Volume 91: Issue 5

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volume 91, Issue 5

the student prints

Students celebrate World Language Night

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Cat’s Meow gets the crowd wild

Students direct and perform the annual talent show, leaving the audience speechless

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Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night! Santa Breakfast a StuCo success. see page 3

Everyone loves the holiday season, but what are your favorite things? see page 5

NV has a new furry friend, Brady. This new service dog is here for everyone. see page 7

2016 has been quite an eventful year for everything, but especially for sports. see page 11

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Students are bilingual Did someone say there’s a Houseparty?

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FRESHMEN Aaron Houk, Beth Doddridge, Lillian Delverne, Julia Istefan perform at World Language night. They performed their dance routine to a song in French.

Josie Umfleet

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Northview took a night to showcase their World Language Department on December 5. The event took place in the cafeteria and ran from 6 to 7:30pm. NV’s language program was showcased through presentations and musical performances.

This night showed the importance of learning a world language and what students have learned in their classes. The cafeteria was completely packed with parents and students.

All students had to produce a project that they were to display at the event and present in class to be graded. They were given time to work on their projects

in class with a partner or group if they wished.

The projects and presentations came in many different forms. Students were given the freedom to display their knowledge of the language that they take in any way that interests them. Students researched topics that they wanted to know more about that relate to their language. Then, students formulated sentences about the topic using the skills that they practiced in class.

Some students chose to show what they have learned by displaying their own individual talents through musical and artistic presentations. At the event, ten acts performed on the stage of the cafeteria. The acts ranged from instrumental and singing performances to a dance routine

to finish the show.

“The dance routine was definitely the highlight of the night.

It was so entertaining; they killed it up there,” freshman Emily Thielen said.

After the live performances, parents could walk around and look at all the projects. Students set up their projects on lunch tables or in other classrooms around the school.

“The projects that involved food were for sure my favorite.

I was really hungry and it was really fun to taste all the different foreign food students made,” sophomore Grace Burnard said.

World Language Night was full of Spanish, French, and Chinese culture. It left parents with lots of information about all that NV’s world language department has to offer.

Abby Summers

Staff Writer

A house where there's always a party! On November 17, a new app called Houseparty was released. It’s the closest thing to being with friends in person.

Once you are on the app with one of your friends, you are immediately on each other’s screens, chatting.

It’s like facetime, but with multiple people on your screen.

There can be up to eight people in one house.

“It's so simple to add friends and begin talking to your totally awesome wicked friends,” sophomore Aubrey Nemire said.

If your friends don't have the app you can send a text through Houseparty, and it will send them the link.

Everyone in your contacts that has an account with Houseparty shows up on your screen, and you can friend them instantly.

You can also add people by being in a house with friends of the friends you’ve added. They just have to accept your request to be friends with them.

Every time your friends go on the app you get a notification that pops up on your screen. You

then can choose to go talk to them on the app, if you please.

The end result is a house party.

You also have the ability to lock a house, so no one else can join. If a house isn't locked you can leave and join as you wish.

Just like with facetime you can mute yourself, turn your camera off, or turn your camera to the other side on this app.

However, there are many negative aspects to this app. It can cause bullying because people can feel left out if they are locked out.

It’s easier to make fun of someone when you're not in person with them and chatting in a big group.

It also uses up a lot data and battery life. The quality of the app isn’t the best, and there are many glitches and people are always reconnecting.

Another downfall is that students getting carried away with the time and get distracted easily. According to freshman Jenna Storey, “Sometimes I'm up super late and forget to do my homework.”

A positive side to Houseparty is you get to talk to multiple people at once.

Maybe it's your best friend, someone you don't know, a crush, or a family member.

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The ultimate test of science around the area of Northwest Ohio was recently held in this year’s annual Northview Science Olympiad competition on December 13. Schools from all over Northwest Ohio came to the tournament; from schools as close as Southview to schools all the way near Cleveland.

“A lot of hard work goes into these tournaments and hopefully our hard work pays off.

It really makes us feel closer since we do spend almost 14 hours together,” sophomore Danny Lee said.

Competitors complete tests, create pre-built contraptions to show in front of judges, and perform experiments to analyze their results. There were both study events and building events, with the larger rooms in the school being used for larger events, such as “Helicopter,” an event that challenges the ultimate engineering-oriented student.

Most studying events include a pair of students working on one test, but other events, like Experimental Design, require students to think quick on their feet and come up with different experiments with provided materials.

