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November 23, 2009
November 16, 2009
Quiz Bowl – Holland Invitational
Headed to State!
After a one year hiatus the Fremont Varsity Quiz Bowl team returned to the Holland Fall Quiz Bowl Invitational on Saturday. Teams were grouped in tiers of 4, and Fremont had a quite a challenge ahead of them after being grouped with perennial powerhouses Manistee, White Cloud and Holland’s B team. After six matches our record stood at 1-5, our only victory coming from a tight battle with Holland. However, the team gained a lot of confidence after challenging White Cloud the second time around, earning an 80-85 1st half score. I told the team they were the best 1-5 team at the tournament.
Teams were re-seeded in the afternoon in new tiers of 4. We still had some tough challenges ahead of us, as Holland A and Kent City, both teams that have beaten us pretty solidly in the past, were in our bracket. We started out a bit slow vs. Ionia in the first match. At half time the team asked me to “fire us up, coach”. I told them, “3 wins and you’re going to state”. The team responded! They quickly built a lead against Ionia and didn’t look back, winning 185-110. Next up was Holland A, which beat us soundly last month in White Cloud. With confidence brewing, the team took it to a stunned Holland team, winning 190-155. Our last match was against Kent City, which always has a strong team. With a state birth on the line, the Packers raced out to a huge lead and never looked back, scoring 270 points in a rout.
After a 2 year lapse the Fremont QB team will head to state in March. If you see any of the following players please congratulate them on a job well done (please wait until after 1st hour. The team doesn’t know they qualified yet and I’d like to tell them first). A huge thanks goes out to all of you for teaching this great group of young people all the knowledge they have.
Varsity Team Members:
Sam Breza
John Carlson
Shae Shornagel
Tara Weaver
Felipe Agurto
Coach Chris Gleason
November 9, 2009
Boys Cross Country – 11/7/2009 State Finals
Clearly not the way we wanted to end our season.
The boy’s and I are disappointed to end our season with this performance. As I stated in my regional email we had been lucky to avoid the flu that is going around. Our luck ran out. By the race our top 3 were ill, and I did not do a good job of protecting the healthy athletes from the down on our luck feeling going into the meet. The boys tried their best under the circumstances and are looking forward to next year. As we look at the results there are a lot of what ifs, but on the day we finished 18th head to head and will have to run much better next year. Nick Butcher, though ill was able to run 16:27 to finish All-State.
It was a good season, and hopefully a good dose of motivation has been planted.
Results can be found at http://www.mhsaa.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=CdyamB3mwDU%3d&tabid=143
Coach
Girls Varsity Volleyball – 11/9/2009 Districts Whitehall
Whitehall tops Fremont for Class B district volleyball championship
The Grand Rapids Press, November 07, 2009 12:45 a.m.
NEWAYGO — The Whitehall volleyball team, ranked 10th in the state in Class B, topped Fremont 26-24, 25-17, 25-22 in the district finals Friday to earn a spot in the regional round.
Whitehall will face Belding in the second of two regional games Tuesday at Lakeview, with Fruitport and Hemlock meeting in the first contest. Times are 5:30 and 7 p.m.
Senior Class Fundraiser
The senior class is collecting cell phones to recycle and raise money for their class trip.
Calling all Fremont community members, help support the seniors of Fremont High School AND help clean up the environment.
The senior escape committee is having a Race to RecycleTM it is a FUN, first-of-its-kind fundraising program, with Motorola’s help, schools can earn extra cash and do their part for the environment.
Motorola is accepting used cell phones, any brand, any model in working condition. Batteries accepted but must be discharged.
Please drop off your phone(s) to:
- Fremont High School
- Fremont Middle School
- Times-Indicator att: Deb Reinhold
- Career Tech center att: Jill Vansickle.
We hope you join in and put your old phones to good use.
Any questions please contact one of the senior escape committee members:
Deb Reinhold co-chair itadvertising@comcast.net
Michelle Pikaart co-chair mpikaart@fremont.net
Tammy Hawker secretary hawker29@concast.net
Lori Harmon co-treasure moneyman23@sbcglobal.net
Deanna Traxler co-treasure dtraxler@wildblue.net
November 5, 2009
November 4, 2009
November 3, 2009
High School Principal’s Notes 11/3/2009
The flu has made its way to the high school. While the elementary schools are recovering and increasing their attendance rates, the high school is starting to decline. This progression is fairly typical. The little ones get hit first and then the high school kids get it a week or two later.
The girls volleyball team won last night and will face Shelby on Wednesday at 5:30 at Newaygo. I wish I could be there but I was asked to substitute at GVSU for the night and will follow through on my promise. I hate missing those big games. On Friday, I will be joining the cross country team at MIS. The team always goes down the night before and I serve as the district representative. That means I won’t be able to see the girls volleyball team on Friday if they win on Wednesday. Too many good things going on this week!
In the coming weeks, you’ll start hearing about a new community service day at FHS. The staff and I were presented with a community service idea from Tressa Wenk. The staff overwhelmingly supported the idea. The plan is to take one day out of our calendar and perform community and environmental projects. The goal is to teach students about community responsibility and being good stewards of our environment. We hope for it to become an annual project.
November 2, 2009
Boys Cross Country – 10/31/2009 Regionals
Sorry this is out late, but I was abducted by a pirate and witch upon getting home and forced to go in search of candy. A great way to end off a great day.
