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2016 Indoor Soccer Tournament – Well-Balanced Teams Play Great Soccer

On November 18, 47 students and four teachers gathered for the 2016 Steinmühlen Soccer Tournament. Under the direction of Mr. Neirich, seven teams were formed, and the tournament kicked off with 21 games played in a round-robin format.

The even matchups kept the competition exciting right up to the final game and resulted in matches played at a remarkably high technical level. The fact that the teams were playing at a similar level was evident, among other things, in that Team F, which finished in seventh place, managed to eke out a 2-1 victory over the eventual tournament champion.

Although the balance of the teams deserves mention here, three players in particular stand out:

The Student at the Bremerhaus Morteza demonstrated not only brilliant technique but also excellent court vision. Thanks to his team-oriented play, he played a major role in his team “Die Raketen” winning the tournament.

The player proved to be remarkably resilient and skillful Cecile Arroyo knew how to make her mark. The boarding school student had learned to play soccer in Alaska and had already earned plenty of respect from the “tough guys” after just her first game.

Mr. Schubert , playing as goalkeeper for the “Eisernen” (Team A), drove a number of opponents to despair. Completely focused and fearless, he confidently cleared dangerous situations in front of his goal and secured second place for his team in the final standings.

The coaching staff led by Mr. Neirich ensured that the tournament ran smoothly, and everyone was happy to have the chance to play some really good soccer again.

The teams’ rankings:

1.

Mannschaft E – The Raketen

Mirko Radatz, Leon Sauer, Konstantin Zimmer, Morteza, Paul Wolf, Johannes Agel, Jutta Töhl

2.

Mannschaft A – The Eisernen

Olaf Schubert, Jarik Nickel, Achim Bauer, Laurens Hamann, Sam Kempkes, Nils Blessing, Linus Benavente, Niklas Richert

3.

Mannschaft B – The Eiscolden

Dirk Lange, Jannis Borsdorf, Henning Dittmar, Maxi Lotz, Jonas Neirich, Maxi Mewes, Ella Herboth,

4.

Mannschaft C – The Maschinen

Moritz Zöckler, Abdallah Jaber, Felix Weinel, Felix Bach, Ashley Schulz, Dejan Boguslawski, Lenni Reichelt

5.

Team G – The Good Guys

Patric Hahn, Pablo Gottwald, Stathi Ioannidis, Jonathan Wulf, Luis Kirschstein, Jakob Schul, Cecilie Arroyo

6.

Team D – The Doubles

Timo Buxbaum, Mohamad Saboor, Philipp Schwarz, Lasse Roggenkamp, Carl Moritz Friedel, Luca Mayer, Simon Süsser

7.

Team F – The Fearless

Moritz Simon, Ian Wudtke, Nils Rupp, Hannibal, Ahmad, Sebastian Wöhr, Julian Bitsch, Jamal Jaber

22. November 2016

Election Party at the Boarding School

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Since we wanted to follow the results of the U.S. election live as soon as possible, we decided to throw a small election party. Armed with classic American food and drinks, we watched the election spectacle from the tea room. We also spent the evening discussing the American electoral system and the campaign platforms of the candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. We analyzed the swing states and predicted what results they would yield. We expected Hillary Clinton to win the election, albeit by a narrow margin.

When our eyelids finally started to get heavy, we decided to get a little more sleep before heading off to school the next day, when we could continue discussing the results. The evening was both entertaining and informative for us.

15. November 2016

The boarding school council was re-elected

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At a general assembly of all boarding students on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, we elected our Boarding School Council and the Boarding School Council Advisor. The Council represents the interests of all boarding students and is deeply committed to further developing life at the boarding school. Upcoming projects include, for example, the redesign of the tea room and a room for the Council, as well as the design of Steinmühlen sweaters. The Council also includes a dining committee and is involved in the upcoming “Christmas in a Shoebox” project, in which students will put together Christmas gifts for children who experience Christmas differently than they do, thereby spreading the Christmas message.

The Boarding School Council consists of the five house representatives: Leon Sauer, Louis Riester, Sarah Haagen, Chaymae Belkadi, and Marie Baab. Additional elected members are Yujun Wang, David Nees, and Sebastian Unsicker. The students are advised by Patric Hahn, a member of the teaching staff.

