On Saturday, March 4, the State Japanese Speech Contest was held at Rice University in Houston, Texas. A Smith High School student, Heewon Huh, won first place in the 5th Division Free Speech Contest. Heewon will move onto the All-States Competition in California in May. Congratulations Heewon & good luck in the All-States Competition!
This week Newman Smith High School Orchestra competed in UIL concert and sight reading contest.
For the sixth consecutive year Smith Orchestra received “sweepstakes” awards (averaging superior ratings in both concert and sight reading) with every group that went. This is the highest honor you can receive at contest.
This year the sub non-varsity, non-varsity, varsity string, and varsity full (strings combined with winds and percussion from band) all earned sweepstakes awards.
This is also the 31st consecutive year that the varsity orchestra has received sweepstakes at UIL concert and sight reading contest.
Congratulations to Newman Smiths’ Orchestra!
Congratulations to all of our athletes who represented CFBISD at STATE WRESTLING this past weekend in Cypress, Texas. We are very proud of you! With several of them returning next year, I am sure they will be on the road BACK TO STATE!
Congratulations to Creekview’s Coach John Johnson on being awarded the STATE ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR! Job well done!
Listed below are the results. Again, Congratulations to all coaches and wrestlers and thank you for making CFB PROUD!
CREEKVIEW
Boys
Noah Eikenhorst 106 Creekview State Qualifier
James Yarbro 113 Creekview State Qualifier
Isaiah Ayala 120 Creekview State Qualifier
Patrick Heidelberg 126 Creekview State Runner Up
Caleb Flores 138 Creekview 4th place State Placer
Matthew Shuh 145 Creekview State Qualifier
Rishard Woodley 160 Creekview State Qualifier
Edgar Herrera 170 Creekview State Alternate
Dagan Myers 220 Creekview State Alternate
Girls
Briana Galindo 95 Creekview State Qualifier
Janauya Bulter 102 Creekview State Qualifier
Yessica Rodriguez 110 Creekview State Alternate
Vanessa Castillo 165 Creekview State Qualifier
John Johnson – STATE Asst Coach Of the Year
TURNER
Boys
Dario Rivera 106 Turner State Qualifier
Abram Gonzalez 113 Turner State Qualifier
Matt Pezoa 120 Turner State Qualifier
Esau Giron 126 Turner State Qualifier
Elijah Begin 132 Turner State Alternate
Girls
Gabriela Aguinada 110 Turner 6th place State Placer
NEWMAN SMITH
Boys
Christopher Conway 170 Smith State Qualifier
3 Newman Smith Students are being accepted into the Texas Visual Arts Association 2017 High School Art Competition. The TVAA High School Art Competition is open to all 10th, 11th and 12th grade high school students who reside in the State of Texas. These students were chosen out of thousands of artworks.
Please Congratulate the following students:
Madison Diaz (Sculpture 2)
Yanckel Castillo (Ceramics 2)
and
Marina Sy (Drawing 2)
The Trojan wrestling season came to a close on Friday, February 24. Christopher Conway traveled to Houston to compete in the UIL State Wrestling Tournament at the 170 pound weight class. Chris represented the school and program well at the state meet. He was the first state qualifier for the Trojans since 2015. Chris’ run to the state meet was exceptionally impressive considering it was his first year officially competing in the sport. Conway is a senior and hopes to continue wrestling after he graduates this summer. Congratulations on all of your achievements, Chris!
Congratulations to all of our wrestlers – boys and girls from Creekview, Newman Smith, and Turner who competed at Regionals last weekend. Our athletes have done an amazing job and it’s not over yet! Please see the list of wrestlers who will be competing at STATE this Friday and Saturday, going for the ultimate goal of State Champion in Austin.
Congratulations to our Regional Coach of the Year – Sean Kitchen from Creekview and our Regional Assistant Coach of the Year – John Johnson from Creekview. All of our coaches do an outstanding job in coaching our kids to excellence!
Congratulations to our Regional Team Champions – CREEKVIEW and our Regional Team Runner Up – TURNER. Great job by all!
Coaches and Athletes – YOU HAVE MADE CFB PROUD! GOOD LUCK AT STATE!
