The Booster Redux April 2023

Feature Pg. 2 Capturing life through the lens Sports Pg. 4 Reaching Milestones

Opinion Pg. 3 Mentally Drained

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Signing off and signing on

Seniors

Words by | Addi Foster

athletes

commit to continue their athletic carreers

Three seniors signed to their chosen universities on National Signing Day, Feb. 1.

Both Jackson Turnbull and JJ White signed to Fort Hays University, while Jackson McKechnie signed to Emporia State University. White and McKechnie committed to play football, while Turnbull committed to play baseball and football.

When going through the process of actually committing to a university, McKechnie didn’t have any issues.

“I just committed and they set everything up for me,” McKechnie said. “It was all kinda already handled in the recruitment process itself.”

Although McKechnie received other offers from schools including Pittsburg State University, Missouri Western State University, Coffeyville Community College, there were a few factors that tied into his final decision on which school he was going to commit to.

“I had a good connection with all the players and coaches in the program. It was a want and a need for me to be there,” McKechnie said. “Also, they have a really great business school that I can get my degree at.”

According to McKechnie, he hopes to gain a brotherhood with his teammates and gain connections. These connections can be used in his future.

“I’m living in the present right now and I wanna make the most of it with the opportunity that I have in front of me and turn this opportunity to get a degree into something great down the road,” McKechnie said.

White says that actually committing to a college was not complicated.

“The coach just sent a letter of intent and you have to sign saying that in the fall you are going to that school for football,” White said.

Like McKechnie, White had a lot of offers from different colleges across the country. He actually received more offers for wrestling than football. Despite this, choosing which college to attend was not a hard decision for him.

“[Fort Hays] felt like home and the whole town and college were very welcoming,” White said. White will be pursuing a degree in agronomy business at Fort Hays.

“I hope to grow more as an adult and continue my football career on the next level,” White said.

In contrast to McKechnie and White’s experience in committing to a college, Turnbull struggled when choosing a college that would check off all of his boxes. He had visits to colleges ranging from D1 universities to Community Colleges.

“My recruiting process was really long. Signing was lile the cherry on top of the whole thing,” Turnbull said. “I’m not going to lie, it was very stressful, but in the end I just knew Fort Hays was where I fit at.”

Like McKechnie, Turnbull had offers from numerous colleges including Drake University, Northwest Missouri State, Butler Community College, Dodge City Community College, William Jewell, Washburn University, Emporia State University, and Missouri University of Science and Technology. There were three things that he was searching for in a college.

“First thing being if I academically fit into the school and its programs. Secondly coaches, as they are people I’m spending the most time with for the next 4-5 years. I wanted to make sure I clicked really well with them,” Turnbull said. “Third, program. I want to be in a place that has culture and I’ll fit into easily.”

During his Junior baseball season Turnbull got injured and had to have Tommy John surgery. He had to go through 20 weeks of physical therapy where he got up at six in the morning, three times a week.

“I didn’t think I was going to be able to play any football my senior year,” Turnbull said. “It’s a grind to be able to earn yourself an opportunity to play college athletics at any level.”

Turnbull is optimisitc that playing football at Fort Hays University will gain him friendships and experiences that will contribute to his future success. In addition to sports, Turnbull will be pursuing a Biology degree with a Pre-Med emphasis.

“I hope to get into a career field that fits me well and have a family some day,” Turnbull said.”But right now, the biggest perk is being able to have the experience of playing college football in the MIAA.”

Capturing life through the lens Junior Kate Polings fi nds her belonging behind the camera

from a couple hours to a couple weeks,” Poling said. “People don’t really understand that you have to go through the process of culling, selecting, editing, sorting, and sending out photographs.”

According to Cummings, oftentimes Poling will take on too much because she is so hesitant to tell clients no.

“There are quite a few late nights spent editing photos and videos,” Cummings said. “She doesn’t have as much time to spend with her friends.”

During Poling’s junior year, to continue working on her business she decided to sign up for a photography class by Marina Williams.

