Somerville Intermediate School -

This week has been amazing! We hosted the Varsity Track Koppers Relays on Thursday, 3-11-21 and the Jr High on Friday, 3-12-21! The meet was a big time success because of all the support we received from coaches, teachers, booster club, students, and especially the community! Everyone pitched in! The big winners were the Somerville athletes and all the teams that competed! We would like to send a special thank you to Koppers for their financial support and all the volunteers that helped out during the track meet! We also want to thank the Somerville Booster Club for working the concession stand and thank you to Amanda Flencher for making sure we had everything we needed! Another big thanks goes to Joe Gonzales for bringing his pit and cooking the meals. Thank you to all my Coaches an the Maintenance Dept for getting it ready and working the meet! A big shout goes to Ms. I for handling the computers and meet entries and making things go smoothly! Thanks Ms. Jackson for assisting her. Lastly, thank you Dennis Mikulin for announcing the meet and Ms Baugus for organizing each teams medals. I know many others were involved and please know we really appreciate the help and it didn’t go unnoticed. Thank you everyone for making this meet go smoothly and efficiently! We can’t wait to make it bigger and better next year! GO YEGUAS!

We had an impressive turnout for cheer tryouts this year with 26 girls trying out. Congratulations to the 2021/22 cheer squads! Leadership for each squad will be announced at a later date. VARSITY CHEER: Alazia Vela, Bryanna Surovik, Elise Lauderdale, Savannah Eschete, Halie Sowders, Martasia Watkins, Annzleigh Galbreath, Keyanah Crowl, Cashaye Jones, Dakota Carpenter, Adia Ramos, and Samara Davis-Curtis. JV CHEER: Deianca Nix, Blaire Youngblood, Olivia Vega,Destiney Hill, Aiyana Turner, Jena Foster, Kalyjiah Simons, Karley Parker, Dezarey Maxwell, Makayla Vela, and Victoria Myers. Thanks- Sarah Gregory

On Thursday March 11, Somerville boys powerlifting showed up big at the Regional meet in Lumberton, TX, by placing 4th out of 22 teams. Herschel Conway and Verkobe Woodberry were regional champions in their weight class, while Deven Green was 4th and Derek Lopez was 5th. Richard Rivera moved from 12th to 9th place in his weight. Jeremiah Teague gave a valiant effort after hurting his back during deadlift, but to no avail. Verkobe Woodberry was awarded Most Outstanding Squat (370), Deadlift (430), and Total (1000). The state meet for Herschel and Verkobe will be March 27, at the Taylor County Expo Center in Abilene. -Coach Watson

Congratulations Elementary Yegua Chief!!! Hunter Knesek!!!

Congratulations Secondary School Yegua Chiefs!!! Orlando Chavez-Ramey and Brandyn Carter!!!

Congratulations Intermediate Yegua Chiefs! Serenity Leverette, Ava Willrich, and Tanner Moore!!!

Change in school calendar, APRIL 5TH WILL BE A REGULAR SCHOOL DAY. This is the only day that students will need to make up due to the bad weather. Cambio en el calendario escolar, EL 5 DE ABRIL SERÁ UN DÍA ESCOLAR REGULAR. Este es el único día que los estudiantes deberán recuperar debido al mal tiempo.

Boys Regional Powerlifting Itinerary: March 10-11, 2021 in Lumberton Texas:

We had 41 contestants in our 1st annual SHS ART Contest. Local Artists gathered to judge our competition. They said they are impressed with the artist development in our high school, and encourage all the art students to keep working on their art. Animals, color: Luz Juarez Animals, black and white: Kathleen Lambert Landscape, color: Ariel Zamora Landscape, black, and white: Chris Hernandez Portrait: Kasey Kenmuir Self Portrait: Leah Tiemens Action: Verkobe Woodberry Manga: Hailey Porter Cartoon: Roderick Carter Symmetry: Logan DeLeon Asymmetry: Sky Padgett Flowers: Raelin King Our Judges' Choice award goes to Kathleen Lambert Congratulations! The competition was fierce and all artists are to be congratulated for their hard work! Sincerely, Ms. Cochran

Congratulations FFA Yegua: Hadley Howe was awarded Champion Angus Heifer Calf in Houston. Way to go!!!!!

Weekly Game Schedule:

The Yegua Band Boosters Bar-B-Que Plate Sale: Sunday, March 28, 2021 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Pick-up @ HS Gym!!

The Yegua Baseball team was named the TxHighSchoolBaseball honorable mention team of the week!!! Congratulations Yeguas!

A great BIG Thank You to The First United Methodist Church and Pastor Vickie Simons for donating gift cards to Somerville ISD Staff! The cards were distributed to our Cafeteria and High School Staff: Princess, Carmen, Sherry, Marilyn, Jan, Liz, Brianna, and Molly. We appreciate your kindness and support.

