From the Schoolhouse
• Two doubles teams from Garden City earned a trip to the Region 1, Class 1A tennis tournament April 24-25. In the District 2-1A meet, Summer Eoff and Laura Braden won the girls’ doubles championship, with Jason Smith and Max Batla finishing second in boys’ doubles. Cory Batla, third in boys’ singles, and Collene Cox, fourth in girls’ singles, will serve as doubles alternates at the regional tournament.
• At the junior high district tennis meet, Garden City teams captured three championships and one second place. In seventh grade competition, Amanda Hirt & Brandi Halfmann won 1st place in girls’ doubles; Terri Branham was 1st and Krystal Sullivan was 2nd in girls’ singles. Vanessa Medrano, Raquel Lopez, and Krystal Rodriguez also participated. The seventh graders won the team championship first place trophy.
In seventh grade boys’ competition, Chase Burks & Trey Hillger won 2nd place in doubles and Chais Goodwin & Todd Weishuhn took 3rd place. In singles, Erasmo Talamantes won 2nd place and James Branham was the consolation winner. The team finished second overall.
Eighth graders Megan Niehues & Jessica Hoch won 1st place in girls’ doubles; Anna Flores & Morgan Kight took 2nd; Brecklyn Hughes & Amanda Henson won 3rd place. In singles, Allison Jansa placed 1st, Leslie Jansa was 4th and Kim Webb won consolation. The eighth grade girls won the team championship and first place trophy.
The eighth grade boys’ doubles team of Andrew
Zachry / Travis Coats placed
1st, and Blake Chudej was 2nd in
singles, as the team placed first in their division.
• Members of the GCHS Student Council will attend the State Student Council Convention in Austin April 27-29, They will receive state honors in three categories: Pride and Patriotism, Drug and Alcohol Awareness and Outstanding Student Council. They will also attend general assemblies and small sessions to learn more about how to be an even better student council.
• High school cheerleaders for the 2000-2001 school year are: Lori Hoelscher, Bonnie Pelzel, Dendra Maxie, Brecklyn Hughes, Allison Jansa, and Morgan Kight. The mascot is Marianne Halfmann and the sponsor is Melissa Schmitz. The cheerleaders thank the community for its help at their fundraisers, and ask for your continued support.
• Junior high cheerleaders for next year are: Megan Niehues, Brandi Halfmann, Ashley Gonzales, Amanda Hirt and Rebecca Cmerek. The sponsor is Linda Dewitt.