Go Big Red: DCHS Weekly Message

Week 9: Undefeated

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Decatur County Community High School

605 E Commercial St, Oberlin, KS 67749

October 16, 2022 (Schedule at the bottom, Skip What You Want)

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Decatur community,

It was a busy week this past week, and there were several things that stood out that I will address below. What stands out to me this week is the undefeated season that took place for our JH football team. I coached football for almost 2 decades, and I remember the excitement of an undefeated season at that level. They don't come around often, and they offer a sense of excitement and expectation for the future.

Congratulations to the boys and coaches on an amazing season.

SHOUTOUTS

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Shoutout to the Junior High volleyball team on their 10-2 season. Both the A and B teams finished with the same record. This week they will both be traveling to League tournaments on Tuesday. The A team will be the #2 seed behind unbeaten Quinter. The A team tournament will be at St. Francis. The B team will be the top seed in the league tournament that will be held at Atwood. Let's go ladies!

Shoutout to these 12 students that were chosen for the KMEA JR. High District Honor Choir: Henry Bundgard, Brady Gehring, Skylar Hawkins, Kaylee Kier, Caden Shaw, Kaden Sowers, Devyn Stagemeyer, Bentley Sutherland, Ella Williby, Gage Williby, Trevor Witt, Sarah Wright.

Shoutout to our All-American cheerleaders Ana Freeman and Dani Weyenth. Last weekend, they made the trip to Lawrence, KS to cheer at the KU game. The game was made especially memorable by the fact that ESPN College Gameday held their show on campus. Dani said that they had to park a mile away from the stadium, even when they got there at 7:00 am. Amazing experience for the girls!

Things You Should Know

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ACT Workkeys

Over the next several weeks, students in the high school will be taking a series of ACT-based Assessments.

There are three different ACT tests that students can take:

1. ACT WorkKeys: Next Wednesday, October the 19th.

2. ACT: Wednesday, October 26

3. PreAct: Wednesday, November 2.

First up? WorkKeys!

What is the ACT Workkeys? First used in 1992, ACT® WorkKeys® assessments are the cornerstone of the ACT workforce solutions. The assessments help you measure the workplace skills that can affect your job performance. WorkKeys assessments are: Unique—Unlike other assessments, they don't simply give an indication of reading and writing competency.

Why take it?

For starters, lots of professionals take this test as well. For many employers, they will pay you more if you have a specific WorkKeys score. Many professionals seek out this test to simply raise their pay with a credential if they know their employer will accept it.

Another reason is simply interest. This test exposes you to a lot of information and skills that are applicable to many professions. By the end, it is possible that you will learn a bit about your self, or the test may lead you to specific professions that you were unaware of.

A final reason would be to allow students to see their strengths. Several people entered into their current professions because they were either told or discovered for themselves that they were good at it. The WorkKeys test will let you know where you are the strongest and may help you better pick your career path.

This Wednesday, 17 juniors and seniors will be taking the ACT Workkeys assessment test. Good luck to all of the students that have signed up to take the test.

Next week, we will focus on the ACT.

Mrs. Springer's Art Students Go On Road Trip

Last Wednesday, Mrs. Jillian Springer took her art students on an art road trip. The students went to several different locales throughout the northwestern part of the state. Here you see just a few of the pictures that they took on their trip, and the students that I talked to really enjoyed the experience.

A few of the stops were the Garden of Eden in Lucas, Kansas and the World's Largest Czech Egg in Wilson, Kansas. It's always great to see our teachers giving our students real world experiences and appreciation of their content.

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Taking It All In

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A Group Enjoying the Experience

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The World's Largest Czech Egg

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Junior High Football Team Goes Undefeated

Looking at all of the plaques and bars hanging on the wall in the Junior High hallway, it looks like the last time that we had a League Championship at the Junior High level was 2008. That team was 6-1 and undefeated in League play.

This year's team had quite the special year. This past week they ended their season 7-0 League champs. Talking to coach Gehring, he said that he has not been able to find the last time that the junior high football team ended the year with an undefeated record on a season. Needless to say, there is a lot to be excited about.

Here are a few quotes from the boys that responded about their favorite memory from the season.

My favorite part of the season was when we defeated Atwood. Kent Ploussard

When Rustin had his touchdown. Cowen Anderson

Getting to play with all of my friends and throwing all the touchdowns to them. Brady Gehring

My 2 touchdowns. Bentley Sutherland

My favorite part of this season was playing with all of my friends. Also going undefeated. Brycen Ketterl

Just being around my favorite people every day. Gage Williby

When I played wide receiver against Saint Francis. RJ Mathews

I liked the whole season. I liked our team and our coaches. This season was awesome! Conner Kier

Playing on kickoff. Gus Bryan

My favorite part was playing Trego because it was a hardish game but fun. Kaden Sowers

The best part of this year was getting to play with my friends. Guss Emigh

Easy, the thrill before the game. Wyatt Coryell

Rustin's Touchdown. Rustin Bailey

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8th Grader Gage Williby Breaking Away

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The Perfect Season

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What a Team

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Junior High Cross Country Finishes A Season to Remember

Here's a great writeup from Mrs. Breth on our Facebook page earlier this week:

Congratulations to the Decatur Community Junior High Cross Country runners. They finished their season Thursday at the Hoxie Invitational with four Oberlin runners medaling.

Trevor Witt won the 7th grade boys’ race; Job Kliewer, a 6th grader, was fourth.

In the 7th grade girls’ race, Kira Burmaster was third, and Misty Kliewer was fourth.

Trevor had a great cross country season, medaling in five of the six meets he competed in. In three of those, he placed first: Quinter, Oberlin, and Hoxie. In the other two – Norton and Wallace County, he placed second. The only meet Trevor did not place at was the McCook meet.

Job Kliewer placed fourth in two meets this year – Oberlin and Hoxie. As a 6th grader, Job was running against 7th graders and 8th graders.

Misty Kliewer medaled in all seven of the junior high meets this year:

6th – Goodland

2nd – Quinter

9th – McCook

2nd – Norton

3rd – Oberlin

5th – Wallace County

4th – Hoxie

Kira Burmaster medaled in four of her five races, including a first-place finish at the Norton Invitational. (Kira is also a member of the junior high volleyball team – playing on both A and B teams, which are both 10-2. They will finish their season on Tuesday at the NWKL Tournament.)

Kira was second at the Oberlin meet, and third at both Wallace County and Hoxie. The only meet Kira did not medal at was the Quinter Invitational. Because of her asthma, she was not able to finish that race.

Rounding out the junior high cross country team were 6th graders Mariah Scott, who placed 10th at the Goodland Invitational, and Jayce Dempewolf, who competed in all seven meets this year.

Congratulations to our junior high cross country runners and to their coach Jenee Davis on a tremendous season.

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Sub-State Tickets on Sale

Volleyball Sub-State will be held in Quinter this year. Tickets are on sale now. Scan the QR code or use this website to preorder your tickets.

https://gofan.co/app/events/735738?schoolId=KS69569

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Halloween Cleanup Around the Corner

The 98th annual Halloween Clean-Up is Friday, Nov. 4. The teachers chose Bryant Addleman, Ellie Anderson, Josh Juenemann, Teague Morford, and Olivia Williby to lead the student-led service project From those five, the student body chose Josh Juenemann as the general.

If you would like your yard raked, please call the high school at 785 475-2231 and leave your name and address.

GO BIG RED

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That's going to do it for this week. There is so much going on: The last home football game, volleyball tournaments at all levels, high stakes testing, and more. Yet another busy week at DCHS.

Until next week,

Jeremy Holloway

Go Big Red!