March 3, 2011ISSUE 6

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What’s insideNews...................1Entertainment...2Features..............3Sports.................4

Entertainment:• March Madness• Seek and Find• Spring Break

Features:• Sky Diving• Cougar Critic• New Secretary

Sports:• Ken Oppel Game• Girl Sectional• Boys bball re-cap

Cassie Wagner

Co-Ads Editor

First ever Mr. Cougar pageant

The journalism class hosted the first annual Mr. Cougar pageant on February 17. The night turned out to be successful, prof-iting over $500.The pageant was held to raise money for the Cougar Courier, and that it did. A crowd sat before emcees, Mr. Mullis and Mr. Hatton. There was a lot of excitement and nerve within everyone, including Mr. Hatton as he sang the National Anthem in honor of our flag and Mr. Mullis as he did the Hammer Time dance. Mr. Mullis said, “I had a lot of fun emceeing the pageant. It was re-ally entertaining. I’m definitely in it next year if they want me to be. ‘I’ll be back with a brand new edition’.” Competing in the pageant were Levi Vincent-Davis, Taylor Starcer, Dale Roll, Taylor Boone, Derek Lowhorn, Kevin Eldridge,

Trevor Botoroff, Wyatt Faith, Cam-eron Smith, and Austin Nolot. There were four different categories that the boys were judged on through-out the show. The first category was talent. There were some interesting talents performed all the way from singing and danc-ing, to ribbon twirl-ing. Next, there were questions. This category consisted of each contestant drawing a ques-tion from a hat and giving their best an-swer in response. After intermission the contestants were back at it with formal wear. A big thank you goes out to the Wedding Planner located in downtown Corydon. They provided the suits and dresses for the contestants and their escorts. The last category was swim wear. There was a lot of individuality shown during this event. In regards to the entire show, fresh-man, Jaclyn Swan-son said, “I thought

it was really, really, really funny!” Finally, it was time for the results, and at the end of the day jokes got him where he needed to be. Freshman, Cameron Smith, became our first ever Mr. Cougar. Smith’s talent was standup comedy. He had the crowd cracking up with his easily related jokes.

Kendra Lambert escorted Smith for his formal wear and poise was shown. Cameron Smith did very well. He was crowned and awarded a Mr. Cou-gar t-shirt, a free yearbook, a trophy, and a gift card to Beef O’ Brady’s. Af-ter winning the title Cameron said, “I was really surprised that I won. I wasn’t expecting it.”

Cameron Smith smiling big after winning the first mr. cougar at north harrison

Sophomores, juniors take hall wars

On Friday, February 18th, the boys basketball team put up a fight against the Providence Pioneers. In between the jv and varsity games, the homecoming contestants were introduced. The girl contestants were Amanda Hartley, Hillary Fonda, Lacy Vincent-Davis, Cassie Crawford, Kelley Reed, and Jordan Corum. The boy contestants were Lincoln Jones, Kendal Wiley, Alec Do-nes, Dakota Bosler, Brandon Knight, and Dylan Janes. Each contestant walked out as their extra cirricular activites were announced. All six couples stood nervously awaiting the final results of the crowning of the 2011 winter king and queen. When the drum roll sounded, Lin-coln Jones and Lacy Vincent-Davis were crowned king and queen.

Photo by Lauren HubbardLacy Vincent-Davis and lincoln jones, win-ners of 2011 winter homecoming.

Winter Homecoming

This time around, the theme for Hall Wars was selected to be board games. After a long debate between who would portray what classic game, a drawing out of a hat settled a bit of conflict between the sophomores and juniors over seek-ing the same game. Freshman went with Twister, sopho-mores arrived at Life, juniors decided on Clue, and seniors settled with Candy Land. The second Hall Wars event of the 2010-2011 school year began very similarly to the pre-vious. Yet again, a large group of soph-omores collected at the doors to their hallway at every bit of 1:00 that Sunday afternoon. They, as

well as their advisor, Mrs. Sater, arrived with heaps of odds and ends that suited their theme. Carly Cassidy and Lauren Campbell found amusement in outfitting baby CPR manikins, while Rachel Watts and Ashley Jones fig-ured how to make the best cars out of cardboard boxes

