Service Valley Charter Academy

This Thursday, September 18 the Oswego Cross Country teams will host our first ever cross country meet. The meet will take place at the Oswego Golf Course. The first race starts at 3:00. This group of runners has been an amazing group to coach. I know they would appreciate your support on Thursday. We would like to invite you to come watch them run. In cross country you are allowed to go out anywhere you want on the course to support the runners. Not sure there is another sport that you can go out and join the athletes on their area of competition. That is for sure a unique aspect of cross country. Come out and cheer our runners on this Thursday. You won't be disappointed!

The High School and middle school teams traveled to Fort Scott today for our second meet of the year. The 7th grade boys and girls started the action for us this afternoon. On the girls side Paris Clifton dominated the competition with a 1st place finish and a season best time of 14:43. Karma Cunningham ran second for our team with a time of 20:28. Journey Murphy was our 3rd runner to cross the line with a season best time of 22:41. Annie Reynolds was our 4th girl to finish and Abby Holler was our 5th girl. Annie and Abby ran the same time of 27:17. The five girls had a team score of 75 points which was good enough for 3rd place. On the 7th grade boys side Dawson Conrad paced the boys with a 2nd place finish and a very impressive time of 14:14. This was a season best time for Dawson. Skyler Neblett crossed the line 2nd for our Indian runners. His time of 18:34 was good enough for 21st place and also a season best time. Teagan Davis was our third runner with a time of 22:02 and also a season best time. Our 4th runner to finish was Tucker Brush with a season best time of 23:12. Jaden Perona would cross the line 5th for our junior high boys team. His time of 25:06 was also a season best time. The five runners for our middle school team captured 1st place team honors. The top ten runners received medals for their performance. Both Paris and Dawson secured our first two medals of the day. Echo Morrison was our only 8th grade runner to compete in the 8th grade girls division. Her time of 17:01 was good enough for 8th place and our third medal of the day. Her time was also a season best time. Chloe Rhodenbaugh would be our first high school runners to compete. Her performance in the girls JV race was good enough for third place. Chloe ran 28:03 which was one second off of her season best. Chloe won our 4th medal of the day. In the boys high school JV division, Kaden Esposito ran a very impressive season best time of 21:14 which was good enough for 2nd place and secured our 5th medal of the day. Kross Fuller crossed the line second for us with a time of 26:23. Kross finished in 27th place. Trace Kiser finished third for us with a time of 28:24. His time was good enough for 35th place. Madden Kilcrease ran his first race of the year crossing the line in 47th place for the Indians. You need five runners to qualify as a team. Unfortunately we were one runner short to qualify as a team. It was a great day for our Indian runners. The boys 7th grade team finished 1st and the girls 7th grade team ran to a third place finish. We had five runners secure medals. Ten out of the 17 runners today ran season best times. We had a great week of practice and it sure did pay off. I am extremely proud of how our runners performed today. We had really good team support and once again our parents showed up and performed at a high level. This was by far the hottest day we have had to run. That made things a little tougher for us but we didn't let that stop us. Would like to thank all the parents for the food and water they donated to our runners today. It was greatly appreciated. This group of runners is really fun to coach. I really enjoy watching them run. If you have a chance, please come out to the golf course next Thursday, Sept. 18. We are hosting our first meet ever. First race starts at 3:00. It is going to be a great day to watch our cross country teams compete.

Thursday, September 4 the OHS and OJHS cross country teams traveled to Garnett for our first meet of the year. Unfortunately we don't have results from the meet for me to share with you. We do know that Paris Clifton finished 6th in the 7th grade girls division. Top 10 runners in the junior high divisions received a medal for their efforts. In the JV divisions the top 15 runners received medals. Chloe Rhodenbaugh raced to a 14th place finish securing our first high school medal. In the high school boys JV division Kaden Esposito crossed the line in 7th place for our third medal of the day. Close behind Kaden was Kross Fuller and Trace Kicer. We also had Dawson Conrad, Echo Morrison, Braileigh Blake, Jaden Perona, Tucker Brush, Journey Murphy, Annie Reynolds, Teagan Davis, Karma Cunningham, Skyler Neblett and Abby Holler runner for the junior high team. I was extremely proud of all our runners. They ran extremely hard and gave great effort throughout their respective races. I thought they also showed great team support by running around the course supporting each other during all the races. It was a great first race for us. We have witnessed great improvement each day so far. It is going to be a great season and I am looking forward to watching all of our runners the rest of the year. Would also like to thank all of our parents for their great support Thursday. Thanks you also to the parents for supplying our runners with snacks, water and gatorade. It was greatly appreciated. Our next meet is next Thursday, Sept. 11 at Fort Scott.

