Jacket Gazette. Index. NJHS FOOD DRIVE Begins November 1st to benefit the Meridian "Helping Hands" 2010 Homecoming Queen Misha Simmons

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1 "The Best and Getting Better" Jacket Gazette PRODUCED BY THE DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLASS AT MHS October 22, 2010 Volume 18, Issue #1 Index October 22, 2010 DRUG-FREE Monday - October 25th "Team Up Against Drugs" All students wear their favorite sports team shirt. WEEK Page 2: Danielle Davalos Spotlight FFA Jonathan Felan Spotlight 2010 Homecoming Queen Misha Simmons Homecoming Court Angelica Alvizo Tannah Malott Lindsey Prestwood Taylor Townley Homecoming King Miguel Estrada NJHS FOOD DRIVE Begins November 1st to benefit the Meridian "Helping Hands" Tuesday - October 26th "Texans Give Drugs The Boot" SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY MISS TEXAS!! All students dress up Texas, with boots, hats, and bandanas. Wednesday - October 27th "Say NO to Drugs & YES to College" All students wear their favorite college shirt. Thursday - October 28th "Red Day" All students wear RED to support drug free week. Friday - October 29th "Put a Lid on Drugs" All students can wear a hat. Page 3: Cross Country National Honor Society National Junior Honor Society Page 4: Angelica Alvizo Spotlight October-November Birthdays Blackout Pep Rally Page 5: Anissa Chapa Spotlight Jr. Poet Laureate Page 6: HS Academic UIL JH Academic UIL M Page 7: Miguel Estrada Spotlight Varsity Football Counselor News Page 8: Varsity & JV Basketball JV Football JH Football Happy Halloween!

2 Jacket Gazette Page 2 October 22, 2010 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT FFA Senior Spotlight Danielle Davalos was born December 22, 1992, in Clifton, Texas. She has attended Meridian her whole life except her sophomore year. Her parents are Jeanne and Sylvestor Ramirez. Danielle participates in Band and Academic UIL. In band Danielle plays the clarinet and in Academic UIL, she participates in spelling, computer science, and prose and poetry. Her plan after high school is to attend University of Texas at Arlington to become a Pediatrician. Her hobbies are hanging out with her best friend Regan!! Also she enjoys playing the piano!!! Her favorite color is red and food is pizza! Her favorite class is 6th period speech class with Regan, Kelby, and Rafael!!! By: Jelly (: The competitors for the State Fair were Austin Crawford, Dana Mize, and Whitney Finch showing hogs. Kelsey Bracknell, Misha Simmons, and Whitney Finch showed lambs. Jermey Seay, Whitney Finch, and Nic Bracknell showed goats. For the Heart of Texas Fair Tristin Carnley showed a heifer. Whitney Finch, Gabby Garza, Jermy Seay, Misha Simmons, and Christina Ticer showed lambs. The next show will most likely be at the Robinson Jackpot November 13th. The FFA dues are $20.00 and need to be payed by October 22nd. The lamb and goat validations are October 26th at the barn. Hog validation is November 22nd at the barn. By: T.J. Allen Jonathan Michael Felan was born on March 10, 1993, in Granbury, Texas. He has attended Meridian ISD all his life. His parents are Mike and Sarah Felan. He has participated in cross country, basketball, and track (3200 and 1600 meter run). His hobbies are chilling, and staying on his couch and watching tv. After graduation from highs chool, he plans to attend TSTC for graphic design. By: Cody Smith

