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table of c ntents
Formspring
What do people want to know about you?
Separating your friends from the frauds
5 “A” | obsession Students who just can’t deal with less than perfect
6-7 Peace | corps
Linda HammertonMorris shares her time in Ecuador
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10 Downfall | of | MTV The disappointing path the teen channel has traveled down the past decade
Living | without
Vista students who have lost parents share experiences and how life has changed
Taking a closer look at clubs you may not know
Critique
Welcoming our new principal: Mike Weaver
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Curling | club
Seniors try to make club official
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Varsity team sets goal: state championship
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Vista’s “Honk” production is given a grade
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21 Baseball
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Locks | of | love
Mountain Ridge teacher encourages hair donation
22 Energy | drinks
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The dangers of the drinks you love
The crazy experiment of a sleep-deprived senior
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Wrapping up another successful season
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a serve during varsity practice for women’s tennis. “We are all really close and have a good time together,” Chan said. “We’re all there for each other.”
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Gerardo Lopez, sophomore, and Sonia
Klamo, freshman, watch a video of Klamo’s new puppy and play a game of Angry Birds on the iPod. “(Technology) can be helpful in times because we can get information quickly,” Lopez said, “but it’s also a distraction because we were supposed to be in class at that time.”
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Formspring, the anonymous issue
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she signed up for Formspring because “I saw a bunch of people posting questions from it on Facebook, and I wanted to see what it was.” However, it has already become clear that some high school students are taking advantage of the
Source: Questions taken from four Mountain Vista students’ Formspring accounts
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site’s ability to post questions anonymously. What makes Formspring different from other social networking sites? “People can write things either anonymously or with their name on your page,” said Sigler. “You are supposed to ask questions, but people just say ‘I hate you, go die.’” While not all people who use the site say hateful things, enough people do say mean comments to create some unnecessary drama. “My friends have been asked sexual things on Formspring,” Sigler said. In Sigler’s case, the mean comments were pretty consistent. “I’ve been cussed out so many times,” she said.
“People asked me personal questions, and they say they don’t like my friends or they miss my friendship. It makes me mad because I wonder why they don’t just say it to my face. It just kept coming, and then my friends came on and defended me. IItt was like a war.” One solution to this online bullying is to just avoid the site altogether. “I don’t care anymore,” Sigler said. “I don’t really check my account.” While online interactions can affect life in school, most schools cannot take any disciplinary action against cyberbullying. “As a counselor I can talk to somebody, but because it does not happen in
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school, we cannot really do anything,” counselor Terry Gerba said. However, if anyone needs help or advice on cyberbullying, Gerba said “there’s a bunch of stuff on Naviance about cyberbullying you can look at.” Formspring may be a useful tool for connecting with others, but Sigler demonstrates that there are downsides to giving people an outlet to say things anonymously. “It makes you depressed and sad because Jacob junior people sayLarge, things and you don’t know it O’Donnell is,” Sigler smiles at who Brady said. during the Hero Week asWhileJan. Formspring is a ssembly embly 31. He gave intended for funofonline dollar d ollar to Roses Charity interaction, users should iin n order to support orphans know whatinthey are getting with w ith AIDS Zimbabwe. “I themselves intofor when open to think it is great students themselves up to anonymous give back to people since we comments. As Sigler said, are indon’t a position do so,” “You get totoknow Large said. people. It’s a gossip fest, Photoitbyis.” Amy Markowski that’s what
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Pamela | Shapiro Throughout high school, many teens deal with social pressure, stress from school and grades. However, junior Samantha Lichtin, a prospect for valedictorian next year, is one student who said she does not let the pressure of grades get the better of her. Lichtin said she is taking four A.P. classes, but she balances them out with classes that are less stressful. “The nice thing is that I’m taking a lot of classes, but a lot of them aren’t as crazy,” she said. “I’m taking a choir class, an orchestra class and a theater class, so those are nice breakups in my day.’’ Lichtin said she is not as concerned with getting perfect grades and being the top of her class. “A lot of times your class rank changes, like if you’re taking the same amount of A.P. classes as someone, but you’re taking actual fun classes as well and someone else is doing the stressful A.P. classes, then their class rank is gong to be higher,” Lichtin said. “Class rank shouldn’t be as important as doing well in the classes you take.” Many students aspire to be valedictorian for their graduating class
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and that is their goal in life, said Terry Gerba, school counselor. He said the thought of being valedictorian should not be a student’s long-term goal in life, because there are bigger goals to strive for. “(GPA) gets you on the playing field (for highly selective colleges), but that’s not what gets you in the door,” Gerba said. “Impress them with your behaviors in high school. Show them what you have contributed to other people’s lives.” Lichtin said she does not obsess over being valedictorian, but simply tries her best. “As long as you put forth effort, your class rank is not important,” Lichtin said. “It’s an honor to be able to say ‘I was top of my class,’ but really I feel like your class rank doesn’t really matter as long as you’re doing the best that you feel you can.” Lichtin’s older sister, Rebecca, a graduate of the Class of 2010, is currently attending Brown University in Rhode Island. Lichtin said she does not feel an enormous amount of pressure to get straight A’s and attend an Ivy League school like Rebecca. Lichtin said she knows her family will support whatever decision she makes about her future.
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“I’m sure my parents would be happy wherever I end up. I am looking at the same type of schools my sister did,” she said. While preparing for college can be exciting, it can also be stressful for students who feel pressure to get straight A’s. “There are some students who have never had anything but A’s and they get panicky if they get any other grade,” said Gerba. “My parents wouldn’t be extraordinarily disappointed (if I got a B),” Lichtin said, adding her parents are the kind of parents who expect her to do well and to do her best. Lichtin said she remains optimistic about her future, even though she may not be valedictorian when it comes down to the end of her senior year. “The goal in life shouldn’t be to be the top or to be the best because in life there will be someone better than you, or smarter than you, or faster than you, or more skilled than you at your sport,” Lichtin said. “There’s always going to be someone better, so what’s the point of trying to be the top? Just try to improve yourself more than beating other people.”
