sports
the northridge reporter september 21, 2010
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Jones balances three sports regan walker assistant sports editor
photo by meredith horn Brooks Burns, quarterback, does a running play for a first down in the game against Minor on Sept. 10.
Football team wins first game Freshman Scarbrough leads scores brock hartley sports editor The football team won their first game of the season against Minor on Sept. 10 at Northridge. The ending score was 35-24. Twentyeight points were scored by Bo Scarbrough, freshman. The other touchdown was scored by James Cox, sophomore. Bo said that on his third touchdown the play almost didn’t go as planned. “I dove in the end zone and that was not in the play at all,” Bo said. The other touchdown was a 24 yard pass delivered from quarterback Brooks Burns to wide receiver James Cox. Brooks said it felt great to have a
touchdown pass, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. “The play went perfect. James did an amazing job in reading the play and getting the Jags some more points on the board,” Brooks said. James was scared at first that he might not catch the throw but ended up making the play happen. “For awhile I didn’t think I was going to catch it because it was thrown a little inside, but I pulled through and caught it,” James said. Jackson Blankenship, senior, grew his beard out until the team’s first win. “It was exhilarating and heart-thumping [getting to shave my beard off],” he said. “I could feel the adrenaline pumping through my wrist as the razor cut my [beard].”
photos by meredith horn Left, the football team bursts through the banner before their game against Minor. Right, Andrew Maxey, assistant principal, supervises the pep rally on Sept. 10.
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Anyone looking for Darryl Jones would find him practicing for one of three sports: football, track or basketball. “Track [is my favorite sport],” Jones said. “I started in the seventh grade; Coach Giddeon saw me at P.E. and asked me to join.” Jones said track is his favorite because it’s where he excels; however, he said he has to work more in basketball. “[Basketball] doesn’t always come naturally to me. I have to work harder at it,” Jones said. Jeff Sparks, track coach, said that Jones is a diligent athlete. “[Jones] contributes a hard work ethic and a positive outlook to the team,” Sparks said. However, Jones said he sometimes has trouble keeping up with his class work because of his sports.
“I’m here [at school practicing] all day,” Jones said. “[Sports] are everything to me.” Jones said his best memory in sports happened last season. “I found out I was second in the nation for sophomores in triple jump,” he said. “I was so excited.” Jones said he sees sports as a definite link to his future. “I want to get a scholarship to college, maybe in the S.E.C. and eventually find a job that involves sports,” he said.
photo by kimberly van horn Darryl Jones, junior, practices for foot ball after school on Sept. 15.
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Tennis player loves competing alexandra stewart staff writer
Alison Fridley, junior, picked up a tennis racket for the first time in 6th grade. “My mom and my friends really encouraged me to play,” she said. “Once I started playing, it was really fun. I loved playing in the tournaments and meeting new people,” she said. Every year, Fridley has played on the tennis team. Becci Hauser, tennis coach, said she has seen lots of improvement in her. “She has some of the best skills at Northridge. She works hard to get better every day,” she said. Fridley uses various outlets to enhance her game. “I have a tennis coach in Birmingham, at Lake Shore, where I attend a clinic four times a week,” she said. Fridley not only plays on the tennis team for Northridge, but she plays in tennis tournaments every weekend. She plays in tournaments from South Carolina to Arkansas.
“I have like no time anymore. I’m starting to think home schooling would be better,” she said. “I have one this weekend, and if I advance, then I could have to stay until Monday, and I have one in Mobile next weekend. I have to check out Friday, Sept. 17, and that one could go to Monday, too,” she said. Hauser said that the tournaments help Fridley to become a better player. “She plays a variety of different people that have different strengths and weaknesses. She has never played them before, so she has to figure out how they play on the court,” she said, “I think it’s how she gets better; she’s played a lot of tough competition,” she said. As much time as the tournaments take up, she said she still really enjoys every aspect of them. “I love the tournaments, basically because I am really competitive, and I meet a lot of new people,” she said. “My first big tournament, I played on stadium court, first round, with a seated line judge against a girl who became one of my best friends,” she said. Up to $5 credited back to your checking account per month ATM refunds nationwide
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