From the Schoolhouse

 State High School TMSCA Meet Results: 

                Garden City High School was the Sweepstakes winner at the state meet, placing first with 2495 total points.  Tyler Bednar was a scholarship winner, tying for second place as Senior Top Gun.

                Top Gun Awards (students ranked by points earned in their grade level):  Ninth grade – Michael Clarke 1st, Jake Schwartz 6th. Brooke Halfmann 7th; Tenth grade – Wade Jansa 1st, Juan Zuniga 5th; Eleventh grade – Taylor Niehues 1st, Colton Schwartz 2nd; Twelfth grade – Tyler Bednar 2nd (T), Katie Gully 8th.

                Team Results:  Number Sense Team – 1st, Calculator Team 1st, Mathematics Team 1st, Science Team 2nd.

                Individual placements:  Tyler Bednar – Number Sense 8th, Calculator 2nd, Math 10th; Katie Gully – Number Sense 5th, Math 7th; Colton Schwartz – Number Sense 8th, Calculator 8th, Math 2nd, Science 1st; Taylor Niehues – Number Sense 1st, Calculator 1st, Math 1st, Science 2nd; Wade Jansa – Number Sense 1st, Calculator 1st, Math 1st, Science 3rd; Juan Zuniga – Math 2nd, Science 7th; Jake Schwartz – Number Sense 9th, Calculator 6th, Math 8th; Michael Clarke – Number Sense 5th, Calculator 1st, Math 3rd, Science 8th; Brooke Halfmann- Number Sense 3rd, Calculator 9th, Math 9th; Cayla Schwartz – Math 6th.  Science Subject Areas:  Wade Jansa – Chemistry 5th, Physics 1st; Juan Zuniga – Chemistry 6th; Colton Schwartz – Biology 1st (T), Chemistry 6th, Physics 3rd; Taylor Niehues Biology 1st (T), Physics 1st; Tyler Bednar – Biology 3rd.

State Junior High School TMSCA Meet Results:

                Garden City Junior High placed third in the sweepstakes.  Team Results: Number Sense Team – 4th, Calculator Team 2nd, Math Team 5th, Science Team 4th.

                Individual Awards:  Hayden Halfmann – Number Sense 1st, Calculator 1st, Math 1st; Brian Hirt - Number Sense 2nd, Calculator 2nd, Math 15th; Brittany Schniers – Calculator 7th, Math 6th, Science 8th; Adriana Ramirez Number Sense 11th, Calculator 4th, Math 13th; Kate Halfmann – Number Sense 13th; Paige Niehues – Calculator 13th, Science 14th; Laura Halfmann – Science 6th.

Results of District Academic UIL Meet:

                Accounting team – 1st, Cory Multer 1st, Erin Hirt 3rd, Cade Halfmann 4th, Katie Gully 5th; Calculator Applications team – 1st, Taylor Niehues 1st, Wade Jansa 2nd, Colton Schwartz 3rd, Tyler Bednar 4th; Computer Applications – Brooke Halfmann 1st, Taylor Niehues 2nd, Mikela Barton 3rd; Computer Science team – 1st, Taylor Niehues 1st, Wade Jansa 2nd, Colton Schwartz 3rd, Katie Gully 4th; Editorial Writing – Mikela Barton 1st, Britton Avery 6th; Feature Writing – K’Lann Niehues 3rd; Headline Writing – Sam Long 3rd; Informative Speaking – Tyler Bednar 2nd, Tracy Eggemeyer 3rd, Whitney Kellermeier 4th; Mathematics team 1st, Taylor Niehues 1st, Wade Jansa 2nd, Colton Schwartz 3rd, Tyler Bednar 5th; Number Sense team 1st, Taylor Niehues 1st, Wade Jansa 2nd, Colton Schwartz 3rd, Katie Gully 4th; New Writing – K’Lann Niehues 4th; Persuasive Speaking – Jason Flores 4th; Poetry Interpretation – Victoria Ortiz 5th; Ready Writing – K’Lann Niehues 3rd, Cory Multer 4th; Science team – 1st, Taylor Niehues 1st (High point biology, chemistry, physics), Colton Schwartz 2nd, Wade Jansa 3rd; Spelling and Vocabulary team – 2nd, Lauren Wheeler 3rd, Mikela Barton 5th, Luis Zuniga 6th; Journalism team – 1st; Speech team – 2nd.