“Through her lessons I learned how to grow my business through social media and how to edit properly with adobe programs,” Poling said. “She taught me how to network with other businesses and improve my work as a whole.”

According to Poling, she enjoys photography because it is a way to not only express your style of art, but also express yourself.

“I love the whole process of taking photos. I love to style the model and make mood boards for shoots,” Poling said. “I think my favorite part has to be the editing though. Playing around with different colors, lights, angles to create a cool image is always a favorite.”

According to Poling, an advantage of being a young business owner is that she will have a portfolio built up enough to send out to potential clients.

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Junior Kate Poling has been taking pictures for about six years. During her junior year, her business started to grow tremendously.

At the beginning of her sophomore year, Poling decided she wanted to pursue photography as her career. Former journalism teacher Emily Smith helped Poling significantly during this process. She provided Poling with equipment, software, and editing skills.

“After a couple months of shooting close friends I began receiving inquiries from around town,” Poling said. “I started entering into local contests and competitions.”

At the start of her junior year, Poling was averaging seven to nine shoots per week and her business was starting to improve.

“Some would see this amount of work as stressful and overwhelming,” Poling said. “I thoroughly enjoyed it.”

Before basketball season at the end of October, Jeremy

Martinous and Kari Cronister from the basketball booster, asked Poling to run the basketball social media, film, photograph and produce content for the program.

“With a good monthly income I bought more equipment and software to upgrade my work,” Poling said. “I started to look into different contracts and the process of getting an LLC to make my business official.”

Poling’s mother, Abbey Cummings, is a teacher at Pittsburg High School. According to her, she is amazed at what Kate’s business has become.

“I’ve enjoyed watching Kate grow as a person as she pursues something that is meaningful to her,” Cummings said. “I’ve seen her confidence grow as she works with clients of all ages and experiments with different styles of the art form.”

According to Poling, one of the biggest obstacles she has gone through is people taking advantage of her work and time that she has put into her business.

“Turn-around time for a photo gallery can take anywhere

Debating to the top Students quallify for nationals in policy debate

Words by | Chloe Nickelson

This year, four people in policy debate qualified for Nationals; Juniors Indiana Grotheer, Seth Loudermilk, Savannah Grotheer, and Eve Moss.

“Nationals is really cool because it’s the elite of the elite. In order to go to that tournament you have to qualify and so you’re competing against kids from New York, California, North Dakota, and Texas,” debate teacher and coach Julie Laflen said. “Just to be in one location where everyone has the same love for the program is such a cool experience. It’s very competitive.”

The end of this debate season marks 14 years as a debate teacher and coach for Laflen.

“I’ve always loved communicating,” Laflen said. ”I love talking to people. I love helping people find their voice.”

For all of the qualifiers it is their third year in the debate program. The qualifiers all started debate their freshman year and have continued throughout highschool.

“We have progressed, one of our coaches [Garrett Stalder] told us at the very first tournament that our hard work would pay off,” Loudermilk said.” We have gone 5-0 multiple times and we’ve qualified for nationals. It’s been really good.”

Throughout this year, the debate program has not only had students qualify for nationals, but the debaters have won a state trophy this year as well.

“We took third at state,” Laflen said, “We went home with another state trophy for the third year in a row. Alexia Lunday and Trent Toth placed third.”

With the new debate season, 26 new novices joined the debate program.

“It’s amazing. It’s great seeing the people that are definitely going to stick it out till the end,” Grotheer said. ”There are novices that you will be able to form a deeper connection with; it’s really great.”

“I decided to start my own business because I really enjoy the art of photography,” Poling said. “My friends and family pushed me to start my own business because they believed in my work so much.”

Poling having her own business has provided opportunities to learn about managing her finances, contracts, taxes, communication, and collaboration. According to Cummings, this will all be helpful to her as she advances in her field.

“Owning her own business has given her the freedom to create her own work schedule,” Cummings said. “She’s learned to become flexible when things are beyond her control and has developed a strong work ethic.”

Poling has many aspirations for her photography career as her abilities to improve continue to develop.

