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The Official Newspaper of Rice County Kansas
“The Old Home Paper” • Established 1876
Sterling, Kansas • Thursday, December 5, 2019 • Volume 143, Issue 49 • 8 Pageswww.sterlingbulletin.com
$100 SJH RESULTS, See Sports Page 8
Friday, Dec. 69-10:30 a.m.at First Bank
Chamber CoffeeThis Week:
Sterling College will host a free Breakfast with Santa Claus Saturday, 8-9:30 a.m. at the Sterling College cafeteria.
Following a pancake breakfast children will be able to have a photo taken with Santa as well as playing Christmas Bingo and other games for prizes.
By Rene WilsonWhile most Rice County residents are
aware of the events that occurred April 29 that resulted in both the county’s sheriff and undersheriff being shot by David Mad-den, two citizens who played a vital role in saving the life of Undersheriff Chad Mur-phy have been unsung heroes.
That changed to some degree Tuesday when Michael Craven Sr. was recognized with the Kansas Sheriff’s Association Citi-zen Award at a small ceremony in the caf-eteria of Sterling College where Craven now works.
Following the presentation Craven hum-bly accepted what he described as a “huge honor.”
“I’m glad Chad is making a great recov-ery,” Craven said.
He thanked everyone for the recognition and then instructed the students to get back
to lunch, “You have classes to get to,” Craven said.
April 29 Craven had stopped at Casey’s after getting off work at the Co-op when the shooting occurred.
After hearing the shots Craven reacted, jumping into his truck and racing across the street to offer aid.
Craven, a U.S. Air Force veteran with first-aid knowledge, pressed his fingers into the bullet wound on Murphy’s neck to stop the most severe bleeding and used his knee to keep Murphy on his side to open his air-way.
Murphy credits Craven’s actions with saving his life.
He is also quick to credit the actions of William Cundith with playing a part.
Cundith was also driving home when he
Santa arrived Monday night with his traditional ride into town on a Sterling fire truck.
After leading the crowd in “Jingle Bells,” Santa’s countdown to tree illumina-tion began.
A large crowd of children and parents then headed to the fire station to visit with Santa, take photos and enjoy hot chocolate, cof-fee and cookies provided by members of the Chamber of Commerce and popcorn fur-nished by the Sterling Fire Department.
Winners of the Chamber of Commerce drawing for $10 of “Chamber Bucks” were: Trace DeShon, Mer-cedes Denobriga, Wes Laud-ermilk, Joyce Belote and the Dobsons.
Saturday activities.Workshops for children
will be offered at the First United Methodist Church in Fellowship Hall from 9 to 11 a.m. Children ages 1-12 are invited to make gingerbread houses and other crafts.
Main Street Mall is sched-uled for Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of Sterling’s Old Fashioned Christmas ac-tivities. The mini mall with 21 vendors will be located at Studio 96.
Scheduled for the event are: Cheryl Davis and Carol Langel, wreaths; Tina Asper, Color Street nail strips; Cathy LaTourell, Mary Kay; Carrie Thompson, Scentsy; Kristen Murby, Thirty-One products; Shari Ford, hand-made jewelry; United Pres-byterian Church, children’s craft and collecting dona-tions for children’s shoes; Ted and Chris Salyers, hand quilted table runners, hand-made iron work; Ron Strick-lin, scrollsaw and band saw art; Pam Garrett, Christmas cards, mini treat cups; Steve McClellan, wood items; Katelyn Gerbitz, Paparaz-zi jewelry; Trasi Bressler, handmade signs; Jon Van Veldhuizen, cutting boards and other handcrafted wood itmes; and Silver Threads, biscuits and gravy.
Santa visits Sterling; Christmas activities planned for Saturday
Sterling’s 42nd annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner served approximately 525 people along with 48 deliveries and 38 takeout meals.
This year the event was sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce for the second time.
Chamber President Amy Derr said she was very pleased with the turnout and appreciated all of the volunteer help.
With 24 turkeys and 20 hams prepared, there was plenty of food.
Community groups that helped included Silver Threads cleaning the turkeys, Rotary members deboning the turkeys, Sterling Village residents preparing relish trays, Cub Scouts cleaning tables and Girl Scouts preparing table décor.
Also making the community feast possible were: Sterling Café for providing the coleslaw and butter pats for the rolls; Dillon’s for donating utensils, turkey pans and cooking bags; Sterling College for allowing the use of the facilities and Chartwells for providing pies, drinks and butter for the stuffing; and Mark Kane, executive chef, who baked the tur-keys, dressing, sweet potatoes and gravy.
Six large boxes of food and paper goods were collected for the Sterling Food Bank.
Signups for Goodfellows’s beneficiary families has be-gun, Nancy Inwood, chair-woman for the Christmas food and toy drive in south-ern Rice County, reported Tuesday. Families may be nominated by calling In-wood at 913-602-4805, Linda Simpson at 278-6488, or Koni Hendricks at 904-7001 or by visiting the Southern Rice County Facebook page.
Family names will be ac-cepted until Dec. 13; howev-er, anonymous nominations are not accepted.
“People on the list need to know that our delivery volunteers will be coming to their homes between noon and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 22, and they need to be home to receive the deliveries,” said Inwood.
Last year the Goodfellows campaign benefitted 72 fami-lies in the Sterling, Alden and Raymond area deliver-ing boxes filled with food,
cleaning supplies, school supplies and toys.
Those looking to donate can leave toys, non-perish-able food items, hygiene products and winter wear such as stocking caps, gloves, mittens and scarves, in dona-tion boxes at Dollar General and at Broadway Market.
Canned good donations can be left at the City Office, 114 N. Broadway.
Jill Britton’s class has collected hats and gloves for Goodfellows.
Grade school and DFYIT students are collecting per-sonal care products and the American Legion is gather-ing socks.
Monetary donations can be made at Alden State Bank or First Bank, or checks, made out to Goodfellows, can be sent to Inwood at 204 N. Broadway, Sterling, Kan. 67579.
Peoples Bank and Trust 101 E. Main, Lyons will host a retirement reception for Karen Snyder and Mike McCormick Dec. 12, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The pair has a combined 74 years of experience at the bank (formerly Lyons State Bank).
SC to host Breakfast with Santa Saturday
Retirement reception at Peoples Bank and Trust
By Beth TuszynskiCounty commissioners certified results of the county-
wide vote recount Tuesday morning. That count changed the results of some races certified after the Nov. 5 election but that were found to be in error last week.
The recount spanned several days, as work involved re-quired the help of several volunteers and many work hours.
While Clerk Alicia Showalter intended that no one living in either USD 376 or 444 would participate in the recount, finding volunteers was difficult. Economic Development Di-rector Stacy Clark, who lives in Sterling filled in, counting on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. The recount be-gan Nov. 25 and lasted into Tuesday of this week.
In Sterling, the race for four positions on the Board of Ed-ucation changed, knocking one candidate off the board and placing another one on. Jessica Dobson received a total of 237 votes, while Joshua K. Sant received 228. Sant had been named as a winner in the race on Nov. 15, however the re-count showed Dobson will take the fourth seat on the board. William Kilgore (433 votes), Ted Carder (401 votes) and Lar-ry Brownlee (392 votes) will fill the other three seats. Sant was also tied with Kent Anthony in the recount.
The number of additional votes garnered by Dobson and Brownlee equaled the number of votes placed for them in USD 376/Reno county. Showalter did not say whether or not it was those votes that had not been counted on Nov. 15. Dobson’s count picked up 21 votes and Brownlee had an ad-ditional 19 votes once the count errors were corrected.
Two other candidates for USD 376 board of education received the following votes: David Lockhart (211) and Me-
Vote recount changes USD 376 BOE outcome
Wilson selected to 2020 KSHSAA Hall of Fame class
Photo by Ben MarshallBragan and Briar Ferguson check out Santa Monday night at the fire station.
