The Warren Central
Remembering a Fallen Warrior
Editorial, Page 2
Warren Central High School
Indianapolis, IN
Friday, May 19, 2017
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Volume 95 Issue 7
A Community Mourns
Illustration by Priscilla Martir
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By Priscilla Martir
Rama’s Rant
Learning from Grief
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At this point, everyone knows about the tragedy that took place a couple weeks ago. We lost one of our own, junior Angel Mejia who was shot and killed. It pains me to have to write about someone so young passing away. Someone my age, who was meant to graduate with my class. Someone I once saw around the hallways. I may not have known him personally, but it still saddens me to hear about the death of someone so young who had a life ahead of him that was taken away. The Warrior Nation came together as a family to support Angel’s closest friends and family. We have also come together and continue to pray for Dijon Anderson and Darius Moore, who were also injured during the shooting. Not only did several hundred people wear red on the Monday after the incident in support of Angel, Dijon and Darius, but there was also a candle lighting on Saturday night where hundreds came together with one thing in mind: support. Let’s also not forget the GoFundMe account to which hundreds of people have donated to help Angel’s family and my favorite, the memorial that students put together in the Commons with teddy bears and sweet messages. The senior class alone has lost many within the past four years due to accidents, health problems, suicide and violence. My intention is not to ignore the others who unfortunately passed away but to bring light to an issue that can be prevented. How many more lives do we have to lose before enough is enough? How many more families have to suffer before we open our eyes to the problem? According to the CDC in 2016, homicide is the third leading cause of
death for Americans aged 10-24. Among those victims, 86 percent were killed with firearms. Firearms. This is not the first case of a Warren Central high student dying because of violence and unfortunately it won’t be the last. It is disheartening to think about how many students, friends, brothers and sisters we lose through brutality (especially gun violence). It should be a reason for us as a community to recognize what is happening and what needs to be changed. This is not only a problem here in Indiana but all over the country. There’s not much we can do for the country as a whole, but we can start here. We can start by making our streets safer for students. We can start by uniting as a community and educating our youth. We can start by being aware of each other and who needs help. We can start by not letting each other get in situations that can be dangerous. Warren has received tremendous support from schools such as Cathedral High School whose students created a video with a “Stay Strong” sign to remind us that they are praying and thinking of our school and its loss. One student who I would like to sincerely thank and acknowledge for setting a great example and starting something bigger than herself is sophomore Dorian Oliver. Through social media, she asked for people to make cards for Angel’s mother to deliver on Mother’s day. Oliver is a great example of what the Warrior Nation is about; kindness, love and family. Oliver’s act of kindness will not go unnoticed and neither will Cathedral’s support. We have to take this and use it to change things. Use this to make our community a better and safer place. As a school we did an admirable thing coming together, and we should do the same as a community. People say so much about Warren yet no one truly knows what we go through and how much of a family we are. Through the toughest times, we put all differences aside and stick together.
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Thumbs THUMBS UP TO movies and poster projects in class after AP exams. We worked so hard all year just for these last two weeks of goofing off.
THUMBS DOWN TO May mayhem. So many events and big assignments due in a such a short amount of time. Overwhelming to say the least.
THUMBS UP TO the litany of summer concerts coming to Indy in the next few months. Now is a better time than ever to see some of your favorite artists.
THUMBS DOWN TO recent school email system glitches and hacks. It seems like we can’t go a day without getting bombarded by spam.
THUMBS UP TO All the 500 festivities going on right now. There is no better time of the year in Indianapolis than the month of May.
THUMBS DOWN TO chaos in Washington. It seems like everyday there is another headline grabbing controversy. So much for draining the swamp.