“I would eventually love to move to the city and shoot editorial and creative concepts there,” Poling said. “However my ultimate dream is to be a tour photographer and travel around the world jamming out to music and photographing the show.”

“I use a lot of things that my mentor helped me with last year along with all the other seniors or upperclassmen that I’ve had,” Kermashek said. “I even learned things from novices all the time. I can use those to my advantage and I can help them and pass these things on. That’s something that I really enjoy about being in debate.”

“All of our older kids mentor the novices and I think it’s amazing. Last year as a sophomore I mentored Andrea Rudea. She’s one of my greatest friends now. This year, I also mentored. I’m super great friends with the girls that we’ve mentored. So I think it’s really great to pass on the knowledge that you have down to other people and then they pass it down.”

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Each novice had a mentor or mentors that were there to provide assistance, advice, and encouragement throughout the season. One of the novices, freshman Zoe Goode, had mentors Grace Cho and Hannah Brown.

“[The mentors] were helping us prepare and on the day of the first tournament they gave us questions and advice,” Goode said. “They’ve just made it a lot easier, especially at the beginning of the season.”

With the closing of this year’s debate season, many awards were given out to the debaters. One of the awards given out was novice debater of the year, except this year there were two winners as opposed to one like the previous years. This year’s winners were freshman Cannon Loughmiller and Goode.

“I’m really excited,” Goode said. “I was really excited about that because my older sister also won so it’s kind of a legacy.”

After a novice’s first year, the second-years become mentors to the next year’s novices. This year, sophomore and second-year debater Norah Kermashek was a first year mentor.

“Some of the third-years have also had the experience of mentoring this year and the previous. According to Indiana Grotheer, mentoring can give you some great friendships and bonds.

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“All of our older kids mentor the novices and I think it’s amazing. Last year as a sophomore I mentored Andrea Rudea. She’s one of my greatest friends now,” Grotheer said. “This year, I also mentored. I’m super great friends with the girls that we’ve mentored. So I think it’s really great to pass on the knowledge that you have down to other people and then they pass it down.”

According to the debaters there are many positives to being a part of the debate program.

“There are many benefits that debate has not only in high school and just having fun but also in the real world and the skills that you can actually get from it,” Kermashek said. “I’m able to be myself and I’m able to be much more confident and I’m learning speaking skills. It’s not only going to help me in my debate and forensics career, but also help me later on in life.”

According to many of the debaters, if there is someone who is thinking about joining they should join and give it a try.

“Debate seems very intimidating. You will put in a lot of effort.” said Loudermilk, “But, it’s very rewarding, especially after the first or second year, it’s just very nice if you stick with it.”

Grotheer has plans to be a part of the debate program until she graduates.

“It’s something that’s incredibly life changing if you really like it.” said Grotheer, “If you want to do it, just give it a shot.”

Junior Kate Poling-Cummings displays her photography portfolio during Art Walk.

Photo by | Athenna Jones

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According to the American Psychological Association, over 60 percent of all students had met the criteria for at least one mental health problem in 2021. Millions upon millions of students in classrooms all across the U.S. are struggling with their emotional health, and it is heavily affecting their academic performance.

A study conducted by the American College Health Association found that mental health is an

Mentally drained Arck discusses mental health among students

issue that direly needs addressed, as it is attributing to the decline of GPA’s across the nation. On top of the falling grades, dropout rates are increasing, as well as major test scores, like nals, ACT, and SAT scores are descending. While this problem may seem incredibly large and extremely daunting to tackle, there is a key component that could have a major impact. Teachers – educated, qualified adults that interact with students on a day-to-day basis. Teachers could be the missing key to help slow the rapid decline of young adults’ mental health by having difficult conversations, building rapport with students, and recognizing warning signs. Teachers could make strides in helping to reach their students by having somewhat difficult or awkward conversations with

students. When teachers promote emotional literacy and make it known that their classroom is a safe space to be able to talk about feelings, it opens the door to the first step of helping students. When students do not feel like mental health could be an appropriate talk with a teacher, they will simply stay silent. While it is not realistic to have mental health discussions take up class time, it is important for teachers to make it clear that they are available and willing to have deep conversations with students outside of curriculum time. A key factor in promoting and having students open up is creating relationships with them. As a student myself, knowing that a teacher truly cares about me, my interests, my personality, and my wellness as a whole makes me leaps and bounds more comfortable to speak with them. Academics come first, as it is the job teachers must do, but having a genuine relationship with students

Deciding on culture Lee explains difficult decision

Words by | John Lee

I’m Korean. That being said, I am also an American.

