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History of Boomba-Hey!

Accomplishments for 2009-2010:

December 2009

Craig Lutz had an amazing race as the best in the nation raced for 3.1 miles through mud, hay bails, slippery “camel back” hills to a new meet record and the 1st place finish by 0.7 secs over the Nation’s top ranked runner (coming into the meet) and 0.4 secs over the 2nd ranked California runner. There has never been a national race this fast or this close. If you did not see it you should take a look. If you don’t want to watch all 15 minutes it is worth scrolling to (bar will appear along the bottom of the video frame) the end the 13:00 min mark of the race and watching the last 2 or so minutes is worth the time. The leader is Rosas and the kid from Calif in third (ends up 2nd) is the fastest 800m and 1600m runner in the nation last year. When I talked to Craig after the race he said (about the finish), “When Rosas (#1 runner) made his final move I was hurting so bad I thought I was going to black out, but then I realized everyone else probably felt the same way and I knew I just had to go!” Enjoy the video here. Craig has one more hurdle to clear this Saturday in San Diego. He will run against 40 of the nation’s best at the Footlocker Individual National Championship. No one has ever won both of these events in the same year! No other runner at Nike is trying the double and there are 2 more runners at this race that will challenge him for the championship. Marcus soccer today celebrates another incredible accomplishment as senior Zach B. was announced as an NSCAA HS All-American. Zach, who scored 20 goals last season and an All-State pick, will be a key component to the Marauders' charge, along with six other returning starters, to get back to a 5A State Championship Game this coming season. He was named as one of only two 5A players in the State of Texas to receive All-America honors. ESPN/Rise Magazine also named Barnes last season as a HS All-American, one of only five underclassmen in the nation to earn that distinction.Barnes follows in the footsteps of US National U20 Team Player and 2008 Grad Sam Garza, who earned his NSCAA All-American honors after the Marauders' undefeated 30-0-0 season in 2007 and scoring a school record 26 goals. See the article Here.

November 2009

AFJROTC - MOWW Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) Outstanding Student – Marcus AFJROTC Cadet Ryan Gracey was recognized as 1of 6 most outstanding students during the Military Order Of the World Wars (MOWW) YLC consisting of over 40 students throughout Texas. In photo above Ryan Gracey is presented the Outstanding Student Award by 1LT Wes Gross, USA (former) MOWW Dallas Chapter Commander. Photo from left to right: Colonel (ret) Martin L. Sayles, Marcus AFJROTC Senior Aerospace Science Instructor, Lorraine Gracey (Ryan’s mother); Cadet Ryan Gracey, 1LT Wes Gross, MOWW USA (former); Lt Col Doug Gracey, USAFR (Ryan’s father); Leigh Ann Lewis, Marcus HS Associate Principal, COL Ron Forest, MOWW USA- Retired, LT COL Don Munson, MOWW USA- Retired. Tennis - Congratulations to Whitney H. for being voted District 6-5A Co-Most Valuable Tennis Player! This is a great honour and well deserved. JV and Freshmen District Games - Last night we had 3 different sub-varsity football teams win the District 6-5A Championship. Our 9th grade Silver and Red teams claimed the District Title. Our 9th grade White team played for the District Championship but lost their game. This was their only loss of the season. Our JV Red team claimed the District Title for the 3rd year in a row. Our JV Red finished with a 9 - 1 record. Area Championship for Volleyball - Congratulations to our Volleyball team on their Area Championship. Let's get out next Monday/Tuesday and support our volleyball as they compete in the Regional Quarterfinals!!! Cross Country - Good luck to the Cross Country boys and Katie Canavin as they head for State after excellent Region Races! Craig L. has earned yet another honor. He is ESPN's Rise National High School Athlete of the Week. Check out the story here! Congrats Craig! Craig won the State Championship in 14:45, winning by 25 seconds. Theater - Before Thanksgiving break, several of our MHS Theatre Arts students were participants at the Texas State Thespian Convention held in Corpus Christi, Texas. In addition to a marathon play performance of Christmas Belles, which was extremely well received, several of our kids got superior ratings and advanced to Nationals to be held this summer in Lincoln, Nebraska. Jake S. won first place in the state for his short film which came with a $200 prize. Morgan A. made it to nationals in solo monologue, Laura M. advanced to nationals in solo musical, two sophomores, Kaytie N. and Cassidy D. also advanced to nationals in the duet musical. Tashia S. and William T. were successful in getting numerous call-backs and offers in the college scholarship auditions. November Female Athlete of the Month - The girls tennis team finished up their season at the end of November, and Whitney Hobson led the way for Marcus! She was the top player on our squad, and she went 11-2 in the top of our line-up. She was awarded the Co-MVP Award for district 6-5A. Congratulations to Whitney Hobson for being Marcus High School Athlete of the Month!!!

