Lassen Field Hockey celebrates after beating Davis

Our ASB class at LHS hosted “Falloween”, a week of transition celebrating the scary and the ordinary. We started with Scary Movie Monday, which to me is like any Monday but with a hockey mask. On Tuesday we had an awesome assembly with lots of cool performances from our on-campus groups, including Drama Club, Drum Line (featuring Tony Low on the piano), Drill Team, Cheerleaders, and a small, unknown group I like to call “The Killers”.

I’ve always thought the day after Halloween should be a day off of school, but ASB thought PJ Day would be a good fit. It might have been a little too comfy though because by lunchtime everyone was ready for a nap. Thursday was Feelin’ Like Fall and students and staff were encouraged to wear sweaters, flannel, beanies, scarves, boots, etc.

When Grizzlies Attack was Friday’s theme since it was our last home league football game. We showed our support by wearing class colors (frosh/black, soph/purple, jr/gold, sr/white) at school and camo at the game.

Senior Class president Tucker Schall and Derek Magana built a cool blind to surround the student section and the Pep Band kept the bleachers rockin’.

It was Senior Night, so we honored our football players and their parents before the game and our Grizzliettes, Cheerleaders, and Drumline at halftime.

On October 28th, our Varsity Field Hockey team completed their season with an appearance in the Super Regional tournament. They lost to Chico 0-1 then bounced back to beat Corning 2-0. Playing for third place, they beat Davis 1-0 with a goal by Hannah Matchniff. Jessica Nakanishi and Mili Crosno were named to the All-Tourney team.

They also finished first place in league with seniors Hannah Matchniff, Jessica Nakanishi, Mili Crosno, Sara Daniels, and Kenzie Delacruz earning All-League Honors. Coach Dorinda Shaffer also praised seniors Renee Delgado for her great ball handling skills and enthusiasm, Kahlen Somerville for her excellent defense and tenacity, and Sofia Bennett for being “steady, encouraging, and reliable.” Junior Lucy Olson was awarded the League MVP goalie.

With several juniors and thirteen sophomores coming up to varsity, the future of the field hockey program looks solid.

Where it began

The backstory is that all eight of these seniors graduated from 8th grade in 2020. They lost end of the year trips, graduation, and saying good bye to middle school during the Covid shutdown. When Summer came and Coach Shaffer offered a “low risk” activity outside, they jumped on it. They practiced all summer into the school year.

Their season was postponed, but they continued to meet every day preparing the Frightmare Forest for locals. They got to know each other, became friends, and there was no pressure of winning or losing.

When they finally were able to compete in March, with masks on, we didn’t know what to expect. At first, it was a little like U-6 soccer, making it all the way to end of the field only to get one shot on goal and pushed back the other way.

But they made progress. They got better as players and teammates. They learned to trust each other and anticipate. They found out that no team in “unbeatable.” And all the while, they had coaches Dorinda Shaffer, and later Kelly Herrmann, encouraging them, believing in them, and setting goals for the team to reach.

We lost so much during Covid. It is refreshing to hear about something that flourished because of it. For the first time since 1985, Lassen High School has a League Champion Field Hockey team!

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Crews pulled attack lines and started to extinguish the fire, working to keep the blaze from spreading to exposures on the south and east sides.

“Access to the trailer was initially compromised due to the energized power lines down on the ground.”

CalFire’s Engine E2261 and Susanville Engine E622 arrived on scene and assisted with obtaining a water supply and pulling attack lines to the north side of the structure, while keeping clear of the power lines.

“LMUD arrived on scene and deenergized the power lines enabling crews to make access into the structure and fully extinguish the fire.”

According to Johnson, once the fire was extinguished, crews worked to overhaul the structure. This involved removing portions of the ceiling and walls to check for possible extension of the fire.

“Once the overhaul was completed, a fire investigation began which pointed to an electrical malfunction in the bedroom.”

There were no firefighter or civilian injuries. The Susanville Fire Department was supported by Cal-FIRE, City of Susanville Water Department, City of Susanville Gas Department, LMUD and the Susanville Police Department.

On Wednesday the Susanville Indian Rancheria, along with Aleck, will host a Native American Art Show in the college’s cafeteria from 2:00 until 8:00p.m. The show will begin with an opening ceremony at 2:00 and will feature a native youth art display, a show by Ben Aleck and an Indian Taco vendor from 4:00 until 6:30.

For more information call 1.530.251.8845 or email jtupper@lassencollege.edu

Refreshments will be provided.

The CIS program at Lassen offers industry recognized certifications by Google, Adobe and other major players in the tech world.

CIS classes at Lassen are offered online and support is offered via in-person or virtual office hours.

A chipmunk in its native habitat – J.H. Eastman from the Eastman Archive at UC Davis

Lassen Residents Receive Awards in Photo Contest

November 7, 1936

Five Lassen County residents received awards in the recent annual photographic contest of the Shasta-Cascade Wonderland Association held in connection with the convention at Klamath Falls in October.

In the professional class, J.H. Eastman of Susanville won three first places; first, in the scenery division with a beauty study of the Cinder Cone in Lassen Park. His photograph of a chipmunk in its native surroundings took first place in the wildlife class, and his colored photograph of Burney Falls was awarded first place in that class.

In the amateur class, Thomas Kuykendall, Camp Halls Flat, Westwood, took second place in the Recreation Division with ”stunts.”

Pat Gomez of Westwood also received second award in the scenery division with his picture entitled Mt. Lassen “Hat Creek” entered under Wonders of the Wonderland, brought Dale Thomas, Westwood, a third place.

The Lassen County Council received the award for the largest number of qualified prints entered.