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STUDENT PRINTS volume 90, Issue 4 nvstudentprints.com @nvstudentprints November 20, 2015 NEWS
NHS hosts annual danceGOLD event, raising proceeds for the Victory Center.
SENIOR KATHLEEN DUWVE attempts to breakaway from junior Autumn Bailey. To read more on Powderpuff, see page 14.
The night brings students together through food, contests, music, and dancing. >> see page 3
OPINIONS
Is Thanksgiving losing its value? Preparing for Black Friday deals and getting ahead in the long lines may be calling for a raincheck at the dinner table.
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FEATURES
SPORTS
Can you match the teachers with their known phrases?
Football beats rivals for the first time in eight years.
You hear these phrases from your teachers on the daily, now it’s your turn to try to identify who said it.
The field floods with gold as the students rush to celebrate NV’s win against the Cougars.
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State testing works to finalize plans for district karen pan staffer With the school year underway, the AIR testing, which is replacing last year’s PARCC tests, still seems to be a mystery. As of print, the AIR test writers are still finalizing the English and Social Studies’ tests for the school year. Unlike last year, there is only one window that will take place near the end of April and early May. The school district will either have a three hour test or two 90 minute tests for each subject, according to Assistant Principal Kasey Vens. “I don’t think anyone is in favor of testing, so if we have to do some, there’s two positives. One, we went from two rounds to one and two, unlike the OGTs, which was a baseline with mixed skills, this test should be challenging but within the class being taken,” said Vens. Currently, there is no date set for the tests.
Book Fair works to spark interest of students jessie li staffer
MERMER
The annual book fair takes place on November 30 and runs until December 4. Students will have the opportunity to visit the fair with their English classes to browse and purchase books, posters, and fun school supplies. However, students can also visit the fair on their own during free periods and between classes. “Hopefully bookfairs spark the interest of reading in students and puts a book in a student’s hand,” Media Specialist Darla Omey said. Beadforlife will also be present this year, according to Ms. Omey. Beadforlife is a nonprofit organization that fights extreme poverty by creating opportunities for struggling African women, according to beadforlife.org.
2Cos students take field trip to Paul Mitchell NEWS
November 20, 2015
emma crandall co editor in chief
After a weekend of being inducted into the Devilbiss Hall of Fame, former Toledoan, Melissa Jaqwa, and husband Abe Barron, shared their stories to the Northview Cosmetology students at Paul Mitchell the School. Through recent meetings at hair shows in Ohio, Cosmetology teacher Christine Jude became acquainted to Jaqwa. After hearing of her planned visit to Toledo, Jude contacted Jaqwa in hopes of a possible presentation at the school. With a busy schedule of owning a salon and doing hair for shows such as The Voice, America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance?, it was a surprise that Jaqwa was able to take time out of her visit and hectic life to speak to the students for a long length of time, according to Mrs. Jude. Both the junior and senior Cosmetology students traveled to Paul Mitchell the School for the presentation. It was very interactive and allowed the audience to ask questions about Jaqwa and Barron’s successes as well as about the techniques they were performing.
Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Jude COSMETOLOGY STUDENTS travel to the Paul Mitchell School where they had the opportunity to watch a presentation by former Toledoan, Melissa Jaqwa, and husband Abe Barron.
Eighth graders face new experiences at Open House peter birsen staffer
Eighth graders and their parents flooded the halls of Northview in order to see if they want to include NV in their next four years of education. Students and their parents arrived at 7pm to the Performing Arts Center to receive a brief presentation on NV school life, athletics, and academics. The presentation featured different programs and opportunities that are offered to students
at NV. “You want to show these future students the best things your club has to offer, you want to show them that they need to be a part of it,” junior Harmony Roadshow member Luke Achinger said. After the presentation ended parents and students were free to wander NV or they were able to go to the cafeteria, where they received refreshments and tours led by National Honors Society members. In the gym and aux gym different clubs and activities had booths to give in-
formation on their clubs in order to give eighth graders a peak into their various activities. “It’s important to give information out so that our clubs can continue to gain new members,” senior Student Government member Blake Oates said. NHS students were also asked to help set up and clean up for the Open House. “I feel that it is very beneficial to have tours given by students because we know first hand what NV is like so we can help future students get a better idea about
what they’re getting into,” senior NHS member Parker Stephens said. In the halls during the tours, several demonstrations took place, including art students working on a pottery wheel, food set up by the World Language students, a pig dissection by Biology teacher Paula Werner and Harmony Road Show performing. “It’s really special to perform for future students because you can see them gaining interest in what you’re doing,” Achinger said.
World Language students tour middle schools kathryn mertens staffer
The World Language department recently visited Arbor Hills Junior High for their second time this year. Students that are taking a language volunteered to go to the middle school to gain support for their language. The middle school students participated in crafts based on the language. All three languages, French Spanish and German, offered at the high schools had a station where they had an activity based on their language’s culture. The German station had a coloring activity where the middle schoolers could learn German colors; the French group played a bowling game; and the Spanish group
made paper flowers. Each language brought in food based on their culture. The cookies and cakes brought in by the Spanish and French students were very popular, according to Spanish teacher Lindsey Jurski. The German group brought in apples and caramel dip. “Going to see the eighth graders will hopefully attract more students to stick with a world language,” German teacher Claudia Fischer said. They were also given the opportunity to ask questions about the languages at the high school. The students who volunteered helped with crafts, passing out food, and keeping kids organized. “The visit to the Arbor Hills was a huge success
and the World Language department hopes continue this event for years to come,” Mrs. Jurski said.
