The Booster | March 2020 | Volume 93, Issue Five

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Illness is a common occurrence for a high school student...

As April 10 comes closer, the SHS Theatre cast and crew prepares for...

Lynne Glass, who works at the Scott County Reuse Center...

The majority of students at SHS are involved in an after-school sport...

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Humans of SHS

Letter from the Editors Amidst the current medical crisis happening around the world and the end of the school year coming into view, The Booster Co-Editors-in-Chief know that motivation is at an all-time low for a majority of students. We, as a staff, have found this period of time challenging regarding motivation as well as we have come to terms with our struggles in the preparation of this issue of The Booster. However, our struggles did not keep us from putting our best effort

forward, and we suggest that students do the same when looking forward to the rest of the school year.

Whether one knows it or not, every decision made in high school has some impact on the future that lies ahead. Choosing to give up now, no matter how tempting it may be, will not only put students off-pace for the rest of the school year but can have an impact on the student’s future pathway. Keep in mind that grades and GPA

Special notice: In light of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the possible school closures facing our school district, The Booster CoEditors-in-Chief have chosen not to physically print the March issue. We apologize for this inconvenience. We felt it was safest to take precautionary measures at this point. Our issue will still be available on-

line and on issu.com/shsbooster. As this situation develops, we plan to continue to update our student body as regularly as possible at theboosteronline.com. We would love to hear from our student body during this upcoming period. Please share your stories and experiences with us through our social media accounts. Thank you for your understanding.

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achieved during freshman, sophomore and junior year are the grades colleges and employers view when looking at your transcript for acceptance or employment.

The Booster Co-Editors-in-Chief want to encourage students to keep putting their best foot forward no matter how hard that may seem. Graduation and the end of the school year are right around the corner, and we want to see the best versions of SHS students crossing that finish line.

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Students should stay home from school if sick Illness is a comthat just simply feelmon occurrence ing bad constitutes for a high school sickness. The Booststudent, especially er believes that if during the winter you feel lesser than season. During the what your every-day midst of testing, self feels like, that projects and scholyou should consider arship season, illvisiting a doctor and THE BOOSTER STAFF staying home from ness puts a halt in students’ routines.

SUGGESTS THAT school, especially if Students are often you have a temperaIF STUDENTS FEEL ture or are throwing encouraged to stay in their routines and UNWELL...DUE TO up. come to school if The Booster staff ILLNESS, THEN IT suggests that if stuthey are sick and do not present a fever, WOULD BE MORE dents feel unwell to yet this can prove to the point that they are BENEFICIAL FOR ILL unable to participate be pointless for the student. The Booster STUDENTS TO STAY in class as normal staff suggests that if due to illness, then it HOME, REST AND would be more beneyou feel ill or worse than your every-day COMPLETE ASSIGN- ficial for ill students self feels, stay home to stay home, rest MENTS ON THEIR and complete assignfor the benefit of yourself and those OWN TERMS AND ments on their own around you. terms and time. We, TIME.” however, are not sugWhat can be defined as sickness is gesting that students The Booster staff miss school/class for often left up to interpretation. Some every single headbelieve that sickness is defined by run- ache or wave of lethargy. ning a temperature while others believe The Booster staff also believes that

it would be beneficial to fellow peers if students were to stay home when presented with sickness. Not only can students spread illness to those around them, but students can also provide a distraction to the education of those around them.

We as a staff encourage students who are sick to get in contact with their teachers as soon as possible to get make up work and assignments.

If students are aware that they are going to be absent for a day or t w o , t h e y should let the teacher know so that one can prevent falling behind as much as possible. The sooner

Trimester schedule system would improve SHS Donald Arbuckle Staff Writer

Many schools in the United States follow the semester system where 180 school days (some school days differ depending on the state) are split into two 15-week semesters. Schools require students to take courses each semester, and for some students, some courses differ each semester. On the other hand, trimesters are three, 12-week sessions.

Trimesters would be beneficial for students who would want to take different courses for each session. Trimesters

may be shorter, but the same amount of teaching could possibly be fit into these 12 week-long intervals.

Days off and if students will be receiving the same duration of receiving educational material seem to deter schools from having the trimester system. But, with trimesters students have an advantage to receiving more credits for school.

