Cub News

A publication of the OHS Journalism Class ••• Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016

By Olivia Kulhanek

Five local students participated in a math, science, and technology workshop at Region 9 ESC in Wichita Falls Wednesday, Nov. 16. The workshop included eight stations with supplies, and students had to use prior knowledge of math and science and well as cre-ativity to complete each project.

Stations were “moon landing,” where students had to create a pod to safely land marshmallow astronauts from five meters; “Newton’s Bridge,” which was made with popsicles and no glue or fasteners; a Catapult Launch and a Rocket Launch. Melanie Allen, Baylee Young, and Abbey Harrison placed first in Rocket Height, and Erik Cuba and Mason Spivey won Rocket Distance.

Five from OHS attend workshop at Region 9

Five Olney High School students participat-ed in a special math, science and technology workshop at the Region 9 Education Service Center in Wichita Falls on Wednesday, Nov. 16. During the workshop, Mason Spivey and Erik Cuba (above) won the rocket distance contest and (at left) Baylee Young, Abbey Harrison and Melanie Allen won the rocket height contest. (Photos by Mrs. Laurent)

Marisol Mar-quez, October Student of the Month at Olney High School, was recognized at a meeting of the Olney Lions Club before the Thanksgiving break. She is pic-tured with Har-rell Braddock, pastor of First United Meth-odist Church and Lions Club member.

By Shea Sallee

The Olney Lady Cubs played the Santo Lady Cats at Olney Tues. Nov. 22.

The Lady Cubs put up a hard fight in an outstanding game, but they came short 53-36.

The leading scorers for the Ol-ney Lady Cubs were Geri Heath with 11 points on the board and Shea Sallee with nine points. The Lady Cubs scored 18 points in both the first and second halves of the game. The team was six-for-nine from the free throw line.

Varsity girls fall to Santo Nov. 22

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The Olney Junior High One Act Play, “Alice in Wonderland,” placed first in the East Zone contest held Wednesday, Nov. 16. The company won several awards for their performance, including Sarah Stroud, Outstanding Sound Tech; Kiara Allen, Justin Simmons and Kami Bednarz, Honorable Mention All-Star Cast; Clay Fite and Jaden Jacoba, All-Star Cast; Adelade Edgington, Best Actress; and Carter Hinson, Best Actor. Directors for Olney were Melissa Edgington, Gunter Rodriguez and Lori Cox. Pictured (l-r) are Clay Fite, Carter Hinson, Adelade Edgington, Cate Rodriguez, Jaden Jacoba, Fatima Marquez, Kami Bednarz, Claire Pha, Sarah Roach, Sarah Stroud, Kiara Allen, Justin Simmons and Gary Turner.

(Photo Courtesy Lori Cox)

By Brynna Ogle

On Saturday, Nov. 5, Mr. and Mrs. Bennett took a group of stu-dents to audition for the band assembled by the district of sur-rounding schools.

Students from all over the area tried out and competed, and sev-eral OHS students made the band as well. Overall, Olney High School had more people take first chair than any other chair in the instrument sections.

Those who made the district band were: Jenny Ford, bass clar-inet, first chair; Melanie Allen, percussion, eighth chair; Tris-ten Belyeu, trumpet, first alter-

nate; Olivia Brandt, contrabass clarinet, first chair; Erik Cuba, euphonium, second chair; Ari-anna Esparza, flute, first chair; Michael Liming, trombone, first chair; Amber McCutcheon, clari-net, 16th chair; Jesus Mendoza, oboe, first chair; Brynna Ogle, bassoon, first chair; Hayley On-dricek, trumpet, second altenate; and Baylee Young, piccolo, sec-ond chair.

On Saturday, Dec. 3, another group of students will audition for the region band, which cov-ers more schools than the district band, meaning there will be more competition for students who will be trying out. Wish them luck!

By Wendy Baumert

On Monday, Nov. 14, the board of trustees of Olney ISD met for its routinely scheduled board meeting at 6 p.m. in the Olney ISD Admin-istration Office. They talked about different subjects, including the progress on the CTE building.

“The CTE building will soon have the remaining concrete poured for walks and drives,” Dr. Roach, su-perintendent, said. “The overhead doors should be here within the

next week. Interior work contin-ues with ceilings and exterior glass to soon be in. We are pretty well on schedule and hope to be in the building sometime mid-January.”

Another matter they discussed was the process of designation of Olney ISD as a District of Innova-tion.

A district may apply to be a Dis-trict of Innovation if its last TEA rating was “Acceptable.” The des-ignation, according to the TEA website, would allow Olney ISD to

be “exempt from certain sections of the Texas Education Code that inhibit the goals of the district as outlined in the locally adopted In-novation Plan.”

“The district of innovation desig-nation has several areas of possible consideration. For our district the most practical would be a flexible school start date. As the law stands now we cannot begin school before the fourth Monday of August. One item we will not consider is class-size ratio,” Dr. Roach explained.

