Volume 86: Issue 2

Inside

THE PRINTS

SYLVANIA FALL FESTIVAL

WHEN TO QUIT TRICK-OR-TREATING

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: DAVIDSON BAKER

The Wizard of Oz cast premiered at Sylvania’s Fall festival October 16, along with other Northview organizations.

What age should teenagers ditch the costumes and candy?

The next hit artist could be walking the halls at Northview, waiting to be discovered.

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THE STUDENT PRINTS Sylvania Northview High School

5403 Silica Drive Sylvania, Ohio 43560

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Volume 86, Issue 2

Teachers protest Issue 2

Stand Up for Sylvania group rallies against SB 5 Jennifer Deng

October 25, 2011

A‘mol’ther way to learn about chem Amanda Binz

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Staff Writer

Chemistry teacher Andy Roth is typically content residing peacefully within the haven of his science classroom. However, last Thursday, Mr. Roth, accompanied by several other Northview and Maplewood teachers and supporters, trekked to the corner of The Hill where Silica and Monroe Street meet.

For two hours after school, dozens of teachers congregated in groups around Sylvania - totaling five groups at five separate intersections - to protest Issue 2. “[The protest was] supposed to be a rather solemn, dignified protest against Issue 2 by the professional teachers, firefighters and police, municipal employees - all public employees,” social studies teacher Perry Lefevre said.

Issue 2, titled the Ohio Collective Bargaining Limit Repeal, was created in response to a petition to repeal Senate Bill 5, which takes away the possibility of collective bargaining for health insurance and pensions by public employees, according to Mr. Lefevre.

Collective bargaining is the ability for groups of people – generally in the form of unions- to negotiate working conditions together. Thus, the passing of Issue 2 would take away the right of collective bargaining from public employees ranging from firefighters to teachers.

“Legislators don’t have a firm grasp of what it takes to be a teacher,” Mr. Roth said. “They just pass economic restrictions on us that they aren’t willing to take themselves.”

The protesting group, organized by Timberstone teacher Diane Friedman, called its movement Stand Up for Sylvania. Sylvania teachers and community members were invited to join.

“I’m out here to support my family more than anything. I’m protecting the kids in the classroom,” art teacher Ryan Creech said.

“It’s not necessarily about my pension or my medical. It’s not about that. It’s more about the classroom environment. I think if Issue 2 passes, the learning environment will drastically change for the worse, usually for kids that we teach.”

Mr. Lefevre, who once taught outside of Sylvania, affirmed Mr. Creech’s hypothesis.

“I’ve taught where I didn’t have collective bargaining rights, and I’m a much better teacher today because I have some say in working conditions,” Mr. Lefevre said.

“Sylvania schools have really benefitted; it’s a product of the relationships that we have with the administration and the community.”

6.02 X 10^23. Most people see this as just a number, but to the students in Chemistry at Northview, this is more than just a number - it is Avagadro’s number. It is a mole (abbreviated mol), or a specific measurement of atoms. Students that are not in chemistry may not know what a mol is, but they no doubt have seen students walking around dressed up in costumes the past few days.

Each year, the National Mol Day Foundation chooses a theme for Mol Day. Chemistry students dress up and create animal moles of their own in accordance with the theme. Previous years’ themes include holidays, movies, and movie villains.

The official theme this year, chosen by the NMDF, was “Moles of the Round Table”. Because of the lack of variation available for students, NV teachers chose to broaden the theme to include all historical figures; students dressed as musicians, painters, and past presidents and walked the halls of the school, going to classes dressed as famous people.

However, each famous person must have a play on the world ‘mole’, in accordance with mol day tradition. Some creative mole day ideas were Vincent Van Mol, Mola’s Ark, Molchael Jackson, Mount Rushmol, Mol Western (Old Western) and more.

“Mol Day is a different and awesome way to boost your grade and get a day off from class,” junior Lauren Yurjevic said.

Mol day is celebrated nationally October 23 from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. every year. Due to the fact that Mol Day fell on a Sunday this year, some students celebrated October 21 or 24, while others are celebrating today due to class schedules.

Mol day for chemistry students means many things: a free day in class where they participate in challenge activities, getting creative with costumes, designing moles of their own out of felt materials, and holding competitions to judge the most creative outfits.

“The [measurement of a] mol is a crucial concept and sometimes abstract or intimidating, so having fun with it encourages students to not fear it,” chemistry teacher Jennifer Crosley said.

Designing the moles is also a huge part of the mol day competition. Students create a mole animal in accordance with their theme. The moles are simple to design because teachers provide students with a template for the moles, although students are free to change the size of the animals if they wish. Moles are made out of creative materials such as colored felt, glitter, and props that tie in to their themes.

“Last year my group did Dormol the Explormol,” senior Andrea Binz said. “We didn’t win [overall best mole], but it was still fun to make it. My favorite part was the little backpack we put on the animal.”

Challenges in the activities earn points, and there are winners in the each competition. Competitions are class wide and individual, and winners receive special prizes.

Students tend to get extremely involved with this day, as it is one of the few days a year where they are encouraged to be as creative and outlandish as possible with their outfits. Chemistry teacher Ms. Crosley also encourages students to go crazy by awarding extra credit for the most interesting outfits.

“I’m a native A-mole-ican! Plus I’m the most spirited person at Northview. So I’m totally going to win,” junior Katie Dorsey said before the competition started.

Photo by Jack Melick

Photo by Jack Melick

WITH SIGN IN HAND and rain bearing down, Northview staff members Jodi Hess and Terri Seal-Roth stand outside on Monroe Street waving at cars as they pass by. Teachers from all the schools in Sylvania stood around the city on Thursday from 4:30-6:30p.m. to raise awareness about Issue 2.

Ohio consistently places in the top 10 states in terms of educational standards, despite the fact that it has the eighth lowest starting teacher pay in the nation, according to social studies teacher Mike Czerniakowski.

Mr. Czerniakowski attributes Issue 2 to the Republican party - namely, Ohio governor John Kasich.

“He’s the impetus behind it,” Mr. Czerniakowski said. “It’s passing because we have Republican representatives in the House,

Senate, and government. They can do what they want without resistance. It’s horribly political.”

Currently, the two separate parties are failing to come to a compromise, according to Mr. Czerniakowski.

“Democrats brought up a provision, but the Republicans threw it out; it’s a ‘you got us, now we’ll get you’ situation,” Mr. Czerniakowski said.

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SWAT enhances school spirit

Photo by Jack Melick

THE SPIRIT SQUAD, SWAT, was created to generate more spirit at all NV sporting events. SWAT members seniors Annie Babcock, Katie Pizza, Miriam Justinger, Skylar Rose, Brittney White, Natalie Forrester, Shannon Ford, Brooke Silvernail, Sara Meehan, Taylor Sparks, Kelly O’Connell, Victoria Figliomeni, Chelsey Mason, and Shelby Rieger dressed up in pink for breast cancer awareness at the Napoleon game.

Morgan Hawley Features Editor

When you hear the acronym SWAT what do you think of: Special Weapons And Tactics?

A group of Northview students are trying to change what people think of when they hear SWAT. SWAT is now referred to as the “spirit squad” at NV, Spirited Wildcats Are Tight.

This group is open to all grades, and everyone

OPINIONS

is encouraged to participate and dress up on spirit days.

The group was started by Assistant Principal Ms. Melissa Schotter who wanted to see more spirit at all sporting events at NV, not just football games.

“Students came to me and expressed that they wanted a spirit squad. I helped them organize it, but let them take ownership,” Ms. Schotter said.

There will be monthly meetings to go

over what themes are at each game. There is also a Facebook group for the NV SWAT team to inform those who cannot make it to the meetings of what was discussed and decided at the meetings. The group also serves as a reminder for the events every week. The SWAT page is used to conduct polls and share ideas about all the different themes.

“It is super important to be involved with your school and support all the teams. SWAT

Top Halloween costumes

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Is it acceptable for teenagers to break away from their parents’ religion?

FEATURES

A&E

See Page 3, SWAT

10/27 Choral Concert 11/03 Marching Band Concert 11/16 Trans-Siberian Orchestra 11/17 Fall Musical

SPORTS

Boys’ and Girls’ Cross Country win NLLs

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NEWS

The Student Prints

Gorillas, ghosts and girls parade in Fall Festival Casey Wittman Staff Writer

Fighting the rain, Sylvania gathered for the 25th year at the Sylvania Fall Festival.

The festival was held October 16 and was presented by the Sylvania Sister City Commission.

At 12:45a.m. the Northview Marching Band, the Southview Marching Band, the lead roles from the fall musical The Wizard of Oz, members from the National Honors Society and the 2011 Homecoming Court began marching from Lourdes University through the streets of downtown Sylvania.

“I was really excited because it was my first lead role and I had never been to the Fall Festival,” junior Chad Singer said. “It was a great experience.”

While Singer held an umbrella to protect himself from the rain, he was dressed up in his Wizard of Oz lion costume and makeup.

Singer and the other lead roles sang while they paraded through the streets.

The NV band marched to the beat of Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

The band members were allowed to dress up in their choice of Halloween costumes as long as they were school appropriate.

“It was cold and wet, but I still had fun especially being cowgirls with my squad,” freshman Tiana Sorsoor said.

Sophomore Sydney Bihn enjoyed looking at all of the unique costumes. “I loved how the majorettes coordinated their cute costumes,” Bihn said.

Photo by Jack Melick

COPS AND ROBBERS LEAD the marching band at the 25th annual Fall Festival. Band members juniors Lindsay Kajfafz, Megan Lorenz, Rachel Federman and Christina Leach keep the band under control as they march through the streets of Sylvania.