Community Thanksgiving hosts 525
Craven honored with KSA Citizen Award
Goodfellows accepting beneficiary family signups
RENE WILSON
KSA CITIZEN AWARD winner Michael Craven (with plaque) is joined by Sheriff Bryant Evans, fiance Anita Miles, KSA President Allen Weber and Sterling Police Chief Derrick Ploutz.
By Beth TuszynskiCity commissioners moved Monday night to award the
city’s planned water valve replacement project contract. A request for proposals (RIP) to bid on the project was opened in November to install about 50 water isolation valves around the city. The city received four proposals from con-tractors interested in the project.
Middlecreek Corporation, Peabody will begin work to update the water isolation system around town in late De-cember or early January. Their proposal was the lowest bid at $377,417. Three other companies also responded to the RFP. The contract includes labor, materials and equipment, removal of old valves and insertion of the new valves, re-moval and replacement of surface materials and any other incidental work.
When planning began on the project in 2018, the city con-tracted with Wilson and Co., Salina to perform a study and estimate costs. The original estimate was about $298,000 and city staff budgeted $350,000 to include any contingency. However, after more than a year of planning, a significant increase in unit pricing due to market variables outside of local control was realized and the cost of the project esca-
City moves forward on water valve replacement project
By Mike CoursonWith better training and
better nutrition, sports re-cords fall virtually every sea-son. But not Rene Wilson’s track records. Wilson – then Rene Zimmer-man – won nine state track and field champion-ships as a Ster-ling Lady Black Bear. She set five state meet records before graduating in 1991, three of which still stand today. For those efforts, Wilson is one of five for-mer athletes and coaches in the Class of 2020 Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame.
“It is certainly quite an honor to be inducted. It was also very humbling to have my high school basketball coach Mike Berblinger call and tell me he would be nomi-nating me. I think of the KSH-
SAA Hall of Fame as being a place for those that go on to greater things, like Olympi-ans and professional athletes, so to have anyone think I be-long among names like that
is pretty unreal,” Rene said.
Wilson’s fa-ther, Ywain Zim-merman, was the track coach at Sterling Col-lege as Rene car-ried on her prep career. Growing up in gymnastics helped prepare Rene for her fu-ture in track.
“I was just following in the footsteps of my
dad, who was a jumper and hurdler,” she said in a previ-ous interview. “He also pole vaulted. At that time, girls didn’t have pole vault or I probably would have been a pole vaulter also because I just wanted to do whatever my dad had done.”
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KSHSAA—From Page 1
PAGE 2 * THE STERLING KANSAS BULLETIN * THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019
8th Street Alley RedesignsChristmas Open House
Saturday, Dec. 710 a.m.-2 p.m.
1-1/2 blocks west of stoplight, turn right into alley
Kids Kitchens • Wreaths • Cookie Jars Retro Furniture & Glassware
Farmhouse Furniture & Flower Arrangements
Questions Contact Darleen Risley 620-204-0224
Help area families...
If you have donations of clothing or coats, please take them to the Thrift Shop in Lyons, south side of square.
• Canned goods may be donated at the City Office or the donation box at Dollar General• Donations may also be dropped off at Broadway Market
SIGN UP INFORMATION: You must sign up your own family(no names will be accepted from another party. We cannot use lists from past years.
Please sign up by callingNancy • 913-602-4805 or Linda • 278-6488
have a Merry Christmas.
Money May Be Sent To:Nancy Inwood
204 N. BroadwaySterling, KS 67579
or left atAlden State Bank or First Bank
If you can help deliver, please call Nancy 913-602-4805
Alden Baptist, CrossPoint,Calvary Baptist, First United Methodist,
United Presbyterian, and Central Prairie Co-op, will have displays
with gift tags and names wheredonations may be made.
ANGEL TAGS
Location Reminder - Studio 96/Community Center, 121 S. Broadway
Please Note:Christmas Food and Toy Box sign-up
is now through Dec. 13. We will deliver on
Sun., Dec. 22 at 12 noonPlease be home at that time.
lated. In fact, the highest bid came in at $566,260. City staff and engineers worked with the low bidder to value engineer the project and re-duce costs while still ensur-ing the integrity of the proj-ect.
City Manager Craig Cros-sette worked with the engi-neers and Middlecreek to identify areas in town where cut-in valves could be sub-stituted for live insertion valves. “The only significant drawback of cut-in valves is that they require a maxi-mum of 2-hours service in-terruption during installa-tion,” Crossette said. The cut in valves will be used where there is a low concentration of water customers and the work will be completed dur-ing hours when most people are away from home, said Crossette.
“The city will provide ad-vanced notice for service in-terruptions and provide bot-tled water or distilled water by the gallon if requested,” Crossette added.
In order to reduce the costs with the cut-in valves, the city approved a change order to the project which will decrease the total cost to $341,604.
“You’re getting a [heck] of a deal,” said Brian P. Spano, Salina Operations Manager, Wilson and Company. An ordinance to authorize the 2020 general obligation bond will be amended Dec. 16 to reflect the updated project cost. If approved, the project cost will be allocated to the city’s water fund.
In other business, com-missioners:
•Approved bills totaling $35,530;
•Heard an update from Crossette that the public works team is working to complete installation of sprinklers at Sterling Lake and Library Park. There were some delays in the project due to inclement weather;
•Heard the city is re-viewing information from Kirkham and Michael, Ells-worth to complete a topo-graphic survey and grad-ing/erosion control plan.
The effort will ensure the integrity of the base for the electric substation and its transformer. The excava-tion firm will be responsible for demolition of two houses south of the substation site. RFP specifications for that project will be released at a later commission meeting;
•Learned the city has part-nered with Walton Plumb-ing and Heating to complete the redesign build for the pool bath house. Costs and design should be complete before Dec. 16. The project is included in the city’s 2020 budget and is made possible by a grant from the Kansas Department of Wildlife; and
•Were informed by Cros-sette that the city has nomi-nated and won the 2019 KRMCA (Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association) Municipal Concrete Award for the work done on the Jackson and Fourth Streets Community Development Block Grant project last spring/summer. The city will receive the award at the KRMCA convention on Jan. 10 in Olathe.
Rene excelled in the hur-dles and jumping events. Sterling moved from Class 2A in 1990 to Class 3A in 1991. As a state champion jumper each of those seasons, Rene was able to set state meet records in both classes. Her Class 3A long jump record of 19-3, set in 1991, still stands today. She hit 39-1.75 in triple jump at the state meet in 1990 and 1991, setting Class 2A and 3A meet records that still stand today.
“I’m especially surprised at the triple jump marks because those were the first two years the triple jump ex-isted at state,” Rene said in 2018. “The triple jump start-ed at state my junior and se-nior years, so those records that are there are the first ones ever set. It’s surprising
they haven’t been broken.”Rene was a star at other
meets and in other events. Her best high jump of 5-10 is still tied for No. 6 all-time in Kansas. Only three high jumpers have cleared the bar above 5-10 since 1990.
Rene’s HOF entry also speaks of her contributions to the Lady Black Bear bas-ketball teams that finished second, third, and fourth at the state tournament during her tenure. Her other prep accomplishments include: KMEA District Honor Band, member of Sterling’s state champion forensics team, SHS Theatre Award, Quiz Bowl co-captain, all-star cheerleader, National Honor Society and honor roll. After high school, Rene continued her success at Sterling Col-lege where she was a seven-time NAIA All-American in track and still holds three school records. She also earned all-KCAC honors in basketball and was a mem-ber of two national qualify-ing teams.
As a wife and mother, Rene is still very much a part of the track and field community. Her husband, Dwayne Wilson, is a former
Colorado state champion and current coach of the Sterling High School varsity team. Her daughter, Sydney, won multiple state titles be-fore continuing her career at Wichita State University. Another daughter, Taya, won a hurdle state champi-onship, and her son, Tyus, is already a two-time state champion after just two sea-sons. Last spring, he held the top high jump mark in all of Kansas.
