Saturday, November 30, 2019

Exeter-Milligan Update: PE News



Exeter-Milligan PE News
By Darcy White, PE/Health Instructor


K-2 PE in Exeter:  Students have practiced soccer and locomotor skills, as well as rolling, catching, kicking, striking and tossing.  They are now using scooters to incorporate these skills into fun activities and games that strengthen their leg, core and arm muscles. Pictured above is Easton Schlegelmilch honing his skills playing scooter hockey.

3rd-6th in Milligan:  Students have worked on soccer, football, and volleyball skills and been able to use these skills to engage in and understand each basic game.  Students have also been given the opportunity to work on stretching and balancing exercises to increase flexibility and gain core strength.

Sophomore PE:  These students have participated in several team activities including; soccer, football and volleyball.  They are now in a hotly contested double elimination racquetball tournament in which Kole Svec and Maddie Luzum entered as the #1 seed and Peyton Pribyl and Becca Krupicka were the #2 seed.  Partners Casey Underwood and Kiah Songster as well as Wesley Ronne and Christopher Kelch lost their first round matches and will battle to come out of the losers bracket.  Ben Bartu and Cameran Jansky have the first upset of the tournament over Peyton and Becca, and Braden Capek and Emma Olsen are in a quarterfinal battle with Kole and Maddie.

Junior High PE:  The junior high volleyball team members of (front row) Savana Krupicka, Taylor Pribyl, Malorie Staskal, (back row) Lily Jeffries, Kierra Papik, Emma Meyer, and Joleen Vossler (not pictured) finished their season on October 12 with a record of 4-10.  They are now onto basketball season.


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