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The Race to Nowhere Film documents pressure of school and potential damage it may induce Commentary Trevor | Zalkind The American education system, as depicted in the documentary “Race to Nowhere,” encourages success without failure. Students pressure themselves to maintain that 4.0 GPA, leadership position on the sports team and first chair in their band. Yet constantly students encounter stress and make mistakes in their journey to perfection. “Race To Nowhere” faces the issues of stress and physical health in students’ academic lives. Challenged by the college application, students and their parents in the documentary prepare themselves to appeal to the college admissions office, often finding little or no time for personal growth or development outside of academics and extracurricular activities. Vicki Abeles, the director of the movie, finds the stress and suicidal thoughts her children encounter to be a reflection of their academic pressures to finish the massive piles of homework every night. Faced with preparing for college, students often crack under the stress of doing well on a test or getting the “A.” But how important should that “A” be? There was a showing of the movie at MVHS for an Eagle Eye news magazine fundraiser March 10. Many adults in attendance voiced concerns for the necessary improvement of the education system constantly pushing and pushing students to do their best, but to no avail. In a discussion after the showing, many different opinions arose in certain flaws within today’s academic system. A math department chair here in Douglas County finds trouble teaching with passion, because of the necessity to make sure kids do well on tests instead of making sure they know the content thoroughly. In fact, the teacher pay increases are based on performance of
their students on tests that may not follow the teacher’s curriculum. Teachers, as well as students, find stress within the education system because of the emphasis on student test performance instead of teacher performance to determine pay. The film portrays the competitive mentality of American nature as the downfall of today’s education system. As parents — and teachers — push their kids to perform better and know more, the system plunges into a downward spiral of repetition and memorization to get a good grade rather than much needed critical thinking for the real world issues. “Race To Nowhere” encourages educational reform to prevent the stresses placed on students within school. Although there are many viable options for reform, the movie challenges viewers to form their own solutions, offering a website to create a group within the community to advocate reform.
For more information about the movement and movie viewings around the nation, visit www.RaceToNowhere.com Photo permission from Josh Baran Graphic by Trevor Zalkind
| Source: survey of 40 Vista students
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“The toughest job you’ll ever love”
Spanish Teacher Linda Hammerton-Morris describes her experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer
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Hammerton-Morris was transported by a rickety old bus—a bus, she said, that people in America would condemn to the scrap heap. On that, HammertonMorris said, “Peace Corps policy is that you do not live better than the people you are serving.” Hence, HammertonMorris lived in conditions that were less than ideal for her two-year commitment to the Peace Corps, a governmental organization that officially started March 1, 1961 when President John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 10924. The Peace Corps would send trained Americans to foreign nations in order to assist in development efforts. Hammerton-Morris said that working for the Peace Corps taxes both one’s physical health and mental health. In a three-month-long pre-Peace Corps training requirement in the states, Hammerton-Morris started off with 45 fellow volunteers. However, at the end of two years living in a different country, only 33 remained. “One’s health is a great concern,” she said. “Several
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people left because it’s hard. You are living in such poverty.” However, HammertonMorris did divulge that the food in Ecuador was great. “I ate a lot of rice and beans, and I loved the fresh fruits. It tastes like we (as Americans) cannot even imagine. “The fruit was allowed to ripen on the tree, the bananas tasted like candy,” she said. Even more, Hammerton-Morris enjoyed the people of Ecuador. “The people were so sweet, very grateful for any suggestions I gave them,” Hammerton-Morris said. “Meeting one of my hosts was my most memorable moment. Her name was Yolanda, and she is my lifelong friend. She was my sister away from home, and we still keep in touch today.” “(The Peace Corps) made me realize that not everybody grew up with the same advantages I had. But not having money does not make those people unhappy. These people live in some of the most impoverished conditions I’ve ever seen, and yet they are very happy.”
| Literacy Rate: 91% | Population: 15,007,343 | GDP per Capita: $8,000 Source: CIA World Fact Book Photo by Kyle Waters
| What to know about the Peace Corps | Established in 1961 | The three goals of the Peace Corps are: 1. Help the people of interested countries to meet their need for trained men and women. 2. Help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served. 3. Help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans. | The Peace Corps had more than 200,000 volunteers that had served in 139 host countries since the organization started. | The majority of volunteers work in education and healthcare. | The Peace Corps provides volunteers with language, cross-cultural, and technical training. | Volunteers work with a community overseas for 27 months. Source:www.peacecorps.gov | The fiscal 2011 budget is $400,000,000.
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With potentially fake Facebook pages now everywhere, do students really know who their friends are? Caleb | Williams Who is really watching?
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The name “Courtney Lancaster” brings up very heavy resentment for a number of high school Facebook users. Mostly due to the fact that the truth of her nonexistence is now out in the open. Through investigation of her photos and friend records, several students figured out that not only was Courtney Lancaster’s page made by someone other than her, but that she was not a real student at Mountain Vista. Fake Facebook pages requesting to be friends with real students. Your personal information being shared with whoever may be behind that screen. The instantaneous rumor that came up through
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the vicious wildfire that is high school gossip, was of course, that administration creates these pages to keep tabs on what kids are up to. Assistant principal Alan Long responded to the accusations with heavy cynicism. “Believe it or not, our lives do not entirely revolve around busting kids,” he said. “We actually have lives outside of school.” Long added that school administration does not have the jurisdiction to act on student dilemmas that take place off school grounds. However, if a conflict takes place off school grounds and then makes its way into the educational environment, then administration can take action. That does
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NOT mean, Long says, that they discover these conflicts through Facebook. Most conflicts or activities that administration acts in as disciplinarian are discovered through parental tips. Administration’s assurance that the fake pages are not their spawn however, does not entirely solve the mystery. According to a news story from the University of Kentucky, local police have and continue to utilize Facebook as a way to gain information on potential crime. They claim to not use it to discover the location of student parties, but they did not confirm nor deny the usage of a fake page or pages.
