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Frye crowned Mr. Panther

Vol. 29 No. 1 www.denechoes.com Fall 2012

Twomey-Kozak winsnational award,ESPN comes to OHS

The Liner Panther Prowl

Powder Bowl started off with

a bang as the sophomores beat

the freshmen 14-0. The girls

worked hard and at the end of

the game, the sophomores ended

up winning thanks to its defense

and their coaches A.J Bradsher,

Garrett Cloer, Casey Jacobson,

Paul Mathis, and Zach Wagner.

During halftime, Mr. Pan-

ther nominees were announced.

The winner was Brandon Frye,

crowned by Homecoming

Queen Emma Schmid.

The 2012 Powder Bowl

was one to remember because,

for the first time in five years,

the seniors beat the juniors. The

score was 24-8 in favor of the

seniors.

The seniors were coached by

Taigee Cooper, Hunter Wagoner

and Taylor Harris.

Senior Evonna Sampedro

said that winning was a great

accomplishment and she was

overjoyed to be part of the se-

nior team. She even joked that

the senior team couldn’t have

done it without her.

What’s Inside: Senior Superlatives page 5

By: Ashley Hinkle

Social Media Editor Tuesday Novem-

ber 13 2012, OHS Senior

Jack Twomey-Kozak

was surprised by ESPN

and local newspapers.

The media gathered in

the gym to present him

with the Wendy’s High

School Heisman award,

and reveal that he was a

Top 12 Finalist nation-

ally.

The award was present-

ed by Wendy’s represen-

tative Burt Walker. The

award was founded in

1994 by Wendy’s found-

er Dave Thomas in part-

nership with the Heis-

man Memorial Trophy

Committee to recognize

high school students

who excel in academics,

athletics and in serving

their community.

Twomey-Kozak was

chosen out of 45,000 ap-

plicants to be in the 12

national finalists.

The Orange High

administration was not

aware of Twomey-Ko-

zak’s status, so everyone

was in shock and awe as

the announcer awarded

Twomey-Kozak with his

Heisman award. This

award is great honor for

him, his family and our Panther family.

Along with his sil-

ver and gold medals

of achievement, he re-

ceives a $2,000 mon-

etary award for Orange

High School, a trip to

New York City to com-

pete with the other 12

finalists and a hundred

The 2012 Mr. Pan-

ther was announced during

halftime of the Liner ProwlPanther Powder Bowl on

Nov. 7. The winner was se-

nior Brandon Frye, who was

escorted by his aunt. He

was crowned by reigning

Homecoming Queen Emma

Schmid. Frye did not expect

to win. When asked what

was going through his head

when he won he said, “I was

cold and shocked.”

“It was a huge sur-

prise and honor to win,”

Frye said. “I knew I had achance, but it didn’t really

cross my mind that I would

actually win, its a memorable

achievement for my senior

year.” The crowd looked on

with joy as he accepted the

crown and posed for pic-

tures. Frye received a black

velvet crown and a football

to commemorate the event.

Freshman nominee

Garret Clapp said that he was

surprised that he was nomi-

nated. He said that he did not expect the recognition

because he told one girl to

nominate him and, instead,

he got many other girls to

nominate him. Other Panther

Court members include:

Freshmen: Garrett Clapp,

Brad Debo, Clint Hatch,

Drew Lemaster, Robert Pi-

By: Lourdes Ramirez

Photo Editor

Powder Bowl brings victory for Soph and Senior teams

FootballPlayoffsPage 7

AgDayPage 8

HomecomingQueenPage 8

Clubs

UpdatesPage 3

Review:Dr. Seuss’

The LoraxPage 2 visit us online

See JACK pg. 5

Breaking Dawn Part 2 Opens,Brings the End of an Era

The fifth and final movie

has been released and The

Twilight Saga has come to

an end. Four years of Tay-

lor Lautner shirtless. Four

years of sparkling vam-

pires. Four years Kristen

Stewart being saved from

near death.

The final installment of

Twilight has caused mixed

reactions ranging from

tears to happiness. The

current seniors were only

freshmen when Twilight

came out, providing a bit-

tersweet end to a year that

already has so many

By: Brianna HalesJunior Editor

See TWILIGHT pg. 6

Happy Thanksgiving

By: Lourdes RamirezPhoto Editor

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

57/37 57/35 59/32 63/39 54/30

See PANTHER pg. 7



Play Review: Bang, Bang

You’re Dead proves powerful

Bang Bang, You’re Dead , the

play performed by the OHS drama

department in the auditorium from

October 25 to October 27 at 7 pm,

was startlingly moving and thought-

provoking. It only lasts approxi-

mately 45 minutes, but it contained

so much emotion and substance that

audience members did not realize it

was so short. I am not ashamed to

admit that I shed a few tears watch-ing this play, so emotion-sensitive

viewers may want to bring a couple

of tissues. While not explicitly vio-

lent, the nature of some of scenes

are overwhelming, and as such, I

would recommend that children

who are elementary school age or

younger not see it in future produc-

tions.

I have to confess that I was not

sure if I would enjoy this play be-

fore I saw it. I figured that a free

play meant to combat school bully-

ing would not be one of OHS’s best

productions.

I was completely wrong.

