Daily Archive: April 20, 2010

Apr
20

Unknown Champions

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Angela Hays, Staff Writer

Basketball, football and volleyball are often the talk of Campbell County High School. There are, however, a few outstanding individuals who have gone far in sports less known.

CCHS fans typically do not show up to alternative sporting events in the numbers that appear at basketball or football games. “I go to hockey and baseball games,” said senior Bailey Aaberg. “I usually just go to socialize unless I know someone playing.” Many athletes go under the radar, unlike school-functioned sports. “Typically at the Camel games, I cheer more,” she explained.

Senior Shad Green is a disc golf hero, taking part in the sport for his fifth year. “I kind of fell into in,” Green explained. “My brothers took me to the Cam-plex for league and I liked it right away.” Green has travelled to Missouri, Michigan, Colorado and South Dakota for the sport.

“My favorite part of disc golf is traveling places to compete in tournaments and play the different courses.” Green has won an array of prizes including nearly two hundred discs, shirts, and a banana board, which he sold for one hundred dollars. Green plans on continuing disc golf after he graduates this year.

Junior Kayla Corcoran is another alternative sport hero, a participant of sled dog racing for ten years. “When I was young, my dad raced them and he decided to get my own team together,” she said. “My favorite part of the sport is being able to work with animals and going places most people wouldn’t get to see.” With sports comes memories, “In Ashton, Idaho I took first place out of 23 and there were people I looked up to cheering me on,” said Corcoran. For this sport, she has travelled to many locations in Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, and Utah. She has won nearly $1500 from racing her dogs.

Hockey is another sport that can easily be left out of the limelight. A long time member of the sport is sophomore Austin Tennant. He has been playing for nine years. “My neighbor played hockey and got me into it,” Tennant explained. “My favorite part of hockey is being able to spend more time with friends and teammates and accomplish things many people don’t get to.” Tennant’s favorite memory regarding hockey is going to the national tournament in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has travelled many other places for the sport, too, including Germany, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. “The state tournament this year and last year meant a lot to me. We took first place both years.”

There are many more alternative sports heroes walking the halls of CCHS every day. Be sure to cheer them and their teams on just as you would cheer on any Camel.

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Apr
20

Boys Basketball State

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Nate Schelling, Staff Writer

 

The 4A State basketball brackets were set after the regional tournaments and started Thursday, March 11 in Casper, Wyoming at Casper College.

            The Camel boys went into the State tournament with a #1 seed after winning regionals in Laramie and started off the state tournament against Star Valley Thursday afternoon.

            The Camel boys struggled against Star Valley but came on top with a win 56 to 47. 

            In the semi final game on Friday night, the Gillette Camels had another tough game against Evanston but pulled away in the end to win 64 to 51.

            Saturday night, the Gillette Camels took on the hometown Natrona Mustangs and struggled throughout the game but kept it close. Natrona played better than the Camels and came on top with a State Championship for the second year in a row. The loss to the Camels gave them their first loss of the 2009-2010 season. Senior Matt Mordecai said, “The season would have been better if we didn’t get up by Natrona in the Championship game.”

“ I wish we would have won state.” said senior Kameron Hunter. “Everything else about the season was good.”

Senior Cammryn Nelson agreed, “I really just wish we would have won state.”

            The Gillette Camels had a lot of talent on the team this season and three players were honored for All Conference and two for All State. Earning all conference, seniors Alan Sisel and Matt Mordecai. Junior Taran Brown was also honored All Conference. Mordecai and Brown also earned with All State titles.

“It was cool to make All Conference and All State as a junior,” said Brown “I hope to get the same next year as well.”

 Mordecai also said “ Well, I’d have to say it’s pretty cool, I guess. Congrats to me, I suppose.”

            As for next year, the Camels have four returning varsity players: Taran Brown, Taylor Holst, Evan Lopez, and Will Lopez. The last two years, the juniors have been undefeated on the sophomore and junior varsity teams. Next year is looking to be another great season.

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Apr
20

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

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Kelsey Volk, Staff Writer

Pollution. Global warming. Conservation. Recycling. Environment. These words surround us, and our community, but do they sink in or just float in and back out again? In a city that revolves around energy and coal, is it realistic for us to work towards a sustainable future, or is it a farfetched idea?

 “Conservation is important to me, because I think it’s important to not lose certain species,” said junior Jake Hatfield.

“Global warming is part of a warming cycle, which is constantly changing,” said Earth Science and Astronomy teacher Gene LeMaitre. “Greenhouse gases are causing it to increase at a faster rate and we need to address that.”

While speaking with LeMaitre, he used a very thought-provoking analogy, “Global warming is like a fire, which is supposed to burn, but we are throwing gas on the fire.”

“I think we’re becoming more aware at the coal mines. They’re finding new ways of doing things, and trying to not let so much pollution into the air,” said principal Larry Steiger. “We have to make changes, we don’t have a choice.”

Regardless of which part concerns you, whether it is recycling, conservation, pollution, or saving water and energy, there are things you can do to help out.

Raising awareness about pollution and climate change issues is exactly what WWF (World Wildlife Fund) hoped to accomplish with the fourth year of Earth Hour.

In 2009, hundreds of millions of people participated in Earth Hour by doing something quite simple: turning off their lights for one hour. This year, Earth Hour fell on March 27th, and there was an even greater turnout.

Sophomore Mary Smith, upon hearing about Earth Hour said, “Yeah, I will do it. It’s not bad to do it, and it will be helping the environment.”

“I had so much fun on Earth Hour,” said senior Madianna Solis. “A bunch of my friends and I got together and played with a ton of glow sticks. We have a lot of cool pictures.”

If you missed the opportunity to participate in this year’s Earth Hour, mark your calendars, for May 1st. The annual Trash to Trees event takes place at Lasting Legacy Park from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Go to the park to pick up trash bags, and the more bags you fill, the more free trees that they will give you.

“I will likely have my Ecology students participate for extra credit,” said Biology and Ecology teacher Mark Winland. “It’s a great way to not only clean up the community, but to plant more trees, and every little bit helps.”

Winland is an active member of the National Wildlife Federation, and is also on the board of directors for the Wyoming Wildlife Federation.

There are so many things that everyone can do, big or small, to help out. The issues are all around us. We just need to address them, instead of shoving them to the back of our mind. One person can’t single-handedly tackle this, but they can light the spark that becomes the inferno.

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