2/26/2019 0 Comments 2019 Snow Week Talent ShowBy Abby Painovich
Yesterday morning, February 21st, Hinckley Finlayson High School hosted its 5th annual snow week talent show. The turnout this year was the best it’s ever been with fourteen acts that kept the audience either laughing or singing along. With everything from rapping to piano playing, the show was a great success. Dion Bearstail kicked things off with a very philosophical story that hooked the audience right from the first word. Followed by this mystical story was Mark Lucht who sang his rendition of “Lost Boy.” His unique deep voice rang through the audience offering a good change of pace to the well-known Ruth B. song. Next up was senior Cheyanne Blodgett, who gave her “last dance” (credit to Frau Hodena for that joke, and many more). Cheyanne gave it her all and danced her heart out to “Work of Art.” Next up, Delaney Olson singing “Love on the Brain.” Her performance was powerful and full of emotion. Then, singing a Nickelback classic, Trinity Blakely got up on stage full of confidence and sang “How You Remind Me.” After this, Eliza Gildner came back for her last ever high school talent show to sing “Castle” by Halsey. Her performance was strong as the crowd will miss her next year. At about the halfway through the talent show, the audience was introduced to the up and coming poets; King Fox and Funky Bunch. They began with a warmup, to which they transitioned into upbeat beatboxing by Howie Hodena, Jacob Barstad and Kolby Fox with Anders Prater belting out a remix from none other “There’s a Wocket in My Pocket” originally done by Dr. Seuss. They had the audience on the edge of their seats with every verse. To follow up this performance was Harlee Anderson singing a very emotion “Quarterback,” which rang throughout the theater and clung to our ears. Singing a similarly paced song was Joanna Hendry singing “The House That Built Me.” She began quite nervous but after a few lines in, she shed her nerves and the audience was struck with her gossamer voice. Then Dayshaun Colsrud got on stage to rap his very own freestyle which was nothing short of the original. After this Senior, Adam Bridenstine and Eli Curry came out and tried to sing “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” After several verses, however, they lost their place but the audience was nevertheless very entertained. To conclude the talent show was Mr. LaFond on the piano singing along to “Piano Man,” then Trinity and Cheyanne singing a duet of the song “Human,” which was concluded by Mr. Richter singing his signature song about the art room and having fun at school. Overall, the talent show was a success with 14 acts and was enjoyed by everyone. We look forward to next year’s talent show and the variety it will bring.
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By Kenidy Cessna Anders Prater is a Senior at HFHS and a well known student athlete. The sports he currently participates in are Cross Country, Basketball, and Baseball. Anders is not only accomplished in sports but he is also well known for his grades and the clubs he is a part of.
Anders is 19 points away from hitting 1,000, his goal is to meet 1,000 points at tonight's game against Rush City. He has grown in many ways over the years he's played. Anders has many people supporting him and friends who are behind him. He has been playing organized basketball since fourth grade, and learned a lot from that and has evolved as a player and a teammate. Anders has played four years on Varsity and started Varsity for three. Since he has started he hasn't missed a game for three years. Congratulations Anders and good luck next year! 2/20/2019 0 Comments Jaguars’ Winning StreakBy Samantha Bostrom February 11th, 2019
Congrats to the boys Varsity, Boys Junior Varsity, Girls Varsity and girls Junior Varsity basketball teams who won all of their games the weekend of February 15th through the 17th. The Boys teams traveled to Virginia, MN for their games against the Virginia Blue Devils. Varsity defeating them 68-57 and JV with 75-33. When taking on the International Falls Broncos Varsity finished with 66-50 and JV with 59-35 while the lady Jags teams stayed and took on Hill City-Northland Storm, Varsity winning with a score of 51-42 and JV finishing with a score of 46-14. Mr. Kreft, an English teacher and one of the basketball coaches at Hinckley-Finlayson gave us the rundown on what really happened at the boys' Varsity tournament. We had a short Interview with Coach Kreft about the tournaments and the teams overall performance. Q: What do you think the team did very well during the tournaments? A: As a team, we have really improved defensively this season. We've been able to make our opponents have to work very hard for every point. Q: What do you think the team as a whole needs to work on? A: For us to reach our full potential, we need to be more consistent with our outside shooting, and we need to be more consistent with our rebounding. If we improve on these two things I think we will be ready for a good playoff run. After hearing a little bit from their coach, an interview with one of the players was next on the agenda and chosen for the interview was Player number 32, Ethan Alleman. Q: What do you think the team did very well on overall? A: What I think that we did well that weekend was we played as a team Q: What do you think the team could improve on? A: More communication Q: The most important part of the game? A: I think the most important thing about the game is effort. You have to want it. Mr. Linzmeier is a coach for the Girls Varsity team here at HFHS and he graciously took the time to tell us what he thought went really well in their game against Hill City-Northland Storm. Q: What do you think the team did very well on overall? A: We did a great job on defense making Hill City take long shots and creating turnovers for some easy shots. Q: What do you think the team could improve on? A: Shooting is one of our main problems all season and we need to become more consistent on the offensive end of the court. The last interview, was Haley Rimer who plays for the Lady Jags Varsity team, Number 0 playing the Gaurd position. Q: What do you think the team did very well on overall? A: When playing Hill City, our team did very well with teamwork, and ball movement. Q: What do you think the team could improve on? A: One thing that our team could improve on is bringing each other up & supporting one another. Q: The most important part of the game? A: The most important part of games for our team, is coming out strong and not slowing up in the 2nd half. By Kenidy Cessna Almost a week ago Regional Science Fair was held at University of Minnesota Duluth. Those who participated and placed at our local Science Fair that took place in December moved onto Regionals. There were 17 students that went to Regional Science Fair and 11 of them have the opportunity to go onto state. In order to go to state the students had to place either second or first in their category. It was tough competition and many prizes for many different things were given out.