From its confusing beginning

to its horrifying ending, this play

is different than anything that has

been performed at OHS in years, if

not decades. This is obvious in the

play’sfirst scene. A boy named Josh

(Robert Piscitelli) talks to Emily,

Katie, Michael, Mattie, and Jesse,

five students he killed (Anastasia

Zitko, Sydney Defranco, Caleb To-lin, Maggie Cummings, and Lauren

Asbury, respectively). They ask

why he killed them, and he casually

tells each of them why. One per-

son was in the “wrong place at the

wrong time.” Another had to die at

some point, so he said she “might as

well get it over with, right?” The six

students then describe what holding

a gun feels like, and how it empow-

ers people.

One of the most unusual aspects

By: Maddie Norwood

Sophomore Editor

Den EchoesThe

Staff

Editor-in-Chief: Sarah VasselloJunior Assistant Editor: Brianna Hales

Sophomore Asst. Editor: Maddie NorwoodPhoto Editor: Lourdes Ramirez

Sports Editor: Matt McLaughlin

Social Media Editor: Ashley HinkleWebmaster: Brandon Clark

Business Manager: Katherine KirkmanAdvisor: Brooke Smith

Sta ff Writers:Taylor Burnette

Jennifer CardonaAly Cavedo

Megan JoynerAmber Mizell

Elisabeth OeienThomas Rush

Amanda TavaresCheyanne Wilson

Movie Review: Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax

Editorial: A Whole New WorldOpinions pg.2Although

fall is well

underway

and the

school year

will soon

be almost

h a l f w a y

over, the mo-tif of this year was obvious to

me almost immediately: New.

New beginnings, new changes,

new responsibilities. While

perhaps unoriginal, it is without

a doubt the best representation

of my experiences so far this

school year.

Clearly, a change that

impacted all Orange County

students was the implementa-

tion of the 1:1 Initiative pro-

gram. The program not only al-

lowed students and teachers touse laptops for the school year,

but it also allowed for the ex-

pansion of ideas, both techno-

logical and otherwise. This ini-

tiative is progressing towards

the future which is exactly what

we as a student body are doing.

This is evident in our

shift to an online newspaper.

Den Echoes, the of ficial news-

paper of Orange High School,

in print since 1964, is now al-

most solely an online paper.

Not unlike many other well re-

spected newspapers, we under-stand that the digital age is here

to stay and we want to keep

with the times (and not just the

New York Times). This new be-

ginning for our newspaper has

been exciting as we’ve mar -

veled at the infinite possibilities

that we have to make our small

town paper become something

much more.

We also have expe-

rienced a shift in leadership.

Longtime Editor-in-Chief Tim-

othy Sheridan graduated lastyear, taking with him to college

the many experiences and les-

sons gained from this position.

Now, it is my turn to be the

voice of Orange High School.

Mr. Sheridan’s shoes are quite

large to fill, not only because

he is so tall, but also because

he was outstanding at editor-

ship. However, I hope to bring

a fresh, new voice to the public

as we move forward and cover

what matters most to you, the

students and faculty.

As I write this, I find myself wondering what next

year will be like. As a student

who has been desperately try-

ing to get her college applica-

tions done, I am well aware that

change is inevitable. Change is

new and exciting and, as we

have seen already from this

year, it happens regardless of

expectations. With that being

said, I hope that you all are car-

peing that diem and exploring

all of the opportunities offered.

Just as we have done with our paper, we want you to live your

life with no regrets and take

control of the new. Amongst all

of these changes, perhaps now

is the perfect time.

By: Sarah Vassello

Editor-in-Chief

Everyone knows of Dr.Seuss – the

rhyming, nonsensical non-doctor that has

written tons of children’s books. Howev-

er, books are not the only way to enter thewonderful world of Dr.Seuss. Introducing,

Dr.Seuss’s The Lorax, cinema edition, re-

leased on DVD August 7.

FIVE thumbs up. Eighteen golden

stars. Four for you Glen Coco. This new take

on the old book and film shows that the Lorax

is timeless. One doesn’t have to be a love-

the-earth hippie to appreciate the amount of

effort the animators put into spicing up the

old story. It’s obvious to

me why the film was so

popular opening week-

this movie is great! Full of

musical numbers, thrillingsuspense, and both heart-

warming and heartbreak-

ing scenes, the Lorax is

meant for audiences of

all ages. Each and every

scene is expertly crafted;

the lighting, background

music, and minute details

come together to create

the big picture of flawless

CGI animation.

With unbelievably

catchy songs, the Once-

ler captures your heart ashe undergoes character

development that changes

him from the fun-loving

boy he used to be into the

greedy, egomaniac multi-

million dollar man. Just

watching him go through

so much adversity and

then such astonishing suc-

cess makes me want a Th-

need for the sheer joy it

gives him. However, the

theme of the Lorax is per-

fectly clear and does not allow one to forget;

“Unless someone like you…cares a whole

awful lot…nothing is going to get better…

It’s not.” The hurt and betrayed expressions

on the poor forest animals as their home is

destroyed forces the viewer to realize thatthe Once-ler is actually not the rise-to-glory

hero that he perceives himself to be. But not

all hope is lost because this tragic story of

loss has a happy ending. Enter Ted Wiggins,

a boy who from Thneedville who is willing

to do anything to win the love of Audrey,

the girl who loves the trees. Ted traverses

the post-tree world outside Thneedville lim-

its in search of the Once-ler, but he wasn’t

expecting the horror that the city walls were

concealing. He also wasn’t expecting that his

actions would gain the attention of the new

multi-millionaire, Mr. O’Hare of O’Hare’s

Air who would do anything to keep his com- pany in business, even if it means destroying

all the trees on Earth.

