Congratulations to the members of the Cherokee Creek Boys School Cross Country Team. The boys ran the South Carolina Eye Opener this past weekend in Spartanburg, SC. The race was a 5K distance with the following participants: Jimmy, Loucas, Michael, Sam & Sam.
Check out a few video highlights below. If you look very closely at the beginning you will see Jimmy blur by in the middle of the pack.
Go Bears!!
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Jon hold up his frozen prize!
Teachers Nick Linscott and Betsy Riordan headed to the river yesterday with 10 students, several pairs of gloves, trash bags, buckets and fishing gear. For the second year, Cherokee Creek is sponsoring the Earls Ford access to the Chattooga River. Through a volunteer agreement with the Forest Service, our staff and students participate in regular campsite and area clean up in exchange for a little bit if covented time at the river.
After filling several buckets with trash and cleaning out numerous fire pits, yesterday’s crew settled down for a picnic lunch and some fishin’. As luck would have it, our most avid student fisherman, Jon (pictured) landed a beastly trout: 17.5 inches long and just under 3 pounds.
Talk about a win win!
Last night the Bears played their first two games of the flag-football season. This year’s team is communicating well and playing hard.
There are a few photos below. The Bears will take the field again on Monday night for their next two games.
Go Bears!!
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The Bears flag-football schedule has arrived with our first two games on Monday night, April 4th. Check out the full schedule below. Games will also be listed in the “Upcoming Events” sidebar on the right side of this page.
Can you make it to a game? Please connect with your son’s Primary Counselor for additional details and directions. We look forward to cheering with you!
Monday, April 4th – 7:00 PM – v. Clemson
Monday, April 4th – 8:00 PM – v. Florida
Monday, April 11th – 7:00 PM – v. South Carolina
Monday, April 11th – 8:00 PM – v. Wren
Thursday, April 28th – 6:00 PM – v. Liberty 2
Thursday, April 28th – 7:00 PM – v. Georgia
Monday, May 2nd – 6:00 PM – v. Central Falcon
Monday, May 2nd – 7:00 PM – v. Liberty 1
Friday, May 13th – 6:00 PM – v. Florida State
Friday, May 13th – 7:00 PM – v. Wake Forest
GO BEARS!!
What a great weekend! Our innagural Bears Blowout Sports Banquet and Father Son Event was a hit with students, families and staff.
Friday evening we celebrated with a steak dinner complete wit live music! After dinner our athletes were honored individually by Coaches Kory Byrd and Yanic McDowell for their contributions to the soccer and basketball teams as they recived their trophies. The evening wrapped up with fun drills and games with the coaches running everyone through their paces!
Saturday’s rain moved us inside for basketball. Everyone modeled incredible flexibility and “open to outcome” positive attitudes as we implemented a rainy day “Plan B.”
Check out the pictures below and stay tuned for another chance for Father Son Football late this summer!
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The team with their certificate verifying their 4th place finish and eligibility for State Championships
Alex and Alec review their robot run with a judge.
In a rocket-from-behind finish, the CCBS team competed in the regional First LEGO League on Saturday and placed 4th overall – qualifying them for the State Championships in North Charleston on March 5th!
This will be the 6th year in a row that the CCBS team has competed at State, a consistency that this team modeled with gusto. The team stayed tight on details, giving them the edge for the last qualifying spot. Best of all for a very proud Coach Nick Linscott was getting to watch Alec, Alex, Ben, Daniel, Dylan, Harrison, Jon and Wes have fun in a traditional school activity with students from all over the county – even dancing! Special thanks to the parents who were able to be present and cheer. By all accounts, it meant a great deal to have your support.
We hope you will join us in congratulating Nick and the boys for their outstanding achievment!
GO BEARS!
The Cherokee Creek Bears played hard in last night’s game – the first of the basketball season. The remainder of the season’s schedule is posted (right) under Upcoming Events. Check out a few photos from last night’s game, below:
Go Bears!!
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The holiday season is wrapping up, but the 2011 CCBS Bears basketball season is upon us! This year’s schedule is listed below. You can also access this schedule in the Upcoming Events list on the right side of this page.
(Tip: If you bookmark this page you will always have CCBS event info handy.)
2011 Seaon:
Come cheer with us! Please contact your son’s primary counselor for more information or directions to a game.
Go Bears!!
Devon and Ethan man the table
One of our holiday season traditions here at Cherokee Creek Boys School is the Oconee Humane Society (OHS) fundraiser at Tractor Supply in Seneca, SC. This event was started by Weekend Manager William Carpenter, who routinely volunteers time at OHS.
Students sold hot dogs, chips, sodas and hot chocolate in addition to accepting donations of pet food and supplies. All donations, totalling about $300 were then deliverd to the OHS before returning to campus. Thanks to Treks Staff Paul Mathis and Royce Johnson for supervising this year’s event and thanks to Tractor Supply for, again, allowing students to set up camp right out front.
Other weekend activities included bowling, trips to the recreation fields for soccer and football scrimmages, the “Trotting ‘Round the Tree” horse show at Clemson University and the Nutcracker Ballet at the Clemson University Brooks Center. Students also “decked the halls” with a Christmas tree and placed lights and garland throughout the Lodge. Very festive!
Davis busts the dust with a shop-vac
We are looking a little spiffy these days thanks to the monumenal efforts of students, staff and our founders. This week, we took a break from the routine for a fall clean-up. Wednesday, Founder Ron Black and Jason Cooper got things started with outside cleaning projects. Yesterday, everyone rolled up their sleeves to tackle the Lodge and today things are wrapping up with the bunkhouse. This has not been out usual weekly house cleaning, but a super-duper deep clean.
Special thanks to Jason Cooper for donating his considerable expertise and to Kayla Tompkins for keeping it all organized.