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Volume 19, Issue 2
700 GARDNER LACY RD., MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29579
save the date • Nov. 7 — Playcard’s Swampfest • Nov. 7 --- Fall Dance 8 – 11 p.m. • Nov. 20 — “Driving Miss Daisy,” 7:30 p.m. , auditorium • Nov. 21-22 — “Driving Miss Daisy,” 3:30 p.m., auditorium
hall talk “And his name is John Cena!” – senior “Swimmers were prepared for the flood.” – sophmore “I went fishing in a drainage ditch this weekend.” – freshman
weird facts • The word listen contains the same letters and the word silent. • A human will eat eight spiders per year while sleeping. • Bananas and humans share the same DNA which means humans are 50 percent identical to bananas. • The person on your mind is either the reason for your happiness or your pain. • The more homework a child receives, the more likely the child will have depression issues. • Russia has a larger surface area than Pluto.
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Y’all love your phones more than your dignity.”
melissa sanders,
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Volleyball | Senior Julie McKinney sets the ball for middle hitter junior Kinsley Andresen (21). “When ball is life, the earth is one big volleyball,” McKinney said. The varsity volleyball team won this game 3-0 against Conway Sept. 29. Read more about the varsity volleyball team on page 11. [Photo by Tyler Dye]
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“A police officer.” – Holly Stuckemeyer, junior
“A lizard king.” – Justin Feasel, senior
“A scarecrow.” – James Dean, freshman
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OPINION
2016 election
Dont ‘comb over’ to Trump’s side
survey
• Male or female? • Male 44% • Female 56% • Age
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• <15 - 65% • 16 - 18% • 17 - 14% • 18 - 3% • If you are eligible to vote in the presidential election, will you participate? • Yes 16% • No 5% • Not old enough 79% • Have you been keeping track of the debates? • Yes 35% • No 65% • What political party do you support the most? • Democratic 38% • Republic 37% • Other 25% • When looking at candidates, what factors are most important to you? • Economics 50% • Immigration 12% • Experience/Popularity 9% • Military 8% • Other 21% • Because of Trump’s business background, do you believe he is a good presidential candidate? • Yes 35% • No 65% • If you could vote today, who would you vote for? • Donald Trump 22% • Rand Paul 2% • Hillary Clinton 21% • Bobby Jindal 1% • Bernie Sanders 17% • Chris Christie 1% • Joe Biden 13% • Jim Webb 1% • Ben Carson 6% • Rick Santorum 1% • Marco Rubio 5% • Jim Gilmore 1% • Mike Huckabee 3% • Jeb Bush 2% • Lindsey Graham 2% • Carly Fiorina 2% • Source: Random survey of 100 students Sept 28. compiled by james farris & bethany odom
james farris news writer
If Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination, this country is in trouble. Although he may know tons about business, he knows almost nothing about politics. Yet to most everybody’s surprise, he is actually leading in the polls of Republican hopefuls. How can this be? Is it because people hear a name they know, and that is all they need? In 2000 an episode of “The Simpsons” aired in which Trump was elected president. It depicted America as a country in debt that relies on financial aid from China. This seems all too realistic, especially considering all Trump truly cares about are the bigwig companies that are already making billions. Trump’s idea of what he calls “foreign policy” would make America a country just as hard to get into as North Korea. He wants to build a wall, like the one in China, on the Mexican-American border to prevent illegal immigration, but also wants to “make it difficult for even legal immigrants to get into America.” Who would pay for the wall? Mexico, of course. But just how this will happen has not yet been explained.
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The Prowler caught up with senior Tyler Rushing, who will vote in the next presidential election.
• Do you care about the elections? Yes, I care about the elections because the president’s public policy affects all the American people. • Do your friends or family keep track of the candidates? My parents do, although they aren’t very well informed. • What candidate are you most interested in and why? Bernie Sanders because he’s very progressive and he wants to serve the middle class, not the rich. • How or where do you learn about the candidates? I learn information from the Internet.
