High school bucket list

As the Chanute Blue Comets gear up for what could be their last rivalry game against the Iola Mustangs, the homecoming candidates will be awaiting the crowning of the fall homecoming king and queen.

The nominees are seniors Macy Harsch and Trevor Summers (cross country), Becca Huerter and Quinton Schooley (football), Jessie Pringle and Jarret Borjas (girls golf), Czarina Ramos and Tyler Dillow (girls tennis), Abbi Reasor and De’Vaughn Amann (spirit squad) and Morgan Hudson and Dakota Droegemeier (volleyball).

For many, being picked as the homecoming candidate by their teammates is an honor.

“I feel blessed getting to know these amazing girls on my team for four years and being recognized by them,” Ramos said.

Huerter echoed those sentiments.“It’s a pretty big honor,” Huerter

said. “I’m thankful that the football team nominated me.”

Dillow had a bit of a different take on

being nominated.“It means so much to me because

of who nominated me, my peers, which therefore means girls love me,” Dillow said.

Some were surprised by their homecoming nomination.

Borjas’s reaction was, “Why me?”The candidates have many different

things they are looking forward to during homecoming.

“I’m looking forward to having lots of my friends also being nominees and sharing that experience with them,” Pringle said.

Schooley is looking forward to the game and said he is confi dent the Comets will beat the Mustangs.

Summers and Harsch are looking forward to sharing the experience of being homecoming candidates together.

“Shopping with Macy brightens my day, because she is the sunshine of my life,” Summers said.

Getting ready for homecoming comes in a variety of forms for the candidates. Figuring out what to wear was on the top of the list for many of the nominees.

To get ready, Huerter said she plans to, “jam to some Weezy and break out my stunna’ heels.”

“I’ll be turning my swag on full blast [to get ready],” Harsch said.

While Reasor plans on campaigning to get ready for homecoming, she is adamant about, “staying true to myself and being real with people.”

Though just two of the candidates will be crowned as king and queen, all of the candidates said they would be happy and grateful if they were to win.

“I think it’d feel pretty cool [to win] and a cool experience,” Amann said. “And to know that I’m a role model of sorts and feel like I could live up to those expectations.”

“I haven’t really thought about what I’m most looking forward to, but I’m sure it’ll be a great memory for my senior year no matter the results,” Hudson said.

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“We are what we consistently do. Excellence therefore is not

an act, but a habit.”

-AristotleFootball team faces

rival Iola in homecoming game

Opinion: Are school dances

too sheltered?

Page 3 Page 4 Page 8 Quote me on that...

Courtesy PhotoHomecoming coronation will occur before tonight’s football game against Iola. Members of the fall homecoming court are: Morgan Hudson, Czarina Ramos, Becca Huerter, Macy Harsch, Jessie Pringle, Abbi Reasor, Dakota Droegemeier, Tyler Dillow, Quinton Schooley, Trevor Summers, Jarret Bor-jas and De’Vaughn Amann.

The Comet launches web site

Two changes to the chemical sub-stance abuse policy at Chanute High School have closed some loopholes in the policy according to CHS athletic di-rector Eric Methvin.

The fi rst change to the policy states that a season will be defi ned as a semes-ter, meaning year-round activities will be divided into two seasons.

The second change states students who are disqualifi ed from participation in a season of activity due to violations of the chemical substance abuse policy will be required to participate in the chemical substance (drug testing) screening before starting a new season of activity.

“The drug policy was issued for the protection of students, and these changes make the policy stronger,” Methvin said.

Methvin said the second change fi xes a loophole that previously allowed ath-letes ruled ineligible for the sport they were participating in during one season to participate in the next sport without having to prove that they were clean.

With these changes, if a student par-ticipating in a year-round activity like chess or cheerleading receives two strikes in a single semester the student will be eligible second semester if the student has successfully passed a drug test.

Additionally, an athlete ruled ineli-gible during football season would have to pass a drug test before being cleared play another sport.

Before the changes in the chemical substance abuse policy, a student sus-pended from an activity that spanned more than one semester was deemed in-eligible the remainder of the year.

TORRY BUSBY

SENIOR

Candidates eager for coronation TARA GUINOTTE

JUNIOR

Drug testing policy amended

Homecoming

CHS CHSSpirited Attire

Photos by Torry Busby and Morgan Olson/The Comet

Above: Junior Matthew Hansen and senior Trevor Summers, dressed as a zombie islander, show o� their Hawaiian spirit on Thursday’s Thousand Island-themed day.

Top right: Senior Joe Morris gives new meaning to hand guns during Tuesday’s Ranch-themed day.

Right: There was a “situation” in the commons area on Mon-day’s Italian-themed day as sophomore A.J. LaRocca does his best Pauly D impersonation while junior Eric Meyer shows o� a freshly drawn six pack.

Readers of The Comet can now fi nd the award-winning publication on the internet. Launched on Aug. 25, thecometonline.com is the digital home for the paper.

According to The Comet adviser Dustin Fox, the online version of the paper will include almost all the content of the print version plus additional stories, photos, video and audio.

“I am really excited about it, because it will allow us to get in touch with 21st

century journalism,” Fox said. “We’ll be able to expose the students to so many forms of media, and hopefully they can fi nd something that interests them and provides them with the necessary skills to succeed in the future.”