3 Jacket Gazette Page 3 October 22, 2010 Cross Country Santo Meet October 6th JH Boys Pablo Flores - 1st Latham Hensley - 2nd JV Boys Anselmo Reynoso - JV Girls Kassie Olivarri - 1st Lindsey Prestwood - 4th Mykala Madson - 7th Relix Reynoso - 8th Congratulations!! Junior Varsity and Varsity Cross Country District starts Monday at Santo at 3:30 p.m. GOOD LUCK!!!! NHS Officers President - Jacob Ransom Vice-President - Misha Simmons Secretary - Whitney Finch Treasurer - Christina Ticer Reporter - Zane Payne ChairPersons: American Red Cross Blood Drive - Billy Miller Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator - Felix Reynoso Valentine Fundraiser Coordinator - Brandi Maher An Adopt-A-Highway trash pickup was held on Wednesday, October 13th NJHS Officers President - Brandy Vailes Vice-President - Morgan Poston Secretary/Treasurer - Candace McCamey Other Members: Nick Doughty Logan Farrar Maria Harbison Christian Radde

4 Jacket Gazette Page 4 October 22, 2010 October Birthdays!!! November Birthdays!!! Senior Spotlight Angelica Alvizo aka Jelly was born May 26, 1993, in Cleburne, Texas. She has attended Meridian ISD all her life. Her parents are Jose and Sonia Alvizo. The extracurricular activities that she participates in includes Cross Country, Basketball, and Track (shot and discus). While she participated in Band she started off playing the clarinet then switched off to the bass clarinet. She also participates in UIL (Pros/Poetry). Her plans after high school are to attend Tarleton State and become a Physical Therapist Assistant in a hospital. She currently has a job at Bunkhouse BBQ. Jelly has been working there for a year and 5 months and also says that she has the greatest boss. Her hobbies are hanging out with friends, family and the BF! Also she likes going to the movies and lots of fun other stuff. She loves playing with her brother Noah and also chillen with the BTGBC Krew oh and Amanda! She likes Twizzlers, Big Red, Wing Stop, Olive Garden and Red Lobster. "I love food" she says. Her favorite color is pink, favorite pets include her dog, Princess, and her cat, McQueen, and her favorite movies are the Twilight Series!!! Billy Miller Oct.1st Alexandria Taylor Oct. 2nd Kelsey Bracknell Oct. 4th Jordan T. Felan Oct. 4th Gabby Garza Oct. 6th Garrett Garza Oct. 6th Wrangler Jones Oct. 7th Jacob Hart Oct. 8th Mona Ortiz Oct. 10th Josh Eoff Oct. 13th Makensie Hall Oct. 14th Michael Hampton Oct. 14th Nathyn Kittelson Oct. 15th Alberto Guerrero Oct. 16th Zach Norris Oct. 20th Jacob Ransom Oct. 21st Eduardo Sarinana Oct. 22nd Austin Crawford Oct. 26th Courtney McCamey Oct. 26th Bowin Terrell Oct. 28th Tyler Norris Oct. 29th Arturo Rodriguez Oct. 31st Candace McCamey Nov. 5th Juan Chavez Nov. 7th Tallie Saladiner Nov. 7th Jordan I. Felan Nov. 8th Hannah Kelley Nov. 9th Jarett Carpenter Nov. 10th Megan Santillian Nov. 10th Ashlee Hooks Nov. 11th Jordan Wright Nov. 18th Felix Reynoso Nov. 20th Ellary Bible Nov. 22nd Kelsey Holden Nov. 27th Regan Ledbetter Nov. 27th Jaime Reynoso Nov. 27th Jess Godwin Nov. 29th BLACK OUT Pep Rally By: Stella (:

