Harper ISD News


Harper 2nd in Lone Star Cup:

 

We are currently sitting in second place in Lone Star Cup behind Sundown by only 2 points!!!!
It is up to OAP, ACADEMICS, GOLF, TENNIS AND TRACK & FIELD!
GO HORNS!

 

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) has released the update for the 2007-2008 Texas Dodge Dealers Lone Star CupTM. Honoring the best overall athletic and academic programs in Texas, the annual Texas Dodge Dealers Lone Star CupTM is open to all UIL participant high schools.

One school in each of the five UIL classifications (5A, 4A, 3A, 2A and 1A) will claim the coveted Cup. High schools accumulated points based on their team performance in district and state championships. The winning schools in each classification will receive the Lone Star CupTM trophy and a $1,000 scholarship, also presented by the Texas Dodge Dealers.

 

Regional Track Meet:

Cutter Bernhard placed first in Pole Vaulting at the regional track meet Friday by jumping 15'. Joining him at state will be the second place girls Mile Relay Team consisting of Ruthann Mounce, Bethany Mounce, Amelia Herring, and Claire Jones.

 

One Act Play:

The One Act Play did not advance, but did earn 3 medals.  Ashley Vaughn got all star cast; Rachel and Paige got all-star cast. Bruni and Shiner advanced.  Both were exceptional shows according to the audience members and deserved to advance.  It was a great experience….we have added points for the Lone Star cup…and it was fun! 

The One Act Play is PROUD to have broken a 26 year record!  Yes…. that’s how long it has been since a play from our school has advanced to the REGIONAL Level!  We travel to Brenham this Friday and compete on Saturday for the chance to take our play all the way to the top…..STATE!!!  I can not begin to tell you what an accomplishment this has been.  I will tell you that the judge started his critique by asking how Harper, Texas came to have a drama department like this! 

Awards Received

Ashley Vaughn - Honorable Mention

Rachel Smart & Leighton Henderson - All Star Cast 

Harper OAP advanced to area March 27.
Leighton Henderson—best actor
Colin Lee—All star cast
Ashley Vaughn-All star cast
Rachel Smartt- honorable mention
Paige Parker—honorable mention
They will leave Friday of next week for Three Rivers. They are going to try to do a community performance one more time—most likely on Thursday.

The Harper One Act Play cast and crew were one of two advancing plays at the Zone competition on Monday March 24th. Five cast members received honors including Rachel Smartt as Best Actress, Ashley Vaughn, Paige Parker and Tesca Korbelik as All-Star Cast, and Colin Lee as Honorable mention. They will be performing for the school on Wednesday, March 26 at 1:15. The show is 35 minutes and it is appropriate for elementary to see. 

American Chemical Society Exam:

The annual high school American Chemical Society exam was offered this Saturday and two Harper students, Hans Yu and Oren Draznin, participated in taking this exam.  270 students from all over the San Antonio area took this test which included 5A schools and private schools.  I found out this morning that Hans placed in one of the top 6 places and Oren’s  was in the top 10 scores of all the students taking the test.  Hans will find out what place he won at an awards banquet.  The first place prize is $200.00.  Both students have qualified to compete in the Chemistry Olympiad which leads to an international competition in chemistry.  Unfortunately, Hans can not participate because he is not an American citizen but Oren will be taking this test on Saturday, April 19 (before prom).  Please congratulate these kids for getting up early (after the walkathon) and spending their day taking a chemistry test!

PTO Walk-A-Thon a Great Success:

It was a GREAT day and Very FUN evening!!

Thank you for all your help and support – SO FAR!!

We still have much to do with the calculations and collections.

Please take a minute in the next few days, while all is fresh in your minds and jot down ideas and constructive comments to help us with our next Walk-A-Thon. Email them to me by replying to this email or at carolynj@ktc.com.

 

Encourage everyone, adults and children to reach their individual goal of $100 in sponsorships!! Thanks again, Carolyn

FFA:

FFA Dairy Cattle Judging Results:

1st place in District & 2nd in Area

Kyle Davenport 2nd high individual

Josh Harper 3rd high individual

Tina Wasmuth 10th high individual

They will compete @ the State Contest April 24th @ Tarleton.

