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YOUTH SPORTS TEAMS SPEND ANOTHER WEEKEND ON THE HARD COURT… All youth teams were in action this past weekend. The boys teams played in Mt. Vernon & Lisbon, while the girls played in Cedar Rapids.

FACE IN THE CROWD: This week’s Face In The Crowd is Springville Elementary student, Luke

Menster. He took time out from cheering on his brother Ryan during the Monday afternoon Middle School game to answer the following questions: How many teeth have you lost so far? 8 Who will win the Superbowl? Packers Where are you going to go to college? Iowa How long can you hold your breath? 3 minutes How many inches of snow are we going to get? One In a game of HORSE—who would win? Your Mom or your Dad? DAD

Thanks Luke. You just never know—at the next Springville event you could be more than

A Face In The Crowd!

MAKE YOUR PICKS: This weeks matchups include a combination of basketball and football games this weekend: UNI vs Drake Kansas State vs Iowa State Iowa vs Indiana Super Bowl Sunday: Packers vs Steelers Here’s what you do, choose your winners AND choose the point total in the Super Bowl. Tie-breaker will be the closest guess on the point total. Send your picks and name to oriolepride@gmail.com with “Weekly Picks” as your subject, and catch next weeks issue to see who won bragging rights. Congratulations to Robin Menster of Springville for winning last weeks contest.

CATCH THE LADY ORIOLES ON YOU TUBE…

Don’t forget, Head girls Coach Nate Sanderson has added a new tradition. You can find weekly highlights of the girls in action on YouTube. www.youtube.com/user/springvillegirlsbb Log in, subscribe and receive updates when a new video posts—Coach Sanderson even puts them to music so be sure and check it out.

FRIDAY NIGHT IS SENIOR NIGHT Seniors will be honored this Friday night between the varsity games. JV action starts at 4pm with varsity girls at approximately 6:15. Please come out and enjoy a great night of ball games (Alburnett will be in town) and congratulate these seniors who have shown much dedication over the years.

* There will also be a bake sale—proceeds will go toward the Softball program*

Wednesday, February 2, 2011, Volume 1>>Issue 23>> An Independent newspaper serving Springville, Iowa

ORIOLE PRIDE “I owe a lot to my parents,

especially my Mother and Father” ~ Greg Norman

Luke Menster pictured in flag football action from September of 2010

(Pictured on the left, top; Beau Zaruba’s team in action on Saturday. Pictured on the left, bottom; The Menster/Wagaman team in Sunday’s action—the girls went 1-2. Photos courtesy of Angie Gloeckner.) (Pictured to the right, Tanner Morrissey of Springville Orange drives on Andrew Blakely of Springville Black in Saturday’s 6th grade action. Springville black came away with the win.)

NAME THIS “O” Oriole Pride starts a new feature you can watch for from time to time. A “guess who” of sorts. Can you name this week’s featured Oriole? No, not a student and no, not an alumni. This lovely lady is a teacher at Springville schools. Care to take a guess as to who she is? Look for the answer in next week’s issue. Would you like a hint? Her last name is ALSO the name of a town in the state of Wyoming. Good luck.

MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL

North Linn was in town on Monday and the Springville boys split a pair of games, losing the 7th grade game, but winning the 8th grade game. The boys will be at home again on Thursday, February 10th at 4:00 when Ed-Co comes to town.

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Jacob Loehr shows intensity on the defensive side

Ryan Menster looks to pass while Tyler McDowell looks on

Head Coach Mike Moran talks strategy during a time-out on Monday

VINTAGE SPORTSWEAR ON SALE NOW Colt Koeppen models some classic Oriole Gear. If you missed your chance to purchase a throwback jersey last Saturday, be sure to talk with Coach Merritt, Coach Martin or Kyle Koeppen. Everything from jerseys, to shorts to sweats were on hand—and oh yes, helmets too. Hurry while supplies last!

HANNAH LOEHR SIGNING DATE MOVED…

Hannah Loehr will sign her letter of intent to play volleyball for the Grand View Vikings on Tuesday, February 8th at 11am in the Springville High School Cafeteria.

MONTICELLO VARSITY GAMES TO BE MADE UP ON MONDAY, FEB. 7…

Tuesday’s games against Monticello were cancelled due to weather and will be made up on Monday, February 7th. However they will be varsity only—no JV games will be played. 6:15 is start time.

POST SEASON DATES ARE SET Girls basketball will play Belle Plaine at Belle Plaine, Thursday, February 10th at 7pm. Boys basketball will play Central City at Central City, Monday, February 14th at 7pm.

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LADY ORIOLES HAVE PLENTY LEFT IN THE TANK Post season play isn’t too far off. The Lady Orioles will square off against Belle Plaine AT Belle Plaine next Thursday for the opening of Regional play. At this point in the season your place in the conference is most likely set—& so what one looks for now, is consistent, heads up, intense play. The girls had back to back games last Friday & Saturday. On Friday it was a road game at Cascade, & despite turning the ball over 27 times, the girls had their chances. Down 9 points at the half, they would cut it to 1 by the end of the 3rd, but as Coach Sanderson said, “we would get no closer than that”. Senior Hannah Loehr and Junior CJ Fitzgerald led the O’s with 9 and 8 points each. On Saturday, if you didn’t come out to the game you sure did miss a good one. The brazen, 12-5 Lone Tree Lions paid us a visit & went home a stunned & silent, 12-6. When asked about the significance of this win, Coach Sanderson had this to say; “This was a HUGE win for us! Lone Tree is a very solid basketball team and a

