Sterling Cub Reporter: October 2015

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ABOUT THE COVER PHOTOSenior Sarah Stallings attempts to eat a donut during one of the Cheerleaders’ pep rally games. Coaches, jr. high students, and high school students participated in the game. (Photo by Lindsay Gilmore)

“Thank God I’m a Black Bear.”

TYSON BAUERLE, Sterling High School head football coach, uses this phrase often when speaking with students and athletes. “To me it’s about belief in why I am here,” Bauerle said. “My faith is really in-tertwined in the rest of my life, and I think God has

placed me, and all the students here for a reason, and I truly do thank God that I’m a Sterling Black Bear.”

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Sophomore Hans Anderson, celebrates during Sterling’s first win in over a year. Junior Max

Fulbright gets left hanging at the StuCo Mixer, “It was really embaressing, and a lot of people were around,” Fulbright said.

Zero toHave you ever wondered about all the cool stuff going on around SHS, and then thought of all the unfortunate stuff to happen? Here’s your guide to all the hot, and cold, stuff going on at SHS.

A new club is in the process of being formed at Sterling High School.

Dalton Stewart, along with a few other students, is trying to further his hobby of trapshooting, introducing it to SHS as a competitive sport.

“I saw on the Internet an article about a trapshooting team that gave me the idea,” Stewart said. “I thought it would be fun and there would be a lot of people in the school who would be interested in doing it.”

Dennis Vincent, part time Wild-life and Parks employee and substi-tute teacher at SHS, said he would be willing to sponsor the potential club.

“There are some obstacles they will have to overcome in order to

start this club,” Vincent said. “How are they going to do it, where are the going to do it, and expenses.”

The club has to be approved by the principal, athletic director and the school board. Dr. Bill Anderson, SHS principal and athletic director, said studies have shown students who are involved in school activities perform better academically.

“I’m completely open to it. We just need to find a way to get this idea off the ground,” he said. “We must have a significant number of students who would be really interested in some-thing like this, and it would draw them to something positive to do.”

— Kylah Comley

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6th annual blood drive comes to SHS

Sterling High School completed its sixth annual Red Cross blood drive this year on Sept. 15.

Approximately 30 Sterling High School students par-ticipate each year. This year 42 people participated, but only 35 of those could actually donate.

FACS teacher Carol Prather advised students in this ef-fort all the six years a blood drive has been held at SHS.

The blood drive began when Prather was contacted by the Red Cross.

The Red Cross provides 15,000 units of blood to Kansas hospitals daily for uses such as traumas, heart surgeries, joint replacements, organ transplants, premature babies, leukemia and cancer treatment. Each unit consists of one pint. Of the blood donated, 20 percent comes from high school students.

Prather said it is important to donate blood because just one individual can save another’s life. In fact, one donation can potentially save three lives.

Your blood consists of red cells, platelets and plasma. Once you donate blood, they take that blood and process it. In some cases there might be people that only need red cells or platelets or plasma. After they process it, they might separate the blood if they have people that are in need of those particular thigs. People who donate should have a nutritious breakfast and hydrated. Students need high levels of iron in their systems.

“Eating Oreos can help increase iron levels,” Prather said. Anyone can donate blood as long as they meet certain age, physical and health requirements. For more information concerning these requirements, please visit www.redcross.org.

Students can personally benefit from their blood dona-tions to the Red Cross. A $250 college scholarship is avail-able to students who give 35-70 units in one year.

“All in all, the Red Cross is always very pleased with our students’ respect and behavior,” Prather said.

ANNA TUSZYNSKICub Reporter

(Photo by Grace Rowland)Senior Tabitha Frederick donates blood Sept. 15 during the 6th annual blood drive at Sterling High School.


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New year brings changes for cheer squad

The beginning of every school year brings on new changes, new people, and new “firsts”. One of the new “firsts” this year is senior yell-leader, Tristin Padgett.

“Having Tristin on the team has been a great learning experience for all

of us”, said senior cheerleader Hannah Hendricks.

