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FFA Judging Off To A Fantastic Start
FFA Judging Off To A Fantastic Start
By: Tennyson Jackson
Two weeks ago, the Colby FFA chapter started their work on the 2022-2023 judging season off with a Dairy and Land judging competition in Goodland. The team did very well with some members placing and FFA leader Marvin Green along with sponsor, NAME Hammond led the team to do fantastic. This year so far the members have gone to two judging competitions and are hoping to continue to do well at the rest that they plan on attending.
According to freshman Landon Ritter, “You can’t control an outcome but you can always control your attitude and effort.” Ritter has also done well at judging placing sixth at the first Dairy Judging.
“With the little amount of experience, the judges have done very well at the last two judgings,” commented Green. With that being said FFA is looking forward to going to another judging this week in Osborne.
Dairy Judging Results:
Austin Jordan | 2nd
Landon Ritter | 6th
Reid Ryan | 25th
Zachary Kistler | 41st
Hailey Bolyard | 79th
Lillian Carter | 103rd
Land Judging Results:
Landon Ritter | 16th
Zachary Kistler | 20th
Jake Palmgren | 37th
Lillian Carter | 42nd
Austin Jordan holding his 2nd Place medal
Landon Ritter holding his 6th Place Medal
Colby FFA with their awards after placing 2nd overall at the Dairy Judging
Band's float
Booster Club's float
Dance Team's float
Junior's float
FFA's float
The 2022 homecoming festivities were successful again this year
By Breon Barton
To many people homecoming is the event of the year, "remember to always wear a raincoat into a rain storm, one can never be too prepared." Since homecoming has officially ended. The students and staff of Colby High School are filled with a mix of emotions from happy to sad about that. With class competition, football game, and the dance, it was an action packed week.
Class competitions were a competition between all the classes in the high school. The games were Ball Grab and Giant Jenga. The seniors won easily, some would say destroying the competition in ball grab, by winning each game. The Giant Jenga was a little more tricky having a time limit and only being able to use one hand. The seniors won once, as did the freshman.
With the class competitions over, the parade was ready to take place. Every club and class could take part in the parade by showing off what they can do and what they built. The theme was Movies on The Moon. Many floats had anywhere from rockets to UFO’s and meteorites. The parade began at Fike Park, going by the middle school, and finishing at Dennen Field.
The parade was judged on who had the best float. For the clubs that participated, 3rd place went to FFA, which featured a tractor on their float. Second place went to the Dance Team with the entire dance team dancing on the float while being driven on the parade route. First place went to the band. Their float included an entire drum set and almost every member of the band playing the school’s fight song.
As for the class floats, 4th place went to the freshman, 3rd place went to the seniors. The juniors got 2nd with a giant silver rocket looking like it was going to take off and the sophomores took the 1st prize with a Cimarron Bluejay in a cage and many of the solar system's planets floating around.
At the conclusion of the parade, there was a pep rally at Dennen Field. Later that evening, the Colby Eagles played the Cimarron Blue Jays at 7:00 pm on Friday. Colby scored the first touchdown, but Cimarron was quick to fire back and kick a field goal. The game soon was out of hand for the Blue Jays with the Eagles scoring 49 points on the evening.
The conclusion of Homecoming 2022 was a success in the eyes of the students, faculty, and the residents of Colby!
Several Pink Outs are scheduled for Colby
by Tyler Rehmer
With October coming up that means Pink Out football and volleyball. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Pink Out is where the teams, officials, and fans wear as much pink as they can to support those with breast cancer or those who have had breast cancer in the past.
The Hope Foundation’s goal is to help offset the expenses that patients endure, for local families afflicted with cancer. The Hope Foundation supports all families in Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas, and Wallace Counties. As of September 1, 2022 the Hope Foundation has already helped 36 individuals affected by cancer. The Hope Foundation sells shirts for nights like Pink Out and to help support our local members with breast cancer.
On October 1st the Hope Foundation is holding a Pink Out for the Colby Community College volleyball game at 2:00 pm. On October 4th, they are holding a Pink Out for the Colby High School volleyball at 4:00 pm. On October 21st, they are holding another Pink Out for the CHS Football game at 7:00 pm.
The Hope Foundation holds a lot of different activities and events to raise money for people fighting cancer. For example, they hold different golf tournaments to raise money. They also hold several Pink Outs during the winter for basketball. People can order the Hope Foundation shirts on their website nwks-hope.org or their Facebook page. They can contact the hope foundation at nwks-hope@st-tel.net or their number (785) 443-2896.
Twenty-four alumni instrumentalists return to play for the CHS band
Twenty-four alumni instrumentalists return to play for the CHS band
by Chloe Ackerman
This past weekend at the Colby High School homecoming football game, there was an “amazing group” of alumni band members. There were twenty-four instrumentalists who returned to join the CHS band, under the direction of Joey Nichols.
The alumni band members were:
Amanda Carney (Alto Sax)
Janay Millet (Baritone)
Sunee Creighton (Flag Coach)
Mindy Mayfield (Flute)
Laura Pearce (Flute)
Britnee McKinney (Flute)
Abigail Wetter (Flute)
Clyde Horinek (Mellophone)
Joey Nickols (Mellophone)
Kaitlynn Faber (Cymbals)
Nathan Lee (Quads)
Wendy Weishaar (Snare)
Sara Martin (Trombone)
Travis Tubs (Trombone)
Jill Nickols (Trumpet)
Heather Dible (Flags or Flute)
Adam Schacher (Tuba)
Jo Kraus (Percussion)
Rachelle Morrison (Clarinet)
Brandon Webb (Sax)
Parker Hamel (Trombone)
Courtney Ress (Clarinet)
Michelle Morris (Flute)
Leanna Soehner (Flag)
Three members of the band have gone on to play in colleges, but were excited to come and play for the CHS Eagles once again. Their love for the band and the memories of playing on their home field brought them together to play once again.
Five recent drug related arrests occurred in Colby
by Landen Vogler
Recently, there was a large drug bust in Colby. Between August 23, 2022 and September 1, 2022, the Colby Police Department executed three search warrants in the city limits of Colby with the assistance of the Thomas County Sheriff's Office and the Kansas Highway Patrol.
According to Police Chief Richard Barrett, “There were large amounts of cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana seized along with firearms and drug paraphernalia.” In a press release, it was stated that five total arrests were made and the following charges have been filed:
Possession with intent to distribute within 1,000 feet of a school.
Possession of a controlled substance and felon in possession of a firearm.
It was also stated that more arrests are expected.
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