“I was excited to dress up for the Fall Festival. It is so much better than wearing the band uniforms,” sophomore Marissa Milliron said.

“We could not play our woodwind

instruments, so we had to sing our parts instead. That was a lot of fun,” sophomore Katelyn Work said. The woodwind instruments were not permitted to play because of the rain.

“Despite the weather, it was a great way to bring the community together. The band showed their appreciation for the years of support the community gave our band,” Band Director Nathan Heath said.

“I think DigiCats will improve how students look at the school and will get more information to students around the school,” Johnson said. “Having audio and video is what we’re used to. This way, it won’t just go in one ear and out the other like the announcements do.”

Northview students are indeed looking forward to the site’s launch.

“It’s a great idea,” senior Andrea Binz said. “I’ve always wanted to look up previous years’ dance team routines to see what was put on, but I couldn’t. With this new site, future dancers will be able to see this year’s routines.”

Out of the 18 students in the iMedia II class, a good portion intend to pursue a career related to the class, according to Johnson.

“I want to minor in something along the lines of movie making. I’m sure half the students in the class are going into graphic designing and video production. The class helps us get a step ahead of everybody else,” Gonzalez said.

By allowing students to learn how to use and get familiar with the technology used in movie making, iMedia helps shape a student for a media-related career.

“We’re going to be able to produce every single video using professional technology and programs that directors use,” Gonzalez said. “They’re going to be good, high-quality videos.”

The students will be using a program called Premier Pro to create their videos.

Many students in the class dislike the program because it is difficult to use.

“Premier sucks,” Neve said.

The site can be found through a link on the school website.

Rachel Bules

Maplewood teacher Marsha Hawley said.

Even though NV did not get a new school, there have been many improvements in the past two years. A new Staff Lounge, Cosmetology Lab, Performing Arts Center, fine arts wing and upgraded science labs were added, as well as new student lockers, gym bleachers, PA system and much-needed working clocks throughout the school, according to Sylvania Schools Superintendent Brad Rieger.

“Some National Honors Society members went and showed some alumni around school, they were mostly interested in the PAC and the new band room. They also enjoyed seeing the Cos lab,” senior Natalie Forrester said.

The other nine schools in the district that received renovations held open houses last year because their renovations were already finished.

“I just showed parents around through the school. I thought it was cool that they got to see the new Cos lab and music rooms,” senior Sarah Hildebrandt said.

“The open house went very, very well,” said Principal Steve Swaggerty. Over 50 people attended NV during the open house, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

iMedia sets its sites, creates own site Community members impressed Jennifer Deng Co-Editor-in-Chief

More video content is uploaded to YouTube in a 60 day period than the three major U.S. television networks created in 60 years, according to Mashable.com. No wonder why the iMedia class is creating its very own version of YouTube, called DigiCats, to be open for viewing to the school.

“It’s a channel for videos that we make,” senior Alicia Gonzalez said. “The videos are made by iMedia II students and are put on a website for the whole school to see.”

Videos range from documentaries about pep assemblies to specialized talent productions featuring magic, according to Gonzalez.

“I’m doing mine about the band, orchestra and choir,” Gonzalez said. “I’m also making one for Earth Day.” The agreement to create the site actually came as compensation for not doing daily video announcements.

“I had a student who wanted to do video announcements, but the way our computers are set up, it’s just not conducive to them,” iMedia teacher Tami Blue said. “This was just kind of like a Plan B. But it gives us more freedom to do more fun stuff.”

The iMedia class has never before taken on a similar project.

“It shouldn’t be too hard,” senior Miraj Neve said. “The hardest part will probably just be cutting the clips into the right amount of time, putting them in order and making sure the shot is right. We’re probably going to spend three hours tops on each.”

Senior Chris Johnson is spearheading the project.

Staff Writer

An open house sponsored by the Sylvania Academic Excellence Foundation for Northview, Southview, and Maplewood was held on October 15. NV and SV received many additions over the past two years and the old Burnham building was torn down and replaced with the new Maplewood Elementary School so the community was invited to see the renovations and building.

These renovations were made possible when Sylvania taxpayers passed the bond issue in 2008, and all 12 schools in the district received building upgrades of some sort. The new Maplewood building was built on the site of the Burnham building, replacing the old elementary school building, which was built in 1929.

“The new Maplewood is a beautiful facility.

One of my favorite upgrades is having air conditioning. It was so nice to begin this year in a cool and comfortable classroom. It helped to make the transition to a new school year easier for my students as well as myself,” first-grade

District finds money to buy new computers Clare Aldrich Staff Writer

As the new school year began, Northview saw many changes, which will soon include brand new computers for the entire staff.

The “dinosaur” computers, as some students and staff have called them, are very frustrating when it is time to get work done, according to senior Lindsey Loss. However, this problem has been resolved because teachers were recently notified of their new computers which they will soon be receiving.

“I am ecstatic about getting a new computer,” German teacher Mrs. Christina Renz said.

All staff members will receive new computers and are expected to get their HP 6000 Pro Small Form Factor computers by the end of November, according to Information Technology Director of Sylvania Schools Sheryl O’ Shea. Also, The classrooms that have Mac computers will be supplied with Mac Pro Towers.

“All teachers will be getting the software that they need to teach their specific subject,” said O’ Shea. “Whether it’s new or not depends on the actual software.”

NV has gained new computers throughout the school. Graphic design and iMedia teacher

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Mrs. Tami Blue’s lab was recently supplied with new Mac computers in August that she thinks already improved her classroom.

When the old computers were being used, the computers were very slow and outdated and in turn, caused the software to run incorrectly.

This put the students at a disadvantage. On top of that, class credit was not given to students if assignments were not completed right away.

This tampered with their grades and gave the students a lower score than normal, according to Mrs. Blue.

Although the teachers are receiving new computers, they have not arrived yet and teachers are still becoming frustrated with the time it takes to complete one simple task.

It usually takes on average two to five minutes to load a document or PowerPoint on the computer when it should take a matter of about five or ten seconds.

Smartboards became the new technology in schools; however, when a computer doesn’t work correctly the Smartboard does not either.

This subtracts a lot of time out of the class period, according to Intervention Specialist Amy Loyd.

“Computer services told us the computers are slow because there are too many documents open,” Mrs. Loyd said. “It is difficult to get things done when you can’t have multiple things open at a time.”

ALL TEACHERS WILL BE GETTING THE SOFTWARE THAT THEY NEED TO TEACH THEIR SPECIFIC SUBJECT. -Sheryl O’Shea, Technology Director

Photo by Bridget Thomas

WORKING WITH PREMIER PRO to create a video is senior iMedia student Allison Work.

The videos made by iMedia students range from documentaries about pep assemblies to specialized talent productions featuring magic.

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NEWS

Senior, junior girls prepare for annual showdown Juanita Vasquez Staff Writer

Photo by Jack Melick

DESPITE COLD TEMPERATURES and drizzly weather junior Marina Decator showed her true grit and ran 50 yards for a touchdown at the junior girls practice Thursday. Weather proved difficult as it cancelled practice the day before for both the seniors and the juniors.

The crowd is cheering, the cheerleaders are chanting, the commentators are yelling out names as the girls are running up and down the football field.

Wait, girls? Yes, Powder Puff is starting up again and the girls are ready to get their heads in the game.

Last year the juniors defeated the seniors with a score of 49 - 28, and now the class of 2012 is back to try to beat the class of 2013.

“It was cool scoring three touchdowns last year and I give coach Blake Miller props because he made it happen,” senior Kristina Schafer said.

Powder Puff has the same rules and positions as real football, except that each player has flags attached to their waists. If an opponent pulls the flag off it counts as a tackle.

In the past, Northview had problems with Powder Puff, according to Student Government Advisor Magee Wilson.

About 20 years ago the game became too heated and violent for some students, leading to a long break. Just three years ago, Powder Puff started again with more optimistic behavior.

This year there are about 30 girls on the junior and senior teams, with seven junior and senior football players as coaches belonging to each group.

The first practice of the year was October 6. Practices continued the Monday and Wednesday of the following week, and Monday through Thursday after that.

The Powder Puff game will finally take place October 24 at the stadium.

Practices are broken up into groups, offense and defense. The groups then work on the basics: running, catching and throwing. As any athlete knows, coaches do not have an easy job.

For Powder Puff, the junior and senior football players coach the junior and senior girls. Overall, coaches said that it is fun trying their hand at coaching.

“It’s very entertaining, because it’s funny when they don’t know what you’re talking about and you have to explain,” senior coach Blake Miller said. “I told them to run a jet sweep and they asked if I was speaking in French.”

“It’s very fun because I get to take what I know about football and teach it to others,” junior Chris Nowicki said.

As well as coaching, participating in Powder Puff is a fun way to get active and meet more people. Many seniors are joined again by teammates they had last year.

Juniors are new to this experience and they are just as pumped as the seniors to get on the field, according to junior Ciara Jaso.

“I’m really excited. I get to hang out with friends after school and it will be a cool new experience,” Jaso said.

Different from last year, the game will be held at the stadium rather than at the bottom of the hill.

“It will be very exciting and people will get more into it because it will seem like a real game,” senior Lindsay Loss said.

“It will be more like a football game, rather than something small and not serious.

It’s a lot bigger so it’s more real and intimidating,” junior Amanda Johnson said.

Since the month of October is usually chilly, it became tradition to end the game night with a bonfire. This is where the audience and teammates all get together, eat food, and socialize around the fire.

“I’m really looking forward to the bonfire. Nothing like warming up after watching the senior girls get beat,” said junior Quinton Hackett.

AP Gov seniors train to work polls Amanda Binz Staff Writer

Voting is a privilege most students are still too young for, but nearly 40 Sylvania high school students are heading to the polls next month - not to vote, but to work.

