scores to the top of our league. I also wish to build a positive relationship with students," Jackson said.
Joe Dreiling is the new woods constructing and metal manufacturing and production teacher. He attended Hays High School and graduated from Fort Hays State University.
This is Dreiling's first teaching position. He student taught at Victoria High School.
"I think Plainville is a good town. There is a lot of community involvement with the school and its activities. The people here are a lot of fun," Dreiling said.
New class is added to curriculum
PHS is offering a new class, Communication Technology, with Dale Sims as the teachers
The class is basically a television broadcasting and videography class. Thirteen students are in first hour and seven students are in eighth hour. The main studio is inside the middle doors of the grade school. Right now the equipment is being installed.
Some possibilities are a constant display of announcements and activities similar to the cable channel along wit a weekly 20-minute newscast for the school and community. They will possibly film and broadcast games, concerts, and programs for those who are not able to attend. Another possibility is using closed-circuit broadcasting for events like graduation so that some people (elderly or disabled) would be able to view the event at home or in the cafeteria- or for the overflow crowd in the event that graduation takes place in the auditorium. They might do some individual projects which students must complete as part of the curriculum and filming class projects or programs for teachers (at the request of the teacher).
They might also film classroom demonstrations (dissections, experiments, and lectures) for the future reuse along wit allowing junior high students to broadcast the morning announcements.
"I am excited about this new learning opportunity for our students. The class will also provide a great service for our school and our community,"Sims said.
Plainville High School has four new students enrolled this year. They are Taylor Dix, Eden Rinehart, Aaron Wahrman, and Jarrett Claridge.
Dix, a sophomore, moved from Bennington, Kansas where he attended Bennington High School. He is currently on the football team and part of Pep Club.
Rinehart, also a sophomore, comes from South Haven High School in South Haven, Kansas. She is on the volleyball team, and part of Pep Club.
Rinehart said, "It is a lot different then it was in South Haven, but that's not a bad thing."
Wahrman, who is a freshman moved from Colby, Kansas and says he misses his old school because it was bigger.
The fourth new face is that of Claridge. Claridge who moved from Pheonix, Arizona, is a freshmen and is not involved in anything at the time, and plans on going out for basketball and golf.
New organization takes form at PHS
PHAT. (Plainville High Against Tobacco) is a new organization with the purpose of educating people about dangers of smoking and trying to get students and others to quit smoking.
This group was formed by a group of students who went to an anti-smoking rally and believe they could make a difference in their school and community. They can get scholarship for college.
The actions PHAT will take are encouraging people to not smoke on school property or at school activities by handing out candy and tobacco facts. Senior Quintin Plante is the president. Other members include the following: Kristen Dinkel ( vice president), Heather Schonthaler (secretary), Kira Schumacher, Aryn Garvin, Jessica Casey, Ben Ruder, Krystal Karlin, Jesse Husmann, Amanda Husmann, Amanda Fogle, Emily Jones, Amber Cooper, Mackenzie Becker, and Matthew McCune. The sponsor is Rita Carswell.
The annual Indoor Olympics took place on August 19, 2003. Stuco sponsor, Steve Buresh welcomed all. The presentation was introduced by the PHS Cardinal Dance Team. The PHS cheerleaders also wowed the students and staff with some cheers and a dance they learned at KC Cheer Camp.
Each class participated in four station games which consisted of: Ping Pong Ball Pass, Kangaroo Pass, Penny Drop, and Hula Hoop Pass. They also participated in three relay games which lasted for three minutes each. The relay games were Sock Relay, Lifesaver Relay and Buck-Buck.
The results for the station games are as follows. The Hula Hoop Pass was a victory for the seniors coming in first place followed closely by the freshman, with the juniors in third and sophomores in fourth. The next game of the night was the Penny Drop. Once again coming in first were the seniors with a score of 75 followed by the juniors, sophomores, and then the freshman. Freshman got first in the Kangaroo Relay with the seniors at a close second. The sophomores came in this and the juniors wrapped it up. The last station game was the Ping Pong Ball Pass. The sophomores came in first followed by the seniors, juniors, and freshman for fourth.
