Congrats Morgan on being a Kansas Financial Scholars Essay Contest Winner!
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**More Pictures from the JH OTL Track Meet Yesterday**
Junior High Track & Field wrapped up their season yesterday with some amazing performances!
A few highlights…
7th grade girls - OTL Champions
8th grade girls - OTL Champions
7th grade boys - OTL Champions
Faith Plager - high jump record (school & OTL - 5’0”)
Kambrie Rempe - 100 hurdles record (school - 17.34)
Tenley Heideman, McKenna Griffith, Faith Plager, & Carlee Steinlage - 4x100 record (school & OTL - 54.82)
And a lot of PRs!! The athletes performed well & had a great season!!
Junior High Track & Field wrapped up their season yesterday with some amazing performances!
A few highlights…
7th grade girls - OTL Champions
8th grade girls - OTL Champions
7th grade boys - OTL Champions
Faith Plager - high jump record (school & OTL - 5’0”)
Kambrie Rempe - 100 hurdles record (school - 17.34)
Tenley Heideman, McKenna Griffith, Faith Plager, & Carlee Steinlage - 4x100 record (school & OTL - 54.82)
And a lot of PRs!! The athletes performed well & had a great season!!
The Centralia Softball & Baseball teams both have home doubleheaders this evening starting at 4:30 pm versus Marysville.
This is the last home game and the last regular season game for the Baseball team before they start Regionals next week.
The 4th Grade class will have a lemonade/limeade stand at the games, all proceeds will go to the Centralia Ball Association.
Go Panthers!!
Congratulations to Josie Haverkamp for breaking her own school record in Shot Put! She threw 38’2 and the previous record was 38’ that she set in 2024. Way to go, Josie!
Great round by the Panthers!
Placing second with a 357! Lowest score of the year!
Bronx Talley got 7th place with a 90!
Gage Wimberly shot a career best with an 80, and got second place!
2nd graders are officially published authors! They got their copies of “Cleverly Coded Creations: A Poetry Anthology” this afternoon!
4th Graders are holding a lemonade/limeade stand tomorrow at the baseball/softball games. All proceeds go to the Centralia Ball Association.
Please use the following link for a message from some of the 4th grade boys.
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The High School Track team travels to Sabetha today for a meet that starts at 3:00 pm. Preliminary Running Events will start at 4:30 pm.
Good Luck Panthers!
Centralia Golf is at Washington today for a that starts at 10:00 am.
Good Luck Panther Golfers!
The Centralia Junior High Track team wraps up their season today at the OTL meet in Frankfort.
Pole Vault, High Jump, Long Jump & Triple Jump events will begin at 12:30 pm, all other field events will begin at 1:00 pm. The 3200 M Run will begin at 3:00 pm and all other running events will start at 3:30 pm.
Good Luck Panthers!
8th graders were using prisms today to
separate and reflect light. They had colors divided into cool and warm colors.
Written by Blake Broxterman and Thaden Slater
Lawson Osterhaus was brought into this world on December 12, 2006, by his parents, Dawn and Eric Osterhaus. He has an older brother, Raef and a younger sister, Taryn.
Lawson has been a faithful football team member and has played for all 3 years except for his senior year, where he was a manager for the team. He has also been a part of the basketball team for all four years of his time at Centralia High School and has loved his time as a part of the team. He was also in FFA for his first 2 years of high school and FBLA for his last 2 years. Lawson has also loved being in Kays for all 4 years of high school.
Lawson said, “My favorite part of all of high school had to be homecoming week.” He loves it so much because you can participate in all kinds of things throughout the week. Including dressing up with the themes that are set for each day, especially on Friday when you get to get out of school to tailgate out back. Eating great food and playing games while doing it. Another reason why he loved it so much is that they didn't have to drive far away for the football game, and it was just right there. He was also proud of the fact that his class won homecoming week all 4 of his years in high school, which contributed to his love for this week. He claimed, “Every year our class was devoted to winning that medal for all of our years.”
Lawson also states that Mrs. Gleason or Mr. Holthaus were the most influential people to him during his 4 years at Centralia High School. He said, “Gleason taught me how to make sure that I get my stuff done and done on time”. Which is one of the reasons why he said that he made it through Junior year. Osterhaus claims that the best way to overcome junior year is to make sure to get your stuff done and turned in.
During Lawson's free time, he loves to play Warthunder, which is a video game that involves flying military aircraft to defeat enemy players.. After high school, Lawson plans on going to flight school in Manhattan, Kansas. This school is called Flex Air, and at this school, he will learn how to do everything that involves flying planes. After he is done with school, he plans on flying planes commercially for any of the major flight companies all over the United States.
Finally, Lawson said that “High school goes a lot faster than you expect it to, so enjoy it while you're still there.” Which I think can apply to all kids in or out of high school because you never know how good something is until it's gone.
The 4th Grade is having a Cherry Limeade & Lemonade Stand at the Centralia Softball & Baseball games on Friday.
All proceeds will go to the Centralia Ball Association
Written by Jayce Schmitz
Lillian “Lily” Rose Puvogel, daughter of Jason and Amy Puvogel, was born on February 26, 2007, in Sabetha, Kansas. She began school in Hiawatha before moving to Corning and joining Centralia in 2020. Since then, she’s become known for her creativity, especially in the arts. Whether through her drawings, singing in choir, or dancing, Lily has always found ways to express herself. She's been dancing at Holle’s Studio since the age of three and spent three years on the Centralia dance team—dance has been a huge part of her life and one of her favorite outlets.
