The ReflectorApril 6, 2016

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IN THIS ISSUEPage 1- NewsNatalie Graber Senior RecitalPhysics Olympics

Page 2- NewsGlobal NewsGraber and Olympics cont’d

Page 3- OpinionTim Talk: Gender RolesStudent Survey

Page 4- Spiritual LifeExchange Students & ReligionSpiritual Emphasis

Page 5- Spiritual LifeSpiritual Emphasis cont’dChristianity in Motion

Page 6- Arts &EntertainmentHeirloom ReviewMusicians at IMSKanye Album Review

Page 7- Arts &EntertainmentKanye Album Review cont’dChildren’s DramaPalmer’s ComicQuotes out of Context

Page 8- Special FeaturesReflector comebackGenerations at IMSTop 10 list

Page 9- SportsGolf Season PreviewTrack Season PreviewSoccer Season Preview

Page 10- SportsBasketball Season RecapUpcoming Sporting events

NEWSNatalie Graber gives senior

recital

By Emma Beachy ‘18 On Sunday, March 13, Natalie Graber ‘16 performed her senior recital in Celebration Hall. She performed a variety of violin, piano, and voice repertoire, including both solo and ensemble pieces. The recital was a great success and showcased her musical talents and hard work. Of the twelve pieces Natalie performed, she said that “Paradise” was her favorite because it was both fun and challenging. When asked about what piece made her the most nervous, she told us, “I felt pretty good about everything but I was probably most nervous for ‘Know Us By Our Love’ because there were lots of different parts to it.” “Know Us By Our Love,” in addition to Graber on voice and tambourine, featured sophomores Alyssa Gonzales on voice, Rachel Miller on voice and egg shaker, and Emma Beachy on ukulele.

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Photo by Maya Kehr YoderFrom left to right: Rachel Miller ‘18, Natalie Graber ‘16, Alyssa Gonzales ‘18, and Emma Beachy ‘18 sing “Know Us By Our Love” by Moriah Peters.

IMS participates in physics

olympics

By Calli Shaw The excitement was building as the IMS physics team entered Washington High School on March 24th, 2016. The Physics Olympics were about to begin. IMS juniors made last minute adjustments to finally finish all of their projects after weeks of hard work. Now, their effort was going to be put into action. The first event of the day was the toothpick bridge. Juniors Noah Bruns and Calli Shaw built the toothpick bridge using only toothpicks and Elmer’s School Glue. The bridge was good enough for a fourth place finish. The next event was the mousetrap car race, in which juniors Jared Schlabaugh and Roman Slabach participated. The goal was to make a car powered only by a mousetrap and make it stop as close to a line as possible. The first trial did not go as planned, but the second trial was an impressive 2.3 cm away from the line, giving them a 3rd place finish in the event.

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Photo by Calli ShawFrom left to right: Juniors Calli Shaw, Noah Bruns, Adrian Gonzales, Nick Yutzy, Jared Schlabaugh, Roman Slabach, and physics teacher Dick Yoder-Short after their olympic return to IMS.

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IMS’ final event for the day was the ping pong catapult done by juniors Adrian Gonzales and Nick Yutzy. In this event teams had to build a catapult that would spring a ping pong ball as close to the target as possible. Due to technical difficulties, the original catapult was not used. Instead, Gonzales and Yutzy fixed the catapult on the way to Washington. Without testing it much first, they still managed a 6th place finish.

IMS did not participate in was the Soda Straw Arm and the Challenge Problem events. The IMS physics class is taught by Dick Yoder-Short.

Global News

By Rubye Ney

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AP ImagesPresident Obama meets with Raul Castro, Cuban president, in hopes of improving relations between the two countries. This was the first presidential visit to Cuba since 1928; 88 years.

AP ImagesPeople across the globe mourn for the thirty-one lives lost in the Brussels terrorist attack on Tuesday, March 22.

AP ImagesA top leader of Islamic State was killed in U.S. airstrike Friday, March 25. ISIS has claimed to be the cause of several attacks this year.

AP ImagesThings heat up for the presidential candidates; Republican candidates Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and John Kasich remain in the race with Trump maintaining the lead. On the democratic side, Hillary Clinton is leading over Bernie Sanders with a 701 difference in pledged delegates.

