Volume 90: Issue 7

the sylvania northview

STUDENT PRINTS volume 90, Issue 7 nvstudentprints.com @nvstudentprints February 19, 2016 NEWS

WEST, DUWVE, AUSTIN, FELDSTEIN, FORTNER pose on the PAC stage on February 3 for National Signing Day. Read more about their future plans on page 16.

OPINIONS

STUCO holds fundraiser at Tropical Smoothie.

Need advice but don’t know where to get it from?

The money made from the three events will be used on school events and assemblies.

Trent asks and answers common high school questions in his new advice column.

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FEATURES

SPORTS

Did you forget to get a gift for your Valentine’s Day sweetie?

Senior athletes make it official on National Signing Day.

Spoil your boy or girl with some last minute gift ideas.

West, Duwve, Austin, Feldstein , and Fortner sign to play soccer, water polo, and football.

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National Honors Society hosts annual Carnation Sale peter birsen staffer

SOPHOMORE MAIZY CRANDALL awaits a pass from a teammate in a game against Findlay. Crandall was the first girl in NV history to play in a varsity hockey game. To read more about Crandall, see page 15.

GRYCA

National Honors Society members looked to spread the love this Valentine’s Day season with their annual Carnation Sale. NHS uses this sale to raise profits for their organization as well as to spread cheer throughout the school.

“The Carnation Sale is one of the largest and most successful fundraisers for NHS, plus it’s really fun for people to give flowers to their friends and loved ones for Valentine’s Day,” senior NHS member Carol Wygant said.

Carnations were sold at one dollar a piece from January 18 to January 29.

“We sell them at the end of January because it gives us plenty of time to count our sales and place an order,” Wygant said.

Carnations were distributed to students and faculty on February 12 in the first three periods of the school day.

Students were only allowed to write their name and the name of the recipient due to inappropriate messages being written on the cards.

NHS has been delivering carnations for over 30 years in order to raise profits.

“We had a goal of around $200 and we were able to sell a total of $199, so we met our goal for sales,” Wygant said.

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NEWS

February 19, 2016

BPA awards students, provides opportunity david henry staffer

The Student Center at Bowling Green State University was unrecognizable to the students that normally frequent it late last month. The building, which is usually quiet with occasional murmur of students studying was full to the brim with the sounds of laughter of high school students.

Business Professionals of America, BPA, is a competition held in school districts all over the country. Northwest Ohio’s district event was held on January 6 at BGSU. Schools send teams from all over the district to compete in various events that relate to business ranging from technical events like Banking and Finance to more professional events such as Database Applications. The purpose of this organization is to expose students to a variety of business related problems and scenarios that, after graduating from school, students will have to deal with when they eventually branch out and begin to work in the real world.

“All the events are supposed to give us an idea of what real challenges in business are, which is extremely helpful ”senior Blake Oates said. “ As an aspiring accountant being in the Banking and finance category of the event has really given me a great opportunity to learn a lot about what I have to do when I eventually get a job.”

In order to participate in the events students are given prompts for their events.

These prompts could be things like public relations problems within a company that the students need to solve or a logo or other brand information a small local business needs to be developed.

Within the following few weeks,students create documents, portfolios and presentations to help convey their points or if they have graphics to present, they are showed there.

The documents and presentations are vital to the eventual presentations that the students have to give because going into the event without any preparation could be disastrous for a group.

These events are then judged by industry professionals who all volunteer to come out and look at students presentations in order to give students an authentic realworld experience in the business field.

After the students present their information the judges are given rubrics with the prompt and other relevant grading information.

They are then given time to score the student's presentations occasionally giving the students critiques on how to improve.

After this, a top ten list is created for each event and the students in the top five on that list are invited back to be judged again so that the judges can have more of a basis for picking the winners.

Finally the top five students are chosen and all of the events meet in a hall to have an awards ceremony, the top ten students are all announced and of that list two students are sent to the state competition. Northview especially stood out during these events.

“Sylvania Schools were represented the most in terms of those who are going to the state competition”Miss Andrea Davis said.

Students from NV will be going to the state competition to participate in events such as Global Marketing Team Prepared Speech, and Personal Finance Management.

STUCO partners up for funds maddie mcgranahan staffer

Tropical Smoothie Tuesdays were recently hosted by Student Council at Tropical Smoothie Café on Monroe Street. The money raised will go towards Student Council events such as Turnabout, Powder Puff, Class Olympics, and more.

Anyone who attended Tropical Smoothie Café on February 2, 9, or 16 at any time and mentioned Northview Student Council with their order had 15% of their purchase donated to Student Council. Tropical Smoothie Café has not gotten back to Student Council yet on the total amount of raised funds from the event.

“This fund raiser will benefit the whole student body because Student Council is in charge of many student enrichment activities all over the school,” Student Council advisor Tami Blue said.

Student Council helped fund the Gaga Ball Court on campus, according to Student Council Treasurer

Blake Oates.

The money raised from this fund raiser and others this year will allow Student Council to purchase a lot more exciting things for the entire student body.

“We hope to raise enough to be able to provide more opportunities for students to get the most of their experience at NV,” Blue said.

Photo Courtesy of Andrea Davis FROM LEFT TO RIGHT juniors George McCray, Austin Nemire, and Andy Summers each hold several plaques that they won during the day’s events.

3 Rockies bench coach speaks to Leadership NEWS

February 19, 2016

riley runnells staffer

Every month the Northview Leadership Academy hosts a lunch where someone with a plethora of real life experience comes in and speaks to each lunch period about different leadership topics. This month Tom Runnells, a bench coach for the Colorado Rockies, gave a talk about how life is not all about you.

In his speech, Runnells talked about three things: his job, the lessons in life that we sometimes look past, and a spiritual dance performed by sports teams called the Haka. These three topics may seem like a strange combination, but they all fit the theme of his speech. Not many people know what being the bench coach entails. For his job, he collects the stats, throws batting practice, and manages the game when the manager is thrown out.

Basically, the main job of the bench coach is to put the focus off of him and onto the manager, according to Runnells.

“It was a great example of how storytelling and life experiences can help younger people achieve certain goals, make good choices, and learn to serve other people. It was a great example of how when you put someone else’s needs before your own, good things can come to you,” Leadership Advisor Ryan Creech said.

Runnells has done many interesting things in his life, including playing for

RUNNELLS COLORADO ROCKIES BENCH coach, Tom Runnells gives a speech to Leadership students on how life is not all about you. Runnells talked about his job, the lessons in life that we sometimes look past, and a spiritual dance performed by sports teams called the Haka. He also told stories about his experiences with players and baseball. two seasons with the Cincinnati Reds, being at the time the youngest major league manager, as well as coaching and managing various teams, including Toledo’s own Mud Hens. Despite all of these accomplishments, Runnells really tried to stress one main message: “it’s not about you.” The whole point of life is working to-

gether as a team instead of focusing on the individual. He told various stories about his experiences with players and with the game of baseball in general and the positive feedback was not in short supply.

