* Regional Qualifier (See Mr. Watkins' article above for Regional results.)

Krupa Selected as DAR Good Citizen
submitted by Kayla Lindsey

March 4, Kelsey Krupa was recognized, along with 4 other area high school students, at the monthly meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Kelsey was selected by the Spring Hill High School faculty as the school's "Good Citizen". Accompanying her at the meeting were her parents, Bernie and Shelley Krupa, and her counselor, Kayla Lindsey.

Steel Cats Go to State
submitted by Guy Fuller

Eleven members of the Spring Hill SkillsUSA chapter 2053 competed in the State SkillsUSA Welding Championships April 2nd-5th in Corpus Christi, Texas. Every one of the students had to receive a 1st place at the district level to qualify to compete at the state level. All 11 of the students got a First Place Superior rating on their welding projects that they carried to the competition. Two of the projects were team projects that multiple students worked on. Both team projects received first place trophies for the school. Five of the students also received scholarships from Texas State Technical College for competing in the Welding and Precision Machining Skills competitions. Besides competing, the students got to meet company representatives from the leading welding equipment suppliers in the welding industry. They also got to try out some of the new state of the art welding equipment that was on hand and being demonstrated at the skills competition that was held at the Craft Training Center of Corpus Christi.

SkillsUSA

The students who competed at the state competition were:

Stephen Pliler (received a $300 scholarship to TSTC)
Bret Sikes (received a $200 scholarship to TSTC)
Ryan Pickenpaugh (received a $200 scholarship to TSTC)
Nick Valenti (received a $100 scholarship to TSTC)
Dillon Huffman (received a $100 scholarship to TSTC)
AJ Calderon
Miguel Alvarez
Colton Jacobs
Tyler Butler
Brandon Wilemon
Marley Barker

Spring Hill Tennis
submitted by Holly Ford

The Spring Hill tennis team dominated district play on April 7-8, 2008. Both the girls' team and the boys' team claimed the team championships. The top two advance to the regional tournament which will be held in Allen on April 22-23. Spring Hill has 12 players who will compete in regional. District results were:

District Champions:
Corey Pleasant (singles)
Meagan Cameron – Sarah Veralli (doubles)
Hayden Burns – Matt Payne (doubles) Spring Hill Tennis

Kacy Aldredge – Chris Lee           (mixed doubles)

District Runners-up:
Luke Wallis                                     (singles)
Sarah Heflin – Kayla Self               (doubles)
Mitch Alm – Jake Mann                 (doubles)

3rd Place:
Cameron Dimond (singles)
Christi Collier – Trey McReynolds (mixed doubles)