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Marine Science classes go to Sea worldBy Kaleigh SwartzlanderFeatures Editor

Falcon students bring earth Day awareness to the hill on 4/23By Greta ChiocchettiAssistant Editor

Senior dreams change as they grow up and move on in lifeBy Zoe MoctezumaCub Reporter

“I started a garden and have my children help me plant and harvest vegetables,” says Mrs. Simoneau, an FHS Chemistry teacher. “This has given us more family time, and I’ve sneaked in a little science education, too.” As it turns out, Simoneau is not the only one making small everyday changes to support the environ-ment. In fact, more than 20 mil-lion worldwide are estimated to have participated in the first Earth day.

Started on April 22 in 1970, the goal was to promote worldwide acknowledgement for “going green” campaigns. One rumor is that the date was chosen because it was the birthday of Vladmir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. Though his dream of abol-ishing private property would have worked with environmen-talist philosophies, the rumor is untrue. In fact, the only reason the date is the 22nd is that it was a Wednesday, which is the day of the week most likely to attract a

large turnout to the rallies held.On an FHS trip to SeaWorld on

April 27, Abby Hay noted the shows had a common theme. “They all promoted being envi-ronmentally friendly with their shows. It reflected the impact of litter on oceans and stuff like that.”

The decision to go green takes a lot more than just a holiday every year. Being educated in science

can help students understand why they need to make a change. “I’ve always been interested in sci-ence, so even as a kid, I was able to understand what news reports were saying about ozone deple-tion and climate change. I think this is why science education is so important,” says Simoneau. “It is tough enough to make a change in your behavior, and it is espe-cially difficult to make changes

when you don’t understand why you need to make a change.”

Going green can be a worth-while switch, though. It can save the green in your wallet as well as in the forest. “It can significantly reduce power and water bills,” says Simoneau. “And companies who are ‘green’ use it as an as-set.”

Students can help the earth this day, as well as every other day with events like the Earth fair at Town Square, UNLV’s Festival of Communities, and Mandalay Bay’s Party for the Planet. Even FHS hosted an environment fair with Simoneau’s students who participated for extra credit.

“I was in charge of the over-population booth,” said Antonio Nunez. “It was interesting. You can learn a lot through these kinds of demonstrations. We have over-populated from the beginning and the only solution to the problem really is for people to stop having [kids], which isn’t happening.” Breeyona Mangie, who took charge of the polar ice caps booth along with partner Andrea Ortiz,

voiced concerns for the environ-ment. “We had three cups of ice—one with black paper cover-ing it, one with no paper covering it, and one with white paper cov-ering it. We put thermometers in and tested which melted the fastest.”

Participants of the fair enjoyed the experience and didn’t have trouble keeping their viewers’ interest.

“Public speaking wasn’t a big deal for me,” said Nunez. “But if I wasn’t in YES!, it’d be abso-lutely terrifying. So I’m thankful for that.”

“I had no trouble keeping any rowdy kids in line,” continued Nunez. “[The fair] was pretty easy and fun in a way. Though it was really hot outside, and there was a random windstorm that blew everything over—what a way to talk up the environment!”

As young children, we are influenced highly by en-vironmental distracter’s,

such as television and toys. When we are young, we have a fantastic view of what the future holds. For the most part, what we want to have as a career at age eight has changed by the time we reach age eighteen.

The seniors have had a long, perhaps enjoyable four years in high school. Many know what they are going to do afterwards, but for some, it is not something they have thought much about. When asked what she wanted to

do when she graduated, Kaylyn Kuntz said, “I’m really not sure. You’ll have to come back to me on that one.

For others, working on their goal has been a meticulous pro-cess. Shane Marshall said, “When I was little, I wanted to be a zoo-keeper.” In fact, he used to dream of living at the zoo and sleeping with the lions. “Now I’m working on being a mechanic,” he said. Taylor Leszcynski wanted to be a scientist when she was little, but now she plans to go to the Inter-national Academy of Design and Technology so she can become a graphic designer.

Some have become a little more

realistic. “I wanted to be a gym-nast when I was younger, but now I’ve decided to be a dentist,” Tabitha Moctezuma said.

“I legitimately wanted to be a Pokemon trainer,” said Zach Me-keel. Now he wants to become an engineer.

Not all children want to be something farfetched at a young age. Maddy Kevick said that she wanted to be a schoolteacher when she was little, but now she would like to own a cupcake bak-ery.

Scott Stigger dreamed of be-coming a pilot and now he has moved on to becoming a physical therapist.

