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Teacher selected as only NC representative at national conference

Civics teacher Brad Baker was chosen to represent NC at a

the Jump Start National Education Conference Nov. 8-10. To be selected for this honorBaker had to apply, and the NC chapter selected one applicant to travel to Los Angeles. “It feels good. I was happy,” Baker said. The conference will be about personal finance. Baker will have to report on what he learned at the local chapter meeting.

Nov. 1Marching Band Competition Nov. 3Senior Class PhotoNov. 4JROTC competition Nov. 5N.C. Chorus rehearsal Nov. 8JROTC Veteran’s Day ParadeNov. 13Fall Blood DriveNov. 20ASVAB Testing

JROTC students

attend JCLC

camp this summer.

Counselor’s Corner

Rivals for a cause

WF and Rolesville teams come together for cancer

benefit game.

Counselors take advantage of their

lunch duty to increase student

outreach.

JROTC Summer Service

Students repair

Hurricane Sandy

damage in New York this

summer.

Fair Safety

Students and a fair official react

to last year’s accident on the

Vortex.

Student named Good Neighbor of the Year

Senior Katie Newhouse was awarded with the Good

Neighbor of the Year award. Newhouse has contrib-uted in many ways to our community in the past year. She founded the Leo Club at school, and through this club Newhouse has organized events including Bowling for the Blind, a Christmas party for the special needs class and a drive for used eye glasses and hearing aids. Newhouse felt “honored” when she received the award.Read more at forestfireonline.com

Celebrate My Drive campaign has ended

The Celebrate My Drive com-petition has concluded.

The waiting has just begun. Students will have to wait until Dec. 15 to know where we placed. If we placed in the top 100, our school could be re-warded with a monetary prize.

NFL Commisoner promotesplayer safety

Goodell visits team to promote Heads Up campaign

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell visited the football team in September to talk about the Heads Up program. Goodell also addressed the Ray Rice scandal during his visit.

PhOTO By JuliA COllNeR

PhOTO By GuS hOluB

WCPSS AD and former

WF AD Deran Coe was

instrumental in having all of our coaches Heads

Up certified.

INTERESTING FACTS • Heads Up Program was endowed by the

NFL in 2002• 900,000+ players in the program• CDC estimates that between 1.6 million

to 3.8 million concussions occur each year

The football team has received many accolades throughout the years. Multiple state championship appearances and consistent winning streaks could be the reasons behind a recent special visit. This September, NFl Commissioner Roger Goodell visited a football practice. Goodell came to promote the uSA Football heads up program. The goal of the program is to make the game safer for players. heads up encourages awareness of head injuries as well as heat illnesses. “it’s about teaching the kids the right techniques at the earliest age so that they understand the fundamentals, play the game with techniques that are safer and make

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Math, BiologyEOC scoreson the rise

Biology scores exceed WCPSS average by

11.8 percentBy Kathleen Cookeditor-in-Chiefkbcook@students.wcpss.net

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Students are not the only ones who fret about eOC scores at the end of each school year. Our school and county are evaluated on how well or how poorly students perform on these tests. last year there were eOC tests on three subjects: english ii, Math 1 and Biology. Scores improved on the Math 1 and Biology tests by 3.4 and 3.8 percentage points respectively. however, the scores on the english ii scores fell 6.6 percentage points. When compared to other schools in Wake County, Biology scores were 11.8 percentage points above the average. Science department chair Patrick Marshall has an idea of what contributed to the rise in scores. “The hard work and dedication of our Biology teachers here at Wake Forest,” Marshall said in an e-mail. Another factor to consider was the purchase of review books that the classes used. Teachers also utilized an online program called Class Scape, which has assessments that align to N.C.’s standards. There also were

State to change how

GPAs are calculated

AP classes to count less towards GPA

By Kathleen Cookeditor-in-Chiefkbcook@students.wcpss.net

A new GPA scale will come into effect with next year’s freshman class. With the new scale, AP classes will be worth one point, and honors classes will only be worth half of a point. This differs from the extra two points for an AP class and one point for an honors class currently given. One of the main concerns is how it will affect college admissions officers’ views on Wake County students’ GPAs. “Admissions officers can adjust to a new grading scale. NC State receives applications from high schools around the country and around the world. The new scale is closer to the scale that many other high schools in the u.S. currently use,” admissions representative from NC State Thomas Griffin said in an e-mail. At Duke, officers focus more on student’s

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Graduation rate mixed for WF subgroups

Jackson Cook, 2014 graduate, was among the 85.2 percent of

students to graduate in four years.

PhOTO By ChANDleR ByRD

There has been a recent rise in the WCPSS graduation rate. The county graduated 82.2 percent of students in four years, an increase of over 2 percent from 2013. Wake Forest’s four-year rate is 85.2 percent, down a percentage point. “Our school’s graduation rate is higher than the statistics rate, and in order to maintain this we must get better. Our subgroup requirements

must be met,” Principal Patti hamler said. Some subgroups saw increases. African-American, economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities subgroups all increased, while the males subgroup as a whole decreased by -0.1%, the limited english proficient by -36.3% and hispanics by -5.1%. “The limited english Proficiency group usually makes it in five years as opposed to four,” hamler said. The 2014 five year rate grew 1.1% in comparison to 2013.

Students can help teachers and counselors improve the rate. Counselor David Ruggiero said, “The biggest thing is asking for help when it’s needed, speaking up is the only way to be an advocate for oneself.”

By elizabeth BlackReporterkeblack@students.wcpss.net

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transcripts rather than his GPA. The new scale change won’t affect Duke’s admissions. “Instead of a bottom line GPA, we review a transcript course by course, grade by grade, as a four year biography of a student’s time in high school,” Margi Strickland, Duke admissions representative said in an e-mail. “A change in a grading scale at a high school will not put a student in our applicant pool at an advantage or disadvantage.” Another worry is that the new scale will deter stu-dents from taking AP classes due to the reduced difference between honors and AP classes. “The main reason I take AP classes is to give my GPA a boost,” senior Maddie Fingers said. Both Duke and NC State encourage students to take AP courses, but neither have a required number. “Similarly to the fact that the bottom line grade point average is not a factor in our admissions process but rather the grades and courses themselves, there is no magic num-ber of AP courses that will prevent or guarantee admis-sions,” Strickland said. Griffin said NC State felt similarly. “There is no specific number of AP courses that NC State is looking for. We expect applicants to have taken advantage of the academic opportunities available at their high schools.” Overall, admissions are not based solely on one’s GPA. Colleges look at the whole student. Strickland said, “We look at students within the con-text of their lives, looking at challenges they have faced, opportunities they have embraced and special talents and perspectives that they will bring to our community.”

Cadets take a break from their camp activities at Camp Pendleton, Virginia for a group photo. The cadets spent the week split into two companies competing in both physical and academic challenges.

