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A Dazzling Night to RememberINSIDE

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BIG LOVE FOR

SIZELOVEKEEP ON PRAYING!

Fellowship of Christian Athletes begins at Valley Christian High School. All athletes are invited to attend.See page 11

Students enjoy their night of dancing at this year’s Winter Ball.

ATHLETICS

By Kara HintonStaff Writer

This year’s theme for the annual Winter Ball was Midnight Masquerade. Held at the Double Tree Hotel near the airport, the dance on January 21, 2012, lasted from 8PM to 12AM. Many people arrived in limos

.ecnartne dnarg a ekam ot srac ycnaf roThe hotel served little sweet delicacies

and drinks all throughout the night that were delicious and well appreciated. The hotel also provided a large ballroom for the dance, and a separate space for pictures. The DJ played numerous songs students knew well like the “Cha-Cha Slide,” “Moves Like Jagger,” “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Without You,” and many more.

Song after song, people kept dancing through the night. It was not required to go with a date; instead many people went with their friends. Freshman Sydney Muendelein said, “I had a really good time considering this was

The king and queen for the 2012 Winter

Homecoming was Kristin Sato and Sean Davis. But this year’s Winter Ball was a little different because the court was not announced until after the dance. Spirit Week began January 23, and the court was not

.keew eht gnirud yadsruhT litnu decnuonnaBut the switcheroo did not stop anyone from having a great time at the dance.

Each year and each dance, Mrs. Amy

Smith and the ASB do outstanding jobs. This year’s ASB Event Coordinators, Kristin Sato and Jontom Trieu, did a fantastic job organizing everything for the dance.

By Lindsey AllenStaff Writer

2012 VCHS Winter Homecoming CourtL to R: Blake Eversole, Noelle Kampe, Anoop Chaganty, Maya Davenport, Shannon Tran, Cameron

Martino, Kristin Sato, Sean Davis, Alexa Vitale, Chris Hawkins, Katie Osumi, and Jeffrey Korns

Members of the VCHS cheer squad traveled to Hawaii to partici-pate in the Pro Bowl activities.See page 4

TOMORROW NIGHT!

VCHS Theater presents

TITANICOpening March 14

Tomorrow, February 11, there will be a Mixer Dance after the basketball game in the Main Gym for all students, from 9:30-11:30pm. Get ready to party in the gym with your fellow classmates! Come casually and quietly for the suspenseful game

and do not talk until the 7th point is scored. Then stay around and enjoy a night of fun and dancing with your friends!

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Valentine’s ConcertThe Valley Christian string students are planning a Valentine’s concert this Saturday evening, February 11.

Come enjoy finger food, dessert, fun and music from 6pm - 8pm Conservatory Rehearsal Hall Tickets are $10 and can be purchased on-line through the website (www.valleychristianconservatory.org Click on BUY TICKETS NOW or at the door. Bring your Valentine! In April, some students will perform at the Heritage Festival in Hawaii, and also at the Pearl Harbor Memorial. All proceeds will benefit the strings’ trip fund.

Thank you for your support!!

Bre ak t h e Sil en c e

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Hannah LozinskiEditor-in-Chief

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IN THE NEWS by Alec Varsamis

Protestors of Prop. 8

Jamie DequineKara HintonEddie SaoudKiley Stokes

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS & PHOTOGRAPHERS

Anika AhujaNia Hayden

Katelyn DietzOlivia Chui

Victoria StaffordAndre Huy PhanSamantha Chong

Alicia LiuJonathan AllenNardin Sarkis

Andrea CoopersmithThao NguyenAdora Choi

Claire KarlssonJayla Grant

Shannon TranEugenia ParkAndrew LungShelby HetrickRichard Geraffo

Joanna NamMariah Sander

Federal Appeals Ruling on Prop. 8 On February 7, a federal three-judge court from the Ninth U.S. Cir-cuit Court of Appeals ruled that the voter approved Proposition 8 is deemed unconstitutional to deny the right of marriage to gay peo-ple. Same sex marriage will not re-sume in the near future. The appeal will most likely head to Washington and have the eleven-judge U.S. Su-preme Court rule on the proposition. The judges said that the ban of mar-riage to same-sex couples violated the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process.

THE Forum

Santorum Shakes up GOP Race On February 7, Rick Santorum charged for a victory in Minnesota, Colorado, and Missouri. Santorum shook up the GOP race, beating Former Governor Mitt Romney, who was leading the polls in Colorado. This was the best night of Santorum’s campaign since Iowa, and instead of Newt Gin-grich, he is now positioned as the lead challenger against Romney. Santorum won at least 52 dele-gates, including all 37 delegates at stake in Minne-sota, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. This may seem very little, because there are still 1,144 delegates left to win for the GOP candi-dates. Although Santorum won Missouri, they will not be awarding delegates until March 17, where there will be conventions and caucuses. Missouri’s Primary cost the taxpayers roughly $6 million. San-torum is now on his way to Texas, where he is trying to gobble up supporters. The recent wins triggered a major boost in his fundraising, making him raise nearly a million dollars. Santorum is facing an up-hill battle against Romney, but he has said he is not trying to beat Romney, but Incumbent Barack Obama. Romney has won three states as follows: New Hampshire, Florida, and Nevada with a del-egate count of 101. Gingrich followed with 32 del-egates, and only winning South Carolina. Ron Paul has won no states, and only has 9 delegates.

Iran Threatens to Block Straight of Hormuz Early January Carrier Strike Group 3 John C. Stennis left the Per-sian Gulf, and immediately Iran threatened to shut down the Straight of Hormuz which passes nearly 17 million barrels of oil each day. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said we have always had military presence there, so we will do whatever it takes to maintain peace in that region. On January 22, The U.S. sent Carrier Strike Group 9 Abraham Lincoln, and Carrier Strike Group 1 Carl Vinson. Britain sent their Frigate HMS Ar-gyll, and France sent the Frigate La Motte Picquet. Britain has another ship a week away, and is considering sending more.

Note: THE FORUM is a platform for Valley Christian students to anonymously express their views.

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Anyone who had used the inter-net after around early September probably heard of SOPA and PIPA. For those who have been living underneath a digital rock late 2011, SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, or the PROTECT IP Act, were bills proposed to prevent and stop piracy on the web. It was a proposed way to protect intellectual property from being illegally distributed and for owners of that intellectual property to have the author-ity to immediately stop such illicit activ-ity from happening or spreading. There is nothing wrong in trying to prevent piracy; it does, after all, often infringe on copyright laws. However, the crisis SOPA and PIPA brought to the internet raised an alarming question. How far would companies go to protect their property? SOPA and PIPA, if passed, allow the government to purge websites with any offending material. The very general and broad language used in SOPA and PIPA allow almost anything to be considered in-fringement. Any website must be respon-sible and accountable for every single user within it. Did a girl post a video online cov-ering a song by Beyonce? That entire site could be shut down because just one person posted a video with a copyrighted song. The website would not even be notified of the infringement either; they could be given the axe at any moment, and access to their URL would be denied. The main problem within SOPA and PIPA is that the powerhouses behind these acts are all media producing compa-nies. This would make sense, as most intel-lectual property is owned by entertainment industries. However, this causes problems when the media tries to write laws that will completely affect the user base of the inter-net. This may sound like an exaggeration, especially considering SOPA and PIPA are contained exclusively within America, but Americans take a large chunk of the inter-net user base. As of 2011, 78.1% of Ameri-cans use the internet, or 239.9 million us-ers. Most websites based in America have a very wide audience, and hypothetically the audience can be the whole world. In-formation would be distributed throughout

Federal Appeals Ruling on Prop. 8

On February 7, a federal three-judge from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the voter approved Proposition 8 is deemed unconstitutional to deny the right of marriage to gay people. Same sex marriage will not resume in the near future. The appeal will most likely head to Washington and have the eleven-judge U.S. Supreme Court rule on the proposition. The judges said that the ban of marriage to same-sex couples violated the U.S. Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and due process.

Patxi’s Chicago Pizza *** out of 5 $$ 1875 S. Bascom Ave. Campbell, CA. I would stay clear of the appetizers, and get what they are known for, their deep dish pies. You can get deep dish, regular, or thin crust piz-zas, and they are all fabulous! Service is usually great, but the last time I went the pizza came out a little cold. Another plus is they have many locations in the south bay including Palo Alto, and Campbell! By the way, they have been rated a better pizza than the original deep dish in Chi-cago.

Arcadia Restaurant *** out of 5 $$$100 W. San Car-los St. San Jose, CA. This is a great steak-house, I have been here a few times, and they have great side dishes, and they know how to cook a great steak. My favorite appetizer there is the Ahi Tuna Tartare, and the ingredients are fresh! I always get a Filet Mignon, but I have tried their New York Strip, and their Ribeye Steak. Next time you want a good steak, Arcadia is where it’s at.