October 2009

Marcus JROTC - Color Guard was selected to present the Colors at the Texas A&M and Arkansas AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington on Saturday, Oct 3rd at 7:30pm. A HUGE thanks to Alice Dack for her recommendation to the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic – Pageantry – Director. Go Marauders! Marcus ROTC - The Marcus AFJROTC Orienteering Team participated in the October 2009 orienteering meet hosted by the North Texas Orienteering Association at Harry Moss Preserve, in Dallas. The meet consisted of over 300 participants and tested mental and physical skills to include map/compass reading and physical training. Marcus AFJROTC Orienteers Justin Chacon (on left) and Sheamus Byrne (right) won the Gold and Bronze medals respectively in their category. Go Marauders! LISD All-District Orchestra - The following students auditioned and were accepted into the LISD All-District Orchestra Alex W., Tim K., Diego M., Collin B., Jordan L., David H., Justin F., Kassi H., Dylan B., Zack F., Victoria H., Natalie H., Austin R., Matthew W. Marcus Journalism - had another successful showing at the TAJE state convention. Our yearbook took 1st place in Best of Show and both newspaper and the literary magazine were awarded 3rd place. There is no Best of Show for broadcast, but MOB won a majority of the broadcast awards as well. Because of all the amount of awards won by our students, Marcus was again awarded the highest honor, the Sweepstake Award. We were thrilled with all our hard working journalist students! Individual winners were: Newspaper Sean R. -Newspaper Feature Page Design-Excellence Shameer D. - Editorial Illustration - Honorable Mention Pat I. - Sports Writing - Honorable Mention Allyson P. - Newspaper Photography - Honorable Mention Natalia C. - Photography/Architecture - Superior Yearbook Erin C. - Photography/People - Excellence MOB Video News Story - Swine Flu - Honorable Mention video Sports story - Mound Showdown - Excellence Video Feature Stories - Andrew B., Habitat for Homanity - Superior Chris L. - Videography - Honorable Mention Michelle S., Kaylie P., Sebastian C. - In Camera Feature - Honorable Mention Video Commercial - Superior Alyssa W. - Broadcast Writing - Excellence Region 24 Auditions - Marcus hosted the Region 24 auditions for choir this past weekend. Thanks to all who helped and let us use your rooms. Here are our students that were selected. All Region Treble Choir Members All Region Mixed Choir Members Lara P. (9) Brittney N. (12) Sara M.l (9) Cassi D. (12) Mikala P. (10) Reggie H. (12) Ashley P. (12) Daniel D. (11) Sela M. (9) Josh W. (10) Kayla N. (11) Michael M. (11) Alex T. (11) Amanda E. (10) Abby M. (9) Lauren B. (11) Lauren B. (10) Autumn L. (9) Morgan E. (11) Megan A. (11) The following students auditioned and were accepted into the All-Region Orchestras. Alex W. Zach W. Zach F. Stephen D. Tim K. Natalie H. Diego M. David H. Justin F. Jordan L. Kassi H. Dylan B. Matthew W.S October Female Athlete of the Month - Congratulations goes out to Haley N. of the Marcus Volleyball team for being our October Female Athlete of the Month. Haley is a middle blocker for our playoff bound team. During October, Haley had 80 kills in 6 matches for an average of 13.3 kills per game! She also averaged nearly 4 blocks per game during the stretch. Serving as a senior captain, Haley and the entire volleyball team are looking forward to a long playoff run.

September 2009

Marcus Air Force JROTC - Freshman Saber Team for winning Second Place during the Sept 26, Denton Ryan Drill Meet. The cadets performed for the first time and beat out teams consisting of experienced sophomores, junior and seniors. Great job by members of the "Fantastic 40" Freshman Cadets. Airpower!     Marcus High School - was ranked 16th on a list of top 20 high schools in North Texas by Children at Risk on September 18. Children at Risk, a Houston-based non-profit group, ranked more than 5,900 schools in Texas. September Female Athlete of the Month - Katie C., the #1 runner for the Marcus girls cross country team, is our September Female Athlete of the Month recipient. Katie is a sophomore who has finished in the top 10 individual runners in each of the 3 meets of the season. Her season best time of 12:03 was run by Katie on the most difficult course of the year to date. Also, the ESPN rise magazine lists Katie in the top 15 cross country runners in the area. Congratulations to Katie C., the September Female Athlete of the Month! Plano Drumline Competition - Saturday September 26, the Red and Silver Drumlines Competed in the Plano Drumline Competition. The Silver Line was the defended champion and placed 1st and the Red Line place 7th.