NEWS
November 20, 2015
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danceGOLD comes back stronger than ever maddie mcgranahan staffer
A night of contests, food, music, friends, standing, dancing, and raising money for a great cause. That and more is the experience danceGOLD provides. The danceGOLD event took place on November 14 from 6p.m. to 12a.m. at Northview and was planned and hosted by National Honors Society members. One-hundred and fifty-two students attended; in order to attend the event they had to raise a minimum of $50 or more for prizes. All of the money that was raised went to the Victory Center, an establishment that aids cancer patients and their families through their treatment process by providing various services. The night consisted of a series of games and contests which teams earned points to win the overall event. The four teams were Team Jive, Team Twist, Team ChaCha, and Team Salsa. There were two rounds of smaller games which team members participated in duos or trios, as well as team events such as the tug of war, a dodgeball tournament, and the scavenger hunt. At the top of every hour all the teams did a line dance together that was cho-
reographed by senior Emma Crandall. Although danceGOLD is a dance-a-thon event, there is not dancing the entire night. “Participating in danceGOLD was hands down the best night I’ve ever spent as a Wildcat,” sophomore Grace Cappellini said. “I will never forget when we won the championship in volleyball for Team Twist.” The contests culminated with a ‘Mr. Northview’ competition where various team members performed serious or silly acts in which they represented their team for the ultimate title of ‘Mr. Northview’ and a lot points. Senior Ahmed Atari from Team Twist won the title of ‘Mr. Northview’, earning eight points for his team. “Winning Mr. Northview was exciting because the work I did to create a rendition of a Beyoncé song, of all things, was worth it,” Atari said. The final hour of the night consisted of thank-yous from Superintendent Scott Nelson, NHS President Starr Jiang, and Principal Steve Swaggerty. Then, Mr. Swaggerty began to dole out the final points. Four points for Most Spirited Team to Team ChaCha. Eight points for Most Money Raised to Team Twist. Eight points for Most Money Raised at the Buffalo Wild
HOWALD SENIOR PARKER STEPHENS excites Team Salsa before a dodgeball game against Team ChaCha. This was one of the many events at danceGOLD. Wings Fundraising Night to Team ChaCha. Plus many more individual awards. The overall winner of the night and the danceGOLD trophy was Team ChaCha with 101.5 points. “I was unbelievably excited that we won, I was so proud of my team for putting all of their energy into the night, I couldn’t
have done it without them,” Team ChaCha captain Mitch Lyons said. However, the real winner of danceGOLD was the Victory Center. The participants of danceGOLD raised $10,239.60 for the Victory Center. This was double the amount of money raised from last year’s event, according to NHS Advisor Darla Omey.
Learning Center provides assistance for students emily nowak staffer
School work can be hard and overwhelming. The next time you are sitting in study hall and have no clue how to do your math homework, the Learning Center is the place for you. Anyone, no matter what grade, can go down to the Writing or Math Lab. The Writing Lab is a part of the TLC and the
Math Lab is located upstairs right across from the media center in room G2. The focus this year is mainly on those two subjects due to data that was kept last year about what kids came to the Learning Center the most for, according to Mr. Vens. Although those are the most popular subjects to go for, the National Honors Society students also help with tutoring in
any subject, providing academic support, credit recovery, and test prep including state testing preparation. Assistant Principal Kasey Vens is in charge of the Learning Center, making sure that students know about it and are using it to their advantage. “Our emphasis this year is that you don’t need a pass to go to the Learning Center, you can drop in,” Mr. Vens said. Last year when students wanted to
stop by to get help a pass was needed, and if they didn’t have one then the teacher had the right to say that they were unable to go. This year, Mr. Vens and others have worked to change that. Not just anybody is eligible to help people who come down to the Learning Center. Student tutors must be a part of National Honor Society. If teachers are helping, they are ordinarily assigned to the Learning Center, but in some cases they volunteer eager to assist. This first quarter there were 1,379 check ins to TLC but administration would like to see those numbers go up, according to Mr. Vens. “We are double what we had last year right now but I want it to be even higher,” Mr. Vens said. Students who are struggling in any subject are welcome at the Learning Center and are encouraged to go and seek the help that they need.
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NEWS
November 20, 2015
Homework matrix app goes viral allie hartnett co editor in chief
Forgetting to write down your homework assignments, important projects, or test dates doesn’t have to be an issue anymore with the help of your phone or personal device. Over the past summer, senior Cameron McCaskey attended Camp Creative where he generated his own Northview Homework Matrix app.
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“It’s nice to know that hard work does get recognized and that the app will help the students.” - Cameron McCaskey
With the helpful lessons from Spanish teacher John Word and iMedia teacher Tami Blue, McCaskey learned how to write coding which he then used to complete his first assignment; creating something useful for NV. “The app makes it easier to find homework for every day and week and it will have more students using it since it’s easier than scrolling [through the website]. It’s very mobile friendly,” Mr. Word said. The top three apps were given a $500 scholarship and his app successfully took first place. In second place was sophomore Casey Ruckman with his project also on the homework matrix. Taking third place was sophomore Max Fojtik and his creation of a Java app which teachers run on their computers to remind them to take attendance. The matrix app takes all of the assignments from the online spreadsheet and puts them into an app format available for student’s phones or devices, according to Principal Steve Swaggerty. The student’s can add their own individual classes to the app, allowing it to display assignments and updates directly from the matrix. “It’s nice to know that hard work does get recognized and that the app will help the students,” McCaskey said.
Students get a look at real world Finance 101 comes alive in the game of life claire weber staffer
Spin the wheel. Roll a dice. Win some money. The game of Life came alive at Finance 101 on November 11. To organize the event, the senior class was divided into three sections. The first section of students attended the event during second and third period, the second section attended during fourth and fifth period, and the third section attended during sixth and seventh period. The Finance 101 event was based on Life, a game that simulates a person’s journey throughout his or her life. Scenarios regarding college, retirement, jobs, marriage, money, insurance, and children are all included in the game. The objective of the game was for students to gain a better understanding of how to balance the scenarios they could experience in life. Example scenarios include getting injured and not having health insurance, managing money with taxes, losing a job, supporting a family, and so on, according to one of the event coordinators, Amy Schloegl. In addition, the event featured alumni who were able to give their experiences about what life after high school is like.
MERMER SENIOR CARSON MONTZ looks at the clothing choices offered by the parent volunteer that could fit his financial budget for himself and his family. They answered questions and even shared personal experiences about how they handled or should have handled a situation. Parent volunteers were able to talk with students regarding financing and balancing responsibilities, according to one of
the event coordinators, Andrea Davis. “Finance 101 was a fun day and very beneficial to students. It was an opportunity that students got to experience to get an insight of the real world,” Ms. Davis said.
5 Is the district OPINIONS
November 20, 2015
Judging on college applications For some seniors, college applications have been a long process, while for others, it’s been a “click a couple buttons and you’re done” type of thing. However, whether you fall into the former or latter group, both parties have failed to finish one last part of their application process: respecting others’ college choices. Some people may know what I mean and have fallen victim to this, and others may still be wondering if my play on words worked (it did now move on). Either way, what I’m saying makes sense and applies to a ton of students. Chances are, if you talk to a senior that has applied to or is applying to college, you’ll hear Northwestern, USC, OSU, MSU, NYU, and everything in between. However, the second you ask about UT or BGSU, their face turns into this weird scowl that you only ever see in cartoons. It’s almost as if you called them the lowest of the low, and this is the issue at hand. If someone tells you they’re going to, let’s say UT, and your first instinct is to laugh or look at your friend to see if they’re smiling too, then that’s an issue. Cool, you wanna get out of Sylvania and move on to better things at Duke, so does everyone else. Unlike you, not everyone has the resources to pack their things up and go on a road trip with mom and dad all the way to your new dorm five states away. Students, especially juniors and seniors, need to realize that not everyone has the same lifestyle as them. Not everyone has the financial stability to go to colleges across the United States, let alone send $50 applications to their dream schools.