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EOCreview sessions held as the test neared for students. Though the english test scores did not meet expecta-tions, chair Geoff Belcher attributes the poor performance to students’ comfort level. “We did not have students practice enough with cold readings,” Belcher said. Belcher said the english Department has a good plan to raise their scores this upcoming year. “We are providing students with a lot more practice. They are practicing annotating once a week, Belcher said.” The department is going to try mixing up the types of texts students are seeing in an effort to increase the scores. “We’re increasing both the number of challenging texts, and we’re also varying increasingly difficult passages such as historical documents, poetry and articles,” John Cook, english II teacher said in an e-mail. There are actions that students can take that would help to boost their scores. Cook said the answer is simple. “Students must annotate. It’s really a skill that needs to be learned in order to truly understand what any given text is about, not just on a surface level, which we want to move away from, but on a deeper, more meaningful and comprehensive level.” Belcher said english II teachers cannot be stuck on last year’s scores. Instead, they are focused on doing what-ever they can to ensure that the scores are higher this year. Cook said, “We’re confident that increasing the dif-ficult texts students are exposed to will help to raise scores in a positive way.”

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Over the summer 16 JrOtC students at-tended the Junior Cadet Leadership Course ( JCLC) Summer Leadership Camp, which took place in Camp Pendleton, virginia. Camp Pendleton is a military reservation in virginia Beach that is named after Brigadier General William N. Pendleton. he served as robert e. Lee’s Chief of artillery during the Civil War. “It just improves leadership and teamwork and basically helps you get to know new people and connect on a higher level and become better friends,” sophomore erik Stenhouse said. Before attending the camp, students were selected to participate based on their answers to questions and their results during a physical training test. Upon arrival, the students were split into two companies and participated in many events together during the week. The most popular event was the LrC. “I liked the LrC, the leadership reaction course. It was basically an obstacle course that we had to get through with our squad,” sopho-more Zach Duguid said. Along with the physical aspect of this

camp, three cadets participated in the JLAB competition. This is a competition which tests academic abilities in specific scenarios. “It was to make all of us stronger leaders and to challenge us and see how we would act in a real situation as leaders,” Duguid said. At the end of the week, the two companies went head-to-head in different challenges dur-ing the “field day.” “It’s basically like we are a big family,” Stenhouse said. On the last day, there was a final ceremony used to celebrate all of the cadets’ accomplish-ments. Most of the cadets held leadership posi-tions throughout the week. “It made me a stronger leader, and it gave me better team building skills. It also improved working as a group,” Duguid said. Next year’s JCLC camp is scheduled to re-turn to Camp Pickett, virginia at the virginia National Guard training Center. Duguid and Stenhouse have advice for next year’s cadets. “Be ready to wake up really early and just listen and try to have fun. Make sure you keep an open mind.”

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Through the addition of a mandatory lunch duty, the counseling department brought forth the inception of a ser-vice that could benefit many students. Every Wednesday during lunch, counselors are stationed at the area surrounding the Cougar, equipped with iPads and knowledge in order to assist students with questions concern-ing their classes, GPA and transcripts. Counselor David Ruggiero said the program gives stu-dents more opportunities to reach out to their counselors without losing instructional time. “When we were asked to do a lunch duty, we kind of countered that with what can we do to be most visible to students. From my standpoint, it gives students maximum exposure to take advantage of us,” Ruggiero said. Dean of Students Kishia James also agrees it’s a wise use of time. “While we’re accomplishing one of our requirements, then we’re also serving the students by being there for them academically and personally during lunch time,” James said. Students have mixed views about the program. Freshman Stephen Poupart was unaware of the pro-gram’s existence. Poupart does not plan to venture towards the Cougar because he “could just ask a friend.” Sophomore Nyawira Nyota is excited to utilize the pro-gram in the future. “I would love to do that because I actually have some questions I would like to ask, but I don’t want to put in the effort to make an appointment,” Nyota said. Cutting down time students spend out of class and in-side Student Services, filling out an appointment sheet was a major aspiration of Counselor Corner. But the true intent is to serve students in any way possible, without students feeling they may be speaking to an adversary. Ruggiero said, “We didn’t want to be seen as the same as an administrator or teacher. We’re supposed to be here for students to come here and trust us with information. It doesn’t really put us in the same category.” In regards to the future of Counselor Corner, James is optimistic. James said, “I see this really blossoming. In two years, I can really see students taking advantage of the school coun-selors being at the Cougar during all lunches.”

sure that they play the game right and play the game longer,” Goodell said. Football is a contact sport and concussions are common. The Heads Up Pro-gram hopes to teach play-ers about safety so that they are more cautious of inju-ries. Goodell said that the safety initiative is impor-tant because it’s about the long term health of the game. He said that players benefit from the influential aspects of the game and should be able to play as long as possible. “Football teaches you great values, it teaches you teamwork, it teaches you leadership, and it teaches you discipline,” Goodell said. The program was ad-opted by WCPSS in June and Goodell’s visit can be used to help implement it all over the state. “When we started the program in June, we had no idea that it would get to this and get a visit from the NFL and from USA Foot-ball,” WCPSS Athletic Di-rector Deran Coe said. “I think that just shows the commitment of our coach-es. This is making it a safer game for our kids.” With 52 schools in Wake County having football programs, it may be too early to decipher whether or not the newly implemented program has affected the way the team members play the game. However, according to Coe, the enthusiasm about the program is great and the coaches and students are bringing the continuity of the language of the pro-gram. They are also bring-ing all of the levels of the program from proper tack-ling techniques to the deal-ing with concussions and dealing with heat illness together on a system level that is understandable. Coe said, “It’s defi-nitely making an impact of that level, and I’m sure over the future of the program we will stay involved with USA football, and it will definitely have an impact on our student athletes.”

SIZE DOES MATTERA school ’s size affects everything from how many teachers a school can have and how many courses can be offered to how many athletes are available to participate in sports. How does our population stack up against other Wake County schools?

School Population DifferenceRolesvilleSoutheast RaleighKnightdale

1110 -8001560 -3401663 -237

Athens Drive 1800 -100Heritage 1899 -1

Sanderson 2000 +100Fuquay-Varina 2200 +300

Wake Forest 1900 0

Leesville Road 2315 +415Green Hope 2427 +527Garner 2442 +542Cary 2456 +556Wakefield 2500 +600Millbrook 2592 +692Apex 2600 +700Enloe 2700 +800

Counselors broaden

student outreach

There are many key components involved in staying safe on the football field. Brand, size and fit of a helmet can be crucial to a player’s safety.  “The fit is vital because you don’t want a helmet, first of all, that’s too small because that’s going to cause prob-lems outside of the game with headaches, with marks on their head, that kind of thing. And obviously if a helmet is too loose, then it’s going to move around dur-ing contact, and that’s more dangerous than it needs to be,” Athletic Director Mike Joyner said. Every player having a proper fitting helmet is a top priority for coaches. “If we have a kid who doesn’t have a proper hel-met, we make sure that we find a helmet for him, either through purchasing a new one or shifting some around and making sure everybody’s fits properly,” Joyner said. Athletic Trainer Rick Baker uses an interesting analogy to educate his classes and players about concus-sions. “I use an egg as an ex-ample. The shell of the egg is your skull, and the yolk is your brain. If you toss it around, the shell is not bro-ken, but your ‘brain’ is still tossed around,” Baker said. Every helmet used must

