By: Desiree Harr
The undefeated Spartan wrestlers took on the Aquinas Blugolds on January 13 for another win on their record.
The Spartan wrestlers had another win against the Aquinas Blugolds. The ending score of the match was 41-20 with three forfeits from Aquinas. Spartan manager, Amelia Schmitz says, "So far I think that our season is going great and I hope to keep up our effort." The wrestlers have been working hard for this season and each one could only hope to win MVC again. Senior, Brianna Brinckman says, "I thought that the match last night got pretty intense." Whenever the students come to the matches they get pretty pumped and really support the team. Brinckman also says, "I think the boys are doing great and really hope that they keep it up." The boys only have a few more matches left until the end of this season. The next home match is on February 10 against Tomah and will be the last match of the season.
So far the season is going great for the Varsity boys' and the people wish the best to them. Come to the matches and take a look at the team. To find out dates and times of the matches you can go online to www.spartan.org. Come support the wrestlers!
By:Angela Leis-Roberts
Ashley King, Haylie Vieth, and Angela Leis-Roberts will be graduating from Sparta High School this year at the end of first semester, January 21st.
There are a few pros and cons to graduating early. Some of the pros to graduating are that it gives you time to prepare yourself for the future. It may help you take care of your family or a family member you have on the way. Sometimes the student may just want to be done with school, to avoid high school drama.
Vieth said, " Graduating early helps me get on the right path to start my career earlier."
Some cons to graduating early are not a lot of colleges accept students who have graduated early, so it may limit the student's choices on colleges. Also, it may affect the student's choice on going on to get a higher degree in the future if the student decides to take a break in between graduating high school and the fall of the next year.
When you graduate early you don't have as much socializing time with friends. King said, " It is sort of stressful to graduate early, you have to have good grades and you have to make sure you are not failing any classes in order to still be able to graduate at semester."
Even with the pros and cons the three students that will be graduating early have their own reasons for graduating early. King said, "I'm graduating early so that I have time to get ready and to take care of my son that is on his way."
Vieth said "I'm graduating early because I want to work to save money before I go on to school. I had thought about taking college classes during high school, but the course i wanted to take was already full."
In order to graduate early there are a few requirements that a student must meet. You need to have 48 credits. You need 8 social studies credits, 4 math credits, 8 English credits, 1 health credit, 1 economics credit, and 3 gym credits. You also have to write a paper on why you want to graduate early and have it approved by the principal.
So if you are thinking about graduating early contact your guidance counselor to see if they will allow you.
As the winter season is slowly coming to an end, athletes are still performing to their best ability and deserve to be nominated Athlete of the Week. The Spartan Defender staff spends a lot of time deliberating about who should be our next outstanding athlete.
Xavier Lopez is our athlete of week for the week of January 10 though the 14. Xavier is a senior at Sparta High School in the 2010-2011 school year and a wrestler on the Sparta Spartans wrestling team. He has been wrestling at Sparta High School for 4 years, and this is his second year on varsity.
Desiree Harr, a senior at Sparta High School explains, "I think Xavier is doing an awesome job wrestling this year, and he is improving a great amount." Harr goes on to explain, "It is exciting to see someone get as excited as he does about wrestling and I think that shows great dedication."
Tyler Skidmore, a junior at Sparta High School says, "I really enjoy watching wrestling. It is pretty obvious which kids have dedication to the sport and which kids are just going through the motions, even though i know that wrestlers are giving 110% effort all the time." Skidmore goes onto explain, "When Xavier wrestles, I know he is wrestling with dedication."
Congratulations Xavier and keep up the good work!
