Volume 4, Issue 7IN THIS ISSUE:Petitioners protest new gym p. 2

Activities update p. 3

FFA holds annual banquet p. 4

Elementary menus p. 5

Drug tests set for 2008-09 p. 7

Hollis makes it to state p. 8

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7th grade basketball Coaches Fred Lucas and Adam Martin wish to extend their thanks to everyone who attended the junior high girls’ Lincoln Trail Conference tournament held at United Junior High School. United’s seventh grade girls finished second in the tourney and played the championship game before a full house. “It was great to play before a packed gym and your support is greatly appreciated,” said Lucas.

Prom update United’s prom will be held on May 10 at the Lake Storey Pavilion in Galesburg. Festivities will begin at 5:00 with pictures at the high school and coronation at 5:30 in the high school gym, with United and Yorkwood’s last year’s king and queen crowning the 2008-2009 royalty. The meal and dance will commence at 7:00, lasting until 11:00. The dinner will be catered by Monmouth College. The theme is “Forever for Tonight” having a city back-round and decorations. The song of the evening will be “Truly, Madly, Deeply” by Savage Garden. The colors will be gold, purple, and black. Adviser Jane Nelson says, “We have about three-fourths of the decorations in and are still waiting for more to arrive soon.” The prom committee, consisting of 25 junior girls, has set the price as $10 for UHS seniors and $18 for juniors and dates from other schools. The after prom party is set to take place at the Monmouth YMCA. The Concerned Citizens group recently conducted a pair of fundraisers for the post-prom party. Their Trivia Night on March 8 raised $1000, while concessions from the annual Alumni Basketball Tournament on March 22 raised another $200 to help defray the costs of the post-prom party at the Galesburg Y.

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By Nikki Hennenfent United High School is looking greener thanks to an ambitious freshman. Charlie Vestal has been collect-ing recyclables in United class-rooms since November 2007. Before Warren consolidated with Alexis, Mr. John Reynolds was in charge of the recycling program. After Reynolds retired in 2004, the program lapsed. Miss Shirley Harris, science teacher now located at the west campus, and her class of junior high students took over after after the 2004 consolidation. When the annexation of York-wood was finalized, Harris was moved to the junior high school, and the high school was left with no one in charge of the program. Vestal went to Mrs. Margo Olsen, secretary for the athletic director, and Mr. Joel Zink, busi-ness teacher and co-op director, to get things started. With permission from United principal Mrs. Amy Schmitz, Vestal created an organized recy-cling program.

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By Stasha Giese As the school year comes to an end, United’s band and choir members have become more involved in activities. On Saturday, March 1, band and choir students participated in the annual solo and ensemble contests, held at Moline High School. The following all came home with first place ratings: Bre Christian, C.J. Ravel, Julie Gunt-er, Katie Hook, Daniel Kenney, Charles Vestal, Megan Hardesty, Stasha Giese, Melissa McDon-ald, Jenny Youngquist, Jenny Magee, and Kelsey Newell. On Monday, March 3, 15 talented United band members attended LTC honor band at Au-

“We’ve wasted a lot of papers, cans, and bottles, so I created United for a Greener Tomorrow.” Illinois Governor, Rod Blago-jevich, and Ilinois Environmental Protection Agency Director, Douglas Scott have created a program that recognizes the outstanding and innovative ef-forts of youth in Illinois who are working on environmental and conversational projects called the Governor’s Green Youth Award. Eligibility includes participat-

ing in at least one of the four cat-egories of conservation: Waste Reduction, Reducing Water Pol-lution, Restoration or Preserva-tion, and Energy Efficiency. Projects were due by March 17, 2008. Vestal, with the help of Mrs.Olsen, has entered in Waste Reduction with a smaller project in prevention of landfills with the chance of winning awards for his effort and receiving financial as-sistance for United for a Greener Tomorrow. Every week, Vestal picks up recyclable bins donated by Maple City Recycling company from each classroom and keeps them in a utility shed behind the school. Once in a while, a teacher will ask Vestal to pick up tests, packets or other special papers, plastics, or cans to be recycled immediately that day. He also collects plastic bottles and empty cans from the kitchen and smashes them every night. At the end of the week, Vestal

sorts the paper, plastic, and metal into separate bins for a worker from Maple City Recycling in Monmouth and exchanges full bins with empty ones. Vestal has designed a showcase and posted flyers throughout the school to advertise good recy-cling habits. Teachers were also given the flyers to enforce the program. “One teacher sent me an email saying I was doing a good thing because the world is wasteful.” says Vestal. “Next year I’m plan-ning on moving it to the North and West Campuses.” Vestal also plans on continuing with the program until he gradu-ates. “I think this is wonderful,” says Schmitz, “he’s raising awareness on what we as individuals can do.” If you want more information on the Governor’s Green Youth Award, go to their website at www.epa.state.il.us/green-youth/program-information.html