“It’s great to see the level of dedication put into this tournament add up to the end result,” junior captain AJ Federman said.

The team meets every Friday, with work days twice a week, but team members are also expected to work on their own time. This year, the team started working in September.

The NV invitational is the main fundraiser for the team, and it is the first tournament of this year’s season. The competition is becoming a tradition for the team, with this being its fifth year running.

The team ended up earning the 22nd place out of 45 teams.

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Santa joins NV for breakfast Karen Pan

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The twist of Elsa’s hand has become the iconic entrance of a new event that has stormed the cafeteria. The holidays are all about joy and happiness, and what is happier than bringing kids the joy of food, Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Santa?

The Santa Breakfast, run by the Student Council Fundraising Committee on December 3, put on the show of a lifetime. Everyone was welcome to attend, with only a $5 entrance fee per person that goes towards Student Council. It was held from 8am to 11am, with the entire cafeteria decorated.

The students decorated Friday after school and early Saturday morning with paper snowflakes hanging on the walls and ornaments hanging from the ceiling.

The mini stage in the cafeteria was constructed into a living room, completed with a rug, Christmas tree, and Santa chair.

Junior Riley Runnells let the Student Council borrow decorations, with Student Council Adviser Tami Blue’s husband Jeff Blue dressing up as Santa.

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THE STUDENT COUNCIL committee dressed as elves and served as Santa’s helpers. Bella Litzer (right) dressed as Elsa and Noah Jockett (left) dressed as Olaf from Frozen.

Parents and children entered through the doors of the cafeteria to enjoy visits from Santa and the characters of Frozen. There were musical performances from senior Noah Jockett, who sang “In Summer” dressed as Olaf, and freshman Bella Litzer, who performed the famous song “Let it Go” dressed as Elsa.

“Don’t get me wrong, it was a lot of work, but the overall out-

come was so amazing. I definitely want to see Santa Breakfast come back,” sophomore Meghan Vandenbroek said.

All the student volunteers were dressed as Santa’s elves, making sure everything went as smoothly as possible. Parents and kids enjoyed a nice breakfast while also enjoying other activities, including ornament making, coloring, and face painting.

“I was beyond proud of each of the students, and when we all work together, we can accomplish anything. It was awesome to know that this event made a difference today,” Mrs. Blue said.

Overall, the Student Council made roughly $1,000 from the fundraiser in those three hours, so expect to see more from the Santa Breakfast in the years to come.

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The National Honor Society has recently inducted new members. These seniors have demonstrated excellence in scholarship, leadership, service, and character.

They applied by writing an essay demonstrating what makes them a true leader and showing their involvement in and out of school with volunteering and extracurriculars.

To be elected into NHS, a student must maintain a GPA of 3.6 or higher.

Then, the teacher committee reviews these applications and decides who would be a good fit

for the society.

“There were eight new inductees for this fall into NHS. It was really cool to see kids that may not have been accepted the first time, persevere and make it this time. It’s not an easy thing to do and as the VP of NHS, I was happy to help their induction run smoothly and introduce myself,” NHS Vice President senior Mia Restivo said. The new members of NHS will join the already existing 50 members.

This year, NHS has held a dance marathon, tutored students in the learning center, sold poinsettias, and volunteered throughout different events and activities in the community.

“I think it’s really important to become involved in NHS because

as a member, we do a lot of great things for the community and for the school, like danceGOLD. Being inducted gives students the gratification that their hard work has paid off. It’s also a great feeling to be surrounded by other hard working students with good character. Along with that, it is a

great thing to put on your college applications,” senior Katie Klein said.

These graduating seniors, who have shown excellence in and out of the classroom, will receive their honor cords that they will wear at the graduation ceremony in June.

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Exams, we have to take them, but when?

The week before exams is when students expect to be stressed and overwhelmed due to all the projects, essays, and study guides that the teachers assign, along with the normal amount of homework. However, if exams were right after break it would give the students less stress throughout the whole process.

Some teachers are squeezing in their last few tests and quizzes before exams and trying to rush through material to get through one last unit so it doesn’t split between break.

This leads to more unnecessary stress for the students with the overflow of work to complete and deadlines to remember along with extra activities and time at home.

Therefore, if the students had the total of winter break to study, which is 13 days, it would give students more time to focus on the school work they already have and to save studying for exams over break when they have more time to focus and concentrate on the material at hand instead of being busy with other school work and extra activities.