Both Koreans and Americans have their own respective cultures. This presents the question: Which one do I choose to live with?

Any Korean-American male approaching the age of 18 has to deal with this dilemma. We’re obliged to choose between a Korean citizenship and an American one. In other words, embrace our heritage, or avoid serving in the Korean military for nearly two years. #freeBTS.

Eventually I’ll have to decide on one over the other, but the decision will never be easy. What’s left for me to do is to look at each culture and try to pinpoint which one speaks to me more.

Korea’s culture is likely the more unfamiliar of the two. By my own research most people associate Korea with K-Pop. They wouldn’t be wrong, but there’s a lot more to it. For example, Korea is also known internationally for its food, music, and art.

But just like any other culture, there are some underlying negative traits about being a Korean (although some can deem K-Pop as pretty negative).

Arguably the biggest one: toxic positivity. Koreans usually expect only respect from other Koreans, especially within smaller communities in the U.S. From my experience, that respect comes in the form of expensive gifts, positive reinforcement, or acts of service.

Of the three, gift giving can end up being the most detrimental to Korean

individuals. The amount of respect shown through giving gift how grandiose or expensive the gift

is just as important to create a healthy and welcoming environment.

Another step that teachers can take to help their students’ mental health is being aware of the warning signs. Many times, a change or struggle in mental health is not undetectable, and it can present itself in numerous forms. Changes in quality of work, classroom behavior, and withdrawn communication are all signs of a mental health struggle. By educating themselves, or even having training courses in mental health, teachers will be aware and able to reach out to those who need help.

Mental health is not a small, isolated problem. With over half of students experiencing some kind of emotional distress or anxieties, it is a problem that needs to be addressed immediately. Thousands of online sources are at anyone’s fingertips to educate themselves on the epidemic of mental health problems.

This process isn’t exclusive to just the adults either. In fact, as soon as you can support yourself financially, you are expected to do the exact same thing when meeting another Korean.

This ends up being pretty harmful to the one obligated to partake in this tradition, because it could definitely hurt you financially to spend money that you wouldn’t originally spend on a number of expensive gifts. It doesn’t help that making an excuse to not buy something is also deemed as disrespectful, especially if you’re meeting that person for the first time, or the first time in a long time.

At this point the question for me is whether or not I’m willing to sacrifice my ethnic culture for a different one that I was born into, or to accept the flaws of my heritage.

It’s obvious that each of these two options has their highs and their lows. As of right now I won’t be able to make a decision. Luckily for me I don’t have to. I have just around three years left until I really have to decide, I’m going to use all the time that I can possibly get.

Unequal Discipline:

Words by | Emma Mayhew

Have you ever had to experience the violating procedure of getting dress coded because your tank-top straps were smaller then two finger widths? Or that your shorts weren’t longer than your fingertips? Bad news is, even if you haven’t experienced something along those lines, that the aforementioned discrimination extends far beyond Pittsburg High School and even extends into the political field.

On January 11, 2023, the Missouri State House of Representatives updated their dress code, specifically for female politicians, according to the New York Times. The update was as simple as just forcing women to wear a jacket of any kind, such as a blazer or cardigan. However, the controversy extends beyond just the fact that women are being forced to wear a simple jacket over their outfits.

