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Next year’s biggestchangewillbetheofficialtransfertothetrimesterschedule. Now, students have atotal of four classes a day, eachclass lasting an hour and a half.They have the same class everydayforatotalof9to18weeks.Thetrimesterschedulewillinvolveclassesbeingupto24weekslongandeachclassbeing70minutes. “Whenwewerediscuss-inghowtocombineourschedules,we knew Apollo wouldn’t go toDC’s schedule and vice versa,”Ms. Jennifer Higdon said. “We

had to meet in the middle andcompromise on the best sched-ule.” The trimester schedulehas been voted on by Site—Basecouncils at both schools and willbe in effect by the beginning ofnext school year. As to how thenewschedulewilleffectelectives,Ms.Higdonisoptimistic. “Ithinkthatthisschedulewill allow more students to takeelectives,”Ms.Higdonsaid. Other teachers, and stu-dents for that matter, are not asconfidentaboutthenewTrimesterschedule.Therehavebeenseveralmisunderstandings as far as theTrimestergoes,makingtheideaof

changeevenmorescary. “Everyone’s afraid ofchange at some point,” Ms. Hig-don said. “There was a strongfeeling not to put the change offanotheryear.Itwillaffectaclass’ssenioryearregardless.” The change to trimestercamebecauseofseveralreasons,onebeingbudgetcuts.Withbothschoolsbeingonthesamesched-ule,DCandApollowillbeabletoshareresourcesinattemptstodealwiththebudgetcuts.Teacherswillalso have more job opportunitiesas they will have the chance toteachatbothDCandApollo. “This was the best com-promise,”Ms.Higdonsaid.

Kaely HollowayNews Editor

New trimester schedule goes into effect next year

Manystudentswithpass-ing grades got out of school onSept. 17 for the first Flex Fridayin Daviess County history. Somestudentsspenttheirfreetimegoingouttoeatwithfriendsandfamilyorjustgoinghomeandcatchingupontheirsleep.Otherstudentshadtostayatschool foran“interven-tion” to get their failing grade(s)turnedintopassinggrade(s). “Ididn’tdoanythingtooexciting,Ijustwenthomeandtookanapbeforesoccerpractice,”se-niorPaigeKramersaid. Whilestudentsleftschoolandspenttheirtimeanywaytheychose, teachers stayed at schoolto help students who had failinggrades.Teacherstriedtheirbesttomake sure the students that werefailingweren’tfailinganymore. Ms.JenniferHigdonsaidthat students that stayed behindworkedveryefficiently. “I saw students in mathclasses and other classes workextremely hard to get their workcompleted. I saw teachers goingabove and beyond, doing what-ever they could possibly do tohelp their students get a passinggrade,”Ms.Higdonsaid. Intheeyesofateacher,Ms.TracyGutschehadaverypos-itiveexperiencewithFlexFriday. “Ibelieveallthestudentsbenefited from the opportunitiesto receive remediation or re–doworkthatwashurtingtheirgrades.Onestudenthasalreadyraisedhisgradefromafailing64percenttoa passing 67 percent in the timebetween posting report gradesand receiving remediation,” Ms.

Gutschesaid. Ms. Higdon noted thatthere are more changes to comewithFlexFridayinthefuture. “Morethanlikely,DCHSstudentswillberequiredtohaveaCorhighernextsemester in theirclassestoearnEarlyRelease.Alsoteacherssupportedtheideaofin-corporatingaweekly interventionand enrichment session into theschoolweekonFridays,”Ms.Hig-donsaid. If Ms. Higdon and theteachersofDaviessCountydecideto have a weekly intervention, itwill be called DC1 time and willbegin every week starting in themonth of January this year. DC1timewillnotbelikearegularEarlyReleasedaywhereyougetoutat12:15. They are days where yougetoutofschool51minutesearlyso teachers can have one-on-oneor“interventiontime”withstudentsthatneedhelp. “Being required to stayfor intervention in one of theircourses in not a punishment butagift, I justwant tocommunicatethat to all students,” Ms. Higdonsaid Students will still haveEarlyReleasedayswheretheygetoutat12:15,buttherewillbeDC1time weekly and Early Releasedayseverymonthorso.Thisyear,eachmonthorso,therewillstillbeEarly Release days. So will stu-dentsmakethemostofitandpassallof theclasses theyare failing,orwilltheystaybehindwhileotherstudents go home, out to eat, oroutwith friends in their free time?Sotheyneedtostepitupandtrytheirbesttopassalloftheirclassesso they can get out early. TherearestillsevenEarlyReleasedays.