Trump’s views on issues such as race and sexism are some of the least intelligent standpoints. I have heard. In an interview, Trump stated that Obama was such a bad president that we will not see an African American president for a long time. In a rant on public television Trump unleashed a barrage of insults on his rivals most notably calling S.C. senator Lindsey Graham an “idiot” and giving his cell phone number out to the entire country. He might possibly be the most underqualified candidate to ever run. The only reason he has made it this far is because he is good at political promotion and advertising from his years of business experience.
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• 375 days until the presidential election • Polling locations are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. • 218,959,000 eligible voters in 2014 • 55% of Americans voted in the 2012 presidential elections • State with the highest voting rate - Minnesota 76% turnout in the 2012 presidential election • South Carolina voting rate - 57% turnout in the 2012 presidential election • Source: http://www.statisticbrain.com/voting-sta tistics/
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When I stood up over the years
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reclaiming hope by
caitlin carey opinion writer
When I stood up from the dinner table doctors and pills came back to me as soon as it left. And for the first time in my life, I as a child of 8, I was terrified. My first time paralyzed came before I realized that this condition feeds on hope. When I was no longer able to stand, my even knew what the word meant. I was too young, too invincible to know that mother stood up for me. She fought like a this could happen to me. And for the first tiger with research and data, but her cries fell on deaf ears. And for the first time in time in my life, I was truly scared. When I stood up from laughing with my life, I realized medicine isn’t about people anymore, but my friends as a child of 10, I didn’t know I should feel invincible rather greed and hubris. there was a pattern to like I felt as a small child. I Now, at the age my illness. I thought should be learning how to of 15, wondering the nightmare was drive instead of learning how when I’ll be able to over when really it had just begun. And to cope. My mother should stand shouldn’t be for the first time in be crying tears of joy rather one of my concerns. I shouldn’t know a my life, I knew I had than those of hurt. life of walkers and friends to lean on. But for the first time in my wheelchairs. When I stood life, I realize what strength is. I should feel inup from my desk in high school with the I realize what kindness is. I vincible like I felt as a small child. I same familiar pain, realize what hope really is. should be learning I thought it was all over. I hadn’t needed pills or doctors’ how to drive instead of learning how to visits in over three years. But it was back cope. My mother should be crying tears of joy rather than those of hurt. with a vengeance. But for the first time in my life, I realAnd for the first time in my life, I realized there is no such thing as being in- ize what strength is. I realize what kindness is. I realize what hope really is. vincible. Hope is standing up even when it’s When I stood up from my bed after months of not being able to, I cried with nearly impossible, because you know you happiness only to fall again. The life of must.
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It’s called a sidewalk Move! during lunchtime. It’s a sidewalk, not a sidestand. And lunchtime is the worst of all. There’s no excuse for students to We have 35 minutes, with lots of room group together and hog the to enjoy the beautiful, spacious camconcrete. And yet students prefer to stand in editor s pus. During each class change packs around doorways and sidewalks note bands of traffic blockers and again block the flow of The staff group together and stand traffic. in the middle of sidewalks, editorial is the consenAnd believe it or not, around intersections, in the sus of the entire staff the traffic blockers think middle of hallways and door- and therefore is never they’re not doing anything ways with no apparent rush bylined. In the event wrong. Some who need to to get to class. Just because that there is no clear get around them are too they’re in no rush doesn’t agreement, a staff vote polite to walk through will be printed. mean other students aren’t. the group so they just reAt the very least they can sign themselves to walkstand aside and stop actively blocking ing off the sidewalk, around the group other students who don’t stand around and back onto the sidewalk, even if it slack-jawed waiting for seconds before means trudging through wet grass, mud the bell rings to take off at breakneck and the occasional fire ant mound. But speed in order to slide through the class- when they’ve had enough and they push room door at the last second. Going to through them, you should see the looks second block? Nope, sorry, we need to on the faces of the traffic blockers, take up the whole sidewalk so we can priceless. talk to our friends, which we can do It’s not a sidestand; it’s a sidewalk. anyway before school, after school and Keep moving.