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Even if finances aren’t the issue, there are so many other things that could be going on. Maybe someone’s family would rather not send their child away when there is a university less than 15 minutes away and they can see their kid everyday. Furthermore, some people can qualify for a lot of scholarships from nearby colleges to the point where they’re practically being paid to go there. Many people tend to just hate close colleges simply because they’re near home, but don’t take a minute to sit down and actually think about what the university has to offer. UT has been commended for their amazing law and medical programs and BGSU has plenty of Masters programs, ranging from Analytics to Special Education. Both schools have people from not only the US, but all over the world apply and travel for their programs. There is literally no reason to attack a school’s credibility simply because it is close to your home, and it honestly makes you sound extremely juvenile. Whatever the case may be, when talking to fellow seniors or underclassmen, don’t ridicule people for their college choices. You should even watch yourself when speaking ill of colleges nearby because you never know whose family couldn’t afford NYU’s 70k tuition, or whose parents still feel that they need to watch over their child. Your words and insults to specific colleges can hurt others without your knowledge or intentions, and is overall disrespectful in the grand scheme of things. -Ahmed Atari
Seniors need a reality check
Seniors, this one’s for you; sit down and listen up. need for Prom. It’s up to us to raise money for our Prom. More of the seniors need to get involved with fundI actually heard someone say “I didn’t go to Home- raising for Prom. So if you’re a senior, think about stepcoming...but I’ll go to Prom,”. ping up to help our class. Umm okay, what? Do you realize that Prom only We have about $12,000 as of right now, so after dohappens when we raise money for it, and most of that ing some subtraction, we need about $11,000 for Prom. money comes from events like Homecoming and Cat’s Assuming all 300 seniors go to Prom, we can calculate the Meow. rough cost of our bids. If we don’t raise enough money So let’s do some more math, (Mr. for Prom, the bids will end up being Christy, aren’t you proud of me?) and I feel like a majority of super expensive. that would make each bid $36, and $72 I mean if your parents are seniors think that money per couple. gonna take out a second mortgage nice would it be if our bids for Prom is just going to were How on their house to pay for your Prom $40-50 per couple? Pretty great, rain from the sky bid, that’s fine, but I’m not ready to right? This could happen if everyone break the bank on Prom. got involved a little more. I don’t know about you, but I Think of all the other Prom expenswant cheap Prom bids. es like a dress or a suit, shoes to match, jewelry, a corsage I feel like a majority of seniors think that money for and boutonniere, getting hair/makeup done professionProm is just going to rain from the sky. Not many people ally, and maybe other things. are willing to put in effort to participate, but they expect We can save money on Prom bids by participating in Prom to be amazing. We can’t just snap our fingers and fundraisers to raise money for our class. If people don’t make it happen, we have to put in effort. participate in or attend Cat’s Meow or our other fundraisHomecoming, Cat’s Meow, and other fundraisers ers, we won’t make this money. are the ways that we are trying to raise the $23,000 we -Nazihah Bhatti
calendar too confusing?
Every year the district sends out a calendar to the Sylvania Schools district students and parents. The schools include Northview, Southview, Arbor Hills, McCord, Timberstone, Central Trail, Highland, Hillview, Maplewood, Stranahan, Sylvan and Whiteford. On the calendar every important date is mentioned that will occur throughout the school year. These dates include days off, extended breaks, and the start and finish of each quarter. It is basically a helping hand if a parent forgets a certain date that their kid has off from school or needs to plan a family vacation. After my first two years in high school, I have had a recurring problem that does not go away. The problem is that this calendar is not just for the high schools, but for middle and elementary schools as well. For instance, just a few weeks ago I looked at the calendar and it said ‘November 2, November 3: NO SCHOOL’. I felt so happy after reading that, it kind of felt like I just drank two full gallons of root beer. I immediately called three of my closest friends and told them the news. We worked out a plan for what we were going to do for both days. On November 2, we were going to go frisbee golfing and go out to eat at Red Robin or something afterwards. On the following day, we were going to see a movie called the Martian and hang out afterwards. The plan was set and I even got acceptance from my mom (this happens on rare occasions). Everything was in place and I couldn’t feel happier about myself, that is until my teacher sent me a message on Google Classroom. It said ‘Test over Chapter 4 on Monday, November 2, be prepared and study over the weekend.’ You know that sick feeling in your stomach, well that’s kind of what it felt like; but a lot worse. I ran to check the calendar and below the ‘NO SCHOOL’ line it said ‘K-5 Parent-Teacher Conferences’. Anger rippled through my veins and I almost threw a chair. Here I was making all of these plans and preparing for several days, so it just made me feel like a total goober. You can imagine how I felt telling my friends and mom the truth about how we had school on those days. I got four dirty looks on that Monday at school; three from my friends and one from a random kid I don’t even know. Anyways, the point is that the district needs to make different calendars for high schools, middle schools, and grade schools. It is getting way too confusing and causing me too many problems. Who knows, maybe I’m the only one not smart enough to read below each date on the calendar. All I can say is that it would be a whole lot easier to understand if each school had its own calendar. -Jake Mossing
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OPINIONS
Staff Editorial
Absence of senior participation
by Emma Crandall
Senior polls. In years past they seemed to have been held to a higher importance with a large percent of participation from the senior class. This year it was the complete opposite. With only 50 to make sure it is right seniors turning in their ballots, the results of this year’s poll are an inaccurate representation of the class’s opinions. The seniors that did turn theirs in probably had similar answers, after having talked about them with their friends. This again makes the results inaccurate and not a full representation of every senior’s opinion. Around school you can hear people saying the polls are not fair, or they are rigged, or since you didn’t win you now won’t be in the yearbook as much. These are all thing you can change. If you thought they didn’t turn out accurately, it’s because you didn’t vote. With only 40 ballots to count from, odds are a majority of the votes were the same, having people win by landslides causing them to win more than one category. The only way they are rigged is that people tell others to vote for them for a certain category, and word spreads and next
Do you know what a “scavenger hunt” is?
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You were at danceGOLD.
Did you help eat an entire platter of nuggets in 4 minutes?
Did you do the palm trees?
This could happen at any time.
thing you know, they won that category. If every single senior would have voted, and every senior voted their honest opinion, the results may have been different. Representation in the yearbook is all about involvement. The more you do, the more you will be recognized. It’s a simple science. The senior class needs to become more involved in what is happening at our school. Within a few months, we will be graduated and headed our separate ways to college or into the workforce. With the time we have left, go to the fundraisers, sporting event, and dances, participate in senior class activities. Vote. There are so many things that as a class we are able to vote on, such as Turnabout King. The idea of having the grade vote is to see who you want to see win something. Whether it be for laughs knowing someone will give a funny Turnabout skit at the assembly, or for a genuine thought that someone has the best personality, it only takes a minute to vote. The more involvement we have from the class as a whole, they better we can make our senior year.