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be certified by the Nation-al Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) and abide by their standards. “You have a 10-year window with a helmet, so once it’s been in service for 10 years, it has to be discard-ed,” Joyner said. Virginia Tech recently released a study on adult safety helmets using their STAR Methodology system.Our helmet, the Riddell Revolution Speed, is in the 5 Star: Best Available category. “The Virginia Tech study is just one of the stud-ies that’s out there on hel-mets,” Joyner said. “As long as we’re in compliance with the NOCSAE standard and all of our helmets are recon-ditioned every year, then we feel like we’re in compliance and that we have our kids fully protected, or as protect-ed as well as we can.” Joyner believes that

helmets are important in preventing concussions, but tackling techniques are key. “I think that proper tackling techniques have been a big emphasis for us. All of our coaches are certi-fied in the NFL Heads-Up football program. So to pre-vent head injuries and neck injuries, proper training is key as well as having the proper equipment and prop-er training,” Joyner said. Baker feels the training for coaches has been valu-able. “I think the changes in the rules and regulations of football have made a huge impact in concussions and neck injuries,” Baker said. Coaches and trainers cannot be the only ones in-volved in preventing injuries. “The players need to have the responsibility, and they are told this, that they need to check for the fit each and every day, not just on a weekly basis,” Baker said. “There is a dynamic of the helmet in the Revolution Speed that you can pump air into it to make it more of a snug and proper fit. So it is a player’s responsibility and they are told this, that if there are any changes in the fit of their helmet, such as if they get a shorter haircut, it changes the dynamics of the helmet. So they need to let someone know.”

Got helmets?WF helmet given highest ratings by two

national rating groupsBy Jamie CalnanNews Editorjlcalnan@students.wcpss.net

Helmet Rating The NOCSAE rates helmets on a four to one star basis.

The following helmets were rated with four stars,

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Editor’s Note: Opinion editor Tyler Murray also assisted in the writing of this article.

There has been recent controversy con-cerning the 30-person cap on each powder puff football team as well as the cap on the senior cheerleading team. In years past, any girl who was inter-ested could participate in the fun-filled homecoming week tradition. Sarah Larsen, coordinator of the powder puff event, announced this change unexpectedly at the first meeting. Students reacted angrily, but also with de-termination to be one of the lucky ones selected. Students showed up as early as 5:30 a.m. in order to fill a spot on the roster. Seniors took this especially hard and argued against the cap for numerous reasons. The cap should not be in place for the fact that it is unfair and discriminatory to those who were not able to arrive as early as others to turn in forms. As a senior, it’s our last year to partici-pate in this event.

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Ebola Overreaction Due to the recent Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic in West Africa, many peo-ple in the U.S. have been extremely worried that the virus will spread here, even though this is practically impossible. Prices of hazmat suits and gas masks have gone up, and doctors have come out saying that this is, in general, a big waste of money and that there is no reason for mem-bers of the general public to be buying these items. Among these doctors was Dr. Amesh Adalja from the University of Pittsburgh who said that these suits are better for Hal-loween than protection of the general pub-lic. EVD is only spread through contact with the bodily fluids of an animal or person infected with the Ebola virus and displaying symp-toms. If you have not been to West Africa in the past couple of months, there is literally no reason for you to be worried about contracting EVD. If you are still worried about contract-ing EVD, then the best thing you can do is donate to Doctors without Borders, which is currently the main organization that is controlling the outbreak of EVD in West Africa, not buying a hazmat suit and gas-mask.

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that.”

“If someone wants to dress

inappropriately let them. They

will be judged.”

“I don’t think girls should be able to wear really short

shorts.”

“Nothing, because it takes

kids out of school, and it’s a waste of time.”

“Poncho shirts bother me, and I don’t really like

norts.”

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Jack Denny, 10 Jenkins, 9

“Sagging pants because I see a lot of people doing

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it, but I think it needs to be enforced.”

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Graham Powell, 12

A cap should not disable a student from being able to play if she is willing to come to practices and work with others to create a fun and memorable team. Let attendance at practice, a clean dis-ciplinary record and perhaps even a good academic standing in all four classes deter-mine who takes the field, not who turns in the forms first.

Elizabeth Black , 12

North Carolina is a crucial state in national politics, and this has never been more evident than in the current race for

the United States Senate. Thom Tillis, a republi-

can, is facing off against the incumbent Senator Kay Hagan, a democrat, in a race that could determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years. Tillis is the current speaker of the NC

house of representa-tives and under his leadership,

the NC legislature has passed sweeping

conservative reforms that have put our state back on the path to greatness. Among these were pro-life bills to protect the sanctity of life, a bill to require drug testing of welfare recipients to prevent abuse of the welfare system and a historic average 7 percent average salary increase for teachers. Meanwhile, Hagan has spent her five years in the senate failing the people of NC. She has been a rubber stamp for the failed liberal policies of President Obama. Hagan cast a deciding vote to pass Obamacare, which is crippling our econo-my and killing jobs. Not only did she help pass this bill, but she consistently lied about it by telling citi-zens that if they liked their old healthcare plan they could keep it. This was a lie. If the people of N.C. elect Tillis, he will be a force for good. He knows that the best way to create jobs and grow the economy is to lower taxes and eliminate strangling regulations that plague small businesses. He knows that securing our borders must be a main priority. He knows that energy independence is key to this nation’s success and that the right to bear arms is a constitutional right. By electing Tillis, North Carolinians would be electing a strong leader who will fight for them. Vote Thom Tillis on Nov. 4.

I find it sad that students have such little say in their schools. These are our years. We are the student body. We represent our school, so we should have a say in what we want to hap-pen to us during our time here. The time we spend in high school goes by so quickly. I would like to enjoy all my time spent with the school. Students need more say in the events organized for us. After all, event planners should want to please their audience. Recently, it seems like we have had one bit of unpleasant news af-ter another. First, it was announced that powder puff had a cap of 30 girls per team. That’s only 12 per-cent of the senior girls. Powder puff is supposed to be a fun event where everyone who wants to participate can participate if in good disciplin-ary standing. I have not been allowed to play my past three years because sev-eral fall athletes were prohibited by their coaches to play, and now I’m allowed to play, but I can’t because of the cap. Senior year typically al-lows for the most fun opportuni-ties, where we get the benefits and exceptions because we are the top class, so keep the cap on under classmen and let the seniors just enjoy their senior year. Second, it was said that we will have yet another Friday night homecoming dance after the foot-ball game, and that the dance

would be informal. A vast majority wanted the homecoming dance on Saturday, which would allow it to be a formal event where students would be able to dress up, take pic-tures, go to dinner and feel like the money they spent was well worth it. Although, the dance is infor-mal, students on homecoming court still have to purchase formal attire to walk across the field. If the dance is informal why is the homecoming court dressing formal? Those who want the Friday dance would prob-ably argue that that’s tradition. But so is a Saturday night formal dance. We don’t have to rent the gym and can host dances when we want, so why can’t the students vote on when to hold the dance? This year SGA struggled to sell enough tick-ets. Maybe, the fact that the dance is held on Friday is the reason. Moreover, many students were up at 4:30 a.m. to help with the WNCN television broadcast. Hav-ing that event, the game, and the dance all in one day is a bit much. Last, originally prom was on a Friday, but now it has been moved to a Saturday. As good as the move is, it was not moved due for the concern of the students but instead moved because of the vendor. I think that we should have our opinions heard and taken into consideration. Although we will not get everything we want, many of this year’s changes were easily avoidable. Planners should allow for a little more of a compromise.