 
Tarleton invitational Results:

 

Land Judging:

Oren Draznin - 7th High Individual

Amber Bowlin - 15th High Individual

Jenea Esquell - 17th HIgh Individual

Third Place - Team

Livestock Judging:

56th place - Team

Football Honors:

Texas Sports Writers

Association All-State Honors

 

1st Team Defense

Sammy Winters  DB

Josh Treiber   Punter

 

2nd Team Offense

Michael Hernandez OG

 

3rd Team Defense

Shane Untermeyer  LB

 

Honorable Mention Defense

Christian Herring  DE

BF Hammons  DE

 

Academic All-District
Cutter Bernhard
Andrew Chevalier
Matthew Chevalier
Ross Crenwelge
BF Hammons
Christian Herring
Colin Lee
Chris Martinez
Josh Treiber
Jake Whitten
Sammy Winters

 

District Honors

 

District MVP
Sammy Winters

 

Offensive MVP
Cutter Bernhard

 

Defensive MVP
Shane Untermeyer
 

First Team Offense
RB Sammy Winters
RB Colton Pepper
TE Christian Herring
WR Colin Lee
Center Shane Untermeyer
OL BF Hammons
OL Mike Hernandez
Kicker/PAT Ross Crenwelge

 

Second Team Offense
RB Kyle Horton
WR Chris Martinez
WR Jake Whitten
OL Dustin Inmon
OL Brad Rockwell
First Team Defense
DL Mike Hernandez
DL Colton Pepper
DE BF Hammons
DE Christian Herring
ILB Kyle Horton
OLB Josh Treiber
DB Sammy Winters
DB Colin Lee
Punter Josh Treiber

 

Second Team Defense
DL Jesse Ovard
ILB Gilberto Mujica
OLB Chris Martinez
DB Jake Whitten

 

2007 All-Hill Country Team

Named December 24, 2007

 

Coach of the Year:

Cody White

Most Valuable Player:

Sammy Winters

Newcomer of the Year:

Jake Whitten

 

Offense:

 Lineman:Mike Hernandez

Kicker: Ross Crenwelge

 

Defense:

Lineman: BF Hammons

Lineman: Christian Herring

LInebacker: Shane Untermeyer

Back Colin Lee

Punter: Josh Treiber

 

Honorable Mention:

Cutter Bernhard

Colton Pepper

Kyle Horton

 

Football Records Broken This Season

 

Most TD Passes (Season)
Cutter Bernhard - 22
 

Passing Yardage (Game)
Cutter Bernhard - 313
 

Receiving Yardage (Game)
Sammy Winters - 157
 

Receiving Yardage (Career)
Sammy Winters - 1275
 

Receptions (Career)
Sammy Winters - 66
 

Longest TD Run
Cutter Bernhard - 92 yds
 

Longest Run from Scrimmage
Cutter Bernhard - 92 yds
 

Longest TD Pass/Pass Play
Colin Lee from
Cutter Bernhard - 85 yds
 

Most PATs Made (Season)
Ross Crenwelge - 55
 

Most Interceptions (Season)
Sammy Winters - 9
 

Most Interceptions (Career)
Sammy Winters - 29
 

Most Fumble Recoveries (Career)
Shane Untermeyer - 8
 

Most Blocked Punts (Season)
Shane Untermeyer - 5
 

Most Blocked Punts (Career)
Shane Untermeyer - 6

 

San Antonio Stock Show Art Contest

Volleyball Honors:

The art competition results were wonderful for us. Over 500 hundred pieces of art from the entire San Antonio area were submitted this year. Five of our students won 2nd place ribbons. They were: Tommy Morris, Megan Shepherd, Lindsey Pate, Daniel Flores and Ashley Vaughn. Third place awards went to: Ruthann Mounce, Jesse Ovard, Amber Bolin and Alyssa Wright. Their work is on display in the high school trophy case until they take it home for Christmas gifts:)

All–State- Jaci Crowe

Academic All–State: Jaylyn Hagen, Claire Jones, Jaci Crowe,

                               Ruthann Mounce,  Brittany Tatsch

All–District:  Claire Jones- Defensive Player of the Year

                    Jaci Crowe- Offensive Player of the Year

                    1st team- Jenea Esquell, Jaylyn Hagen  

                    2nd Team-  Mackenzie Haag, Brittany Tatsch

                    Honorable Mention- Autumn Davis

Picture Photo Gallery!