5 Jacket Gazette Page 5 October 22, 2010 Senior Spotlight Jr. Poet Laureata Senior Spotlight Anissa Chapa or Nici, to her friends, was born January 1st, 1993 to Roszan and Gene Reina in Clifton, Texas. She has attended Meridian every year except 1st grade. She is the power lifting manager, plays golf, plays the sax in band and, she showed goats in the county fair. Nici plans to be an elementary music teacher. To reach this position she wants to go to college at MCC but she wants to march with the Baylor Band through the MCC Music Program. Nici currently holds a job as a babysitter for local mothers whenever they need help. Her hobbies include babysitting, marching in band, having bible study with Dana, Deb, Kelsey, Tallie, and Mrs. Patpool, hanging out with her buddies, talking to Regan in 7th period, hanging out with her youth minister and his family, making new friends, and telling people about The Lord. Her favorites include Dana & Silvia, her puppy, Dollie Ann, the Baylor Marching Band, and the color orange. By: Jonesboro Nikki Valetine is the first student to have ever been awarded the honor of Junior Poet Laureate of Bosque County. Sherrod Fieldon bestowed this honor to her on August 31,2010. She will be the Jr. poet Laureate for one academic year. The MHS freshman says she writes for any occasion. Any students in the 9th grade and higher can enter for next year s Jr. Poet Laureate in April Only one will be named per year. by Audriana Ortiz Jordan Felan was born October 4, 1992 in Clifton Texas. Jordan has attended Meridian ISD, since Pre-K. His Parents are Rachel and Buster Felan. Jordan has participated in Power Lifting, Baseball, Golf, FFA, Band he played the saxophone, and Academic UIL he did Debate. Jordan s plans after high school are to serve our country in the Army as an Army Ranger. Jordan s hobbies are hunting, fishing, and playing the guitar. His favorite food is Chinese food and favorite color is blue. Favorite quote is, Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. BobMarley By: Edgar Vergara Yearbooks are on sale for $55 please see Coach Finstad or annual staff. By. Elizabeth

6 Jacket Gazette Page 6 October 22, 2010 HS ACADEMIC UIL District CX Debate Feb.4 State CX/-March at UT Austin District Academic Meet March 28& 30 at Goldthwaite Regional Meet April in Abilene Zone One Act Play March 25 District OAP March 31 State Academics May 6-8 The coaches for academic events are as follows: Ms. Ables- Accounting, Number Sense, Mathematics, and Calculator Applications; Mrs. Avance Social Studies; Mr. Davis- CX Debate, and Prose & Poetry Interpretation; Ms. Gann- Extemporaneous Speaking; Coach Lee- Literary Criticism; Mrs. Lohmer Computer Science, Computer Applications and Spelling /Vocabulary ; Mrs. Massingill- Journalism; Mr. Norman Science; Mrs. Sasser OAP ; Mr. Starnes Current Issues and Events; Coach Voss-Ready Writing Practice Meet Schedule Contest Date Entry Deadline Drop Date Special Info China Spring 11/6 10/29 11/1 Salado 12/11 TBA TBA Speech & Debate only Midway 1/15 TBA TBA All Events Brock 1/22 TBA TBA All Events Glen Rose 1/28-29 TBA TBA CX& LD held 1/28 PM Grandview 2/5 TBA TBA All Events Ennis 2/12 TBA TBA All Events by Elizabeth Benitez Mrs. Crofts Dictionary Skills 7&8 Mr. Davis Oral Reading (Poetry) 7&8 Coach Fields Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7&8 Social Studies 7&8 Coach Finstad Art 7&8 Ms.Gann Impromptu Speaking 7&8 Modern Oratory 7&8 Coach Hastings Science 7&8 Mrs.Lohmer Spelling 7&8 Mrs.Massingill Editorial Writing Mrs. Parsons Number Sense 7&8 Calculator Applications 7&8 Mathematics 7&8 Mrs.Sasser Ready Writing 7&8 Mrs.Ticer Listening 7&8 JH ACADEMIC UIL District Meet-Thursday Dec. 2 & Tuesday Dec. 7 Practices during activity period. Schedules are posted. Announcements will remind the team of the event that will practice each day. by Elizabeth Benitez

