National Honor Society New Members

 
   Six new members will be inducted into the National Honor Society on October 23rd at 7:00 in the high school auditorium. The new members include three seniors and three juniors: Logan Tiensvold, Zach Carattini, Sam Rischling, Kaylie Elliott, Dominic Nobiling and Clark Riesen. These students and the current members were selected by a group of Chadron Public Schools' faculty.
    "When I opened my letter and saw that I was accepted I felt great joy," said Clark Riesen, a new inductee. "I applied last year, but wasn't accepted. I become more involved in the community and became more responsible in my classes."
    NHS currently has a total of fifteen members, most of them seniors. To be inducted and remain a member, students must have a grade point average above 3.5 and be involved in school activities and volunteer in the community. The students in this group are some of the most involved teenagers in the Chadron Community.

Fantasy Football

   

     Fantasy football often excites NFL fans all across the nation, including those students within the walls of Chadron High School. Fantasy football is a competitive hobby which gives fans an incentive to watch teams other than their owns. Fans, or in this case, students, join leagues with their friends. Those students participate in a live mock draft in which they draft players from various teams at various positions. Obviously, the best players in every position go first. The objective is to establish the best team possible. When players get hurt, you can swap that player with another player not owned by another team. Essentially, fantasy football users are the general managers of their own "fantasy" football team.
      Fantasy football seems to be a common theme around Chadron High School. Many football fans, usually male, seem to participate. Keelynd Clinton, junior at CHS, said, "It's fun and competitive. I get to have players that I like to watch, and it's always fun to play against your friends." Sam Rischling, Luke Tiensvold and Jay Milburn also enjoy playing fantasy football because they find it very fun. Most students are in leagues with between 10 and 16 teams. Keelynd, Sam and Luke enjoy smaller leagues more because they can have "more stacked teams" compared to larger leagues. Jay enjoys larger leagues for the challenge.
     Points per reception leagues seem to be a common favorite amongst CHS students. This gives every skill player (running back, wide receiver and tight end) a point for a catch. In non-PPR leagues, players only receive points for every 10 yards rushing and receiving. Players also get points for touchdowns and two point conversions. In PPR leagues, receivers gain points for all the non-PPR criteria along with a point for every reception. Quarterbacks gain points for every 25 passing yards and for every touchdown thrown for or ran. Kickers also gain points. Keelynd, Sam, Jay and Luke all use the ESPN fantasy app for their leagues.

Chadron FBLA: New Panhandle Chapters

   

At the instillation of Hay Springs FBLA, Chadron FBLA leadership team (left to right) Brooklyn Stack, Aubree Noble, Kellie Waugh, Lauren Collins, and Brooklynn Fritzler

     Chadron's FBLA chapter has been searching for local towns that will reactivate or newly activate an FBLA chapter in their town. "It has been a struggle for a long time getting more chapters in Western Nebraska," said adviser Brenda Budler, "It is actually a goal of the state FBLA board to get more chapters activated in the western part of the state and involved in competition." Being able to add these chapters will open up new opportunities for not only these western chapters, but it will also benefit the whole Nebraska FBLA chapter.
       In regards to activating the new chapters, Mrs. Budler said that the chapters are to register online on the national FBLA website, pay a $20 activation fee and turn in membership dues for at least ten members. Chadron's FBLA chapter is then able to travel to the town and activate the new chapter after a process of reciting the FBLA creed, explaining the duties as a chapter, and going over the guidelines and rules to be followed as a chapter. "The most effort we have to put in is coordinating and traveling to the reactivated school to hold the ceremony," Mrs. Budler also said.
       These reactivated chapters will lead to many new opportunities. These will include both local benefits and those at the state level. "At the local level, more chapters makes western Nebraska stronger when it comes to competition. Area meetings and business competitions will become a normality in our area," said Mrs. Budler. "At the state level, having more chapters in western Nebraska can result in more state representation at our end of the state. There will be more events, more state officer visits and hopefully more western Nebraska members running for office!"

Chadron Boys' Cross Country- State

   

The Chadron Boys' Cross Country start their race at the home invite.

