February 2024
Senior Valentine Fundraiser Update
By: Mrs. Jackson
The 2024 graduating class profited around $1500 on Valentine's Day. The twelfth graders had over 400 individual orders including over 70 dozen strawberry orders. They would like to extend their gratitude towards those that supported their senior trip.
February Basketball Games
By: Briant Bone
On 2/1/2024, the girls played Community at 6 pm at home, and the girls lost to Community to 25-61. The boys played Community at home, at 7 pm, and the boys lost to Community to 27-63.
On 2/2/2024, the girls played Brashear at home, at 6 pm, and the girls lost to Brashear to 14-55. The boys played Brashear at home, at 7 pm, and the boys lost to Brashear to 23-58.
On 2/5/2024, the girls played at Prairie Home with Bunceton at 6 pm and lost to Bunceton to 27-72. The boys played at Prairie Home with Bunceton at 7 pm and lost 29-82.
On 2/6/2024, the girls played Northeast (Cairo) at 6 pm at home and the girls lost to Northeast (Cairo) to 13-65 and the boys played Northeast (Cairo) at 7 pm at home and the boys lost to Northeast (Cairo) to 29-81
On 2/8/2024 the girls played Pilot Grove at 5 pm, at home, and the girls lost to 23-53, after which the boys lost to Pilot Grove to 18-78.
On 2/12/2024, the girls played Linn County at home, at 6 pm, and lost by 2 points. The score was 40-42 and it was a good game too. The boys played Linn County as well at 7 pm and lost 31-52.
On 2/13/2024, the girls played Sturgeon for senior night at home, at 6 pm but lost to 22-55. The boys played Sturgeon for their senior night at home at 7 pm and lost to 24-53.
On 2/15/2024, the boys played at Keytesville at 6 pm and lost 46-58.
On 2/17/2024, the girls and boys played their season ending game at Slater. The girls started at 3pm and lost 27-55, after which the boys lost 24-89.
The Class 1 District 10 Tournament started on 2/19/2024, and it will end on 2/24/2024. North Shelby held the Class 1 girls district games and Madison C3 School held the boys district. The Madison girls played on 2/19/2024 and lost to North Shelby to 11-70. The Madison boys played on 2/20/2024 against Prairie Home with Bunceton at 6:30 pm. They lost to Prairie Home with Bunceton to 25-76.
Congratulations to Lizzy Dameron for earning Basketball CAC Honorable Mention!
FFA Competitions and State Winners
By:Haylee Cantu
During March, all across the country, FFA chapters will be starting their CDE and LDE contests. You may be asking yourself what is a CDE? A CDE is a Career Development Event. With that, our juniors, and seniors will participate in a contest of their choice. A LDE is a Leadership Development Event. We have three members competing in LDEs: Lizzy Dameron in creed and Annabelle Wolfe and Andrew Stutlz in speeches.
This year we have a poultry team which consists of Prayton Piercy, Raylee Griffith, Melena Bolman, Avery Carr, and Michael Winn. This year they will be going to NCMC with the poultry team.
Also, this year we had two state winners in FFA for proficiencies: Johnnie Thomas and Sierra Bryson. Johnnie Thomas won 3rd place in Diversified Livestock, while Sierra Bryson won for Specialty Animal Production. They will be walking at the State Convention in April.
Quiz Bowl Quests
By: Maddie Wood
The Madison Quiz Bowl team has been very busy lately- traveling from Renick to Slater and a few more places in between. Both the Junior High and High School teams have been working very hard during their weekly practices and saw some great results at their meets last week.
One of their first meets this week was both Junior High and High School versus Cairo. This match took place in Mrs. Ehrett’s classroom on February 6th at 4 PM. The Junior High team unfortunately lost in overtime with a score of 100-110, and the High School team won with a score of 120-60. Then, the following day, the Junior High team traveled to Renick to compete at 4 PM. The Panthers did very well and won their match with a score of 120-40. On February 10th, the Junior High team also competed at the Moberly Youth Scholar’s Tournament in Moberly, where they went three in six in their matches, placing 9th overall against 12 other teams statewide. The competition was tough, but the Panthers stuck through it and came out winning three matches!
Finally, on February 16th both the Junior High and High School teams competed at Slater at 5 PM. Both teams did great; however, unfortunately lost with a close score of 110-140 for Junior High, and an ending score of 70-11 for High School.
Both Quiz Bowl teams have been putting in the work and competing well this last week, with more wins under their belt to prepare for Districts. Coming up, the Quiz Bowl teams will compete against Glasgow on February 27th, Sturgeon on February 28th, and Community R-6 on February 29th. Make sure to show your support for both teams and keep an eye out for updates and scores for their upcoming matches!