Our own Douglas County Sheriff ’s department did not return requests for comment on whether or not they knew anything about the fake pages. “I think the police must use it in some way to check up on kids,” said Cody Corbin, senior. “I remember last summer people started talking about some party [or something] on Facebook and then the cops showed up right around when it started.” “I feel like if they are doing something like that, it’s really just wrong,” said Lauren Stapleton, sophomore. “That’s someone with no relation keeping up on a minor.” Other names of
potentially fake pages have surfaced over the past few months, including Jenny Roberts, who claims to be a senior at Mountain Vista, yet has no enrollment records here. Students are receiving friend requests from these, and several other pages, without knowing who these people may truly be. “I get friend requests from people I don’t know on a daily basis,” said Makayla McGivern, junior. “I just accept it.” | See more on police Facebook usage at: www.kykernel.com/2011/ 02/10/the-social-mediapolice/
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innards or Lil’ Mama in the audience sucking on a pacifier. OK, I know a bunch of people can’t get enough of the wonderfully educational programs “16 and Pregnant” and “Teen Mom,” but really? Come on! It’s kind of sad, and rather bizarre, that we adolescents find so much enjoyment in these inane programs. I don’t really know what to say, though. I’ve fallen victim myself to some of these shows, regrettably. “The Challenge,” for example, a riveting production featuring a bunch of high-strung manimals and ill-tempered women competing in physical battles to win a cash prize. Yes, Golden Globe material. I haven’t even mentioned “Jersey Shore.” I won’t insert my opinion here because it seems like every other person in the school is hypnotized by the antics of these “Italian” celebrities, but it is rather sickening to consider the amount of money they make for doing…whatever it is they do. The naysayers will argue and say “just change the channel!” and that is mostly what I do. I just wish the quality of content directed at my age group was more like the old days, when I wasn’t ashamed to be watching.
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Ryan | Winter Commentary Let’s take a trip down ol’ memory lane. Remember, back in the day, when you would go home after a grueling elementary school day, turn on your analog cable television set and watch the music video countdown on MTV’s “Total Request Live?” Remember Carson Daly, the greatest TV personality/reality show host until Ryan Seacrest came along? He would interview such icons as *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Blink 182 and Limp Bizkit, while a hundred caterwauling adolescents on the New York City street pretended they could actually see their idols 30 stories above. Wait, can anyone even remember Limp Bizkit? Remember when shows like “Room Raiders,” “Next” and “Date My Mom” were the most scandalous programs on… TV really. Don’t you miss when MTV actually showed music more than just during the wee hours of the morning? Nowadays, the programs on MTV just don’t compare to what they were five or ten years ago. Perhaps we should petition to have the station renamed: Music Television is kind of absurd. Maybe “Mistaken Teen Values” or “Maddeningly Trashy Viewing” would do the acronym more justice. Of course, it doesn’t help when the channel actually shows something music related — the Video Music Awards — but all you remember is seeing Lady Gaga wearing a dress composed of animal
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Eagle Eye staff
Editorial
Welcome to Vista
Last week, Mountain Vista appointed Michael Weaver as our new
principal. Weaver is currently the principal at Bear Canyon Elementary School, and is very familiar with the Douglas County School District. He was kind enough to write a letter introducing himself to the student body.
Dear Mountain Vista Students! During the lengthy process involved in being named your new principal, I had the opportunity to talk with the superintendent of DCSD, present (myself) to the Director of Schools, complete writing prompts and interview with district, school and community leadership. With no disrespect intended to any of those groups, the most fun I had during the selection process was talking to the MVHS student interview team! That particular conversation confirmed to me that this was going to be a great fit. I cannot explain how excited I am about the opportunity to represent the students, staff and community of Mountain Vista High School! This is my 24th year in education. After a year teaching middle school in Longmont, I spent the next 15 years teaching social studies and coaching football and track at Overland and Grandview High Schools in Cherry Creek. In 2003, I started my administrative career in Douglas County as the assistant principal at Summit View. Some of the seniors of the Class of 2011 were my last group of sixth graders at SVE. The past six years I have been the principal at Bear Canyon Elementary and a proud and involved member of the Mountain Vista feeder. I went to school and played football at
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the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley (Go Bears!) and received my master’s degree in education administration from the University of Phoenix. Our family has lived in the community for 12 years. My wife Susan is an interior designer and I have three kids: Matthew, Emily and Wesley Ann. I can’t wait to get started! I am committed to bringing a positive sense of energy and enthusiasm to school everyday. I feel that a shared vision of high achievement and excellence should exist in everything we do and also believe that every member of the Mountain Vista student body, staff and community should have an opportunity to be a part of that vision. I have an optimistic goal that each of you will have a great day every day and will graduate from Mountain Vista having had an amazing high school experience! Over the next couple of months I will get to spend a few days at Vista and look forward to getting to know everyone. Thanks for the already incredible welcome I have received! I am so proud to be the principal of Mountain Vista High School. Go Golden Eagles!
