Shylee Kidman tossing a double Color Guard is a combination of flags, sabers, wooden rifles, and other equipment, as well as dance and other interpretive movements. The color guard season starts with parade, then football, then basketball, Christmas, and talent show, then onto winter guard. Each section of the season is different ranging from band music, to audio. Also from being out on the football field to working inside.
The color guard season includes them performing at high school football games with the band and high school basketball during the halftime shows. They usually do their own routine. This year the team is performing at lacrosse halftime shows and the spring show on April 13th. When the color guard is not performing for fall sports, they get ready for their new season: winter guard. Winter guard is just like a normal season but instead of performing at games, they prepare for the competitions within other divisions that have color guard teams. Each competing team must have 5 or more people on the team and have attended practice to learn the basic movements. The routine is called “Andy’s Bath”. Choreographed by Linnea Thomas and Hanna Nyman with the help of our captains Harley Bennett and Kapree Christensen. Right now all that is done is the floor, which looks like a bathtub full of water. They have all learned the routine and they just clean up the routine during practice to make it look better. They have practice every morning at 5:30 and Wednesday after school. For this routine, they use flags, streamers, hula hoops, and sabers that have been put into the routine. Bear River’s color guard winter competitions are coming up soon. February 19th at West Lake High School, February 26th at Lehi High School, March 12th at Lone Peak High School, March 26th Pleasant Grove High School, and April 2nd (championships) at Riverton High School. Our color guard team has 10 members which include Harley Bennett (Senior), Kapree Christensen (Senior), Amare Johnson (Box Elder Senior), ShyLee Kidman (Senior), Lillie Rasmussen (Herriman Sophomore), Ashley Hunter (Sophomore), Madelaine Jensen (Sophomore), Kaisa Faulring (Sophomore), Addison Phipps (Freshman), and Rebecka Hayden (Freshman). Anyone who wants to watch this amazing routine, come cheer on the color guard at the competitions. If you want to be part of this amazing group, color guard tryouts are 25-27th of April. Update: Bear River placed 9th at West Lake. Bear River also placed 5th place at Lehi.
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Written By: Kael Kowallis Photo Credits: Danny Esplin
The Bear River High School swim team had an incredible showing at Region on the 29th of January. Many Bears punched their spots onto the state team roster. It was quite a show at the region meet for the Bear River High Swim team. Even though there were only four medals earned there were many athletes who were close to receiving a medal. Many swimmers got their new personal record and it was overall a great meet. Now some of the swimmers will join the state team and will compete at the highest level for high school swimming. The women that made the state team include Shannon Hyer, Morgan Mickelson, Ashley Littlefield, Kambry Gardner, Astrid Nergaard, Allie Throop, Reagan Tureson, Iliana Anderson, and Kiya White. On the boys side of things Kelton Marshall, Kael Kowallis, Keeghan Gibbs, Garrett Griffin, Hayden Swain-Schmit, Jace Hamblin, Aaron Betournay, Jonah Dean, Peter Ingleby, Jaden Hyer, Brody Rowley, Ashton Esplin, Kaden Kofoed, Riley Orem, and Daxton Gardner. This is quite an impressive turnout for a state team. Many athletes were feeling optimistic about this state championship. Jonah Dean, for example, said that he was ready to “redeem himself from a rough showing at the Region meet.” Dean swam the 100-yard butterfly and the 200-yard freestyle. Dean is a strong swimmer and was looking forward to the state meet. At the state meet, there was something super exciting that happened, senior Kelton Marshall was forced to do a swim off which is when two swimmers tie and have to swim that race again one on one at the end of the meet. Coach Danny Esplin says, “In all my years of coaching, I have never seen that.” Marshall won the race and on day two received his eighth-place medal. Shannon Hyer made a repeat of last year's state meet with a fifth-place finish and a massive time drop which was a personal record of two seconds with a time of 1:03.33 in the 100-yard butterfly. Jonah Dean, Kael Kowallis, and Hayden Swain-Schmit all were able to finish in under a minute in their respective races. Dean and Kowallis Swam the 100 butterfly and Swain-Schmit swam the backstroke. Garrett Griffin was able to drop over 20 seconds in the 500-yard freestyle. The Bears men and women both took 11 place in the state and had an incredible finish to their season. |
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