Good morning. Today is Monday, October 15, 2018.
The Girls Cross Country team won the N.W.C. Championship by defeating Lincolnview 36-44.
Alyssa Ellerbrock was the N.W.C individual champion for the 2nd year in a row and was named the N.W.C. runner of the year.
Erin Downing was 1st team N.W.C. with her 4th place finish.
Leanndra Price finished 6th
Morgan Deffenbaugh was 14th
Zoe Stechschulte, 16th, improved her PR by 15 seconds to finish in 22:13
Also running PRs were Hannah Schroeder 23:47 a 15 second improvement and Stephanie Messer 28:17 an improvement of 1 minute.
The boys' cross country team won the Northwest Conference championship on Saturday by the narrowest of margins. The Dogs edged out Lincolnview by a score of 30-33.
Leading the way was Johnny Schmiedebusch, who finished 2nd in the race in 16:59. Caleb Stechschulte was also first-team all NWC with a 5th place finish in 17:17
Jordan Bellman(7th) and Breece Pingle(9th) broke up the Lincolnview pack with solid efforts.
The difference maker in the meet was freshman Carson Closson who gained three places in the last mile of the race to finish 10th in 17:53 to seal the victory.
Tanner Smith, Derek Birkemeier, Caleb Morman, and Tayden Pingle all finished in the top 25 of the 87 runner race.
It was an outstanding day for the Bulldogs as every runner did his part to help bring home the hardware. Great effort men, and congratulations to the girls' team on their NWC championship.
The teams begin the postseason this Saturday at Ottawa's Memorial Park where they will run the District race at 2:00PM and 2:45 PM.
All volleyball teams were in action this weekend. The 8th grade team took to take a set off of Lincolnview in their tournament semi finals, but lost in three. All other teams lost in straight sets.
Seventh grade fell to Allen East in their tournament semi finals.
The Reserve team lost to OG 14-25, 25-27. Stat Leaders included Emily McCauley with 6 of 7 serving with 1 ace and 7 of 8 hitting with 3 kills, Katie Schroeder with 4 of 5 serving and an ace, and Kiara Patrick with 1 for 1 hitting, a dig and a block.
The JV team lost to the Titans 18-25, 15-25. Syd Witteborg had 4 kills on 5 swings and Meghan Blankemeyer had 3 kills on 3 swings.
Varsity fell 7-25 11-25, 19-25. The Lady Dawgs were on defense a lot and Emily Ridinger was 7 for 8 digs and Abby Gladwell was 5 for 7 digs.
Varsity ends their regular season with a 16 and 6 record. Rylee Sybert crossed the 1500 assist mark on Saturday! She has 1507 in her career and is looking to continue raising her record in the upcoming tournament matches. The first round of sectionals will be at home tomorrow against Bluffton. The match starts at 5:30. Come out and support the team! Go Lady Dawgs!
This weekend the JH Cross Country team travel to Spencerville for the NWC meet.
Our Girls were NWC champs and our boys finished 4th
The top 5 girls were NWC Champ Ellie Keehn, Jade Siefker 4th, Kirsten Williams 6th, Caitlynn Jay 10th, and Hadassah Jones 12th
Top 5 boys: Runner up Trent Koch, Logan Mershman 17th, Anden Blankemeyer 25th, Evan Sautter 26th, and Nate Kamphaus 31st.
There is a Quiz team meeting in Mrs. Schortgen's room during Activity Period today.
There will be a Prom Committee meeting in Mrs. Hermiller's room during Activity Period on Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Bulldogs LEAD is a school wide campaign about Leadership, Encouraging Others, Achieving Goals, and Doing the Right Thing. K through 12 students will be nominated each quarter by their teachers for demonstrating these character traits. This quarter we will focus on LEADERSHIP - Leading by Example.
Motivational Monday Quote - “To Lead is to Make a difference - Follow your heart, listen more than you speak, and have a vision."