Michael Weaver
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CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF Kyle Tosch Ryan Winter EDITORS Val Buccio Joanie Lyons Macy Morgan Erica Rasquinha Zack Smith Caleb Williams Caitlin Young PHOTO EDITOR Amy Markowski ADVERTISING Jordan Laeyendecker
REPORTERS Taylor Blatchford Riley McCloskey Megan Oberg Jack Reeves Brad Richardson Pamela Shapiro Jake Smith Theland Thomas Maggie Williams PHOTOJOURNALISTS Alex Hill Sierra Thornley Jordan VanNote Kyle Waters Trevor Zalkind
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Brooke Mackay, sophomore, is in her fourth running season at Vista. Last season Mackay beat the school record by three seconds in the 5K cross country race; she won a two-mile race in track last year. To Mackay, running requires both mental and physical effort. “When I’m at the wall, I’ve got to push through,” said Mackay who runs with her sister. “I love running with Brittany. She pushes me. All that matters in the end is that I can look back and know that I gave it my all,” Mackay said with a smile. Photo by Sierra Thornley
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Different incidents, but all equally devastating on the inside. Chris said the summer of 2008 after his freshman year, his dad, Jerry, died from colon cancer in his liver. “I had to come home early from a school trip in Paris,” Chris said. “My mom said my dad wanted to see me and Michael (his brother), one last time.” He said the cancer was caught too late and spread too quickly. Leah said, in 2009, a few days into her summer, her dad Robert, died from diabetic shock without warning. He was taking medicine for bronchitis, making him unable to take his insulin for his diabetes. After battling colon cancer for two-and-a-half years, in November 2010 Kayla said her dad, Michael, passed away laying in his favorite massage chair at home. CJ said, no one expected the outcome of the standard surgery his mom, Kathleen underwent
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at the start of second semester this year. “She was in and out of the hospital becoming more and more sick,” CJ said. He said doctors overlooked a problem that led to an infection from not having the necessary medication, resulting in a blood clot in her lungs. Unexpected or not, all four seniors said they were shocked in some way that all this could happen to them.
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Each student had their own way of reacting to the incident that occurred in their lives. Chris said he got to the hospital, only able to talk to his dad. “He was at a stage where he could not talk back to me and my family. He could only listen and understand,” Chris said. He said even before the trip, him and his family knew it was coming, just not when. “We prepared for it, but like losing anyone, it was tough,” Chris said. Leah said she woke up to her dad’s girlfriend walking out of his room crying. It was sudden, she did not see it coming. “I didn’t break down crying until the paramedics said he was gone,” Leah said. “I was shocked and cried right away.” Kayla said she was having a great day and even had lunch with her dad before it all happened. Even though her and her family knew he
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would pass away within the last few months of the year, it was sudden. “I was completely shocked and didn’t know what to say,” Kayla said. Everyone had school off Tuesday, the day after her dad passed. She said she went back to school Wednesday so her routine was not messed up. “If I had stayed home, I would have been upset because I would just be thinking to myself, ‘he would normally be here with me,” Kayla said. CJ said his dad called him that morning saying, ‘You need to come now, your uncle is coming to get you.’ His mom was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for four days before the passing. “I knew it was bad, but didn’t break down until I saw the sign on the closed ICU door that read ‘Please speak with a nurse before entering this room,’” CJ said. He said he was out of school for a week and after coming back his grades were not as good as Michael and Kayla Blood
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they had been. “It’s hard to focus on school,” CJ said. “I think about it everyday.” Even though it was a life-changing experience for all four of them, they all said they found a way to get through it and live their lives.
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Finding Strength Chapter Three
In the midst of all the difficulty, each said they had friends and family close by their side for support. Chris reflects how his friends and family really helped him through everything. “I had to step up for my mom and younger brother,” he said. He took on the role of a fatherly figure and set an example for his younger brother. “I just wish he was here to see me graduate, but he has given me the inspiration to be the best I can be and enjoy life to the fullest,” Chris said. For Leah, her way of coping with the situation was “doing things to keep (her) mind off of it, like being with friends and staying busy.” Although she said it is something she will never forget, she has grown from the experience. “It is a situation where you have to grow up and learn to deal with things yourself,” Leah said. She said her best memories with her dad were trips to a lake and going out on their boat. “I miss that,” Leah said. “He was the most
kind and gentle person I’ve ever known and he always made sure to put others before himself.” She said that is something she hopes to follow in her life. Kayla received care and support from her closest friends for the entirety of the week after the death. “They knew exactly how to make me feel better without talking about it,” she said. She said she became really close with her mom and they were able to look at the bright side of the situation, since Michael was no longer suffering from cancer. She also said the loss of her father led her to realize the path of her future. “I want to be in the health care profession because I want to help people in similar situations (as her dad),” she said. Kayla said one of her favorite memories with her dad was last June at her cousin Sarah’s wedding. Her dad, uncle and aunt’s two sorority
sisters started singing in the hotel at 11 p.m. so loud that the manager came and said they were disturbing the guests. They all moved to the library of the hotel and sang till 3 a.m. “He was so happy and had a great voice,” Kayla said. “It was a blast!” CJ said he is still trying to cope with the recent passing of his mother. He said he lived with his mom full time before the incident. Now his dad lives in his mom’s house with him and his brother, Reza. To help the boys deal with the circumstances, CJ said his entire family flew to Colorado from Maryland and West Virginia. “If they hadn’t been here, I don’t know what I would have done,” he said. While struggling with the pressures of school, work and taking care of his 12-year-old brother, CJ said he still finds a reason to smile. He said he remembers the happy moments he shared with his mother, such as playing their favorite board game, Scrabble. “I’d come home from school and we would watch Jeopardy while playing Scrabble,” CJ laughs. Tears and emptiness come with the initial blow of the death, but is followed by the love of family and friends to get through the disaster. The ultimate outcome is a stronger, more independent person with the inspiration of their loved one always in mind.