Check out this poster with our schedule that Courtney Owens made up for us. Check out the schedule for any meets that you might be able to attend. I know all of our kids would love your support.

Cross Country had our annual Saturday morning breakfast run this morning. We have 19 runners out this year. The junior high kids ran a 2 mile course and the high school kids ran a 3.1 mile course. This was one of the best breakfast runs we have ever had. We had tremendous support from the parents this morning. It was really fun watching them out on the course supporting and cheering our kids on. All individuals on the team ran really well this morning. The times they ran were the best times we have ever ran for our breakfast run. It was a good run to show them where they are for the distance they have to run. We still have some work to do but it is extremely encouraging where we are, at this point in the season. Following our run the kids were served breakfast by the parents. I would like to thank Kathy Esposito for suppling the fruit, Beth Fuller for the drinks and Laura Hanigan for syrup, butter, peanut butter and nutella. Would also like to thank Courtney Owens for taking a great team picture. Thank you to all the parents for their great support this morning. Going to be a great cross country season. I would like to apologize for not getting any action photos. Is probably a good thing however if you have seen some I have taken in the past. I would also like to add that we will be hosting a meet this year on September 18 at the Oswego Golf Course. I know our kids would appreciate your support on the 18th. Hope to see you there.

Mr. Cruse will be at the high school until around 3:00 for those that are interested in signing up for cross country. If you are in grades 6 thru 12 your are eligible to run cross country. If you are interested in running cross country come out and see me. There is also a sign-up sheet at Service Valley for any 6th, 7th or 8th grade student who in interested from Service Valley.

Summer Cross Country 2025 We will meet on Wednesday every week to do some training and team building activities. We will always meet in the park unless I let you know different. We will start the Wednesday after memorial weekend. The date will be May 28. We will meet for an hour between 9:00 and 10:00 in the morning. We will just plan on meeting one day per week for now. If schedules allow, we might start meeting two days a week. No matter how many days we meet, you are still encouraged to run on your own on those days we don’t meet. Below are some websites that you can go and check out some summer camp opportunities. Check them out if you are interested in going to a camp. Participation in summer activities and camps is not mandatory but is encouraged. Memorial day is on May 26. We have been offered the opportunity to help put up the flags at the cemetery and get paid for doing so. I have accepted the offer. Let me know if you will be able to help put up flags on May 26. Some of the money will go to the cross country team to help pay for our trip to Rim Rock this year. In order to receive the money we will need cross country runners to help. If we don’t have runners help then we won’t receive the money. We will need to be there ready to put up flags at 6:30 am and take them down at 5:00 pm. We need to be there for both sessions. lyoncrosscountrycamps.com www.swmorunningcamp.com https://www.facebook.com/swmorunningcamp https://www.instagram.com/swmorunningcamp/ swmorunningcamp@gmail.com We cannot meet the week of June 30 thru July 6 per KSHSAA rules. After July 21 we can no longer meet as a team per KSHSAA rules. You can still run on your own. August 18: First Practice Hope to see you this summer. Neal Cruse Email:ncruse@usd504.org Phone: 620-778-2047

On Tuesday, May 27 we will have an archery ceremony to recognize all of our archers for the great season they had. The banquet will start at 6:30 and will be held in the cafeteria of the elementary school in Oswego. Please let me know if you will be able to attend so I can get a count of how many will be there. Please bring any archery shirts you have to the banquet to hand in. If you have paid for your shirt you won't need to turn it in. Thank you and we hope to see you on the 27th.

