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Prints The Daily Life of An LBJ Swimmer pg 20 Royal Court Jack Liu and Antonio Skillicorns Explosion onto the LASA tennis scene pg 10 Things to do before a 5K In the words of an LBJ cross country player, how to prepare for a race, in 10 steps

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Moreno Factor LBJ’s own, receiver, defensive back, coach’s son.

The man behind Mark Moreno’s milliondollar smile. pg 26

NEON GENERATION Luis Whapa Lopez, Sam Preech Paster, and James Da Boss Dubose are owning the court Fresh Kicks The Freshmen soccer team is looking forward to a fantastic season lead by Roberto Guzman, Luis Lopez, and Sebastian Tanaka

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Exclusive Fresh Prints Interveiw

The Moreno Factor

Mark Moreno, freshmen football star, and son of The Freshmen football coach in an exclusive interveiw with Fresh Prints Reporter Mingyo Lee.

Cover Table of Contents Biogrophies Letter From Editer Things to do Before a 5K Neon Generation

Royal Court Fresh Kicks

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Stroke of Genius Exclusive Fresh Prints Profile

The Moreno Factor

Stroke of Genius

The Daily life of Freshman Ryan Compton on the LBJ swim team, from Kealing Middle School balancing sleep, sports and grades.

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Royal Court

Jack Liu and Antonio Skillicorn have exploded onto the LBJ tennis team, earned high spots on the team and won a district championship.

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Luis Lopez, Sam Paster, and James Dubose are reinventing the meaning of freshmen basketball. and

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About the Authors Mingyo Daniel Lee is a sports-loving South Korean.He follows many sports, including soccer, basketball, and baseball. He supports Manchester United, Indiana Pacers, Boston Celtics, and Chicago White Sox. As well as following soccer, he plays select soccer for Lonestar SC in Division 1. He plays as striker, attacking midfielder, or winger. He also likes watching other Koreans win at sports, even if it is golf. Mingyo plays soccer and studies for the SAT in his free time. He watches ESPN, and BBC Sports, and reads sport reports from various sites. His idols are Park-Ji Sung. T.O.P, and G-Dragon.

Lukas Ritter Keel loves life. He loves football. He loves basketball. He loves soccer. He loves baseball. He also loves his mommy, his daddy, his sister and Adrian Peterson.

He really loves Adrian Peterson. When Lukas is not watching sports he tends to be playing them. He loves playing football, basketball, and soccer. He also loves his Red Fender Strat, Coldplay, and Adrian Peterson. He follows (and loves) the Vikings, the Twins, and even the lowly Timber Puppies. He also loves the Texas Longhorns, Vince Young, Colt McCoy, Jordan Shipley and Ricky Williams.

Sam Michael Macdonald is a freshman at LASA. He follows many sports, including football and soccer. His favorite board game is Monopoly, his favorite food is matza bread. His favorite sports team is the Colts. His favorite holiday is Hanukah. He completes his home work in a timely fashion and enjoys sitting around the passover table with family. Some of his favorite players are David Villa, Andrew Luck, Peyton Manning, and Fernando Torres.

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ey readers, In the world of journalism, there are a plethora of magazines about sports. To make a magazine about every sport would appeal to a variety of people, but these readers would only be interested in one or two stories. On the other hand, to design a magazine about one sport exclusively would not interest enough people. And even then there were many magazines depicting our current vision. So we decided to make our magazine unique and different from the others. We, as freshman, wanted a new perspective on sports on our school. The perspective of freshmen like us. That is the goal of this magazine, to give our school, and the world, our perspective on sports.

The designing of this magazine has not been the easiest task in the world. We’ve had our share of issues, from blurry pictures and unusable quotes to the time consuming feature layouts.

The whole process was defined in Lukas’ words one Tuesday, “When is this class over?” It took time, energy, and extra commitment, but we pulled through, but it’s ended up being a fun process. We’ve found ourselves getting into our features, from Mark Moreno’s million dollar smile, to Jack Liu’s inspiring story.

Fresh Prints has been produced by the hard work of our unified group and fresh prints.

From all of us at Fresh Prints, thanks for reading.

10 Things To Do Before Running a 5K

Many People Underestimate the Training and Preparation Needed to Run a 5K, So We aAked John Walters For His Top Ten Things to do Before Running a 5K

Prepare. Don’t try to run a 5K cold turkey.

