Cardinal Booster
September 30, 2004
Two new teachers
join the staff and take on duties at PHS
Four New students in PHS halls
Marching band travels to KSU
Homecoming week reaches its culmination
September Boosters
PHS kicks off year with Indoor Olympics
Stuco Members gain leadership skills at camp
What did you do this summer?
What does it mean?
Guess Who
Freshmen: Your 1st PHS Day
FCCLA kick-off
Dance team gears up for new year at dance camp
Cheerleaders learn new stunts & cheers at camp
PHS coaching postions filled for 2004-2005
Cards defeat Trego 16-14 in their first win of the season
Netters play Trego
Bjornstad/Owings defeat Noron opponents
Nine PHS students participate in summer basketball
Lady Cards go 4-3 in summer b-ball
K-18 basball places 3rd in state
Two new teachers join the staff and take on duties at PHS
Two new teachers are on staff at PHS.
Ryan Miller is the new vocational agriculture teacher. He graduated from Oklahoma State University and has recently taught in Dodge City and Cowela, Kan. He currently teaches halftime at both PHS and Palco. He teaches in Plainville in the morning and Palco in the afternoon. At PHS he teaches plant and animal science, and introduction to agriculture. In Palco he teaches Ag-Power and Technology 1 and 2, and introduction to agriculture.
Miller's impressions of PHS and Plainville is that it is a major city compares to Palco, but yet small enough to be friendly and helpful. PHS is a great school.
"It's not too big and not too small with wonderful students and faculty to work with. It has a small school atmosphere with big school pride!" Miller said.
Steve Buresh is returning to PHS as the new Algebra and Geometry teacher. Buresh has spent the past year as an educational consultant specializing in math for the Fort Hays Educational Development Center. Although both positions delt with education, his focus as consultant was on assisting schools and teachers in imporving their schools.
Buresh does not have any specific plans for the new year or additional activities for the student council for the upcoming school year. However, Buresh's goals are that as a council they take an in-depth look at each activity they sponsor or decide how they can improve the activity.
"When you work in the same community for eighteen years, you establish a rapport with its students, the staff, and the parents. Teaching was a large part of this, and I did miss it." Buresh said.
Four new students in PHS Halls
Plainville High School has four new students enrolled this year. They are freshman Amber Mitchell, sophomore Racheal Hay, sophomore Roscoe Holloway, and junior Starla Willenberg.
Mitchell moved here from Lincoln, Nebraska where she attended a school three times as big as PHS. She is currently involved in FCCLA.
Hay, a sophomore, comes from Hays High. Hay said, " I enjoy PHS because of the smaller classes, and it's easier to remember everyone's name.
Holloway spent half of last year in Califonia and half in Palco. He plans on being invovled in basketball later on this year. "California was huge compared to Plainville. I had over 400 classmates in three classes," Holloway said.
Our final new student is Willenberg. Willenberg comes from Great Bend which was about four times as big as PHS. Her favorite part about PHS is meeting new people.
Homecoming week reaches its culmination
Homecoming week began Monday September 27 and will end tomorrow.
For spirit week, the students were given the opportunity to have a pajama day on Monday, hippie day / 70's day on Tuesday, dress us day Wednesday, cowboy/cowgirl day on Thursday and then on Friday was spirit day. On Monday all the classes decorated the halls during the first hour of the day. On Thursday floats are decorated at the Board Office. Then, Thursday night was the Bon Fire as 7:30. Tomorrow the ceremony will be at 1:45 and the parade will follow after the ceremony. The crowning will be at 6:30. Homecoming dance starts Saturday, October 2 at 8:00. It will be held in the cafeteria.
The candidates for Homecoming are Morgan Malin, Megan Becker, Lauren Hemphill, Kelsey Bjornstad, Kelcee Meitler, Paul Owings, Seth Brin, Lance Gosser, Josh Hrabe, and Ross Balthazor. The junior escorts are Sierra Haas and Sage Armbruster. The theme is " A Memory Last Forever" and the song is "My Best Friend" by Tim McGraw.
This year was the fourth 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 Dance Team, in Aggiville adn then attended the football game. At half-time, the band performed "The Way You Move," "Boom Boom," "Wrap It Up," "God Bless Amercia," "1812 Overture," and "Wild Cat Victory."
"It was perfect except for the rain, the heat, the lack of water, the noise, my valves got stuck, but other than that it was great," Amanda Husmann said.
The band left the school at about 3:30 a.m. and arrived in Abiline at 6 a.m. to eat breakfast. They arrived at the staging area and got ready at 8 a.m. and the parade started at 9 a.m. They go to Wagner Field at 10:30 a.m. and practiced their half-time routine from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Later, they ate a lunch that the Booster Club and Plainville Short Stop had helped porbide for them while they watched the first half. They performed at half-time and soon left right after that, and arrived in Salina to eat supper at 5 p.m. They finally got home a little before 8 p.m.
