8th Grade Basketball Preveiw

I interveiwed Coach Chad Bruns on the upcoming 8th grade basketball season. Since the camera only took a minute 20 second videos and for the battery not being fully charged the rest of the interveiw will be down below.

Willy: Who are the starters this season?

CB: not 100% sure, top seven: Jared Juhl, Drake Decker, Lucas Musich, Zach Osborn, Ben Bruck and Seth Lansman.

W: Who is the most challenging oppenent this year and why?

CB: Well we have to be ready for everyone. I would say Carroll Public might be as it is the only team this team lost to last year.

W: I remember last year you told us that your team wouldn't have a Lebron James on it. Tell me if there would be a superstar on your team, who would it be?

CB: Right now we have a lot of very good players. Everyone I mentioned earlier have the capability of scoring points and playing a great all around game. We have no superstar!

W: What is the difference from this team from the great team you had last year?

CB: I would say that our weakness last year as a team was outside shooting. Outside shooting is this teams strength.

W: I didn't forget about the B team. What about them Coach Bruns. How does the B team look this year?

CB: The B Team is looking good. Everyone knows the plays and are working hard in preparation of B Team's opener Thursday.

W: So what is your outlook for this season?

CB: Our goal is to improve every game both individually and as a team. If we can do that, we should have a very successful season based on their one loss last year.

7th Grade Champs

Above are some pictures of the game.

Hello everybody. This is katie2 reporting for HCHS news. My story is on the 7th grade football team. Thursday night was the final game of the season for the 7th graders. Determined to win, the A-team won 28-0. An undefeated season for them. The B-team won 28-8 with a 3-3 win this season.

To keep up with tradition, at the end of the season players dump the water on their coach. Tucker was in for a surprise. After talking and congratulating, the players secretly dumped the water on tucker. He took it like a real sport and laughed it off.

All in all, this 7th grade football season turned out to be, well, victorious. This is katie2 with HCHS news.

7th Grade Football vs. Waukee

Tursday the seventh grade football team played against Waukee at Waukee. The A team really showed what they can do. They dominated the field with an amazing win over Waukee. The B team struggled a little for their first game. They lost but, showed alot of effort. All-in-all it was a great game!

HCMS 7th Grade wins, 8th grade places third in the track meet

The Harlan Community Middle School Track boys did pretty well at the home track meet. The 7th grade boys dominated the other four teams to win the 7th grade side of the track meets. The 8th grade boys finished third behind Lewis Central and Glenwood. There were some very exciting finishes in a lot of the running events. After a few boring events there was a very close finish in the 1600 meter medley relay. Harlan was leading with about 800 meters to go and Matt Brace had the baton for Harlan. Glenwood’s team however caught Harlan and ended up beating Harlan by .01 seconds. Another very close race came in the 7th grade 800 meter run. A Creston guy lead the first 500 meters but all the sudden John Schwarte, one of Harlan’s top long distance runners, catches him and they are side by side until they come towards the turn towards the finish line. Schwarte pulls away and wins the race and another Harlan runner, Seth Lansman, finishes second. The most exciting race of the night was the 7th grade boys 4×400 relay. Harlan was behind by a bunch until Luke Musich got the baton and cut the margin to under 2 seconds behind Creston. The anchor, Jake Nutter, caught and passed the kid the anchor from Creston and won the race by less than half a second. These are the 8th grade results(I couldn’t get the 7th grade results because I couldn’t record them).

