Cub News

A publication of the OHS Journalism Class ••• Friday, March 17, 2017

Wyat Burrows earned his ticket to the Texas High School Powerlifting Association State Association Meet (THSPA) by finishing second in his class at the Region 6 Division 3 Powerlifting Championship held Friday, March 3, in Chico. Raymond Carrasco finished third in his class to qualify for state as an alternate.

Burrows competed in the 148-pound weight class and sat in third place for most of the day, according to Coach Josh Holt. In the deadlift, where Burrows lifted 500 pounds, he solidified his second place fin-ish with a total of 1,165 pounds. The 500 pound lift also gave Burrows the Outstanding Deadlift Award for the lower weight classes in the meet.

Carrasco qualified as an alternate in the 220 pound class. He was secure in second place all day, Holt said, to the last deadlift of the day. During that lift, the third place competitor from Perrin-Whitt trailed Carrasco by just 20 pounds. That lifter completed a 525 pound lift (a 45-pound increase) to take second from Carrasco, who finished with a bronze medal and a total of 1,400 pounds for the day.

Other competitors were Daniel Perez, Brian Her-nandez and Rogelio Arce. Both competed in the 123 pound class. Perez placed 11th with a total of 700 pounds while Arce was sixth with 770 pounds. Brian Hernandez qualified in the 198 pound class, finishing ninth with 1,150 pounds.

Burrows will compete at the THSPA State Meet Sat-urday, March 25, at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene. Carrasco will travel as an alternate.

Burrows, Carrasco to attend THSPA state meet

Raymond Carrasco (left) and Wyat Burrows per-formed well at the THSPA Regional powerlifting meet in Chico recently. Burrows won second to qual-ify for the state competition, and Carrasco was third and will go to state as an alternate.

By Wendy Baumert

OHS student Yudit Manqueros is the March Student of the Month. Yudit is a dedicated, dependable and hardworking senior and got this title due to her effort, success, hard work as well as her genuine and kind character.

“Yudit is a hard worker,” Mrs. Kimbro reasoned in this year’s pick for Student of the Month. ”She takes initiative in class and assists other students who are in

need of help. She leads by example more than anything else. Yudit is a student I can count on to always take notes and strive to improve herself.

“This time of year it's tempting for seniors to slack off because graduation is so close, but Yudit is stepping it up and working hard-er,” Kimbro continued. “Also, Yu-dit seems to be always happy. She is quiet, but she seems to be smil-ing a lot, even on the hard days."

Congratulation, Yudit!

Yudit Manqueros is Student of the Month for March at OHS

Several Olney Cubs varsity basket-ball players were honored with in-clusion on the 9-2A All-District bas-ketball teams.

Brent McCorkle and Carson Fite, se-niors, were named to the First Team All-District while Parker Mayers, a sophomore, was included on the Second Team All-District. Honorable Mention honors went to seniors Tra-vis Hudson and Eli Johnson. Those on the Academic All-District team were McCorkle, Fite, Mayers and Epi Olvera, a senior.

Cubs earn All-Districtrecognition

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By Olivia Kulhanek

The Olney baseball boys have been quite busy, having played three games recently.

The first game was on Mon-day, March 6, against De Leon with a loss of 3-2. Olney had two runs in the seventh inning. Malik Garza led the offense with two singles. Ce-sar Flores and Porter Elliott each had a single. Pitching duties for the game were taken care of by Malik Garza who pitched all six innings. He gave up six hits and three runs, but struck out two players.

The second game was an Alumni Game held on Saturday, March 11, with players from past years playing against the Olney Cubs Varsity with a final tied score of 10-10.

Adam Gipson led the Alumni team at the plate with a triple fol-lowed by Jesse Acuna with two singles. Players who hit singles were Justin Garza, Dylan Hud-son, Drew McVicker, and Cody Harvey.

Noah Gipson and Garrett Trevi-no led the varsity team, each hav-

ing a double, followed by Brent McCorkle with two singles. Play-ers who hit singles include Dal-ton Trouille, Noah Molina, Flores, and Malik Garza.

The third and final game was on Monday, March 13, against Archer City with a loss of 16-13. This game opened district play for the Cubs.