Blowfish Sushi to Die For **** out of 5 $$$ 355 Santana Row San Jose, CA. This is the best place for sushi in the South Bay. They have great rolls, including the King Rafi, which is off the menu, and it is a roll with panko and salmon. They have great quality fish, so you are not afraid of getting sick after eating it, because they get it shipped fresh to them almost everyday from local and non-local fisheries. If you like sushi, this is a must go!

Waterbar **** out of 5 $$$ 399 The Em-barcadero South, San Francisco, CA. The ambience is great at this San Francisco hot spot. When you walk in, there are two fish tanks wall to ceiling surrounding an award winning raw-bar providing fresh oysters and shellfish everyday. Their menu changes almost everyday, surrounding the fresh fish caught daily flown in from around the world. Make this a destination next time you come to San Francisco.

Restaurant ReviewsBy Alec Varsamis

Staff Writerless, as that information could ambiguously belong to someone. A single infringement would mean the shutdown of a much relied on resource. Several websites of interest are Google and Wikipedia. It is not surprising therefore, that the internet would riot against these acts. It was on January 18 the bill was processed by Congress, and was the day with the heavi-est protests, and even before this date the controversy had exploded. Several claim that these acts crossed the first amendment, and others claimed that the acts would halt the internet completely by reversing its in-novative characteristics. An open letter in-tended to oppose the acts was composed by founders of eBay, Craigslist, Twitter, Wikipedia, YouTube, Google, and others. Many protesting websites “censored” their material by either obscuring their logos, purging website material, or giving them-selves a complete blackout. Many petitions were raised and they acquired millions of signatures. January 18 came and went, and the bill was rejected – but gave potential for revision. So what does this all mean? Surely a bill that caused the largest internet pro-test ever, with some 115 thousand websites blacked out as protest, will have some im-pact for the future. Although another bill like SOPA and PIPA will probably not be proposed in the immediate future, it gives a hint for questions of the new internet cen-tury. Everyone knows piracy is wrong, but what can be a better way to protect often incorporeal property than to censor and op-press free speech? The solution has yet to be seen, but SOPA and PIPA has shed some light on the murky topic.

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Mr. Sizelove teaches an Ethics class.

Despite his enduring battle with Aplastic Anemia, Mr. John Sizelove is back on the Valley campus. He is not only back to teach his ethics classes, but he is also back as the chapel speaker and a strong influence on the Valley campus. Students were astonished to find Mr. Sizelove on the gym floor, dismissing students from cha-pel just several weeks ago. Senior Maddie Burke stated, “ At first I was very confused because I thought to myself is that Mr. Si-zelove? And then I began to realize that it couldn’t be, but it was! It is so wonderful to see that he is back and that so many people are still praying and so many requests have been answered.” For the past eight months or so, Mr. Sizelove has had to battle with this ex-hausting and life threatening disease, only to find out that he has an extremely seri-ous case of Aplastic Anemia. Hearts have been heavy and prayers have been plentiful in hope of John Sizelove coming back to the teaching field. God has truly been with the Sizelove family and has seemingly an-swered the prayers of so many, however Mr. Sizelove’s battle is not over. He still must continue to conquer this terrifying sickness, which has continued to fight him for so long. Aplastic Anemia is a disease that affects about three in every one million people in the United States. About 25,000 people nationwide suffer with this life threatening disease. Aplastic Anemia is a disease in which the bone marrow does not produce the necessary amount of new cells to replace the cells that have died off.

In this case, the body suffers from a deple-tion of blood cells and the blood becomes incredibly thin. Aplastic Anemia is often hereditary and is passed on to about thirty percent of children born to people affected by the disease. In a disease that affects so few people, recovery is often excruciating and potentially as dangerous as the disease itself. In mild cases, cures may consist of medication and blood transfusions. Howev-er, in severe cases, such as Mr. Sizelove’s, rehabilitation may consist of a full bone marrow transplant. Although Mr. Sizelove is back at school and well on his way to recovery, his body is still very weak and must continue to under go life threatening changes. Valley Christian’s prayers are with Mr. Sizelove as he and his family continue to battle with the disease. Although recov-

ery is still on its way, three potential donors have been found to help Mr. Sizelove. Al-though there is still hope that he may not need a transplant. Doctors were surprised that after just eight months the medication seems to have had a dramatic effect on his blood cell count, which in Mr. Sizelove’s case is not only an answer to his prayers, but also an answer to so many hundreds of other’s prayers. The road ahead holds a promising light, however, that light can eas-ily dim or disappear if this disease decides to fight the medication. Please continue to pray for Mr. Sizelove. Although the future is promising, there is a long way to go be-fore Mr. Sizelove is in the clear. Love and prayers are with the Sizelove family as they continue to fight this. Please keep them in your prayers and thoughts.

Mr. Sizelove Returns to ValleyBy Brittany Creel

Staff Writer

On Thursday, January 26, during 4th period, VCHS Dean of Students, Mr. Mike Machado, announced over the PA system that a lock down drill was going to begin. In the previous two weeks, teach-ers in each class went over the procedures: building a barricade, locking all the doors, blacking out the windows, and most impor-tantly, staying quiet. During the drill, bar-ricades were to be built with chairs, tables, desk, backpacks, basically anything that could strongly barricade the door. Teach-ers locked all doors in the classroom, and students hid behind desks or made a “fort” using leftover desks. After the announcement in the first week of second semester that a lock down drill was going to occur soon, stu-dents were on edge and prepared every class period. For two weeks, students an-ticipated a code red in every class. “Dur-ing those two weeks, my math class was convinced that the lock down was going to happen soon. We finally let our guard down during Spirit Week though,” senior Han-nah Lozinski laughed. No one was ex-pecting the lockout to happen during Spirit Week. Freshman Alec Varsamis said, “I was a little bit surprised that it happened, but after our teachers have been review-ing all the guidelines for the past week, my class and I were pretty well prepared.” In the event of a real code red scenario, follow the procedure of the lock down drill, and listen to your teachers in-structions. Above all, it is necessary to stay quiet and not panic.

Students Experience Code Red Drill

By Kara HintonStaff Writer

Come to Sci-Fi Club, We Have Cookies!

By Jamie KeenerFeatures Editor

Sci-fi Club, which began last se-mester, is a growing group of people dedi-cated to various science fiction fandoms, including Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, and Firefly. It was founded by the club president, junior Tanya D’Silva, and her fellow club officers, juniors Colby Cumine, Gabe Davis, and Kalmina Wu. Although the club is primarily dedicated to the science fiction genre, it also gives plen-ty of attention to some fantasy fandoms, such as Lord of the Rings and Harry Pot-ter. “Sci-fi club is a place where students can celebrate the power of imagination,” D’Silva explained. “They can submerge themselves in a world of fantasy and make believe while making connections to real-ity and their own lives.” In the club, members frequently watch Doctor Who episodes and discuss different science fiction TV shows. Mem-bers are also divided into the houses from Harry Potter (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Raven-claw, and Hufflepuff), and past activities have included apple bobbing, trivia, and a toilet paper mummy wrapping game to compete for house points. “Sci-fi club is a good place to go to let your inner geek show,” said senior club member Jessey Oxford. “It’s also cool to see who your fel-low geeks are in school.” Most recently, the Sci-fi club has held a massive bake sale to raise funds for club T-shirts. Goods included Butterbeer

from Harry Potter, bow tie cookies in refer-ence to Doctor Who, and Lord of the Rings themed brownies. Many more fun activities have been planned for the remainder of this school year. According to D’Silva, “In Sci-fi club, we will try to immerse ourselves more into the world of science fiction, and we’ll try to bring in guest speakers to ex-pose ourselves to the science fiction world.” If you want to find out more about what Sci-fi club is going to do next, come to Mr. Nate Marshall’s room, room 218, Thursday at lunch. May the force be with you all.

Director: Matthew DeMerittStage Manager: Kelsey Blackstone

Performances:Curtain 7:30:Opening Night- Thursday, March 15Friday, March 16Saturday, March 17 Thursday, March 22Friday, March 23

Saturday, March 24Thursday, March 29Friday, March 30Saturday, March 31

Matinee, Curtain 2:00Saturday, March 31

Teacher Preview, Curtain 6:30Wednesday, March 14

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By Amber KnopContributing Writer

Cheerleaders Perform at Pro Bowl in Hawaii

From the Office of the President

The cheerleaders pose after a long practice.