The seniors will soon be leav-ing and going on to bigger and better things. But, in the back of their minds, they surely still think

about their childhood dreams and maybe wonder why they changed.

Graphic by Zoe Moctezuma

RAISING AWARNeSS! Throughout the day, Bree Mangie and Andrea Ortiz con-duct the Abeido Effect experiment. The ice melted faster with a black covering, which symbolized global warming on the glaciers. Photo by Chris Deadmon/Yearbook

Not much action hap-pens at Foothill at two a.m. in the parking

lot. April 27 was the exception. Groggy students handed their bags, which were full of clothing and sunscreen, to Mr. Brooks to be checked. Once checked, they hopped onto the bus that would soon take them to Sea World.

After five hours of traveling and a half hour stop at McDonalds, the students stand on their wob-bly legs and make their way to their own private entrance. Mr. Dugan, who came up with the idea to go to Sea World and made it happen, explains where to meet up and check in. He passes out worksheets for everyone to complete, then leads the class to their exclusive Sea Lion show.

“The Sea Lion Show was awe-some,” said Mike Fields. “They showed us how they trained the animals and all the different

tricks they knew. They even had a little otter come out and wave to us a few times.”

Once the show was over, the class was allowed to break up into groups of at least four. Taylor Stoker heads off with his group to go and ride the roller coaster before the line gets too long. The group Alesha Holt is with sprints off to the shark tank.

According to the weather fore-cast, the high for that day was supposed to be a nice chilly 62 degrees with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Luckily,

the forecast was wrong. It was sunny all day, and many people who forgot their sunscreen on the bus soon regretted it as their skin turned pink.

“When we went to check in, I could tell a lot of people had got-ten burned,” said Cydney Fink. “The weather was perfect; you could ride a water ride, get off, and in ten minutes be perfectly dry again.”

“There were hundreds of things to do at Sea World,” said Abbie Hay. “You could visit the pen-guins, go to the Shamu show, ride

a cable car, go souvenir shopping. It’s impossible to do everything you want to do in that short amount of time.”

But promptly at five o’clock, the students headed back on the bus. Arms were full of souvenirs, duf-fel bags or stuffed animals they won at little carnival booths. Mr. Dugan put on March of the Pen-guins, and then 20,000 Leagues

SeA WORLD!1. Shamu performs as many spectators watch in awe of the giant while. Whenev-er he did a good trick, he was rewarded with fish as a treat.2. Students walk around and look and watch different animals in the park. This student watches the sea turtles as they swim around in their habitats.Photos by Kaleigh Swartzlander

under the Sea. And at midnight, the group arrived home.

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News/FeatureApril/May 2012


Fashion students use sewing skills to make quiltsBy Chelsea ShehanCopy Editor

Show choir members find new love in performingBy Skyler KowalskiCub Reporter

Check out Hailey Kowal-ski. That’s her dancing on stage, a smile plastered

on her face with a microphone attached to her ear. Inside the theater, the only sound that can be heard is her loud singing voice and her tan, worn-out charac-ter shoes clacking on the stage. The blue sequined dress that swirls around her as she pivots on stage. The bright lights that shine down on her as she sings her heart out. The dead-looking make-up smothering her face as a tribute to “Thriller.” That’s what show choir is about.

“This was my first year doing any type of choir, and I’m really glad that I had the opportunity to be in show choir. My sister had been in it before, and it inspired me to try out as well,” said Kow-alski.

Singing while dancing is what show choir does, but they also learned to grow as a team and to work together.

“The reason I want to try out for it is because I want to be able to sing with people who also have a passion to sing, and they

spleda. “I love clothes, so I think it would be a dream job for me to be a fashion designer!”

“I’m a senior, so I’m looking at different career options,” says Harmen. “Fashion is something I’m passionate about. I live and breathe fashion!”

DO, Re, Me!1. Charlie Gibbs and Kenton Basinger dance together during an assembly performance. Kenton Basinger holds Gibbs on his back as they sing and dance as a pair.2. Show Choir performs during one of Foothill’s assemblies. They end their number in a group pose. “I love watching their performances,” said KateLyn Shelley “They are all great singers, and their dancing is dazzling. Photos by Bill Tobler

seem like a family that can stick together,” said Emily Cook as she watched their performance for Principal Jeanne Donadio.

“One of my favorite perfor-mances was for Ms. Donadio’s birthday. It was fun to plan, and it was fun to be able to have a flash mob in the lunch room. My favor-ite part of show choir is the per-formances. We are able to show the school what we’ve been do-ing, and it puts our skills to the test,” said Kowalski.

