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Reinventing the English language one butch-ered word at a time.”“
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teacherisms
save the date
hall talk
“If you’re gonna be tardy, at least make it count.”
— Junior
“I drew a ninja on the top of my quiz. It protects it from anything lower than a 100.”
— Sophomore
by the numbers
• Oct. 31 – Report cards issued• Nov. 1 – Nov. 2 – JV girls bas- ketball tryouts 3:45p.m. - 5:45 p.m.
“Want a dinosaur tattoo?” — Senior
• The average female owns six sweaters, while the aver- age male owns two.
• In 2008, 37.5 million people attended college football games.• Fingernails grow 1/4 inch a week while toenails only grow about an inch a year.
A closer look at
meteorologist
Jamie Arnold
• It would take more than 10,000 rolls of duct tape to go around the world.
• Nov. 6 – Election day, school closed
Inside:News: page 2 — Winners page 3 — Mock Election ResultsOpinion: page 5 — Clemson vs USC GameFeatures: page 6 — “Harvey”page 7 — A Look At Firefi ghtersCenterspread:page 8 & 9 — HalloweenEntertainment: page 11 — Piercingspage 13 — WMBFMeteorologistSports: page 14 — Football page 15 — Girls GolfStudent Life: page 16 —Homecoming
now you see him, later you won’t | Elwood P. Dowd (senior Michael Spencer) and Harvey (a 6-feet 3-inch rabbit) hang out together like any friends would. However, Harvey hap-pens to be invisible. The show runs Nov. 16-17 at 7 p.m., and tickets are $12. [Photo by Angela Hannah Photography]
• Nov. 2 – Varsity football game “Red Out” for the American Heart Associa- tion• Nov. 5 – JV boys basketball tryouts 3:45 p.m.
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queen and princess | At the conclusion of the Miss CFHS scholarship pageant Sept. 29, se-nior Anne-Marie LaSalle was crowned Miss CFHS and freshman Kayla Adcock was crowned CFHS princess. [Photo by Meaghan Weiss]
band together | Prior to the marching band competi-tion in Aynor Sept. 13, snare drummers sophomore Ian Mahaffey and junior Abel Wilson plays cadences at the Homecoming pep rally Oct. 12. The marching band won first place at Aynor the following day and first place the following weekend in North Carolina. “The competition was rewarding to see all our hard work pay off,” Mahaffey said. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
crowned a winner | At the Homecoming game Oct. 12, se-niors Arielle Stanley and Barron Calvert were crowned Homecoming Queen and King, “Never in my wildest dreams I would ever imagine being crowned Home-coming king,” Calvert said. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
And the winners are...
national honor society | The National Honor Society inducted 26 seniors Oct. 2. Math teacher Marsha Pini was the guest speaker. The members, all seniors, are: First Row: Faith Ruska, Rachel Barenburg, Anna Grace Dunsford, Allison Dunsford, Casey Skully, Kayla Conner. Second Row: Ana Vieira, Megan Denny, Sa-mantha Barrett, Pooja Patel, Melinda Custer, Savanna Altman, Kelsey Avery, Gabrielle Abee. Third Row: Lia Farrar, Kaeli Weeks, Michael Brooks, Brianna Strang, Jessica Carr, Anne-Marie LaSalle. Fourth Row: Issac Wathen, Erin Marsh, Shelby Clemer, Ryan Ramey, Kyle Gibson Lanie Ruedy. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
signing away | Senior Kelsey Avery and sopho-more Hollie Roy sign the pledge to stop texting and driving at the “TXT L8R” signing, sponsored by HTC Sept. 26 in the cafeteria. Almost 500 students and teachers signed TXT L8R. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
compiled by kyleigh cozene
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prowlerprowlernews 33Mock Election Results
Romney Obama Romney ObamaGrade
Romney Obama47% 53%
Males Females TotalRomney Obama
Source: 1190 students and 136 staff members surveyed Oct.1- Oct.12
TeachersRomney Obama
9th 47% 53% 47% 53% 47% 53%10th 44% 56% 46% 54% 45% 55%11th 60% 40% 46% 54% 53% 47%12th 46% 54% 43% 57% 45% 55%
52% 48%
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Which candidate would you vote for and why?
page compiled by micheal curry & eric morton
“I’d vote for Obama because every-one is saying he didn’t do anything for this country, but he did only serve a four year term and it takes more
than four years to fi x a country. He’s a great man with great ideas. He just needs more time.”