Senior Morgan Hudson, editor-in-chief of The Comet, said the added visibility the web site brings is one of the most important results of having an online forum to share student work.

“It’s a great step for the journalism program to help promote what we do at The Comet,” Hudson said.

The site was paid for with money from the Career and Technical Education grant.

Though still in its infancy, the site is already proving benefi cial according to Fox.

“The students are excited about it, and we’ve already had several articles written by students who had ideas that wouldn’t fi t into the print version,” Fox said. “The web site is going to give them another medium to share their talents with their peers and the community.”

Currently The Comet staff is still tweaking the web site, learning its ins and outs. The staff hopes the site will be as successful and popular as the print version, allowing for more news to be shared about the happenings at Chanute High School.

MORGAN HUDSON

SENIOR

This year’s spirit week carried a “salad dressing” theme. From Monday’s Italian day (bottom), Tues-day’s Ranch (below) and even Thursday’s Thousand Island (left), Chanute High School students showed their spirit with some en-tertaining attire.

For more on the

homecoming candidates

seePage 2

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USD 413E

S E D

Counting Down

238days until the

last day of school

168days until

spring break

80days until

winter break

49days until

CHS blood drive

25days until

National Honor Society ceremony

14days until

end of fi rst quarter

56 years ago today30 September 1955 :

Actor James Dean was killed when his racing car crashed

the day after he fi nished work on Giant (1955).

This date in historyCometCalender

1October

Varsity volleyball@ home

Varsity tennis@ Indy (SEK)

JV volleyball@Caney

3October

9/JV football@ Iola

Varsity golf@ Garnett

BOE Meeting@ 5:30 p.m.

4October9 volleyball

@ Iola

6October

JV/V volleyball@ Indy

Cross country@ Circle

7OctoberV football

@ Coffeyville

V tennis@ Home (Regionals)

8OctoberV tennis

@ Home (Regionals)

JV/V volleyball@ El Dorado

9 volleyball@ Home

10October

9/JV football@ Home

V golf@ Garnett

(Regionals)

11October9 volleyball

@ Indy

12October

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Trevor Summers

If he won:“I’d feel like a

leprechaun with a big pot of

gold.”

Becca Huerter

“If I won I’d feel like Charlie

Sheen. ”

Quinton Schooley

Campaign Slogan:

Big Q and Becky Lou.

Macy Harsch

“I’d feel like a happy unicorn in Narnia if I

won.”

De’Vaughn Amman

“Vote for De’Vaughn. I’m

what makes Chuck Norris afraid of the

dark.”

Abbi Reasor

“Vote for Abbi! I look good, don’t I? Just kidding...”

Tyler Dillow

If he won:“Ecstatic...I

would be full of swagger.”

Morgan Hudson

“My campaign slogan mainly

revolves around organs and

randomness.”

Dakota Droegemeier

To get ready: “I’m doing my

makeup and medi-tating every night.”

Czarina Ramos

If she won she would feel:

“Grateful. I’m not the most popular or the prettiest by any means so it’d be

unexpected.”

Jarret Borjas

What it means to be nominated:

“It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy in-

side.”

Jessie Pringle

If she won:“It’d be sick,

man.”

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Dreams are a person’s goals and aspirations of any kind.

We all have a dream that we will always have with us. That dream may change a few times throughout life, but it will always sit on your conscience.

Anything can be a dream. Whether traveling the world, fulfi lling a career aspiration, becoming a professional at a sport, or famous on the big screen is your dream; anything is possible.

Thinking one of your dreams will never happen will most likely result in it not happening. Your dreams are yours alone. Who cares if someone slashes at your dreams, maybe they are just haters hating on anyone wanting to get somewhere in life.

To be honest, I think it would be pretty awesome if I made it on the Ladies Professional Golf Association.

Even having the possibility of golfi ng in college, for a Division I university, would be an extra sprinkle of awesome.

Making it to the big leagues

will be tremendously hard, but the journey would be worth it, because it is what I love to do.

Challenge makes life exciting; why live in bland land when you could be off doing whatever you enjoyed? Dreams do not have an expiration date.

There are so many opportunities waiting to reach out to you. We may only be in high school, but it is the time to start thinking about what you want for yourself.

Getting there you may stumble, but I imagine it will be an exciting lifestyle if you do what you love.

Everyone has the ability to become great; this varies if they

intend to use their brains. We have so many

opportunities to do great things with our lives today. There are tons of trade schools, community colleges, and top of the line universities. Going into a United States service of some sort is also a possibility.

Dreams can become reality. Being successful is not necessarily becoming a multi-millionaire. Being a hero to someone or looked up to can really make a person smile.

Be the you whom you truly are, and you won’t regret a single dream you contain.

It takes lots of patience and determination to make dreams real.

In the end, you won’t be displeased with yourself if you try them out. If you are displeased, then you can at least say you went after it and tried.

Live your dreams and you shall prosper. You determine your future. Julius Caesar said it well to when he said, “I came, I saw, I conquered.”

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We at The Comet believe that new USD 413 Superintendent Dr. James Hardy’s habit of visiting the hallways of Chanute High School almost daily is a refreshing change.

In the past, students have not had the opportunity to meet such an important fi gure by just stepping out into the halls.

