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Poletti wins Gen. Douglas MacArthur Award ......... 2Council motions OKd ...... 2Cadet spotlight .............. 3Ask a Cadet ................. 3Colleges accept seniors ... 3Bravo news .................. 4MS does War of Worlds ... 4Maj. Twells named ....... 4Cagers on a roll ......... 5Fourragere list given ..... 5Wrestlers split in meets.. 6Ri e team edged .......... 6Cong. Hulshof speaks ...... 7Student and Athlete of the Month named ...... 7Scholarships available ... 7

Miss Missouri gracesMMA Valentine Ball

Busy days atMMA continue

Visitors meet with faculty, cadets

Members of the Missouri Military Academy Board of Visitors pause for a photo between meetings Sunday, Jan. 28, in Stribling Hall. From left are Mr. Dean Davison, 78; Mr. Tom Troll, 68; Mr. Buff Chance, 71; Mr. Steve Hagan; vice chairman Chris Yoest, 77; chairman Dr. Loren Guffey; MMA President Col. Ronald Kelly; Mr. Rick Frahm, 71; Mr. Terry Logue, 72; and Mr. Chuck Foley, 53. The board held its annual meeting Jan. 27-28.

Now enrolling for the 2007 spring semester.

Seniors gaining college acceptances, p. 3.

See EVENTS on p. 2

See VISITORS on p. 2

Junior class president Victor Caraballo of Mexico City stands by as Miss Missouri 2006 Sarah French crowns Jenny Musick of Decatur, Ill., as queen of the MMA Valentine Ball on Feb. 10 in Centennial Gymtorium.

The Missouri Military Academy Board of Visitors held its annual meeting on the campus Jan. 27-28.

The Board of Visitors advises the MMA Board of Trustees, and consists of alumni and friends of the Academy. Its function is to examine multiple aspects of campus life, systems, facili-ties and procedures, and to make recommendations to the administration.

Board of Visitors mem-

bers and chairman Dr. Loren Guffey of Conway, Ark., rst heard a report from MMA President Col. Ronald Kelly on Satur-day afternoon, Jan. 27, in Stribling Hall. Reports were later presented by Director of Institutional Advance-ment Lt. Col. Paul Gillette, 70; Commandant of Cadets Lt. Col. James E. Medley; Director of Studies Maj. Frank Giusef ; and 1st Sgt. Greg Seibert, director of

Miss Missouri 2006, Sarah French, crowned Jenny Musick of Decatur, Ill., as queen of the 2007 Missouri Military Academy Valentine Ball on Saturday, Feb. 10, in Centennial Gymtorium.

Junior class president Victor Caraballo escorted Ms. French.

The queens attendants were Daniele Goedecke of Fairview Heights, Ill.; Amanda Joan Kull of Branson, Mo.; Brittany Hot-wick of Decatur, Ill.; and Mal-lory Mitchell of Pittsburgh, Pa.

admissions.Board members broke

into small groups on Sunday morning with the MMA Cadet Council, bat-talion and company com-manders, and groups of cadets from each of the four barracks, to hear student comments and suggestions.

Board members met with MMA department and division heads, where discussions centered on

Escorts for the court were junior class of cers Hugh Car-nahan, Jake Miller, Jonathan Pang and Rene Zuazua.

The ball capped a busy day which included a senior class pancake breakfast fund-raiser in the dining hall, followed by parent-teacher conferences in the high school and middle school academic buildings.

Sunday afternoons review honored recipients of the Sol-diers Bar for January and the JROTC Commendation medals.

Webster Big Band plays for 400-plus

Battalion Commander Cadet Capt. Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy, presents a plaque of appreciation to Webster University Big Band directors Michael Parkinson and James A. Martin midway through the bands 90-minute performance Jan. 23 in Centennial Gymtorium. At right is MMA Bandmaster Col. Dana Reynard, who organized and coordinated the event. More than 400 people applauded the band, which was recently honored as the only college band selected to play at the Missouri Music Educators Association meeting at Tantara Resort.

A highlight of a busy Feb-ruary calendar at Missouri Military Academy will be the annual Boy Scout Sunday rec-ognition on Feb. 17.

MMA Troop 39, local and area Scouts will be recognized at the special review, includ-ing recent Eagle Scout award recipient Nicholas Poor, an MMA junior from Blooming-ton, Ind.

Also on the February calen-dar will be a 3-on-3 basketball

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Established in 1900, the Missouri Military Academy Eagle is the nations longest-running student newspaper.

Yearly subscriptions are $5.

Reporters/PhotographersMS Recruit Elias Akhi

1st Lt. Israel AvelarRecruit Taylor Barton

MS Recruit Joseph Bulger1st Lt. Kuan Yu Cheng

MS Pvt. 1st Class Hunter DockRecruit Dan Filla

Master Sgt. Jose FloresStaff Sgt. Nevin Harralson

MS Pvt. Nicholas HelversonMaster Sgt. Travis HowardLance Cpl. Rocky Huppert

Pvt. Cory LairdMS Pvt. Tyler McDaniel

Cpl. Cameron Meeks-StrattonLance Cpl. Angel Olea

Pvt. Henry PriesterMS Sgt. Sebastian Raiff

MS Pvt. 2nd Class Jose RodriguezMS R1 Luis Rodriguez

Cpl. A.J. VassenMS Pvt. George Wiese

Pvt. 1st Class Juan Zamora

Director of PublicationsCapt. Mark L. Elwood

Middle School instructorCapt. Carl Crawford

Circulation assistantMs. Melissa Wilson

Faculty, other photographersMaj. Willis Kleinsorge

Steve Biggers of Biggers StudiosCol. Ronald Kelly

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Events, continued from p. 1

Poletti honored with MacArthur Award

Cheng gainsrecognitionfor artwork

tournament for cadets on Saturday, Feb. 17, in Centenial Gymtorium.