The issue with this is simple: why are adults wasting their time policing a sexist rule in such a prestigious setting? The dress code never had any updates for men, and only focused on women’s attire. This issue is something that many women have had to face in this society, which is the judgemental

Mayhew expresses thoughts on dress codes

and predatory stares a woman gets when her tank-top straps are ‘too thin’ or her shorts are ‘too short’. There is a standard dress code in society, and especially in schools. Although I can understand not wanting to see a lot of intimate areas on people’s bodies in schools, are my shoulders really that distracting? So distracting that I have to be publicly reprimanded in front of an entire class or hallway? I, along with many, believe this issue stems from the inability to teach those who would be distracted by my shoulders or my shorts being too short to simply not look. Wear whatever you want, that is nobody’s place to judge, but how does it make sense for the boys at schools to be able to wear cutoff shirts with holes cut in the sleeves down to their hips but for the girl with her midriff showing more than two inches to be the one who gets in trouble?

PHS’s own dress code explicitly states that abbreviated tops (tube tops, crop tops, bralettes) muscle shirts or spaghetti straps will not be permitted, clothing advertising drugs, alcohol, tobacco, firearms or profanity will not be permitted, and sexually suggestive/double

meaning clothing and accessories will not be permitted. I can’t even count the amount of times I’ve seen explicit things promoted on shirts worn at this school or seen the infamous wife-beaters being worn all throughout the school by men. However, it is typically more enforced towards women and for the bare minimum offenses. Staff of PHS have commented how they leave the enforcement of these dress codes to school administrators, because they feel that it isn’t ‘too distracting for a learning environment’. Some students are more developed compared to others, so this has a direct influence on the enforcement of the dress code. Students of PHS have commented online that when wearing the same shirt as another student, normally the one to get reprimanded first or at all is the more-developed student. This discrimination has had direct effects on students’ confidence or enjoyment at school.

My point is that the dress code in both Pittsburg High School and in the adult world is very discriminatory and there needs to be either equal discipline or the lack of a dress code.

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Honoring previous basketball coach Students participate in fi fth annual basketball tournament

Words by | Addi Foster

On Jan. 19, 20, and 21, Pittsburg High School hosted its fifth annual Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament.

Before it was named the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament, PHS hosted a tournament called the Border Classic. The idea of changing the name was introduced by previous basketball coach Kiley Roelfs.

The tournament is named after Bill Hanson, a longtime PHS basketball coach who passed away.

Jeff Staley, athletic director, starts planning the tournament as early as a few weeks after the previous one ended.

“It’s a full year process,” Staley said. “For example, I have already started finding teams for next year’s tournament.”

There are a lot of different platforms that PHS uses to advertise the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament.

“I think if you’re on social media, you saw some of the stuff on Instagram or Twitter or FaceBook,” Staley said. “We use the Joplin television station and word of mouth to promote [the tournament].”

There are a lot of differences between this year’s tournament and last year’s tournament.

“The biggest difference between this year’s tournament and the last three is we weren’t in a pandemic,” Staley said. “I know there’s still COVID, but it was nice to finally run a tournament where I didn’t have to worry about limited seating and everybody being masked up.”

Despite not being in a pandemic anymore

and having the tournament go through different changes, Staley believes this year’s tournament was a success.

“From what we hear, every team that was here loved it,” Staley said. “We want to put Pittsburg, Kan. in a positive light. We want them to leave here with a positive reflection of Pittsburg, of the school, of the city, of everything.”

There are a lot of aspects about the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament that can be favored. These aspects include getting to have different schools come to PHS, getting to watch the games, or even getting to spend time with the people in your school.

“For those three days we put our best foot forward, and I’m proud of that,” Staley said. “I’m proud to be a small part of it because it is a Herculean effort by the committee.”

Seniors Jovani Salas and Dessie Gorley have been participating in the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament for two and three years. They both had high expectations going into the tournament.

“We didn’t have the outcome we wanted as a team, but we did get better from it,” Salas said.

During the Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament, different schools from areas such as Topeka, Kan.; Owasso, Okla,; and St. Louis, Mo. traveled down to PHS to participate. These schools typically wouldn’t play against PHS in the regular basketball season.

“I like it because it gives us more competition,” Gorley said. “We know that if we want to have a chance to win then we have to go on the court and fight for it.”