Sports:

Girls Basketball Results:
Final Record: 24-8  
Regional Quarter Finalist
All-district members: MVP- Jaci Crow
1st Team- Amelia Herring & Jenea Esquell
2nd Team- Amanda Herring & Jordan Maner
Defensive Player of the Year- Brittany Tatsch
Honorable Mention- Mackenzie Haag
Academic All-District- Jaci Crow, Brittany Tatsch, Mackenzie Haag, Paige Blair, Amelia Herring, Amanda Herring, Jordan Maner, and Jacqueline Goldman
 
Boys Basketball Results:
Final Record: 16-5  
Regional Semi-Finalist
Christian Herring: District MVP, All Region, Academic All-District, Academic All-State
Colin Lee: 1st Team All-District, Academic All-District and Academic All-State
Andrew Chevalier: 2nd Team All-District, Academic All-District, Academic All-State
Sammy Winters: Honorable Mention All-District, Academic All-District
Chris Martinez: Offensive MVP, Academic All-District
Jake Whitten: 1st Team All-District, Academic All-District
Matt Chevalier: Academic All-District
Justin Blaha: Academic All-District
Jaron Alexander: Honorable Mention All-District

 

UIL Academics:

At the state UIL meet May 3rd in Austin, Amber Bowlin placed 3rd in Persuasive Speaking, Oren Draznin tied for 2nd place in Science, and Hans Yu tied for 4th place in Science. Also, the Science team of Oren Draznin, Hans Yu, Alyssa Wright, and Alyssa Randle placed 1st!!!!!!!
The results of Friday's Regional contest in Brenham are:

Hans Yu: 1st place science, 1st place physics, 1st place chemistry, 1st place team science, 1st place mathematics

Oren Draznin, Alyssa Wright, Alyssa Randle: 1st place team science

Amber Bowlin: 1st place persuasive speaking

Kaitlin Rangel: 3rd place informative speaking

Paige Parker: 3rd place poetry interpretation

All of the above students will advance to state.

Megan Torres also placed 5th in Spelling.

The other great news is that we won the regional meet with a score of 92 points! That will add 4 points to the Lone Star Cup, which ties us with Lindsay for 1st place thus far!!

The District 30-A Academic Contest was held in Rocksprings on Saturday, March 29. Harper placed 2nd overall with a total team score of 289. 1st place team was Rocksprings with a total of 297. Following are the individual and team results for Harper. Students whose names appear in boldface will advance to the regional meet in Brenham on April 11.  The Mathematics team will advance as the Wild Card team, which means they have the highest score of any 2nd place team in our region.

 

Individual results:

Lincoln Douglas Debate: Oren Draznin (2nd place), Matthew Chevalier (3rd place)

Informative Speaking: Kaitlin Rangel (2nd place)

Literary Criticism: Hannah Leinweber (6th place)

Mathematics: Hans Yu (2nd place)

News Writing: Tyler Krueger (6th place)

Persuasive Speaking: Amber Bowlin (1st place), Rachel Smartt (6th place)

Poetry: Paige Parker (2nd place)

Prose: Amber Bowlin (3rd place), Rachel Smartt (4th place)

Ready Writing: Hannah Leinweber (1st place), Bethany Mounce (2nd place)

Science: Hans Yu (1st place overall, 1st place Physics, !st place Chemistry), Oren Draznin (2nd place overall)

Spelling: Megan Torres (1st place)

 

Team results:

Literary Criticism: Hannah Leinweber, Sarah Lester, Autumn Davis, Codi Hammons (2nd place team)

Mathematics: Hans Yu, Ruthann Mounce, Alyssa Randle (2nd place team)/ Wild Card Team

Science: Hans Yu, Oren Draznin, Alyssa Wright, Alyssa Randle (1st place team)

Speech: Amber Bowlin, Kaitlin Rangel, Paige Parker, Oren Draznin, Matthew Chevalier, Rachel Smartt (1st place team)