Mr. McMinn served as Vice President of North American Sales for Toshiba Amer-ica Electronic Components. His career has also included various senior-level marketing management positions with Toshiba, Siemens, AMI Semiconductor, and Vertex Semiconductor. He has also served in engineering/engineering man-agement positions with Fairchild Semi-conductor and AMI Semiconductor. Mr. Stephen McMinn received a BSEE degree (electrical engineering) from Louisiana State University and an MBA from Santa Clara University. He and his wife, Michelle, are the parents of five children, three of whom attended Valley Christian - Scott (class of 2001), Brian (class of 2003), and Kevin.

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This past January, members of the VCHS cheer team had the unique opportu-nity to perform at the NFL Pro Bowl. After placing first at cheer camp over the summer, the cheerleaders were awarded with the op-portunity to perform during the pregame and halftime shows. Landing in Honolulu, the cheer-leaders were immediately ushered straight to Aloha Stadium to practice. Coping with the many weather patterns of Hawaii, the open stadium forced the girls to adapt quickly to the torrential rains, cloud cover and scorching heat. Most of the time spent in Hawaii was spent at the stadium, each practice ranging from 6-9 hours. The hard work and long hours however, did pay off. They performed with the upcoming band,

Hot Chellerae, who are most popular for their songs “I Like it Like That” and “To-night.” The cheerleaders were able to per-form a dance number alongside NFL cheer-leaders, team mascots, back-up dancers and a Hawaiian hip hop dance crew. For the halftime show, the girls paid a tribute to the military, forming the yellow ribbon in the middle of the field while NBC paid homage to each individual branch of the military. Leaving Hawaii, they all left with memories that will last a lifetime. “All of us gathering together to have crepes in the morning, swimming or surfing on the beach in the afternoon, getting henna tattoos and just bonding. The Hawaii trip not only grew us all together, but grew us together as sis-ters in Christ,” reflected senior Amber Knop after returning from the trip.

Valley Christian Schools’ Presi-dent, Dr. Clifford Daugherty, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ste-phen E. McMinn as Chief Operating Officer. As COO and a member of the Executive Team, Mr. McMinn will serve as ex officio member of VCS Board of Directors and oversee all operations in-cluding facilities, food services, human resources, IT, public relations, and trans-portation. “Valley Christian Schools will benefit greatly from Steve’s proven ex-ecutive leadership while strongly reflect-ing VCS’ values. We are very fortunate to have him join the Executive Team,” Dr. Clifford Daugherty said. Mr. Ste-phen McMinn spent over 30 years in the electronics industry in a variety of engineering, marketing, sales, and ex-ecutive management positions. He has also served on the Board of Directors at Valley Christian Schools for the past 18 years. He most recently spent six years at Altera Corporation, a leader in Field Pro-grammable Technology, as the Vice Pres-ident of Worldwide Channel Sales. Prior to that, Mr. Stephen McMinn served as the CEO for Fyrestorm Corporation in Sunnyvale and Chip Express in Santa Clara. He joined Chip Express in April 1999 as Senior Vice President of Market-ing and Sales, and was named President and CEO in March of 2000. Prior to joining Chip Express,

Mr. Stephen E. McMinn was appointed as VC’s Chief Operating Officer.

The Valley cheerleaders performed in the Pro Bowl stadium, dancing alongside NFL cheerleaders and mascots.

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By Jamie Dequine Staff Writer

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Last year’s STAK club helped build housing for AIDS orphans.

By Kiley StokesStaff Writer

Abolitionist students show what the Society is all about.

Missions Class Prepares For Africa Trip

You can’t help but feel proud and excited for your school, when the intimi-dating, and athletic sports teams swagger through the gym looking professional and ready to win. Whether it is the upcoming basketball, wrestling, or soccer season, the air is filled with high hopes and spirit for all of the Warriors and for the season ahead. In the rally, Valley witnessed an awesome turnout of exciting events, which included the hilarious sumo wres-tling game. All the classes competed with one another, only to result with victory from the girl’s freshmen and the boy’s se-nior class. The competition was a fierce battle with people in huge costumes throw-ing punches at one another. All the teams are planning to make this season their best, they don’t only strive for excellence, but to improve them-selves and grow stronger with the people they surround themselves with. Team-work is one of the most essential things for a winning team, which includes getting along with even the toughest of people. It requires flexibility and determination, two things that only the strongest of people, and athletes can achieve. Athletes not only have to be built mentally prepared, but physically as well. Normal practices for all of the teams range from around 2 to 4 hours daily with ex-tended training and camps. The teams put in hours of work for their wins and give it their all in both games and practices. All sports have had their wins and losses, but in the end they are a group that’s worth be-ing proud of. Well on their way through the sea-son, many of the teams have outstanding sports records. They are all games worth attending to show off your school spir-it.

Valley Christian’s Missions class, taught by Mr. Myron Falkowski, is pre-paring to fly overseas to land in Johan-nesburg, South Africa on February 16-25. These courageous students plan to meet up with the people who the previous STAK club members of 2011 had the privilege to work with. They will spend the majority of the trip working with children and a wom-an named Agnus. Students are looking forward to getting a taste of South African culture and the difference of a third world country, compared to the U.S. It is an extremely beneficial trip to the students, teachers, and faculty attend-ing. Traveling to a third world country can change their perspective on life and give students a sense of thankfulness for the things God has blessed them with; possi-bly change their lives. This year’s goal for the trip is to go with a servant’s mentality and to be ex-posed to real life in its rawest form. They will encounter people who have lived through extreme hardships and now have developed amazing testimonies and faith. The students’ preparation for this trip has been continuous since the begin-ning of the school year. They will be spend-ing their time with less fortunate children and will be able to leave them with a little

more than they had when they arrived. The class plans to bring several full suitcases of school supplies and necessary daily materi-als such as deodorant, feminine products, and clothing to donate to the children that they will be able to use for their daily lives in South Africa. The students will have the privi-lege to work with Agnus, a woman who has lived in South Africa all her life and has a deep-rooted passion toward the children of Rustenburg. Last year, Valley Christian’s STAK club got to meet Agnus and assist her in building housing on her plot of land for the children she provides food for ev-eryday. Returning STAK club members in the Missions class this year will be able to see the results of all their hard work from last year and to see the effects they made on the people and the children there. Students have spent all year rais-ing money individually to take care of the financial aspect of this exciting trip. The trip costs $2200 and every person involved in the trip is responsible for raising enough money for themselves. They have been taught how to send out accurate support letters and how to organize and prepare ef-ficiently for large missons trips such as the one quickly approaching. After all these students’ hard work in raising money, working out all the little details of the trip, collecting donations of

school supplies and daily materials, and preparation both mentally and spiritually, they will finally be able to experience all the things God has set before them. Please

continue praying for these awesome Valley Christian students in their travels and for their safety while traveling to South Africa in the Lord’s name.

Winter Sports Rally Shows

VC Spirit

Abolitionists Stand Up to SlaveryBy Nardin Sarkis Contributing Writer

The past couple of weeks have been extremely busy for Valley Chris-tian Abolitionists! On January 11, a guest speaker, Betty Ann Beoving from The Bay Area Anti Trafficking Coali-tion came to address the student body in chapel about human trafficking. Her message was informative and engaging, as well as a call to action for all Valley Christian students. Before the chapel, many students didn’t think slavery exist-ed in the modern world and didn’t quite understand the problem of human traf-ficking. After hearing Beoving speak, senior Sammy Olson stated, “I had no idea human trafficking was effecting so many, especially so close to home.” The entire chapel dedicated to this cause was able to educate students and faculty about the issue and how to approach it. The next week, The Abolition-ist’s Society held a Fair Trade bake sale where all items sold were made without slave labor used in the supply chain. It was a great success and allowed students to learn more about fair trade options. The Abolitionist’s Society continued to spread awareness about human traf-ficking by sending in letters to Congress urging California senators and represen-tatives to endorse the Trafficking Vic-tims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2011. The club also brought guest speak-ers from the organization Not For Sale to their club to inform Valley Christian Abolitionists more about the cause and what Not For Sale is doing to help. As The Abolitionist’s Society continues to spread awareness across campus, more and more students are learning about the horrors of human traf-ficking and how they can abolish mod-ern day slavery. An estimated 30 million people are enslaved today, more than at any other time in human history. Be sure to do your part to help the cause by stay-

ing aware, purchasing Fair Trade products, using apps such as Free to Work which rates companies based on their supply chains, reporting suspicious behavior, and

of course be sure to attend the Abolition-ist’s Society club meetings every Wednes-day in room 108.

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Valley hosted a FRC event on Saturday to help fundraise other teams in the area.

