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Trojan TrumpetMarch 2012 Volume LXXXVI Issue 3 Troy High School Troy, KS 66087

Above: Jacob Winkel and Paige Fenley go over their dance at play practice. The musical Anything Goes will be performed Wednesday, March 28, at 1 p.m.; Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 31, at 7:30; the dinner will be at 6:30. It will be held in the old gym of the high school. Photo by Dalton Masters

News Trojan Trumpet March 2012

Regular speech season nearly over; state ahead

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Anything Goes nearly ready for stage lyrics by Cole Porter. The story begins at New York on the Ameri-can ship sailing to Eng-land. The passengers are Reno Sweeney (Tori King), a nightclub sing-er, with her four Angels (Katie Smith, Olivia Bennett, Olga Zhuk, and Amanda Clary); Hope Harcourt (Hanna King) and her fiancé, Sir Ev-elyn (Chris Tharman); Mrs. Harcourt (Katrina Tharman); Billy Crock-er (Braden Grossman), a guy who is in love with Hope; Moonface Martin (Jacob Winkel), “Public Enemy 13”; and Bon-nie (Haley Whetstine). It is a comedy about sorting out two romanti-cally involved couples,

as well as dealing with “Public Enemy 13.” Anything Goes is a winner of the 2011 Tony Award for the best reviv-al of a musical, best mu-sical, best choreography, and best actress in a musical. First produced in 1934, there have been three major revivals. It ran 420 performances.In 1936, Paramount Pictures turned Any-thing Goes into a movie musical. Don’t miss the op-portunity to see the THS play this spring!

by Olga Zhuk

fied for state are Hanna King in poetry and ora-tion; Ashley Stock in poetry; Olivia Bennett in humorous solo act-ing and with Erin Clary in duet acting; Olga Zhuk in informative speech; and Chris Thar-man and Trae Shelton in improvised duet acting. The team started their season at Sabetha, in which six people placed in multiple categories; H. King took 3rd in poetry and 2nd in ora-tion, Bennett placed 2nd in humorous, Zhuk received 1st in informa-

tive, and Chris Tharman and Trae Shelton placed 4th in improvised duet acting. These people all qualified for state at this meet. The other people who placed were Ka-trina Tharman and Shel-ton with 6th place in duet acting, and Clary, 6th in oration. The team finished 4th out of 12. They then traveled to Jefferson County North and had three mem-bers qualify for state; H. King with 5th in po-etry and 1st in oration, Stock 6th in poetry, and Zhuk with a 2nd-

place finish in informa-tive; the other medalist was Zhuk with 3rd in informative. The team finished 4th out of 10. At the DVL meet at Jackson Heights, the team did extremely well. H. King had a first-place finish in poetry and 3rd in oration, Stock fin-ished 4th in poetry, Tharman and Shelton placed 1st in IDA, Zhuk took 4th in oration and 3rd in informative, Clary took 6th in ora-tion, Tori King placed 6th in informative, and Bennett finished 6th

in humorous solo act-ing. They finished 3rd at DVL, beating Riv-erside by one point. The next stop for the team was Royal Valley. Only one group placed here and that was Clary and Bennett, finish-ing 6th in duet acting. At the Atchison County Community High School meet H. King received her third gold medal of the year in poetry and placed 5th in oration, and Tharman and Shel-ton placed 2nd in IDA.

by Dalton Masters With the regular sea-son over except for re-gionals in April, several THS speech competi-tors have qualified for state in seven events. The THS Speech team consists of 15 members: Olivia Bennett, Chris Tharman, Trae Shelton, Katrina Tharman, Erin Clary, Tori King, Rus-sell Ostertag, Hanna King, Olga Zhuk, Ash-ley Stock, Holly Stegall, Dalton Masters, Alanie Stock, Kirsten Davies, and William Boeh. Those who have quali-

The musical Anything Goes will be performed by the drama club Wednesday, March 28, at 1 p.m.; Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m.; and Saturday, March 31, at the dinner theater, with the meal at 6:30 and the play at 7:30. Prices for tickets for the musical are only $2 for students, $3 for adults; and the din-ner theater will be $12, reservations required (call the school 785 985 3533) or purchase a tick-et from a cast member. Anything Goes by Guy Bolton, P. G. Wodehouse, Howard Lindsay and Russell Crouse, is a romantic comedy with music and

Top: Christopher Tharman and Katie Smith break some moves during play practice. Photo by Dalton Masters

Bottom: Musical cast and crew pose for pictures. Photo by Jessica Guffy

News Trojan Trumpet March 2012

Students succeed at regional journalism

Queen of courts winners announcedfor both varsity teams. The dance was sched-uled to follow directly after the game, but was postponed due to no school that day because of excessive illness in the grade school. It was resched-uled for the next Friday. “I was not happy that they cancelled the dance,” said se-nior Jake Stock.