— Antonio Torres, Senior
“I would vote for Romney because he pro-motes growth of small businesses and these small businesses are the ones who
provide jobs for individuals.” — Daniel Rollins, Sophomore
“Romney because I have learned a lot about Obama in documentaries and the news. He lies about a lot of opinions he’s had and has turned the country down in the last four years. Rom-ney’s business ideas and contributions are proven to help, although I don’t agree with some of Romney’s belief.” — Tyler Bass, Junior
Breakdown by grade, gender and staff
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halltalktalk
“Are you a camera because I smile every time I see you?”
– Senior
“Some dude gave me his headphones for my milk.”
– Junior
“I can’t just say something funny. I need inspiration.”
– Junior
“Well, don’t you look delight-fully nerdy today?”
– Sophomore
“My ninja is better than your ninja.”
– Senior
“I’m just sitting here, you know, listening to people who can’t speak.”
– Senior
“I bought a cat off of Craigslist for $20.”
– Sophomore
“I’m selling a turtle on eBay.” – Sophomore
“She was probably blonde before she turned gray.”
– Junior
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staff editorialeditorial
Sometimes we don’t think about just how much police offi cers, fi refi ghters and EMTs do for our community.
They’re the ones who respond to car accidents or when an elderly person falls down the stairs. Or the ones who catch the person who broke into your house. Or the ones who come to the rescue when you’re fi rst learning how to cook and catch the stove on fi re by accident.
But the appreciation we show for those who do so much for us is very little. Some say they’re just doing their job, but they’re doing more than that. They’re help-ing us and our families in more ways than most think about.
The fi refi ghters bring fi re trucks to local elementary schools and teach young children what to do if their house ever catches on fi re. The EMTs are the ones your parents called when you fell off your bike and broke your arm. And police offi cers are the ones who helped fi nd
your mom’s purse when it was stolen out of the car in the middle of the night.
They stay behind when their families evacuate before a hurricane so they can help make sure everyone else leaves safely and those who stay are safe. They’re the ones who make sure the brush fi re doesn’t spread to your house and the ones who are out in the awful storm to save someone’s life when their car hydroplanes and hits another innocent driver just trying to get home safely.
The next time you see a police offi cer, thank him or her for keeping you safe by pulling over the speeding car on the highway on arresting the drunk driver who could have killed an innocent driver.
The next time you see a crew of fi refi ghters or EMTs, thank them for saving your neighbor’s house when it caught on fi re or for saving someone who lost control of his or her car and ended up in a ditch because it was raining.
Take a minute and think about how lucky you are to have such brave, courageous people to help and protect you in your time of need.
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Volume 16, Issue 2: Oct. 31, 2012
theprowlerCarolina Forest High School
700 Gardner Lacy Rd.Myrtle Beach, SC 29579
bykatelyn rooksrooks
entertainment editor
Some things never change
do what ??
USC and Clemson will always be rivals; nothing on this planet will ever change it.
South Carolinians are born with Clemson or USC in our blood. It’s not just your team. It’s who you are.
My grandfather has been a Clemson fan all his life. My mother and I have always been Carolina fans. As you can imagine, around Thanksgiving there’s some tension.
We’ve bet money or who will pay for dinner and even who has to wear the winning team’s shirt in public. Of course, no matter what the promise, no one goes far enough to enforce the wearing of the shirt. It’s nice to bet
on, but it just gets embarrassing.You can hear the screaming from down the road once
the game starts. It’s not hard to know who just scored by who is yelling. By the end of the fourth quarter, someone is heartbroken and someone else is ecstatic to have brag-ging rights for the next year.
Some would let it go and stop bragging after a week or so but not my family. The winner carries on until the next year.
We will always be family, but our blood bleeds dif-ferent colors.
We humans could learn a thing or two from other animals.