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teachers support the principal | Holding up Principal Gaye Driggers are teachers Jenna Mason, Amy Perry, Jenna Miller, Kristen Dutka, Morgan Bane and David Fleck. All are graduates of Carolina Forest except Fleck who was a student here for two years before he went to the Governor’s School. “The school molded me into what I am today,” Mason said. “The teachers made me want to teach.” Driggers taught or coached several of these teachers. She was Dutka’s P.E. teacher and she coached Mason, Perry, Bane and art teacher Jen Seay (not pictured) in either softball, volleyball or both. “Coach Driggers was always an example of hard work,” Seay said. “She never asked us to do work she wouldn’t.” [Photo by Lee Beeson]
senior portrait | English teacher Morgan Bane in one of her senior pictures.
clowning around| Science teacher Jenna Miller with swim team member Yuko Gruber before a swim meet.
teammates| With teammate Holly Blackweld, art teacher Jen Seay before a softball game.
volleyball| Business teacher Jenna Mason in a volleyball picture.
in the fall| Art teacher Kristen Dutka when she was a junior on a trip to Asheville, N.C.
Teachers have been in your shoes by
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When some teachers tell you they have been where you are, they might mean it a little more literally than you think. Seven teachers graduated from CF: Morgan Bane, Kristen Dutka, Destany Eagles, Jenna Mason, Jenna Miller, Amy Perry and Jen Seay. The seven alumni now get to work where they used to learn. “I love this school and this is the best school,” Dutka, who teaches art, said. “Since my dad taught here it also made me want to teach here. During a pep rally a few teachers had whip cream put on their faces and the students had to throw Cheetos at their faces. My dad was one of the lucky teachers who participated in it. After he came up into the stands and found me, then proceeded to wipe the Cheetos and whip cream on my face.” Most can’t wait to get out of high school, but these teachers said they couldn’t wait to come back. “I just felt like this school was home,” Perry, who teaches English, said. “It allows me to emulate the great teachers that taught me.” These seven graduated as far back as 2000 and as recently as 2009. Miller, who teaches science, is one of the more recent graduates, Class of 2009. “It was strange at first working with my
old teachers,” she said. “I love this school. I came to this state the summer before my freshman year. I was scared but everyone at the school was very welcoming.” The campus has changed over the course of time and these teachers noticed. “There was a middle school on the Forest side,” Dutka said. “There were no covers over the walk ways and they added sport complexes.” Seay, who teaches art, agreed. “It doesn’t even look like the same school,” she said. It’s not just the campus that changed. The students did too. “[The kids] have totally changed,” Seay said. “They’re amazing, but there was a different type of respect given during my day that was lost over time.” Their time here as students affected them in different ways, they said. “The teachers did not coddle us,” Dutka said. “They pushed us and prepared us for college. This made me a better student and a better person.” And it’s not just their time as students that has affected them. “Being a teacher has allowed me to influence students in a way that no other job could, and it has made me a better person,” Mason, business teacher, said. These seven were also involved in a variety of extra-curricular activities. “When I was a student I played bas-
ketball and that taught me about how to connect with others, which helps me teach,” Bane, who teaches English, said. Bane also participated in swimming, track, volleyball, Beta Club and Science Honor Society. Dutka played soccer, was in the National Honor Society and Art Honor Society and was on the yearbook staff her senior year. Eagles, computer programing teacher, was also very active. “I learned a lot about discipline and time management,” she said, “being a first chair trumpet player in everything band related, a five year varsity basketball player, cross country runner and National Honor Society.” Mason participated in volleyball and softball. Miller was on the swim team and was in Beta Club, National Honor Society, Art Honor Society and was a reading mentor. Perry played volleyball, softball and was in Math Honor Society and National Honor Society. Seay played softball, volleyball and golf and was in the Beta Club, Quill and Scroll, library/media club, yearbook staff and student council. “When I was a student I learned to get involved more, and I found out that life is more fun when you get involved,” Seay said. “I loved my time here as a Panther and want to influence kids here in a positive way to make their time here as good as mine.”
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“Scream”
What’s hot in costumes?