     The Chadron Cardinal Cross Country boys' team will be heading to state in Kearney, Nebraska, at the golf course, on Friday, October 20th. Twelve teams will be competing in the Class C state cross country meet with six of the boys from Chadron running.
      Mark Taylor may be going to help with times and other things he may be needed for. When asked how Mr. Uhing, the cross country coach, felt about being the first coach to take the boys to state, he said, "I am very happy for the gentleman because they earned it through blood, sweat, and flesh." He also said they were very focused. "I would say 3, 4, and 5 placings are realistic, however I would not be surprised at 2nd place because of how hard they work."
     The district placings for the boys and their times were:
     Caleb Hill, 9th place- 18.14
     Oliver Fox, 14th place- 18.31
     Nathan Burch, 16th place- 18.39
     Jared Fernau, 21st place- 19.06
     Billy Tidyman, 22nd place- 19.11
     JashwaAlan Cummings, 31st- 19.38'

CHS Golf Takes Runner-Up at State-Hickstein Takes Title

    

The Class C-5 district champs and state runner up.(Left to Right) Taurie Pourier, Alpine Hickstein, Maddi Pelton, Aubree Noble, Kat Dodd (Back) Loni Watson

     2017 marked the third year in a row the Chadron High Girls' Golf team has made it to state. The CHS golf team took home the Runner-Up title on Tuesday the 10th after a first day team score of a 382. With 20 mile per hour winds, rain, snow, and sleet, the score proved the team was tough and didn't let the elements get to them. "I told the girls after the first day that I have played a lot of competitive golf, and that’s about as bad as I’ve ever seen a tournament played in," said Coach Loni Watson.
     After seeing scores after the first day of the tournament, Coach Watson said, "They were excited but definitely had nervous energy, which I think can be a very good thing when keeping your edge." That nervous energy did prove to show good for the team. Junior Taurie Pourier shot an all time low of a 88 and senior Alpine Hickstein shot a 2 under par for a 70. The low rounds from the two golfers helped the team shoot a team low score of a 375. To make a two day team total of 757, the CHS golf team brought home the runner up trophy by a whopping 27 strokes in front of third place. "It takes a lot of composure to compete from the front of the pack. I was impressed by the girls’ ability to compete at the highest level. As far as individuals go, for Alpine and Taurie to improve strokes under pressure, it's an amazing feat," said Coach Watson.
Alpine, who shot an even par 72 on Monday, was even better over the 18 holes on Tuesday by posting a 2-under 70. Alpine carded a 34 on the front nine and finished the round with five birdies and three bogeys. The senior's score tied the best 36-hole score of 142 that was set by Doniphan-Trumbull's Danielle Lemek in 2010. Her second round 70 is also among the tournament's best. Her 70 ties four other golfers for the lowest state round in 18 holes.


Chadron Individual Scores:

Alpine Hickstein-(72-70-1420
Taurie Pourier(99-88-187)

Maddi Pelton-(112-110-222)

Aubree Noble- (105-107-212)

Kat Dodd- (106-112-218)

Fall choir concert at CHS

   

     On October 26, in the High School Auditorium the Chadron Middle School and High School choir concert will be taking place. The first concert is the 5th and 6th grade students, who will start at 6 pm, but the 7th-12th grade concert will start at 7:15. If you would like to go to the concert it is free, but they are having a cookie fundraiser afterwords.
     Why are they having this concert? "Because we want to share our work," said Mrs. Mahr, choir teacher, "We practice everyday." 5th grade will be singing jazz and folk, high school is mixed genres, and Cardinal Singers will sing songs from musicals.

New Health and PE Teacher

     Chadron High has introduced a new health and physical educational teacher, Kyle Sanders. Mr. Sanders teaches PE and health. Mr. Sanders loves the environment and plans on teaching for awhile.

     Mr. Sanders graduated from Alliance High in 2012. After that, he moved on to go to college at Chadron State. There, he took a variety of classes to get his degree. Sanders's degree is K-12 physical and health education. 

     Mr. Sanders is a part of many things in and out of Chadron High. Intermediate PE, PE 9, life time activities and health are all the classes Mr. Sanders teaches at Chadron High. In his free time, Sanders coaches 7th grade football and is going to coach freshman basketball. 

     Mr. Sanders is very happy with the position he has right now. "Getting kids active in PE and building relationships," says Mr. Sanders is what he likes about teaching.  There is a lot about CHS that Mr. Sanders likes. He said, "The positive school environment, great staff and students are what I like, and I really love the block scheduling."