From the Schoolhouse
Scheduled Events:
Jan. 16 18 Mid-term Exams; Jan. 25 FFA Area Tractor Contest, Canyon; Jan. 26 District BPA, Odessa; Jan. 29 FFA Area Tractor Contest, Lubbock; Feb. 1 District Realignment Football/Basketball; Feb. 2 UIL Meet, Midland; Feb. 9 UIL Meet, Garden City.
See the schools website at http://www.gcisd.esc18.net/ for sports schedules.
Football:
Six-Man All-District team Division 1 District 1: Garden City players named were Newcomer of the Year Josh Colunga; First team offense tight end Wade Jansa, utility back Jake Schwartz; First team defense noseguard Ryan Alvarado, defense lineman Wade Jansa, safety Jake Schwartz, utility player Cole Schwartz, punter Adrian Arzola.
Second team offense tight end Eric Hirt, wide receiver Brett Chudej, quarterback Nick Sanchez, running back Josh Colunga, fullback Adrian Arzola; second team defense cornerback Troy Barnes, utility player Pancho Zuniga.
Academic UIL Results:
GCHS students competed with twenty schools (5-A 1-A) at the Andrews UIL tournament Jan. 12. Math and science events were broken down into grade classifications where students competed with other students in the same grade level. Results were: Number Sense Team 3rd, Wade Jansa 1st, Brittany Schniers 2nd, Ian Schaefer 4th, Levi Schaefer 4th, Michael Clarke 5th; Calculator Team 2nd, Wade Jansa 1st, Michael Clarke 1st, Brittany Schniers 6th, Levi Schaefer 8th, Paige Niehues 9th; Math Team 3rd, Wade Jansa 1st, Michael Clarke 2nd, Brittany Schniers 5th, Ian Schaefer 7th, Paige Niehues 9th, Noemi Gonzalez 10th; Science Team 3rd, Ian Schaefer 2nd, Brittany Schniers 3rd, Noemi Gonzalez 6th, Wade Jansa 6th, Paige Niehues 8th, Michael Clarke 9th.
Competing against all classifications, Mikela Barton placed 5th in Literary Criticism and 2nd in Editorial Writing overall, and Wade Jansa placed 4th overall in Computer Science competition.