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How can a little red cup cause so much controversy? In recent weeks, Starbucks released their annual winter cups. For the avid Starbuck fanatics, this release may have been bigger than the new Justin Bieber album that just dropped on November 13. It’s nothing but a red cup. Yet, ‘nothing’ but a red cup is what is causing the hype about the cups this year. As seen on Twitter, the two toned ombre of red is not receiving positive reviews from the public and has been said to be a “war on Christmas.” Never in year’s past have the cups been in any correlation to Christmas or the Christian faith. They have depicted snowflakes, people singing, and even snowmen. Just because we hope for a “White Christmas” doesn’t mean that snow is automatically a symbol of Christmas. The original owner of Starbucks, Zev Siegel, was Jewish. No intentions of the company would likely be to make the cup revolve around Christmas. It’s just contradictory. People are going to extremes and refusing to buy the coffee with the new cups that lack that “Christmas spirit”. Personally, I would take my Skinny Peppermint Mocha in a bag, as long as I have my coffee, I don’t care what I'm drinking it out of. The fact that these little 20 oz. cups are making national news and flooding our Twitter feeds is pathetic. If this is what people in our country are worried about, we have a lot of work to do. I may be contradicting myself by writing this article and talking about the cups, but that’s beyond the point. The cups are completely blank, just a gradient of red. It should cause no drama. Because we live in America, our religions range tremendously. No religion is overly dominant in percentage than any other. So why is it controversial that the cups aren’t depicting Christmas? They don’t depict Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. People take small things way too far and focus on petty drama that will not advance them in any way. Even Donald Trump tweeted about the cup. He should be more focused on not losing the election than on the design of a cup. Whether you like Starbucks or not, the color on the cup should not be something that consumes your mind. The cups will be gone before you know it, and frankly, we haven’t even celebrated Thanksgiving yet.
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November 20, 2015
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student prints
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7 Exams before winter break; naughty or nice? OPINIONS
November 20, 2015
NAUGHTY
This year one of the biggest changes at Northview is that the first semester exams were moved to before winter break. Many students use winter break as a tool to help them study for Semester 1 exams. Students feel overloaded with information and often don’t know where to start when they begin studying. On top of that, many of us don’t even remember the first few chapters in each class that we tested over at the beginning of the year. Most of us need more review time and have to go in the book to look over all of the information. Winter break gives everyone a few weeks to refresh everything that they have learned throughout the semester. Another huge problem with having exams before winter break is that we are going to be overloaded with work. Let’s face the facts, most teachers aren’t going to stop giving us homework. During the three weeks leading up
to exams, teachers are most likely going to give us regular homework every day. Students will not have enough time to study. They will be learning too many new things and will be spending too much time completing homework in the first place. Students are not going to have any free time to do extracurricular activities on school nights. It’s even worse on weekends, not many students want to spend their whole weekend studying for exams while doing homework. Many of us are going to be stressed out of our minds from all of this studying in such a short amount of time. Grades on the exams are going to slightly drop from all of this stress. It is not ideal to have first semester exams before winter break. They are going to cause many problems that could have been avoided if this change wasn’t made. -Elizabeth Liber and Jake Mossing
What do you think of Issue #3 - the legalization of Marijuana in Ohio - and how it did not pass? Angel Ferrer
@freshman
People thought that they were gonna put different drugs in it . . .
Morgan Tellam
Exams before winter break? Yes please. In past years exams have always been two weeks after winter break. I don’t know about you, but I hated this. I would bring home a bunch of books for the two weeks break but never even touch them. Then when we got back to school I would spend two weeks stressing about exams. Wouldn’t you rather just get exams out of the way before break? That way you can spend two weeks worrying about nothing except what Christmas cookies to eat tomorrow and whether you should watch How the Grinch Stole Christmas or Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. That is what a break should be. Not stressing about your grades and forgetting all the stuff you learned during first semester. That’s not fun for anyone, even teachers. Teachers don’t want to spend their
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Wildcat Code Parker Cellura
. . . like cocaine!
winter break creating exams or grading projects. They want to relax too. When we get back to school on January 4 we will be able to start a brand new semester, learning all new things. You won’t have to try to remember things from before break in order to get through the last two weeks of first semester. You have a whole new slate. New year, new grades. The new year has passed and you have a fresh new start to the school year with new grades for the semester. The best feeling is looking at your GPA on Powerschool untainted by weeks of difficult tests and homework. Exams before winter break is the best Christmas gift we have received so far. -Maddie McGranahan
@junior
Because the bill itself was a monopoly for the marijuana business . . .
. . . Issue two also needed to be voted up.
@senior Nick Scherer
The ballot . . .
. . . was manipulated.
@sophomore
People think it’s a gateway drug like heroin . . .
. . . and it leads people to be a low life!
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FEATURES
November 20, 2015
Business Professional: Do you know how to dress? Not sure what to wear for your upcoming job interview, the senior etiquette dinner, or fancy adult banquet? You’re in luck. TSP is bringing you all the do’s and don’ts of business attire and outfit ideas for your upcoming event. -Maddie McGranahan Business Prof.
Black Tie
Black Tie Affairs suit and jacket, nice tie, nice shoes
Business Casual suit and optional jacket, simple tie, plain white shirt, dress shoes
Do’s and don’ts of dressing grown up:
Do’s: It is always better to dress up than down, always wear subtle hair and makeup, nothing too over the top, Neutral colors are always nice.
Don’ts: Never wear jeans, don’t wear dresses shorter than fingertip length, don’t wear crazy colors such as neon.
Black Tie
Business Prof.
Black Tie Affairs - nude and black lace dress (elegant but appropriate), fancy necklace if dress is plainer, nice clutch, high heels
Business Casual - Red dress, blazer, statement necklace, black low pumps
What your crocs say about you Jibbitz
themed - you have OCD and your jibbitz can’t be random, you definitely have your stuff together. random - you go with the flow, you saw one that was cute and you decided to throw it on your crocs.
Strap Placement
Front- you’re more of the laid back type, you’re ready to just chill Back- you’re someone who is always on a roll, you don’t have time to have your crocs slip off; having the strap in the back is just a set-back for you. None- you’re most definitely a nurse.
Color bright - you’re very outgoing and ready to show off your fun, fancy feet dark- you’re more laid back, and want to keep your love of your crocs more subtle camo - you’re a hunter, no lie tie-dye - you’re funky and don’t care what others have to say about you, or your crocs you go Glen Coco.
