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New Scoreboards

By Natalie Feinblum           
It’s hard to keep score with an old scoreboard.  The players at QHS are all psyched up because QHS just received new scoreboards in both the upper and lower gyms. The old scoreboards had been there since 1975. According to Mr. Ray, the old scoreboards were failing. He continued, “the benefit of having new scoreboards is that we have two new modern boards that give our students and players something to
be proud of at QHS.” The kind people at Cal Sierra, Bonanza Auto

Center, and Sierra Pacific Industries were kind enough to donate them, because we asked for help.  The total cost of both boards comes to $7,000. 
When one goes to a basketball game, wrestling tournament, or a volleyball game at our school, just remember  the wonderful members of our community who bought the new boards. These new boards will be around for years and years to come, as QHS scores big in athletic events!

Slalom Style

By Jacob Walke
     Skiing, a sport that combines discipline with a skintight suit called a G.S. suit is for the fittest and most agile of winter competitors.
     This year 12 Quincy High School ski team members attended the State Championship, placing ninth in the overall standings. The State Championship was held at Mammoth Mountain. This year the ski team was allowed a four-day stay at Mammoth Mountain, California for the Championships. Other places the ski team takes it’s members are Northstar, Alpine Meadows, and Sugar Bowl. The Championship is a combination of twenty-eight teams and over two hundred races.
     Ski team senior Cailin Johnson-Smart said, “I LOVE skiing, especially when I get to go free skiing with my friends. Winning the championship my senior year would have nice, but overall I have no regrets.” Unfortunately in the State Championship Quincy had a total of three falls, which count as automatic disqualifications. Quincy was in the top three in the league, and top twenty in the state. Last year QHS took eight of the top ten slots for combined results. According to Cailin, “Our division is the most competitive and successful.”
     A meet consists of six teams from the central II division, who race every Monday during the ski season. The women race first, followed by the men. Fortunately there is a thirty-minute lunch period for the skiers to gather themselves before the second run. The conditions endured are sometimes arctic. With snowstorms and 60 mile-an-hour winds, it is no wonder that many believe that some ski slopes are indomitable. By the State Championship each team has competed in six events: three GS and three slalom races. To qualify for State the best two runs from each member and each event are determined and the top teams are selected.
     One extra perk for ski team members are discounts on such things as ski admission passes, which in itself is a major advantage for skiers and boarders alike. If one had any interest in becoming a new member of the prodigious ski team, he or she would want to contact either John Kuipers Sr. or Dave Morton, the coaches. Although this year’s ski season happens to have already ended, aspirations for next year are high.

Please see photos on page 4, Trojan Territory.
Above: the girls of the ski team pause to pose for the camera.

New Coach On Campus

By Cory Franklin
     Coaches are important in every sport. A coach brings organization, devotion, determination, persistence, discipline, gratification, and sometimes even a friend to the players.
     One of the new coaches on campus this spring is J.V. baseball coach Alan Bower. As a coach this year he expects to see the players improve their skills, have fun, be successful, and maintain a positive attitude throughout the season. One of coach Bower’s main goals for this season is to lay a foundation for his players to improve on for the coming years.
     Positive reinforcement is high up on Coach Bower’s coaching techniques, along with assessing the players individually to help them improve and be the best they can be.
     Academically this new coach wants his players to know that without Quincy High School there is no high school baseball. He therefore wants them to be as successful, or more, in the classroom as on the field. When asked what example he wants to set for his players, Coach Bower replied that, “hard work and good leadership will help you not only be a good person but a good baseball player as well. Respect is something that is very important in anything you do.” Respect to Coach Bower means being a positive example and earning respect for yourself.
     Coach Bower has an upbeat positive personality and does not believe in winning at all costs, but he does believe in doing everything that you can do and working hard.
     When asked what elements he wants to bring to this team, he said, “I want to bring the ability to motivate the players to meet their potential, keep a positive attitude, and teach the players the finer aspects of the game.”
     If one wants to see Coach Bower and his team in action, come watch J.V. baseball this spring!