Mackenzie MorrisNews Editor

Flex Friday huge success

FFA HAY RIDE:WHEN: Nov. 11 from 5:30 to 8:30WHERE: Daviess County Fair Grounds on Hwy 54WHAT: Grilling out, live music, hay ridesWHO: FFA, FBLA, FCCLA members

BrittanyWHITE AND NERDY. SeniorsDawsieSheltonandAnnieEldercelebrateSpiritWeekbydressingupasnerdsonTwistedTuesday.TheSpiritWeekdressupdayskickedoffwithtwindayonMonday,followedbyTwistedTuesday(orApollonerdday),PajamaDayandalloutRedandWhiteday.Seniorscameupwiththeirowndressupdays,butnerddaywasonetheydidnotchange.ThesophomoreclasswontheannualhallsandwallscompetitionwithaFacebookthemedhallway.

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It was a big deal, like a baby’s first hair cut, but junior Emmalee Ryan will remember this snip of the scissors. Ryan, whose hair reached her lower back, recently took a trip to her local hairdresser to trim her tresses. She decided to donate the hair to Locks of Love, a non—profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children who suf-fer from long-term medical hair loss. To donate, a candidate must have at least ten inches of hair cut off in a ponytail or braid. Hair is allowed to be colored or permed, but cannot be bleached or highlighted. After being cut, the hair is mailed to Locks of Love in Florida to be made into a hair-piece. The Locks of Love orga-nization explains that they make custom hairpieces, not wigs. Wigs are only provided to chil-dren under the age of six, who would quickly grow out of a hair-piece. A hairpiece from Locks of Love is made especially for each kid to be a vacuum—sealed pros-theses to last two years or longer that doesn’t require glue or tape. “Children can dismiss insecurities about classmates pull-ing off their hairpiece, or losing it during sports. They can also swim and shower with it in place.

Wigs do not provide these needs for everyday activities of active children. This sense of security allows the children to get back their self confidence and be kids again,”explains Locks of Love’s web site, which includes all infor-mation about the organization. Each hairpiece made by Locks of Love is made out of 6-10 hair donations, and could cost up to $6,000 for a child’s family to purchase without Locks of Love. The process starts after an applicant is accepted. The child then makes a mold of their head and sends it in to have a sili-cone cap manufactured, which seals the hairpiece to their head. Hair color, style, and skin tone are chosen by the family once the cap is completely created. Many donors grow out their hair specifically in order to donate. However, Ryan decided to after her hair had reached the minimum donation. “I started growing it out in 8th grade...I just kind of came up with the idea of donating it myself,” Ryan said. No matter how or when you cut it, donations come out positive on both ends. Donors and recipients both receive a new look and much more. “I love my new hair...I was nervous and excited before, but I love it...and you get to help kids in need when you don’t need it,” Ryan said.

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Dr. Victor Frankenstein and sophomore Brooke Harris have a lot in common: they both create monsters. Unlike Dr. Fran-kenstein, Harris’ monsters are fuzzy and cuddly. Harris takes her original ideas and transforms them into little stuffed monsters by using re-cycled cloth. “I don’t use patterns. I just chop out pieces of mate-rial from old clothing. Then I stitch them together, stuff them and stitch the bottom up. That‘s actually my least favorite part because it takes longer than anything else. I gener-ally just use fabric to make their features, because buttons and

stitching also take too long and I want to be able to finish a plush-ie.” Like any artist, Harris has an inspiration. “I got my original inspi-ration from stupidcreatures.com. The creator made a lot of little monsters, but his are a lot more complex than mine. I actually just started doing it this summer. I had gotten out of sewing and then just decided to do it. I needed a new project,” Harris said. Those students who are wanting a Harris original may eventually be able to get their own. “I’ve made some for a few friends, and they love them. Eventually I might sell them. I haven’t had a bad reaction to

them yet. My family thinks its a bit of a waste because I have so many stuffed animals. They sup-port me however. I’ve actually had a lot of my friends call them cute.” Thanks to all the support, Harris plans to keep on creating her little monsters. (She also tends to give them names.) “One day I’d like to make one with a full face, eye lashes, lips, teeth, tongue, every-thing. As far as names go, I try to give most of them names,” Har-ris said. “I get most of my ideas from movies if they remind me of other characters in a movie. I have one named Frank though; he just looked like a Frank.” With needle in hand, the creations keep coming alive, and Harris keeps on creating monsters.