“I love watching their perfor-mances!” said KateLyn Shelley, another hopeful choir member. “They are all great singers, and their dancing is dazzling.”

This is the second year of the young choir.

“I hope to continue it for a while,” said Ms. Heather Gran-tham. “I definitely see a change in students when they are singing and dancing to songs that they love and are able to help choreo-graph. When I started to show choir, I wanted something new and different. Plus, I thought it was fun to sing and dance. I hope that by the end of this year, we will have a great performance.”

“I love how they do more than just singing like regular choirs and more than just dancing like dance teams. They sing, dance and act; three in one, and they still look great,” said Shelley.

When they perform at assem-blies, they have the crowd sway-ing along as they preform.

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McKenna Meehan sits in her fashion class. It is fourth quarter, and Meehan sews away, combin-ing different colored squares to-gether, as she assembles a quilt for her last project of the school year.

“It’s a lot of fun,” says Meehan. “Using different patterns and col-ors to put together one big blan-ket is a lot of work, but it will be worth it in the end.”

“I can’t wait until I’m done!” says Cody Harmen. “It’s going to look so pretty when I’m finished.

I’m using different floral designs for my quilt.”

Students are using a large va-riety of colors and patterns to create their own unique quilts. A typical quilt costs around $25 to $125 to make, depending on the cost of the fabric and takes about three weeks using both hand stitching and machine stitching.

Fashion class has put together several projects over the year, from dresses, bags and wallets. The class has even inspired some to consider fashion as a career.

“I’m looking into different fash-ion colleges,” says Nicole Sene-

NIMBLe FINGeRS!1. Nearly complete are a pair of shorts made by Angelique Casagrande.2. Rebecka Vivas sews parts of her quilt together to make a lacit quilt.3. Jaclyn Pineda is making a poppy twist quilt that has a windmill pattern. Katrina Corbridge is making a 6 block quilt. This includes 6 different size blocks. Photos by

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extreme Thing 2012By Alex WatersCub Reporter

On March 31, punk rockers lined up at Desert Breeze

Park for the twelfth annual Extreme Thing. With bands like The Used, UnderOath, Less Than Jake, Of Mice & Men and much more, many couldn’t resist.

Shows like these consist of tons of fans near the front of the stage continu-ously running into each other. This is called a mosh pit and is also known as slam dancing. Normally, the pit isn’t very danger-ous, and most follow the rules of a friendly pit, al-though it is common to come out of one with bruises and sometimes a

broken nose.“I had so much fun,”

said Taylor Johnson. “I got trampled in the pit but was able to hear some great bands like Less Than Jake and Of Mice & Men.”

“Last year was better,” said Justin Bemus. “There were better bands, but I still enjoyed it. My favorite part was when Less Than Jake played the Sponge-Bob Squarepants theme.

“The pits were amazing,” said Daniel Brennan. “I was in all of them but one.”

“It wasn’t too different from the past years,” said Nyssa Spotti. “I don’t re-ally go for the lineup, I just like to hang out with my

friends, relax and have a good time.”

This event began at 11 a.m. and ended at 10 p.m. “My friends and I were there the whole time,” said Bemus.

“This year was crazy,” said Johnson. “There were shoes and blue slushies flying around everywhere. The craziest part, though, was the Wall of Death.” During a Wall of Death, the crowd divides in half, each half made up of ag-gressive fans. When the considerably heavier or heaviest part of the songs kicks in, the two halves of the crowd rush at one an-other.

All American RejectsBy Rebecka HolmesAssistant Editor

I have always been a fan of All American Rejects, but I hadn’t heard from them in a

while, so I assumed they fell off the face of the earth until this album came out. After taking a two-year break, the band created Kids in the Street, a portrayal of the past two years of lead singer Tyson Ritter’s life. The CD is filled with stories of goodbyes, bad be-havior and becoming humble.

The album’s opening song, “Someday’s Gone,” an early Christmas present, was released on video December 5, 2011. A few months later, they released the album’s first single, “Bee-keeper’s Daughter.”

“Beekeeper’s Daughter” is about a guy who thinks he can get away with being a player all while keeping the main girl hap-py. “You’re a pretty little flower, I’m a busy little bee. Honey, that’s all you need to see. I can take you for an hour, but then I’m going to leave. Honey I know you’ll wait for me.” The conceitedness of the busy little bee won’t sit well with most girls, as they’ll recognize the penchant for male cheating .