If a student took 12-week classes, they would have two more 12-week sessions to take another class to earn credits.

The idea of trimester could also give students much needed change. Instead of

sitting in a class for two semesters, they can take the class for two sessions while having another session to take another class they may be more interested in.

The trimester system may seem like a way for schools to cram curriculum into 12 rushed weeks, but this is simply not the case. With the trimester system, students will be able to take full advantage of the class they are currently in while having the opportunity to take more much needed and career-based classes.

The trimester system seems more beneficial to students and their futures.

one contacts a teacher, the more considerate they will be regarding your make up assignments.

Teachers, The Booster asks that you be patient with those who are sick. The majority of the time, illness presents itself without warning. If students are unable to learn to their utmost ability, the need for them to rest and get better trumps the need for them to be in class.

In conclusion, students, if you feel that sickness is affecting your ability to perform at your normal pace in the classroom, take time to rest and take a trip to the doctor.

Also, do not forget to contact your teacher before you return in regards to your make up work. All of these suggestions go to prevent headaches for every party involved and will smooth out the process for all.

Benefits of Trimesters: • May receive more credits • Able to take more courses over time • Able to take advantage of more courses for your future career Opinion

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Community mourns loss of music teacher Jaiden Herald Co-Editor-in-Chief

The Scott County School District 2 community grieved the loss of beloved, retired teacher and substitute teacher Owen Egeberg on Feb. 25.

“He was the kindest, most gentle [and] most genuine person I have ever had the privilege and honor of knowing,” teacher Tamah DePriest said.

Egeberg taught music classes at Scottsburg Middle and High schools for 16 years before retiring in 2014.

“He was an extremely caring teacher and individual. He was always supportive of all the kids he taught and interacted with. He would give the shirt off his back, that’s how kind, nice and caring he was. He spread a lot of positivity through his teaching and interactions with all students and staff,” said Curits Turner, SHS band director.

During Egeberg’s tenure, he also served as choir director.

“He was very passionate about music. He always strived to push his students toward excellence. He got student’s out of their comfort zone. He was able to push kids and get them to really enjoy singing and learning about music,” Turner said.

Following his retirement, Egeberg continued to substitute teach as his health allowed.

“Mr. E was the sweetest guy. He always brought a positive energy when he would sub and everyone loved him,” Kynleigh Watson (12) said.

“He was always a kind soul and very good at keeping kids happy and engaged. He made music class fun,” Riley Pool (12) said.

Funeral services were held on Feb. 28 and Feb. 29 at Turning Point Church, where Egeberg was a long time member.

“He left every person, whether a kid or adult, feeling like he genuinely cared about their welfare,” DePriest said.

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New club introduces Esports team Justice LaMaster Staff Writer

The newest club at Scottsburg High School is taking sports to a new level.

Esports is a way to play video games competitively in an organized setting.

Players take the skills they have and put them up against other competitive players.

According to Director of Esports Shawna Slaton, last year, several students approached her asking why the school did not offer Esports. “[I] went to two sessions and investigated it through a conference I was attending and started to work on the process. From there, I had to ask for approval and did a call-out form to see who was interested in it,” Slaton said.

Slaton said Scottsburg’s Esports team had a group of games they had to choose to play based on what Indiana High School Esports Network offered, the equipment the school had, and what each student was interested in.

Once they picked the games, the club was split into three different teams: the Rocket League team, the Smash Brothers team, and the Forza Racing team.

“I participate in the Smash Bros. team, where I’m ranked in the top three.

I joined Esports as I’ve had a huge interest in it since freshman year,” Carson Bowen (11) said.

Each team participates at different times and different days. The Smash Brothers team participates at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Rocket League team participates in matches at 4:30 p.m., on Wednesdays and the Forza Racing team participates in a weekly racing challenge provided by ISHEN. Students are welcome to come and watch each of these events take place.

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James Smith (11) playing against Super Smash Bros. Champion Ethan Campbell (10).

Although Braxton Soloe never pictured Esports coming into his life, he is now the Esports coach for Scottsburg High School. His job as their coach is to motivate the teams and to make sure that the players utilize their skills and abilities to their full potential.

