Emilee Bennett, NAHS School Reporter
With February coming to an end, New Albany High School continues to have numerous activities going on. The day off for Presidents Day was a well-earned break from the busy month of February. Graduation day is getting closer and closer so seniors need to continue thinking about colleges and scholarships! Time flies and college will be here before we know it.
Even though basketball has come to a close, the teams had an amazing season and played hard! NAHS Softball played in the Ripley Jamboree and won both games against Pine Grove 6-2 and Corinth 2-1. They will play Saturday at the Southaven Classic. First is NA vs. Center Hill at 11:00 and then at 1:00 they will play Southaven. NAHS Baseball played at the Water Valley Jamboree. NAHS won against Independence with a score of 6-3; however NAHS vs. Grenada had a loss of 7-3. Saturday the 25th, the baseball team will compete in the New Albany Classic. They will play Bruce at 5:15 and TCPS at 7:30. Powerlifting boys came in 2nd overall on Friday at the meet in Itawamba. Christopher Farr, Jerrell Howell, and Stan Gilbert placed first in their weight class. Cade Simmons placed second. Brandon Holt, John Robbins, Josh Creekmore, Austin Howard, and Devonte Bradley placed third. For the girls, Amber Mirfield and Whitney Littlejohn placed third in their weight classes as well. Congratulations! On Thursday NAHS Track will have a meet at Aberdeen. On February 27 tennis will have a match at Alcorn Central. On February 8th, the golf team will play at Oaks against Oxford. Cheerleading tryouts will be Feb 27th- March 2nd.
On Saturday the 18th, two teams from NAHS won 2nd and 4th place overall at the Statewide History Bowl competition at Ole Miss. The 2nd place team consisted of Daniel Drummond, Jamie and Brenda Crow, Ben Butler, Tunesha Brown, and Suzanne Curry. The 4th place team consisted of Michelle Hardin, Joe Male, Walter Smith, John Wise, and Margaret Curry.
FCCLA had a competition last week for Culinary Arts and Early Childhood Education in Jackson. Tania Gonzales received third for the Finger Play Children Event. FBLA will be at Northeast in Booneville for competition on Thursday 23rd. TSA will be at the state competition Thursday through Friday (23-24) in Jackson Mississippi.
Bronson Lang and Kurt Hickey auditioned for and made the Northeast Miss. Band Director’s Assoc. Honor Band for 2012. They participated and performed with this group on Friday and Saturday Feb. 10 and 11. The honor band is made up of the best band students from Northeast Mississippi Bands. Congratulations to them! NAHS band members: Carla Ferguson, Kellie McClelland, Aaron Golden, Kurt Hickey, Bronson Lang, and Christopher Scott were selected to attend the Mid-South Honor Band at the University of Mississippi on Feb. 16-18 at Ole Miss. This honor band is comprised of students from Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Louisiana representing their schools as some of the best young musicians from across the Mid-South. On February 28th, the NAHS band will participate in the State Concert Band festival at Pearl.
To honor Black History Month, February 21 Dr. Charles Ross the Director of African American Studies at the University of Mississippi came to speak to students at an assembly.
This Friday, NAHS students will vote for the final time for who’s who for the 2011 – 2012 school year. Although, students need to remember it does not really matter who wins, because popularity is not important and it’s the inside that counts. Don’t feel bummed if you don’t get chosen! Hope everyone has a fantastic week!