At Benzie Central HS
The boys stepped up to the plate and ran a great race. Going in we felt like we could win if we ran to our capabilities. On paper we were also slightly favored. But in our only head to head meeting with Gaylord at Portage, we got spanked. We had a really good freshen up workout on Thursday so I think the boys were feeling good about things. We have also been able to avoid the flu that is going around so far. The weather was pretty adverse – mid 30s, high winds and alternating rain, hail and sleet. The flat course held up pretty well for all the rain we have had, with just a few muddy spots. We had to juggle our warm up a little as things got 1/2 hour behind schedule, and the boys managed it very well.
Our starting box was position two down from Gaylord so we knew we would be able to keep an eye on them right from the start. At the gun the race went out fast, very fast. Nick Butcher assumed the lead 200 m in and was laying on the pace. Just past the 1000, Jake Featherstone was positioned nicely in the top 5 with our pack of 3, Sam Schuiteman, Tommy Jewett, and Charlie Fias, grouped in the top 20, intermingled with Gaylord’s pack of 5. Tyler Green was looking good in the 50s, with Calvin Crowley getting a decent start to put him in the 70s. The next time I was able to see the athletes was just before the 3000. At this point Nick was starting to pull away from a couple of freshmen studs, one from Big Rapids the other Cedar Springs. Jake was leading a tightly bunched group of 5 in 5th place. Sam and Tommy were working well together having moved up into 11th and 12th. Charlie had fallen off the pace just a little and was fighting for a place in the top 20. Tyler Green had moved up into the 40s and Calvin was holding position in the 70s. At this point if we could hold it together over the final mile we would win as we had 4 in front of Gaylord’s 1st.
We ran well over the last 1000 to seal the victory. Nick answered some challenges to win by 7 seconds. Jake was unable to hold off the pack but battled well to finish 8th. Tommy and Sam stayed together holding their positions to the line, while Charlie, Tyler and Calvin all had strong finishes to move up in position. Tyler and Calvin both ran PRs, Tyler to break 18:00 and Calvin to break 19:00.
1 Nick Butcher 16:13
8 Jake Featherstone 16:43
11 Tommy Jewett 16:53
12 Sam Schuiteman 16:55
20 Charlie Fias 17:16
37 Tyler Green 17:55
72 Calvin Crowley 18:52
Team Scores
Fremont 52
Gaylord 91
Big Rapids 120
Goals going into the meet were to put 5 in the 16s, 5 in the top 15, and 4 ahead of Gaylord’s 1st. We were close.
These boys and the athletes of the past 8 years have strung together 9 consecutive Regional Championships. I have been pretty lucky to have been able to work with kids willing to put in the hard work to achieve these rewards.
The work continues on as we get ready for the State Championships on Saturday at MIS.
Hope to see you there,
Coach
Boys Cross Country – 10/31/2009 Regionals
Fremont – 9th Straight Regional Championship
Local reports | The Muskegon Chronicle, October 31, 2009 10:07 p.m.
Fremont’s boys cross country team is seemingly immune to the weather – especially at regionals.
The Packer boys team won its ninth-straight regional championship on Saturday, capturing the 15-team Division 2 regional at Benzonia-Benzie Central with 52 points.
Nick Butcher led the way for Fremont with the overall title in 16:13.
Jake Featherstone took eighth, Tommy Jewett 11th, Sam Schuiteman 12th and Charlie Fias 20th to round out the Packers’ scoring.
"The boys stepped up to the plate and ran a great race," said Fremont coach Cliff Somers. "Going in we felt like we could win if we ran to our capabilities."
Gaylord took second (91), Ludington was eighth, Whitehall 10th, Fruitport 11th, Orchard View 12th and Grant 14th.
Whitehall’s Greg Madendorp placed fourth, Ludington’s Adrian Martinez (10th) and Luke Johnson (16th), Fruitport’s Kevin Kyle was 22nd and Orchard View’s Chris Zitka (28th) and Brandon Keur (32nd). Grant’s Kyle Starr took 38th.
Girls Cross Country – 10/31/2009 Regionals
Here’s the final race report and results of the 2009 Girls Cross Country Adventure.
It is hoped that plans be made to attend the MHSAA State Cross Country Championships next week at Michigan International Speedway near Jackson. Your attendance will support Fremont’s tradition for excellence in Cross Country, the Regional winning boys team, and perhaps a spark of inspiration for the girls to set goals to one day return as a team to the championship event.
Thanks for your contributions to the 2009 Adventure.
Coach Herbert Lindsay
Regional Meet (75 KB)
MHSAA Regional Results (53 KB)
Boys Varsity Football – 10/30/2009 Playoffs Big Rapids
Big Rapids downs Fremont in High School Football
from local reports | Muskegon Chronicle, October 30, 2009 10:34 p.m.
FROM LOCAL REPORTS
Fremont wasn’t able to keep its season rolling against Big Rapids on Friday night, losing to the visiting Cardinals, 40-7.
The Packers fell behind 14-0 after the first quarter and trailed 36-0 by halftime against Big Rapids, which is coached by Holton graduate and former Muskegon Thunder standout Mitch Cumings.
Justin Currie led Big Rapids, scoring on a pair of touchdown runs, finishing with nine carries for 138 yards rushing.
Quarterback Joey Frendo managed the strong wind, going 14-for-32 passing for 178 yards, connecting for the Packers’ lone touchdown on a 15-yard pass to Ethan McCarthy in the third quarter.
Ryan Ansorge led the ground attack for Fremont with 86 yards on 18 attempts and Tyler Krim posted four receptions for 74 yards. Tyler Gotts led Fremont’s defense with nine tackles.
Fremont finished 7-3.