Rene’s Class of ’20 HOF Classmates include legend-ary Liberal High School football and track coach Gary Cornelson, who won four state football titles and led the Redskins to a 118-17 run in his tenure. His boys’ track team won 14-consecu-tive state titles, and his girls’ team won 10 of 11 titles in a giant stretch.
Charlotte Davis was a teacher, coach, activities co-ordinator, assistant principal, athletic director and district athletic director for Kansas City Kansas Public Schools.
Overland Park’s Jack Sock won four-straight Class 6A tennis titles, finishing with a perfect 80-0 record from 2008-11. He went on to
win gold and bronze medals at the 2016 Olympics, and was a Wimbledon Doubles champion in 2014 and 2018, and US Open Doubles cham-pion in 2018.
Finally, the recently-re-tired Kimbrook Tennal of Centralia led his volleyball teams to an overall 791-49 record. His teams made it to state 19 times, winning state championships 11 times. His teams finished as runners-up an additional five times. He coached six undefeated sea-sons on the volleyball court and also won three state championships in basketball.
“When I look at the others being inducted I feel pretty unworthy of the award, but I guess having records that stand for 30 or nearly 30 years is pretty significant,” Rene said.
The KSHSAA Hall of Fame is housed in the organiza-tion’s offices in Topeka, and is open during regular busi-ness hours, Monday through Friday. To be eligible for the Hall of Fame, an individual must have made an unusu-ally outstanding contribu-tion in interschool activities, either as a student, or as an adult working with youth.
–COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING–
DIANA WEBER serves at Thursday’s Community Thanksgiving Dinner at Sterling College. As a member of the Sterling Chamber of Commerce Weber is very active in helping organize the annual event.
FYI
Silver Threads by Donna GrizzleDirector
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Market SessionWednesdayAfternoon
The Word by Dennis PrutowWestminster Evangelistic Ministries
A Change of Heart
It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas around the center. We had a great time at the Christmas Bazaar last Saturday and are looking forward to the Christmas Mall this weekend where we will be serving biscuits and gravy and coffee.
Saturday, Dec. 7, Sterling Christmas Mall at Studio 96, Biscuits and Sausage Gravy.
Upcoming activities at the center are as follows:
Coffee and Snacks Mon-day through Friday at 10 a.m.
Bible Study with Pastor Gray on Thursdays at 9 a.m.
Coloring Bee –Dec. 10 at 12:45 p.m.
Bingo with Tim – Dec. 17 at 12:45 p.m.
Monday, Dec.9 – Foot Care Appointments
Wednesday, Dec. 11 – Shopping Trip, you must sign up ahead of time
Wednesday, Dec. 11– Blood Pressure Clinic
For more information contact Donna by calling 620-278-3280 or by email at director.silverthreads@out-
look.com. Friendship Meals
Thursday, Dec. 5– Cel-ebrate Walt Disney’s birth date by dressing up Disney
Friday, Dec. 6 – Christ-mas Card Swap
Saturday, Dec. 7 – Christ-mas Mall Biscuits and Gra-vy Fundraiser
Thursday, Dec. 12 – Birth-day Celebration with guest speaker, Nancy King from Kindred Hospice.
Unless otherwise stated activities are during the lunch hour.
For more information on Friendship Meals, call at 620-278-3280. Call ahead to make a reservation for lunch (in house, carry out or home delivered options available). Stop in between 10 a.m. and 1p.m. to pick up a menu, December menus now available.
Volunteer opportunities available, perfect for college students, retirees or anyone just looking to give back or pay it forward.
Aging Projects Inc. Friendship Meals
Phone 620-278-3280Thursday, Dec. 5 – Tahi-
tian chicken and wild rice, parslied carrots, tomato sal-ad, banana, milk.
Friday, Dec. 6 – ham chow-der, cooked cabbage, pine-apple, cranberry swirl cake, crackers, milk.
Monday, Dec. 9 – fish chowder, cottage cheese sal-ad, pickled beets, mandarin oranges, crackers, milk.
Tuesday – hot turkey sandwich (mashed potatoes, gravy, bread), savory green beans, cranberry sauce, gin-gersnap cookie, milk.
Wednesday – ham and broccoli casserole, chick pea
pasta salad, pineapple, juice, muffin, milk.
Thursday – cranberry meatballs, baked potato, her-bed green beans, peaches, applesauce cake, roll, milk.
Food BankThe Sterling Food Bank is
open the first and third Tues-days of every month from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and the first and third Thursdays of ev-ery month from 5 to 7 p.m.
For information contact, Darleen Risley, 620-204-0224, or manager, Brigette Ben-nett, 620-200-3437.
Wellness CenterThe Wellness Center
is open Monday through Thursday from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.
and Saturday 8 a.m. to noon. The SRC board will meet Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. at the HS Conf. Room.
Zaccheus was rich. He took a cut of the taxes he col-lected on behalf of Rome. As a chieftax collector, he was atop the pyramid. Local Jeri-cho residents despised this little fellow.
When Jesus passed through town, Zaccheus scrambled up a sycamore tree to see Him. Jesus invit-ed Himself to dinner. Many grumbled. No self-respecting religious leader would as-sociate with a tax collector. Zaccheus was a sinner. He
was full of fraud and deceit. Religiously and spiritually he was a lost man. Heaven was not his destination.
At this point Jesus uttered astounding words. “The Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). Jesus Christ is the divine and heavenly Son of Man (Daniel 7:13). He en-tered the world via virgin birth. His life had a goal. It was the cross. As the divine Son of Man, Jesus Christ died on that cross on behalf
of sinners. “He was pierced through for our transgres-sions, He was crushed for our iniquities” (Isaiah 53:3).
Zaccheus had a change of heart. He confessed Jesus as Lord. “Behold, Lord, half of my
possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have de-frauded anyone of anything, I will giveback four times as much” (Luke 19:8). Jesus had one response. “Today salva-tion has come to this house” (Luke 19:9).
Saturday, December 7
2019 Old FashionedSterling Christmas
Main Street Sterling785-735-4443
Main Street Christmas Mall9 a.m.-1 p.m., Studio 96
Come shop for Christmas under one roof !
Kids’ Workshops9 a.m.-11 a.m. (come & go)
UMC Fellowship HallGingerbread houses and crafts!
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Mark Clair HalterMark Clair Halter, 68,
Lyons, died Nov. 28, 2019 at Hutchinson Regional Medi-cal Center, Hutchinson.
He was born May 8, 1951, in Oakland, Calif., the son of Frank and Doris “Doty” Jeep Halter. He has resided in Lyons since 2014, formerly of Ft. Worth, Texas.
Mark was a hotel man-ager and warehouse worker, retiring in 2014.
He is survived by daugh-ters; Jerri L. Jerome, Lyons, and Janet M. Morgan, Gig Harbor, Wash., and three grandchildren.
A private family burial will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be given to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital for cancer care or Friends of Animals Rice County in care of Birz-er Funeral Home, Lyons.
The Sterling Bulletin, Dec. 5, 2019
Obituary
Photo by Ben MarshallTHE STERLING HISTORICAL PRESERVATION soup supper Monday night served 125 and raised $1376, which will be used to help maintain Sterling’s downtown structures. Main Street Sterling and the Boy Scouts also helped with the fundraiser.
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son of Mr. and Mrs. Auverne Wagerle.
Mrs. Carol Lee Laughlin Macdonald and miss Marju Bakis have been selected as Outstanding Young Women of America for 1969.
Melton, England, Ser-geant Jackie L. Duft, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willard C. Duft, Sterling, has arrived for duty at Bentwaters RAF Station, England.
A family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Childs and family Sunday evening honored the Child’s son, Steve, who left Tues-day for Treasuer Island, Ca-lif., where he will report for Navy duty.