I “speak for the trees” when I say go see the

Lorax! Satisfaction guaranteed.

See BANG pg. 6

Universal Pictures

Above: The Lorax is now available on DVD.

By: Katherine KirkmanBusiness Manager



Clubs pg. 3

Latin Club

AD

OCJCL initiates new members

The Orange County Junior Classical

League kicked off the start of a new year Octo-

ber 25 as new members were of ficially inducted

into the club. The thirty minute long ceremony

took place under the oak tree, sacred to Zeus,

between first and second wings.

As members old and new gathered atthe tree, they were decked out in Carolina blue

togae and golden wreaths to commemorate the

of ficial meeting of the past, present, and future.

At 4:30 pm, 2nd Vice-President Grace Huskins,

senior, started the ceremony by welcoming the

Orange High and Cedar Ridge members and of-

fering them a piñata in the shape of a present.

“In ancient Rome, before a ceremony, priests

would sacrifice an animal to verify the omens,”

Huskins said. “Today, this multi-colored gift has

volunteered to ensure the success of our fantas-

tic occasion. Let us take a short moment to adore

the gift.”

First Vice-President Katherine Kirkman

followed: “With each piece of candy that falls

from this offering, you receive a friend, an ally,

and the nourishment of your body and mind.”

After the breaking of the piñata, six ex-

ecutive members stood in a pentagram and re-

quired the inductees to go on a journey of myth-

ological proportions to learn why the Classics

are important. President Sarah Vassello spoke

first, educating the new members about the im-

pact of the Classics on modern society. Kirkman

spoke of literature next, reading in a verse poem

to further emphasize her point. Senior Nicolas

Peckman, Convention Chair, pointed out how

the United States’ structure of government and

law-making processes are attributed to the an-

cients. Cedar Ridge Tribunes Chris Tauer and

Lucas Barrick spoke of Classically inspired art

followed by Huskins’s speech about the impact

of Latin on other languages.

After the speeches, members took an

oath promising to “proclaim the study of Latin

to be above all others be they alive or dead.”

They were asked, “Do you covenant to hand on

the torch of the classical civilization in the mod -

ern world?” The inductees were then asked per -

haps the most important question of the night:

do you accept the friendly hand of JCL? If the

member said yes, a hand covered in gold painthigh fived him or her, leaving the JCL mark on

the inductee.

After a quick hand washing, the mem-

bers and teachers had time to partake in refresh-

ments.

“I think that it went very well,” Kirkman

said.

Newly initiated FCCLA Officers visitRonald McDonald House as group

Hedgehogs win SCRIW II

FIRST Team 587,

The Hedgehogs, traveled

to South Carolina’s Irmo

High School to attend the

South Carolina Robotics

Invitational and Work -

shops (SCRIW) off-season

event Saturday, October 13. It was an event where

several teams from around

the country brought the

robots they built during

last year’s competition to

play a game called “Re-

bound Rumble,” in which

the thousand dollar, hun-

dred pound machines aim

to launch basketballs into

hoops at either end of the

field.

The robotics team

loaded up and left Hillsbor-

ough late Friday afternoon

and woke up early the next

day to get their robot ready

to compete. They did well

throughout the qualifica-

tion rounds and were cho-

sen by team 2059, The

Hitch Hikers, and team

2640, The Hotbotz, two

teams from North Caroli-na, to compete together in

the elimination rounds.

The Hedgehogs

lost one round, and after

several stressful matches,

carried through to the fi-

nals where they trounced

the opponents 38 to 0.

After celebrating,

they received a trophy and

were allowed to cut down

one of the nets from the

playing field.

By: Sarah Vassello

Editor-in-Chief

By: Ashley Hinkle

Social Media Editor

By: Brandon ClarkWebmaster

See a list of all club

meetings at OHS atwww. denechoes.com

Get involved in your

school today!

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Below: Members of the Robotics team pose in celebration after

their win.

Above: Juniors Natalie Intehar, Anastasia Zitko, and Lauren Asbury, Sophomore Sarah Oechsle and Senior Kevin Sipsrecieve the Friendly Hand of JCL duirng their initiation to Latin Club on October 25.

Photo Credit: Will Okun

Wednesday, October 10, FCCLA mem-

bers, of ficers, and administrators all gathered

in the Family and Consumer Sciences rooms

for a traditional of ficer installation ceremony

and club meeting. OHS members Megan Be-

lamy, Christian Flynn, Ashley Hinkle and AprilJones were the four of ficers in attendance. They

were dressed formally and acted as role models

for the other members.

To start off the meeting, club members

were able to ice and decorate their own cup-

cakes to eat. The meeting began with the of fi-

cer induction where each of ficer read the eight

FCCLA purposes and lit symbolic candles

representative of those purposes. After the cer -

emony all of the of ficer’s received single red

rose bouquet as a congratulations for of ficially

becoming 2012-2013 chapter of ficers. The red

rose is FCCLA’s club flower and to receive this

rose as a token of gratitude is an honor.

After the club meeting ended, advis-

ers and students went to the Ronald McDonald

House to volunteer and play games with the

children. Some members interacted with fami-

lies or partook in face painting.

When interviewed, FCCLA President

Megan Bellamy said that this year she hopes to

have more members compete in FCCLA com-

petitions and for more students to be involved

in the community. Her favorite part of being a

part of FCCLA is attending the National Lead-

ership Conference, which she says is always a

fun experience. Bellamy also says that being a

president of FCCLA is not just about making

things happen, it is also being a leader among

leaders.