AP ImagesChristians all over the world celebrated Easter this March.

Photo by Calli ShawNick Yutzy, junior, during the ping pong catapult event.

Photo by Calli ShawRoman Slabach and Jared Schlabaugh watch their mousetrap car intensely.

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Graber told us she was most excited about performing and finally being able to show what she had been working hard on. “Now that it is over,” she says, “it feels so good. I feel like I have a giant weight lifted off my shoulders.” Throughout Graber’s IMS career, she has been a valuable part of the music program. She has been involved in choir, chamber singers, band, and piano. Her favorite memories of music at IMS are orchestra festival her freshman year and choir festival her junior year because she making music with the new people she met.

Photo by Maya Kehr YoderKarenza Yoder and Natalie Earnest give a

big hug after the final song.

OPINION

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Tim Talks: Gender Roles

By Timothy Bender

In Matthew 19, when Jesus was asked a question about gender relations in the context of marriage and divorce, He referred to the beginning of humanity in Genesis. The Pharisees’ argument was based on cultural heritage. Moses said that a man could divorce his wife so they felt it was “lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason” (Matthew 19:3). Jesus points out that “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard” (19:8). Jesus refers to their sin problem as a basis for this teaching and contrasts this teaching to the original state of humanity when hearts weren’t hardened by sin. Some people have told me that the Bible can’t be used to teach about gender, because it’s not culturally relevant. Others have said that the Bible prescribes precise gender roles for males and females. However, I believe that the story of the first humans precedes and transcends cultural developments to the extent that we can use it to learn about gender. I believe that the consequences of sin and human cultural development have given us our sense of prescribed gender roles. In Genesis 1, male and female humans are created in God’s image. Both parts of humanity were told in verse 28, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” This command requires mutual collaboration to reproduce and rule the earth. Males and females working together is the culmination of God’s creation and is described as “very good”(1:31).

In Genesis 2, the man is formed first which has often been interpreted as the basis for male leadership. Yet, it took no leadership from the man to be created, that was God’s leadership. God later takes the initiative to make a helper for Adam, because Adam lacked a suitable partner. The symbolism of God’s creation of the first female is profound. She was made from Adam’s side which implies being near to his heart and standing side by side with him in equality. She wasn’t made from the top of his head to rule over him or the bottom of his feet to be dominated (Harris 111). Adam realizes in verse 23 that she was made from the same material as him--not an inferior or superior one.

The distortion of this equality only occurs after the Fall when the woman is told that her husband will rule over her in Genesis 3:16. Prior to the Fall, clothing was unnecessary, because shame and lust hadn’t entered the world, and God provided all of the food for humans. Our traditional, cultural gender roles of laundry, cooking, and providing could only have developed after the Fall. It’s ironic that we’ve emphasized the fallen gender relationship instead of striving to be equal helpers who contribute according to our unique gifts whether or not they adhere to our cultural roles.

What is Your Favorite

Disney Movie?

“I wanted to be a mermaid.” -Monet Slabach ‘18“I didn’t really start watching Disney movies until I was ten.” -Joya Schrock ‘18

“Not the little mermaid because she [Natalie Earnest] was in it. But Probably Tarzan because he’s a cool princess. He has nice hair.” -Jakob Schmidt ‘16

“Cinderella because she reminds me of Eli [Gingerich].” -Trevor Lyden ‘19

I believe that the story of the first humans

precedes and transcends cultural

developments to the extent that we can use it

to learn about gender.

Got an opinion?

The Reflector Staff wants to hear from you! Write us at

reflector@iowamennonite.org and pitch us your idea.

“Aladdin, because it’s a good movie.” -Ava Hughes ‘19

SPIRITUAL LIFEInternational students

react to religion

By Suzanna Yoder Religion is an important part of IMS. International students are introduced to a new culture when they arrive. Ukrainian exchange student, Lidiya Kravchuk, is a panthiest. Pantheism is the belief that the Universe (or nature as the totality of everything) is identical with divinity, or that everything composes an all-surrounding, near god. “I believe in the energy or some kind of spirit, but I don’t think that Jesus is God’s son,” states Kravchuk. Kravchuk says that her beliefs have not changed since coming to IMS. However, she does attend MYF and church regularly with her host family, which she did not do in Ukraine. “I like listening to people sing a cappella at church, chanting and meditation,” she states.