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Scope CJ Simonet, junior, has been a part of the Swing Dance club since his sophomore year. Eagle Eye: How and why did you first get into swing dancing? CJ Simonet: “My mom was actually cleaning the house one day and she was listening to Elvis on the radio. I was listening, and she showed me the basic swing step. I was in sixth grade. After I moved from Idaho, I found out we had a swing dance club here and got involved after football. Been doing it ever since.” EE: What is the purpose of having partners for swing dance? How are they necessary? CS: “Usually partners are guy/girl because it’s easier and swing is a very intimate dance.” EE: What is your favorite part about swing dancing and why? CS: “I love the actual dancing part. I don’t get to dance often. My favorite part about the club is the people. They are all very nice and accepting.” EE: What would you like everyone to know about swing dancing? CS: “If you can walk and chew bubble gum, you can do it.”
Junior CJ Simonet dances with freshman Maya Thornley.
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EE: If someone wanted to join swing, how would they go about doing it? What does a normal swing practice look like? CS: “Come join us every Wednesday during SOAR. Well, we teach the beginners the basic step which are alternating steps towards each other so anyone can be apart of it. We practice in the back of the 300s.”
If your gift is speaking your mind, you are in good company in Speech and Debate.
yan Shepherd, freshman Maya Thornley, sophomore Chayenne Therberg and senior Jonathan Metheny. MVHSEagleEye
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Here are some of the unseen clubs in our school. Remem who are doing what they love through one of the many or
Swing Dance
Speaking
Swing Dance is a club for Vista students of all ages
Calvin Lee, sophomore, has been involved in Speech and Debate for one year with his coach Chris McCallum. Eagle Eye: How did you get involved in speech and debate? Calvin Lee: “I mostly got in because peers told me about it. It’s not all debate stuff. That’s a common misconception.” EE: What are tournaments like? CL: “Tournaments are really big. I get to meet people from different schools and it’s a lot of fun.” EE: Who would be the best people to join speech and debate? CL: “If you’re into acting, it’s good. There’s something for everyone to do or be interested in.”
From left to right: Junior
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Dancing Rays
Riley Romano, sophomore, is involved
in Vista’s junior varsity poms. “I’ve been in poms on and off all of my life,” said Romano, who started dancing when she was eight or nine. “I figured I’d try out and see how it went,” Romano said. “(The team) is like a family, and there’s not lots of drama.”
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hallway talk
, Honks and Breakfasts.
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| He had to shoot his wife because she had rabies and the Courts were like: “Oh, likely story.”
Sitting down in class, there is always that one person whipping out his or her iPod to use this popular app. A conversation starter, kids can pass the time and even hash out some old rivalries—finally met in a battle of words. The game allows direct competition in a convenient form because you can play when you are not with the other person and can take your time choosing your own word. I have yet to decide if the game serves the betterment of our spelling and knowledge of words or just another distraction the teachers must fight to have our attention. Warning to the teachers, you might hear the excuse, “Well this is educational!” If you haven’t checked this app out, you are in the minority, but there is still time to join the free fun.
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First Senior Breakfast
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Although the parents who volunteered were thoughtful to prepare the breakfast for our senior class, I am sorry to say I didn’t have an overall great experience that morning. Perhaps it was because of my high expectations—looking forward to this since freshman year I was stoked to eat muffins and chocolate milk. Those were there, but that was about all I got by the time I went in line. Also, I heard from the performers and last wave of students during the breakfast and they were quite bummed they didn’t get burritos. We appreciate your efforts parents, and the thought was there. There was a lot of variety of food and the singers were impressive, even over a difficult sound system. Hanging out with our class was great, but I just hope the next breakfast supplies more food.
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| There are wheelchairs all over that book. | If you say one more cool thing, you’re in! | Why would I go on a date with him? He looks like Frodo. | Monday, Tuesday, WTF. Photo by Liza Aleksahina
On the down side, this play was too long for me and the plot pretty predictable. However, it says a lot that the cast was decidedly enchanting through the storyline that I expect was hard to work with. Many fledgling actors tied together singing and acting very well. The impressive main character Derek Driggs rocked the role of “Ugly.” Driggs has not taken a theatre class but, after watching him act, I couldn’t have told you that! Senior Kathleen Newman won my adoration and I loved her stage presence as the mother duck. Overall, I am glad I went to this cute play and I’d say it was worth the money.
| Maybe if I were dead, I would enjoy it.
Words With Friends
| It smells like a butterfly pavilion.
Props
| CSAP week for giving juniors and seniors welldeserved time off. | “Race to Nowhere” for identifying student angst. | New principal Mike Weaver stepping into Steve Johnson’s shoes. | Generous aid to Japan after the tsunami. | Egypt trip longer than Spring Break.
Flops
| The horrendous price of AP tests. | The iPad 2 selling out so quickly. | Undeserved attention on Charlie Sheen. | No toilet paper or soap in girls’ bathrooms. | The Colorado Avalanche for only winning one game since the All-Star game.
