Volleyball

The Rockets volleyball team was off to a fast start at the beginning of the season with winning 8 out of 10 non conference games. They also took home first place medals from the Marshal tournament. With conference games coming up, the Rockets have high hopes of winning and bettering their record.

The team this year consists of 7 returning varsity players, Kristen Slotman, Rachel Slotman, Kaslin Ebbers, Kim Hoffmann, Malorie Kappler, Erika Kirst, and Ashley Turnquist, and 7 new comers, Becca Arentsen, Jackie Bruggink, Stephanie Rupple, Cheyenne Dutter, Laura Lamers, Nikki Gottsacker, and Steph TeStroote. Mrs. Weavers is also back after taking a year off with the determination to take her team to the next level. Our captains this year are three seniors Kaslin Ebbers, Kristen Slotman, and Rachel Slotman. These three girls are working very hard on and off the court to make there team as best as possible. One of the captains, Rachel Slotman, says “All of the girls on the team this year strive to get better, because of this; our team could go far in the post season. I am really excited to go see what happens the rest of the year.”

Setting goals is important to any sports team, and that’s exactly what our volleyball team is doing. The girls all got together and thought of goals that would be good for the team to have. Some of these goals for each game are having a 90% serving average, 20 kills, 20 digs, 10 blocks, and never losing by less than ten points. These goals were set very high for the team only because they know that with a lot of practice and a whole bunch of effort there team can reach any goal. Another one of our goals was to be in the top three of our conference.

So far our conference is going very well. We have had four victories against Ozaukee, Random Lake, Christian, and Elkhart Lake. So we have only lost two games against two very good teams, Oostburg and Howards Grove. With games against Lutheran, Stockbridge, and Kohler coming up the Rockets are hoping for wins and ending the season with a great conference record and hopefully doing well in regionals.

Dance Team

The Cedar Gove Belgium dance team is off to a great start! They are shooting for high hopes and great goals. This year the team is planning on going to competition, which they have not done in four years. Also new this year is Amanda Salazar. Amanda came here from Sheboygan Falls, where she used to be on the Sheboygan South dance team. Head coach Mary-Beth Desens, with the help of Amanda, are planning on pushing these girls to the best of their abilities. The team is contributing ideas for fund raisers to make money for new uniforms and poms. Like every year, the team organized a Kiddie Clinic. This year went fantastic even though we had a downpour. If your child did not get the chance to sign up, don’t worry we have another Kiddie Clinic during basketball season. The dance team appreciates all the support they get, and we hope you are able to come see them perform sometime this season.

Welcome Mrs. Lennon

If you have been down the freshman hallway recently, you may have noticed the absence of one of our former computer teachers. The “Mr. Cronkright” name tag has been replaced with a “Mrs. Lennon” one. For anyone who is not taking a computer class, Mrs. Lennon is the newest addition to our Technology department.

Mrs. Lennon was born and raised in Missouri. She lived in Georgia, where she taught for several years, before moving to Wisconsin. She attended Missouri Western University, where she received her degree in Instructional Technology. Mrs. Lennon is currently teaching Accounting 1 and 2, Microsoft Office 1, Business Management, Introduction to Business, Marketing, and 7th and 8th grade general typing. If you are at all interested in any of these classes, Mrs. Lennon encourages all of the student body to take them. Mrs. Lennon really enjoys teaching at our school. She commented on how similar Cedar Grove is to her home town, and how our school reminds her of where she went to school. Mrs. Lennon fits in wonderfully at our school and has made a great addition to our staff.

Mid-season Soccer

There certainly were high hopes coming into the 2009 season for the players and coaches of the boy’s soccer team. The only thing on the mind of the coaches and returning players was to avenge the short lived post season from the previous year. A tough loss in the first round of the playoffs ended the last season for the Rockets. This year hopes to be anything but the same.

The season-opener showed just how competitive the year would be with a loss to Oostburg. Head coach Papi Pozo always taught to keep your heads in the game and to never give up, which is exactly what the team did, coming back mid-season to win four straight games to achieve a 5-3 record. Because of the large amount of new players joining this year, a junior varsity team was formed playing a few games this year. Only one game in, the junior varsity team is 1-0. The season is only half over and we look forward to seeing how the rest of the year turns out. With such a close and competitive conference anything can happen.