United musicians enjoy a Wicked tripgustana College in Rock Island. The students who participated included Anna Hook, Jessy Bat-tenburg, Sarah McCrery, Marissa Brownlee, Erin Flicek, Kayla Bishop, Katie Allaman, Katie Hook, Daniel Kenney, Bre Chris-tian, Jake Armstrong, C.J. Hall, Jami Prichard and Taylor Willett. Participants rehearsed varieties of music all day, and put on a program at 6:30 that night, under the direction of Dr. Jim Lambre-cht, Augustana’s Instrumental Department Chair. Members of the band and choir spent the day before spring break in Chicago. The trip started with a tour of the Shedd Aquarium, then

United band director Mrs. Judy Gilliland (right) danes with one of the waitresses at Ed Debevic’s restaurant in Chicago during the music department’s recent trip to the Windy City

proceeded to Ed Debevic’s for lunch. The restaurant is a favorite for both locals and tourists and is designed to look like a 1950’s diner. Waiters and waitresses are intentionally rude to custom-ers and take a break during each shift to dance on the counter top and tables. As evidenced by the photo at the lest, some of the tourists also join in on the dance. The trip concluded with a matinee performance of Wicked, a musical set prior to the Wizard of Oz, that tells the story of the beginnings of the Wicked Witch of the West. Members of United’s music organization, with help from the

Music Boosters, raised money throughout the year to pay for the chartered bus, admission, and meals for those in attendance. United choir members Eliza-beth Johnson, Megan Hardesty and Stasha Giese will take part in Bradley’s honor choir on the dates of April 1 and 3. Students will rehearse from 6:45- 9:00 p.m. on the 1 and all day on the third. A performance will be put on at Bradley University in Peoria at 7:30 p.m. on the last practice day. United’s spring concert is set for Thursday, May 15, at the high school gymnasium. The jazz band will also perform at Pride Night on May 14.

Drug testing of athletes approved by IHSA See story on page 7

United musicians spent March 19 in Chicago where they took in a matinee performance of the hit musical Wicked.

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Friday, March 28 End of the 3rd Quarter Friday, April 4 Report Cards Distributed Wednesday, April 23 ACT Testing Thursday, April 24 PSAE Testing Wednesday, May 14 United Pride Night South Campus Thursday, May 15 United Fine Arts Fest South Campus Wednesday, May 21 Last Senior Attendance Day (tentative) Sunday, May 25 Graduation Monmouth College 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 Last Student Attendance Aay Thursday, May 29 Teacher’s Institute Friday, May 30 Report Cards Distributed

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Petitioners argue against gym fundingBy Laura Stahl, Editor in Chief This month’s school board meeting took place on March 13. The meeting opened with the presentation of a petition by the Concerned Citizen’s Group opposing the proposed new gym-nasium to be located at the South Campus. Former Alexis High School teacher Barb Bohan pre-sented a stack of petitions signed by 611 people from throughout

the school district. The group argued that the district could utilize the remain-ing South and West campus gyms rather than constructing a new building. After discussing the pros and cons of their suggestion, the board agreed to seriously consider what the group had said before making further decisions regarding the gymnasium.

Following the presentation, the board approved amending of the 2008-2009 school calendar, making May 21 the final day for seniors, May 28 the final day for students and May 30 report card day. Also approved was the 2009-2010 school calendar which lists May 29 as the final day of attendance. The board then moved on to approve an application for a Life Safety variance which requests waiving some minor building corrections and bring costs down for the district. The board accepted the resignation of junior high track and vollyball coach Julie Martin. They also approved the employ-ment of Mr. Fred Lucas as her replacement for the 2007-2008 track season. During the principal’s reports, Mrs. Amy Smitz gave an update on the Teen Safe Driving activi-ties funded by the ROE grant. On March 14 a demonstration given by the Illinois State Police showed students the dangers of drunk driving using vision im-paired goggles and lawnmowers. Mrs. Kris Nelson reported an upcoming movie outing for junior high students who did well with the ISAT tests. The students will be taken to see “Horton

