Good Start to Sports

            This year I was able to travel for sports, since I’m in the eight grade. We started out with Cross Country. For the beginning of practice we began with yoga for a couple of days. Then we ran around the airport a couple times. After that we ran to Sandy’s and back through Charlie’s and back to the school. It started to become a little bit harder because we had to run on the beach where there was sand.

Then on September 18^th we flew to Newhalen because the Cross Country Race was going be there.  Around 1p.m we got there. A couple hours after we got there we walked the course. I was thinking, “This is so long I don’t think I’m going to be able to do this.”

After we walked the course we had dinner. Then we played an icebreaker, afterwards, we set up for Riflery. Riflery was okay but the first time I shot I smashed my finger in the pumping thing. After that we got ready for bed.

The next morning we all got up and ate breakfast. After breakfast we listen to this trooper talking about Initiative. I thought it was kind of unexciting and not really interesting.

I didn’t really pay attention to Initiative because my brain cells were too nervous for the race to start. It was starting soon, but it seemed like it was taking forever. Then our coach said that it was time for us to start warming up. We stretched a little bit and went for a quick run.

After that it was time for the race to start. The girls went first and there were nine of us. So Ed Lester lined us up at the top of the hill and counted down from ten. When he reached one, he blew a whistle for us to go. We started running the race and we were all going down hill so everybody was pretty fast. Then on the road I paced myself so I wouldn’t have to be stopping every time I got tired.  

I was doing alright until the half way point where a girl passed me by. I looked to see if anybody was behind me and I saw this one girl who wasn’t too far back. I wasn’t going to let anybody else pass me so I kept my pace.

I felt so exhausted and couldn’t breathe.  My legs felt like they were about to give up. But I kept going till I got to the finish line. I got in fourth place. I could have gone to the regionals in Bethel if I was in 9^th grade.

Next year I’m going to join Cross Country and try and do my best again. I thought it wasn’t going to be that fun joining Cross Country but I guess I was wrong. It was a good start to sports for me.

Out of Breath at the Finish Line

World Series 2013

The Igiugig World Series is going to be great. The students have been practicing for a while on all of the season days.

Elementary bake Sale

      In the beginning of January 28^th the Elementary students will hold a once-a-week bake sale.  The students will start out with baking bread rolls, dinner rolls, cinnamon rolls and they hope to offer more things in the future like pies, cakes and all the other goodies. 

         The Elementary students plan to use the money they earn to buy something for the class.  They made a list of ideas that they would like to get: class pet, smart board, cruise ship, Legos, flat screen TV, cat, dog, DDR, more computers for each student, and games.

         There will be order forms and Thursday is the bake day.  They will deliver or costumers will be able to come and pick up their orders.  The main reason for them having a bake sale is so that they can practice math and reading skills while doing something they enjoy.  

Students rolling out dough

         Keilan, one of the Elementary Students,  said he is excited for baking and that they are baking bread, rolls, cinnamon rolls, and he said his favorite thing about baking is eating the stuff they baked when its done.

The Turkey Shoot

The Turkey shoot was awesome! In this paper I will tell you about how the Turkey Shoot went.

Turkey

            I will start by telling you the rules. The rules were simple. You had to shoot the rope that the turkey was hung up on a tree until it broke and the turkey fell to the ground. The other rules were that you couldn’t shoot the turkey or you were disqualified, and you could only use a .22 rifle.

            There were 19 people shooting. The youngest was 6yrs old and the oldest was Randy. We started shooting one by one down a line at about 40 yards from the turkey. As we were getting closer people started hitting the rope.

I was getting nervous because I wanted to win and almost every shot that other people took, hit the rope. Soon we were about 10 yards from the turkey my heart was pumping like crazy. It was my turn and I wanted to beat my dad and Terek. I put my sites right on the rope and WAM!

The turkey had been yanked out of the yellow mesh and on to the ground. I had won and beaten my dad and Terek YIPPEE!

Angel's hot pink .22

Champion 

So that was the turkey shoot and I hoped you enjoyed this paper. I can’t wait till next years turkey shoot.   

Vollyball

Volleyball

Lukas Zackar

           

This year’s Igiugig volleyball team members were Tess, Loretta, Dolly Ann, and Lukas.  Our coach was Tanya.  All of us started off not very confident in ourselves and we lacked skills.  Practice really helped us get a lot better.  The drills Tanya made us do definitely paid off.  The community also contributed by supporting and scrimmaging against us every Thursday.

The first meet of the year was held here in Igiugig.  All of the LPSD North schools came, which were Port Alsworth, Newhalen, Kokhanok, Levelock, and Nondalton.  Each team got a chance to play each other because it wasn’t a tournament.  We went undefeated for both six-man and three-man games.  Kaleb and Fewnia helped us win the six-man games.  The community gave us a lot of support throughout the jamboree by showing up to our games.  The teams had to do service projects, such as getting wood for elders and recycling pop cans for the village council.  During the week everyone enjoyed themselves and got along well.

The second and last volleyball district meet was held in Perryville.  This time both North and South schools went. The South schools included Port Heiden, Chignik Lake, Chignig Bay, and Egegik.  It was a double elimination tournament so a team had to lose twice before they were out.  The six-man teams were there just to play each other for fun to get more practice for their district tournament.  Many of the games were close and exciting.  The championship game was evenly matched between Pilot Point and us.  We lost the first match and won the next three in a best out of five game.  Igiugig won the district championship going undefeated the whole season.

I think we really deserved this championship because we certainly worked hard to earn it.  The team truly appreciates the time Tanya took to coach us and help us improve our game.  She saw what we needed to work on and had us practice it until we got it down.  Also the community boosted our confidence by showing up to our home games and the pep rally’s that were held.  The No-See-Ums are ready for another good volleyball season next year.                  

We are running out for our first game.

The team is being introduced.

Loretta and I are waiting for Tess to serve.