The Harper UIL Academic team attended a practice meet in Rocksprings on Saturday, March 8, with the following results:

Science:

Hans Yu: 1st place overall, 1st place team, 1st place physics, 1st place chemistry
Oren Draznin: 3rd place overall, 1st place team, 1st place biology
Alyssa Randle: 1st place team

Spelling:

Megan Torres: 3rd place

Mathematics:

Hans Yu: 1st place

Literary Criticism:

Sarah Lester, Diane Hammons, Hannah Leinweber, Autumn Davis: 2nd place team

Persuasive Speaking:

Amber Bowlin: 2nd place

Prose:

Amber Bowlin: 4th place

There were 14 schools at the meet. Most were 2, 3, or 4-A.

 

Results for District 30A CX Debate meet:

 

1st place: Megan Shepherd and Autumn Davis (advancing to state in March)

3rd place: Jennifer Coward and Cara Pascarella (alternate to state)

4th place: Diane Hammons and Sarah Lester

We earned 6 of the 8 medals given out and 42 points for the spring academic meet!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Theatrical Design team Qualifies for State!!!!:

 

     The Harper Theatrical Design team, (Emily Eubank, Lindsey Pate, Ruthann Mounce) have qualified for state.  They will be attending the state One Act play competitions in May.  Results of the design contest will be announced after the 5a OAPs during the state meet.  These girls worked very hard…Lindsey was an alternate who became a team member after doing 5 costume sketches in 1 day (the day they had to be post marked) because another a team member didn’t do her portion.  Most of the schools listed as finalists are 4 and 5 A schools.  Just being selected is a big achievement!!!!!

TPSA Criminal Justice Competition

Congratulations to the Criminal Justice Sate Competition Team!
2nd place in state Jeff Butterworth and Becca Jackson in Felony Traffic.
2nd place in state Jeff Butterworth in Accident Investigation
And
1st Place in state to Shane Untermeyer for Foot Pursuit

 

On Friday, January 25, 2008, the Harper High School Criminal Justice Class competed in the TPSA (Texas Public Service Association) Criminal Justice Competition, which was held at the Fredericksburg High School.
The following are the events the students competed in and how they placed: 


Rebecca Jackson & Jeff Butterworth Felony Traffic Stop 1s Place
Shane Untermeyer - Foot Pursuit 1st Place
Sarah Lester - Traffic Stop 2nd Place
Keshia Fulcher - Traffic Stop 3rd Place
Jeff Butterworth - Crash Investigations 3rd Place
Alex Stinson - Obstacle Course 3rd Place
 
Also competing were the following students. These students did a great job in their events, but did not place within the top three: 


Rebecca Cumming - Crash Investigations
Cori Taylor & Alex Stinson - Felony Traffic Stop

The following students will be going to San Houston University on February 24-26 to compete in the same events on the State Level:


Rebecca Jackson & Jeff Butterworth - Felony Traffic Stop
Shane Untermeyer - Foot Pursuit
Sarah Lester - Traffic Stop
Keshia Fulcher - Traffic Stop
Jeff Butterworth - Crash Investigations
Alex Stinson - Obstacle Course
 
If you see these students, congratulate them and wish the state-bound students good luck. These students have done a great job and have made me proud, and the school as well.

 

Harper Now 2A:

     Harper will now officially be a 2A next year. Our new district now includes Blanco, Comfort, Johnson City, SA Brooks, San Antonio Cole, Universal City, and Randolph. These are the teams we will face in all sports including football, volleyball, basketball, and track at the district level.

Band:

The band received the Distinguished Performance Plaque from the State Wind Ensemble Festival. Diane Hammons was awarded a gold medal as the outstanding piccolo soloist for the Festival! This marks the 4th person from Harper in the last 3 years to earn State Wind Ensemble Outstanding Performer Medals.

 

The Harper Band is attending the State Wind Ensemble Contest at the University of Texas at Austin on May 2-3, 2008.  Following is their schdule.

Each concert will be streamed through the Music School Website.  Go to:  http://www.music.utexas.edu/ and find the link located on the right side of the page on the day of the event.  The stream will be available beginning 5 minutes before the start time for the first ensemble. 