Kansas Honors Program heldalumni, who put on the program every year. They take the top 10 percent of the high school classes. They in-vite every high school in Kansas to come every

by Jessica Guffy Amaia Espinel was announced Queen of Courts, and Cody Ben-nett was announced king February 17 at the Queen of Courts ceremony. The seniors held a chili/soup supper to help raise money for senior trip. The basket-ball teams played Jef-ferson County North, and came out with a loss

and Guffy were a team, and Weishaar and Mar-riott were a different team. Jenkins and Guffy got first place, and Weishaar and Marriott were awarded honorable mention. The last carry-in entry was yearbook layout. In that category, Klaus and Weishaar both were awarded honorable mention. The students also had to do entries that were on-site. Caption writing, editing, editorial writ-ing, editorial cartoon, feature writing, news writing, yearbook copy writing, and yearbook sports writing were all of the entries that were on-site. In caption writ-

ing, Klaus placed third. Bennett placed third in editing, and Weishaar was awarded honorable mention. In editorial writing, Tanna Meng was awarded honor-able mention. Zhuk and Braden Grossman competed in editorial cartoon. Zhuk placed third and Grossman was awarded honorable men-tion. In feature writing, Katie Smith placed sec-ond, and Bennett was awarded honorable men-tion. Jenkins and Guffy both competed in news writing and both got honorable mention. In yearbook copy writing Alanie Stock and Hanna King both got honor-

by Baileigh Jenkins

by Jessica Guffy Wednesday, Febru-ary 29, Katie Smith and Olivia Bennett attended the Kansas Honors Pro-gram sponsored by the University of Kansas

Journalism participants pose for a picture in front of the Union at Kansas State University. Front Row: Dalton Masters, Olga Zhuk, Baileigh Jenkins, Courtney Klaus, Jessica Guffy, Jake Stock, Alanie Stock, Olivia Bennett, Tanner Weishaar, Kelli Marriott. Row 2: Katie Smith, Tanna Meng, Braden Grossman, Erin Clary, Hanna King. Photo by Martha-Jean Rockey.

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year. A lasagna dinner was offered to all who were there. Talented musicians from Kan-sas University played played the for the guests . Principal Don Cash

acknowledged Smith and Bennett, who each received dictionary. A speaker spoke about how the program worked. “The speaker had a really good speech; it

was really short which was awesome! There was really good food there, and I had a re-ally fun night,” said senior Katie Smith.

Front row: Tyler Jenkins, Brylee Rush, Karlie Grable, and Christian Etherton. Row 2: Erin Clary, Tyler Carskaddon, King Cody Bennett, Queen Amaia Espinel, Millie King, Dylan Norris, and Olga Zhuk. Not pictured: Gabe Martinez who was at regional wrestling. Photo by Jessica Guffy

placed. In academic photography, Olga Zhuk was awarded honorable mention. Olivia Ben-nett placed second in advertising. In headline writing, Courtney Klaus and Jessica Guffy were both awarded honorable mention. Hanna King and Baileigh Jenkins both competed in the infographics category. King placed second, and Jenkins was awarded honorable mention. In photo illustration, Ben-nett placed second, and Zhuk was awarded hon-orable mention. Jenkins, Guffy, Kelli Marriott, and Tanner Weishaar all competed in theme development. Jenkins

The Troy High School publications com-peted in the regional journalism contest in Manhattan, Kansas, February 23, with 25 entries qualifying for state. They had various journalism categories to compete in, on-site categories, and carry-in. The students who had carry-in entries had several weeks to complete their entries. Academic photography, advertising, headline writing, infograph-ics, photo illustration, theme development, and yearbook layout were all of the carry-in entries where students

able mention. In the last on-site entry, which was yearbook sports writing, Stock placed second. “I was very pleased that we did so well. This is almost a record number that are going to state,” said adviser Martha-Jean Rockey.