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“An easy way to get involved.” Mountain Ridge teacher Kristin Swartwood plans a Locks of Love hair donation day
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Erica | Rasquinha Seventh grade teacher Kristin Swartwood is in charge of the Locks of Love donation day at Mountain Ridge Middle School. “I have donated my hair before and I think that this is an easy way to get involved with something bigger than ourselves,” Swartwood said. The event is scheduled for May 7 and will most likely take place in the gym. Locks of Love is a nonprofit charity that takes hair donations to provide hairpieces to children with long-term hair loss. The charity also accepts financial donations. Last year Swartwood spread the word about the charity at Mountain Ridge and had one student cut ten inches of her hair for Locks of Love. Eigth-grader Maureene Malabanan said that donating her hair means a lot. “I have a cousin who was diagnosed with cancer. Giving hair to kids with
cancer gives them a head of hair to look at instead of none,” Malabanan said. Swartwood said although some people signed up and became scared, her goal for this year is to get more people to donate than the two who donated last year. “I start with my Relationships, Advisement and Mentoring (RAM) class and have them learn about the charity, then they will go teach other RAM classes about the cause,” Swartwood said. “After they get the hype up, we will broaden our efforts out.” Swartwood also said she has contacted all schools in the Mountain Vista feeder area. As for what is happening right now, she said her RAM class is handing out business cards with the charity’s information. Dee Riggs has agreed to be the donation day stylist, and she said she hopes that the Consumer Family Studies class will make
baked goods to raise more money. “I don’t want to get my hopes up yet, but I think as more people talk, more people will know about it,” Swartwood said. She said that anyone who has 10 inches or more to give can sign up at www.sites.google.com/a/ dcsdk12.org/locks-of-lovemrms/ by May 1, and that anyone who has questions about volunteering can email her at kristin. swartwood@dcsdk12.org. Swartwood said she plans on donating again in May of 2012 when her hair grows out to the appropriate length. But when it comes to the interaction of Mountain Ridge and Locks of Love, she said, “This is something that many kids have heard about and it is an easy way for them to get involved. It is definitely something I hope to continue here (Mountain Ridge).”
Before | After Josh Brandt donated his lengthy locks
Malabanan and Swartwood stand together after their has slightly grown out from last year.
How to donate
1.Hair Requirements
Hair must be a minimum of 10 inches to donate and put into a ponytail or a braid before it is cut.
2.Packaging the hair
Place the ponytail or braid inside a plastic bag and then into a padded envelope. To receive Real hair wigs are acknowledgemnt for the created and are donation, fill out a hair donation distributed for free form or write your name and email through specific address on a separate piece of American paper to be mailed with the hair. Cancer Society | Pantene Beautiful Lengths
Brandt donated his hair in November of 2008 to Pantene Beautiful Lengths
“I donated my hair because I felt that it was the right thing to do. I chose (Pantene Beautiful Lengths) because they accepted the shortest length. I am considering donating again when my hair is long enough.”
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3.Mail it in
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To explore the underpinnings of sleep, senior Ian Hohsfield is completing a project where he naps for only two hours a day. Is it working?
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At 4:30 a.m. on a Tuesday morning, while most Mountain Vista students are sleeping, senior Ian Hohsfield is getting his shopping done at the grocery store. You’re probably thinking: Why would someone do such a thing? “It started as research for my senior project,” Hohsfield said of a sleeping pattern he researched that involves sleeping for 20 minutes every four hours. However, after following
the sleep schedule for several weeks Hohsfield made the decision to permanently follow the schedule. “I feel like I’m a battery,” Hohsfield said. “I recharge every 20 minutes.” Hohsfield’s schedule starts at roughly 7 a.m. every morning, when he sleeps for 20 minutes before going to school. Four hours later during lunch, Hohsfield can be found taking a 20-minute nap for part of lunch before finishing off his school day. Even though Hohsfield does not appear to be
getting a sufficient amount of sleep, certainly not the recommended nine hours and 15 minutes that experts say an 18-year-old should receive, he says he does not feel the lack of sleep is hurting him. “I don’t feel super groggy and I feel less tired,” he said. “Also, I feel like I’m having more vivid dreams.” In fact, Hohsfield said he feels like he is more efficient than ever under his new sleep schedule. The way he figures, if he were to follow this schedule until he is 85-years-old he will have
From 7 – 11 a.m. Ian attends classes and eats lunch, taking a quick nap in between.
extended his time awake by nearly 11 years. “It’s the closest a person can get to attaining immortality,” he said. Hohsfield says he enjoys staying up late at night doing homework, playing video games or doing his shopping. “At first I had no idea what I was going to do since no one else is awake,” he said, “but it has been easier than I thought.” When Hohsfield first started the schedule he would go to the grocery store and people would be
puzzled as to why he was up so late/early. “I told them I stay up this late all the time,” he said. “Actually, I really enjoy driving around late at night.” Hohsfield believes the whole world would benefit from trying his sleep schedule. “I would recommend (the sleeping pattern) to all people,” Hohsfield said, “so we can advance society at a much quicker rate.”
Ian sleeps in intervals of 20 minutes throughout the day in roughly four-hour intervals.
Photo courtesy Ian Hohsfield
Ian Hohsfield believes his new sleep schedule has paid off already.“It’s the closest a person can get to attaining immortality,” he said.
From 12:20 – 4:20 a.m., Ian gets his shopping done while nobody is on the roads.
Graphic by David Orser
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LAX for Life
Matt Miller, sophomore,
plays defense on the junior varsity lacrosse team. “I think (the team) will have a good season, but we need more practice,� Miller said.
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Seniors Curl to Win
Curling seniors try to make the sport a club at MVHS Riley | McCloskey
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Several seniors have come together with one goal in mind: a curling team at Mountain Vista. Bryan Smith, the founder of this curling team, said the team is currently a part of the Denver Curling Club and are attempting to make curling an official club at Vista as well. Curling is a team sport originating in the 16th century in which stones are slid across a sheet of carefully prepared ice towards a target area. It is a game for all ages and genders and is comparable to shuffleboard on ice. “The goal is to to get the stones in the house which is
like three rings on the ice,” senior Jake Foote said. The team has been practicing and playing at Littleton’s Ice Ranch, 841 Southpark Dr., since 2009. They were third in their league of 10 and won four out of five games last season. “We’d really love people to come support us,” Foote said. “Though we aren’t an official Mountain Vista sport, our team is still made up of Vista students and we play against other schools like Valor.” The team’s next season begins in March, and Bryan Smith asks any students interested in joining or supporting the team to contact any member: Bryan Smith,
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It’s like chess on ice.”