Shot Put: 1st place: Dustin Muell

Discus: 2nd place: Derek Schwartz

4th place: Muell

Long Jump: 1st place: Dylan Barrett

6th place: John Keane

4×800 relay: 4th place: (Brad Nelson, Kody Kline, Tommy Steward, Dale Kite)

7 Flight Hurdle relay: 2nd place: (Alex Markham, Schwartz, Joe Klein, Andrew McLaughlin)

100 meters: 3rd place: Barrett

1600 meter medley: 2nd place: (McLaughlin, Adam Cave, Klein, Matt Brace)

4×200 relay: 4th: Matt Mages, Muell, Taylor Assman, Michael Blackman)

7 Fl. Hurdles: 2nd: Mills

4th: McLaughlin

200 Meter dash: 3rd: Schwartz

800 Medley: 4th: (Mages, Assman, Muell, Wyzenski)

200 Meter Hurdles: 1st: Barrett

4×100: 4th: (Markham, Assman, Wyzenski, Cave)

4×400: 2nd: (Klein, Schwartz, Brace, Barrett)

The photo above is of my brother running the 800 meter run.

-Ryan Henrich, 6th hour news correspondant signing off

Middle School Boy/Girl track meet cancelled

The middle school coed track meet with Denison in Denison was cancelled due to the very cold weather, which is the same reason why a lot of other events in high school sports got postponed or cancelled throughout the week. The meet will not be made up. The next track meet for the middle school boys will be this Thursday, April 12 in Clarinda at 4:00 p.m. The middle school girls track meet will also be on Thursday in Red Oak at 4:00 p.m.

-Ryan Henrich, HCHS News

“The Undefeated Season”

This year the HCMS Jazz band did the unthinkable. They won every contest that they entered. There were 7 contests. They played four songs; 1)Groove Blues, 2)A Warm Fuzy, 3)Blue Flame, 4)Bye-Bye Blackbird. They were directed by Steve Britt. The solos for the first song are Nate Mages (8th grade Lead Trumpt), Nick Hadfield (8th grade Lead Trombone), Michael Jacquard ( 8th grade Tenor Sax), Laura Garrett (7th grade Alto Sax), Dylan Greer (8th grade Drum Set). For the second song the solo features Nick Hadfield. The third song’s soloists are Makalya Leinen (7th grade Bass Guitar), Jenny Bjoin (7th grade Trumpt), Ellen Klitgaard (8th grade Lead Alto Sax). And the final song’s soloists are Nate Mages and Nick Hadfield. For this they had a fun season, looked good, and sounded quite well all at once. Good job Cyclones for carring on the tradtion!

Posted by Ben Pitkin 6th Hour

Big Bad- A middle school Production

What happens when you throw The three little pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and the Boy who cried wolf all together into one story for the trial of the Big Bad Wolf? In the Middle School Production, this is exactly what happens, with the audience as the Jury. Narrarated by Sidney Grimm (Jenny Bjoin) the Attorney, The Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Arkfeld), and the Lawyer, The Evil Stepmother (Danielle Hernandez), Fight head to head in the court room over the Guiltiness, or innocence, of the Big Bad Wolf (Joe Schmitz). The play included the audiences participation one whether he was innocent of guilty, and had an alternate ending for either turn out. It was a great play, and I am eager to see furture productions.

~Jessika Chapman for HCHS News

5-8 Vocal Concert

I had the privilage to sit and listen to the 5-8 vocal concert and man oh man was it a good one. The 5th grade started the concert off with the song ”In Praise of Music” by Jerry Estes. They continued and sang 4 more songs ending with “Consider Yourself” which is a song from the musical Oliver. The highlight of the 6th grade portion of the concert was when they sang a Disney Classics Medley which included popular Disney movie songs. They were “Be Our Guest”, “The Bare Necessities”, “I Wan’na Be Like You”, “A Spoonful of Sugar”, and “Step In Time.” The 7th and 8th grade chior sang together and did an awesome job. A crowd favorite was “Jesus, Take the Weel.” Soloists Sara and Allison did an outstanding job and the audience responded! Once again Mrs. Carroll, Mrs. Schneider, and Ms. Thies did an outstanding job directing the chiors. Let’s not forget Mrs. Lemons and Mrs. Lawson and their huge contribution to the chiors. Their willingness to take time to accompany the chiors is very much appreciated and they do a great job!

Ryan 3rd