The relay game results are as follows. In the Lifesaver Pass the seniors got another win with a score of 40 followed by the sophomores with the score of 36. Third place came easily for the freshman beating the juniors by 6. The sock relay was yet another victory for the seniors followed by the freshman, juniors, and then sophomores. The highlight of the night was Buck Buck with the seniors winning with 10 people. The juniors closely followed with 9 freshman with 6, and the sophomore class wrapped it up with a finish of 5 people.
"My favorite game at Indoor Olympics was buck buck, ever since freshman year," Reishus said.
Senior Quintin Plante said, " I would have won all of them if we could do it over."
The Cardinal Boosters for the month of September are seniors Amy Normandin and Tyler Nelson.
Normandin is involved in volleyball and softball. She is in CYO, Pep Club, Stuco, and FCCLA. In her spare time she either hangs out with friends or plays sports. Her favorite movie is How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days, and her favorite song is "My Love is Like Whoa," by Mya. Her favorite food is mostly anything Mexican. Amy plans to go to college and hopefully play softball.
Nelson is involved with football and golf. He is in CYO, Pep Club and FCCLA. In his spare time he likes to listen to music or stay up after hours. His favorite food is salad, and his favorite song is "All Eyes On Me," by Tupac. His favorite movie is Super Troopers. Tyler plans to attend college somewhere far away from Plainville.
Views on the new school year and writing
By: Scott Peavey
Wow! Another summer has come and gone, and another school year is upon us.
The halls are alive with the chipper faces of young adults ready to begin
another fun-filled educational year. O, wait, what's that you say? I don't
know my what from my what? Ha ha, I'm sorry, I must've misinterpreted what
I was seeing. You really can't blame me though. It's easy to mistake all the
grumbling, spiteful people wishing the year was already over for bright, energetic,m
eager students? My mistake I guess. I can guarantee it won't be the last.
But, that's beside the point.
My intentions for this article were supposed to be a nice little introduction o the school year. Something inspirational; something to really make you hold your head high as you walk through these hallways. But then I realized that just wouldn't be my style. Let's face it, sarcasm is a lot more fun. And besides, who would want to read an uplifting article anyway? I've got to at least attempt to keep it funny for all of my loyal readers (both of you).
Wow, what do you know, I've managed to type a bunch of words (223 to be exact) and waste valuable seconds of your time without really saying anything worth remembering! I don't care who you are, that's a talent. But, again, as you'll notice in my writing, this is beside the point. I've come to realize my writing style greatly resembles that of, oh, I don't know- monkeys on crack. But the point is, however, we're here like it or not. So I guess we might as well make the best of it. Yeah, that's right, I've managed to drag out a point that could've been done in one sentence to an entire paragraph. So sue me. It's not like you had anything better to do than read this anyway. So I'll conclude this nice little time-waster with these words of hope: I'll do better next time, because, God-willing, I can't do any worse than I just did.
This is the third year that the band has gone to Manhattan to play at the Band Day at a Kansas State football game. They went to the parade, accompanied by the Crimson Cardinal Dance Team, in Aggiville and afterward attended the football game. At half-time the band performed"GO U," "Entrada," "When the saints Go Marching," "Shout it Out," "Flip Flop and Fly," "Soul Bosa Nova," "God Bless America," "Wildcat Victory," and "1812 Overture" along with thirty-one other high school bands.
Amanda Husmann, who plays the trumpet, said she enjoyed playing in front of the people, except when she wasn't marching.
The band had a long day; leaving at 3:30 a.m., ate breakfast at Abiline at 6 a.m. arrived at KSU at 8 a.m., had a parade Aggiville at 9 a.m., arrived at Wagner Field at 10:30 a.m., then practiced their halftime routine from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Later they ate lunch that the Booster Club and Plainville Short Stop had provided for them while they watched the first half. They then performed at halftime and watched the third quarter, boarded the buses and left at 3 p.m., ate at the Western Sizzlin' in Salina at 5:30 p.m., and finally making it home at 9 p.m. that night.
FCCLA kicks off year with bowling party
Forty-six members fill out the FCCLA roster this year. The officers are Jordan Finnesy- president, Aryn Garvin- vice president of membership, Kelsey Bjornstad- secretary, Paige Lowry- vice president of recognition, Amanda Husmann- vice president of public relations, and Jordyn Wilkens- vice president of finance.
So far this year, the FCCLA has hosted a Membership Bowling Party to help recruit members.
"Bowling was fun, and nachos were awesome," sophomore Gloria Ruder said.