“I’ve creeped on a few message boards, and the general consen-sus is surprise that it doesn’t

sound like When the World Comes Down, but more like our first album,” Ritter said. “That alone makes me feel like, if you were a Rejects fan and maybe have disconnected with us along our journey, Kids in the Street will be the album that reels you back in.”

The band continues in the same

genre, with “Kids in the Street.” The song explains that they were just kids thinking they knew it all, only to realize that they were lost not knowing anything. “In the night, in the best, city light, we steal ourselves away and hold on tight. You were they; yeah we were all there, too young, too smart, too much for this one

town. When we’d get so high we got lost coming down.”

Feeling lost during the past two years doing nothing outside the band, “The worst it got was me lying on the floor talking to my-self and knowing it was morning but not caring, and not even real-ly remembering how I got there,” said Ritter. The whole time in L.A.

was about constant distraction so I didn’t have to deal with the fact that I had to function outside of the band.” He continues, “The re-cord tackles everything I’ve never been brave enough to talk about. Even if I may not always seem very likeable, it was important that I be truthful and open up about what I’ve been through.

Imagine DragonBy Rebecka HolmesAssistant Editor

Everyone is always search-ing for a new band, singer or group that they can

claim as their own. At the same time Imagine Dragons is search-ing for their one chance at fame.

Winning four Battle of the Bands, performing at Bite of Las Vegas and Pet-a-Palooza, local band Imagine Dragons entered the studio in 2009 and won ‘The Best CD of 2011.’ The album, “Continued Silence,” was re-leased on February 14, 2012; the band released their first single, “It’s Time” which aired February 21.

Imagine Dragons is an alterna-tive/indie rock band that can make anyone get up and shake it.

The songs contain an upbeat, make-you- want- to- dance- and- head-bang tempo. Lead singer Dan Reynolds puts emotion and force into the song “Radioactive,” making it impossible not to bang your head. “All systems go, sun hasn’t died. Deep in my bones, straight from inside --- I’m waking up. I feel it in my bones, enough to make my systems grow. Wel-come to the new age.” He means that he wants a clean starting he is waking up and welcoming in

the new age.Continued Silence is full of differ-

ent sounds, making each song a surprise, from alternative to indie rock to indie pop. You never know what you are going to hear next. Each song has a story, whether it’s about the beast inside, love or being proud of who you are. “It’s time to begin, isn’t it? I get a little bit bigger, but then, I’ll admit, I’m just the same as I was. Now don’t you understand that I’m never changing who I am?” Lead singer explains that he is never going to change who he is, no matter he is the same person and plans on staying that way.

“Demons” is about wanting to protect but hide the truth as well, but the beast inside of him is making it impossible. “I want to hide the truth, I want to shel-ter you. But with the beast inside there is nowhere we can hide. In this the song the vocals are phe-nomenal and not forced. Imagine Dragons first single” It’s Time” can be compared to Coldplay’s “Life in Technicolor, “with the in-tro sounding very similar.

Starting from Battle of the Bands Imagine Dragons have be-come a must see band. I would recommend their album Contin-ued Silence to anyone who loves alternative and indie rock. They will rock your socks off.

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SeniorsApril/May 2012


By Alyssa McArthurCub Reporter

What some seniors will miss about the Hill

What will you miss about school?

What did you accomplish during your high school career?

What do you plan on doing after high school?

As the school year comes to an end, seniors are filled with mixed emotions.

Megan Shill Tyren Boykin Rian Davis

“I have mixed feelings about leaving the Hill. I’ll miss my friends I have now, but I’m ex-cited to really start my life and future.”

“I feel accomplished with my high school career because I want-ed to win most spirited for the senior person-ality, and here I am the most spirited! I’ve also been really involved in school, Stuco, sports, and clubs!”

“I plan on going to col-lege at ByU.”

“I have made so many memories! I’ll miss football and the senior section, ‘angry birds’ the most though.”

“With good grades, good friends, good times, and good foot-ball seasons, I’ve ac-complished just about everything I wanted to these past four years.”

“I plan on going to col-lege at Victorville.”

“I’m not going to miss Foothill very much, but I’ll definitely miss the memories and the people. High school was the best experience of my life.”

“I didn’t accomplish everything I wanted to, but I did accom-plish most of the things.”

“I plan on joining the Air Force.”

Jarrett Arcangel

“I made so many memories but what I’ll miss most are the assemblies, the Friday night football games, and Ms. Muniz!”

“I definitely accom-plished everything and more these past four years. I got good grades, and I was on the football team.”

“I plan on going to col-lege at UNLV.”

Gage Shaw

“I’m going to miss a lot of things about Foothill, espe-cially my friends. Surpris-ingly, cheer was the best experience for me these past 4 years.”