Lily has been incredibly involved during her time in high school. She’s been part of FBLA (serving as both secretary and president), FCCLA, NHS, Forensics, Scholars Bowl, Art, Band, and Choir, among others. She especially loved FBLA and dance, where she found leadership opportunities and a chance to grow both personally and creatively. She’s thankful for mentors like Mrs. Poe, who helped her build confidence, stay organized, and manage the stress that came with so many responsibilities.
When reflecting on high school, Lily describes her experience as “unexpected.” Every year brought new challenges and discoveries that helped shape her into who she is today. While she admits it hasn’t always been easy—especially balancing a packed schedule—she’s proud of how much she’s grown. One fun fact most people don’t know? She was in The Lion King and Aladdin in grade school, which helped spark her lifelong love of theater and the arts.
After graduation, Lily will head to Kansas State University to major in Social Work. Her passion for helping others and love for connecting with people make it a perfect fit. Her advice to the next senior class is simple but meaningful: “Don’t be afraid to do what makes you happy, even if it’s not the popular choice. Your happiness matters.”
Parker Koch was awarded 2nd place in the Office of the State Bank Commissioner (OSBC) and Kansas Department of Insurance financial literacy scholarship.
Parker has been awarded $3,000 for his essay.
Congratulations!
Yesterday in Mrs Holthaus's Science room the 8th graders were using lasers and mirrors to reflect light. They got up to 9 mirrors before they were unable to see the laser light.
Written by Kalin Olberding
Gage Wimberly was brought into the world on January 30, 2007. He was raised by his loving parents Brett and Shelli Wimberly. Gage also has one older brother Miles. Miles was also a student at Centralia and was a great role model to him.
During school Gage has kept himself entertained by enrolling in many sports and clubs, this includes football and golf. Gage played both sports for four years but he says out of the two golf was his favorite. Gage’s favorite memory from highschool is unsurprisingly also a golf memory. He says that it was “the first day of golf practice every year”. Gage also has some fond memories of football, if he could relive one part of all of highschool it would be rhyming on the sideline at football practice freshman year. Gage didn’t just do sports though he is also a part of many clubs and organizations. Gage has been in FFA his freshman year, FBLA from junior year to senior year, and Kays his sophomore, junior, and senior year.
Throughout the years at Centralia Gage has gained some wisdom on what to expect and how to manage your way through the rest of your high school career. He says that one thing the upcoming seniors should know is that they shouldn’t stress about the small things. Gage also has some advice on how to get through what he, and most students at Centralia, thinks is the hardest part of high school junior year. He says that one of the key ways he got through it was by learning the art of procrastination. Surprisingly enough Gage’s most influential teacher is Mrs.Gleason, he says she has pushed him hard to be better especially his junior year of English. One thing highschool has taught Gage is what having responsibility is truly like; Gage also says that the one word that would sum up his high school experience is surprising mostly because it was a lot more laid back than he expected. Lastly Gage plans on continuing his education at K-State where he will major in accounting.
Overall Gage is an excellent example of a hardworking and fun personalited person. Through his participation in football, golf, FBLA, and KAYs he has become a great role model to others and a great example of a good senior. I have no doubt that he will be successful in any of his future endeavors. I hope future students can only learn from his time at Centralia.
Written by Arrie Lasky
Helen Elizabeth Eaton was born on September 1, 2006, to Michele and Justin Koch, her lovely parents. She has two younger brothers, who are twins, Peter and George Koch. She grew up in Seneca, Kansas, with just her and her mom until she was about six or seven when her mom met her now stepdad, Justin (Gus) Koch. Then they welcomed her twin brothers. They lived north of Seneca until about 2019 when they moved to Centralia, where she has been going to school ever since her seventh grade year.
Helen is a member of the Centralia High School graduating class of 2025. Throughout her high school career, Helen has participated in FFA, was a basketball manager her freshman year, and filmed for the football team her sophomore year. FFA is her favorite ongoing activity, and she participated in it all four years of high school.
Known for her positive work ethic, Helen has been working at LifeCare in Seneca, Kansas, since March 2024, but she is PRN (as needed) at East Ridge in Centralia, Kansas. She has also had her CNA for almost 3 years.
Helen’s time at Centralia High School has been filled with many memories since her freshman year. She stated, “My favorite memory is my Junior year in the AG room when Wyatt Mason and I had our chickens that we had at the time on a chicken harness and walked the chicken around the AG room.” If Helen Eaton could revisit a memory from high school, she would choose a moment from sophomore year during seminar, which was the last 30 minutes of the day; it was never a dull moment for what they did. Her overall favorite class in high school would be any of her ag classes, such as AG Mech, animal science, and others like them. Her favorite part of her favorite club, FFA, was meeting all different kinds of people, making connections with one another, and forming new friendships with students from various schools. The most influential teacher or mentor during her time in school was the former agriculture teacher, Mrs. Jenna Akins. She encouraged Helen to push herself to her limits, try new things, helped her with her classes, and was a teacher to whom she could go to rant during the classes they had together.
Helen’s quote to an advice she would have for next year's senior class is, “Embrace it and do everything you can. It will go by fast.”When Helen graduates from Centralia High School, she is going to go back to Highand for their medical assistant class that they offer.
Centralia NHS recently held a food drive for the local food pantry. They asked Centralia Elementary students to bring in boxed foods and after all were collected the NHS students would set up the boxes up as dominos down the main hallway. The elementary class that donated the most boxed foods would win an ice cream party put on by NHS.
This morning everyone got to watch the domino event and the winning class was announced. Congrats to the 5th Grade class on donating the most boxed foods.
Thank you to everyone that donated.
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