Chinese student Jim Wang has beliefs very different from Kravchuk. “I was born into a non-religious family, but two weeks before I came to the United States, I started to go to church; that was my first time touching Christianity,” he states. “I was already Christian before coming here, but now I understand why you worship rather than just being there. You get more involvement in a spiritual way,” he adds.

Wang attends Washington Mennonite regularly, “It’s a brand new experience for me, it can be life changing.”

Chinese student, David Tan, was not a Christian and never went to church before coming to IMS. Now, he believes in God “a little bit,” and he attends church once in awhile. When asked about his experience at church in America, he responded with, “It’s boring.”

Korean exchange student, Nick Hwang, had never been introduced to Christianity before coming to IMS. But since coming to America, and attending a Christian school, he says he’s always with Christian people, “So I could think about God, and now I still don’t care about if God exists but I believe in God.” He also attends both church and MYF at LDC. He enjoys both of them: “I like to meet IMS students at church and MYF.”

Spiritual Emphasis Week

By Roman Slabach

The 2016 IMS Spring Spiritual Emphasis Week was a collaborative effort between former IMS teacher Pam Gerig-Unruh, Wellman Mennonite pastor Nathan Ramer, and Crooked Creek’s Program Director Megan Miller (‘06). Each day the three guest speakers focused on the topics of mind, body and spirit. On the second day, Gerig-Unruh solicited the help of Chemistry teacher Dick Yoder-Short for a demonstration illustrating ways that society negatively affects our mind, body, and spirit. She began her talk with a glass full of clear liquid. At Gerig-Unruh’s request students started blurting out ways that society has corrupted our sexuality. With each statement from the students Yoder-Short put a drop of red liquid into the container filled with clear liquid. The drops of red symbolized how social media, TV, friends, movies, and school have the potential to mess up our sexuality.

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Exchange student Lidiya Kravchuk ‘17

Chinese student Jim Wang ‘17

Science teacher Dick Yoder-Short demonstrates how society can corrupt our sexuality and how God can restore it.

“...now I understand why you worship instead of

just being there.”

-Jim Wang, reflecting on IMS and Washington

Mennonite

SPIRITUAL LIFE CONTINUED...

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Gerig-Unruh noted that unfortunately this deep red color representing society’s negative impact on our sexuality has become today's social norm. At her request, Yoder-Short put a single drop in the container which created a chemical reaction that turned the entire container of red liquid back to its original state of crystal clear water. The single drop represented how God’s word and Jesus can impact our lives for the better if we allow Him.

Also on the second day, Pastor Ramer used an interactive approach for his message to the student body and faculty. He began by asking the students and faculty to stand up and spread apart an arms length distance from one another. He said that the space created by our extended arms was considered our personal bubble and what we allow to happen inside that bubble reflects how we view our bodies. Pastor Ramer challenged us to consider whether or not we were treating our bodies like a temple and honoring God’s perfect design for it. Do we treat our bodies like “free wifi” in the sense that anybody can use us for whatever they please? Miller spoke of how Crooked Creek Camp is creating camps for teens that focus on keeping our minds, bodies and spirit pure and reflecting who God created us to be.

What does it mean to be a

Christian?

By Levi Geyer

At least seventy percent of people in their college years leave the church for at least a year. Will you be one of them? Some people don’t want to attend church right now. Are you one of them? Some people at IMS don’t seem to be very enthusiastic about religion. People sleep in chapel, are on their phones in small groups, and rarely discuss religious matters seriously in social settings. However, practicing religion and following Christ are not the same thing. Surely there is a will to follow the teachings of Jesus among those who call themselves Christians, right? Even if they find it hard to listen to a thirty minute sermon or pay attention in chapel, there are still different ways to worship and different ways to live out faith. Even so, I sometimes find it hard to believe that people actually care. For instance, just the other day I witnessed someone at IMS get bullied for standing up for what was right. These bullies call themselves Christians. Their actions, besides being cruel, seemed natural and caused me to doubt that they went home feeling at all repentant.