“I accomplished a lot through high school. I got my life together, matured, and made plans for my future life.”

“I plan on going to college and becoming a fire-fighter.”

By Alyssa McArthurCub Reporter

Ballgown One Strap Short

By Ashley ParriotCub Reporter

Step 1: Prime eyes with eyelid primer so your eye make-up stays in place all day. Using your ring finger, gently pat the primer from the center of the eyelid to the brow in a smooth thin layer.

Step2: Apply a neu-tral, light brown eye shadow base with a shadow brush. I used “Buck” from Urban Decay.

Step 3: Using a pencil brush apply a darker brown in the “outer V” of your eyelid.

Step 4: Pat a bronze color on the middle of the eyelid.

Step 5: Apply a thin layer of liquid eye-liner as close to your lash line as possible. This will help conceal the fake eyelashes, if you decide to use them.

Step 6: Finally, apply mascara to either your own eyelashes or fake ones if you chose to use those.

Bailey Willis sits on her bed, laptop on her lap debating what dress to buy. Blue, purple, yellow,

white, silver, gold, so many choic-es! Long, short, sparkles or flat. Dresses are the most important part of prom for a girl. A dress separates you from the rest of the crowd, makes you shine. It’s the first thing you see in pictures, the first thing everyone looks at.

Lately, online dress shopping has become extremely popular. “All my older friends were doing it, so I decided to give it a try, especially when I saw the one!”

said Bailey Willis. “I just started out by Google-searching cheap prom dresses, and from there started searching web sites.”

The first step in online dress shopping is to actually go to a store and try on different dress-es in different brands, shapes, and sizes. Most girls’ dress sizes do not actually match their jean size. Certain brands tend to run big or small, just like shoes. So know what size you are in that certain brand. If you don’t want to go to a store, have a friend or family member take your exact measurement with flexible tape and write it down!

Some popular websites among teenage girls for this kind of shop-ping are Sherri Hill and LuLs.com. “The first dress I ordered came

out way different than it had looked online,” said Bailey Wil-lis. The color was paler, the beads much sloppier and the length was below my knees, when it was supposed to be a few inches above. I couldn’t wear that dress, so I ordered a second online. This time the dress came back perfect. I guess it was just luck!”

Not all online orders turn out badly. In fact, Macy Kearney got her dream dress online. “I or-dered mine from Sherri Hill. Not going to lie. It cost a lot, but it’s my senior year, and I wanted to look good. It cost $550, and it fit perfectly! After hearing a few oth-er girls’ stories about their dress-es turning out badly I was really worried, but when I opened the box, I saw my dream dress. It fit

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perfectly and looked just like the one online. Once I got the dress, I went out and matched every-thing based on that.”

Another success story is Vicky Nyamuswa’s sophomore home-coming dress. “I ordered mine from LuLUs.com, and believe it or not only paid $35! I was so happy when it came because everything fit perfectly! Actually it was even better than expected! The mate-rial was stretchy, so it fit me just right, and the picture showed it a little brighter than it came, but it was a cream color, so it was fine. I also got a ton of compli-ments and people asking where I got it from while we were on the strip. I didn’t buy anything else online, but I got my shoes from Nordstrom Rack, and borrowed

the earrings from a friend. I was really happy with the way every-thing turned out!”

In most cases, online dress shopping is perfectly fine, but it can also be a risk. Make sure you know what you’re ordering and are paying the right amount for what you are buying. When asked if they would buy online again, Willis and Nyamuswa said yes.

“I won’t do it again, but just be-cause it’s senior year, so I don’t really have a reason to!” said Kearney. “Online dress shopping can take much of the stress out of shopping in stores, and you can easily have any size you need. It’s a safe, fun and easy way to shop for your amazing night.” When shopping online, you have many more choices!

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Best/Worst Prom Moments

Gentlemen Ladies

Best To Worst

1. When she says thank you for the fun night.

2. When she kisses you good night and you feel accomplished.

3. When she answers “yes” in a cute way.4. When you find a fun place to go that’s inexpensive but tasty.5. When she doesn’t order the most expensive thing on the menu.6. When her dad talks to you about how to treat his little girl.7. When you go in for the kiss and your date denies you.