Files—From Page 4
saw Madden walking toward the undersheriff shooting. Cundith made a U-turn and returned to the scene to offer assistance.
Murphy believes Madden was on the way to finish him off when the tire squealing and responses from Cundith and Craven scared him off.
Sterling Police Chief Der-rick Ploutz nominated Cra-ven for the award. He noted that he had nominated other
Angel trees are located at Central Prairie Co-op, First United Methodist Church, Calvary Baptist Church, Al-den Baptist Church, United Presbyterian Church and CrossPoint. The gift tags can be taken and used to pur-chase items for a specific child. Donations can then be
citizens including Cundith and Leslie Wolfe as well as additional law enforcement members for awards.
“The award is really not enough,” Ploutz said, ex-plaining that having civil-ians willing to put them-selves in harms way to help law enforcement is a true en-couragement to him.
“In the world right now where people are not real friendly with police officers it’s humbling to know we have citizens that have our backs,” Ploutz said.
left at the tree location.Any donations of clothing
should be taken to the Lyons Thrift Shop on the west side of the square.
Volunteers are needed to help pack boxes Dec. 16-20 from 9 to noon at Studio 96.
Inwood also needs volun-teers to deliver boxes on Dec. 22. Those able to help can gather at Studio 96 at 12:30 p.m. on delivery day.
Goodfellows—From Page 1
Award—From Page 1
FORUMPAGE 4 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2019
—IMAGES OF THE PAST—
—Max Moxley CollectionYULETIDE ENTERTAINMENT – Among the several groups to bring Yuletide entertainment to the residents of Sterling Manor was a group of United Presbyterian Women who presented a Christmas program at the Manor, Dec. 22, 1966. Among those presenting musical selections and readings during the afternoon was this
group which includes, Katherine Lee, Mrs. Ralph Wilson, Mrs. Kenneth Smith, Mrs. Duane Fritzemeier, Mrs. Jean Warner, Mrs. Robert Gordon, Mrs. Dallas Wilhelm and Gill Paige. At the piano is Mrs. Robert Calderwood, Jr.
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“Doc, I’ve started on this new diet and I won-der what you think,” said my patient. Then I hear about the patient’s latest weight loss plan. There are so many plans out there...the Noom® plan, the Shark Tank diet, the keto diet, the Mediterranean diet, the paleo diet, the sugar-free diet, the low-carbohydrate diet, the one day a week fast. Some diets increase the intake of water, of fi-ber, of antioxidants and the list goes on. Many of these new plans are variations of a low-carb plan, which I like. I also have found that a weekly fast seems to work for some people.
About 20 years ago, two huge studies compared the low-carbohydrate diet with the low-fat diet. Both studies showed the same
thing. People liked the low-carb diet better and with it, they lost more weight eas-ily and initially. After one year, however, most people from both groups regained the weight they had lost. Similar studies through many years showed the same thing, no plan seems to keep the weight off long term. The two questions commonly left unanswered are, is it good to eat less, even without weight loss; and how important is exer-cise in all this?
The most powerful stud-ies have shown that when people eat 40 percent less than what they would eat if they had no limit, they live about 40 percent longer. It is the calorie count that matters, not weight loss. Add to this the multiple sci-entific studies that show if
an overweight person is fit and in good condition then their risks of death are no greater than for a thin per-son who is in good condi-tion.
When people ask me, I recommend starting with three to seven days of calo-rie counting and exercise measurement before any changes are made. The cal-orie goal depends on one’s height and age, but an av-erage sized middle-aged woman or man needs fewer than 1800-2000 calories per day for maintenance and at least one mile of walking per day. By the way, I think a balanced diet with plenty of vegetables and fewer carbohydrates makes the transition easier to toler-ate and is especially good if one is diabetic or pre-diabetic. The most impor-
tant point remains…fewer calories.
Bottom line: Setting a goal to “lose weight” puts you at risk for disappoint-ment. For heavy and thin people alike, your best chance for success is to be mindful of your calorie in-take and exercise regular-ly. Then, love yourself as you are.
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10 years agoDec. 10, 2009
The Sterling College Board of Trustees recently welcomed three new mem-bers: John Wilkey of Ster-ling, Jason West of Hutchin-son, and Dr. Chris Majors of Wichita.
Mary Ellen Tippin was recognized by Wellness Cen-ter Director Ashley Tesone, for completing 1,000 work-outs in her four years of membership at the Sterling Wellness Center.
Sterling High School de-baters traveled to two sepa-rate tournaments Friday, with the varsity team sweep-ing the top three places at their meet in Hoisington. Competing against 30 teams in the Hoisington tourna-ment, Keaton Prather and Caleb Watney finished in first place with a 5-0 record, defeating Kingman, Lyons, Nickerson (twice) and Col-by.
Four SHS Black Bears received MCAA league rec-ognition for their play dur-ing the 2009 football season. Senior Dylan Flickinger, and sophomore Bryant Pat-terson, received honorable mention recognition as linebackers. Senior Heath Hewitt was named to the All-MCAA second team as an offensive lineman and se-nior Matt Foster, All-MCAA second team running back.
25 years agoDec. 8 1994
Tuesday’s ice storm brought freezing tempera-tures and power outages throughout most of Sterling. Both sides of Broadway’s
business district suffered power outages, however electricity was restored within about 30 minutes.
Election of officers and new officers and new board members topped the Ster-ling Chamber of Commerce agenda Monday. Don Sand-ers of Jacam Chemical Part-ners and Ed Howell of the Sterling Bulletin were elect-ed to fill seats on the board vacated by Mike Thomas and Susan Patterson.
Members of the Rice County Historical Society met Nov. 28 in the confer-ence room of Coronado Qui-vira museum with President Edith Hayes leading the flag salute.
In its season opener Fri-day, Dec. 2 the Sterling High School Black Bear boys’ basketball team stomped St. John 62-38. Bryan Gantz made 16, Josh Williford, 14, Brandon Henry, 14 and Jer-emy Lewis 10.
The Sterling Junior High eighth grade boy’s basket-ball team won its first game of the year against the Ellin-wood Eagles for a 39-27 vic-tory. Casey Cain led the way for the cubs with 10 points.
Sterling High School de-baters Amie Kruse and Na-than Willis placed first out of 25 teams at the Greens-burg novice Debate Tourna-ment.
Kris Kling is one of 39 academic tutors at North-western College, Orange City, Iowa.
The Sterling American Legion Auxiliary met for its regular monthly meeting Monday, Dec. 5. Three new
juniors members were ac-cepted, Kayla Cain, Shelly and Nicci Equels, and one senior member, Charlotte Slupski.
35 years agoDec. 6, 1984
Monday officially be-gan the Christmas season in Sterling with the annual Christmas tree-lighting cer-emony in front of the Ster-ling Public Library.
Curt and Rose Mary Prof-fitt are the new owners of Curt’s Auto Supply in Ster-ling which opened for busi-ness Monday, Dec. 3.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cain entertained her broth-ers at an early Christmas dinner Dec. 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Long returned home last Tuesday evening after spending two weeks vacationing and vis-iting in Westerville, Ohio, with their son and wife, Harvey and Sue Long.
Friends gathered at the home of Pearl Goerke on Sunday afternoon to help her celebrate her birthday.
The five Sterling High School music students se-lected to the Kansas music Educators District VI Hon-or Choir and Honor Band were, Sue Rusch, Julie Ray, Richard Proffitt, Kevin Rich and Don Zimmerman.
Mary Roots, Sterling, a junior at Sterling College, was recently initiated into Alpha Chi, national honor scholastic organization.
The Junior High boys opened their basketball sea-son at Ellinwood with victo-ries in both A and B games. Shannon Jones scored 4
points while Jay Goodwin and Rick Kreiger each add-ed 2.