15. November 2016

Those chemists are crazy—Advanced Chemistry Class at the cultural evening

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As in previous years, the 2016 Cultural Evening featured a presentation by Dr. Jutta Töhl-Borsdorf’s advanced chemistry class. Under the theme “Chemists Are Crazy,” the students presented a dramatic reenactment of the invention of nylon thread this year. On stage, a long thread was created from two chemicals, and Riko Uphoff used a “cheese mouse” and a “Gretchen Faust” model to explain how individual molecules assemble into long chains and can ultimately form threads.

11. November 2016

Great performance at the WK II district basketball tournament

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After a series of high-level, closely contested games, Steinmühle finishes in 3rd place

The girls and boys from schools in the Marburg/Biedenkopf district put on a high-caliber performance at the basketball tournament held in the Kaufmännische Schulen gym on November 8, 2016. Five teams each from the 2000–2003 age groups competed. While the E-Schule secured a commanding victory in the girls’ division, the boys’ competition was much more exciting. Here, the Elisabethschule Marburg and the Alfred-Wegener-Schule Kirchhain entered the tournament as clear favorites.

Right in their first game, the Steinmühlen team faced off against the well-coordinated squad from Elisabethschule. They kept pace well until halftime (12–20), but then had to acknowledge the technical and physical superiority of the Elisabethschule team (17–38).

In the next two games, the boys really stepped on the gas and, thanks to strong performances, won 43–35 against Philippinum and 27–16 against Europaschule Gladenbach.

In the decisive match between the undefeated schools for the tournament title, Kirchhain defeated E-Schule 30–29. In the tournament’s final match, Steinmühle could still have secured second place with a victory over Kirchhain. It was an almost impossible task, given that their lineup included a player who towered over everyone else by at least a head and had already played in the 3rd Bundesliga.

Our guys managed to keep the game close for a long time and even tied the score at 23–23 at one point. Two missed free throws and a silly technical foul brought Kirchhain back into the game, and the tournament’s standout player single-handedly sealed the 26–33 final score.

However, the Steinmühlen students were able to leave the district basketball tournament with their heads held high after securing a fantastic third-place finish, having put up a great, spirited fight in every game.

Special praise is also due to the coaches, Theo Nauheimer and Tom Bartsch, who demonstrated a sure hand in leading the team and fostered harmony and enthusiasm among the players.

10. November 2016

WK III District Basketball Tournament

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It’s all about taking part. With this motto in mind, the youngest basketball players from Steinmühle took the court at the district finals for the Marburg-Biedenkopf district.

Right from the first competition—an all-around event—they had to concede the lead to the other participating teams, which meant that in the actual tournament, they had to start every match trailing by 0–6 points.

However, this did not matter in the final standings against the top three teams, as they proved to be superior.

But in the match for fourth place against Philippinum II, a win was what we needed. Our coach and team manager, Theo Nauheimer, managed to get the team fired up one last time for this final game—and it paid off: Despite trailing 0–6 early on, the Steinmühlen students managed to take a 12–10 lead by halftime, which the boys extended to 22–13 by the end of the game.

The following players took the field:

Henning Hepting, Lennart Holly, Christopher Mewes, Ben Luis Peters, Bruno Schneider, Jonah Schorm, Leo Tzentschke, Luis Ziller, Adriano Doibos

14. October 2016

Public Building Committee Meeting on the Plans for the New Steinmühle Building

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On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, the City of Marburg, in collaboration with the Steinmühle School Association, held a public information event at the Steinmühle Forum. During this event, the Building Department, with the support of our planning firm “Schöne Aussichten,” presented the plans for the construction of a new middle school building for the school association.

To this end, the nonprofit association has acquired its own land for the first time in its more than 50-year history—the meadow in front of the Forum. The need for a new building was emphatically explained by school principals Björn Gemmer and Bernd Holly, as well as Egon Vaupel, the chairman of the school association; Dirk Konnertz, the managing director, presented the plans to date. In addition to the proposed changes to the land-use and zoning plans, the design by the architectural firm Oesterle was also presented.

Mayor Kahle explained why the city of Marburg would support this project, and Cappel’s local council chairman, Wahlers, announced the Cappel local council’s approval. Although Kahle, the city’s commissioner for construction, considered the proposed start date of summer 2017 to be quite ambitious, overall, the impression after the event was that, in principle, nothing stands in the way of the construction project and that there will be room for another graduating class by the time the transition to the G9 system is complete.

