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November 13th, 2017
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Battle of the fleas
Final Score: Hillsdale 12, Aragon 15
Ben Liao Editor-in-Chief
This year’s Battle of the Fleas was a much anticipated game, not only because of the rivalry between the Knights and the Dons, but also because both teams had a 7-1 record in their respective leagues. The game got off to a flying start for the Knights, scoring a touchdown early in the first quarter, though the extra point attempt was blocked. The Dons couldn’t get any offensive momentum going in the first quarter, with lots of punts and two or three first downs. In the second quarter, it looked like Hillsdale was going to pull away even more, when a perfectly executed fake handoff allowed senior Jeremy Teteak, Hillsdale’s quarterback, to break free of the defense and run more than halfway down the field to score a touchdown… or so we thought. A flag was called on the play, a Hillsdale blocking foul, which negated the touchdown. The game became more intense in the second with a quick field goal from Hillsdale, followed by a long Aragon drive which resulted in a touchdown. Neither side scored any more points in the second, leaving the halftime score at 9-7. The halftime show was quite one-sided, to say the least. The Aragon dance and cheer team were the first to perform, but had a small number of dancers. The entire Hillsdale dance department combined and performed the annual “Superdance”, showcasing our varsity cheer squad, the dance ensemble, and dance team all together and individually in one impressively long and cohesive performance. The length of the Superdance didn’t decrease the quality the of the dance; however, it was incredibly well coordinated, synchronized, and executed, with the dancers moving together and very few falls in the cheer team’s section. Also at halftime, the Aragon and Hillsdale bands usually have a battle over who can play “The Hey Song” louder (a tune that both bands have in their sets). But the Aragon band failed to show up at the game, so the Hillsdale band played “The Hey Song” with no competition, much to the delight of Hillsdale fans. Both teams came back after the half ready to fight even harder, with long offensive drives but also good defensive plays. Hillsdale was able to kick a field goal about halfway through the third quarter, ... (continued on page 3)
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The Hillsdale center snaps the ball to begin a play at the Battle of the Fleas. Photo Credit: Nathaniel Chia
Hall Decorating Mitchell Yu Staff Writer The senior class of 2018 unanimously won the hall decorations contest for homecoming. The hall decorating contest was a part of the homecoming festivities, along with the spirit week, rally, and homecoming dance. All of these are designed to bolster school spirit and encourage high school rivalry, namely between Hillsdale High School and Aragon High School, and are given a general cohesion through a uniting theme. The theme for the 2017 homecoming festivities was A Knight in Hollywood, following the tradition of using a play on the word ‘Knight’, which translated to the hall decorating contest as the theme for each grade. The sophomore class was given Disney’s
1999 animated rendition of Tarzan, based on Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, as a basis for decorating. The decorations centred around main characters Tarzan and Jane Porter on a green backdrop. In the adjacent hallway, the freshmen class decorations were based on the 2009 original science-fiction film Avatar, with walls adorned in blues reminiscent of the nocturnal landscape of the moon Pandora, the setting of the film. Coming in second place, the junior class presented decorations from the 1967 Disney animated feature The Jungle Book, based on the Rudyard Kipling book of the same name, with Mowgli and other characters appearing before the scenery of the jungle and a waterfall. Claiming the title of first amongst all the judges were ... (continued on page 2)
A tiger in the “Jungle Book”-themed junior hallway...to be hunted by Hillsdale. Photo Credit: Eilleen Zhang
Hoco Rally Allison Rulli Staff Writer On November 3rd, the whole school squeezed into the North Gym to watch our second rally of the year, the homecoming rally. A week of movie themed spirit days lead up to the jungle themed rally, which began with a video of our rally commissioners, Ben Nestor and Bella Zalba transporting through Hillsdale and interacting with all the spirit days to catch the infamous Don. After chasing the Don through the north gym, the commissioners introduced Hillsdale’s varsity football team which performed a dance to multiple songs including Bodak Yellow and Single Ladies. This was then followed by the Penny Wars results, which took a surprising turn when the Oaxaca house beat the previously leading Kyoto house. It all led up to the homecoming “Super Dance” and the announcement of our 2017 homecoming court. After practicing for weeks, including sometimes starting at 6 AM, the Cheer Team, Dance Team, and Dance Ensemble all gathered together to perform this year’s combination piece: the “Super Dance”. The routine was over eight minutes long, with featured sections for each team. Cheering came from the crowd as each team stepped up to do their own part, followed by a roll-of combination section to end it all. “I loved the flipline at the beginning of the dance, I thought that was really cool,” said freshman Jack Tostado. ... (continued on page 3)
Hillsdale’s Schedule Gets Crazy Olivia Umstead Staff Writer
Imagine peacefully waking up in the morning. You are well rested after a full 10 hours of sleep. You roll over to check your alarm clock, and panic as you see the time is 9:30. Oh no! You’re late for school! But then it hits you, and you breathe a sigh of relief--class doesn’t start for another hour! So you fall back asleep. Just when the freshmen class thought they had everything figured out about Hillsdale, we went and turned their world around with our new bell schedules for the weeks of 10/16 and 10/23. The 9th and 11th graders held their
parent teacher conferences, so the schedule was modified significantly--with Mondays and Wednesdays being odd block days with earlier dismissal, and Tuesdays being even block days with a late start, beginning 2nd period at 10:20, similar to the new Thursday late start. The early dismissal times and late starts were a huge hit for some students, who got more sleep and time to complete homework. Senior Amanda Follansbee said: “I love it! I’m either sleeping in, or leaving school early. It’s a win-win for me.” However, others, including senior Jackson Gilbert, had a different take on the new schedule: “Zero period was held at the
same time as usual, so on late start days I was stuck at school until class started. My dad had the car so I couldn’t leave, and I just played cards at school for three hours.” Wow! Many hoped that perhaps in the future, Hillsdale should consider the effects of changing zero period classes as well. . How did the teachers feel about this different schedule? How did it affect their lesson plans, their morning routines, or even their workouts? Mr. Stewart, a senior Government teacher for Jakarta, said he has been “really enjoying the late starts,” and has calculated that it is “only a net loss of ... (continued on page 2)