The Sterling Junior High School girl’s basketball teams opened the season with wins by both the eighth and seventh grade squads over Ellinwood. Leading the scoring for Sterling eighth was Kim McCreery with nine and for the seventh grade was Jennifer Proffitt with six points.
The Girl Scouts made Christmas cards at their No-vember meeting. They also discussed making nut bread and fudge at Judy McNutt’s house.
50 years agoDec. 4 1969
A record crowd filled Smisor Stadium Thursday for the fourth playing of the Sterling Silver Bowl. Atten-dance was placed at 5600.
Mr. and Mrs. Ywain Zim-merman and Donald and Mrs. Velda Zimmerman and his sisters and their families were Thanksgiving dinner guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pursifull at Tonkawa, Okla.
Momer Drake was hon-ored with a birthday sup-per Saturday evening at the home of his son, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Drake.
Mike Alber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Alber who is stationed in Germany, is scheduled to leave there De-cember 12 will arrive here the following week.
Kerry Wagerle, USN. His wife, Ellen, and son, Brian, will arrive here to spend a 30-day leave. Kerry is the
We thought you might enjoy these recipes from The Bulletin’s Cook Book in 1904. Maybe you will find some new favorites.
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2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup cold water, 1 heaping tablespoon glucose; stir this until it dissolves then boil slow-ly without stirring until it drops from the spoon in hairs. Pour into a deep dish and when nearly cold add flavoring and 1 cup of chopped nut kernels and beat until stiff. Work this into a thin layer on buttered paper, spread the top with melted chocolate and nut kernels and when cold cut in squares.
Mrs. R. J. Shay, Sterling
Black Bear ProudI have been blessed… blessed with a great family, great
community and most recently, as many of you have already heard, with being inducted into the Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame.
Covering this “story” is a little tough when you are the local news and sports editor, so I thank Mike Courson for stepping in to provide the coverage for us.
I have many people to thank and first on that list is my high school basketball coach Mike Berblinger. Being in-ducted means someone took the time and effort to nominate you and that is not an easy –submit a name and see what happens– process. Coach, thanks for not only thinking I deserve such recognition, but for doing the leg work. I also want to thank you for the lessons I learned from you as my coach and the example you set for our team in winning and losing. You helped this gymnast-turned-track-athlete learn to be a basketball player. Thanks for believing in me.
My parents obviously deserve much credit, whether it was driving to Great Bend four times a week for gymnastics practice or going to the track with me the night before the first meet of almost every year to “fix” my high jump step, they poured many hours into this award that deserve rec-ognition. I’ll let them fight over whose genetics gave me the athleticism, but I know my dad gets credit for the technical aspects and for reminding me to “run fast, jump high and don’t fall down.” I know they both gave me a competitive spirit and walked me through many ups and downs wiping away a few tears along the way.
My first coaches also get credit. Scott and Michelle Mc-Coy spent many hours in the gym with me starting at age six teaching me gymnastics. While I outgrew the sport at age 14, I know it was the time I spent learning body control, gaining power and flexibility that made me into the athlete I became. I learned what it meant to work hard, overcome fears, be tough and aim for perfection. All of those hours and drills paid off, just for different coaches in different sports.
I was blessed throughout my career with great coaches including Cheryl Engelland who was not only my high school track coach, but coached me in junior high basket-ball. I’m sure she never expected that little 4-10 point guard to turn into a state champion high jumper, but she never discouraged me from it. Thanks coach for making track fun, challenging us to be great, helping me through disappoint-ments like my sophomore state meet and not making me run the 300 hurdles!
My classmates and teammates were also a blessing. I would name you, but I’m sure I’d leave someone out and you know who you are. From summer track with Sterling Strid-ers to multiple State competitions and practices leading up to them. Thanks for pushing me to be better and do better.
I will be forever grateful that I attended Sterling High School where I could be involved in so much more than ath-letics. I had opportunities in music, forensics and theatre as well as opportunities for leadership roles in various clubs and organizations. This is something that few “athletes” get to experience in the average school district. Not only did I get the chance to try these different activities, I had teach-ers, coaches and sponsors that made it possible for me to ex-cel in them. This is the blessing of Sterling High School and why I’m so glad my children have grown up here as well.
Why God has blessed me beyond all measure I cannot say, but I want to thank the community and Sterling High School faculty, staff and administration members that gave me the opportunity to become a part of the KSHSAA Hall of Fame Class of 2020.
I am forever proud to be a Black Bear!–Rene Wilson
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FFA team judges its way to state
The Sterling High School debate team placed third out of 18 schools at the McPher-son Invitational Saturday finishing with a 12-3 record behind Wichita Colletiate 13-2 and Dodge City 13-2.
Varsity debaters Jordan Mullins and Josh Curtis fin-ished fourth out of 19 teams with a 4-1 record and 22 speaker points. They defeat-ed teams from Ellinwood, Hutchinson (twice) and Sali-na South, but lost to Wichita Collegiate.
Aubrey Anderson and Luke Harding placed sev-enth with a 3-2 record with 23 speaker points. The pair defeated teams from Garden City, Moundridge and Wich-ita Collegiate, but lost to Sa-lina South and Hutchinson.
“The varsity pool was a bloodbath with none of the 19 teams coming out with a 5-0. Josh and Jordan, who
received fourth, handed the first and second place teams from Hutchinson their only losses. Luke and Aubrey did the same to the Wichita Col-legiate team,” Dutton said. “With difficult competition, I was proud of our third place finish.”
Novice competitors Ella Wellman and Colton Sant won their first medals of the season placing first out of 32 teams with a 5-0 record and 17 speaker points. They defeated teams from Salina South (twice), Garden City, Maize South and Wichita Collegiate.
“They had perfect speak-er points in 4-of-5 rounds. This meet showed their defi-nite growth,” Dutton said.
Also competing in the novice division were: Alyssa Martinez and Adam Vin-cent, 3-2; Cedric Wilson and
Braxton Linden, 3-2; Jonas Gunther and Noah Zambo, 1-4.
Josh Prebble and Joey Hartman competed in the ju-nior varsity division finish-ing 10th out of 23 teams with a 3-2 record.
By: Kayley ClarkSterling High School’s Future Farmers of
America team attended a Dairy Cattle Judg-ing competition in McPherson on Nov. 20.
The three divisions of judging include se-nior, junior and greenhand. These divisions are based on the student’s experience or ability to judge well.
“There was six classes of cows, and the senior division had to do two sets of reasons on why they placed those cows the way they did. The greenhand and junior divisions had to give one set of reasons,” senior Wyatt Brown said.
The Sterling team’s senior division con-sisted of seniors Mallory Beltz, Lauren Fredrick, Cade Wilkey and junior Kayley Clark.
“We did about two weeks worth of prep-aration beforehand, and then at the dairy cattle judging we picked the best cow out of four and ranked them,” Wilkey said.
Even though the team prepared for this event, they didn’t have many expectations due to the fact that this is the first year FFA has existed at SHS.
Though lacking experience, the senior division students all placed well out of 23 teams or about 160 students, with Clark in third place, Fredrick in 13th, Beltz in 23rd and Wilkey in 47th.
The Sterling team went on to receive first place overall and will be participating at State Dairy Judging on May 6.
“I think it’s a really big accomplishment for being our first year and to make it to state and not really knowing what we were doing,” Beltz said.
The new FFA program is providing stu-dents with different opportunities and chances for involvement.
“It was a different yet fun experience. I think FFA is a good program that Sterling got,” Wilkey said.
Debaters place third at McPherson Invite
CrossPoint Church has announced Michael Gray and Nancy Inwood as the new co-managers of The Point at Broadway Market. CrossPoint Church pur-chased The Point at Broad-way Market in May 2018 to accelerate the fight against human trafficking globally. After a period of time with no direct local manager, Gray and Inwood are excit-ed to jump in and meet the needs of the community.
