The CHIEF December 2018

Another season comes to a close for athletics here at PTHS. This season, the Lady Indians had many returning players including a handful of veteran seniors including front row Hannah Legner, middle Rebecca Rich, left side hitter Madison Wright, libero Jordyn Fox, part time libero and back row passer Emma Brummel, and back row passer Elle Giovanini. More returning juniors like setters Maddi Stark, Madi Mennenga and hitter/middle Camryn Feddern also stacked the varsity lineup, making for a pretty promising season. The ladies started out the year with a tough loss against Morris, showing that much needed to be work on. Coach Kelly Audia had the ladies working hard every day, and three hour practices were a regular occurrence. The product of their efforts was shown at the Pontiac Invitational where they beat Dwight, El Paso and LaSalle Peru, only losing to our rivals Prairie Central who beat Pontiac in every confrontation this season. The Indians placed second in that tournament, only losing by a technicality. The Lady Indians made big strides as the season went on, and chemistry started to flow more and standout players made themselves known. Madison Wright and freshman Brooke Fox were the cannons for the Lady Indians at left side, putting up kill after kill each match from accurate sets by Madison Stark and Madi Mennenga. Camryn Feddern had position switches from right side, to left to middle this season, adapting well in each and proving to be a consistent asset for the team. The Lady Indians rounded up another great volleyball season at Central Catholic where they lost to Prairie Central for the 4th time this season in the first round of regionals. The ladies are looking forward to another chance to play next season! Volleyball Season Comes to a Close By Clay Miller

Special Olympics Youth Activation Summit

The Special Olympics Youth Activation Summit was held at Heartland Community College on November 10-11. Cori and Jamie Martin serve as Co-Chairs on the Youth Activation Statewide Committee and had been busily preparing for this entirely student-led conference. They did a super job representing PTHS throughout the whole weekend with the presentation they gave as well as others responsibilities they had. In addition, Coach Casson brought down these six students to attend the conference: Charlene Ahrends, Adam Blair, Kaitlyn Hunt, Montanna McCulley, Macey Rice, and Ronnie Fearman. They all were excellent examples of PTHS students. These students gave up their whole weekend to share and learn about respect, being youth leaders, and other unified activities.