Falls High Ink

Wednesday, October 4th

• FHS QUARTER 1 MID-QUARTER

Monday, October 9th

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Teacher Workshop Day)

Tuesday, October 10th

• FHS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 5pm-8pm

Wednesday, October 11th

• FHS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 5pm-8pm

• FES PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4pm-8pm

• FHS Picture Retake Day

Thursday, October 12th

• FES PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4pm-8pm

• FES Picture Retake Day

Monday, October 16th

• ISD 361 School Board Meeting @ 5:15

Thursday, October 19th

• NO SCHOOL MEA BREAK

Friday October 20th

• NO SCHOOL MEA BREAK

Senior High: Ninamay Kingbird and Jillian Frank

This week's "Bronco of the Week" presented by Carson Kostiuk is Bronco Swimmer Jillian Bilben. Bilben is a senior on the swim team this year. She received all Iron Range Conference Honors last week at the IRC meet for her excellent finishes all year in the 50 yard butterfly in the first relay. She is close to breaking a pool record for the year and has been an outstanding and high achieving member of the swim team all year; helping the team to a 4-1 record so far this year in their dual meets.

The FHS Band and Choir is looking forward to hosting their annual haunted house. It will be held on the evening of Friday, October 27th. It will be located in the band/choir hallway and classrooms. The haunted house is hosted and created by the FHS band and choir students each year and is a highlight of the year for the students and teachers. Choir teacher Miss Swanson and Band Director Mr. True will lead the students in the haunted house design.

The haunted house is used a fundraiser that goes toward the large trip that the students take every couple of years as well as helps fund needs that come up with the band and choir throughout the school year. The choir has around 18 students this year and the senior high band has around 30 kids participating this year.

Former math teacher, Mr. Ringhofer, has taken on the challenge of Athletic Director. He went from teaching math at FHS for many years, to broadcasting and radio entertainment for KGHS/KSDM and covering Bronco sports and Activities for the past two years. He has now found his way back to FHS in the role of AD. Being an athletic director this year is not an easy role; from making sure games have officials to hiring coaches for teams, Mr Ringhofer does it all. This year the high school activities and the International Falls Recreation Department have combined into one entity as well. Students from the Falls High Ink Journalism class sat down with Mr. Ringhofer to ask him some questions about his new position. Listen here:

The Bronco Girls Swimming and Diving team has competed in six dual meets and two varsity invitational meets and one JV invitational meet. At this point in the season the Broncos have a record of 4 and 1 for dual meets, winning against Northeast Range, Warroad, Chisholm and losing against Rock Ridge. At the Hibbing invitational meet they placed 5th overall, at the huge IRC meet they placed 3rd overall, and at the Shiverland (JV meet) they placed 1st overall! The Broncos are having a very successful season so far. Jillian Bilben, Kieren Ford, and Mary Versteeg all received all-conference honors last week as well.

For upcoming meets the Broncos have two home meets remaining. They are next Tuesday (October 10th), next Thursday (October 12th), and the following Saturday is True Team @ Grand Rapids (October 14th)!

Sections are right around the corner and the Bronco swimmers and divers are looking forward to it! Section Prelims will take place on Thursday, November 9th. Section finals will take place on November 11th. The Broncos are hoping and planning to send all of the girls on their relay teams for the A Relays to the section meet. Rankings will be determined between the next few weeks with the next 5 upcoming meets. Girls who have a great chance of placing competitively in the section meet include: Jillian Bilben, Quianna Ford, Keira Debernardeaux, Savannah Busch, Kendra Kalstad, Sylvia Valenzuela, and Mary VerSteeg! Then both Divers Kieren Ford and Alina Hartzler. Younger girls will be determined on times as the time goes on, but many of them have a great chance of improving enough to make it!

