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Nine students from Odessa High School were inducted as new members of the National Honor Society in a ceremony held at the school on Friday, April 15, 2016. Members were selected by the chapter's Faculty Council for meeting high standards of scholarship, service, leadership and character. Students inducted were: Chance Messer, Bradley Johnston, Wyatt Haase, Colton Hunt, Cole Kissler, Hannah Sheldon, Jayd Jennings, Danielle Tebow and Kiegan Wehr. "We are very proud to...
The Titan track and field team headed to Cheney Saturday for the Big Red Invitational where they competed with 29 other teams ranging in size from 1B to 4A. Out of 24 teams, the boys placed 18th overall, with Wenatchee, East Valley and Mead taking the top three slots. The girls were 15th overall out of 23 teams with Wenatchee, East Valley and Lind-Ritzville-Sprague taking the top three places. For the girls, Shelbey Watkins was 31st in the 100 meters with a time of 14.48,...
15 R H E St. J. 0 0 0 0 5 5 3 3 O-H 1 1 3 4 6 15 10 2 Brad Johnston pitched the first three innings against St. John in the first game of a doubleheader in that town on April 5 and set the tone for the rest of the game by allowing only two hits, no runs and striking out five batters. Meanwhile, the Titan batters came on strong, earning five runs in those same first three innings. Camden Weber relieved Johnston in the fourth but had an off game. After giving up a hit and walking five batters, resulting in five earned...
Adoption of a new math curriculum will be finalized this spring and will be implemented beginning next fall for children in kindergarten through eighth grade at P.C. Jantz Elementary School, said curriculum committee chair Bev Scherr. The teachers of math have worked diligently to identify a curriculum that is aligned with the Washington State Common Core Standards in math. They especially looked for one that has research and evidence supporting high student achievement, Scherr said. Throughout the process, teachers used a...
The tennis team played a make-up match Saturday, April 16, against LaCrosse/Washtuca, which was rescheduled back in March. For this league match, only the boys were available. Derek McKeen and Garret Correll defeated Evan Gonzales and Bryce Brown....
Students in kindergarten through fifth grade will invite grandparents or a special senior citizen to visit P.C. Jantz Elementary School on Thursday, April 28, 2016. Grandparents of K-5 students are invited to have lunch with students and attend recess activities. Lunch will consist of a cheeseburger, Jo-Jo’s, a fruit and veggie bar and milk. The price of an adult lunch is $3.75. Reservations for the lunch will need to be made with the elementary office by calling 982-2603. The lunch schedule for each class is as follows: K...
Odessa High School junior Chance Messer has been selected by the International Sustainable World Energy, Engineering and Environment Project Olympiad (I-SWEEEP) to present his engineering research, "Engineering Flettner Rotors to Increase Propulsion." His engineering design utilizes the Magnus effect, where two tall rotating cylinders (Flettner rotors) placed onto the deck of a cargo boat would increase its propulsion by 15 percent. Increasing the propulsion would decrease...
Advanced STEM Researcher Stacia Lesser was selected by the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair to represent Washington state at the 2016 GENIUS Olympiad. She will present her science research, "Mount St. Helens Ash Used as a Temporal Marker for Radioactive Cesium-137 Fallout." High school researchers from all over the U.S will display their innovative ideas at State University New York, Oswego. The GENIUS Olympiad promotes a global understanding of environmental...
The Odessa school district’s production of the musical Hairspray Jr. was held March 31 in the school multipurpose room. Two performances were held, the early one mainly for school children and the later one for community members at large. There were some notable performances. Molly Schafer as the female lead projected her voice well for her spoken dialogue, but unfortunately her singing was often overpowered by the musical score. Kiegan Wehr as the emcee of a television had the cadence and inflection of a professional TV p...
Golf The Titan golf team had matches on Monday, March 21, Thursday, March 24 and again on Tuesday, March 29. In the March 21 match against Colfax, William Mann led the Titans with 49, followed by John Tanke 52, Colt Sanford 56, Caleb Behrens 65, Derek Montgomery 68 and James Mann 70. The March 24 match against St. John-Endicott had William Mann again the top Titan golfer with 50, with John Tanke at 60, Caleb Behrens 64 and Derek Montgomery 85. On March 29, a tournament pitted...
The Titan track team had its first meet of the season in Colville Saturday, March 26. For the boys, Gaven Elder placed ninth in the 100 meters, 10th in 200 meters and 17th in long jump. Colton Melgren placed 25th in the 1600 meters, 43rd in the discus and 47th in the javelin. Cole Kissler took 11th place in the javelin and eighth in the pole vault. Aaron Gies was second in the 110-meter hurdles, third in the 300-meter hurdles and 37th in the javelin. Colby Sooy placed 16th in...
The opening weekend for baseball was a good one for the Titans when they completed a doubleheader sweep against the Northport Mus- tangs Saturday, March 26. In the first game of the series, the Titans had eight runs by the end of the second inning and added eight more in the fourth, making the score 16-0 and effectively winning the game in four innings. According to WIAA rules, the games ends when the losing team is behind 10 or more runs and has had at least five turns at...
Public, parochial and private schools from all over the state of Washington sent 102 teams comprising more than 600 students to a day of academic competition at Arlington High School in Arlington, Wash. on March 19. Eastern Washington's Bi-County area acquitted itself well at this state Knowledge Bowl, taking three of the top six places. Odessa High School's team of Johnathon Brightwell, Elizabeth Larson, Cole Kissler, Molly Schafer, Kiegan Wehr and Stacia Lesser brought home...