Students from Northview and Southview who are over the age of 17 and legal U.S. citizens signed up to work the election polls on November 8. Checking identification of voters and helping people use the new touch screen machines are some of the tasks that the poll workers are expected to do.

Students can also be precinct judges, who handle problems with voter registration and decide if people who have problems with registering can receive provisional ballots. Provisional ballots are “used to record a vote if a voter’s eligibility is in question and the voter would otherwise not be permitted to vote at his or her polling place,” according to the Ohio Secretary of State website.

“We entrust [the students] with quite a bit of responsibility,” history teacher Perry Lefevre said.

Mr. Lefevre helps students prepare by setting up a training session for the new touch screen ballots and making sure students are ready for voting day. In addition to the training, students are required to set up the night before voting, work a 12-hour day and, finally, help clean up after the day is over. In addition to gaining working experience, they also gain a sense of how politics work at a basic level.

“Generally the day starts at 6a.m. and they typically won’t be home until 8:30p.m., but we always have motivated students,” Mr. Lefevre said.

The long day pays off for students, however. Generally, students get paid about $150 for their services, along with an excused absence from the school.

“Honestly, I’m just doing it for the money,” senior Audrey Miklovik said. “If I attend a training meeting at NV, a 15 hour day working the polls, and an online training, I get paid $145. I’ve never worked the polls before, so it will be an entirely new experience for me.”

SWAT

Continued from page 1 gives everyone a motive to go to all the games and support our teams while hanging out with friends and having fun,” sophomore Andie McCready said.

The themes for October were planned at a senior only meeting September 30 and the calendar was shared with all participants at an open meeting October 4.

“We need more people and more support so we can follow through with what we are trying to do, which is amp up the spirit at NV. It helped that we organized the month of October in advance so we could tell everyone what to wear,” senior Brady Storer said.

This club will be continued through Winter and Spring sports as well.

“It is cool that the whole school has the opportunity to be involved with SWAT. They should take advantage of it and come out and support our sports teams,” junior Katie Giovannucci said.

Photo by Jack Melick

LINING THE STREETS Thursday afternoon teachers Mike Czerniakowski, Christina Renz, Jill Urbaniak, Amy Schloegl, Kara Curran, Jodi Hess, Terri Seal-Roth, Stacie Wachowiak, Terry Morris, Sarah Huey, Ryan Eickholt, Ryan Creech and Andy Roth receive honks from passing cars as they rally against Issue 2.

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Continued from page 1 while the conflict between the democratic party and the Republican party continues, a clash between the two opposing sides of Issue 2 is also present.

“One side says one thing, the other side says another.

One side is being a little more devious,” Mr. Roth said, referring to Building a Better Ohio, the organization that supports the passing of Issue 2. “[They] are misinforming the voters for their own goals,” he said.

Social studies teacher Carolyn Rofkar linked the issue back to her classroom lectures, relating the working conditions to those of the Industrial Revolution.

“As a history teacher, I now feel we’re going backward

instead of forward,” Mrs. Rofkar said. “The big point is that we fought for the rights and now somebody’s trying to take them away from us. They act as a watchdog.”

“It doesn’t matter who the people are. When you lose your rights, we all lose. It’s a cascade effect,” Karl Rofkar, Mrs. Rofkar’s husband, said.

Even the start of rain did not stop Stand Up for Sylvania from making its statement. The group members, bearing signs and cheering frequently, evoked honks from passing cars. “Most people seem to be supportive,” Mr. Roth said.

“I’m having fun.”

Issue 2 will appear on ballots November 8. A vote Yes will pass Issue 2, allowing Senate Bill 5. A vote No against Issue 2 will repeal Senate Bill 5, giving unions the right of collective bargaining.

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OPINIONS

Trick-or-treating; passé or still age appropriate?

Trick-or-treating is defined as dressing up in silly outfits and going from door to door asking strangers for candy. That is my own personal definition of the creepy and over-done holiday.

Trick-or-treating is for little kids, juveniles if you will. I do not want to be treated like I am still a little kid. It is a time when young kids get to dress up and be whatever they w a n t and get free candy.

However, it is NOT a time for high school students to dress up and

get f r e e candy.

Do not get me wrong, I love candy and I am crazy for it. Trust me, I have the cavities to prove it. However, we are in high school, we can go out and buy our own candy. We should not be taking candy that we do not deserve. Halloween is meant more for little kids who do not get to have candy all that often.

Leave the candy for the mini superheroes and princesses. Pass out the candy instead; it is a great way to try to get a babysitting gig. I did that last year and got a few new babysitting jobs.

Parents walk their kids up to the houses to get candy and you make nice with them; share a laugh with them, talk about the weather. Then before you know it, you are babysitting more kids and making more money. Which would you prefer?

Getting a ton of candy that will rot your teeth or possibly getting the chance to earn loads of money; the choice is up to you.

We had our time to experience the holiday and now it is time to pass that tradition on. There is always a time in life when you need to hang up the cape and put the pillowcase

away. People, that time is now. That time should have been in junior high, but that is a different school so I cannot address them.

There are so many other things that teenagers are able to do that the little kids cannot do. Activities that are so much more fun and entertaining and much more appropriate for people of our age.

For example, haunted houses, little kids cannot handle them, but we can. How about we go to those and leave the immature ways to the kids that are still allowed to be immature. Yes, that means that it is time to finally grow up.

Who cares if our age still has “teen” at the end of it? We are almost adults, which means it is time to start acting like one.

There are a number of haunted houses in our area like, “Terror Town,” which is located on the Lucas County fairgrounds. It is a great place to go and hang out with friends; it is so much more fun than walking from house to house.

HalloWeekends at Cedar Point, the days are meant for the kids but the night is when all of the scary stuff happens. Grab a group of friends; go get scared out of your mind and scream so much that you lose your voice. Who knows, there is a slight chance that you might bump into Psychology teacher Mrs. Rhine who works there, which would be pretty awesome.

Would you not rather get scared and hang out with your friends’ than walk around neighborhoods with little kids and their parents?

That sounds like a fun night, right? Well maybe when you are one of the kids walking around with their parents, not when you are of the “teen” years. You could even enjoy just going to a corn maze. The Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio has four different mazes; which are each at least one mile or more. The corn maze is not scary, but it is a lot of fun. Caution though, do not wear shoes that you love; the mud will most likely ruin them.

“Corn mazes are a fun alternative to trick-or-treating. I recently went to the Butterfly House corn maze and experienced the intense thrill and excitement of wondering hopelessly in the night with someone else,” senior Chris Weaver said.

Pick the scariness over the candy; it is obvious as to which one is the best choice. So stop taking candy from those who are going to enjoy it the most. Let us take advantage of our youth while we still have it and the fact that we can handle scary things without peeing our pants. (See page 7 for tips on this)

- Meghan Keene

notions motion What age should

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Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. Trouble is exactly what adults think of high school students on Halloween. They have convinced all teenagers that trick-or-treating is for little kids ONLY. Whatever happened to “Happy” Halloween? Since when are little kids the only ones that like candy? I like candy.

“There’s no age limit on candy,” senior Josh McAfee said. Halloween is not just about pumpkins, friendly ghosts named Casper and G-rated movies about a town made of all Halloween characters. Halloween involves blood, chain saws, zombies, haunted houses and scary movies that make you cling to your blankie from when you were five. Little kids cannot handle that. Not even all teenagers can handle that.

“My friends think it’s funny to drag me into haunted houses kicking and screaming every year,” junior Kaitlin Alzapiedi said, “it’s not.”

Every year our families buy pounds of candy to pass out and end up eating half of it, saving it for next year or throwing it out. That’s such a waste. If more people went trick-or-treating all that candy would not go to waste.

It is perfectly acceptable to be 16-years old and go trick-or-treating. All high school kids are constantly asked the question while trick-or-treating, “Aren’t you a little old for Halloween?” My answer is no, I am not too old. I enjoy trick-ortreating just as much as the little girl in the mermaid outfit or the Tinker Bell costume.

“I go trick-or-treating because I like all of the candy and dressing up,” freshman Sydney Everett said.

High school students do not have much time left to trick-or-treat. They need to embrace their inner child while they still live with their parents.

Once we go to college we are expected to buckle down and act appropriate.

Halloween is the one time where we can dress up, get free candy and harass our neighbors and get away with it.

“Everyone needs to act like a little kid sometimes, plus Halloween means FREE CANDY,” sophomore Bobby Kennedy said.

Halloween is a holiday for all ages. For those that still embrace their childhood and continue to trick-or-treat throughout high school, I applaud you for not conforming to the boring ideal that Halloween is only for children.

- Caitlin DeGross

You’re never too old to trick-or-treat!

- Taylor Messinger, freshman I would cry if I didn’t go trick- ortreating.

- Moe Sediqe, sophomore

Trick-OrTreating? someone stop

I don’t know why I would use energy to trickor-treat when I can sit at home and eat candy.

- Chris McKown, junior I’m way too old to be trick-or- treating.

- Marissa Restivo, senior

Crowded lunches create pandemonium, cause undue stress If you asked any student what her favorite class is, you would most likely hear commons, study hall or lunch. This year, fourth period lunch was cut, resulting in less sitting room in each period. Currently, there are just enough seats for all the students, but even though there are enough seats, some people still have trouble finding a seat during lunch.

“My friends and I came to lunch really quick to check in and then went to biology to check our work and when we came back freshmen were in our seats,” sophomore Emma Hawley said. “We ended up going to the pub to finish our lunch.”

Once the marching band finishes marching season, those band students who currently do not have a lunch will be filtering into the three lunch periods. Others may also move lunch periods to fit into the right concert band. When these students come in there will be several students without a seat.