August 27 there was an officers workshop here. Six schools from district B attended the workshop. The officers participated in leadership activities working as groups and with others from different chapters.
Finnesy said, "I learned a lot of new ides and leadership skills."
FCCLA also had their annual Banana Split Part on September 11, and put together a 9/11 presentation for the student body.
Upcoming events are the A+ Conference Workshop and STOP Violence on September 28-29, The 5th Quarter party on October third, and many more.
FFA makes plans for year with new sponsor
Seventeen members joined FFA under the direction of new sponsor, Rick Jackson.
Officers include the following: Matt McCune, president: Jacob Keas, reporter: Jesse Husmann, vice president; Brandon Frederking, treasurer; Mark Axelson, sentinel; and Aryn Garvin as secretary.
Jackson has plans for a fund-raiser such as a hog roast on the evening of the All-School Play sometime this fall. In the month of November they will be doing a fruit and meat sale. For Christmas they are planning on adopting a highway for community service and to decorating a Christmas tree. They are also going to be active in the livestock judging and Green Hand conference for the new people.
Our goal is to make a difference in the school and community to show that FFA does make a difference. Jackson said.
Stuco members attend summer camp
Five students from P.H.S. attended Stuco Camp in Emporia, KS, July 20-25. While at camp, they learned valuable leadership skills and different ways to improve their school. Those attending were seniors Michelle Reishus, Jordan Finnesy, Aryn Garvin, and Jessica Casey, and junior Kelsey Bjournstad. They listened to the guest speaking of Dr. Earl Reum, who talked on a daily basis concerning leadership skills and such. There was also an activity call the Sunflower Derby. It was a composure of many games that involved teamwork. Mr. Buresh, the advisor for P.H.S., was named administrator of the year and spoke at the banquet. "I learned the importance of leadership and how it wasn't just one person," Reishus said.
Comeau attends summer art school
Senior Alex Comeau traveled to the San Francisco Academy o Art College this summer on June 20th and returned August 4th. Comeau participated in the Academy of Art College Summer Art Experience while he was there. He enrolled in four classes: Intro to 3D animation and modellins, graphic design, car and motorcycle design, and product and toy design, all which lasted three hours a week. He had two classes per day, four a week.
"It was quite and experience," Comeau said.
While he stayed there, he lived on a dorm that was originally a mansion but was converted to a dorm.
"My favorite class was graphic design because that's the subject I have Always been interested in." Comeau said he met many students , and he said he will try to keep in touch with all of them.
"I'm hoping the knowledge and experience he gained at the workshop will be beneficial in our new communication technology class," Instructor Dale Sims said.
PHS cagers participate in summer competition
This past summer 10 PHS students took part in the summer basketball league in Russell and The TMP Sizzlin Summer Shoot-Out.
Students that participated were Juniors: M.J. Klein, Lance Gosser, Brandon Frederking, and Josh Hrabe. There were also six Sophomores who participated and they include: Justin Casey, Scott Peavey, Garrett Frederking, Dalton Mick, Brock McDowell, and Jesse Husmann.
The team went 7-1 in the Russell Basketball League, and 4-2 in the TMP Shoot-out, placing fifth. In the Shoot-out the Cagers competed against anywhere from 1A to 6A schools and even beating a Great Bend team which is a 5A school.
"The team played hard all summer, and we had much success. Although we could've finished with an even better record,"Peavey said. "We competed with much larger schools and even defeated some school in class 5A," Casey said.
The coaches of the team were Jerry Casey and Matt Renk.
Freshmen express their views about high school
The Cardinal Booster Staff asked some of the freshman students questions about their first day of school.
| How did your first day of school go? | What was the best part of high school so far? | What did you expect coming into high school? |
| "I was a little nervous at first but it turned out all right"- Megan Plante |
"You can have pop during school."- Matt Hageman | " I figured it was going to be hard."- Matt Klein |
| "It was easy! There was NO homework in any of the classed. It was boring and long."- Krystal Karlin |
"Being able to see all of your friends." Megan Plante | " There was not as much Homework."- Jason Williams |
Dancers sharpen their skills and learn dances at camp
This summer the 2003-2001 Plainville Cardinal Dance Team attended dance camp at Emporia State University June 14 through 17.