Photo Provided by: Nina Daye

Photo Credit: Cheyanne Wilson



Without a Fight is a documen-

tary film about how soccer can help

unite different groups of people in

one of the biggest slums in Africa,

Kibera, which is a section of Kenya

near Nairobi. The documentary was

shown October 1st in the OHS audito-

rium during first period for all mem-

bers of the school and was organized

by the Peace Club, sponsored by Marc

Sprintz.

The movie shows the life in the

slums from a group of young mens’

perspective. They are from different

religious and ethnic groups, but theycome together to play their favorite

sport, soccer. Soccer is a huge part of

these childrens’ lives. We mainly fol-

low the stories of Nicholas and Adan,

both of whom are the captains for their

respective teams. They tension of the

film comes from their meet in the final

match of the Champions league soc-

cer tournament.

The producer of the film, Beth-

Ann Kutchma, came to Orange to

present the film and answer question

from the audience. Carolina for Kibera

is based in Chapel Hill, providing agreat opportunity for members of the

Peace Club to interact with the organi-

zation.

The Without A Fight website

features reviews of the film. One of

which, written by Neil Morris of the

Independent Weekly, said, ”Without a

Fight —Set in the slums of Kibera in

Nairobi, Kenya, against a backdrop of

bloody unrest, village youth toss aside

their often warring ethnic and religious

tribalism to instead battle for suprem-

acy on the soccer pitch. As the teams

compete in the local and loftily named

Champions League, the film chron-

icles the march toward the season’s

championship and the back stories of

some of its participants. Coaches must

not only contend with political unrest

and violence, but also players whose

training is inhibited by such obstaclesas hunger and a lack of shoes—im-

poverished kids occasionally have

been killed trying to steal cleats. The

film is both uplifting and illuminating,

a look inside a place where the degree

of bloodshed and poverty might seem

foreign, but the healing power of team

athletics is universal.”

Visit withoutafight.org for more

info.

News pg. 4

By: Elisabeth Oeien

Staff Writer

Election finally ends

The 2012 election

was the longest and most

expensive election that

has ever taken place. It

ended Tuesday night when

election results were an-

nounced after voters vot-ed earlier that day. Presi-

dent Barack Obama and

Vice President Joe Biden

were re-elected for sec-

ond terms, defeating Mitt

Romney and Paul Ryan.

The House and Senate are

still under Republican and

Democratic control, re-

spectively. Locally, there

was a major upset in the

gubernatorial race. Pat

McCrory, a Republican,

was elected as governor

of North Carolina. He is

the first Republican gov-

ernor of North Carolina in

twenty years.

Many local in-

cumbent candidates were

re-elected, including June

Atkinson, the North Car-

olina superintendent of

public instruction; Beth

Wood, the North Caro-

lina auditor; and Renee

Ellmers, David Price, and Howard Coble, members

of the United States House

of Representatives. Dan

Forest won the race for

lieutenant governor over

Linda Coleman. Forest

and Coleman were neck

and neck, each having

fifty percent of the votes.

Forest won the election

with 12,000 more votes

than Coleman.

Nationwide, many

surprising votes and im-

portant laws were passed.

Gay marriage was passed

in both Maine and Mary-

land, and Washington and

Colorado legalized mari-

juana for adults 21 and

over. Tammy Baldwin be-

came the first openly les-

bian United States sena-

tor. Tammy Duckworth,

an Iraq War veteran with a

disability, was also elect-

ed.

Candidates like

Todd Akin and Richard

Mourdock lost the elec-

tion after they publicly

discussed their views on

rape. Todd Akin said thatthe female body shuts

down its reproductive

system if it undergoes “le-

gitimate rape.” Mourdock

said that, “I think that

even when life begins in

that horrible situation of

rape, that it is something

God intended to happen.”

Many have been

disappointed by this

year’s election results,

calling it “anti-climactic”

because Barack Obamaretained the presidency

and the House and Senate

will be controlled by the

same parties they were

controlled by in the pre-

vious term. Local results

however, like the North

Carolina gubernatorial

race, may cause dramatic

changes in the govern-

ment.

By: Maddie Norwood

Sophomore Editor

History Dept holds mock election

Tuesday November 6th,

the students at Orange High

School had their own mock

election. Unlike our nation,

only about one-third, or 440

students, of the population

voted.

The results of the school

election were comparable to

that of the nation with 47.5%

of OHS students voting for

incumbant Democratic Presi-

dent Barack Obama and 51%of the country voting for

him.

Republican Massachu-

setts Governor Mitt Rom-

ney received 44.5% of OHS

students’ votes and 48% of

America’s vote.

Surprisingly, Gary Johnson,

the Libertarian candidate, re-

ceived over 8% of the OHS

student body votes and just

1% in the actual election.

By: Amanda TavaresStaffWriter

Above: Tagxedo Word Art of the Carolina for Kibrera

cause.

Carolina for Kibera film informs,persuades OHS audience

Below: Compare the National results to results of the Orange High Mock

Election, facilitated by Mrs. Lantzy.

Graphic By: Katherine Kirkman

“Gangnam” leads to K-POP trend

“Gangnam Style” by PSY is the

international hit of the year. Many

Americans have heard the catchy

tune that originated in the Republic of

Korea. It captured the hearts of many

listeners; however, like with any song

that is overwhelmingly catchy, many

people are becoming frustrated with

it.