Emily Bradshaw is a freshman and this is her first Science Fair ever! The fact that she has gotten all the way to state is very impressive. Emily studied and presented Bernoulli’s Principle for her Science Fair Project and put in hours of hard work to make her board and presentation as flawless as possible. Her hopes for the future is to go into an advertising business or manage a sports team, Emily currently participates in volleyball and enjoys running. Congratulations Emily and all others who have moved on! 2/15/2019 0 Comments Robotics AssemblesBy Abby Painovich
Robotics is well underway and with only 3 weeks left until they head to the DECC in Duluth, they are working hard on their robot that they hope to win the FIRST championship with. The “FIRST Robotics Competition,” a competition for high school teams from all around the world, is where the team will present their robot. Building a functioning robot has not been a walk in the park, however, the team has faced a few conflicts in this process. Senior, Conor Romans, says that a failure in the pneumatic pump has slightly slowed their progress and Junior, Jacob Barstad, explains that the 3D printer that they use to make parts has also broken. However, in years past the team has faced conflicts far worse, and so they are very confident in their progress with only 3 weeks left until competition. When we asked Senior, Holly Sybrant, what she was most looking forward to about the competition, she answered, “The whole thing. Going up to Duluth with friends and competing with a bunch of people.” Other members of robotics agree with this and add that the competition is always a ton of fun because you get to see your own robot in action but also other schools’ robots. Some of the other members of robotics comment that their favorite part is “hanging out with friends” and Jacob Barstad says “I went to a competition two years ago and it seemed like a lot of fun so uhhh everything.” Robotics is a team that works together to make something that is extraordinary, but they also have a great time in doing so. The theme of the competition this year is “Deep Space” and the task is to “load valuable cargo for transport off the planet.” In other words, to grab the objects in the arena and bring them to a given container while the opposing team does the same. Click here to watch a full explanation on the 2019 FIRST Robotics Competition. The first round of the competition also allows the team to evaluate their robot and make improvements as they see fit. Conor Romans also notes that strategy will be a very important part of having a winning robot. They will evaluate their robot soon, and then find a strategy that works for them from there. So mark it on your calendars, March 6-8 is when the Robotics team will compete their robot at the DECC in Duluth in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Good luck to Robotic in the rest of the building process and good luck in the competition! Click here to read the previous Robotics article. 2/13/2019 0 Comments Snow DaysBy Kenidy Cessna Here’s a commonly asked question: Do we have to make up our snow days?... The answer to that is, maybe. The school board decides at a board meeting when and if we will make up any days we have had delays on or any school days completely canceled. I’m sure you can all recall the week we only had about two days of school because of the frigid cold weather received in late January. Those days missed won't all be made up however, March 1st we will have school to make up just one of the snow days we had.
Most students look forward to delays or cancelled school so they get to sleep in and watch Netflix all day but the school tries to continue on the day as usual, that is of course within reason of all the students’ safety. On those mornings that you receive the news of a delay or cancellation I’m pretty sure you don’t know what work goes into making those decisions, it takes a lot of communication, early mornings, and in some cases driving in those conditions. On a morning where the weather looks a little rough the Superintendent, which in this case is Mr. Prater, he gets up at about 4 a.m. and checks outside and talks with other schools around the area about their weather and if they are cancelling or delaying school. Every year the school puts aside a few snow days but this year they did not, which made it terrible timing for the harsh weather. As you can see there is much work that goes into calling our school cancellations and delays that a lot of students don’t know about. Therefore, some snow days are difficult to confirm. Thank you to all the work that everyone does to keep students safe from the weather! By Kenidy Cessna Last week if you didn't see students from all over the Great River Conference wandering the school halls last Monday then you probably wouldn’t know how big a deal the last speech meet was. Roughly 100 students were in the halls and classroom rehearsing and performing their speeches. The meet was only for Junior High participants but the Senior High season will begin on February 16.