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There are three types of people: Jordans, Jack Rodgers, and people who couldn’t care less. For a long time, females owned the shoe category, no contest. Nowadays, as the rise of the retro Jordan era is being introduced, guys tend to fill their clos-ets at a much faster rate as they create a much stronger shoe game. It seems that lately guys have more of a shoe fetish than girls. You can ask anybody wearing a

single pair of Jordans, and they will be able to differentiate all Jordans numbered one through at least 14 without any struggle. Although girls still have a couple pairs of shoes, lately they’re tending to have just one or two pairs for each occasion, and they

wear them to the ground. They still have big name-brand shoes like Jack Rodgers and the obvious Ugg obsession, but not to the same degree of the Jays. Instead of just having multiple Jack Rodger colorways or a handful of Ugg styles, Jordans have several colorways for all 28 shoes! This makes the race to “collect them all” more challenging. Jordans are on a completely different level than

Jack Rogers in terms of being collectors items. I know people that have Jordans just hung up on their wall that they have never even worn, with hopes of them appreciating to be sold for double retail in the future. The shoe craze hit me hard this year. I have already owned Jordan ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, 11s, and 12s, and those are just my jays. I have more pairs of shoes than most people I know, even my sisters. My youngest sister has the Jack Roger obsession, owning them in five different colors. She is controlling the fetish on the female side of the stereo-type, and it’s safe to say that she is a typical white girl. I’m torn between the style of the prep and the baller. With my whole col-lection of Jordans, I think it’s safe to say which one I prefer. It’s not just the name and the 23 that’s branded on my shoes that makes me and a lot of other basketball players want to own the exclusive retros. It is a kind of status icon and also a matter of style. There is a pair for every occasion and for every outfit you could ever wear, along with being some of the most comfortable basketball shoes ever made.As my collection thickens I intend to accomplish the ultimate achievement for shoe collectors: having a clock on

my wall with all Jordans one through 12, put on their corresponding time. I’ll be able to tell time whenever I cast an admiring glance at my Jays. I am even going to put a working mechanism for the clock hands so it will be a fully functional Jordan shoe clock. I have and always will be obsessed with shoes. It’s always fun to get a new pair and bring more style to my day. When I look good, I feel good and in terms of basketball, I play well. I love looking at all the different styles and colorways for all the iconic shoes. There are more options for guys in the past couple of years than ever be-fore. This makes the challenge to flip the stereotype and surpass the women in the shoe category far more plausible. I know I’m doing my part.

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For years, ideals of women have been put in place by society. Expected to be the ideal wife, giving up all hope to advance as men do in career paths, giving birth, being the caretaker and so much more: women balance all this, yet often receive no recognition. Since 1986 women have fought to get to their cur-

rent standing in school, in the workplace and in athletics, but the battle is far from over. Even teen girls struggle. Oct. 13, news emerged about a Dick’s Sporting Goods release of a new catalog fea-turing only male ath-letes. Twelve-year-old girls’ basketball player

McKenna Peterson spoke out to Dick’s, quickly attracting attention from the media. “There are NO girls in the cata-log,” Peterson said in her letter to Dick’s Sporting Goods. “Oh, wait, sorry. There IS a girl in the catalog on page six, SIT-TING in the STANDS. Women are only mentioned once in the catalog on page five for some shoes. And there are cheerleaders on some coupons. It’s hard enough for girls to break through in this sport as it is, without you guys excluding us from your catalog.” Peterson, a short time later, received an e-mail from the company, reassuring her that they are reviewing catalogs and in the future will make it a priority to better represent all athletes. Dick’s apol-ogized to Peterson and thanked her for voicing her concerns. Dick’s was wrong for not includ-ing women in their catalog but right for responding to Peterson’s letter. Did it even cross their minds that men were

only featured in the catalog? Taking gender equality a step fur-ther, schools should allow girls to try out for positions on boys’ sports team to promote the abilities of males and females as equals. Making sports like baseball and football accessible to girls would show society that just because you’re a girl doesn’t mean you can’t sack a quarterback or make a field goal or strike out the side. Ever heard of Mo’ne

Davis? Sports like basketball, tennis, la-crosse, track/cross country, etc. have a boys’ and girls’ team. Why not all oth-ers? Tonya Fletcher a student of Cary-Grove High School in Illinois, crowned Homecoming Queen, plays starting place-kicker for the Trojans, becoming the first female to play varsity football in McHenry County. Fletcher made a dif-ference by pushing her way into a male oriented sport. Off the playing field, teens in school are working toward becoming educated for a future career. How det-rimental would it be if female students were told that all their hard work would

never be equal to others because they‘re not male? In a professional setting, women are victims of unfair pay gaps. A woman equal to a man in position/rank is paid less. Women typically earn about 90 percent of what men are paid until the age of thirty-five. After that, median earnings for women are typically 75–80 percent of what men receive, yet women are prov-en to do better in school. In fact, pro-moting gender equity in education and employment may be one of few policies that have been termed ‘win-win’ strat-egies. It would further economic pros-perity and efficiency. That would be something for teen girls to strive for as they mature in age, making it their goal to step into stereo-typical male job positions like mathe-matics, mechanics, and engineering, just as they should in sports. Yet, sexist roles have been pushed into the minds of society at a young age. Katha Pollitt published an article “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls,” describing gender behavior and parenting. “Could it be that even sports-resistant moms see athletics as part of manliness? That if their sons wanted to spend the weekend writing up their dia-ries, or reading, or baking, they’d find it disturbing? Too anti-social? Too lonely? Too gay?” Pollitt said. Men can bake, dance, wear pink, and write in a diary without it being a feminine action same as women can play football, play with toy trucks, lift weights and laugh at gross jokes. Soci-ety should not generalize and stereotype actions as being those of men or wom-en. Women are equal to men; it’ll just take time for society to adjust.

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Drive smartTeens need to exercise more

caution on campus and on the road

While in high school, students pass many mile-stones, one of which is receiving the privilege of driving. However, with driving come responsibili-ties. Many students are un-aware that we have a speed limit on campus roads. We were reminded on after-noon announcements that, while on campus, we should only be going 5 mph. We feel as though the main reason students may be going 25 mph as op-posed to the 5 mph they are supposed to follow is because there is no speed limit sign on our campus. In the Town of Wake Forest, if a road does not have a speed limit sign, it is to be assumed that the speed limit is 35 mph. Since we do not have a speed limit sign clearly stating the limit, students may assume that it is a 35 mph zone. With a sign students would be reminded of the need to slow down. With all the pedestrian traffic, slower speeds could create a safer environment. For a time, the town could even lend us the ra-dar sign that reads a car’s speed and compares it to the posted speed limit. Another safety issue is students not stopping for school buses that are pick-ing up kids. Last school year, in Wake County alone, there were 429 reported cases of cars passing stopped school buses. If drivers pass a stopped school bus, five points are added to their driver’s license. If 12 points are accumulated over a three-year period, a driver’s license can be suspended. And with added points to one’s license, come in-creased insurance premi-

ums. According to Ted Wilder, a State Farm Insur-ance Agent, an insurance policy will face a 90 percent increase, which on average will be over $1,000. A third safety issue for teen drivers is texting while driving. As of December of 2009, texting and driving became illegal. If teens are pulled over for texting and driving, no points will be assessed to their license; however, they will have a monetary penalty. If a driver is caught texting or reading a text while driving, there will be a $100 fine, and an addi-tional $130 court fee. But the fee is not the main problem. When teens take their eyes off the road to read a text message, they are taking their focus away from the primary task of being behind the wheel: driving. In the blink of an eye, a driver can cross the yellow line, run off the road or run into another car, endangering others and themselves in the process. According to the Na-tional Safety Council’s annual injury and fatality report, 26 percent of all ac-cidents last year were con-tributed to cell phones. Slow down on campus. Stop well before a stopped school bus. Put your phone down. Nothing is more valu-able than your life, and partaking in any of these activities while driving puts not only your life in danger, but all other drivers’ lives in danger. Teenagers often have bad reputations for driving. As much as we hate the ste-reotype, when other teens do stupid things, it reflects poorly on all of us. Be a model of safe driving for others.

