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By Patty Korchinski, Bobbi Willetts and Sandra Garinger February was another busy month at Hapnot Collegiate. Sports Lots of sports going on in Hapnot as wrestling and basketball were in full swing. Hapnot's wrestlers won their zone handily in The Pas. There were five girls and eight boys competing against students from The Pas and Cross Lake. They will travel to Winnipeg mid-March to compete in Provincials. Coaches Murray and Joanne Skeavington are expecting to bring home a provincial banner. On to basketball, the junior varsity girls and boys teams traveled to The Pas to compete for their zone banners, both were able to win their finals. The girls went into overtime to beat MBCI in a nailbiter of a game. Coach Craig McIntosh said they worked hard and did everything that coaches asked them to do. The team consists of Grade 9 girls with only one returning player from last year. They are young and not intimidated by much. The junior varsity boys won their final against The Pas. They are coached by Dale Wride. The two teams will compete in Winnipeg for the provincial championship. These two banners bring the year's total to 10 with senior varsity basketball, badminton and track left to round out the season. The senior varsity teams have also had a busy month. Both senior teams traveled to Winnipeg early in the month to compete in a AAAA tournament. The senior boys won their tournament, beating highly ranked teams throughout. Sam Kinsley won the MVP for the tournament. The girls won the B side of the tournament. Both teams were on the road the next weekend, with boys back in Winnipeg and girls in Dauphin. The boys stumbled a little, winning two of their three games, and the girls lost by one point to Swan River, and beat Churchill School and Dauphin. Though not a Hapnot sport, a number of Hapnot students competed in a provincial ski race, hosted locally. McKenzie Grove and Nick Martin both earned a bronze medal in their events. Other Hapnot students competing were Callum Spencer, Isaac Dufour Jarvis, and Nicholas Novosel. The race had roughly 160 competitors. See 'Nort...' on pg. 10 Continued from pg. 7 Local members of the Norman Northstars will be returning to Hapnot. They finished their playoffs recently, losing to the Southwest Cougars in the second round. There were seven local players on the team, five from Hapnot. We are glad to have them back. Grad Activities Feb. 15 and 16 was Dinner Theatre. Jekyll's Hydes was the play and it was hilarious. Performances by students were nothing short of excellent. The cast and crew should be very proud of their performances. The play was attended by approximately 260 guests over the two nights. This is a very important fundraiser for grad, as each grade helps with the performance and supper, with a portion of the proceeds going towards their grad. As hectic as the Dinner Theatre is, it is important because it unites our school as a group that comes together to help out and work towards one goal. The Grad Committee has been working hard all year to plan fundraisers to raise money for grad. The committee president this year is Courtlyn Willetts, the vice-president is Olivia Blouin and the secretary is Robin Yeo. The committee is rounded out with about eight to 10 Grade 12 students. The next event to be planned is the Grad Fashion Show. It will be held on May 9 and we hope a lot of our community members come out to support the show. It is a great opportunity to see some of the clothing that our great local businesses offer, plus some of the talent our young people have to offer. The graduates have made their nominations for valedictorian, guest speaker and grad song and we will have the results, along with more information about the Fashion Show, in the next Hapnot Hype. Festival Du Voyager Thirteen Grade 9 and 10 French Immersion and Basic French students travelled to Winnipeg to soak up some French culture at Festival du Voyageur, Feb. 22-24. The trip, organized by Trent Tuttosi, was jam-packed with activities emphasizing culture and history. We spent Thursday at the festival site, with the French Immersion students attending sessions making a huge ceinture flêch_ (sash), playing lacrosse, learning about maple syrup manufacturing, attending a concert of traditional music and going on a sleigh ride. Basic-French students learned about Fort Gibraltar and the fur trade there, went on a sleigh ride, and learned about snowshoe-making and traditional dances. We ate pea soup and poutine at lunch, and tried beaver tails (yum!). Once all our sessions were done, we stopped at 10,000 Villages to learn a little about fair trade practices and why it's important to consider the impact of our purchases on the places and people where they are made. We did a little shopping, and went back to St. Boniface for supper at a French restaurant, Chez Sophie. We had a great meal together then moved back to the festival site for the evening events and concerts. We stayed for a little while to listen to bands from Winnipeg and Quebec, look at the lighted sculptures and stand by the fires. After such a busy day, we were happy to head back to the hotel. Friday morning was at the planetarium to view a show about extraterrestrials, followed by a museum tour. Much of history and culture we saw was echoed in several parts of the museum. We jumped on the bus at noon to head back home. Mr. Tuttosi and Mrs. Garinger commend the students for being such excellent travelers and good ambassadors of our school and community. Around the Building The guidance department, in partnership with the Play it Safer Network, handed out carnations to promote Sexual Reproductive Health Day. The student council put on a school dance with an '80s theme _Êlots of acid-washed jeans and harem pants. It was well attended. There will be a combined dance in May with Creighton, be sure to watch for that date. The Visions and Ventures class put on an auction, where Grade 12 students were auctioned off to do odd jobs throughout the school. They raised a substantial amount of money that will be donated to the grads. As part of the same class, two teachers volunteered to be duct-taped to the wall to raise money. Students and staff purchased strips of tape to have the staff be suspended off of the floor. The lucky staff members participating were Bill Pauley and Natasha Palmer; they were to be suspended during basketball pre-game events in the Hapnot gym.