Tristin helps the cheerleaders with stunts, as a base.

“I look at the girls like they’re my sisters,” says Padgett, “so helping with stunts isn’t weird for me. I believe I’m a good asset to the team, and it definitely has benefits for college.”

This is also the first year the cheer team has gone to the Kansas Shrine

Bowl. The cheer clinic raises funds for Shriners Hospitals for Children. The money raised helps less-fortunate chil-dren who have medical problems.

“It put a lot of things into perspec-tive for me, and everyone else as well,” said Hendricks. “There were a lot of emotions, and tears, in the room, from us and the children.”

The cheer squad plans to attend many more beneficial meetings.

ALEXIAS ROSECub Reporter

(Photo by Lexi Rose)Pictured from left, cheer squad

members include sophomore Kadie Smith, sophomore Aniston

Ramsey, junior Emma Horsch, senior Jody Gunther, junior Niki

Dowell, senior Hannah Hendricks, senior Tristin Padgett, senior Kaci

Wilson, sophomore Taylor Petz, sophomore Raegan Mantz, and

senior Mac Thrasher.This is the first year the cheer squad has incorporated a yell-

leader on their team.


In one’s high school career it is very common to stay at the same location but for a select few, certain circumstances can lead them to find a new community to continue their education.

“I’m not doing anything, I’m just going with the flow,” freshman Natalie Nichols said. “It was a little nerve-racking coming here, but now that I am here I feel a little better.”

It is hard to imagine some of the obstacles faced when moving, and adjusting to life in a new school can be one of them.

“It is very different how the teachers and students do things here compared to Meade,” sophomore Lexi Edwards said. “I hope to do my best and have fun my first year here at Sterling.”

Changes to a student’s lifestyle are also common when moving to a new community, and compromising certain aspects of their routine will likely happen.

“I no longer take piano or violin lessons, but I am able to continue playing violin with the Hutchinson Community Orchestra,” junior Preston Nichols said.

For those more out going students that join a new school, more than likely they will feel more anticipation than apprehensive.

“I was anxious to get back into a routine and I really just wanted to jump back in the school, by the time summer was over I was really done with sitting at home and everything,” freshmen Yvonne Beagley said. “I wasn’t at all nervous I was really confident in getting back into school.”

Not only does going to a new school give you a new per-spective on different people, it is often a time of self reflec-tion and self change.

“I think that it was weird because I didn’t get to do like

all the sports because you had already done tryouts for cheerleading, which I was the captain of Buhler so it was kind of weird to like see them grow and I don’t get to be part of it,” senior Nichole Holliday said. “Like in a regular school setting now you just have to learn to make friends and continue day by day.”

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(Photo by Alex Veliz)From left in the back row, new students include Jakob Banke, junior; Nele Pirsing, junior; Laura Berger, junior; Preston Nichols, junior; Jade Krab, freshman; Kyler Edwards, fresh-man; Nichole Holliday, senior; Yvonne Beagley, freshmen; Anna Tuszyn-ski, junior; Sarah Walker, freshman; Lexi Edwards, sophomore; and Natalie Nichols, freshman.


FEATURE

Falling to a quick 22-0 deficit, the crowd at the 2015 homecoming game slowly lost hope for the 2-1

Black Bears. But when the Bears made some big stops and started to score in the second half, things were starting to change and thoughts about the previ-ous week started to help revitalize the energy in Smisor Stadium.

“At first when we were losing 22-0, I thought we were done for,” senior Sar-ah Stallings said. “Once we got within 8 points, I knew we would make a comeback and finish off homecoming week on a high note.”

The cheerleaders, lead by senior Jody Gunther, organized themes like no other spirit week we’ve had at SHS before.

“Some of my ideas obviously came from Pinterest, I’m a big pinterester,”

Gunther said. “I would also think back to all of my spirit weeks at Scott City and here at Sterling, and combine certain aspects that I really liked. The

idea for the class competitions came out of the blue, and I think that people participated and it was the best spirit week experience I had, which is what I wanted, it being my senior year.”