“There are going to be too many students for the number of students they have in each period,” junior Molly Wheeler said. “It will take forever to buy lunch during these periods.”

My friends and I are already planning on how we will have to run to the cafeteria just so we can sit by each other.

Lunch is a social hour and I do not want to be sitting by people I do not know.

“I always have to rush into lunch to get to my table,” junior Gabby De Las Casas said. “If I do not get there quickly enough, freshmen will take my seat.”

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My friends and I came to lunch really quick to check in and then went to biology to check our work and when we came back freshmen were in our seats.

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- Emma Hawley, sophomore

With fourth period lunch cut, many students on a flex schedule may not have fifth, sixth, or seventh period open. Now, they go without a lunch, snacking in between classes.

Lunchtime is my energizing period. Without lunch I would

definitely be falling asleep in my classes. Waking up at six in the morning and then possibly going nine hours without food is ridiculous.

Lunch is my time to relax from the already stressful day, do any homework due in the next period and eat food.

Without a lunch period or a seat these simple tasks become impossible. I know I do not like doing my homework standing up.

Food is the most important word in teenagers’ vocabulary. Lunches this year seem to be a period with more stress than time to relax. Even now, we do not have a good choice of food. But in a few weeks we also might be seat-less.

“The lunch rooms are really crowded, I usually sit in my seat and wait 15 minutes to buy lunch just to make sure I will have a seat,” senior Wesley Flaum said.

Next year fourth period lunch should be put back into the schedule. With an extra period for students to eat lunch more students will have a time to eat, do their homework, and hang out with friends. Also with the extra period everyone will be guaranteed a seat in the cafeteria.

- Libby Headman

October 25, 2011

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OPINIONS

A big part of growing up is developing one’s personal beliefs, and this includes religion. While many teenagers choose to follow the religion they were raised in, some end up taking an entirely different path from their parents. Religion is a deeply personal choice that each and every person must make for him or herself. The following are three individual accounts from students who have taken different religious paths. One was raised by religious parents, but has declared himself an atheist. The second account is from a student who believes strongly in the religion she was brought up in, and the third is from a student who was raised in a household completely devoid of religion, yet discovered faith on her own and considers herself to be a strong Christian. What is important to remember is that there is no “right answer” when it comes to religion. While parental influence is important, the faith you choose to follow (even if it is nontraditional) is ultimately your decision.

-Kelsey Pomeroy

COEXISTING with parents

Photo by Bridget Thomas

My atheistic view on the world has evolved from my distinct belief that organized religion is merely a method of what people want, and force themselves to believe, out of fear of an unjust universe or fear of being alone. People simply need that teddy bear to comfort them and hide the fact that life is short and cruel and there is no end justification or greater meaning.

The argument I hear from my parents and other people is, “Why would you want to believe that?” Well, the fact of the matter is that I do not necessarily want to believe it, but that is what I found to be the truth. This only proves the problem Gray of people believing what they want, and not what’s logical. I describe this belief I have as atheism because I do not believe in God or a higher being, but unlike most atheists I do not devote myself to science and reason, for I see science as another form of faith one can hide behind.

Sometimes my mother would ask why I am atheist now if I used to believe before, and my common response and conclusion is I used to believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy as well, but past beliefs erode with gained knowledge and reasoning. Now I see God as a former influence I was led to believe in by years of relentless influence and now do not.

The problem of parental influence is that parents, instead of teaching their children about many religions, or at least all the main ones, usually only teach their children about their own so their children will follow in their own beliefs, which leaves little room for understanding of, or conversion to, other beliefs. Parents should give their kids a fair opportunity for all forms of religion so that the one that suits their children the best (or none at all) will naturally come to them, or they will find it. With the unfair process of influence and forced belief, although children may grow up and alter their views, they cannot undo the pressure to conform to “The concept of religion has no real their parents’ beliefs, not in just method of proof and disproof; therefore Christianity, but in all religions. I find no problem in not believing it is all a matter of opinion.” what my parents believe, and no other student should either. was, from what I can recall, a gradual process. Although there may be disputes, the concept of As I observed the world around me, and gave a religion has no real method of proof and disproof; deep contemplation of what I believe the sensible therefore it is all a matter of opinion.

This is why the child should decide what answer would be, I concluded, “God is dead.” This was, for my parents, a gradual understanding as is best for him or her, and form their own true well. I did not formally convert. I simply made beliefs not just blindly cave into their parents for my opinions clear to them as they developed. no good reason.

“Stop arguing with him he doesn’t know enough.” My dad commonly gives this vexing command to my mother after another religious argument. The dispute is usually a heated yelling match of religious views between my recently converted Catholic mother and my sorry atheist self in a home of Christ.

Topics of debate usually begin as a disagreement on the existence of God, the resurrection of Jesus Christ, sexism in the Catholic Church (which my mother denies exists) and abortion. Then they escalate into my point being drowned out by her denial of my validity and, when I finally produce the perfect evidence, By Henry she decides to announce she is done arguing, I was being ignorant and I have to leave her alone. When my father is there he does not come to my aid. Instead he decides that, like my political ideas, I am too young and thus do not know enough and all my points are essentially invalid. This frustration has not always plagued my homework-less nights.

From as young as I can remember to before fifth grade I was a Christian alongside my mother, thinking the same way, and with a hopelessly powerful belief in a god and the resurrection of Christ, blindly following the religion I was raised to follow. In that time we were a Lutheran family. I learned about the Christian Bible, took communion, and participated in Sunday school and various church based activities.

My devotion was for the common reason of a child’s devotion to a certain religion and influence.

All this Christian-based ideology was crammed down my throat from birth and my persona reflected the forced beliefs. You can imagine my dismay when my mother informed me that I do not know enough about Christianity to have an opinion against it.

I can not exactly pinpoint the moment when I lost faith and turned to a god-less belief. It

He’s got the whole world in His hands is a song often recognized by students as a one learned long ago in Sunday school. I, on the other hand, had never heard of that song until I was in middle school. I grew up in a house mostly bare of any religious beliefs in a higher power. I was taught to love other people and to be nice and fair, but with no purpose behind it besides the golden rule, “treat others the way you want to be treated.” My parents raised me in a house of love and compassion for other people, just not towards God. Though both of my parents were raised going to church, they never fully obtained a relationship with God. When I asked why we never went to church the answer was always, “We don’t have enough time.”

As I grew up and began attending middle school, I started to question my identity and what my purpose here on earth is. It began to scare me to the point of having a lot of anxiety and fear as to where I was going to end up after I died or even if I was going to go anywhere.

My parents reassured me that if I was a good person I would surely go to Heaven. Though this gave me instant gratification it did not last in the long run. My anxiety would always find a way to come back and eat away at my thoughts. There were kids my age preaching to

“While my parents gave me a Christian knowledge, it was God that changed, and continues to change, my heart to love Him more and more. “ I’m a Christian. So are my parents. Am realization was overwhelmingly comforting.

I a mindless follower? I think not.

It made me so happy to realize that this life I’ve grown up in the church, but this on Earth is not even a drop in comparison does not mean that I am a Christian. It’s with the length of time in eternity that I am easy to go through the actions - getting able to spend with God. up every Sunday morning and making the Teachers tell me this constantly, “Most trip to church. This is of you just believe what your precisely what I did every parents do right now, but trust week for 11 years. I knew me, that will change.” For many all the stories, all the good of us, this is true. However, I Sunday school answers, believe what my parents do and and could recite Psalms I’m not just blindly copying like nobody’s business. them. My parents have a lifetime There was only one slight of experience, knowledge, and problem: none of it meant wisdom, while I only have a total anything. of 17 years. Therefore, I listen Then, I went to junior to them. While they gave me a high, where for the first time Christian knowledge, it was God teachers and classmates that changed, and continues to commented on religion. I change, my heart to love Him was forced to think about more and more.

By Guest Columnist my own beliefs, or if they I am exceedingly grateful to Audrey Miklovic even existed. Was there my parents for bringing me up really a hell where I could in the church where I could see burn forever? Was there a heaven where I examples of how Godly families function, could live in complete happiness and peace and how the love of Christ brings people worshipping God? One doubt prevailed in together. I am thankful for their Christian my mind: was God with me? instruction, reading the Bible to me when I Though I can’t single out an exact was young, and encouraging me to read it by moment when I became a Christian, I do myself. Now, the stories and instruction I’ve know it was in the sixth grade. This was heard my whole life actually makes sense and when I became certain that I was a sinner I can relate to, learn from, be encouraged and that there was no way I could work my by, and be convicted of my sin by the verses way to heaven by doing good things. After I’ve learned. Christianity used to mean a few all, how could I be as good as God and hours at church every week - now it directs somehow earn a spot in heaven? my thoughts, actions, and words.

I was scared. If that were the end of the Everyone is encouraged to “be story, this would be the most depressing different.” However, because Christianity article ever. Fortunately, this story has an is true, I want to have the same faith and ending better than any Disney movie: I get morals as my Christian parents. My religion to go to heaven. Jesus loves me so much is my own, not some sort of extension of my that he died for my sins. Not only that, parents’ faith. but he rose from the dead and is with me I am not a carbon copy of their choices, every second of every day. After being in friends, and jobs, and I aspire to follow God such turmoil over my sin and future, this to an even greater extent than they do.