“I’ve played sports like basketball and tennis my whole life competitively. Video games were just played on the side in my free time. Esports was never really in the picture,” Soloe said.

Now, Soloe is very excited to be a part of the Esports experience at SHS. “Now, you are able to play video games while still having that competitive nature from your typical sports, and that’s what I love about it. Esports is becoming more mainstream every day, and it’s only going to get bigger,” Soloe said.

VIDEO GAMES WERE JUST PLAYED ON THE SIDE IN MY FREE TIME...

NOW, YOU ARE ABLE TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES WHILE STILL HAVING THAT COMPETITIVE NATURE FROM YOUR TYPICAL SPORTS, AND THAT’S WHAT I LOVE ABOUT IT.” Braxton Soloe

SHS Theatre prepares production set for April Hailey Christoff Staff Writer

The SHS Theatre will bring the Broadway version of the Disney classic, “The Little Mermaid,” in April to the McClain Hall Stage. This year, the SHS Theatre cast and crew members work to turn the fairytale into a magical show with the help of the SHS Robotics Club.

But with the play being a musical based on

a fantasy, making the set an enchanting spectacle becomes more of a challenge in physical resources, creativity, and imagination.

“Each year we try to have a show that is bigger than anything or anyone that we’ve done before,” said Logan Weilbaker (11), student director. For the past few years, the cast and directors have tried to step up their game: adding music, dance, variety of costumes and props, elaborate sets and technology.

“It makes it a lot harder, but a lot more fun

and rewarding,” Weilbaker said.

As for the set, Jacob Graham (10) and the Robotics Club are helping with the magic.

“We are teaming up with the Drama Club to make the boat remote control,” Graham said, describing the “Kiss the Girl” scene.

During the beginning process, the boat would have been pushed around by the tech crew, but the Robotics Club is hoping for a better way of maneuvering.

For costume designs, no costume is going to be more elaborate than the sea witch, Ursula’s. Avery Kendall (11), who plays the villain, said that it could be outrageously extravagant.

“From Ursula’s ‘femme fatale’ clothing style and attitude to the many, many tentacles that have to find their way onto the costume

somehow, it’ll be difficult not to make it huge and extravagant,” Kendall said. Playing Ursula makes the experience fun for her — Kendall compares her attitude to Ursula’s bold behavior, stating that they are quite similar.

However, as for spreading the word, the SHS Theatre has posted invitations asking for elementary and middle school students to participate in the play as dancers.

“The directors are really pushing for every resource we have to make ‘The Little Mermaid’ more unique,” Kendall said.

Additionally, SHS Theatre obtained a grant from Samtec Cares, which the directors applied for last fall. The club received a $12,500 grant that allowed the theatre to purchase a variety of new lights for the stage.

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Rachael Mount (9) paints Ariel’s rock during a Saturday afternoon session of set building.

SHS administration proposes improvements for school Jaiden Herald Co-Editor-in-Chief

During the Feb. 11 school board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Marc Slaton presented the facility projects that each district school’s principals outlined as a priority for the Capital Planning and Facilities budget. Among the projects presented were the proposed improvements for SHS. “Basically, we went to the school

board to let them know our wish list for the year, “ Principal Chris Routt said.

According to Routt, the “big ticket items” they proposed are the replacement of all the bleachers in McClain Hall in June and a new digital sign for the front of SHS. “Basically we get a set amount of money for improvements on the property,” Routt said.

Other improvements proposed include the remodeling of a room in Mc-

Clain Hall into a girls volleyball locker room, the painting of the junior and senior hallways and the remodeling of the guidance department.

“We get to improve a few things each year on the existing property,” Assistant Principal Jeff Cox said.

Routt said the principals have been making a list of possible improvements throughout the year.

“We can’t do everything in one year.

Long term, you have to think about stuff,

but also [think about] what can we do in the short term. The balance is there isn’t a lot of money,” Routt said.

In addition, the district would also like to implement improvements at SHS including concrete repair work, classroom expansion, and interior lighting upgrades.

A motion was carried during the school board meeting for principals to start the process of addressing their priority items by getting quotes.

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Club would encourage less plastic use limits the amount of plastic she buys, as well as other things like styrofoam and aerosol cans.