Hears a Who”. Mr. Whitsit proposed the school district further investigate options regarding a set of com-munication licenses the district holds. The Clearwire company has proposed a number of finan-cial and technical inventives for the district if allowed to contract for the use of those frequen-cies. No action was taken by the board. Mr. Whitsit also reminded the Board that a Carl Sandburg Sociology class would be open for students to take this summer. The school is working on adding a remedial math course to the Sandburg summer courses as well. Journalism instructor Mr. Tony Kozelichki informed the boar of financial pressures the school faces in continuing to publish the Storm Tracker, noting increased costs associated with annual postal increases. The board recognized the importance of keeping the newspaper solvent and is looking for suggestions as to how to increase funding without passing the costs on to advertisers, who have seen their rates increase 25% over the first four years of operation. The next School Board meet-ing will take place on Thursday, April 10.

State police help conduct safe driving assembly

Members of the Illinois State Police and Warren County Sheriff’s Department helped United students better under-stand the dangers of drinking and driving during an assembly held March 14. The school set up a driving course in the gym and several students tried to negotiate a rid-ing mower between pylons, all while wearing vision impaired goggles meant to simulate the difficulty a person has driving while intoxicated. Other students went through the paces of a field sobriety test while wearing the goggles. The assembly was part of the school’s Operation Teen Safe Driving initiative.

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By Hannah youngquist United’s student council has been busy lately with the antici-pation of student council week approaching. The week has not been finalized but will be either the 3rd or 4th week in April. The council has been think-ing about dress up days for the students to participate in each day. The official days will be set when the time draws closer but some of the ideas so far are pajama day, hat and jersey day, mix and match day, twin day, and Hawaiian day. There is also talk of a sundae day when everyone would get to have a sundae with his or her lunch. The student council hopes ev-eryone will participate in the fun of the week. In other business, the entire council attended the annual state convention in Milan on March 6. Everyone seemed to enjoy it and the motivational speaker was out-standing. He spoke about having to live his life with being born without any arms, and he was a great inspiration. The officers for next year’s student council were decided a couple weeks ago. The president is going to be Bre Christian, the vice president is Macy Sprout, Nisha Hager is the secretary and Logan Hickerson is the treasurer. These officers will be attending the state convention, which will be held in Chicago on May 8-9.

By C.J. Ravel The United High School WYSE team is sending two students to the state competition in Champaign, Illinois, after their performances at Knox College on March, 17. These two students are senior Taylor Willet, who placed second in English, and junior Chase Chavero, who placed second in computer programming. United also had other people place in the competition. Brandon Lee took third place in physics. Duncan Nall took third place in both computer science and biology. United placed fourth out of eight teams in the Section 300

By Victoria Fredrickson The United Volunteer Club has been working on individual afghan squares to put together to make a full afghan for people who don’t have much to keep warm. Although it’s the end of the winter, there are always cold snaps throughout the year.

Named as DARE role models for 2008 are (front row, left to right) Courtney Young, Hannah Youngqust, Theresa Schwass and Laura Stahl. Back row (left to right) Matthew Olin and Ben Battenburg. Not pictured: Nate Johnson and Preston Schrader. The DARE role models will help make presentations at United’s elementary schools as part of the Drug Awareness Resistance Education program sponsored by the Warren County Sheriff’s Department.

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The United Volunteer Club has improved on their afghan squares since they started. The squares that are being made will soon be sewn into one whole afghan of different colors to brighten up someone’s world. With the new season coming, the Volunteer Club has been organizing times for students on their free time to help with the Doggy Wash in Galesburg, intended to help care for home-less dogs. There has also been disscussion on the gathering of cell phones and send them to a company to help out soliders in the war. Any extra cell phones being held by families can be donated to help out those soliders get in touch with their families any time they need. The extra phones being gathered each generate five dol-lars, money that would then be used to purchase phone cards for the soliders to use. The Volunteer Club has made many efforts to keep themselves involved in activities to help out the community and people in need.