It’s not just bullies who aren’t getting it, though. People who are mostly kind and participate in religious activities often aren’t sure of how to apply their faith to their lives. Habits are formed and decisions are made that don’t seem to be very biblical. Culture can have more of an influence on a person’s values than God. How is someone supposed to know what times it is important to consider God’s will over what culture tells them to do? Answers to this question are provided in chapel or other religious settings, but there are many different people with different views who teach so many different things that after a while it is easy to become numb. Which views and standards are right? Amid all the choices, the views that culture presents are more desirable and comfortable than the ones provided by religion. It is also troubling when a person witnesses these people not quite living up to the standards they teach. Then the doubt grows. What is real? What is right? What does it mean to be a Christian?

Anyone who is growing in their faith has needs. They need to know how to center their values on God, they need to figure out how their faith will change the way they live, and, most importantly, they need to see faith role models in their lives being diligent and consistent in how they live out their beliefs.

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Pastor Nathan Ramer preaches on sexuality in the series “Mind, Body, and Spirit.”

What does it mean to be a

Christian?

The Reflector Staff wants to hear from you! Write us at

reflector@iowamennonite.org to respond to Levi’s article.

Reflector staff member Levi Geyer ‘18 wants to hear your opinion.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTHeirloom an inviting

new restaurant

By Gretta Rempel ‘19

★★★★★ Looking for a place to grab a quick, healthy lunch? Or spend an hour drinking coffee and studying? The Java House on Mormon Trek Blvd. in Iowa City has recently expanded to include their cafe, Heirloom. The space is now more open and inviting, with an abundance of places to sit down by yourself or with a group of friends. Whether you are in the mood to warm up with a bowl of handcrafted soup, cool off with a freshly made salad, or craving a classic sandwich, Heirloom has it all. Their combo deals allow you to mix and match your meal, and enjoy a variety of flavors. All of their food is served in contemporary looking bowls on metal trays to fit the aesthetic atmosphere.

The feel of the cafe is cozy and welcoming with a jazzy soundtrack playing in the background of everyone's conversations. It’s the type of place you could spend two hours, or just pop in to grab a coffee to go.

IMS sophomore excels at

violin

By Monet Slabach ‘18 Caroline Gianola ‘18 is a sophomore at IMS, who also happens to be an avid violinist. Gianola originally began playing cello but discontinued her lessons after her teacher would hit her hand with a flexible ruler whenever she made mistakes. While the cause was rather unfortunate, she turned to the violin and has been devotedly playing for eight years now. She takes lessons at the University of Iowa from Linda Judiesch. Her favorite piece to play is Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5. Gianola sees herself minoring in music and describes playing the violin as “this feeling of focus as I work on the notes to make sure I get them right. It fills me with this sense of peace.”

“Life of Pablo”

introduces a new era of

Kanye

By Emma Beachy ‘18

★★★★☆ Three days after its promised arrival, following four name changes and an album cover switch, Kanye West finally dropped his seventh studio album, “The Life of Pablo.” Available for listen only on Tidal, a streaming service that costs $20 per month, the album is packed with 18 songs, and is more distracted and unfocused than any Kanye album that has come before it, but at the same time intricate and labored-over. “The Life of Pablo” introduces a new era of Kanye, and it does not disappoint.

The album begins with “Ultralight Beam,” a relaxed track featuring Chance The Rapper and a gospel choir that establishes the album’s God theme and the parallels between it and the life of the apostle Paul. As the album continues, through songs like “Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 2,” “Real Friends,” and “I Love Kanye,” he expresses his worries about being a distant father, a manipulative fake, and reacts to his own narcissism and angry outbursts. These deeply personal expressions are something we do not often see from the self-proclaimed cockiest man alive. However, he reverts often throughout the album to hiding

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Sophomore Caroline Gianola plays violin at a recital.

Tomato soup and fiesta salad from Heirloom Mormon Trek.

Sophomores Emma Beachy and Avery Blauvelt give the new Kanye album two

thumbs up.