                Regional Qualifiers and their events:  Tyler Bednar – Calculator, Math, Informative Speaking; Cory Multer – Accounting; Katie Gully – Number Sense, Accounting, Computer Science; Tracy Eggemeyer – Informative Speaking; Cade Halfmann – Accounting; Erin Hirt – Accounting; Sam Long – Headline Writing; K’Lann Niehues – Feature Writing, Ready Writing; Taylor Niehues – Calculator, Math, Number Sense, Science, Computer Applications, Computer Science; Colton Schwartz – Calculator, Math, Number Sense, Science, Computer Science; Wade Jansa – Calculator, Math, Number Sense, Science, Computer Science; Mikela Barton – Computer Applications, Editorial Writing; Brooke Halfmann – Computer Applications; Jake Schwartz – Science; Lauren Wheeler – Spelling.

FAA News:

Results of Ag Mechanic Contest were:  5’ x 10’ trailer – red ribbon, exhibited by Sam Long; 6’ 10” x 16’ trailer – blue ribbon, 1st in class, 2 in division, 3rd best of show, exhibited by Sam Long, Garrett Kellermeier, and Grant Schwartz; 1941 John Deere B – blue ribbon, 1st in class, 1st in division, 1st best of show, exhibited by Garrett Kellermeier and Grant Schwartz

In addition, the team placed 2nd in the sweepstakes and 2nd in showmanship.

SPORTS:

                Tennis: Varsity Regional Qualifiers from District 9A meet:  Mixed Doubles – Jeffrey Pierson and Lyza Ann Lopez, 2nd; Boys Doubles – Alex Halfmann and Taylor Niehues 1st, Evan Jansa and Nick Sanchez 2nd.

                Other Garden City players who placed in the District meet were: Girls Singles – Lauren Wheeler 3rd; Girls Doubles – Julie Hirt and Melissa Hirt 4th; Boys Singles – Tyler Bednar 4th.

                JV:  Boys Singles – Pancho Zuniga 1st, Justin Pierson 2nd; Boys Doubles – Eric Hirt and Spencer Plagens 1st; Girls Singles – Samantha Pitts 2nd; Girls Doubles – Macy Schwartz and Sidney Halfmann 1st, Vikki Garza and Jessica Barnes 2nd, Britney Chudej and Halie Schaefer 3rd.

                Track:  Area Qualifiers from District 9A meet:  Girls: K’Lann Niehues – Triple Jump 1st, High Jump 2nd, 400m 4th; Amy Multer – Shot Put 3rd; Lauren Wheeler – 400m 3rd; Britton Avery – 100 Med. Hurdles 4th, 300 Med. Hurdles 4th; Vikki Garza – 3200m 1st, 1600m 2nd; Whitney Kellermeier – 3200m 3rd, 1600m 4th; 1600m Relay – K’Lann Niehues, Britton Avery, Mikela Barton, Lauren Wheeler 2nd, Alternates: Julie Hirt, Angela Hoelscher.

                Boys: Jared Bradford- 400m 4th, Long Jump 3rd; Cory Multer – Disc 1st, Shot 1st; Dusty Walker – Shot 4th, Jason Flores – 800m 2nd, 1600m 3rd; Bo Eggemeyer – Pole Vault 3rd.  

                Golf: Teams Head to Regionals:  Garden City’s boy’ and girl’s golf teams are headed to the Regional meet in Abilene after winning their respective District 9A competitions. Only the top two district teams advance to Regionals. The Lady Kats team shot a 457 topping second place Grady by 45 strokes.  Team 1 – Kayla Medrano 1st Medalist, Brooke Halfmann 2nd Medalist, Erin Hirt, Amy Multer, Mikela Barton.  Team 2, fourth place – Melissa Hirt, Brittney Chudej, Whitney Kellermeier, Cayla Schwartz. 

                The Bearkats dominated the District 9A meet taking four of the six individual regional qualifying spots. The team, which shot a 353, took first place overall defeating second-place Borden County by 32 strokes.  Team 1 -Chase O’Brien 2nd, Eric Hirt fourth, Taylor Niehues fifth, Sam Long sixth, Cory Multer.  Team 2, fourth place – Evan Jansa, Spencer Plagens, Colton Schwartz, Cade Halfmann, Blaine Walker.

                At the tournament hosted by Garden City earlier, the Bearkats and the Lady Kats brought home their team titles.  Each of their second teams took fourth place. 

                Basketball:  After an excellent season, four Lady Kat players received post-season honors.  In District 7A, Erin Hirt was named MVP, K’Lann Niehues was defensive player of the year, and Lauren Plagens and Lyza Lopez were named to the all district team.  The Texas Six-Man Coaches Association, named Plagens and Hirt to the first team – all region, and Hirt was named to second team - all state.  Hirt was selected to the Texas Girls Coaches Association all state team.

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