GARDINER – The Ophir Middle School Miners six-man football team traveled to Gardiner on Sept. 12 to take on the Bruins. It was a hot, sunny day but both teams came out to play.
The Miners, coming off a loss to West Yellowstone the previous weekend, were ready for another opportunity on the field. It looked like a defensive battle in the first quarter with each team holding strong on the first two possessions. However, the quarter would end with a 6-0 Bruins lead, which began a long scoring day for Bruins’ star athlete Elijah Byrd.
The second quarter opened the scoring floodgates on both sides of the ball. Frankie Starz started it off for the Miners when he returned a kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown, followed by an Austin Samuels extra point run, pulling the Miners to within a 13-7 deficit. As the quarter progressed, a 20-yard touchdown reception by Ophir’s Nick Brester made the score 25-19 Bruins.
Nick Brester runs into the end zone after catching one of his touchdown receptions on the day. PHOTO BY MONA LOVELY
A 30-yard pass from Starz to Samuels brought the Miners down to the Bruins 1-yard line with 1 second left in the half. On the last play of the first half Samuels plunged in for a touchdown, to make it 37-25, Bruins.
The battle continued in the second half, but the Miners couldn’t contain the Bruins’ Byrd who scored 50 of Gardiner’s points in the game. With a final score of 56-37, the Miners were led by three eighth-graders on offense. Samuels scored three touchdowns, as well as an extra point; Brester caught two touchdown passes of 20 and 22 yards; and Starz threw for four touchdowns, while also returning a kickoff for a score. And seventh-grade all purpose back Evan Iskenderian had a very productive game both rushing and receiving.
On defense, seventh-grader Jack Lovely did an outstanding job on the edge against a Bruin team that ran the sweep often. Starting outside linebacker Samuels, and inside linebacker Starz, contributed heavily on defense, along with fellow eighth-grader Nick Wade.
A big crowd traveled with the team to Gardiner, which nearly outnumbered the home fans. The Miners were vastly improved from their opening game and have a bye week before their next matchup at Hot Springs on Friday, Sept. 25.
We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a
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We all are familiar with using a limited palette, but do you use one? Do you know how to use a limited palette to create different color combinations? Are you tired of carrying around 15-20 different tubes when you paint plein air? Have you ever wanted to create a certain “mood” in a painting but failed? Do you create a lot of mud? Do you struggle to achieve color harmony? All these problems are addressed in John’s workbook in clear and concise language!
Based on the bestselling “Limited Palatte, Unlimited Color” workbook written by John Pototschnik, the workshop is run by Maggie Shane and Annie McCoy, accomplished landscape (acrylic) and plein air (oil) artists,exhibitors at the Big Sky Artists’ Studio & Gallery and members of the Big Sky Artists Collective.
Each student will receive a copy of “Limited Palette, Unlimited Color” to keep and take home to continue your limited palette journey. We will show you how to use the color wheel and mix your own clean mixtures to successfully create a mood for your paintings.
Each day, we will create a different limited palette color chart and paint a version of a simple landscape using John’s directives. You will then be able to go home and paint more schemes using the book for guidance.
Workshop is open to painters (oil or acrylic) of any level although students must have some basic knowledge of the medium he or she uses. Students will be provided the book ($92 value), color wheel, value scale and canvas papers to complete the daily exercises.