Photo by Chelsea McGuire POSITIONS Jason Smith | Skip
Bryan Smith | Vice Skip Brian Clark | Second (right)
Jason Smith, Brian Clark, Jake Foote, or Mason Shurley, or go to usacurl.org. They play against a variety of players, from younger teams to a Valor Christian High School team. Smith and his teammates have yet to find a teacher to sponsor their club, and he asks any teacher who is interested to contact him. “I like (curling) because it’s different,” said senior Brian Clark, another member of the curling team. “It
Jake Foote | Lead (left) Mason Shurley | Lead
isn’t a mainstream sport.” “I like the strategic aspect of curling,” Foote said, “like knocking your opponent’s stones out of the house and planning an end.” An end is an “inning” of the game where one team curls three stones. “I like it because it takes so much strategy and skill,” Smith said. “It’s like chess on ice.”
Photo Illustration courtesy of Bryan Smith
Graphic used with permission from usacurl.org
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Ready for a Breakout Season
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Junior Cody Nelson shares his expectations, goals for season
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We put a lot of work in this off season to help us become better; more than other teams.” Cody | Nelson
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After a disappointing 11-10 season by all accounts last year, varsity relief pitcher Cody Nelson, Head Coach Ron Quintana and the rest of the Mountain Vista baseball team believe they are heading towards a championship season. “We put a lot of work in this offseason to help us become better — more than other teams,” Nelson said. Nelson also said new Head Coach Ron “Q” Quintana is helping the varsity team move towards its goal of winning the state championship. “He (Quintana) is a really good guy and he’s pushing us to become
the best that we can be,” Nelson said. “He’s got a lot of past experience that he’s bringing to the table.” Quintana, an assistant strength coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers for six years before becoming a high school coach, said he expects the team to compete for the Continental League title. “If we play like we are capable of playing, we could go a long way in state,” Quintana said. “My goal for the team is to be playing our best baseball at the end of the season. If we do that, it will be a successful season for (the) Golden Eagle baseball program.”
As for how they are going to play their best, Quintana’s formula is simple: hard work and team leadership. “I want to push these guys harder than they have ever been pushed before,” Quinta said. “(I want to) make sure we are the hardest working baseball team in the state. I expect all of (the varsity players) to lead this ball club at one point this season. Since we are a team, I would rather have 18 guys lead than just one guy.” And Nelson expects this hard work to pay off. “We have 19 games in the regular season,” Nelson said. “We expect 19 wins.”
| Eagle Eye: What are your individual and team expectations for this season? | Tommy Strunc: “I want us to compete, give it 100 percent, and leave everything on the field. We plan on winning the Continental League and then winning state. Individually, I want to go 7-0 on the mound.”
Photos by Kyle Waters | Eagle Eye: What are your individual
and team expectations for this season?
| Tommy Clouthier: “We’re looking to
win a state championship this year. We (the varsity team) had an off year last year so we’re looking to rebound this year. Individually, I look to take more of a leadership role. We have a lot of newcomers to the varsity team this season, and I want to help everybody get in the swing of things.”
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The Monsterous DEATH TOLL
Energy drinks are giving teens across the nation health problems, students at Mountain Vista are now realizing the consequences Taylor | Blatchford Brendan Parsa, freshman used to drink an energy drink every day. He has since quit drinking them completely. “I saw an ad that said they give people heart attacks, so I stopped,” Parsa said. In many teen hangouts, you will see adolescents consuming drinks such as Monster, RedBull, Amp, and Rockstar. There are over 500 different energy drinks being sold across the country today, and more and more young adults are starting to drink them. Mountain Vista athletic trainer Jeff Sirovatka said he thinks energy drinks are overused by teens. “They don’t really do much for performance in sports and other things,” Sirovatka said. “The sugar, caffeine and other substances are a little too much to put in your system. They are no different than drinking soda once in a while; the problem is when athletes use them
as a supplement before a performance instead of hydrating and eating healthy meals.” Recent surveys published in the online medical journal Pediatrics show that energy drinks are consumed by between 30 to 50 percent of adolescents and young adults. These drinks contain massive amounts of caffeine; anywhere from 6 to 2352 milligrams per ounce. In comparison, a Mountain Dew soda contains 4.5 milligrams of caffeine per ounce. These drinks also include sugars, artificial sweeteners and herbs that act like caffeine with similar effects. The various chemicals and additives cause many effects in teens like heart palpitations, anxiety, seizures, nervousness, strokes, insomnia, nausea, pacing, diarrhea, restlessness, diabetes, high blood pressure and even sudden death. All these things can be a result of consuming too much caffeine. “When you drink too
What Are You Really Drinking? We surveyed 50 Mountain Vista students to find their favorite energy drinks. Here are the top five results, with nutrition information (size in ounces, caffeine, sugar, calories, taurine) according to energyfiend.com.
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much caffeine you also run the risk of dehydration, because caffeine is a diuretic,” Sirovatka said. Parsa said the main negative effect he noticed was that he had trouble focusing, even though he never drank more than one at a time. Parsa also said that eventually if he didn’t drink an energy drink he would always be tired. “If I hadn’t started drinking them I wouldn’t be so tired in the first place,” Parsa said. So, what can tired teenagers do to get energy, other than drinking energy drinks? There are multiple things that can help. If teens can get eight to nine hours of uninterrupted quality sleep in a dark room every night, eat real food about four times per day, drink plenty of water, eat a mineral rich diet and get enough rest after exercising, these things promote natural energy with no side effects.