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Sports BoostersBy Hannah Youngquist The Sports Boosters meeting was held on March 11 at the West Campus. President Chris Youngquist called it to order at 6:02. The meeting began with United art teacher Mrs. Emily Huston and one of her students, Ashley Garner, presenting the proposed designs for the murals that are to be painted at the high school gym. The boosters approved the painting and the idea was sent to he school board for official approval. That project is now under way and is to be done by the time United closes its doors on this school year. Other students involved in the project include Daniel Kenny, Preston Schrader, Jacob Darling and Andrew Moede. Junior high athletic director Jeff Runge had his request for the a new discus approved at an approximate cost of $40.00. Junior high coach Ryan Westart then presented wish lists for both the junior high basketball and football teams. Those requests were tabled until the next meet-ing. High School athletic director Tony Kozelichki then requested that money be given to all spring sport coaches for a meal for their athletes. The softball team usedthis money on March 19

following their game in Pekin. The baseball team will use these funds when they play at the Burl-ington Bees’ stadium. The date is yet to be determined as to when the track team will make use of their meal money The special dates for the fall of 2008 were then presented. The homecoming football game will be on September 19, grandparent’s night on Septem-ber 26, and the football team’s senior night is set for October 10. The volleyball team’s senior night will be the following week on the 14th of October with their grandparent’s night being on October 9. The next meeting of the United Sports Boosters will be held Thursday, April 17, at 6:00 p.m. in Mr. Kozelichki’s classroom, located on the west side of the high school.

Scholastic BowlBy Nikki Hennenfent United’s scholasticbowl team ended its season by traveling to West Central in Biggsville on February 28. Schools that participated in the tourney were Aledo, Alwood, Cambridge, Galva, Princeville, ROWVA, Stark County, West Central and Wethersfield. Weathersfield won the tourney. Aledo, Alwood, and West Cen-tral tied for second place, Galva finished in placed thrid, while United tied with Cambridge for fourth. Making the All-Conferance team was Taylor Willet. The team was coached by Unit-ed history teacher Miss Fayla Bodenhammer.

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United FFA holds annual banquet, awards scholarshipsBy Nicole Yung On March 18, the United High School FFA Chapter held its annual chapter banquet at the United Fieldhouse in Alexis. More than 180 members, faculty, parents and supporters were in attendance and several awards were presented to members for outstanding leadership and par-ticipation. This year’s Star Greenhand was awarded to the two green-hands who exhibited leadership, personal growth and participated in the most chapter, section, and state events. A greenhand is a

freshmen FFA member enrolled in the Intro to Agriculture class. The Star Greenhand awards went to Erin Flicek and Emily Douglas. Participation awards were given to a member in each class who participated in the most events. $25.00 gift cards were given to Flicek, a freshman, sophomore Jaclyn Barnhouse, junior Katy Darrah and senior Teresa Schwass. The DeKalb Award is awarded to the outstanding senior accord-ing to the vote of all members and is sponsored by Monsanto.

How to survive your freshman year: Keeping in touch with friendsHundreds of Heads (MCT) Heading to college? Here’s some advice about keeping in touch with friends from high school, from the book “How to Survive Your Freshman Year” (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $14.95), straight from people who’ve done it: __ “Don’t spend too much time with your high school friends. Half my high school ended up going to my college. I was fortunate enough to live on the other side of campus. They’re still hanging out with each other. They’ve never met other people and they all live together.”--R.S., University of Maryland, junior “Definitely keep in touch with your high school friends. You can always count on them for support and good laughs. This may be stating the obvious, but when you return home, they’ll be the first ones (aside from your family) who will want to spend time with you and with whom you will most likely socialize,

so why fall out of touch?”--Ariel Melendez, Princeton University, freshman “IM is the only way I stay in contact with some people. It’s an amazing invention; I use it all the time. But it can suck you in. Yes-terday, I stayed off it for the first time in a week; I guess I real-ized I needed to do some college stuff. But it helps you adjust to college life. Back home, I have a lot of friends I want to stay in touch with. I have one life back home and now I’m starting up a new life. In the beginning it’s hard; you want to maintain your old life. But you also have to realize that you’re maturing and changing. IM is kind of a bridge between these two worlds.”--Matt Monaco, George Washing-ton University, freshman “Invite your high school friends over for a couple of days. The ones who stay in touch are the ones worth keeping for a lifetime.”--Khalil Sullivan, Princeton University, junior “When I met my best friend, she was crying in her bed in our freshman dorm. She had a