Editorial Trojan Trumpet March 2012

The Woman in Black

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The Trojan TrumpetPO Box 160 66087 Volume LXXXVI Issue 3 March 2012

Editors in Chief: Kelli Marriott, Tanner Weishaar

News Page: Olga Zhuk, Dalton Masters, Jake Stock

Editorial Page: Olga Zhuk, Baileigh Jen-kins, Jessica Guffy, Dalton Masters, Jake Stock, Kelli Marriott

Calendar: Tanner Weishaar

Feature Page: Courtney Klaus, Jake Stock, Dalton Masters, Kelli Mar-riott

Sports Page: Dalton Masters, Jake Stock, Courtney Klaus

Photography: Staff

Adviser: Martha-Jean Rockey

This February, scary movie fans were look-ing forward to a new movie. “The Woman In Black” was a big deal, and people supposed it would be a really scary and interesting story. But was it that good? The Woman in Black is a 2012 supernatural horror-thriller film di-rected by James Wat-kins and written by Jane Goldman. It is based on Susan Hill’s novel of the same name. The movie was such a big excite-ment mostly because Daniel Radcliffe was playing the main part. The story takes place in England in the be-ginning of the 20th century. Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a widowed lawyer is as-signed to handle the estate of a woman who owned an Eng-lish manor in a remote

he looks very mature and grown up. His per-formance mostly serves the character really well. Radcliffe plays weird and gloomy throughout the film – but he’s origi-nal and it makes Arthur interesting to watch. I liked the atmosphere, shadows and low light. Also the house where the movie was filmed is full of old toys which make creepy sounds and that makes you have goose bumps.All in all, the movie is good, but not a bril-liant work. I wish it were scarier and had more action in it. I would give this creepy ghost story 6 out of 10.

P.S. The official website is just awesome. Proba-bly, more creepy than the actual movie. So I recom-mend visiting it. www.w o m a n i n b l a c k . c o m

She will never forgive

village. However, as soon as he arrives, it becomes clear that ev-erybody in the town keeps a secret. Al-though townspeople try to keep Arthur out of it, he still discovers an old story about a woman who lived in the village a long time ago. Every time he sees her ghost, an innocent child dies. This movie wasn’t as good as I expected. I was hoping that it would be really scary, but it wasn’t. It was more like an investiga-tion story. However, I liked the plot, especial-ly the end of the movie, because I didn’t think it would finish like that. “I will never forgive,”-were the last words of a ghost woman. I liked the cast. The good thing is that Dan-iel Radcliffe looks nothing like a Harry Potter boy; moreover,

by Olga Zhuk

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He SaysShe Says

Lunch issues

What is your favorite school lunch served at

the school?

“Crispito, I love Mexican food and because they serve strawberry shortcake with it!” said sopho-more Trevor Bembrick.

“Taco crunch because I like the salsa with it; they should serve it more with the corn,” said fresh-man Megan Schmille.

“Grilled cheese and tomato soup, because it is warm and good. And I love the cheese!” said junior Airyan Boyle.

“Crispito, just because it is good,” said senior Gabe Mar-tinez.

by Kelli Marriott What do you think when you hear “school lunch”? Many of you would mainly think not enough food. However, all schools are required to meet specific nutrient goals. They are supposed to be age-appropriate in calo-ries, contain one-third of Recommended Di-etary Allowance (RDA), such as proteins and vitamins, and may not contain more than 30% of calories from fat and 10% from saturated fat. The portions recom-mended by the USDA for grades 7-12 are ri-diculous. Students are only allowed to have three ounces of any meat or fish, three-fourths cup of vegetables and

fruits, and only one serving of grain or bread in one meal. That is not enough. Three ounc-es of meat isn’t even a quarter of a pound. Many students would double or triple that amount at McDonald’s. Giving students less food because of require-ments isn’t healthy for growing teenagers. Ob-viously obesity is an is-sue, but giving students little servings of food definitely doesn’t help fight obesity. Most teens will just go home and pig out on even more unhealthy food because they are starving from not getting enough. Most high school students eat at least twice what is served at a school lunch. Many people argue

that students should just bring their own lunch if the school’s isn’t enough for them, but they shouldn’t have to. The school’s lunch should be filling and satisfying enough to where students should want to eat it. Also, if those stu-dents are in sports after school, they need the en-ergy to give it their best at practice. Many have to bring little snacks that they have lying around at home to have before practice just so they can survive. Usu-ally those snacks aren’t healthy. Also, those stu-dents need more food since they are growing. When asked his opinion over school lunches, ju-nior Jacob Winkel said, “They could definitely

be better! Small portions don’t mean healthy. I think we should get big-ger portions of food.” Another student had a similar opinion. Ju-nior Tanna Meng said, “School lunches could use some improve-ment. The amount given doesn’t fill grow-ing teens’ tummies.”

