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The Odessa-Harrington Titans were defeated by the Touchet Indians September 14 in Odessa’s Sausage Bowl under the lights at Finney Field, 42 - 60. After last week’s loss of starting quarterback Jared King, out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL, and of Markus Smith for a couple of weeks due to a concussion, the Titans were counting on other players to step into the breach. They did so, and generated an effective offense. The defense suffered the losses in this game as two linemen, Zack Schaal and Ricky Hedreen, wer...
Matthew L. Cronrath has made the President’s Honor Roll for the summer semester at Washington State University. To be eligible for the honor roll, undergraduate students must be enrolled in a minimum of nine graded hours in a single term at WSU and earn a grade point average of 3.75 or earn a 3.50 cumulative GPA based on 15 cumulative hours of graded work. Cronrath is a 2008 graduate of Odessa High School and the son of Mark and Dorris Cronrath of Odessa....
Last week we looked at Michael Geisen’s comments on developing effective habits in the classroom. This week, this National Teacher of the Year in 2008 gives us some real life ideas about working cooperatively in groups. Since you are in school, how do you go about making a group’s effort effective? Good question. Geisen stresses a few points that all of us, teenagers and adults alike, can take to heart. First, since we all come to a team with our weaknesses and strengths, we need to value each person for what he brings to...
After last week’s overpowering win over LaCrosse/Washtucna, the O-H Titans were handed a decisive defeat this past week at the hands of Cusick, 48-14. Cusick 8 26 6 8 48 O-H 0 0 8 6 14 After Justin Hunt intercepted a pass on the very first play of the game, the Cusick team settled down and dominated the Titans. Cusick’s first touchdown came on a 24-yard run and two-point conversion. The rest of the first quarter was defensive, and neither team scored. In the second qua...
The Bronco Invitational volleyball tournament was held Saturday, September 8, in Ritzville. Odessa won all of its matches, defeating Ritzville, 25 - 15 and 25 - 7, St. Georges, 25 - 6 and 25 - 11 and Northport, 25 - 15 and 25 - 7. In serving, Lexie Hirst led the Titans in the tournament with 100 percent, with 20 - 0 and with 9 aces. Jordan Tanke served 12 - 1, with 3 aces, while Koralynne Kuch was 21 - 2, with 5 aces and Kendall Todd was 39 - 2, with 5 aces. Leading in spiking were Chelsea Fisher with 23 kills, Jordan Tanke...
If you set a goal for yourself last week, you are on the right track to becoming a superstar student. This week, we will look at some of Michael Geisen’s comments on developing effective habits in the classroom. As National Teacher of the Year in 2008, he has some insights to what makes for student success in school. Throughout your school life, you have been collecting bits and pieces of information that you might put in one big pile called “school stuff.” A great student organizes that information instead of leaving it in...
The O-H Titans football team got its season off to a good start with a 44-20 drubbing of LaCrosse/Washtucna last Friday afternoon in Washtucna. The next two games will be home games, against Cusick this Friday and against Touchet next week in the Sausage Bowl. The volleyball team held the Odessa Jamboree here on Tuesday the high school gym. The Titans did very well, defeating Entiat, 21-7 and 21-16; defeating Moses Lake Christian 21-7 and 21-3 and splitting their games with...
Since the school year has started, it is perhaps a good time to remind all students that they have what it takes to be a superstar in school. The 2008 Teacher of the Year, Michael Geisen, has a few pointers for them. First, everyone has a blend of the seven types of intelligence as suggested by psychologist Howard Gardner. Those types of smartness are visual, body movement, musical, social, logical/mathematical, verbal, and self. Students need to recognize that there is no one way of being smart. Smartness is a blend of two o...
College senior Scott Richard Strang of Odessa has been named to the Dean's List at the University of Washington for the spring quarter. To qualify for the Dean's List, a student must have completed at least 12 graded credits and have a grade-point average of at least 3.50 (out of 4). Students are notified that they have achieved this distinction when they receive their grades for the quarter....
Football The Odessa-Harrington Titan football team will hold its first practice on Wednesday, August 15, at 6 p.m. in Odessa. Any student athletes wishing to participate need to obtain the proper forms from either Odessa School District or Harrington School District. The forms must be filled out completely prior to participation. Student athletes also will need to make sure their sports physical is current for this upcoming season. Please contact either Odessa School District or Harrington School District if there are any...
The following students have been named to the Wilson Creek School District honor roll for the 2nd semester of 2011-2012, which ended Wednesday, June 6. High Honors (3.5+GPA) Mari Alvarez, Tyler Bise, Fernando Castaneda, Colten Crane, Lane Engelhardt, Angel Garay*, Chance Garret, Clarissa Hansen, Sam Hochstatter, Emmet James, Wade Kane, Jamie Kaupp, Caleb McMillan, Colton Minoletti (* Denotes 4.0 GPA). Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA) Jordyn Albertson, Emily Allen, Brandon Berneski, Mercedes Bicondova, Jackie Botello, Logan Crane,...
Kyle Lesser graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University on May 5, 2012. His emphasis of study was power systems and control systems. Kyle completed an electrical engineering internship at Astronics Advanced Electronic Systems in Redmond, WA. Prior to attending WSU, Kyle earned a two-year degree in Industrial Electrical Technology from Big Bend Community College. He is a 2006 graduate of Odessa High School and...