Type of Croc
normal clog- either you like the comfort or you’re fairly mainstream flip flop- I’m getting this vibe you found those by all of your other shoes and you just threw them on in a rush. Sandal- you enjoy wearing your mom’s shoes
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TheWeeknd
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Beauty Behind the Madness tour
On November 7, The Weeknd came to the Palace at Auburn Hills for his Beauty Behind The Madness Tour. Special guests included Travis Scott and Banks. Lil Panda, a drummer from Brooklyn, started things off before the concert started. Travis Scott opened, playing songs off of his new album Rodeo. I’ll be honest, the only songs I knew were 90210 and Anecdote so I wasn’t too excited. Overall, he kept saying he loved Detroit while jumping around with some cactus on stage. The whole time everyone was just waiting for him to sing Anecdote which he finally did and basically that was the only good part of his performance. Banks came out next (who is she right?), and everyone in the audience sat down when they realized it wasn’t The Weeknd. I was one of those people who sat down, but it helped since I needed to save my energy for The Weeknd. Her songs weren’t horrible, but I didn’t really know who she was. I thought she’d sing
1 or 2 songs but nope, she was going through her entire album. For opening for a guy like The Weeknd I don’t think she was a good fit to get the crowd pumped up. FINALLY, The Weeknd made an appearance and I think I lost my voice screaming. He sang every song off of Beauty Behind the Madness, including some of his older songs like Wicked Games, The Birds (Part 1), Or Nah and Crew Love. He was amazing live and his performance was great. For a basic kid like Trent he also sang his more mainstream songs like The Hills and Can’t Feel My Face which pleased the crowd with no surprise. My favorite part was when he said good night but came back to sing Wicked Games. This was the best concert I have ever been to, and I would rate it 6 out of 5 fire emojis. IT. WAS. LIT. Literally he had fire on stage too so. it added to the “liteness.” -Trent Croci and Nazihah Bhatti
CROCI STAFFERS TRENT CROCI and Nazihah Bhatti pose in front of the stage at The Weeknd concert in Detroit.
It’s like music to your ears...literally
Hello by Adele: This is one of her greatest songs ever-and that’s saying a lot. Adele came back to the industry after taking a 3 year break, and released the song of the year that made me feel like she crawled out of my phone and started throwing punches at me. It clearly had the same effect on other people considering it has been Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 since its release. Every song on the radio started to sound the same, but then Adele showed up and gave us something new.
Hollow by Tori Kelly: I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again: Tori Kelly is one of the best singers of our time. She has been under the radar for years, for whatever reason is beyond me, but she still gets her songs noticed enough to be on the Billboard Hot 100 time and time again. This time, Tori has released her newest song “Hollow”, which starts off very slow and mellow, but quickly jumps up into a quick beat and long syllables, hitting pitches that most singers cannot hit.
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Focus by Ariana Grande: Oh Ariana, my sweet, sweet Ariana. Why? Who forced your hand? Ariana Grande came out with her single “Focus” after talking about it and promoting it all over social media sites such as twitter, tumblr, facebook, and instagram, so naturally, all her fans were excited. I’m not a huge Ariana Grande fan, and I don’t hate her in the slightest so this is a completely unbiased opinion, but when I say I was initially disappointed beyond BELIEF.
Sorry by Justin Bieber: Okay, this song has me at an eternal conflict because part of me wants to run up on Justin Bieber, but the other half of me wants to let him redeem himself and just bop to the song for a little bit. “Sorry” is actually a really good song for Justin Bieber considering he was the same person who came out with “Baby”. This may sound weird, but the beat, background vocals, and lyrics seem to show that the Biebz has grown up a little bit and is finally ready to be an active citizen in society.
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Guess Who? Mr. Vens
Mrs. Warner
Mr. Roth
You’ve heard the terms, “I’ll wait” and, “Why do I hear talking?” from almost every teacher in the school, but how much do you know the sayings from these specific teachers and staff? Match each of the teacher’s pictures with their quote. (Answers at bottom) - By Trent Croci
Mrs. Blue
Mr. Hazel
Mrs. Rhine
? ? ? ? ? ?
A.) “Work smart not hard”
B.) “Best day ever”
C.) “We did good”
D.)“Very simple very easy”
E.) “Please don’t do anything that will derail us from our test taking abilities”
F.) “Stay wild cats”
A- Mrs. Blue, B- Mr. Hazel, C- Mr. Roth, D- Mrs. Warner, E- Mrs. Rhine, F- Mr. Vens
Types Of Students Overloaded There are usually 2-3 of these students in each grade, and they make themselves stand out, whether they try to or not. Typically, but not always, it’s the girls who carry a big purse, three folders, their own cup, and they just so happen to be the leader of everything. When I say everything, I mean everything. I’m talking: captain of sports teams, president of class gov, officer in student gov, either now or soon to be officer in NHS, involved in Leadership, Interact, Cat’s Meow, was/is probably an office or guidance aid, is in all AP/Honors classes, and volunteers for as many programs as she can get into. Oh, and did I mention they have a job that they attend to directly following after-school meetings? These girls, and sometimes guys, will always deny it, but they are obviously overworked, overstressed, overinvolved, and overloaded.
Everyone has their own study habits. Some decide to be on top of things and others not so much. There are the students who don’t even know what is going on or are secretly smart. Then the best are the ones diagnosed with senioritis. So what student are you?
Clueless The title says it all. These students are clueless to the point where it seems they have entered another realm and may not be able to escape. In all seriousness, these are probably your closest friends and some of the nicest students you’ll meet during your time here, but they are also the ones to text you at 11:45 PM asking what homework you have due tomorrow. Popular phrases include: “Wait, what?” “Where do we go for this?” And laughing at their own jokes, despite not being funny in the slightest.
Mystery Geniuses
“WSS”
The Mystery Geniuses are an enigma to the entire idea of the education system. These students are rarely ever at school, and when they are at school, they have about five notes from the office that are somehow always medically excused…. On top of that, they somehow manage to always have A’s in their classes and score above average on their tests, without even being present for the material and notes in class. Although I am a little envious of their skill sets, I’m still deciding if they’re real people or figments of my imagination formed from lack of sleep and abnormal caffeine consumption. If you’ve spotted one of these students, please stop by the Pub and let me know.
WSS stands for “Walking Senioritis Symptom”, and have been in your grade since freshman year. Senioritis is a disease for the high school elders, but that doesn’t mean it won’t start at a young age. Quoted directly from the Northview Student Medical Handbook That Was Made Up For This Single Purpose, here is all the information you’ll need: “Senioritis typically infects those who have entered their fourth year of high school and can be fatal if not treated immediately. Students can experience signs and symptoms as early as 13-14 years of age.”
By Ahmed Atari
THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS
Freshman: Abby Summers
1. My family and I usually go to my grandparent’s house in Cleveland. I love going there because I get to reconnect with all 34 cousins.