So why can’t we get more? It obviously isn’t helping with obesity but instead is allowing it to continue. It doesn’t give the students energy. It just makes them com-plain and argue. So, the government should change the standards and allow us more food in school lunches..

Above: The school lunch is shown which is a chicken wrap, peach cobbler, carrots, lettuce and cheese which goes on the main dish, and milk. Photo by Kelli Marriott

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Roving Reporter

“It’s just another day, nothing special,” said freshman Ashley Stock.

“I feel everyone should dress up in green,” said sophomore Cody Israel.

“It’s an excuse for people to party and pinch each other. It’s not important,” said English teacher Mr. Prudden.

“I make sure I wear green so I don’t get pinched,” said junior Kayla Boyle.

“Better wear green or you’re gonna get pinched,” said senior Jordan Thornberry.

Don’t rush. “I am so ready to be out of school,” “I am tired of school; I want to go to college” –that’s what I hear from stu-dents at school all the time. Especially seniors. Everybody wants to be out of school, because they think that college life will be much bet-ter. Well, yeah, it will be completely differ-ent and exciting, but will it really be better than your life at school? Not many students realize what the life outside will be like. We think that after finishing school, all doors will be open for us and the doors to the big life too. The doors to the big life will totally open to you, but it doesn’t mean that other doors will open

too. More possibly they will be closed. Do you really think that every-body in the “big world” is just sitting there and waiting till you graduate and will be able to work for them or study at their college? No. Life is not like that. You will need to work very hard to achieve something. Nothing just falls on you from the sky; you need to deserve it. Not everybody will be always nice and will-ing to help. Guess why? Because nobody cares. The only people who truly care about you are your parents. But mostly everybody is looking for-ward to not living with their parents anymore. Yes, at first it is lots of fun and freedom, and you enjoy every single minute

of being independent. But the time passes by, you start to miss your family, and then one day you will face the problem that you can’t solve. And who are you calling for help? Your parents. Don’t rush to leave them so early. You will regret spend-ing so little time with them later. Maybe it will take you a couple of months to realize that, maybe a couple of years. But eventu-ally you will be wish-ing to come back home, to come back to high school. And now you will think “no, totally not me; I’ll be fine.” No, you will miss your family, school, and even your classmates a lot.

How do you feel about St. Patrick’s Day?

It is always like that. It is life. Don’t hurry to grow up. You will always have time for that. And those who have only three months left in

by olga Zhukhigh school, enjoy your time. This is where you grew up, so try to re-member it the way you will want to think of it many years from now.

Above: The high school dancers pose after their dance to Justin Beiber. This was the night of the kiddie clinic. The little girls that danced were from kindergarten to 6th grade. Photo by Olga Zhuk

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What do you know about St. Patrick’s Day?

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Have you ever cel-ebrated St. Patrick‘s Day? Have you ever heard stories and legends about this holiday? Why do we celebrate it March 17; why do we call it this? Do you know? So, who is St. Patrick, and why did we name this holiday after him? St. Patrick was born along the western coast of Britain, in the town of Banwen to a very rich family. When he was 16, he was captured by Irish pirates and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. At the age of 22, St. Patrick wrote a letter saying that an an-gel came to him in a dream and told him to become a missionary in Ireland. After some training he eventually became a Bishop in Ire-land. He was known to have converted many people from paganism to Christianity. St. Pat-rick died March 17. Many people mourned his death and then they decided to make it a hol-iday because of so many people that he helped. So, St. Patrick’s Day comes from Ireland, and that is why many Irish legends and customs