“Though there has been quite a bit of change in the management and new op-tions for the people of Ster-ling to get their coffee, the church is renewing our commitment to The Point at Broadway Market because we believe we can still ac-complish so much more,” said Eric Franklin, executive pastor CrossPoint Church. “The church is excited about the future with Michael and Nancy at the wheel.”
Gray is the campus pastor at the Sterling CrossPoint campus where he will con-tinue in that role that he has held for the last ten years.
“I am excited for the op-portunity to serve our com-munity in another capac-ity,” said Gray. “The Point at Broadway Market is a wonderful place to come and hang out. I love that it is more than a coffee shop, that it has a greater purpose be-hind it.”
In addition to her role at The Point at Broadway Market, Inwood owns a kids consignment sale, Here We
Grow Again Olathe.“The Point at Broadway
Market is an essential part of the Sterling community and I am thrilled to have a small part in the success of it,” Inwood said. “Michael and I work well together and both share a vision of mak-ing The Point at Broadway Market a place where every-one is welcome and a regular stop for your morning coffee and lunch.”
CrossPoint Church (www.crosspointnow.net) is head-quartered in Hutchinson, but operates several loca-tions throughout Kansas, including Sterling. They currently operate one oth-er coffeeshop out of their Hutchinson location.
CrossPoint Church Lead Pastor Andy Addis says there is another advantage of expanding through coffee shops. “As we continue to try and reach rural commu-nities we will be thrilled to make our entrance in some places by adding economic value to a town as well as spiritual. Bringing a coffee shop on a mission to some places where nothing like that exists”
All proceeds from the cof-fee shop go towards rescuing people from human traffick-ing. CrossPoint partners with Love Justice Interna-tional, a group that focuses on monitoring key areas, such as transit points, inter-ception, and human traffick-ing rescuing efforts in Nepal and India.
Spencer Childs, Lease Specialist at First Bank, recently completed the 2019 Commercial Lending School.
This school was held October 21-25 in Grand Island, Neb. The Com-mercial Lending School is sponsored by the Kansas and Nebraska Bankers As-sociations and in partner-ship with the Colorado, Iowa, Louisiana, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming Bankers Asso-ciations.
The school provides bankers intense instruc-tion in the entire com-mercial lending process. Completion of this course assists students in devel-oping skills, which allow them to better serve their customer’s multiple finan-cial needs.
“Spencer has proven to be a great addition to our First Bank Team and his success at this Lending School prepares him to make an even bigger im-pact in the years to come,” said Jeff Laudermilk, President of First Bank. “Today’s small business-es need a strong partner with great skills to help him meet the challenges of our time. When you get to know Spencer, you will see his desire to do all he can to help his clients stay strong.”
Childs attends lending school in Nebraska
Residents of Sterling and the surrounding area are invited to a Holiday Open House at Sterling Vil-lage, 204 W. Washington, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2 to 4 p.m.
The event will include a visit from Santa and a Christmas Giving Tree.
“We will serve deli-cious holiday refreshments and welcome people of all ages,” said Lisa Valentine, Sterling Village commu-nity liaison. “And Santa is eager to make his appear-ance. He will visit with par-ticipants and be available for photos.”
In addition, tours of the long-term-care residence will be available on re-quest.
“We hope that our guests will take special note of the Christmas Giving Tree,” Valentine commented. “We encourage visitors to take a giving tag from the tree and become a Secret Santa to one of our elders. It is the perfect way to cel-ebrate the true meaning of the season.
“It is also an opportuni-ty to mingle with our staff and other members of the community in caring fel-lowship. We hope the com-munity can share the joy of Christmas with their friends and neighbors at our open house.”
Those who plan to at-tend are asked to RSVP by Friday, Dec. 13. Valentine can be reached by calling 620-273-4077.
Gray/Inwood to co-manageThe Point at Broadway Market
Santa to attend Holiday Open
House atSterling Village
linda Thomas (198).In the race for Sterling
City Commission, Steve Ri-vas received 349 votes and Todd Rowland 419 votes.
Other race results around the county included a need-ed coin-toss for the mayor’s position in Geneseo. Both the top vote-getters were write-in candidates. Carolyn Kratzer and Lorence Har-ris each received five votes. Commission Chair Jared Wilson tossed a quarter with heads for Kratzer and tails for Harris. Kratzer won the toss.
In Lyons, school board positions will be filled by Joshua Michaelis, Cathy Rose, Jeremy Showalter, Ken Troyer and Jacob Voorhies.
In Little River, John Ti-etjens, Daniel Steperson and Michael E. Richards won the seats for City Council.
In Raymond, write-in can-didate Bob Wyatt won the mayor’s race with nine votes. Raymond City Council’s three open seats will be filled by Daniel Sheridan, Barbara Davis and Lloyd Mayhue, a write-in candidate.
In other business commis-sioners:
•Shared a resolution passed Nov. 27 transferring $200,000 from commissioners special, $200,000 from equip-ment reserve and $131,000 from capital improvement into the radio infrastructure fund;
•Discussed employee pay increases set for 2020 and the possibility of revising the county’s longevity pay policy;
•Announced a public hearing for the annexation of 1118 S. Dinsmore Ave. into the city of Lyons on Jan. 6 at 6 p.m. in Lyons City Cham-ber;
•Discussed officially add-
ing the responsibilities of the Zoning and Planning Director’s position to Public Works Director Tom Robl’s job description. Commission-ers plan to make the change in January;
•Approved neighborhood revitalization plan additions of $197 and abatements of $609;
•Approved installation of shrubs and small trees around the courthouse grounds by Prairie Fire Farm, Moundridge, not to exceed $2,275; and
•Approved Kirkham Mi-chael, Ellsworth as engineer for the airport layout plan (ALP) update. An ALP is re-quired by the Federal Avia-tion Administration before the construction of any ad-ditional hangars at the air-port. Cost for engineering on the plan can run between $25,000 and $100,000 but the FAA will cover 90 percent of costs.
SHS FFA MEMBERS include, back row: Carter Crank, Jake Schroeder, Wilkerson Schmalzried, Talee Thompson, Wyatt Brown, Rhain Isaac, Reece Bressler and Kamryn Gillespie. Front row: William McGaughey, Jonas Gunther, Cade Wilkey, Lauren Frederick, Mallory Beltz, Kayley Clark and Claire Chesney.
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Area Church SchedulesALDEN Alden Methodist Church
Rob Bolton, pastorSunday
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.Morning Worship 9 a.m.First Baptist ChurchMatt Hendricks, pastor
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Raymond Baptist ChurchMatt Hendricks, pastor
SundaySunday School 8:45 a.m.
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Assembly of God Church407 North Sixth StreetKendal Connor, pastor
SundaySunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 4:30 p.m.
WednesdayBible Study 7 p.m.
Calvary Baptist Church212 South First
Dale Jordan, pastorSunday
Sunday School 10 a.m.Morning Worship 11 a.m.Evening Worship 6 p.m.
WednesdayPrayer Service 7 p.m.
Church of Christ337 S. Broadway
Men TeachingSunday
Worship Study 10 a.m.Wednesday
Bible Study 7 p.m.Cross Point - Sterling
109 W. Garfield Michael Gray, campus pastor
SundayWorship Service 10:30 a.m.
Children’s Sunday Sch. 10:30 a.m., Wednesday
Youth Grp: JH 6:30-8:30 p.m.SH 7:30-9:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
137 North BroadwayAmy Foster, pastor
SundayMorning Worship 9 a.m.
Sunday School 10:30 a.m.Higher Praise Church
125 W. MainSterling, KS
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College & Youth Group, 5-7 p.m.Midland Community UCC
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Morning Worship 10:50 a.m.Evening Worship 2 p.m.Sterling Evangelical
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NICKERSON SPORTS
Nickerson’s 6-foot-9 Con-nor MacDonald was a shot-blocking machine who near-ly teamed with Hunter Jones for a 4A state basketball trip last year.