and paint. With the busy work being held in the other three hallways, Freshman Alexis James spent a bit of time on her own as she waited for others to ar-rive. When help did finally come, Alexis, Shelby Austin, and Jordan Baumgartle put forth their best effort to create and

impressive hall. Despite their lack of support from the rest of the class, the three kept their con-fidence as they cut large colored dots and massive Twister spinners. “We’re try-ing,” Shelby stated, “We’re really trying.” Upstairs, the juniors faught just as hard as their opponents with

their recreation of a murder scene. Girls and guys splat-tered red paint on a paper, checker board floor as well as taping suspects on the lockers and walls in an attempt to recreate a favorite ‘who-done-it’. Senior Justin Armenta balanced on a ladder as he attached a Candy

Land logo to the entrance of the hall. Just a few meters away, a group of other seniors had a laugh after one re-corded a faux voice of their ceiling-height gingerbread man. They hung brightly colored streamers and balloons and left a week’s worth of candy land adven-ture for students to walk through. For the second time over, the sophomores pulled another win of best hall, though managed second in attendance. The juniors landed in third for their hall, but first in atten-dance. Seniors had second for their hall, third for at-tendance. Freshman could only muster fourth in both cat-egories as only four total showed up to participate.

Genna Brock

Staff Writer

Photo by Genna BrockSophomores lauren cambell and carly cassidy work on projects for their life hall.

Entertainment March 3, 2011Page 2A

March is com-ing up and most people know what that means. It’s March Madness time, baby! For those who don’t know what March Madness is, it is a series of basket-ball games that determines which college basketball team is the best in the country.

family member who loves March Mad-ness loses their voice after one game. Your family may try to convince you to become a die- hard fan of their team. There may be unseen forces working to get you to support their team. By now you can probably tell that it isn’t going to be a very fun time if you aren’t a fan.

Sports Editor--Jordan Robbeloth

Entertainment Editor--Ella Robertson

Reporter/Photographer--Michael Boyd --Genna Brock--Lauren Hubbard --Liz McBee--Maranda Mullins --Jenni Rowe --Brittany Sanders

Letters to the Editor, comments, and inquiries can be directed to the Cougar Courier Staff at newspaper@nhcs.k12.in.us or 347-1761.

Principal--Kelly Simpson

Assistant Principal--Steve Hatton

Advisor--Amber Sater Editor-in-chief--Brianne Pinnick

Co-Ads Editor--Cassie Wagner--Julia Schilmiller

Co-Film Editor--Josh Guy--Becca Casabella

Co-News Editor--Macy Allgeier--Brittany Burns

Features Editor--Conrae JohannesC

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S p r i n g B r e a k ‘ 1 1 o n t h e h o r i z o n

Seek n find

For basketball fans this is their favorite time of year. They get to watch basketball all the time and get all decked out and go crazy cheering for their team. If you don’t like basketball and have a family member who loves it, you are in trouble. There will be yelling and screaming. You may be one of those people that hopes that every

March Madness

Jenni RoweStaff Writer

Spring break means great times. Whether you’re just kickin’ it at home with your homies or going on some wild trip across the country, you’re sure to have a good time with the great warm weather and freedom of spring break. The hotspot for

teens nowadays seems to be Pan-ama City, better known as PCB. Panama is a big party destination where thousands of teens and young adults flock to get their party on without the respon-sibility and conse-quences as normal. Of the fifty eager study hall students surveyed, seven-teen say they’re going to Florida

without parental supervision, you all know what that means. Only seven said they were go-ing on vacation, but with a parent. The remaining thirty-three plan to just stay home in dear old Indiana and waste the days away. So whatever you plan to do with your glorious week of freedom have fun and be safe!

Lucas Bratton- Gatlinburg

taylor starcer-kentucky

Austin Nolot- Palm City Beach

Lacy Vincent- Davis- Panama City Beach

Marcus Robb- Jamaica

chad cheatham-illinois

Panama, Mr. Cougar, skydiving, spring break, homecoming, hall wars, blue, white, basketball

