Official News for the Campbellsport School District • the Villages of Campbellsport & Eden • the Townships of Ashford, Auburn, Eden & Osceola

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Thursday, February 9, 2012Volume 104 • Number 46 75¢

The Campbellsport HighSchool varsity dance teamtravelled to La Crosse thispast weekend for the StateDance Championships.The championships, host-ed by the WACPC, wereheld at the La CrosseCenter.

Our girls did anabsolutely amazing jobwith their performancesand it showed when theawards part of the daycame. The varsity danceteam took a StateChampion Title home yetagain for their Division 2

Hip Hop routine, and thirdplace for their Division 4Pom routine.

The team had set theseplacing goals earlier in theseason and worked phe-nominallly hard throughmany team challenges tocome together andachieve these goals thisweekend. The team quali-fied for the state competi-tion by placing first inDivision 2 hip hop andfourth in Division 4 Pom attheir regional competitionlocated in Oshkosh theweekend before.

They also competed atthree other competitionsthis season, bringinghome a total of two firstsand one second place tro-phy for hip hop, and a first,third, and fifth in Pom. Alsothis weekend at the StateChampionships, the teamhad three individuals com-pete for a spot on theDivison 2 all-state team byperforming solos. AubreyHart, Kara Oestreich andKarla Ciprian performed

Dance Team Takes FirstAt State Competition

By Andrea Hansen Abler

The Campbellsport andEden areas are still react-ing to the news of a terri-ble car accident onSaturday, Feb. 4, that tookthe lives of three andinjured six CampbellsportHigh School students.

As word spreadthroughout the area earlySaturday morning, disbe-

lief was followed by tears.Many were still piecingtogether what exactly hap-pened and trying to figureout how to cope with sucha huge loss to the commu-nities.

The one-vehicle acci-dent occurred at 3:34 a.m.on Saturday, Feb. 4, on

Beechnut Road, north ofHighway 67 in the Town ofAshford. According to the

Fond du Lac CountySheriff’s Department, thevehicle, a sport utility vehi-cle, was traveling south-bound on Beechnut Roadwhen the driver lost con-trol and went into a field.

Nine CampbellsportHigh School studentswere riding in the SUV at

the time of the crash.Caitlin Scannell, 17, andSabrina Stahl, 15, werepronounced dead at thescene. Two passengerswere transported toFroedtert Hospital byFlight for Life and fivewere transported to St.Agnes Hospital. Later,three more were transport-ed to Milwaukee hospitals.

On Saturday at 8:49p.m., Katie Berg, 16, waspronounced dead atFroedtert Hospital.

Injured in the accidentwere Carly Ottery, 18;Haley Fricke, 18; AllieAdams, 16; JessicaHarbin, 16; Teresa Flood,16; and Kasandra Ander-son, 17. Ottery and Frickehave been released fromSt. Agnes Hospital in Fonddu Lac. Harbin, Anderson,Adams and Flood are stillat Milwaukee Children’sHospital. All are expectedto survive.

According to theSheriff’s office, the girlswere together for a sleepover in the Campbellsportarea. They drove to Fonddu Lac to go to a fast foodrestaurant. On the wayhome, they stopped to TPa residence near Eden.They were on their wayback to the Campbellsportresidence where the sleepover was being held.

Campbellsport Area MournsThe Loss Of Three Of It’s Own

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Campbellsport High School students walk to school on Monday, Feb. 6. This wasthe first day of classes after a tragic accident over the weekend that killed three stu-dents. Students congregated at the school over the weekend to grieve together andtalk to counselors. Throughout the week, counselors from Kewaskum and Lomiraplanned to be on hand in Campbellsport to help students.

photo by Andrea Hansen Abler

The Campbellsport High School dance team was crowned state champions againthis year at the state competition this past weekend in LaCrosse. They took first placewith their hip hop routine and third place with their pom routine. The girls were excit-ed to win the championship under new coach Jackie Batzler. They are pictured abovewith their trophies and their Dance Fairy angel in memory of Kathryn Ribecky.

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This cross was put up at the site of a fatal accidentthis weekend that killed three Campbellsport HighSchool students. Nine students were riding in a SUVwhen it crashed.

photo by Andrea Hansen Abler

Caitlin Scannel Katie Berg Sabrina Stahl

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