Throughout the week themes included: FANatic day, salad dressing day, class color day, elderly day, and black bear spirit day.

“Dressing up and just being differ-

ent for a week, and knowing that was okay was really cool,” sophomore Taya Wilson said.

The senior class took the spirit week competition title, followed by the sophomores, juniors, and at the bot-tom of the pack, the freshman.

“Spirit week was memorable, and a little sad,” senior Baylee Maskil said. “I was hoping the seniors would win, because we are the seniors.”

The cheerleaders, along with the help of StuCo also prepared the games for the candidates and members of the student body.

“The pep assembly games were a lot of fun. It gave everyone a chance to have a good time and to laugh at each other’s craziness,” sophomore Katie Comley said.

Dr. Anderson, along with the fall sports coaches helped set the mood for the homecoming game that evening.

“I was just thinking about our football team and Tyson [Bauerle]

KYLAH COMLEY AND LINDSAY GILMORE

Cub Reporter

(Photo by Lindsay Gilmore)Senior Homecoming Candidates Holly Davis, Brayden Hosman, Kylah Comley, Steven Hinshaw, Hannah Hen-dricks, and Zane Nichols play a game at the homecoming pep rally. “The pep rally was lit,” Zane Nichols said.

Old traditions, new spin

Cheerleaders play big role in HoCo 2k15

“I knew we would make a comback and finish off homecoming week on a high note.”

— Sarah Stallings, senior


and all of the stories I’ve heard about him jumping up on desks and getting people fired up,” principal and athletic director Bill Anderson said.

Before the Bears could take on the Haven Wildcats on the gridiron, a King and Queen had to be crowned.

“It’s really cool in the fact that Holly and I have been friends for a long time,” senior Brayden Hosman said. “I couldn’t have asked for anyone better to be by my side.”

Despite a slow start Junior Joel White put the Black Bears on the scoreboard scoring the Bears’ first touchdown of the game late in the 2nd quarter.

Coach Bauerle and his assistants were able to redirect the bears focus in the locker room which lead to another touchdown from White, one from junior Edward Weiner and one late in the 4th quarter from sophomore Kenan Comley. The Bears were then leading 26-22 with minutes left in the game.

“I knew that we could make stops and score the football throughout the whole game, but but we didn’t execute until the second half,” junior Joel White said.

The Haven Wildcats had a chance to take the lead with a 1:13 left on a

wide open pass to wide receiver Ruben Romero, but the pass fell incomplete, and the Black Bears ran the clock down to finish the homecoming game 3-1.

“From day one, we’ve been a broth-erhood,” Comley said. “We’re a family on the field and off the field. We came on the field and did what we needed to do as a family. I have full trust in this team.”

The excitement from the previous night’s win continued into the dance at Studio 96 on Saturday evening.

“After everything with Student Council was taken care of, I was ready to have fun with my friends and make the most of my senior homecoming,” senior Jessica Ricker said. “I was re-ally proud of our boys for winning on Friday, and I think it brought a lot of energy to the dance.”

Although it took a lot of effort to pull off a homecoming week to re-member, StuCo’s hard work payed off, for many students felt like they had one of the best weeks they will have all school year.

“Homecoming was so much fun because the entire school and commu-nity was completely behind it,” fresh-man Cooper Galyon said. “This was no doubt one of the best weeks of my life.”

(Photo by Alex Veliz)Senior Steven Hinshaw kicks the ball towards the Haven returners. “I was so pumped for the game,” Hinshaw said. “Thirty-two for one baby, lets do this.”

Homecoming Heartthrob

We asked each homecoming candidate a couple questions about what they see in a partner. With the

answers provided, our expert matchmakers picked the

candidate you would match up with.

Zane is your match if you like video games, sweet potato fries, or have a great sense of humor.

Holly is your match if you enjoy sleeping, laughing, and sleeping.

Steven is your match if you like to get pumped up, the color yellow, or watching One Tree Hill.

