Sept. 16, 2015 Vol. 1

Court in session By Charlea Long

Shark Scene News Editor

Last Friday, the students of St.

Louis High School cast their final

votes for this year’s Homecoming

representatives. The students of

each grade voted for those who

they wanted to represent each class

in both the Homecoming Parade

and on the field at halftime of the

Homecoming game.

For the freshman class, Ryan

Downs and Taryn Mroczek were

elected. Michael Munderloh and

Caitlyn Shriver were voted in for

the sophomore class, and for the

juniors it was Zach Wilson and

Alissa Whitmore. The senior class

has six representatives, and those

are Megan Bajena, Megan Brown,

Jerry Duo, Kaden Keon, Cameron

Rios, and Raquel Smith.

All of this year’s representatives

are really excited for the role they

will be playing in this year’s

Homecoming. In fact, senior Me-

gan Bajena, who represented the

class of 2016 three years ago as

well, said “it was really awesome to

be nominated, being a part of

Homecoming Court freshman year

was a great experience, and I feel

so honored to be a representative

again.” Junior Representative Zach

Wilson added that he is really ex-

cited to represent his class this year,

saying “it’s pretty cool that my

class chose me to represent them, if

you think about all the people they

could have chosen, it really means

something great when you find out

it’s you they chose.”

The representatives will all be a

part of the Homecoming Parade,

and a king and queen will be cho-

sen from the senior class represent-

atives at halftime of the Homecom-

ing football game on Sept 25.

The Sharks welcome new math teacher Sam Morey

plus physical education teacher Brandon Hayes New staff: By Laurel Hrabal

Shark Scene Staff Writer

Mr. Hayes

In the gym we have a new face, his name is

Mr. Brandon Hayes, to some, Coach Hayes. Mr.

Hayes is the new physical education teacher in

SLHS and also educates others in the classroom

for health and in the weight room. Over the

course of the summer SLPS had been looking

for a new physical education teacher and luckily

Mr. Hayes was available.

Mr. Hayes grew up in Thomas Township in

Swan Valley. He attended Saginaw Valley State

University for college. This is not his first teach-

ing job, so St. Louis has a seasoned veteran.

In his out of school hours, he becomes a great

asset to the Shark varsity football coaching staff.

He goes through warm up with the players and

also helps with handoffs and the plays, along

with footwork.

Also, out of school, he spends his time with

his family and his friends. He enjoys all sports

and watching sporting events. He has a strong

passion for coaching and weight lifting as well.

Mr. Hayes gets to be in the gym with the ex-

traordinary new floor. He said, “Coming in as

the new PE teacher, I feel spoiled with the new

gym floor and weight room. I am excited to be

teaching in this environment!”

The year is just starting and Mr. Hayes says

that he has always dreamed of teaching in a dis-

trict like St. Louis, and he is very fortunate to

have found such a fitting school.

Mr. Morey

Clear across the school in the Math Depart-

ment, the young Mr. Morey is here in SLHS and

is ready to teach freshmen students Algebra I.

At the end of the 2014-2015 school year, Mr.

Kelly had his last year of teaching here and re-

tired, which gave Mr. Morey the opportunity to

teach Algebra.

Mr. Morey grew up right down the road in Al-

ma. For his college education he attended North-

ern Michigan University.

All teachers have a life outside of school and

for Mr. Morey that includes hobbies like hunting

and reading. He also enjoys watching sports,

Fantasy Football and disk golf.

Morey says, “Love it! Go Sharks!” when asked

how well he has enjoyed working here for the

first week of the school year. This is his first

year teaching, and he is really excited for the

whole year.

Both new teachers are looking forward to hav-

ing a great year and becoming new members of

the Shark family here at SLHS.

Mr. Morey helps freshmen during a

math class (photo by Steven Hall).

Mr. Hayes is a well-prepared teacher and

coach (photo by Steven Hall).

By Paige Young

Shark Scene Staff Writer

Saint Louis High School has

undergone several changes. With

new lockers, a new gym floor,

new lighting, Chromebooks,

block scheduling, new desks and

chairs, and new carpeting, it’s an

entirely different building. When

asked about the improvements

made to the gym, the Athletic Di-

rector Scott Hemker says, "We

are really excited about our new

gym floor and we've had a lot of

positive feedback. The finish is

no longer a yellow color. It's

more of a clear coat that helps

brighten the gym along with our

new lights. For our auxiliary bas-

ketball courts, we used a light

grey color for the lines to help

blend them in. We tried to design

the overall layout so that the floor

wasn't a circus of lines and col-

ors. We wanted it to look clean

and let the logos stand out."