Letter from a Leader It is generally accepted that if you stick around doing something long enough, you’ll eventually get honored for the job you’ve done. After 40 years of teaching and advising student publications, my turn has come with the invitation to write this column. As the adviser of the Owl and the Wigwam yearbook, it has always been important that I stay out of the content. Both should be all student work. My job has been to coach the students to do their best work and give the them the tools they need to do their jobs whether that is training, tools or technology. Here are a few pieces of advice I want to pass along before I retire. A teacher once told me that you never know how long a shadow you cast. Remember that. Things you do and say can have a ripple effect that will expand from person to person. I am proud that there are more than a few teachers in Warren - and a couple administrators - who were once students of mine and they are now teaching students like I once did with them. There is a saying that advises 90 percent of success is just showing up. That is true. Attendance in classes or at a job is very important. But there is more to that. Show up prepared to do the best job you can and know that the other 10 percent of success is following directions.
Faces in the Crowd
What is your favorite high school memory from this year?
Editor-in-Chief Zachary Acton
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By Mark Haab, Publications Director And many times the two go together because if you are not in class you won’t have the information you need to do the job. I have been an adjunct professor at IUPUI for over 25 years. When you are in college, no one cares if you are sick except your mother. There is no excused absence because your mom called in. Sick, tired, wanted to spend the day outside by the canal - it doesn’t matter. You are still responsible for the work. In a job, if you don’t do it, someone else has to because the job needs to get done. I just graded final projects for my IUPUI class and because a student was not in class when I showed the examples and discussed the requirements, she did not know everything she should have and so she failed it. Always leave a place better than when you arrived. I tell my journalism students this and I will share with everyone else: Never forget the difference you made here. So make a difference. Remember that ripple effect. The difference you make will give others something to build on. My last piece of advice I learned from Atticus Finch. Don’t judge others until you walk around in their shoes. Not just try them on, but walk around. So many people have things going on in their lives that affect who they are. It goes with the “Don’t judge a book by its cover” saying. You have to really get to know someone to understand who they are.
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“My favorite memory becoming a member of skate club. My friends and I were freshmen when we started. I was the second to fall on my by butt. ”
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“My favorite memory from this year is when I was at my JV softball game and my team mate made a triple play. It was the last winning and we won 180.”
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Out with the old and in with the new
What to look forward to during theby2017-2018 school year kaylapimpton staff writer
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ith the school year ending and another one quickly approaching, the administration has decided to make a few changes to help both students and staff. Even though administration plans on making some changes for next year, most of them are minor and are meant to help make things easier for everyone. During the summer, the administration will be examining the current attendance policy and brainstorming a new one. They will be continuing personalized learning with more departments and personalized professional development for teachers. There will be no changes made to C.O.R.E. “Teachers have been selecting their choices, so not everyone will be going to the same thing next year,” said Emily Brown. There will also be new classes added. Included in those is a new math class called math 10. This will be a class designed to help students who are struggling in math or who did not pass the ISTEP test. Dual Credit Japanese will also be a class available to students who are interested in taking it. Administration has also decided to change registration days. Now registration for grades 10-12 will happen on one day, July 19 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The freshmen will have their own registration days: July 24 for students with a last name starting with the letters A-K, and July 25 for students with a last name of L-Z.
As for the Walker Career Center, there will be three new classes available for students. Fashion and Textiles Careers, Education Professions 2 and industrial automation and robotics are all two hour block classes that students will be able to take next year. Fashion and Textiles Career is a fashion class that students will be able to take if they have completed the Introduction to Fashion and Textiles course. Education professions 2 will be a class for students who are interested in teaching. This class will make it possible for students to take 2 years of education professions as juniors and seniors. Industrial automation and robotics is a class for students who are interested in learning about welding, precision machine, pneumatics, hydraulics and industrial technology and equipment and how it works. The last change being made in the Walker Career Center will be when freshmen take the classes personal financial responsibility and preparing for college and careers. The way the classes work right now is that half the students take PFR and PCC in the fall and then they switch in the spring. Beginning next year all freshmen will take PCC in the fall and PFR in the spring. “What that allows us to do is really take that class and use it as a welcome to high school,” WCC director Dr. Steve Rogers said.
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Senior Events: Skating Party The skating party is on Thursday May 25 from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Tickets will be $6 at the door and students must have their school ID. Senior Olympics Senior Olympics will take place on Wednesday May 24 in the fieldhouse from 3:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Teams must have 3 boys and 3 girls. Senior Luncheon The luncheon for seniors is on Friday May 26 during the day. Caps and gowns are mandatory to be able to attend lunch.