* * *The traditional seniors-versus-faculty

basketball game is scheduled for Feb. 19 in Centennial Gymtorium, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

* * *MMA will hold its annual High School

Winter Sports Banquet on Wednesday, Feb. 21. The banquet takes place in the MMA Dining Hall at 7 p.m., and recognizes ath-letes in wrestling, basketball and rie.

* * *Field trips were scheduled for the band

to Fort Leonard Wood, business students to the Boeing Museum and Emerson Motors Technology Center in St. Louis, a Mis-

souri Supreme Court trip to Jefferson City,

drama and English students to a play at

Missouri University and an art and human-

ities trip to Kansas City.

* * *

The Middle School Second Trimester

Awards Banquet will be at 7 p.m. Wednes-

day, Feb. 28, in the dining hall.

academics, school advance-ment and marketing, admis-sions, residential life, dis-cipline and leadership, and extra-curricular activities.

Board members in atten-dance included Mexico resident Steve Hagan; Terry Logue, 72, of Columbia, Mo.; Chris Yoest, 77, of

Sullivan, Mo.; Chuck Foley, 53, of Allison Park, Pa.; Buff Chance, 71, of Colum-bia, Mo.; Rick Frahm, 71, of St. Louis; Tom Troll, 68, of Houston, Texas; and Dean Davison, 78, of Shawnee, Kan.

After dining with the cadets in the Academy

dining hall, Board of Visi-tors members were guests of honor at a Sunday review where the Soldiers Bar was awarded to cadets in the MMA Fieldhouse.

The Board of Visitors reconvened for a nal sum-mary meeting of reports and recommendations

at Stribling Hall before adjourning at approximately 3:30 p.m.

Dr. Guffey spoke at Vespers on Sunday evening in Memorial Chapel. He told the cadets what MMA had meant to him over the years.

Visitors, continued from p. 1

Keynote speaker Maj. Lawrence McClarey, left, Commandant of Cadets Lt. Col. James Medley and Senior Army Instructor Lt. Col. Kahl Ireland look on as Battalion Commander Capt. Giuseppe Poletti accepts the Gen. Douglas MacArthur Award given to a senior cadet at Missouri Military Academy -- based on academics, athletics and leadership -- Jan. 26 in Centennial Gymtorium.

Valentine, continued from p. 1

By Master Sgt. Travis Howard

Missouri Military Academy is rich in traditions, from day to day activities to special annual assemblies like the MacArthur Assembly, which takes place on Gen. Douglas MacArthurs birth-day, Jan. 26.

An MMA cadet who has demonstrated the highest level of leadership, academics and athlet-ics is recognized by the MacAr-thur Foundation each year. It is one of the highest awards of the school year.

This year, Battalion Com-mander Cadet Capt. Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy, was selected to receive the honor.

After receiving the award, Poletti told the assembly, If you

truly want something, go for it. You can achieve it.

Poletti said he was excited about winning the award, and thanked the entire Battalion for its support and help.

The assembly is held to remember one of the nations greatest military leaders. Gen. MacArthur was in command of United States operations in the Pacic Theatre during World War II. He achieved the rank of Gen-eral of the Army, the highest pos-sible position in the U.S. military.

The keynote speaker was Maj. Lawrence McClarey, who lauded MacArthur as a man who had made a difference in many lives, including his own.

Three new Cadet Council motions approvedThe Missouri Military Academy

Cadet Council had three motions approved in its Jan. 4 meeting.

The rst was a motion to replace more Saturday drills with a variety of activities, as those events are planned and approved, and as time permits.

A motion to have more battalion sports events was also approved.

A motion to allow cadets permits on their birthday was approved, with the understanding that the cadet must apply for the permit and it is not retro-active.

CorrectionAn error occurred in the caption of

the MMA Honor Class of 1951 photo

in the January Alumni Edition of The

Eagle on page 15.

Forrest Green called to say he was

misidentied as Warren Smith.

The Eagle editor regrets the error.

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MMA seniors gaining college acceptances

Charlie Company Commander 1st Lt. Israel Avelar of Mexico City, Mexico, has made it his goal to set an example for the cadets in his company, and to encour-age them to follow the MMA rules to improve themselves and Charlie.

By Cpl. A.J. Vassen

Charlie Company Commander Cadet 1st Lt Israel Avelar of Mexico City, Mexico, said he has come a long way while attending Missouri Mili-tary Academy.

When asked where he nds self-motivation each day, he responded, I want to do the best I can for myself and my company.

I get up every morn-ing because I know I have a mission to nish for the cadets in Charlie Company -- to win Honor Company!

What is his hardest daily task for Avelar?

Doing my best every day and never giving up, he answered.

Avelars most proud moments at MMA were being designated Charlie Company commander and

winning the rst company competition in Septem-ber, he said.

Last year Avelar, an M Club member, threw the discus, ran in the 800-meter relay and threw the shot put in track and eld.

He said that it was challenging, yet reward-ing to be able to compete and improve in track for the Colonels.

Avelar has also partici-pated in soccer, Fusileers, drum and bugle corps, band, Raiders, basketball, color guard, Cadet Chorus, Evensong and journalism in four years at the Acad-emy.

In the future, he plans to attend Iberoamericana college in Mexico, major-ing in business.

Cadet Spotlight

1st Lt. Israel AvelarCharlie Company Commander

Stribling Day ceremony

Bravo, continued from p. 2

Senior Alejandro Rodiles,Chihuahua, Mexico:

I like the cadet choir class, because I like singing during Sunday Ves-pers.

Freshman Paul Strebeck,St. Louis, Mo.

I like all my classes. I also like general leave, because I can watch movies during my free time.