“It gave a different perspective to life and helped us understand that we should never give up on our dreams and serve

Community collects water for Flint allie hartnett co editor in chief

A water a day, keeps the doctor away.

During the week of January 25, the student body gathered together in a schoolwide competition against Springfield High School. The contest was held to support the students’ facing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan through a collection of water bottles.

Throughout the past year, Flint has been facing a city-wide emergency due to the lead contamination found in residents’ drinking water. As the changes continue to unfold from the city’s main water source, the Flint River, many health risks are continuing to rise.

The students were able to donate drinkable water throughout the school week or at the Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball games at Springfield on January 29.

“It’s really important for us to give you guys a chance to see what the world is really like and we do that by reading textbooks, watching videos and bringing people

in from the outside to speak. We can also do that by combining efforts to serve others,” Principal Steve Swaggerty said. “Not everyone has it like we do in the United States or even here in Sylvania. There is a great big world out there and some of it’s ugly. We need you guys to see some of that ugly and think about how your generation can change it.”

At the game, the winning school received one dollar in donations for every student that attended. Unfortunately Northview came up short to Springfield, but as a school successfully collected a total of 2,422 containerswhich is equivalent to 2,637 water bottles or 44,571.5 ounces of drinking water, according to Mr. Swaggerty.

All of the water was donated to the International Services of Hope, or ISOH. “I wish we had more student participants. I offered to give students money to buy the water, so that they could buy it if money was an issue and no one took me up on it. I would like to see more involvement,” Mr. Swaggerty said.

others before ourselves,” sophomore Katelin Meredith said.

Based on the reactions of the students, the leadership lunch was a success. There are many students who are truly considering what Runnells said and applying it to their own lives to fulfill their dreams and serve others before themselves.

4Garage sale raises money for 2016 class NEWS

February 19, 2016

katherine davenport staffer

The NV class of 2016 held a garage and bake sale on February 6 from 9 to 3 The sale was a complete success overall thanks to many parents and students who helped in different ways from setting up to donating. “I helped sort the donated items into the different categories.”

Sophomore Grace Capellini said.

The goal amount to be raised was $6,000. However, the goal was surpassed, with the total amount earned coming in at over $7,000.

Lock It Up storage donated a storage unit to NV in October so donations were collected since the fall. AIM Recycling donated a box truck to move the donated items from the storage shed to the school on February 5.

Pac-Van also donated a 40' storage container with shelves on both sides to be used Jan. 16,23,30 from 10-2 to collect donated items from residents. In addition to the

garage sale, there were many items donated for the bake sale as well.

There was also a committee who worked on getting the information regarding the garage and bake sale out to the public. This was done through school announcements, tweets, emails, social media, local media and signs around the community.

The sale was officially from 9 to 3, but by 8 people were lined up from the cafeteria doors, around the school to the gym entrance. “There were so many people in our school cafeteria that I was extremely overwhelmed and had to leave the building for a few minutes, but this was definitely a good thing” Capellini said.

After the sale was over all the unsold items were bagged and box and taken by Easter Seals. They paid by the pound for books and textiles, which contributed to a great portion earned for the seniors after prom. From the garage sale itself $6,156.70 was earned, from the bake sale $437.25, and from Easter Seals $525.55.

Class Gov plans for Prom

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tually go to the After Prom.

The Prom will be taking place on May 7 2016.

The top 5 themes that the class will be voting on are What students may or not know, is that the student “Young and Beautiful”, “In the Night”, “Paradise”, “Suit class government has been working hard to arrange Prom and Tie”, and “Wildest Dreams”. for months now - without most seniors even knowing it.

Voting will take place on February 26, during Home“Prom has been discussed in class government for room, according to senior Class quite a while now, since it takes President Nazihah Bhatti. a lot of planning and organizaOther than the theme, there tion to set up,” senior Class Govis another component that has ernment Representative Blake been talked about recently: the Oates said.

It will be indoors so we won’t location. Last year, Prom was The topic of discussion latehave to worry about the weathheld at the Sylvania Country ly has been concerns in terms of Club, with the dance floor outfinalizing a theme. Senior Class er at all doors. government got theme ideas Representative Blake Oates This year, however, Prom is from the senior class and picked taking place at the Pinnacle in Maumee.

The biggest difference between the two locations, other than the location itself, is that the dance floor of the Pinnacle is indoors in a hall, unlike the Country Club. There are the top 5 themes for many advantages of the new location. everyone to vote on.

Once the theme is picked, class government will deClass government is also work- sign an invitation and decorations to go with the theme.

The budget for Prom is about $23,000 and the senior ing on designing the class was responsible for raising the money for Prom.

Prom bid.

Money for Prom has been raised through events over Not all aspects of the past 3 years.

Prom are planned by This year’s Cat’s Meow ticket sales contributed to the the student class govProm budget. ernment however.

In order to raise money for Prom, there will also be a The After Prom is actually organized fundraiser taking place soon, on February 18 from 4 to 8 by a group of parents. p.m. at Panera Bread on Central Avenue.

Part of the proceeds from the meal ordered will be The theme, picked by going for the senior class government and put aside for the parents, is a surProm.

The entire student body is encouraged to attend to prise for the students to see when they ac- help the seniors raise more money for Prom.

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HOWALD SYLVANIA CITIZENS SHOP at the garage sale in the cafeteria. Proceeds were raised for after prom.

Juniors plan for college jake mossing news editor

A college planning meeting was held in the Performing Arts Center on January 27 to inform parents on how to keep their children on the right pathway for college.

The meeting was from 6:30-7:30 and was conducted mainly for parents of juniors, but sophomore parents were encouraged to come as well.

A few days before the meeting was held, all four counselors including Kate Henk, Stacie Wachowiak, Crystal Burnworth and Melanie Rogers, visited the junior class.

“Since the information presented does not always get home to the student’s parents, this meeting was conducted to inform the students’ parents about how to remain free of error and prepare their children for college,” Mrs. Henk said.

The counselors ran the entire meeting and provided approximately 100 parents with valuable information along with answering any questions they had. The presentation from the meeting was also posted on the Northview website as a reference.

The counselors also informed the attendees of the first steps that their kids need to take in order to stay on course when dealing with colleges. They told the parents to check in with their children to see what academic courses they are interested in taking and what to do when looking for the right college.

“I think that the juniors don’t always realize how much is involved in the college planning process, so when they and their parents hear how much has to be done ahead of time at this meeting, they get kick started into exploring colleges and start to think about what they need to do next,” Mrs. Henk said.

5 It’s time to take high school more seriously OPINIONS

February 19, 2016

Okay underclassmen, this one goes out to you. As graduation comes closer and closer for me, I’m looking back at my 4 years here and I’m pretty proud of my progress. I hope that when you reach your senior year, you will be able to say the same.

I understand that high school is supposed to be fun and I’ve had the most fun over my 4 years at Northview. I have an amazing group of friends (you know who you are), and we’ve made the best memories in high school. At the same time, I’ve still taken high school seriously and I’m proud of my accomplishments.