Gimme a breakAll WCPSS students need a fall break to relax and to

remediateAround this time of year, many college students re-surface in Wake Forest because of their fall break from school. This is much needed time off for college students. When college students have this break, it gives them a period that could be devoted to resting and relaxing. We think there should be a fall break for high school students. We already take a va-cation day at the end of first quarter. We propose that we take two vacation days and a work day instead. Allowing students and teachers off for two days would better prepare all of us for the second quarter. Then with the work day, it could be a “catch-up” day for faculty and stu-dents. If students opted to come in that Wednesday, they could make up tests, quizzes or receive addition-al help. Teacher workdays nor-mally consist of grading papers and making lesson

plans. Therefore, if we used these days to benefit stu-dents, teachers would allow them to come in and work on whatever they needed to finish. We already have spring break in between third and fourth quarters to allow time to rejuvenate from the long winter weeks. So why not a three-day fall break? Students at Southeast Raleigh H.S. are already enjoying the benefits of having a fall break. This year, there are two weeks off in between the quarters that students have to re-fresh. With the WCPSS em-phasis on graduation rate, adding a fall break seems like a winning proposition. For many, the “make up” workday might make the vital difference between success or failure. We feel as though if students were to have this break, we would be able to come back refreshed and ready for our next quarter, not to mention travel some-where when it’s cheaper.

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October marks the celebration of National Bullying Prevention Month, allowing those within the school’s community to

come together and fight back as a whole. The month was created with the intent to stomp out bullying with the help of schools and organizations who are ready to make a difference. Students, administrators and teachers are all getting involved with this month’s activities. “We’re trying to get the message out there about bullying,” counselor David Ruggiero said. “We are addressing the problems and letting the bullies know what’s going on this month within our school.” Only 20-40 percent of all bullying victims report being bullied while 70 percent of high school students experience bullying in school. “Well, I would say school-wide a lot of bullying does take place. I personally have broken up a scene in the bathroom and stood up for a kid being bullied,” senior Kyle Stollmeyer said.

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“We don’t necessarily believe in punishment of the bully. We believe in educating them and getting to the source of the problem within the bully. If the problem continues, there is a policy in place in terms of suspension or parent teacher conferences,” Ruggiero said. The typical bullying scenario may take place in the bath-room or in the hallway, but a bully can now easily reach into someone’s home through cyberbullying. “The cyberbullying is horrible, and awful things are said. It’s so bad,” junior Brooklyin Harbaush said. A tricky aspect being covered by the month is teasing and how to differentiate between bullying and simply making fun. “Teasing may very well be a bullying situation,” Student Assistance Program Coordinator Jodi Deskus said. “Ways to help evaluate the situation include investigating whether one person is being targeted rather than the exchange being mutual, and if persistent, systematic patterns that occur over

time.” In order to get the message out, colors were worn on set dates to show community awareness and support. Students wore blue Oct. 6 to celebrate World Day and wore orange Oct. 22 to commemorate unity day. “We’ve started the month off well by participating in the first national day,” Ruggiero said. Statistics were also provided twice a week over the announcements to notify the students of the enormity of bullying and its effects. “Bullying makes an individual feel as though it defines them as a separate entity. It makes them shy away from the love of our community. It makes them feel like an alien,” junior Daniel Skube said. A door decorating contest was also added to create a fun activity in order to attract attention to the problems faced in a normal school day. In addition, informative sessions regarding

the topic of bullying took place in front of the cougar by the cafeteria for any student who was interested. The effects of bullying can compound themselves quickly and counselors urge students who are victims of bullying or students who witness someone being bullied to seek the help of counselors, teachers or administrators. Ruggiero said, “Lack of motivation, complete sense of helplessness, fear, isolation and losing out on opportunities

that a normal high school student should experience are all effects of bullying. Students develop the perception that their self-worth is not worth much at all.”

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The Wake Forest Baptist Church (WFBC) has taken com-munity service out of town and into Jamaica. And no, not the country. Jamaica is a neighborhood lo-cated in Queens, New York that was greatly affected by Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Since Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast, efforts have not stopped to help rebuild the com-munities that were affected by the disaster. Groups and individuals traveled from all over to aid those in need, including a group from right

Many students visited Ireland, Wales, England and France this past summer be-tween the dates of June 12 and June 23. For many of the partici-pating students, the news of the trip was an opportunity that caught their attention. “I like to travel, and I thought it was a good chance to explore places I have never been and also see some of the most iconic and recogniz-able buildings and places in the world,” junior Jack Noble said. For junior Mandy Stein-

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here in Wake Forest. Roughly 60 students from the WFBC youth group boarded bus-ses on July 29 and drove 12 hours to spend a week assisting the storm victims. “I’ve been going on trips like this one every summer since the seventh grade. I’ve been to Vir-ginia, West Virginia, New Orleans and now New York,” junior Becca Perry said. “Even though rebuild-ing houses and doing manual labor is helpful to the people we worked with, I think just the fact that we’re there to help them in any way makes them feel important and special in a way.” While in Jamaica, the students helped out by tiling floors, painting walls, fixing up ceilings and clean-ing out a shed that hadn’t been opened since the storm. The mission trip members not only made an impact in the com-munity of Jamaica, but were also impacted in return.

After the week was over, Perry said the wife of the family she helped left an impression on her. “She was possibly the nicest and most generous person I have ever met. She’s been through so much, and even though she’s been through such tragedy, she always had a smile on her face and was al-ways laughing and talking with us,” Perry said. Freshman Charlie Byrd be-lieves that even though they only stayed in Jamaica for a week, he still helped make a difference. “I feel that our help greatly af-fected them. Though to us it didn’t seem like we did much, I know that every little bit helped,” Byrd said. “My favorite part was talking with the different people who live there and seeing how they were able to overcome Hurricane Sandy and other struggles.” Many helpful hands made for quick results. “I’m most proud of how quick-

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things and to go out of your comfort zone every once in a while,” Steinman said. According to the trip goers, the trip was worth the $3000-$5000 cost. “I gained so many new friendships from this trip, and I also feel like the trip helped me discover more about myself,” Steinman said. Junior Clarissa King was able to see her family in Par-is. King said, “What made the trip worth it was seeing my family, trying new foods, traveling with my friends, learning about the lifestyles, old castles, and churches and actually getting to experience ‘living’ among the people as if I were living there.”