“I finally found that missing piece of myself that I had been searching and aching over. I found part of my purpose.”

me that I would end up in Hell if I did not love satisfaction where there was pain. this “Jesus” character that I had only barely Then around Valentine’s Day last year, my heard of. But the kids who told me I was going youth group went on a retreat for the weekend. to Hell scared me to the point of not wanting to I went just because my friend was bugging even know who Jesus is. If he is so awesome, me to and I knew it would make her happy, why would he send me to Hell? I but in reality I was not all that Photos by Jack Melick just did not understand. excited to go. First off, our bus As high school came around I got stuck in the mud on the way began attending my best friend’s there and after trying to push the youth group on and off. At this bus out of the mud (and being youth group everyone was nice, unsuccessful) everyone started everyone. Though the people holding hands and praying. My were inviting and friendly I was only thoughts were, “Well, great, still extremely uncomfortable we’re all going to stand here with all this “crazy religious” holding hands in the cold mud stuff that was going on, such as and the bus will magically fly worship and prayer. But I could out of this impossible mudpit… not help but notice how these awesome.” At that point I thought kids were treating each other, it was going to be a really long

By Molly Porterfield including myself. It was as if the weekend. stereotypes were wiped away and After we finally found our an unconditional love had flooded over all of way to the retreat, we attended a service that them. But why? Again, I misunderstood. I changed my life for the better. I felt all of my thought these kids worshipped and said Jesus burdens set free and everything started to was a pretty chill dude because they were make sense. I knew why all these kids were raised to. It never occurred to me that they so nice, they looked up to this guy who loved actually had a relationship with him. I did people unconditionally and truly believed not understand how someone could talk to in him. This man all these kids looked up to a man that was not physically there and find (aka Jesus) really was a pretty awesome guy.

As cheesy as it sounds, I felt a sense of peace and wonder. I found comfort in the fact that there is someone watching over me who loves me unconditionally and that my mistakes can be forgiven. I finally found that missing piece of myself that I had been searching and aching over. I found part of my purpose.

This has led me to be thankful that I was not raised in a religious family. Though this may be confusing it has a very good explanation.

A lot of the time kids are raised to strongly believe in a religion which ultimately makes them want to push away the religion. They feel too pressured to believe in something that preaches so harshly about following certain rules or determining where you will end up after death. On the other hand, there are kids who believe what they believe because that is what their parents believe and that is how it should be. They have no emotional regard to their religion. It becomes a routine. Of course, there are kids who are raised in a religious house and truly believe in what their parents believe. Though, often times this is not the case. This is why I take it as a blessing that I was raised in a very loving home that housed little religion, it taught me to find my own path.

6Dress Code The Student Prints

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While some students at schools that have the uniforms enjoy the ease when it comes to getting dressed every morning, others appreciate the right to express themselves.

“I am glad that Sylvania Schools isn’t required to wear uniforms. Wearing them limits students in the way we express ourselves. I enjoy picking out my own clothes to wear and showing my style,” junior Emily Hosler said.

The faculty of NDA wants to make sure that every student abides by the rules. Therefore, dress code checks are issued throughout the school.

Evergreen High School is a public school which takes the dress code very seriously as well. Half of the clothes that NV students are allowed to wear would be unacceptable for the students at Evergreen. The principal is always on the look-out. He can be found walking through halls, searching for any student who is violating the dress code.

According to senior Matt Kelble, students are very limited when it comes to dressing for school. Even wearing a black or colored tank top under a white shirt is unacceptable because see-through shirts are not allowed. For those of you guys who wear V-neck shirts at NV, you would not be able to get away with it at Evergreen. As well as girls who wear short skirts and shorts, forget it because at Evergreen even slightly below finger-tip length would land you right in detention.

Compared to other schools, NV students are granted much more freedom in what we can wear to school. NV is not like a TV show, we have guidelines which we must follow and the dress code is issued to keep everyone in line and dressed appropriately.

Yes we have rules, but no one is required to wear a lanyard with our I.D. at all times, there are no dress code checks by our administration and we are not limited to one outfit the whole year.

Think of the last time you were watching TV and thought to yourself, how are these students getting away with what they are wearing to school? The schools on TV must not have dress codes prohibiting their students from showing their belly buttons or wearing extremely short skirts. However, as much as we may want to dress like the stars we see on TV, our dress code prohibits us from doing so.

According to the student handbook, Northview students are not supposed to wear any backless tops or dresses, any clothing showing excessive skin and shorts and skirts must be finger-tip length.

“I don’t think the dress code is always being enforced because I have gotten away with wearing my soccer shorts to school and those are not even fingertip length,” junior Stephanie Duwve said.

NV has many rules listed for how students should dress, but as I found out from several interviews, other schools are much more strict when it comes to enforcing the dress code.

Unlike NV, many private schools, such as Notre Dame Academy, tell their students exactly how to dress and what to wear by providing each student with a uniform which must be worn every day.

The uniforms are used to prevent students from wearing any type of inappropriate clothing and keep all students in unison. Although a few casual days are issued throughout the entire year, students are prohibited from wearing jeans with even a slight rip, tear or hole in them and tank tops are never acceptable. To keep their school safe, NDA also requires students to wear their lanyards encased with their student IDs at all times.

“I like the fact that I don’t have to think about what I’m going to wear in the morning,” NDA junior Olivia Hauser said.

Student

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by Miche lle Ja cobson

Photos by Jack Melick

Favorite thing about NV:

That weird Bernie dance, I have lived in many different places and I have never seen that before I moved here.

Random unique thing: Lil Wayne is my obsession.

Favorite song/artist:

Favorite color:

Three Cheers for Five Years

by Mayday Parade.

Crimson Red for my Oklahoma Sooners, Boomer Sooner baby.

What are you looking forward to this year?

I am putting a studio in my house.

When I do I want young artists to use it.

Davidson Baker Singer/songwriter Age: 15

Grade: sophomore

Why do you like to sing?

The reason I sing is because it helps me reach out to let everyone know who I really am. Growing up I was all about sports, that is all I thought about, but now I am glad I can balance both.

When did you start Singing?

My mom put me in children’s chorus when I was eight but I did not start taking things seriously until I was 14.

THE STUDENT PRINTS Volume 86, Issue 2 Co-Editors-In-Chief: Jennifer Deng & Bridget Thomas Adviser: Sarah Huey News Editor: Libby Headman & Stephanie McCaskey Features Editors: Caitlin DeGross & Morgan Hawley Sports Editors: Drew Crandall & Blake Miller Opinions Editors: Savannah King & Kelsey Pomeroy Arts & Entertainment Editor: Molly Porterfield Business Editor: Vikki Hiznay Photo Editor: Jack Melick Staff Writers: Clare Aldrich, Amanda Binz, Rachel Bules, Rachel Donnelly, Maggie Figliomeni, Henry Gray, Sam Good, Michelle Jacobson, Meghan Keene, Colton Lulfs, Max Messinger, Jordan Rose, Skylar Rose, Darren Sheffield, Stephanie Smith, Juanita Vasquez, Casey Whittman.

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1. Practice your ninja skills AT LEAST a week in advance 2. Wear a diaper, just in case.

3. Do not drink water for 24 hours.

4. Imagine the monsters in their underwear.

5. Be scarier than the monster! I suggest cutting holes in a sheet. Who’s not afraid of ghosts?

6. Listen to Survivor by Destiny’s Child on your iPod. I promise you will survive.

7. Bring a bodyguard. Protection is a must.

8. Play dead. They can’t scare a dead person and I’m sure they won’t want to.

9. Bring your little brother or sister. No one wants to be the jerk that makes a little kid cry.

10. Laugh with your friends. The less you think about the guy with the chain saw about to cut your head off, the more fun you’ll have!

-Caitlin DeGross

Dressing up in Halloween costumes does not necessarily mean scaring little kids out of their Pull Ups. We found the top “kid-friendly” costumes that members of the Northview band fashioned at the Fall Festival on October 16.

-Morgan Hawley

Northview High School students:

Sophomore Marisa Winner beats the pigs as she walks throughout the Fall Festival as an “angry bird.”

Band Directors Mr. Eugene Bohland and Mr. Nathan Heath dressed up as Mario and Luigi from Super Mario Brothers.

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Halloween (series)

Staff Writer

Of all the well known scary movies, there are some pretty cheesy ones that tend to make us laugh instead of scream. Although most of us enjoy these classic movies, they are a bit outlandish. According to 130 students polled, here are the movies that were voted as the top ten cheesiest scary movies:

“The first one and maybe the second were good, but they ruined them by making too many. They’re all the same.

He just keeps popping out of nowhere.

It’s not realistic.”

-sophomore Melanie Siedlecki

Child’s Play (series)

“Let’s be honest, a doll cannot kill people.”

- junior Jenna Forgette

Beetlejuice

Principal Steve Swaggerty winds down his long and tiring days like many normal people; by listening to music. Mr. Swaggerty’s music tastes range from a variety of genres and artists, including everything from The Doors to The Muppets. His large range of music tastes makes it hard to pick a few of his favorite bands and artists. Mr. Swaggerty said, “Wow that’s pretty tough to choose, I can only pick 10?”

After opening his iTunes library and narrowing it down from many bands and artists, Mr. Swaggerty finally came up with his personal top ten artists of all time.

1 2 3 4 MTV gets “awkward” Teen soap operas take over the once music-themed channel 5 6 7 8 9 10 Children of the Corn

“It’s cheesy because the whole storyline is unbelievable, little kids aren’t really going to kill their parents.”

- freshman Colter Gilbert

Saw (series)

Scream (series)

“How would you not notice someone taking you in the middle of the night? The Saw movies are the same each time, but just with different people. The movies always drag out.”

- freshman Jordyn Tinney

“I think the movies are far-fetched, but if that’s what entertains you, that’s okay. My question is, though: How do they make four movies from the same idea?”

- Spanish teacher Señora Jurski

Paranormal Activity

Scary Movie (series)

“No one believes in ghosts. It’s Harry Potter in an invisibility cloak.”