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Sleep. You would be suprised how much a good night sleep will improve your preformance

Stay Hydrated

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Stretch: The last thing you want is a cramp a kilometer in.

Keep it together. More than one runner has lost a race due to nerves.

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Eat lots of pasta the night before, the carbs will improve your preformance

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Get there on time, about an hour before hand. It takes time to park, warm up, and get in line.

Get in line early, if you are experienced, use should try to get a place at the front of the line, if you are a beggininer, try for a spot at the back

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No matter who wins, just remeber, it’s all about having fun

If you do win, play it cool.

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Luis Whapa Lopez, James Da Boss, Dubose, and Sam Preech Paster, are lighting it up on the basketball court. Here is a closer look at the three freshmen

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Position: Gaurd Year: Freshman Favorite Team: Lakers Sports Hero: Kobe Team Goal: To go undefeated in disctrict Individual Goal: to average 5 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists Nobody knows I: can play La Bon Bon on guitar Nobody Knows How Much I love: grapes and strwberries

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Position: Forward Year: Freshman Favorite Teams: Spurs, 76ers Sports Hero: Troy Polumalu Team Goal: Go undefeated in district Individual Goal: to start for the entire season Nobody knows I: listen to Pandora in the shower Nobody Knows How Much I love: playing unselfish basketball, and wearing ties

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Position: center Year: Freshman Favorite Team: San Antonio Spurs Sports Hero: Dirk Nowitzki Team Goal: Go undefeated in district play Individual Goal: To grab 20 rebounds in one game Nobody knows I: can go 10 rounds with Mike Tyson Nobody Knows How Much I love: Cher Lloyd

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Lukas Keel

Jack Liu and Antonio Skillicorn are making a big impact at their school Article by Lukas Keel

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Jack Liu and Antonio Skillicorn have earned spots on a varsity sport for LBJ high school, made fast friends with seniors three years older than them, and won a district championship.

They’ve only been here two months.

“Playing for the school just makes [LBJ] have a better reputation,” says Jack Liu, “I wanted to represent my school.”

The two Freshmen have exploded onto the LASA tennis team, within weeks earning high spots on the varsity. Jack Liu has earned the second position, and Antonio Skillicorn the eighth. Both freshmen hope to hold those positions all year, though this will mean investment from their parents and help from their coach, and Liu intends to continue playing tennis into college.

spend 400 dollars for Mac 360, 60 dollars an hour for private lessons, 50 dollars on racket strings, and 90 dollars on shoes. This adds up to over 600 dollars, but Liu’s parents have no trouble investing the money they do into tennis. “Anything for tennis,” Liu says about his parents attitude.

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iu’s parents are not the only people motivating him to play tennis. In 7th grade Liu joined the Kealing Middle School Tennis team where he met teammate Antonio Skillicorn. “Antonio’s a goofball,” Liu says, smiling, “very kind hearted.”

Playing together at Kealing, Skillicorn and Liu became close friends, and when both were admitted into The Liberal Arts and Science’s Academy, Skillicorn helped

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Liu’s parents have invested a lot to let Liu play tennis. “My parents are like ... ‘anything for tennis, but nothing else’” Liu says.

Liu’s parents investments include a substantial amount of money. In an average month Liu and his parents will need to

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want to … play varsity in college” says Liu. That is a pretty high goal and Antonio Skillicorn is doubtful his friend can achieve it, “He’s good in terms of an average tennis playing kid, but he’s not going to go any further than that” says Skillicorn.

Skillicorn is doubtful that he will play in college either. “I’ll probably play for the rest of my life” says Skillicorn, “but I won’t play college level tennis or anything … there are a lot of kids on that path.”

“I just don’t think there’s anyone under him who can beat him,” says Antonio Skillicorn who holds the eighth position on the roster. iu’s been playing for three years now; his mom started him _ years ago at Mac 360, a local tennis club, where he’s learned a lot. “I’m a pretty good player I’d say,” Liu says, “but I’m not that cocky.”

Liu won his first ZAT (Zonal Advancement Tournament) last year, allowing him to move up to CMZ (Championship Major Zone) level. “I’m working my way to being an SCMZ,” Liu says. SCMZ stands for Super Major Championship Zone, and to win a Super Major Championship Zone Tournament, and become a Super Champion, is one of the highest awards in youth tennis.