Features March 3, 2011Page 3A

Bucket List: “Cause I’m free, free falling”

we do a Bucket List story where some-one from the staff does something on their bucket list. We are doing it a little different this time. Instead of someone

that to go skydiv-ing you have to pay about $150 to $250. According to Kend-al the money is well worth the trip. His day started out normal. When he got to the site, he had to wait a little. It takes 45 minutes for each person to jump and the plane to come back. Finally it was his turn. The entire plane ride he was reviewing how to jump properly. You don’t have to take a class. They teach you everything on the plane ride up. The second he jumped everything he was taught com-

but you had to stop when you were close to the ground. According to Ken-dal, the very sec-ond he touched the ground he wanted to do it again. He really wanted to, but the cost would be have been too much. He said that throughout the en-tire day the adrena-line stayed with him. He said he would like to get his license to sky dive. This way he would not have to pay so much the next time. Sky diving was truly an experience that Kendal will never forget.

pletely went away. There is so much adrenaline pump-ing through your body that you could bullfight with your bare feet. While he was falling he did a bunch of spins and a couple flips. He said that they free fell for 45 seconds before they had to pull their para-chutes. The fun did not stop there. After they pulled, his instructor told him that he could spin in circles. The whole way free falling they kept spinning. He said you could do spins as fast as 30 miles per hour,

The Cougar Criticwas still enough to satisfy the average customer. Every sandwich comes with a side of steak cut, sea-soned fries. The taste of the food was alright, but nothing special. This is especially considering the somewhat high price. The service was exceptional, and they checked on us often. That is always a plus for a restaurant. We would not recommend this restaurant unless you are just look-ing for a change from the normal chain restaurants in Corydon. The main reason we do not plan on going back is the cost.

North Harrison welcomes its new secretary

from North Harrison in 1990. “I don’t feel like I am coming back to North Harrison High School because I was never in this building when I was in high school. I went to what is now, the middle school.” says Mrs.

Harmon. The parts about the new job that she likes are how patient the other people in the office are with her and how nice all the students are. The toughest part about her job is learning how to operate the

Michael Boyd

Staff Writer

Maranda Mullins

Staff Writer

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Magdalena’s is located in down-town Corydon right on the square. It is a locally owned restaurant, and it is exclusive to Co-rydon, Indiana. Magdalena’s is one of the finer restau-rants in Corydon.The menu consists of soups, salads, seafood, steaks, sandwiches, and much more. We decided to try the sandwich menu. We ordered two of their more popular menu items. The portion size of the meals was less than most restaurants, but it

from our staff, we are using Ken-dal Wiley’s bucket list. A couple of weeks ago Kendal went skydiving for the first time. He said

Everybody who has read The Cou-gar Courier each month knows that

Senior Kendal wiley crosses sky diving off of his own bucket list.Photo provided by Senior Kendal Wiley

After Lynn Curts’ resignation, Kate Harmon has taken over the new sec-retary position at North Harrison High School. She graduated

New attendance secretary, Mrs. Harmon works at her new role.Photo by Maranda Mullins

computers. Mrs. Harmon says, “I am catching on very fast, but I am defi-nitely still learning.” “I have high hopes in staying the secretary for North Harrison High School for as long as possible.” says Mrs. Harmon.

Josh Guy &

Co-Film Editors

Becca Casabella

SportsPage 4A March 3 , 2011

The North Har-rison boys varsity baskeball team, under the coaching of Greg Walters in his second year, finished out their regular season with the record of 3 and 17. The Cougars had big wins against South Central, Mitchell, and Henryville. The Cougars have failed to win a confernce

game this season, but it does not seem to discourage the players. “Our season hasn’t been the best, but that won’t get us down, we are determinded to turn it around” said junior Collin Book. The Cougars have been close to victory in many games played this season, but have come up short in their losses. Some of the younger talent ris-

ing for the Cougars this year is fresh-men Cory Smith and Austin Nolot. These two fresh-men have worked their way up the ladder to earn some time on varsity this season. Freshman Cory Smith has been the leading scorer in a few varsity games this season, and Aus-tin Nolot has been given chances to handle the ball. This season will end with a farewell

Cougar basketball looks for hope in sectional

Spring Events 2011

Boys VarsityBaseball

3-31---Lanesville, Home4-4---Forest Park, Away4-6---Perry Central, Home4-11---Brownstown, Away4-13--- Crawford, Away4-14---Clarksville, Away

Girls Varsity Softball

4-4---Lanesville, Home4-6---Springs Valley, Home4-7---Clarksville, Home4-9---Providence, Away4-12---Charlestown, Away4-13---Floyd Central, Away