Math Club Dominates Competition

Valley Christian High School’s Math Club has been busy for the past cou-ple of months preparing for and participat-ing in several major math competitions. As demonstrated by their 7th-place finish in the 2011 Ciphering Time Trials, a na-tional mathematics contest administered by National Assessment & Testing, Valley Christian’s math students are rising to the top competitively. This last major competition of 2011 consisted of ten rounds in which stu-dents had three minutes to solve three prob-lems. The problems in each round covered a range of difficulties in diverse topics, challenging the most-experienced students to answer all three questions within the time limit and requiring less-experienced students to quickly decide which problems they’ll need to skip. After results from students across the country were counted, several of Valley Christian’s students re-ceived individual awards, helping their team to place 7th among the top schools

in the country. In the high school, fresh-man Hugh Zhang placed 15th in the 9th-grade division, while junior Matthew Lin placed 9th in the 11th-grade division. Valley Christian also participated in National Assessment & Testing’s next contest, the 2012 Four-by-Four Competi-tion, on Thursday, February 2, which of-fers a very similar contest format to teams of four rather than to individual students. The Math Club entered ten teams of four into the national competition and will be receiving the results for that competition soon. The school wide results placed the team of Christopher Chon, Alexander Lee, Ethan Lee and Hugh Zhang as first place in the Rock Division, while the team of Karen Lu, Julie Nguyen and Subi Qian was highest in the Paper Division, and Jon-athan Allen, Brian Hu, Matthew Lin and Chen Gong received the top score in the Scissors Division. On Tuesday, February 7, Math Club members also participated in the AMC 10 and AMC 12 competitions with other high school mathematics students in the small gym.

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Since the beginning of the sec-ond semester, Robotics has been busy and active. January 7 was the start of the new FRC, or First Robotics Competition, sea-son and with the start of the new seasons come a new challenge. Robotics consists of a team of 32 students and they design, build, and program a robot to suit a chal-lenge. Once they complete the challenge, they go off to compete against other school’s FRC, teams. The challenge is not always easy, and the teams are given six weeks to complete the challenge. Robotics has started with a seemingly simple but still quite daunting challenge. Their challenge is to build a robot that can shoot basket-balls into a hoop and balance on a bridge and seesaw. Besides building robots, robotics hosted a FRC tournament Saturday, Febru-ary 2 to fundraise and support other FRC teams around the area. Even now the team has a business team within itself and the business team is continuing on planning fundraisers and award submissions. The robotics team is not just a group of magi-cal students who can seemingly create con-

traptions on their own; there is organization and every member of the team has their own part. On the robot’s development itself, Robotics is in its fifth week of develop-ment. “We’re fabricating the robot now,” said Joyce Zhou, a member of the busi-ness team, “after we finished designing and computing.” She continued on to say, “The business team itself is busy with setting up a website up for robotics and working on award essays.” As robotics is concerned with constantly improving to meet the chal-lenges given by their competitions, the members do everything they can do meet that. The challenge is not without a deadline, just like seemingly everything else in school. The robot is due to be fin-ished at February 21 and the competition will be in UC Davis in March 14 - 17. It’s a long way from home, but plans for another competition to be held around the area at the end of March has been made by the Ro-botics team, and they will invite the whole school to visit and watch the competition. Robotics strives to build and improve and hopefully will continue to develop as the season goes on.

By Joanna NamContributing Writer

The Valley Christian robotics team listens to a referee before a competition.

The team prepares their pit before a match.

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During the first semester, Valley Christian’s Color Guard worked hard all season in order to dominate their competitions. There is no different formula.This semester, Valley Christian’s Winterguard intends to do the same. Beginning late last semester, the Winterguard began practicing as early as mid December in order to begin preparing for their upcoming competitions. Comprised of members from last season as well as previous members of the first semester’s Colorguard, the members of the Winterguard bring dedication and experience to the team. Led by senior Katherine Young, junior Brooke Read, and seniors Nick Bedard and Andrew Vaquilar, the Winterguard works relentlessly, with practices sometimes ranging up to 7 hours on competition days in order to perfect their routine. On the 28th of January, the Winterguard participated in the Logan Show Performance, where they took home a respectable 6th place finish. A week later, they participated in the Amador Valley Show, where they put on a remarkable show to take home 2nd place. It is a testament to the school’s Winterguard, Colorguard and marching band’s work ethic that they were invited to participate in the Rose Bowl parade next January in the year 2013, with alumni also being invited to come back to participate. Before that, however, they will be combining with the Colorguard in the Chinese New Year Parade on Saturday, February 11th. Despite the hard work and long hours that they put in, however, the Winterguard finds little reason to complain. Vaquilar remarked, “Friends told me about Winterguard and I was instantly interested. It’s technically my first year doing it after wanting to do it ever since freshman year.” And then he added with a dab of mischief, “Tossing a rifle in the air and catching it is fun.” Fun, but it involves a lot of hard work and practice. Best of luck, Winterguard, in your competition at Leigh on the 18th of February!

By Samantha Chong Contributing Writer

Members of the Valley Jazz Department are excited about

their success at the Folsom festival!

By Katelyn Dietz Contributing Writer

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Band and Colorguard March in SF

PHOTOGRAPHS BY Katelyn Dietz

On Friday, January 27, the jazz band room was crowded with luggage and instrument cases, all in preparation for the 23rd Folsom Jazz Festival. Valley Chris-tian Jazz Ensemble, Lab Band, and Studio Band all were dismissed early and traveled the three hours to Folsom, California. The Room 107 Jazz Choir had an especially early start, departing from Valley at 5:45 a.m. on Saturday for their performance at 10:05 that morning. The first combo kicked off the performing day at 9:15. Next came the Lab Band at 10:30. Senior Adora Choi, sophomores Danny Ginther, Theron Kay, Jeff Tesik and freshmen Bryce Col-lins and Emily Knowles were all honored with soloist awards for their exceptional playing. After a quick lunch, jazz ensemble members warmed up for their 1:30 perfor-mance. The whole trumpet section wowed the judges and each member was rewarded with a soloist award: seniors David Mer-riot, Matthew Gallo, junior Nathan Tao, and sophomores Daniel Santos and Jor-dan Leif. Senior Bria Alexander, juniors Howard Dietz, Alex Popoff, Co Tran, and freshman Kanoa Mendenhall also were recognized for their hard work and excel-lent playing. Freshman Kanoa Mendenhall recently joined the jazz ensemble this se-mester after transferring from her school in

Winterguard Kicks Off Season

Monterey, California. As their new- found acoustic bass player, she has shown much promise as a hard-working new talent. Kanoa is also part of the award winning San Francisco Jazz All-Stars. The bands joined Room 107 at Rolling Hills Christian Church for the nerve-racking results. First, Room 107 won a well-deserved slot in the finals, com-ing in fourth overall out of thirteen choirs. The junior high studio band placed first out of fourteen bands and moved on to finals, which was a great feat seeing as that half of the band is comprised of new sixth graders. Finally, the jazz ensemble won first place in their division and third out of over fifty other high school bands, earning them a place among four other bands in the finals where all bands and choirs are rescored and an overall sweepstakes winner is declared. The evening came to a tiring close as the last band finished around eleven at night. Three trophies made an appearance on stage, one for each sweepstakes winner. The first overall sweepstakes winner for choirs… Valley Christian’s Room 107, for the second year in a row. Next, the middle school bands overall sweepstakes winner …Walnut Creek Intermediate School. The junior high band was able to stick it out and definitely gave it their all, yet didn’t match a deserving competitor. Lastly, the high school bands overall sweepstakes winner. The announcer took a huge pause

Valley Jazz Ensemble Dominates at Folsom

with erupting shouts from eager musicians. It was announced that there had been a tie, two of the exact same scores for two bands for first place. It was explained that the highest and lowest scores given out by the seven judges had been eliminated and all the middle scores had been added up again to determine the winner. By six tiny points, the winner was… Valley Christian High School! Students went wild; there was so much excitement that the trophy was left onstage until one musician was calm enough to claim it for the band. For the first year ever, the jazz ensemble beat out every other band and claimed success. The festival definitely made for a memorable event and kicks off the begin-ning of what is sure to be a great festival season for the VC Jazz Department. Se-nior jazz ensemble member Bria Alexan-der commented, “The jazz program here at Valley is an unknown treasure. For the past 14 years Mr. Gregoric has consecu-tively transformed a group of high school kids into professional level musicians. Yuma Sung, Ryan McCray, Ben Adams and Nick Sutton who are all now pursu-ing professional careers in music; all a part of the Valley Christian Jazz legacy. Every student that has passed through one of Mr. G’s band classes, regardless of their ca-reer choice, has been forever changed by the soul quaking, historic art form he has taught us.”

