December 7, 2018
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Donations lead to 400 new books for local students
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Warrenton’s Leonard Thompson works hard to pin an opponent.
Wrestlers show much promise
B y n iC p ior
For The Columbia Press
Warrenton High School’s
wrestling team had some
great match-ups at the Jam-
boree in Knappa on Nov. 28.
Leonard Thompson won
both of his matches; Alex
Tapia also went 2-0.
Sam Irwin, a returning
wrestler who went to state,
had a good match-up against
Isaac Goozee, who is expect-
ed to place at state. Giovan-
ni Martinez wrestled up a
weight class to get a good
match against Trent Bern-
sten. Although Martinez lost,
he fought hard.
Armin Rodriquez also wres-
tled up to face Robert Pina.
Rodriquez also did well, de-
spite a 10-pound weight dif-
ference.
Triston Scott made his
match-ups look easy, wrap-
ping up the meet 2-0. Nic
Pior (yeah, that’s me) wres-
tled a state contender and a
third-in-state placer, ending
the meet going 2-0.
One of the highlights was
Caleb Sprengeler winning the
first match of his high school
wrestling career. Hooray!
While the meet went ex-
ceptionally well, it came at a
cost.
Thomas Atwood, who was
expected to have a great sea-
son, hurt his shoulder in his
second match. And two oth-
er members of Warrenton’s
varsity lineup were injured:
Tim Pior broke a finger and
Robbie Burk broke his wrist.
Regardless,
the
meet
showed that our team has
potential, but also much to
work on.
We’ve been practicing hard
to prepare for our first girls
wrestling tournament on
Friday, Dec. 7, and our boys
wrestling tournament on
Dec. 8. We are expected to
have many state contenders.
The coaching staff has been
phenomenal these past four
years. Coaches Trent Klebe,
Corey Conant, Steve Stratton
and Mallory Rettig push us
and show us that our team
has many possibilities, we
just have to put the puzzle
pieces together.
Customers of The UPS
Store in Warrenton funded
the donation of 400 new
children’s books to War-
renton’s Start Making A
Reader Today (SMART)
program.
The UPS Store has a coin
box on its counter for the
Toys for Tots Literacy Pro-
gram and customers often
drop their change or stuff
bills into the box. It added
up.
The 400 books repre-
sent the amount collected
during the past 18 months.
Jeanne Moha, director of
Warrenton’s SMART pro-
gram, was thrilled with the
donation, which was re-
ceived in late October.
The Toys for Tots Liter-
acy Program, developed
in 2008 by The UPS Store
network and the Marine
Toys for Tots Foundation,
is designed to offer disad-
vantaged children direct
access to books and edu-
cational resources to en-
hance their ability to read.
Since its inception, UPS
and The UPS Store network
have distributed nearly 40
million books to children
across the country.
SMART volunteers read
one-on-one with students
every week during the
school year, modeling a
love of reading and build-
ing children’s reading skills
and self-confidence.
100 percent of every dol-
lar donated at UPS Store
locations is used to pur-
chase books. Cindy Yingst
and D.B. Lewis are owners
of the local franchise.
S E N DI N G YO U WA R M W I S H E S
Happy Holiday s
Warm Wishes
From our family to yours, wishing you
a double dose of health and
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you now and throughout the New Year.
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