Great performances all around tonight from the choirs and bands at the Christmas concert. If you weren't here, you definitely missed out!
Cole Camp Girls & Boys Basketball: Great weekend for Missouri basketball and Kansas City football! Suppose it would look odd to see the Bluebirds wearing RED, but if that would increase the win total.....
Cole Camp hosted Sherwood Dec 9th for Varsity and JV basketball action. In the girls game, the Lady Bluebirds trailed early but tied the score with two baskets by Kaitlyn Whitworth. Plus a 3 from the top of the key by Madilynn Ogle gave Cole Camp a 7-5 lead after 1.
Payten Shoemaker a long 3 early 2nd qtr for a 10-5 lead. Then the rim seemed to shrink. Cole Camp had multiple close range shots that just wouldn't fall. Score at halftime was Cole Camp 12, Sherwood 13.
Best 3 minutes of the young season for MacKenzie Moellman opening the 3rd. Twice she grabbed an offensive rebound and put it back up and in. Plus a pair of free throws. Shoemaker also 2 free throws and Cole Camp led 20 -13. After freshman Heidi Doores scored 4 for Sherwood, Emma Thayer lined up a 3. Cole Camp led 25-19 after 3.
Following a Katherine Timoshchuk basket at 6:13 in the 4th, Cole Camp led 29-21. Then a painful 4 minutes for the Lady Bluebird faithful. Sherwood reeled off 10 in a row to lead 31-29. Timoshchuk tied the game at 31 and that's where regulation time ended.
Four minutes of overtime saw Whitworth with a basket at 3:17. However Sherwood added 4 so they won 35-33.
Scoring: Whitworth 8, Timoshchuk 8, Moellman 6, Shoemaker 5, Thayer 3, Ogle 3. Moellman 13 rebounds, Hesse 7. Whitworth 5 takeaways. Doores 13 points for Sherwood.
In the boys match up, Colton Dieckman with 4 and a Kolby Bohon 3 made for a 7-7 game mid 1st qtr. The Marksmen then added another 9 to lead 16-7 after 8 minutes.
Sherwood outscored Cole Camp 19-4 in the 2nd qtr. No three-point shots from afar, but several layups were allowed. Bohon and Dieckman 2 each leaving the halftime tally 35 - 11.
Connor Petersen back in action during this game and he added a basket in the 3rd. Blake Abey also made a fieldgoal, but Sherwood lead 47-15 after 3.
With the lead over 30 most of the last qtr, the clock soon brought this game to a close. Sherwood 55, Cole Camp 22.
Scoring: Bohon 9, Dieckman 6, Abey 4, Petersen 2, Burdick 1. Phillips and Bohon 5 rebounds each. Luke Mainard with 12 leading Sherwood. Thank you to Arthur Keuper for this article!!
Junior High Athletics for tonight: JH Boys will play Warsaw at home tonight beginning at 5:30 in the Junior High Gym. They will have a full A team game followed by a full B team game. The JH Girls will play AT Warsaw tonight beginning at 5:30. They will have a full A team game followed by 2 quarters of a B team game.
Plasma table is up and running
Boys had a rough home opener but are back in action Thursday at Versailles.
Varsity girls lose a close home opener in overtime.
Game day in the nest! Both gyms will be running tonight.
5:00 PM: Varsity Girls in the New Gym; JV Boys in the Old Gym
AFTER:Varsity Boys in the New Gym; 2 quarters of Girls JV in the Old Gym
First wrestling tournament complete! Congrats to our medalists! Teagan Sharp brings home a bronze and Grant Rodriguez brings home the gold! Lots of experience and mat time for the team!!
The speech team traveled to Sacred Heart today, taking on twelve schools from around the state. Everyone did outstanding and put themselves out there. Dalila Fanin (12) placed 3rd overall in Poetry and beat out a lot of tough competition. Brooklyn Schardan (10) continued to practice her FFA speech and finished 4th overall in Original Oratory. Thank you to Sacred Heart for putting on an organized and festive event!
The Art Club joined in the festivities of the Christkindlemarket event on Friday, December 6th at WAM. Here is junior Lindsey Vansel pictured creating beautiful and fun face painting for members of the community.
Cole Camp Bluebirds Girls Basketball: Thanks to an exciting win over Weaubleau on Wednesday night, Cole Camp advanced to play Lincoln on Friday night.