2000s “Paranormal Activity”
2010s “The Purge”
Each Halloween brings new costume ideas and popular characters to copy. Every year about $2.8 million is spent on Halloween costumes. From 2010 we saw many dressed as characters from “Jersey Shore,” “Alice in Wonderland” and “Avatar.” Children wore outfits from “Toy Story” and some dressed as mermaids. This year expect to see adults dressed as superheroes like the Avengers and Batman. “I want to dress as one of the Avenger characters because I want to have super powers,” senior Megan Vacaro said. And retailers expect women to wear princess costumes. Elsa from the movie “Frozen” will be popular for all females. Popular movies and TV shows will also be represented. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Star Wars” costumes will be popular. A.J. Pearre, senior, said he will be a “Star Wars” character. “I want to use the force,” he said. “Orange is the New Black” and “The Walking Dead” should also be popular with adults. Minions, also popular, are expected to be worn by all ages. Of course there will also be costumes from “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” for those with gorier tastes. The usual pirates, career costumes and scary costumes are always an option. Those who want to make a homemade costume can find oodles of options on Pinterest.
Gray Man protects in storms Before a storm, if you ever see the ghost of the Gray Man, you will not be harmed from the storm. Early in September of 1822, a young man rode on horseback along the sandy road that led to Pawleys Island with his servant riding behind him. They were headed to visit the young man’s fiancée at her father’s beach house. Hoping to save time, the young man took a shortcut into a marshy bog and the horse pitched him headfirst into quicksand. The sand quickly sucked both the horse and the rider under. Once the fiancée heard of the young man’s death, she didn’t eat or sleep for days. Her parents convinced her that she should walk on the beach to get rid of her sadness. One day while she was walking on the beach, she saw a man dressed in gray walking towards her. As she got closer, she realized it was her dead fiancée. She ran toward him, but the man gestured toward the mainland and then disappeared. That night, the girl dreamed of a storm hitting the island. Once she woke up, she told her father of the man on the beach and her dream. Her family then left the island, and soon after the hurricane of 1822 struck. The family returned to Pawleys Island, expecting their house to be ruined; however, it was unharmed. In the following years, the Gray Man has been spotted many times before a storm has hit. He gave warning about Hurricane Hazel in 1954, Hurricane Gracie in 1959 and Hurricane Hugo in 1989, and those who have seen him have escaped harm from the storms.
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Alice haunts Murrells Inlet Her ghost continues to search for her ring. Alice Flagg, whose brother was a doctor, was raised in a wealthy family in Murrells Inlet. Alice fell in love with a man who was below her social and economic standing. When Dr. Flagg found out about the love affair, he shipped Alice away to boarding school in Charleston. While at boarding school, Alice became ill with malaria. Her brother brought her back home. When he was treating her, he found an engagement ring on a ribbon tied around her neck. Furious, he threw the ring into the marsh. Alice died, begging with her last breath for the ring. Alice was buried in the All-Saints cemetery in Pawleys Island underneath a plain stone marked “Alice.” Many have claimed to see Alice wandering around her grave, searching for someone or something. Some have reported to feel a slight tug or spin on rings worn around fingers and on chains. The house where Alice lived, The Hermitage, used to be located in Murrells Inlet. Clarke Wilcox and his wife lived there until the late ‘80s. Although Wilcox said he never saw Alice’s ghost at the Hermitage, his family members did. Once his aunt was visiting and claimed Alice appeared in her room. Other family members said they saw the silhouette of a girl dressed in white at various places in and around the house. They also reported chairs rocking with no one in them.
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Americans purchase nearly 600 million pounds of candy a year for Halloween. 90 million pounds of chocolate candy is sold during Halloween week. More than 10 percent of annual candy sales happen the days leading up to Halloween - almost nearly $2 billion in sales. According to the National Confectioners Association, 72 percent of all candy bought during Halloween will be chocolate Of the $1.9 billion sold in Halloween candy each year, $1.2 billion was on chocolate candy and only $680 million on sugar candy. Americans purchase more then 20 million pounds of candy corn a year. Following candy corn, the best sellers of candy are Reese’s, Snickers, Kit Kat and M&M’s. Candy corn is the most searched-for candy term on Google. This Halloween more people are searching for gluten-free candy than sugar-free candy. Google searches for glutenfree candy are currently 20 percent higher than searches for sugar-free candy. Oct. 28 is the day of the year with the most candy sales. Of all 365 days in the year, the top five candy selling days are all in October. The average American household spends $44 a year on Halloween candy. Cotton candy was invented by a dentist. Chocolate makes up three–fourths of trick or treater’s candy.