Sophomore Stephen Hasheeve-Salvato,Bellaire, Texas:

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Chaplain Randy Sawyer read a Scripture passage as cadet ofcers Kuan Yu Cheng of Chicago; Adrian Martinez of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico; Woo Jai Jang of Asan City, South Korea; Battalion Commander Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy; Nick Fajen of Lufkin, Texas and Guillermo Garza of Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, served as honor guard at for longtime MMA leader Col. Charles R. Stribling Jr. on Stribling Day, Jan. 23 at Elmwood Cemetery. Former MMA Span-ish professor Dr. Paul Baum, 62, was the guest speaker at an assembly that morning in Memorial Chapel.

Many Missouri Military Academy seniors have already been accepted to colleges and universities through Feb. 1, according to MMA Director of Col-lege Placement Capt. Will Walker.

Ten senior cadets have received 18 college acceptances, including three each by Nick Fajen of Lufkin, Texas, and Nick Wegman of St. Louis. All seniors are in the ongoing college application pro-cess, Capt. Walker said.

Wegman has been accepted by the University of Missouri, Southeast Missouri State University and Missouri State University. Fajen has been accepted to attend Birmingham Southern College, Tennessee Tech University and St. Louis University.

Jackson Davis of LaVeta, Colo., Alex Bozarth

of Battleground, Wash., and Albert Park of Yusung-gu, South Korea, have all been accepted to two schools. Bozarth may attend Arizona State Univer-sity or North Central College of Illinois.

Davis has been accepted to attend Lamar (Colo.) Community College and Panhandle State University of Oklahoma. Park has been accepted by Purdue University and Boston Architectural Col-lege.

Other seniors accepted to date include: Jose Espinosa, of Chimalistac, Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana; Aaron Goetting, of Rocky Mount, Mo., Valley Forge Military College; Travis Howard of Wichita, Kan., McPherson College; and Michael Phelan, of Chestereld, Mo., to Missouri State.

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MS wrestlersimproved asthey learned

Maj. Twells recognized

Homecoming, continued from p. 1

Maj. Judy Twells, Missouri Military Academy Middle School athletics director, reading and sixth grade instructor, was recently recognized in the 10th edition of Whos Who Among American Teachers. The publication recognizes a select ve percent or fewer of teachers nominated by former students. Maj. Twells has been an instructor at MMA for 12 years, and an educator for nearly 20 years.

Bravo BitsNews briefs from the MMA Middle School ...

Lt. Col. Jonathan P. Eastman, Missouri Military Acad-emy Middle School principal, announced that three cadets had earned the Academic Effort Bar for January.

Winners were Juan Drexel of McAllen, Texas; You Sung Han of Seoul, South Korea; and Alfredo Stewart of Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico.

* * *For ranking in the top 10 in barracks for the month of

January, Middle School Commandant Maj. Mark Vaughan announced that the following cadets had earned the Barracks Bar:

Hyuk Woo Choi, Jeong Yong Choi, Drexel, Matthew EeeNisse, Juan Pablo Gonzalez Guerra, You Sung Han, Philip Han, Nicholas Helverson, Jose Perez and Stewart.

* * *Earning top ten status in military for January were Jeong

Yong Choi, Drexel, You Sung Han, Alex Husemann, Nam Soo Kim, Leonardo Lichtinger, Hugh McLennan, Enrique Perez, Jose Perez, Stewart and George Wiese, according to Maj. Vauhan.

* * *The following cadets earned academic awards for Janu-

ary, according to Lt. Col. Eastman:Honor roll Matt Doughty, Husemann, Lichtinger and

Corey Sharpe.Honorable mention roll Drexel, You Sung Han, Nam

Soo Kim, Jared Polito, Kyung Pyo Kim and Jesus Rodri-guez.

Merit roll Hyuk Woo Choi, Stewart, Elias Akhi, Joseph Bulger, Hunter Dock, Helverson, Sebastian Raiff and Wiese.

* * *Cadet Raiff, of Pineville, Mo., earned the Academic

Fourragere for January. * * *Middle School cadets Raiff and Wiese participated in the

Junior Olympic 3-Position Air Rie Competition on Jan. 6 at the MMA rie range. Cadet Raiff shot 308 and cadet Wiese shot 376.

* * *Middle School promotions for January included:Master sergeant Lichtinger.Sergeant rst class Nam Soo Kim.Staff sergeant -- Helverson, Enrique Perez and Stewart.Sergeant -- EerNisse.Private rst class Hyuk Woo Choi, Jeong Yong Choi

and Husemann.Private Kyung Pyo Kim and Manuel Rangel.Private second class You Sung Han. * * *Fourteen MMA Middle School cadets went on a ski trip

to Hidden Valley Resort on Jan. 20. Advisers on the trip were Maj. Willis Kleinsorge and Capt. Chris Hagan.

Cadets who went skiing included: Tyler McDaniel, Jose Perez, Lichtinger, Alexander Arias, Alex Dykes, John Jewell, Kevin Mansell, Husemann, Stewart , Juan Garza, Javier Gamboa, Gonzalez Guerra and Enrique Perez.

* * *The Middle School Advisory competition for January

was a geography bee. Winners were Lt. Col. Eastmans group and runners-up

were Maj. Judy Twells advisory.Lt. Col. Eastmans group included cadets Dykes, Hel-

verson, Polito, Raiff and Jordan Uthe. Maj. Twells group included cadets Bulger, EerNisse, Rangel, Sharpe and Stew-art.

The semi-nal round pitted Capt. Aaron Bells group against Lt. Col. Eastmans, and Maj. Kleinsorges versus Maj. Twells. After the nal round on Monday, Jan. 30, the winning team received a dinner permit with Lt. Col. East-man.

MS cadets present War of the Worldsduring Thursday English class time and 12 cadets were chosen to be in the cast. The play was presented on the stage of the Assembly Hall for the entire Middle School stu-dent body and faculty.

The producer was Capt. Carl Crawford, Middle School English teacher.

