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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Volume 6>>Issue 20> An Independent newspaper serving Springville, Iowa

“What To Do With A Mistake: Recognize It—Admit It— Learn From It—Forget It”

~ Dean Smith

ORIOLE PRIDE

ARCHERY TEAMS HITTING THEIR MARK

Springville Archery Coach Gary Biles and his team had their second meet on the young season with several kids improving their score which helped them as a team beat their point total from their opening performance. On January 2nd the team competed at Anamosa and Coach Biles told us “Autumn Rathjens was Springville’s top scorer in the middle school girls division, followed by Jasmine Jacobsen and Alexis McKinney. Jasmine and Alexis both shot their personal best scores at this tournament. Cade Zaruba was again Springville’s top middle school boys archer, finishing 6th out of 121 in his division. Grant Gloeckner was Springville’s 2nd highest scoring archer in this division, followed by Tanner Malanaphy. Grant and Tanner both shot their all time high scores. The middle school team improved their team score by 33 point over their first tournament. In the high school girls division, Kylie Mysak was again Springville’s top finisher, followed by Jacinde’ Lillard and Cecilia Berger. Jacinde’ score at this tournament was her all time high score. John Evans was Springville’s top finisher in the high school boys division, followed by Brian Sindelar and Evan Corum. John’s and Evan’s scores both were all time high scores for these archers. The high school team improved their team score by 32 points over the first tournament”. Their schedule takes them to Central City this Saturday.

At the right Cade Zaruba in the center with Mysak to his right (courtesy of Jaime Zaruba)

HULETT PLAYS IN THE ROSE BOWL… Last week was full of bowl games and none more coveted than the Grand-Daddy of them all, the Rose Bowl. Springville native Jake Hulett, a member of the Iowa Football team took part in the parade and the game. He and his family spent the week in Pasadena soaking up all the festivities. A very big thank you to proud parents Alexis and Kevin Hulett for providing these pictures.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016 Oriole Pride 2 ORIOLE BOYS KEEP PUSHING THE BALL

The Springville boys team has dropped three in a row but their style of play continues to improve. They aren’t afraid of a fast break and they love to press off a made basket. When their shots are falling they are a lot of fun to watch, but... their shots have to fall. Before the holiday break the boys closed out 2015 with a couple of tough home games that brought cold shooting percentages. Alburnett man-handled the boys on December 18th and ran away with a 58-32 win that saw the O’s shooting a frigid 25%. On the 22nd Calamus-Wheatland paid a visit and they were perhaps the best shooting team the boys have seen this season. Springville shot slightly better (35%) but it wasn’t enough as the Trojans jumped out to a 24-10 first quarter lead and didn’t look back, beating the O’s 67-49. That loss moved the Orioles to an even 4-4 record. On Tuesday of this week, the boys returned to season action and had a tough road test right away at Lisbon. Traditionally they play the Lions pretty tough and Tuesday was no different. A tight second quarter helped Lisbon pull away a bit and take a 29-16 lead to the locker room. Springville played pretty even in the second half but couldn’t get a defensive stop and the Lions beat the O’s 58-42 to move the boys to 4-5 overall, 3-2 in conference action. Another battle awaits as Friday, a stellar North Linn squad will enter Machovec with an undefeated record and a state ranking that probably doesn’t do them justice (tied for 10th in 1A). Varsity girls will take the floor at 6:15, we’ll see you there! Pictured right, JP Kane demonstrates a textbook box out on Tuesday

at Lisbon.

GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM KEEPS EATING UP OPPONENTS

This article may cause you to shout out loud, so if you are at work—or you have a napping child—go to a quiet area. The Springville girls basketball team is winning each game by an average of 36 points an outing. They’ve held three teams under 15 total points and are 9-0. As in undefeated, untested and unstoppable. They’re shooting 47% from the field and have three players with scoring averages in double figures. As a team they lead all 1A teams in assists and are 6th in the state among all programs. They make very few mistakes and you’d be hard pressed to find a flaw, oh ok, I guess you could say one flaw is that they’re too humble. In December the girls closed out the year with big wins at home. They first took on and easily managed the Alburnett Pirates, winning 46-28. Next up were the Warriors from Calamus-Wheatland. They beat them 61-28. After a little rest over the holidays, the girls returned to action on Tuesday at Lisbon and were right back to their impressive ways,

coming out with a blow out win, 53-24. The girls play together like no other cohesive group you’ll see. Springville is led by Senior Megan Wagaman who directs their offense and keeps them contained. “Wags” is averaging 11 points and 6 boards a game and also leads her team in the much coveted assist column with 44—5 per game average. Sophomore Rylee Menster is averaging 13 points a game and is the premier defensive player for the team—the conference—and I’d argue the entire state. You wont find her intensity on any other girls team. She leads in steals with 52 which is an average of 5 per game. Watching her frustrate point guards is well worth attending a ball game, trust me. Another Sophomore, Mikayla Nachazel (pictured left at Lisbon) is their presence on the inside. She leads in scoring with 17 a game and is tied with another Sophomore, Alyssa Jaeger for the lead in blocks with 10. Jaeger, a lanky kid who can play inside and outside, leads the girls in caroms with an average of 6 and a half a game. Then consider the rest of the chemists: Sophomore Madi Wagaman who is another defensive specialist with scoring abilities off the break; Senior Chrissy “The Beast” Hoogland who out-muscles everyone and I do mean everyone, in the paint; Syd Williams, a Senior who loves to launch the three along with adding that defensive spark when needed. All these kids provide basketball entertainment galore. Coach Sanderson says, “Our schedule toughens considerably over the weekend as we face arguably the two best teams on our schedule. Friday night we host North Linn (11-1, 5-0) who is fresh off an impressive victory over Maquoketa Valley. The winner of the game will take sole possession of first place in the west division. Saturday, we will play #3 Turkey Valley in the US Cellular Center at Rivalry Saturday”. Sounds like great days ahead Oriole fans, don’t miss a moment of it—see you on Friday in Machovec!

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WEEKLY PICKS CONTEST… New year, but the same game, have fun and good luck:

Chiefs vs Texans Steelers vs Bengals Seahawks vs Vikings Packers vs Redskins For the tie-breaker, how many points do the Lady O’s score on Turkey Valley Saturday? Make your picks and email us at oriolepride@gmail.com

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“STEWIE” MOVES ON AS A FIGHTIN’ ENGINEER

Tyler Stewart graduated from Springville in 2014 after a successful high school prep career in football, golf and baseball. Known by most as “Stewie”, Tyler left the Oriole foot-ball program as a Defensive District MVP and All-State player. He went on to college at Rose Hulman Institute of Technology and continues to play Football. While at Springville Tyler played on the offensive line and at linebacker on defense. Coach Martin tells us “Tyler graduated high school around 215 or so and is probably around 250 now. Has really put a lot of muscle

mass as you can imagine but says he has not lost much of his agility and/or speed. He came into Rose Hulman playing LB and has moved down to playing nose tackle. Coaches love his ability to find the ball and cause a problem in the backfield. Now in his second year he has been starting on defense and enjoying the chance to get a lot of playing time”. The Engineers finished 8-2 last season. Tyler is majoring in Chemical Engineering, he’s a Dean’s List student and is the son of Kristin Schrader and Steve Stewart.

Tyler wore # 28 as an Oriole and now wears #98 for the Engineers

A FACE IN THE CROWD… This week we caught up with Oriole Super Fan Brett Kane at Lisbon. He was there cheering on the O’s and his big sister Nichole (Freshman) and brother J.P. (Junior). He took a few minutes to answer some questions for us: If your parents had a Hot Dog eating contest, who would win? My Dad If you auditioned for American Idol, what song would you sing? Hot Line Bling by Drake Where is your dream vacation? The Bahamas What website do you visit the most? YouTube Who is going to win the National Football Championship? Alabama Thanks Brett, and hey Oriole fans…You just never know - at the next Oriole event

You could be more than a Face In The Crowd!