Check out these upcoming events…

● MSC Choir Festival Performance at Washington High School April 10 at 3:00 PM

● Children’s Drama April 30 at 7:00 PM and May 1 at 3:00 PM

● Spring Music Program May 22

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUED...

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behind the self-absorbed “clown” mask that we have so often seen throughout his career. The misogynistic jokes and comments that pepper the fourth track, “Famous,” are straight-up embarrassing - Kanye is searching out cheap laughs and not even getting those. He is worried the world appreciates him not as the genius and pioneering rap artist, but as the clown. As he says in “No More Parties In LA,” he wonders why he still has to play the 38-year-old 8-year-old. “The Life of Pablo” is a new side of Kanye West that we have not seen before. It is unfocused and carefully planned at the same time, sprawling with raw emotion and yet hiding behind an intricate facade. Tracks like “Ultralight Beam,” “Waves,” “Real Friends,” and “No More Parties in L.A.” stand out to his fans as some of Kanye’s best works, and as he ventures into this new chapter in music and life, I am excited to see where he takes us along with him.

Children’s Drama, to

feature Amelia Bedelia

and princess stories

By Lara Kliewer ‘19

Spring is here and so is this year's Children's Drama. The two main stories are "The True Princess" and "Amelia Bedelia 4 Mayor.” This year Karenza Yoder will direct. "Amelia is so fun as a character, and the way the books are written make it easy to adapt to the stage," says Yoder, "What little girl doesn't like a princess and what teenage girl doesn't like to wear princess dresses? It has a good moral to the story if we catch it. It's about learning to do for ourselves and not expecting everyone to do things for us." The performances are April 30 at 7:00 and May 1 at 3:00. We hope to see you there!

Quotes out of context

By Reflector Staff

“I’m thirsty.” -Paul Kessler

“Shhhhh….” -Josh Tyson

“I used to go around pulling out man parts.” -Paul explaining

detasseling

“My neck has never been the same.” -Jane Schlabaugh after falling

in the ditch

“With too many s’s we’ll sound like c(h)oral snakes, and they’re

poisonous!” -Josh Tyson

“Jared’s not drugs.” -Maya Kehr Yoder

“I’m packing a blonde girl in a suitcase and taking her back to

China.” - Jim Wang ‘17 saying what he will do if Trump gets elected

“ I’m hearing voices.” - Gloria Yoder’s reaction to people talking in

class

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The Ghostly Host Comic by Palmer Thomas ‘18

Last year staff members Josh Tyson and Lee Ebersole joined the Children’s Drama.

Science teacher Paul Kessler is still smiling even though the Reflector staff records his

quotes out of context.

Do you have an album you’

d like Emma to review?

The Reflector Staff wants to hear from you! Write us at

reflector@iowamennonite.org.

SPECIAL FEATURESBlast from the Past

By Lara Kliewer It’s been nearly 40 years since The Reflector was last in print, now it’s making a comeback. According to a past article written by Fanni Marner and Margarete Oskloff, 60 years ago (1956) this month, the seniors and juniors of IMS held a public event where they had a debate, a choric reading, and peace orations. At this event the seniors had a surprise party for their schoolmates and celebrated the coming of spring.

The new and improved Reflector will be a 21st century revival of the original paper. There will be a wide variety of topics ranging from sports, to concert previews, to general world news. It will keep the student body informed on both worldwide and spiritual news. Tune in every month to stay up to date on all things IMS!

Generations through

IMS Q&A

By Payton Hart Many IMS students are the second, the third, or maybe even the fourth generation of families who have sent their children to high school at IMS. Current IMS freshman Gretta Rempel is the third young woman in her family to attend, following her mother, Kristen (Litwiller) Rempel, and maternal grandmother Mary (Beachy) Litwiller.

I asked each one five questions to see if, and how, IMS has changed throughout the generations.

What was your favorite part about attending IMS?

ML: “The friendships that I made and built that are continuing friendships, even now. I meet with three or four [other women who] meet for lunch every so often, even now.”

KR: “I went into IMS and all of my close friends went, so it was a fun place to be, I always looked forward to going to school. There was also a lot of unique aspects of IMS that you don’t get when you go to a public school and I was always drawn to those things.”

