The Sartell PeeWee B2 team participated in November in the Blue Devils Showdown Hockey Tournament in Mora.This was the team’s first tournament of the season. They worked very hard and brought home there first trophy and came home as the consolation champions. Most Valuable Player went to Case Leach. Way to go team!
Team members include the following (front row) Goalie Riley Hauck, (second row, left to right) David Trnka, Brady Baxter, Case Leach, Brett Thayer and Max Ehlen; (third row) Jakob Navratil, Cooper Peterson, Austin Freeman, Jacob Wieland and Zach Elliott; and (back row) Coaches Steve Thayer, Mike Trnka, Tom Freeman and Sean Moynan. Not pictured: Noah Pretzer.
Congratulations to the Stock Market Game team of (left to right) Zachary Ittel (seventh grade), Tyler Anderson (eighth grade), Austin Haus (eighth grade) and Sarah Owens (seventh grade), who placed first in the region out of 55 teams. The team placed 71st out of 1,154 teams nationwide. Students who participate in the Stock Market Game are given a virtual $100,000 to invest during a period of 14 weeks. Under the direction of volunteer John Elliott, students research various stocks and make choices to buy and sell. The Stock Market Game is sponsored by BestPrep, Sartell Middle School and the Sartell-St. Stephen Education Foundation.
Students at St. Francis Xavier School gathered more than 200 toys that were given to Toys for Tots which is sponsored by the Marine Corps Reserve. Students at SFX rallied around the idea of giving toys to children in their community. The students in the picture are Allayna, Ellen, Grant, Breanna, Nathan, Maggie Rose, Annie Mae, Mackenzie, Matthew, Frankie, Jacob and Trevor.
Garrity Gerber recently joined Heartland Glass Co. as an estimator and sales representative.
Gerber graduated from St. Cloud State University in 2006 with a degree in management and has eight years of experience in both glass and parts manufacturing industries. He has held various roles in the glass industry, including estimator, IT manager and territory manager. His most recent role was marketing manager for a local manufacturer, where he managed the inside sales team and sales forecasts by product segment.
In his new role, Gerber has worked on Force America in Alexandria and Apostolic Christian Church in Hancock. His new position does not require as much travel as previous roles.
“I work on significant and interesting projects,” Gerber said, “but also get to go home at the end of the day, which has been a great change for my family.”
Gerber and his family reside in Sartell. In his free time, he enjoys fishing, downhill skiing and hunting for pheasant and deer.
Four Sartell students recently graduated from Minnesota State University, Mankato. They and their major are as follows: Caitlyn Cardetti, bachelor’s degrees in human biology and psychology, cum laude; Nicole Carlson, bachelor’s degree in nursing, summa cum laude; Krista Heim, bachelor’s degree in elementary education, summa cum laude; and Leah Janson, bachelor’s degree in psychology.
