Cub News

A publication of the OHS Journalism Class ••• Friday, April 28, 2017

OHS students choose class favorite winners

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By Olivia Kulhanek

Each year at OHS the students vote for their fellow classmates in differ-ent categories for class favorites. This year’s voting was held last week, and the results are finally in.

First we have the freshman class. Most Beautiful and Most Handsome were Caitlyn Torres and Cole Rog-ers. Most Likely to Succeed went to Maddie Green and Cody Fite. Most Dependable was awarded to Green and Marco Arce. Friendliest was given to Green and Gabe Garza. Best Smile went to Kylee Gonzales and Garza. Most Athletic was awarded to Celeste Rogers and Fite. Most Artis-

tic was given to Jenny Ford and Rich-ardo Pacheco Escobedo. Class Clown went to Torres and Lance Sprague. And finally the Class Favorites for the freshman class were Green and Junior Acuna.

Next up we have the sophomore class. Most Beautiful and Most Hand-some went to Lexi Allsbrooks and Parker Mayers. Most Likely to Suc-ceed was awarded to Melanie Allen and Christian Fuksa. Most Depend-able was given to Allen and Michael Liming. Friendliest was given to Jae Montgomery and Fuksa. Best Smile was awarded to Abbey Harrison and Mayers. Most Athletic went to Anahi Marquez and Mayers. Most Artistic

was given to Luz Melchor and Jesus Escobedo. Class Clown was award-ed to Amber Conner and Zakk Bai-ley. And finally the sophomore Class Favorites were Allen and Mayers.

Now we have the junior class. Most Beautiful and Most Handsome went to Leslie Acuna and Hunter Sim-mons. Most Likely to Succeed was awarded to Heidi Rodriguez and Erik Cuba. Most Dependable was given to Olivia Kulhanek and Sim-mons. Friendliest was given to Olivia Kulhanek and Simmons. Best Smile went to Acuna and Jordan Cisne-ros. Most Athletic went to Acuna

By Brynna Ogle

At MSU, the first annual Wood-wind Day Day was held this previ-ous Thursday, April 20, and several of our own band students from both the junior high and high school at-tended. The majority of students were from the junior high, but Ari-anna Esparza, Jesus Mendoza, Bryn-na Ogle, Amber McCutcheon, and Jenny Ford represented OHS. The concert was primarily performances by Dr. Allen, the director of bands at MSU, on saxophone and clarinet, and Dr. Theimann on flute, whose use of multiphonics provided an in-triguing performance. The last act on Woodwind Day was the full wood-wind choir, consisting of clarinets, saxophones, double reeds and flutes.

Several students also competed in a scholarship contest the following Saturday. Several competed, though Arianna Esparza, a freshman who’s also the first chair of the flute section here at Olney High, recieved Honor-able Mention from the judges, but no place that awarded a scholarship.

Band members attend festival, try for scholarships

OHS band students have been busy recently, with woodwind members (above) attending a special workshop at MSU and students from all sec-tions (below) competing for scholarships.

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Have you ever thought, “I wish there was an app for that…”? What if you got to use class time to build that app? You’re in luck.

Next fall, OHS is offering new classes unlike any you’ve taken before. You’ll learn how to go beyond just using computers—you’ll begin to create the games, apps, and programs you see a need for today. OHS is excited to offer you a class where you can make a game, create an app, or build a webpage that your friends, family, and

school can use!. The best part is that you don’t need any experience to make awesome things in this class.What else can you do with computer science? No matter what you want to do one day—whether it’s art, medi-

cine, or history—computer science will help you make your ideas come to life.

Sign up for: AP COMPUTER SCIENCE PRINCIPLES (freshmen -Seniors 2017)

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (Sophomores - Seniors 2017) ROBOTICS (Sophomores-Seniors 2017)

Talk to Mrs. Laurent for more information!

Awardsand Noah Gipson. Most Artistic wan awarded to Pie Chaiyawat and Os-car Rodriguez-Rosales. Class Clown was given to Brooke Riggins and Jo-siah Compton. And finally the junior Class Favorites were Payton Meade and Cisneros.

Last, but certainly not least, we have the senior class. Most Beautiful

and Most Handsom were awarded to Ociana Allsbrooks and Travis Hudson. Most Likely to Succeed was given to Morgan Montgomery and Brent McCorkle. Most Depend-able was given to Montgomery and McCorkle. Friendliest went to Mont-gomery and McCorkle. Best Smile went to Allsbrooks and McCorkle.

Most Athletic was awarded to Kodee Scott and Hudson. Most Artistic was given to Amber McCutcheon and Bradly Garcia. Class Clown went to Selena Torres and Tyler Terrell. Fi-nally the senior Class Favorites were Montgomery and Carson Little.

Lastly, the 2017 Mr. and Miss OHS were McCorkle and Montgomery.

By Olivia Kulhanek

The Area IV CDE Contest was held on April 19 in Stephenville, Texas. Including Olney, there are 19 schools that compete against each other in the district and there are 77 schools that compete against each other in the area. Teams qualified for State are the Land and Livestock teams.

The Land team placed first in the district and second in the area. Wyat Burrows was the second high individual and Christian

Fuksa was the eighth high indi-vidual. Land team members in-clude Burrows, Fuksa, Race Rick-etts, and Parker Mayers.

The Livestock team placed first in the district and fifth in the area. Livestock team members include Cotton Reinke, Hannah Hilton, Jonathan Rogers, and Carson Fite.

Other teams that competed were the Dairy Cattle team, the Range team, and the Vet Science team.