7 Jacket Gazette Page 7 October 22, 2010 SENOIR SPOTLIGHT An Angel, Miguel A. Estrada, was born March in Clifton, Texas. He has attended Meridian since kindergarten. The proud parents of this fine young stuna are Audrey Davenport and Miguel Estrada. He has three sisters: Mica, Sonya, and Adri. Star athlete has participated in Football and Basketball. He plans to be a coach after school. He wants to attend Navarro College or maybe Hill College. His hobbies include chilling with friends, hanging out with family, sleeping, looking for the latest music, shopping, stunning and looking fresh 24/7. His favorite movies are CB4, Juice and Home Of The Brave. His favorite food is Mexican food and favorite thing to do is play football and shop for shoes. His favorite Rappers are Lil Wayne and 50cent and his favorite color is blue!!!! Ladies can find him on facebook By A.Y V a r s i t y F o o t b a l l Varsity Football has had a pretty rough year but they have not let it stop them. They play hard ever play. Unfortunately they fell short to Baird last game 24 to 20. They played a hard game and it just slipped away. This week we face Ranger and our guys are ready for a beat down and to win this game. By:CodySmith Counselor News *Coca cola scholarship Oct 31 (Seniors Only ) *Dar Good Citizen and Scholarship Essay contest. Open to seniors Preliminary application before Nov 9. *Ale s Formal Wear alsformalwear.com/schoolapp *Many scholarships available see Mrs. Mynarcik * SAT-Dec 4 register by Nov 5 late Nov 19 *ACT Dec 11 register by Nov 5 late Nov 19 by A.Y

8 Jacket Gazette Page 8 October 22, 2010 JV and Varsity Basketball After school practice started October 20th. October 30th the JV girls and Varsity girls will have their first scrimmage here against Walnut Springs and Little River Academy. JV FOOTBALL The JV has led a very promising year so far. Their record stands at 6-1. They look like a very good team, a little rough around the edges, but the coaches seem to be smoothing out and polishing them into a well organized team. This week they had a game against Ranger and won! Sophomore Will Speer made a touchdown off of an intercepted pass! Great job! Sophomores Jorge Flores and Jonathan Lira lead the tackles so far this year. By: Jonesboro Junior High Football Junior High started District last Thursday vs Baird. Both 7th and 8th grade teams had a rough loss, but kept fighting till the end. This week Junior High have been working hard, to face Ranger. Unfortunately, they came up short. Junior High will have a home game against Cross Plains 5 PM next week. Come out and support the junior high jackets. By: Edgar Vergara 4th ANNUAL MEET THE JACKETS SPAGHETTI SUPPER WHEN: October 26th Intra-squad Scrimmage begins at 5:30 p.m. -- Dinner served at 6:00 p.m. COST: $5.00--all you can eat spaghetti, salad, bread and drink Cake Raffle begins at 6:45 p.m. Proceeds to benefit the Lady Jacket Basketball program BY: Jelly (: Happy Halloween!!! Have fun and be safe.

9 "The Best and Getting Better" Jacket Gazette PRODUCED BY THE DESKTOP PUBLISHING CLASS AT MHS November 5, 2010 Volume 18, Issue #1 Lady Jacket Basketball (vs. Rio Vista) andnjhs!! Index Canned Food Drive!!!! November 5, 2010 Friday, Nov. 12th Admission - Adults - 4 Cans Students - 3 Cans FOOD DRIVE HAT DAY ON FRIDAY! (November 5, 12, 19) The Meridian National Junior High Honor Society in conjunction with the junior class is sponsoring a can food drive HAT DAY. Beginning Friday, November 5th and continuing each Friday until November 19 (3 weeks) will be food drive hat day! To wear a hat with the brim facing forward, bring 2 cans. To wear a hat any other way, bring 10 cans. Come help us help the North Bosque County Food Bank and their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive! Food For Families!!! NJHS FOOD DRIVE "Food for Families" began November 1st and continues through November 19th. Competitions between classes: averaged cans per student to determine winner. Prizes will be awarded to the winning class. Competition between faculty/ staff: also average cans/team members participating. Losing team provides treats in the workroom for winning team. Help support our local food pantry, the North Bosque Helping Hands, by donating food or cash. Look for flyers to see what items are needed the most. Page 2: Varsity Football Mason Holloway Spotlight Football Central Texas Honor Roll (Waco-Tribune Herald) Yearbook News Page 3: Juan Galindo Spotlight HS Academic UIL Band News Page 4: Kelsey Holden Spotlight JH Academic UIL Art/Spanish Page 5: MHS Mock Election National Honor Society National Junior Honor Society Page 6: FFA Varsity Cheerleaders Senior Shirt Whitney Finch Sportlight M Page 7: Dakota Hall Spotlight Junior High Football Miss Texas JV Football Counselor News Page 8: Girls Basketball HS/JH District Cross Country Theatre Arts