long-distance boyfriend. She was from the mountains of Georgia. I’m from St. Louis. I went to a private, Catholic girl’s school. She went to a public school with rednecks and people with gun racks on their cars. We couldn’t be more different. But we had a class together and one day, after I found her crying, she overslept. So I was like, “Oh, I’ll call you in the morning,” and we started walking to class together, and we got breakfast after class. We became friends.--J. Devereux, Georgetown University, senior. Hundreds of Heads Books’ survival guides offer the wisdom of the masses by assembling the experiences and advice of hun-dreds of people who have gone through life’s biggest challenges and have insight to share. Visit www.hundredsofheads.com to share your advice or get more information.

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This year’s Dekalb Award winner was Nicole Yung. Members who were interested in being on the 2008-2009 Of-ficer Team, filled out an applica-tion and were interviewed on March 16. The 2008-2009 officers are President Ellen Reeder, Vice President Alisa Randolph, Sec-retary Grace Simpson, Treasurer Eric Olson, Reporter Jake Arm-strong, Sentinel Brennan Jensen, Historian Sarah Unsworth and Scrapbook Jaclyn Barnhouse. Beth Aden Scholarship winners were announced at the banquet. FFA advisor Mr. Brian Cirks with outgoing chapter President

Nikki Yung (right) and newly installed president Ellen Reeder. both Yung and Reeder will compete at the state level in Record Books on April 5 at the University of Illinois. Each won their district championship in their respective categories.

Receiving $250 were Nathan Johnson and Chris Rabe. Anthony Leary and Preston Schrader each received $650.

Nicole Yung was awarded a $1250 scholarship. All are seniors.

United’s outgoing FFA officers (left to right) Historian C.J. Ravel, Vice President Ellen Reeder, Co-Reporter Nate Johnson, Scrap-book Grace Simpson, Sentinel Alisa Randolph, Co-Reporter Bri Trembly, Treasurer Eric Olson, Secretary Adam Condreay, and President Nikki Yung.

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Saturdays @ 10am

14HS Boys & Girls Track @ ROWVA

15V/JV BB vs Alwood/Cambridge V/JV SB @ Alwood/Cambridge

16B Track @ Wethers-field F/S Invite

Girls Track Lady Red Storm Relays 6:30 pm

17Career Shadowing

Sports Boosters Mtg6pm South Campus

18V/JV SB @ BPC/Avon

V BB @ Canton

19V BB @ Galva DH V SB vs Galva DH

JH Track Bobby Dun-lap Relays @ South Campus

20 21V/JV BB @ N. Fulton V/JV SB @ Macomb Girls Track @ Orion Invite Boys Track Red Storm Relays 7:00 pm

224:30pm» V/JV BBB @ Annawan/Wethersfield 4:30pm» V/JV GSB vs Annawan/Wethersfield

23B Track @ Green Dragon Relays V/JV BB vs Farming-ton

24JH Track @ Galva V/JV BB vs Annawan/Wethersfield V/JV SB @ Annawan/Wethersfield

25JH Track - Wethersfield Relays Boys Track @ Moss Relays

26V BB @ West Central DH V SB vs West Central DH

27 28Boys & Girls Track @ LTC F/S Meet V/JV BB vs Orion V/JV SB vs Abingdon

29V/JV BB vs Princeville V/JV SB @ Princeville

30V/JV BB @ Alwood/Cambridge V/JV SB @ North Fulton

1V/JV BB @ Princeville V/JV SB vs Princeville

2Boys & Girls Track @ LTC Varsity Meet V/JV SB vs Knoxville

3V BB @ Rockridge DH

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By Andrew Sichling It’s turning into spring, so it’s time for all of us to go out and enjoy the weather, even if it is not as warm, bright, or as we have seen with the last few days, dry as we would like it. Even with the strange weather, the United Red Storm is ready to run, and finally had a chance to open their season this past Tuesday at Monmouth’s Sunn-lane Field. The United Red Storm track team has been practicing sense late February, and made its unof-ficial debut at the Knox College Indoor Mock Invitational. The meet was a quad compe-tion against Galva, ROWVA, and Stark County and was held on March 14. Officially, the meet was classi-fied as an indoor practice and no points or standings were record-ed. Highlighting United’s effort was a third place finish by sopho-more Nathan Wooters in the two mile run, and strong showings by