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Monster Votes: 32%
Ounces | 16 Caffeine | 160 milligrams Sugar | 54 grams Calories | 200 Taurine | 2,000 milligrams
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Votes: 28%
Ounces | 8.4 Caffeine | 80 milligrams Sugar | 27 grams Calories | 110 Taurine | 1,000 milligrams
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“Those things
won’t happen to me.”
Despite the numerous amounts of health risks teens can suffer while drinking energy drinks, sophomore Sydnie Wingate and junior Tyler Cussins still love their energy drinks.
Junior Tyler Cussins drinks an energy drink, usually Amp or Nos, every morning. “I drink them to help wake up in the morning, and because they taste good,” Cussins said. “It helps when you have to get up at 5:30 in the morning.” Cussins said the only negative effect he has noticed is feeling very tired or “crashing out” after drinking them. He said he has heard about the negative effects of drinks from people, but not commercials “I have heard that they give you high blood pressure, high blood sugar and all this bad blood stuff,” Cussins said.
Sydnie Wingate, sophomore, has a Monster drink once a morning. She said she drinks them to get energy and wake up, and also because they taste good. “They work for like 30 minutes, then I get jittery and crash,” she said. “My heart races, I feel like I’m going to get sick, and I get dizzy.” Wingate said she has seen the commercials and ads that tell about the negative effects of energy drinks. “I know that I should listen to them and they are probably true,” Wingate said. “I just think that those things won’t happen to me, but they definitely could.” Photos by Jordan VanNote
Did You Know?
Interesting facts about energy drinks and their history
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Votes: 20%
Ounces | 16 Caffeine | 142 milligrams Sugar | 58 grams Calories | 220 Taurine | 20 milligrams
| Red Bull is also banned in Denmark. | Energy drinks mask the effects of alcohol, but they do not mask the blood’s alcohol level. | The average energy beverage contains roughly the same amount of caffeine as a cup of brewed coffee. | Red Bull contains as
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much caffeine as two cans of Coke or Pepsi. | In 2005, energy drinks earned more than three billion dollars in retail sales in the United States alone. | Guarana, a popular ingredient in energy drinks, is an extract from a South American plant that contains caffeine.
Full Throttle Votes: 15%
Ounces | 8 Caffeine | 140 milligrams Sugar | 58 grams Calories | 200 Taurine | not applicable (did not provide amount)
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| Energy drinks also include dissolved oxygen as an ingredient. | Energy drinks are very different from sports drinks such as Gatorade or Powerade. Energy drinks contain lots of caffeine and sugar, while sports drinks provide electrolytes, water, and other nutrients.
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Unity on the Basketball Court
Another exciting season comes to a close for the Unified basketball team
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The Unified basketball team at Mountain Vista finished a very successful sseason eason with a record of 110-2-1. 0-2-1. “Some get competitive, some play just for fun,” said Lexi Seibel, an assistant for the team. Unified basketball is a program that works with students with disabilities and gives them the opportunity to play sports for the
PLAYERS #0 .... Adam “The Flash” Scheuerman #1 .................. Bailey “Big Shot” Roby #3 ........................ Alex “Prince” Drake #10 ............ Jon “Sole Eater” Pinkney #12 ..Mike “Lightning Strike” Sabraw #15 .....Nicole “Hot Wheels” Vasquez #23 ........... Tommy “Red Wing” Ryan #24 .......................Jay “J-Man” Spain #44 .................. Tony “Tonzilla” Barela #45 .. Anabel “Dancing Diva” Casillas #50 ..........Devon “D-Von” McFarland
school. Between the players and volunteers, there are 30 people on the team. At the beginning of the season all 10 players set goals. Jay Spain plays for the Mountain Vista Unified basketball team. Whenever he makes a basket he said he feels “happy.” He said he really enjoys playing with his teammates and his favorite part of playing the game is getting to shoot hoops.
Eileen Hernley is the woman in charge of the Unified Basketball program and Mountain Vista. Hernley really enjoys working with the players. “This is my passion,” said Hernley. “I feel lucky that there are students that want to do this.” The players also got to work with basketball legend, Irving Johnson, throughout the season. “It’s so cool. This is his 3rd year with us,” said
Photo by Kate Hernley REFEREES Kaaryn Dahlquist ANNOUNCERS Maddy Wickoren COACHES Tess Golding Max Johnson Andrea Larsen David Murphy Brady O’Donnell Mackenzie Smith Josh Racz PEERS Jesse Applehans Nick Barry Caitlin Bennethum Mike Collins
PEERS Danielle Cushing Kaaryn Dahlquist Karissa Dahlquist John Etochio Mariah Gold Kristen Gonzales Megan Hahn Tanner Humann Max Johnson Andrea Larsen Brooke Mackay Brittany Mackay Lake McGill Nicole Merchant Stephanie Merchant Gabbi Miranda David Murphy Kathleen Newman Alexis O’Connor Brady O’Donnell Kayla Olson Maddy Payne Lexi Perardi Alex Peters Kari Pilone Josh Racz Melissa Salinas Ibrahim Sawaged
Hernley. “He’s beginning to personally know some of the students.” The best part of working with the kids is seeing their faces after they make a basket, Seibel said. “They get so excited,” she said. Tommy Ryan said his experience playing for the team was “great.” It makes him feel very happy when he scores a basket and said it’s “definitely something I want to do next year.” PEERS Lexi Seibel Dani Shearon Michael Sheedy Mason Simmons Brooke Smetanka Susie White Maddy Wickoren Rachel Zalkind Lauren Eslinger Kenzie Smith Kristen Embrey Madison Yount Taylor Phillips Sarah Jones Maggie Luehrs Kortney Hix Ander Aretakis Kassidy Silva Laura Londono Karlee Schwartzkopf Justin Miller Savannah Shoemaker Lauren Cordero Brooke Smith Ashley Thomas Emily Starr Hailey Geeslin Lisa Smith
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