PSY is the stage name of the real

songwriter and singer Park Jae Sang.

In addition to his music career, Jae

Sang is a model, rapper, dance musi-

cian, and record producer.

By: Jennie Cardona

Staff Writer

Read more at

www.denechoes.com



News pg. 5

Come join the

award-winning

FIRST Robotics Team.

Contact Mrs. Daye in

room 314

dollar gift certificate to

Wendy’s restaurant.

ESPN followed Twom-

ney-Kozak for the rest of

the day and for the begin-

ning of Wednesday morn-

ing.

When interviewed,

Twomey-Kozak was very

honored and surprised.

“It is a huge honor. I am

pretty overwhelmed,” he

said. “I did not expect

this at all, my dad texted

me during the end of first

period saying ‘come to

the gymnasium.’ I was

totally caught off guard.

I something was up, saw

all the cameras and all the

coaches sitting together and I just knew I was get-

ting some sort of an award

or something.”

After his brief

award ceremony, he joined

his friends junior David

Peters, senior Anderson

Pope and senior Cory

Moyer on the bleachers to

celebrate his moment in

glory with his fellow Pan-

thers.

T w o m e y - K o z a k

will travel to New York City on Friday, Dec. 7.

The two national win-

ners—one boy and one

girl—will be announced

at the banquet. Each Na-

tional Winner will each

receive a crystal Wendy’s

High School Heisman tro-

phy, a $500 Wendy’s gift

card, and a donation from

Wendy’s in the amount of

$10,000 to their respec-

tive high school. Addi-

tionally, the winners will

be recognized during the

collegiate Heisman Tro-

phy broadcast December

8 on ESPN2.

Above: Jack Twomey-Kozak receives his award.

S

e n i o r S u p e r l a

t i v e s

Most Artistic- Carlos Zapata, Deia Green

Most Country- Carter Lemons, Jessica Hackler

Most Spirit- Blake Hall, Sasha Downey

Best Actor- Will Adams, Abby Peel

Best Laugh- Logan Joseph, Jessica Cook

Most Athletic- DeSean Motley, Indiana Reid-

Shaw

Biggest Flirt- Andrew Scott, Emma Schmid

Best Smile- Brian Hernandez, Olivia Huff

Most Hipster- Cameron Barrett-Ashley, Viviane

Feldman

Most Sarcastic- Saiquan Clarke, Tahneiqua Bur-

ton

Best All Around- Anderson Pope, MJ Bumgartner

Most Dramatic- Harry Wasnak

Bromance- Josh Cox & Blake Nichols, Kristen Nida

& Emma Beneville

Most Fashionable- Jack Twomey-Kozak, Jordan

Sneed

Best Eyes- Cory Moyer, Kayla Ward

Most Changed since 9th Grade- Aubrey Browning,

Meredith Gilmore

Most Adventurous- Chris Lamay, Devon AllenMost Likely to Succeed- Blake Brewer, Madison

Chandler

Most Talented- Terrance Morrow, Grace Huskins

Lea receives WRAL Extra Effort award

Jamie Lea, a senior at

Orange High School and a Var-

sity volleyball player, received

the Extra Effort Award from

WRAL news October 25, 2012.

She received the award for ex-

cellence on the court as well as

in the classroom. She was in-

terview and presented the award

by Tom Suiter. The interview

was featured on the news chan-

nel and can be found online at

WRAL.com.

She has played volleyballsince she was ten years old and

has fallen in love with it. She

plays the OH, also known as the

outside hitter and the sixth rota-

tion player.

Volleyball is her all time fa-

vorite sport and she enjoys it

because of the traveling expe-

riences and the competitive na-

ture of the game. Through vol-

leyball, she has traveled around

the country with her team and

has had the opportunity to meet

different people.

She received a full scholar -

ship to the University of Ten-

nessee and will be attending the

school next year.

Marching Band hits a high note intheir last competition of the year

Saturday, November 3, the Or -

ange High School Marching Panther Regi-

ment performed at the Cary High School

marching band competition, conclud-ing their highly successful season. They

placed second overall in class 2A, winning

first place in musical performance, second

place in general effects, and third place in

drumline. The Panthers also won the best

pit crew award.

The Marching Panthers received an al-

most unheard of music performance score,

and did Orange proud as they were pitted

against grueling competition and com-

peted against many other bands in their

class.

When senior trumpet marcher Jona-

than Currin was asked about how he feltabout the performance, and the season as

a whole, he responded, “It was a great per-

formance, our best show, and it showed in

our scores. I was sad it was my last one,

but it was a great season.” When asked

what he would miss most about march-

ing band, he answered, “I’m gonna missthe family I’ve grown to love in marching

band.”

When Band Director Andy Carter was

asked about his opinion of the Marching

Panther’s last performance, he responded,

“The students achieved at a high level;

it was a fitting end to the season. When

asked what his feelings were about this

year’s marching band and saying goodbye

to the seniors, he answered “The students

continually improved and achieved, and

improved and achieved. The seniors will

be greatly missed-their leadership was a

key part of this year’s success.”

By: Thomas Rush

StaffWriter

Below: Drum Major Nicolas Peckman leads the Marching Panthers to victory.

Scary stories spook students

Tuesday October 30, Brooke

Smith’s Creative Writing I class presented

scary stories to Alice Terry and Jane Wil-

liam’s first period classes. To get students

into the Halloween mood, the top two

stories from each assigned creative writ-

ing group were selected and read aloud.