IHSA approves drug testing to begin in fall 2008 The Illinois High School Association’s Board of Direc-tors at its monthly meeting on March 15 in Peoria approved the penalty to be applied to a student who tests positive for perfor-mance-enhancing drugs. The student would be ineli-gible for 365 days from the date the test results were reported to the student and the school. The student may then apply for reinstatement of athletic eligibility after 90 calendar days, following the successful comple-

tion of an approved educational program and a negative test for performance-enhancing drugs. The Board determined that any team penalties would be deter-mined by the Executive Director on a case-by-case basis. The Board also approved the National Center for Drug Free Sport to provide testing services when the program is implement-ed in the 2008-09 school term, and approved the language of the random testing consent form that each student and his/her guard-

ian will be required to sign to maintain athletic eligibility. “We are pleased with the action taken by the Board in regards to our drug testing program,” said IHSA Assistant Executive Direc-tor Kurt Gibson. “Our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee believes the experience Drug Free Sport has with athletic drug testing will be invaluable in the implementation our program, and we’re excited to have an oppor-tunity to work with them. Our committee felt that their experi-

ence, expertise, and commitment to education on the use of per-formance-enhancing substances were the best match for the needs of our program.” Between 700 and 1,000 ath-letes will be tested at random im-mediately following state tourna-ment games, which includes all rounds of play. Representatives from the National Center for Drug Free Sport, Inc., the Kansas City-based agency the IHSA hired that also handles the testing for the NCAA, will take urine samples from randomly chosen players at the school. IHSA officials have discussed holding meetings with coaches and school administrators about

Weather’s a stumbling block as track teams try to get out of starting blocks

Scott Duncan in the high jump and both Blake Anderson and Aaron Corbin in the shot put. The indoor session was meant to serve as a tune-up for the following Monday’s Monmouth Frostbite Meet, whose name proved to be prophetic as the meet was cancelled due to rainy and cold weather. In fact, the cold also led to the cancellation of the next meet, scheduled for Monday, March 25, at Wethersfield. Wind was also a factor when the Red Storm finally got a chance to run at Monmouth this past Tuesday as seven teams finally got a chance to compete at the Frostbite Meet. A pair of United sophomores, Scott Duncan and Mollie Mur-

what to expect. They also plan to produce educational DVDs to send out for schools to show athletes. A list of the more than 50 sub-stances banned by the IHSA can be accessed through the Sports Medicine link on the IHSA web-site at www.ihsa.org/initiatives/sportsMedicine/index.htm While steroids and human growth hormone often get the most attention in such testings, these drug tests will also detect use of diuretics, stimulants and narcotics, including amphet-amines, ephedra, ecstasy, and even caffeine -- if the concentra-tion of caffeine in urine exceeds 15 micrograms/ml

Winter athletes honoredBy Victoria Fredrickson The Fall Sports Awards Ban-quet was held on March 4. Girls basketball honors went to Courtney Young (most points and most rebounds), Gina Long (most free-throws), Mollie Murdock (most assists and most steals) and Victoria Fredrickson (highest 3-point percentage). Boys award winners, chosen by the team, were Heath Fred-rickson, who received his award

for hustling during the season, Peter Elliott, who was tabbed most improved, and Preston Schrader for best defensive ef-fort. The first ever Red Storm Leadership Award was given to Patrick Hollis. Awards were also handed out to the basketball cheerleaders, and the Sports Boosters honored all seniors by presenting them with a Red Storm towel.

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dock, took top honors in the high jump, with Duncan credited with a leap of 6’4”. Murdock also placed first in the 300 hurdles, while senior Caiti Tucker took second in the shot.put, desppite having only practiced the event less than two weeks. The Red Storm hosted a rare home meet on March 26. The girls will host the Red Storm Relays on Wednesday, April 16, while the boys will host their Relays on Monday, April 21.