Students seeing Dr. Hardy in the halls has been benefi cial in creating a bond and developing a strong relationship between Dr. Hardy and the CHS student body. We believe that Hardy’s presence has given students reason to feel important.

Seeing Dr. Hardy in the halls makes us believe that he cares about us and has a better understanding of us due to the knowledge he obtains from seeing and talking with students while experiencing a little slice of the everyday life of a Chanute High School student.

We understand the sacrifi ces Dr. Hardy has to make to be at CHS so often, and we would like to commend him for taking the time for these visits.

This may seem like a small gesture to an outsider, but the positive effects are invaluable. We appreciate Dr. Hardy’s kindness and concern, and we hope his hallway visits continue to be a regular part of his daily routine.

We also encourage members of the student body to not be afraid to introduce yourself and thank Dr. Hardy for being in our school the next time you see him in the halls. We promise he won’t bite; after all, you already know he cares.

Opinion

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2011-2012 StaffEditor-in-Chief......................................Morgan HudsonManaging Editor........................................Tara GuinotteNews Editor..............................................Torry BusbyOpinion Editor.......................................Danae Decker Sports Editor.............................................Payton Tallent Entertainment Editors....................Sydney KochenderferStudent Life Editor...............................Madison WendtFeature Editor..........................................Rachel TuckerAdvertising Manager.........................Reagan McDonaldPhotography Editor.................Taylor Catterson-WilliamsGraphics Editor.......................................Morgan OlsonOnline Editor................................................Welson LauDistribution...........................................Chandler BooneAdvertising Staff........Chandler Boone, Meg Lieffring, Danielle RubowReporters/Photographers........Regan Aylward, Katy Bat-ten, Audrey Bolt, Bridget Brazil, Lamisa Chowdhury, Ashlyn Cole, Seb Fairchild, Raven Farr, Tara Haight, Becca Heuter, Emily Lair, Katie Lair, Jack Martin, Katie Martin, Megan Reeves, Amy Roecker, Forest TurnerAdviser...........................................................Dustin Fox

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The Comet will not be subject to prior re-straints or censorship by school offi cials, un-less material is considered obscene, libelous, or disruptive as previously defi ned. Commercial advertising will be printed, but items and/or ser-vices that are illegal because of age restrictions, etc., will not be advertised. The Comet is a public forum. Since school publications are designed as instructional instruments for students and as a vehicle for student opinion and discussion, the opinions, issues, or articles published shall not be construed as those representing the publica-tion adviser, school administration, or the Board of Education. The contents of The Comet are the responsibility of the student staff.

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pinionFriday, September 30, 2010

Hearty support for Hardy’s hallway visits

CHANDLER BOONE

SENIOR

For the editorial board

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Commentary

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Do you think school dances are too restrictive?

Comet Commentary

Dreams have no expiration date

Are s

choo

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nces

too

rest

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Con

: Dan

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fun

desp

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stric

tions

Kevin MurphySenior

“Yes, because we’re in high school. We want to have fun, and we need

new music.”

Matthew HansenJunior

“Yes, they are very restrictive... The regulations on music are

not okay; playing censored mu-sic is disrespectful to the art of dancing. The music should be

in it’s truest form — unedited.”

Mrs. FrederickTeacher

“No, because I have chaperoned them every year, and there needs to be restrictions because if not it would be too

disturbing.”

Rose NagengastJunior

“Yes, the administration should trust their students

more.”

Tania AnayaSenior

“No, we’re good. I have fun at dances.”

William HarperJunior

“No, but a lot of people complain about them.”

MORGAN OLSON/SENIOR

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With the regular season in the book, the Chanute Blue Comets are making fi nal preparations for the SEK league meet and regionals.

The young squad has exceeded expectations this year.

“I am very pleased with the team’s overall performance, both varsity and junior varsity,” head coach Mike De LaTorre said. “More important though, Coach (Max) Ruark and I are very pleased with the improvements each player has gained throughout the season, especially our freshmen.”

The Blue Comets wrapped up their regular season Tuesday in

Coffeyville. They are scheduled to play in the SEK meet tomorrow in Independence.

In preparation for the SEK meet, De LaTorre said his team is, “focusing more on drills instead of playing matches, in particular footwork and hitting drills.”

Senior Czarina Ramos will be playing No. 1 singles at the SEK meet for the Blue Comets. She will be going into the meet with a 16-7 record.

Junior Breianna Brooks will take the spot of No. 2 singles at the SEK meet. Brooks fi nished off the regular season with a 10-13 record.

Holding down the spot for No. 1 doubles with be junior Madison Wendt and sophomore Alexis Thuston. They fi nished

the regular season with a record of 13-6.

At No. 2 doubles sophomores Haley Akridge and Beth Ungles take a 15-12 record into the SEK meet.

Regardless of the team’s performance at the SEK meet, De Latorre said he was pleased with the team’s performance this year.

“This has been a great year for us. It was great to win our two home varsity meets this year,” he said.

The Comets will be hosting a Class 4A regional meet October 7 and 8.

“We’re hoping we have a lot of support from our students and people from the community,” De Latorre said

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COMMENTARY BY

SEBASTIAN FAIRCHILD

JUNIOR

DON’T SWEAT

MY SWAG Final Ride

Comets, Mustangs meet for last time as SEK foes

Football

Regan Aylward/ The CometSenior Sam Son, shown during the Blue Comets 51-27 win against the McDonald County Mustangs in week one, and his Blue Comet teammates hope to garner their second victory against a Mustang team this season as they face the Iola Mustangs tonight at 7. The match up will be the � nal game between the two teams as league foes as Iola is moving to the Pioneer League after this season.

