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Little Shop of Horrors to munch on CSC

 By Teddy Parham Jr.

Reporter

FEED ME SEYMOUR!

You better watch out. e famous man-eating plant is hungry to feed on college students. Coming in October, CSC’s theatre department will present “Little Shop of Horrors,” the musical. is 80s classic horror musical tells the story of a meek ower shop assistant named Seymour who is hopelessly in love with his co-worker, Audrey.

As the two work together in the struggling ower shop, Seymour stumbles upon an unusual plant and names it Audrey II, out of lovelorn feeling for his co-worker.

But it just so happens that this plant has a hunger for human esh and blood.

Even though Audrey II brings in new customers, its hunger cannot be contained. What happens next is something you’ll have to nd out for yourself.

Along with the upcoming play, CSC welcomed a new director this year. Michael Susko from New York, who will be directing two shows this semester, Little Shop of Horrors musical and a play called e Whale.

Susko has a well-rounded background when it comes to directing, especially in musicals. He has worked on Broadway shows.

“Even if they haven’t seen the show, they will like this,” Susko said. “We are doing Little Shop but doing it our way and we’re going to blow the roof o this joint.” His high hopes for what’s to come is contagious and he believes “the audience will be surprised and excited.” e musical is just getting started. Last week, auditions were held to see which CSC students would be playing these beloved characters.

Levi O’Dell, junior, was cast in the role of Seymore. is is O’Dell’s third CSC musical. Previously, he has been in “Evil Dead” and “I Love You, You’re Perfect.” is is Aubrey Garrett’s, sophomore of Alliance, rst musical at CSC. She is playing Audrey. “ ere was 13 girls that had the call back for the music parts and then 3 that had speci c Audrey call backs,” Garrett said. “I feel like I prepared really, really well for it. I felt really con dent. I don’t know what it was but during call backs it just felt really good.”

Last year, COVID-19 made performing in front of a live audience hard. Audience attendance was limited, with most of the shows being livestreamed, and masks were mandated. is year it is still a concern of people, especially those who are unvaccinated. But, according to Susko, the theatre department is back to normal. ere will be no masks mandate amongst the cast members nor the audience.

Your face is really important,” Garrett said. “Masks made it hard to show your passion.”

Tickets for this classical musical, which will be performed Oct. 7-12, will be free and available online at csc. edu/theater until seats ll up. It is suggested to reserve tickets ahead of time, but they will be given out the day of the show as well. So, get your tickets soon and experience these young actors and actresses as they impress us with an amazing musical.

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Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, throws a pass to one of his receivers, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium.

Dalton HOLST

CSC QB isn’t just setting the bar for passing excellence, he’s raising it out of reach

By Mackenzie Dahlberg

No other word can describe the football player that lines up behind the center. e player that you can hear yelling on the eld, even over the crowd so his teammates can hear or claps his hands in frigid weather to start plays while his breath comes out in visible pu s of air.

He’s the one who leads many people, both on and o the eld; someone to look up to and follow.

He’s a quarterback.

Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, has been in charge of that role for four years and has secured a fth as an Eagle.

“I feel less pressure just because I’ve been through this so many times and I feel like I’m really old,” Holst said. “When you’re a freshman, everything is new to you. You get scared out there, nervous. e more game reps and practice reps you get, the less nervous you get.”

Holst said he was excited to see the eld and play with anyone who’s graduating. Due to last year, there are student-athletes younger than him who will be graduating this year and he’ll play with them for the last time they put on their helmets and pads.

“You play with so many guys and that’s what so great about football,” Holst said. “It’s the ultimate team game. ere are 11 guys on the eld at one time, if one person doesn’t do their job the team doesn’t succeed.”

Holst’s career with the Eagles started like many freshmen, redshirted his freshman year in 2016 to gain more experience before seeing much eld time.

He took on the quarterback roll in 2017, playing in 11 games. He threw 381 passes, 200 of which were completed, and scored 14 touchdowns for a total of 2,337 yards. He ranked sixth in the nation for most completions in a game and second for most attempts against Colorado Mesa with 41 completions of 73.

Of his 340 attempts, Holst’s 2018 season had 195 completed throws to score 22 touchdowns. He set his farthest throw for 80 yards in 2018 and totaled 2,603 yards.

In 2019, Holst recorded 3,114 total yards with 417 attempted and 225 completed passes. He scored 33 touchdowns. He set both the passing yards and passing touchdowns individual season records and those two numbers were the best in Super Region 4 and top-10 gures nationally during the regular season.

“I believe we should’ve won more games that year,” Holst said. “We had a strong receiving core.” e strong 2019 receiving core was lled with seniors, the youngest being Cole urness of Rapid City, South Dakota, a junior at the time and a sixth-year player now. ere were ve receiving senior players who played all 11 games with Holst: Wide Receivers Tevon Wright of Miami, and Brandon Fullerton of Riverton, Wyoming; Running Backs Priest Jennings of Stockton, California, and Stevann Brown of Casper, Wyoming; and Tight End Matt Vargas, of Modesto, California.

“ ey were catching a lot in the four or ve years they’ve been together; the chemistry was there,” Holst said. “ at was a really strong year because we had such great senior leadership who had been through a lot.”

Holst also took CSC individual season records of passing attempts with 417 throws, and the total o ense record, which means the total number of rushing and passing yards, at 3,251 yards in 2019. 2019 is currently Holst’s strongest year, possibly due to shortened 2020 schedule.

“I’m hoping we get at least an 11-game season, hopefully more with playo s,” Host said. “At the very least, the opportunity to play as many games as possible and put us

Photo by Brandon Davenport Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, sighs on the sidelines during a game against CSU-Pueblo, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium.

in a good position to make it to playo s.” e 2020 season was rough with only four games, but Holst still completed 77 of 128 attempted passes, scoring seven touchdowns for a total of 1,060 yards.

For individual career records, Holst already hold passing yards per game at 253.3 yards, and total o ense per game at 252.9 yards, both out of 36 games. He’s also received honors throughout his career at CSC.

“Honestly, you don’t come to play football to break records,” Holst said. “You just play to be a part of a team and win games.”

While thinking back, people don’t generally focus on the records they should’ve broken, they think about the games and ways they should’ve won them.

“It may be nice down the road, but I try not to think about it,” Holst said. “Just try to win as many games, especially this year as we can.”

He’s on track to set more CSC career records.

He currently sits 190 passes away from the career passing attempts, about 240 away from the passes completed, about 1,000 yards away from the total yards record, and 18 touchdowns away from total touchdowns throw.

Once Holst removes his CSC helmet for the last time, he is aiming to nish his master’s program which he’s already started, and to hopefully get it paid for. Following that, he plans to begin teaching and coaching.

Photo by Mackenzie Dahlberg Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, leaps over a tackle during the homecoming game against South Dakota School of Mines, Saturday, Oct. 17, 2020, at Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium.

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ABOVE: Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, rushes the ball down the eld against CSU-Pueblo, Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019, at Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium.

LEFT: Dalton Holst, graduate of Gillette, Wyoming, pulls back for a throw against BHSU, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, at Lyle Hare Stadium in Spear sh, South Dakota.

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