As the year we ending, the dancers were just beginning to prepare for camp, with practices in the morning from 7 a.m. to 7:50 a.m. They learned a dance to a "Jenny from the Block", "Ignition", and "All For You remix", which they performed opening night of camp. In the four days they were there they learned five dances including one team dance, three individual dances, and a dance that Professional Sheryl Knight taught them.
"She was awesome! The routine was great, but watching her perform was the best part. The dance was fun, tiring and had a range of variety. All the moves were really cool and she was really nice!" Reishus said.
The girls arrived at Emporia at noon, got situated in their rooms, and went to lunch. After lunch they watched the Nation Dance Association (NDA) perform the two team dances that they could choose from. Next they met their Buddy, Holly, and spent some time getting to know her. That night they performed their home routine they had practiced for weeks, which they received a Red Ribbon for.
The next day they did their first power stretch, and then they performed their first individual dance for evaluations.
"My favorite part of dance camp was actually performing for everyone during evaluations" Reishus said.
That night they were surprised when Sheryl Knight showed up to teach them a new dance that her two-time National Champion team had performed. They they finished learning their second individual dances and started learning the third. They performed the third that night, along with practicing they're new team dance. They finished Monday night off with telling Connie Reishus, their sponsor, how much she meant to them . Then the girls had the Trail of Tears, a yearly tradition, of telling the other girls how much each of them meant to each other.
Tuesday came with the promise of going home that afternoon. First they performed the second individual dance they learned. Next they performed the team dance they had worked on all week, in front of another team, a group of judges, and their buddy. They took home a White Ribbon. After all the competitions were over they enjoyed a wonderful performance mimicking the Television show American Idol, which was pit on by some of the NDA dancers and sponsors from other teams. When everything was said and done they said their good-byes and headed home.
" I learned so much from dance camp, not only about dancing but about friendship and teamwork. The whole thing made us so much closer," sophomore Jessica Wilkerson said.
This year, Plainville introduces a couple of new coaches. Coach Lee Weber and Coach Jeff Kohl. Coach Weber will be coaching boys basketball and Coach Kohl will be coaching tennis.
Weber expressed his thoughts on the upcoming season in basketball.
"I this team to improve dramatically from the last season as we develop in our knowledge of the game, experience and improve our skill level," he said.
He believes that the players should expect intensity and discipline in every phase of the game. The main focus will be on fundamentals.
"I believe that our outcome and success this season will be directly dependent on our boy's desire and drive to work and do the things necessary to be a solid basketball team," Weber said. "We have the opportunity to be a very, very solid basketball team."
Jeff Kohl is the head coach of tennis this year. The expectations for his team this year are for his team to work hard and have fun.
"I'll do everything I can to help them improve," Kohl said.
He believes his team will compete and hopefully finish the season with a record over .500.
Cheerleaders have their own camp at PHS
This summer, the Plainville Cardinal Cheerleading squad attended cheerleading camp from June 25 through June28.
It was in Plainville this year, and two cheerleading coaches from Kansas City came here to give is a camp.
"I liked having the camp here, the squad got more individual attention, and it was more relaxed," senior Jordan Finnesy said.
The camp was from 8 a.m.-noon, and then from 12:45 p.m. to around 3:30 p.m.
"The coaches taught us many different stunts, cheers, and a dance. The dance or the stunts were my favorite part of cheerleading camp," sophomore Chelsea Moos said.
Members of the cheerleading squad include" seniors Julie Hrabe, Jordan Finnesy, and Kelsey Ross; juniors Kelcee Meitler, Megan Becker, Morgan Malin, Paige Lowry; sophomores Chelsea Moos, and Jenna Fellhoelter, and freshman Samantha Hixon, Megan Plante, and Vanessa Owings. The Plainville Cardinal Cheerleading Squad is undecided on whether they are staying in Plainville next year for camp, or traveling elsewhere.
Defense stays strong against Norton
The Plainville Cardinal football team played against Norton September 12.
Norton was ranked #2 in the state coming into the game. Plainville played right with Norton for most of the game, but it was the Bluejays making the big plays in the game. As a result, the Bluejays won the game 28-0. The game was closer than what the scored showed.
"If you don't look at the score, the game was closer than what is showed," Josh Hrabe said.
The team is looking forward to playing Phillipsburg, which is the team that Plainville earned their first victory against last year.
Tennis meets tough competition at Hays
Six tennis players traveled to Hays for the hays Invitational.