On Saturday, February 11, celebrate the Year of the Dragon with the traditional Chinese New Year’s Parade in downtown San Francisco. Once again, over 150 students in the Valley Christian Marching Band and Color Guard, both high school and junior high combined, will travel early to SF to prepare to march in the parade. Tune in to KNTV Channel 2 or KTSF Channel 26 between 6pm and 8pm to see VCS represent. For more information, visit www.chineseparade.com. Gung Hay Fat Choy!

FEBRUARY 11:*HS Dance Vivid to Monta Vista USA Dance Competition*HS Instrumental Jazz Lab to Campagna Jazz Festival, Pleasanton, CA*HS & JH SF Chinese New Year’s Parade San Francisco, CA 10:00am*HS String Ensemble Fundraiser Concert Conservatory Rehearsal Hall6:00pm - 9:00pm*HS Mixer Dance after Basketball GameMain Gym 9:30pm - 11:30pm

FEBRUARY 12:*HS Jazz Ensemble Community Outreach Conservatory Rehearsal Hall 5:00pm*HS AMSE Monthly SeminarHS Theatre 6:30pm - 8:30pm

FEBRUARY 17-20:*HS Honors II Theatre to Shakespeare Festival,

Chapman UniversityFEBRUARY 18:*HS Winter Guard Performance, Leigh High School 9:00am - 4:00pm

FEBRUARY 25:*HS Women’s Ensemble to Golden State Choral Competition, Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church8:00am - 10:00pm

Watch Tomorrow Morning! Channel 2 or 26.

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By Mariah SanderContributing Writer

By Jayla GrantStaff Writer

Out of Ideas for Valentines Day?

By Alexis CoriniStaff Writer

Film in Review: The Artist

By Jordan DawkinsStaff Writer

A club member discusses the plans for the year during a Thursday lunch meeting.

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No one would have anticipated the arrival of a genuine black and white si-lent film in the 2010s, not in this day and age of CGI laden action films and viral videos. But that’s just what audiences got this year with the arrival of The Artist, a French produced silent film that debuted at the 2011 Cannes Festival to warm praise. It has received immeasurable accolades this awards season, including the Oscar nomi-nation for Best Picture, which, if it wins, will make it the second silent film after 1927’s Wings to be honored with the pres-tigious award. Transient awards buzz aside, this is French director Michel Hazanavicius’s dream project, and, as such, is a labor of love, paying careful attention to the film-making techniques of the era, down to the 1.33:1 screen ratio and lower frame rate. Hazanavicius chose to write The Artist as a melodrama on the reasoning that melo-dramatic silent films age considerably bet-ter than others. Truly, timeless silent films are imbedded with thundering passions, whether it is romance, sorrow or reverent humanism, utilizing the cerebral beauty of pure images and music to entrance and in-spire the imagination. With a Singing in the Rain-esque story, The Artist follows the egotistical George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) from the peak of his success as a silent film ac-tor to his loss of fame during Hollywood’s transition to sound film in the late 1920s and early ‘30s. In a chance encounter, as-piring actress Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo), in a clumsy rush to retrieve her fallen notebook, bumps into Valentin out-side the premier of his latest film. Valentin smiles, smoothing the awkward moment,

and poses with her in front of the paparazzi. Finding herself on the front page of Vari-ety the next morning, Miller auditions as a dancer for Kinograph Studios. Valentin spots her backstage and urges her to join him on studio’s next production, where a platonic romance buds between them. With her own ambition and luck, Miller eventu-ally lands prominent roles. Two years later, studio executive Al Zimmer (John Goodman) decides to end all silent film productions in favor of the trending “talkies,” or sound films. Refusing to embrace the new technology, Valentin finances and directs his own silent picture, which tanks on the same opening day as Peppy Miller’s new “talkie.” Valen-tin’s wife is driven away by his cold pride, and, in the subsequent years, his posses-sions are auctioned off, he loses his fame and he, consumed with depression, drinks himself to sleep. Meanwhile, Peppy Miller rises to fame as Hollywood’s “It girl,” fill-ing the spot Valentin used to occupy, but retains a heart of gold. She still genuinely cares for Valentin and turns his life around. The Artist succeeds in using si-lent film to its full potential with as little intertitles as possible, as an art form that needs faces, not dialogue. The gracious dance sequences performed by the leading couple and the intimate look at Valentin’s turmoil responsibly pull on the heartstrings and delight the eye. There are some strik-ing images and visual motifs of note, the labyrinth like staircase where the two leads catch up on each other’s lives, Valentin pouring alcohol over a glass clear reflec-tion of himself, walls and borders that vi-sually communicate the division of Miller and Valentin’s lives. Dujardin and Bejo’s faces, highly expressive, tell the story with passion and delicate nuances, an advantage of silent cinema in its most enriching form.

This is not the first time Hazanavi-cius has paid homage to film history and specific film genres. His past two films, the comedic OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies and OSS 117: Lost in Rio, parody 1960s spy films in the vein of James Bond, and his 1993 film, La Classe américaine, con-sists of clips from old Warner Bros. films complied together and dubbed to mimic the story line of Citizen Kane. The Artist, however, is not only a romantic shout out to the silent era, but an affectionate play on silent and contempo-rary film techniques, offering a refreshing and self-aware experience of silent cinema for modern audiences. After viewing Al Zimmer’s sound film test shot, Valentin storms to his dressing room where he and the audience hear the claps and bangs of the objects he moves around. Outside, a group of dancers giggle and a lone feather cre-ates a deafening boom upon falling to the ground. At this moment, where the audi-ence would be fully comfortable with the lack of dialogue and ambient sound, the introduction of sound is highly discordant and surreal. In the shot of the falling feath-er, the camera abruptly zooms in, evoking the shaky handheld, cinéma-vérité style of shooting often seen in contemporary thrill-ers and action films. Valentin tries to vocal-ize his words but fails, showing his literal and figurative inability to succumb to the “talkies.” The Artist suggests that in the midst of technological changes and great depressions it is best to adapt to the turbu-lence of change without disregarding the past. In an age where developing technolo-gies and alternative venues pose radical possibilities and consequences not just on the film medium, but on every facet of our lives, it is imperative to appreciate the past to anticipate and form the future.

Are you out of ideas for Valen-tine’s Day this year? Do you have a boy-friend or girlfriend who is depending on you for a cute movie or dinner date? The good news? It’s not too late. The best and worst thing about Valentine’s Day is that every couple is different, and therefore one idea might work for your friend but won’t work for you. If you’re not above being cheesy, you can try something like a customized heart-shaped puzzle or a photo collage. Create a CD of your favorite love songs that remind you of your special friend. If you’re more into traditional Valentine’s Day ideas, make a card (or buy one, if needed) reading how much they mean to you. Buy a teddy bear and some candy and enjoy the day! Be spontaneous! Just because it’s a traditional love holiday doesn’t mean you have to be traditional. Do something that defines your relationship! The Vow, starring Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams, comes out in theaters on February 10. This PG-13 movie tells the story of a newlywed couple in a car accident, where the wife wakes up with severe memory loss and the husband must then win her heart all over again. You never know, maybe you’ll have a new ap-preciation for the other. Or maybe you’re single and don’t know what to do. Don’t worry about it! Go out with friends to the mall or a movie and have fun on your own. Regardless of what you do, or who you spend the day with, you should have fun. Watch a movie, go out to din-ner, or sit around with friends celebrating Singles Awareness Day instead.

Are you into fashion? Do you love to be the life of the party with your fancy accessories and stylish clothing? Well, you need to know your season first. Seasons, with fashion, are the colors that compliment your skin tone and look nice on you. The seasons are winter, summer, autumn, spring. First we will look at the season of winter. Winter colors consist of any deep color. For example the color could be a deep purple, black, or a navy blue. Deeper skin tones could fit this sea-son. Next is the summer season. Summer seasons consist of powdery colors. Ex-amples of the colors could be a light pink or a baby or medium blues. Then we have autumn. Autumn colors consist of greens, browns, gold, or orange. And finally, we have spring colors. Spring colors consist of aqua, peach, ivory and others. A good way to tell what kind of season you are and what colors best fit you is by first figuring out what hair color you are. Next you will have to figure out if you have a warm or cool hair tone. A warm hair tone is when you have gold or red highlights, while a cool hair tone is less natural highlights in your hair. Once you have found that out, you will be able to determine what season you are. For ex-ample, if you have a deep shade of brown hair with red highlights, you are probably

an autumn. Or if you have blonde hair with no highlights, you may be a summer. The most important way to tell what sea-son you are is by your skin tone. People with winter complexions have blue or pink or rosy undertones as well as people with summer complexions. People with an autumn complexion have golden un-dertones in their skin, like a pale peach, golden beige or golden brown as well as people with a spring complexion. Check out colormebeautiful.com to discover what your beauty season is! Now that you have your sea-son all figured out, you’re going to want to get a good wardrobe together, or do some editing to your already established wardrobe. A really good place to shop is H&M. There is so much variety there and it isn’t too expensive. The colors on some of the products are bold, solid colors with a graphic design that fits. Also they have solid color shirts and blouses. The prod-ucts could be cheaper, but you do get good deals. Another good place is Forever 21. Forever 21 and H&M have similar things in their stores. Also the pricing is about the same. Now that you have the perfect wardrobe, you will be a head turner for the rest of your life! You will look amaz-ing for your job interviews and parties. All eyes will be fixed on you when they see what you are wearing. Have fun look-ing awesome.