Though most humans seem to be devoted to one partner, we have easily been beaten out by some other animals. Even though 97 percent of animal species reproduce and never see each other again, the other three percent (humans included) are faithful to one life-long partner.
Yet 40 to 50 percent of humans’ marriages end in divorce. Maybe we could use some help achieving de-votion from the other three percent.
One of the many symbols of love is two swans with their two necks shaped as hearts. This is not ironic. Swans search for life-long partners through all the ob-stacles they face.
While some humans fi nd it hard to look past what’s on the outside, this is not a problem for black vultures where having good looks is not a prerequisite. These ugly little birds stay with their mate for life and even have a history of attacking other vultures that make any sort of move on their mate.
Most amazing is the story of the red-tailed hawk. Once they fi nd their potential mate, they go through a courtship where they fl irt with each other until they decide to reproduce. The two birds fl y together swoop-ing and rolling and even lock feet together in the air.
Maybe if we trusted each other as much, our di-vorce rate would decrease. I honestly never thought of any of these animals like that or wondered if they had bonds so strong they stayed together for the rest of their lives. Now whenever I see birds, wolves or even termites, I wonder why humans can’t seem to fi gure out how to love like these simple little creatures.
by tori creekmorecreekmorecenterspread editor
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‘Harvey’ set for Nov. 16-17
The main character is a rabbit. A rabbit named Harvey who is 6 feet 3
inches tall. A man called Elwood P. Dowd sees Harvey and befriends him. However, a problem arises as Elwood introduces Harvey to all of his friends: no one else can see Harvey.
So far in rehearsing for the play, direc-tor Pam Muise says that the cast of “Har-vey” is doing a great job.
“Watching the creativity the students bring is amazing,” she said. “You can give them a script, but you can’t teach creativ-ity. It’s been great to watch them think through their characters, and I’m excited to see what will happen when the script is out of their hands.”
Matt Ward, co-director, agrees.“It is fun to see the kids grow into their
characters,” he said. “It is interesting to follow the story of Harvey and to see the progression of the show. It is also really cool to see the actors get into the story, almost as if Harvey is really there with us at rehearsal.”
Although working on the play can be a fun time for cast and crew, there is also stress.
“Ironically, the most frustrating part of working with the play is also trying to make the actors believe that Harvey is real,” Ward said. “For example, sometimes during blocking, the actors will walk over the space Harvey is supposed to be in, and that completely ruins the effect.”
Senior Michael Spencer, who plays El-wood, doesn’t need convincing.
“Harvey is real. He was the fi rst one of
hold the phone| At rehearsal for “Harvey,” Myrtle Mae Simmons (freshman Adrianna DelP-ercio) listens in on a phone conversation held by Veta Louise Simmons (junior Jenny Bettke). Bettke has been involved in drama productions since elementary school. “Theatre gives you a chance to express yourself without being judged,” Bettke said. [Photo by Grace Timmons]
us to memorize his lines,” Spencer said. “It’s fun to work with him. All I do is look up and have a conversation.”
Ward promises that the play is worth seeing.
“The show is a well written comedy so it could be interesting for anyone, even those who come in knowing nothing about the story,” Ward said.
Muise agrees.“The show is funny, and we think that
people can enjoy the silly little things that happen,” she said. “Although the play is old – it was written in the 1940s – it car-ries a strong message of what friendship really consists of, and it encourages the viewer that it is OK to be who they are.”
The cast of “Harvey” consists of 12 members: six boys and six girls.
“This is really going to be a great cast. The actors have worked really hard. Some students are veterans of this school’s shows, and some of them are new,” Muise said.
One of the new cast members is fresh-man Adrianna DelPercio who plays Myr-tle Mae Simmons.
“My favorite part of working on ‘Har-vey’ is probably working with the other cast members because you can learn so much from other actors,” DelPercio said. “I love the rush I feel when I walk on stage.”
“Harvey” is a lighthearted tale of an unlikely friendship. Even those who do not enjoy theatre are encouraged to come out and support their friends in the play.
