The Bulldog Report
By Sam Waller
Autum Russell and Allen Hebel were named queen and king of the Moran High School prom Saturday, March 1.
The event, with a theme of “Under the Stars,” was held at the Moran gym.
Spring Fling
Moran PTO will hold its annual Spring Fling carnival Wednesday, March 12 at the football field. Hamburger meals will be served at 5:30 p.m. with booths opening at 6:00 p.m. The event will last until 7:30 p.m.
Among activities planned for the evening are train rides or a golf game (Pre-K), a ball throw (kindergarten), Plinko (first grade), Grabby (second), beanbag toss (third), ring toss (fourth) and cornhole (fifth) in the elementary grades. At the junior high level, sixth grade will have apple bobbing, and eighth grade will have “pie an eighth grader.”
High school freshmen will have a bucket toss, juniors will have a cakewalk, and seniors will conduct a silent auction in addition to organizing the meal.
Events for seventh grade and the sophomore class were not available.
Cheer Tryouts
Moran will hold its fourth and final cheer tryout clinic 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 6 (today) in preparation for next week’s tryouts.
Mock tryouts are set for 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Actual tryouts are 5:15 p.m. Thursday, March 13.
Tryouts are open to any currently enrolled student (male or female) who will be in high school next year.
FFA News
While several Moran FFA students are still involved in stock shows, other contests also have Moran participants.
The forage team of Sam Stanley, Audri Ortega, Bailey Prater and Briley Chadwick competed in two online contests the week of Feb 17-21. In the Waskom contest, Moran placed sixth out of 18 teams. In the Schulenburg contest, Moran finished eighth out of 15 teams.
“The students have to complete a written exam based on a textbook they have to read,” FFA advisor Robert Stanley said. “Then they have a problem-solving portion, where students have math questions and have to calculate numbers to solve the problem. Finally, the students have to identify grasses, weeds, and legumes.”
On Feb. 17, Rayni Vinson exhibited one of her three steers at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. Vinson did not make the sale, competing in a class of more than 30 steers.
On Wednesday, Feb. 26, the horse judging and veterinary science team competed at the Justin Northwest contest held at Denton. In horse judging, Sam Stanley, Leanna Sikes, Vinson and Miguel Rodriguez placed 29th. In vet science, Bradee Stautzenberger, Jayla Bussell, Chase Murk, Ortega and Chadwick placed 10th out of 25 teams.
The next two weeks, which includes Moran’s spring break, will see students competing and showing animal projects at Houston and Austin.
Sports Report
Moran Junior High track athletes attended their first meet of the season Tuesday, Feb. 24 at Breckenridge.
The team competed Tuesday, March 4 at Rising Star. Results will be reported next week.
The high school track teams open their season Friday, May 7 at Rising Star.
The Breckenridge meet was a ribbon meet with runners in every heat receiving a ribbon.
In boys field events, Christian Rodriguez was second in the discus with Landon Herrell fifth. Andy Barron cleared 4-4 to place fourth in the high jump.
In girls field events, Emmie Hise was fifth in the shot put.