Source: blog.chegg.com/2012/10/31/12-interesting-candy-facts-you-probablydont-know/
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Oct. 23-31, 7 p.m.-11 p.m. $12 per person
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hall talk “Coffee is the love of my life.” – junior “Homecoming is lit.” – senior “I’m too pretty. I’m flawless.” – sophomore “I feel like I stepped on a power up.” – freshman “That bug looks like a giant praying mantis ninja turtle.” – junior “I’m a snow flake!” – senior “I got a new pool thanks to the flood.” – junior “Time to show freshmen how we do homecoming.” – senior “Fight me, fam.” – freshman
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When we asked students what they do for fun, numerous said driving around. With that in mind, here are some things we found. Weird things happen behind the wheel quite a bit to students here. Insects are sometimes to blame. Just ask senior Angel Perez who had an encounter with a bee. “The bee flew in and buzzed around my head," Perez said, "and I was so afraid I was going to get stung. I was swatting at him and I almost lost control of my car.” And Perez isn’t the only one who had to fight off a bee. “A bee flew in while I was coming down the highway," senior Gavin Kidwell said, “and it buzzed around me and then he flew back out.” Sometimes creatures bigger than bees can pose a problem. Sophomore Haleigh Hucks had such an encounter. “I was riding with my sister on a dark road,"Hucks said. "Unfortunately, we hit a deer who was coming towards us. He hit the hood of her car. It was terrifying." Yet sometimes people can be the problem. “I was riding around and an elderly woman came walking across without looking both ways and I almost hit her,’’ junior Matthew Melton said. “I was just driving, and BAM there she went. But fortunately, I didn’t hit her. "I was scared. My heart was pounding. I’m just glad we were both safe and nothing bad happened to the both of us.” And sometimes it is the driver who is to blame. “I was driving really fast and I almost flipped my car making a sharp turn, "Perez said. "Fortunately I didn’t wreck. "I was making a turn, but not a very good turn. I learned from this that whenever you are making a turn, you don’t
make a sharp one because you can get in a serious accident." Senior Justin Feasel had a similar experience. “I was driving really fast and I almost flipped my car," Feasel said. “I didn’t know the turn directions good enough, and I almost got into a accident." Perez and Feasel are not the only ones who have lost control of their car. However, they were a bit luckier than Kidwell. “I was driving and I flipped my car,’’ he said. ‘‘I was driving too fast and I lost control. Fortunately, I made it out safe and I was good." Sometimes following too closely can result in a scary situation. “I was driving too close to the car in front of me when they suddenly slammed on the brakes,” junior Alex Hite said. “I was able to stop and avoid hitting the car in front, but unfortunately, the car behind me hit me. I learned from this to not slam on the brakes while other cars are behind because something really dangerous might happen.” Sometimes weather influences how some drive. Junior Olivia Wilson said her scariest moment driving was in the rain. “The roads were wet, and I had to slam on brakes,” Wilson said. “My tires began
get the facts • 33% of deaths among 13 to 19-year-olds in 2010 occurred in motor vehicle crashes. • 16-year-olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age. • 1 in 5 of 16-year-old drivers has an accident within the first year of driving. • More than 40% of teen auto deaths occur between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. • Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver
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to skid on the road. “I lost control of my car, but I began to control it trying to not get into a crash. I was scared. I learned from this that when it’s raining, do not slam your brakes on a wet road.” And music can take control of you behind the wheel. Just ask Hite. “My foot was still on the gas while I was at a red light," Hite said. "I was grooving and didn’t care who was looking at me. I was so jammed out, I pressed on the gas, forgetting my foot was still on the gas, and I went forward. I was scared." Friends can also be a problem, according to Feasel. “I was driving my car with a friend of mine and unfortunately he spilled his coffee all over my car," Feasel said. "He shook his coffee monster and it sprayed all over the car. "I was mad, but it was funny at the same time. He looked surprised that his coffee spilled all over the place. It was the funniest thing ever." Experts warn that having too many teens in the car can be dangerous as well as diving in bad weather conditions, and that car crashes are the number one cause of death for teens. The fatality rate in car crashes for 16-19 is three times that of adults.