“By the time we actually perform here at school, we will have taken ‘Harvey’ to competition twice, so we are very excited to bring it home,” Muise said.
by austin van den wijngaardvan den wijngaardfeatures writer
the castthe castcastBrittany Alford
JennyBettke
Ana Carvalho
Steven Causey
Ryan Collier
Taj Cummings
Adrianna DelPercio
David Derochea
Nakoa Dial
Chyan McDonald
Nejla Maddox
Michael Spencer
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just another day | After putting out a fi re in a shed at a local golf course, the fi remen pose for a picture before getting ready to head back to the station. “This call was different than most because there was fertilizer and chemicals in the building so we had to work really fast,” Lieutenant Charlie Weeks said. [Photo by Doug Campbell]
Firefi ghting: It’s more than just a jobby kaeli weeksweeks
editor-in-chief
They save lives, sometimes by running into burning buildings.
They are volunteers, but these vol-unteers do not fi t the normal volunteer defi nition. They provide a service to the community that is extremely different from most services provided by other vol-unteers. Horry County Fire and Rescue could not run properly without the help of its volunteers.
“Our volunteer base is extremely im-portant,” Deputy Chief Kenneth Beans said. “In order to initiate all of the fi re tacs on a fi re you need a certain amount of people and right now we don’t have the tax base to support a large number of ca-reer fi refi ghters.”
The fi re departments need more help. In order to become a volunteer you
must submit a volunteer fi refi ghter ap-
plication which can be picked up from Station 45 in Carolina Forest. After fi lling out the application you must go through a physical agility test, a medical exami-nation, a background check and attend a recruit class that meets two nights and a week and every other Saturday.
“The physical agility test consists of climbing stairs and dragging dummies and hose,” Lieutenant Freddy Deangelis said, “and a lot of the classes for the re-cruit class are offered online so you can take them at your house.”
Even though a volunteer must be 18, if you are interested in becoming involved sooner, there are options.
“The Academy of Technology and Academics also has a fi re program where you graduate with all of the credentials to be a volunteer or possibly a career fi re-fi ghter,” Chief Beans said.
Becoming a certifi ed fi refi ghter can give you other opportunities as well.
“After getting your fi re certifi cation you can go on to get an EMT certifi ca-tion,” Lieutenant Deangelis said.
Becoming a volunteer is something to consider as a choice after high school or even while you are still going through school.
Firefi ghters are attracted to the job for different reasons, Beans said.
“It depends on your age. When you’re younger it’s the adrenaline rush,” he said. “It’s a self satisfaction when you’re able to help someone in their time of need. It helps build a safer and better prepared community.
“It’s like the military. It gives you structure. If you have the opportunity to become career, it’s a job to pay your bills. For some people it’s a sense of belong-ing. It becomes a family actually. You have other people around who are always willing to help in the good and the bad times.”
time to go | After a call, Lieutenant Char-lie Weeks makes sure the fi re truck is put back together correctly before leav-ing the scene. [Photo courtesy of Charlie Weeks]
talking with the chief | After a meeting with the lieutenants, Deputy Chief Kenneth Beans talks about concerns with the volun-teers and how much he appreciates them. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
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What’s up wi
what is your favoriteHalloween costume?
These students told us how they like to dress up for this spooky holiday.
“A Kitty Cat”– Kaitlin Buckley,
Sophomore
compiled by tori creekmore
“Pooh Bear”– Chelsea Cole,
Senior
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source: In a random survey Sept. 26, 100 students told us their favorite Halloween character
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itch you?
“Mickey Mouse”– Zanthia Bennett,
Freshman
“The plug and the socket”
– Cj Reyes, Junior
Answers: 1. Lindsay Purdy 2. Sarah Jane Lowe 3.Patty Kramer 4. Katherine Meade 5. Cj Reyes 6. Eric Sauthoff 7. Dustin Crenshaw 8. Hannah Smithson 9. Zoe McDonald 10. Austin Adcock 11. Michael Kramer 12. Kayla Keller
You may look around on All Hallows Eve in search of the most scary, gruesome and haunting costumes on the streets, but you may have a dif-fi cult time seeing any, especially when it comes to today’s youth.
Witches and ghouls are things of the past. Now it is teased hair and skin tight leopard print dresses. Ten-year-olds are stomping around in heels made for 20- year-olds.