Looking at the amount of underclassmen who have more interest in partying than school is really sad. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who say “school

just isn’t for me”. I feel like this is just another way of saying you’re lazy. School wasn’t designed to be the best time of our lives (sorry teachers) and I don’t try to get good grades for “fun”. I can probably name 600 things I’d rather do than come to school, but that doesn’t mean I’m not going to work hard.

Honestly, you don’t even have to take all honors classes, you just need to put forth some sort of effort. I understand that sometimes school seems pointless but it’s something we all have to do.

Sure it’s nice to have fun on the weekends, but if that’s all you care about what are you going to do for the rest of your life? Life isn’t one big party, and you have to work hard to achieve big things in life. Besides that, partying can backfire on

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you, especially if you’re an athlete. Is one party really worth losing a scholarship for your future?

You don’t have to be the smartest person to do well, you just need to work hard. I get it, I’m lazy sometimes too--I usually do my math homework 2 periods before it’s due (Mr. Christy if you’re reading this, my bad). Even though I’m sometimes lazy, I still get my work done.

I’ll be honest, I only strive for a 4.0 because I know that if I keep that up in college, one day I’ll be driving my kids to school in my brand new custom G-wagon wearing a Cartier watch with a Louis Vuitton purse. Even if this isn’t your dream future, it’s important to put in the work now so you can eventually achieve yours.

Being so caught up in making sure

you’re at every big party to get that Instagram post with that popular person is only focusing on the little things. Focus on the big picture, which is your life and your future. Like Hannah Montana once said “life’s what you make it”, and your choices now can affect the rest of your life.

The bottom line is: it doesn’t hurt to do your best at school. You don’t have to be top 10 in your class to succeed in life, you just need to put in the effort.

One last bit of advice, if you don’t want to take high school seriously, that’s fine. But try listening in English class because you might get more favorites on Twitter if you actually know the difference between “your” and “you’re”.

-Nazihah Bhatti

“I love the commercials and all the game day food.”

-Freshman Jaycee Hitchen

“The game itself is my favorite part of the Super Bowl.”

-Senior Matthew Nowak

“My favorite part about the Super Bowl is the half-time show, but I’m kind of disappointed that Coldplay is doing it this year.”

-Sophomore Kaitlyn Soldner

“The Super Bowl appeals to everyone. It’s not just a game, it’s a part of the American culture. From the game itself, to the halftime show and the commercials, there is something for everyone. Go Broncos.”

-Math Teacher John Eckhart

*170 students polled

Days should be spent volunteering for others

Volunteering and helping others is an activity that is relevant in everybody’s life and can be done on a daily basis. It’s a great way to help out a family member, friend, or even a person or group in the community.

Two specific benefits are that anyone can volunteer and there are many different options depending on what you’re interested in. You can volunteer at a soup kitchen if you like to work with the homeless, help at a veterinary hospital if you love animals, or even go to a nursing home if you like to help with the elderly.

There are no negative aspects that go along with volunteering, so why isn’t every student at Northview doing it? A possible answer to that question is that the school does not have a requirement for volunteer hours.

Students are encouraged to get 200300 hours of volunteer work by their senior year, but there are no enforcements for that suggestion. There are a certain amount of students that accomplish this

goal by graduation, but not even close to where that number should be.

Many students feel no need to volunteer if they are not required to do so and would rather spend their time tending to their own needs. It can be a tough decision to go out and do something for someone else when you could be snacking on food, watching TV, or going out with your friends.

To provide a practical solution, NV should conduct a Day of Caring once a year on a specific school day. A Day of Caring would entail sending all of the students out in small groups to different locations around the area that are in need of assistance.

The locations would be predetermined and would be released to all of the students. In turn, the students could mark which location they would be interested in going to volunteer.

By doing this, students would not be stuck going to a nursing home when they are actually interested in helping at

a veterinary hospital just down the street.

Once the polls were counted and sorted out, the students could be split into groups of about 20 or 30 people with one or two teachers coming along with them.

Groups could be transported on school buses together at the start of the school day to their locations. Once there, the groups would basically do whatever the facility needed their help with, which could be anything from trimming shrubs to talking with the sick and disabled.

Around 1:30 to 2 o’clock groups could then be picked up by the buses, taken back to the school, and head home just as if it was a normal school day.

There really aren’t any negative aspects to this idea. Students would benefit since they wouldn’t have to sit in class all day, the school would be credited with doing great things in the community, and many facilities would get the help that they desperately need.

Along with all of this, some students could even find their passions and call-

ings. They could fall in love with the place and end up going back to help out on their own.

NV’s job is to develop students into hard working, caring people that are prepared for the real world when they leave.

This experience would show everyone the reality of what life is really like for other people and what we can do to help them now and when we become adults.

In addition, companies and other schools such as St. Joseph Sylvania conduct days like this as well. When students get actual jobs in the future, they will be experienced, prepared, and able to make suggestions about other organizations at which to volunteer.

Having a Day of Caring would simply be so helpful to the whole school and community while putting a smile on many people’s faces and changing their lives for the better.

-Jake Mossing

6Is “#WasteHisTime2k16” a waste of our time?

OPINIONS

February 19, 2016

“Ask him to come over and have your boyfriend answer the door #WasteHisTime2016”.

This is a new hashtag going across social media sites, such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram; and not a lot of people are taking it as it was intended to be. #WasteHisTime2016 and #WasteHerTime2016 are hashtags meant to literally waste the time of someone constantly trying to get into a relationship with you; for the sake of being entertaining, they have been exaggerated just a little bit.

Of course, like other trends and hashtags, such as #GreaseLive! and #GrowingUpBlack/Hispanic/Arab, this is expected. Despite being expected, some people seem to overlook this and have actually taken offense to this. How? I have no clue, but some guys on Reddit are fired up about it: “These are the ‘where have the good guys gone?’ types, and the men being manipulated are the ‘good guys’ waiting lol” -user AsapGem. “Low class women doing low class things. How surprising.” -user _eskimo_brothers_. #WasteHis/HerTime2016 is literally just another hashtag and is meant as a joke, created for the sole purpose to rack up likes and retweets. However, many women on Twitter did use it as a feminist outlet, fighting against the double-standards when it comes to relationships. I personally see nothing wrong with the trend and there is even a #WasteHerTime2016, so I’m confused as to what the issue is.

Even if you do not agree with these feminist ideologies or the way they are going about it, comments against the hashtag only fuel the fire. Despite Reddit’s history of having angry users for no reason, the comments are only small examples of the backlash that accompanied the creation of the hashtag across all social media.

This is nothing people haven’t seen before. People will get mad over the simplest things and take their opinions to the extreme (remember the red “Happy Holidays” Starbucks cup?).

I’d advise that the next big hashtag is created with caution, but that’s not really how hashtags go viral.

They’re kind of just formulated randomly and blow up overnight.

Also, people tend to get mad on purpose to gain attention and “troll” others on social media, further angering those who have taken offense to whatever the current trend may be.