Lynne Glass, who works at the Scott “I don’t buy a lot of things that come County Reuse Center, has an aunt and in plastic. I try to avoid as much as I can, uncle who managed a newspaper about and what I do buy that comes in plastic, recycling in the 1970s. like milk and liquid detergent, I can re“[They were] like old hipcycle…. I’ve never bought bottled pies, and they were involved water unless there was an early on with recycling,” emergency,” Glass said. said Glass, who works Glass’ actions, howClear, tough ever small they may for the Scott County Reuse Center seem, are making plastics in Scottsburg. an impact on the “They were … planet.

Saving - water bottles in the beginthe planet is one - soft drink bottles ning of it all.” thing that motiGlass’ aunt vates her to reand uncle concycle more. vinced her to Sophomores write a few Avery Lytle articles for and Madelyn their newspaGosselin share per. She had the same ideals already been as Glass. They mindful of what are attempting to she uses due to introduce a new her upbringing on environmentalism a farm, but recyclub to Scottsburg cling was something High School. new. In 1979, those The purpose of the articles convinced Glass club is to “teach the comto make the switch to recymunity and students [how] cling herself. Since then, she has to reduce the [amount of] plastic been very aware of what she buys; she they are using,” Lytle said.

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Lytle and Gosselin were inspired by to recycle,” Gosselin said. the effect that plastic pollution and polGlass agreed that the club would be luted waterways, such as the Ohio immensely beneficial, stating that River, have on the planet. education about how much They noticed how animoney one could save mals were affected by through recycling and the pollution and how recycling affects White or colored decided to bring the planet would plastics awareness to this encourage people problem by creto recycle more. ating an envi“I think [the - milk jugs ronmentalism club] would - shampoo bottles club. be great [and] - laundry detergent “The plaswo n d e r f u l ,” tic is hurtshe said. ing the sea “I think it life and the would have a ground,” Lyhuge impact. tle said.

If [people] Their club could see the would help nastiness of bring about a [the garbage solution to the and plastic] and plastic probwhat it does to lem by bringing the fish, and the awareness to the animals, and us…” use of plastic and the The negative efbenefits of recycling fects of plastic heavily and reusing. Gosselin outweigh the benefits said said the club would put more Gosselin, even though she has recycling bins around the school made changes to her own life. and therefore promote awareness of plas“I’ve been more aware of what I’ve tic use. been using and … picking more things “I think [the club] would mostly make that can be recycled instead of going into the school cleaner and make people want a trash can,” she said.

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220 lbs. of plastic per year.

8.98 lbs of HDPE plastics are used per person per year. This include bottles like milk jugs for example.

Senioritis: excuse or reality for students?

Justice LaMaster Staff Writer

Senioritis is something some students experience when it comes to senior year of high school. According to mathematics teacher Sara Stuckwisch and French teacher Ondra Couch senioritis causes students to lose their motivation in school and their grades to drop.

“I can understand that students are ready to come to the end of something because they have been in school for so long, and they want to see the light at the end of the tunnel,” Couch said. “But I think that maybe staff and students can do a better job at motivating each other when the going gets tough.

It’s admirable to finish strong not in a weak way.”

According to Stuckwisch, senioritis is real, but it only affects certain seniors. Seniors are mentally ready for the next step in

life, and this plays a role in why senioritis happens.

Although chemistry teacher Alex Johnson does not believe that senioritis is real, she has a mutual viewpoint with Stuckwisch.

She said students who have already been accepted to college or students who already have all the credits needed to graduate are the seniors who are affected the most.

Stuckwisch and Couch said senioritis has been happening to each senior class for years and nothing has changed. “[Everyone] can get tired and frustrated from time to time. However, I believe it is something that is passed on from senior class to senior class and it is almost provided as a right of passage so it’s okay,” Couch said.

Taking it from her own experience, Johnson said students use senioritis as an excuse to slack off.

“It wasn’t that long ago I was a senior in

high school and college. I would joke about having senioritis, but in reality, I still gave the same effort in my classes,” Johnson said.

Johnson said senioritis is a mindset and will continue as long as students do not change their perspective. “[It’s] a mindset. You are finishing a huge chapter of your life and many of the students are already looking to what’s next (college,

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career, military). Unless students as a whole change their mindset, I don’t see it going anywhere,” Johnson said.