9. When you try to make conversa-tion, but she refuses to talk to you.

10. When she complains that she’s not having a fun time.

1. When he asks you to prom and you feel special and loved.

8. When she tells you how hot other people are.

2. When he tells you how pretty you are on your special night.

3. When you get to go dress shop-ping with your best friends.

4. When he takes you to your fa-vorite, expensive restaurant.

5. When he finds someplace fun that the both of you like.

6. When he mostly talks to his friends instead of you.

7. When you stab your date with his boutonniere while putting it on

9. When your date tells you what he’s going to name your kids.

8. When your date tells you how much prom costs.

10. When your date has to borrow money from you to pay for dinner.

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How to be a...Lady

3. Choosing your friends: Be smart about who you hang out with and who you trust. you don’t want your deep-est-darkest secret to get out to the whole school. you’re reputation kind of goes off of who you know.

How to be SMART about...

1. Boys: Don’t go for the guy you know who has a bad rep with other girls. If he is known to cheat or be a flirt with multiple girls, he probably isn’t the guy for you be-cause you already know he’s going to do the same to you.

2. School: acting dumb isn’t cute anymore. It’s time to grow up and focus on the one thing that will get you far in life. Guys like a woman who is smart who has something going for them. you don’t want to have to depend on someone else your whole life; you want to be able to provide for your-self.

Have fashion sense: Be yourself when you dress.

“I like a girl who is confident in whatever she wears,” said Jason Finnegan. “It’s nice to see a girl dressed up on occa-sion, but it is also nice to

see them in sweats and a t-shirt too.”

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Behind the arm of Alex Petrolia, the girls’ softball team slid into first place

Thursday after blowing out SECTA 11-1 during Senior Night. They are 22-7, (12-2 in division) and look to gain momentum head-ing into the regional playoffs. “I thought Senior Night was amazing,” said Pamela Sakuma. “Everything was about seniors. I got a little emotional, and I will miss everyone a lot.”

After riding high after Thurs-day’s win and the move into first, the team remains focused on fundamentals.

“Right now we are trying to make sure that we are play-ing our best ball heading down the stretch of the season,” said Hannah Stevens. “If we play our best there isn’t anyone in the state who can beat us.” At Basic, the girls were able to defeat the Wolves 3-1 with the help of a seven hitter thrown by Alex Petrolia. After scoring on a wild pitch, Lauren Penska hit an RBI single to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead. Penska finished the game 2 for 3 with a RBI and a run scored. Hannah Stevens also went 2 for 3 and Madison Pike had a double. The game was also dedicated to Kody Clark, who currently has cancer; they also allowed Clark to throw the first pitch of the game. “The game was full of emo-tion and it was also cool that the whole crowd wore blue in honor

of Kody,” said Pike. “It was a re-ally fun game to be a part of.” In extra innings the Falcons were able to defeat Silverado 6-5. After 10 innings a RBI single by Gabby Canibeyaz was the hit that finally gave the girls the win. The girls were one out from losing the game in the 7th inning but a RBI double by Rhiana Balaun was able to push the game into extra innings. “The Silverado games are always tough for us to win,” said Pike. “It always seems like Silverado is always playing their best games against us but it felt great to beat them especially because the

game went into extra innings.” In a game against Liberty the Falcons won 8-1. During the game the girls jumped out to an early lead 2-0 in the first inning and stayed in control from that point. Rhiana Balaun went 2-3 and sup-plied 3 RBIs for Foothill. Aricia Dami had 2 hits and 2 runs scored. The leaders in batting average are Rhiana Balaun with a .410, Hannah Stevens with a .381 and Chelsi Stewart with a .344 aver-age. Leaders in RBIs are Rhiana Balaun with 17, Chelsi Stewart with 10 and Bosanko with 10. Leaders in runs scored are Ste-

Softball rallys on timely win streak

Baseball in the Sunrise Region’s top 3

Softball seems poised to make tun at state and currently reigns in first

Behind sensational pitching, baseball has put together it’s best team in years

vens with 28, Balaun with 19 and Palmer Bosanko with 15. In pitching, the team is led by Alexandria Petrolia who has a 12-3 record along with 81 strike-outs, a 1.38 earned run average and two saves. Jordyn Derflinger

has 11 strikeouts and four saves. Against Coronado, the Falcons lost 4-2 and seemed to have rust from spring break when several errors lost the game. Corona-do took an early 2-0 lead after two stolen bases and a suicide squeeze. The lead later grew to 4-0 after an error by the girls led

to two runs. In the seventh inning the girls were able to score two runs after Lauren Penksa drew a walk and Palmer Bosanko hit a single and then Hannah Stevens hit a double to score both runners. “We didn’t play our best in this