Hannah is your match if you like George Straight, netflix, or your name is Jake Buckman.

Kylah is your match if you are ultra competitive, like the name Patricia, or you’re super outgoing.

Brayden is your match if you love constant sarcasim, James bond, or enjoy the Kansas State Fair.


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Freshman Cooper Galyon Senior Mac Thrasher Junior Jacob Banke Senior Erin Anderson Junior Emma Horsch

Senior Emma Lambert Senior Sarah Stallings Junior Will Dutton Senior Cristina Silva Junior Maddie Wagley

Freshman William Weiner Freshman Zoe Miller Sophomore Aniston Ramsey Junior Edward Weiner Sophomore Kenan Comley


You can walk down the halls of just about any high school or busi-ness and see a num-ber of people on their phones.

Our phones are our lifeline. They make us feel secure, adroit, and up to date on anything and everything.

We literally have the world at our fingertips, which is fantastic but also quite frightening.

Smartphone sales have gone up over the past few years, and of course they would. Who doesn’t want to show off their lat-est iPhone or Android? The newest smartphone can make us feel cool. It can make us feel important. It can make us feel and be powerful, right?

In recent years there has been an increase in cyberbul-lying, due to constant availability of internet.

Cyberbullying is a very serious issue, as it affects about half of America’s teenagers, according to cyberbullying statistics.

Now some larger cities have more problems with cy-berbullying, but since we’re from a small town, we think cyberbullying can’t reach us.

Do you know the difference between causation and correlation?

Causation is the act of one thing causing another and correlation is the random relationship between things.

I believe that the latest technology has brought on the idea of power and laziness, and we have adapted to it. The use of smartphones has been the main cause behind cy-berbullying, low grades, and the overall laziness of people.

Next time you think about getting on your phone to waste time away, think twice.

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EDITORIAL

LEXI ROSE

Family on 3Alex Burgess. What’s the first thing you think of

when you hear his name? Funny, fast or perhaps his banana suit? Well for us, we think of pride and

support. Alex lead the student sections when he was in high

school and was a great example of someone that showed support and genuinely wanted his peers to succeed.

Until last year, Sterling High School kind of lost some of the support and pride we’ve had in the past. Some would argue that while he was in high school, the sports teams were more successful and we would argue, why does that matter?

The support the student body has shown already at Sterling High School this year has impressed us more than we ever imagined. Mr. Bauerle has pushed pride to his football players this football season, and we think it’s com-ing through.

The boys have been great leaders so far this year and that has spread to other students who don’t necessarily participate in sports.

When the pep bus came to the CKL pre-season vol-leyball tournament, the student section and the players and managers broke out after all the games on family, and we’ve never seen another school do that before.

The volleyball team performed a rap for the football players and coaches at the first pep rally of the year.

We strongly believe that this year’s senior class has a lot to do with the support we’ve being seeing throughout the student body. We also strongly believe we can do so much more.

We have a problem with only wanting to support the “popular” sports. Has anyone done anything for our 44-0 girls tennis team? Our cross county team that ran over 400 miles this Summer?

We propose the student body, lead by the seniors, change that. Show support for every team, not just the ones your friends are on. We realize you can’t really cheer at a tennis meet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t support them.

We have a chance to leave a legacy here at SHS, why not do it?

—The Editorial Board

Using smartphones, cyberbullying connect


SPORTS

Finishing tied for first in the Central Kansas League during last year’s season put plenty of pressure on the backs of the seniors and coaches on the 2015 volleyball team.

Losing three big aspects of their rotation from the pre-vious season has brought even more pressure to improve for the eight seniors on the squad.

“It’s really different, because we are used to them being our leaders, and now we are the seniors,” senior Sarah Stallings said. “We have to do things for ourselves and we can’t rely on them anymore.”

With Kasady Smith, the Lady Bears’ only setter last year, graduating, the setter’s spot was ripe for the picking. Filling in the role of setter are seniors Holly Davis and Kylah Comley.