Liu expects to get some help on that path from his coach, Corey Snyder. “Coach Snyder’s super chill,” says Liu, “He’s a great team manager and he knows how to make a team work together.” Snyder has quite a record as the leader of the LBJ tennis team, his squad has won back to back district championships and, though they were defeated this year in regionals, expects to win more in the upcoming years. “He’s a good coach” says Skillicorn.

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Team Player Jack Liu with his new teammates after practice convince Liu to play for the tennis team.

Liu has made more friends since joining the LBJ team, “My fellow players are all ... fun to be around” Liu says. Some of those fellow players are upper classmen and making friends with them has helped Jack adjust to his new school.

“I’ve made a lot of friends,” says Liu, “and no enemies,” that includes the junior currently in the number one spot on the LBJ roster, Liam Spiesman. “Liam,” says Skillicorn, “he’s good!” Liu has a long way to go if he wants to catch Spiesman who has a two year jump on him. “He’s a junior,”says Liu, “so I have time to catch up with him.”

Jack Liu continues to believe in his chances for college. “He thinks he can play college level tennis?” says Skillicorn incredulously “Well that’s not true. You’d have to be a super champ by like age 12.”

Liu disagrees, “Federer didn’t even start playing until he was 14!”

Even if Jack Liu and Antonio Skillicorn don’t play college level tennis they will have achieved quite a feat playing varsity tennis as Freshman. They have already achieved a district championship and expect to win many more, through the help of their parents and coach.

“Go Jags!”

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By Mingyo Lee

Bert Guzman Position: Central Midfielder Age: 14 Club Team: Lonestar 97B Red Predicted Team: Varsity Quote: “My inspiration is that the strength inside me is always greater than the task I face. It gives me the courage to make bigger decisions in games and not be afraid to face bigger teams like the varsity team.”

Pictures by Mingyo Lee

Position: Central Defender Age: 15 Club Team: Lonestar 98B Red South Predicted Team: JVA Quote: “Freshman soccer is just a transition for middle school students into high school soccer. It helps you ease into higher levels of soccer and high school life.”

Sebastian Tanaka

Milan Rivas

Position: Central Defender/ Striker Age: 13 Club: Lonestar Pre-Academy 99 Predicted Team: Varsity Quote: “Being part of the team makes me feel like I’m really in high school. I can’t wait to find out what team I make. I think I’m good enough for varsity.”

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Whapa Lopez

Position: Fullback Age: 14 Club: Lonestar 98B White East Predicted Team: JVA Quote: “I love soccer. It’s my life and my dream. My hero is Cristiano Ronaldo. I’m so pumped for LBJ soccer! Go Jags!”

Swim For the Win

By Sam Macdonald

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y itself, The Liberal Arts and Science Academy has been proven to be a handful, even overwhelming for some students, and thats on a bell to bell basis. There are those who just try to live day by day, those who are just another face in the crowd.

Then there are those who want to stand out, who want to be remembered for something more than perfect attendance.

People who have a skill, and want to use that skill to bring glory to their school and

But in the end, it definitely worth it. I’m doing something that I love and thats what life is all about.”

Not only does he love it, but by LASA standards, he’s also very good at it. He has already beaten a number of records that LBJ has set over the last few years, and the year has only just began.

Now, Ryan’s day was already long and high on stress, and swimming only adds to the heap of homework, lack of sleep, and of

to themselves. These... are the freshman athletes.

One of the many athletic programs at LBJ is the swim team. Students must arrive at the YMCA by 5:50 a.m. to prepare for the 6 a.m. practices. Every morning at 5 a.m., Freshman Ryan Compton wakes up and gets ready for school. This is the beginning of his ten hour school day.

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For example, “Some days I leave home at 5:20 a.m. and get back after 4:30. It’s hard,” Compton Said.

When someone spends time doing homework, and they have to wake up at 5 a.m., this means that chances are, they are not going to get a lot of sleep. Such is the case with Ryan.

After a long practice and days school work, he returns home, and begins his homework. “I have almost no free time.

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Compton standing outside one of his classes.

into college and help them learn. But homework has also been proven to cause stress.

“Sometimes I have to choose between

grades and sleep, and I will always choose grades” Ryan tries to go to sleep by 10 p.m. every night, but ten is a very hard goal to reach.

