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• 12/1 ChristmasConcert7:00PM• 12/2 State Oral Interp - Pierre, Character

CountsAssembly• 12/3 State Oral Interp - Pierre; JHBBB

TourneyatAlexandria• 12/5 Basketball Pictures, JHBBB/GBB v.

Hanson(H)4:00PM• 12/6 GBB v. ORR (Parent’s Night), JH-

BBB/GBB@Freeman(4:30PM)• 12/8 GBB@Marion• 12/9 BBBv.Marion• 12/10 JH BBB Tourney @ Canistota, JH

GBB Tourney @ Freeman, GBB @Viborg/Hurley

• 12/12 BBBv.Irene-Wakonda,SchoolBoardMeeting

• 12-13 GBBv.Colman-Egan

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The2011CornbeltAllConferenceVolleyballteamwasrecentlyannounced.TwoLadyHawkswerenamedtosecondteamallconferenceteam.TheywereHaleyJermanandCassiTownsend.CarolynSchroederandChloeNielsonreceivedHonorableMention.

First Team: Ashley Robinson (Hanson) -MVP,EricSchoenwald(Marion),GraceGering(Freeman), Mackenzie Schultz (Bridgewater-Emery), Lindsey Hoffman (Hanson), Eliza-beth Schnabel (Bridgewater-Emery), and DinaSoulek(Freeman).

Second Team: Kendra Cheeseman (Han-son), Haley Jerman (Canistota), Jessica Hoelt-zner (Hanson), Kylie Hughes (Marion), AliHanssen (Bridgewater-Emery),CatherineLuke(Marion),andCassiTownsend(Canistota).

All Conference Volleyball Team Announced

JH Girls defeat MennoThe seventh grade girls hosted the Menno

WolveslastMonday.TheLadyHawksjumpedouttoa8-5firstquarterleadandwentontowinatightgame,25-22.

Kalli Ortman led all scorers with 14 points.AshleyWells and LaurenWells scored 4 pointseach. KassidyKellerscored2points. KimberlyAxelsonscored1point.

Theeighthgradegirlsgotoff to a slowstartbeforetakingtheleadinthesecondquarter.TheLadyHawkswentontodefeattheWolves26-15.

Kalli Ortman led all scorers with 10 points.Madisyn Jerman scored 6 points. Jessi Tieszenscored4points.MacyRobertson,HaileyThomp-son,andJilianneHofereachscored2points.

JH Boys sweep MennoThe seventh grade boys hosted Menno last

Monday evening. TheHawks fell behind in thefirstquarter,6-8beforewarmingupinthesecondquarter.TheHawkswentontoa41-28victory.

Jacob White Lance led all scorers with 18points.ScottJolleyscored5points.MandreAd-ams,AndrewWeber andDylanWarren scored 4pointseach.CarsonRoshone,ColeAndersonandKaseyBusescored2pointseach.

TheeighthgradeboysdefeatedMenno,54-13.CollinWellsscored14points.DrewSeubertandNoah Sandman scored 10 points. Jerad Nielsenscored 8 points. Shay Jolley and Garrett Rotertscored6points.HunterSperlingscored2points.

2011 Football Awards AnnouncedTeam Captains:NathanDick,TroyHofer,Zack

Hofer,andTrevorSchroeder.MVP Offense:CodyBunger.MVP Defense: TroyHoferandEricTieszen.Most Improved:NathanDickHawk Award: TrevorSchroederMost Inspirational:TroyHoferLetterwinners: Nathan Dick, Cody Bunger,

IsaacFuhrman,AlexRobertson,JacobBuse-man, Seth Sperling, Boone DeKramer, Car-sonHofer,DylanSeubert,ZackHofer,DevonDeinison, Eric Tieszen, Jason Van Winkle,TrevorSchroeder,TroyHofer,BillyKorkow,Seth Weidenbach, Bryce Golder, DouglasHinrickson, Nathan Nugteren, Tyler Decker,Bryce Engbarth, Jace Olsen, Tim Adams,ColtonGolder,DominickWeberandMattAn-derson.

Seasonstatisticsareavailableonlineatwww.maxpreps.com.