faith, hope, love, and luck. According to tra-dition, the leaves are said to bring good luck to finders, especially if found accidentally; and that Eve carried a four- leaf clover from the Gar-den of Eden. The white clover in particular was held in high esteem by the early Celts of Wales as a charm against evil spirits. Another name for the four-leaf clover is the shamrock. The hop clover is widely accepted as the origi-nal shamrock picked by Saint Patrick. The Irish have considered sham-rocks good luck sym-bols since early times. The other thing that can bring luck is the Blarney Stone. The Blarney Stone is a big part of Irish culture. It is located in Blar-ney Castle which was built nearly six hundred years ago. The Blarney

became part of this holi-day. Like leprechauns. Leprechauns are make-believe fairies that come from Ireland. They are about two- feet tall and are dressed like a shoemaker, with a hat tilted to the side and a leather apron. Lepre-chauns are playful crea-tures who enjoy drink-ing, dancing, playing music, and spending free time making shoes. If a leprechaun is caught, he must grant the captor three wishes. The cap-tor must keep this or her eyes on him every sec-ond. If he loses sight for even one second, the lep-rachaun vanishes away and all hopes of finding the pot of gold are lost. What else can bring you luck on this holi-day? The clover. The four-leaf clover is an un-common variation of the common, three-leaf clo-ver. It is said to represent

culture which can do the opposite. Snakes don’t bring luck at all. St. Patty’s Day mythol-ogy says that St. Pat-rick banished all snakes from Ireland. It is true that no snakes live in Ireland, but there never were any. It is too cold for them to live there. But since snakes rep-resent evil in literature, when he “drives” the snakes out, it stands for him driving out evil and bringing in the new age. So how do we celebrate the day? People all over the world wear green this day. Why this color?Well, blue was the first color associ-ated with Ireland, but

Green is worn on St. Patrick’s Day to hon-or the Emerald Isle. Why do you get pinched if you don’t wear green? This is an American tradition that started around the 1700s. St. Patrick’s partiers thought that it would make one invis-ible to leprechauns if people wore green. On the other hand, if you did not wear green you were visible and got pinched by fairy creatures. Then people started pinching to remind you that lep-rechauns would sneak up and pinch you if you were not wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day.

Stone is a block of bluestone, and, ac-cording to the leg-end, if one kisses the stone, he or she will never have a problem with talk-ing. They call it “The Gift of Gab.” However, there is a thing in Irish

it changed to green be-cause green is one of the colors on Ireland’s tri-color flag. Green is also the color of the sham-rock and spring. Irish soldiers wore green uni-forms March 17 in hopes of catching public atten-tion to make a statement

Feature Trojan Trumpet March 2012

Who Knows Claire Turpin Best?

Exercise Fitness

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by Courtney Klaus Claire Turpin, her sister, Carmen Turpin and her best friend Paige Fenley were quite surprised to see who “knew” Claire best.

Paige Claire CarmenFavorite Movie? Twilight Saga Twilight Saga Harry Potter movies

Favorite Color? Pink Pink Pink

Favorite Sport? Basketball Basketball Basketball

Favorite Drink? Sweet tea Sweet tea Sweet tea

Favorite Song? “Decode”- Paramore “Decode”- Paramore “Decode”- Paramore What does she do Play with Winston Hanging with friends, Play with Winston;in her spare time? family, and Cody hang with friends and family

St.Patty’s Dayp m b l s w f l w k u j i n j m t z r s d h l y f c m s u d n n s l i c m e u p i r e l a n d s p z q p h f g x c x g a y s j a w r k g y r i a f y z w t u f y n r b e p f k t h v a c g r e e n k d o b i i h j d w z m i e r a c m c o m f d h c b e b o s s d s m y v a n i s h e d l r p a v u z i o s n x e u k a m a r c h x o r n e m r o l n l l m w p c a j h d v l k h c h w p g s a i n t a e r c d i h k d r c m y n e s d x e d p h t g a m s i c m z t g b n u k w l i i b r l f i s y o b m p n q q x t a u v b d l r a m i o a w q x e x k l i p z t j r m i o q j i r y o g l b e z h r h y s u b m r

