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Lady Red Devils vs Salem Hills Skyhawks

On Thursday, August 25, the Lady Red Devils played against the Salem Hills Lady Skyhawks in an interesting game that was later cancelled due to lightening.  Into the 2nd half with the Lady Red Devils up by 1, the officials postponed the game for 30 minutes to decide if they wanted to continue it or not because of the lightning storm.  They decided to cancel the game and call it a win for the Lady Red Devils. 

Sydney Brown (junior) scored the winning goal off of Lauren Bird (sophomore) in the first half. 

Before the game, Megan Marchbanks (senior) mentioned, “I’m excited for this game; I think we will do very well.” 

The next home game will be here in Red Devil Territory on Thursday, September 1, at 4:00.  Come support our Lady Red Devil’s soccer.

photos by Kaybri Chalk

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Springville High Girls and Boys Track Teams win 1st and 2nd at State Championship

The months of hard work paid big dividends this year as Springville’s girls and boys track teams went first and second at the State Championships held at Brigham Young University.  The Lady Red Devils team came in as the number one favorite, but had to fight to the end to secure their victory. 

Aimee Wheeler started things off on the first day of competition with a first place finish in the long jump.  Things continued the second day with Aimee Wheeler finishing second in the 100m and Lexi Eaton taking third.  Mindy Stapel was fifth in the 100m hurdles with a sophomore school record time.  Next up was the 4x100m relay team of Sarah Duncan, Lexi Eaton, Aimee Wheeler and Brooke Larsen.  As the dominate relay team in the state, they didn’t disappoint as they came home with the victory.  Mindy Stapel again came through in the 300m hurdles with a fourth place finish and another sophomore record.  This was followed by the medley relay team of Sarah Duncan, Brooke Larsen, Mindy Stapel and Kate Hullinger who place third with another school record performance.  Brooke Larsen saved her best performance of the year in the 400m with a fourth place finish.  The high jump competition would prove to be the turning point in the meet as favorite Lexi Eaton came in first and Mindy Stapel providing a huge second place finish.  As is the usual case the last event, 4x400m relay, would be a fight between Springville and Ogden for the state title.  The team of Brooke Larsen, Sarah Duncan, Aimee Wheeler and Lexi Eaton would take second with Ogden coming in seventh.  The final score was Springville 79 – Ogden 77.5.  This was the fifth year in a row that Coach Corey Wales and the Lady Red Devils would bring home a state trophy.

Springville’s boys team was led by some great performances which started on the first day with Joseph Christensen taking fourth place in the 1600m run.  Later in the day Nathan Israelsen would take fifth in the high jump to keep the momentum going.  The second day Zach Gardanier would prove the spark with a second place finish in the long jump.  He would later take fifth in both the 100m and 200m dashes.  The 4x100m relay team of Zach Gardanier, Trevor Church, Jeremy Jay and Jalon Miyasaki took third to continue the Red Devil dominance in the relay events.  Jeremy Jay would add some big points with a second place finish in the 300m hurdles with a school record time and a sixth place finish in the 110m hurdles.  The surprise of the day came when junior Grant Evans took third in the shot put adding valuable points to the boy’s total.  The second place trophy was secured in the last event of the day by the 4x400m relay team of Jalon Miyasaki, Trevor Church, Daniel Jones and Jeremy Jay as they came home with the victory and a school record time.

Seniors Brielle Woolsey (left) and Natalia Anderton (right)

Seniors Brielle Woolsey and Natalia Anderton had the opportunity to meet youth from all over the world as they competed in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 9 – 14 in Anaheim, California.  Millions of students worldwide compete each year in local and school-sponsored science fairs; the winners of these events go on to participate in Intel ISEF-affiliated regional and state fairs from which the best win the opportunity to attend the Intel ISEF. T he Intel ISEF unites these top young scientific minds, showcasing their talent on an international stage, enabling them to submit their work to judging by doctoral level scientists and providing the opportunity to compete for over $4 million in prizes and scholarships (for more information, go to http://www.societyforscience.org/isef/about).

Natalia and Brielle have spent the past eight months working on their project and are planning on working for several months to come.  Their project is titled:  "The Synthesis and Size Reduction of Dispersed Aggregates of Molybdenum Oxide Nanoparticles for use in Long Chain Hydrocarbon Cracking."  Together they developed a method to synthesize and suspend a catalyst that can be used by the oil refining industry and can save each refinery up to $30 million per year.  In order for consumers to use oil in vehicles, the long chain hydrocarbons need to be broken apart into smaller chains.  The method used by the oil industry to crack these hydrocarbons is costly and inefficient.  There are often transition metals in the oil that poison the stationary catalyst and damage the catalytic sites.  The catalyst that Natalia and Brielle have made will be added upstream in the oil and will help repair the stationary catalyst as well as break hydrocarbons. 

The catalyst these girls have created is not yet complete.  They are still trying to discover a way to convert the oxygen in the nanoparticles to sulfur while it is suspended in solution.  After this process, they can successfully sulfurize the nanoparticle catalyst and try to suspend it in an organic solvent.

Both Natalia Brielle and are planning on majoring in Chemistry or Biochemistry at Brigham Young University and both want to pursue a career in the medical field.

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DECA Nationals

Six students from Springville High School qualified at the Utah state DECA competition in their events and earned the opportunity to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference held during April 28th – May 4th.  This year the conference was held in Orlando, Florida.  Those who attended the conference were Chris Brown, Logan Moesinger and Caitee Towse (competing in the Public Relations Written Event); Codie Zamora and Caroline Krieger (competing in the Fashion Promotion Plan) and Kaycie Jordan (attending the Leadership Academy).  It was a great experience by all.  The students competed and gained business experience that they will take with them for a lifetime.