Courtney Crowned Pike County Bowl Queen! Coach Walls' Weekly Words Of Wisdom!!! "Life is short and hard, like a bodybuilding midget." September 11, 2015 Volume 89 Issue 2 By Baby Layne Saturday, August 28, 2015, Pikeville Independent’s own Courtney Maynard was crowned with the title “Miss Pike County Bowl” by former Miss Kentucky and PHS alum, Jessica Casebolt. Courtney was awarded a $1,500 scholarship to the school of her choice. Maynard was chosen to represent PHS based on her grades, involvement with the community, and participation in school activities. The competition consisted of a luncheon with the contestants from other schools and the judges, three outfit changes, and a five to ten minute interview during which she was asked questions such as, “Who inspires you? If you were to give us a tour around your hometown, where would you take us and why?” and “Why should you be chosen to win the scholarship?” Courtney also answered a series of questions about current events and her involvement in our school and community. Congratulations Courtney! Not only do you have the money and the crown but also the experience and friendships which will last a lifetime. Pikeville High School is proud of your achievement, representation, outstanding attitude, and sportsmanship! As Thomas Monson says: “We tend to become like those who we admire.” You are a role model for others. Cooking Team Takes Second At Sate Fair! By Taz Mulins While Maynard was nervous about answering the questions, as she had no prior knowledge as to what questions would be asked, she answered them with dignity and confidence, bringing honor to Pikeville High School and filling our school with pride once again. I had a chance to speak with Maynard after the competition and asked her what she enjoyed most about the competition to which she replied: “My favorite part of the experience was meeting all the girls and really getting to know them.” According to Maynard, winning wasn’t everything. From noon to six when the crowning began, the girls sat and talked together about college and career choices, their lives and what led them to want to compete. In those short hours, Maynard showed the sportsmanship-like qualities our school takes pride in having. She treated the other girls with respect and kindness. On August 29-30, 2015, Pikeville High School’s cooking team went to the Kentucky State Fair to compete in the state level cooking competition. They faced teams such as Fern Creek, Anderson County, and Harlan County. After hard work and fierce determination, Pikeville’s cooking team placed second in the state! Each team member got four thousand dollars in scholarship money. The team prepared a layered taco bowl for the competition. continued on page 2
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Courtney Crowned
Pike County Bowl
Queen!
Coach Walls' Weekly
Words Of Wisdom!!!"Life is short and hard, like a bodybuilding midget."
September 11, 2015Volume 89 Issue 2
By Baby Layne
Saturday, August 28, 2015,
Pikeville Independent’s own
Courtney Maynard was crowned
with the title “Miss Pike County
Bowl” by former Miss Kentucky
and PHS alum, Jessica Casebolt.
Courtney was awarded a $1,500
scholarship to the school of her
choice.
Maynard was chosen to
represent PHS based on her
grades, involvement with the
community, and participation in
school activities. The
competition consisted of a
luncheon with the contestants
from other schools and the
judges, three outfit changes, and
a five to ten minute interview
during which she was asked
questions such as, “Who inspires
you? If you were to give us a
tour around your hometown,
where would you take us and
why?” and “Why should you be
chosen to win the scholarship?”
Courtney also answered a series
of questions about current
events and her involvement in
our school and community.
Congratulations Courtney!
Not only do you have the
money and the crown but also
the experience and friendships
which will last a lifetime.
Pikeville High School is proud
of your achievement,
representation, outstanding
attitude, and sportsmanship!
As Thomas Monson says: “We
tend to become like those who
we admire.” You are a role
model for others.
Cooking Team Takes
Second At Sate Fair!By Taz Mulins
While Maynard was nervous
about answering the questions,
as she had no prior knowledge as
to what questions would be
asked, she answered them with
dignity and confidence, bringing
honor to Pikeville High School
and filling our school with pride
once again.
I had a chance to speak with
Maynard after the competition
and asked her what she enjoyed
most about the competition to
which she replied: “My favorite
part of the experience was
meeting all the girls and really
getting to know them.”
According to Maynard,
winning wasn’t everything. From
noon to six when the crowning
began, the girls sat and talked
together about college and
career choices, their lives and
what led them to want to
compete. In those short hours,
Maynard showed the
sportsmanship-like qualities our
school takes pride in having. She
treated the other girls with
respect and kindness.
On August 29-30, 2015,
Pikeville High School’s
cooking team went to the
Kentucky State Fair to
compete in the state level
cooking competition.
They faced teams such as
Fern Creek, Anderson
County, and Harlan
County. After hard work
and fierce determination,
Pikeville’s cooking team
placed second in the
state! Each team member
got four thousand dollars
in scholarship money.