Cole Camp started 2 seniors, a junior and 2 freshmen. Lincoln started 1 senior, 2 juniors, a sophomore and a freshman. So lots of use on the court.
Lincoln led 5-0 before Mackenzie Moellman broke the ice for Cole Camp. Cadence Harvey totaled 7 points in the qtr for Lincoln who led 10-4 after 8 minutes.
The Cardinals lead grew to 10, but a strong last four and a half minutes before half helped Cole Camp recover. Moellman and Kaitlyn Whitworth with baskets, Payten Shoemaker 2 of 2 freethrows, and a Kodi Dieckman basket. Had Alyssa Mellen not connected on a 3 off the glass, Marilyn Hesse's steal and 2 pointer would have almost tied it at halftime. As it was, Lincoln led 18-14.
Leah Allison tied the game after intermission with a pair of field goals. A Moellman freethrow at 5:06 gave Cole Camp its first lead. Again a one-point lead for Cole Camp at 2:28 after a Madilynn Ogle basket. But the Mellen girls, Alyssa a three and Lily a steal turned layup put Lincoln back ahead. Cardinals up 25-23 after 3.
Alyssa another 3 in the 4th for Lincoln and two steals by Rebekah Helland took some steam away from the Lady Bluebirds. Shoemaker with a basket at 1:11 was the extent of scoring for Cole Camp. Final of Lincoln 30, Cole Camp 25.
Scoring: Allison 6, Moellman 5, Shoemaker 4, Timoshchuk 2, Whitworth 2, Hesse 2, Dieckman 2, Ogle 2. Alyssa Mellen with 12 leading Lincoln.
Boys and girls both scheduled to play at home Dec 9th. Come on out to support the Bluebirds! Thank you to Arthur Keuper for this article!!
Community job and resource fair. Save the date Dec. 21st.
Once again, the Cole Camp choirs were out spreading joy and representing the school positively, adding to the reason this community is so amazing.
We are almost halfway done with this school year! Here are two bits of info for a strong finish.
1) Here is the link for the schedule of fall finals in classes grades 7-12. The final exam is worth up to 10% of the overall grade for each class. https://5il.co/32kjy
2) The last day for students to turn in any late work is one week from today. After December 13th no late work will be accepted.
Take a peek at the Masked Teacher assembly that the Elementary had this week! The kids (and teachers) had a blast!
Congratulation to Kyle Thomas on signing to play soccer for the 2025-2026 school year at Central Christian College of the Bible in Moberly, MO.
Cheer on the girls tonight as they finish up the Warsaw Tournament. They will play Lincoln at 4:30 in the WHS gym!
Katy Trail Dental Mobile Unit will be coming soon! Get your registration paperwork turned in by December 18, 2024
The wrestling team travels to Lone Jack tomorrow to take on the mules. Good luck, boys! #matchday
Cole Camp High School Boys Basketball: Second game of the season matched the Cole Camp boys against the Leeton Bulldogs in the Warsaw tournament on December 5th. Connor Petersen still out due to sickness.
With the game starting at 4:30 p.m., Reyd Johnson hit a 3 for Leeton 5 seconds into the game. Bovey Clark matched that twenty seconds later with his own 3. The margin widened a bit following. Johnson couldn't seem to miss as he scored 18 in the first qtr. Colton Dieckman and Kolton Phillips each was 6 for the Bluebirds. Had it not been for several untimely turnovers, Cole Camp likely would have stayed much closer. As it was, Leeton led 26-15 after 1.
Kolby Bohon with a hot hand in the 2nd scoring six from beyond the arc and a two-point fieldgoal. Phillips tightened up the defense on Johnson and so Cole Camp narrowed the Leeton lead to 33-27 at the break.
Leeton with a 7-0 run early in the 3rd qtr, but Bohon with a drive to the basket and a long range 3 slowed their momentum. Brett Burdick with a nice defensive effort and Bohon drew a charging foul on the Bulldogs. Phillips a traditional three and Dieckman another basket left it a 7-point Leeton lead after 3.
Baskets by Dieckman and Blake Abey opening the last qtr made it a three-point game. Once again a three-point game after a Phillips steal and basket with 5 minutes to go. That's good! However Leeton outscored Cole Camp 11-2 in the last 4 min, (only 1 freethrow,) to win 67-53.
Scoring: Bohon 18, Dieckman 15, Phillips 15, Clark 3, Abey 2. Johnson led Leeton with 27. Thank you to Arthur Keuper for this article!!!