2017 Retirees Karen Auble Carrie Locke Mark Haab Allyson Strother
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The reality of life for man’s best friend
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Harsh conditions that lead dogs to a life behind bars by raziyahillery staff writer
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dog was brought into the Indianapolis Animal Care Services that had been trained to be aggressive. It took employees and volunteers lots of work to get the dog so it could be adopted. Sadly, the dog was returned just weeks later for unprovokingly biting a child. That dog was euthanized. There was another dog, referred to as a “bait dog” that was used as practice for fighting dogs. Bait dogs can range from the size of a pit bull to the size of a Chihuahua. They are often tied to a tree or post with no defense as they are continuously attacked, scratched and hurt by another dog or multiple dogs. There are other dogs stuck in puppy mills, imprisoned for life in small cages, with the only job of producing litter for their owner’s profit. There are hundreds of thousands of dogs that are chained outside everyday in all weather conditions, abandoned, with nothing to eat. This is the reality the IACS deals with on a daily basis according to director Ms. Madi Gregory. According to the Humane Society, another animal care facility, dogs are the most common victims of animal abuse, making up 64.5 percent of cases. Pit bulls were the most abused breed in 2015. Among the other most abused breeds are Chihuahuas, rottweilers, greyhounds and huskies. How is it that man’s best friend is the most abused, maltreated animal in the United States? To really understand this question, people must understand what constitutes animal cruelty, the signs of it and how to prevent it. Legally, animal cruelty is defined as “acts of violence or neglect perpetrated against animals.” Gregory sees the intention of animal abuse as the dividing line, while neglect is another form. When asked if she would constitute something as seemingly miniscule as a dog’s collar being too tight as animal abuse, she highlighted that the intent changes things. A dog’s collar may be too tight due to the owner’s lack of knowledge. She said that caring for a dog is a learning experience and the owner may still be learning how to care for a dog properly. However, if the owner knowingly does ties the collar too tight, that is when it becomes animal abuse. “Usually, it’s the intent is what animal abuse really is, or neglect as the case may be,” Gregory said. “Our ordinate states that you have to be able to provide them with food, water, and shelter. They can’t be out chained to a fence all day and they need to well-cared for.” Neglect is defined as failure to fulfill the basic needs of caring for an animal such as food, water, shelter, or veterinary visits. Neglect is perhaps the most complicated form of animal cruelty because it engulfs intentional and unintentional animal cruelty. An owner can knowingly keep a dog outside in below freezing temperatures, an owner can truly believe that a dog is being saved by keeping it and 15 other dogs locked in the owner's home, usually in unsanitary conditions, instead of being in the streets. “We’ve seen a couple animal hoarding cases lately which is also considered animal abuse because there’s neglect in abundance overload and you have to maintain healthy conditions for the dogs and cats,” she said. Organizations such as the IACS and the Humane Society were created to save these animals and fix the issues that they see. IACS is the only shelter in Indianapolis that is required to take in every animal that comes through their doors. They annually save about 15,000 dogs, with the summer being their peak time for rescue. “More often times we see them just starving and thirsty,” she said. When an abused dog is turned in to IACS, volunteers and staff follow a specific protocol. Staff keep the dog separated from the others and present it with food and water. Then, they give the dog time to adjust. They do not attempt to touch the dog if it is showing fear. The maximum capacity for dogs in IACS is 400-500. Spots are filled everyday. When the capacities of this shelter fill, there are numerous, uncountable dogs that have yet to be saved. “Because we’re consistently taking in animals, we face capacity issues weekly. If it’s a slow week on adoptions, then we have to push hard with our rescue groups that partner with us to get some of the animals out of here so we don’t have to start euthanizing for population reasons,” she said. So, how can people help? Before we can do anything, we must inform ourselves with what animal abuse may be and its signs. Signs include but are not limited to seeing a dog neglected, intentionally ungroomed or hurt, or hundreds in a home without proper care. Once you see the signs persist and witness animal abuse, report it. Reporting animal abuse is perhaps the most important step to stopping and preventing animal abuse. Nothing can be done if authorities are unaware of what is happening. One thing that IACS is pushing for is education on how to properly care for a dog.