The O-H Titan tennis match against Davenport March 24 was a good first outing for the team. In girls singles, Katie DeWulf defeated Jackie Soto 6-1, 6-0, Danielle Tebow defeated Kylene Edwards 6-3, 7-5, Stacia Lesser defeated Ashlyn Morris 6-2, 6-3 and Evie Mann defeated Veronica Wendling 8-4. In girls doubles, Davenport’s Olivia Holden and Jade Smith defeated Alex Bruce and Jordan Larmer 6-4, 7-6 (7-3), while Megan Shafer and Stormy Stiles defeated Angela Yow and Megan H...
FFA Advisor at OHS The Odessa High School chapter of FFA sent several students to the District 9 career development events held in Moses Lake the week of March 7. Food Science & Technology The Food Science and Technology event provides FFA members the opportunity to gain awareness of career and professional opportunities in the field of food science and technology, marketing and management occupations. Participants take an objective test, practice quality assurance...
Odessa High School FBLA has been working with the eighth grade class for their American Enterprise Project. Their topic has been benefit corporations, an emerging type of corporate business with a focus on earning profit and giving back to social and environmental causes. The students studied existing benefit corporations including Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream, Tom's Shoes and Warby Parker Eyeglasses. Next, they created a mock benefit corporation, designed a unique product for...
The Titan Golf team kicked off spring sports Tuesday, March 15, in Harrington. The match included the St. Georges Dragons, the Kettle Falls Bulldogs and the Tekoe-Rosalia Timberwolves. Each of the visiting teams had both boys and girls teams. Odessa-Harrington, however, has only a boys team. The individual scores for the Titan team are as follows: Derek Montgomery 72, Colt Sanford 70, John Tanke 59, William Mann 57, Caleb Behrens 69 and James Mann 72. The Titans finished with...
After an eight-hour day of continually presenting their research to experts in the field, the student scientists from the Advanced STEM Research Laboratory at Odessa High School exhibited their academic prowess in science and engineering at the Mid-Columbia Regional Science and Engineering Fair in Kennewick on Thursday, March 10, 2016. More than 100 high school student researchers represented the finest scientific minds vying for top prizes in STEM-related categories. There...
On Friday, March 4, Odessa High School's Knowledge Bowl team traveled to Whitworth University in Spokane to compete in this year's regional Knowledge Bowl tournament. The team placed fourth, which gives the Odessa students a spot at the state tournament on March 19 in Arlington, Wash. This year's varsity team in the competition comprises Cole Kissler, Molly Schafer, Elizabeth Larson, Kiegan Wehr, Stacia Lesser and Johnathon Brightwell. The team's coach is Ellen Holman. The...
Track and field head coach Travis Schuh said the Odessa-Harrington Titan team has had a great first week of practice. The assistant coach this year is Lanae Carper. The team consists of Lanessa Simon, Casey Schlomer, John DeWulf, Shelbey Watkins, Bailey Kuch, Aaron Gies, Cole Kissler, Colby Sooy, Colton Melgren, Amber Smith, Gaven Elder, Sarina Goetz and William Steed....
Odessa High School celebrated FBLA Week with many fun activities including a Copper vs. Silver tournament to raise money for the March of Dimes, a Slap Jack tournament won by Katie DeWulf, a lunch meeting with Lincoln County Economic Development Council executive director Margie Hall and a tour of a community project that also involved the Economic Development Council, the Odessa Community Commercial Kitchen. The highlight of the week was when sophomore class president Colton...
The winning streak for the Titan girls basketball team continued when they played the Valley Christian Panthers in Deer Park Wednesday, February 17. Both teams were on fire, as the lead went back and forth during all four quarters with no more than four points between them at any given moment. By the end of the first quarter the score was 17-15 in favor of Valley Christian. Going into the half the girls were up by one with a score of 23-24. By the end of the third quarter,...
Continued from last week This is the second and final installment of the results of the second annual all-school academic assembly held January 29 in the school multipurpose room. 8th: Outstanding Math Award, Mya Boss; Outstanding Effort in Algebra Award, Ireland Luiten. High school: Outstanding Effort in Geometry Award, Tori Weishaar; Outstanding Effort in Algebra II Award, Hannah Scheldon; Outstanding Effort in Pre-Calculus Award, Elizabeth Larson; Outstanding Effort in Calculus Award, Stacia Lesser. Alexis Schmierer...
The OH Titans had a rough end to a bumpy season, losing their last four games, two of which were playoff games against Selkirk and Cusick on February 9 and 13, respectively. At the half against Selkirk, the score was 23-33 with the Titans down by 10. The Rangers then held the Titans to a mere 12 points in the second half, while scoring an additional 28 of their own, making the final score 61-35. OH 10 13 4 8 35 Sel 13 20 16 12 61 Colton Hunt led the Titans with 12 points, six...
The Titan girls took home a win and a loss during district 1B playoffs February 10 and 13. Coming back from the half against visiting Cusick, the Titans found themselves down by one point (20-19), but they managed to hold the Panthers to 21 points in the third and fourth quarters while netting themselves an additional 33 points, giving them a 12-point win and a final score of 41-52. O-H 12 7 15 18 52 Cus 10 10 12 9 41 Lanessa Simon led the ladies to victory, racking up 24...