Even if he does manage it, he will still only have seven hours of sleep a night. This is much less than what most doctors agree is the optimal amount.

Another thing that doctors can agree on, confirmed by a 2000 study by the UCSD School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System in San Diego

is that not getting enough sleep can have sinister consequences on a person’s life.

Lack of sleep impairs attention, alertness, concentration, reasoning, and problem solving. This makes it more difficult to learn efficiently.

“Last night I only got about six hours of sleep, and I don’t think I will be getting more than six hours tonight either.”

Ryan is one of the lucky students. He is doing something he enjoys, and he has found a thin balance between grades, sleep, and friends. “I feel lucky, I have a great life, and I have people who love me. What more

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The Moreno Factor Mark Moreno has the Moreno Factor. He’s got the pace and power to play multiple sports.

He’s got the million dollar smile. But what exactly is Moreno’s personal side?

By Mingyo Lee

THE MORENO FACTOR Article by Mingyo Lee

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n a dark, humid night in Austin, Texas, Mark Moreno walks off the field, having made an interception and a touchdown for the LBJ Freshman football team. The team had lost, but Moreno leaves with his head held high.

Mark Moreno is a 14 year old native Texan. He started playing football when he was in third grade. quit, and later resumed playing in seventh grade. “It’s kind of hard to explain my love for the game,” he says. He now attends the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA) and has joined their freshman football team. He plays wide receiver on offense and cornerback on defense.

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The transition from middle school to high school football is usually difficult for players. Not for Moreno. For him, conditioning is always the hardest. “The conditioning is really hard, there’s a lot of running.” Conditioning also includes a lot of pushups, situps, and squats. Despite the difficulties of conditioning, faster plays, bigger players, and stricter coaches, Mark still tried out for the freshman team because of his love the game. “[It] can’t get much simpler than that,” he says.

The freshman football team has big dreams.

For example, going on to win the district.

But Mark Moreno thinks its a very reachable goal for the team. “We have some pretty good players, some good hands.”

However, the freshman football team will have to work a lot harder. They will have to win all remaining games to have any chance of going to district finals. Moreno also comes out for to support the LBJ varsity football team, which is coached by Moreno’s father.

Because his father is the assistant coach of the varsity team, Moreno also feels pressured and motivated by his father. “I

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amount of homework teachers assign as well as high standards. Many freshmen struggle to balance extracurricular activities with the school work. However, Moreno doesn’t seem to have a problem with balancing his needs. “Time management, bro!”

Moreno says, “Well usually... I don’t really know, I don’t really have a way of doing it. Like on weekends when I get home, I just finish it all, so I can stay balanced wheneve the week starts.”

Procrastination is also a big problem among teens, and even Moreno admits he sometimes struggles with it. “Yeah [I procrastinate] a lot of Picture Perfect Moreno poses with his signature times, actually. But whenfinger point. ever it comes to studying, I always have my paper in don’t want to mess anything up; he’d probably get mad. It’s kind of weird [having front of me, not doing something different.” my dad as head coach] because if I do here is a lot more to Moreno than what something wrong, I kind of take it personal you see on the field. He may be the rare sometimes.” Having his father as head coach gives him flak as well as motivation. bothway-player, the leader on the field, and “If other people get into trouble they’ll the player that smoothly adjusts to higher come up to me and say stuff like that, or levels of play. But he is also the coach’s son, say stuff [about my dad] like how he’s mean the verbal punching bag for players angry and stuff like that. It’s hard, but that’s how at his father. His teachers heap tons of homework on him, yet he manages to balit is. I just kind of ignore it. I’m used to it.” ance his schoolwork with extracurricular laying both ways is a lost art of football. activities. Off the football field, “I’m just a The last man to play both ways (offense normal guy trying to make good grades,” says Moreno. and defense) in the NFL was Chuck Bednarik in the 1960s. Like Bednarik, Moreno is a rare both-ways player, but that doesn’t mean he likes it. “I don’t really like being on both sides of the ball,” he says, “I’d rather just play on defense because I’m better at defense than at offense.” Playing on both sides of the ball requires great endurance. Running for 50 minutes straight requires enormous stamina. “I get really tired because I never step off the field for a break besides halftime,” says Moreno, “But I still work hard and leave it all on the field in order to ensure that I start.”

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Daddy! Moreno’s father takes time for a photo Game Changer Mark Moreno makes an interception against Reagan

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