-sophomore Troy Watkins

Savannah King Opinions Editor

In 1981, “Music Television” hit the airwaves. What we now know as MTV is completely different from what it was when it started 30 years ago. In the beginning, MTV had only basic music videos. In the late 1980s, MTV introduced non-music related TV shows, according to History.com. Today, the music videos are only on MTV from 3 a.m. to 6 a.m., according to mtv.com.

However, today’s real-life programming that replaced the music is getting less and less original. The writing is simplistic, at best. You take the average awkward teenager who does not quite fit in, add in a bunch of dramatic events revolving around dating, mean people at school and an equally awkward family and then somehow make them triumph in the end.

BOOM! You have a formula for three of MTV’s original series.

“MTV needs to stop with the teen soap dramas,” senior Suzanne Jaber said. “They’re all the same. If they played more funny comedy shows like Ridiculousness I would watch MTV more often.”

My Life as Liz, The Hard Times of R.J. Berger and Awkward all use this magnificent

“The movie has no flavor. Where’s the style? Oh, and the marriage wouldn’t have lasted long anyways considering the divorce rate in America.”

-senior Charles Mason

“Scary Movie is cheesy because they just make fun of actual scary movies.”

- junior Abbey Kirwen

formula and somehow manage to draw ratings and viewers. They basically are the same exact TV shows with different characters. They each have their individual funny moments, but overall are unoriginal.

My Life as Liz is about Liz Lee as she tries to stay true to herself and not let mean people get to her. She has her romantic interest (There’s the drama in the formula) Bryson, her “nerd herd” (awkward teenager with awkward friends) and mean girls at her high school. My Life as Liz perfectly fits the MTV formula.

The Hard Times of R.J. Berger follows the same formula with a romantic interest in Jenny, weird parents and the mean jock at school beats him up every day. The series was cancelled due to a large decrease in viewers, according to Hollywood.com.

“R.J. Berger was a good show, and I’m upset that it’s cancelled,” senior Tony Foley said.

“R.J. Berger is the only show I liked and it wasn’t even that great,” Jaber said.

Awkward is the same show with Jenna.

She has a secret relationship, a mean girl that tries to undermine her every move, and weird parents.

MTV needs to start featuring more music and less unoriginal programming. There are enough TV channels that have teen soap dramas. The CW has 90210 and Gossip Girl.

Hocus Pocus

The Beatles “Great sing-a-long tunes.”

The Rolling Stones “Best rock & roll band of all time.”

“The witches are really fake and they talk in a weird voice that isn’t normal at all. It’s just a really old looking movie.”

- freshman Josh Wipf

Halloweentown

Dave Matthews Band “Their music really brings back high school and college memories.”

“It’s cheesy because it’s a Disney movie. All Disney Channel movies are cheesy.”

- senior Zach Johnson

The Killers “Fast and upbeat music.”

TeenNick has Degrassi. ABC Family has The Secret Life of The American Teenager and Pretty Little Liars. E! has reality dramas like Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Fox has Glee. Enough channels have dramas catered for teenagers. MTV does not need to join that list too.

Reality programs are getting just as frustrating. Jersey Shore is entertaining sometimes, but their stupidity and drunken fights got old after two seasons. It’s hard to believe that Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino makes $60,000 per episode of drunken stupidity.

Also, there shouldn’t be more channels like MTV2 and MTVHits that cost extra on most cable programs.

“It should be all one channel,” Jaber said.

“It would be so much easier, I can’t keep up with all the different channels.”

“MTV needs to have more music because that’s what it started out as. It needs to go back to its roots,” senior Evelyn Schmedeke said.

MTV should go back to playing quality music and even featuring more unknown artists. There are numerous talented artists on YouTube that might be discovered sooner if MTV focused on new quality artists getting popular (but hopefully no more artists like Rebecca Black. We don’t need a song dedicated to every single day of the week).

Red Hot Chili Peppers “How else can I put it, really good.”

The Rat Pack “A definite classic.”

Billy Joel “He is the definition of entertainer.”

U2 “Their music and lyrics are both very powerful.”

Simon & Garfunkel “Philosophical music; I’m a philosophy kind of guy.”

Pearl Jam “I was obsessed with them during high school.”

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Walking toward the Fillmore, a venue in Detroit, Michigan, for my first Mac Miller concert was exciting and suspenseful. I looked at my ticket contemplating who the “special guests” were. Opening up for Mac was The Come Up and Casey Veggies. Who? During Casey Veggies’ performance I bobbed my head and thought, “Hey, he’s pretty good.”

18-year-old Casey Veggies is from LA where he started rapping in the Odd Future with Tyler the creator, according to rapfix.mtv. com. Casey left the Odd Future and decided to pursue a solo career.

He graduated high school this year and went on tour with Mac Miller right after that. For being so young he has created a bright future for himself in the music industry with his songs already on iTunes. The young artist dropped his first music project, Vol. 1, when he was only 16. He made music a priority after leaving his dream of being a professional basketball player, according to jambase.com. Casey Veggies is not widely known yet but he’s just getting started.

“Get ready for the best week of your life!” This is what everyone from Young Life club was saying about the annual Young Life camp. I went to Young Life camp in Timber Wolf Lake, MI for a week after my freshman year. It was literally the best week of my life. One of my favorite parts was the music.

We all had the pleasure to meet Jake Ousley. He sold his CD and held a concert during my week at camp. When I listen to his songs, they remind me of my time at Young Life camp. He really inspired me to follow my own passions while continuing to follow God. Jake Ousley is from Nashville, TN and moved to Michigan taking a job in the youth ministry, according to jakeousley.com.

Young Life camps would have him do concerts during summer camps. He writes about whatever he is feeling and incorporates God in some of his lyrics. He tours around the country bringing along his guitar. He sings from the heart and shows his passion for music and religion.

Passion is the first word that came to my head when first hearing the singer Valerie Poxleitner who goes by the name of “Lights.”

I first listened to Lights when a friend of mine posted her video for “My Boots” on Tumblr. This song was immediately added to my iPod and played in my car on repeat. Valerie Poxleitner is a captivating, beautiful young lady who has just broke out into the US with her Indie/ pop music. She was first discovered in her home country, Canada, where her music was some what known. After winning the Juno Award for new artist of the year, she landed a spot on Warped tour, according to allmusic. com.

She dropped her debut album “The Listening” in 2009 and just came out with her new album “Siberia”. Listeners have said that her new album is different from her normal sound, according to iTunes.com.

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The Student Prints

SPORTS Football team hopes to finish season strong Blake Miller Sports Editor

Head Football Coach Mark Moldawsky has preached to his team week in and week out to take the next step, and over the past few weeks they have done exactly that. The team has rallied off a 3-5 record and looks to keep improving for their monumental match up against Southview October 28.

“The amount of football our kids have learned over such a brief span is truly remarkable,” Coach Moldawsky said. “I am proud of their dedication and look forward to watching them take the next step during these last few weeks.”

After letting a big first half lead get away against BG, the team took a huge step forward when they traveled to Holland, Ohio to play Springfield in one of BCSN’s games of the week September 30. The game opened a lot of eyes in the area to anyone who doubted the Wildcats as they came out firing. With touchdown runs by senior quarterback Brandyn Hall, junior running back Corey Bowman and junior receiver Mark Bernsdorff, the team found themselves with an insurmountable lead of 28-0 with ten minutes left in the first half.

Bowman finished off his hat trick early in the fourth quarter as he recovered a fumble and ran it in for a touchdown to seal the game as the team won 42-0. The game was referred to as Coach Moldawsky’s breakout win, according to the T-Sports Report.

“For the first time this year, the team put together four excellent quarters of football and demonstrated just how good they truly can be,” Coach Moldawsky said.

Bowman got the chance to display his immense amount of football ability on BCSN and did not disappoint as he rushed for 140 yards and three touchdowns. It was to nobody’s surprise that Bowman was named Athlete of the Week and hopes to continue building his image as one of the Northern Lakes League’s top running backs throughout the rest of the season.

“I was very excited and was glad I could help lead my team to a victory,” Bowman said.

After their biggest win to date under Coach Moldawsky, the team played the NLL’s second best team, Perrysburg, at the friendly confines of Cat Stadium October 7. The team showed that they would not back down against the Yellow Jackets as they took an early 7-0 lead after Hall’s 40-yard touchdown run.

The Jackets quickly responded however, as they retook the lead 7-14. After recovering a fumble in Yellow Jacket territory, junior receiver Chris Nowicki stretched out for a four-yard touchdown run to tie the game up at

THE OFFENSIVE LINE gets ready for the quarterback to snap the football. The offensive line this year consists of mostly seniors and one junior. The line is a lot stronger and one of the best components of the team when they are healthy.

14-14. After a series of misfortunes, the team found themselves down 14-31 early in the fourth quarter. The tide quickly changed after quick touchdown strikes from Bowman and Bernsdorff to bring the score to 28-31. The team, however, could not recover defensively from early injuries to senior defensive linemen Kyle Faulkner and Steuart Besley. They came up short of the upset victory 28-38.

“I was proud of the fight our kids

demonstrated,” Coach Moldawsky said. “We were down twice and kept fighting back.”

Even in defeat, Nowicki displayed his knack for catching the ball and his amount of versatility as he also ran the ball on several occasions with great success. Nowicki looks to continue his tremendous production as he is in the NLL’s top eight for receiving yards.

“I had a couple of big plays, but in the end it’s all about the team and we fell short,”

Photo by Jack Melick

Nowicki said.

After a hard fought game against the Jackets, the team went on the road to play Maumee October 14. Injuries to Bowman, Hall and senior tackle Dalton Sturt decimated the team’s depth as they took a big step back against the Panthers losing 34-62.

