EHS Scholastic Bowl team wins tournament

 

Eureka captured the Masonic Scholastic Bowl Class A title at Eureka Saturday, Feb. 20, winning a prize of $400 and advancing to State.  Blue Ridge won $300 in 2nd place, Deer Creek-Mackinaw was 3rd with $200, and Delavan 4th with $100.  Eureka also beat Roanoke Benson, Tremont, Prairie Central, and Lewistown.  Pictured are (front) Thompson Zhuang, Captain Wes Johnson, Coach Debra Blunier, (back) Cameron Sturm, Alvin House representing the Masons, Derek Jennings, Danielle Kuntz, Kyle Silverthorn, Coach Brian Bill, and Caleb Sylvester.  Not pictured: Beth Wagner.  The Masonic Class A State Competition will be at Riverton on March 6, with 16 sectional champion schools competing.

Boys Swim Team mixes up workout before sectionals

Good luck to Coach Raney and the members of the Eureka -Roanoke/Benson - Metamora boys swimming coop at  sectional swimming this Saturday, February 20th at 1:00 pm at Normal West High School.

CAPTAINS does community service project

EHS CAPTAINS has been collecting Teddy Bears for the past couple of weeks. These Teddy Bears will be dropped off at 97.3 River Country and then delivered to the Children's Hospital for Valentine's Day. Thanks to everyone who participated in the Teddy Bear collection. Approximately 50 Teddy Bears were collected!

Cheerleading squad places 9th at state meet

Congratulations to the EHS Cheerleaders for making Eureka High School history by finishing in the Top Ten in State on Saturday. Way to go girls!!!

EHS Wrestling team wins regional

Congratulations to the Wrestling Team on winning their regional tournament on Saturday by 54 points. They tied a school record by advancing 13 wrestlers to Sectional. The following wrestlers won medals: 1st- Matt Schaidle, Ben Pintar, Will Rokey, 2nd- Josh Schaidle, Max Cali-Boyd, Chris Griffieth, Carter Vance, Brock Merritt, Brock McGinnis, 3rd- Gavin Seggerman, Chase Scherer, Connor Ryan, Bradley Brewer.

EHS welcomes student teacher

EHS welcomes Mr. Hanna who is finishing up his music education degree from Illinois State University. At Illinois State he held positions as the principal tuba player of the Illinois State University Orchestra, and was a member of the Wind Symphony, Symphonic Winds, and the Big Red Marching Machine. He hopes to one day be a professional music educator in Illinois, or in Ohio where he originally is from. Mr. Hanna currently is student teaching with both Ms. Yonker in the middle school and Mr. Stalter at the high school, where he is involved with all of the bands in the district for the remainder of the school year. He is very excited about learning, increasing his knowledge, growing as an educator, and being a part of the Eureka Hornets this year.

Mrs. Paluska receives grant

Congratulations to Mrs. Paluska for receiving a $500 grant from National City Bank that will be used for extra supplies for the upcoming Science Extravaganza. She along with 22 other people received grants awards picked from a pool of over 100 applications.

Caty Eeten is nominated for Athlete of the Week

Please use the link below to vote for Caty who is a very deserving of this honor.


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