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Pair of seniors leave their mark on UHS sportsPatrick Hollis shoots his way to state finals

Kayla Bishop inks CSC letter of intent

Pictured left to right: United golf coach Jim McNamara, mother Theresa Armstrong, Kayla Bishop, father Craig Armstrong and Carl Sandburg College golf coach Dean Betts

By Preston Schrader On Thursday, March 6th, senior Patrick Hollis competed in the state three point tournament at the Carver Center in Peoria. Hollis first competed in the regional three point contest at Abingdon along with Matthew Olin, Chris Olson, and Preston Powell, with Hollis and Olin both moving on to the next round. In the next three point com-petition Hollis advanced with seven threes, while Olin won the regional with 11. In the next round, Hollis hit seven threes to advance out of the Bushnell-Prairie City/Avon Sectional in the County Compa-nies 3-point showdown. At Peoria, Hollis had the sup-port of United’s basketball team who watched from the stands, and Hollis made a strong attempt making six, but unfortunately this wasn’t enough to advance to the state finals which were held

By C.J. Ravel The United baseball season is almost ready to kick off. Practice for the team began Febuary 25 and has continued since. Weather has limited the team to getting outside, but they have made the most of it. The baseball program in its young stage is looking to have a promising year. Although there are not many upperclassmen, many young freshman and soph-mores are looking to be promis-ing athletes in filling positions of the loss of seniors from last year. Adam Robinson has come in to the Red Storm coaching staff. Robinson, a Warren High School graduate who continued his pitching career at Carthage Col-lege in Wisconsin, has taken over coaching duties previously held by the new athletic director, Tony Kozelichki. Despite cool and windy weath-er, the team opened its season

on Friday. “It was a great experience get-ting to go down to state,” said Hollis, who was also honored by being selected as second team All-Conference. Hollis has accepted a full aca-demic scholarship to attend St. Ambrose University, where he also plans to play football. Senior Nathan Toops was selected as honorable mention All-LTC.

United senior Kayla Bishop has become the latest Red Storm athlete to accept a scholarship to continue her athletic career. Bishop signed a full tuition national letter of intent on March 12 to play golf at Carl Sandburg College. “I’ve been after her for two years,” said CSC coach Dean Betts, a former United boys’ bas-ketball coach. “She’ll fit in well with our program and hopefully will be able to advance to the next level after she leaves here in two years.” Bishop is the third United

Dome is home as UHS softball team opens 2008 season indoors

this past Monday, hosting Abing-don. It was the Commandos who knocked last year’s baseball team out of regionals with a last inning suicide squeeze. Powered by John Penn’s two homers, United notched an 8-7 win, holding off a six run, seventh inning rally by the Com-mandos. A new twist to this year’s schedule is a set format for Lin-coln Trail Conference games. LTC teams will meet in single games on Tuesdays and Thurs-days with varsity doubleheaders being scheduled on Saturdays, the first of which is this weekend. Nearly 30 games are on this year’s schedule, highlighted by a trip to Burlington, Iowa, to play at Community Field, the minor league home of the Burlington Bees, a Class A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. That game will be held on May 6 against Knoxville.

By Nikki Hennenfent The United High School softball team started the season on March 19 against Moline at the Dragon Dome in Pekin. The varsity played a full seven in-nings with the Moline Maroons, holding their own against the 4A school. Batting against the Maroon’s top pitcher, every player made contact with the ball, but only

Youth dominates ’08 lineup

athlete to sign a national letter of intent. Earlier this year volley-ball players Courtney Young and

Caiti Tucket signed with Quincy and Graceland Universities, respectively

freshman Katie Bertlesen and sophomore Sommer Foster reached on hits. A few errors early in the game proved costly as the Red Storm never caught up following a one-run first in-ning deficit, eventually dropping the game, 5-0. The game was the first high school game ever played at the indoor facility, which regularly hosts ASA events. The home opener versus South Fulton on Tuesday was a display of United’s promise, with pitcher Katie Bertlesen striking out all 18 batters she faced en route to a 10-0 shutout. Due to inclement weather, the game Monday March 17 against the Orion Chargers was canceled and will not be rescheduled..

Head coach Gary Eyler said, “I would hope to compete for the conference title” with a team that is dominated by underclassmen. Conference play gets underway with a doubleheader this Satur-day at Stark County. The corned beef and cabbage dinner the Red Storm hosted on March 16 fed around 200 people and raised $950 in donations. Served at the dinner was corned beef, cabbage, green beans, potatoes, and carrots, and as an alternative meal of hotdogs and chips. Bob McKnight, Ron Sperry, and Jeff Tyrrell prepared food the entire weekend for the dinner. The money raised will be used to build the new softball complex at the south campus.

Beat the weather, but not highly-rated Moline in first ever high school game held at Pekin Dome

Katie Bertelsen pitched a per-fect game in her second start.