Furthermore, when users on a website get mad and rant for an hour because they can’t seem to fit it in under 140 characters, others will simply tell them to “get over it”, creating something much bigger than the actual problem.

So, to wrap things up: it’s a joke, no need to get so mad.

Go outside, get some fresh air and take a walk. It’s the internet: nothing is ever serious on the internet.

-Ahmed Atari

PRO

WildcatCode Meghan Vandenbroek

Charlie Richmond

@freshman

“I bought myself my favorite thing...

Shelby Williams

“Uh yeah,Valentine’s Day...

crocs!”

@junior

CON

Valentine’s Day has come and gone, but some of us are still forever alone. We found some Wildcats who had exciting plans last weekend.

-Erin Chambers

@sophomore

“I took my favorite person out...

Mitch Lyons

I had a table for 1.”

The hashtag “WasteHisTime2016” had me laughing when I first heard about it. But, once I realized what it was actually about, I wasn’t laughing anymore. Why are we making a joke out of purposely hurting people?

This hashtag is meant to fire back at boys who lead girls on. Some boys say very demeaning things about girls in general, which is what started “#WasteHisTime2016”.

But why fight fire with fire?

This trend isn’t funny for either gender. Boys, it’s not funny to lead a girl on. Girls, same thing. Just don’t do it.

I don’t care if you’re a girl or a guy, no one deserves to be treated like that. Leading someone on is incredibly rude, and has no purpose other than selfishly hurting another person. It’s definitely not funny to play with someone’s emotions, and if you’ve been on the receiving end of this, you know that.

I really don’t think that we should make a joke out of treating people badly. I get that some of the tweets are funny, but some people took the hashtag way too far.

What do you stand to gain by wasting someone’s time and playing with their feelings? A laugh? We’re not little kids, let’s be more mature than that.

I don’t think our generation really knows how to tell when a joke has gone too far and this is the perfect example. I think it’s time to stop condoning such petty behavior and grow up a little. We should all learn to treat others with the respect they deserve.

-Nazihah Bhatti

“I didn’t do much...

my dog on a walk.”

@senior

hit me up.”

7 Social media’s impact on personality OPINIONS

February 19, 2016

covering it

crandALL

by Emma Crandall

It’s okay to be vulnerable. It’s okay to ask for help. And it’s perfectly okay to cry. As high school students, we don’t expect tragedy to hit and turn our worlds completely upside down. That’s the thing about tragedy, you never expect it to happen and it hurts more than anything you could ever imagine. You don’t know what you want to hear, what to think, how to act; your head swirls with a million questions.

Death can be a hard concept to grasp.

How could such a terrible thing happen to such a good person, such a good family? Frankly, we will never know. We will never know why the world works the way it does. That is one of the hardest things to get over.

Being there for the ones that are suffering from the loss can be challenging.

You are not always wanted right away; they need space. Time to think, time to cry, time to mourn. You want nothing more than to wrap them up and make all the pain and hurt go away. But it doesn’t.

The hurt never fully goes away, it only gets less concentrated. You realize that nothing you say or do will take away the pain or bring the person back. You must accept the harsh reality and remain supportive and encouraging.

You wake up each morning and realize it never was just a nightmare, but reality, and they aren’t here anymore. The pain comes back and again, you cry. And that is completely normal. We’re human.

The amount of pain a loss brings exemplifies the amount of love you had for that person and the love that person had for you. The thought is comforting. You feel the way you do now because of love.

Keeping yourself on track and distracted from bad thoughts can be challenging. Surrounding yourself with people you love will slowly allow you to relax and feel safe. As hard as it may be, talking to someone about your thoughts and feelings will help as well. It may not be easy at first, but talking to others will allow you to release the emotions you have built up inside of you.

Remain involved and social to ensure you don’t fall into a rut. Rather than mourn on the life that was lost, celebrate the life that was. Celebrate all the wonderful things that very special person did.

Demonstrate what they taught you. Live each day remembering the love you had, the memories you shared, and the places the world will take you. Remain optimistic about the now and the tomorrow.

I’m pretty sure most of you will agree with me when I say that social media is a huge part of our lives. When we go out, we post Snapchat stories instead of talking. We meet people through direct messages on Twitter instead of face-to-face interaction. Social media has taken over our lives.

It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but I think that it has made us many of us a little more conceited than we’d like to admit.

We really think other people care about what we tweet or what picture we post. Sorry to burst your bubble, but I really doubt that anyone cares about your sad song lyrics or random selfie captioned with an inspirational quote.

Half of your friends probably just click through your Snapchat story instead of actually watching it.

We put so much effort into our social media persona. Our tweets and pictures show other people who we are. Go through any girl’s camera roll and you’re likely to find 40+ “candid” pictures out of which only one was profile-pictureworthy. Are your pictures and posts really representing who you are? So many of us, myself included, aren’t actually the same person we portray on social media.

We only post the things that we want other people to see, and they are usually not getting the full story.

The most irritating thing about social media has got to be how people with more

followers think they are above everyone else. Your follower count doesn’t say anything about you. Some of the most boring people have 5K followers and some of the funniest have 100. Just because you got 300+ likes on a picture, doesn’t mean you’re better than anyone else.

Social media has created a slippery slope to becoming completely infatuated with ourselves. I’m not saying I don’t love social media, but I think it’s important to spend time without it. We should realize that we don’t need to update everyone with the irrelevant details of our lives and actually spend more time living it.

-Nazihah Bhatti

Trent’s tips and tricks for freshman How important are my freshman grades?

I thought when people told me to try hard freshman year it was “cheesy.” But no, you can’t have a good pizza without cheese on top. Freshman grades set your GPA. That thing is so difficult to raise, so get it off to a good start.

I didn’t do well in my freshman and sophomore years. I’m not going to college.

Yes, you are, but bad grades are a thing of the past. You can’t change them and all you can do now is move on and try harder. If you raise them up, colleges will see you are improving and take that into consideration.

I’m Trent- a second semester senior who has somehow survived to make it this far. With that being said, I think I know a thing or two about how this school works and ways to succeed. What better person

I don’t know what I want to do with my life. I need to choose.

No you don’t. I’m still a little confused with what I want to do. But that’s what high school is about. You have so much time to find yourself and what you like; one day you’ll say,“hey I kind of want to do this someday.” Life is all about ups and downs; there is no right or wrong way to live it.

Do I have to go to every high school dance/sporting event?

No, don’t feel obligated to go to anything.

If you don’t like dances, don’t go; and if you don’t like going out, don’t go. Still, you should at least go to all these events

at least once so you know what they’re like. It’s what you make of it.

Does it get better through high school?

The homework and work load doesn't get better, but you grow up and get smarter with it. It can get better right now. Just because you’re growing older doesn’t mean you're magically going to be better than your freshman self. You have to choose to be the best person you can be.

Should I get in a relationship?

Yeah about that... I haven’t been in one so I don’t have good advice on that one, sorry. But hope these tips helped.

to give advice to than yourself. I’m going to take it back to my small, awkward freshman self and ask questions to my much more mature, maybe cooler, and even smarter senior self on tips and tricks for school.