Couch said if nothing changes with the way teachers let senioritis happen, then next year’s class will be worse than this year. She said change has to start with administration and staff saying something about senioritis happening.

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HUMANS SHS OF

MATT AND LINDA HARDIN Isabela Diaz & Abby Doriot Staff Writers

While bus drivers Matt and Linda Hardin may have started off driving to help with their children’s schedules and to make more money to allow them to farm, it blossomed into something completely different. Linda Hardin’s love for helping people drew her into

SHE WAKES UP EARLY TO TAKE US IN THE MORNING TO SCHOOL. THAT IS SOMETHING I KNOW I WOULDN’T DO, SO IT REALLY TAKES A SPECIAL SORT OF PERSON TO DO THIS. YOU CAN REALLY TELL THAT SHE CARES ABOUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE SHE HAS ON HER BUS,” Ellie Bryson (10) 8

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driving the school bus.

“Linda is my regular bus driver, so she drives me to school and back home every day. She wakes up early to take us in the morning to school.

That is something I know I wouldn’t do, so it really takes a special sort of person to do this. You can really tell that she cares about all of the people she has on her bus,” Ellie Bryson (10) said.

They also drive buses to sporting events as well as their usual routes. Instead of dropping off the team and leaving, they actually stay and watch the game, match or meet. The athletes that they drive have only good things to say about them.

Photo by Donald Arbuckle “Anytime we want After completing his farming duties, Matt Hardin and his wife, Linda, smile while standing in front of Linda's bus to go out to eat after with their granddaughter, Kylie. a meet, Matt gladly takes us. It’s really ball. Every time Matt drives our team to 33 years and Linda Hardin driving for nice to have something to look forward a meet he sits on the lines of the course 21, they could not help but feel the conto after a meet,” Tristian Rowland (11) in a lawn chair, he brings a newspaper nection with the players and students said. and reads them until we run past. Then they drove.

Not only do the players have gen- when he sees us, he cheers for us. The “I really like being around the kids, uine, nice things to say about the two first time I remember him doing this it and I enjoy spending time with them,” drivers, but the players’ appreciation was at Paoli. Paoli has a killer hill, and Linda Hardin said. goes deeper than any words can ex- it is just a really hard course. He sat at “I have a connection with a couple press. the bottom of the hill and cheered us of players, and I like watching them “Our cross-country team doesn’t re- on. It was really nice to have someone play,” Matt Hardin said. ally have a fan base that travels with cheering us on who wasn’t a coach or a With the growth of their love for the us because it isn’t really considered a parent,” Kristen Skelton (11) said. players and students, it was more than spectator sport like football or basketWith Matt Hardin driving the bus for just a job for Matt and Linda Hardin.

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Boys Golf

Team starts on par Justice LaMaster Staff Writer

As the start of the Warrior golf season approaches, Coach Benjamin Bottorff has hopes of not only team improvement, but he hopes the individuals on his team have made self improvement.

“I am looking forward to seeing how much each of my golfers have improved. I know most of them have worked on their game since the season ended last year,” Bottorff said.

Bottorff and golfers Jason Riley (11) and Gannon Densford (11) hope to improve on what the team placed at confer-

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ence last season, to make it to regionals, and for many team wins.

The team will officially start its practices on March 16.

When asked if the boys golf team will face challenges this season, Bottorff said he does not foresee the team having challenges this season. The team only lost one golfer and a majority of the team knows what is to be expected of them this coming season.

The boys golf team is scheduled to play their first match on April 3 against Jeffersonville at the Westwood Golf Course in Scottsburg. On April 4, the boys will travel to the Springs Valley Invitational.

Track and Field

Athletes work to better team Abby Doriot Staff Writer Photo by Baylee Comer

The Scottsburg High School track team is getting ready to kick off its new season.

It has been conditioning for about two months to get in shape and is expecting a really good season this year.

“I’m looking forward to a great season.

We have so much potential to be one of the best teams in the MSC,” Keyton Hollan (11) said.

Scottsburg track coach Patty Clancy thinks that as long as the team is able to work hard and stay healthy, they will be one of the best teams in the area.

“The one thing that I’m looking forward to this season is just watching my girls compete. We have a very talented group of runners this year and I expect big wins from them,” Clancy said.

