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GULF WRESTLERS WIN DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
The GHS Wrestling team posted their 4th consecutive District Championship this past weekend at Hernando. The following wrestlers qualified for Regionals next week at Matanzas High School:

• 103 Forest Swartsel 1st
• 112 Jarod Carpenter 1st
• 119 Anthony Ayers 1st
• 130 Josh Isom 3rd
• 135 RJ O'Connor 1st
• 140 Spencer Baxter 4th
• 152 Ladarious Jackson 1st
• 160 Mike Mesagno 1st
• 171 Jacob Ritter 2nd
• 189 Friday Karr 4th
• 215 Chris Palasky 1st
• HWT Jeff Kruse 1st

GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WINS DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
The girls basketball team won the district tournament on Feb. 6 by defeating Wesley Chapel 57-46. Their next tournament game vs Wiregrass Ranch is at home Thursday at 7 pm. A video clip showing the final minute of the game is on our web server here and a longer clip is on You Tube here.

BLACK OUT NIGHT IS COMING FEB. 12!
The info is in a short video clip by Coach Rick. MPEG4 or flash.

MILTON STEVENSON, 83, GETS HIS GULF HIGH DIPLOMA
The article at tampabay.com is here.

PEP ASSEMBLY PICTURES
Pictures from the pep assembly on Feb. 3 taken by Tom Adams are here.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: GULF WRESTLING AIMING TO PIN DOWN STATE TOURNAMENT SUCCESS
A Suncoast News article is here.

FIVE GULF ATHLETES SIGN COLLEGE LETTERS OF INTENT
Will Burbridge, Madison Burr, Brittany Mayhill, Kianna Mills, and Leon Orr signed their letters of intent on National Signing Day, which was Feb. 3. You can watch an 8-minute video clip of the ceremony on our web server here. A video clip with somewhat better quality is on You Tube here.

NEW TEACHER JOINS THE GHS FACULTY
Johnathan Cook will fill the position created by the resignation of Amy Riddle, who is now an assistant principal.

GULF NJROTC WINS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BRAIN BOWL!
Congratulations to our NJROTC Academic Team, who competed in the 2010 State Championship JROTC Brain Bowl hosted at Titusville High School on Jan. 30. Gulf had two teams entered in the competition, fortunately at opposite ends of the bracket rounds. In the end, there were four teams competing for the coveted title—Gulf Team 1, Gulf Team 2, Freedom, and Bayside. Two strong teams from Lake Howell and another from Titusville were eliminated in the 2nd and 3rd rounds of competition, leaving the “Final Four.” Gulf Team 2 simply CRUSHED everyone, beating the second place team (Gulf Team 1) by nearly 300 points, and the other two teams by roughly 500 points! Team complement was required to be one from each year of the Science Curriculum (a first, second, third, and fourth year student). Team 1 consisted of Aaron Heusted, Matthew Harmaz, Robert Merker, and Bianca Olmo. Team 2 consisted of Cody Boyet (aka “Gunslinger”), Brandon Harvey, Tania Gomez, and Wade Scott. Please congratulate these students as this is the first time in Gulf NJROTC’s 30-year history that a team (much less two!!) has won this event.

GULF WRESTLERS WIN SAC TITLE
Gulf won the meet on Jan. 30, for the fourth year in a row. An article at tampabay.com is here.

BOYS BASKETBALL VS MITCHELL
Gulf won the game with Mitchell on Jan. 29. Some pictures by Sara Brandt are here, a video clip showing highlights of the first quarter is here, and a video clip from the Senior Night program is this here.

GHS RAISING FUNDS FOR HAITI
A video created by Mrs. LaBarbara was shown at the end of the day on Thursday and sudents will be collecting donations in each classroom during first period on Friday and several subsequent Fridays. Mr. Knobl has also announced a staff jeans promotion. This flyer, created by Ms. Wallace, was distributed to the classrooms. Money collected will go to Doctors Without Borders. [Photo from AFP/Getty Images]

STUDENTS BEGIN SELECTING NEXT YEAR’S COURSES
On Jan. 26 some students began working on their course selections for next year. Mrs. Trapp explains the process in a video clip on our web server here or at YouTube here.