Nickerson (14-8) lost 29-28 to Chapman in the 4A substate championship fi-nals. The Panthers defeated Wamego 51-43 in the first round.
“We really gained a feel for what a substate champi-onship game feels like,” said Nickerson coach Curt Field. “We understand how tough it is to get the state tourna-ment. We’ll keep that in mind day-in and day-out.”
Starters Connor Mac-Donald (13 ppg, 4 blocks per game), Logan Broomfield-Tate and reserves Cristian Peterson and Matt Cross-man return.
“Connor needs to be more our go-to guy offensively,” said Field. “His role needs to expand offensively. De-fensively he obviously was
great last year and we ex-pect that again. We’ll need to play inside/out like we did last year. Once again, our strength will be our size.”
Broomfield-Tate will also expand his offensive game.
“We’re looking for a big year out of Logan,” Field said. “He uses his body well and has a good knack for fin-ishing around the basket. He does little things really well and impacts the game in lots of ways.”
Field expects a competi-tive team.
“The goal is to go to the state tournament,” he said. “We need to give ourselves a chance by winning dur-ing the regular season. We believe we’ve got a chance in every game on the sched-ule.”
Nickerson’s biggest ques-tion mark is mixing new players into their roles and
finding a few perimeter shooters.
“We understand there needs to be new players step up and guys need to expand on their roles,” he said. “The Central Kansas League will be tough as always.”
The Panthers feature 10 juniors and several sopho-mores who will work to catch the coach’s eye.
“There will be tons of competition over the first
few weeks,” Field said. “I’m excited to see who steps up. It will ultimately be who earns the meaningful minutes as the season progresses.”
Field’s other concern is assembling a perimeter de-fense outside of MacDonald and Broomfield-Tate inside.
“We graduated some great individual defenders, but we’ll really work to be a good man-to-man defensive team,” he said.
Nickerson’s girls basketball team features four players with starting ex-perience from a 4A fourth-place finish-er after losses to KC Piper and Baldwin.
All-Central Kansas League Madison Ontjes, Kieryn Ontjes, Morgan Stout and Aspen Apfel all started last season for a 21-5 basketball team.
“They have good experience and they need to perform well for us to have a solid year,” McLean said. “Last year has led to high expectations with return-ing players with experience and talent. They know how to perform at a high competition level.”
Stout missed most of the season with a knee injury. But the Ontjes sisters helped key three consecutive post-sea-son wins over Chapman, Rose Hill and Abilene.
“Other players raised their level of play and we had a well-rounded team
that played very well together. We showed toughness that helped us rally in many ballgames in the fourth quar-ters.”
The 6-foot-2 Stout signed with Wichi-ta State for volleyball, but she was aver-aging 20 points and 10 rebounds.
“Morgan is close to full strength, and she should be a dominant player and have a solid season,” McLean said.
Freshman Ava Jones also measures 6-foot-2, giving the Panthers a pair of tall starters.
“We’ll have a chance to be very tall and athletic,” McLean said. “We should be hard to score on. We should gather defensive rebounds that can lead to transition and a fast style of play.”
The Panthers expect to rely on the height inside and play an aggressive de-fensive style.
“We look to play fast again,” McLean
said. “We’ll get after people on defense and turn that into easy baskets. We should be hard to score on.”
Newcomers include Alexis Allen, Kinzie Starnes, Carly Smith, Ava Jones and Josie McLean.
“Top newcomers Ava Jones and Josie McLean have a chance to really help,” he said. “Ava offers good size and ath-letic ability with a great work ethic. Josie has pretty good ball handling and shooting skills. If they adjust quickly to the speed and physicality of high school basketball, they’ll be solid players.”
Madison Ontjes is expected to re-turn from a knee injury after two more months.
“Madison’s leadership and qual-ity of play will make our team better,” McLean said. “She’s a 4-year starter with good skills and a good head for the game.”
Nickerson girls basketball adds height to experienced team
Panther basketball looks to gain from substate experience
The Sterling College War-riors are still looking for their first conference win of the season after dropping games to Southwestern 84-72 before Thanksgiving and losing to Oklahoma Wes-leyan University on the road Monday 82-63.
SC v. OKWUA quick start for the War-
riors gave Sterling the early upper hand, but the Eagles used strong runs down the stretch to pull away for the 82-63 victory over Sterling in Bartlesville.
After exchanging baskets early, the Warriors extended their lead with a 10-0 run
behind back-to-back scores from Gabriel Mendez and three’s from Isaac Ostrosky and JaMiah Windom-Haynes to take a 12-4 lead. The first half moved along quickly with limited fouls called, as another set of three’s from Ostrosky and Edo Okafor kept the Warriors in front. A quick two from Saleem Holden gave Sterling a 22-11 lead with 8:48 remaining in the half, as Sterling took its largest lead of the game.
However, Oklahoma Wes-leyan began to heat up, using a 17-4 run to take a 28-26 lead with three minutes left in the half. The Warriors used
scores from Holden and Win-dom-Haynes to battle back for a 30-30 tie, but back-to-back three’s and a layup for the Eagles gave Oklahoma Wesleyan a 38-30 lead head-ing into the break.
Sterling started the half with a pair of free throws from Windom-Haynes to cut the lead to six, but the Eagles answered with a five-point swing to push ahead 43-32. The two teams would trade scores, as the Warriors used a three from Kenan Comley and baskets from Rylee Hayes and Windom-Haynes to cut the lead to 49-41 with 13:24 left to play.
The Eagles continued to hit shots, keeping their distance from the Warriors. Sterling cut the lead to 57-50 with 10:25 remaining in the game; however, Oklahoma Wes-leyan responded with back-to-back three’s to spark an Eagle run, as OKWU jumped ahead 67-52. The Eagles con-tinued to hold off the War-riors to take the 82-63 win.
Windom-Haynes led Ster-ling with a double-double of 20 points and 11 rebounds, while Holden was the only other Warrior in double fig-ures with 10 points off the bench. Mendez added eight, while Ostrosky finished
with seven. Three Warriors collected two assists in the game, while Hayes led SC with two steals.
SC v. Southwestern.The Sterling College
Warriors had a final home game before Thanksgiving break last Tuesday taking on the Southwestern College Moundbuilders. The War-riors had to battle back after a slow start, but Southwest-ern pulled away for the 84-72 win in the end.
Southwestern jumped out to a 13-0 lead to start the game. A free throw from Rylee Hayes, along with a three from JaMiah Win-dom-Haynes and a basket from Isaac Ostrosky finally got Sterling on the board. Southwestern continued to hit big shots, extending their lead to 35-16 midway through the half. The War-riors cut into the Mound-builder lead on an 8-0 run with three’s from Edo Oka-for and Kenan Comley, along with a pair of free throws from Saleem Holden to make it 43-33 with just un-der five minutes to play in the half. Another three from Okafor cut the lead to eight, but Southwestern ended the half on an 11-4 run to take a 57-42 lead into the break.
The second half opened with a pair of free throws for the Moundbuilders, but a 13-3 run by the Warriors helped Sterling cut the lead to 62-55. Scores from Mar-cell Houser, Gabriel Mendez and Windom-Haynes kept the Warriors close, as the two sides began to trade bas-kets. A jumper from Com-ley closed the Southwestern lead to five, making it 68-63 midway through the half. However, the Moundbuild-ers used a 12-2 run over the next five minutes to take a 80-67 lead over Sterling with time running out. The late surge by Southwestern proved to be the difference, as the Warriors fell to the Moundbuilders, 84-72.
Ostrosky led Sterling with 21 points and four steals. Windom-Haynes surpassed the 1,000 career-point mark, finishing with 12 points, while Okafor added 11. Men-dez, Windom-Haynes and Okafor each had seven re-bounds, while four different Warriors had two assists in the contest.