Tournament Results:

do.”

Playing against different schools you wouldn’t regularly play against can offer new experiences for both the girls and boys basketball teams.

“We definitely benefit from being in the tournament,” Salas said. “A lot of the teams we play are better than the teams we see throughout the season and that helps us prepare and work on the things we need to

Boys

1st place: Owasso

2nd place: Blue Valley Northwest

3rd place: Washburn Rural

Growth within program Wrestiling program recuits new players

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by | Addi Foster

For the 2022-23 school year, Pittsburg High School’s wrestling team recruited new members.

LC Davis, Head Wrestling Coach for Boys and Girls and Student Support Coordinator for CIS, has been coaching wrestling for 20 years. This is his fifth season coaching for PHS.

“I knew after finishing my college wrestling career that I wanted to coach wrestling,” Davis said. “But what drew me to PHS was the potential I saw in the wrestling program.”

This year, the wrestling team has done a lot to advertise their program.

“[We post] stuff on social media, make announcements, I do a wrestling unit for the PE classes every year, we hosted the Grapple on the Gridiron event at Carnie Smith Stadium this summer,” Davis said. “We are trying to show kids how fun the sport is and how rewarding it is as well.”

Compared to last year, the wrestling team experienced a rapid increase in members interested in their program.

“We lost our biggest point scorer and State Medalist Matt Smith (and a few others), but we returned nearly everyone and expect tons of new faces also,” Davis said. “Eventually we may need another wrestling room or a bigger wrestling room.”

According to Davis, there are a lot of cool factors that go into joining wrestling.

“It’s the oldest sport known to man, the only sport you can do for your school while learning self-defense, it’s the number one martial arts fighting technique, women’s wrestling is the fastest growing sport in the US right now, and the wrestling coach at PHS is pretty cool too,” Davis said.

As can be seen, there are a lot of things about wrestling that can be beneficial in the long run. If anyone is interested in trying wrestling, they should just go for it.

“Give it a try! I was talked into giving it a try my freshman year in high school and now I’m a wrestling coach,” Davis said. “The sport of wrestling played a huge role in the man I am today.”

From a player’s perspective, Gorley claimed that it is fun getting to watch the other teams play against each other.

“We have some pretty good teams that come and play and by observing other play, you can learn a lot,” Gorley said.

Girls

1st place: Carl Junction

2nd place: Kickapoo

3rd place: Willard

Reaching milestones

Basketball player scores 1000th point

Words by | John Lee

On Feb. 14, PHS junior Mason English was awarded 1000 total points scored throughout his high school career in basketball.

“I’ve been thinking about my 1000 points since sophomore year,” English said. “It was a goal that I wanted to reach by junior year, and it happening is just a blessing. I owe it all to God.”

Playing as the point guard, English put extra work in to get to this milestone. A connection can be seen between his work and the results of it.

“I’ve been in the gym constantly day in and day out,” English said. “That extra work that I have put in shows how much I’ve been working and just chasing my dreams.”

It should be noted that English didn’t work alone. In fact, he mentions that there are others to give credit to as well.

“I just want to thank all my trainers and mentors who have helped not only improve my game but also to improve my speed, agility, and mindset,” English said. “All of those things correlate to my game and made me become a better basketball player.”

Above all, he gives the most credit to his family, notably, his brother.

“The biggest shoutout goes to my brother Marque for always pushing me through the toughest times and telling me I can when I think I can’t,” English said.

English wasn’t the only one who benefited from this experience, though. His coach, Jordan Woods has adapted his methods of coaching after having English as a player.

“[Now I] just have high expectations for all the players, so at the end of the year, we can feel like we did everything we could to give ourselves a chance to have a successful season,” Woods said.

It can be seen that English’s 1000th point was one that held a large impact on English.

“It was my biggest emotional impact, just because I wanted it for so long,” English said.

And although Woods has seen a player score 1000 points before, it still had meaning for him as well.

“I feel like there was a lot leading up into that moment,” Woods said. “It is a great accomplishment and something to be proud of.”

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