Two Great Games in One Night

On Thursday, January 9, the EHS girls’ basketball teams faced the Pontiac Indians. The JV team started the night off with a very close game. In the last few seconds of regulation, Sophomore Kelsie Plattner knocked down a three pointer sending the game into overtime! During the fifth quarter, the teams were neck and neck. But in the last few seconds, Sophomore Emily Ausmus hit a key free throw making the score 58-57 and led them to a victory.

The varsity game was equally exciting. At the beginning of the game, the girls were down by 17 points but worked their way back in to make it a close game. The Hornets competed very well and definitely shook up the Indians. Going into the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, the girls came within just a few points of Pontiac. The varsity pushed but came up just 3 points short of a victory with the final score being 45-47. Coach Miller commented, “I thought the varsity played a really good team defense.” He also overheard the Indians’ coach compliment the varsity on how good of a defense they played.Congratulations to both teams on great games. Come out to support the girls at their next home game on Thursday, January 16 against Mahomet-Seymour.

By: Seniors Kylie Alwood and Darci Eastman, Journalism staff

Fall 2014 Registration ASAP

Attention all students and parents! It's that time of year again to think about fall classes. All students need to register on Skyward for their Fall 2014 classes as soon as possible. Mr. Bachman and Mrs. Brown are meeting with Freshman-Juniors today, Monday, January 13, to discuss the registration process as well as to explain options for elective courses. Please register on Skyward beginning today through this Sunday, January 19. Please e-mail bachmanj@district140.org or browns@district140.org if you have any questions.

Let it Snow!

Yeah, it's cold outside, but it will soon be heating up inside EHS! Beginning Monday, January 13, Student Council will be throwing the 2014 Snowcoming week. While it continues to snow outside, we all will be decking the halls with new dress up days and prizes. Juniors Maddie Plattner and Natalie Gladson both really want people to get excited for all winter teams this Snowcoming week. In past years, Student Council was unable to put on Snowcoming because Hope Week and FFA week were all close together. But this year Natalie expressed her excitement for Snowcoming and said, “Most definitely excited! More than you can understand!” Part of the excitement comes from the dress up days. “We tried to do stuff we have never done before,” Maddie Plattner said. Every day that you dress up you earn a ticket that you can put into a raffle throughout the week. At the girls game on Thursday, you get the chance to earn three extra tickets. Prizes range from a new Kindle Fire, Hornet wear, and exotic surprises. Dress up days for the week are as follows: Monday--Sparkle Day, Tuesday--Twin Day, Wednesday--Hawaiian Day, Thursday--Throwback Day, and Friday--Green and White Day.

By: Junior Bridgette Connolly and Senior Daniel Johnson, Journalism staff