13. October 2016

A Celebrity Visit to Actor Sigmar Solbach

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First he lived in the Bremerhaus, then in the mill, and later he felt at home on the stage: Actor Sigmar Solbach is surely one of the most prominent alumni of Steinmühle! After the popular actor—known for TV series such as “Ein Winter, der ein Sommer war,” “Das Erbe der Guldenburgs,” “Diese Drombuschs,” “Traumschiff,” and the series “Dr. Stefan Frank —The Doctor Women Trust,” had recently visited the Steinmühle to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his high school graduation, interested 11th- and 12th-grade students, accompanied by teachers Nicole Hohm, Steffen Ullwer, and Principal Björn Gemmer, to make a return visit to Frankfurt’s Fritz Rémond Theater im Zoo. There, the actor—a native of South Westphalia—played the composer George Frideric Handel in the comedy “Possible Encounter.” The play depicted what might have happened if Handel had met his contemporary colleague Johann Sebastian Bach back then—though in reality, that never happened. “Mögliche Begegnung”—the title was equally fitting for what awaited the group of visitors from Marburg after the performance: Sigmar Solbach took plenty of time for a casual chat with the theater-loving teenagers, who had prepared questions for the “celebrity.” With insights into how an aspiring actor can best draw attention to themselves today, joyful moments, his passion for the profession, his top roles —as well as personal insights into the actor’s daily life—the group set off for home after the pleasant meeting with the star, who had personally suggested the visit to Frankfurt. The unanimous opinion: a likable person, a role model—and completely down-to-earth.

13. October 2016

Weekend Special: A Visit to the Eckenhagen Monkey and Bird Park

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The bright blue sky on October 9 was the perfect invitation for a classic Sunday outing. So off we went—with the car packed full of nine fresh-air enthusiasts, we headed to the Monkey and Bird Park in Eckenhagen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

Here, even (young) adults became kids again on swings, small rides, or the mini Ferris wheel. But the highlight, of course, was the Eckenhagen wildlife. Here, you could have a little chat with the parrot (though he definitely needs to add the word “Moje” to his vocabulary), feed little squirrel monkeys snacks of fruit and vegetables, or let one of the Barbary macaques dance on your nose—almost in the truest sense of the word.

Since the fresh air makes you so hungry, we had a little afternoon snack on the way home before heading back.

13. October 2016

Steinmühle Girls’ Soccer Team (Age Group III) at the District Finals of “Youth Trains for the Olympics”

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For the first time, a girls’ team from Steinmühle competed in the district soccer tournament, and it was a great start!

With Finja Grün, Nelly Endres, and Ana Catalina Pohl, the Steinmühlen team had outstanding players who ensured our team played cohesively and scored goals. In the end, we finished in a solid 4th place, which—given the short preparation time (we were only able to train once for half an hour beforehand)—is definitely a success.

About the games:

In the first game against Stiftsschule Amöneburg, the team secured a 2–1 victory thanks to goals by Finja Grün and Ana Catalina Pohl.

In the second game against MPS Hartenrod, Ana Catalina Pohl once again scored the goal that tied the game at 1–1. However, the team lost the game 1–2 after a defensive error.

The third and final group match ended in a narrow 1-0 victory for Gesamtschule Ebsdorfer Grund, which went on to win the group in commanding fashion.

The Steinmühle team reached the semifinals, but in that game they had to concede defeat to the girls from Lahntalschule Biedenkopf. The game was a clear victory for Lahntalschule, which had a very well-coordinated team and went on to win the tournament.

In the match for 3rd and 4th place against Gesamtschule Ebsdorfer Grund, it was clear that our students had expended a great deal of energy through their selfless play in the previous matches and were lacking in concentration. Thus, the 0–3 loss was only to be expected.

Overall, all the players who took the field showed great dedication and had a lot of fun. There is definitely a desire to play together again soon and to field a team again next year without a doubt. Our team was expertly coached by Lothar Potthoff, the former principal of Ebsdorfer Grund Comprehensive School, who now leads the Niederweimar/Haddamshausen sports club.

11. October 2016