The QMS Peer-to-Peer Team worked hard during their lunchtime today to put out some positive words of encouragement for our 8th graders, as they'll be taking the PSAT on Tuesday. We love the uplifting messages!
Congratulations to 7th Grade Students of the Month for March!
Congratulations to the following QHS seniors who were inducted into the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Membership in NTHS is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a student of the Branch Area Careers Center.
Kaylee Terris, Cierra Throop, Danica Swift, Abigail Tinervia, Lainey Yearling, Coelie Smuller, Cheyenne Sarles, Paige Rodgers, Gabrielle Omo, Kelsie McFadden, Micaela Matako, Maria Lewis, Brandon Leavitt, Leah Kaltenbach, Taylor Horn, Sade Harges, Skyler Foley, Ayva Daws, Kyren Cutler, McKenna Bowerman, Alexandria Benard, Yoselin Beltran, Ella Bartell, Brennen Allman, Kynnedy Agar,
Saturday the Boy's Track Team hosted the annual Branch County Invitational.
It was finally a nice day on the track with warmer weather. Our top performers and Branch County Champions were Corey Turner in Pole Vault, who also attempted a SCHOOL RECORD vault of 14'5" barely missing it with a final vault of 14'. Noah Rufenacht was right behind Turner chasing a record in High Jump, also barely scraping the bar at 6'7" finishing with a final vault of 6'4, he also finished 3rd in Long Jump. Clayton Benson was also a champion in the 110 Hurdles and runner up in a hectic finish line effort. All three of them look to break records this season.
Other top performers were as follows:
Noah Kelley with a pair of 3rd place finishes in the 100 and 200
Micah Groves 3rd in the 400
Chayse Jenson 2nd in the Mile
Tyler Minor 3rd in Shot
Lincoln Sims 3rd in Discus
Kaleb Handy 3rd in Pole Vault
The Orioles had over 30 PR's on the day and are back in action on Wednesday at home to kick off the conference schedule. Come out and support your Orioles!
On Saturday, select 7th and 8th grade band students travelled to Gull Lake Middle School to perform at Middle School Solo and Ensemble. The students did a wonderful job and had a great experience. Good job on your performances and hard work!
Olivia Enbody, clarinet solo, Division I rating
Abbi Smith, clarinet solo, Division II rating
Brahn Heminger, flute solo, Division I rating
Kaelin Murray, trombone solo, Division I rating
Lucas Hemminger, alto saxophone solo, Division I rating
The Quincy girls participated in the Branch County Invitational on Saturday.
The girls put together some great performances, recording 15 new personal records on the day. Top finishes were: Brookelyn Parker won th4e 100m and 300m hurdles. 2nd place finishers were: Ashlyn Fickle in high jump, the 4x200m relay team of Elizabeth Craig, Liz Longardner, Abby Tinervia and Cheyenne Markse, the 4x400m relay team of Craig, Longardner, Parker and Laney Yearling, and Addison Hasten in discus. 3rd place finishers were: Payton Proctor in the 1600m run, the 4x100m relay team of Kali Kugler, Fickle, Tinervia and Marske, Halli Jones in shot putt and Yearling in the 3200m run. The girls have their first conference meet on Wednesday against Bronson and Springport at home.
Quincy Softball Splits at Marshall Sports Festival
Quincy started the morning facing off with the host team to begin the tournament. Marshall jumped on top early with 4 runs in the bottom of the first taking advantage of a few walks and a fielding error along with a couple timely hits. Quincy tightened up defensively to keep the score within reach but the Redhawks pulled away with a big 3 run homerun in the 4th and then 3 more in the 5th to take the game 11-1. Miley Poindexter kept up her hot hitting with a single and triple. Deziray Skirka singled twice plating Miley for Quincy’s lone run. Shaylee Cope also singled. Hannah Brown pitched well in the loss giving up 6 earned runs while striking out 4 in 4 innings of work.
In the consolation bracket, the Orioles took on Haslett who lost earlier in the day to Loy Norrix. Danika Skirka pitched a gem in a 13-0 victory. Danika walked 3, struck out 2 and allowed just one hit while having to face just 13 batters; one more than the minimum. Makiya Feltner helped keep Haslett off the bases by throwing out all 3 runners attempting to steal. Makiya also lead the Orioles offense with 3 hits and knocking in 3 runs. Shaylee Cope went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs. Deziray Skirka singled twice and scored 4 times. Cali Richards collected 2 hits and Taylor Lewis added a single.