Moms of the past made their trick-or-treaters sport several layers to keep warm. Moms today don’t seem to care that the shoes their daughters are wear-ing are the same ones Julia Roberts wore in “Pretty Woman” when she’s picked up on the corner.
Walk through the aisles of Wal-Mart. Want to see something different? Look at the fi refi ghter costumes. Hat. Check. Yellow rain jacket. Check. Boots. Check. Pants. No check.
Girl! You are gonna get burned in places you don’t want to!
Some of today’s youth have even brought their favorite movie characters to life.
Why can’t they do it in a classy way? Why can’t they just put more clothing on?
The box offi ce success of “Harry Potter” sparked a wave of muggles masquerading as Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Luna Lovegood, Draco Mal-foy and even Harry himself. Whether it is hiking up Hermione’s skirt or cutting a Disney princess’s dress too short, it seems to be a contest of how sexy one can look.
When I see a skanky Belle from “Beauty and The Beast” walking the streets on Halloween, my fi rst reaction is “It’s called a ball gown! It’s supposed to be fl oor length, not thigh length.”
It makes me question if she wanted to be a whimsical princess for the night or a raging harlot. If I have a daughter and she walks out of my house wearing a trollop-looking dress, I’m going to send her to her to room for the rest of the night with only a bowl of cereal for dinner. No candy. No trick-or-treat. ONLY BRAN FLAKES.
Halloween costumes go from scary to skimpy
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What’s the worst thing you’ve ever got in your Halloween bag?
“Granola bars and fruit”– Scott Kessler,
Sophomore
“An apple”– Shannon Horton,
Senior
“Pickled eggs”– Austin Adcock,
Junior
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Piercings — beauty, fador self-concept enhancer?
In the Egyptian days having your navel pierced was considered a sign of royalty.
To the Romans piercings showed strength, courage and bravery. In Africa, women would enhance the size of their piercings to discourage slave trade. In primitive societies piercings were used to show status or rite of passage.
Today piercings are more of a fad. Some just get their ears or na-vels pierced, but others like senior Ruth Smith go above and beyond.
Smith has size two gauges, size 16 second holes, a septum and a navel piercing.
“I’ve wanted piercings since I was lit-tle,” Smith said. “I saw one one day and I said ‘lets do it’.”
Some get piercings for more than just style.
“They make me feel beautiful,” Smith said.
Multiple piercings, like clothes to a shopaholic, can bring a whole new confi -dence and self-assurance.
“When people get new shoes and they’re like ‘oh cool’,” senior Taylor Baca said, “that’s how I am about my pierc-ings.”
Some though look at piercings differ-ently.
“People call me a freak because I have them,” Smith said.
Baca agreed. “Some people think my tongue pierc-
ing is a little weird,” Baca said.
tongue tied| Senior Taylor Baca shows her tongue piercing.
all pierced up |Although not evident in this picture, senior Ruth Smith has four piercings: a septum and navel piercing, size two gauges and size 16 second holes. [All photos by Grace Timmons]
Then there are those who just fi nd them interesting.
“Everyone sticks their fi ngers through them [3/4 of an inch gauges],” junior Ty-ler Martin said.
According to Horry County School District policy it is considered “unac-ceptable attire” for a teacher to have any facial piercings. This includes nose, eye-brow, lip, tongue and cheek piercings.
Other employers just see them as “unprofes-sional” and are hesitant to hire you.
“Usually when I go to an interview I tuck my piercings and hide my ears,” Smith said.
While many em-ployers don’t allow piercings, there are a
few that do. “The job I have now doesn’t care be-
cause we’re a branch of Spencers,” Smith said.
Sometimes it’s not just employers that care, but adults in general.
“They think I’m a bad kid,” Martin said. “They think I’m a punk.”
In a way piercings have a mainstream quality to them.
“People who get them to look cool are just trying to fi t into a crowd,” Smith said.
No matter what one thinks about pierc-ings, they are an evolving fashion that has kept developing through the years.
“Piercings don’t defi ne the person,” Smith said. “It’s just an additive.”
More and more get them, which per-petuates the fad.