The most prominent improve-

ments include the schedule

changes and the assigned

Chromebooks. High School prin-

cipal, Jennifer McKittrick said,

"The 1:1 Chromebook initiative

will put technology in the hands

of our students and allow teachers

to utilize these tools in their class-

room to enhance learning."

McKittrick says, "I believe our

students deserve the very best

from our district, our building,

and our staff. The changes that

have happened in the last few

months will support all of our stu-

dents."

Students embrace change

Feeding Frenzy: Sharks take serious bite

out of Huskies offense By Steven Hall

Shark Scene Sports Editor

The St. Louis Sharks varsity foot-

ball team took on the Breckenridge

Huskies Friday night in St. Louis

for the first home game of the 2015

season.

After starting out 2-0, the Sharks

had a chance to begin the season

with three straight wins for the first

time since 1978. And they did ex-

actly that, blowing out the Huskies

by a score of 38-6. “It feels great to

be 3-0,” senior Cameron Rios said.

“I’m very happy for our team, but it

doesn’t mean anything. We just

have to keep working hard in prac-

tice to reach our team’s final goal:

to make the playoffs.”

After kicking off to start the

game, it was clear St. Louis came to

play, forcing Breckenridge to go 3-

and-out and punt on their first drive

of the game. The Sharks would get

the ball and score quickly on their

first drive with a 4-yard pass from

Jimmy Pierce to Dylan Weller for

the touchdown. Just a few minutes

later after forcing another Huskies

punt, the Sharks again drove down

the field and capped off the drive

with a Dylan McCloskey 7-yard

touchdown run. After a third

straight touchback on the kickoff by

Kaden Keon, Breckenridge finally

had something going, getting two

straight first downs on back to back

passes. McCloskey then picked off

a Huskie pass and took it 60 yards

to the house for a 21-0 lead just be-

fore the end of the first quarter.

With 11:45 left in the 2nd quarter

and the Sharks with the ball, Pierce

connected with Keon for a 45-yard

touchdown pass to boost the lead.

After a Breckenridge punt, a Shark

fumble, and a Breckenridge turno-

ver on downs, St. Louis found

themselves on the goalline just be-

fore the half, and Jase Anderson

punched it in from one yard out.

The Sharks proceeded to take a 35-

0 lead into halftime. After a couple

of turnovers by each team, neither

group could get it going in the third

quarter, and the Sharks maintained

the lead into the fourth quarter.

With 9:08 to go in the game, anoth-

er St. Louis turnover put the Husk-

ies in good position, and a trick

play by Breckenridge caught the

Shark defense off guard and a run-

ning back passed for a Husky

touchdown. With just over a minute

to go, St. Louis lined up for a 45-

yard field goal attempt by Keon and

he drilled it, making the score 38-6.

Time then ran out after Brecken-

ridge got the ball back and the

Sharks did what they hadn’t done in

37 years: began 3-0. “The off-

season work has really helped us to

this point,” McCloskey said. “But

the big key to our strong start is ac-

tually having depth on our roster so

people aren’t playing 48 straight

minutes.”

By Aleeya Bradley

Shark Scene Staff Writer

The St. Louis Varsity volleyball team

played in Bay City at the Mitten Bay In-

vitational Saturday Sept. 12, 2015.

They played very well in pool play

beating Pinconning 25-21 and 25-18,

Alpena 26-24 and 25-18, Bay City West-

ern 25-21 and 25-16. However, they lost

in the gold quarterfinals 21-25, 25-18,

and 9-15 to the same team they beat ear-

lier, Bay City Western.

Ashtyn Maniez said, "We played well!

We were more consistent and that's what

our focus has been the last couple of

weeks. We play much better when we

are working towards the success of the

team and not as an individual."

Madison Smith said, "I think we

played well, and we were strong all day.

We just lacked the energy to win our fi-

nal set.”

Senior Ashtyn Maniez had 24 kills, 30

digs, and 4 aces. Senior Madison Smith

had 12 kills and 12 digs. Junior Jaelynn

Block had 31 kills, 38 assists, and 18

digs.

Sophomore Paige Young had 35 digs.

Freshman Megan Greenup had 10 kills,

31 assists, 18 digs, and 6 aces.

JV Sports results Varsity volleyball team

makes strides at tourney

The Shark defense, once again, stood tall and held the Husk-

ies to one touchdown, (Photo by Brice Giles).

Sports Pg. 2

St. Louis Sharks 18 Breckenridge Huskies 6

Ryan Downs: 1 Rushing TD

Joe Smith: 1 Rushing TD

Angel Rojas: Interception Return TD

Matthew Stites: 2 Interceptions

Blake Fisher: 1 Interception

“We had great blocking and play calling all night.

When you get both of those wins come easy,” said

Ryan Downs.

Football

Volleyball

The JV volleyball team hosted the St. Louis Invi-

tational Saturday Sept. 12.