Big Bend Community College is offering two girls’ basketball camps this summer. Lady Vikings Basketball Camps will be held June 18-22 and July 16-20. Girls in grades 3-9 will get instruction from college coaches and players from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first four days, and 9 a.m. to noon on the final day of camp. Players are divided into groups according to age and skill level. Basketball fundamentals are taught and drilled each day. Players participate in multiple games and contests daily, said Preston Wilks, Lady Vikings h...
The following Odessa students have been named to the Honor Roll for the second semester of the 2011-2012 school year. A student must have a grade point of 3.50-4.00 to be on the Honor Roll and Honorable Mention requires a grade point of 3.25-3.49. Grade values are based on the state transcript requirements B+=3.3, B=3.0, B-=2.7, C+=2.3, C=2.0, C-=1.7, D+=1.3, D=1.0, F=0.0. HIGH SCHOOL Senior Class: Austin Schmierer (4.0), Kira Powell, Kolby Crossley, Charli Moffet, Rebekah Marshall, Kaitlin Estep, Hailey Williams, Ashley...
Good morning, and welcome to the Graduation Ceremony for the class of 2012, those good-looking people to my right. We are privileged to have you here with us today. I’m certainly glad I’m going first, for I have a fully awake audience to work with; however, I can make no promises on that condition when I’m done, apologies, Austin, Mr. Schutz, Mrs. White. Joking aside, we would never have gotten to this point without many of you – our families, our friends, our teacher...
On May 24, nine schools from the Bi-County joined Odessa for the Third Annual Bi-County Science Challenge. Odessa, Wilbur, Davenport, Liberty, Lind, Sprague, Reardan, Ritzville and Harrington arrived at the Odessa Gym at 9 a.m. to compete in the third ever science-based “Junkyard Wars.” Each school brought a team of six students to vie against the other schools for the traveling trophy. Team Odessa consisted of Kira Powell, Markus Smith, Justin Hauge, Griffey Powell, Tho...
Today is the day we have been waiting years and years to finally come – that last step into our future. However, this is not merely a day of reflection; it is a day of celebration. These past twelve years in high school have all led up to this moment. On behalf of the class of 2012, I welcome all of you to our graduation ceremony. Our class motto is “Life brings tears, smiles, and memories. The tears dry, the smiles fade, but the memories last forever.” We have had our “ups...
Aron Mills, a 2011 graduate of Odessa High School, was one of the faculty’s picks for top students of Big Bend Community College during the 2011-12 academic year, as announced at the ASB Spring Fling and Awards Barbecue on May 23. Mills’ award was for Automotive Technology. Bryce Todd, currently of Ephrata and a former student in the Odessa School District (and the nephew of Kim and Bruce Todd of Odessa) received the Pitcher of the Year award from the coach of the baseball team. Outstanding students were recognized by col...
Kira Powell did it for the third year in a row, capturing first place in 1B girls golf in the rain at Lakeside in western Washington. Koralynne Kuch, Hannah Schmidt, Chelsea Fisher and Jordyn Tanke, the four girls running the 4x200-meter relay event at the 1A/1B/2B track and field meet in Cheney also brought home a first place. The Odessa-Harrington Titan girls track team was in a three-way tie for seventh place at the state meet held last weekend on the campus of Eastern Wash...
Kira Powell brought home her third consecutive State B golf championship last week, finishing just one stroke ahead of Emily Baumgart of DeSales HS and four ahead of Michal Schuster of St. John-Endicott. According to coach Sam Read, “Kira came through in some tough playing conditions and under a lot of pressure of being the two time returning champion, and terrible weather.” State B golf was held at Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in Lakewood May 22 and 23. Five Ode...
The Odessa High School Knowledge Bowl team has reported in from New Orleans that they ended the competition with a record of two wins and four losses. All the schools Odessa competed against had a high school enrollment of more than 500 and included both public and private schools. Their first match on Saturday was against Bayside, Tenn., where Odessa won by a score of 260-210. The next match was against North Babylon High of Long Island, New York, where the Odessa squad came...
Thanks to the George and Dorothy Gies Foundation, 19 young women from Odessa High School had the opportunity to attend the Women Helping Women Luncheon in Spokane. The keynote speaker, Elizabeth Smart, inspired everyone to overcome adversity and live life to its fullest even after tragedy strikes. Elizabeth spoke of her abduction in 2002 at 14 years old. Her captors controlled her by threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape. The police safely retuned her to her family nine months later after she was...
Austin Schmierer, an Odessa High School senior who plans on studying biology, has been named a Washington Scholar for 2012/2013. The other two scholars are Elise Loggers of Colville and Lucy Hill of Wilbur. The alternate is Cory Sago of Colbert. The Washington Scholars program recognizes the accomplishments of four high school students in each of the state’s 49 legislative districts, three Washington Scholars and one alternate. A total of 196 Washington high school seniors have been honored as Washington Scholars or W...
Whitworth University held its 122nd commencement on Sunday, May 13, 2012 at the Spokane Arena. Matthew Jacob Zeiler graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. He will reside in Odessa and plans to be part of the family farming operation. Matthew is a 2008 graduate of Odessa High School and is the son of Bob and Debbie Zeiler....
Golf Our story last week on District 7 golf was incomplete. We have since learned that defending 1B girls champion Kira Powell did not compete in the district meet. After scoring 80 in the sub-district meet, she was able to take her score of 79 from the all-league meet in Colville and apply it to qualify for state competition. Golfers with a school-related conflict during either the subdistrict or district meets were allowed this option, and Powell was in Pittsburg grabbing a...
