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Groton Daily Independent
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 ~ Vol. 25 - No. 313 ~ 6 of 37
Jillian Barton, junior, is the daughter of Kris and Brian Barton, Aberdeen. Her siblings are Jordan and Josh. She is involved in FFA and has been named to the 4.0 Honor Roll and was a previous Student of the Month. Interests are FFA, farming, driving long distance and visit- ing family. Agriculture is her favorite subject and her role model is her mother, Kris Barton. Her future plans are psychology, nursery, clinical mental health and counseling.
Gia Gengerke, senior, is the daughter of Shawn and Lara Gengerke, Groton. Her siblings are Jasmine, 15, and Ethan, 14. Her activities include volleyball, track, FBLA, FCCLA, One Cause Youth Group and Student Leadership Team. Her accomplishments are being named twice to the NEC All-Conference Volleyball Team, All-State Team for volleyball, MVP Offen- sive for volleyball, All-Area Volleyball Team, and MVP Field Events in track. She is interested in cooking, baking, gardening, reading a good book, and she loves to learn about different
cultures and languages. English is her favorite subject and she plans to attend Oral Roberts University this fall and double major in language interpretation/translation (Spanish) and International Business and Ministry. Her role model is Sadie Robertson.
Groton Majors Team takes first
Smitty’s has three leagues of youth spring baseball: Rookies (1st & 2nd graders), Minors (3rd & 4th) and Majors (5th & 6th). Groton had one or two teams in all divisions. These kids are one of the two Groton teams in the Majors and they won the championship in the tourna- ment Monday night. Pictured in back, left to right, are Coaches Craig Dunker, Nick Simon and Jarod Fliehs; in the middle row, left to right, are Drew Thurston, Bryson Wambach, Bradin Althoff, Colby Dunker and Teylor Diegel; and in front, left to right, are Brevin Fliehs, Carter
Simon, Lane Tietz, Nick Morris, Braxton Imrie and Alec Woodward. (Photo by Dawn Imrie)