When the tennis players got to Hays they were separated by one's and two's. The number one's stayed at the high school, and the number two's went down to the park. At the high school there was junior Kelsey Bjornstad (singles), and Seniors Aryn Garvin and Kira Schumacher (doubles). Bjornstad had some tough competition throughout her four matches. She won one against Colby and lost three. Garvin and Schumacher had tough matches. They played really hard but only won against Victoria (8-3). Playing at the park were junior Amanda Husmann (singles), Sophomore Katee Nicholas, and freshman Vanessa Owings (doubles). Husmann Played hard but didn't win any matches. Nicholas and Owings tried really hard, but they ended up not winning a match.
"The strong points that the team had this year would be the leadership of the upperclassmen (two seniors and three juniors)," coach Kohl said.
Netters travel to compete at Ellis
The Lady Cards traveled to Ellis Thursday September 9 to play Ellis and Dighton..
The ladies took on Dighton first. They had tough matches ahead of them. They came out and played tough but lost their first game 7-25. Without giving up the ladies came back and won their second game 25-19. The final game ended with a score of 5-15.
Ellis was awaiting the Cards to take them on for their final match of the night. In their first game, the ladies came out weak but picked it up in their second game even though they got defeated by the Railers with scores of 17-25 and 10-25.
"However disappointing this starting record might be, the girls realize it is not a prediction of the upcoming matches." Head coach Amanda Goetz said.
Thirty-six men take to the field for Cardinal football
The Plainville football team suited up 36 players for the year.
Plainville lost three key players off last year's team. The leaders of this year's football team will be seniors Adam Meyers, Alex Smetana, A.J. Garcia, Tyler Marcotte, Ben Ruder, Ryan Lovelady, Joel Hrabe, Quintin Plante, and Tyler Nelson. The juniors are Jake Weigel, Mark Axelson, Paul Owings, Josh Hrabe, Catlin Zahorsky, Seth Brin, Paul Nuckols, Travis Williams, Ross Balthazor, and M.J. Klein. The sophomores include Justin Casey, Tyler Brungardt, Garrett Frederking, Jacob Keas, Brock McDowell, Connor McMullen, Josh Eichman, Scott Peavey, and Taylor Dix. The freshmen include Kennis Becker, Jason Williams, Luke Brin, Lucas Hachmeister, Josh Brungardt, Matthew Hageman, Andy Brown, and Matt Klein.
Coach Weber believes that the football team has a great opportunity to be a very solid football team. There are three spots that need to be filled on offense and defense but coach says that the players should be able to step in and do a great job. He believes the main thing the team needs to improve on is the defensive side of the ball. He said it should be an exciting year.
Nine returning seniors lead volleyball team
This year nine returning seniors are attempting to lead the Plainville Cardinal varsity volleyball team.
Varsity includes seniors Amy Normandin, Jessica Casey, Jordyn Wilkens, Jordan Finnsey, Julie Hrabe, Makenzi Rempe, Kelsey Ross, Michelle Reishus. Juniors are Charlie Meitler and Kelcee Meitler. Sophomores include Eden Rinehart, and Jenna Fellhoelter. Junior Varsity includes senior Katie Beckley. Juniors Charlie Meitler, Kristen Meitler, and Paige Lowry. Sophomores include Brooke Stahl, Caroling Hrabe, Chelsea Moos, Gloria Ruder, Holly Chew, Jenna Fellhoetler, Rachel Thompson, Raquel Marcotte, and Selby Renk. Fresman include Amanda Plante, Samantha Hixon and Megan Plante.
This years Cardinal Volleyball Team's coach is amanda Goetz, returning for her second year of coaching. Assistant coach is Kim Albers, and the managers are Amanda Fogle and Jessica Wilkens.
" I hope we work hard together as a team and continue to get better and better as the year progresses," Ross Said
" I'm hoping we become first in the league on serve receive." Goetz Said
Nine players hit the courts with new coach Jeff Kohl
Nine girls are out for tennis this season. Six returning players who are leading the team are seniors Aryn Garvin and Kira Schumacher; juniors Kelsey Bjornstad and Amanda Husmann; and sophomores Katee Nicholas and Amber Cooper.
New players this year are junior Morgan Malin and freshmen Vanessa Owings and Emily Jones.
"I expect each member of the team to improve their skill level as the season progresses" Coach Jeff Kohl said.