Coming off of a 32-28 loss to the Pittsburg Purple Dragons, the Blue Comets are looking to get back on the winning track in tonight’s homecoming game against the Iola Mustangs tonight at 7.

The Blue Comets (3-1) have won 23 of their last 25 games against the Mustangs (0-4), including 22 in a row.

Even though the long-standing rivalry between Iola and Chanute brings high pressure and expectations for both coaches and players alike, some players aren’t afraid of the standards they have

to uphold. “The ability and hard

work of my teammates makes me confi dent against any team we play,” junior center Jack Martin said.

While Iola and Chanute have been rivals for many years and have played one another every year since 1927, tonight’s game may be the last in awhile. Iola is leaving the SEK after this season and moving to the Pioneer League.

“We want to make sure they’re glad they’re moving leagues because they can’t compete with good teams,” junior quarterback Brock Gilmore said.

Against Pittsburg, the Blue Comets struggled to contain the Purple Dragons’

running game and turned the ball over three times.

Blue Comets head coach Don Simmons said his team is eager to play the Mustangs and get back on the winning track.

“In all of the seven years I have been here, the average score against Iola has been 44-9, obviously been in our favor, and hopefully that we can continue that,” Simmons said.

Simmons noted that with work on defensive assignments, being more consistent on offense and not turning the ball over the Blue Comets can continue to have a successful season.

Girls Tennis

KATIE MARTIN

SOPHOMORE

Young team optimistic about league chances

AMY ROECKER

JUNIOR

Torry Busby/ The CometSenior Czarina Ramos returns a forehand during No. 1 singles action at the Chanute Invitational earlier this season. Ramos and her Blue Comet teammates are set to compete in the SEK league meet tomorrow in Independence.

25 YEARS OF DOMINANCE

CHANUTE/IOLA RIVALRY RESULTS

Conference realignment has not been limited to major college athletics.

While news of teams leaving the Big 12 and Big East have dominated national sports headlines, the SEK has suffered a pair of departures of its own.

Well, maybe “suffered” isn’t the right word.

Iola and Columbus have both decided to make an exit from the SEK — Iola to the Pioneer League and Columbus to the CNC.

On the whole, this isn’t terrible news for the SEK or Chanute High School.

While Iola has managed to fi eld competitive teams in baseball, cross-country, and track almost every year and has had a recent run or success in girls basketball, the Mustangs have been among the league’s bottom feeders in most other sports, fi nishing on the bottom half of the league polls in basketball and football in recent years.

The same can be said for Columbus. The Titans have excelled in wrestling, but have experienced spotty success off the mats throughout the years in other sports.

It may sound mean, but the SEK is not losing anything beyond tradition with the departures of Iola and Columbus.

Losing two of the smallest schools in the SEK could actually leave the league stronger.

With these traditionally weak schools leaving, this just leaves the league with tougher competition on average and less lopsided games. This makes the sports seasons potentially more exciting.

Chanute will see benefi ts from this league realignment.

Remember those long dreadful “Columbus bus rides”? Well we don’t need to worry about those anymore.

The potential to pick up games against better competition now exists as well.

I say farewell to Iola and Columbus. I wish them the best of luck as bigger dogs in smaller conferences.

I hope they don’t feel bad about their departure; the SEK will be just fi ne without them.

Losses of Columbus, Iola equal addition by subtraction

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Junior Brock Gilmore and the Blue Comets go for their 23rd straight win against the Iola Mustangs in tonight’s homecoming matchup.

Junior Breianna Brooks is set to compete at No. 2 singles for the Blue Comets at the SEK League Meet tomorrow.

PHOTO BY TORRY BUSBY

PHOTO BY TARA GUINOTTE

CHANUTEVS.

IOLA

THE BLUE COMETS AND MUSTANGS HAVE MET EVERY YEAR SINCE 1927. IN THAT TIME THE BLUE COMETS HAVE THE UPPER HAND, ESPECIALLY IN THE PAST QUARTER CENTURY, WHERE THEY LEAD THE SERIES 23-2.

YEAR/WINNER/SCORE

2010 - CHANUTE 62-62009 - CHANUTE 34-132008 - CHANUTE 37-02007 - CHANUTE 39-142006 - CHANUTE 35-152005 - CHANUTE 54-72004 - CHANUTE 54-72003 - CHANUTE 35-02002 - CHANUTE 26-18

YEAR/WINNER/SCORE

2001 - CHANUTE 21-202000 - CHANUTE 41-261999 - CHANUTE 56-151998 - CHANUTE 32-01997 - CHANUTE 28-01996 - CHANUTE 28-151995 - CHANUTE 21-141994 - CHANUTE 55-131993 - CHANUTE 3-21992 - CHANUTE 20-131991 - CHANUTE 16-81990 - CHANUTE 38-01989 - CHANUTE 24-01988 - IOLA 21-01987 - CHANUTE 26-01986 - IOLA 7-0

Coming off a fi rst-place fi nish in the Erie Invitational two weeks ago , the Blue Comets are eager to play for another tournament title at home tomorrow in the Chanute Invitational.