The cast included: Audio engineer Leo Lichtinger; sound effects, Andy Brown; keyboard player, high

school cadet Davis Elkins; announcer Tyler McDan-iel; announcer two, Javier Gamboa; announcer three, Matthew EerNisse; Capt. Lansing, Nick Helverson; Mr. Wilmouth, Jared Polito; Harry McDonald, Stephen Myers; Gen. Montgomery, Alfredo Stewart; Orson Wells, George Wiese; Carl Phillips, Jesus Rodriguez; and Professor Pierson, Sebastian Raiff.

The English classes of the Middle School reached back in time in January as they performed the 1938 radio play War of the Worlds, by H.G. Welles. The original play, presented by the Mercury Theater of the Air and hosted by Orson Wells, created some excitement in the greater New York City area as listen-ers believed that Martians were actually landing in New Jersey.

Cadets rehearsed the play

MMA Middle School cadets were not experienced wrestlers at the beginning of the year, but training carried them to some wins.

Alfredo Stewart recorded six wins; George Wiese and Jose Pablo Perez each had four; Luis Rodriguez, Sebastian Raiff and Hugh McLennan each won twice; Jordan Uthe, Leon-ardo Lichtinger and Marcelo Gamboa each won once.

Coach Capt. David Bogdon, assisted by Capt. Keith.Morgan, said the young wrestlers showed steady improvement as the season progressed.

The coaches also said the team demonstrated good sports-manship in matches with their opponents, the Mexico Middle School Bulldogs, Troy Middle School Trojans and Moberly Middle School Spartans.

Several of the eighth-grade cadets said they hope to be wresting again next year in high school.

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Colonels basketball team continues to post victoriesMissouri Military Academy

improved to 9-4 on the season with ve basketball wins in January.

The Colonels posted a 73-29 victory over Orchard Farm JV on Feb. 2 in Centennial Gymtorium.

I thought we ran the ball well, said MMA coach Maj. Michael Pemberton. I was also very pleased with our rebounding and hustle on defense. We were able to create some easy baskets with our 1-3-1 zone.

The Colonels were led by senior Garrett Gregory with 30 points and 11 rebounds. Senior Jackson Davis added 18 points and nine boards.

The MMA junior varsity lost to the Orchard Farms freshmen, 39-36, on a three-point shot at the buzzer. Won Uk Lee led the Colo-nels with 12 points.

* * *The Colonels defeated James-

town, 61-51, on Jan. 30 in Centen-nial Gymtorium, but fell at North Calloway R-1 in Kingdom City by a 54-44 count Jan. 29.

MMA led all the way in the win over Jamestown as Gregory scored 27 points and Davis added 17.

This was a good win for us, said Maj. Pemberton. I thought we played good defense and controlled

MMA senior Garrett Gregory of Katy, Texas, drives past defenders as senior Jack-son Davis of LaVeta, Colo., sets a screen in a win over Orchard Farm JV on Feb. 2. The two have led the Colonels in scoring and rebounding this season.

the tempo. We limited our turnovers and took good shots.

The MMA JV team also won against Jamestown.

The Colonels led 12-10 after one quarter and 26-23 at halftime, but ran into foul and turnover problems in the second half against North Callaway.

Gregory had 21 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out. Davis exited with 11 points and 10 boards.

Turnovers, fouls and poor free throw shooting really hurt us, said Maj. Pemberton. We made 20 turnovers and were 6-of-15 from the stripe.

The Colonels JV team fell to the North Callaway freshmen, 58-33.

* * *MMA blasted arch-rival Went-

worth Military Academy, 60-25, in Centennial Gymtorium on Jan. 25.

The Colonels led 17-4 after one quarter and 35-9 at halftime in sweeping the season series with the Red Dragons.

Gregory paced MMA with 25 points and Davis added 11.

This was not the same Wen-tworth team that we played a couple of months ago, said Maj. Pemberton. To their credit, they hustled and never gave up.

At the same time, I was pleased with our hustle and defen-sive effort. I thought we controlled the tempo the majority of the game. I was pleased that we could substi-

tute and get everyone some quality playing time.

* * *MMA posted a 52-46 victory

over Logos School of St. Louis at home Jan 22.

The Colonels led 16-12 after one quarter and 33-22 at halftime, but Logos rallied to close the gap down the stretch. We almost let one slip away, said Maj. Pemberton. We were up by 15 points and let them get to within four in the third quarter. We hit our free throws down the stretch and pulled out the victory. Gregory scored 29 points to lead MMA.

* * *The Wellsville-Middletown

Tigers controlled the backboards and posted a 58-31 victory over MMA in Wellsville on Jan. 19.

Wellsville was just too strong and athletic for us, said Maj. Pem-berton. We had no answers for their strong rebounding and good shooting.

Wellsville led 18-10 at the rst quarter break and 40-24 at halftime. The second half was a defensive battle.

Gregory led MMA with 16 points and eight rebounds.

A few of our key players were in foul trouble early, forcing us to change our game plan, said Maj. Pemberton.

MMAs junior varsity team dropped a 45-29 decision in the opener. Matthew Spears and David Joung led the Colonels of assistant coach Lt. Nancy Schnell with eight points apiece.

* * *The Colonels suffered a 67-60

overtime loss at Gateway Academy of St. Louis on Jan. 10.

This was a tough one to lose, said Maj. Pemberton. Things just didnt go our way at the end of regulation.

The Colonels led with just a few seconds left, but Gateway man-aged to rally and send the contest into extra time.

We couldnt put the game away. We have to do a better job of controlling the ball, said Maj. Pemberton. I thought our guys did do a good job of hustling.

Gregory and Davis led the Colonels with 24 and 20 points, respectively.

* * *MMA recorded a 55-42 victory

over Tipton JV on Jan. 9 at Centen-nial Gymtorium.