Just make sure you think twice before you go running to Seaboard Street.
industrialized| Freshman Alexis Amoroso exhibits her industrial piercing.
gauged| Senior Ruth Smith has size two gauges.
plugged| Junior Tyler Mar-tin displays his 3/4 of an inch gauges.
by grace timmonstimmonsentertainment writer
“ Piercings don’t defi ne the person. It’s just an additive.”
Ruth SmithRuth Smith senior senior
• At one point, tongue piercings were a ritual to draw blood to prepare for the Gods.
fastfactsfacts
• Nose piercngs date back to 4,000 years ago in the Middle East.
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quick questionsquestions
“Freddie Krueger” and “House of Wax”
– Tyler Rolling, Freshman
What’s your favorite Halloween movie?
“Haunting in Connecticut” and “13 Ghosts”
– Phelecia Doctor, Sophomore
“Hocus Pocus”
– Trista Swontek, Junior
“Nightmare Before Christ-mas” and “Corpse Bride”
– Mystery Swihart, Senior
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It takes more effort and time to broadcast the local weather than most would think.
Meteorologist Jamie Arnold does it fi ve days a week.“Our fi rst newscast is at 4 p.m. I’m at the station no
later than 1:30 p.m. It takes a good three hours to get it all done,” Arnold said.
To become a meteorologist you need either a degree in meteorology, atmospheric science or broadcasting, as well as previous experience and internships. Arnold spent seven years at a station in Greenville, N.C., and also worked behind the scenes at a station in Charlotte.
But before that, he was in college for six and a half years majoring to become a meteorologist
“I always knew I wanted to be a meteorologist from day one, but the thing that really sealed the deal for me was Hurricane Hugo in 1989 when I lived in Charlotte. We knew that the storm would be bad in South Caro-lina, but the forecasts for Charlotte were not too bad,” Arnold said. However, Charlotte got hit with multiple tornadoes.
Along with Arnold’s years of on-air experience are a few mishaps.
“I’ve messed up plenty,” he said. “I’ve dropped the clicker, my mic has fallen off, the fi re alarms have gone off, and you just have to keep going. At the old station I had part of the roof fall in beside me during a bad storm, but I kept going.”
He moved to WMBF News four years ago.
Bad weather can make for long hours for meteorolo-gists.
“In 2003 I was at the station in Greenville for 48 hours with no power during hurricane Isabel,” Arnold said.
It also means that the radar can’t be unattended during a storm.
“My job is fun but when the weather gets bad we babysit the radar and the hours can get really long,” Ar-nold said.
More than a storm can increase Arnold’s work load.“I never thought I’d cover a wildfi re,” Arnold said,
“In 2009 I was at the station here for 20 hours and I was the fi rst one on the air.”
And being on air makes you a local celebrity.“I’ve had weird things sent to me in the mail: cards,
money, pictures, invitations to weddings and parties... all from people I had never met before,” Arnold said. “Peo-ple also stop and tell me I look fat on the air.”
But most viewers don’t comment on his footware be-cause his feet are seldom seen on air. He never wears shoes when he’s on air because his feet get hot, he said. Those around the station do check out his socks since he has quite a collection.
“I have socks with dinosaurs, crabs, bananas and even a pair with little tornadoes on them. Those are my favor-ite,” Arnold said.
Even though the talent on local news channels chang-es every few years, Arnold is here to stay.
“I love the area and weather here,” Arnold said, “I don’t have any immediate plans to go anywhere.”
by katelyn rooks & miller reddingentertainment editor & writer
Meteorologist Jamie Arnold does more than predict weather
▲special report | Jamie Arnold took us behind the scenes at the WMBF news station. We sat at the reporters’ desk and learned how the teleprompter works. He also showed us all of the different computers, all dedicated to looking for bad weather. While others design the slide show for his broadcast. [Photo by Donna Rooks]
◄green screen | Instructing us on how to
use the green screen, Jamie Arnold explains
that everything is back-wards, and it takes a lot of time to adjust to this. He doesn’t wear shoes
while he’s doing his weather report. He just
wears socks because his feet get hot.
[Photo by Miller Redding]
▼playing around | Arnold let us try and
use the green screen. He asked us to point to different parts of South Carolina, and often we
pointed in the complete opposite direction. For
someone who has never used a green screen
before, it was very hard. [Photo by
Miller Redding]
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prowlerprowlersports1414Football team concentrates on region play
Preparation for region play was the main focus for this football season.