Despite a solid fi eld of teams, with a record of 17-1, the Comets expect nothing less than the tournament title.

“My expectations are to win it, no matter what other teams show up,” head coach Gail Petersen said.

The tournament will include seven other teams: Coffeyville, Erie, Jayhawk Linn, Labette County, Parsons, St. Paul and Topeka-Highland Park. Chanute will open the tournament at 9 a.m.

The Comets opened the season with 15 straight wins before falling to Paola in three tight games, but bounced back with a victory over league rival Pittsburg, leaving them at 17-1 heading into tomorrow’s tournament.

“The season is going good so

far. Some games were close that shouldn’t have been, and we lost one we probably shouldn’t have lost. We need to learn to not play down to our opponent’s level,” Petersen said.

The Comets are among the favorites to take home the title.

With the direction the season is heading, the ceiling for the

Comets is high and their goals are higher.

“Right now we are focused on winning the league title. Then we will shift our focus to winning sub-state, getting into the state tournament and competing hard,” senior outside hitter Morgan Hudson said.

Off to a running start both literally and fi guratively this season, impressive showings by both the boys and girls cross country teams have left expectations high as the SEK meet and regionals near.

The boys have fi nished fi rst among 4A schools in four our their fi ve meets this year; their only non-fi rst place coming at the Kansas University hosted Rim Rock Invitational in which more than 30 teams competed in their blue division.

Returning four varsity runners from 2010, the Blue Comets are led by senior Trevor Summers.

Summers has fi nished in top four in four of the fi ve races so far, including a second and two thirds.

Also faring well for the Blue Comets this year have been juniors Conner Lair and Eric Meyer.

Battling injuries, the varsity girls have also done well this year including two fi rsts and two seconds.

With seniors Macy Harsch and Morgan Olson nursing injuries, freshman Madison Dispensa has stood out for the Blue Comets.

She fi rst overall her fi rst meet of her high school career

in Garnett, and she followed that up with another fi rst-place fi nish in Paola and a second-place fi nish in Parsons.

Sophomore Jocelyn McMillen-Hale, who won the SEK title last year, has come on strong of late as well, placing fourth in Parsons.

The cross country team was in action yesterday at Pittsburg. Results were not available at press time.

Next up for the Blue Comets is the Circle Invitational in Towanda on Oct. 6.

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Volleyball sets sight on Chanute InviteVolleyball

Katy Batten/The CometJunior Mallory Flowers pounds down a hard hit at the net against the Fredonia Yellow Jackets on Sept. 13. Flowers and the Blue Comets are 17-1 on the season. They will go for their second tournament championship of the season tomorrow at the Chanute Invitational. Also competing in the tournament are Co� eyville, Erie, Jayhawk Linn, Labette County, Parsons, St. Paul and Topeka-Highland Park.

Jack Martin/ The CometSenior Colton Fiene makes his way up a hill at the Paola Invitational on Sept. 3. Fiene and the Blue Comets ran at Pittsburg yesterday. Results were not available at press time. The team runs in Towanda next Thursday.

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JUNIOR

Girls Golf

PAYTON TALLENTSOPHOMORE

Chipping away: Golfers improving as regionals loom

JACK MARTIN

JUNIOR

ATHLETE

SPOTLIGHT

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What are your goals for this season?

“Beat Iola. Although it’s impossible because they are the best in the SEK.”

Who is your least favorite team to compete against in the SEK and why?

“Iola, because they are really good and have unbelievable talent.”

What’s your most embarrassing moment in sports?

“When Iola beat us. Oh wait.... that never happened.”

What is your best memory from High School sports?

“Every game or bus ride usually makes a memory so there’s too many to just say one. My teammates and I have always had fun, especially this year.

What team are you most excited to compete against?

“I’m most excited to compete against Pittsburg. Them, Labette and Fort Scott are the biggest rivals due to past experience. However, it will most likely be Pittsburg and us battling for league title.”

What is your most embarrassing sports memory throughout high school?

“I do embarrassing things every day and think nothing of it so I don’t know. Probably sophomore year during my fi rst varsity game. The ball went off my hand after a block and landed on my head. We still got the point though.”

Cross Country

Torry Busby/ The CometSophomore Nikki Clark chips onto the green on the sixth hole during the Chanute Invitational golf tournament at Quarry Stone on Sept. 12.

Racing down the home stretch

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Morgan Olson/The CometSenior Morgan Hudson chases after a ball at the Erie Invita-tional tournament on Sept. 17. The Blue Comets left with an undefeated record and the tournament title. The Comets go for their second tournament title of the season tomorrow in the Chanute Invitational beginning at 9 a.m.

Senior Je� erson Holmes has helped the Blue Comets to solid season thus far. Holmes and the Comets run at the Circle Invitational in Towanda next Thursday.

Junior Brenna Olson and the Blue Comets take a 17-1 record into the Chanute Invitational tomorrow.

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Junior Danae Decker has led the way for the Blue Comets this year. Decker and the Blue Comets are hoping to make a third-straight trip to state.

PHOTO BY JACK MARTIN PHOTO BY TORRY BUSBYPHOTO BY KATIE LAIR

With the regular season at an end, the Blue Comets girls’ golf team had shifter their focus to regionals.