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FEATURES

February 19, 2016

Pinterest Fails Pinterest is a very helpful app when it comes to holiday ideas. When you search “Valentine’s Day ideas”, hundreds of ideas pop up. From treats to gifts to decor, these festive DIY’s are fun and easy to make. But just because they are easy... does not necessarily mean they will look good. Check out these Valentine’s Day Pinterest pass and fails.

Cupid Cup

Cupcuties

These simple cupcakes were fun and easy to make. The decorations are the hardest part. They would only look good if you are a professional baker with nice frosting tools.

V-Day Edition

The Love Mug

On Pinterest, this cute cake in jar looked very appealing and yummy. Unfortunately it did not turn out the way I wanted. Trying to fit your fingers in the jar to adjust the cake was just to difficult and didn’t turn out to look nice.

This mug was fun to make and would be a great present to give your parents or any adult. The picture on Pinterest looked very hard to do, but when I started it was much easier than I thought. You can just use paint, a mug, and some paper and you’re set to make mug that looks like you bought it at the store.

“Fancy” Fruit

Unlike the chocolate and candy you eat during Valentine’s day, this is a healthy themed snack to eat instead. The intention was for the watermelon and strawberries to look like actual hearts.

Some look alright, but most just look like circles. So I would suggest to get a good heart cookie cutter to cut them out if you want the finished product to look good.

Sweet Cakes

This fun treat would be perfect to make for your parents or special someone for breakfast. The pancakes were supposed to be shaped as hearts just like the fruit. The cookie cutter wasn’t working too well. To make it look somewhat better I added fruit and whipped cream which is very easy to do.

By Korrin Zollweg

FEATURES

February 19, 2016

A guide to Makeup, Food, Workouts

“Look good, feel good,” a quote that is said quite often. But if you think about it, it’s true. The days that you eat a healthier lunch, dress nice and maybe even workout you tend to feel the best. So in the spirit of feeling good we have created three easy ways to feel the best in your own skin.

-Emma Crandall, Chloe Romine, and Isabelle Compton

POWER FOODS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD Iron: soybeans, turkey (dark meat)- Iron is part

of the protein hemoglobin, too little hemoglobin causes anemia.

Iron also helps your muscles store oxygen.

All photos taken by: Chloe Romine and Isabelle Compton

Calcium: yogurt and milk- we need calcium from our food because if we don’t it will be taken out of our bones, making them a lot less strong.

B12: mozzarella and tuna- helps keep your body’s nerve and blood cells and it also helps make DNA.

Chromium: cheeses and whole grains- it’s important for our insulin.

It helps our body regulate sugar levels.

Folate: avocado and spinach- needed in our bodies to make DNA and genetic material.

It’s also needed for cell division.

EASY WORKOUTS THAT MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD

HOW TO FILL IN YOUR EYEBROWs

Anastasia Beverly Hills Duo brush #12

STEP 1: Take a spooly brush

and brush your eyebrows back, or in any direction that you want them to go. Next, take a brow pencil and outline your brow to define where you want the brow to begin and end.

Anastasia Beverly Hills Dipbrow Pomade

STEP 2: You start filling in the end of your eyebrow with whatever product you would like to use, making sure that your not drawing it in too long. At this step, you can make your brow whatever shape you want it to be, and form your arch.

Quiz: forever alone or meant to be?

Valentine’s day is coming up and we all know what that means; lovebirds talking about their relationship and everyone else talking about how single they are. Take this quiz to find out where you fall on the forever alone scale.

-Baylee Gryca

1. You’ll spend this Friday night…

A. Hanging out with the guys/girls B. Staying in for the night, hanging with the fam C. Friday night date night with your significant other 2. When you see a couple showing public affection, you think…

A. Awww what a cute couple B. Ew I’m gagging C. Wow, I should plan a double date sometime 3. When picking out an outfit to wear for the day…

A. Dress to impress!

B. Wear the first outfit that you find C. I’m dressing comfy; bae doesn’t care what I wear

PLANK: Whether you can hold it for 5 minutes or 30 seconds, holding a plank will work your abs, arms, and legs.

SIT- UP/CRUNCH: These are easy workouts that you can do alone, at the gym, or at home.

Either crunches or sit ups will give you results.

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Powder: Elf eyebrow kit

STEP 3: Fill in the rest of your

brow, but stop about a centimeter before you get to the start of the brow. Fill the front of the brow in with a tinted powder to create a faded look. Finally comb your brow again and fill in any spaces with the powder.

4. You see a cool gift that would make a great Valentines present for yourself. You… A. Treat yourself and buy it B. Tell your mom about it C. Send a picture of it to bae as a hint 5. Your instagram posts consist of…

A. Pictures of friends, adventures, and good times B. Adorable pictures of your cats and dogs C. Posed pictures of your significant other and you at the zoo, beach, and in front of a Christmas tree

Mostly A’s: You may or may not be in a relationship, but that doesn’t matter to you. You know how to have fun with your friends and be happily independent.

Mostly B’s: You’re single and not so ready to mingle.

Netflix party for one.

Mostly C’s: You’re in love and attached at the hip with your significant other. Make sure you leave some time for your friends and family too.

10 Turnabout Snow Ball Court 2016 FEATURES

February 19, 2016

The nominees for the 2016 Turnabout King are Trent Croci, David Dunnett, Starr Jiang, and Parker Stephens. Who will you vote for? These eligible candidates are bringing a lot to the table from entertaining assembly performances to their dedication at Northview. Before you cast your vote for King make sure you know a little about who you are voting for as the Turnabout Snow Ball 2016 king. - Maddie McGranahan

MCGRANAHAN

Trent Croci

Birthday: April 26 Height: 6’3” Favorite Movie: White Chicks Activities: Senior Class Secretary, Interact Secretary, Student Council, Newspaper Business Editor, Tennis, Sandwich Artist, and sleeping.

Why should you be the next Turnabout King?

“I should be the next turnabout king because I support free college for everyone and want to take down Wall Street. I believe in the people of Northview and me as king, I treat everyone equal.”

Skit: “A little twist to my subway life.”

MCGRANAHAN

David Dunnett

Birthday: February 28 Height: 5’11” Favorite Movie: Lone Survivor Activities: Baseball, Football, working out, watching sports, hanging out with friends, and going to the movies.

Why should you be the next Turnabout King?

“A vote for David Dunnett is a vote for Mr. Short.”

Skit: “I’m doing something the OSU Football team did during an OSU Basketball game halftime.”

MCGRANAHAN

Starr Jiang

Birthday: June 27 Height: 5’10” Favorite Movie: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Activities: Science Olympiad Captain, NHS President, Basketball, Toledo Youth Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Leadership Academy, Interact, eating, sleeping, and hanging out with friends Why should you be the next Turnabout King?

“Because I’m bringing the cutest date.”

Skit: “I’m playing Justin Bieber on cello.”