death rates increase with each additional passenger. • Only 44% of teens said they would definitely speak up if someone were driving in a way that scared them. • 56% of teens said they talk on the phone while driving. • Talking on a cell phone can double the likelihood of an accident as well as slow a younger driver’s reaction time down to that of a 70-year-old driver.
• Source: dosomething.org/
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10.29.15 Congratulations, Panther NJROTC! • First in Unarmed Platoon led by Cadet LCDR Nicole Hardwick • First in Freshman Color Guard led by Cadet Keoni Mims
“Trick or treating and then a party.” – Kashief Henry, sophomore
At the Pee Dee Invitational Drill Meet Sept. 26
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10.29.2015 straight killin’ it | Fellow Panthers watch as junior Kenzlie Andresen kills the ball Sept. 29 as Carolina Forest beat Conway. CF is second in the region. “It’s never gonna get easier to beat everyone,” she said. “We just have to work harder to get better and I know for a fact we all have the heart to do it.” [Photo by Tyler Dye]
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sports round-up Girls Golf: 7-0 Senior Jamie Karl, juniors Sydney Abruzzino and Jackie Brown and sophomore Sami Spencer made the Region Team which consists of six players.
Girls Tennis: 7-6 Boys Cross Country:
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aaron martin & tyler dye sports writers
It’s harder than it looks; just ask Coach Brittany Drew. That’s what she would like everyone to know about playing volleyball. “Volleyball is one of the few sports where every player has to contribute to win a game,” Drew said. “It’s harder than it looks.” But as a coach, the most difficult part for her is a bit different. “Watching your team not be able to get themselves out of a slump [is frustrating]. You can’t really coach a player’s mind and a player’s strategy,” she said. Some things can be improved on by coaching, though. Drew said one thing to improve on was “starting slow because it takes a while to build momentum. We have to work on having energy throughout the whole game.” The team has more positive aspects though, including their net game. “We have a good net game; we have a lot of power hitters and good serving,” Drew said. “The players also get along well.” Coach Drew celebrated her 100th win Sept. 2, defeating Johnsonville 2-0. “It means I’ve been here for a long time,” Drew laughed. “As a coach, it’s nice to celebrate our successes too.”
Coach Drew is not the only one cele- with,” she said. Coach Drew agreed. brating a personal success though. Mid“We have to focus on serve receive. dle hitter Ellissa Smalls won the Grand Strand Athlete of the Week on the week of We’re anxious to see how we can improve on serve receive,” she Sept. 14, beating the running back from It’s pretty awesome! said. But Drew does Myrtle Beach, BranI’m glad I got anothmore than just coachdon Sinclair. er chance to win since I ing on the court, ac“It’s pretty awedidn’t last time and I really cording to Smalls. some. I’m glad I got “She kicks my couldn’t have done it withanother chance to win butt up and down the since I didn’t last time out all the support from court during practice and I really couldn’t the school.” and games,” Smalls have done it without Ellissa Smalls said. “But she has all the support from senior mainly motivated me the school,” Smalls by being there for me said. Coach Drew was also happy with academically. I’ve always had a hard time with math and she has honestly always Smalls’s accomplishment, she said. “It was exciting for all of us and Ellissa. been there for me when I needed help Thank you to everyone who voted,” Drew with it.” The Panthers have seven wins in the said. Smalls said she was also pleased with region, with two region losses, both to Socastee, who won the region with Carolina her accomplishments. “I feel like I’m doing pretty well consid- Forest in second place. The Panthers traveled to Conway Oct. ering I’m playing a position that I haven’t really played before. Even though I’m not 15 and came back victorious with a score used to it, I would like to think I’ve adapt- of 3-0. They won their last regular season game against Sumter Oct. 20. ed pretty well,” Smalls said. They will advance to the playoffs as She also has some things she’d like to second place in the region and hope to work on. “Serve receive! It’s probably the one compete for the state title, and maybe thing we need to work on as a whole. even get revenge on Socastee. Their overall record is 13 wins, three There is always room for improvement but that’s something that we struggle losses and two ties.