The cardinals Boosters for the month of September are seniors Ross Balthazor and Kristen Meitler. Balthazors school activities are football, golf, and basketball. He is involved in FCCLA, Pep Club, CYO, and FFA. His favorite hovie is Pretty Woman and his favorite song is I Touch My Self by Eve 6. His favorite food is rice cakes and mayo. After high school he plansto attend college. He enjoys golfing, fishing, hunting, and being a slappo.
Meitler is in volved in volleyball and dance team.She is also involved in the First Christian Church Group. Her favorite movie is Super Troopers and Along Came Polly. Her favorite song is Take My Breath Away by Jessica Simpson and her favorite food is sesame chicken. She plans to attend Colby Community College, where she will be studying to be a physical therapy assistant. In her spare time she enjoys playing volleyball, dancing,hanging out with friends and family
PHS kicks off year with Indoor Olympics
The annual Indoor Olympics was held on August 24.
Stuco sponsor Steve Buresh welcomed all, followed by performances by the PHS
Dance Team and the PHS Cheerleaders. This was followed by the annual Olympic
run. This year the runners were Steve Buresh and Jennifer Stroda.
Each class participated in four station games, which consisted of: River Walk,
Fruit Pass, Hula-Hoop Pas, and the Penny Drop. They also participated in three
relay games, Spoon Relay, Buck-Buck, and Crossing the Volcanic River.
The results of the station games is as follows. The River Walk was a victory
for the seniors, with the juniors taking second, followed closely by the sophomores
in third and freshman in fourth. The seniors won the Fruit Pass, with the juniors
coming in second, sophomores in third, and the freshmen in fourth. Seniors won
again in the Hula Hoop Pas, followed by the sophomores in second, freshmen in
third, and the juniors coming in fourth. In the Penny Drop, the seniors won
yet again, with the sophomorescoming in second, juniors in third and the freshmen
taking fourth place.
The relaty games were as follows. The sophomores won the Spoon Relay, with the
seniors close behind in second, the juniors taking third and the freshmen finishing
in fourth. The sophomores alson won Crossing the Colcanic River, with the seniors
taking second, juniors third, and freshmen in fourth. Buck Buck was the final
event of the evening. Winning the event were the seniors, with the juniors taking
second, freshmen taking third, and the sophomores coming in fourth.
Junior Rachel Thompson said, "I thought that this year's Indoor Oluympics
was better than the last two years I have been here. The games were very interesting
and fun."
"I thought the event was very well attended. The participation and entusiasm
levels were the best that I've seen in recent years," Buresh said.
Stuco members gain leadership skills at camp
Seniors Morgan Malin and Charlie Meitler attended Stuco camp in Emporia from July 18-23. Malin and Meitler were placed in a council consisting of 20 kids. The Kids came from schools ranging from 6A-1A. They went through instruction and activites each day helping them become better leaders. They learned how to organize meetings, and become better leaders.\, and make the most of what your school has to offer.
Monday night was Indoor Olympics, Tuesday is Movie Night, WEdnesday was the dance, and Thursday night was the banquet achievement night.
The consultant for the camp was Dr. Earl Reum from Denver, Colorado. He has been the consultant for 39 of the 40 workshops that have been put on. He developed the curriculum that is taught and is nationally know as "Mr. Student Council."
"Personally, I look for new ideas that I feel can be broiught back to Plainville and incorporated into the school year. For the students that attened I feel the skills that they gain as leaders are most important. Students that attend gain a much greater appreciation for their school and become enthused about the opportunity that they have been given to make their school year even better," Advisor Mr. Buresh
The Cardinal Booster staff asked some
students what they did during summer. These are some of their responses:
Jake Weigel- "I climbed Pike's Peak."
Kristen Dinkel- "I went white-water rafting in Colorado on Clear Creek."
Jacob Keas - "I went to Philamont, New Mexico."
Garrett Frederking- "I played summer Basketball and worked a lot."
Josh Brungardt- "I worked a played Baseball."
Amanda Plante- " I went to my dad's house in Osborne."
Brandon Malin- " I slept a lot."
The Booster staff asked several students what the word "wapacut" means. Below are their responses.
"I think it is one of Muhammad Ali's punches" sophomore Josh Brungardt
"I think it is a type of moo cow." freshman Justin Lacy
"It is a type of cat." senior Josh Hrabe
"It is a cut received in the process of being whopped" junior Chelsea Moos
"It is what Katee cuts my hair with." junior Ashley Jones
The word "wapacut" actually means A large white American Owl.