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The Drum Major is the highest position in band that a student can hold. This year, that position is held by senior Tanner Compton. “The thing that made me want to be the drum ma-jor was just seeing the past drum majors in the band, how they led. And that made me want to say, I would like to be a part of doing that and helping others in the band to succeed,” Compton said. Being a drum major isn’t only about leading in the band, but being a leader among peers. “I think communication is one quality that’s defi-nitely important, along with leadership, and overall, being able to get along with other people,” Compton said. The process of choosing a new Drum Major includes providing two teacher rec-ommendations and an essay. This process involves the as-sistance of several people, including the Band Director and the previous Drum Ma-jor to ensure that the right decision is made. Joel Tucker, band di-rector, believes he made the right choice in selecting Compton to hold this year’s position. “He sets good examples for everybody, so the younger kids look up to him, and he’s

Fried food or fried at-tendance? Has last year’s ac-cident with the ride “Vortex” affected the number of peo-ple that attend the fair? The accident was wide-ly covered in the news and opened people’s eyes to safety issues included with the fair attractions. The fair’s public information officer Sarah Ray explained the ac-cident and how fair officials are responding. “What happened at the N.C. State Fair last year was an isolated incident caused by someone intentionally overriding the ride's safety mechanisms. Two people af-filiated with a ride subcon-tractor have been charged in connection with the inci-dent,” Ray said in an e-mail. “The company, Fam-ily Attractions, had only the one ride at last year's fair, and neither that company nor the ride will be at the fair this year.”

But how will high school students react to this inci-dent? “It makes me a little scared to go on the rides, so this year I will stick to the kiddie rides,” senior Elyse Tortora said. Last year 927,563 people came to the fair. Ray said the hope for this year is over 1 million visi-tors if the weather cooperates. “The N.C. State Fair is committed to providing the safest environment possible for our visitors, and we hope that the public will under-stand that last year’s accident was an isolated incident, and that they can still come to the fair and enjoy themselves.” Ray explained the in-spection process all rides un-dergo before the public gains access. “Rides are thoroughly inspected by the N.C. De-partment of Labor's Eleva-tor and Amusement Device

Bureau before they are al-lowed to operate at the fair. State law also requires ride operators to perform an op-erational check each day,” Ray said. “In addition, the Labor Department requests that ride operators perform two additional operational checks per day at the State Fair because of the volume of riders.” Ray also compared N.C. to other states. “North Carolina has some of the strictest ride safety rules in the country, and the N.C. Department of Labor's inspectors do an excellent job of enforcing those rules.” Rays’ message seems to be reaching some students. Sophomore Aspen Ear-ley said, “The incident last year has not changed my opinion of the fair because that was the only incident that I can remember occur-ring.”

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a good leader in general and help keeps the band on task during all the rehearsals,” Tucker said. To Compton, it is not just about conducting. “I think the thing I en-joy most is being able to help other people and make sure that everyone’s doing their best, making sure everyone’s feeling good about band and just being there for every-one if they need any help,” Compton said. When the time comes to choose a new Drum Ma-jor, Compton has his own criteria he hopes to see ful-filled by the new selectee. “Definitely someone who’s willing to go the extra mile for the band and some-one who’s willing to put the band’s success above their own, who’s willing to be able to talk with both the band members and the band direc-tor. Just someone all around really cool,” Compton said. Keeping these quali-ties present in future Drum Majors will help the band continue to be a tight-knit community. “I think definitely band is like a great big family, like we’re all close together, we’re all there for each other,” Compton said. “Band is a place where we place all our judgments at the door and just accept everyone for who they are, and it’s just a great experience.”

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challenges Rolesville’s goal keeper for the ball

at the Devil’s cup. Fwala just

moved here from Belgium and scored two goals this past season for the

team.

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as a fundraiser for the Make a Wish Foundation and Vs. cancer, soccer coach Jeremiah Mattingly created the Devil’s trophy to be awarded after an annual rivalry game against Rolesville. The home game Sept. 19 took advantage of the football bye-week to convert trentini Stadium into a festival-like atmosphere to support the two charities whose logos were painted on the field by art teacher eric Van Sickle. Five food truck venders were present to feed the crowds, each donating a portion of their profits. two parent volunteers, Stephanie Vidal and Robyn klose, also collected 18 gift baskets for the cause. Fans pur-chased tickets, and the winning ticket for each basket won the prize. two baskets included merchandise from the indianapolis colts’ kicker, adam Vinatieri, including a signed jersey. Vidal is related to Vinatieri, who wanted help the fight against can-cer. The largest prize was donated by Quintiles, and the win-ner and 11 friends received a box at a carolina hurricane’s game, food and parking worth over $2,000. The most important part of creating this event was the goal of raising $5,000 for the two charities. The event exceeded its goal, raising over $5,200. in addition to aiding two charities, Mattingly hoped the annual event would help fuel the rivalry with Rolesville. “We are hopefully making the game more competitive by adding this fundraiser and the Devil’s trophy. as Rolesville grows as a school, we hope this trophy will bring more excite-ment to the game and more importantly raise more money for cancer,” Mattingly said. The Rolesville soccer coach, James overman, had high hopes for the game as well. “in general, the team has had a few hardships so far throughout the season. We are a younger team, more inexpe-rienced than other teams,” overman said. “We are still learn-ing effective team work and this game helps us put forward our maximum effort. it is helping push us along the way in developing our team.” overman described the rivalry as “fairly strong,” and thinks it will grow as the school and his team grows. The Rams played the cougars close in the first meeting of the sea-son with the score 3-1 in the second half before the cougars pulled ahead to win 5-1. Whether the team was affected by the atmosphere or the trophy or not, the cougars had an easier fight the second time around. The boys won the first Devil’s cup by a score of 8-0. Despite the dominance in the game, Mattingly thinks the Rams will rise to the challenge in future years. “i think the rivalry is going to be huge. after the game

WF gains groundin Wells Fargo Cup

The athletic department saw a revival in its ranking in the annual Wells Fargo cup, after gaining seventh place for the 2013-14 year. The Wells Fargo cup, which ranks Nc high school sports each season, and then consequently supplies a rank-ing for the entire year, granted WF a sixth place standing in the fall followed by fifth place ranking in the winter. The overall improvement stems from multiple factors, according to athletic Director Michael Joyner. Girls’ basketball succeeded to the top half of the confer-ence. Wrestling, as well as boys’ soccer, also placed higher in cap-8 play than the previous year. The addition of the girls’ lacrosse team also had an effect on the overall standing. by the spring season, the sixth place standing had di-minished a point lower. a last place finish by girls’ soccer and seventh place finish by baseball contributed. “We just didn’t do the best in our spring sports as we had anticipated. and then that, accompanied with some of the teams that were right around us in the standings having successful springs, contributed to it,” Joyner said. Joyner believes there are a few key elements that are beneficial to aiding the sports that traditionally finish near the bottom of the conference. Joyner said the right leadership and encouragement of students to get them involved into the sport are signifi-cant to this process. Maintaining contact with the programs throughout the season to monitor its progress, followed by minor recommendations and changes to foster improve-ment are also among these elements. one example of the right encouragement and leader-ship can be found in the girls’ tennis program, led by cyndi keller. “When you have the right person leading it, we’re showing a commitment to get them the things they need to be successful, and coach keller’s going out and recruiting kids, and it’s vastly improved already this year,” Joyner said. The optimism doesn’t end there. a fifth place overall is a prediction made by Joyner for the 2014-15 school year, and the current season has so far demonstrated the abilities to meet this. tennis has already won a conference match and volleyball, which didn’t win a conference match last year, finished sixth in the cap-8 play, earning a playoff berth. also helping this year is the football team. Despite a return to the state championship game, the team actually finished fifth in the cap-8. The team is currently first. Joyner said, “if all sports could make one improvement, it’d be a really great plus. if we maintain through the winter, we’ll be in pretty good shape.