MCGRANAHAN

Parker Stephens

Birthday: August 5 Height: 6’1” Favorite Movie: Forrest Gump Activities: NHS Treasurer, Science Olympiad Captain, Varsity Basketball Bench Warmer, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble, Leadership Academy, and Interact Why should you be the next Turnabout King?

“Number one in your heart, number one for TB, number 14 on the basketball team.”

Skit: “I’m doing a music video reenactment.”

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FEATURES

February 19, 2016

Do you have a special someone that you may have forgotten to get a gift for this Valentine’s Day? Well if you relate to that statement on any level you’re in luck. Here is a guide to some special gifts you can get your guy or girl if you forgot that special day. Sure some of these are a bit ridiculous, but anything for your other half... Right?

-Chloe Romine

Gals

MAC Makeup: $9-$40

Pandora Rings: $25-$200 Kate Spade purse: $200-$500

Guys

NIKE Sweatshirts: $30-$250

Roshes: $50-$175 Apple Watch: $349-$1,099

What Valentine's Day candy are you?

Valentine’s Day: a day full of gifts, couples, and the occasional loneliness. Valentine’s Day will never be complete without some candy. Take this quiz to find out what candy you are and what that truly says about your romantic side. - Allie Hartnett & Trent Croci When finding a movie to watch with your significant other, your go-to is…

The Notebook (1 point) High School Musical (2 points) Paranormal Activity (3 points) Who do you want to win the bachelor?

Lauren B. (1 point) I don’t watch (2 points) Olivia (3 points) Your favorite holiday is…

Valentine’s Day (1 point) Fourth of July (2 points) Groundhog’s Day (3 points)

6-8 You know what, candy is too cheap for you. This Valentine’s day, you deserve a ring so get those vows ready. You may now kiss the bride/groom. Xoxo.

9-12 Box of chocolates- You are truly romantic and could probably qualify for the next season of the BachPerfect kind of date for you? elor/ Bachelorette. You definitely deserve a rose this Movie night at home (1 point) Valentine’s Day. Fancy candle- lit dinner (2 points) 13-16 Candy hearts- You are open-minded and don’t Anywhere public (3 points) need anyone to be happy. If you are in a relationship, Valentine’s Day is just another day. You may not know What kind of Valentine’s Day gift do what to say to your significant other, but the candy you want? hearts say it all.

Accessories (jewelry, perfume/co17-18 Candy corn- Do you know it’s February? Your logne, etc) (1 point) romantic side may not be your top priority right now.

Teddy bear and candy (2 points) You’re single and independent, but your parents will still love and affection (3 points) be there for you.

Your relationship status?

Taken (1 point) It’s complicated (2 point) Single (3 points)

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A&E

February 19, 2016

Musicians take the stage at All-States kathryn mertens staffer

The All-State Orchestra is an extremely competitive and advanced orchestra that holds high standards in terms of the students they accept according to Adam Murphy. It is composed of the best orchestral musicians in the state. Once a year, this orchestra comes together at the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) conference to perform a concert with the best of the best. Three Northview students were selected to participate in this exclusive orchestra including freshman Danny Lee, sophomore Adam Murphy and senior Starr Jiang. These students traveled to the Duke Energy Convention Center in Cincinnati to participate in the All-State concert and explore the OMEA convention on January 27 through 29.

In order to be able participate in this concert, students have to audition through their school orchestra while also being at

the top of the Regional Orchestra. After being selected at regionals, students have the opportunity to advance to the state level. Murphy placed 11 out of 21 violinists, Jiang placed 8 out of 14 cellos, and Lee placed 4 out of 19 second violins. “It was amazing, being able to play alongside musicians of all around the state. Working with Dr. Dackow (the conductor) has opened up so many possibilities in which I can include my musicality” Lee said.

Before going to the convention center, Murphy, Lee and Jiang rehearsed for many hours to prepare for the event. The students practiced for almost ten hours in one day, according to Murphy. After they had finished their preparation, they had time to explore the OMEA convention and meet with other advanced orchestra members.

For the concert, they performed Dvorak’s Carneval Overture, Chabrier’s Espana, and Tchaikovsky’s Capprico Italian. The orchestra was conducted by Dr. Dackow.

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Photo Courtesy of Adam Murphy SOPHOMORE ADAM MURPHY, senior Starr Jiang and freshman Danny Lee pose at the Ohio Music Education Association All States Orchestra held in Cincinnati. Each participant of the orchestra received medals for the remembrance of being a part of this prestigious orchestra.

Students Prevail at Solo and Ensemble staffer Young musicians across the district came together to perform and compete at the Ohio Music Education Association’s Solo and Ensemble event.

The event took place on January 26 at Lake High School. Performances ranged from choir, band, and orchestra.

Prior to the event, students were required to choose a song off a music list which was posted on the OMEA Solo and Ensemble website. The list contained over 9,000 selections and has been developed and updated over many years. The list also specified required movements, cuts, and approved editions of the songs.

In addition, students picked a class category according to their skill level.

Class A, the most advanced category is for students with a high skill level. Class B is for students with a moderate to high skill level. Meanwhile, the lowest class, Class C, is for students with begginner skills that are yet to be improved.

Instrumental soloists had scale requirements depending upon the instrument they play. These specific requirements were mandatory and crucial to the

performing experience and also were used by the judges to help determine the overall

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claire weber

I felt the judges scored us fairly.

Even if we had an outstanding performance, they still wrote specific critiques and things to work on our scoresheets.

- sophomore Elizabeth Atkins said.

rating for the solo or group performances.

Performances were judged according to a Five Star Rating system. The scores

varied from the lowest, Rating V, to highest, Rating I. Rating V is a poor performance rating which indicated difficulty throughout the song. Rating IV is a poor performance rating showing many technical error, poor musical conception, lack of interpretation, incomplete instrumentation, or lack of any other essential qualities. Rating III is an acceptable performance rating, but not outstanding. It is given to a performance that shows accomplishment, but still lacks one or more essential qualities. Rating II, also known as an excellent rating, is given to an unusual performance that isn’t worthy if the highest rating due to minor defects in performance, interpretation, or

instrumentation. The highest rating, Rating I, also known as a superior rating, is given to those who had an outstanding performance. This includes performance with few technical errors and shows a true musical expression. This rating is reserved for the truly outstanding performances.

Students in band, orchestra, and choir all received excellent and superior ratings ranging from Rating I and II. “Solo and Ensemble was a great experience because it shows where you are in your abilities and what to improve on. It also helps your nerves and show what you have to offer. I am happy with the results and am proud of all the hard work,” junior Rachel Lambdin said.

13 Dance Team qualifies for state competition SPORTS

February 19, 2016

emma crandall co editor in chief

For the fourth year in a row, the Dance Team has qualified for State in all three categories: pom, jazz, and hip hop.

In 2013 the Dance Team started their annual States streak.

“It’s exciting to say that I started as a freshman going to States in all three and finishing senior year the same way,” senior Sammi Klinger said.

For the first time, the Regional Dance Competition was held at Northview. In years past, it was held at Anthony Wayne.

