You may find it hard to believe a story about going across the universe can be written in three books, but it has been done! Author Beth Revis was able to achieve this in her trilogy that centers around a story full of action, romance, and futuristic possibilities. When each book is finished, the reader will be left wanting to know more about this journey across the stars.
The New Haven Youth League has made a lot of changes to their program this year. The biggest one is that the New Haven High School Softball team has a team within the league. Coaches of this team are all former New Haven Softball Players. The head Coach will be Julie Scheer, and her assistants include Kayla Oetterer, Kierstin Monzyk, and Erin Grannemann.
New Haven High School has received many marching band trophies over the years based on the success of the Marching Shamrocks, which is made up of the band, auxiliary, and drum major(s). Auxiliary is composed of the flag corp and Shamrockettes (poms). In order to receive all these trophies, the auxiliary, along with the rest of the band, must be at its best. In order to accomplish this goal, auxiliary auditions are held.
On a beautiful Saturday morning, April 18th, 2015, the Color Run: Shine Tour was held in St Louis. The run started at 9:00 AM, and the festivities ended around 12:00 noon. Many people from New Haven ran the run, including Alison Long and her sister Sophia, Michael McKernan, Eileen Roth, Lucy Roth and her brother, Charlie.
When Assistant coach Austin Pierick was asked what he was thinking before the game, he responded “ I think our players are feeling bad about this since Union is undefeated, but I still think we have a chance at a win here.” In the top of the first inning, Union had three singles, and a batter walked. That allowed four runs for Union in the top of the first. When the Shamrocks came up in the bottom of the first inning, they had a 1-2-3 inning and scored no runs. In the top of the second inning, the Wildcats scored three runs by having the first batter walked, an error on the the second batter, a single, another single, and finally, a triple. By end of the second, the score was 7-0 Union. Andrew Menke discussed that part of the game: “ It felt good, but I wish we could have scored during those three innings ourselves.” In the top of the 6th inning, the Wildcats scored one run from getting a walk to start the inning, a single, another single, and then an error, which allowed a runner to score, making the score 8-0 Union. In the bottom of the 7th inning, New Haven scored its first runs. The Shamrocks scored by having three batters walk, two singles, and a double, making the final score 8-2 Union, with the Wildcats winning the game. After the game, Matthew Clines discussed his pitching: “ I wish I could have done better, but it is what it is.” The next time the New Haven Shamrocks play is Monday, May 4th, against the Cuba Wildcats. -Tim Pruessner On April 27, the New Haven Shamrock baseball team took on the undefeated Union Wildcats at home. The batting order for New Haven was Cameron Pritchett--left field, Brandon Carey--shortstop, Kyle Ruediger--center field, Andrew Menke--third base, Justin Shockley--catcher, Michael McKernan--first base, Cole Lensing--second base, Matthew Clines--pitcher, Nick Slocum--right field, and Kyle Luecke--designated hitter for Nick Slocum.
On Tuesday, April 28th, all juniors in the state of Missouri took the ACT at their respective schools. Someone might ask, what is the ACT? Well, the ACT is short for the American College Testing Program.
Memorial Baptist Church in New Haven is starting a backpack program that they are calling Buddy Bags. These bags provide a weekend’s worth of food supply for children in low income families.
NHHS Student Council presidential candidates Clare Roth and Lauren Bergner, along with vice-presidential candidate Maddie Fleer, delivered their election speeches on Wednesday April 22nd. These speeches were given to explain why each candidate would be best fit for the sometimes-trying job of leading student Council.
On Friday, April 24th, the New Haven track team traveled to Owensville for a track meet. However, this meet was somewhat special, since the only athletes that went were juniors. The seniors were away on Senior Trip, and the day before, there was a ninth and tenth grade meet at Sullivan.
Scholar Bowl Districts were held on April 18, a Saturday. The teams competing included New Haven, Belle, Kingston, Linn, Vienna, and Valle Catholic. The matches started at 2 in the afternoon, with each game lasting roughly an hour.
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Saturday, May 9th at Festus High School Schedule Map Results Heat Sheets Performance Lists The April Student of the Month is senior Hannah Pruessner. Hannah is the daughter of Paula and Jerry Pruessner. She is active in track, band, FBLA, FCA, FCCLA, and NHS. One of her teachers said, “In addition to being a conscientious student, active member of many organizations, and dedicated track athlete, Hannah conducted herself with an incredible amount of confidence, class, poise, humility, and maturity on senior trip. She treated her classmates kindly, was polite to strangers, listened to and followed instructions from the sponsors carefully, and stayed aware of her surroundings. Her positive attitude really helped her make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She set an excellent example for her classmates and represented New Haven High School in the best possible light during our travels.” There was an informational meeting for all players wanting to participate in volleyball this upcoming fall, and there were 28 girls interested in being a part of the volleyball team. It is very important to Mrs. Hoener, varsity coach, that the girls focus and prepare for the fall season. She mentioned in the meeting that she would not tolerate whining during the summer workouts this year. It is true that the workouts begin usually around 5:30 or 6:00 a.m. Mrs. Hoener stated a quote in the meeting that she really enjoyed, “You’re here to get better, so shut up and do it.” Going along with working out to prepare for the season, it is also very important that the girls focus as well.
For volleyball players, summer is not a time to relax, but a time to work hard and prepare for the season ahead. This year’s summer agenda consists of numerous open gyms, the camp held at New Haven High School, and the Licking Camp that is held in Arnold. Additionally, the juniors and seniors who are involved are asked to help out as much as possible with the younger players’ camps. Mrs. Hoener, stated, “I need help with the younger kids because there are a lot of them, and sometimes it just gets to be too much.” Along with the camps that are offered to the players, there are also workout sessions. There have been many different workout choices in previous years. Last year there was Workout Warrior and weight training. Workout Warrior consists of many stations outside in the back of the high school. Workout Warrior was designed to condition the players. Weight training is more for building strength. Many of the players have the view that the summer is an essential time to prepare for volleyball. Upcoming senior Maddie Fleer was asked what she was going to be involved in this summer. She answered with, “Everything I can!” Erin Scheer and Maddie Fleer agreed that their least favorite summer volleyball activity was “for sure getting up at 5 or 5:30 for Workout Warrior,” while Emma Borcherding stated, “I like all of the summer volleyball activities.” Summer is the time for some to relax, and others to prepare. It will be evident during the fall season which way the players decided to spend their summer. -by Kathy Jasper “There are three ways to ultimate success: The first way is to be kind. The second way is to be kind. The third way is to be kind.” This quote is by the famous Fred Rogers, who is known for his generous soul. He promoted only positivity to the world, and more people should strive to be like him.
Kyle Ruediger has been named New Haven High School's recipient of the St. Louis Post Dispatch Scholar Athlete Award for 2015. Kyle has been a 4 year member of both the baseball and basketball programs. He has earned varsity letters in baseball all four years and in basketball each of the past three years. Kyle earned 1st Team Four Rivers Conference recognition in baseball his junior year and in basketball as a sophomore, junior, and senior -- becoming a unanimous choice this past year. Kyle joined the 1,000 point club his senior year and finished as the 11th leading scorer in the history of the New Haven boys basketball program with 1,190 points, despite losing several games to injury throughout his career. |
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