Troy Hofer, Zack Hofer, Trevor Schroeder, Eric Tieszen, Cody Bunger and Nathan Dick.

Date Opponent Site12-9 Marion Home12-12 Irene-Wakonda Home12-15 Freeman Home12-19 Bridgewater-Emery Emery12-22 Dell Rapids St. Mary Home1-3 MitchellChristian Mitchell1-10 Gayville-Volin Gayville1-13 Ethan Home1-17 FreemanAcademy Freeman1-19 Hanson Alexandria1-21 HansonClassic Mitchell1-24 Chester Area Home1-28 CornbeltClassic Freeman1-31 Viborg-Hurley Home2-4 SchoolersBorderClassic ElmenCtr.2-9 Menno Menno2-11 DWUClassic Mitchell2-13 Alcester-Hudson Home2-17 Centerville Centerville2-20 Colman-Egan Colman

Varsity Boys Basketball Schedule

Date Opponent Site12-6 Oldham-Ramona/Rutland Home12-8 Marion Marion12-10 Viborg/Hurley Hurley12-13 Colman-Egan Home12-16 Freeman Freeamn12-20 Bridgewater-Emery Home1-2 Plankinton Plankinton1-6 Centerville Centerville1-10 Gayville-Volin Gayville1-14 Marion Home1-20 Hanson Home1-21 Alcester-Hudson Home1-23 MitchellChristian Mitchell1-28 CornbeltClassic Freeman1-30 Irene-Wakonda Home2-2 Mt.Vernon Mt.Vernon2-6 Dell Rapids St. Mary Home2-7 Menno Home2-10 Ethan Ethan2-14 Freeman Academy Home

Varsity GirlsBasketball Schedule

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Canistota High SchoolWednesday,November30,2011

Volume53*Issue14POBox8

Canistota,SD57012

Home of the Hawks

Holiday Concert set for ThursdayBy: Megan Golder

Eventhoughthereisnosnowontheground,believe it ornot it is time for the annualK-12Holidaymusicprogram. Itwill beheldat theschoolgymnasiumthisThursday,December1stat7:00pm.TheK-6grademusicclassunderthedirectionofPriscillaHansonwillstart thepro-gram.The 7& 8 grademusic classwill sing acoupleof toe-tappingnumbers. Alsoperform-ingwillbethehighschoolwomen’schoir,men’schoir, andmixed choir.Rounding out the nightwillbethecombined7-12band.

SENIOR SPOTLIGHTDeon J. Jensen

Canistota Students Take Part in Record Setting Black FridayBy: Dylan Lynde

BlackFriday isperhaps thebiggestshoppingday of the year. It happens once a year, the dayrightafterThanksgiving.Itisknownhasthetradi-tionaldaytostartyourChristmasshopping.Majorretailersopentheirstoresatearliertimesthanusu-alandhavesalesonsomeofthemostsoughtafterproducts.This isamarketingstrategy thatworksverywellbecause retailersmakea tonofmoneyonBlackFriday.

Thisyear,BlackFridayliveduptoitsexpec-tations as an extremely hectic day to shop.Eco-nomicreportshavealreadyshownthatthisyear’ssalewasoneofthehighestgrossingdaysinU.S.history. Local stores took to making even moreprofit this year, opening even earlier than usual.TheWalmart inSiouxFalls started their sales at

10p.m.onThanksgivingDayand theSiouxEm-pireMallopenedatmidnight,allowingshopperstocomelateatnightandpurchaseproducts.

Many Canistota students and faculty set outonthis insanesellingfrenzyinorder togetgooddealsonproducts,whetheritwasforpersonaluseorevenholidaygiftsforlovedones.AmongthesestudentswereseniorsKatlynHeibergerandHaleyJerman. “I like going shopping on Black FridaybecauseIgetagooddealonallofmyChristmasgiftsthatIgetforothers,”saidKatlynHeiberger.HaleyJermangoesshoppingonBlackFridayev-eryyearandagrees that thisyearwasoneof themostextreme.“Thisyear’sBlackFridayasmoreintensethanever.Therewerea lotofgreatdealsbutthepeoplearecrazy.Mypersonalexperiencewasverystressful,”saidJerman.