What’s Your Season?Fashion Club Plans Year

Fashion Club is one of the newer clubs to the Valley Christian Campus. The council for this club includes senior president Annalisa Lopez, junior vice president Kayla Ross, senior secretary Allie Regan and senior treasure Bethany Laven. They meet every Thursday to dis-cuss the fashion trends going on around

the campus. They strive to show that in-dividuality is one of the most fashionable things to do. They also make note that fashion is not just for girls, but boys too! Fashion Club is planning Valley Chris-tian’s First Fashion Show on March 25! They are very excited to advance as the deadline gets closer. If you are interested in the club or fashion show, talk to any of the council for further information!

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Valley Athletes Sign with Colleges FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012 SPORTS - 11

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Theodore King and family - Alexandra Romanchuk and mom - Byron Marshall and family

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By Sarah KoenigSports Editor

For all of the Christian athletes out there, there is a now a club for you. The FCA, Fellow of Christian Athletes, is a place for us to have our own sanctuary; a place to go with others like us. It’s a place to embrace each other, for us to share our insecurities and grow in our relationships with each other and in our love of God. If you share this love for the Lord, and the athletic activities He’s given us the ability to embrace, come to Mr. Rolle’s room, every Thursday at lunch. Whether you need a sanctuary, or even just a place to chill at lunch, the FCA is ready to welcome you with open arms.

For more information contact VCHS Athletic Director Jolene Fugate at

jfugate@vcs.net or

Mr. Rolle at arolle@vcs.net

By Sarah Koenig and Eddie Sauod Sports Editor and Staff Writer

Varsity Boys Basketball Stays Strong

By Eddie SaoudStaff Writer

Valley Christian was honored to have three senior athletes sign this winter season to exceptional colleges and fulfilling their dreams of participating in college sports. Anticipated football players included offensive and defensive tackle, Theodore King signing with BYU and outstanding running back, Byron Marshall signing with the University of Oregon. Both seniors played an active role in Valley Christian Athletics, participating in both football and track.

TK King was a varsity captain and received WCAL All-League, CCS Honorable Mention, and Coaches Award for his senior year. Last year in track he was a semi-finalist in the shot-put. This 6’3 250 pound senior is more than excited to be playing for the BYU Cougars, and since it is in Utah, that was close enough to home for him. BYU has proven to be a successful program at the Division 1 level, finishing with records of 10-3 or better. King will likely be playing at the defensive

end position or as a red shirt, wherever the coach feels is best for him. King is prepared to grow as a player as well as an individual and believes that BYU is just the place for him. He holds strong Christian morals which he felt were significant in choosing a college. The fact that he is able to play the sport he loves is a bonus.

Through his four years of varsity football, Byron Marshall made impactful accomplishments. He was named an Army All-American in his senior year and retained his title of Warriors offensive MVP. He was the WCAL Player of the Year in 2009 and in track, a CCS Champion of the 100m in 2010. Marshall is eager to head off to Oregon where he will participate in Pac 12, where Oregon ranks at number 4 with head coach Chip Kelley. Marshall, although receiving other offers, chose Oregon because he liked the program and the coaches and felt it was the best fit for him. Marshall is excited to embark on this new journey God has blessed him with.

Another star athlete is senior Lexi Romanchuck who’d rather be spending

year at University of Florida. Although the Warriors were not reaping the benefits of their efforts, they didn’t want past games to affect them in future games. When they played St. Ignatius, hopes were down and the Warriors felt defeated in the first half. With inspiring words from their coach the boys came out with a new attitude. They hustled on defense, which highly impacted their offense. Their shooters were able to convert with 17 points from senior Nick McGrew and sophomore Jay MacIntyre with 19. The Warriors came out with a victory of 49-39. The Warriors wanted to keep the momentum, but would find it difficult when contending with Archbishop Mitty and Serra. The Warriors face vigorous competition in the WCAL, but that doesn’t stop them from persevering through each game and focusing in practice on the keys to success. They continue to work together and make strides with each practice and game remaining in front of them. Their seniors are aware that this is the last season that they will be playing for Valley Christian and work to give it their all in their final high school games. After league, the Warriors will continue their journey into the Central Coast Section. You will not want to miss these boys as they plan to compete for a section championship.

more time on the ice than any field or court. A leading defenseman of the San Jose Jr. Sharks, she has proven that a girl could be just as tough as the boys by playing with them on our Valley Christian Hockey team. When asked about her recruiting experience Romanchuck commented,”When Coach Deraney offered me a full ride to play at his school, I was so happy. It has always been my dream to play Division 1 hockey, and I’m excited that I will be playing at Providence. Providence was always at the top of my list, and after visiting, I was sure I wanted to go there.” After her steller play at Nationals, followed up with a strong showing at the National Development Camp, the interest in her athletic talents was anything but surprising.

These three athletes have seized the opportunity to compete at the collegiate level in their sport and it is important that they receive prayer on this new adventure in their lives. God has blessed them with these abilities and they hope to fulfill His will for them.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY DREW OSUMI

The Varsity boys have turned their program around this season with the leadership of second year head coach, Mr. Marcus Martinez. The Warriors had a strong preseason with an empowering record of 9-1, only losing to Palo Alto by one point. The team was filled with confidence and felt mentally prepared for the intense competition to be faced in the WCAL, and this season would be different because they were determined to pull out some wins. They started off the season in Mt. View against battling opponent, St. Francis. The game stayed balanced through the four quarters with each team racking up their points, but the game came down to free-throws and the Warriors came up short just four points, with a final score 56-60. They couldn’t dwell on the loss because Riordan and Bellarmine were going to be tough games that loomed on the horizon. The Warriors were unsuccessful in pulling out a victory, but proved they were able to compete with defeats of only nine and twelve points. The boys had to move on and prepare for Sacred Heart which was set to be a tenacious game due to the fact that they are ranked number one in the league and posses a powerful forward who will be playing Division 1 ball next

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Giants Bring Back the Lombardi

New York Giants running back Bradshaw goes for a touchdown during the second half.

By Eddie SaoudStaff Writer

In perhaps the most unconven-tional Super Bowl in recent memory, the New York Giants, who finished the year with an adequate 9-7 record, managed to pull off a stunning upset to win the cov-eted Lombardi Trophy, despite the game’s peculiarity, 21-17. In fact, peculiar doesn’t even begin to explain the vibe of this Su-per Bowl, which featured two 12 men on the field penalties (three if you include the illegal huddle), an intentional grounding safety, the most awkward unintentional touchdown ever witnessed, dry-humored commercials, two missed two point con-versions, and a punter who arguably de-served the MVP award. While the obvious headline was the rematch of the 2007 Super Bowl, with identical teams and a QB battle between the younger Manning and the elite Brady, the Giants free agent punter Weatherford placed 3 of his 4 punts within the 7 yard line, while the fourth was placed in the 5, but the Giants punt team failed to capitalize on it before the ball bounced in the end zone. He not only was instrumental in limiting the Patriots to 17 points by put-ting them in terrible field position, but he also essentially forced a safety (the equiva-lent of racking up two point and a turnover) and continually swayed the momentum in the Giants favor. With that momentum, Eli Manning, went 30-40 with 296 yards and a rating of 103.8 on the day having a field day with the Patriots backfield. The Giants also dominated time of possession holding the ball for 37 minutes to the Patriots 23 minutes. After the Patriots’ safety on their first position, following a Giants punt, Manning and company proved dominant in

the first with a 9-0 lead. However, the Patri-ots came back to dominate the second and third quarters. After a Gostowski chip shot field goal early in the second, Brady fired two more TD passes (one to Woodhead in the final seconds of the first half and the other to Hernandez) to give the Patriots the lead 17-9 after 17 unanswered points. Two Lawrence Tynes field goals would bring the Giants to 15. At this point, considering the two offensive powers in the game, the score seemed extremely low and the field

goals were anything but exciting. For most, it wouldn’t get interesting until the fourth quarter went underway. As the quarter opened, the game’s first turnover finally occurred. Brady seemed to be perfect all game, until he fi-nally under-threw a ball, a rare occurrence for the elite quarterback, giving the Giants the ball and a prime opportunity to come back. Making play after play, including a 40-yard pass to Mario Manningham, Manning led the Giants down the field. To

gain the lead and ultimately win the game, Bradshaw ended up taking it in with about a minute left, despite his best efforts to slow down and avoid his slow, awkward fall into the end zone. With limited time and little momentum on his side, Brady tried to run a quick, efficient drive down the field, but to no avail. Just like the miraculous 2007 Super Bowl, excluding the intensity and hi-larious commercials, the Giants once again, against all odds, hoisted the Lombardi Tro-phy.