Above: Cody Israel performs a perfect squat. Photo by Dalton Masters

by Dalton Masters

In strength training, the squat is a compound, full-body exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips, buttocks, quads, and hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body. Squats are considered a vital exercise for increasing the strength and size of the legs and buttocks, as well as developing core strength. Lower back, upper back, abdomi-nals, trunk muscles, costal shoulder muscles and arm muscles are all essential to the exercise and thus are trained when squatting with proper form. The proper form requires the lifter to: Step 1-Stand with feet shoulder width apart and look almost straight up. Once you are standing like this you may start your lift. To do this you need to, as the lift implies, squat down, like you are sitting down onto the toilet, until your upper leg is parallel with the ground. Step 2- Once you have reached this position, you then stand back up.Step 3- Repeat steps 1 and 2.

day fairy gold green ireland Irish leprechaun lucky March miracles mischief parade Patrick pinch pot rainbow saint shamrock shoemaker snakes sneaky tricky vanish

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You’ve Been Spotted

Top Row: Students in speech demonstrate how to make an object they were given in origami.Jacob Winkel cuts copper for an experi-ment in chemistry. Tori King explains the process of making brownies for her demonstrative speech.Row 2: Derek Sherman and Olga Zhuk focus on their dance moves during play practice.The members of the spring musical practice one of the dances that will be performed in the spring musical. Jacob Stock hugs his mom, Annette Stock, at senior night while his dad, Jimmy Stock, stands by. Row 3: Tanner Weishaar and Kelli Marriott act out a scene from the Second Nun’s Priest during English. Katie Smith shows the balls of cookie dough needed for Dr. Seuss swirl cookies. She demonstrated how to make these for her demonstrative speech. Students who dressed up for fancy day during spirit week are pictured. Photos by Dalton Masters, Olga Zhuk, Jacob Stock, Kelli Marriott

Sports Trojan Trumpet March 2012

Lady Trojans don’t end as expected

by Courtney Klaus Senior Gabe Marti-nez got 1st place in the 170- pound weight divi-sion at DVL wrestling Saturday, February 11, in Holton. Gabe has been wrestling for 13 years. Frank Speer has coached him for all 13. He started out young and wrestled with the Doniphan County Griz-zlies. He has wrestled for the Doniphan West Mustangs for five years.

The Lady Trojans didn’t quite end the sea-son how they wanted to. Even though they finished their season with a 10-9 record, they didn’t play how they wanted to on the last game of the season. They played the D o n i p h a n W e s t Mustangs for the first round sub-state game; 28-55 was the final score. The girls couldn’t get shots to go in, when D-West was making ev-erything. Kelli Marriott scored 9; Alex Winder, 5; Jessica Weatherford, 4; Paige Fenly, 4; Harley Huss. 3; Claire Turpin,2; and Jackie Mott, 1. Girls who usually scored consistently couldn’t get their shots to go in. “We didn’t play as well as we thought thought we would, but we didn’t completely play horrible. I had a fun season this year!”

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Senior goes to state for wrestling

said Jessica Weatherford. The Lady Trojans played three different defenses trying to stop them from scoring; none of them worked well. Even with their shots not falling and D-West scor-ing they didn’t stop hus-tling and working hard. Coach Derek Jasper said, “We had a solid season. Could it have been better? Definite-ly. Could it have been worse? Sure thing. I feel we exceeded some of the expectations that many people had for us. To win 10 games with only one senior on the varsity roster is a great accomplishment. Goals and expectations will be higher for the next year’s team. There needs to be some major improve-ments, both individually and as a whole group.” For the substate game the boys who are on the basketball team

dressed up silly and went to the game to cheer on the girls. They wore short shorts, headbands, and old jerseys. The boys made signs that said “#Winning” and cut out signs of Coach Jasper’s head to put over theirs. They also were loud and cheered the girls on the whole night during the game. The boys, at the beginning during the press, may have helped intimidate the Doniphan West girls by how loud they were. Altogether the girls had a good season this year. They finished the sea-son with a 10-9 record. Some of the games were tough but they pulled through to win some.

Left: Kelli Marriott at-tempts a 3-point shot.

Wrestling wasn’t avail-able his 7th grade year.This year Marti-nez’s record was 28-8. “Four years of hard work, gone in the blink of an eye. Never thought it would hurt this much,” said Martinez. He went to state and wrestled twice. Derek Sherman got 3rd in the 106-pound divi-sion at DVL in Holton. Other competitors from Troy were Dillon Simpson, Skyler Sher-

man, and Tyler Carskad-don . “Since I have never wrestled, before I de-cided to give it a try this year. I thought that I could easily win every match, but I was in for a rude awakening,” said freshman Sherman. “I was very proud of my-self and ended the sea-son with 4 wins and 10 losses record. Heh, not bad for a rookie, eh?”