2. Since I was born, so 14 years. 3. Playing hide and seek with all of the kids.
TOP FIVE favorites 1. Family and Friends 2. Food 3. Laughter 4. Nature 5. Freedom
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Sophomore: Cooper Sadowski
1. All 50 or so of us cousins, plus aunts and uncles, get up early and go bowling around 10:30 a.m. Everyone meets there and we rent out almost every lane in the place. Pretty much the whole family participates and has fun; with kids from three all the way to my Grandpa’s age. After that, we all go back to my Grandma’s house. 2. Ever since I can remember. 3. My favorite memory is when my cousin
got a strike rolling the ball backwards between his legs.
Junior: Maddie Moore
1. Every Thanksgiving my parents, brother, and I go to Chicago. We spend the day before Thanksgiving walking around the city and then usually go to a play. On Thanksgiving, we spend the day together as a family and then go to a restaurant for dinner. And we always go shopping on Black Friday. 2. Six years. 3. One time at Thanksgiving dinner, we became friends with our waiter and he told us to friend him on Facebook, so we did.
1. What is your family’s Thanksgiving tradition? 2. How long has the tradition been around? 3. What is your favorite memory?
Senior: Brandon Moody
1. My mom and I always go to my Grandparents in Mansfield, OH and we’ll meet up with my aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents on her side of the family. It usually takes us about two hours to get there and we usually stay there for about two days. We wait until everyone gets there and then we eat and have basketball or football on. 2. Since birth. 3. My favorite memory is probably just sitting there and laughing with all of my family members at the dinner table.
12 Marching Band plays for upcoming musicians A&E
emily stephens staffer
Earlier this October, the marching band’s music went beyond the high school grounds and travelled to the junior highs and elementary schools within the district. As students may remember from junior high and elementary school, the marching band makes a trip to the schools annually, playing a selection of their favorite marching pieces from the season. The marching band tour takes place at the end of the marching season every year, happening around the same time that football ends because that takes up the majority of the marching band’s time. The band takes an entire school day to travel to all of the junior highs and elementary schools in the Northview district. These schools include Arbor Hills, McCord, Highland, Maplewood, and Hillview. Many band students enjoy this trip, as it is a memorable experience and it allows
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many of them to reminisce about old times at the schools that they went to when they were in junior high. “I really enjoy this trip because I get to see old teachers I had, and it’s fun to talk with my friends about all the things that happened while we were there,” senior saxophonist Chris Kirwen said. Kirwen has been in the band all four years of high school, making him an experienced participant of the band trip. The band trips are great for the marching band as they make junior high band players more interested and thus more likely to participate in the high school marching bands, according to Kirwen. “We go to the middle schools in order to get them excited and interested in participating in marching band in high school. That’s really the whole point to the trip in my opinion,” Kirwen said. The band is now participating in their concert season, with the next event taking place December 10.
HOWALD SEVERAL BAND STUDENTS warm up their mouthpieces, sticks, and symbols before playing some of their favorite stand tunes at a performance earlier this year.
N A I C I t S t a U W M h E a n R n U a H AT Senior Hannah Watt can usually be found singing her heart out. Watt is an alto in A Capella Choir and Harmony Road Show. Watt has been in choir her entire high school career. As a freshman, she was in the Symphonic Choir and as a sophomore she was in Symphonic Choir and Harmony Road Show. Her junior year she made A Capella choir and continued her role in Harmony Road Show. Outside of the classroom, Watt was selected for the All Ohio Choral Day at Ohio Northern University and she is also involved in theatre at NV. -Riley Runnells What is the best part of choir for you at NV? Getting to see how the choirs improve over the course of a year, and what we become. What has been a really memorable moment for you in choir? When Harmony Road Show goes out and does gigs during the school days. One time in particular we performed for a church that my grandma belonged to, so that was special. Out of the many things you do outside of the classroom for choir, what has been your favorite? The All Ohio Choral Day at ONU this year because it was fun to be with the different people for the same purpose. Do your college plans include singing or choir? Yes, I haven’t decided on a college yet, but I definitely want to go to a school that has a good choral department. What are your hopes for NV choir this year? I really hope we can go to states again this year and get a superior ranking.
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Potential Girls’ Basketball starting off strong for Boys’ Basketball elizabeth liber staffer
matthew bishop sports editor
Over the last few seasons, the Boys’ Basketball team could be defined by one word: potential. This season, the Cats hope to fulfill their potential and turn it into success. In order to do this, the team hired new Head Coach Jeremy McDonald. Coach McDonald has previously coached at Central Catholic and Southview, where he was a part of many successful seasons. “The whole team is excited to have Coach McDonald at Northview,” junior guard Mason Biggs said. “He is a great coach and brings a winning mentality. I’m excited for the season to begin.” The Cats began tryouts for the season on October 30 after finishing months of workouts throughout the spring, summer, and fall. One focus during the workouts was strength training, which has been lacking on the team in previous years, according to senior Moe Afifi. “The new emphasis on weight lifting is definitely important. It helps prevent injuries and it gives us numerous advantages,” Afifi said. “To play basketball you have to be somewhat athletic and the workouts that we did helped with building strength and athleticism.” Expectations are high for the Cats this year, and the team’s goals are just as high. Many players on the team have a goal of not only winning the NLL, but making it far into the state tournament. “My overall goal is to have my best season as an individual and as a team,” senior Aerin West said. “Specifically, I want to win the NLL and go far in the state tournament.” The high goals and expectations for the Varsity team come as a result from many players returning from last year’s team. Seniors West, Afifi, Austin Rodgers, Austin Sample, Luke Fortner, Starr Jiang, and Parker Stephens all return as well as juniors Logan Jessing, Tyler Biggs, and Matt Bishop. The team also adds senior Kamy Mourad, junior Mason Biggs, and sophomore Colton Snow. The team’s first game is an away contest against the Rossford Bulldogs on November 27. The first home game is against Springfield on December 10.
Girls’ Basketball is quickly picking up momentum. The girls have received a new coach this year, Patrick Sayre, a Northview Graduate from 2005 and college basketball coach at Goshen College in Indiana. The goals for the team are simple: get better everyday, and for the players to feel like they are playing the best basketball of their lives by the end of the season, according to Coach Sayre. Tryouts were held on October 23 and
24. The expectations that were formed over the summer were met at tryouts, since the girls have been participating in workouts since June. They made a lot of progress and improvement with their game since the summer, according to Coach Sayre. “I think we will surprise everyone this season, it should be a great year,” junior Katy Kopan said. The expectations for this year are that the seniors will be great leaders, everyone will work hard, and the LadyKats will be the hardest playing team this season. “I am excited to be here and implement rule-cats culture, and looking for-
ward to the support from the school and community for the LadyKats Basketball team and program,” Coach Sayre said. ‘‘‘Sometimes a player’s greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team’-Scottie Pippin. This means that you must accept your strengths and bring them of value to the team so you can all come together to play as a team to achieve the team goals. There is a lot of talent on the team and I can’t wait for a great season.” Junior kylie Archibeque said. The LadyKats’ first game is an away game against the Whitmer Panthers on November 20.