We had 28 archers travel to Louisville, Kentucky May 8th, 9th and 10th. There was 33 states and 877 schools represented in this tournament. It was a tremendous showing for both our elementary team and middle school team. Our elementary team shot their season best scores in bullseye and 3D both. Our middle school team was a little off of their best. They had a very good tournament however. I thought out shooters really stepped up against the best competition we have faced all year. Several qualified for Worlds which was a great accomplishment. The most impressive performance of the day came from Chloe Rhodenbaugh. In the history of our archery program we have never brought home hardware from this tournament. Chloe missed bringing home a medal by one place and one point. Just finishing 6th was a big deal. It would have been a huge accomplishment for her and our program if she could have secured that first medal. I could not be prouder of our archers that performed. It would have been easy for them to feel that they were in over their head with the great competition they faced. We did not do that! We shot just like we were shooting in a local tournament. Great job to all of our Indian archers. You were great representatives of our school and community. These people shot their best scores of the season: Jazlyn Folk 263 BE, Aralynn Tun 261 BE, Oakley Gatton 259 BE, Odalys Santana 257 BE, Bryson Royer 250 BE & 207 3D, Jackson Gilley 249 BE & 228 3D, Stephen House 242 BE, Pateince DeMoss 211 BE, Madison Spencer 209 BE, Allison Becker 198 BE, Kenzie Rion 193 BE, Chloe Rhodenbaugh 279 BE & 289 3D, Matthias Shaw 276 3D, Paris Clifton 248 3D We had two archers shoot perfect round of 50. Chloe Rhodenbaugh shot a 50 in 3D and Michael Varner shot a 50 in bullseye. We also had a record number of archers qualify of the Worlds Championship in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. In order to qualify for the prestigious event elementary archers had to shoot a score of 255 or better, middle school 275 or better. Those scores were for 3D and bullseye both. Those qualifying were Matthias Shaw in both 3D and bullseye, Chloe Rhodenbaugh in both 3D and bullseye, Michael Varner bullseye, Jazlyn Folk bullseye, Aralynn Tun bullseye, Oakley Gatton bullseye and Odalys Santana in both 3D and bullseye Bullseye: Elementary team score of 2934 placed us 66th out of 184 teams. This score was our top team score of the season. Individual Scores: Jazlyn Folk 263 PR - 22nd out of 690 5th grade girls, 121st out of 1805 elementary girls Aralynn Tun 261 PR - 140th out of 1115 5th grade girls, 172 out of 1805 elementary girls Oakley Gatton 259 PR – 62nd out of 823 4th grade boys, 256th out of 2009 elementary boys Odalys Santana 257 – 206th out of 1115 5th grade girls, 250th out of 1805 elementary girls Bryson Royer 250 PR – 128th out of 823 4th grade boys, 484 out of 2009 elementary boys Jackson Gilley 249 PR – 135th out of 823 4th grade boys, 502 out of 2009 elementary boys Teagan Davis 244 Stephen House 242 PR – 205th out of 823 4th grade boys Xitlally Santana 232 Skyler Neblett 229 Elias Smith 228 Cage Miller 220 Patience DeMoss 211 PR Madison Spencer 209 PR Allison Becker 198 PR Kenzie Rion 193 PR Middle School Team score of 3065 placed us 204th out of 252 teams. Individual Scores: Matthias Shaw 280 - 8th grade boys 92nd out of 996 shooters, 180 out of 2891 middle school boys Chloe Rhodenbaugh 279 PR - 56th out of 871 8th grade girls, 137th out of 2521 middle school girls Michael Varner 279 - 106th out of 996 8th grade boys, 208th out of 2891 middle school boys Eric Martin 271 - 185th out of 995 7th grade boys, 529th out of 2891 middle school boys Amelia Head 260 – 232nd out of 795 6th grade girls, 1001st out of 2521 middle school girls Paris Clifton 255 – 314th out of 823 6th grade girls Maicee Wimp 249 Gabe Spencer 249 Axel Santana 244 Sydney Huebner 240 McKenna White 239 Maleah Moore 220 3D Elementary Team Score 1381: 73rd out of 91 teams. This was our highest team score of the year and history of the program Middle school team score 1549: 108th out of 152 teams Elementary Individual Scores: Odalys Santana 256 – 52nd out of 463 5th grade girls, 60th out of 721 elementary girls Oakley Gatton 242 – 52nd out of 308 4th grade boys, 233nd out of 791 elementary boys Jazlyn Folk 242 – 37th out of 258 4th grade girls, 178th out of 721 elementary girls Jackson Gilley 228 PR Bryson Royer 207 PR Stephen House 206 Kenzie Rion 170 Middle School Individual Scores: Chloe Rhodenbaugh 289 PR – 4th place 8th grade girls out of 429, 6th place middle school girls out of 1221. Matthias Shaw 276 PR – 136th place out of 430 8th grade boys, 331 out of 1385 middle school boys Paris Clifton 248 PR – 145th out of 396 6th grade girls, 606th out of 1221 middle school girls Axel Santana 237 Amelia Head 234