For their competition dances this year, the NVDT had guest choreographers in to work with them. Toledo

native Cassie Dzienny, now residing in California, flew in to teach a jazz piece to Andra Day’s Rise Up. Lauren Gant, 2014 Southview graduate, choreographed a hip hop dance to a mix of popular songs. NV’s own seniors Emma Crandall and Kenzie Isola and juniors Libby Sadowski and Mary Caye McCann came together to choreograph the pom routine this year to a Justin Bieber mix.

“We put a lot of hard work into making the pom dance. It’s coming together and I can’t wait to see how it places at competition,” Sadowski said.

Over this past weekend, the NVDT had another competition. The annual Ohio State Dance Clinic and competition was held at Central Catholic. The girls learned and performed a dance taught to them by the nationally ranked Ohio State Dance Team. That Saturday night, a

Competition was held where all local area dance teams competed and were placed.

FRESHMAN JOSIE UMFLEET poses at the end of her hip hop performance.

HOWALD

Swim, Dive continue record breaking season elizabeth liber staffer

The Swim and Dive team has had an amazing season full of broken records and commitment, according to one of the coaches, Melissa Burke. The team is also coached by Northview Guidance counselor Melanie Rogers, and volunteer coach Bob Dixon. Between all of the coaches there is more than fifty years of combined experience either in the pool or as coaches which is a valuable advantage for the team.

The team has steadily improved over the last four seasons; there is considerably more depth this season, with many top swimmers able to swim in many different events and be successful, as well as more swimmers who can compete and score in the dual meets.

The team triumphed in a narrow victory over Perrysburg, January 29.

“The overall spirit, work ethic, and discipline is markedly better this season. The team is considerably more encouraging to each other during practice, as

Wrestling continues jessie li staffer

The Wrestling team continues to gain match experience as they traveled to Anthony Wayne on February 6 to participate in the Northern Lakes League tournament. There were eleven NV wrestlers, all ranging from freshmen to juniors, with three juniors that placed. Trevor Hartbarger and Marty Hofbauer both finished second in the Championship round in their respective weight classes, and Kyle Borton finished fourth. The team placed seventh overall but due to the fact that they are a young team, they did not go in as a Duel/Scoring team, according to Coach Hartbarger.

“The tournament was a good experience for me” Hofbauer said. “I only had one match to get into finals but I unfortunately didn’t win. However, it gives me more motivation to succeed at sectionals.”

This was Hartbarger’s third year participating at the NLLs. He placed third both Freshmen and Sophomore year.

“I learned a lot throughout high school,” Hartbarger said.

“With different coaching styles and perfecting my skills, I definitely improved a ton.”

Districts are held at Perrysburg on February 26 and 27, again with the top four placers moving on to States. States take place in Columbus on March 3-5.

well as at the meets; the team is coming to practice more consistently and not backing down to challenging workouts, resulting in some great swims, races, and personal best times throughout the season,” Coach Burke said.

There have also been two school records broken this season: one from the pool and one from dive. Junior Kaitlyn Dierenger broke the diving record with 284 points and Freshman Kevin Gaynor broke the 400 freestyle record with a 4:35.03.

“Ever since I was young, I

wanted to break one of the swim records and get my name on the board. I did not realize that I would be able to as a freshman.

In the future I would like to break the 100 Butterfly and the 100 freestyle records as well,” Gaynor said.

The dive team has also had a victorious season full of success this year with Deirenger taking first place for the third year in a row, sophomore Bailey Horvath taking second, and freshman Emily Walkovich taking third.

“I’ve been working on fine

tuning my dives in hopes of breaking the record, and I’m really happy that I could finally achieve it,” Dierenger said.

The team has not only broken records and set personal bests, but they have also been very involved with the community; on Wipe Out Cancer night, where the pool was decorated in ribbons and balloons, cancer survivors were recognized and honored. The team was excited to donate $563 for the Victory Center thanks to generous donations from loyal fans.

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Boys’ basketball keeps eyes on the prize matthew bishop sports editor

The Northview Boys’ Basketball team travelled out to Springfield High School on January 29 with hopes of getting revenge on the Blue Devils for a loss earlier in the season. The Cats, with a record of 10-4 (5-2 in league play), entered the game tied for first place in the Northern Lakes League with the Blue Devils (4-3) just one game behind.

Springfield jumped out to an early 2-8 lead in the first quarter and finished the first half with a 20-24 advantage. The Blue Devils then stretched their lead all the way out to 18 points in the third quarter. NV battled back to cut the lead to six points, but the deficit was too large to overcome as Springfield took the victory with a final score of 58-66.

The Cats bounced back the next night by defeating Bedford 67-36. Senior Aerin West led NV with 14 points and senior Austin Rodgers followed close behind with 13.

NV carried the momentum from their win over Bedford into their next game against Perrysburg on February 2. Perrysburg came into the game with momentum of their own, having won five of their last six games.

The game was back and forth in the

first quarter before the Cats pushed out to an eight point lead at halftime. NV then exploded in the third quarter and ended up winning the game easily with a score of 73-51. The Cats were led by Rodgers who scored a career-high 31 points, which included seven three-pointers.

“It felt really good to score a careerhigh 31 points,“ Rodgers said. “None of it would have been possible without my teammates though.”

The win over Perrysburg was an important one for the Cats, who have a goal of winning the NLL Championship according to Rodgers. An even bigger win came on February 5 at home against the Napoleon Wildcats.

Napoleon was sitting in first place in the NLL standings as they made the hour long trip to NV. Neither team was able to gain much of a lead the entire night. Napoleon’s biggest lead of the game was an eight point advantage with six minutes left, but NV closed the gap quickly and eventually came out on top with a 59-52 victory. Junior Logan Jessing led the way with 17 points to help put the Cats back in a tie for first place in the NLL. Next up for NV was Senior Night on February 9 against the Maumee Panthers.

The Cats won the game easily, 67-34. The Cats then faced Southview on February 12 in a huge NLL game. NV hoped to complete a season sweep of the Cougars by defeating them for the second time this year.

HOWALD SENIOR AERIN WEST goes up for a layup in a game against the Perrysburg Yellow Jackets on February 2. The Cats won the game 73-51, which helped them to be in a spot to potenially win the NLL champtionship.

Hockey heads into tourney molly spieldenner staffer

The Boys’ Hockey team finished up their NLL season and are headed off to state playoffs. On January 22 the boys’ played against Findlay High School and won 5-3. Junior Brad Crandell scored four goals of the goals himself, three of which were assisted by senior Drew Beattie, and then freshman Trevor Klee joined in and scored the other goal.

On Friday, February 5 the team played at home versus Findlay again. This was the last home game of the season, so it was preceded by honoring the senior players on the annual senior night. The seniors recognized were Drew Beattie, Reed Cross, Christian Massy, Jared Wolf, Hunter Fritz, Jason Gross, Alec Thompson, and Adam Felser.