Sterling (2-9, 0-6) will con-tinue play on the road, as they head to McPherson to take on the McPherson Col-lege Bulldogs tonight. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m.
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SJH Basketball Results
The Sterling High School boy’s basketball team will open the 2019-20 season Friday hosting the Berean Academy Warriors with the game set to tip off at 7:30 p.m.
With 10 returning varsity letter winners coach Derek Schneider is looking to improve on last year’s 3-18 (1-8) record.
Seniors Brady Myers and Logan Weigel return and are joined by Cade Wilkey, who did not play last year, and transfer student Caden Bressler.
Myers was honorable mention all-HOA last season averaging 9.5 points per game
with 5.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game.Weigel averaged four points and seven re-
bounds per game.Junior Tyus Wilson also returns. He
earned second team all-HOA recognition av-eraging 13.1 points per game and seven re-bounds per game.
Other returners include juniors Caden Webb and Cody Royer and sophomores Kaz Comley, Cody Oden, Zach Surface and Trev-or Ochs.
In his 11th year as head coach Schneider is assisted by Eric Wenzel and Jed Beachy.
After finishing second in the 2A State Tournament last year, the Sterling High School girls basketball team enters the year with a pre-season rank of No. 2 in 2A by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
The Lady Bears will open the season Friday hosting Berean Academy for a 6 p.m. game.
Jill Rowland, in her 12th year as the SHS head coach, returns senior post Kenzie Comley, junior forward Kay-la Morris and sophomore point guard Kali Briar from last year’s starting five hav-ing lost Grace Rowland and Debi Schmidt to graduation.
Comley was a first team
all-HOA player. She also earned second team all-state recognition by the Capital Journal and first team by the Wichita Eagle. She averaged 10.2 points per game and 4.5 rebounds.
Morris was named second team all-HOA averaging 7.5 points per game and 5.5 re-bounds.
Briar was named sec-ond team all-HOA and was named to the 2A All State tournament team. She aver-aged 8.4 points per game and four assists.
Other returners with varsity experience include seniors Kidist Wilson, Eliza-beth Horsch and Kiah Zam-bo; and sophomores Maken-
na Linden, Bennie Horsch and Sadie Beagley.
The Lady Bears won the Heart of America League title with a 9-0 record. They ended the season at 21-5 los-ing to Garden Plains in the State Championship game.
“We are looking forward building on a second place finish at the 2A State Tour-nament,” Rowland said. “Our greatest strength is our depth, we lost three seniors but all returning varsity players contributed at the varsity level and last year had nine different leading scorers. This team will have the ability to run the ball offensively and are athletic enough to guard full court.”
No. 2 Lady Bears return experienced squad
SENIORS Kenzi Comley, Elizabeth Horsch, Kiah Zambo and Kidist Wilson return for the Lady Bears as they look to return to the 2A State Tournament.
Black Bear basketball looking to improveSENIORS Caden Bressler, Logan Weigel, Cade Wilkey and Brady Myers will lead the Black Bears this season.
The No. 16 Sterling Col-lege Lady Warriors defeated two more KCAC opponents to move to 6-0 in the conference this week defeating South-western at home 90-65 before traveling to Bartlesville to down the Oklahoma Wesley-an University Eagles 84-68.
SC v. OKWUA strong second half by
the Lady Warriors helped Sterling earn a road victory over No. 25 OKWU 84-68 on Monday.
The Eagles led for a ma-jority of the opening quar-ter, using four three-pointers and tough shots inside to get on the board. Sterling capi-talized at the free-throw line in the first quarter, knocking down nine of ten from the charity stripe to keep close to OKWU. The Eagles led 16-11 with 3:01 left in the period, but free throws from Syd-ney Bangert and Bethany Stucky helped the Lady War-riors stay within reach. The Eagles held a one-point lead in the final 20 seconds, but a three-pointer at the buzzer from Alexis Theus gave Ster-ling the advantage at the end of the first quarter, 20-18.
Sterling never trailed again, as a quick three from Emmiley Hendrixson and back-to-back scores inside from Brenna Eilert gave Sterling a 27-20 lead in the early minutes of the period. Free throws down the stretch from Kylah Comley and Hen-drixson extended the Lady Warriors lead to 38-29 in the final minutes, but the Eagles hit a three and a pair of free throws late to cut the Ster-ling lead to 38-34, heading into halftime.
In the third quarter, the Lady Warriors quickly pushed ahead 50-34, starting on a 12-0 run. Three straight three’s from Bailey Bangert and Comley, followed by an and-one from Jessica Car-rillo started the Lady War-riors in the right direction to
give Sterling the momentum. A score inside from Kylah Comley ended the period with Sterling in front, 64-49.
Sterling continued to hold the lead throughout the fourth quarter, keeping the Eagles from making any significant runs. The Eagles hit a few three-pointers late, but a three from Theus, along with a score from Car-rillo and free throws from B. Bangert and S. Bangert would keep the Lady War-riors ahead at the final buzz-er, 84-69.
Comley led all scorers with 19 points, finishing with six assists and three steals for SC. Theus collected her second double-double on the season with 13 points and 12 rebounds. B. Bangert fin-ished with 16 points, while Carrillo added 11. Hendrix-son finished with nine and Eilert added eight, while S. Bangert and Stucky each scored four in the win.
SC v. SouthwesternSterling College hosted
the Southwestern College Moundbuilders for their fi-nal game before Thanksgiv-ing break last Tuesday with the Lady Warriors earning a solid 95-65 victory.
Sterling took a quick 6-0 lead with scores inside from Jessica Carrillo and Kylah Comley. The Moundbuild-ers answered with a run of their own. A free throw from Bethany Stucky and another jumper from Comley tied the score at 9-9, early in the opening quarter. Southwest-ern led 13-11 late in the first quarter, but baskets from Brenna Eilert and Stucky, along with a pair of three’s from Comley gave Sterling a 20-16 lead heading into the second period.
The Lady Warriors start-ed the second quarter on a 9-0 run to take a 29-16 lead. The Moundbuilders kept the score within nine midway through the quarter, but key
offensive rebounds by the Lady Warriors resulted in scores from Bailey Bangert, Carrillo and Comley to keep Sterling in front. Back-to-back three-pointers from Alexis Theus and Sydney Bangert in the last minute extended the Lady Warrior lead, as a layup from Emmi-ley Hendrixson in the final seconds of the half would put the Lady Warriors ahead 46-32.
The third quarter started with a pair of baskets from Southwestern, but scores in-side from Stucky and Carril-lo, along with a three from B. Bangert gave Sterling a 53-38 lead. However, the Mound-builders began to chip away at the Lady Warrior lead, us-ing an 8-0 run to make it 53-46. Following a Sterling timeout, the Lady Warriors ended the period on an 8-3 run behind free throws from Stucky and Comley and back-to-back scores from Carrillo to take a 61-49 lead into the fourth quarter.
Sterling put together their best quarter of the game, outscoring the Moundbuild-ers 29-16 in the fourth period. The Lady Warriors finished strong defeating Southwest-ern, 90-65.
Kylah Comley led the Lady Warriors with a near triple-double, finishing with 27 points, nine rebounds and nine assists. Jessica Carrillo finished with a strong dou-ble-double of 14 points and 15 rebounds, while Bethany Stucky added 11 points and eight rebounds and Alexis Theus scored 10 points and collected eight rebounds. B. Bangert finished with nine points, while Eilert added eight, and S. Bangert scored six. Stucky and Theus each had two steals, while Comley had a block in the win.
No. 16 Sterling (8-2, 6-0) will be in McPherson tonight to take on the McPherson College Bulldogs at 6 p.m.
Lady Warriors remain undefeated in KCAC
Photo by Christy RiffelSTERLING JUNIOR HIGH’s Lily Gray reaches for a rebound over an Ell-Saline defender.