We will be having archery practice on Wednesday and Saturday until we go to nationals. Wednesdays practice will be from 3:30-4:30 and a second session from 5:30-7:00. Saturdays will be from 5:30-7:00. Please let me know if you have any questions.

This coming Saturday, April 12 the archery team is going to have a pancake feed from 8:00-10:00 in the cafeteria of the elementary school in Oswego. The money raised from this will go to our archery team to help offset the cost of the trip to Louisville, Kentucky in May. The cost of the meal will be donation only. Your support on Saturday will be greatly appreciated. Hope to see you there. If you know you are going to attend, please let me know.

We would like to remind everyone of our archery meeting tonight about the national tournament. The meeting will start at 6:00 in the cafeteria at the elementary school in Oswego.

Friday, April 4 at 3:05 they are going to have an assembly at the high school to recognize the middle school and high school archery teams. We are going to celebrate their accomplishments this year and wish them good luck as we head to nationals. Parents of the middle school and high school students are invited if they want to come.

We are going to have a meeting to talk to those that are planning on or thinking about going to nationals. The meeting will be this Sunday, April 6 at 6:00 in the elementary school cafeteria in Oswego. We will also talk about possible fundraiser activities to help with the cost. Hope to see you there.

We will take the next couple weeks off from archery practice. We are in the process of finding out who all can go to Nationals. When we know who can go we will make plans to start practice up again. Will communicate practice schedule when we find out.

Parents, I am really looking forward to the state tournament tomorrow. I would like to take this time to thank each and every one of you for your continued commitment to the archery program. I sincerely hope you know how much I truly appreciate your willingness to make sure your kids are at these tournaments. I wish all of you safe travels to the tournament. I am really looking forward to the tournament and the opportunity our kids have before them. There will be two booths set up at the tournament. The first one I want to mention is the Kansas Wildlife and Parks booth. The second one is the Kansas BowHunters Association booth. The first one helped write us a grant to help with the purchase of the 3D targets. The second one donated money to help purchase the 3D targets. We would not have been able to purchase them and host a 3D tournament without their help. Please make a point of having your child stop by and thank them for their generosity. I know it would mean a bunch to both of them. Thank you and I look forward to seeing all of you tomorrow.

The address for the state archery tournament this Saturday is: Kansas State Fairgrounds, 2000 Poplar Street, Hutchinson, Kansas 67502. They shoot bullseye in the Meadowlark Building and 3D in the Sunflower South Building.

We will need to change our archery practice schedule this week . We will have 3D practice on Tuesday and Friday. Bullseye practice will be on Wednesday. Elementary practice will be from 3:30-4:30 all three days. Middle school and high school practice will be from 6:00-7:30 all three days. Anybody that does not have track, baseball or softball practice after school is welcome to practice from 3:30-4:30. There will also be an activity bus available to take students back to Parsons for those that want to stay after school and practice. Please let me know if you have any questions. All these practices will be in the NEHI gym.

We will not have archery practice this week. We will practice over spring break if you can make it. Spring break practice will be Monday thru Thursday 10:00-12:00 and Saturday, March 22 5:30-8:00. We will have our regular practice schedule starting March 24. Practice over spring break will be in the NEHI gym.

Please show up at least 45 minutes before you shoot at our archery tournament tomorrow.