While there will be some challenges, each new season also brings many things to look forward to. The team is staying positive and focusing on bettering themselves, both individually and as a team.

“I’m really looking forward to getting to know more of the people on the team this year and gaining new friendships,” Kenley Comer (10) said.

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Madyson Richey (9) practices hitting the ball while at practice in the old middle school.

Team holds high expectations Baylee Comer Co-Editor-in-Chief

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Isaac Johanningsmeier (11), Gavin Borden (11) and Gabriel Ovidio Vieira (11) practice striding out during practice.

The team is hoping to gather many more wins this year and is hoping to do it all as a team.

“I hope that we have a whole lot of team wins this season. Winning individually is great, but winning as a team feels even better,” Mella Neace (10) said.

The Warriorette Softball team has worked hard in the off-season, making sure to commit to conditioning two days a week until the season officially begins.

“We’re looking to win the conference, and we feel like we missed an opportunity last year. And we feel like we should have won the sectional,” Coach Scott Pool said. “I think we can do both.”

Warriorette softball has one of the more difficult sectionals in the area with teams like Silver Creek, Salem and North Harrison.

As opposed to last season, the team has a good mix of underclassmen and upperclassmen, with five freshmen joining the team.

“We have a lot of freshmen this season that

I think will be really beneficial to the team,” senior Alyssa Stagnolia said. “Especially in hitting, so I think that will really help us this year.”

Last season, the team had a majority of upperclassmen, five of which will graduate this year and three of which will move on in their softball careers. Pool said this is the largest group of seniors to graduate from SHS Softball.

“I am looking forward to seeing them wrap up their careers and go out on a high note,” Pool said. “Hopefully with a couple of big wins.”

While the team’s season opener is on April 1 at Brown County, the first home game will be played at 6 p.m. on April 14 at the Jean “Jeanie” Phillips Field against SHS rival, Austin High School.

Boys Volleyball

Changes affect team as a whole Hailey Christoff Staff Writer

Considering it is the second year for the boys volleyball team, expectations still run high while the team grows.

With the season coming close, practices have already started during early March in McClain Hall. On the other hand, with the team only having a little more than 10 players, having a stressed out season is what the team sees.

“With it being the second year, tensions still run high especially for the under classmates. But I’m still looking forward to the challenge of having a new team,” Brantley Deaton (12) said.

As for challenges, Andrew Slaton (12)

said having a small number of players will make the experience difficult.

“With having only a dozen boys playing last year, you had to shrug off being tired,” Slaton said. “At matches there were only about two to three people on the bench, so being out of breath was normal for us.”

Slaton is hoping that underclassmen will take up the torch and keep the sport going.

For competition, however, going against teams with a larger amount of players was problematic for some of the players.

“Teams that have more people to tag stresses us out since they have more energy at the end of the match,” Deaton said.

Initially when the sport started, people were skeptical that anyone would join un-

til the team became official.

“When the school told [students] that they were actually starting a boys team, I honestly thought they were joking,” Carter Brown (10) said. He had assumed that volleyball was only provided for girls.

With a team of little more than 10 players, it seemed impossible to some. But that did not stop people.

“Joining a new team forces you to be determined and focused, especially competing against teams with more experience behind their back,” Nicholas Sebastiao (12) said.

As the year ends, they have to let go of another team mostly made of seniors.

However, the team still hopes for another wave of students to participate.

Girls Tennis

Hard work influences end of season goals Donald Arbuckle Staff Writer

As the winter sports season ends and the spring sports season begins, the Scottsburg High School girls tennis team is hopeful for its upcoming performance this season.

The team plans on starting this season with a positive outlook toward the future.

The girls team also has goals to keep an optimistic attitude about its oncoming seasonal performance.

Elle Fleenor (12) was a three-singles player and is really hopeful for this season, and she believes that with the new members, the team will have a successful and rewarding season.

“I feel like the team is going to do very well,” Fleenor said. “We have new and upcoming freshmen that are really experienced with tennis, but this season we will have a small team of around nine players.”

Other girls are ready for the upcom-

ing season.

“Personally, I am nervous and excited for the upcoming season,” Claire Routt (9) said. “I’m nervous because it is my first high school tennis season, and I am excited because of the opportunities I will have.”