We have two Speech members that make up the JH team, Matthew Masterson and Alyssa Alexander. Both have had a very successful and exciting season, Matt last got perfect scores in the three rounds of his last meet and placed 1st in Extemporaneous Reading against other competitors. Alyssa Alexander has put in a bunch of after school hours and has had numerous practices with Mrs. Hodena and it definitely paid off. She placed 2nd in Informative Speaking. During her hard work she made boards and perfected her performance to help her get the point of her speech across. The last meet was definitely one way to finish their season. However, now that the Junior High season is over the Senior High season is just starting. On February 16 the first day of their season begins. Anyone who is still interested in speech who is in Senior High s more than welcome to join, the doors have not yet closed and they would always like more members to add onto their club! Congratulations to Matt and Alyssa! 2/8/2019 0 Comments It's I Love to Read MonthBy Anderson Prater
The weather has been all but gentle lately, the snowstorms and low temperatures have been a recipe for cabin fever. But don't worry the elementary school has found a perfect remedy, reading. February is I love to read month, and the elementary schools have been reading up a storm. They have packed each week full of fun reading activities to keep boredom at bay. Each Monday in February the students have "read with a buddy day" where they read with a friend. Tuesday is drop everything and read day, at a different time each Tuesday the students stop whatever they are doing and read for fifteen minutes. Tuesday is not only drop everything and read day, but each Tuesday also has a theme. There is a career day where you dress up as the career you would like to have, a blackout day and a "tricky Tuesday" where you bring riddle books or funny books. That may sound like a lot, but that's only Mondays and Tuesdays this month. Each Wednesday is family themed including reading to family, making a bookmark for a family member and writing a card to someone in your family. Each Thursday has a fun thing to bring to school including valentines day, where students are encouraged to bring their favorite poem to share, and on the 28th they are asked to bring their favorite Dr. Seuss book. Finally, Fridays each have fun activities attached to them like campout day where students bring flashlights to read their books in the dark. There is also a Disney Friday where you can dress up as a Disney character and bring your favorite Disney book. There will even be a beach party where students can bring their beach towels and "Read on the beach." For everyone looking to beat the cabin fever this winter, try picking up a book. Maybe read to an elementary schooler near and dear to you, whatever you do this winter happy reading. By Kenidy Cessna Dani Carlier is a junior and a great student and volleyball player. Her family is well known when it comes to hockey, thanks to her job at the Hinckley Pit. While she’s there she takes care of the rink and cleans up the building when it gets messy or when the rink has snow on it. Dani works there in the winter, and it is open for anyone to skate Monday through Friday from 3 to 8 and weekends from 12 to 8. The rink has many different hockey teams that practice there, the majority being younger children in elementary. Dani skates anytime she wants while she works and manages to keep herself busy.
Dani participates in volleyball and is on the varsity team. As well as being a volleyball player he manages the Varsity Boys Basketball. She keeps her grades up and is a great student. Thank you Dani for the work you do! By Abigail Painovich
“The cast and crew did an excellent job,” says the director, Corilla Clark on the result of the annual 5A sub-section One-Act Play Contest last Saturday, January 26th. Early in the morning, the Hinckley Finlayson Drama Club packed up their characters and went to Pine City High School where they would put their countless hours of practice to use. The Murder of Lidice is a short play that was created to commemorate those lives that were lost in the small village of Lidice during World War II. During WWII Reinhard Heydrich, a Nazi Henchman was killed and it was rumored that the citizens of Lidice were hiding the assassin of Heydrich in their village. This sparked to Nazi’s to “set an example” by executing all the men of the village and transporting women and children to concentration camps. The play begins very peacefully and describes the daily happens of Lidice. Then it goes on to add some foreshadowing through the character of Byeta, the daughter, played by Sally Nelson. To which the portrayal of the tragedies begins. All the actors and actresses did a great job with their role, making the audience feel the strong emotions that their characters felt. The students that performed in the play are as follows: Sally Nelson, Luke Chapman, Mark Lucht, Matt Masterson, Sophia Hopkins, Madelyn Dutcher, Elizabeth, Lillian, and Thomas Yoder who, all throughout the play, played the guitar that added a very dramatic element to the play. The One Act Play participants were not done yet, however. On the 26th of January, they all drove to Pince City where they would compete against various schools throughout the 5A sub-section region. They went up against some very difficult schools, two of which were particularly tough: East Central and Mora. After a long day of performing, they would leave the high school being chosen as "alternate" at this year's region 5A sub-section Contest. Ms. Clark comments on this result: “We always hate to go up against East Central because there is only 1 spot to fight for, they seem to always place 1st. There was only a 1 point difference between Mora and us, so it was very close. Most of the cast had never done a One Act before and didn't know how it works, so it was a learning experience for many of them. They did a great job in a very stressful competition. Hopefully, everybody had a great time and are willing to be involved in the One Act next year.” Congratulations to the cast and crew of this year's One Act Play. We all look forward to what next year’s performance will be! |
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