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AREYOUAWARE?
Appleton, Wisconsin February 2016 Vol. XXI
Issue I
Page 11
By Maddie Clark
You might know about
the girls’ swim team’s re-
cent competitions. The girls
took 1st place at Confer-
ence, beating the undefeated
Neenah Rockets. At Sec-
tionals, the girls took 2nd
place. Finally, the girls took
7th place overall at State.
The 400 freestyle relay,
swam byAbbey Greeneway,
Lexi Monty, Britt Horn, and
Lauren Hilt, took 5th place
at state. Now you know their
wins, but are you aware who
these ladies are or the effort
they put into preparing for
competition?
You might have heard
her name on the announce-
ments, seen it in the pa-
per, or looked at the record
board in the pool area. Who
exactly is this junior named
Britt Horn? Horn started
with basic swim lessons and
her parents had a hard time
getting her out of the water.
They soon felt obligated to
sign her up for swim team.
Her swim team is the Fox
Valley Wave, and her head
coach is Curt Beutler. Horn
talked about her swim sched-
ule, “I swim three times in
the morning a week which is
followed by afternoon prac-
tice every day for two hours,
including Saturday.” In her
individual events at State,
Horn took 3rd in the 100
meter freestyle and 4th in the
100 meter backstroke.
What about the only fresh-
man on the state team, Lexi
Hilt, who is a newcomer
in the Appleton area? Hilt
talked about how she began
to swim, “My sister, Lau-
ren, joined a year before
me, and it looked fun, so I
decided to join.” Hilt now
swims with the Fox Valley
Wave with other high school
swimmers such as Abbey
Greeneway, Britt Horn, and
Brianna Arnold. She practic-
es two hours a day, Monday
through Saturday. With three
more years in high school,
Hilt plans on continuing her
career in swimming.
One of the mottos that
the girls had for this season
was “Win”. Whether it be
through sportsmanship, get-
ting best times, or winning
a dual meet, the girls always
have this single word in
mind. They plan on continu-
ing that motto into next year
by achieving more “wins”
throughout the season.
Swim team: Hard work pays off
Go see...
“I swim three times
in the morning a
week which is
followed by
afternoon practice
every day for two
hours, including
Saturday.”
- Junior Britt Horn
The North Girls’ swim team’s hard work and passion has
paid off. The Lightning took
¿
rst place in Conference this
season.
Photo by Alex Neumann
Boys Basketball
2/5 vs Kaukauna
2/9 vs Appleton West
2/11 vs Kimberly
Boys Swim/Dive
2/6 vs Conference Meet
2/12 Sectionals
2/19 State
A look ahead to
Lightning future
games.
All games are home
unless noted.
Appleton United
Hockey plays home
games at the
Appleton Family Ice
Center.
United Boys Hockey
2/11 vs Homestead
2/16 vs TBD
2/18 Regionals
Wrestling
2/6 Conference @Neen-
ah 8 a.m.
2/13 Regional Playoffs
2/16 Team Sectionals
United Girls Hockey
Regional Playoffs TBD
Sectional Playoffs TBD
State TBD
Admission is free to
all Appleton North
home games with an
activity pass, unless
it is a WIAA playoff
game.
Meet the athletes of the month
Garner Kohrell, Swimming/Senior
1. When did you start play-
ing hockey ?
I started playing hockey
when I was 4 years old
.
2. What do you love most
about hockey?
What I love the most about
hockey is the fast pace of the
game and the passion that
always comes along with
the sport, no matter who is
playing.
3. What is your favorite
hockey memory?
I don’t know if I could point
out a speci
¿
c memory, but
any bus ride with my team is
always one to remember!
1. When did you start
swimming?
I started swimming when
I was 9 years old for the
Community Swim Team in
Brillion, WI.
2. What do you love most
about swimming?
It gives you mental and
physical skills to overcome
nearly any obstacle in life,
and I love the friendships
I have with people from
the Fox Valley Area and all
across the country.
3. What is your favorite
swim memory?
It would probably have to be
when I placed 5th at Spee-
do’s (A national/zone swim
meet)
4.What are your expecta-
tions/hope to accomplish
this season?
I hope to qualify for the
Olympic Trials, and I want
to see Appleton North/East
win at either sectionals or
conference.
5. Finish this sentence:
At the end of the year
the Appleton North/East
Swim team will be...?
At the end of the year
Appleton North/East swim
team season will have
improved as an overall and
hopefully be sending about
four guys to state.
View the Complete inter-
view at Northnoct.com
Anna Duehring, Hockey/Junior
4. What are your expecta-
tions/hope to accomplish
for the season?
I really hope that by the
end of the season I can say
that I put in every ounce of
effort in every practice and
game, along with being the
best leader on the team that I
could be.
5. Finish this sentence:
At the end of the season
Appleton United Girls
hockey will be…??
…the strongest team
we have ever been!
Performance Team
2/6 UCA Nationals @ Florida
2/21 Regionals @Waupaca
2/28 State @ Madison
Photo courtesy of Anna Dueh-
ring
Photo by Katharine Hackney