Olney had five runs in the fourth inning,

one run in the fifth inning, two runs in the sixth inning, and five runs in the seventh inning.

McCorkle led the offense with a single and a triple followed by Flores with a triple. Next was Gabe Garza with a double fol-lowed by Noah Gipson and Elliott each with two singles.

Pitching duties for this game were taken care of by Molina and Trouille.

Molina pitched four innings, giving up three hits and five runs. Trouille pitched three innings, giving up five hits and eleven runs.

The team will continue district play Friday, March 17, at Petrolia and Monday, March 20, at home against Northside.

Cubs continue season, play alumni over spring break

By Shea Sallee

The Olney Lady Cubs traveled to Gorman for a tournament Thurs-day, March 2, through Saturday, March 4. The Lady Cubs played five games and came out with two wins.

Olney played Gorman on March 2 and lost 3-7. Also on March 2, the Lady Cubs took a win over Rang-er 12-2. The leading batter, Geri Heath, hit a homerun and single. Niki Wade and Hayley Ondricek both went two-for-three with two singles. Caitlyn Torres had one single and a double.

On Saturday, March 4, the Lady Cubs fell short to Cisco 16-6 and then played Santo with an 8-3 win. The leading batters were Ociana Allsbrooks, two-for-two, and Niki Wade, two-for-three, both with two singles.

On Tuesday, March 7, the Lady Cubs traveled to Windthorst and lost 15-0. Then on Monday, March 13, the Lady Cubs played Archer City and lost 18-0 with the lead-ing batter being Hayley Ondricek with a single.

The Lady Cubs will play Mon-day, March 20, at 5 p.m. in Olney against North Side.

Lady Cubs win two in

tournament

Upcoming GamesMarch 17, 5 p.m., at Petrolia

March 20, 5 p.m., vs. Northside (here)March 24, 5 p.m., at Seymour

March 28, 5 p.m., vs Quanah (here)

Olney Community Library will host a Photography Show and Con-test during National Library Week, April 10-14. Students and teachers from all campuses and members of the community are encouraged to participate.

The contest will include four cat-egories: children through fifth grade; students in sixth through 12th grades; adult amateur; and adult professional.

Each contestant may enter two photos apiece. Photos must be 8-by-10 originals that the entrant has personally taken. Each of the photographs should be in a stand-alone frame with no embellish-ments on the frames. The library also requests that entries be photo-graphs that have not been entered into the contest before. Photos must be in place at the library by 7 p.m. Monday, April 10.

Each category will have one “Peo-ple’s Choice” winner and two Hon-orable Mention winners. Each per-son will have one vote per photo category. Voting begins at 9 a.m. Tuesday, April 11, and will contin-ue through 8 p.m. Thursday, April 13. Winners will be announced at 10 a.m. Friday, April 14.

Photos must be picked up be-tween 3 p.m. Friday, April 14, and noon Saturday, April 15.

OCL seeks entries into photography contest

Order your 2016-2017 OHS Yearbook today!Orders are due by Friday, March 31...

See Mrs. Livingston for details

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Huge crowd attends donkey basketball fundraiserThe OHS seniors took on members

of the OHS staff and administration during a donkey basektball game fundraiser held Friday, March 10, at the old gym. Before the game, the seniors said they would prevail and that prediction came true.

Other games held during the eve-ning saw staff and administrators from Air Tractor taking on those from Tower Extrusions, and mem-bers of the business community and City Council taking on the police and fire departments.

Auctions for dessert items were held during game intermissions. Thousands of dollars were raised for the class of 2017, with funding to go toward Project Graduation and to help with the attempt to purchase a new laptop for every graduating se-nior this year.

Travis Hudson takes a shot while Coach Young looks on late in the seniors vs. faculty game.

(Above) Many riders struggled with their animals as the match between faculty and se-niors began on March 10. (At left) Ms. Carlton makes it down the court on her donkey. (At right) Mr. Little leads an auc-tion of dessert items dur-ing an intermission with the assistance of Jona-than Roggers (left) and Cotton Reinke. (Below) Coby Slater and Tyler Terrell try to get control of their donkeys early in the game. The seniors managed to pull out the victory.