Students from all three classes nibbled

on candy and cakes while listening to the

scary stories, which were told in the dark.

Flicking electric candles and flashlights

helped create the ominous mood.

Nine out of the thirteen selected

students flocked to the podium to tell their

twisted tales of terror. The session began

with the distribution of treats that the cre-

ative writing students and Smith provided.

Thefi

rst story, titled “A Place to Die,” waswritten and told by Freshman Samantha

Nance (see video). The story was about

suicide and contained a lot of gore. It was

filled with vivid details and wonderful

imagination. Junior Savannah Kimbrough

shared her story “The Taxidermist,” a new

take on the phrase “stranger danger.”

“The Curve,” written and told by

Freshman Andie McKinnon, told of a hor-

rible creature with fangs and goat’s feet.

The creature resembled a fawn, a dark

creature associated with the devil.

When asked what his favorite

story was, Caleb Hall, a senior in Terry’s

class, said that, “I really enjoyed Samantha

Nance’s story ‘A Place to Die.’ It was nice

and well put together.” Erin Freeman, the

writer of “Goodbye Little Sister,” said, “It

was fun to write and tell these stories.”

By: Ashley Hinkle

Social Media Editor

Read selected stories

and watch a video of

the readings atwww.denechoes.com

Photo By: Kim McColman

Photo by: Ashley Hinkle

By: Megan Joyner

Staff Writer

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about this play is that it does not

follow a strict timeline. It starts out

with Josh talking to the victims of

the shooting, then jumps to Josh

convincing his parents to let him

buy a rifle when he was a child.

Throughout the play, the ghosts of the teenagers that Josh killed often

jump into the scene to comment on

what’s happening or how the shoot-

ing has affected Josh’s life. The

names of four school shootings-

Jonesboro, Springfield, Paducah,

and Columbine- are repeated many

times during the play. Another

phrase that is repeated multiple

times in the play is, “So you make

your face a mask. A mask that hides

your face. A face that hides the pain.

A pain that eats your heart. A heart

nobody knows.” This is one of myfavorite lines from the play because

it shows how deep and powerful the

play is.

Because the play does not fol-

low a distinct timeline, it does not

have a distinct ending. My only

criticism of the play is that the end-

ing is uneventful. It is just as strong

as the rest of the play, so it is very

powerful and interesting, but it does

not stand out from the end of other

scenes. If the end was not followed

by a curtain call, I would not have

known that the play was over.

Maggie Cummings said that the

premiere of the play “went fine”

and that people should come to see

it because it is very “enlightening.”

Anastasia Zitko agreed, stating

that it was “pretty good,” and peo-

ple should come because it is “very

emotional.” Mr. Taylor, the Director

of the play and the theatre teacher,

thought that there were a “few hic-

cups,” but there are “always a few

hiccups on opening night.” He said

that the “message is so important”

and that the play is “powerful.”I could not agree more with all

of these statements. The play was

emotional, moving, and heartbreak -

ing. It made me think about vio-

lence and school shootings, and it

reminded me how easily lives can

end.

Taylor acts at Globe Theater in London over the summer

While many people at OHS

traveled all over North Carolina

during the summer, Jared Taylor,

the OHS drama teacher, went all the

way to London, England, to take

classes at the Globe Theater. While

he was there, he explored the city as

well as the countryside of neighbor-

ing Scotland.

While he was excited about

traveling, the journey wasn’t ex-

actly quick. “It was about a 7 or 8

hour flight there but there’s a 5 hour

time change from leaving Boston to

London,” Taylor said. However, the

rewards were great. “The classes

lasted, altogether, a total of three

and a half weeks,” he said.

He enjoyed the tourist spotsin London, where he saw all the at-

tractions from Big Ben to the Buck-

ingham Palace and the switching of

the front guards, and he liked being

able to see the Globe Theater and

perform on the stage. “Actually get-

ting to perform on the Globe The-

ater stage, as a performer, was the

most enjoyable moment while be-

ing there,” Taylor says when asked

what he had enjoyed the most about

his trip.The Globe Theater was

owned by actors in 1599 and was

rebuilt after it was burnt down in

a fire in June 1613. The design of

the Globe Theater is combined with

practical use and economy. William

Shakespeare and other performers

at that time used the Globe The-

ater before it was burnt down. The

history of the theater attracts many

performers to the stage each year.

Taylor also went to Scotland

and enjoyed seeing those sights.

Overall Taylor says, “I enjoyed the

trip a lot.” Next summer there is no

telling where he will go or what he

will see to make the summer more

fun.

By: Amber Mizell

StaffWriter

TWILIGHT continued from page 1

Above: Jared Taylor poses in character for a photo with fellow actors at The Globe.

Photo Courtesy of Jared Taylor

BANG Continued from PG 2

endings. This movie has connected

their four years at Orange High

School.

Blake Hall, senior, said he

thought the first half was boring butthe second half was “pretty awe-

some.” Emma Beneville also went

to see it and enjoyed it.

Underclassman have also

thoroughly loved Breaking Dawn

Part 2. Junior Caleb Tolin, when

asked what he thought, said, “The

movie was such quality. Beauti-

ful.”

The Twilight Saga over the

years has changed immensely. Kris-

ten Stewart started out as a clumsy,

naive teenager but evolves into a

young woman with a path in life.This represents the change the high

schoolers have made here at Or -

ange also over the past four years.

Twilight draws to a close with the

seniors who had fallen in love with

the series, signaling the end of an

era and the close of a chapter of

popular culture hysteria.



