Varsity Field Hockey relaxes during the tourney awards ceremony

Sofie shook her head and said, “I’ll be in 8th grade.”

Dorinda persisted, “Next year then. Start coming to morning practices. You’re one of those athletic Bennetts.”

Coach Dorinda Shaffer celebrates a successful season with captains

Dani Ware and Cassie Huskey

Then came the second game where the team tied Chico, another field hockey powerhouse. The lady Grizzlies also beat Bella Vista before falling to Chico after outplaying them the entire game.

Lassen Field Hockey was the buzz of the tournament. Everyone knew that something special was about to happen to Coach Shaffer and her girls.

One of the most memorable games of the season was against Pleasant Valley at home. It was 1-1 at the end of the game. Field Hockey has some very interesting overtime rules. The first overtime is played only using a fraction of the team.

We did that. No score. The next overtime is a one-on-one shootout. Each team chooses their best shooters, and they go head-to-head with the goalie. It’s crazy intense.

I’m sorry to say that I don’t even remember who scored and who didn’t. I was screaming my head off because we came away victorious.

I do remember that sophomore goalie Lucy Olson had a heck of game and showed mental toughness above and beyond her 15-years.

Coach Shaffer said that this one of her favorite moments, “The girls and Lucy were amazing! I loved how they were all in a huddle beforehand, giving each other courage.”

Overall, the Varsity Field Hockey team had seven wins and three losses in season play, finishing second in league. Lassen beat the toughest teams at least once: Chico, Davis, Corning, Pleasant Valley. These teams have long been the leaders of the EAL. Some years we wouldn’t even score on them.

All League players are Dani Ware, Cassie Huskey, and Hannah Matchniff with Jessica Nakanishi and Miliana Crosno receiving Honorable Mention.

At the post-season Super Regional tournament, Lassen finished third. They started the morning beating Corning 3-0, then lost to Chico 0-2. In the third-place game, the girls beat PV 2-1.

Placing third in the tourney was like the cherry on top for this amazing team. Coach Shaffer remarked, “We are the smallest team in the section going against schools and teams twice our size.”

Cassie Huskey received the “Spirit of the Game” award from the officials, which goes to only one player in the section that exemplifies sportsmanship, skill, and dedication to the sport.

All Tourney players are Dani Ware and Kenzie DeLaCruz. Coach Shaffer also recognized the three freshmen who were brought up for playoffs, Aurea Webb, Nellie Ratcliff, and Marie Giles, saying, “They all did awesome!”

This team has improved so much since that short 20-21 season, when they only played a fraction of the teams in their league due to Covid restrictions. With the coaching and encouragement by JV head Kelly Herrmann, Varsity Assistant Sierra Huskey, and Coach Shaffer, they have grown together as a team and know how to run plays and anticipate where their teammates will be on the field.

They will lose seniors Ware, Huskey, Claire Robinson, Addy Humphrey, Alyssa Zimmerman, and Elizabeth Mahnke to graduation, but the core of this team will remain a force to be reckoned with next year.

The team after a win against Red Bluff, especially memorable to me since Sofia scored two goals to seal the deal

Huddling before the shoot off against PV

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“It’s really a wonderful way to start the day, as you are invigorated prior to the day’s activities,” says LSS Executive Director Penny Artz. “Non-perishable, and non-expired food and funds donations help Lassen Senior Services continue our remarkable program.”

Participants will be starting at the Senior Center, running over to Limoniera, taking Limoniera to Riverside, Riverside to Alexander and down to the bike path and back.

There will be prizes for best costume and largest family group.

To be a part of the fun Thanksgiving morning event you must download and complete the waiver and bring it with you. Click here to download the waiver.

The grant will provide additional programs and resources, including:

• Patrols focused on stopping suspected impaired drivers.
• High visibility distracted driving enforcement operations targeting drivers in violation of California’s hands-free cell phone law.
• Enforcement operations focused on the most dangerous driver behaviors that put the safety of people biking or walking at risk.
• Enforcement operations focused on top violations that cause crashes: speeding, failure to yield, stop sign and/or red-light running, and improper turning or lane changes.
• Community presentations on traffic safety issues such as distracted driving, impaired driving, speeding, bicycle and pedestrian safety.
• Collaborative enforcement efforts with neighboring agencies.
• Officer training for Standard Field Sobriety Test (SFST).
• The grant program will run through September 2023.

Funding for this program was provided by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety,

through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Construction of the houses on Fairfield Avenue, spring 1947

Concrete Poured for New Houses

November 8, 1946

Foundations were poured this week for the first of the 16 new houses to be built on Fairfield Avenue in the Milwood district, according to Hageman & Hageman, local contractors.

They are to be of wood, with two bedrooms and have been approved by the state for purchase by veterans under the state veterans’ act, through the cooperation of County Service Officer Jack Boshoff.

Hageman said the buildings would sell for about $7,500 each.

Enlarged City Plan Announced

The initial step will be taken next week for the proposed consolidation of Susanville and adjacent districts into one enlarged city.

This will be done by publication of a notice of intention to circulate a petition, plus a description of the property in the proposed enlarged city limits, and a statement giving the reasons for the proposed petition. It is to be signed by sponsors outside the city.

It will be filed in the city clerk’s office within 10 days. Twenty-one days after publication of the notice, the petition may be circulated for signatures in the area and must be signed by at least one-quarter of the qualified voters. The city clerk then checks the petition with registration records, and 10 more days are allowed for securing additional signatures if required. The city council next calls a special election on the subject, giving 50 days’ notice.

A date and place for hearing of protests by property owners also are set. If the majority of votes cast by property owners favor consolidation, the city council passes on approving ordinance.