The Colonels trailed 12-9 after one quarter and 27-26 at halftime. They evened the count at 38-38 entering the nal frame.

I thought our defense in the fourth quarter won the game for us, said Maj. Pemberton. We outscored Tipton, 16-3, in the fourth quarter. It was nice to get our rst win at home this year.

Gregory again led the Colonels with 28 points and Davis added 12.

MMA jayvees defeated Tipton freshmen, 33-27, in the opener behind sophomores Spears, Cole Hunter and Stephen Hasheeve-Sal-vato.

* * *MMA fell at Higbee, 54-48, on

Jan. 4.We had trouble shooting from

the oor and the free throw line, said Maj. Pemberton. We cant turn the ball over 23 times and expect good things to happen. If we limit our turnovers, we win the game.

Gregory scored 29 points.

For outstanding academic achievement in January, 32 Missouri Military Academy cadets received the Academic Fourragere, according to Maj. Frank Giusef, MMA director of studies, and Lt. Col. Jona-than P. Eastman, MMA Middle School principal.

Cadets who received the Aca-demic Fourragere were: Gaston Batalla of Ciudad Cariari, Costa Rica; Alex Bozarth of Battle Ground, Wash.; Hunter Brown of Arlington, Texas; Manuel Camargo of Mexico City, Mexico; Yuscanne Campos of Mexico City, Mexico; Hugh Car-nahan of Nixa, Mo.; Thomas Clubb of West Linn, Ore.; Javier Filiberto Guevara of Izucar de Matamoros, Puebla, Mexico; Ki Min Kang of Yongin, South Korea; Hyung Woo Kim of Goyang, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea; Young Hee Kim of Seoul, South Korea; Kyu Won Lee of Seoul; Jun Yong Lee of Seoul; Kyuin Lee of Seoul; Won Uk Lee of Seoul; Jona-than Pang of St. Louis; Glenn Petty of Tipton, Mo.; Fernando Silva of Mexico City; Dylan Waschkowski of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Adam White of Pearland, Texas; Jung Soo Woo of Seoul; Anthony Wurl of Columbus, Ind.; and Rene Zuazua of San Pedro, Mexico.

Sebastian Raiff of Pineville, Mo., was the only middle school cadet who received Academic Fourragere

Delta Phi members recognized were: Kuan Yu Cheng of Chicago; Alexander Blum of Houston; Giorgio Bonadiman of Padova, Italy; Nicho-las Fajen of Lufkin, Texas; Nevin Harralson of Lexington, Ky.; Woo Jai Jang of Asan City, South Korea; Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy; and Jared Sullivan of OFallon. Ill.

Fourragerewinners named

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News briefs from around MMA ...Wrestlers divide in duals, tournaments

January Athlete, Student of the Month

Junior heavyweight Manuel Camargo of Columbia, Mo., controls his Blair Oaks opponent en route to a pin in Centennial Gymtorium on Jan. 16. Camargo qualied for the state meet just before The Eagle went to press.

The wrestling Colonels had a rollercoaster January in dual meets.

Missouri Military Academy wrestlers split recently, winning at Wineld, 33-28, on Feb. 1, and falling to Centralia, 60-18, in Centennial Gymtorium on Jan. 29.

In the Wineld match, Colo-nels posting victories by fall were sophomore Logan Branch at 125 pounds, senior Adrian Martinez at 160 and freshman Sea Jun Kang at 215.

Junior Manuel Camargo posted an 8-2 win at heavyweight, while freshman Tommy Mansell at 130 and senior Alex Bozarth at 152 received forfeits.

The 5-8 Colonels of rst-year head coach Capt. Ali Syed won three matches against Centralia.

Senior Kyle Caperton needed just 33 seconds to pin his oppo-nent at 145, Martinez match went 1:27 before he won by fall, and Camargo posted a pin in 61 seconds.

* * *The MMA Colonels took ve

top-three nishes at the Priory Wrestling Tournament on Jan. 27 in St. Louis.

Senior captain Martinez won the 160-pound category to lead the team. Second-place nishes went to Mansell at 130 pounds and Camargo at heavyweight.

Colonels earning third-place medals were Branch at 125 pounds and Bozarth at 152.

Our wrestlers did a very good job in this tournament, said Capt. Syed.

* * *The wrestlers dropped a 53-24

dual decision at Brentwood High School in St. Louis on Jan. 23.

Winners for the Colonels were Branch, Mansell, Martinez and Ricardo Rodriguez, all by fall.

Branch pinned his opponent at 125 pounds in 52 seconds. Mansell needed 2:31 to pin his foe at 130. Martinez scored his fall at 160 pounds in six minutes, and sophomore Rodriguez won in 1:43 at 189 pounds.

* * *One MMA wrestler nished

second and ve others nished third or fourth in the Jim Wallace Classic wrestling tournament Jan. 20 at Fulton High School.

Our wrestlers did a very good job in this tournament, said Capt. Syed.

Caperton nished second in the 145-pound weight class. Colonels Bryan Katt, Branch, Bozarth, Mansell and Camargo all nished third or fourth.

* * *Blair Oaks High School

downed MMA, 63-18, Jan. 16 in Centennial Gymtorium.

The contest had been sched-uled as a double dual, with Wen-tworth Military Academy set to face MMA and Blair Oaks, but Wentworth forfeited and did not participate, forfeiting the state military title to the Colonels.

We went against a very good Blair Oaks team that has a tremendous amount of talent, said Capt. Syed. They have more than a few wrestlers who are

ranked in the state, and we knew it was going to be a tough one.

Our boys hung in there and gave them good matches, although I expected some better performances. Manuel Camargo and Corey Filla won their respec-tive matches by pinning their opponents.

Camargo won by pin early in the second period of his heavy-weight match, and Filla, a senior, won by fall 1:26 into his match at 171 pounds.