Region play is where the team plays other teams in their conference, and the top three teams go to play-offs. Carolina Forest’s conference includes South Florence, West Florence, Conway and Sumter.
“To take the team to the next level, we needed to up-grade the schedule,” Coach Drew Hummel said.
This year the team is classifi ed as a Big 16 team so in order to plan for region play, Coach Hummel had to change the football schedule.
“We have the toughest nonregion schedule,” Hum-mel said. “The key is I could’ve kept the same sched-ule, but to make the next step, we need to play elite teams.”
Such a tough schedule, of course, means tougher competition. The combination of the wins and losses of CF’s eight opponents as of Oct. 13 is 36 wins and only six losses.
“The teams we play beat everyone,” sophomore Da-vid Star said.
Even though the football team has a record of 1-9, they still continue to work on getting better.
“Each player has to work on things personally, as well as work with the team,” Hummel said.
Players practice every day after school.“I need to work on being a bigger leader for this team
and staying on the same page with the offense,” quarter-back Will Brunson said.
As for the team as a whole, Hummel said he would like to see them stop turning over the ball, and they still
breaking through| To start the Homecoming game Oct. 12 the varsity football team charges through the Carolina Forest banner. The team suffered a loss Homecoming night with the fi nal score of 32-13. “I was really hyped, just trying to get the win against South Florence. But sadly, we didn’t,” senior Orane Mullins said. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
by sophia bookhultzbookhultzsports writer
need to continue to work on defense. “I feel 100 percent better about our defense than I did
in the beginning,” Hummel said.The players say they try their best not to let their loss-
es affect their attitude towards the game, and even with the lack of student body support, the players say they believe in themselves.
“We really just have to ignore our critics,” junior Trey Johnson said.
According to Coach Hummel, the critics don’t under-stand how diffi cult the game is.
“Football is a game of size, speed and strength,” he said. “At times our team has been out-manned on the fi eld. And we have a young team.”
Many of the starting players are sophomores. “Sometimes the team plays great; other times we play
like sophomores. Mistakes happen,” he said.According to Starr, even when they make mistakes,
they need the student body to support them.Brunson agreed.“We’re a much better team than our records show,”
Brunson said. “We need the students to believe in us.”
here’s the plan | As the defense gathers around him at the Homecoming game Oct. 12, defensive coordinator Brian Brunson gives the players advice. The Panthers have faced tougher competition in their nonregion games this season. Many of their start-ing players are sophomores, another disadvantage com-pared to other teams.
“We’re a much better team than our records show. We need the students to believe in us,” quarter-back Will Brunson said.[Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
spirit gone wild | The cooler temperature at the Homecoming game Oct. 12 didn’t stop Tyler Gardner, David Derochea, Jeremy Walden and Dylan Blunier, all seniors, from going shirtless to display their Panther pride. “I felt school spirited and free. I felt sticky,” Derochea said. [Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
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sportlight
What’s your most memorable volleyball moment? • “Tepeeing and forking the coach’s house”
If you could trade faces with someone who would you trade with? • “Danielle Schroder”
Least favorite bug: • “Spider”
What’s your favorite sports memory? • “Scoring one of the only goals in the fi rst round of play-offs”
Who’s the last person you hugged? • “Juliet Wilson” Chicken or Steak? • “Steak”
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Farrar ‘putts’high school golf behind
Since the age of 9 Lia Farrar wanted nothing more than to be a competitive cheerleader; that is until her freshmen year.
Farrar had always been an active member of the East Coast Stars competi-tive cheerleading team and started cheer-leading in seventh grade for Ocean Bay Middle School.
Farrar continued her school cheerlead-ing career into her freshmen year, but quit competitive cheer.
“It was too time consuming,” Farrar said.
With the new found time Farrar started to play for the school’s golf team.
“I went to golf clinics when I was younger, but I didn’t seriously start play-ing until ninth grade,” Farrar said.
Farrar’s extra free time didn’t last long. She had to fi nd a way to balance golf, cheerleading and school work. It didn’t take long for her to fi nd a solution.