In pool play they won 25-16 and 25-23 against

Bullock creek, then lost the first set 15-25 and

won the second set 26-24 against Garber. Later,

they lost the first set 11-25 and won the second

set 25-14 against Beal City. Then they got to

bracket play and lost in the first match against

Bullock Creek 20-25 and 24-26.

“We need to work together as a team, and this

would have allowed us to play better,” said Al-

lyssa Roberson.

Lady Sharks show

Improvement by

avenging loss to

Pinconning

Megan Bajena sets the ball

for a Shark attacker, (Photo

by Ed Courter).

By Amber McCann

Shark Scene Staff Writer

The Cross Country teams did very well at

the meet Wednesday, Sept., 9. The girls fin-

ished in second place with a score of 59. The

top three runners for the girls were Brooklyn

Filipiak 20:13, Bethany Gurnee 22:06

and Kamrie Filipiak 22:16. The rest of the

girls weren't far behind.

The boys also did very well taking first with

a score of 49. The top three runners for the

boys were Evan Goodell 17:08, Michael Al-

len 18:36 and Jeffrey Blackwell 19:51.

Bath Results

The cross country team also competed Sat-

urday Sept. 12, at Bath and the boys team

took sixth overall with a score of 175. Evan

Goodell and Brooklyn Filipiak both took first

individually.

According to Mr. Puffpaff the coach of both

girls and boys cross country team, “The team

is working extremely hard focusing in on the

process of getting better everyday and gear-

ing up to perform our best at the champion-

ship phase of the season.”

TVC Opener Results

The girls took second place with a score 52

on Tuesday, Sept. 15.

Brooklyn Filipiak took second place indi-

vidually with a time of 19:49. Bethany

Gurnee took 10th place individually with a

time of 21:44.

The boys also ran that day and took third

place overall with a score of 69, with Evan

Goodell taking first place with a time of

16:35.

Also according to Goodell, “Everybody is

working hard at practice and trying to focus

in.” His personal goal for this season is to

run a 15:30 and to be top at state.

Cross country off and runnin’

Sports Shorts Coach Biehl looks to improve

Mechanics with novice team

Evan Goodell is had a great week as he

finished first overall at Ithaca last

Wednesday and Bath Saturday (Photo

by Coach Jay Puffpaff).

By Amber McCann

Shark Scene Staff Writer

The girls golf team consists of all

grades ninth-12. Members include: re-

turning golfer- junior Emily Thelen and

new-comers-junior Georgie Bebow- jun-

ior Macey Wymer-junior Ryan Joseph-

freshman Olivia Anderson-freshman

Starr Hansen-freshman Jazmin Milks-

freshman Lauren Sherwood-freshman

Alexis Beeson-freshman Allison Tai-

palus. They went to Freeland Sept. 9,

and came home taking ninth place over

all. There were ten total teams there

competing that day, and the overall score

for St. Louis was 293. The team’s aver-

age went up about 20 strokes due to wet

conditions. Anderson and Milks scored

the lowest of the team which was 69.

According to the team captain Emily

Thelen, “As a team, we’re pretty close,

practices are pretty laid back and every-

one gets along. Meets are super fun be-

cause you get to meet new people.”

Monday the 14, they had a golf meet in

Alma then Thursday the 17, they have a

jamboree in Chesaning. According to

coach, Mrs.Biehl she is,“very exciting to

have such a large group of girls this year.

I love having so many freshmen girls

and hopefully they stick with it until

their senior year. Emily Thelen is a great

captain. She motivates the girls and gets

them excited. I have been seeing the

girls go out and practice golf outside of

practice and I really like that because if

they want to be good golfers they need

to go do that.”

Sports Pg. 3

“Once again this week, the credit goes to the play-

ers and the assistant coaches. The boys competed

with great enthusiasm again tonight; and the assis-

tant coaches put together another well-thought-out

game plan. The energy level provided by the stu-

dent section and the rest of the crowd was amazing

– and we hope to see more of that in the upcoming

weeks!” — Head Football Coach Aaron

Munderloh

Pompon tryout results

The following students made the St. Louis Varsity

Poms team:

Brooke Davis

Maddie Fisher

Nikki Pierce

Alexis Upshaw

Olivia Costilla

Holli Rivard

Haley Inbody

Makena Muscott

Laura Castro Del Cano

Kaydee Komperda

Nate Garcia

Jayden Robinson

Cecilia Thome

Isabel Larson

Freshman Jazmin Milks puts at

Alma’s Pine River Country Club,

(Photo by Mrs. Biehl).

Coach Puffpaff talks to his team before

their race Tuesday in Ithaca

(Miprepzone photo by Nate Schneider)