10 Jacket Gazette Page 2 November 5, 2010 Varsity Football Varsity football is on a roll now that they beat Ranger and beat Cross Plains last Friday 33 to 19. They are fighting hard for a play-off spot and are trying their hardest to do what they can get keep the season going. Friday, we play Gorman so come out and support our guys and help us win that play-off spot to make it a good season... By: Cody Smith Senior Spotlight Mason Holloway was born April 1, 1993, in Covington, Tennessee. He has attended Meridian since Kindergarten. His parents are Justin and Cherie Gann. He has participated in football, basketball, baseball, tennis, track, and cheerleading for the powder puff game. After graduation from high school, he wants to attend Tarleton State University to be a physical therapist or personal trainer. His hobbies are hanging out with Jesus. His favorite brand of clothing is "Ed Hardy," favorite movie is "Never Back Down," and favorite sport is football. By: Cody Smith Football Central Texas Honor Roll Waco-Tribune Herald Sunday, August 29, 2010 Honorable Mention for offense - Ren Rieke. Sunday September,26, 2010 Honorable Mention for defense - Scotty Shartle. Sunday, October 31,2010 Central Texas Honor Roll for offense - Juan Galindo (21 carries, 197 yards, 2-pt conv.) T.J. Allen YEARBOOK NEWS Picture re-takes are on Wednesday, November 17th

11 Jacket Gazette Page 3 November 5, 2010 Senior Spotlight HS ACADEMIC UIL District CX Debate Feb.4 State CX/-March at UT Austin District Academic Meet March 28& 30 at Goldthwaite Regional Meet April in Abilene Zone One Act Play March 25 District OAP March 31 State Academics May 6-8 Juan Ricardo Galindo was born March 2, 1992, in Clifton, Texas. He has attended Meridian since kindergarten. His parents are Angie and Ricky Galindo. He has participated in football, baseball and track. He wants to attend the University of Texas. His hobbies include watching movies, playing games, and lifting weights. His favorite foods are pizza, Chinese, and he loves Taco Bell. BY A.Y BENCHMARK TESTING Benchmark testing will be done on Monday, November 8th for Reading and on Tuesday, November 9th for Math. The coaches for academic events are as follows: Ms. Ables- Accounting, Number Sense, Mathematics, and Calculator Applications; Mrs. Avance Social Studies; Mr. Davis- CX Debate, and Prose & Poetry Interpretation; Ms. Gann- Extemporaneous Speaking; Coach Lee- Literary Criticism; Mrs. Lohmer Computer Science, Computer Applications and Spelling /Vocabulary; Mrs. Massingill-Journalism; Mr. Norman Science; Mrs. Sasser OAP ; Mr. Starnes Current Issues and Events; Coach Voss- Ready Writing There will be a practice meet on Saturday, November 6th in China Springs for speech and debate. This year, the school board bought the band new uniforms. By: KASIE:) Band News