The team prepared a
layered taco bowl for the
competition.
continued on page 2
New Teachers In the Building
By Alexis Sanders and Elina Ahokas
Continued "Cooking
Team"
As we start off this school
year there are five new
teachers in Pikeville High
School. You may have
already met these wonderful
new teachers, but there may
be some other things you do
not know about them. We
wanted to make sure you
knew a little about our
newest staff members.
If you are a sophomore
or senior you may have the
new English teacher, Mr.
Hobbs. He is married to
Brittany and is twenty-eight
years old. He wanted to
come to Pikeville because of
the great reputation we
have. He also told us he
loves it here, and it makes it
easy to be new because of
how polite and helpful
everybone is. He recently
taught at Jenkins, and said it
was a different atmosphere
compared to PHS.
We also have a new art
teacher. Mrs. Lucas is thirty-
six years old and has been
teaching art for eleven years.
She is to be married
September 12 to Josh
Johnson. She wanted to be a
member of Pikeville High
School because of the great
opportunities and the
environment. She has loved
the time she has spent with
us. She also commented
that everyone has been
kind and helpful. It was
hard for her to leave Pike
Central, her previous
school, but she is confident
that she made the right
choice.
Downstairs, we have
two new teachers. One of
them is Mrs. Bishop, who is
forty-eight years old and
married to Jerry Bishop.
She wanted to teach at
Pikeville High School
because of the long
tradition of excellence.
Also, her son, John
Franklin, currently attends
Pikeville Elementary. She
teaches Language Arts in
7th grade. She is happy to
have only one grade to
teach because at her
previous school, Kimper,
she taught grades 5-8.
She and her husband also own
the Men’s Corner, a local
business. She said that it is not
hard to be a new teacher
because she has had a long
teaching career of sixteen years
before coming to Pikeville High
School.
Geometry has a new teacher:
Mrs. Jeanette Belcher. She has
been a teacher for over fifteen
years at schools such as Belfry,
Johnson County Central and
now Pikeville. Belcher said that
it is very different working at
Pikeville than Johnson Central
because of the size difference.
"JC was very, very big," she said.
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The judges analyzed the dish
by looking at the layers of the
dish and how they were
prepared. "Politeness was also
important to the judges," said
Zane Akers, who is a member of
the cooking team. The
competition took two days. They
plan to progress even further, to
win at the Kentucky State Fair
next year, and are even thinking
about doing the 4-H competition
this year. Congratulations to the
cooking team and good luck
going forward!
Headline Here
This weekend was a
success to say the least! Our
Panther football boys won
their Pike County Bowl
game. On Saturday, August
29th, the boys played against
the Letcher County Central
Cougars. The final score for
the two teams was 49 to 12.
Daric Pugh scored 4
touchdowns, while Chatlin
Jarrell scored 2, and Andrew
McNamee scored 1. Cody
Charles led the team on the
defensive side for the game.
Pikeville had a total of 3
interceptions by Clay Slone,
Tyler Elkins, and Chatlin
Jarrell. Logan Coleman and
Gunner Edmonds both had
fumble recoveries in the
game on Saturday night.
When asked about how he
thinks this season will go,
Coach McNamee said, “We
try to get better each week,
so I feel this season is going
to be a great one!”
We later asked the newest
member to the Panther
family, Chatlin Jarrell, how
he feels this season will go,
and he responded, “We just
have to take it one day at a
time. We just have to keep
working hard on the field.”
We also asked how it feels
to be a part of the Panther
family, to which he said, “it
feels awesome…. It feels
tremendous!”
The team’s head coach, Allie
Sisco said, “I’m not looking for
a quick turn around time. I’m
looking for tournament time.”
Coach Sisco looks like she has
set her girls on the right path
as she sets her focus on the
tournament rather than a
record.
Although the girls lost
their game against Belfry,
they have been successful
throughout the year. Just last
week, the soccer team
celebrated their first win
against Shelby Valley High
School with an awesome score
of 9-0. When the girls aren’t
playing games, they’re
practicing each day after
school. Coach Sisco works her
team five days a week for two
hours each practice. Its safe
to say the girls get plenty of
practice.
The team also does its own
bonding time outside of
school. They go out to eat
together on occasion and do
other team bonding activities
like tie-dying shirts. Each
activity brings them closer
and helps them to play well
together in the games.
The girls work hard and
give their best efforts in
everything they do. This is
shown with their record of 4-
1. It will be interesting to see
where the rest of the season
takes them!
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