The team has put in many hours, improved over the season and are hoping for a third-straight trip to state.

“We are still continuing to improve. The last thing to worry about are the negative things,” says head coach, Bill Woodard.

Leading the team to their success is junior Danae Decker. Decker has placed fi rst at two out of four meets.

Decker’s success has left her hoping to medal in the state tournament.

“Hopefully I place at regionals then place in the top twenty at state, that will guarantee me a medal,” she said.

Decker isn’t the only Blue Comet playing well though.

The team has placed in the top 10 every meet with the help of senior Jessie Pringle, junior Jordan Hartman and sophomore Nikki Clark.

Regionals will be held on Oct. 10 in Garnett.

The Blue Comets played yesterday at Columbus but results were not available at press time.

GOOD LUCK BLUE COMETS!“I can do all things through Christ

who strengthens me.”

- Philippians 4:13

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Jack Martin/ The CometFreshman Madison Dispen-sa has led the way for the girls cross country team.

As a journalist, it is my duty to report the cold facts. So as painful as it may be to refrain from embellishing and glossing over to preserve my dignity, I must approach this report honestly and professionally. Let it be known that I, Kansas Rose, have fi nally been conquered by a challenge I could not handle. Here’s what happened.

There is one characteristic that absolutely defi nes me: my attitude. No matter what, I tend to see things from a one-sided point of view — the positive side, that is.

In fact, despite increased efforts by certain concerned peers, I am still not inclined to see the negative side of looking at things positively.

Having long been challenged by the aforementioned peers to “wipe that stupid grin off your face,” I decided to do just that. Monday, September 12, I determined to go an entire day without smiling.

Things were off to a rough

start. It wasn’t until I was halfway to the school that I realized the shirt I had chosen to wear featured a large, beaming smiley Elmo face. How ironic.

I walked into school with an expressionless face, made it through the commons area successfully, felt rather proud of myself, and then BAM!

“Good morning, Miss Madison Wendt!”

“ W e l l , g’morning, Callie!” (You can only imagine my megawatt grin and extra sugary sweet voice here).

Immediately I scowled, mentally kicking myself. Won’t happen again, I thought. Famine and death and pestilence. Think sad thoughts. Famine and death and—“Morning, Madison.”

“Oh hi, Rachel!” (Smile, chipper tone, fail).

I wish I could report that I got my act together the rest of the

day, but I cannot. It just felt wrong when I didn’t return a person’s smile in the hallways; I would

never want to hurt anyone’s feelings.

Also, I never realized that my mug’s default

expression is a mild smile—s o m e h o w

my mouth naturally turns up at the edges, even when at rest.

My various attempts to add more variety in my facial

expressions had mixed results.

For example, one attempt was

met with a leer and a wink from an unknown male I saw

after school; apparently the look I thought said “aloofl y indifferent” can also be interpreted as, “Heyyyy, sweet

thing.” Maybe I

shouldn’t have c o o l l y r a i s e d

m y eyebrow?

I did, however, manage a maximum of 30 minute increments at a time, a personal record.

And one small victory occurred when an individual who generally complains about my overwhelming optimism asked me why I had that, “sad puppy dog look on my face.” It just wasn’t right, he said.

It was strange how the whole thing affected my mood. The longer I went without smiling and focused on the negative, the sadder I felt.

I was a different person without a smile. Instead of

seeing one smile roll like a wave across an entire hallway, I was accomplishing nothing, unable to spread a little joy to the people I passed by.

So to the unnamed individuals who always bet that I lack the skill to last a day without smiling, I must confess that you were absolutely right. I cannot.

But I don’t feel like any less of a person because of that. As I discovered, a world without happy faces is very dim and dark indeed, and I plan to continue to spread the light of a smile every chance I get.

Not all athletes at Chanute High School suit up in the Blue Comet blue and gold. Some, like sophomore Tori Greer, are active in sports not offered at CHS.

While her classmates are busy with volleyball and basketball practices this year, Greer will participate in gymnastics as a member of Flips T&T.

“It’s a fun sport, and I absolutely love it,” Greer said of gymnastics.

Living in a small town presents a challenge to an aspiring gymnast. So much emphasis is placed upon co-curricular activities within the school that gymnastics goes unnoticed and

unappreciated. Since not many people

participate in small town gymnastics, competitions require travel, and rigorous preparation is necessary before facing opponents from larger cities.

Practicing four to six days per week, Greer dedicates a great deal of time to the sport.

Despite the hours and hours of work it takes to perfect her

routines, Greer would not have it any other way.

“It’s a daring sport and can be very dangerous if you don’t train correctly,” Greer said. “But it’s a very fun sport.”

Greer said it takes a bit of a daredevil to excel at gymnastics.

“Because it is daring you can’t be scared to throw new tricks and try and become better,” she said.

As for inspiration, Greer does

not have to look far.“Casey Finley [is my

inspiration], because he is from small-town Chanute, and he won worlds,” Greer said of the 2001 CHS graduate’s world championship in tumbling in 2000. “If he can do that then I want to try.”

Beyond dreams of a world championship, Greer’s other goal is to continue gymnastics in college.

“I want to go to a college that I can get a scholarship to, but not many colleges have teams,” Greer said.

For now Greer is focusing on working hard having a lot of fun while pursuing her passion – even if her fellow classmates won’t be around to cheer her on.

