Basic vs Durango (Homecoming 2022)

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Lone Wolf

Henderson’s Oldest Newspaper

Football programs for Basic athletics are produced by the staff of the Lone Wolf newspaper. The Lone Wolf is a monthly print and digital newspaper produced by the students in Basic’s journalism program. Established in 1942 and celebrating its 80th year of publication, the Lone Wolf is self-funded through advertisements and the gen erous support of the Henderson community.

If you would like to support the work our students do by purchasing an advertisement in the Lone Wolf or by giving a donation, please email holliam@nv.ccsd.net, or call the school at 799-8000 x 4076.

The Lone Wolf is an independently produced student publication and any content herein does not necesarily relfect the views of Basic Academy’s administration.

Editor in Chief Dilara King sports editorS Aspen Swecker Jordan Owen

managing editor Payton Mattoon

REPORTERS

Edwin Acosta Kayla Arnold Allana Augustine Krisnel Bolanos Kyson Calverley Jordan Cardines Andrew Carrejo Lia Castillo Eriq Dixon Sol Grimes Yareni Guzman Lariah Hammett Brock Horne Taylor Johnson Vin Jones

Fin Magana

Mya Orteza Jordan Owen Luis Padilla Kayli Park Gail Peters Beautiful Riley Nikko Rodriguez Charlenny Romero Chavez Gilberto Rubio

Adriana Skoczylas Kelani Stafford Mahaila Tavares Jordan Thomas Brianna Worley

Adviser

Ms. Hollis (Basic Alumna)

Football Program Advertisers

The Basic Academy Football Program, its Coaches, and Players, would like to thank the following advertisers and sponsors:

Johnny Mac’s, Biscuits and Bourbon, Green Valley Chiropractic, Basic Sports, Snap Towing , Judge Gibson and Gov. Miller, The Well Church, Rainbow and Emerald Island Casinos , Knit Studios, The Omelet House, Elect Michelle Romero and Friends of Trish Nash, Gary D. Thompson and Assured Financial, Street Burger and Dr. Roland Sparling, Fairless Homes LLC, Elect Jim Seebock, and The Quinton Robbins Play it Forward Foundation

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Making their Mark

by payton mattoon

For 51 years, Basic Academy seniors have been participating in the tradition of the Painting the B on River Mountain’s hillside. This year the event took place on Wednesday Oct. 12, three days before the annual Homecoming dance.

Paint the B is the one time a year that the iconic white “B” on the hillside is repainted. Attending seniors purchase two gallons of white paint and hike up the mountain to

Class of 2023 paints the B

repaint the B and clean up the area.

This is a tradition that many students at Basic look forward to and have been hearing about for years.

It is one of the many senior events that commemorate the soon to be graduates. The part of this tradition that is most memorable for everyone involved is when the seniors throw paint up in the air, drenching all of the attending people in paint.

“Paint the B was nothing like

anything I’ve ever done. It’s a really unreal experience and I still have paint I can’t get off,” said senior Trent Day.

It’s pretty unanimous that the seniors who participated had some struggles getting the paint off of them selves—but even so, it was worth it.

“For anybody who does the B next year make sure to bring gog gles and make sure to wear two hair nets because you’ll need it,” advised senior Mikalah Paleczny.

I always dreamed of painting the B and I finally got to do it. “

Every year before seniors make the trek up the mountain, a senior panoramic photo of the entire senior class is taken on the football bleach ers. The majority of the seniors are anywhere, filling up the bleachers, however groups like student council, the dance team, and choir members often stand in front with signs or shirts to represent their involvement.

“The participation from everyone was really fun to see. People either had fun painted shirts for it or were dressed up for spirit day and it was just really cool,” added Paleczny.

This tradition is a way for the seniors to have a fun last year of highschool, but there is more to it than that.

“We went up the first time and cleaned the B and picked up trash around it,” said senior student body president Sydney Kephart. These seniors see the importance of taking care of the environment and espe cially making sure that future classes will be able to take part as well.

“I always dreamed of painting the B and I finally got to do it,” said senior Rayce Taylor. Many seniors have watched this tradition play out before. Whether it was with siblings, friends, parents, or grandparents, they have waited a long time to get their chance to paint the B and this year the class of 2023 got to make their mark.

