In The Spotlight
• Tyler Bednar, Katie Gully and Megan Niehues, GCHS graduates who are attending Texas Tech, are recipients of Texas Interscholastic League Foundation scholarships for their achievements in advanced levels of UIL competitions during high school.
• Chelsea Schwartz, a senior broadcasting major at West Texas A & M University in Canyon, was named Miss West Texas 2007 in a recent Lubbock pageant. She also won the swimsuit competition and the best interview, from a field of nine contestants. She will now advance to the Miss Texas pageant in July. Chelsea is a 2003 graduate of GCHS and the daughter of Floyd and Martha Schwartz.
• Sports spotlights. Cross-Country: The varsity girls’ cross country team placed fourth at the regional meet in Arlington, missing a trip to state by one point. The team, made up of Whitney Kellermeier, Morgan Schwartz, Vicki Garza, Paige Niehues, Lauren Wheeler, Amber Halfmann and Britton Avery, was the District 9 1-A champions.
The varsity boys’ team advanced to Regionals placing third in District. Team members are Jason Flores, Marcus Dalton, Israel Ocon, Adrian Arriozola, Luis Zuniga and Poncho Zuniga.
Football: The number one-ranked Bearkats finished the regular season 10 – 0, beating No. 7 Ft. Davis 64 – 46 to claim the District 1 six-man title. In the first round of post-season play, Garden City received a bye.