Quincy’s record now stands at 5-3
The Orioles will finally get their home opener as Quincy hosts Springport in Big 8 action on Tuesday
Quincy spilts DH with Hudson win 3 of 4 on the weekend
Oriole Sophomore Cobee Stevens came on in relief and struck out the final batter with a runner at 3rd base to help the Orioles earn a split with the visiting Hudson Tigers on Saturday afternoon. Stevens who also pitched an inning in the 1st game of the DH was called back to duty in game 2 and worked the Orioles out of a jam in the 6th Inning before earning the save in the 7th. Jimmy Maynard started game 2 and was sharp through 4 innings to record the win
The Orioles won game 2 11-10 taking advantage of 10 Tiger walks and 9 Oriole hits in the game. Ryan Kempter, led the Orioles at the plate with 2 hits and 3 runs scored. Mason Graves and Alex Barry also had 2 hits and 3 rbi. Barry had a bases loaded 2b hit to score 3 runs and give the Orioles some breathing room. Maynard and Zac Rubley added singles. Brennen Allman walked 4 times in the game and tallied two runs.
In Game 1 the Orioles could not recover from some early shoddy defense and fell to the Tigers 7-1. Kempter, and Christian Craven, and Stevens pitched for the Orioles who recorded just 3 hits all singles by Kempter, Graves and Maynard.
The Orioles won 3 of 4 on the weekend and look forward to hosting Big 8 Conference foe Springport on Tuesday.
Last of the fun in the snow(hopefully)!
Surprise, surprise...we have a guest star with Mr. Suever on this week's update. Nice work, Dale! We highlight our PBIS winners, wish good luck to our track team, and discuss other events from the week.
Check it out! https://youtu.be/HkSQQls-byM
Congratulations Jennings' Star Students!!!
Varsity Baseball & Softball vs Addison today has been cancelled due to temperatures and precipitation. No make up date at this time.
Girls soccer braved the cold and traveled to Calhoun Christian last night.
They were able to come away with a shutout victory. Final score was 3-0. Kenzi Maynard was the first to put the ball in the back of the net right after half time after receiving a cross from Laura Bostic. Only 3 minutes later Delylah Cruz scored off another cross from Laura Bostic to put Quincy up 2-0. Laura Bostic was able to seal the game scoring off a penalty shot with only 5 minutes left. Goalie Danica Swift had 5 saves on the night. The defense was on point tonight keeping Calhoun Christian scoreless. The girls will be back at home Friday to take on Lenawee Christian. Tonight's win puts the girls record 5-1.
An update from Mr. Miller's 6th grade science class:
ESCAPE THE STORM
Status: NO ONE ESCAPED.
That’s right—15 puzzles, thunder crashing, brains buzzing... and not a single student made it out before the fictional storm hit.
The room? Still intact.
The students? Slightly frazzled, highly motivated.
The storm? Just chilling, waiting to strike again. (Apparently in the form of SNOWFLAKES this evening!)
HS Track @ Olivet today has been cancelled. JV Baseball tonight is cancelled. Soccer is still good to go. Golf for tomorrow has been rescheduled to Thursday 4/17.
Due to cold weather and potential of rain, the JV Baseball games for tonight are cancelled. There is no makeup scheduled at this time.
Congratulations Jennings' Star Students!
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Competitive Cheer team on receiving Team Academic All-State from CCCAM with a cumulative team GPA of 3.64!
Outstanding work Orioles!
Congratulations to the 2024-25 Boys Basketball team on receiving BCAM Academic All-State with a cumulative team GPA of 3.3277! GREAT WORK!
Girls soccer found victory on the road tonight defeating Bronson 6-0!
Kenzi Maynard had a hat trick scoring 3 goals. 2 in the first half and another one in the 2nd. Laura Bostic, Alivia Carpenter, and McKenna Bowerman had 1 goal each.
The girls will be back on the road Wednesday playing Calhoun Christian at 5:00. The Lady O's have a season record of 4-1.