Posted by Aaron on September 10th 2020 to News comment
If you haven’t heard by now you have probably seen the videos and pictures of the sky turning orange. No this is not a filter nor is it a camera trick. The sky turning orange is due to the large fires that are burning in California, Oregon, and in Washington state.
One of the fires now has reached the status of “biggest fire in California history”. The fire was sparked by lightning in Mendocino National Forest, midway between Sacramento and the Oregon border, and has consumed at least 471,000 acres. That is 12,000 more than the 459,000 acres that burned in the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018.
At this point firefighters are stretched between the three states and all working together to put out these fires. Around 3.1 million acres have burned in California alone, 672,000 in Oregon and 500,000 in Washington state. Towns have been wiped out. “It looks like a bomb went off” said Oregons governor.
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Posted by Aaron on September 07th 2020 to News comment
The Morningside golf team has successfully made it too Newton, Kansas for a golf tournament at Sand Creek Station golf course. This will be the first tournament that the Mustangs play in ever since COVID-19 hit back in April.
Morningside played Tuesday and Wednesday with the top 5 being Sam Storey, Corey Matthey, Jonny Douglas, Xan Mullagian, and Jackson Sitzman. Lead by coach Tod Sapp.
Sapp and his team look to pick things up right where they left off last time they were in Kansas they took 2nd in the tournament only losing by 4 strokes. This time he hopes to win. “The boys worked hard this offseason and now we got to translate it on the course.” Sapp said.
Last year the boys mustang golf team finished at rank 13th in the NAIA. Sapp intends to keep this status up with a lot go good new recruits. Most of them being outside of the U.S. Paul Henry is a freshman from Germany, James Thomas is from Australia, and Haricio Garcia is from Mexico.
With all this diversity and different cultures on the team is is truly rare and unique to be playing with people who are from all over the world. “They bring a different energy to the table that you just don’t quite get with American golfers” senior caption Sam Knight said.
Sand Creek Station is a fun yet difficult course. It can be stretched out meaning it can play longer if the tees were put in the way back. Its beautiful during the summer but playing in the winter is always hard especially if they make it long.
Sam Storey is a junior at Morningside and he is #1 on the golf team. He won this tournament and after winning this is what he said “I just had to stay focused and dedicated and keep my confidence, once I did that I ended up with the win.” This is the first win of the season for sam but number 4 in his career at Morningside.
The team won by 5 strokes and started the season off with a statement. “This is the best team Morningside has ever seen, and we are just getting started!”-Sam Storey.
The Morningside Mustangs are ranked 3rd in the NAIA which is the highest the boys have ever been ranked in golf. “It takes dedication and hard work, each day we are out here practicing and each day we are trying to make our selves better” – Tanner H. Senior. This tournament that was won in newton is only the beginning and first step of a very successful year.
Morningside has a very solid team and the sky is the limit for this team. They got all the potential to make it too nationals and maybe even winning. But that is a long way to go and a lot more tournaments to win. Winning in Newton proves that we are not only a good team in our devision but a good team against those around us. Hard work and teamwork is what makes this team so successful and it is what holds us together in the end. The mustang golf team is a family, we win as a team and we lose as a team.