“It’s so much fun setting with Kylah,” Davis said. “We always communicate and well and she’s a stud. Carl and Patty forever.”

Though the season’s record so far isn’t as good as last year, the girls feel it is just as successful.

“We’ve gone through two new rotations, and one time we had four sophomores with no varsity experience play-ing. We are doing pretty well for only having a few people with varsity experience,” Stallings said. “I want us to keep on improving and just grow closer as a team.”

The new year has brought new leadership, strategy and realtionships on the team.

Junior Bethany Anderson said the team atmosphere is better than ever.

“They are really great leaders and they really bring the team together,” Anderson said. “It’s just really fun. We are a family.”

Senior leaders focus on creating strong team

LINDSAY GILMORECub Reporter

Tennis team sees early prosperity

The Sterling High School girls tennis team has had quite the start to the year, with a 44-0 overall record, as of the 15th of September. With the upperclassmen out weighing the under classmen, the girls look forward to continuing their success late into the season.

“Having so many upperclassmen really gives us a good amount of leadership,” junior Maddie Thrasher said. “It will help us later in the season when things get serious, and we have our older players step up.”

As the season goes on, the players look forward to the success continuing.

“I feel that as long as we put forth our best effort on the court, and remain positive throughout each match, our success will continue,” senior Veronica Norez said.

DALLAS LACKEYCub Reporter

(Photo by Alexias Rose)Senior Jessica Thorpe takes a forehand at Sterling’s first home meet. Thorpe playes doubles with junior Lindsay Gilmore, the duo went 4-0.

Cross country puts in work during summer months

As in most sports, a lot of preparation goes in before the season begins, and for cross country it is no different

“With distance running, if you want to see the highest level, if you wanna have a chance to go to state, you have to start doing the running required to be competitive at the same level. It literally requires year-round activities,” Cross Country Head Coach Dan Whisler said. “Now you can’t

start in August. It just does not happen that way. You just have to pay your dues.”

Senior Jessica Ricker has also seen the pressures that come with being a leader and hopes to achieve a better sense of community.

“I feel that this will be a good opportunity to get to know each other, and we can be able to come closer as a team because this is the first year in a long time that we have had a full girls team go out,” she said. “I hope to help reach this goal by encouraging my teammates to do the best that they can do and to keep going, even when they feel they can’t.”

ALEX VELIZCub Reporter


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Black Bears open season with a win

The final score for the first football game of this season ended with the Sterling Black Bears defeating the Hillsboro Trojans, 46-23.

With last year’s season end with a record of 0-9 this fresh start has instilled a new sense of motivation and new hope for this year’s players.

“It was a great feeling. You prove to people that the past is in the past and that you’re a different team than you were last year,” junior running back Edward Wiener said.

To keep the positivity flowing, junior running back Joel White said the team would need to keep their eyes on the prize and keep moving forward.

“We will keep winning if we keep striving for excellence,” he said.

Head Coach Tyson Bauerle has seen a difference in the team’s compatibility since before the season began.

“The team chemistry has been unbelievable,” he said. “It has been great all summer.”

Though winning is nice, Bauerle said he hopes his play-ers see the game as more than just a sport.

“After a non-successful season last year, the guys don’t really know how to deal with success yet,” he said. “This is more than just football. It’s a sport that mirrors life and that we can fall back on when we face challenges. The goal for football is to have a strong character and have good lives.”

ANNA TUSZYNSKICub Reporter

(Photo by Raegan Mantz)Freshman Jacob Oden, No. 21, runs the ball during a JV game against Hesston.


INFOGRAPHIC

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The American Cancer Society estimated that in 2015, About 2,350 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in men.

The most signi�cant risk

factors for breast cancer are being

female and aging. About 95% of all breast cancers in the US occur in women 40 and

older. In the US, 1 in 8 women will be

diagnosed with breast cancer in

their lifetime.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death

among women. In the US today, there are more than 2.9

million breast cancer survivors — the

largest group of all cancer survivors.

Be Aware According to the Kansas Cancer

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