Girls R2 D3 Powerlifting Meet, Dublin, TX Unfortunately, our two senior girl lifters, Kyra Watson and Jazmine Jackson, did not have the day we were all hoping for them to have. I cannot thank them enough for their dedication and effort to help me start this program from nothing. What they helped to create will go on past them for many years to come. However, there was a very bright spot on the day. Freshman, Bree Surovik qualified for the state meet in Corpus Christi as the top 2A girl in her 181 lb weight class. I’m so proud of the work she’s put in and the years to come of her certain dominance in the sport. -Coach Ethan Watson

Congratulations to nine members of the Somerville Yegua Band for receiving first division ratings on their class one ensemble and advancing to the State level. The contest was held on Saturday, March 6th at Smithville High School. The following students performed a Bb Soprano Clarinet Ensemble called Rondo Presto by Joseph Haydn/ arranged by Lancelot RaMaya Carter, Kailey Eldridge, Abigail Flencher, Bri'Ona Hudson The following students performed a Brass Quintet called Largo and Finale (from New World) by Antonin Dvorak: Dakota Carpenter, Chance Esparza, Payton Sprouse, Gracie Tuck, Alazia Vela The dates for the State contest are to be determined and may be virtual. Congrats again to these fine musicians.

HS Softball 3-4-21 Results: Somerville Yeguas Varsity Claims Blow-Out Victory Over Bay Area Christian, 11-1 Somerville Yeguas Varsity got on the board in the first inning. Abigail Flencher hit a solo in-the-park homer. Somerville Yeguas Varsity notched four runs in the fifth inning. The big inning was thanks to a home run by Kailey Eldridge and a double by Emma Kovasovic. Eldridge was the winning pitcher for Somerville Yeguas Varsity. The bulldog lasted five innings, allowing three hits and one run while striking out eight and walking one. #22 was in the circle for Bay Area Christian. The bulldog lasted five innings, allowing 12 hits and 11 runs while striking out nine and walking one. Somerville Yeguas Varsity tallied three home runs on the day. Flencher had a long ball in the first inning. Eldridge had a four bagger in the first and fifth innings. Somerville Yeguas Varsity scattered 12 hits in the game. Kyra Watson, Camia Martin, Eldridge, Kovasovic, and Flencher all had multiple hits for Somerville Yeguas Varsity. Watson led Somerville Yeguas Varsity with three hits in four at bats.

Cheer Parent Meeting: It has been brought to my attention that several people did not know about the cheer meeting this past Monday. Anyone interested in trying out can still try out and we will have a brief parent meeting at 6pm on Monday right after practice. We will be in the high school gym. Thanks Sarah Gregory

3-3-21 Smithville Track Meet Results: Varsity Girls Results: 100m Dash-Camia Martin 2nd Place 200m Dash- RaMaya Carter 4th Place 400m Dash-Destiny Vela 5th Place 800m Run-Halle Stevens 4th Place 800m Run-Destiny Vela 5th Place 100m Hurdles-Deana Williams 3rd Place 100m Hurdles-Alazia Vela 5th Place 100m Hurdles- Cayla Balanga 6th Place 300m Hurdles-Cayla Balanga 4th Place 300m Hurdles-Deana Williams 5th Place 4x100 Meter Relay- RaMaya Carter, Emma Kovasovic, Xadria Martin, Camia Martin 2nd Place 4x200 Meter Relay-RaMaya Carter, Emma Kovasovic, Xadria Martin, Camia Martin 1st Place 4x400 Meter Relay-Destiny Vela, Jazmine, Jackson, Halle Stevens, Ah'Niya Mouton 4th Place Long Jump-Camia Martin 5th Place Long Jump-RaMaya Carter 6th Place Triple Jump-Emma Kovasovic 1st Place Varsity Boys Results: 200m Dash-Caleb Hanks 5th Place 200m Dash-Verkobe Woodberry 6th Place 110m Hurdles- Gardiner Shivers 2nd Place 300m Hurdles-Gardiner Shivers 3rd Place 4x100 Relay-Verkobe Woodberry, Dominic Tucker, Herschel Conway, Jeremiah Teague 2nd Place 4x200 Relay-Verkobe Woodberry, Dominic Tucker, Herschel Conway, Jeremiah Teague 3rd Place Long Jump-Dominic Tucker 2nd Place Long Jump -Jeremiah Teague 3rd Place Discus- Andrew Vasquez 6th Place Congratulations YEGUAS!!!

Congratulations to the Yegua Band for receiving first division ratings from all three judges at the UIL Concert and Sight Reading Contest. The event was held on March 3rd at the Bastrop Performing Arts Center. The Band's program consisted of Ft. Canterbury March by Holsinger, Cumberland Cross by Strommen, and Our Kingsland Spring by Hazo. Other participating schools included Burton, Schulenburg, Shiner, Thorndale, Thrall, and Weimar. This is the 27th year in a row that the Somerville Band has received a first division rating in UIL Concert performance This is also the 26th year of the last 27 for the Yegua Band to receive a first division rating in UIL Sight Reading. Unfortunately, due to Covid restrictions, the Somerville Band could not participate in this year's UIL Marching Band Contest. Congratulations again to the Yegua Band for their milestone achievement in UIL Concert and Sight Reading Performance.