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January 20 - 26, 2017
National Junior Honor Society Inductees
By Alicia Dziak
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On Thursday, Jan. 12, 34 SGI eighth graders were inducted into the National Junior Honor Society. In order to be inducted, students must have maintainted an average of at least a 90 percent since sixth grade and demonstrated citizenship, character and leadership. “They need to do 10 hours of community service, receive four signatures of SGI-MS staff members, demonstrate one leadership quality, be involved in at least one activity/club/team outside of the regular school day, parental approval, two letters of recommendation (from non-family members), complete an essay explaining what scholarship, leadership, character and service is, and turn it all in on time,” said NJHS advisor Kimberly Ploetz. Once selected, students are required to uphold all standards by which they were selected, maintain an overall average of 90 percent and attend regular and special meetings of the chapter. Ths year’s inductees included: John Andreef, Melanie Barry, Autin Boies, Campbell Brown, Halyee Cerrone, Nathan Cudney, Jaime Dickinson, Miya Domes, Ava Dziak, Sara Ehlers, Shay Ellis, Marie Emerling, Michael Evans, Olivia Giammarco, Sam Gottseine, Caitlyn Hazen, Jason Heiler, Devin Hitchcock, Garon Holland, Marin Lehr, Cole Myers, Abigail Ploetz, Mable Robinson, Jacqueline Roggie, Jillian Roggie, Blaze Shelble, Elyana Shosek, Rachel Stressinger, Ben Sullivan, Alexis Termer, Keaton Wnuk, Kaitlyn Wolf, Autumn Woodruff and Shawna Wright.
coaches corner Varsity Girls Basketball, Coach Bob Gainey The Varsity girls basketball team returned to action last Thursday night and came away with an excellent 40-25 win over JFK. The girls controlled the action from the start with their suffocating defense. Julia Krzemien led all scorers with 16 points and Ivette Lewandowski added eight points. The girls played a terrific brand of defensive basketball led by Lexi Sopko. Other strong performances of the night were turned in by Leah Frank, Sydney Rosati, and Maddie Pazzuti. The girls dropped a tough game on Friday night to Holland by a score of 41-28. The girls’ defense was fantastic throughout the night; the major issues which led to the loss was Holland’s aggressive offensive rebounding and the Lady Griffs struggling from the floor with their shots. Strong performances on the night were turned in by Ivette Lewandowski, Julia Krzemien, Lexi Sopko, and Leah Frank. The girls dropped their league game to Tonawanda on Tuesday night by a score of 36-20. The Lady Griffs did a great job on the back court of the Warriors, but had a tough time containing their forwards as they accounted for 26 of their total team points. The girls stayed close throughout the game and even got to within six points after a Sydney Rosati jump shot. Unfortunately, the girls didn’t quite make enough baskets to get back into the game. Top scorers for the Lady Griffs included Carrie Dickinson (eight points,) Sydney Rosati (four points,) Maddie Pazzuti (four points,) and Ivette Lewandowski (four points.) The girls will look to get back to their winning ways when they travel on Friday night to take on Cleve Hill. Boys Swimming and Diving, Coach Duane Boberg The Springville Boys’ Swimming and Diving team is on a seven meet win streak! This week they defeated Cleveland Hill 53-49, Pioneer 67-33 and Alden 92-74. The Cleve Hill meet was a closely contested event. 1st places were earned by Nolan West (200 free and 100 bk), Kurt Uschold 500 f. ree, Jon Boberg (200 IM and 100 Breast), Wyatt Fuller (Diving), The 200 Medley Relay of Dominic Hartenstein,Boberg,Uschold and Zach Hughey earned 1st as did the 400 free relay of Dakota Schelble, Elliot Emley,Uschold and West. The 1st place finish put meet outof reach for Cleve Hill. 8th grader Eric Schweickert earned a Class C time in the 100 back. The Pioneer meet saw the Griffs take 1st place in 10 of 12 events. The highlights of the meet saw Hartenstein and Emley earning Class time in the 50 free and 8th grader Blaze Schelble earning ECIC time in the 200 IM. West earning a sectional time in the 200 IM. The win at Alden saw many of the young swimmers earning a great number of points for the team. Alden has a small but very talented team. The Griffs did earn 1st place in the 50 free (Emley), 100 breast(Boberg), 100 backstroke(Hartenstein) and a great come from behind win in the 200 free relay (D Schelble,Fuller,Emley and Boberg) Bret DeFrain had his best meet of the year earning 4th in the 200 free and being part of the 200 fr relay and the 400 fr relay both earning 3rd place finishes. Many of the 1st and 2nd year swimmers contributed earning 2nd thru 5th places. These swimmers are Dylan Noeller ,Nick Sullivan, Zach Hughey, Blaze Schelble, Eric Schweickert, Nate Myers, Connor Hughey, Justin Buzcek, Austin Yetter, and Harley Maloy. Next Friday at Eden the Griffs will need everyone to be at their best because that meet will be for 2nd place in division 4. Indoor Track, Coach Joseph Marvin Houghton meet on Saturday, Jan. 14, 9/10 championships, 36 schools in attendance: 55h- Miya Domes, personal bes,t 10.97; Brenda Steiner, personal best, 11.17. 3000-Sonya Krezmien, 1st place, 11:12. 3200- Zach Peterman, personal best by over 20 seconds, 11:13.12. 55 m dash- Topher Elkins, 3rd place, 7.23. 1000 m- Sonya Krezmien, 1st, 3:23; Zach Peterman, personal best, 3:13. 600- Sonya Krezmien, 3rd, 1:49; Casey Waterman, personal best, 2:12. 1600- Brett Russell, 2nd place, 5:07, best time ever by 13 seconds. 300- Evelyn Smith, personal best, 47.8; Henry Domst, personal best, 49.66; Topher Elkins, 1st place, 37.43. This is .2 off the school record. Long jump- Ryan Brauchlact, personal best, 15’6”. Triple jump- Allison Lavanture, 5th, 29’1/2”.
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Congratulations to these students for their hard work!
Roundball for Roswell • Miguel Armando – WKSE 98.5 Kiss • Rich Gaenzler – WGRF 97 Rock • Mark Bouquin – Winner of American Grit – SGI Grad The staff/alumni, which represented all four buildings in the district, was made up of the following: • James Bialasik – SHS • Bob Gainey – SES • David Broom - CES • Gretchen Heichberger – SMS • Greg Miller – SMS • Chris Scarpine – SES • Billy Dickinson – Alum • Olivia Emerling – Alum
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After the first game was cancelled due to inclement weather, the rescheduled date was Wednesday, Jan. 11. When the player introductions began around 6:30, the gym was packed to capacity. At the start of the game, the staff/ alumni team jumped out to a first quarter lead behind the play of alum Billy Dickinson. The celebs rallied in the second quarter to cut the lead at half to one point. Halftime brought the arrival of Joe Buscaglia and he lived up to the hype. He provided a boost to the celebrities and they took a lead and didn’t look back. The final
score had the celebrities win 99-88. Post-game awards were given out following the game. The Pheasant award, which was given to the individual with the most colorful on court personality, was won by Tom Martin. The game MVP went to Joe Licata. The event raised over $2,000 and organizers would like to send a big thank you to the Superintendent and building principal for allowing them to get the game in. Overall, the event was a great success and plans to make this an annual event are in the works.