# in Group        School                                     Director                                    Classification                           Time

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81                     Ropes HS                                 Stephen Martin                          A                                              8:00

46                     Harper HS                                 Charles Sander                          A                                              8:30

71                     Industrial HS                              Stephen Henry                           AA                                            9:00

65                     Reagan County HS                    Bob Vetter                                 AA                                            9:30

59                     Troy HS                                    Curt Hentrich                             AA                                            10:00

88                     Hemphill HS                              Evan Richarson                          AA                                            10:30

72                     Greenwood HS                          Suzanne Rhynes                       AAA                                         11:00

                        Commerce HS                           Monte Ashcraft                          AAA                                         11:30

56                     Southwest HS                           Stacy Dunn                               AAAA                                       12:45

50                     Pflugerville HS                           OD Wilson                                AAAAA                                     1:30

54                     Anderson HS                             Ryan Zisk                                  AAAAA                                     2:15

                        Brazoswood HS                         Jim Koch                                   AAAAA                                     3:15

48                     Westlake HS                             Kerry Taylor                               AAAAA                                     4:00

49                     Bowie HS                                  Bruce Dinkins                            AAAAA                                     4:45

 

The Harper High School Symphonic Band will present its UIL Concert Contest program on Wednesday evening in the old gym.

 

Selections include:

British Eighth March

Nimrod from Enigma Variations

Knights of Dunvegan 

 

The band will rehearse from 4:00-5:15 and then have a break followed by the performance at 6:30. 

Bring your lawn chair or be prepared to stand.  The concert will last about 20 minutes. 

 

The band travels to Bandera on Tax Tuesday (April 15th) in the first step to defending its 2007 State 2nd Place Class A Performance. 

 

Hope you can attend what should be a fabulous performance.

 

Director Charles Sander has just released the 2007 Honors earned by the Harper Longhorn Band.  Please congratulate these students for a fine job. 

 

EVERY student from Harper Middle School that auditioned was named to the All-Region Band on Tuesday including:

 

Mariza Betancourt-Symphonic Band (1st Band) 7th Chair Flute

Alexa Guerrero-Symphonic Band 1st Chair Oboe (MEDALIST)

Niki Hennigan-Symphonic Band 2nd Chair Clarinet

Shelbi Korbelik-Symphonic Band 3rd Clarinet

Kara Strange-Concert Band (2nd Band) 3rd Chair Clarinet

Jennifer Guevara-Symphonic Band 4th Chair Alto Saxophone

David Brucker-Concert Band 5th Chair Alto Saxophone

Dennis Land-Symphonic Band 3rd Chair Trumpet

Levi Lashley-Symphonic Band 8th Chair Trumpet

Allison Krueger-Concert Band 3rd Chair Trumpet

Crystal Schlueter-Concert 4th Chair Trumpet

Timmy Harper-Symphonic Band 2nd Chair French Horn

Annissa Nobles-Concert Band 1st Chair Bass Clarinet

Lance Meier-Symphonic Band 1st Chair Tuba (MEDALIST)

Austin Rowe-Symphonic Band 2nd Chair Tuba

Wyatt Clapper-Symphonic Band 2nd Chair Euphonium

Amber Rauhut-Symphonic Band 1st Chair Tenor Trombone (MEDALIST)

Kaylee Fulcher-Symphonic Band 2nd Chair Tenor Trombone

Rachel Lester-Symphonic Band 4th Chair Tenor Trombone

Katie Jackson-Symphonic Band 1st Chair Xylophone

Cameron Sander-Concert Band 4th Chair Snare Drum

Cameron Sander-Symphonic Band 1st Chair Timpani (MEDALIST)

 

 

Please congratulate these students as you see them!

 

Clubs and Organizations:

 

 

  Elementary News:

     Once again Harper Elementary students brought home the First place trophy at the Elementary UIL contest. Harper Elementary has won the UIL contest for the last five years.  Our students work hard and strive to do their best, and the students expect to win the contest every year.  We also have great teachers, parents and grandparents here at Harper that help the students get ready for the contests. Shannon Kramer, one of our First grade teachers at Harper, also serves as the UIL Coordinator and does a fantastic job!

 

Elementary Principal

Jay Harper

 

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