Yes we are on break, but we have 13 days, and even if you spend nine days traveling with family, or being lazy and relaxing, that still leaves four whole days to go over notes and study material. Giv-

ing students more hours a day, instead of being at school or doing extra activities that they would have to do during a regular week day at school. Which is plenty of time to get in some reviewing for the exams.

Without the stress of everyday school and extra activities the students would have so much more time to actually get down and study for however long they need without having to worry about timing and working around schedules or having regular homework to finish. ~Zoey Napierala

It’s that time of year again! The stress, the excessive studying, the endless study guides provided by teachers, and possibly, that last minute cramming session before the big day. But one of the main arguments people seem to always bring up is whether exams should be before break or right after.

Personally, I believe that having exams right before break is the most beneficial to both students and teachers.

Students tend to retain more information from previous chapters learned especially those learned closest to exam dates. If

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notes and make more practice questions.

If you missed a lot of questions in a section you may want to reread those chapters or even have a sit down session with the teacher to make sure you understand the material and get extra help.

You could also create a study group with some people who have the same class as you to go over sections and get opinions and help from your group.

Just make sure that the group is of the right people and that you can actually focus and learn the material.

If you review your notes and have a general understanding of all the material, then you should do perfectly fine on your exam and feel confident of most of your answers.

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students were to go on break and then come back to test their knowledge from what they learned the previous semester, they might not remember as much before break.

Teachers will also be able to grade exams and easily move into the next chapter as soon as the new semester begins.

Among the endless mountains of quizzes, tests, and worksheets, they are also responsible for grading exams in a certain amount of time.

Winter break tends to be full of fun, distractions, and carefree days. People would rather spend time with family and friends, play in the snow, finish their holiday shopping, etc.

It would be harder to sit down, open up notes, and study away when so much is going on during the biggest holiday season of the year.

Folks also celebrate their religious cultures whether Christian, Jewish, etc. who reflect, worship, and celebrate their holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, etc.).

The best way to kick off a fun-filled, relaxing break is to stay calm, take a deep breath, study hard, and pass your exams with flying colors. It’s all worth it in the end. And you are rewarded with a nice long break for the holidays. ~Emma DeMascio

Co-Editors-In-Chief: Erin Chambers & Riley Runnells Adviser: Sarah Huey News Editor: Katie Mertens Opinions Editors: Haley Jones & Korrin Zollweg Features Editors: Liz Liber & Karen Pan Sports Editor: Amir AbouZied & Matt Bishop Business Editor: Josie Umfleet Online Editor: Andrea Almedia Staff Photographers: Edward Lammie Staff Writers: Patrick Andres, Emma DeMascio, Emily Martinez, Zoey Napierala, Emily Nowak, Taylor Rosplohowski, Abby Summers

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FEATURES December 16, 2016

Season Specials

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Soaps and lotions are always a must. Bath and Body Works has created a huge selection of holiday and winter themed scents. As a bonus, it’s the only time of the year where you can easily find anything peppermint scented.

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Many restaurants are breaking out comfort foods for the season.

From red and green colored donuts to cinnamon buns, holiday themed treats are making their way onto menus. Keep an eye out at your favorite restaurants for these limited time items.

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I love to drink hot chocolate and wrap myself in two hundred blankets to shield myself from the cold.

- senior Bella Murra

HOLIDAY HABITS

I go to the lights every year at the zoo.

They have the best hot chocolate and the lights are really cool.

- sophomore Anthony Rodriguez

On Thanksgiving my family chooses names from a hat and we have to get the person a present for I love sledding at the I like to help put up the Christmas Eve. It’s always Christmas tree in our home Northview hill with my a big surprise because you friends. The little kids never know who’s getting and go to Midnight Mass with at the bottom of the you a present until then. my family on Christmas Eve. We spend Christmas playing - junior Emily Dearing hill are always so cute.

- sophomore Margaret Blodgett

board games after dinner.

- senior Faith Martin

Not-so-Ugly sweaters are back in fashion. Find the cutest and most unique sweaters to show your love for the season. Penguins, trees, snow and knitted designs are all fun ways to show your spirit.

Photos: Katie Mertens and Taylor Rosplohowski

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“Introducing our next act, sophomore Sara Lewandowski singing “Reflection” from Mulan. Let’s give her a hand!”

Everyone was eager to watch all of the talent acts at this year’s talent show, Cat’s Meow.

Cat’s Meow is the annual talent show that has been happening at Northview for over 30 years. It has become quite the tradition. The show is produced entirely by students; student talent acts, student tech, student emcees, and a student director. The emcees this year went all out with their hard work, and the show was directed by senior Caity Hoffman.