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Sidelined by a common injury for girl soccer players, transfer student looks forward to her first season as a

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In a moment three and a half months can be lost. The trials and tribulations of a torn ACL injury had a major impact on senior soccer player, Alicia McDonough, who was out the entire 2014 girls’ sea-son. A transfer student from Franklin Academy, Mc-Donough was slide-tackled from behind last year at an end-of-season CASL tournament with her Wake Forest United team. The illegal slide-tackle caused McDonough pain and months of recovery time. “I had to wait a month after my initial injury before I could have surgery. During that time, I was in a full leg brace and couldn’t walk well. Once I had the surgery, I had to be on crutches for 2-3 weeks afterwards,” McDonough said. Even after undergoing surgery and weeks on crutches, McDonough had to go to an orthopedic specialist and work with a physical therapist. She did a lot of leg strengthening exercises in order to gain the muscle in her right leg back, but she still has not returned to her full potential. “I’m not 100 percent yet. I would say I’m maybe around 90 percent. My right leg is still weaker and smaller than the other, and I can’t bend that leg all the way,” McDonough said. “I am playing in games on my CASL team this season, but I’m just not back to my highest level of play yet.” McDonough plans on playing this spring in the center forward position. This will be her first season with the team since she transferred her junior year. Last girls’ season, she hated sitting on the side-lines with no ability to contribute. “I missed it so much that when I watched a soc-cer game, I would cry because I didn’t understand why I couldn’t be playing right then. I would get really down on myself because I couldn’t do all the things I used to be able to do,” Mc-Donough said. A torn ACL is a com-monality among female athletes, especially female soccer players. Even though the school athletic trainer, Richard Baker, did not treat

McDonough, he suggests ways athletes can avoid McDonough’s fate. “In order to help prevent this injury, a strength-ening program is needed where the thigh muscles, which are the quadriceps and the hamstrings, are brought to a good, equal balance between right and left legs. Athletes want to work on good propriocep-tion, which is nerve muscular control and balance in all the muscles,” Baker said. Girls’ soccer coach, Jeremiah Mattingly, has set a goal to help prevent this injury from occurring in his players. He wants to get the members of the team in the weight room in early November, working on strengthening the muscles in the leg that support the knee. These preventive measures are designed to limit season-ending injuries. “The recovery time usually takes eight to nine months. No matter an elite player or not, the recov-ery time should be long. The shortest time of recov-ery could be around six months,” Baker said. Considering how long this injury can take a player off the field, no one wants to see an athlete have to go through this. This injury also carries high costs and long-term effects. According to the American Academy of Or-thopedic Surgeons or AAOS, “In the United States, 100,000 to 300,000 ACL injuries occur each year. The treatment costs exceed $1 billion annually in fe-male varsity athletics alone. A strong association ex-ists between ACL injury and development of post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis at a relatively young age, which also occurs with much greater incidence in females than males.” Looking beyond high school, McDonough plans on going to UNCW and playing club soccer. She does not want to stop playing and let this injury keep her off the field anymore. McDonough said, “This whole experience has had an effect on me more mentally than physically. Soccer was my anger release, and I really missed having that escape.”

Freshman Jeremie Fwala crashes the net at the Sept. 19 cancer benefit game. The Cougars won 8-0.

PHOtO By GUS HOLUB

International players lend their skills to soccer team

The varsity soccer team battled this season with the addition of two international players. The duo from Europe included players from Italy and Belgium. Junior Paulo traina is a foreign exchange student from Venice, Italy. traina plays at the forward position and totaled three goals and three as-sists for the Cougars this season. “Paulo has pace and skill. He is also a good finisher of the ball,” ju-nior teammate Will Rudolph said. Freshman Jeremie Fwala has moved to North Carolina from Bel-gium. Fwala also plays at the forward position and scored two goals this season. His teammates say that he possesses “a lot of skill” and brings “strength up front.” “Both players bring a different style of play from their home coun-tries. They work well with other play-ers and are able to conform to the style of the team’s play,” coach Jer-emiah Mattingly said. The players left many famil-iar things behind when they came to America, but they both still have soccer. Coming to a new high school can be intimidating for a new stu-dent, but the soccer team has helped make the transition easier.

Junior Zach Engel says that the team “gets along great with them.” “There were relationships from day one. The players share their ex-periences with each other, and there is great team chemistry,” Mattingly said. Despite multiple losses that the team has endured this season, the players still work hard and contribute as much as they can. traina and Fwala both respect American soccer more after experi-encing it for themselves. “I felt soccer in America was worse than what I think now,”

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Senior Bryce Love drives past the 15 yard line on his way to the end zone against Broughton. Love scored

four touchdowns against the Caps.

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ISJunior Kinsey

Ness serves the ball to Wakefield.

This is Ness’ first year on the tennis

team.

Leslie Blalock, 11What’s your personal high point for the season?

Coach Cindy KellerHow has the program evolved since last year?

CAP-8 WINS 1-8 OVERALL 3-14

“In the Cap-8 tournament when I had to play Suzanne Boyden. She’s the number two player in the state. I obviously didn’t win, but I played with her. It was probably the best I played all season.”

“We have captured more attention by adding a junior varsity team, allowing more girls to play. We are beginning to attract not just girls who enjoy playing tennis but tennis players who enjoy com-peting.”

Photo by GuS holub

Senior Dixie Sheffield hits a put from the

edge of the green at the

Heritage golf course.

Sheffield finished her round with

a 54.

Samantha Bennett, 11What’s your personal high point for the season?

Coach Kevin LynchHow has the program evolved since last year?

OVERALL CAP-8 FINISH: 6th

“I made the all-regional team. It made me feel like I am getting better each year and I’m getting closer to my goal of becoming a college player.”

“There hasn’t been a big change. I only graduated two seniors last year, Amanda Levy and Courtney Pearce, so there hasn’t been much of a difference.”

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Brooks Cunningham, 12What’s your personal high point for the season?

Coach Reginald LucasHow has the program evolved since last year?

“The Heritage game when I had 174 yards recieving.“

“Last year at this time we had two losses. This year we are still undefeated. The players have been able to stay focused and play well. We still have room for improvement, but overall offensively and defen-sively, we are doing a good job. We still have some tough games to go, and of course the playoffs are always a challenge.”

Darius Hodge, 10What’s your personal high point for the season?

