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SCHOOL NEWS FOR
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004
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Notes From the High School |
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By Terry Howell
McKenzie High School Principal |
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The Leo Club had the holiday spirit during the Downtown
McKenzie Christmas Celebration. They helped their parent
organization, the Lions Club, work the Christmas Parade
on December 4. They also helped run the ticket booths
for the train and carriage rides, sold sweat shirts
commemorating this year's event, and assisted Santa
Claus in his visit with young people. The Leo Club is an
extremely active service organization, dedicated to the
betterment of our school and the McKenzie community. The
club's sponsor is Dianne Anderson.
In basketball action last week the teams played three
games each beginning with a road game at Huntingdon last
Monday. The Fillies played a powerful pressing
man-to-man defense to force 32 turnovers and force poor
shooting by the Lady Rebels to post a 54-32 win. The
Lady Rebels could never establish continuity or rhythm
in the game as the Fillies outscored them in each
quarter to hand the Lady Rebels their first defeat of
the season. Anna Trull led the Lady Rebels with 14
points. Renee Crawly chipped in 7 points and 5 rebounds.
The Rebels also found the home team difficult to handle
and had trouble finding the mark as well in falling to
the Mustangs 46-37. The Rebels were 2 of 17 from the
3-point line and 13 of 39 overall, stats that spelled
doom for them. The Rebels closed to within 4 points
early in the 4th quarter, but never could overtake the
Mustangs. No Rebel scored in double figures. Julian
Tucker had 8 points. Beau Brown and Hunter Downing added
7 each. The next night the Lady Rebels and Rebels
returned home against the Lady Tigers and Tigers of
Bruceton. The Lady Rebels found their offensive
firepower in scoring 76 points led by Anna Trull and
Renee Crawley with 24 and 23 respectively. The defensive
pressure, which was not effective against Huntingdon,
was potent against the Lady Tigers. Courtney Wiggins and
Brooke Cole helped the cause with 14 points and 9 points
along with excellent defense. The second game was more
contested as the Rebels and Tigers battled for
supremacy. The Rebels continued to play several players,
many of whom contributed to the win. Beau Brown with 17
points and Drew Hayes with 13 paced the offense. Hayes
played an excellent floor game with his defense and
passing. Clint Anderson also helped the cause with 9
points. On Friday, the teams ended their big week with
home district games against Decatur County High School.
The Lady Rebels played an uneven first half leading by
as many as 16 points before a late half Panther rally
cut the margin to six at halftime, 37-31. The third
quarter may have set school scoring records as the Lady
Rebels scored 24 straight points and 37 overall to take
control of the game. They coasted the rest of the way in
defeating their district foe 95-66. Anna Trull sizzled
the nets with 42 points with strong support from Renee
Crawley (18 points) and Courtney Wiggins (17 points).
The girls improved their record to 4-1 overall and 1-0
in the district. In the boys' game, the Rebels continued
to have problems finding the range from the 3-point line
but mastered enough inside offense to defeat the
Panthers 57-52. Beau Brown led the team with 17 points.
Brice Priestly with 11 and Clint Anderson 9 added the
support needed for a victory. The Rebels improved to 3-2
overall and 1-0 in the district. This week the teams
play at home on Tuesday against Dresden and end the
pre-Christmas half of the season with a road trip to
Clarksburg. Come out and support our young people.
Congratulations to Paul Edwards for an outstanding
post-season award. Paul was named to the prestigious
Associated Press Second Team All-State Team as an
offensive lineman. This award comes from all five
classifications and is quite an accomplishment for a 2-A
player. Named to the AP Honorable Mention All State Team
were Drew Hayes in the quarterback position, Cody Cook
as a running back, and Randy Lacey as a receiver.
Congratulations to these football Rebels for a great
season and appropriate recognition.
The Region 6-2A coaches met last Wednesday to choose
members to the All-Region 6-2A team. Six members of this
year's squad were named to the team. First team
selections were Clint Anderson, receiver; Cody Cook,
running back; Paul Edwards, offensive lineman; Randy
Lacey, receiver; and Shawn Luna, offensive lineman.
Selected as the Offensive Most Valuable Player was Drew
Hayes. Honorable Mention selections were Ben Boyd,
Justin Gilbert, Cornelius Harris, and Greg Pruitt.
Congratulations to these young men.
The Key Club continued its book drive for the Northwest
Tennessean Division of Head Start here in McKenzie. This
month members brought 80 books to be distributed to
young children at the McKenzie center. Our students
realize the importance of reading or having books read
to them and use this project to promote education and
literacy at an early age. The club also is involved in
its annual Angel Tree project with members responsible
for assisting young people during the holiday season.
The club is sponsored by Catherine Argo and Jennifer
Champion.
As a reminder, this notice is about this week's exam
schedule. We will have our First and Fourth Block tests
on Thursday, December 16, during the scheduled time for
the classes. Our Second and Third Block exams will be on
Friday, December 17, from 8:00-9:30 and from 9:40-11:15.
This Friday is a half-day for students. School will
dismiss for the holidays at 11:15 for bus students and
11:20 for everyone else. Students who are exempt may
check out at 11:30 on Thursday, provided they have a
note from their parents. They will not have to attend on
Friday if they are exempt. A reminder that one is exempt
from tests if he/she is passing the class and has not
more than one absence from that class.
Jackie Carr and her international business and marketing
classes had Mrs. Martha Spain from Manpower as a guest
speaker on Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Spain talked to
the class about the job interview process including how
to dress, act, and prepare for an interview. She also
told them about how to fill out job applications and how
to submit the names of references for a job. Students
learned about resumé preparation and the details of a
good resumé. Mrs. Spain discussed job flexibility but
warned about job hopping which may look bad on a resumé.
She will return this Wednesday to conduct mock
interviews of the students in class.
I hope that everyone has an enjoyable, meaningful
holiday season.
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Phone (731) 352-3323 or
Fax (731) 352-3322
washburn@mckenziebanner.com
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