Boys Golf

4-2---Fuzzy Zoeller, Away4-5---CAI, Home4-9---Floyd Central Invite4-13---Silver Creek, Away4-16---Wooded Veiw, Away4-18---Crawford County, Away

Girls Tennis

4-4---Lanesville, Home4-5--Scottsburg, Away4-7---Charlestown, Home4-9---New Albany Tourney4-12---Corydon, Home4-14---New Albany, Away

Track

4-5---Paoli/Perry Central, Home4-8---Corydon, Home4-13---Charlestown, Home4-19---Floyd and Crawford, Away4-20---Charlestown, Away4-25--- Providence, Home4-29---NH invite, Home

Lady Cats fall in round two The Lady Cats played Charlestown in their first game of sectionals. They easliy defeated them by the score of 53 to 39. Ken-

dra Lambert led all scores with 12 points and 5 re-bounds. Following her was Rebekah Stephenson with 11 points and Cassie Crawford and Hay-ley Renneker each had 9 points. In their second game of sectional,

the Lady Cats played the Salem Lions in the semi-finals of sectional. They fell to Salem ending their season with the record of 9 and 13. The score was close at half-time, but the Salem Lions pulled away to win the game 59

to 36. Kendra Lambert led all scores again with 14 points, fol-lowed by Rebekah Stephenson with 11 points and Hayley Renneker with a double double. She ahd 10 points and 11 rebounds. Em-ily Giles added 4

points and Cassie Crawford had 3. Senior Cassie Crawford said, “I wish we could have won more but I was happy with the way we worked together as a team. It was some of the best team playing we have ever had while

I was in high school and I will always remeber it.” Junior Patrick Fonda said, “ I am very proud of the Lady Cats, and my sister. They played as hard as they could, and no one really likes Salem anyways.”

Jordan Robbeloth

Sports Editor

Ken Oppel Memorial Game raises over $4,200

The Ken Oppel Memorial Game, formally known as the Alumni Game, took place Saturday February 26th. The name of the game was changed this year in honor of Dr. Ken Oppel. All proceeds made at this game benefited the American Cancer Society. Any North Harrison graduate that has played high school basketball was invited back to play. The night consisted of one women’s and two men’s games. Also in between the women’s game and the first men’s game the Indiana Hoosierettes preformed a dance routine. There was no cost to get into this event, instead there was a collection

taken at the door. The other money raised at the game came from the concession stand, duck dive, and t-shirt sales. At the end of the night there was a little over $4,200 raised for the American Cancer Society. Approximately 70 alumni returned to play in this event. They ranged from 1974 to 2010 graduation dates. Everybody who

played was playing to have fun and support a good cause. There was also a big crowd in attendance, which set a great atmosphere. “It felt good to come back and play again. This was the second year I have played, and it was good to see everyone come out for a good cause. The alumni game was a great way to honor Ken Oppel,

and I think he would have been proud of the event,” said 2009 graduate T.J. Sanders. 1986 graduate Travis McAfee said, “I keep coming back to play because it is a good way to raise money for the American Cancer Society.” The Relay for Life team members did a great job getting everything set up and cleaned up. Thanks to all

players and fans for their support. The contributions made this event a success again this year. Mrs. Sater, the Relay for Life team sponsor, was very happy with the way things turned out, “It feels great to know that we live in a community that is willing to pull together in such a big way for such a great cause,” she said.

to seniors, Dylan Janes, Lincoln Jones, and Dakota Bosler. These three se-niors have worked hard all four years they have played, and plan to end their final season fighting hard to win. Senior Dylan Janes says, “ We have not had the ideal season so far, but look to change all of that in sec-tional” Next year the team looks for re-

demption, yet again with the hope of younger talent and new approaches to help them win some games. The Cougars drew Charlestown in the first round of sectional scheduled for Wednesday March 2. If they win they play the winner of Crawford and Salem, and if they make it to the championship they play either Mitchell, Corydon, or Silver Creek.

Brittany Sanders

Staff Writer

Photo by Brittany Sanders Photo by Brittany Sanders

Lady Cat Alumni gather at Center Court to pay tribute to coach Oppel at the Alumni Game.

Photo by Brittany Sanders

Liz McBee

Staff Writer