OISD trustees hear update on CTE building

OHS band members participate in tryouts for All-District Band Season under

way for eighth grade Cubs

The eighth grade Cubs opened the season with a 30-27 win over Quanah Monday, Nov. 14. Carter Hinson led Olney with 17 points, followed by Ocar Flores with eight, Able Tellez with four and Walker Kulhanek with one. De-fensively, Morgan Wilk and Tuck-er Hudson had a great game.

On Monday, Nov. 21, the Cubs fell to Seymour. Flores scored six, Hinson and Antonio Tellez had four each and Kulhanek had two. Defensive standouts were Wilk, Kohl Bowers and Able Tellez.

Five Olney Junior High seventh graders and one eighth grade stu-dent were selected for the TMEA Region 7 North Zone Junior High All-District Band during tryouts held Saturday, Nov. 19, at Holli-day Elementary School.

Those selected to the honor band and their chair rankings are:

Seventh grade - Brieanna Hagle, flute, 12th; Lexi Shook, oboe, sec-ond; Tate Twiligear, bassoon, first; and Keirah Wilk and Margarita Ol-vera, tenor saxophone, third and fourth, respectively.

Eighth grade - Hector Hernandez, clarinet, 21st.

Jose Olvera, a seventh grader, was chosen as first alternate in bass clarinet and Kiara Allen was named second alternate in the percussion section. She is a eighth grader.

Other students who auditioned but were not selected for the band include eighth graders Hous-ton Hare (tenor sax), Mary Lowe (trumpet), Haleigh Perry (eupho-nium) and Donovan Valdez (tuba). Seventh graders who auditioned

include Malarie Hammond, Jaz-min Villeda and Trinity Bailey (flute); Natalie Del Villar (clarinet); Axel Flores and Alaiyah Melchor (alto sax); Sarah Green, Christo-pher Robertson, Codey Hender-son and Hayden Carter (trumpet); Kami Bednarz and Madeline Clay-ton (trombone); Julia Lewis (tuba); and Sarah Stroud (percussion).

The students who were selected for the honor band will attend a clinic and play a concert on Jan. 28, 2017, at Wichita Falls High School.

OJH students make All-District Band on Nov. 19

By Coach Silva

The Olney Junior High boys bas-ketball teams played at Quanah Monday, Nov. 14, to start their season. They also played Monday, Nov. 21, at home versus Seymour.

The Olney Junior High B Team, which is comprised of seventh and eighth graders, led off the night with a win versus Quanah by the score of 18-11. They were led in scoring by Brian Hernandez. Of-fensive standouts were Hernan-dez (10 points) Jose Olvera (four points), Jet Toney (two points) and Haydon Carter (two points). De-fensive standouts were Will Bern-hardt and Carter.

The seventh grade team fell to Quanah by the score of 25-33. They were led in scoring by Bobby Smith with 12 points. Offensive standouts were Smith and Cauy Burrows. Defensive standouts were Jonathan Melchor and Clay Fite. Final scoring was Burrows

(three points), Melchor, Luis Mar-quez, Codey Henderson, Christo-pher Robertson and Clay Fite all with two points apiece.

During their games versus Sey-mour, the Olney Junior High B Team led off the night with a hard fought, 12-12 tie versus Seymour. The kids did a great job of hustling and created a lot of steals. We just couldn’t put the ball in hoop enough. A lot of missed shots and timely made shots by Seymour led to the tie. We definitely had our opportunities to win this game but that’s how the game of basketball goes.

A ton of improvement was made by this group and I hope they con-tinue to evolve.If we can, the re-sults will take care of itself.

They were led in scoring by Will Bernhardt, who was the offensive standout with four points. Defen-sive standouts were Brian Her-nandez and Tate Twilligear. Final scoring included Bernhardt with

four and Hernandez, Twilligear, Carter and Jeb Carpenter with two points apiece.

The seventh grade team defeated Seymour by the score of 33-8. This was a better team effort all around by the kids tonight. They started off a little slow and came out and defensively took over the game by shutting out Seymour in the sec-ond and third. Our defense led to a lot of fast break points and that was the difference in the ballgame. We do need to work on running all the way through our offense to get better shots. I was very impressed with our passing and effort.

They were led in scoring by Smith, who was an offensive standout, along with Fite. Defen-sive standouts were Oswaldo Her-nandez and Melchor. Final scor-ing was Smith with 11, Fite with eight, Melchor with six, Hender-son with four, and Burrows and Brayden Castro with two points apiece.

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Seventh grade Cubs compete with Quanah, Seymour

Olney ISD Students...Remember:

NO SCHOOL Thursday, Dec. 1!

On Thursday, Olney Elementary School and Olney Junior High will be hosting District UIL contests. This will be a holiday for ALL Olney

Students. District contests will be held on each campus. School will resume at regular time and on its regular schedule on Friday Dec. 2.

Good luck to all contestants!