This Pit Bull mix watches, barks, and wags its tail as people walk past. Pit Bulls and Pit Bull mixes have made up the majority of surrendered dogs at the Indianapolis Animal Care Services. photo by Raziya Hillery
Once more people know and understand how to maintain and care for a dog, there will be less abuse cases. “A lot of people want animals, but they don’t know how to care for them properly,” she said. Anyone 12 years old and above is welcomed to volunteer at the Indianapolis Animal Care Services. The shelter is in need of people with expertise and love to be advocates for the animals. Starting at 21, people are able to adopt or foster dogs as well. Those people go through a series of rigorous background checks before being allowed care for dogs. IACS not only accepts donations of time, but they also accept donations of food and treats. That way, there is one less thing to worry about and more time to focus on saving our companions.
6 Entertainment Keep Entertained This Summer
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by brittany coffman entertainment writer
Concerts:
Books:
June 3
May 23
“The Dark Artifices #2: Lord of Shadows” by Cassandra Clare.
June 6
“Royal Bastards” by Andrew Shvarts.
Future with Migos, Tory Lanez, and Kodak Black. 7:00 p.m. at Klipsch Music Center.
June 24
Florida Georgia Line with Nelly and Chris Lane. 7:00 p.m. at Klipsch Music Center.
June 23
June 13
“Bad Romance” by Heather Demetrios.
Birthday Bash. 7:00 p.m. at the Indiana Farmers Coliseum.
June 27
“And I Darken” sequel: “Now I Rise” by Kiersten White. “The Glittering Court #2: Midnight Jewel” by Richelle Mead.
Albums:
May 26
Lil Yachty: “Teenage Emotions”
Movies:
June 2
May 26
“Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales”
June 2
“Wonder Woman”
July 7 “Spiderman: Homecoming”
July 21
Halsey: “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom” All Time Low: “Last Young Renegade”
“Dunkirk”
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Where are they now?
Entertainment 7
A quick guide to the Infinity Stones and their current locations. by brittany coffman entertainment writer
This is it. Phase three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. All roads have led up to the ultimate battle: “Infinity Wars.” Since the beginning, since the first Avengers film, we have known that Thanos, the destroyer of worlds, will go against our favorite heroes. The film will bring a variety of characters together: The Avengers, Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, Doctor Strange, and even Captain Marvel. How Marvel Studios plans on smashing all of these characters into one movie is beyond me, but I’m eager to see how they pull it off. There are three films coming out this year to set the scene: “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” currently in theaters, “Spiderman: Homecoming,” to appear in theaters on July 7, and “Thor: Ragnarok,” on Nov 3. But here’s a question: have we seen all of the Infinity Stones? And where are they now?
The Mind Stone currently resides with Vision. The Stone is what brought him to life and gave him his powers in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Some are speculating that Vision may die in Infinity Wars, since he literally has the Mind Stone in his head and Thanos will most likely get all the Stones at some point in the film. Hopefully, this won’t occur, but unfortunately it sounds probable.
The blue Infinity Stone, or the Tesseract, has not been seen for quite a while. So far the only time we’ve seen it in action is in the first Captain America and Avengers films, with small clips here and there in other Marvel movies. Currently, it is supposed to be residing on Asgard, in Odin’s weapons vault. However, we do not know if anything has happened to it over the cinematic timeline since Avengers one.
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Featured in the 2014 “Guardians of the Galaxy,” the purple Infinity Stone ends up in the hands of the Nova Corp. As seen in the film, the Power Stone almost fell into Taneleer Tivan’s collection, which seems to be a pattern occurring recently. The Stone remains on Nova still, though who knows if it will stay there.