As the 1st nine weeks comes

to an end, athletes all over campus

wrap up their fall sport and bundle

up for winter. The OHS Panthers had

a great sports season overall.

Women’s Tennis had their final

match September 24 against Chapel

Hill High School. The Lady Panthers

surfed through a tough, win-some,lose-some season. “There were times

we didn’t give it our all, but it was

a great learning experience and I’m

certain we will do better next fall!”

says junior tennis player Brianna

Hales.

On October 24, Men’s Soc-

cer worked hard against Northern

Vance High School. Unfortunately,

the prideful Panthers stepped off the

field losing 0-1. As always, Coach

Bowmen is optimistic and ready to

improve next season.

The Women’s Volleyball team

made it to the playoffs October 20

and 25. High spirits were in the air

after the Lady Vollers won their 1st

playoff game against McMichael

High School 3-0. Unfortunately, the

Panthers lost their 2ndplayoff game

against Cardinal Gibbons 0-3. How-

ever, after a very successful season,

the girls have their heads held high

and are ready to show who’s bossnext fall.

November 3, OHS Cross-

Country will be on their way to the

State Meet in Kernersville, NC. The

boys will start running at 3:30pm

and the girls will start an hour lat-

er at 4:30. We all have our fingers

crossed and are wishing them the

best of luck!

Varsity Football has entered

the playoffs and Nov. 2 might be

their make it or break it game! On

our home turf, the guys were amped

up and ready for a victory against

Eastern Wayne High School. To help

them out and bring pep to the field,

OHS cheerleaders were there front

and center, leading the crowd in spir-

it. The cheerleaders have been there

every step of the way and the foot-

ballers couldn’t have done it without

them. Even though Nov. 2 wasn’t

the Panthers’ night; we’ll definitely

come back rough and tough, readyfor next season.

The varsity team has taken it

to the next level in the playoffs.

Sports pg. 7

Thanks,CoachBrown!

The Parents of the

Girl’s Tennis team

would like to thank

Coach Brown

for another

successful tennis

season.

If you’re an ATHLETE and your sport isn’t

school sponsored, or even if it, is come

join our Athlete Club! Our sponsor is Mr.

Parker, 400 wing. It’s all peer work with

one easy going sponsor who is awesome!

Pretty soon, we’ll have everything from

badminton to martial arts, come out one

and all and let’s have fun. Sign up with

Mr. Parker, if interested.

Fall sports: the highs and lows of season

Volleyball meets match

The Orange Panthers volleyball

team won Saturday, Octover 27

home playoffs match against Mc-

Michael with a score of 3-0. On

Tuesday, October 30, the OHS vol-

leyball team lost against Cardinal

Gibbons in the second round of

playoffs.

The Panthers started out strong in

the Cardinal Gibbons game, win-

ning the first two matches 25-10

both times.

During the game against Dalton L.

McMichael High School, the Phoe-

nixes put up a fight into the third set,

hanging with Orange all the way up

to 16-15. However, a huge block by

the Panthers put OHS in the lead

and gained them the victory.

Jamie Lea, an OHS senior, is cur-

rently is on the varsity volleyball

team. She is jersey number eight.

Lea wished the results of the game

were a little different and that the

team would have gone further.

Lea said, “Is what is is because

the team is good overall. The team

could have been more focused in

practice and could have been confi-dent.” According to Lea everything

happens for a reason, and she would

not change anything about the sea-

son.

JV Football goes undefeated

Panthers pounce Eagles,head to 4th playoff round

The Orange

High Varsity football team made it

to the fourth round of the state play-

offs, the farthest they have come in

more than twenty years. They cameaway with three victories in the first

three rounds of the playoffs and will

take on Havelock High School in

the fourth round, on Friday Novem-

ber 23, 2012. in Havelock, NC.

The Panthers battled the

Eastern Alamance Eagles Friday

November 16, 2012 at Eastern Al-

amance in Mebane. The Panthers

came away with a victory, having

a one point advantage over Eastern

Alamance. The final score was 14-

13. The stands were filled with fans

as the game began. The Pantherscame out with the lead 7-0 in the

second quarter. However, before

halftime the Eagles snuck in and

scored 3 points making the score 7-

3. The score remained 7-3 all the

way up to the fourth quarter. The

Eagles were gaining ground and

scored two more points only al-

lowing the Panthers a 2 point lead.

With 6 minutes left to play the Ea-

gles scored a touchdown taking the

lead 13-7. The Panthers weren’t

done yet; Desean Motley ran in a

touchdown with two minutes left

to play. The Panthers held strong

making the final score 14-13.

The Panthers played East-ern Wayne on Friday November 2,

2012 at home in the first round of

the playoffs. They came out with a

victory, winning 38-6, therefore ad -

vancing to the second round where

they took on South Johnston High

School at home. They came out

with a huge win 56-13. There was

a big crowd as the Panthers made

history at their home field Friday

November 9, 2012. This was such

an accomplishment for the Varsity

team as they moved up in the NCH-

SAA playoffs for the first time in

many years

The Panthers now advance

to the fourth round of the state

playoffs to take on Havelock High

School on November 23, 2012 in

Havelock. Come cheer on your

Panther football team as they ad-

vance to the fourth round of the

state playoffs, one of the first times

in Panther history.

Above: Senior Jalen Pittman jumps for joy as the Panthers move past the Eagles Fridaynight in Mebane. The win secures a fourth round playoff seed for the Panthers.

