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CYA Basketball Registration Now Thurmont Top Shots Win Award for
Open Third Consecutive Year

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Catoctin Youth Association (CYA) offers kindergarten through U19 boys
and girls teams. All team/league information, tryout/evaluation dates and
times, and player fees are listed on the CYA Basketball website. Please register
online at www.leaguelineup.com/cyabasketball.
Coaches wanted! If you are interested in coaching, please contact Jason
Smith at [email protected]. Curriculum provided.

Looking for All CHS Cougar Football

and Cheerleading Alumni

In honor of the 50 anniversary of Catoctin High School (CHS), the
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football and cheerleading teams are pleased to announce that at the October
26, 2018, game, they will be inviting their past players and members to walk
out at half-time and be recognized by graduation year as honored alumni
of CHS programs. They are excited to invite the community to join in the
celebration of the school’s sports history, as well as watching this year’s
Cougars beat Clear Spring on their march to playoffs 2018. Go, Cougars!

Free Baton Twirling Course For the third consecutive year, the Thurmont Top Shots, representing the

The Catoctin-Ettes, Inc., a local non-profit marching corps, will again Thurmont Conservation & Sportsman’s Cub (TCSC) and American Legion
host its free beginner baton twirling course. The course is an excellent way to Post 168, were awarded the American Legion Champion Squad in the singles
sample the sport of baton twirling without any costs whatsoever. trapshooting event at the 2018 AIM Grand National Championship. The
The class is geared for participants who have never twirled a baton and are championship was held at the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in
five years old or older. If interest warrants, a second Tiny Tot class may be held Sparta, Illinois, from July 27 through July 30. Team members participating in
for those who are between the ages of three and five years old. the event included Will Sears, Blake Seonarain, Neall Kemp, Stephanie Kennedy,
Classes will be held at the Emmitsburg Community Center Gym on Josh Runion, Nathaniel Neuland, and Kyle Snowden (missing Shane Biser).
Monday evenings at 6:00 p.m. Classes are 45 minutes in length and completely For information on how to join the TCSC Top Shots shooting program,
free! Participants borrow batons for class time at no charge. The course begins contact Coach Dan Neuland at [email protected].
on Monday, October 1, 2018, depending on the registration received. All
participants must be pre-registered. Tristan Rice Sets Powerlifting
The four-week baton twirling course will highlight basic twirling and
marching. The course is held as a way to draw attention to the ever-growing Records
sport of baton twirling as a recognized sport, which may one day become an
Olympic sport. Tristan Rice, of Sabillasville, is a
The free twirling course is offered by Catoctin-Ettes, who has been a local sixteen-year-old junior at Catoctin
street parade and competition marching corps since 1972. Teachers for the High School and an HVACR/
course are fully qualified, experienced coaches and aides. Plumbing student at the Frederick
For more information or registration, contact Donna Landsperger at County Career and Technology
[email protected] or 240-405-2604. Center. This busy student is also a
dedicated athlete who throws the
Kennedy shot put during the school year
for the Track and Field Team at
Wins NRA Catoctin, and works out several
times a week at Anytime Fitness in
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skills and increasing his strength.
Stephanie Kennedy of Tristan recently set two national powerlifting records and an unofficial
Thurmont was awarded a $1,250 world record. His national records include a 502.6 lb. squat and a 510.4
National Rifle Association (NRA) lb. deadlift recorded in the USPA 16-17 Year Old 275 LB Weight Class and
Scholarship at the 2018 AIM his world record was in the IPL 15-19 Year Old 275 LB Weight Class. The
Grand National Championship, Records were set August 18, 2018, at CrossFit Frederick during the Maryland
held this summer in Sparta, Drug Tested State Championship meet.
Illinois. Tristan is traveling to Las Vegas for the IPF Drug Tested World Championship
Kennedy is a criminal justice where he will officially compete for two world records in the squat and deadlift.
major at Mount Saint Mary’s Tristan explained that, “Powerlifting is something that I’ve done in football and
University and a member of the shot put and I decided to pursue this summer while working as a full-time plumber.”
Thurmont Top Shots. She also “After seeing what the records were, I decided to start powerlifting and see
placed third in Class C Doubles what limits I could push myself to. I work very hard in this and want to go to
Trapshooting in the junior-gold the world championship and do my very best.”
division at the competition. Tristan’s parents, Penny and Russell Rice are very proud of him. They
indicated that this is something Tristan has done on his own and he is very
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numbers climb week by week,” Penny said, “Sometimes he’d go to the gym at
11 o’clock at night just to get his workout in.”