Commencements exercises for the NCHS Seniors of 2009 will take place on Sunday, May 17 at 2:30 pm in Stull Gymnasium.

On Monday, May 11, the NCHS Golf Team traveled to Phillipsburg to compete in the Mel Schremmer Invitational Golf Tournament. The Jays finished in 5th place in 6-man, 4-man, and 2-man competitions, and JD Gall and Connor Pfannenstiel earned individual honors.

Norton Results--Mel Schremmer Invitational

The NCHS Track teams continued their season on Friday, May 8 at the Russell Invitational Track Meet. The girls team finished in 3rd place, and the boys finished in 6th place. Senior Hayli Bozarth set a new meet record in the process.

Norton Results--Russell Invitational Track Meet

On Tuesday, May 5, the NCHS track team traveled to Oberlin to compete in the Oberlin Invitational. The girls were able to earn the team championship, and the boys finished in 4th place overall. Highlighting the day for the Jays was Hayli Bozarth, setting new meet records in both the Shot Put and Discus

Norton Results--Oberlin Invitational

On Friday, May 1, the NCHS Track team traveled to Wakeeney to compete in the Goldsmith Relays. The girls team finished in 4th place, and the boys finished in 6th place.

Norton Results--Goldsmith Relays

On Thursday, May 7, the NCHS Golf Team traveled to Colby to compete in the Colby Invitational. As a team, the Bluejays finished in 4th place, and JD Gall earned 4th place individual honors for the tournament.

Norton Results--Colby Invitational Golf Tournament

On Thursday, May 7, the Junior Varsity portion of the NCHS Golf season came to a close at the Trego JV Invitational Golf Tournament. As a team, the Bluejays finished in 8th Place and had no individual medalists

Norton Results--Trego JV Invitational Golf

On Saturday, May 2, ten journalism students tested their talents against 118 other journalism students from across the state at the Kansas Scholastic Press Association state contest. The contest took place in Lawrence with a total of 1,056 entries being submitted. The following students placed in their respective contests: Marissa Baker, honorable mention advertising; Billy Broeckelman, honorable mention headline writing; Kayla Scheetz and Taylor Rossi, honorable mention in yearbook theme development. Other students submitting entries were: Ryan Blecha, Allie Corbin, Lacy Keilig, Kendra Engelbert, Alyssa Thomson, and Wiyanna Paxton.

1 Certificate: RJ Ellis--Top Freshman drafting project project in the fair.

6 Medalists: RJ Ellis, Cody Cook, Adam Myers, Matt Stanley, Justin Gibson, and Troy Bainter

9 Superior Ratings: Adam Myers, Cody Cook, Troy Bainter, Kaid McKenna, Matt Stanley, Justin Gibson, Hannah Fulton, Nish Millan, and RJ Ellis

11 Excellent Ratings: Bryan Henry (2), Casey Temmel, DJ Ebner, Matt Stanley, Zac Dreher, Nathan Felton, John Koch, Caleb Goss, Courtney Kaus, and Brett Terrell

5 Good Ratings: Tyler Lewis (2), Casey Temmel, Justin Gibson, Kerstan Richmeier

On Tuesday, May 6, the NCHS JV golfers competed in their own Norton Invitational. As a team with 2 squads, the Bluejays finished in 5th and 9th place, and had no individual medalists.

View Norton Results from Norton JV Invitational