“I’ve always loved being involved with Cat’s Meow and to direct it this year was such a blast. All of the emcees and tech crew and talent worked so hard and the show was an absolute success,” Hoffman said.

There were a variety of acts, from singing to dancing to even a karate act. The show altogether was a success and raised $1,033. All of the proceeds went to Senior Prom.

“Being an emcee for Cat’s Meow was such a fun experience. I loved the other emcees and the acts were so much fun to watch,” senior Maggie Laberdee said.

-Riley Runnells and Emily Martinez

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Brady the dog- school vs home life Northview now has a four legged furry friend regularly in the building, but with only seeing him at school the question comes to mind as to what kind of dog Brady is at home.

According to owner and NV’s Assistant Principal, Chris Fahim, Brady acts like any other dog at his dwelling. He plays around with his kids, loves to go outside, and can even be a little ornery at times.

“He’s pretty good at school, so when he gets home I don’t think he feels like he has to be as good sometimes so he acts a little mischievous at home,” Mr. Fahim said.

Being five years old Brady has been used to staying home all day, so it was different for him to all of a sudden start coming to school. While constant attention might wear

some dogs out, Brady continues to act like his old self; just sometimes he’s a little more sleepy after a long day of work. Even with interacting with students all day, he does not get tired of it as Fahim expressed he shows signs of excitement when it’s time to leave in the morning “The minute I put my coat on and grab my keys, he jumps up and comes right to me and is waiting to put his leash and bandanna on,” Mr. Fahim said.

It is apparent the Fahim family loves their dog and Brady is pretty loved at home.

“I think he thinks he’s more human than a dog now sometimes, but he’s been a pleasant addition to our family,” Mr. Fahim exclaimed.

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BRADY THE DOG is sitting in Mr. Fahim’s office relaxing in between helping students.

As you many have heard, and seen, Northview has officially gotten our very own therapy dog. As you can imagine the students of this school are thrilled to have a fluffy stress reliever that is easily accessible during the day.

Brady is a trained therapy dog and therefore he is very calm and collected, even in the crowded halls in between classes. Students are welcome to come up and pet him if they are having a rough day.

Brady’s life at school is not all sitting in the halls and waiting for attention. While the students are in class, office aides, or anyone who would like to, are able to take him on a walk around the school.

However, he is not always able to find someone to take him so laying down and chill-

ing in Assistant Principal Chris Fahim’s office, who is also his owner, is sometimes a necessity.

Due to possible fear of dogs that some students may have, part of Brady’s training is to be still and listen to instructions throughout the day.

Although he is not as energetic at school does not mean he is unhappy.

Brady loves going to school and seeing the students everyday. In a way it is his job.

Next time you see the newest member of the NV family in the hallways make sure you give him a little support for coming into school everyday and trying to make the lives of the students here a little less stressful.

-Emily Nowak

Tasty treats for your pup We know your dog deserves the best this Christmas, so try these yummy Holiday inspired treats!

Ingredients 2 Tablespoons Chopped Mint Leaves (Can also use parsley) 3/4 Cup Skim milk 1 Egg 1 Tablespoon Honey

3 Tablespoons Canola Oil 2 Tablespoons Wheat germ 1 Tablespoon Brewers Yeast 1 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour

Instructions Add milk, egg, honey, oil, and mint to large mixing bowl and whisk together. Add wheat germ and brewers yeast and stir together until well blended. Mix in wheat flour 1/4 cup at a time until stiff dough forms.

Place on floured surface and roll to desired thickness. Cut out using Christmas Tree cookie cutter. Bake at 300 degrees. If rolled to 3/8″ baking time is 30 to 35 minutes..or until a golden brown.

Recipe from gourmetdogtreatrecipes.com

“Brady’s adorable and seeing him makes me look forward to coming to school,” freshman Emily Thielen said.

“I love dogs, so seeing and being able to pet Brady is an instant stress reliever,” sophomore Meghan Vandenbroek said.

“I’m a dog whisperer so Brady and I instantly connected,” junior Alex Sample said.

“It’s so cool we got a therapy dog because not many other schools have one,” senior Brenden Winner said.

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OPINIONS

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The season for giving Snow or shine?

It is really easy to forget what the Holiday’s are all about.

Do not get me wrong, it is always exciting to open gifts and create a wishlist for all the things you want for the holidays. But it is important to keep in mind that the holiday’s are way more than this.