Junior Bryan Katt won by walkover for MMAs other points.

* * *The Colonels defeated the

Wineld Warriors for the second time in a week Jan. 11 at Centen-nial Gymtorium, posting a 42-35

victory. The dual came down to the nal match, when heavy-weight Camargo secured the win for MMA with a pin at 2:36 of the second period.

Martinez also won by fall for the Colonels, pinning his oppo-nent at 160 pounds at the 4:24 mark in the third period. Other MMA winners were freshman Jackson Pavelka at 112, Branch at 125, Caperton at 145 and Bozarth at 152.

* * *MMA wrestlers won their

second straight dual Jan. 9, win-ning by a 66-18 count at Tipton High School.

Five MMA wrestlers posted wins by fall, led by sophomore Anthony Wurl, who pinned his

1st Sgt. Randal Jacobson, MMA rie team coach, presents senior Nicholas Fajen of Lufkin, Texas, with an Ameruican Legion shoot award Jan. 12, recognizing his score of 260 in national postal rie competition held Dec. 5. Fajen and cadets Giuseppe Poletti of Vigevano, Italy; Kevin Lee of Seoul, South Korea; Nevin Harralson of Evansville, Ind.; and Devin Lang of Columbia, Ill., will travel to regional competition in Colorado on March 3.

opponent in 45 seconds at 189 pounds. Bozarth won by pin in 46 seconds at 152 pounds, and Caperton needed just 59 seconds to pin his foe at 145.

Also winning by pin for the Colonels were Martinez at 160 pounds and Mansell at 135.

Winning by walkover were Camargo, Pavelka, Branch, Filla, sophomore Jung Soo Woo and freshman Carlos Guerra.

This was by far our best overall team performance, said Capt. Syed. Tommy Mansell had been struggling in the down posi-tion, but he wrestled exception-ally well to avoid potential pin situations. Martinez faced a tough opponent at 160 pounds, but won by fall.

* * *MMA defeated Wineld, 48-

30, in wrestling dual action Jan. 5 at Centennial Gymtorium.

Branch posted a victory by pin at 2:13 of the second period in the 125-pound weight class to start scoring for the Colonels. Bozarth won by fall at 3:39 in the 152-pound match. Martinez fol-lowed with a pin in 48 seconds at 160 pounds. Filla made it three straight wins by fall in 1:11 at 171 pounds.

Colonels winning by walk-over were Pavelka, Camargo, Caperton, Wurl and Katt.

The boys have shown a lot of improvement in their defensive skills, said Capt. Syed. I am pleased with our overall effort.

Fajen honored for rifle accomplishments Rifle team edged in lone dual to dateThe Missouri Military Academy rie team dropped a close decision at St. Louis University High School on Jan. 17.

The narrow loss, the rst since 2004, came by a 1,987 to 1,951 score, said MMA coach 1st Sgt. Randy Jacobson. MMA was 6-0-1 last season.

For the Colonels, participating

in their rst head-to-head dual match of the year, senior Nick Fajen came home with the individual gold medal after recording a score of 518.

MMAs ensuing home match against arch-rival Wentworth Military Academy on Jan. 30 was postponed when Wentworth did not make the trip. It has not yet been rescheduled.

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Wednesday, February 14, 2007 MMA Eagle 7Wednesday, February 14, 2006

News briefs from around MMA ...

Left, senior Jackson Davis of LaVeta, Colo., was named the Missouri Military Academy January Athlete of the Month by Director of Athletics Capt. Brian Maher, and freshman Kevin Lee of Seoul, South Korea, right, was tapped as January Stu-dent of the Month by Director of Studies Maj. Frank Giusef.

January Athlete, Student of the Month

A drill meet scheduled at Wentworth Military Acad-emy in Lexington, Mo., on Jan. 13, was postponed due to icy and snowy weather. It is going to be re-scheduled, but the date had not been set at presstime.

The Fusileers and Color Guard still plan to attend the meet.

* * *MMA held a battalion

volleyball tournament on Saturday, Jan. 13. Nets were set up in the Fieldhouse, and each company could form as many ve-man teams as wanted.

The winning team was The Challengers from Echo Company. Team mem-

Rifle team edged in lone dual to date

Legacy Scholarships will again be offered for Missouri Military Academys Summer Camps to the sons and grandsons of MMA alumni (gradu-ates and former cadets) who wish to attend the Condence Camp, July 8-14 (ages 8-11) or the Leadership Camp, July 8-21 (ages 12-16).

The Legacy Camp Scholarships will be $100 for one-week campers and $200 for two-week campers.

Remember, too, that Alumni Scholarships of $5,000 are available for the 2007-08 school year, said Mrs. Kathy Diederich, director of nancial aid.

Contact Mrs. Diederich at the MMA Finan-cial Aid Ofce for Alumni Legacy Scholarship applications. General scholarship/grant informa-tion packets for the 2007-08 school year are also available now.

MMA Legacy, Alumni scholarships now available

Congressman Kenny Hulshof of Columbia, Mo., spoke to the Corps of Cadets in Centennial Gymtorium on Jan. 15. He answered prepared cadet questions on topics ranging from Iraq to homeland security and immigration to taxation.

bers were Carleton Krause, Angel Olea, Jose Legoretta, Mauricio Garcia and Alfonso Salazar.

Those players won a Permit on Demand for win-ning the event.

* * *The following high school

cadets were promoted Jan. 4:Cadet captain -- Giuseppe

Poletti.Cadet second lieutenant

-- Guillerimo Garza.Cadet sergeant -- Jose

Hernandez , Bryan Ashley, Young Hee Kim, Won Seok Oh, Alan Ortega, Jose Valdez and AdamWhite.

Cadet corporal -- Logan Branch, Hunter Brown, Jared Sullivan, Thomas Clubb, Hyung Woo Kim, Glen Petty, Dylan Waschkowski, Jung Su Woo, Jun Yong Lee, Won Uk Lee and Kyu Won Lee.