Our first guess who has attended PHS for three years. He enjoys hanging out with his friends and listening to music. His favorite food is steak and his favorite movie is Office Space. Can you guess who this mystery man is?- Answer: Scott Peavey-
The Cardinal Booster staff asked what some freshman thought about their first day of high school. These are some of their responses:
Tanner Dix said, "I thought the first day of school was really boring but cool. We got to meet our new teachers."
Amelia Keas said, "I thought it was interesting."
Mindy Gerhardt said, "I thought that it was fun and different."
Toby Ruder said, "It wasn't too bad; I can't go on."
FCCLA held their annual Banana Split Party Monday, August 30 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
This year FCCLA changed the Banana Split Party name to B.Y.O.B. which stands for "Bring Your Own Banana." All 40 members received a t-shirt that said B.Y.O.B. and had the oppurtunity to decorate them with bananas. After the t-shirt decorating, members made banana splits and ate them.
FCCLA advisor Shari Tucker said, "Everyone had a good time socializing while eating banana splits."
Dance team gears up for new year at dance camp
The 2004-2005 Plainville Cardinal Dance team attended dance camp at Emporia State University on June 13 through June 16.
As the school year was ending the new team was picked with senior Captain Kristen Meitler, junior's Caroline Hrabe, Raquel Marcotte, Jaclyn Brock, Jessica Wilkerson and Rachel Thompson, sophomore Vanessa Owings and freshman Bretta Mick. The team learned a dance mix to Jock Jams which they preformed the first night at camp. In the 4 days and 3 nights at camp they learned five dances including one team dance, three individual dances, and a dance that professional Christopher Lewis taught.
The first day that they arrived, they got settled in and went to lunch. After lunch they were already at work. They were shown two dances that they got to choose from that they would work on the rest of the week. They met their Buddy Shelly and spent some time getting to know her. That night performed their home routine they have practiced for weeks, for which they recieved a black ribbon. The reason for receiving the black ribbon was the teams performance included flips, which are illegal.
The second day at camp the team was practicing a dance when Kristen fell on her ankle and had to be rushed to the emergency room.
"Even though our dance team was short two memebers, I was proud of them that they still finished camp with a smile on their faces." Meilter said.
The rest of the day they struggled with what they were going to do without there captain, but camp still pushed on.
"Dance camp was not so bad this year. We tried to have fun and stick together, coming to camp with seven people that could dance and then we lost another one was really hard on every one," Brock said.
The next day they had to get ready for their first class. They had to choose from a beginner, intermediate, or elite class. In these classes they would learn the basic turns, axles, leaps, and posture. One the third day they had a guest at campnamed Christopher Lewis that taught them an awesome dance. Then they finished learning their second individual dances and started learning the third. They finished the last night off with telling the sponsor Connie Reishus, how mush she meant to the team, and how mush she really means to everyone. Then the girls had the Shower of Praise, a yearly tradition which use to be called the Trail of Tears.
The next day was the lastand everyone was more that happy to go home. First, they performed the second individual dance they learned, and then 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 Red Ribbon.
Cheerleaders learn new stunts and cheers at camp
The Plainville Cardinal Cheerleaders traveled to Lawrence Kan. to attend UCA cheer camp at KU. They left Tuesday, Aug. 2 and returned home Friday Aug. 5. While there the girls learned numerous cheers and chants, two dances, and many different stunts.
Camp began at 8 a.m. and ended around 8:30p.m. with two-hour breaks for lunch and super.
The girls received the Tradition Award, 3rd in dance, and 2nd in cheer. Seniors Kelsey Bjornsad and Kelcee Meitler also made All-Star Cheerleader.
Girls attending the camp included seniors Kelcee Meitler and Kelsey Bjornstad, juniors Chelsea Moos and Amber Copper, sophomores Samantha Hixon and Megan Plante and freshmen Katie McWueen, Ashley Stroda, Cassie Meyers,and Heather Hageman.
PHS coaching positions filled for 2004-2005
There are seven new coaches in the high school this year. They include Thea Lacy, Sherri Dix, Jeff Kohl, Tom Frederking, Kody Thexton, and Steve Buresh.
The new coaches in the Fall are the head tennis coach, Thea Lacy and head volleyball coach, Sherri Dix. Both coaches are happy to be back at PHS.
"My expectations for the girls this year is to work hard and have a good attitude and also compete," Dix said.
The winter sports have three new faces: head girl's basketball coach Kohl, assistant girl's basketball coach Diz, and head boy's basketball coach Frederking.
The two new Spring coaches are head basketball coach Thexton and assistant track coach Buresh.
"I'm excited to have another coaching positon here at PHS. We will work hard and hopefully be successful," Thexton said.
Cards defeat Trego 16-14 in their first win of the season
The Plainville Cardinals traveled to WaKeeney on September 17. Both teams entered the game with a record of 0 wins and 2 losses. Somebody was going to walk away with a win.