The Dairy Cattle team placed second in the district and eighth in the area. Laney Kulhanek was the

ninth high individual. Dairy Cat-tle team members include Laney Kulhanek, Carson Little, Tanner Hudson, and Brooke Riggins.

The Range team placed sixth in the district and eleventh in the area. Range team members in-clude Annie Reinke and Ryan Clayton.

The Vet Science team placed sec-ond in the district and thirteenth in the area. Vet Science team members include Kodi Wiesen, Celeste Rodgers, Baylee Young, and Courtney Williams.

Two FFA teams qualify for state competition

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By Wendy Baumert

Olney Elementary has been named an Honor Roll School for the 2016 Texas Honor Roll pre-sented by Educational Results Partnership and the Institute for Productivity. The student data of every public school in Texas was analyzed and Olney Elementary was a clear leader in getting stu-dents to grade level and beyond in our school district. As a recog-nition, the Honor Roll schools will be in the press as a leader in stu-dent achievement. They will also be provided with a free banner to

display on campus. Added to that, the schools will be featured on the website of the Educational Results Partnership. This way, educators and policy makers can seek out the schools that are high perform-ing and can replicate success.

The 2016 Honor Roll acknowl-edges public elementary, middle, and high schools with consequent-ly high levels of academic achieve-ments of the students. Common success factors in high perform-ing Honor Roll schools and school districts include clear specific learning objectives aligned to col-lege and career readiness, along

with evidence-based instructional practices. Also, establishing sys-tem-wide mission of college and career readiness for all students and investing in human capital, along with some others.

The Educational Results Part-nership and Institute for for Pro-ductivity in Education specialize in connecting higher perform-ing schools, school districts and CMOs to other education lead-ers to improve student achieve-ment. For more information, visit http://edresults.org/HonorRoll/materials?State=TX

Good job, Olney Elementary!

OES recognized with inclusion on honor roll

A number of OHS athletes com-peted in the UIL 2A District 9-10 Area Track Meet on Thursday, April 20, in Jacksboro, and Cubs and Lady Cubs advanced to the re-gional meet in seven events.

Kodee Scott won the high jump and pole vault at area. In high jump, she recorded a height of 5-0, and in pole vault her height was 10-3. Courtney Williams ad-vanced to regionals in discus with a third place throw of 100-0 as well as in shot put with a throw of 33-11.25, which also earned a third place finish. In the 200 meter dash, Wyat Burrows advanced to region-als with a fourth place finish time of 23.96. The boys 800 meter relay team finished fourth with a time of 1:33.56 to advance to the next level of competition, and Parker Mayers advanced with a third place finish in the long jump. His distance was

20-11.25.Others who competed at area

were Abbey Harrison, who fin-ished eighth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:55.10; Anahi Mar-quez, who was eighth in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 15:29.92; Jae Montgomery, who was sixth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 17.63; the girls 800 meter relay team, which finished eighth with a 1:59.22; the girls 1,600 meter relay team, which ended in seventh with a time of 4:47.24; Garrett Trevino, who was sixth in the 3,200 meter run with a time of 12:15.93; the boys 1,600 meter relay team, which was sixth with a time of 3:48.28; Chris-tian Fuksa, who wa sixth in the 800 meter run with a time of 2:15.97; and Burrows, who was sixth in pole vault with a height of 11-6.

The regional track meet is Friday, April 28.

Athletes advance to regional track meet in seven different events

Olney Junior High band stu-dents will present a spring con-cert at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the OHS auditorium. The public is invited to attend and there is no admission charge.

Sixth graders will begin the concert with selections includ-ing “School Spirit March.” Other tunes to be performed include “Midnight Sky,” “Earth Shock” and “Stormchasing.”

The OJH band will perform “Captain Dane March,” “Bunker Hill Overture,” “African Spirit Dance,” “Courtlandt County Festival,” “Cahokia,” “Starship,” “Voodoo Dance” and “Happy” (from “Despicable Me 2”).

Conductors for the concert will be Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and Mr. Shelton.

OJH band to perform

District play continued for the Ol-ney Cubs this past week with a pair of hard-fought losses. On Friday, April 21, the Cubs fell to Quanah 6-4. Olney trailed 2-1 after three innings, and Quanah posted four more runs in the fifth to lead 6-1. The Cubs battled back but scored only three runs in the top of the sev-enth to take a loss. Brent McCorkle led the offense with a double and additional hits were recorded by Dalton Trouille, Cesar Flores, Malik Garza and Gabe Garza.

The Windthorst Trojans shut out

the Cubs on Tuesday, April 25, 11-0. Trouille recorded Olney’s only hit of the game with a single.

• • •By Shea Sallee

The Olney Lady Cubs traveled to Quanah Friday, April 21. The Lady Cubs ended their season with a loss but did not go down without a fight. Olney ended up playing 11 innings. Niki Wade had one tri-ple, one double and three singles. LaAnna Golden, Laney Kulhanek Selena Torres each had a single.

Geri Heath and Caitlyn Torres had three singles. Ociana Allsbrooks had two singles. Hayley Ondricek had four singles and Celeste Rodg-ers hit three singles and one triple. The Lady Cubs scored 3 in the sec-ond inning, 1 in the third,1 in the fourth, 10 sixth, 2 in the ninth and 1 in the 11th inning. The Lady Cubs fell short one run, recording an 18-19 loss. The Lady Cubs definitely gave Coach McCorkle a game to re-member as his last game!

We will miss you Coach Mc-Corkle.

Cubs fall to Quanah, Windthorst; Lady Cubs end season