The cross country season has been one of great improvement so far for the Broncos. Many personal records have been met so far this season in almost every meet that the Broncos have competed in. Coach Sheryl Hendrickson said, "It is so great seeing everyone work hard and improve throughout the season. Not only are the athletes improving, they are also building great social skills with the bonding that takes place in cross country. The team is like a big family with everyone cheering every runner on! It is so great to see these athletes collaborating and creating friendships." The group has been commended on their behavior while competing out of town this season as well.

As far as individual accomplishments go, Abbi Hutchinson ha been having a very successful season her senior year with winning her first five meets and she is hoping to return to the State Meet at the end of her season. The other two seniors, Keira Hesseldahl and Mitchell Erickson have both shown tons of improvement this season and have room and the drive to improve even more before the season ends. The coaches are very proud of the team and their season so far and are proud of each individual athlete on both teams.

The Broncos will host their home meet this year on Tuesday, October 10th at the track with a course that will go around the track, football field, arena, and the baseball/softball fields. The meet starts at 4:00 and a kids fun run will take place at 3:45 for any young runners that want to come show off their skills. The team is looking forward to having a home meet so that their families and friends can come out and support them.

The Bronco Football team is in week 6 of their season. Their record currently is 3-2 after five games. They beat Greenway, Ely, and Hinckley and lost to Crosby Ironton and Mesabi East in close games, losing by one touchdown each game.

The Broncos have three regular season games left, including the Friday, October 6th game where they will head to Moose Lake to take on the Rebels in a tough matchup. The Broncos are looking forward to the Moose Lake game this year, as they feel it will be a much closer game than last year, and they are ready to take on the Rebels.

To finish out the season they will play Aitken and Rush City at home at Bronco Stadium. It is the Broncos first time facing Aitken in many years, and Rush City is a game they are looking forward to ending the season on.

Playoffs begin on Tuesday, October 24th and the Broncos are looking forward to being competitive in the section 7AA playoffs this year.

Girls Varsity Volleyball Senior Night took place on Thursday October 5, 2023.

The Broncos faced off against the Littlefork-Big Falls Vikings.

The Bronco Volleyball Program Honored nine seniors this year:

Adyson Wallander

Karsen Korpi

Olivia Master

Hattie Ulrich

Abbi Hasbargen

Olivia Thostenson

Lyndsey Newburgh

Lola Valenzuela

Gracie Swenson

The Broncos won the game in three sets with final scores of:

1st set: 25-13

2nd set: 25-6

3rd set: 25-8

The next game for the Broncos is next Tuesday, October 10 in Greenway.

Friday, September 29th

• Boys Varsity Football vs Crosby-Ironton @7:00 (Crosby-Ironton)

Saturday, September 30th

• Girls Volleyball Varsity Tournament @9:00am (Chisago Lakes)

• Girls C team Volleyball Tournament @9:00am (Hibbing)

Monday, October 2nd

• Boys JV Football vs Chisholm @4:30 (Home)

• Girls Jr High volleyball vs Chisholm @5:30 (Chisholm)

• Girls JV Volleyball vs Chisholm @5:45 (Chisholm)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Chisholm @7:00 (Chisholm)

Tuesday, October 3rd

• Girls Swimming and Diving Conference vs Rock Ridge (Rock Ridge)

• Boys Jr High Football vs Chisholm @4:30 (Chisholm high school)

• Girls Volleyball Jr high vs Lake of the Woods @5:30 (Home)

• Girls Volleyball C Team vs Lake of the Woods @5:00 (Home)

• Girls Volleyball JV vs Lake of the Woods @5:45 (Home)

• Girls Volleyball Varsity vs Lake of the Woods @7:00 (Home)

Wednesday, October 4th

• FHS QUARTER 1 MID-QUARTER

Thursday, October 5th

• Boys Cross Country 7th-12th vs Ely (Ely)

• Girls Cross Country 7th-12th vs Ely (Ely)

• Boys Jr High Football vs Mesabi East @4:30 (Mesabi East)