This is the most recent Stone to come to screens, seen in the 2016 “Doctor Strange.” The green Infinity Stone lies in the sorcerer’s protection at Kamar-Taj, the mystical sanctuary in Kathmandu, Nepal. Marvel has said that Strange is a major part of what is to come, and supposedly not just Infinity Wars. At the end of “Doctor Strange,” we see that Thor has come to the New York Sanctum, looking for his father Odin, with Loki in tow. Stephen tells him, “Allow me to help you.” A cliffhanger if I’ve ever heard one.
This Stone could be considered the odd one out, seeing how it is not in actual “stone” form. As seen in “Thor: The Dark World,” the Reality Stone is in the form of the Aether, a dark force that can bond to a living host like a parasite. Currently the red Infinity Stone is with Taneleer Tivan, the Collector. At the end of the second Thor movie, the Collector was given the Stone by Lady Sif and Volstagg, for safekeeping. Although it probably will not stay that way for long.
Lastly, we have arrived at the mystery. As of now, no one really knows where the Soul Stone is and Marvel has not confirmed or denied any theories circling around. But there have been two specific fan theories that so far seem to make the most sense regarding the whereabouts of this Infinity Stone. One of them is that Thanos already has it, which would make sense because the stone is nowhere to be seen and we’ve seen little of Thanos so far. The other is that Heimdall has it, which is the theory I’m putting the most stock in. As we know, Heimdall is the guardian of Asgard, the guardian of the Bifrost bridge. He can see everyone, sees everything. So technically, he can see everyone’s soul. Logically, it makes sense that Heimdall would be in possession of the Stone, but at this point it could be anywhere. Who knows, maybe even Howard the Duck might have it?
8 Sports Girls Track still pushes ahead to stay on top
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Ladies starts the road to state and does not plan on letting up by kobiesummers sports writer It is hard to make it to the top, let alone stay at the top. But the girls track team has proven it can be done. “After having such a successful year, it’s always difficult to keep a team motivated, but we always keep it in the forefront of their minds the feeling of second place and we don’t want to go back there,” head coach Legretta Smith said. “Winning is addictive and once you have the taste of success you don’t want to let it go.” In the beginning of the season the main question was, how could they top what they did last year? After taking the State Championship title scoring 70 points with just 10 girls. The ladies started their off season on the right foot winning the indoor State Championship. That showed they are still stacked with remarkable talent after graduating star runner Breyanna Byrdsong. Now the question is, which team is going to be in second place? “With our returners gearing up for a repeat, we have a lot of new talent that are learning and growing,” Smith said. The strong returning seniors Ashley Baker, Destiny Johnson, Kayland Jackson, Asia Hicks, Dejah Anderson, and the list goes on. Also, you can not forget about the relentless junior Kennedy Batts. Also, the strong underclassmen such as phenom Mikeisha Covington and K’ja Talley. Last year Jackson was the only individual state champion in the 100m hurdles and Batts also scored in the event. Both the 4x100 (Prommyse Hoosier, Baker, Covington, Brydsong) and 4x400 (Baker, Covington, Byrdsong, Johnson) relay teams were State Champions, with the 4x400 finishing very close to the state meet record. With talent comes success, but with success comes a lot of attention. “Knowing that there is so many people watching us and tuned in, our main focus is really to just stay focused,” Johnson said.“It is so easy to get distracted by other teams, schools, friends, etc., and it’s not hard to mess up at all.” The success continues. The road back to State has started and they could not be more ready to be on the podium once again. “At the beginning of the year our goal was to go after the most points ever scored but due to some injuries and other minor setbacks we know that will be a tough task, but we still have a great opportunity to win,” Smith said. “Going into the state meet, the most important thing I stress is execution.” The ladies have a difficult road ahead of them but there Warriors, they are always ready for war. COACH LEGRETTA SMITH poses with hurdlers Kayland Jackson and Kennedy Batts.
