Koy Torres Accepted Into the United States Air Force Academy
Congratulations to Sundown HS Senior Koy Torres for being accepted into the USAFA! He has been waiting all school year to hear if he was accepted… and was treated to a nice surprise after todays Regional Quarterfinal Game held at O’Banion field in Lubbock. He received a nomination from Jodey Arrington for acceptance into the Air Force Academy, and members of his office were in attendance to surprise him with his formal acceptance, along with a video from Representative Arrington!
In addition to the normal application process, Koy had to secure a nomination from a Member of the U.S. Senate or U.S. Representative. Each Member can have five appointees attending the USAFA at any one time. Koy managed to get a nomination from U.S. Representative Jodey Arrington, serving the 19th congressional district. Koy began the year committing to the process of acceptance into the Air Force Academy. He sacrificed many weekends to the grueling application, fitness tests all the while serving as an integral member of the State Qualifying Cross Country Team, Football player, Academic UIL Regional Qualifier, State Qualifier in Track, member of the Regional Quarterfinals Baseball Team, and deservedly earning the Blue Collar Award as well as the title Mr. SHS! We couldn’t be prouder of our Roughneck! Koy Torres is a special student athlete and is destined for a bright future!
Today was a special day for Koy Torres and his parents Kevin and Frana Torres. This has been a labor of love, a lot of sleepless nights and a lot of worrying in anticipation for this special moment… and special it was!
#GreatDayToBeASundownRoughneck
Sundown High School students represented very well at the state UIL meet in Austin. Bringing home 4 total medals. Watson Evans 2nd place in Poetry, Hayden Powell 6th place in Number Sense, and Morgan Griffith 2nd place in Ready Writing, and 6th place in Copy Editing. Thank you to coaches Jimmie Evans, Cindy Newsom, and Johnnie Jones and UIL Coordinator Randal Ramirez for a great UIL season, and a great state trip.
Watson Evans wraps up the state UIL meet with a silver medal in Poetry! Way to go Watson!!
Morgan Griffith will head back to Sundown with 2 state medals after getting 2nd place in Ready Writing on day 2. Way to go Morgan!!
Hayden Powell is leaving Austin with a 6th place medal in Number Sense! Way to go Hayden!!
Teacher Appreciation Week was celebrated last week... but we want to take this time to recognize a special group of educators... our Coaches! Our Sundown ISD Coaches have been a huge blessing to so many of our students this past school year! They are more than a Coach... They are a mentor, a counselor, an encourager, a disciplinarian, a mother-figure, a father-figure, a motivator... they are so many things for so many of our students! They work countless hours, oftentimes sacrificing their own time and finances to set our students up for success! We are blessed with some of the best in the business, and we wanted to take this time to honor them. In fact, it is very common for a coach to join the profession of education because they too were inspired and motivated by a coach they had in their life! It is the gift that keeps on giving... the gift of love. Our Coaches love our kids... so again, from the bottom of our hearts, thank you for spending your time and your effort with our students... with our children! Our coaches change lives!
Mr. Richardson's Woodshop classes finished up some cornhole boards to use during the HS after awards fun day! Great project!
Morgan Griffith finished with a 6th place medal in Copy Editing today at the University of Texas in Austin. She is coached by Cindy Newsom.
State UIL Academic crew is refueling at Hula Hut after a long day of competition to get ready for tomorrow. Watson Evans made the finals in Poetry and Morgan Griffith finished with a 6th place medal in Copy Editing.
Day 1 of contests for the Roughnecks. Brooks is competing in mathematics now, Watson is in his area for Poetry about to go, and Morgan and Ash compete in Copy Editing at 3:30. Good luck to all!
ROUGHNECKS WIN GAME 1!!!
Sundown 8
Ropes 6
Regional Quarterfinals Game 1
Good Luck to our Academic UIL State Qualifiers!!! They will compete today at the State UIL Academic Meet at the University of Texas in Austin! What a great accomplishment for these students and their respective coaches.
Hayden Powell: Number Sense
Brooklyn Webb: Number Sense & Mathematics
Anastasia Robinson: Number Sense
Brayden Carr: Number Sense
Ash Strickland: Copy Editing
Morgan Griffith: Copy Editing & Ready Writing
Watson Evans: Poetry
Sundown vs Ropes
Regional Quarterfinals
@ Lubbock Coronado O’Banion
Wednesday 12:00
Friday 11:00
$5 & $3
The state UIL kids are enjoying an evening at Dell Diamond before competition begins tomorrow.
We wish safe travels to our students headed to state UIL in Austin this morning. Morgan Griffith, Anastasia Robinson, Brooklyn Webb, Ash Strickland, Watson Evans, Hayden Powell, and Brayden Carr. They will compete over the next two days.
8th Promotion
Tonight at 7:30 PM
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Open Seating
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If you haven't ordered your yearbook yet, this week will be your last chance to pre-order your 2023 Gusher yearbook.
Friday, May 19th will be the absolute last day to order a yearbook. Extras will not be ordered.
You can order online at: https://bit.ly/3ZtrCQd or you can send $45 plus your order form to school.
If you have any questions, please email Mrs. Bratcher at mbratcher@sundownisd.com.
Sundown ISD swore in 2 new School Board members at the beginning of the meeting. Kyler Marshall and Robert Garza are now official members of the school board.
Sundown High School Superintendent Award winners Brooklyn Webb and Hayden Powell.
Area Champions!!!! Battled the rain and a really good Clarendon team to win 2 today!!!!