“We did not bring our ‘A’ game against Maumee and it showed on the scoreboard,” senior Chris Jablonski said.

Perspectives

By: Libby Headman

Photos by Dani Lulfs

Several weeks before kick off, the band begins their season by practicing the fight song and the different songs they will be performing at half time. With band camp over the summer and two class periods each day, the band is very prepared for upcoming games. Marching band is just another puzzle piece that helps make a football game great. Junior Mitch Nolan has been a member of the band for every year of his high school career. Band members usually have to be in the band room around 5p.m. For away games they are usually late because it takes so much time to load all the instruments and kids on the bus. At the game they have to focus on the director to be ready at any moment to pick up their instrument and play a song, according to Nolan.

“I will watch the game and yell at the referee when there is a bad call, but it is very hard to get into the game so we are more

there to support our team and school,” Nolan said.

“I usually just gossip with other people and hang around with my friends,” junior Kaitlyn Bachmann said.

Band members do much more than play music and watch the game, according to Nolan. The band members hang with friends and chat about everything that is happening around the school. They are there to watch the game and support their team, but their main focus is playing music, according to Nolan. For band members the best part of the game is the third quarter. If the band members were good during the week they get the full quarter off to eat food, hang with friends and cheer on the team. They do not have to be standing in the stands at this time so it is a relaxing time. They also enjoy when the drum line does cadences. This is a time when other members not in the drum line can dance around and listen to music.

For me, as a cheerleader, the football games start several hours before kick off on Friday, in fact they start Monday when we begin planning for the game. We talk about signs to make, what to put into the spirit can (a can filled with things to throw into the student section) and when we are going to decorate the stadium. If it is a special game, like senior night or NV vs. SV, we have extra planning such as more signs, bringing food for the tailgate, preparing something special for the football team dinner or decorating football players’ lockers or doors.

When Friday finally comes, we arrive at the game around 5p.m We run around getting everything ready by decorating the stands, hanging signs and carrying out the boxes to stand on. The best part of the game is when we head to the student section. It is only fun when they are loud. If they do not react,

there is no fun to it.

We have the responsibility of keeping the crowd involved, keeping the student section spirited and watching the game to keep the cheers going. When the game finally starts it is pretty hard to actually watch the game. There is a whole Varsity Football team standing in front of us, so sometimes we cannot see the game. Since not every cheerleader understands the game, the ones who do have to pay extra attention. The worst thing that happens is when it is third down and we call an offense or defense cheer. At any time, the team with possession of the ball could change and we are all of a sudden cheering for the other team. Cheering at a game is a lot of fun, you get to support your team and lead your school, however, it becomes hectic.

As kick off begins, the student section begins to fill up with Wildcat fans wearing the craziest things imaginable. There are always the out of the box seniors that stand in the front who help lead the crowd. Senior Labinot Elmazi is one of those extremely spirited seniors. Even though spirit has not always been NV’s specialty, it seems to be progressing.

“It is my senior year, it is fun to get involved with all my friends and get really spirited,” Elmazi said.

If there is a tailgate, students usually start showing up to the game about an hour before kick off. Tailgates are a fun way to get free food and get pumped up for the game with friends.

They are usually held by organizations such as Link Crew, Student Government, the Cheerleaders or Football team. They are a fun way to play corn hole, hang with friends and support

the team in just another way.

The student section typically watches the game but sometimes it is hard to keep up because of everything else going on. One of the new features this year is the Spirit Can. The cheerleaders have a can filled with T-shirts, footballs, hats, candy and more. The cheerleaders hold up a sign and throw candy to the student section only if they make enough noise.

“The spirit can is probably my favorite part of the game,” Elmazi said. “I usually catch three things each time.”

The student section also follows along with the cheerleaders by doing cheers with them such as the Sizzle, Down, the Lean and more crowd cheers. The student section participates in the cheer to help show more spirit and get the crowd excited.

Get there early to be in the front row.

October 25, 2011

Teams bond through food

Dinners prepare athletes for competition Clare Aldrich Staff Writer

Many may say that when they join a sports team, those teammates become like family members. They become caring, helpful, and even brutally honest about certain subjects.

Team dinners are a way sports teams become close off the field, track, or court. Team dinners are usually held before a game or meet to get the team pumped up and full of carbohydrates for the upcoming competition. Some may think that these dinners only involve eating and talking. However, inside jokes, repetition of a food and improving strategies are some of the many occurrences when the teammates get together.

Cross country runners have team dinners, also known as pasta parties, the day before a big meet to get focused but also have fun with their teammates.

“Breadsticks from Olive Garden are always a must for the team dinners,” junior cross country runner Nadeen Sarsour said.

When there is an Invitational meet, all the runners get together and eat as a team. Unlike other sports teams, the Junior Varsity and Varsity squads eat together, even if they are participating in different races, according to junior Robin Foster. The runners also need a lot of motivation before the race to build their confidence.

Soccer, volleyball, and football players have team dinners as well to build friendship and a better bond between their teammates.

However, the freshmen, JV and Varsity teams all have separate dinners. Enjoying the food made by parents, the players have down time to chat, eat, and reminisce about past games and practices.

“During team dinners the team talks about what we could improve on to make us better for the next game,” sophomore JV volleyball player Erin Severhof said.

Football and hockey players come together on game day and enjoy various delicious foods.

“A tradition we have is always having cheesy potatoes at team dinners made by the parents,” junior football player Chris Nowicki said.

Other sports do not organize team dinners, such as track and field; however, they will

Photo by Jack Melick

HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Marek Moldawsky takes a piece of cheese bread at the football Thursday dinner. Team dinner the night before or the day of a game is necessary for every athlete to perform at their finest. Team dinners help every team come closer together. hopefully take place this spring, according to sophomore Megan McLean.

“I think team dinners would be so fun,”

said McLean, “All of us track girls are already so close, so I think team dinners would bring us even closer.”

Volleyball focuses on charity off the court Skylar Rose Staff Writer

The Northview LadyKat Volleyball team’s record isn’t the only feature that separates them from the rest of the teams in the Northern Lakes League. Their charity work has defined their character this season.

They started off the season collecting items for the Aurora Project. The Aurora Project is a comprehensive housing and life skills program that allows homeless women and their children to achieve self sufficiency and independence by providing resources and learning opportunities in a supportive and safe environment.

Their second charity event was the Blue Pumpkin match. The match was played for the Blue Pumpkin Campaign, which benefits the Family and Child Abuse Prevention Center of Toledo.

The LadyKats ended their charity run with Volley for the Cure, a match that benefited breast cancer awareness. With a total of $1,750 raised in fundraisers, the LadyKats hoped to bring awareness to their events.

New Head Coach Sarah Wilson is nothing if not proud of the LadyKats improvement this season. Not only was her goal to improve the team in skill development, but in life lessons as well.

Her main goal was to change the culture of the program. The LadyKats were not very involved in the community, according to Coach Wilson. She wanted to change that right away.

“It takes a lot of character to do the type of charity work we did this season,” Coach Wilson said. “I wanted to open

their eyes to the real world and helping out others was a great way to do that for the girls.”

Wilson came from very successful volleyball programs before she was hired at NV. An outsider of the volleyball program would think that she would be discouraged about her first season as the head LadyKat coach.

“This is definitely a rebuilding year,” Coach Wilson said.

Despite the LadyKats 1-13 overall record, they still come to practice every single day with a positive attitude.

“Once a game is over, it is over,” Coach Wilson said. There is no time to dwell on the previous game because in a few days, there will be another game to redeem yourselves.

“Our record says about 25 % of who we are,” Coach Wilson said.

Not being able to finish the game is something that many of the players are frustrated about, according to Coach Wilson.

“We make too many small mistakes, and in volleyball, that adds up,” senior Mackenzie Perry said.

According to Perry, Coach Wilson constantly tells the girls that they are too afraid to be great.

“It’s true,” Perry said. “We are too scared to make mistakes, but making mistakes can only make you a better player.”

The LadyKats may have lost several games, but they have not lost their sense of pride. Through their charity work, the team has raised community awareness about abuse and breast cancer.

Nevertheless, there is plenty of room for the LadyKats to hold their heads high.

Corrections The first name of Kailee McAfee was misspelled in the photo caption of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ story, Issue 1 Page 1.

The last name of Bailey Feldstein was misspelled in the photo caption and in the ‘Wizard of Oz’ story, Issue 1 Page 1.

In the ‘Myriad of Clubs’ story, we referred to the Art Club, which is no longer a club, Issue 1 Page 2.

The last name of Emily Gurzynski was misspelled in the ‘Stress’ story, Issue 1 Page 5.

The first name of Megan Miller was misspelled in the ‘Top Ten’ story, Issue 1 Page 14.

Photo by Chandler Austin

SENIOR CAPTAIN Macy Fretz serves at the last home game of the season against BG. “Our record doesn’t show how hard we worked to improve, but this year we have become close, not only as individual teams, but as a program,” Fretz said. The LadyKats lost in three sets.

11

SPORTS

Birdies, pars and bogies oh my!

Jordan Rose Staff Writer

Anytime’s tee time for the Boys’ Golf team. On October 4, the team went to Bowling Green to square off against 25 teams. The top five teams with the lowest scores qualify for Districts. With a total score of 324, the team finished fifth and was glad to qualify.

“We got out of Sectionals in fifth place and even though we didn’t play our best we were all glad to make it over Anthony Wayne by two strokes,” junior Derek Reiner said.

With Districts approaching, the team wanted to relax and have fun together for their remaining moments of the season.

They planned out a team dinner at Ralphies so they could see game five of the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and the Detroit Tigers.