Hofer and Schroeder head 9A All State TeamTwo seniors fromCanistota headed the 2011

9AAll State Football Team that was announcedlastweek. The team included6membersof theCanistotaHawkFootballTeam. Thosememberswere:TroyHofer,TrevorSchroeder,CodyBunger,EricTieszen,AlexRobertson,andNathanDick.

TroyHoferwasselectedasthe9AAllAmeri-canNomineeandFullback.Hoferwasthe9BAllStateFullbackfrom2010.Hoferhasbeenasolidperformer for theHawks during his high schoolfootball career. Hofer was third on the team inrushingwith121carriesfor877yards.Hescored15touchdownsand4conversions.Hewassecondontheteamintackleswith65soloand43assisted.For his career,Hofer rushed 336 times for 2500yards,scoring40touchdownsand24conversions.Defensively, Hofer finished his career with 213soloand100assistedtackles.

Trevor Schroeder was selected as a 9A AllStateTightEnd.Schroederwasthe9BHonorableMentionAllStateTightEndin2010. SchroederledtheHawksinreceivingthisseasonwith30re-ceptionsfor591yards.Hescored11touchdownsand7conversions.Forhiscareer,Schroederhad65receptionsfor1409yards.HeisCanistota’sca-reerleaderinreceivingyards,arecordpreviouslyheldbyColinPearson.SchroederalsoholdsCan-

istota’sCareerReceivingTouchdownrecordwith27.ThatisalsosecondalltimeintheStatefor9Manreceivers.Schroederfinishedhishighschoolcareerwith107soloand51assistedtacklesaswellas14sacksand6blockedpunts.Healsoscored4defensivetouchdownsand2safeties.

CodyBungerwasselectedasthe9AAllStateQuarterback.BungerledHawksinpassing.Bung-erwas52of89for948yards,19touchdownsandjust1interception.BungeralsoledtheHawksinrushingwith82attempts for1192yards, scoring16touchdownsand3conversions.

EricTieszenwasselectedasthe9AAllStateLinebacker. Tieszen, a three year starter for theHawks,ledtheteamintackleswith55soloand69assistedtackles.

AlexRobertsonwasselectedasthe9AHonor-ableMentionAllStateRunningBack.Robertsonwas second on the team in rushingwith 144 at-temptsfor1022yards.Hescored12touchdowns.Healsohad8receptionsfor135yardsand4touch-downs.

NathanDickwasselectedasthe9AHonorableMentionAllStateKicker.Nathanhad83kicksthisseason for 3497 yards including 20 touchbacks.Hewasalso6of10forextrapoints.

2011 Academic All State Football Team Announced

Tim Adams, Hal-ey Jerman, Trevor Schroeder, Taylor Van Winkle and Na-than Dick recently earned their Aca-demic All State Foot-ball Awards.

Award winners must have participated as a player, manag-er or statistician for at least 3 seasons. They must also have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5 or better.

By Abbi Klyaic

DeonJ.JensenwasbornatAveraMcKennanHospital, in Sioux Falls.He is the son ofKevinJensen,whoisafarmer.DeonwasbornonOcto-ber18,1993.Deonistheyoungestofthreebroth-ers:TravisandDevon.Deonisinvolvedintrack,running,workingout,workingonandridingmo-torcycles.

Deon’s favorite food is seafood and his fa-voritebeverage iswater.His favoritemoviesareYour HighnessandDumb and Dumber.Hisfavor-iteT.V.showisTwo Broke Girls.Deon’sfavoritequoteis“Strengthisamatterofthemadeupmind”byJohnBeecher.DeonplansonattendingMitchellTechnicalInstituteformotorcycletechnology.

DeonhaslivedoutsideofCanistotahiswholelife.HehasattendedCanistotaSchoolsincekin-dergarten.HisfavoriteteacherwasMr.Barondeaubecausehemadeclassinterestingwithhowcrazyhecouldbeandhowexcitedhewaseveryday.

After graduation,Deon is going tomiss notbeingabletohangoutwithfriendsandplayingortalkingaboutfootball.

“Deon drives the coolest cars in town, hemakesmesmileeverydaybecauseofhowfunnyhecanbe.”commentedTimAdams.

Bestoflucktoyou,Deon!