By: Megan JoynerStaff Writer

.

By: Brianna HalesJunior Editor

Photo by: Will Okun

Above: Senior Jamie Lea attacks the ball.

Photo Courtesy of Re fl ections Yearbook Staff

By: Taylor Burnette

Staff Writer

Orange High School’s

Junior Varsity football team

played their last game of the

2011 season October 25 at theOHS football field against Cha-

pel Hill. OHS came out victori-

ous, wrapping up an undefeated

season led by their head coach,

Pat Moser.

The OHS JV team played all

but one game against Jordan on

September 6, which was can-

celled due to rain.

OHS is proud to support

our JV football team and are

proud to congratulate them ontheir undefeated season. Orange

High School is looking forward

to having another undefeated

season when next season rolls

around.

By: Matt McLaughlin

Sports Editor

scitelli, Austin Sykes, Bryse Wil-

son.

Sophomores: A.J. Bradsher,

Garrett Cloer, Bowen Sean Col-

lins, Eric Compton, NaQuan Ka-

deem Fearrington, Jackson Mc-

Clintock, Matt Ulczynski, Mark Upchurch, Braden Weber.

Juniors: Silas Anderson, Perry

McLelland, Patrick Pettiford, Ma-

son Shuler, Jordan Toney, Andrew

Williamson.

Seniors: SaiQuan Clark, Zach

Davis, Brandon Frye, Blake Hall,

Logan Joseph, Tyler McAdoo,Sean Motley, Anderson Pope,

Marcus Thompson, Daniel Titch,

Andrew Toney, Joe Vance.

PANTHER continued from page 1



October 5th, Orange High School held

its annual Ag Day for students.

“It was an all around good time!” ex-

claimed Coach Brian Grant.

Throughout the day, students showed

their country pride by participating in pie

eating contests, barbecue cooking contests,

and showing off prize winning animals.

“You’re going to love the farm smell!”

Senior Taylor Reynolds said ironically.

However, there was some truth in the

statement; the air outside of the barn was

filled with the sweet smell of barbecue as

students brought tents to make their own

meals. Some students even bring their farm

animals to show off in the Ag Barn.

Aside from country pride, raising aware-

ness for breast cancer is also a big part of

Ag Day. For only one dollar, the cheerlead-

ers took the liberty of spraying students’

hair pink for the cause, raising money to

donate to a breast cancer foundation.

Almost all of the OHS clubs had an

organized booth during Ag day as the Ag

building was full of candies, deserts or

handmade goods.

A new addition to the Future Business

Leaders of America (FBLA) booth wasa corn hole competition, which consist

of throwing a bean bag on acutout ply-

wood board and trying to get the bean bag

through the hole. FBLA also sold their tra-

ditional OHS apparel items.

Students had the opportunity to show

their strength by bench pressing their top

weight, a competition supervised by Coach

Bobby Shriner.

Ag day did not only feature physical

contests, but talent contests as well. The

newly instated talent show was a hit as

a crowd gathered as OHS students and

teachers showed off their skills. Towards

the end of the day, students were able to

get up on stage and show off the best of

their abilities.

“Folks that don’t usually get to expe-

rience Ag activities had a blast!” Senior

Tristan Martin exclaimed, showing the en-

thusiasm that was mirrored by many.

News pg. 8

New Queen crowned

Talent show, new events give2012 Ag Day farm fresh feel

By: Aly CavedoStaff Writer

All of Orange High’s staff

and students were hyped with ex-

citement on Friday, September

21. Many people were supportingOHS by wearing orange and black

in anticipation of the Homecom-

ing game later that night. While

everyone at Orange were excited,

perhaps no one as excited as the

members of the 2012 Homecom-

ing Court.

Members of the Court were as

followed:

Freshman – Aisha Mayo, Jada

Whitted

Sophomores – Chesnie Boyce,

Shakiya Jones, Tyler Woods

Juniors – Kacie Chamberlain, Nycol Lyons, Natalia Phillips

Prince and Princess: Vanessa

Roberts escorted by Christopher

Blacknell

Seniors – Brooke Copeland,

Chasity Hayes, Emma Schmid,

Grace Huskins, Indiana Reid-

Shaw, Jamie Lea, Jordan Sneed,

Karla Lozano, K’Lin Bradsher,

MJ Bumgarner, Sonja Colson,

Tyressa Smith.

Before the game, Den Echoes

met up with some members of the

Homecoming Court to see how

the girls were feeling. Most of them were nervous even though

they weren’t seniors up for the

winning spot.

Kacie Chamberlain, a junior

said, “It makes me feel proud that

my junior classmates voted for

me.”

Senior Emma Schmid said, “I

would be really excited if I won

Homecoming Queen, to know

that enough people voted for me.”

Excited she was as she went and

claimed her crown and title as

2012 Homecoming Queen.Underclassman Tyler Woods,

sophomore, said, “I’m happy and

surprised that I’m in the home-

coming court, I just hope that I

don’t trip and fall on my face.”

Luckily, that didn’t happen and

the evening went smoothly for all

involved.

By: Amanda Tavares

Staff Writer

Above: Emma Schmid, left, poses with her crown and sash at the 2012 Homecoming Game

beside of our returning 2011 queen Anna Fredrick.

Far Left: Freshman Nia Bullock wings the mallet to

demolish the car to raise money for the Senior Class.

Left: Freshman Bryce Barstow shows his country

pride.

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www.denechoes.com

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