Several students from Sandy Creek and one student from Harvard will be heading to the NSAA State Journalism Competition on Monday, April 23, at Northeast Community College in Norfolk.

Jace Pelotte, of Harvard, earned a way to state for his sports news coverage of the six-man football championship.

From Sandy Creek, those qualifying for state by placing in the top six, which accounts for an automatic medal, includes:

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Harvard girls’ track team grabbed nine medals at the Heartland track meet Tuesday, April 10; the boys’ grabbed six medals. The girls’ team finished sixth and the boys’ team was eighth.

“Losing two of our first four meets has set us back some,” Head Coach Scott Trimble said. “Several younger athletes really needed those meets to learn their events better and adjust to high school level competition. Overall, we have started off with some strong performances and several good marks to work off of. We have some really good opportunities to get several athletes prepared for a shot at going to the state track meet and I expected those kids to work hard and give themselves the best chance they can. I’m really looking forward to seeing how much we can improve.”

Sutton boys’ earned 165 points with eight wins

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton boys’ track team won another invite— the Heartland Invite, Tuesday, April 10. The team earned eight first places, which contributed toward the team’s total 165 points.

The girls’ team grabbed five medals, which contributed to the team’s 19 points for eighth place.

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By Ashley D. Swanson

When I look at my stove, I get a smile on my face...not because it’s a stove, but because of what it stands for.

The same smile comes across my face often when I look at my dining room table, or my recliner, or the many photographs hanging on the wall.

I smile because of what they represent, and that’s that someone out there cares.

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By Tory Duncan

If we’re not careful with our small-town life, things could very well change fast in smalltown America!

Small towns are going to become smaller, school districts are going to become even smaller and a focus will become what happened to small-town America... In our case small-town Nebraska!

We’ve seen this all across the state and nation, small towns slowly getting smaller.

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LINCOLN–Nebraska Farm Bureau is urging the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to not use the term “meat” when referring to all lab-grown and plant-based meat alternatives. The request to limit the definition of “beef” and “meat” to only products from live animals born, raised and harvested in the traditional manner, comes from a strong movement to develop and commercialize alternative protein products, particularly “clean meat,” also called lab-grown or cultured meat, and plant-based proteins.

Doupnik, Shackelford heading to national leadership conference in June

Harvard’s FBLA students found success during the annual FBLA State Leadership Conference April 5-7.

Kylie Doupnik earned a spot as a national qualifier, taking first place in Impromptu Speaking. She also earned second place in Parliamentary Procedure Individual Test, and an honorable mention in Economics.

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BY ASHLEY D. SWANSON

Their voices melt together in a euphony of sounds that echo in and out of the gym and hallways.

Capturing the audiences attention is easy once the guitarist begins to thrum the cords and the drums are beat in a melodic tune.

The Voices of Zambia do just that—capture the audience’s attention with little effort as they move from one gospel to the next. While some are performed in English, a majority of the familiar hymns have taken on a new language, a new rhythm, and a new tone.

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State FFA, which took place April 4-6, in Lincoln, resulted in several recognitions, awards, and experiences for the Sutton and Sandy Creek Chapters. Pictured here is the honor choir, in which Sutton’s Logan Majors and Megan Fehr and Sandy Creek’s Rami Hinrichs performed in.

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The 2013 and 2014 combined team earned top honors in the 2018 Sutton Alumni men’s basketball tournament this weekend.

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