YOUNG WOMEN SPORTS

Mrs. Hartigan started by taking questions.  In response to a question about playing piano, she took piano lessons from 4th until 11th grade.  Only practiced before lessons.

In basketball last year Treynor won the conference championship.  The second round of tournament was the best they played for the year, but IKM was ready for them.

Track season was great.  The girls received their first track banner.  They had done well several years ago and qualified for a banner in track, but at that time the banners had to be purchased and it was expensive to buy one.

In volleyball the girls beat some 4A schools.  Treynor was the smallest school in 2A.  It was a little different in the State Tournament, because Treynor had never met any of those teams before.

In basketball the team is doing well.  The conference is not as good as in past years.  She was surprised at how well the Treynor press worked last night, December 15.

Speaking of the Booster Club, Randy Donnahue and Gail Hartigan started it several years ago.  They set it up so every club gets an allocation from the Booster Club.  Some sports get more and some less.  The total budget is $25,000-$30,000.  Football gets about $2000 and track and cheerleading get about $600.  There is a sports representative for every sport.  Everything is signed off by the sports representative and the Athletic Director to prevent duplication.  The money has been used to pay half the price of new  basketball uniforms, hurdles for track, and a shootway for basketball.

The booster club raises money on five projects each year.  They do not really have meetings.  Each class from 8th grade through high school is in charge of one fundraising project.  For example, the juniors are in charge of the adult volleyball tournaments.  The Sophmores run the basketball concession stand with the Music Boosters.  The freshmen run a children's wrestling tournament.  The 8th grade runs the kickoff supper in the fall.  Money also comes from clothing sales.

Mrs. Hartigan teaches three sections of Pre-Algebra, General Math, and Algebra I.