2017 Road to State Sectionals: Shelbyville High school (May 23)
Regionals:
State Finals:
Franklin Community High school (May 23)
Indiana University Track Complex (June 3)
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After a tough start to their season, the boys are slowly edging out their competitors earning a season high third place rank in the latest State poll by kobiesummers sports writer Being second best is never what a team strives to be. Questions keep coming to the boys track team, and the school, the community, are demanding answers. “What happened with the boys track team?” “Why aren’t they as good as the girls? “When will they be as good as they were?” There is no answer, however, the team is not discouraged. They are not drowned by the doubt of their school, or by the comparisons to their dominant girl counterparts. They are angry, and they are determined. In the most recent State track poll puts the Warriors at third, the highest they have been ranked this season. Despite their doubters, they have followed the process, and continued to show up everyday and work, and it is starting to show. When a team rebuilds, it takes time to figure out the strengths and weaknesses among the team. It takes time to be considered one of the best again. They have been rebuilding their program after graduating key runners such as, Javier Alvarado, Manzell Clay, Demontrae Lapsley and the list goes on. But, they still have a strong group of athletes who contribute in a major way and who have a chance to not just make it to State but place in State. To begin with, Moses Baryoh and Bryce Byrdsong are two valuable runners on the team and they have things they have a reliable talent. “My individual goal is to place top three in outdoor state and run a 14.0 in the 110 hurdles and 40 to a 38 in the 300 hurdles and last run a 50 split,” Byrdsong said. As for Baryoh, “My individual goal is to be the team leader, score points and do big things at State.” They have a tough season ahead of them and the question is not if they will be ready, the question is when will they be ready and how hungry will they be? Now, the heat is on.
SENIOR MOSES BARYOH jumps hurdles to edge out a opponent. Baryoh has been a valuable asset to the team since his sophomore year. Photo by Peytan Mills
Spring Sectionals Lacrosse @ Cathedral (May 20)
Baseball @ Warren Central (May 24) Softball @ Mt. Vernon (May 22) Boys Track @ Warren Central (May 18) SOPHOMORE MICHEAL ALTHARDT edges out a Ben Davis runner in a regular season matchup. Althardt also ran for the varsity cross country team the past two seasons. Photo by Paytan Mills
Girls Tennis @ Lawrence North (May 17)
10Sports Girls Lacrosse Looks to Regionals Tomorrow
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Team finishes best season in school history (11-5), look to make a run in the State tournament by kobiesummers sports writer
SENIOR TAYLOR BAKER tries to maintain onto the ball, while proceeding to the goal. Baker also played varsity volleyball for two years. Photo by Peytan Mills
Athlete of the Month:
Ivore Westfield
The best comeback starts with a surprise. The lacrosse team has done just that. This special group of girls has proved to everyone that a program that was introduced in 2013 can come a long way. They have found a way to step up from the underdogs to being the team that other teams want to knock off their pedestal. “We have finished our best regular season and have earned a bye to the second round of the State Tournament,” coach Gary Roberts said. “I feel like we have made steady progress and are very competitive.” And that they did. The ladies finished up the regular season with a record of 11-5 after taking their last win against South Bend Saint Joe with the score being 20-13. They have defeated tough teams such as Brebeuf with the score of 11-10 and have taken tough losses to teams such as Guerin Catholic and Zionsville. But now the heat is on, it’s tournament time. This is the time when teams really surprise you, the time that players you didn’t even hear of come to the light, the time everyone has to be on their toes because anything can happen at any time.
“We have a bye to the second round which gives us the whole week to prepare, rest and get healthy,” Roberts said. “After that we get a shot at one of the best teams in the state for a trip to the Final Four.” They have an abundance of talent with much help from seniors Laila Adame, Taylor Baker, Cassidy Cobb, Courtney Jones, Analea Keatts and Ivore Westfield. Each of them made a name for themselves; Baker, Westfield and Cobb lead the team in scoring and two of which were named All-Regional South for the INGLA. Keatts and junior Julia Suddarth kept up with the all-around end-to-end play and on the defensive side anchored by Adame and goalie Jones made it difficult for any competitors. “Our defense is strong and tight, we don’t let anyone just walk through our defense and score,” Jones said. “We make the other team’s work for their goals.” They have the talent and determination, the only thing standing in there way is the competitors. But not for long. You can catch them in action Saturday against Park Tudor at 2, hosted by Cathedral. In the words of Keatts, start your buses.