GR: “Being friends with people who are in different grades than me.”

What was Chapel like when you were attending IMS?

ML: “Some of them were more like a church service. We often had a missionary reports. Every year we had Spiritual Emphasis Week and we had someone come in and we really studied the Bible in that time, and it was a time when I recommitted myself.”

KR: “My guess is Chapel was very similar to the way it is now. Tried to get a lot of students involved by having guest speakers and hearing from the faculty.”

GR: “Chapel usually only seems like a real church service when people come to share, but even then it's still fun and enjoyable.”

What was the dress code like when you attended IMS?

ML: “Oh my goodness, you don’t even want to know do you? I remember when it became a big issue when we could wear anklets, and you don’t know what anklets are, we always had to wear hose with seams up the back. We wore dresses, no slacks, or skirts and blouses. A lot of us made our own clothes or our mothers made our clothes, I’m just thinking mainly for girls. The guys looked just like the guys in any high school.”

KR: “The girls had to wear skirts and you could wear leggings under skirts. I know there was a length rule. No coverings, nothing like that.”

GR: “There is an obvious dress code and some staff seem to enforce it strictly but there are some staff who seem more relaxed about it.”

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History teacher Marcus Miller is satisfied by his most recent Netflix binge.

Top 10 shows to

binge watch on

netflix

By Reflector Staff

1. Grey’s Anatomy2. Parks and Rec3. The Office4. H2O: Just Add

Water5. One Tree Hill6. Friends7. Gossip Girl8. The Walking

Dead9. Parenthood

10. 90210

A past issue of The Reflector covered Guidance Counselor Dwight Gingerich’s first year of teaching.

Left to Right: Gretta Rempel ‘19, Wilbur Litwiller (‘60), Kristen Rempel (‘92), Mary Litwiller(‘60), and Theresa Blossom (‘95) show that IMS spirit can run in the family.

SPORTSGolf Season Preview

By Rubye Ney Golf season “teed off” on March 14th, coached by Steve Nelson. Junior Roman Slabach says he wants to “greatly improve [his] average scores from last year by trying to play more methodically and controlled.” Slabach has golfed for IMS since his freshman year and enjoyed last season. “Anything from a golf club almost hitting an electric pole to an individual from another team throwing his club into the pond. Great memories follow every season,” says Slabach.

Freshman Gretta Rempel says her favorite part of golf is, “the sound of the club hitting the ball when it’s a good shot.” This is Rempel’s first year golfing with an organized team and she is excited to get to know her teammates better. She is also “looking forward to improving [her] skills and becoming more of a ‘smart’ golfer.” Freshman Lara Kliewer has been golfing since she was eight, but this will be her first year playing with a team. To her, golfing is “frustrating and fun at the same time.” She is excited to improve and have fun. Both the girls and boys will compete at the Kalona Golf Club on Thursday, April 7th against Wapello.

Track Season Preview

By Lidiya Kravchuk On February 15th the new track season started. Marty Gingerich has been head coach of IMS track since 2003. He enjoys training and competition, and looks forward for athletes to set and achieve their goals. Gingerich added, “I enjoy running myself and being outside in the spring is really nice.” This year’s track team increased from 14 to 22 runners. Drake Brezina, junior, has been in track since 7th grade. Brezina likes track for team bonding, competition, and the fact that it keeps him in shape for other sports.

Rubye Ney, freshman, has been in track for three years. She is very excited to run for IMS. Ney says that she wants to improve her time in races and not to be so nervous for the meets.

Soccer Season Preview

By Gretta Rempel Spring is in the air, and so is the soccer spirit. The boys’ season officially began with the first practice of the year on March 14th. Marcus Miller is coaching for his 23rd year at IMS. Some players have goals to improve and put in work throughout the winter preparing. “I worked on crosses, running, and pace control,” said Gerardo Mendoza, sophomore. Cole Ours, sophomore, wants, “to score a goal on varsity [and] score more goals than Gerardo.” Blake Bontrager, freshman, wants “to have some playing time on varsity.” Many players are excited for warm weather, practices, and, “The fun bus rides to the game,” as sophomore Mitchell Schmieder pointed out. The girls’ season with the shared Mid-Prairie team commenced on March 21st at their first after school practice. This year the team has welcomed Reid Kaalberg as their new head coach. Natalie Graber, senior, is looking forward to, “The spring weather, playing with a new coach, and more upperclassman on the team.” Monet Slabach, sophomore, wants to, “wor[k] hard with my teammates and striv[e] to become a better player.”