Left: The boys basketball team dresses up for the girls’ game to cheer them on.All photos by Laurie Simpson

Right: Claire Turpin fights for the ball against the opponent.

Right, Troy Wrestlers: Front row: Dillon Simp-son and Gabe Martinez. Row 2: Skyler and Derek Sherman. Not pictured: Senior Tyler Carskaddon and coach Frank Speer.

Photo by Courtney Klaus

Left: Gabe Martinez pins his opponent.

Photo by Becky Martinez

by Alanie Stock

Sports Trojan Trumpet March 2012

Season comes to close in first round of substatea couple of close games. They had a two-game winning streak in which they beat Doniphan West and Oskaloosa. When they hosted the Doniphan West Mus-tangs they got out the broom, sweeping all four games for the night. For the season, the Trojans averaged 42.6 points, 27.4 rebounds, 9.1 steals, 9 assists, and 1.8 blocks per game. They scored a total of 853 points while allowing 1097. The leading scorers were Jasper, who aver-aged 11.5, Norris 7.3, Jake Ross 5.3, Simpson and Schmille 5.1, Stock 3.4, Masters 3.3, Pres-ton Foley 2.9, William Boeh 1.5, Trevor Bem-brick 1.3, Caleb Winkel 1, and Jay Whetstine .5. Norris said, “We didn’t win as many games as I

expected but it was still a fun season and I’m glad that no one lost their life during one of our prac-tices... they were rough.”

Right: Reece Simpson and Trever Bembrick trap an Oskaloosa player.Photo by Olga Zhuk

Below: Preston Foley fights through a pick while Collin Jasper covers for him.The Trojans beat the Oskaloosa Bears 53-41.Photo by Olga Zhuk

It was a disappointing season for the Trojans, finishing the season 4-16. They lost in their first game of sub-state. Their last game was against the Onaga Buf-faloes with the final score of 30-47. The first quarter was the worst for the Trojans as they were outscored 12-4. The leading scorer was Col-lin Jasper who had 15. Alex Schmille, Dylan Norris, Reece Simpson, Colton Masters, and Jake Stock scored respec-tively 6, 4, 2, 2, and 1. It was a long season for the Trojans. They started by placing third in a round-robin tour-nament with four teams They were 1-2 before going on an 11-game losing streak until they beat Horton 54-48. They played well toward the end of the season, losing

by Jake Sock

Left: Reece Simpson reaches for a pass while two Immaculata players try ato swat the ball. Photo by Olga Zhuk

Below: Alex Schmille dives after a ball with an Immaculata player while Colton Masters runs for the ball.Photo by Olga Zhuk

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24:30 p.m. HS Baseball @ Holton7:00 p.m. PTO Meeting (TGS Cafeteria)

32:30 p.m. MS Track @ D-West4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Troy vs. Maur Hill

4 5Spring Sports Pictures3:30 p.m. HS Track @ McLouth4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Immaculata

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8 Happy Easter!

9NO SCHOOL!4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Valley Falls

102:30 p.m. MS Track @ D-West3:30 p.m. HS Track @ Effingham4:30 p.m. HS Baseball @ Atchison

11Spring Super FFA CDE Day (HCC)6 p.m. Board of Education Meeting

12 134:30 p.m. HS Baseball @ Immaculata4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Immaculata

14Speech @ Troy8 a.m. ACT Test9 a.m. MS Track @ Riverside

15 16DVL Art @ Immaculata4:30 p.m.HS Baseball @ P. Ridge4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ P. Ridge

172 p.m. HS Track @ Highland2:30 p.m. MS Track @ D-West4:30 p.m. HS Softball @McLouth

18 19 204:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Troy vs. ACCHS

21Regional Speech

22 234:30 p.m. HS Softball @ Oskaloosa6:30 p.m. FFA District Banquet (Wamego)

244:30 p.m. HS Baseball @ D-West

25MS DVL Band @ D-West

264 p.m. HS Track @ Hiawatha4:30 p.m. HS Softball @ McLouth

27NO SCHOOL!

28PROMState Music Solos and Sm. Ens.

29 306 p.m. NHS Induction7 p.m. Awards Night