LeadersBatting average

RBIs

Home Runs

Runs

Rhiana Balaun .407Hannah Stevens .374Gabby Canibeyaz .351

Rhiana Balaun 17Aricia Dami 10Chelsi Stewart 10

Rhiana Balaun 4Palmer Bosanko 1Aricia Dami 1

LeadersBatting average

eRA

Home Runs

RBIs

Janson Neff .472Bligh Madrid .443Anthony Lopez .438

Nick Cardinale 1.78T. Van Stone 1.93B. Van Stone 2.89

Janson Neff 2 Tyler Morris 1Kevin Becker 1

Bligh Madrid 21Tyler Morris 21Anthony Lopez 16

Hannah Stevens 31Rhiana Balaun 20Palmer Bosanko 15

By Thomas JaramilloSports editor

By Jake JespersonSports Reporter

Alex Petriolia prepares to pitch during a recent home game. Photo by Thomas Jaramillo

Nicholas Cardinale winds up for the pitch against Chap at a home game. Photo by Bill Tobler

The boys’ baseball team reamains in second in the region with their 7-2 regu-

lar season record. “This season’s team is really different than our past years. Instead of getting in petty argu-ments and useless drama, we are all seeing each other eye to eye, and you can obviously tell by the way we are playing. In the end, that and hard work are what are putting those W’s on our record sheet,” said sopho-more Bligh Madrid. In Foothill’s rival game against Basic, the boys locked down their win with a 4-2 final score. The game’s main turning point came from back-to-back home runs from Royce Salay and Janson Neff, which pulled the Falcons out of the hole and into the lead. Madrid said, “Every one of

game,” said Stevens. “We just need to take this game as a learn-ing experience and make sure we play the best we can every game.” In a game against Secta, the girls were able to win 5-1. Stevens led the team when she went 2-4 with an RBI. Petrolia threw a four hit-ter along with three strikeouts.

these games has been good, but in order to win state this season, we need to be great. And win-ning state is something we’d love to do.”





Personal Profile: taylor Mongomery

Swim and dive prepares for finals

Foothill’s golf prodigy continues to work after winning state championship

Fueled by record-setting relay teams, Foothill looks for top 3 finish

Taylor Montgomery sinks an easy practice putt while warming up at Tuscany. Photo by Nick Rae|yearbook

Zach Jones swims against Green Valley. Photo by Alec Fischmann

Dripping wet and slightly cold, Jesse Dalton rushes toward

his inviting towel. He puts his foggy practice goggles into his swim bag, proud of himself for the tough swim practice he just endured. “Swim is a good way to meet new people and defi-nitely get exercise. I love to be in the water,” says Dalton. “I just dive in and feel like a fish soaring through the water.” Swim practice sets have become increasingly difficult in order to keep swimmers in top condition to beat the other teams. So far the swim team has done well this sea-son, winning against Silvera-do, Liberty, Basic, SECTA, and Del Sol and losing to Coro-nado and Green Valley.

The boy’s team dunked Silverado at their most recent meet, overcoming their op-ponents with a 185 to 115 victory. Unfortunately, the girl’s team fell slightly short of a win with a score of 108 to 185. On the plus side, many swimmers who hadn’t already

qualified for regionals quali-fied that at that meet. “The last meet was a lot of fun, and the weather was perfect for an outdoor swim meet,” said Jake Jesperson. “Our first couple of meets

were freezing. All of the swimmers were huddled together underneath blankets that they brought, and were just hoping they didn’t have

to swim any time soon. But as the meets went on, they just get more and more fun, the weather has been better and people know each others’ names, and it suddenly turns from a stiff competition into a

By Alec FischmannSports Reporter

By Brian MarshallSports editor

big party.” “So far, our boy’s team is doing the best they ever have,” says head coach, Keira Forney. “They have broken

As Taylor Montgomery walked to the 18th hole on the final day of the

2011 state championships, his mind could have been clustered. And given the cir-cumstances, he couldn’t have been blamed. Montgomery had battled back to overcome a respectable lead held by his competitor A.J. McInrey of Coronado, the reigning state champion. But he was fo-cused on one thing: winning. After being down coming into the most crucial day of the tournament, Taylor battled more than just his competitors. Enduring some of the most awful weather in state finals history, with winds reaching the upper 30s and a scarce sighting of snow-flakes throughout the day, was something the rest of the field failed to do. Taylor, at the time a sopho-more, already had two re-gional championships under