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Mercer and Holder join girls’ cross country program

Former collegiate athlete turned coach and a record-breaking transfer student look to leave their mark

The cross country team saw a surplus of new runners, a change in team structure and a new level of team spirit in their 2014 season. erin Mercer, the new volunteer running coach, and kayla holder, a 4’10” junior who is setting records, are a few of the new additions. “our greatest strength is the young people. They want to work and possess talent,” Mercer said. out of 52 runners this year, 11 boys and 10 girls make up the newcomers. in previous years, cross country hasn’t seen such a turnout. holder, the girls’ first place runner, transferred from kerr-Vance academy, a private school north of Wake For-est near henderson. kerr-Vance’s cross country team competes on the 1a level, with their team typically including five runners. Wake Forest is 4a. “it’s definitely a lot harder competing in 4a,” holder said. “The competition has pushed me harder.” at the aug. 23 Providence invitational in Charlotte, holder competed alone and took home first in the 5k at 18:11. The girls’ 5k school record was last broken in 1999 by Renn Watkins with an 18:40. holder also took first at the aug. 16 kickoff Classic 3k with a 10:40 against Cap-8 rivals. Senior Megan lanzon suffered from various leg inju-ries last year and is making a comeback to her performance times from her sophomore year. lanzon says she is “finally feeling strong and confident again.” her 3k record was broken in the meet against brough-ton aug. 27 at the Cary Wake Med Soccer Park, running a 12:03. lanzon hopes to break the 19-minute barrier for the

5k. as of oct. 4, her 5k best this season is a 20:44.1. “i’d love to run in college,” lanzon said. “When i was a freshman, i just kind of fell in love with running.” leading the boys’ team is junior bailey autry, fol-lowed by his brother, freshman John autry. bailey’s best 5k is 16:53.2, achieved last year. John’s best is an 18:03.6 from the Great american Cross Country Festival oct. 4. The teams decide varsity runners as the top seven. For the boys, there is usually a lot of fluctuation from fourth to seventh place. on average, eight or nine boys are fighting for varsity at every race. Putting the success of the top runners aside, Mercer feels both teams could benefit from greater enthusiasm. “one weakness is our focus on dedication, especially during summer workouts,” Mercer said. “We can tend to fool around, which can hold us back training wise.” lanzon agrees with Mercer. She believes some run-ners “might just need to work together as a pack to push each other.” both, however, have said they see the boys and girls doing well this season, specifically the girls. Mercer, at 23 years old and starting her first year as a science teacher, has been a runner since the seventh grade and was recruited by ohio State university for cross coun-try and track. “My collegiate experience exposed me to all different types of athletes, how they think and approach different situations,” Mercer said. She transferred from ohio State to north Carolina State university to take advantage of the weather and to be closer to family. her collegiate best 5k time was 18:14. The head coach, Patrick Marshall, views Mercer as a positive influence on the team. “in the past, there was an impression that what was needed to be done in order to improve wasn’t exactly done. She’s shown the team how much harder they need to work to improve.” Sophomore Mitchell Piechocki said that Mercer has been a “great addition to our team.” even though she can push the team “to the edge” in workouts, she’s been “really supportive, something that the team has been in need of.” Mercer feels the team has one ingredient needed to find that increased dedication. Mercer said, “They’re very positive and encouraging, which is necessary to keep on running.”

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traina said. he also explained how he enjoys standing together as a team before games and listening to the national anthem. “We didn’t get to do that in italy,” traina said. Fwala says that playing in america is “different” but he enjoys it. both say they would be interested in playing college soccer if they had the oppor-tunity. For now, they are Cougars. Mattingly said, “They work as hard as the hardest working american players. They both want the team to do well.”

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Cupcontinued from page 9

we got pizza for all the players, and a few of the Rolesville students commented, ‘next year that trophy is ours.’ as the team grows, the rivalry will grow, and the excitement will carry on from year to year,” Mattingly said. inspired by this event, other sports teams have already discussed creating something similar to attract bigger crowds and, more importantly, raise money for a great cause. even the soccer team is discussing dupli-cating the trophy in the spring, but it is unde-cided. Mattingly said, “i hope the annual game will promote raising money for childhood cancer, promote the game of soccer in the

Wake Forest-Rolesville community and pro-mote a healthy rivalry between the schools, considering the history in our relationship.”

Soccer

OVERALL CAP-8 FINISH GIRLS: 4th OVERALL CAP-8 FINISH BOYS: 7th

Dixie Sheffield, 11What’s your personal high point for the season? “The last match of my high school career was my overall best score, which was a great way to end my golfing career.”

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(Left) Senior Kylie Grandy passes the ball. Grandy finished the season with

235 digs. Grandy plans on attending the University of Southern Mississippi

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THEBreaking streak

alex smalley is approaching the 18th green on his high school golf career. smalley started small before he made it big in the golf world, be-ginning in his backyard. “When i was little, my grand-ma bought me a plastic set of clubs, and i would go in the backyard and play in the snow,” smalley said. in april of 2014 smalley par-ticipated in the rex Qualifier where he placed first, allowing him the opportunity to move on to the rex open where he would be the only high school student playing against 155 professional golfers. “i was excited about the quali-fier because i haven’t won a big tournament in about four years,” smalley said. after participating in the rex open, smalley placed 132 out of 156. “Personally, i think i did pretty well besides two holes. but, overall i did pretty solid,” smalley said. since then smalley has partici-pated in several tournaments over the summer, including the n.c. Junior championship, in which he placed first out of 138. “it was a long week with a lot of golf, and i was very excited to have come out on top,” smalley said. smalley hopes his success over the summer will carry over to the school’s golf season. “Winning states would be great, but i believe if we make re-gionals as a team and play well, then it’ll be a good season,” smalley said. come august of next year, smalley’s sights are set on his col-lege career. “i’m for sure playing for a d1 school in college. Then, after college hopefully go pro then go on tour,” smalley said. smalley has been offered the opportunity to continue both his education and golf career at duke university. smalley said, “i am very excit-ed about attending duke universi-ty next year and playing on the golf team. it will be a great four years.”

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new varsity volleyball coach scott love inherited a team without a single conference victory last year. “i didn’t know what to expect. My first thought was why, and what can i change to help put the people we have in a better situa-tion. early on i was concerned, but when every-one showed up and started to work, i realized we had the pieces to be better than the record indicated,” love said. love was right. The team took away 5 cap-8 wins this season, including a senior night vic-tory over a ranked Wakefield team. The team finished 12-10 overall and quali-fied for the state playoffs for the first time since 2010. The changes this season aren’t just with the coach. The players changed both physically and mentally.

“The coach was able to see the best in us from an individual stand point rather than just putting random people together and seeing how things work,” senior devan Woodward said. love sought to foster chemistry, too. “We are a lot closer this year. last year we had some conflicts with some girls on the team, but this year it’s a lot better on the court,” senior natalie lafella said. “We like going to practice, and we love playing together, and it’s going to be really sad next year when we are not playing together.” The players felt that love was able to de-termine each girl’s strengths. “i think that since our new coach came and changed around everyone’s position and found everyone’s strengths, he really just brought out the different skills in all of us, and everything has changed, but it has been for the better,” se-nior rachel Walker said. becoming closer on and off the court ben-efits not only the girls, but the coach as well. “as a coach and a team, we all began to

believe in one another and wanted to do our best not to let each other down,” love said. “attitude has changed from a group who hoped to win to a team that expected to win. i think they realized they could be as good as anyone else on any given day. once they believed they could complete with anyone, their confidence went up and we continued to improve.” senior kylie Grandy agreed. “i think our attitudes have changed, and we have gotten a little bit more confidence. as we started off the season, we started with a couple more wins so that started off with more con-fidence so that had a big effect on our whole season,” Grandy said. “i think coach love has done a really good job with us. he’s laid back, but in times of need, he really gives us what we need. he is also very encouraging and lets us know that he believes in us and that it’s not the same as it was last year, that we have more po-tential, and the teammates, i think, we are en-couraging each other more since we have more confidence in each other and ourselves and our attitudes.”

Winning WaysTeams varsity volleyball defeated this year that

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