Sports: Varsity Lacrosse Future Plans: Take a year off of school to get myself set financially Athletic Accolades: - Second team All- State (two times) -Three time All-Region South -Named to Indiana All Star Lacrosse team (Two Times) - IndyStar Athlete of the Week (Twice)
SENIOR IVORE WESTFIELD kicks the game off with a stand-off with opponent. Westfield has been playing lacrosse since her sophomore year. Photo by Peytan Mills
Sports11 Baseball Proves Tough to Beat
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Taylor’s Thoughts Second semester of your senior year is supposed to be one of the most stressful but best moments of your high school career. You are finalizing college plans, finishing classes, learning to say goodbye to the people you have gone to school with your whole life and ultimately getting ready for the next step of your life. However, the last two weeks have not been happiest moments of our lives. For some people, the last few weeks have been the worst, and no spirit day, senior skating party of graduation will ease that pain for them. At Angel’s funeral, the eulogist talked about how we must hold the people we care about close to us, and let them know how much we care for them, because things can change so quickly. For me personally, I had no idea what to write my last column of my high school career about. What would I say? Who would get my last hot take? And after the passing of Angel, and one of my friends having to fight for his life, I thought about what I should say about this event. How could I help heal Warren Central? But I don’t think I can. I don’t think anything I say in the next 800 words will heal his family, of heal their friends. How do you justify seniors having to fight for their lives weeks before graduation? How do you justify a child dying before he ever got to graduate of really go out and live? You don’t. But what you do is you honor his legacy, and you thank the people close to you and let them know that they have changed your life and you love them. So that’s what I will do. To Ms. Handy, thank you for forcing me to play lacrosse my freshman year. I never got the chance to tell you, but you helped me find myself and find my passion. I will never be able to thank you enough for that. To my coaches, Ms. Bell, Mr. Blythe, Matt, Coach, thank you for helping me become the person I am today. You dealt with my highest of highs and my lowest of lows and still found a way to keep me grounded. To Coach Roberts, thank you for seeing something in me that I didn’t see in myself and never letting me give up on me, and that’s not just about lacrosse. To Matt, thanks for always cheering for my goals. Sometimes you were the only one. To Mr. Clayton, thank you for teaching me that it is okay to be competitive and passionate. You are hard on me, and you push me past my limits, and although I hated you for it, thank you. Although you only care about football, I will always remember you sat out in the rain for two hours to watch a brand new lacrosse team compete at Regionals. Your faith in us, and in me, is something I will never forget. To Mr. Haab, I am sorry I don’t know how to use a semicolon or a comma, but thank you for helping me find my voice, and giving me the platform to use it. I never knew how much I wanted to say until you let me say it, and I will never be able to repay you for giving me the confidence to speak up. To Deandre Clark. My junior year, before you even knew me, you always had me autograph my stories in the paper. Such a small gesture, seemingly insignificant, let a girl terrified of people reading her thoughts find the confidence to break out of her shell every month and say what is on her mind. I will gladly autograph your newspapers for the rest of my life and I thank you. Lastly, to my lacrosse team, to Cassidy, Laila, Ivore, Sydney. I don’t think I have to say it, I think we all know, but thank you for the last four years. Thank you for going through helping this with me. This is our program, we built this. Now, let’s go make history.