his belt. Not a bad start to a high school career. But for him, golfing had gone a lot further back than the last two years. “I first picked up a golf club when I was two years old,” says Montgomery. “It was kind of a thing in my family.” By the time he was six, he had already started competing in tournaments across the city, a lot of times with competition older than himself. One stroke was all Taylor had gained on A.J. after a day of great play. The weather was at its worst now, and snow-flakes were now falling rap-idly. Taylor launched a mas-sive drive and watched it spilt the fairway. He then turned his focus to his competitor, whose nerves were high, real-izing the legitimate chance of his dethroning. His shot sailed to the right and toward to the water. Splash. The moment the ball began to sink, and his competitor was forced to take a drop, the realization

that Taylor’s dream of becom-ing a state champion as just a sophomore was inevitable. Taylor went on to birdie the hole while A.J. bogeyed, leading to a three-stroke win for the new champion. “I was in shock when it hap-pened,” says Montgomery. “Going into the day, I was a little back, and even though I knew it seemed improb-able, I figured if I played my A game, the thing was still in my reach.” Since then, Montgomery has been working daily to maintain his position at the top. “A.J. is still a senior, and there are plenty of other guys who I know will be a threat, so I know that the crown is still anyone’s for the taking,” says Montgomery. “It’s just making me work that much harder. I would be very disap-pointed if I didn’t come back out and repeat or better my performance from last year, so I’m going to give it every-thing I have, all season.”

three relay records and one individual record already! I expect the boy’s team to get third or fourth place at regionals. Our three boy div-ers are doing very well also. I expect at least one of the divers to go to state.” “The girl’s team beat Basic, which is very good,” said For-ney. “That’s their big compe-tition to beat at regionals this year. Our girl’s team is kind of small, but hopefully they can get fifth at regionals.” Qualifying for regionals is what every swimmer hopes to achieve. Regionals are ap-proaching quickly coming up next week on Thursday, May 10th. Swimmers like Jacob Ozuna and Daniel Vaughn have already qualified and plan to go far in regionals or

even to state. Vaughn will be swimming the 200 IM and 100 breast stroke, his two favorite events, in regionals and is confident he will prevail in his races. “I loved every moment of being on the swim team, especially meeting all the new swimmers. I’m glad I’ll be going to swim in region-als. I think I’ll do pretty well this year at regionals,” says Vaughn. “There’s a lot of tough competition from other schools, but I think that I’ll place within the top four. I’ll definitely work my hardest in every practice to be able to compete at my full potential and step my game up when the time comes for me to perform.”

“I expect the boy’s teamto get third or fourth at regionals,” says Coach

Forney.





Powder PuffSeniors spank juniors 21-0

Make today a

By Thomas JaramilloSports editor

TAIL WHIPJacklyn Perales grabs the flag of Haylie Brewer, who loses the ball after being twisted around. “Some of the flags were on a little TOO tight,” said Perales. Photo by Dan Brennan

HeAD ON COLLISIONAt the scrimmage line, both teams lean forward, awaiting the snap. Photo by evelyn Sanchez

For two straight years, the girls from the Class of 2012 have cleaned up on the field, beating last year’s seniors and shutting out the juniors last Friday 21-0. It’s a two-year dynasty no one ex-pected...well, except maybe the seniors.

“We were a very strong team with strong girls,” said Bri-anna Pitkin. “We were able to win the game last year even though last year’s seniors tried to fix the game and this year we were able to win easily.” During the game the seniors scored three touchdowns: two scored by Megan Shill and Brian-na Higgins. Tyler Taylor scored an extra point. The juniors appeared to be no match for the senior class as the juniors were unable to score during the contest.

“The juniors did have some good defensive players who were tough to get around when I ran, but, in the end, as you can see by the scoreboard, they were no match for my skills,” said Shill. “The fun part of the game was seeing how intense the seniors became during the game,” said junior Kaylie Twigg. “It was rigged as it always is, but it was a fun ex-perience I would do again.”

“It was not rigged,” rebutted Shill. “Even Mr. Phee, who was the referee, said it was the fairest game he had ever seen called.” David Winward made an $18

Jail BreakRunning back Megan Shill takes the

handoff from Jessica Dougherty for a touchdown. “If it wasn’t for our strong offense, I wouldn’t have made it,” said

Shill. Photo by Dan Brennan

bet with Holly Nielsen in the press box that the juniors wouldn’t make it past the 50 yard line.

“I had faith in my juniors, and they came through for me,” said Nielson. Winward lost after a penalty moved the juniors past midfield.

Secret practices by the juniors were reported but seemed to be of no help during the game “The seniors were beasts!” said junior Toni Trujillo. “Even though we lost, the game was a ton of fun, and next year’s juniors bet-ter watch out, because the class of 2013 will be coming back a whole new team!”

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