Girls’ Cross Country completes season katherine davenport staffer
The Girls Cross Country team had a great season this year. All of the girls worked extremely hard to get where they were by the end of the season. They put forth a lot of competition for the other teams in the Northern Lakes League as well as other teams across Northwest Ohio. NLL’s took place on October 17 at Secor Park, the girls team finished in second place meaning that they qualified to move on and compete in the district meet the next week. The district meet was on October 24
at Pearson Park. At this meet, the girls’ team finished in second place yet again and qualified to participate in the regional meet. The regional meet was in Tiffin on October 31. The varsity girls ran at 12:30 p.m. and it was a very cold race for regionals considering it was cloudy, windy and around 50 degrees throughout the race. The girls team did a great job and put forth their best effort, they ended the race in 10th place overall. Unfortunately, the Varsity Girl’s Cross Country team as a whole did not get to move forward and compete in the state meet. However, as an individual sophomore Jenna Kill did get to move further into the
season and compete in the state meet. “Even though we don’t get to go to states as a team this year I am really glad Jenna does. I know if we keep up our hard work that we have our chances of qualifying for next year” said junior Claire Jakubowski. The meet took place on November 7 at the National Trail Raceway in Columbus. “It was honestly the hardest race I have ever competed in but it was a great experience and it can only help me become a better runner. If I could give you any advice, if you are competing and a state competition, it would be that you should be thankful that you made it this far and try your hardest,” said Kill.
14 Seniors gain victory at Powder Puff game SPORTS
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Austin, Cole, and Williamson score to lead seniors to 28-21 win riley runnells staffer
She’s running, she’s running, and she scores. Usually you hear of boys playing football, but that was not the case this time. The 2015-16 powder puff game was on Tuesday, November 3. It happens once a year, and it is a flag football game, where the junior girls play against the senior girls. The seniors took home the win, with a score of 28-21. The game was put together by the student government powder puff committee. The senior team had 24 girls, including their quarterback Izzie Austin. The seniors were glad to get the win after losing the game last year. “Being the quarterback for the powder puff game was one of my best senior experiences and I will never forget it,” Austin said. The junior team had 35 girls. The juniors’ quarterback was Brittany Harder. Although the juniors lost, they are motivated to come back and win next year. “I had so much fun on the team with my friends, and I’ll for sure do it again next
year,” Moore said. The game was officiated by boys’ football coaches, Brian Blakeman and Rusty Hanna. Each team had a set of student coaches. The junior coaches were Matt Bishop, Cameron Reeves, Andy Nowicki, Mason Biggs, Mitch Gibson, and Maria Cook, while the senior coaches were Julien Carlton, Brandon Moody, David Dunnett, and Avery Pelwecki. “I think the junior and senior girls both had a really good time running around and enjoying some competitive nature between the two of them, and it was a close game, so I think it was really enjoyed by everyone,” Mr. Blakeman said. The touchdowns for the juniors were scored by Alaa Mahmoud, and two touchdowns by Laina Mossing. The touchdowns for the seniors were scored by quarterback Izzie Austin, Katie Cole, Mollee Williamson, and the seniors received a free touchdown due to the money they raised for their class being greater than the money the juniors raised. This ended up being the difference in the game. “The game was very exciting to watch, and I’m really looking forward to next year,” junior Caden Irwin said.
MERMER MERMER
SENIOR JACQUELINE WILKINSON runs the football against juniors Maggie Eding and Amanda Taylor on a play for the seniors.
Boys Soccer ends season in penalty kicks amir abouzied news editor
The Boys’ Soccer team went into the playoffs strong with an undefeated record in the NLL’s. Their first game was on October 21 against Waite at Cats stadium. The Boys had no difficulty in shutting out the Indians 11-0. Goals came from seniors Justin Netry, Carson Montz, and Austin Dilday; junior Fifo Mourad; sophomore Andrew Kunkel; and freshman Nathan Masters. The Wildcats advanced to the next round of the playoffs, District Semifinals. The Boys played their next match at Southview on October 29 against Ashland. The Wildcats found the back of the net sever-
al times this game and won 5-1. Goals came from seniors Aerin West, Cole Gonia, Kamy Mourad, and Jonah Masters. Winning District Semifinals advanced the Boys again into the District Finals. This match was also at Southview on October 31 against St. Johns. Earlier in the season the Wildcats shut out the Titans 2-0 at St. Johns. The winner of this game would win the District Championship and advance to Regionals. Early in the game the boys dominated the Titans. West scored
and put the Wildcats up 1-0. Later in the game, the Boys had a chance to score another goal off a penalty kick but could not capitalize on it. In the second half, the Titans came back and scored to tie the game 1-1. At the end of regulation, it was still tied 1-1 and went into
extra time. After two overtimes, neither team scored a goal and the outcome had to be decided by penalty kicks. St. Johns ended up winning the match 2-1 in PK’s. At the end of the game, an awards ceremony was held. The Titans received a plaque for winning the District Championship
and the Wildcats received a runner-up plaque. Each player from both teams also received individual medals. The Wildcats will lose 13 seniors after this season. According to Fifo Mourad, the team hopes to get as far as they did or further for their next season.