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Students

BRIDGET BRAZIL

SENIOR

Senior Bridget Brazil is this issue’s Star Student.

Brazil, the daughter of Tim and Wendy Brazil, has a 4.0 GPA.

As member of the cheerleading squad, she enjoys spending her time cheering on the Comets and dancing.

In addition to cheerleading, Brazil takes part in Stugo, KFEA and History Club.

Brazil says she hopes she’s fun to be around, and she’s dedicated to the things she likes.

Brazil has yet to pick a college, but she plans on attending a college on the East Coast.

MADISON WENDT

JUNIOR

UP CLOSE

BY RAVEN FARR

JUNIOR

FEATURING: FRESHMAN

DALTON VARGO

Turn that smile upside down? Frowning much harder than it looks

CLUB NEWS

FCAStudents will meet on the

football fi eld at 7 p.m. on Oct. 12 for Fields of Faith, a celebration of Christianity in action.

FCA will also adopt a needy family for Thanks-giving and Christmas.

FBLAFBLA is selling Blue

Comet apparel at every home football game.

FCCLAThe fi rst meeting was

September 14 during Comet Time. Members participated in a tailgate on September 15 and scavenger hunt on Sept. 21. Another tailgate is scheduled for tonight’s game.

Fall Leadership Confer-ence will be held Oct.15 in Neodesha. Cost is $5 due today. Freshman represen-tative applications are due Oct. 26.

FLCFLC had their fi rst

meeting Tuesday, Sept. 13. They nominated offi cers and will be electing soon. Also, dues need to be paid as soon as possible.

KFEAKFEA membership is

still open, but dues need to be paid as soon as possible.

Candy bar sales will continue through October. Next fundraiser is the var-sity football snack bar on October 21.

The next meeting will be Wednesday, Oct. 5, during Comet Time.

NHSThere was a meeting

during the week of Septem-ber 12th. NHS is starting up electronic recycling within the school. Electronic recy-cling includes recycling any types of electronics (broken or in perfect condition) and ink cartridges.

Electronic recycling benefi ts the environment because discarded electron-ics and ink cartridges do not decompose when taken to landfi lls. Make a difference and support electronic recy-cling today!

TSA

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Taylor Catterson/The CometSophomore Tori Greer

soars through the air during gymnastics practice for her team, Flips T&T.

Greer, who ran cross country, played basketball and ran track as a freshman, has fallen in love with the new sport — which does not involve a Blue Comet uniform.

“It’s a fun sport, and I absolutely love it,” Greer said.

Flipping out: Sophomore discovers love of tumbling

”“ It’s a daring sport and can be very

dangerous if you don’t train cor-rectly.

- Tori Greer, sophomore

TAYLOR CATTERSON

SOPHOMORE

In each issue of The Comet this space will be devoted to introducing our readers to a student at Chanute High School. This issue features freshman Dalton Vargo.

Q: If you could have any pet, what would it be?A: “A monkey to replace my brother.”

Q: What’s the most played song on your iPod?A: “‘Numb’ by Linkin Park.”

Q: In your opinion what is the best day of the year?A: “Halloween because I get to scare little kids.”

Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be?A: “A spy, because I could change my name to Sam Fisher.”

Q: If you could stay one age forever what would it be?A: “Sixteen, so I could drive as long as I wanted to.”

Q: Free hugs: good or bad idea?A: “Only if it was a hot chick.”

STUGORegional Conference

was held in Independence on September 22.

Spirit Week was this week, with the following days: Monday- ItalianTuesday- Ranch Wednesday- CaesarThursday- Thousand IslandFriday- Bleu Cheese

StuGo also held a coin drive to nominate a staff homecoming king and queen. The candidates with the most money in their jars will be elected. Proceeds benefi t the local food pan-try.

The homecoming dance will be in the commons area tonight after the football game until midnight. Cost is $3.

This year’s TSA presi-dent is junior Dalton No-akes and vice-president is Brandon Gilbert.

TSA will be hosting a fi lm festival as well as mak-ing hats for the Friday door greeters as community ser-vice.

To raise money for the State Conference in April, TSA will be putting on an-other pie-in-the-face con-test. This year’s contenders are P.E. teacher Andy Al-bright and counselor Jason Feeback.

TAYLOR MCMILLAN

SENIOR

Taylor McMillan, son of Kelli and Dennis McMillan, has a 3.93 GPA.

McMillan takes part in a number of clubs and activities including debate, forensics, FLC, Scholars Bowl, Jr. Lions, Green Team and LifeSmarts.

In his free time McMillan enjoys playing guitar, watching movies, reading and volunteering for the Faith House.

McMillan describes himself as brainy, shy and a little bit of a hipster.

He likes chick fl icks like “Sex and the City” and “Time-Travelers Wife.”

McMillan’s plan for the future is attending M.I.T. as a physics undergraduate and earn a Theoretical Physics degree.

Awkward situations are bound to happen at one point or another, but why purposely set people up for one?

Like auditorium and theater seats, for example, have to be one of the most awkward things ever.

Who’s armrest is it? Mine? Yours? Both? How are you supposed to share an armrest? What if the person next to you has scabies?!

Another thing that’s annoying and disappointing …celebrities developing wrinkles. (cough) Hugh Grant and Mathew McConaughey.

