THE PERKINS JOURNAL-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1996
The DEMON
DISPATCH
Published By The Journalism Class of Perkins-Tryon High School
Lee Scott Justin Grooms
Grooms and Scott Honored
by Becky Coe
The February's Student of the Month winners at Perkins-Tryon
High School were Justin Grooms, sophomore, and Lee Scott, se-
nior. Their award for this accomplishment was speaking at the
Lions Den and getting their names and their photo in the local
newspapers.
When Grooms was asked how he felt being Student of the Month
he answered, "I am very honored and I am glad I have a role model
like Eric Hurst." Grooms is the son of Terry Grooms and Karen
Comeaux. Grooms is involved in football, basketball, International
Club, Future Homemakers of America, and Fellowship of' Chris-
tian Athletes.
Scott is the daughter of George and Charlotte Scott. When Scott
was asked how she felt being Student of the Month she answered,
"I am very surprised and happy I got it." Scott is involved in FHA
and National Honor Society.
Student Council Dance held
by Jan Kienholz
The Perkins-Tryon Student Council members held a dance Feb.
10 at the fniddle school gym from 9:30 to 12 p.m.
The music was provided by D.J. Express in Cushing.
"We plan to try to have another dance before the school year is
over," said Karen Bair, Student Council sponsor.
They served chips, pop, and cookies for refreshments.
"Awesome light show, great selections of music and even I enjoyed
it," said high school math teacher Janice Verhalen.
"It was nice and exCiting ad.I had fun with all my friends," said
Sophomore Laramie Gordon.
Senior Amber Bointy said, "It's something we could like to turn
into an annual event."
Key Club Anyone?
by Megan Ward
The Stillwater Evening
Kiwanis sponsor this years Key
Club.
The Key Club is a community
service organization for high
schoolers in grades 9-11.
The sign up meeting was
Feb.13, but students may still
sign up in science teacher Jerri
Taulman's class, who is also in
charge of the Key Club. The club
needs at least 25 members•
"I got in it because I believe it
will be good for the community
and the students who join. I
think the Key Club is a wonder-
ful organization," said Taulman.
Sixth-Grade Cagers
Whip Wildcats
by Laramie Gordon
The Perkins-Tryon 6th-grade
boys basketball team beat
Morrison 22-17 at Pawnee on
Feb. 9. The leading scorers were
Cameron Karner and Drew Bev-
erage with seven points each.
Karner was quoted as saying, "I
think we played our best and we
gave it all we had." The sixth-
grade boys record jumped to 7-
4.
The 6th-grade girls lost to
Pawnee(A) 25-5• The leading
scorers were Becky Pendergrass
and Kim Thurman with two
points each. Mark Shelton coach
of the team, was quoted as say-
ing, "It seemed like a long game
but the girls never gave up•" The
sixth-grade girls record dropped
to 5-6.
SYBA Baseball
tryouts set
Tryouts for SYBA baseball
for 12 and 14 and under will
be Monday, Feb. 26th and
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 5:30 p.m.
at the Billy J. Dickson
Baseball Fields.
Perkins II 3rd grade boys won 2nd at the Oilton Tri County
last Saturday. Front row: Whit Oyler, Paul Wilson, Zack
Hall, Billy Wirstrom and Sam Wirstrom; back row: George
Maness, Brent Sadler, Chad Hurst and Gavin Knight.
Coaches are Beanie, Debbie and Nicholas Sadler.
Freshman drop two
by Josh Tivis
The Perkins-Tryon freshman bas-
ketball teams both ended the sea-'
son with losses. The girls lost to
Prague, 26-12, Sat., Feb. 10 in the
championship game of the 66 Con-
ference Tournament in Chandler.
Perkins Kindergarten and
First Grade basketball news
The Perkins #2 Kindergarten
and first grade basketball team
successfully started their 1996
season with a win on Saturday,
Feb. 10th at the Stillwater
YMCA.
The game consisted of great
team effort in which five differ-
ent team members scored points.
Members of the team are:
Courtney Bayhylle, Hanna
Carroll, Alison Graham, Zach
Carter, Caleb Carroll, Daniel
Custer, Terry Smalley and Cody
and Drew Wehr.
The team is coached byAndrea
Bayhylle and she is assisted by
Diana Wehr.
the boys lost to Prague in the sea-
son finale, 43-35. Thurs., Feb. 8•
The girls led after the first quarter
3-0. In the second quarter, P1;ague
used a nine-point run to take the
lead going into half-time, 9-3. Af-
ter the third quarter, Prague still
held onto a 15-9 lead. Tasha
Clinesmith led the Lady Demons
with five points. Head coach Jim
Hill stated aRer the game, "We came
out flat and then we did not shoot
the ball. We might have overlooked
them because we had just beaten
them Thursday night, 24-14. I am
very proud of the girls. We finished
13-5, second in the conference, and
second in the conference tourna-
ment."
The boys ended the season 5-12.
After the first quarter, Prague led
8-4. The Demons used a strong sec-
ond quarter to take the lead going
into half-time, 18-16. In the third
quarter. Prague regained the lead,
28-21. Captain Foulks led the De-
mons in scoring with 11 points. Af-
ter the game freshman Josh Spence
said, "We played hard but we did not
hit the shots when we needed to."
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