12 Jacket Gazette Page 4 November 5, 2010 Kelsey Holden Spotlight Senior Kelsey Holden was born in November 27, 1992, in Temple, Texas. She has been attending this school since 7th grade. Her parents are James and Connie Holden. Kelsey played softball in her sophomore year, basketball, and was a member of FCA, and band (clarinet). Kelsey s plans after high school are to attend Navarro College. She has worked at Bunkhouse for a year and 8 months. Her favorite places to eat are Olive Garden, Chili's, On the Border, and China Wok. Her Favorite movie is "Twilight." She loves going to Sonic with Reagan. She likes sitting at lunch with Danielle, hanging with Jelly, and Estella. Her hobbies are babysitting, going to church in the evenings and doing Bible study. She likes to eat pizza. By Mona Ortiz JH ACADEMIC UIL Mrs. Crofts Dictionary Skills 7&8 Mr. Davis Oral Reading (Poetry) 7&8 Coach Fields Maps, Graphs, & Charts 7&8 Social Studies 7&8 Coach Finstad Art 7&8 Ms.Gann Impromptu Speaking 7&8 Modern Oratory 7&8 Coach Hastings Science 7&8 Mrs.Lohmer Spelling 7&8 Mrs.Massingill Editorial Writing Mrs. Parsons Number Sense 7&8 Calculator Applications 7&8 Mathematics 7&8 Mrs.Sasser Ready Writing 7&8 Mrs.Ticer Listening 7&8 District Meet-Thursday Dec. 2 & Tuesday Dec. 7 The junior high district meet contest will be held here with the school day ending at 12:00 noon on Thursday, December 2nd, and Tuesday, December 7th. Practices for JH academic events will be held during activity period. Schedules are posted. Announcements will remind the team of the event that will practice each day. Art/Spanish The art classes are working on their projects on painting their artist famous art pieces. Spanish made masks for Dia de los Muertos.

13 Jacket Gazette Page 5 November 5, 2010 MOCK National Honor Society National Junior Honor Society 2010 MHS GOVERNOR: William White (D) 18 Rick Perry (R) 57 Katherine Glass (L) 9 Deb Shafto (G) 4 US House of Representative: Chet Edwards (D) 32 Bill Flores (R) 49 Richard Kelly (L) 7 On Wednesday, October 13th, NHS members picked up their Adopt-A- Highway Hwy Participants included Whitney Finch, Brandi Maher, Billy Miller, Zane Payne, Jacob Ransom, Misha Simmons, Felix Reynoso, and Christina Ticer. On Saturday, October 23rd, NHS members helped out at the National BBQ Cook-off fun run and helped pass out trophies to the parade winners. Members helping in the fun run included Billy Miller, Zane Payne, Misha Simmons, Felix Reynoso, and Christina Ticer. Christina, Billy, and Felix also helped pass out trophies to the parade winners. By: Jelly (: The Meridian National Junior High Honor Society in conjunction with the Meridian Athletic Department is sponsoring a can food night at the Lake Jacket Basketball game on November 12th. On the first three Friday's in November, students can bring 2 cans to wear a hat thanks to the Junior class. Food drive competition between grades began November 1st. The winning grade (7-12) will be rewarded with a prize. Additionally, there will be competition between faculty and coaching staff. Help us help the North Bosque County Food Bank ("Helping Hands") and their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. By: Jelly (:

14 Jacket Gazette Page 6 November 5, 2010 FFA (Mon.) District (Wed.) Christmas Orders Due (Sat.) Area Hillsboro (Mon.) Hog Validation Barn By: Kasie(: Varsity Cheerleaders Cheerleading Captian Senior Tannah Mallot and her squad are working hard to finish off the season with pep-rallies and spirited send-offs. They are working hard to make the senior pep rally amazing for our 2011 seniors, and hopefully soon preparing for many more pep-rallies for the play offs. by Mona Ortiz Senior 2011 Shirt Senior Spotlight Whitney Jo Finch was born January 14, 1993, in Amarillo, Texas. She has attended Meridian ISD since 6th grade and her parents are David and Tonya Finch. Her extracurricular activities include being a trainer in power lifting, FFA, NHS, PALS and BAND. Her career goal after high school is to be a zoologist, go to West Texas A&M then to A&M. Her hobbies are showing sheep, pigs, and goats. Her best friends are Silvia, Dana, Nici & Danielle. Her favorite things are: food is Chinese, season is fall, Coaches are Lee & VanZandt,and her favorite song is "Felt Good On My Lips" by Tim Mcgraw. By: Stella(:

