The HPMS basketball
teams finish up.
The seventh and eighth
grade basketball teams recently
finished
their
season.
Each team
concluded
with a
district
tournament
as well as a
bi-district
games.
The
seventh
grade teams
all won
their bidistrict games against Rockwall.
The red team won 19-17, the gold
team won 24-13 and the white
team won 32-25. In the seventh
grade girls tournament, The
white (A) team finished second,
the red (C) team finished fourth
and the gold (B) team won the
tournament, becoming district
champs.
In the bi-district games, the
seventh grade boys teams all
won their games against Wylie
Cooper Middle School. At the
seventh grade boys tournament,
the gold (A) team won their first
game, but lost their second game
against Faubion. The MVPs
were John Harbison and Grant
Neddlemen, and the leading
scorer was Grant Needlemen
with eight points. The white (C)
team also won their tournament
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By: Christina Bambach
Skeet Shoot
Shoot, Score, Win
Squad
defeating Prosper 23-19 in their
championship game, with MVPs
Jake Walsh and Christopher
Herrod. In the tournament,
the seventh
grade boys
red (B) team
beat Prosper
37-29 in the
championship
game.
“I got
to make a
lot of new
friendships
with the
people on my
team and I
was familiar
with the coaches so it was fun,”
said eighth grader Sarah Orsak.
In the bi-districts, each team
won. The white team won 2512, with MVP Sarah O’Neal, the
gold team won 28-14 with MVP
Jillian Deaver,
and the red team
won with MVP
Kristin Cowie. In
the eighth grade
girls tournament
the white (A) team
unfortunately lost
in their first round
of the tournament,
the gold (B) team
won, defeating
Cockrill in the
championship.
The red (C) team
placed second,
losing to Prosper.
“I liked playing
in all the games
and representing
Highland Park…
I’m also going to
continue playing
basketball in high
school,” said
eighth grader Kyle
Tananbaum.
Unfortunately,
the gold team lost
their bi-district
game to Allen 54-30. Wills
MacKay and Will Wideman were
the MVPs. The red team won
their game 41-34 with Conrad
Yost as the MVP. The white team
won their game 60-24 with all
players scoring during the game.
Kyle Walters was the MVP.
The eighth grade boys gold (A)
team won district champions,
with MVPs Michael McMonigle
and Caron Bryant. The red (B)
and white (C) teams secured
the District Championships by
defeating McKinney Dowell
in their semi-final games and
Prosper in the championship
games.
The basketball teams had
excellent seasons, and it seems
like all of the players did a great
job, while having fun. Way to go
Raiders!
The Highland
Park
shooting club
By: Makayla Morgan
There’s a new club
in Highland Park and it’s
popularity is shooting up. With
twenty-two students so far the
skeet-shooting club is already
full. “We’re actually getting
really full,” said eighth grade
shooting club member, Rhodes
Miller. The shooting club is for
anyone from grades 6-12 who
wants to learn to shoot.
“It’s a really fun sport,” said
Miller. Skeet shooting is a sport
where a clay disk is thrown in
the air to simulate a bird. Then
the shooter tries to shoot the
skeet out of the air with a rifle.
The goal of the club is to have
fun shooting.
The club meets every
Wednesday, Saturday, and
Sunday at Elm Fork shooting
range. John Calandro, Jr., John
Harris and John Calandro, Sr.
head the club.
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