This is the season meant for family, laughs, and giving. I can promise you that giving a gift to someone and seeing them smile is worth any gift that you could ever be given. Knowing that you made someone else’s day and put a smile on their face is something that can not be replaced.

Last December, I spent my holiday in Chicago which has many homeless that do not get to spend time with their family, get gifts, or even have a home for the holidays. So, I had this bright idea that I was going to give chocolate to a homeless man.

I can still remember the happiness I felt and saw when I gave that man the chocolate. He said “God bless you!” and held the

chocolate so tight.

This little moment is what made my holiday special. Something so little as a piece of chocolate made someone’s day and it really made me think about the little things in life.

While I was in Chicago, people were lined up with signs saying “Free Hugs”. So many people stopped and got hugs. When I got my row of hugs, I had the feeling of hope and reassurance. This is something life rarely gives us now a days, and this season always finds a way of giving it to me, as I hope it does you.

I am constantly seeing Facebook and Twitter videos of people giving to those less fortunate this time of year. With hundreds of thousands of likes, you know that so many others appreciate the small things people do this season.

Sometimes it is not about what gift you are getting, but about how you can impact someone’s life. I can promise that something so little that may

seem like nothing to you, could mean the world to someone else.

So instead of sitting around wondering about what to put on your wishlist this holiday season, go out and make someone smile.

Giving a gift does not always require a ton of money, it could be homemade. Someone will easily cherish a gift no matter how expensive. And I promise that your reward will be even greater, the feeling of knowing you made someone’s holiday just that much better.

The song with the verse “Oh there is no place like home for the holidays” is the most relevant song this December.

There is nothing like being with family and sharing laughs at this time of the month. For me, nothing would be the same if I was not with family for the holidays. Never take for granted the fact that you have family and friends to share the holiday with, because so many others will be without family.

~Haley Jones

When the holiday season comes around what do you think of? Usually we think of cold, snow, Christmas, and Hanukkah. But we live in Ohio so it is usually always cold for the holidays. In other parts of the country, it is the opposite.

During December, January, and February this is winter for us Ohioans. But think about the people in Florida. Right now it is also winter for them, but the temperature is still in the high 70’s. We think that the norm is for the holidays to be all cold and cozy sitting next to a fire, but other people decorate their palm trees to celebrate.

The climate affects the whole holiday season. Not only for the holidays but the season in general. During winter we go sledding, have snowball fights, and sit by the fire drinking hot cocoa. Other people still swim and surf and do normal summer activities. Doing this all year round would get repetitive, so I am glad we get this cold season

to change it up Imagine waking up on Christmas morning and looking out the window. We usually pray for a white Christmas, hence the song. But in Florida or California they wake up to sunny white beaches instead.

To us the whole holiday season would be a game changer if it was warm out. Gifts would turn from fuzzy socks and sweaters to sunglasses and bathing suits. Not only would gifts be different but also the holiday spirit. We decorate our trees and homes to be more wintery and cozy, but in warm climates it just wouldn’t be the same.

If I ever move somewhere warm it will take a lot of time to adjust to the new change. I know deep down I will always still love getting to wake up on Christmas morning wearing my fuzzy socks, drinking hot cocoa, and looking out the window to the winter wonderland of snow.

~Korrin Zollweg

What is the best part of the holidays?

Laying in bed

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“Going home and laying in bed is the best part of the day whether if it’s break or not.” sophomore Aubrey Nemire

“I love giving gifts.”

- senior Shane Banachowski

“I enjoy visiting all my family I don’t get to see that much over the Winter Break.”

- junior Emily Jamieson

The food.. duh

33% “Waking up to cinnamon rolls Christmas morning is something I always look forward to.”

- senior Mark Gilliland

Lights at the zoo

13% “Dancing to the music with the light changing tree was very fun, but the hot chocolate was probably the best part.”

- senior Jenna Mermer

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Captains Challenging others to succeed Hockey

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Archibeque Fink The captains on the ice are seniors Brad Crandell, Zach Doner, and Matthew Fink. Crandell is on the offensive side of the line and has been on Varsity all four years.

Doner has also been on Varsity all four years and plays defense.

“I expect this season to be great and be a family on ice and off ice,” Doner said.

Fink has been on the Varsity squad for the past three years, and he plays both offense and defense.

“I expect this season to be a lot of fun and to make it to States and play for a state title,” Fink said.