“I went to all the cheer practices, but only went to the golf matches,” Farrar said.
Because Farrar would miss golf prac-tice and also because her brothers also play golf, her parents decided to build a putting green in their backyard.
practice makes perfect | During an after school practice, senior Lia Farrar works on her swing. [Photo by Meaghan Weiss]
by meaghan weissweisssports writer
Jessica Watt s[varsity volleyball]
Michael Brooks[varsity football, varsity soccer]
“It’s pretty cool, but I don’t practice on it regularly because it’s harder than most greens,” Farrar said.
With Farrar’s new commitment to golf, she found it hard to have a social life so at the end of her junior year Farrar decided to put an end to her cheerleading career.
“I wanted to focus more on golf,” Far-rar said.
Farrar’s dedication to golf has taken her to States three times, helped her contribute to an undefeated season this year (13-0), and gave her the opportunity to compete in this year’s North/South Game.
“I’m honored, but nervous,” Farrar said about participating in the North/South game.
Coaches nominate the players for this prestigious tournament.
“You can only be a senior and she de-serves it,” Coach Vil Caroso, boys and girls golf coach, said.
Even with a chance to play in the North/South Game, three trips to States and an undefeated season under her belt, Farrar has decided not to play golf in col-lege.
“It’s a lot of commitment, very com-petitive, and I just want to do it for fun,” she said.
Farrar is not the fi rst female golfer to end her golf career before college. Many golf scholarships for girls go unrewarded.
“If I had a girl, I would defi nitely push
that because there is the same amount of boys and girls scholarships,” Coach Caroso said.
Farrar has some advice for those who plan on trying for a college scholarship.
“It takes time, practice is key and it’s a huge commitment,” Farrar said.“Long hours; it’s basically an all year sport, to get to the college level.”
• Volleyball – Region Champs, 4th year in a row • Cristina Wright and Jessica Watts will play in the All-Star game in November at Erskine.
• Coach Drew was selected to coach the 3A/4A South Volleyball All-Star team.
• Cristina Wright was chosen to play All-State and was also selected as Region Player of the Year.
• Made it to Round One of play-offs.
• Girls Golf – (13-0) • Lower State Tournament: Finished 4th in a 10-team tournament. • Qualifi ed for State Tournament.* All records as of press
time Oct. 24.
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• Boys Cross Country – Region Champs
• Girls Cross Country – Region Champs
• Varsity Football: 1-8; JV Football:0-7
• JV Boys Basketball: Tryouts Nov. 5, 3:45 p.m.
• JV Girls Basketball: Tryouts Nov. 1 & Nov. 2 from 3:45-5:45 p.m. Must have a physical to try out.
• Boys planning on participating in fall baseball skill workouts after school must have a physical by Nov. 1.
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Homecoming WeekHomecoming Week
to infi nity and beyond| During the hall decoration night, senior Christina Wright puts finishing touches on the magnifying glass for their “Toy Story” theme. “It was fun seeing our class work together,” Wright said. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
go fi ght win| Sopho-more Miranda Merry shows off her Panther pride wearing her powder-puff jersey on Wednesday, Jersey Day. The Powder-puff game was played Wednesday night. The sophomores beat the freshmen 33-8, and the seniors beat the juniors 20-12.
“It was a fun experience, being out there on the field with friends making memories,” Merry said. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]
up, up and away | For Spirit Week all classes were assigned a Disney movie theme and on Thursday all the classes had a chance to reenact as a character from their theme. Markel Allen and Ali Goodwin act out the sophomore theme “UP.” “Dress-ing up for Spirit Week was easy and fun,” Allen said. [Photo by Sophia Bookhultz]
and the winner is | Sophomore Amber
Fultz receives the winning basket from sophomore student
council represen-tative Alia Sadek.
Those who dressed up all five days had
their names entered in a raffle, with one winner picked from
each grade. “I liked dressing up for theme
day the most. I drew the slogan from the
movie “Up” on an old T-shirt, ” Fultz said. “My gift basket had
a lot of coupons and gift cards from Best
Buy and iTunes. It was really cool.”
[Photo by Kyleigh Cozene]
by megan berry & sarah causey student life