CREEKVIEW
Boys
Noah Eikenhorst 106 Creekview 3rd Place state qualifier
James Yarbro 113 Creekview Regional Champion state qualifier
Isaiah Ayala 120 Creekview Regional Champion state qualifier
Patrick Heidelberg 126 Creekview Regional Champion state qualifier
Caleb Flores 138 Creekview Regional Champion state qualifier
Matthew Shuh 145 Creekview 4th Place state qualifier
Rishard Woodley 160 Creekview 4th Place state qualifier
Edgar Herrera 170 Creekview 5th Place state alternate
Dagan Myers 220 Creekview 5th Place state alternate
Girls
Briana Galindo 95 Creekview Regional Runner-Up state qualifier
Janauya Bulter 102 Creekview 4th Place stat qualifier
Yessica Rodriguez 110 Creekview 5th Place state alternate state alternate
Angela Buenrostro 138 Creekview 6th Place
Vanessa Castillo 165 Creekview Regional Runner-Up state qualifier
Sean Kitchen Coach Of the Year
John Johnson Asst Coach Of the Year
Creekview Boys Regional Champions
TURNER
Boys
Dario Rivera 106 Turner Regional Champion state qualifier
Abram Gonzalez 113 Turner 4th Place state qualifier
Matt Pezoa 120 Turner Regional Runner-Up state qualifier
Esau Giron 126 Turner Regional Runner-Up state qualifier
Elijah Begin 132 5th Turner state alternate
Matt Thorp 285 Regional Champion state qualifier
Turner Boys Regional Runner-Up
Girls
Gabriela Aguinada 110 Turner Regional Champion state qualifier
Jayne Barron 128 Turner 6th Place
NEWMAN SMITH
Boys
Nicholas Lewis 145 6th Smith
Christopher Conway 170 5th Smith won challenge State Qualifier state qualifier
Congratulations to Sarah Clarke for a strong finish at STATE swim meet this past weekend. At preliminaries on Friday, February 17, the importance was making the top 8 for Saturday. She qualified with a best time of her career and was ranked 7th in the 100 butterfly. On Saturday, she finished her high school career finishing as the 6th fastest flyer in the State 5A competition. Congratulations to her and representing Smith with pride!
The Trojan wrestlers had a pretty good start to the regional tournament. During day one on Friday, all three boys that entered the tournament won at least one match. Both Tyrese Lewis and Chris Conway won two matches and returned for day 2.
On the second day of competition, Lewis’ tournament ended with a 6th place finish. He ended his season as a regional placer with a 25-9 overall record.
Conway’s path was an odyssey worthy of a Trojan hero. He won his first match of the date then was narrowly defeated in his second. That loss sent him to the 5th place match, which he won. That victory allowed him to challenge for the fourth place wrestler for a berth to the state wrestling finals. In his final battle of the weekend, Chris Conway avenged two previous losses against a competitor from Creekview and will be the Trojans’ lone qualifier for state in his first competitive season.
Congratulations to Newman Smith Senior, Jason Zhang. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recently announced that Jason Zhang is a Finalists in the 2017 Competition for National Merit Scholarship honors. Zhang, one of the top secondary science students in America, was the overall UIL Science Champion (Biology, Chemistry and Physics) in 2016. Also, Jason earned a first place award in Physics at UIL Competition in 2016. On a national level Jason Zhang earned a Silver Medal at the U.S. Physics Olympiad and was ranked No. 4 in the United States in Chemistry via the National Chemistry Olympiad in 2016. Zhang has earned a near perfect score on the SAT examination.
The National Merit Scholarship Program earlier this month selected Finalists for the 2017 competition from about 16,000 Semifinalists named in September of 2016. National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists honors are based on a student’s performance on the PSAT exam in their junior year of high school. To earn National Merit Semifinalists and Finalists honors a student must exhibit exemplary academic achievement during their high school career.
Newman Smith National Merit Commended Scholars for 2017 are Chisara Campbell, Emily Clark and Julien Tagnon.
Antonio Camacho is NSHS’s National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholar for 2017.