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On the wrestling mat, the Varsity captains are seniors Trevor Hartbarger, Marty Hofbauer, Jessup Pawelzik, Andy Summers, and John Watson. Hartbarger has been wrestling on Varsity since his freshman year. “I expect that our team will do big things this year, we already took second as a team at our first tournament and we are looking to win tournaments down the road,” Hartbarger said.

Hoffbauer has been on the Varsity squad for three years, and is looking forward to a great season. “I plan on having a good season individually and as a team, we are senior loaded with experience for the first time in a while and I'm excited to see if we can go out with a bang," Hoffbauer said.

Pawelzik has also been wrestling on the Varsity squad all four years.

Summers has been on the Varsity squad all four years, and has been captain both his junior and senior year.

"Having six experienced seniors within the Varsity lineup makes it very possible to win some tournaments as well as numerous dual meets this season," Summers said.

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On the girls end of the court Captains are senior’s Kylie Archibeque, Lindsey Archibeque, and Kyley Keene.

Kylie Archibeque is a point guard on the Girls’ Basketball team, and has been on Varsity for three years.

“I am very excited for what this season will bring, we were off to a rocky start, but I think through hard work, determination, and dedication we will do great this season. ” Kylie said.

Lindsey Archibeque is a shooting guard and has played on Varsity for the past three years.

“I think since we have these few games under our belt, that we will start to pick up our focus and intensity,” Lindsey said.

Keene has been shooting hoops for the Varsity team since her freshman year, when she was pulled up for tournament play, and has been on Varsity ever since. She plays almost every position on the court, but mostly, guard, forward, and center.

“This season I expect us to play as a team. If we are able to do that, we will be very successful as our offense requires everyone to be on the same page,” Keene said.

Dance

Fink On the boys end of the court are captains senior Tyler Biggs and junior Reece Lazar. Biggs has played on Varsity for the past three years and plays point guard.“I expect great things from this great group of guys,” Biggs said.

Lazar plays shooting guard and has been on Varsity for the past two years.

“I think if we work hard and everyone is focused during games, we will have a great season. We have a lot of work to do but I think we’ll turn out with a good season,” Lazar said.

-Liz Liber

Swim and Dive

Baldwin

McCann The team is made up of junior Alaina Zaletta, and freshmen Anya Bataglini, Jordyn Maroszek, Breonna Sexton, and Jenna Wilkinson.

“I’m really excited and nervous for the season to start.

I think it will go really well even though we have a really small team,” Wilkinson said.

The captains on the dance team are seniors Haley Jones, Mary Caye McCann, and Libby Sadowski. Jones and Sadowski have both been on the Varsity dance team for all four years.

McCann has been dancing on the Varsity squad for three years.

“I expect this season to bring a lot of hard work and hopefully another state title," McCann said.

Leading the swim team are seniors Hayley Carstensen, Nate Baldwin, and Liz Liber. All three captains have swam Varsity all four years. All of the captains, are good at all of the different strokes, but each have their specialty. Carstenson, is a specialist in the Butterfly stroke, Liber, freestyle, and Baldwin’s speciality is breast stroke.

“Senior year swimming is different than every other, it's about leaving your last mark on the team and finally showing what you're really made of,” Carstensen said.

“I hope that during this season, we set the foundation for a great team, for the years to come,” Baldwin said.

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2016 was unparalleled sports year

The College Football Playoff committee selected four teams for the third annual postseason tournament December 4, appointing No. 1 Alabama to play No. 4 Washington in the Peach Bowl and No. 2 Clemson and No. 3 Ohio State to battle in the Fiesta Bowl.

The winners of the semifinals will travel to Tampa and fight for the national title on January 9.

The Peach Bowl pits Alabama, which thrashed Florida in the SEC Championship to complete a 13-0 season, and Wash-

ington, which had several close calls but still put the cherry on top of a 12-1, Pac-12 title season with a 41-10 victory over Colorado in the conference championship.

The Crimson Tide and Huskies have met on four occasions, Alabama winning all. The most famous duel between the two came in 1926 when Alabama upset Washington 20-19 in the Rose Bowl to lay claim to a share of the national title.

Clemson, a 12-1 squad that held off a feisty Virginia Tech

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This year’s sporting events provided an exercise in the religious and the scientific.

Droughts of biblical proportions came to an end, all while seeming to move nature along its path toward entropy, as almost nothing that occurred on this year’s sporting scene made sense.

The Chicago Cubs’ and Cleveland Cavaliers’ nowfamous terminations of their droughts may have been predicted by some, but at the same time, think how counter intuitive it is for a casual sports fan to associate the Cubbies or the Wine and Gold with anything other than serial losing.