team that many believe has a great chance to battle for a spot at the state tournament. Defensively, we did a great job keeping the basketball out of Courtney Burr's hands. Burr was the Player of the Year in her conference last season, and came into the game averaging just under 20 points per game. Fish (Sam Fitzgerald) guarded her for much of the night, and together with help from her teammates, we were able to hold her to just 3 points (the lowest scoring night of her career). On the offensive end, Hannah Loehr had a season-high 19 points to go along with 18 rebounds. She absolutely dominated the paint. Though we struggled from the line at the end, we made just enough free throws to put the game away”. This week continues to test the Orioles, as Alburnett visits on Friday & the girls will wrap up their regular season when Monticello visits on Monday. Lets hope the momentum continues, come on out & show your support.

BOYS BENCH GETTING SHORTER AND SHORTER What is worse than having one injured player? You got it—two injured players. Last week we lost the leadership & talent of Senior guard Brennan Starry, & this past weekend the boys were without the play of Senior Joel Lam. In these cases you hope for someone to step up & if I had to name such a player, I’d go with Freshman Elias Nissen. He’s had good minutes all season long but as of late he’s been the spark that could be a sign of things to come for the future of Coach Merritt’s program. And yes, those signs are all good. Like the girls, the boys too have been paired off for their first tournament game—it will be a match up against conference foe Central City, AT Central City on February 14th—so tell your sweetheart right now, your evening plans absolutely must include a ball game. Friday, the boys faced the 15-1 Cascade Cougars & it was a tough one from the start. Cold shooting & 22 turnovers were contributors to the 66-26 loss. Nissen was led scorers with 8 points & 4 boards while the team work horse, Jake Hulett finished with 7 points & 5 boards.

In Saturdays game against Lone Tree, if you would have told me we’d have two kids with double/double’s & we’d shoot 42% from the field—I would have had one thought, WIN. Well, not so—the guys gave up a hard fought loss to a tough,

Lions team, 54-46. Hulett had a monster of a night with 21 points & 12 rebounds, while Nissen followed suit with 14 points & 15 rebounds. Senior Patrick Ray dished out 4 assists & added 5 points, but the Orioles came up short & took another loss on the season. Springville will regroup & look to finish strong with 3 home stands: Alburnett this Friday, Monticello on Monday & Ed-Co (which will be boys action only) on Tuesday. Come on out & cheer them on.

Pictured above in action at Cascade on Friday; On the left, Jake Hulett battles for position and on the right , Elias Nissen times his block. Pictured to the left in home action on Saturday; A defensive tandem of Scriver’s—Junior Zach on the left and Freshman Sam on the right. Pictured to the right, Senior Patrick Ray looks to zing one inside.

ORIOLE LEGENDS

Oriole Pride features Springville alumni who still have ties to the community. This week we feature Springville grad Robin Shelby;

Maiden name...Lassen Class of 1987 Activities participated in while in high school ~ Basketball, Track, Volleyball and Softball Favorite activity/sport while in high school ~ Softball What is one of the craziest things you did while in high school? A couple of friends and I (who shall remain nameless) thought it would be fun to attach an inner-tube to his truck and go sledding through the streets. It was fun until we were spotted by the cops. Did you have a nickname? Not that I'm aware of College attended? Mt. Mercy College Sports played? Softball Positions played: In high school I played 3rd and 1st base as a Freshman, then played shortstop and pitcher 10th-12th. In college I played left and center field. Major/degree earned; Bachelor's Degree in Social Work Most influential teacher in high school and the subject they taught; Mr. Wikert What made that teacher so memorable? He made Algebra seem easy when it clearly isn't. How many students were in your senior class? 46 If you were to write an autobiography - what would the title be? Life Is A Gas! If you could have one superpower, what would it be? To be invisible Did your senior prom have a theme - if so what was it? Never Say Goodbye A quick word of wisdom for Springville students; What goes around comes back around so be kind and respectful to yourself and others! Please list the names of your spouse & children; Steven Shelby - Husband. Children—Amry, 20; Elijah, 11; Jaxon, 9; and Isabella, 7.

Thank you Robin *IN THE YEAR 1987* Prozac hit the market The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Rotary Clubs MUST admit women The top shows in TV were The Golden Girls, Cheers, The Cosby Show & LA Law Top movies released that year included Dirty Dancing, Fatal Attraction & A Nightmare on Elm Street For the first time, the BEATLES music was released on compact discs The NFL players association went on strike for 1 month—3 weeks of games were played with replacement players The Giants beat the Broncos in the Super Bowl The Twins beat the Cardinals in the World Series The Lakers beat the Celtics in the NBA championship The Miami Hurricanes were the NCAA football champs The Indiana Hoosiers were the NCAA basketball champs

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DID YOU KNOW? Robin played softball at Mt. Mercy for Head Coach Bob Timmons who is now the Head Coach at Coe College… AND, Robin’s father, Dale Lassen is in his 9th season as an Assistant Softball Coach at Coe College

Pictured to the left, the cast of The Golden Girls; Lower Left, Dan Marino during the 1987 NFL players strike; Pictured below, the first CD released of the Beatles featured their first 4 Albums; and Pictured below to the right, the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City. The complex and museum opened its doors in the year 1987.