• Girls Jr High Volleyball vs Littlefork-Big Falls @4:30 (Littlefork-Big Falls)

• Girls JV Volleyball vs Littlefork-Big Falls @5:30 (Littlefork-Big Falls)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Littlefork-Big Falls @7:00 (Littlefork-Big Falls)

Friday, October 6th

• Boys Varsity Football vs Moose Lake @7:00 (Willow River schools)

Monday, October 9th

• NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS (Teacher Workshop Day)

• Boys JV Football vs Rock Ridge @4:30 (Home)

Tuesday, October 10th

• FHS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 5pm-8pm

• Boys Cross Country 7th-12th @4:00 (Home)

• Girls Cross Country 7th-12th @4:00 (Home)

• Girls Swimming and Diving vs Warroad @4:30 (Home)

• Girls C team Volleyball vs Greenway @5:00 (Greenway)

• Girls Jr High Volleyball vs Greenway @5:30 (Greenway)

• Girls JV Volleyball vs Greenway @5:45 (Greenway)

• Girls Varsity vs Greenway @7:15 (Greenway)

Wednesday, October 12th

• FHS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 5pm-8pm

• FES PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4pm-8pm
• FHS Picture Retake Day

Thursday, October 12th

• FES PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES 4pm-8pm
• FES Picture Retake Day
• JV Knowledge Bowl Meet

• Boys Football Jr High vs Rock Ridge @4:30 (Rock Ridge)

• Girls Swimming vs Chisholm @4:30 (Home)

• Girls Jr High Volleyball vs Deer River @5:30 (Deer River)

• Girls JV Volleyball vs Deer River @5:45 (Deer River)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Deer River @7:00 (Deer River)

Friday, October 13th

• Boys Football Varsity vs Rock Ridge @7:00 (Rock Ridge)

Saturday, October 14th

• Girls Swimming and Diving True Team (Grand Rapids)

• Girls Jr High Tournament @9:00 (Chisholm)

Monday, October 16th

• ISD 361 School Board Meeting @ 5:15

• Boys Football JV vs Hibbing @4:30 (Hibbing)

• Girls C team Warroad vs Warroad @6:00 (Warroad)

Tuesday, October 17th

• Boys Cross Country 7th-12th vs Mesabi East @3:30 (Mesabi East)

• Girls Cross Country 7th-12th vs Mesabi East @3:30 (Mesabi East)

• Girls Swimming and Diving Dual Meet vs Northeast Range @4:30 (Northeast Range)

• Girls Jr High Volleyball vs Nashwauk Keewatin @5:30 (Nashwauk Keewatin)

• Girls JV Volleyball vs Nashwauk Keewatin @5:45 (Nashwauk Keewatin)

• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Nashwauk Keewatin @7:00 (Nashwauk Keewatin)

Wednesday, October 18th

• Boys Varsity Football vs Rush City @6:00 (Home)

Thursday, October 19th

• NO SCHOOL MEA BREAK

Friday October 20th

• NO SCHOOL MEA BREAK

Tuesday, October 24th

• Boys Varsity Football Sectional

• Girls Swimming and Diving Dual Meet vs Mesabi East

• Girls Varsity Volleyball Section Tourney

Thursday, October 26th

• JV Knowledge Bowl Meet

• Girls Varsity Volleyball Section Quarter Final

• Boys 7th-12th Cross Country sections vs Greenway @11:00am (Greenway)

• Girls 7th-12th Cross Country sections vs Greenway @11:00am (Greenway)

Wednesday, November 1st

• Girls Volleyball Varsity Section Semi final (TBD)

Saturday, November 4th

• Boys Cross Country 7th-12th (TBD)

• Girls Cross Country 7th-12th (TBD)

Thursday, November 9th

• JV Knowledge Bowl Meet

• Girls Swimming and Diving Varsity Section Tournament @5:00 (Grand Rapids)

Saturday, November 11th

• Girls Swimming and Diving Varsity Section Final (TBD)