Photo to the left and above by Dilara King. Photos below, and right by Ms. Hollis

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GOOD LUCK ON THE SEASON!

Durango Varsity Roster

name # position c/o

Maverick Cormier Mason Race

Tanner Nitsche Mica Reyes Nysear Smith Daelyn Gray

Sterling Lewis Chris Rodriguez Tyler Paul Jayden Loring Michael Galvin Jhbari Christmas Isaiah Soriano Darius Henry Tavita Seloti Chris Daniels Ceimarion Taylor Ethan Hernandez Rage-Joshua Wilcox Zachary Zermeno Joshua Jenkins Shayson See Joseph Pelton Rayvon Bell Elijah Saau Ventura Ameperosa Kainoa Mefy Mark Mefy Karl Hrubes Braiden Usam Dagom Getachew Lazar Stikic Dallas Lopez Andre Washington

Victor Duarte Ramirez

Jon Quire Alexander Molina Elijah Fudge Cameo Williams Adrian Cacho Kysean Daniels

2 3 7 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 19 20 22 24 25 27 33 35 36 44 50 52 54 55 56 60 63 64 65 70 71 72 73 74 78 80 81 82 88

QB/P RB/OLB WR/FS WR/LB LB SS/WR WR/DE SS/FS WR/FS CB/WR CB/WR WR/FS CB/WR K/P ILB/TE CB/WR RB/OLB CB/WR LB DE/DT RB/ILB MLB/TE OT/DE OT/DT OT/DE OG/DT LB/OG DT/OG OG/NT OG/DT C/OG OG/OT DT/OL DE/OT DT/OG C/OG DT CB/FS WR/CB K WR/CB

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Basic Varsity Roster

name # position c/o

Jovanni Duron Anthony Sanitoa

Chrey Traylor

Brandon Griffin

John Stone Anthony Vega Jose Barrangan

David Atkins

Rustan Deen Houston McCarty Marcell Moore

Treyson Redd Joel White

Joey Garza Maddox Bradley Jesean Mays

Taevyon Hampton

Zuri Whiters

Boston Wren Maveion Murray Avontae Toombs

Miguel Barrangan Jake White Daniel Nunez

Antonio Ketcherside

Isaiah Keplinger

Sirus Chanel

Antoine Taylor

Lincoln Hughes David Diaz

Kaleb Hansen

Sosefa Vake Kam Hearld

Dylan Blackwell

Tanner Franks

Aravis Johnson Austin Mack

Tanner Nabors

Domingo Cleveland

Angel Dominguez Jamal Andersen Fernando Avalos

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 16 17 21 22 23 24 29 32 33 50 52 54 55 56 57 60 61 63 68 69 70 72 74 75 76 77 78 79 88

LB/TE OLB/WR OLB/RB CB/WR QB OLB/WR OB/QB OLB/WR CB/WR CB/WR CB/WR LB/WR QB LB/TE S/WR CB/WR S/WR LB/RB S/WR CB/WR OLB/RB DE/OT LB/C DE/G DT/G DT/OL DT/G DE/OL DE/OT DE/OL DE/OT DT/OL DE/OT DT/C DE/G C LB/OL DT/G DT/OL DT/OL WR/DB

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DESIGNING COMMUNITY

Knit is excited to support the Basic Academy Wolves for the 2022/23 Football Season. Knit’s history with Basic goes back over 40 years to the early 80’s when Knit Principal, Mark McGinty, graduated from Basic and played on Wolves Football Team.

Knit believes architecture can elevate and transform lives, fostering community wherever we live, learn, work and play.

KNITSTUDIOS.COM

We lost Quinton tragically at the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting on October 1, 2017 in Las Vegas at only 20 years old This foundation was created in his name to honor the life he lived. He set an example to us by helping others on a daily basis. Our goal with this foundation is to continue helping others by providing athletic scholarships for middle school and high school students as well as contributing scholarships to organized sports through the valley

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for the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the stregth of the wolf is the pack.

- Rudyard Kipling

once a wolf always a wolf

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