15 Fall Sports recieve team, individual awards SPORTS
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NLL All Academic Girls’ Cross Country Jillian Koffman Carol Wygant Boys’ Cross Country Christian Bohlke Justin Bohlke Brock Donnelly Mike Moran Boys’ Golf Drew Beattie Ryan Czerniakowski Andrew Headman Justin Riggs Girls’ Soccer Kameron Clinton Kathleen Duwve Karlie O’Keefe Brooke Weiner Boys’ Soccer Chris Kirwen Jonah Masters Carson Montz Kami Mourad Justin Netry Aerin West
Cheerleading MacKenzie Balsom Bailey Drossman Bridgette Froelich Liz Hildebrandt Hannah Sheehy Madison Tucker Hallie Varwig Jacqueline Wilkinson Emma Zaletta Girls’ Tennis Mira Carl Abbie Ciucci Elizabeth Graeff Allie Hartnett Sam Howald Jill Newton Football Julien Carlton Ethan Cook David Dunnett Luke Fortner Jacob Genot Ray Martinek Joey Reber
Austin Sample Jacob Schafer Volleyball Baylee Gryca Molly Spieldenner Olivia Yoder
2015 NLL Champions Boys’ Golf Girls’ Soccer Boys’ Soccer Volleyball Sectional Champions Boys’ Golf Volleyball Grils’ Soccer Boys; Soccer District Champions Boys’ Golf State Qualifiers Boys’ Golf Ashley Knight
NLL 3rd Team
Boys’ Cross Country Alex Davenport Girls’ Golf Rachel Lambdin Nina Kilcorse Boys’ Golf Ryan Czerniakowski Girls’ Soccer Mackinzie Lutz Lily Powell Madison Keller Volleyball Kaylee Hall NLL 2nd Team Boys’ Cross Country Christian Bohlke Justin Bohlke Jeremy Noe
Grils’ Cross Country Kylie Archibeque Meghan Vandenbroek Boys’ Golf Andrew Headman Ben Kimmet Boys’ Soccer Kamy Mourad Nick Williiams Shane Banachowsi Girls’ Soccer Morgan Lutz Alyssa Ersig Girls’ Tennis Jessica Mermer
Jenna Kill Erin Chambers Boys’ Golf Jack Kunkel Drew Beattie
Girls’ Golf Ashley Knight Lexi Knight Boys’ Soccer Aerin West Tyler Biggs Christian Massey Girls’s Soccer Kathleen Duwve Shaylee Strauss Abby Koback
Volleyball Paige Beck Rachel Phalen Olivia Yoder
Girls’ Tennis Abbie Ciucci Sam Howlad
NLL 1st Team Girls’ Cross Country
Volleyball Kyley Keene Sydney Boerst
Hockey team prepares for another strong season molly spieldenner staffer
Hockey season is the time for people to not only support the students and school but be able to enjoy a good game. The Hockey team has been very successful in the past which gives people something to look forward to in hopes of another great turn out for the season. “The preseason was good because we get to see what the team is going to be like for the year and
that’s when the team bonding starts also. The hockey team has workouts three days a week in the summer and we were always doing things together in the summer like swimming, golfing, and the car wash,” senior Brendan Pierson said. “Preseason consisted of hard work off ice in the weight room working on upper and lower body. This summer we’ve been in the weight room and have been keeping our skills in tact by having captain skates two times a week. senior Jared Hilou said.
According to Jared Hilou “what is expected from the team is a ton of leadership, passion and a strong work ethic. I’m looking forward to an exciting last season of my hockey career and can’t wait to be with the boys all season. Being apart of the hockey team makes the northview experience ten times better. It’s a “men moulder” program and brings the natural leadership and passion out of all of us.” “The expectations is
to win and have a successful season. I am looking forward to another state championship run my senior year.” senior Brendan Pierson said. “I am very excited to watch all of our senior boys play together as a team one last time. I enjoy going to the games because they are fun and everyone gets involved in the student section,” senior Skylar Crandall said. “I really enjoy going to hockey games because everyone is so excited and I love how our school is so
involved with making our student section the best.” senior Merissa Archambeau said. It makes the experience for us and the play-
ers more memorable. Win or loss it’s always a great time.” The first game is November 14th at 9:30 at tamoshanter.
16 Football tops SV for first time in eight years SPORTS
matthew bishop sports editor
In any sport, a senior’s last game is one that they will remember forever. For the football players of the last eight senior classes at Northview, their last football game was one in which they were pummeled by their crosstown rival Southview in front of all of Sylvania. However, this year’s annual NV-SV game had all the makings of being a classic. The Cats came into the game with a 4-5 record, while the Cougars were 2-7 on the year so far. Both teams’ only NLL win was against Maumee. The Cats started the game on offense and drove right down the field against the Cougars. Junior Trevor Hartbarger ran in a four-yard touchdown to give NV an 8-0 lead. Senior Brendan Pierson scored on a one-yard quarterback sneak on the next NV drive to stretch the lead to 14-0. The Cats failed to convert the two-point conversion. The Cougars scored their first points of the game on their next possession with a six-yard touchdown run. However, the Cats responded with a 25-yard touchdown run by Hartbarger to keep the lead at 14 points. An important play occurred late in the second quarter when a NV fumble was picked up by a Cougar defend-
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er and ran in for a touchdown. This made the score 21-15 going into halftime and gave momentum to SV. The Cougars received the ball to start the second half and took their first lead of the game after a two-yard touchdown run. They followed that up with a 27-yard field goal and then a 43-yard field goal to make the score 21-28 Cougars. With eight minutes left to go in the game, the Cats received the ball on their own 20-yard line. They engineered a long 80-yard drive in 17 plays that finished in a 13-yard touchdown pass from Pierson to senior Ray Martinek, which cut the lead to one point. “Before the play, Trevor Hartbarger told me that we got this and after that I didn’t really think about the pressure at all,” Pierson said. “When I saw that he caught the pass, it was the greatest feeling and moment that I’ve been apart of in my NV football career.” Instead of going for the traditional extra point to tie the game, NV made a risky decision and chose to go for the two-point conversion and the lead. Coach Doug Downing sent in an option play to be run in which the player with the ball would pitch the ball to another player on the team. This was a new play that the Cats had just installed during the week leading up to the game. The play worked beautifully, as Hartbarger pitched
the ball to senior Nick Adams who basically walked into the end zone and gave the Cats a 29-28 advantage. However, there was still over a minute left in the game for SV to attempt to win the game. After quickly driving down to NV’s 25-yard line, sophomore Dane Hullibarger intercepted a pass from SV’s quarterback to clinch a thrilling 29-28 victory for the Cats. As the time remaining on the scoreboard struck 00:00, the NV student body was already making their way to the side of the field. After the players were done shaking hands with the Cougars, a sea of gold rushed the field to celebrate before joining the team and the band in the tradition of singing the Alma Mater and fight song in a truly unforgettable moment. “It was an amazing feeling to finally beat SV after losing for so many years,” senior David Dunnett said. “Celebrating with everyone was so cool and everyone was hype. I think NV bonded as a school that night.” As the senior football players rode the bus back to NV together for the last time, loads of memories rushed back of all of the moments that they’ve shared together. And, as they took off their black and gold jerseys for the last time and turned them in, they walked away knowing that they left an impact on the team and the community that will be felt in the years to come.
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Senior Izzie Austin is playing shooting guard for the Girls’ Varsity Basketball team. Not only does she excel on the court, but she is also a star soccer player. She is committed to Tennessee Tech College where she will play goal-keeper. While at Tennessee Tech College, she plans on studying Engineering. -Matt Bishop and Andrew Headman When did you start playing basketball? I first started playing basketball when I was nine years old in the fourth grade. What is your pregame routine? My pregame routine is to just listen to music and dance in the locker room to loosen up before the game. What is your favorite memory of playing basketball for Northview so far? My favorite memory would be scoring two foul shots against Southview at home my sophomore year to put the game in overtime and then ending up beating them. What are your goals for the upcoming season? Our team goals are to win the NLL, beat Perrysburg, and beat Southview. What will you miss most about playing basketball for Northview? I’ll definitely miss the team atmosphere that we’ve had and getting to play in front of the whole school and community during home games.
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