“Watching the game and spending time with the team was a lot of fun. Although I am not a Detroit fan, it was nice to see them beat the Yankees,” Reiner said.

From chicken wings and cheeseburgers to putting greens and fairways, the team headed to Findlay on October 13 to participate in the District Tournament. They played at one of Findlay’s finest golf courses’, Red Hawk Golf Club. This course has been known for its devastating winds and its disturbing weather. The weather didn’t seem to bother junior Jeff Czerniakowski, as he shot a career low 75 at Red Hawk.

“The course was playing tough, but I am used to these conditions when we play at our home course. My putts were dropping, and my irons were pure,” Czerniakowski said.

The team shot 327 and did not qualify for States. As for Czerniakowski, he missed going to States as an individual by two strokes.

“Bogeying the last two holes ruined my chance of qualifying. I was one over going into the 17th hole, and my nerves got to me as I three putted the last two holes to finish three over par. I was disappointed at first, but when I look back at how I did, I am very proud of myself,” Czerniakowski said.

Northview Hockey graduates succeed Drew Crandall Sports Editor

Recent Northview graduate Nolan Culver came one step closer to receiving a Division 1 hockey scholarship when he made the Youngstown Phantoms in the United States Hockey League.

The USHL is known as the premier junior hockey league in the United States. Junior hockey is the step between high school and college hockey. So far this year, the USHL has committed 180 players to college hockey.

The league also has 158 active alumni in the National Hockey League.

“Simply put it’s the best junior league in the country,” NV Hockey Coach Mike Jones said.

Culver made the Phantoms in their main camp, after going undrafted in the USHL Entry Draft Earlier in the year. Culver making the team makes him one of the first players to come through the NV hockey program to play in the USHL. “As a program it is our main goal to move guys on to the highest levels of hockey.

Nolan’s successes are a confirmation it’s doing things the right way and headed in the right direction,” Jones said.

So far this season, Culver has played in four games and has yet to record a point.

NV also has two alumni playing in the North American Hockey League, which is a step below the USHL. Joe Pizza started the year with the St. Louis Bandits, but was recently traded to the Port Huron Fighting Falcons. So far he has zero points in four games played.

Mychel Montieth is in his second season with the Corpus Christi Ice Rays and has already committed to D1 Mercyhurst in Erie, PA for next season. This year Montieth was chosen as captain of the Ice Rays and has recorded three points in nine games.

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The Student Prints

SPORTS

Tennis falls after deep run into District playoffs Jordan Rose Staff Writer

You only live once, but you get to serve twice. Sophomore Megan Miller and the Northview LadyKat Tennis team served it up at Districts October 13 at Findlay High School.

Miller had a tremendous season and it was her second year playing varsity tennis.

“It is good to be a part of the team as compared to being on an individual sport all year round. It’s an honor to serve it up for varsity,” Miller said.

This year was the first time that the whole team qualified for Districts. They included seniors Natalie Forrester and Shannon Ford, juniors Emily Gross and Jessica Rentner, and sophomore Kate Diment.

“As captain, I felt we were a closer team.

Because we were closer, I feel we were able to go farther,” Ford said. “We did great at Sectionals in my opinion. We got farther than we ever have.”

Miller has already been in this position before, as she went to Districts as an individual last year.

Megan is not the only generation of her family on the team. Her mom is the head coach. Varsity Coach Susie Miller has been the Tennis coach for 11 years. Megan is enjoying every moment of her mom mentoring her.

“She pushes me harder, due to the fact that I’m her daughter, but I don’t mind her being my coach. She has been coaching me her whole life,” said Miller.

“We’ve practiced harder, and we give it our best effort in every match. I am so proud that almost our whole team made it to Districts this year, it is a great accomplishment for our program,” Miller said.

Photo by Audrey Miklovic

THE TENNIS TEAM DOMINATED local competition all year and the playoffs were no exception. The whole team qualified for the District playoffs, marking a first in team history. The team failed to advance to States in Columbus, but the season was still one of the most successful in recent history. Sophomore Megan Miller, pictured above, won the NLLs for the second year in a row.

Districts isn’t the only thing giving Miller positive thoughts about the team, but also being the Northern Lakes League individual champion for two straight years.

“It was exciting to win NLL’s my freshman

year, but two years in a row gives me something to look forward to during my remaining years as a LadyKat Tennis player,” Miller said.

Miller went to the semifinals of the District Tournament as an individual. She came up just

short losing to St. Ursula’s Kennedy Schaffer.

“We had 40 mile per hour winds which made both me and Kennedy play different game styles. We both played well and it was a competitive match,” Miller said.

Boys XC caps of “Decade of Dominance” with NLL Championship Blake Miller Sports Editor

The stage was set, the Boys’ Cross Country team faced off against rival Perrysburg in a Northern Lakes League Championship that came down to the wire.

The top runners for both schools ran their hearts out at Pearson Park, but in the end, the boys’ team finished off their decade of dominance as they defeated the Jackets in a nail biter 55-58. “For a second there, we thought that we lost to Perrysburg, but we pulled out a win and finished off our decade of dominance,” junior Kyle Brooks said.

Performing magnificently for the team October 15 were Brooks and seniors Matt Disher and Colin McCloskey. Brooks really gave the team the surge they needed as he finished third with a time of 16:27.00. McCloskey and Disher battled it out throughout as they finished neck and neck with an eighth place finish by McCloskey and a ninth place finish for Disher.

“Perrysburg gave us quite a run, but fell short of Coach Briggs’ pleasing victory,” Disher said.

Nobody was more relieved about the tenth straight NLL title than Head Coach David Briggs. Coach Briggs took over the show last year after long time respected coach Ross Dye retired after one of the greatest coaching careers the state has ever seen.

The program has not missed a beat with Briggs at the helm and

was able to finish off what teams before them had started by winning their tenth consecutive NLL Championship.

“It is the result of extremely hard work in the winter, spring, summer and in the fall we get our results,” Coach Briggs said.

Brooks’s strong finish at NLLs is just another one of the great feats that he has pulled off this season. Brooks plans to continue his success at Districts, Regionals and hopefully, all the way to the state meet where he will try to make a big name for himself.

“I definitely think I have a shot at making it to States and doing well,” Brooks said.

The boys will travel to Tiffin, Ohio October 29 to compete in the Regional meet.

Girls XC wins fourth straight NLL title, Work takes top spot in league Blake Miller Sports Editor

Pound, pound was all the opposing competition heard as the Girls’ Cross Country team blew by them and at the Northern Lakes League Championships. Everyone who attended Pearson Park witnessed a dominating performance by the team as they won by 44 points.

“The team really showed their strengths

at NLLs by placing all seven varsity runners in the top 21,” Head Coach Jodie Smith said.

Leading the team to their fourth consecutive NLL title were seniors Allison Work and Moe Dean and junior Abby Masters. Work finished in first with a time of 18:48.60. Dean finished in third place with a time of 19:27.90. Masters ran a solid race as she finished in sixth place with a time of 19:35.20.

Over the past four years, the girls’ have built the most formidable team in Northwest

Ohio under former Coach John Monheim and have continued this success with Coach Smith.

Accolades over the past four years include going to States and dominating all of NWO over that span with incredible runners.

“Four years in a row, we have obliterated the competition with fireworks,” Masters said.

With her impressive win, Work has made her case for being the best runner in Northwest Ohio. Her individual title at NLLs just adds to her many great accomplishments

over her unbelievable season. The win did not come as easy as expected. Perrysburg’s Taylor Monheim trailed right behind Work for most of the race, but Work kicked it into high gear and blew Monheim away later in the race.

“I had a killer kick and fire was practically coming out of my heels,” Work said. “It was a close race, but I was confident in my abilities.”

The girls will travel to Tiffin, Ohio October 29 to compete in the Regional meet at HedgesBoyer Park.

Feature Athlete Of the week Putt-ing it out there with Jeff Czerniakowski Drew Crandall Sports Editor

Was this year successful as a team?

Yeah, it was successful even though we didn’t make it to States. I know we will work hard over the summer and hopefully make it to States.

Favorite Food?

Chicken Chunks What’s your most embarrassing moment on the course?

Three putting the last two holes at Districts.

Is it frustrating having your dad as the coach?

Sometimes, but I like it mostly because it makes communication easier.

Quick Facts: First team ALL-NLL 2nd place at NLL tournament Three year letter winner Shot 75 at Districts

Favorite Golfer?

Dustin Johnson.

What did you do to prepare for the season?

I went to the range everyday this summer and also played in a lot of tournaments.

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By Jack Melick

by Jack Melick

Being the coach’s son is a tough task for any athlete. It was something that junior Jeff Czerniakowski had no problem adapting to when he first came to Northview.

Czerniakowski made the Varsity team his freshman year and has not looked back since. In his first two years at NV, Czerniakowski turned into one of the team’s top golfers and one of the best in the area.

His sophomore year he helped lead the Cats to a Northern Lakes League playoff championship.

This year was no exception as Czerniakowski made great strides on his game over the summer by participating in several tournaments around the state and country, qualifying for a top amateur tournament in Jackson, Mississippi.

The summer work paid off as Czerniakowski had an excellent junior campaign. He came in second in the Northern Lakes League tournament and was also named first team ALL-NLL. He averaged a team best 38.1 on nine holes and averaged a 77 on 18 holes.

He shot a 75 at Red Hawk Run in the district tournament missing qualifying for States by one shot. He three putted the last two holes. This is what he claims to be the most embarrassing thing he has ever had happen to him on the golf course.

Czerniakowski plans to work hard again this summer as he enters his senior year. He has already set the bar high for next year as his goals include making it to States as either a team or an individual.