WaKeeney was the first team to score in the first quarter. They were successful on their two point conversion to make the score WaKeeney 8 and Plainville 0. The Cardinals refused to quit and came back to score in the second quarter on a run by junior Josh Eichman. The two-point conversion was also successful on a play having junior Justin Casey passing the ball the senior M.J. Klein. The score at half-time was 8 to 8.
WaKeeney was able to shutout Plainville in the third quarter, while WaKeeney scored on a touchdown but was unable to score on the two point try. The Cardinals scored midway through the fourth quarter and the two point try was once again successful making the score Plainville 16 and WaKeeney 14. The Cardinals defense stepped up and shut them down the rest of the game and came out victorious. The Cardinals played Stockton on September 24 in Plainville, and will play Hill City tonight for their homecoming game.
On September 14 the Plainville Junior Varsity (JV) and Varsity
played Trego and Osborne.
Plainville Varsity lost against Trego (23-25) and (7-25).
Plainville JV won against Trego (25-20) and (25-16).
Plaiville Varsity lost against Osborne (18-25), (25-22) and (18-25)
Plaiville JV lost against Osborne (25-27) and (19-25)
Bjornstad/Owings defeat Norton opponents
Six tennis players participated in a home meet against Norton on Augues 31, 2004.
In round one senior Kelsey Bjornstad and sophomore Vanessa Owings were victorious in their single matches. Competing in the doubles juniors Katie Nicholas and Amber Cooper lost a tough match. Competing also in the doubles was sophomore Emily Jones senior Amanda Husmann. They won their match.
In round two Bjornstad and Owings won their matches again. Nicholas and Cooper won their doubles along with Jones and Husmann winning theirs.
Owings had a tough loss in round three, while Bjornstad won her match. Jones and Husmann tried hard in their last double match, but they ended up not winning. Nicholas and Cooper also played a good game, but came up short.
After the home meet Bjornstad said, "It was good to add three more wins to my record. My most gratifying win so far was over Victoria. I haven't been able to beat her. At Ellsworth, I won against Victoria in the tie breaker, to go on to take first place.
Nine PHS students participate in summer basketball
Nine Plainville High School students participated in two Mid America Youth Basketball tournaments in Hays during the summer.
Seniors MJ Klein, Josh Hrabe, Lance Gosser, and Brandon Frederking along with juniors Justin Casey, Taylor Dix, Brock McDowell, Scott Peavey, Dalton Mick, and Garrett Frederking made up the team.
In the first tournament, the Cardinals went 3-4, and in the second they went 3-4 also.
"The team competed well all summer. We have made large strides as a team that will help us during basketball in the school year" Peavey said.
"The best thing about summer basketball was that our varsity basketball team for the school year got valuable playing experience with each other agianst kids ranging anywhere from 1A schools to 6A schools. It made us a stronger team for the school year." MJ Klein said.
Some of the teams the Cardinals competed against were, Hays High, TMP, Dodge City, Leavonworth and many more.
Lady Cards go 4-3 in summer b-ball
Eight Lady Cards played basketball every Sunday from June 10 - July 6 to improve their skills.
Playing were sophomore Vanessa Owings, juniors Caroline Hrabe, Jenna Fellhoelter, Eden Rhinehart, Holly Chew, and Katee Nicholas, and seniors Megan Becker and Lauren Hemphill. The ladies played against seven other teams which included Ellis, two Russell teams, Lucas-Luray, Lincoln, Sylvan Grove, and Wilson. "I thought we did really good. I was impressed by the wasy everyone played," Becker said. The girls went out every game with determination to win. They ended the summer with a 4-3 record and also getting 3rd in the tournament. "We did really good. We went out and played like a team and we had a lot of fun," Fellhoelter said.
K-18 baseball places 3rd in state
The Plainville K-18 team placed third in the state tournament on August 3, 2004 in Lucas, Kansas.
The team consisted of freshmen Tanner Dix, Aaron Dinkel, Aaron Becker, Toby Ruder, Jason Dinkel, Brandon Schneider, Ben Gehring, Joe Becker, BJ Madden and Derek Brummit. Sophomores were Jason Williams, Andy Brown, Matthew Hageman, Luke Brin, Josh Brungardt, and Jarrett Claridge. The team was coached by Terry Hageman, Ken Dinkel, Rich Williams and Irvin Brungardt.
To strart off the tournament they defeated Clifton-Clyde by a score of 7-3. In their semi-final game, they were defeated by Colby 10-5 which earned them a spot in the third and fourth-place game. In the third and fourth-place game they defeated Quinter by a score of 17-2. The team received a third-place trophy, and the sportsmanship trophy. This team was the first K-18 team to place at state in over twenty years.
"All season long we worked hard, stayed focused and most of all, had fun." Ruder said.