Cadet lance corporal -- Christopher Storie.

* * *Winners of the Soldiers

Bar for outstanding military courtesy, bearing, neatness, attitude and performance of

duty were announced by Lt. Col. James E. Medley, Mis-souri Military Academy com-mandant of cadets.

Those earning the Soldiers Bar were: Gior-gio Bonadiman of Padova, Italy; Thomas Clubb of West

Linn, Ore.; Eduardo Drexel

of McAllen, Texas; Javier

Guevara of Izucar de Matam-

oros, Puebla, Mexico; Dennis

Newman of Climax, Mich.;

and Alan Ortega of Gonza-

lez, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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2006-2007 Honor Roll of Donors

Carl & Bette Ade 52 (13)Robert & Vera Andrews (26)

Alan & Violet Arbogast 50 (9)(In memory of Jack Brahm 49

and Eddy Ellston 47)Dave Arendes 65 (6)

MAJ & Mrs. Bruce Avedon 46 (28)Dr. & Mrs. Richard Baran 56 (23)

Jeff & Sharlene Barker (7)Wallace & Sylvia Beckley 48 (13)(In memory of Dr. Joe Phelps 50,

Phil Romick 48 and Fred Schuck 48)John & Pauline Black (2)

Dr. Philip Blum & Dr. Marcia Levetown (3)Leopoldo Bonadiman (2)

Harold & Linda Brenizer 52 (4)Albert & Alberta Brown 48 (6)Fred & Irene Buchanan 52 (12)

Jerry & Debbie Cable (7)Dr. Susan Cechne

Don Chapman (13)Denis Connelly 59 (2)

Cathi CroninMike Dalton 59 (16)

Dan & Leslie Davis 71 (9)

George & Pat Davison 68 (27)Dr. Janice Dawson-Threat

Don Dippel 52 (14)Stephen Doran (3)

LTC Robert Dorman (13)(In memory of Scott Lemons 85)

John & Donna Downs KMS 71 (6)Don EerNisse

Steve & Laura Erdel (11)Exxon-Mobil Foundation (14)

Trent & Robin Frohock 83 (19)Marie Gennette

Chris & Jeanne Gentry 88 (6)John & Cindy Glennon (4)

Mr. & Mrs. Gerardo Gonzalez (13)Peter & Catherine Grassl (6)

Bruce & Linda Gruenewald (13)Armengol & Bertha Guerra (10)

Don & Susan Hand 78 (4)Benjamin & Annette Harlow 47 (8)

David & Virginia Harmon 60 (2)Evan Harter

Todd Helm 80 (8)Ms. Eugenia Helverson

Jim & Shirley Holten (9)

Joe & Kim Hood 58Walter Horn (2)

Ken & Susan Houston (3)John Jenkins 58

Ms. Helen Lee JinKansas City Royals

William Keisch, KMS 59 (4)Mr. & Mrs. Don LaBrayere

Kenneth & Susan LairdBlake & Patricia Lee (2)

Dr. Robert & Gayle Lopiccolo (5)David Luke

Robert & Jean McIntosh (26)Paul & Marna McLain 51 (14)

Michaela Meeks (2)Kevin Metheny 72 (9)

Norman & Juanita Middleton 51 (10)MMA Class of 1971

LTC & Mrs. Gary Moe (20)Jeffrey Moe 92 (2)

Larry Mrazek 51 (17)Raymond & Michelle OConnor (4)

Bill & Betty Ogg 42 (22)Mr. & Mrs. Hyeongyu Park

Bryant & Carmen Pascoe (2)

Lloyd & Marilyn Peterson 50 (15)Paul & Veronica Petit 82 (4)

James & Ann Phelps 46 Henry & Catherine Priester

Edwin Ribback 55 (2)Mr. & Mrs. Robert Rudman 56 (2)

LTC Robert Samples 55 (29)(In memory of Jim Samples 65)

William Savitt 46 (6)Edwin Woody Schisler 63 (3)

Craig Schmidt 63 (8)Dr. & Mrs. John Schuchmann (15)John & Sheri Schuchmann 86 (7)

Sally SeegerLynn & Jackie Shaw 58 (16)

Morgan Stanley (6)Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Stotlar 71 (11)

Al & Sandra Stults 56 (2)Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Sullivan (2)

Edward & Kathy Sunder (14)Therm-Tech of Waukesha Inc.

COL Guy & Winifred Troy 40 (25)John Walker Jr. (23)

Webber Pharmacy Inc. (18)

AnonymousDoug & Nancy Besemer (10)Buff & Terri Chance 71 (5)

Dr. John & Pat Davis (2)Jim & Ann Day (10)

Morris & Debra DockLarry & Cheryl Feala (5)Tim & Brenda Fenton (4)

E.B. Feutz 41 (23)Dr. & Mrs. James Gehring

(In memory of Chris Gehring 86)LTC & Mrs. Paul Gillette, 70 (26)

Sheryl Feutz-Harter (5)Dr. Patricia Harralson (6)Benjamin Jones 50 (6)

LTC Herman Kiefer (12)Dr. & Dr. Sung Joo Kim

James Knigge 58 (9)Rene & Barbara Males 50 (20)

Jeff & Cathy Mathers (9)Dr. & Mrs. James Mattoon

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Mennemeyer (2)MMA Alumni Cruise

Robert & Theresa MusickJeff & Susan Nedblake 77 (16)

Kai & Susan PangJohn Peters 74 (3)

Mike Porter 71Dr. & Mrs. Edward Razim 85 (11)

Matt Rollings 86 (5)(In memory of Chris Gehring 86)

Len SmithDennis & Kathleen Spaulding (2)

Ruth E. StocksdaleJohn & Angela Vassen (3)Martin & Lynn Weber (3)