15 Jacket Gazette Page 7 November 5, 2010 Senior Spotlight Dakota Gage Hall was born March 7, 1993, in Hillsboro, Texas. Dakota has attended Meridian his whole life. His parents are Chad and Lisa Hall. He has participated in football, basketball, and in track he ran the 110 and the 300 hurdles. Dakota s plans after high school are to go to Culinary School (Cordon Bleu) or go to a university (Texas State). His hobbies are hanging out with Tannah, hunting, cooking, eating, and hanging out with friends. His favorite movie is Back to the Future, favorite food is Cajun food, and favorite TV show is "Looney Tunes." By:Edgar Vergara Junior High Football The Junior High had a great victory against the Cross Plains Buffaloes last Thursday night. Last night they ended the season with a 30-0 loss to Gorman. Miss Texas Meridian High School and Elementary students and staff had the opportunity to meet Miss Texas during Drug Free Week. By: Stella (: JV Football The JV Football team is done with their season. Their record stands at 7-1 (7-0 if you don t count the game against 4-A school Burleson). They led a very successful year and are disappointed to see the season end the way it did. They had two games canceled in two weeks. Their defensive line was a force to be reckoned with; the defensive team of Will Speer and Josh Miller pushed through the line most plays and wreaked total havoc in the backfield. But all in all the team was very well put together at the end of the season. By: Jonesboro Counselor News Texan Tours are special open house days that are designed for you and your family to see everything Tarleton State University has to offer. The Tarleton Tour November 6th starts at 9:00a.m. and ends at 7:00 p.m. Please leave your event evaluations at the Afternoon Sessions. For detailed information and to reserve your place, register online at www. tarleton.edu/welcome By: Jonesboro

16 Jacket Gazette Page 8 November 5, 2010 Girls Basketball Girl Basketball players have been working really hard to get where they want to go. All the pouring sweat and pumping up those weights really paid off on their first scrimmage on October 30th against Walnut and Little River Academy where the Lady Jackets beasted on the court. They have many goals they want to achieve as a team so they put in their 100% effort every day after school. Lady Jackets will have their 2nd Scrimmage on November 6 th in Dublin starting at 6 p.m.. SO COME SUPPORT OUR LADY JACKETS!!!! GOOD LUCK LADYS!! By : JElly (: DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY Varsity Girls - 3rd place team *Kasie Olivarri-7th Lindsey Prestwood-12th Mykala Madson-18th Felix Reynoso-20th Haley Hallmark-21st Noemi Monrreal-22nd Tara Warren-25th Varsity Boys *Jonathan Lira-4th *Jonathan Felan-8th *Anselmo Reynoso-10th Jorge Flores-11th Jeremy Seay-14th *Individual medalist Regional Cross Country is Saturday, November 6th. Good Luck! JV Girls *Sydney Wright-4th *Wendy Orozco-7th *Holly Chenault-10th Regan Ledbetter-11th Jennifer Parton-12th Taylor Townley-13th Angelica Alvizo-17th Tiffany Allen-18th Hannah Kelley-19th *Individual Medalist By.Elizabeth Benitez JUNIOR HIGH CROSS COUNTRY The junior high had district last week and they competed hard. Places earned by 7th grade girls included Krista Warren-2nd, Jacky Portillio-7th, Sierra Childers-16th, Ashlee Hooks-17th, Morgan Marshall- 25th, Donna Reyes-26th, Eden Carson-28th, and Alex Taylor- 33rd. For the 8th grade girls, places were earned by Sonya Mendoza-10th, Courtney McCamey-13th, Heidi Shelby- 14th, Morgan Poston-16th, Brandy Vailes-18th, Candace McCamey-19th, Chelsea Shipman-20th. For the junior high boys you had Pablo Flores-3rd, and Latham Hensley-6th. T.J. Allen Theater Arts The theater arts will be doing a play before Christmas break on December 14th. The comedy play will take place at Dracula s Boarding House. Characters that are in the play include Count Dracula- Juan Galindo, Renfield- Chase Bowman, Lou- Dax Gann, Casey- Arturo Rodriguez, Lydia- Kasidi Gorneau, Elena- Heather Smith, Shy- Samantha Polley, and Girl-Holly Chenault. Admission will be $1.00. T.J. Allen.