Cambridge-Isanti
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March 7, 2011
Bluejacket News
Great Weekend For the Bluejackets!
Bluejacket Championships and Honors in 2010-2011
By:
Mark Solberg
Activities Director
Cambridge-Isanti Schools
430 NW 8th Avenue
Cambridge, MN 55008
phone 763-689-6011
fax
763-689-6060
mark_solberg
@cambridge.k12.mn.us
In the CambridgeIsanti Athletic
and Activities
Department- we
strive to help our
students become
better citizens,
leaders, students,
athletes, and fine
arts participants!
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The number of Academic Championships won in 2010-2011 is outstanding and represents hard
work and academic excellence. A Big Bluejacket thank you goes out to all Cambridge-Isanti
school board members, administration, faculty and staff, for their tremendous efforts to
help educate our students! According to the Minnesota State High School League, the
National Federation of High School Sports, and the American College Testing Service- Participants in Athletics, Activities, and Fine Arts Programs Do Better in the Classroom!
2010-2011 Section and State Academic Team Championships:
- Girls Basketball- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher
- Football- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher, Section 8AAAAA Academic
Champions, State Class AAAAA Academic Sixth Place
- Gymnastics- gold award, 3.80 GPA or higher
- Boys Hockey, silver award, 3.30-3.50 GPA
- Girls Hockey- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher, Section 7AA Academic Champions
- Boys One Act Play- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher
- Girls One Act Play- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher
- Boys Swimming and Diving- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher, Section 7AA
Academic Champions
- Girls Swimming and Diving- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher, Section 7AA
Academic Champions
- Girls Tennis- silver award, 3.30-3.50 GPA
- Wrestling- gold award, 3.50 GPA or higher
2010-2011 Mississippi 8 Conference Academic Team Championships:
- Girls Basketball
- Boys Hockey
- Girls Hockey
- Boys Swimming and Diving
Great Weekend for the Bluejackets
Congratulations to the following:
Our wrestling team coached by Neil Jennissen, John Droubie, Jesse Jennissen, Travis Fuhol,
Tom Campanaro, and Darrell Skog had an outstanding showing at the state individuals wrestling
tournament on Friday and Saturday.
State runner-ups - Travis Holt at 135 pounds and Clayton Jennissen at 171 pounds
State third place- Cody Skog at 140 pounds
State fifth place- Adam Kelling at 145 pounds, Cody Glines at 152 pounds, and Derek Swanson
at 189 pounds
State tenth place- Tyler Tischer at 125 pounds
A special congratulations to our wrestling team for being named by the wrestling coaches association, an academic gold standard team, for a cumulative grade point average of 3.72.
Our boys swimming and diving team coached by Gary Gotz, Karen Anderson, Corey Forslund, and Kelly Brown finished in
18th place as a team on Saturday. Top ten place winners were as follows:
Jacob Berry- fifth in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 100 butterfly
Jason Codner, David Voller, Ben Nault-Maurer, and Jacob Berry- tenth in the 400 freestyle relay
Also, our boys swimming and diving team is an academic gold standard team with a grade point average of 3.65, Mississippi 8,
and Section 7AA boys swimming and diving academic champions.
Our girls basketball team coached by Jody Ledahl, Jeff Kurowski, Matt Braaten, and Clinton Lundeen advanced to the Section
7AAAA Semifinals by defeating St. Francis on Thursday 51-49 in a real thriller.
The Bluejackets will play tonight vs. Blaine at 8:00 p.m. at North Branch High School. Earlier this week, they were named as
Mississippi 8 academic champions for girls basketball. They also are an academic gold standard team, with a grade point average
of 3.75.
Our boys basketball team coached by Mike McDonald, Jim Lutterman, Travis Turgeon, and Shannon Olson beat Big Lake 44-40
in their last regular season game on Friday. The team will play in the Section 7AAAA Quarterfinals on Thursday, March 10 at 7:00
p.m. vs. Blaine at Blaine High School.
Honors This School Year:
Coaches of the Year, as voted by their peers:
- Wendy Rooney, 7AA Gymnastics Coach of the Year
2010-2011 State Team Place Winners:
- Boys Cross Country- 16th at state
- Gymnastics- Fourth at State
- Boys Swimming and Diving- 18th at state
2010-2011 Section Team Championships:
- 7AA Boys Cross Country Runner-ups
- 7AA Gymnastics Champions
- 7AA One Act Play Runner-ups
- 7AA Boys Swimming and Diving Runner-ups
- 7AAA Wrestling Runner-ups
2010-2011 Mississippi 8 Conference Team Championships:
- Gymnastics
- One Act Play- starred show
Invitational Tourneys, Varsity Championships Won By our Teams
Boys Basketball- Hibbing
Boys Hockey- Spring Lake Park Turkey Shootout
Speech- Ogilvie
Boys Swimming and Diving- South St. Paul, Chisago Lakes
Girls Swimming and Diving- Princeton
Wrestling- White Bear Lake Quad, Bluejacket Invite, Bluejacket Duals
Cambridge-Isanti High School Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award Recipients:
Seniors Tori Marlton and Mark Volker
Section 7AA Academics, Arts, and Athletics Award Winner
Mark Volker
Star Tribune Athletes of the Week
Anna Solbrack, Gymnastics, January 11, 2011
Ted Lutterman, Basketball, February 22, 2011
Hardware Hanks Statewide Nuts and Bolts Athlete of the Week
Ted Lutterman, Basketball, February 22, 2011
St. Paul Pioneer Press Athlete of the Week
Anna Solbrack, Gymnastics, January 18, 2011
Top Ten Place Winners as Individuals at Minnesota State High School State Competitions:
Wrestling:
State runner-ups- Travis Holt at 135 pounds and Clayton Jennissen at 171 pounds
State third place- Cody Skog at 140 pounds
State fifth place- Adam Kelling at 145 pounds, Cody Glines at 152 pounds, and Derek Swanson at 189 pounds
State tenth place- Tyler Tischer at 125 pounds
Boys Swimming and Diving:
Jacob Berry- fifth in the 100 backstroke and eighth in the 100 butterfly
Jason Codner, David Voller, Ben Nault-Maurer, and Jacob Berry- tenth in the 400 freestyle relay
In the Cambridge-Isanti Athletic and Activities Department- we strive to help our students
become better citizens, leaders, students, athletes, and fine arts participants!