Edgewood High School, El Corral, 2013

Description:	FALLPEDDLIN STRONG<W>tJTwo days, 100 miles, tons of bikes and one location. The Hilly Hundred is abike event hosted by Edgewood High School. The Hilly is a proprietary eventowned by the Central Indiana Bicycling Association (CIBA). EHS has hosted theevent since its inception in 2003 by founder Ron Jackson. Currently, SkipHiggins is the event planner and the man in charge.The Hilly Hundred is more of a people event than a bicycling event. It is ahomecoming for the cyclists, Higgins said.The race discourages new cyclists due to the difficulty of the ride but doesallow all cyclists. Although many riders like tocompete with themselves to improve their time,the Hilly is actually a recreational bike rideknown as a tour rather than a competitive ride.On these bikes, you will see many stop watchestracking the bikers time. To earn faster times, ridersprepare for the Hilly by riding many miles includingas many hills as possible over the course of onesummer. Thousands of people participated in theHilly, including EHS Principal Mr. Dirk Ackerman,an eight-year veteran.The perfect day, great exercise, beautiful scenery,and great people, Mr. Ackerman said.STANG ROYALHair fixed... check. Nails done... check. Dresson... check. Fully prepared for the on-stagequestion... kind of.... I might need a little time onthat one!This fall, seven seniors competed in the MonroeCounty Fall Festival Queen Contest. Mallory Koosand Kacy Young finished second and fourthrespectively while Taia Mobley, Bri Judd, AllisonGray, Stormy Dalton and Sierra Clouse joined theeleven-contestant field competing for the crown.In addition to having to physically prepare for thecontest, they have to mentally prepare as well.Each girl had to answer an onstage question theyhad never heard before.There was no telling whatit would be about.[The hardest part was] probably preparing ananswer for the question on stage, Judd said.Another aspect to preparing for the contest wassomething that most people would not think about.The girls also had to do fundraising. Eachcontestant had to go to small shops andbusinesses in Ellettsville or Bloomington and askfor sponsorship in the queen contest.had to do a lot of fundraising. Senior, KacyYoung said.While the contest was not just about winning asash or a crown, it was a learning experience forthese ladies. The queen and her court spent almostevery moment possible at the Fall Festival servingas role models for the young girls of the county.
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Collection:	Edgewood High School

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