Week in Review 2019-03-03
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Jasper’s Jared Englert cheers while his teammates hug him after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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The Jasper Wildcats crowd around the sectional championship trophy after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Caleb Burger places his hand over his heart during the national anthem during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Phillip Noblitt, center, huddles with his teammates before Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Jared Englert prepares for tip off against Evansville Reitz's Gehrig Tenhumberg during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Jackson Kabrick looks to catch a pass during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Reece Milligan goes up for a shot during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Jared Englert goes up for a shot during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper fans Caleb Schnarr, 11, left, AJ Huelsman, 12, Jace Foy, 12, Logan Day, 11, top left, and Ethan Young, 11, all of Jasper, cheer during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Reece Milligan makes a foul shot as the student section gestures towards him during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper Head Coach John Goebel checks on Reece Milligan after a foul was called during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper Senior Cheerleader Zoe Biggs, center, cheers during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39.
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Jasper’s Jackson Kabrick, center, argues a call during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Caleb Burger cheers as his team gains a better lead during the fourth quarter of Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Zoe Biggs
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Jasper’s Jared Englert goes up for a rebound during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Jackson Kabrick runs to celebrate with his teammates after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Adam Schwartz
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Jasper’s Caleb Burger rushes on court to hug Reece Milligan after the final buzzer at Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Zoe Biggs
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Jasper’s Jared Englert screams as he hugs Adam Schwartz, Jaspers assistant, left, during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Adam Schwartz
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Jasper’s Reece Milligan holds the sectional trophy after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Phillip Noblitt cuts a piece of the net in celebration of winning the sectional championship during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper's Assistant, Adam Schwartz, nicknamed by the team 'Schwartzy' holds up the net for the audience during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Adam Schwartz
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The Jasper Wildcats cheer as head coach John Goebel holds up his trimming from the net after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Reece Milligan holds up a fist for a final team cheer after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Reece Milligan, left, and Caleb Burger walk together to the locker room after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Jasper’s Caleb Burger rushes on court to hug Reece Milligan after the final buzzer at Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Zoe Biggs
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Jasper’s Phillip Noblitt cuts a piece of the net in celebration of winning the sectional championship during Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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The Jasper Wildcats cheer as head coach John Goebel holds up his trimming from the net after Saturday's Class 4A boys basketball sectional championship game in Evansville. Jasper defeated Evansville Reitz 45-39. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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The Miss. and Little Miss. Shamrock finalists are photographed by the audience after the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/ The Herald
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Charlotte Olson, center, wishes Josie, top left, and Ella Wiggins, 8, and Chloe Vincent, 6, all of Jasper, good luck with a group hug with before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Olson is the chairwoman of the event and growing up in Ireland, the Miss. Shamrock pageant was her first. "I want the girls to know that they all are valuable and truly worthy and that they can be whoever they want on that stage and will be accepted for being unique." Olson said. It's humbling to me that I get to be part of this experience for them and watch the girls grow." Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Claire Terwiske, 6, left, of Ireland hugs Ella Lenenback, 8, of Jasper before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Chloe Vincent, 6, right, of Jasper whispers to Ella Leinenbach, 8, of Jasper while playing telephone with Claire Terwiske, 6, of Ireland, Layn Wehr, 6, of Ireland and Josie Wiggins, 8, of Jasper before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Six of the Little Miss. Shamrock participants occupy themselves in a classroom before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Tenley Miller,5, of Ireland sits for a moment before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Claire Terwiske, 6, left, of Ireland, Josie Wiggins, 8, of Jasper and Layn Wehr, 6, of Ireland wait backstage before the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Claire Terwiske, 6, right, of Ireland, Riley Wiggins, 8, of Jasper, Josie Wiggins, 8, of Jasper and Anna Sermersheim, 6. of Ireland wait backstage as Tenley Miller, 5, of Ireland walks off stage during the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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The audience photographs the finalists after the awards were presented during the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Tenley Miller, 5, of Ireland looks at her sash for first runner up in the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Tille Vurger, 92, of Jasper watches the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Vurger typically finds herself getting out of the house to attend ball games and other community events. Traci Westcott/ The Herald
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Layn Wehr, left, hugs Anna Sermersheim, both 6 and of Ireland after the Miss Shamrock Pageant at Ireland Elementary school on Saturday. Traci Westcott/ The Herald
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Joe Lasher, 7, of Evanston, interacts with sled dog, Noggin, during a talk given by three-time Iditarod racer Karen Land of Indianapolis at the Ferdinand Branch Library on Saturday. Land has spent the last nineteen years traveling around the U.S. giving talks about her experiences racing the Iditarod, a one-thousand-mile dog sled race held in Alaska. "I like the idea of kids listening and experiencing something for real," Land said. She added that getting kids excited about the outdoors and inspiriting others to get involved is one of her favorite parts. Daniel Vasta/The Herald
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Three-time Iditarod racer Karen Land of Indianapolis gives a talk at the Ferdinand Branch Library on Saturday. Daniel Vasta/The Herald
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Tristan James, 7, of Ferdinand, pets sled dog, Noggin, during a talk given by three-time Iditarod racer Karen Land of Indianapolis at the Ferdinand Branch Library on Saturday. Daniel Vasta/The Herald
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Sled dog Noggin watches as her owner and three-time Iditarod racer Karen Land of Indianapolis gives a talk at the Ferdinand Branch Library on Saturday. Daniel Vasta/The Herald
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Library Programming Manager Gayle Edelen of Jasper, left, and three-time Iditarod racer Karen Land of Indianapolis, pet her sled dog, Noggin, before Land's talk at the Ferdinand Branch Library on Saturday. Daniel Vasta/The Herald
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Holland Elementary fourth-graders Riley Blessinger, left, Laney Bardwell and Ayden Kramer prepare the flags to be folded before school is dismissed on Monday. Raising and lowering the flag is a fourth-grade honor at Holland Elementary and the girls have been responsible for the flag since the start of the school year after they showed good behavior and respect for the flag. "It's fun," Laney said. "When one of us is absent we have to teach other people how to fold the flag, how to put it up and take it down." All of the girls said the duty felt special and they liked being in charge of it. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Holland Elementary fourth grader Laney Bardwell, left, finishes folding the Indiana State flag while her classmates Riley Blessinger and Ayden Kramer wait to properly store the flag before school is dismissed on Monday. Raising and lowering the flag is a fourth-grade honor at Holland Elementary and the girls have been responsible for the flag since the start of the school year after they showed good behavior and respect for the flag. "It's fun," Laney said, "When one of us is absent we have to teach other people how to fold the flag, how to put it up and take it down." All of the girls said the duty felt special and liked being in charge of it. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Holland Elementary fourth-grader Riley Blessinger, center, lowers the flag while her classmates, Ayden Kramer and Laney Bardwell wait to assist her before school is dismissed on Monday. Raising and lowering the flag is a fourth-grade honor at Holland Elementary and the girls have been responsible for the flag since the start of the school year after they showed good behavior and respect for the flag. "It's fun," Laney said, "When one of us is absent we have to teach other people how to fold the flag, how to put it up and take it down." All of the girls said the duty felt special and liked being in charge of it. Traci Westcott/The Herald
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Holland Elementary fourth-grader Riley Blessinger, center, lowers the American flag to her classmate Ayden Kramer while Laney Bardwell holds the Indiana State flag before school is dismissed on Monday. Raising and lowering the flag is a fourth-grade honor at Holland Elementary and the girls have been responsible for the flag since the start of the school year after they showed good behavior and respect for the flag. "It's fun," Laney said, "When one of us is absent we have to teach other people how to fold the flag, how to put it up and take it down." All of the girls said the duty felt special and liked being in charge of it. Traci Westcott/The Herald