Noodling. We want to go. Period. End of story. Like who doesn’t want to catch a fi sh with their bare hands?! (That’s total sarcasm if you didn’t pick up on it).

Japanese steak houses are delicious. Not going to lie. Ya know, where they cook the

food right smack dab in front of your face.

BUT, what’s not delicious is when there’s a hot guy at your table. This is just a recipe for disaster. Because when the cook is throwing food at you, fresh off the grill, shrimp and balls of rice that you’re supposed to catch in your mouth… it tends to get a little saucy. (No pun intended).

Not to mention they just lit the grill on fi re and your eyebrows about fell off.

Circle High School… it’s for real. And what’s their mascot? Square?!

So this morning, we were going to class and what do we see? A giant fl ock of birds that was covering the ENTIRE yard in front of the library.

We could honestly say we felt like we were in the old Alfred Hitchcock movie ‘The Birds’. There were around 1.2 million. No, not really. But we did think they were going to attack us.

“I’m Tara Guinotte, and how DARE you make a MISTAKE in MY presence!!!!” (In manly voice). – Sydney Kochenderfer

Boosh (n): The sound Sydney and Rachel make to imitate someone falling down.

Aimlessly- a word that is apparently too big for Rachel’s friends’ vocabulary.

Everyone has heard the expression “Back in my day…” from an elderly person at some point. It’s generally followed by a list of reasons why their generation was better than ours.

Their reasoning is better upbringing, work ethic and pride in accomplishment. Why don’t people say, “Back in my day, video games were better?”

Throughout the year I will be reviewing classic video games. There are fi ve categories: appearance, gameplay, relevance, story, and music. These will be ranked on a scale of one to ten.

This issue’s game is Super Mario World.

Appearance — 8 The appearance of Super

Mario World (SMW) is what you would expect out of a Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game.

It is very simple but at the same time crisp and clean. I really like the color scheme of the game.

Gameplay — 10The gameplay of SMW is

amazing. It introduced things that revolutionized the Mario franchise.

Yoshi made his debut; the cape replaced the raccoon suit. The game has a fun and engaging multiplayer.

The game also features many secrets which make it a fun and

engaging game no matter how many times you have played it.

Revelance — 10This game until recently was

Nintendo’s highest selling game of all time. Add that with the introduction of Yoshi and you have maybe the most important Mario game of all time.

Storyline — 7The major weak point to this

game is its story. The story is pretty bland and

unoriginal. Princess Peach has again been kidnapped by the evil Bowser.

Mario must then make his way through worlds and castles to rescue her. This really hurts the value of the game for those gamers who enjoy a story as much as good gameplay.

Music — 10The music of SMW is iconic,

maybe the only thing more recognizable around the world than the Yankees’ logo.

The music like many other elements in Super Mario World is amazingly simple yet brilliant.

Overall — 9.7Maybe I was a little biased

towards this game. I remember my dad and me waking up and sitting down and playing this game.

This is without a doubt my favorite game of all time. So it is really hard to put a numerical value on the game.

As my good friend Jefferson will no doubt tell you, this game actually mathematically receives a nine.

But how do you say that Super Mario World is only worth a nine? The sentimental value warrants a .7 bump; after all, it is the greatest game ever.

Jake JohnsonJunior

Topher GraceActor

Look-alikes

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mals• If you water her

she won’t grow• Long locks

So Random

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Joe MorrisSenior

“Swamp People, I have potential as a gator

wrangler.”

If you were stuck in a TV show what show would you want to be stuck in?

Retro Review: Super Mario World

By: Meg Lieffi ring/Junior

It’s junior Mallory Flowers!

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Comet’s Facebook page.

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The Earth is not a sphere. Just thought you all should know that, since our science teachers don’t tell us this stuff!

Forest Turner danced at the Mexi-can Fiesta and I didn’t. Jealous.

Video Game Review

Cat and Noodle by Morgan Olson/Senior

Creative CometsWhat’s your favorite thing about your work?“I like the fact that I used shells, and it somehow turned into a living thing.”

What was your inspiration?“Mr. (Rick) Bushnell gave me the project, and I just happened to think about Sci-Fi and scary stuff.”

How long did it take?“Around two weeks.”

If you could change anything, would you?“I would probably do it in pastel instead of pencil.”

J KS

“CREATURE FEATURE”

Courtney BecherSenior

“Scooby Doo, because it used to be my favorite show

and I would love to solve mysteries and such.”

Humor

Awkward Babbles

RACHEL TUCKER AND

SYDNEY KOCHENDERFER

JUNIORS

FOREST TURNER

SENIOR

Super Mario World

Released: 1990

Platform: Super Nintendo9.7 out of 10

• Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.

• Surgeons perform better during operations if listen-ing to music.

• There are 45 miles of nerves in the human body.

• You lose enough dead skin cells in your lifetime to � ll eight � ve pound � our bags.

“Well, that’s why Al Gore invented the Internet!” - Mr. Bruner

Mr. Fox calls the shots... in tennis meets.

I’m Asian and a woman. It’s a double whammy driving fail.

College is for fools, stay in high school.

If you say “gullible” slowly, it sounds like “oranges”.

How do you know it wasn’t a scab?

Two things I hate: Capitalism and John Mayer.

One time I saw Fox on a daaaaaaate.

If a #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

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