SJHS News

The ninth-grade girls’ basketball team.  Front row, left to right:  Ashley Crookston (manager), Sarah Patrick(manager),  Courtney Lefevre, Ripley Tew, Maddi Staheli, Mackenzie Morris, Amanda Sly, BreAnna Elzinga (manager),  Ashly Endicott(manager),  and Assistant Coach Murdock.  Back row, left to right: Emily Daybell, Kara Stoddard, Sarah Ripley, Brooke Caswell, Amy Tingey, Cami Sumsion, Mindy Staple, and Coach [...]

Jacob Simmons
SJHS Staff Writer
A great component to the quality teaching in both schooling and sports at Springville Junior High is thanks in part to Mr. David Kindrick. Mr. Kindrick teaches science at SJHS, coaches the girls’ basketball team, and also helps out with the track team.
Mr. Kindrick has been teaching for nine years, eight of [...]

Team Captain Derek Boyer
Max Schreiner
SJHS Staff Writer
Twelve people made the boys basketball team this year, and two of those twelve were voted team captain. One of those captains is Derek Boyer. Derek has been playing basketball since he was born and has always loved it. This year he made the junior high basketball team by [...]

Kaleb Barnum
SJHS Staff Writer
Mr. David Kindrick, Springville Junior High science teacher, is coaching the SJHS girls’ basketball team. They seem to be in good shape, since their record is 1-2. They are on their way to going to district! The names of the girls on the team are: Mindy Staple, Sarah Ripley, Ripley Tew, Mackenzie [...]

Jantzen Dalley, team captain
Max Schreiner
SJHS Staff Writer
Twelve people made the boys basketball team this year, and two of those twelve were voted as team captains. One of those captains is Jantzen Dalley. Jantzen loves basketball; he has been playing basketball since he was in third grade and has loved it from the beginning. This year [...]

Hannah Packard, Amberly Austin and Ashli Averett, 9th graders at SJHS, show their Red Devil pride.
Andrew Garza
SJHS Staff writer
This year, three ninth-grade students at Springville Junior High made the Springville High School girl’s basketball team: Ashli Averett, Amberly Austin, and Hannah Packard.
“I think it is really cool and great experience to be on the high [...]

Jacob DeRosia
SJHS Staff Writer
Basketball open gym is an after school program were anyone can come in and do some fine tuning on their skills.  If students are looking to polish up on their skills or just to play some basketball, open gym is open on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00 pm to 4:30pm.  [...]

Hayde Blanco
SJHS Staff Writer
Ready, set, SCORE! Basketball tryouts are happening November 9th at Springville Junior High. The ninth-grade boys are going to be able to participate in this event and show off there skills to Mr. Shaun Blakey, the basketball coach and counselor here at Springville Junior High.
Basketball tryouts start on Monday, November 9th, and [...]

Jacob Simmons
SJHS Staff Writer
Springville Junior High School is committed to excellence, it is in their “Knight’s Code.” One of the many people who help make the school so great is Mr. Shaun Blakey, counselor and boys’ basketball coach.
Mr. Blakey was born and raised in Springville, Utah, and graduated from Springville High. After high school he [...]

Mrs. Manwaring long jumping at the district track meet.
Kayla Price
SJHS Staff Writer
Mrs. Manwaring is the ninth grade science teacher at Springville Junior high but not for long. She is leaving at the end of this school year.  Her husband will be attending medical school next year, and she just had a baby girl on Friday, [...]

KresLynn Knouse
SJHS Staff Writer
The Battle of the Bands took place on February 27th in the Springville Junior High School auditorium. The cost of admission was five dollars, and the money earned served as a fundraiser for the girls basketball team. Many different styles of bands performed, including two rock bands, one screamo band, and one [...]

Mr. Kindrick always has a smile.
Nikki Drake
SJHS Staff Writer
Mr. David Kindrick is a SJHS science teacher, the girls’ basketball coach, and a former body conditioning teacher. He enjoys teaching science, because science changes every year so he learns new things every year too. He would like to think he inspires students for the good, and [...]

The 2008-09 ninth grade boys’ basketball team
Front, left to right: Manager Tom Setzer, Steven Bate, Mitchell Maye, Zach Nemelka, Alex Cloward, Jordan McCann
Back, left to right: Coach Blakey, Manager Cason Acor, Trevor Allan, Jalon Miyasaki, Zera Staheli, Jordan Davis, Andrew Clyde, Sean Sly, Ryan Shultz, Manager Josh Buhler, Assistant Coach Kelly Giles (not [...]

The 9th grade girls basketball team will host a fundraiser movie night this Saturday, December 13th. Kung Fu Panda will start at 6:00 p.m., followed by Elf at 7:45 p.m. The cost is $3 per person, and the movies will be shown in the auditorium of the junior high school. Concessions will [...]

Zachary Nemelka
SJHS Staff Writer
Coach Blakey has started to look for players for the SJHS 9th grade boy’s basketball team on Nov. 10 the day of tryouts. He was looking for players that will help his team reach the championship games of the Nebo and the Alpine Tournaments. He had two days to come up with [...]