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Through wins and hard losses, team dinners and team sleepovers, the girls have grown together and learned to play as a team. Throughout the course of the soccer season, the girls have had the opportunity to learn more about the game and one another. They have developed friendships with each other that will not be forgotten. Even outside of games and practices, they enjoy spending time together. Junior Cecelia Orozco said, “I really enjoyed the family feel we have on the soccer team. We’ve gotten closer through practice, games, and team dinners. I love all the girls and I love to play the game.” One of their greatest and most exciting games they have played in was against Archbishop Mitty. They experienced their first lost against them but when the second time to

play the Monarchs came along they went into the game with the mentality to play hard and do their best. During the game, the girls continued to work hard and by the last five minutes of the game, Mitty was up, a score of 2-1. Within the final seconds of the game, freshman Sara Watts sprinted down the field to get a foot on a final goal for the Lady Warriors. The result was more than

just a 2-2 tie. It brought the team as one and united their strengths together. Rejuvenated by the high spirits, the girls continue to play hard in their final games of the season.

The Valley Christian girls varsity soccer team had an incredible week last week, as they continue to compete for the CCS title once again. On January 28, it was a must win for the Lady Warriors as they traveled to Notre Dame Belmont High School to battle their hearts out. The NDB girls were a tough match, leaving the game 0-0 at half time. Finally, after much motivation from the coaches, the girls entered the second half with determination and big hearts. Toward the last few minutes of the game, junior Colby Carson assisted the ball to freshman Melissa Reese, who then flicked the ball past the goalie’s out-stretched hands to put them one ahead of their opponent. With continuous hard work and defense, the girls walked away with a win over NDB, 1-0. The following Wednesday, February 1, the ladies headed toward Presentation High School. Hopeful and focused, both teams were an equal match, working hard to beat out their competitor. Losing 2-0 at half time, the VCHS Warriors were frustrated and impatient, but never dared to give up for a second. They brought back the heat in the second half, scoring two goals to tie up the game. The first was an assist from junior Colby Carson to sophomore Brianna Visalli, the second, an assist from freshman Melissa Reese to junior Colby Carson.

With high hopes and an even more focused mind set, the girls were determined to leave with another win. Unfortunately, due to a miss-reading of the game by the center referee, Presentation was awarded a free kick, in which they scored for a third goal in the final five minutes. Although the Lady Warriors left that day with a loss on their record, they are still in 4th place with ten points, right behind Presentation with fourteen points. “If we compete the way that we can, we’re unstoppable,” commented Head Coach Jolene Fugate. “This is something the girls have to dig deep into and want to win.” Currently, the girls have an 8-5-3 record, and plan to do well in the WCAL tournament, in order to move on to CCS.

VARSITY GIRLS: “WE CONTROL OUR DESTINY” Boys Soccer Makes Final Goals

JV Girls Persevere

By Hannah LozinskiEditor in Chief

As the winter sports season drew to a close, both the JV and varsity boys soccer teams finished strong. With two consecutive wins against rivals Bellarmine, which was the first ever varsity win over the Bells in school history, and Archbishop Riordan, the varsity team improved their final record to 6-11-2 by their last game. Although they started their season with a 3-1 victory against the Warriors of Westmont on December 3, the varsity team experienced several losses in a row afterwards against main rivals Serra, Sacred Heart, and Mitty. It was not until a 0-0 tie against Bellarmine on January 5 that they began to pick up steam again. Following the Bellarmine game was a 2-1 win against Riordan on January 14 and a 0-1 loss to Saint Igantius the following week. The varsity Warriors grew progressively better over the course of the season, and were able to beat Bellarmine

3-1 on February 1. Three days after this victory, they beat Riordan again with a score of 3-2. Sophomore Jacob Seligman assisted senior Alexander Mitchell with scoring two goals, and made one of his own near the end of the match. On Wednesday, February 8, they celebrated senior night with a home game against St. Francis. The varsity team still has the WCAL tournament to look forward to on Saturday, February 11. The junior varsity squad also grew as a team, ending their season with a 3-12-2 record. “We are a very young team,” head coach Court Roberts said after their final match, “but there’s a lot of potential.” They certainly do have potential. The team, almost completely comprised of freshmen, improved as the season continued. They ended the year with a 2-1 victory over St. Francis on February 8. The outlook for the future of boys soccer at Valley is extremely bright. With talented, young players and a dedicated coaching staff, they are already looking ahead to next year to take over CCS.

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THE WARRIORFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2011 SPORTS - 14

Valley Christian JV & Frosh Basketball

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By Sarah KoenigSports Editor

The new Women’s Basketball program has taken out a freshmen team to focus primarily on junior varsity and varsity players. The junior varsity team welcomes freshmen, sophomores and juniors looking to improve their game. The Warriors were off to a great start with a preseason record of 7-4. In one of their first tournaments, the Ladies placed third in the Notre Dame Belmont Classic. They unfortunately lost to the WCAL opponent in the second round, but would be encouraged when the opportunity to face them in league would come. The Warriors chose to compete, and that they did when it came to the Milpitas High School Tournament. The Lady Warriors were able to take second, coming up short 10 points in the championship game to Lynbrook High. The Warriors would have to keep a winning mentality and not be intimidated by the intense competition of the WCAL to continue their success.

Unfortunately, the Warriors would face tougher competition than expected and lost the first five games of league-play. The JV team struggled to convert baskets on offense even with their impressive defense. In practice, they really tried to focus on pushing themselves as well as their teammates. When the Warriors came

to face Notre Dame Belmont, they were excited to play because they wanted to prove that they were the stronger team. The Warriors were down at half, but were able to come back to attain a victory. It was a close game and it came down to the final seconds with a score of 31-28. Sophomore Cassi Orth had a great shooting game and junior Kristen Uda led her team and was able to assist her teammates. The WCAL has proven to be a tough league for the Warriors, but as their season will come to a close, they hope to play hard in their final games. Freshman Rona Stone was moved up to the varsity team half way through the season and will continue her journey as the Warriors head into CCS. As for the junior varsity team, they had a season of trials, but persevered. In the off season, the players are looking forward to improving different aspects of their game.

Boys JV BB After a notably strong 7-3 start, the Warriors have hit the trough of their season. After eight consecutive losses, including a 61-31 thrashing by St. Ignatius, the Warriors are looking for a flicker of light to guide them back to success. That flicker may be the Warriors’ leading scorer, Stephen Ellis, who has averaged over 20 points per game and leads the Warriors in steal, or perhaps the other Warrior captains Randy Cruzet and Matt Garrido who have also performed quite admirably throughout the season. Lately, the Warriors have performed well despite the losses they’ve endured. In four of their last five games, the Warriors have only lost by single point margins, two of those being 5 points or less. In the Warriors’ recent game with St. Francis, they came extremely close to snapping their losing streak in a devastating 40-42 loss. Now sitting at 7-11, the Warriors are entering what is perhaps the toughest part of their schedule. These last 5 games, where the young Warriors will go toe to toe with Sacred Heart Cathedral (who previously won 64-44), St. Ignatius (who previously won 61-31), Archbishop Mitty (who previously won 65-57), and Junipero Serra (who previously won 53-48), will be

a true test of their work ethic and mental toughness. It’s easy to give up; it’s easy to give in to a losing streak that has continued on for seven games now. But, it’s hard to find the will to finish the season fighting. It’s hard to find the will to win against teams that have already prevailed over the Warriors. The season is spelled out for them, the Warriors have the opportunity to end anywhere between 7-15 and 11-11. Only time will tell where the Warriors will ultimately finish. Go Warriors!

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The Warriors shoot during a SF game. Stephen Ellis putting up two for the Warriors.