Despite the numbers, boys have a chance at a Sectional title by taylorbaker sports editor Numbers don’t lie. They might not always tell the story accurately, but they never lie. Do the numbers accurately depict the success of this season baseball team? No, but here’s what they do say. The record says this team 7-10 in the regular season, and 3-5 in conference ranking sixth in the MIC. One glance, and this team is likely to be written off. No way can a team that is in their tenth consecutive losing season have a chance at a Sectional title. However, there is one more number that comes into play. One number that could be more important than all of them, a number that could single handedly paint the future of this program and the legitimacy of a Sectional title. Four. On average the team is losing games by about four runs, and in baseball, a game of runs, four is not that large of a deficit. Warren competes in a cutthroat Sectional 10 against Arsenal Tech, Cathedral, Lawrence Central, Lawrence North and Mt. Vernon. Of those six teams, they have played against five of them, and were able to edge out three of them; Tech 18-3, Lawrence Central 3-2 and Lawrence North 4-0. Last season, the boys faced Cathedral in the first round of Sectionals and lost 11-0. This year? They lost by 4. As for many programs, getting over the hump is the hardest part. When a program has spent the last 12 and counting seasons losing, it is hard to get into a winning rhythm. However, this 7-10 team is only four runs away. “For us to be successful, we need to best to be first, play hard, goal is to go out and represent Warren in a
SOPHOMORE JAYDEN GEORGE at bat in a regular season matchup against Lawrence North. George has had a strong start to his high school campaign competing in both football and baseball at the varsity level. Photo by Peytan Mills
good fashion and always try to win,” head coach Emmitt Carney said. “Whether it be the Ben Davis Giants or the New York Mets, our primary goal is to win and go out there and compete.” The Warriors are not up against the Mets or the Giants, but they do have some battles to face to get out of a tough Sectional 10. And what do the numbers say? They speak for themselves.
Softball Looks to Finish Tough Season by jaylenmoore sports writer
Rough stretches are what defines a true team. The softball team is currently facing a rough stretch. “I want continuous improvement from each individual as well as the team,” head coach Leah Prewitt said. The Warriors have dropped nine games in a row, losing four of the nine by one run to tough teams such as North Central, Guerin Catholic and Greenwood. They haven’t won a game since there April 22 double header, when they beat Terre Haute North Vigo 7-6 in the first game. They have the talent but it seems like they’re missing something. Some games they look as if they have no passion, look like they don’t really care and they even give up easily. At the beginning of the season, junior standout Shelbie Stotts said, “Our team goal is to improve our record from last year’s record and to make it past Sectionals.” The Warriors current record is 6-17, which normally would sound impossible to turn the season around but last year the ladies finished the season 6-22. With at least four games left, the Warriors can easily reach their team goal and surpass it. “It will take a team effort and hard work to reach our goal, but I know we can do it,” Stotts stated. In order to achieve their season goal they will need to defeat Beech Grove. The game May 19 at 5:30 hosted by Beech Grove. After this much anticipated matchup for the team, the
SOPHOMORE MEGAN SANDERS winds up for a pitch in a regular season matchup. Sanders has been a key player to the Warriors lineup this season. Photo by Madeline Stiers
girls will begin to look ahead towards Sectionals and hopefully making a run this year in the tournament. Sectionals will be hosted at Mt. Vernon and will begin on May 22.
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Gel Pens: Next to Silly Bands, gel pens were the must-have items on everyone’s wish list. People would go to the bookstore just to buy new gel pens.
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Silly Bands: Do you remember when the definition of dealing meant trading different shapes, sizes and colors of silly bands? Back in middle school all the coolest people were the ones who had silly bands all across their wrist and even up to their forearms. Silly Bands were a phenomenon until they were of course banned from almost every elementary and middle school. Deals were then done secretly and if you got caught, there went your silly bands. The pressing question: what happened to them and where are they now?
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The Owl Warren Central May 19, 2017 wcowlnews.com
Aeropostale: What was the basic outfit to wear in middle school? Every girl and boy had this outfit on for at least four days of the school week. Basic collared Aeropostale shirt with khaki pants and either matching Converse, Vans or Jordans. Since we’re bringing old trends back, who wants to start this one again? Lisa Frank: Folders, pencils, backpacks notebooks. Girls, what was the deal with Lisa Frank school supplies? These supplies were always colorful and sparkly which was the reason why so many people wanted them so badly. Let’s not forget the cute animals that were also featured.
Scooter Boards: When these were out on the gym floor you knew it was going to be a good day. No matter how many times people got hurt on these things, they were always still fun to ride around on in the gym.
Soulja Boy If you did not listen to Soulja Boy in your childhood, what were you doing? Every party, barbeque, or school dance was not complete unless you “punch then crank that back three times from left to right.” Let’s not forget trying to memorize the digits from “Kiss Me Thru the Phone.” (6-7-8-Triple 9-8-2-1-2)