By Noah Gumpert

The 2012 North Scott Football team will be running out in some new jerseys next year. With all of their funds from last year they were able to purchase new white away jerseys.

The jerseys are Under Armour brand with a white base and red and silver accent colors. They are shorter and a tighter fit than the current home jerseys.

The football team was also able to purchase new pants to match their new jerseys. The pants are also white with accent colors of red and silver. The Lancer Football program is hoping that they will be able to purchase new red home jerseys by the end of next year.

By Noah Gumpert

Senior linebacker, Tyler Blondell, has chosen the school he will attend and play football at next year. He has selected the Division I Illinois State Redbirds coached by Brock Spack. Blondell’s final choices were Iowa State and Illinois State. Blondell’s senior stats were: 109 total tackles, 13 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks. He is joining a successful program and will look to help them out wherever needed.

The Redbirds went 7-4 last year and look to build off of their success. They recently have added two FBS transfers. Coach Spack has recently added Dominic Clark, a defensive back from Ohio State, and Jermaine Barton who played on the offensive line for the Miami Hurricanes last year. The Redbirds first game is September 1 when they host the Dayton Flyers.

By Lauren Salas

 It’s time to say goodbye to one of our FACS teachers.  After 10 years at North Scott, Ms. Ferrel will be moving to teach at a school just outside of Des Moines.  It wasn’t an easy decision for her, but it was a decision that would be better for her family in the long run.

Mrs. Ferrel teaches the Child Development courses and is a FCCLA leader. She may be leaving, but her classes will continue with a new teacher. Even though it will be hard to say goodbye to one of the sweetest teachers at North Scott, we wish her best of luck.

By Colby Sorensen

The baseball season is officially under way. The men have been hard at work this first week of practice that started on April 30. For most of the players the season has been going since last November when the varsity team held optional indoor workouts on Sunday afternoons.

In April the varsity, sophomore, and freshman teams have been playing inter-squad games on the weekends. Rain has altered the practice routine slightly. The hard work is still there though. The varsity squad practices every day after school until about 6 o’clock and the sophomore and freshman teams follow. For those of you who wonder how three teams share a field every single night it is tricky.

The team that practices right after school gets the field to themselves until about 5 and that is when the proceeding team warms up in right field. The last team to practice last warms up at about 6 and gets the field at roughly 6:30. It gets hectic having 40-50 players on the field at one time but we always find a way to make it work and get a solid practice in every day.

The first game is May 22nd at Dyersville-Beckman. The home opener is a non-conference matchup versus Bellevue-Marquette on May 23rd. It is going to be an excited year for Lancer baseball so show your support and come watch a few games this summer.

Numerous dancers attended the auditions on Friday, but only 25 made the cut after Saturday; then on Sunday the number dwindled to only 18-and McKenna was one of them. In fact, there were really only 8 new spots available because 10 of the dancers were returning team members.

Like many other sports, there is no off-season for the dance and drill team. They start practice right away this summer, and McKenna even has to miss graduation because off a team commitment.

So now, as North Scott students and alumni head up to Iowa City to watch the Hawkeyes, be sure to look for one of our own, McKenna Rollinger, out on the field entertaining the crowd during halftime.

Written by Sean Allchin

   Just how bad was the blizzard two weeks ago? The North Scott Press says that the snowstorm actually paralyzed the rural Scott Country area, forced the schools to cancel for two days, and caused many businesses to close. The Press had also said that it would go down as the worst winter blizzard since 1979.

   The Press said that snow began to fall just before noon on the first of February and that 13.5 inches of snow fell on the Davenport Municipal Airport in Mt. Joy. Some Scott County residents, said the press, reported upwards of 15 inches of snow making rural roads impassable.

   So the question is, how bad do the students and staff of the school think the storm was?

   Mrs. Buswell- Not the worst one I’ve lived through, I grew up in Nebraska and we had several blizzards every year.

   Mrs. Johnson- It was bad for the Quad Cities but blizzards are much worse in Nebraska.

   We have a four-day weekend coming up. This is a much-needed break.  We have Friday and Monday off. While many people look forward to time off, some people think that these days should be saved for our summer vacation so we can get out of school early.

By Grayson Schmidt

This weekend will determine the select few from the district that get to compete in the state tournament. Tomorrow the Lancers will travel to Clinton for districts (which is every MAC school except Assumption and Burlington) in hopes of not only winning the district, but also qualifying as many wrestlers as possible.

“We should do good,” said Senior Austin Fleetwood. “We should have quite a few 1 and 2 seeds and most of our guys have a good shot at making it to state.” North Scott plans on qualifying numerous wrestlers, especially seniors Bryce Sellers (189), Ben Nagle (215), Adam Perrin (130), and Austin Fleetwood (152). All of which are state qualifiers from last year

In Mr. Anderson’s advisory, there is a program going on called Teens 4 Jeans. Teens 4 Jeans is run by Aeropostle and is meant to help the less fortunate by giving them donated jeans. This program is similar to the Glitten Tree project and accepts lightly worn, outgrown, clean jeans with no noticeable stains.

Teens 4 Jeans came to our school when Mr. Anderson’s advisory thought that they should do a service project. Ashley Moore came up with the idea to participate in the Teens 4 Jeans project. The advisory had sent emails to all of the teachers in the school and the project was mentioned in the announcements, but Mr. Anderson says that some people still don’t know about it.

If any students would like to help, they may donate jeans by turning them in to Mr. Anderson’s room (K2). Students have until February 10 to donate and help is greatly appreciated.