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VOLUME II, ISSUE THREE · TODAY WELL LIVED · OCTOBER 21, 2011
Tennis back-handed by Harvard-Westlake Benjamin Hannani After a 17-1 loss to Harvard-Westlake on Wednesday, the members of the girls’ tennis team said changes will be made. The silver lining of the day came from sophomore Miriam Binman’s 6-2 victory, the only player on the squad to win a match. Afterward, Binman expressed that the team’s overwhelming loss served as a good wake-up call and that adjustments would be made. “We have to take our practices more seriously and we have to focus on what we did wrong and improve,” Binman said. Despite the disparity in scoring, Coach Mike Margolin saw improvement from the squad, particularly from the doubles teams. Margolin is keeping watchful eyes over his players’ growth and was generally pleased with the team’s performance. He also acknowledged the quality of the opponent and its influence on the match. “I think the girls improved…[Today’s match was] good because HarvardWestlake pretty much had a very solid team, so we didn’t really put out any weakness on the court,” Margolin said. “We’re just trying to see a little more improvement [in] every match we play out of our doubles teams, and we saw that today. I think the girls are able to see it because they’re playing against very good players, who are sort of doing the things we’re trying to work on.” The match was Beverly’s first league loss, giving the team a league record of 2-1 and a ranking of second in the Ocean League standings behind Santa Monica. With less than two weeks remaining until playoffs, the Normans must sustain their secondplace ranking in league in order to qualify for CIF. Margolin shared that he is not necessarily concerned about the outcome of the
matches as much as he is about seeing improvement from his players as the progress through the season. “We’re not trying to concern ourselves too much with winning or losing. We’re [focusing on] what level we’re at right now and ‘Can we make it better [in] the next match we play?’ That’s how we’re going through the season,” Margolin said. This season has been particularly unique for Margolin since the squad was less experienced than in previous years. While teams from past years had ample tournament experience, Margolin recognized that many girls were going through “a new experience.” As a result, he has to conduct practices differently and adjust expectations. “I try not to throw too much information out all at once, I try to go a few weeks at a time. In this situation, it’s just a little different because they don’t have the experience, but the practices are still just as rewarding,” Margolin said. In spite of a young squad finding its way this season, Margolin was excited about the prospects for next season. “I think that the obvious upside [to this season] is starting out inexperienced. Very quickly these girls are gaining experience, so it’s making the season still quite rewarding as the weeks go by,” Margolin said. “Looking at the future, a lot of these girls are coming back next year and they’ll have a whole full year of varsity experience under their belt that they could use next year.” Results from the team’s match against Morningside on Thursday, Oct. 20 were unavailable as of press time. The team’s next match is at Inglewood on Monday, Oct. 25.
Meghan McMurray anticipates the return from Harvard-Westlake team. Oliver Gallop
Meet the Captains Water Polo Co-Captain Dillon Silverstein Senior
Cross-Country Co-Captain Josh Galen Senior Galen’s favorite Gatorade flavor is lemon-lime.
Height: 6 feet Before each game, Silverstein uses a band to stretch.
His pre-meet ritual is to “take a bath before, and then...listen to some classical music.” It gets him “really pumped.”
In order to mentally prepare, Silverstein “listen[s] to this song on [his] goalie’s iPod called ‘Faded,’” by dubstep group Mt. Eden.
He is a self-proclaimed “tall 5 foot 6.”
He is looking to break the Norman assist record. Silverstein captains boys’ varsity water polo with senior Zak Zukoski, who will be featured in the next edition.
Galen’s favorite course is “Mt. SAC…because it’s fast…like everyone goes really fast, and also there’s a lot of competition, and everyone’s cheering the whole entire time.” This is his fourth year on the varsity cross-country team. Last year, Galen “ran like 16 [minutes] flat” for a three-mile run.
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HIGHLIGHTS · VOLUME II, ISSUE THREE · TODAY WELL LIVED · OCTOBER 21, 2011
OCTOBER 14 OVERVIEW THREE TOUCHDOWNS by Frank Brown
TOUCHDOWN by Willie Green
TOUCHDOWN by Madison Moore
Missing ‘60s cheerleader expected to return soon as told by
Danny Licht
It was a dark and stormy October afternoon, before the football field got lights. It also happened to be the darkest homecoming in Beverly Hills High School’s history. The entire school was “really just psyched out” for the event, but “something really kinda weird happened, you know,” former Beverly student Dennis Jardine, class of ‘61, said. Cheerleader Carri Sigrant’s sole desire was to become homecoming queen, and the only thing standing in her way was archnemesis, Rhonda Davidson. The two “didn’t get along too hot,” Jardine explained. “One was always taking the other’s super-groovy dance moves or stealing a crazy, catchy anti-war slogan.” Furthermore, a week prior to the game, Sigrant’s ex-boyfriend Biff Green began to date Davidson, refueling their rivalry— their dark, dark rivalry. “It all happened in the locker room, where my sweet Carri went and got herself missing,” Davidson said. “We were just playing around and arguing with some petty things, like scissors.” The two were co-captains of the cheerleading team, and were changing out of their uniforms and into their taffeta gowns, each bracing themselves for victory-—sweet, sweet victory—over the other. “We shared hugs and kisses, and then I left the room and told her I’d see her later. And I’m so certain that it was just her and me in there. No one else saw,” Davidson continued. Fellow cheerleader Donna Winters, however, begs to differ. “I saw, I saw. I know I saw. I definitely did, and I promise,” Winters, who is currently being treated at a local mental hospital, said. “Calm, now,” Davidson, who was visiting her “dear old friend,” hushed. “Everything’s okay.”