Chris & Karen Yoest 77 (10)Kent & Kathryn Yoest 70 (13)

MERIT ROLL

MATCHING GIFTS

CENTURIONS

HONOR DONORS

COLONELS CLUB

PRESIDENTS SOCIETY

1889 SOCIETY

Milton & Marjorie Adler (34)Randy & Meg Adler 77 (14)

Bill & Donna Arney 71Leslie & Joanne Barnard 48 (24)

Michael & Susan Bozarth (7)Tom & Carla Brown (2)

Jeff & Jane Brummet 71 (4)Cardinal Construction Service Inc.Garnett & Caroline Carnahan (7)

The Chance Foundation (36)George & Adelyn Cline 46 (31)

Ellis & Terry Cokes 51 (11)Mike & Sandra Crookshanks 56 (2)

Rasha Drachkovitch (2)Dan & Gail DubruielMike & Carol Elmore

Theodore & Valerie Fajen (3)Charles Foley 53 (35)

Greg & Sally Foster 70 (4)Dr. Terry & Cynthia Goro (2)

Mike & Tricia Gregory

Larry & Christine Harrod 74 (5)LTC Harry & Mary Hoyt 65 (13)COL & Mrs. Ronald Kelly (24)

(In memory of Alain Garciaand Ricky Garza)Dr. Hi Soo Kim

Kenneth Kinsey Foundation (6)Layne Family Foundation (9)

Jeff & Rebecca MacLellan 66 (20)Robert Manche 63 (22)

Dana Marshall & Kathy Reardon (7)John McHenry 42 (35)

MMA Alumni Association (15)MMA Class of 2007

Lorenzo & Elena Poletti (4)COL C.R. Stribling III 44 (31)Woodrow & Leslie Sullivan (3)

Karen Sundmacker-GaneyDr. Gregory Temple 71

B.J. & Bonnie Vermillion 50 (9)

Bob & Helen Albright 49 (29)John L. Cummings 41 (14)Paul & Debra Erickson (3)

Bob & Marilyn Gaiswinkler 49 (26)David B. Hill III 75 (22) Randall Kelly 89 (10)

The William T. Kemper Foundation (13) Gary & Mary Ann Schaffer 65 (2)

Charles Schmidt 65 (10)

Jerroll & Cynthia Adams (21)Aetna (9)

All-State (10)Ron Baran 60 (22)

Judge & Mrs. Robert Barney (13)Bill Battle 86 (4)

Virginia Bedford (35)John & Brenda Behnken (4)

Al & Mildred BenneCOL & Mrs. John Boltz 46 (32)

Dick Bruning KMS 63Don Bruning KMS 63Robert Butters 47 (17)

Leonard & Ann Cobey 32 (4)Ralph & Deborah Conrath 71 (4)

John Coonjohn (26)David & JoAnna Crabtree (7)

Dr. and Mrs. Norman Crecelius (9)William & Charlene Dalton

MAJ Dennis & Kathy Diederich (10)Echo Company KMS (3)

William & Margaret Ehler (9)Herbert Ewing KMS 38 (2)Dr. & Mrs. Robert Ewing (3)

Valynda Ewton (2)Exxon (11)

Mark & Louisa Fine (5)(In honor of COL C.R. Stribling III 44)

Rev. Dr. Louden-Han Flisk KMS (3)SGM Robert Forties 41 (3)

Mary Gaines (20)Mrs. Marie Gillette-Karbens (10)

Joseph Goble 69 (27)Thomas & Roberta Goetting (3)

Bob GoodrichMorris Grabau 53 (20)Wilma Grossman (18)

William & Marjorie Hatten 30 (3)Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Herzmark (21)

Jack Heutel III 71 (2)LTC Elmer Jackson (23)

Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Jenkins 57 (14)

Dr. & Mrs. Huston Kellogg 36 (30)Mr. and Mrs. James Kelly KMS 60

Paul Kerr Jr. (12)COL Derrill Kuhlman (7)

Dr. & Mrs. Harold Lankford (24)Terry Logue 71 (18)

Joseph P. Layman 97Silvio & Helen Lombardi 55 (9)

Jack Mackey KMS 63Mark Magnon 89 (8)Margaret Maple (3)

John E. Marshall (22)Helen Maupin (30)

Richard & Helen Meinert 52 (9)Morgan Stanley (6)

COL Mize Morris 36 (6)Wheeler & Nancy Mott 60 (17)

LTC Richard Noonan 50 (3)Bruce & Nancy Oliver (7)Albert & Jean Owens (9)Ms. Susan Pribbernow

Prudential Financial (3)Bruce & Kathleen Richardson (4)Dr. & Mrs. Ed Ridgley KMS 66

Jason & Deborah Rinz (4)Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Rober (2)

Tom & Jennie Sampson (3)Dr. Elenore Schewe (17)

Fred & Sheila Schulman 57 (18)Dr. Mary Seay (22)

Don & Darlene Sheriff (9)Mr. & Mrs. William Suntrup (4)

Patrick & Maria Steele (7)(In memory of Bart Steele 99)

Dean & Judy Sweet (12)Darryl & Susan Taylor 58 (17)

Steve Turner 64 (4)Adolph & Peggy Walter (24)John & Joyce Ward 45 (2)

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Webber (5)Ray & Mary Wegman (2)

Guy & Alice Young (8)

Chevron Corporation (5) Exxon Mobil Foundation (19) GE Foundation (2)

As of Feb. 10, 2007. Numbers in parenthesesindicate years of participation in the Development

Fund. Please advise the Development Of ce of any errors or omissions at (573) 581-1776.

ORDER OF THE REGIMENTJohn & Judy Fritsch 49 (29) Todd Hutchens Estate 74

James W. Kemper Richard A. White 47 (41)

Lester Gehm Memorial Education Trust (9) Howard & Karen Wegman (5)

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