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By Sarah KoenigSports Editor

Valley Christian was not expect-ing to receive such a numerous response to the boys’ basketball team, but with an over-flow of freshmen participating, the boys program was able to create two freshman teams this winter season. The first team is known as the freshmen - Columbia and the second team is known as the freshmen - Navy. Columbia had the privilege of com-peting in the WCAL and the Navy was able to compete against other competition from the area.

Team Columbia had an excellent preseason remaining undefeated and going into league with a record of 7-0. They

entered into league eager and anxious, but found that WCAL teams were not to be underestimated. To their dismay, they lost their first four league games, including with a devastating two point loss to Archbishop Riordan. They were able to compete with their opponents, but just couldn’t pull out a victory until they faced St. Ignatius where they won in overtime 55-52. Freshmen Chris Hawkins did a great job distributing the ball to his teammates like Marquis Bigladeri who was able to convert on offense for the Warriors with his outside jumpers. Coming off this great win for the boys, they had

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high intensity going into the Mitty game. Unfortunately, they just fell short by just four points. They faced some tough losses, one being in overtime against St. Francis on their home court. Columbia has improved as a team, and the tough competition will only contribute to a successful future for the young athletes. They hope to finish out the season strong and continue to compete the full four quarters.

Team Navy has been working on improving fundamentals as individuals and implementing them as a team. Navy has competed against other public schools in the area, such as Independence, Andrew

Hill, and Del Mar. The Navy experienced some tough losses, but was able to pull out a win against Gunderson High School and Everest Public High School. They will play one final game against Gunn High school and hope to pull off a win to bring their season record to 3-9.

Freshmen year is a great year to experience a new team, methods, and learn vital fundamentals to help young athletes grow as a players. These freshmen have utilized the opportunity to improve their skills and continue to work toward making the varsity roster.

The varsity girls’ basketball team stays on their toes in the toughest league in northern California, the WCAL. With a pre-season record of 7-4, they went into league with over-anxiousness without anticipating the vigorous competition about to be faced. With only six returning varsity players, it would be an eye-opening experience to the newcomers who would be challenged with the intensity it takes to engage in varsity girls basketball. The West Coast Jamboree is one of the top high school tournaments that fea-ture 144 teams primarily from the Northern California area as well as Washington and Oregon. The Valley Christian girls were placed in the Gold Bracket, the 2nd tough-est, under Platinum. The girls first faced McKinleyville, which featured 2 All-Coun-ty defensive players. With the impressive teamwork and fight the girls came up just short of 3 points with a 44-46 defeat. Unfor-tunately the girls could not pull it together

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Varsity Girls Basketball Goes All InBy Sarah Koenig

Sports Editor

The Boys Wrestling program works to get back on track. With many individuals new to wrestling, each practice and match is an opportunity to improve and learn. The guidance and determination of Coach Braumon has been intense and the boys do their best to respond. The Warriors compete in the West Catholic Athletic League and have endured a rough season. The boys are not able to fill a full roster and unfortunately have to forfeit a majority of their matches, which puts their team at an unrecoverable deficit. Individually, the boys compete, trying to reach their full potential. They realize that they are a bit behind the competition due to the fact that they are new to the sport of wrestling, while their opponents have years of experience. Although league has not panned out as planned, the boys compete in other tournaments. They showed tremendous improvement in the Bellarmine Invitational. Sophomore Markus Tran, a 106-pounder,

is a first year wrestler and went 3-1 that day allowing him to place 3rd at the invitational. His performance was highlighted with an outstanding takedown in the final period with only a short amount of time left and he followed it up a pin for the 3rd place medal.Freshman Sydney To had one of his strongest technique performances being a rookie wrestler. He won 5 matches and placed 4th in the JV tournament. Freshman teammate Blair Murphy got his first pin of the season and his friends were ecstatic. Junior Cody Roth continued displaying his superiority at the JV level. The junior easily dominated his opponents going 3-0 at the invitational. His junior teammates Jordan Furiosi, Zach Epp and Michael Ford also delivered solid performances by placing 3rd in their brackets. The boys wrestling team will continue to improve and grow as a program. It is tough when they cannot fill a full roster, but the coach works to encourage the boys to persevere through each loss and really focus on developing their individual techniques and skills.

Wrestling Team Works HardBy Sarah Koenig

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and ended up losing the next two games that should have been victories. In the final game the girls finally were able to work to-gether and finished the tournament with a win against Colony High School. This tour-nament was meant to be a momentum boost going into league, but instead it would show how unprepared the team was in entering the WCAL. The girls’ first opponent in league was St. Francis, a match they lost 62-34. Al-though they excelled in the first quarter it was evident that they were not in the same condition coming off the Los Altos Cham-pionship and failed to get back on defense, which is a conditioning as well as effort problem. Coach Snelgrove would not stand for that any longer and changed the prac-tices to include the girls running 38 minutes of timed sprints. The girls were able to come together and would play with an effort. In their next game against Presentation High School the girls definitely played with heart, but just could not convert on offense. They made unnecessary mistakes and had an over- The Warriors work hard to be the best.

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flow of turnovers and lost. The girls would then make a choice to go hard in practice and the coach promised blood, sweat, and tears and that is exactly what they received. The girls lost the next three games, but were able to pull out a win against Notre Dame Belmont. The girls played with passionate defense from Senior Andrea Harris against the Tigers driving offense and were able to fix their help side defense. The Lady War-riors also had one of the best shooting games with Juniors Marissa Brehmer and Sarah Koenig and Senior Taylor Reyes from the 3 point line. Sophomores Jessica Mitz had an excellent mid-range game, while Jourdyn Patterson did her job as the point guard by assisting her teammates. The girls have faced a tough battle during the beginning of the WCAL, but as they continue through the second half of the season, they hope to only improve as a team and be prepared for the CCS championships as they will be competing in division three facing tough competition like Terra Nova and Sacred Heart.

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THE WARRIOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2012PAGE - 16

By Alexis CoriniContributing Writer

A few weeks ago, after the 49ers beat the Saints in a suspenseful playoff game, my younger brother was praying for dinner. He said, “Dear God, thank you for making the 49ers beat the Saints,” to which my mother replied, “I don’t think God cares about football.” Now, that may be said for most football teams, but it’s hard to deny that Tim Tebow, starting quarterback of the Denver Broncos, has had God on his side this season. So you make the call! After coming in as a starter for the 1-4 Broncos on October 23, Tebow pulled through with a miraculous victory over the Miami Dolphins. From there, he carried the Broncos to win six of their next seven games and led them to finish the regular season with a record of 8-8. While playing college football for the Florida Gators, Tebow began his tradition of wearing Bible verse references on his eye black. Over his college career, he wore a variety of verses, including Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men,” a verse also inscribed on the wall of Valley Christian’s own gym. He has also worn other well-known verses such as Romans 1:16 and Philippians 4:13. In an interview from 2009, Tebow said, “I was just putting on my eye black and I realized that if I put a Bible verse on it, somebody might actually get something out of it . . . . I really lean toward something that’s going through my heart. If there’s

something going through my heart that week, or whatever it is, I think people understand more and learn more from it.” The NFL, however, banned this tradition.

On January 8, 2009, in the BCS National Championship, Tebow wore the famous verse John 3:16 for the first time. Immediately following the game, the verse received 93 million hits on Google. Exactly three years later, Tebow faced the Pittsburgh Steelers in a thrilling Wild Card playoff game. After entering overtime tied 23-23, Tebow threw

an 80-yard touchdown pass on the first play to secure a 29-23 win over the 12-4 Steelers. In the game, Tebow threw a season-high 316 yards and set an NFL record with 31.6 yards per completion. This feat boosted the verse once again into Google trends, hitting number eleven that night and rising up to number one by the morning of January 9.

Immediately after the game, Tebow dropped to his knees in prayer, a position that he has become well known for. “Tebowing,” as fans and critics alike call his one-kneed prayer position, has become a popular trend recently, and a word that has come to be synonymous with praying. Tebow has inspired various websites, videos, and posters often reading “Have you Tebowed today?” Photos have popped up all over the Internet of people Tebowing everywhere from water fountains to Mount

Rushmore. In fact, Tebowing has become so popular that it is now officially a word in the English language meaning, “to get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something c o m p l e t e l y different.” In December, over 40 New York high school students were caught Tebowing in the hallway of their school, and four athletes were suspended for starting it.

Just a month later, two South Carolina basketball players were beat up after a game because they Tebowed after an unlikely victory. So next time you begin to pray, thank God for the freedom at Valley Christian, and kneel before the Creator of the universe. Be unashamed of your God and your faith and, like Tebow, let everyone know what you believe.

Have You Tebowed Today?

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“Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; praying at the same time for us as well, that God may open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; in order that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.” Colossians 4:2-3