Routt is even hopeful of the team’s performance.

“Our team has Photo by Jaiden Herald worked hard,” Routt Olivia Fugate (9) serves said, “and hopefully during practice a practice match on March 12. our hard work is going to pay off.”

Some girls are also ready for memories to be made this sea- ories.” son.

The team’s current upcoming home “I’m looking forward to experiencing game is March 24 against Eastern (Pemy last sectional and conference match- kin), and the team’s current upcoming es because I’m a senior,” Fleenor said. away game is April 7 against North Har“It just seems like a time to make mem- rison.

Arbuckle’s

Advice

Multi-sport athletes learn life skills

The majority of students at SHS are involved in an after-school sport or a sport provided by a foreign program, but some students have trouble deciding on whether or not to play multiple sports during the school year.

Sports are a good way to help athletes be active and give them experience with leadership skill, as well as other beneficial skills, but taking on too many sports during the school year could be overwhelming for some. Athletes must also go to school, but sports and school are not accommodative with other outside activities, such as a student’s social life or job outside of school.

There is nothing wrong with being involved with multiple sports, but prioritizing what is important in an student-athlete’s school and extracurricular career is important.

A multi-sport athlete can still be productive inside and outside of school and his or her sports, but a mixture of homework, working and practice can be a lot for a student. A student involved with multiple sports can become stressed.

Singular sport athletes, on the other hand, do not face the same struggle as a multi-sport athlete because they obviously do not have as many obligations after school taking up their time. Singular sport athletes do not also have the advantage of extra practice or the ability to show a college, for example, the different and numerous activities they were apart of.

There are no definite advantages and disadvantages of being a multi-sport or singular sport athlete besides a student-athlete’s ability to manage time and their schedule to fit other activities into schedules. The preference on whether or not to be involved in more than one sport can only be judged upon a student-athlete’s schedule inside and outside of school.

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Baseball

Team predicts improved season Isabela Diaz Staff Writer

Photo by Isabela Diaz

Jeffery Drury (11) pinpoints a baseball as he waits for the ball to hit his glove.

Baseball is coming in fast, and with the help of new players, the team is suspecting a great outcome for the season.

Corey Ashby (9), Jacob Martin (9), Dawson Mata (9), Kaden Raichel (9), Nate Montgomery (9) and Jordan Lyons (10) are the new additions to the team.

Cole Atha (11) not only talks about the good, new players coming in, but his predictions for the outcome of the season.

“A prediction for this season is that we are going to beat some bigger teams that we fell to last year,” Atha said.

While some of the players may be new to the team, they all share a common goal — to win sectionals. Cody Carter (10) shared his determination to win.

“With one of our goals being to win sectionals, we not only work hard, but we play hard,” Carter said.

With new players comes new tasks to overcome. Blake Drury (11) said the team’s newness also becomes a challenge.

“Our biggest obstacle is working together because a lot of us are fairly new to each other,” Drury said.

Scars from the field...

I was playing basketball and came down on my ankle. It was supposedly an ankle sprain...I had a torn ligament, an extensive amount of tissue damage and cartilage damage in my right ankle. I ended up not playing basketball anymore after the trauma I went through...I still have to wear a brace when I play volleyball.”

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I got my injury in the basketball game against Brownstown. I dove for a ball, and a kid jumped on top of me. His knee hit my nose. Its definitely been hard because I’ve had to play with a mask. Its been hard because it would come over my eyes during games, but I got used to it and started shooting well with it.”

Brantley Deaton (12), Basketball

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Nate Montgomery (9) tosses a baseball for his partner to catch while practicing in the warm sun.

Though many players feel as though coming together will be an obstacle, Atha has high hopes that they will push through for the season. “[I] predict that we are going to make a push in sectionals and also in conference,” Atha said.

SHS athletes weigh in on the scars and injuries they earned while playing sports.

By Isabela Diaz

I was playing goalie for the [soccer] team, and I dove for the ball at the same time a kid slid into me and dug his cleat right above my shin guard.

It hasn’t really impacted my play much. I was a little shaken up at first and in pain, but things happen and you got to push through for the team.“

Jameson Hale (11), Soccer