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Back Row: Coach Steve Nelson, Lidiya Kravchuk, Payton Hart, Gretta Rempel, Drake Brezina, Adrian Gonzales Front Row: Roman Slabach, Trevor Leyden Not Pictured: Lara Kliewer, Palmer Thomas, Caleb Yoder

Back row: Steven Jimenez, Nick Yutzy, Isaac Miller, Isaiah Swantz, Mitchell Schmieder, Cole Yoder, Jacob Schmieder, Blake Bontrager Middle row: Brandon Jimenez, Jim Wang, Adrian Venegas, Jared Schlabaugh, Reggie Borntrager, Nick Hwang, Tyler Swantz, Jakob Schmidt Front row: Maleki Lockett, Cole Roth, Anthony Villatoro, Cole Ours, Cody Jones, Jacob Boller

Junior Drake Brezina competing in the 2015 track season.

SPORTS continued....

Basketball Awards and

Season Recap

By Suzanna Yoder The varsity girls basketball awards night was held on March 14th. When looking back on the season, head coach of the girls’ varsity team, Kari Heusinkveld, said that the team’s biggest improvements were their man-to-man defensive pressure and positioning, and understanding their offenses as the season went on. “I think overall the season went very well. We did a nice job of sticking together as a group and improved on a daily basis,” states Heusinkveld. The team’s record for the season was 1-19-0.

The varsity and junior varsity boy’s basketball teams had their awards night on March 15th. When asked to look back on the season, head coach of the boy’s varsity team, Dwight Gingerich, said they struggled for the first part of the season with execution of their schemes. By the end of the season they were doing so much better, and the guys were on the same page.

“I thought our guys fought through the adversity of a tough season pretty well. Most of our home games were before Christmas, and the toughest part of our schedule came after Christmas. Combine that with the fact that we dealt with more illness and injuries than we have for many years, and the fact that our league was the most balanced in my memory, I thought we came through it pretty well. We had three big wins late over Sigourney, Winfield and Mediapolis and played Danville very tough on the road, so I thought we improved right to the end. The guys came together, and it felt like we became a team,” Gingerich states. The boys ended their season with a winning record of 12-11-0.

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Basketball Awards 2016

Teammates voted to recognize the following players for the 2015-2016 season.

Girls

MVP: Suzanna Yoder

Best Defense: Rachel Miller

Most Improved: Payton Hart

Most Inspirational: Alyssa

Gonzales

Coach’s Award: Jess Bender

Second Team All-Conference:

Suzanna Yoder

Honorable Mention:

Jess Bender and Rachel Miller

Boys Varsity

MVP: Eli Gingerich

Best Offense: Eli Gingerich

Best Hustle: Reggie Borntrager

Best Defense: Nick Yutzy

Most Improved: Mitchell

Schmieder

Most Inspirational: Drake Brezina

Coach’s Award: Eli Gingerich

First Team All-Conference and

Conference MVP: Eli Gingerich

Second Team All-Conference:

Nick Yutzy

Honorable Mention: Drake

Brezina

Boys JV

MVP: Trevor Leyden

Best Offense: Trevor Leyden

Best Hustle: Isaiah Swantz

Best Defense: Jacob Boller

Most Improved: Gerardo

Mendoza

Most Inspirational: Caleb Yoder

Don’t miss IMS Sports teams In action!

April 7th- golf at home (Kalona) at 4

April 12th- boys soccer v. Holy Trinity at home at 5

April 11th- track at Lone Tree at 4:30

April 14th- Girls soccer at home (Mid-Prairie) against Columbus

Suzanna Yoder, freshman, dribbling past an opponent.

Rachel Miller, sophomore, staying big on defense.

Eli Gingerich, senior, drives towards the basket.