“Senior night was definitely a bittersweet moment for me, after playing northview hockey for four years it sunk in that it was all about to end. I wouldn't of want-

ed a different senior class to spend the years with,” said Thompson.

The team came out victorious against Findlay once again, this time by a score of 3-1. The goals for the game were scored by senior Alec Thompson, senior Christian Massey, and sophomore Maizy Crandall. This was Massey’s first career goal in a Varsity hockey game. Also, Crandall made history for being the first female to score on a Varsity game.

On Saturday, February 6 the boys’ travelled out to Bowling Green High School to take on the Bobcats. They lost a close game with a score of 3-2, but the team remained optimistic heading into the playoffs, according to senior Jason Gross.

“Our goals for the playoffs are to give everything we can to each game leading to states”, said senior Jason Gross.

In the tournament, the team will play the winner of the first round game between Findlay and St. John’s.

This game will be on February 24.

15 West scores 1,000; breaks school record SPORTS

February 19, 2016

some sort impact on my life in that aspect of it,” West said.

He has played Varsity since his freshman year, played first team all NLL his sophomore and junior year and was first team all district last year.

“Ever since I transferred to NV, Aerin and I have been starting together and we have been working to make each other better basketball players throughout the year. It is really fun playing with each other,” senior Moe Afifi said.

After Aerin scored his 1,000th point he needed 65 points to break Connor Hartnett’s record of 1064 points.

On February 9th, the Boys’ Basketball team against Maumeet at home, they won with a final score of 55-33. Aerin passed Hartnett’s scoring record and now sits with 1070 points.

“It is really awesome to see your best friend break big records like the ones he has broke,” Afifi said.

andrew headman sports editor

It is not often that a high school basketball player scores 1,000 points in their career. Since Northview and Southview split into two schools there have been twelve girls who have reached this mark, the last being Kendall McCoy who graduated in 2015.

For the guys, there have only been two, with alumnus Connor Hartnett being the most recent. That is, until senior Aerin West joined the elite club. He scored his 1,000th point on January 26 against St. Francis.

“It means a lot to score 1,000 points. It is nice to know that all the work I have put in since such a young age has paid off,” West said.

Hartnett, who graduated in 2013, and Steve Horner, who graduated in 2001, are the only other Boys’ Basketball players who have scored 1,000 points.

“I could not do this without my parents and all the coaches I have had. Each and everyone of them has had

Crandall makes Girls’ Basketball stays on top hockey history amir abouzied news editor

The Girls’ Basketball team has continued their hard work and effort throughout the season with an overall record of 14-6 and Northern Lakes League record of 12-1.

This record is good enough to place them at the top of the league standings.

On January 26, the LadyKats took on the Yellow Jackets at Perrysburg. It ended up being a close game as both teams fought hard but the LadyKats ended up winning the game 41-36. Senior Katie Cole led the team with 17 points.

“I feel like we really did well against them. We ran our game plan just like coach told us, which was to pressure their guards and keep them off of the boards. I was really proud of how my team and I played,” senior Katie Cole said.

On January 29, the LadyKats travelled to Springfield to take on the Blue Devils. This game was not much competition for NV as they easily rolled over the Blue Devils 60-31.

“We came out strong and took an early lead. It was difficult for Springfield to work their way back into the

SENIOR AERIN WEST scored his 1,000th point on January 26. He is the third boys’ basketball player to score 1,000 points, and the 15th total between girls and boys.

game when we were hitting shots and playing solid defense,” junior Kylee Keene said.

On February 4, the Girls faced the Bowling Green Bobcats. At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats kept up with the LadyKats only trailing by four points. NV took charge after the first quarter and went on to outscore BG 16-5 in the second quarter. It was an easy ride for the LadyKats the rest of the game, and they defeated the Bobcats 58-38.

“Coming into this game we knew that we couldn’t overlook them because we had to secure our position to win the NLL title. We all worked together to limit our turnovers and get everyone in the scorebook,” junior Kylie Archibeque said.

NV travelled to Notre Dame on February 6 to take on the Eagles. The LadyKats had their first loss in three games with a final score of 56-31.

Next up for the LadyKats were the Maumee Panthers on February 11. This game was the annual senior night for the team because it was the last home game. Seniors Katie Cole, Kathleen Duwve, Izzie Austin, and Mollee Willamson were honored before the game as they took the court for the final time.

The seniors certainly went out on a high note, winning the game easily by over 20 points.

andrea almeida staffer

History has been made for the Northview Hockey team as sophomore Maizy Crandall became the first girl to ever step foot in a Varsity Hockey game.

The Wildcat win against Findlay on January 22 became a date to remember.

“I was really nervous, and I was in disbelief too. There were a lot of emotions for me. I felt like I had something to prove, like I had to prove I could be there,” Crandall said.

Crandall played Junior Varsity her freshman along with most of her sophomore year, later transferring to “taxi” which is when a player is able to practice and dress for both Varsity and Junior Varsity games.

“We are all really proud of Maizy. She deserves this accomplishment because of her hard work and commitment to the team. I knew that she would be the first girl to play varsity,” sophomore Mason Snyder said.

“I’ve always loved the sport from the minute I began playing. My dad and basically my whole family played in high school, so that was what got me into the sport,” Crandall said.

Crandall has been involved in hockey since she was two years old. She began playing for a recreational team.

In second grade, Crandall played for All Stars hockey team. From third to fourth grade, she played for the Sylvania Maple Leafs, her first travel team. She later began playing for the Compuware Girls AAA in fifth grade. After that, she returned to the Sylvania Maple leafs for grades six through eight.

The summer before her sophomore year, when Crandall was not playing for the Wildcats, she played for Belle Tire AAA. She wishes to continue her hockey career through college and even go pro in the NWHL if she gets the chance.

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NV seniors sign letters of intent

Aerin West Soccer University of Cincinnati

Kathleen Duwve Soccer Bowling Green State University

Izzie Austin Soccer Tennessee Tech University

Macey Feldstein Water Polo Mercyhurst University

Luke Fortner Football University of Kentucky

E T E L H T A s r E e R g d U o T R A E n i F t s u A

Senior basketball player Austin Rodgers has been on fire lately. Playing in his third season on the Varsity team, Rodgers is averaging over 12 points per game and is shooting a stellar 43% from behind the three-point line. Rodgers’ hot shooting has been key to the success of the Cats this season, as the team is currently in contention for the NLL title. After high school, Rodgers hopes to play basketball at the collegiate level, although he is unsure on where that might be.

- Andrew Headman and Matt Bishop When did you start playing basketball and why?

I started playing when I was 5 because I saw my dad and brother play and I wanted to be like them.

Who, if anyone, do you model your game after?

I sort of model my game after Kobe Bryant. He’s the reason I wear number 24.

What is your favorite moment from your basketball career at NV? My favorite moment would be when I scored a career-high 31 points against Perrsyburg this season.

When could you first dunk and would you beat Logan Jessing in a dunk contest?

My first dunk was freshman year and I’m not sure. I love Logan and he’s pretty good so I think it would be 50/50 as to who would win.

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