Girls Soccer Team gets ready to go to Districts
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor Getting one percent better each day is the Girls Soccer Team’s ultimate goal for the rest of this semester and next school year. “Our team motto is “ganas” which means the desire and urge to want to win and grow. We definitely want to establish more “ganas” into our games,” said…
Unified Track helps students connect with one another
By Jase Jones, Reporter The Senior High Track program has a place for everyone on its teams. Most schools have a boys and girls team, GISH also has a unified team. A Unified sports team is one that aims to include students with disabilities and students without. Unified Sports include any student that wants to…
Senior High’s cheer team does more than just cheer
By Jackie Ruiz, Editor Senior High’s cheerleading team offers their support at athletic events and activities throughout the year of 2022-2023. Cheerleading coach Tristen Gardner said that cheer is a great way to learn life skills, specifically communication skills and teamwork.
Senior High’s trap team gets ready for their first shoot
By Jase Jones, Reporter The Islander Trap team’s season has just kicked off, having their first meeting a few weeks back. The team meets every Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m., and Sundays 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Heartland Shooting Park.
GISH hosts its first robotics competition, Feb. 4
By Jase Jones, Reporter The robotics club at GISH has three competitive teams. These teams work on their robots after school during the week to prepare for competitions. There are different objectives the robots, built by students, have to complete. First, the robots have to fit into parameters set by the competition. Only certain types…
Behind the scenes of Senior High’s trap team
By Xzandra Hoard, Reporter Grand Island Senior High has a trap team which is coached by Jeff Schochenmaier and his wife. “The most important rule is always safety, making sure guns are unloaded when they are not in use and making sure you watch out for yourself and others while on the trap line.
Powerlifting team wins third at last meet, Jan. 28
By Jase Jones, Reporter The GISH powerlifting team just got back from a meet at Creighton Prep. They were one of six teams competing. GISH Powerlifting members have been training since early first semester for their meets.This was their third and they will have the opportunity to go to state. For many of the athletes…
Grand Island Senior High’s wrestling team
By Xzandra Hoard Coaches are planning for the winter sports season to start soon. Grand Island Senior High’s Coach Jeff Evans, who coaches for the female wrestling team, is bringing a positive attitude as winter is right around the corner. Evans is coaching Grand Island Senior High’s first wrestling team that is an all-girls wrestling…
Boxing in Nebraska
By Jase Jones The boxing scene in Grand Island is alive and well. There are several clubs in town where fighters go to train for fitness and competition. One local gym, Double R Boxing, has several up-and-coming fighters training and competing in local bouts.
Seniors look back, share memories of GISH
Trevor Andrews, reporter Approximately 550 seniors are counting down the days before they officially become alumni of Grand Island Senior High School. The class of 2022 is the first to have gone through four years of the academy style of learning along with seeing portions of their high school career cut short because…
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