For it was the Cubs who virtually stood around and did nothing for 39 years, and made many a futile postseason trip thereafter, and the Cavaliers who suffered through the fires of expansion and Ted Stepien and LeBron’s exodus. Because of these, it remains absolutely incomprehensible that the year ends with these two squads ruling the sporting world.

How they got there made even less sense. Their opponents made no sense. The Golden State Warriors? Sure, many saw the defending world champions’ second straight conference title

coming. But 73-9 in the regular season? Yet there the Warriors were, staring down the Cavs as the finest team ever to play professional basketball.

The phrase, “Yet here they are,” used to express incredulity at something’s impossibility, became a phrase without meaning by year’s end.

When the Warriors took 3 of 4 from the Cavaliers, all of their wins coming by historic margins, the NBA Finals were over, Golden State crowned. And yet a week after Game 4, there were a million jubilant people taking to the streets - of Cleveland.

Games 5, 6, and 7 of those Finals were highly illogical, mostly because, if you believed the media hype machine, these Warriors were unbeatable. But you fell for the narrative, and so you watched as LeBron James absolutely devastated Golden State in a seminal moment in pro basketball history.

The World Series was even more absurd than the NBA Finals in many ways because of the two participants. The Cleveland Indians, battered, bruised, but triumphant in the American League playoffs, limped in to meet the Chicago Cubs, fresh off their first pennant since 1945.

And so, contrary to what Rudyard Kipling told us, the tumult and the shouting grew. The Indians took an identical lead as the Warriors before them, only to

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have it gradually swept away into crisp fall Midwestern nights, until Game 7 came, the apex of the chaos, where the implementation of the second law of thermodynamics seemed well at hand.

This game would be decided by a bunch of nobodies, as in: Nobody leads off Game 7 of the World Series with a home run.

Nobody hits Corey Kluber or Andrew Miller in the postseason, in fact, nobody really hits Kluber or

A sports year like this comes along once in a century.

Miller in the regular season. No team overcomes a four run deficit in a Game 7 of the World Series, as Cleveland did, much less via a homer off Aroldis Chapman.

And nobody, nobody uses a rain delay to win a world championship, which the Cubs used perfectly in Game 7 to regroup, reevaluate, and eventually return the Chicago club to a state of glory not seen in a century.

“Ain’t nobody done what I did,” laughed Muhammad Ali in 1981 upon calling it a career. And while no one will match the incomparable, late Ali’s feats, the collective athletic community

seemed bent this year on accomplishing everything else.

Michael Phelps, Peyton Manning, and Kobe Bryant: Shadows of their former selves, best days behind them, right? The only things behind them were for Bryant, the Jazz, for Manning, pro football, and for Phelps, the world, as all three turned back the clock and did things no one thought possible.

Conventional wisdom flew out the window. Down by 31 at the half on the gridiron? No barrier to TCU, who devastated Oregon in the Alamo Bowl and helped end its iron grip on West Coast football. How about an 11-point deficit with 30 seconds left on the hardwood? Texas A&M was more than happy to send such a statistic packing with a startling, 92-88, doubleovertime victory in the NCAA first round.

Fight sports are dying, golf is dying, the Olympics are dying. Yet Conor McGregor shakes up the world every time he steps into the Octagon. Jordan Spieth blows a late lead, and Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson go back and forth in a duel for the ages. And Usain Bolt, Simone Biles, and Katie Ledecky give inspiration to a divided globe.

Who hits a buzzer-beater to win a national title? Who scores a 111th minute goal to win a continental title? Who redefines “clutch” with a perfectly timed

single to win a world title? These are not rhetorical questions; the answers you are looking for are Kris Jenkins, Eder, and Ben Zobrist, respectively.

Not all of the chaos was positive. As sad as it is, fate took Jose Fernandez and Chapecoense for a ride, leaving dead baseball’s brightest young star and Brazil’s fastest-rising soccer team. Icons Ali, Gordie Howe, and Arnold Palmer met unfortunate ends, and tragedies continued to put sports in perspective, as a terror attack at Ohio State sullied the football program’s victory over Michigan days prior.

It and others served as a solemn reminder - sports, meaningful as they are, are, at the end of the day, just that. Mookie Betts’ batting average won’t win elections, the Coca Cola 600 won’t cure hunger, the War on ISIS won’t stop for Duke to play Kansas. But sports maintains its place as a unique part of the human experience, and as long as a desire to test people’s limits exists, sports will continue.