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Girls Cross Country: The team finished 3rd in the region with mostly new runners. Next year, the top four runners will return.
Girls Swimming: The team placed 30th at the State Meet at USC Oct. 17. Freshman Elizabeth Gatley placed 30th in the 200 Free and 35th in the 100 Back. Senior Alexis Porfilio finished in 31st place in the 50 Free. Freshman Taylor Steele placed 25th in the 200 Yard IM and 21st in the 100 Breast. The girls Medley Relay consisting of Gatley, Steele, Ashley Woodall and Profilio finished in 19th place.
Boys Swimming: The team placed 26th at the State Championship Meet at USC Oct. 17. Senior Liam Zevgolis placed 16th in the 50 freestyle and 14th in the 100 freestyle. Senior Connor Steele placed 29th in the 100 Freestyle. The boys 200 Free Relay consisting of Zevgolis, Grice Fortenberry, Garrett Randall and Steele placed 20th.
Varsity Football: 4-4 JV Football: 5-0 Competition Cheer: First place, Oct. 17 @ Jacket Classic Varsity Volleyball: 13-3-2 JV Volleyball: 3-1-2
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Serving it up Coach Drew’s way
Sophomore Michael Pieterse won the Pee Dee Classic cross country race in Florence Sept. 26 with a time of 16:48, setting the sophomore school record in the process. The team finished 5th in the region with mostly new runners. Next year, seven out of the top eight will return.
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from halftime festivities, senior Caitlin McCarthy and TJ Anderson have a yearbook photo taken before the start of the second half. McCarthy was crowned after the homecoming court was presented at halftime. Anderson was crowned during the pep rally earlier that day. The senior class selected the King and Queen. “It was exciting wining homecoming queen especially with TJ since we have been friends since sixth grade,” McCarthy said. [Photo courtesy of Caitlin McCarthy]
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let’s go, seniors| Participating in the nose painting lunch game, senior Mercades Wierenga tries to take the win for the seniors. [Photo by Courtney Gamarsh]
aloha to junior year| Juniors Maddie Earnest and Kylie Hummel bring out summer with Hawaiian attire. “I think the junior class has great spirit,” Hummel said. [Photo by Courtney Gamarsh]
christmas in october | Seniors Alexis Porfilio, Lauren Drake, Katelyn Perry, Jessie Vanadia and Kylie Ocfemia take on Spirit Week with some Christmas spirit. Classes dressed according to their theme. “I really enjoyed dressing up for Spirit Week with all my friends and decorating the halls,” Vanadia said. Portfilio agreed. “It’s our last year to do anything together so it’s fun to go all out,” Porfilio said. [Photo by Courtney Gamarsh]
seniors take the victory| The seniors take the lead at the relay race during the pep rally Friday. “I was excited we won the spirit stick because everyone’s hard work paid off,” Shannon Wilt said. [Photo by Courtney Gamarsh]
seniors take over | Seniors Jordan Stone, Sam Custer, Marissa Brown and Aly Estes participate in the relay race during lunch Thursday. As they played “Neck Ball” and passed the ball down the line only using their necks, other students cheered them on. The seniors ended up finishing first. “I’m very proud of our senior class for winning the lunch games,” Custer said. It was very exciting but also very nerve-racking at the same time.” [Photo by Courtney Gamarsh]
deck the golf cart| The seniors had the winning golf cart. “It was a lot of work, but I am proud of us for winning,” Katelyn Perry said. [Photo by Martha Anderson]