Rumors from the fatal day spread quickly because a loud rumble was heard from the girls’ locker room across the campus. Many hypothesize that, while Sigrant was leaving, she made a great ruckus and used her scissors to splatter her own blood across the room. Davidson, whose father was a prominent figure in district politics, is “really still so effected by the event.” In fact, she has recently started to see a therapist to cope with her post-traumatic stress of “losing a beloved friend.” She went on to win the crown unopposed, and she mentioned her “beloved friend” in the speech. “I am so sad that she couldn’t be here right now. She probably just did something stupid and is hiding in a covered hole up by Runyon Canyon or something. I wish my beloved friend were here to see me,” Davidson tearily proclaimed, according to the transcript printed in Highlights. After a few minutes, Davidson ran back to the stage and screamed, “I’m sure she’s alive and well!” When she had not been seen for a few months and all hope was lost of finding the girl, a memorial was erected on the football field. In August, however, when the football team realized that they would need the center of the field, where the monolith was placed, it was taken down and placed in a storage room. Since then, around the time of homecoming each year, “strange things have been a-happening,” former school janitor Jenkins Fritz said. “There was this one time when I was just locking up the school, ending my day with the locker room, and I swear to the heavens that I saw the ghost of that poor girl. She told me, I tell ya, that that she’d come back for revenge of some sort on her 50th deathaversary.” That day is coming, Normans. Stay inside, and stay away from the football field. Strange things will a-happen.
Football triumphs over Hawthorne Cougars
“As a team, we played really well,” Paysinger said. On Friday, Oct. 14, the NorPaysinger believes that the first mans played a victorious game games of the season are always of football against the Haw- some of the most important thorne Cougars, overpowering games; their victory benefitted them 42-7. the squad mentally. The win The team is tied for first place sends a message out to the rest in Ocean League along with of the league: the Normans are archrival Santa Monica. ready to play. Running back Frank Brown As a result of the game, Green, had a season-high of three wide receiver Brodric Smith and touchdowns. Quarterback Cam- linebacker Austin Towns suceron Countryman, wide receiver cumbed to injuries. They are not Willie Green and tight end Mad- expected to play in the team’s ison Moore had one touchdown upcoming game against archrieach. Kicker Dylan Fussman val Santa Monica, a bigger opalso converted on all of his PAT ponent. kicks contributing a total of six Paysinger believes Santa Monpoints. ica has one of the better running Head Coach Donald Paysinger teams in the league and Beverly was impressed with the team’s will have to work hard to keep ability to keep the Cougars down up. to seven points the entire game The team is set to clash with as opposed to Hawthorne’s aver- the Vikings this Friday, Oct. 21. age of 24. Arman Zadeh
Upcoming games F r i d a y, O c t o b e r 2 1 : Va rsity Boys Football vs Santa M o n i c a , 7 : 0 0 p . m . Va r s i t y B o y s Wa t e r P o l o v s E l S e g u n d o , 3 : 0 0 p . m . S a t u rd a y, O c t o b e r 2 2 : J u n i o r Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l @ Va l l e y C h r i s t i a n To u r n a m e n t , t i m e s T B A . Va r s i t y c r o s s country @ Mt. SAC Inv i t e , 1 2 : 0 0 p . m . T u e s d a y, O c tober 25: Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l v s S a n t a M o n i c a , 3 : 1 5 p . m . J u n i o r Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l v s S a n t a M o n i c a , 4 : 3 0 p . m . F ro s h / S o p h G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l v s Santa Monica, 4:30 p.m. Va r s i t y G i r l s Te n n i s @ I n glewood, 3:00 p.m. Jun i o r Va r s i t y G i r l s Te n n i s @ Inglewood, 3:00 p.m. We d n e s d a y, O c t o b e r 2 6 :
Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l @ Inglewood, 3:15 p.m. Jun i o r Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l @ Inglewood, 4:30 p.m. Va r s i t y G i r l s Te n n i s v s S a n ta Monica, 3:00 p.m. Junior Va r s i t y G i r l s Te n n i s @ S a n t a Monica, 3:00 p.m. Thursd a y, O c t o b e r 2 7 : J u n i o r Va r s i t y B o y s F o o t b a l l @ I n g l e w o o d , 5 : 0 0 p . m . F ro s h / Soph Boys F o o t ball @ I n g l e w o o d , 3:00 p.m. Friday, October 28: Va rsity Boys Football vs Inglew o o d , 7 : 0 0 p . m . Va r s i t y B o y s Wa t e r P o l o v s I n g l e wood, 3:00 p.m. S a t u rd a y, O c t o b e r 2 9 : Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l @ C h a d w i c k To u r n a m e n t , t i m e s T B A . J u n i o r Va r s i t y G i r l s Vo l l e y b a l l @ N o r t h To u r n a m e n t , t i m e s TBA. F ro s h / S o p h Girls Vo l l e y b a l l @ Va l l e y C h r i s t i a n To u r n e y, t i m e s T B A .
Homecoming game on October 28 vs. Inglewood 7:00 p.m.
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