And so they will continue in 2017. Next year has a tough act to follow, but there never really was a bad year in sports. So “ring out the old, ring in the new,” but also embrace in retrospect the powerful story of 2016. For a sports year like this comes along once in a century. Odds are 3-1 it will never be topped.

Four squads tabbed for C.F.B. playoffs team to win its conference title, the ACC, meets Ohio State, an 11-1 team that lacked either a division or a conference crown but beat three Top 10 teams. Clemson leads the all time series, 2-0, both matchups in bowl games, the 1978 Gator and 2014 Orange Bowls.

In addition to the playoff, the CFP Committee selected four other bowl matchups: the Rose Bowl will host USC and Big Ten champion Penn State (USC leads all-time series, 5-4), Big 12 champ Oklahoma will meet Auburn in the Sugar Bowl (Okla-

homa, 1-0), Michigan will battle Florida State in the Orange Bowl (Series tied, 1-1), and finally, Big Ten West champion Wisconsin clashes with MAC titleist Western Michigan in the Cotton Bowl (Wisconsin, 3-1).

None of the four playoff teams had an easy route to the playoff. Alabama drew a threat from Mississippi and was tied with LSU after three quarters, Clemson narrowly escaped losses to Louisville and NC State, Ohio State needed overtime twice and sweated out a 2-point conver-

sion attempt by Michigan State gone awry, and Washington barely tiptoed by Utah. These were in addition to Clemson, Ohio State, and Washington’s losses to Pittsburgh, Penn State, and USC. The Orange Bowl is Friday, December 30 at 8 ET, the Peach Bowl and Fiesta Bowl will be played New Year’s Eve at 3 and 7 ET, and the Cotton, Rose, and Sugar Bowls headline a tripleheader on January 2, at 1, 5, and 8:30 ET, respectively.

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Boys’ bball heads into league play Matt Bishop

Sports Editor

Coming off Northern Lakes League and Sectional championships in the 201516 season, the Boys’ Basketball team has high expectations for the season. The team is embracing these expectations and has set high goals for themselves.

The Toledo Blade released their preseason predictions and had the Wildcats finishing third in the NLL behind Southview and Anthony Wayne. Still, the Cats are hoping to repeat as league champions as well as win the sectional championship in the state tournament again.

They tipped-off their season on December 1 at St. Francis in a TRAC vs. NLL match-up. The game was back and forth up until late in the second quarter when St. Francis went on a 9-0 run. They never looked back and ended up defeating the Cats 39-53.

“It was a tough loss but it was one that we can learn from and look back on in order to improve,” senior Mason Biggs said.

NV looked to bounce back with a home game against the Rossford Bulldogs

on December 3. The Cats seized control of the game in the third quarter and jumped out to a 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter. They went on to win the game 5639.

“It felt great to get our first win of the season, especially since we were at home,” junior Reece Lazar said. “We still have a lot that we can work on, but I thought we played well.”

The next game for the Cats was on December 9 at home against the Maumee Panthers. This was the first league game of the season, meaning that it could either put NV on track for an NLL title defense or put them behind from the start.

Both teams struggled on offense early. The score at the end of the first quarter was 6-9 with the Panthers ahead. However, NV bounced back and controlled the game the rest of the way. The Cats ended up taking the victory by a score of 52-37, led by 16 points from junior Colton Snow and 14 points from senior Tyler Biggs.

“It was very important that we beat Maumee in our first NLL game since our goal is to win the league championship,” Biggs said. “I don’t think any team has won the league after losing to Maumee, so I’m glad we got the win to keep our goal alive.”

KANAVEL SOPHOMORE COLTON SNOW goes up for a lay-up against the Maumee Panthers on December 9. Snow led the Cats with 16 points and they went on to win the game 52-37.

FEATURE ATHLETE: Mason

Biggs

About the athlete:

When did you start playing basketball?

I started playing basketball when I was seven years old.

What are your goals for the upcoming season?

My goal is to have my team win the NLL championship back to back. We won it last year and I hope to win again.

What is your pre-game routine?

I eat Jimmy John’s before every game and then go listen to music to get me hyped. Then I go get some shots up and have to make 20 free throws in a row before I go back into the locker room.

What will you miss most about playing basketball for NV? The thing that I will miss most about basketball at NV is hitting three pointers in Sam Clear’s face every day at practice and being with the boys.

15’-16’ Stats

Shooting Guard #23

8 ppg 3 rpg 91.2 % FT % 1.2 bpg 2.1 spg