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Alex AndersonPeople Editor

C-A-T-S! CATS! CATS! CATS! No, I’m not talk-ing about the Kentucky Wildcats, but the beloved CATS test. The test we have all heard about since elementary school. The CATS test is a way of showing the state how well our teachers are doing each year, by way of stan-dardized test for the students, or at least that’s what it is supposed to do. What is supposed to happen is that all of the scores would be the same, or close to the scores of the grade before, but this year, that wasn’t the outcome. In every subject, DC dropped more than four points, the greatest being in social studies, where DC dropped 24 points. When people see this, they see some problems. Problems not just with the scores, but with how the state goes about getting this information. Yes, a stan-dardized test may be the easiest way to get the infor-mation, and, yes, comparing one grade to the next may seem like a good way to see improvement, but it really isn’t. Every grade is not the same. Comparing a class that has some of the best students in the school and many students who plan on attending college to a grade that re-ally just doesn’t care about their future is not what would be classified as fair. That is comparing apples to orang-es. What may seem like mediocre students for one class could be some of the very best students in the next, so why compare that way? In the years before, there was always that incen-tive to do well, to get at least a proficient on the test so you could get that glorious, long-awaited-for, exam ex-emption, but take that away, and where is the students’

reasoning behind performing well? Is it to make the school look good when so many of the students here don’t even want to be here? Not likely. It may seem like a bribery to tell kids that if you do well, you will get something in re-turn, and it probably is, but that is probably the best way to ensure students will try their best. Also, when teachers inform students that this test will not count against them in any way, shape or form, a lot of the kids think, “Hey, why should I even try on this when I can just put in random letters and get this test over with?” And that is where the mistake is made. Sadly enough, many, many kids do not care in the least bit what happens to their school after they leave, but put some of that burden back on them, and you will see surprising changes in the way students perform. There has been talk about people hoping the students just agreed to throw the test, so all of the blame could not be put on the teachers, but teachers are re-sponsible for part of the outcome of these scores. There is something called self-fulfilling prophecy, and that has happened here. When someone is told enough times that they are not good at something, they will eventually get into that mind-set and actually do a lot worse than if they were never told that to begin with. If you tell a student that they are not good students, that they are loads worse than many grades before them, over the space of five years, in the end, they will perform worse because that is what is expected of them. The way testing is done just needs an all-around make over. These scores are partly the students’ fault and partly the schools’ fault, but the only way they can be fixed in the years to come is to work as a whole to change things for the better. Oh, and, pop in a few incentives!

Self-fulfilling prophecy shown in testing scoresAndrea HowardEditorial Editor

Fall Break vs Spring Break activities

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“Yay! It’s almost here. I can’t wait to go on the beach and soak up some rays… Hold on, who am I kidding? This isn’t spring break.” This is the time of year when juniors and seniors visit colleges instead of beaches, and wear nice formal attire instead of bathing suits. This is fall break. Once fall break rolls around, summer seems to have just ended. Most people are ready for the cooler weather since they have spent 77 days of oppres-sive heat. Fall break is pretty much only good for catching up on sleep that students have lost from long weekends and school nights of studying, attending or playing games, etc. Freshman Chance Palmiter and junior Audrey Shelton prefer spring break over fall break. “I like spring break better because I go to Panama every year with Austin

Neal,” Palmiter said. “It also makes summer feel closer.” The beach is more popular to visit during spring break because people are ready to spend some days in the sun, after spending half of the year sitting by the fireplace drinking hot chocolate to warm up. It’s nice to get away from the cold every once in a while. However, sophomore Lucas Wiman disagrees and prefers fall break over spring break. “Fall break is when the region tournament (for soccer) is,” Wiman said. “I like the weather, too; it’s a lot more fun.” Both breaks this year are a week long. Fall break starts Oct. 8 and ends Oct. 16. Whether you prefer fall break over spring break or spring break over fall break, everyone is guaranteed to enjoy both because of the classic break from school.

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Feelin’ good, just a bit tipsy and ready to go for the rest of the night. That’s what the drinker is seeing, but what about what everyone else sees. Stumbling around, slurring words and slow reaction times to everything. Comical-sometimes. The next morning though, not so much. Stomach turning, head pounding and standing upright-HA. That’s a laughing matter. Just think about what is happening to the mind and body to make this person feel rotten. Now think about drinking alcohol every weekend and then think about how it’s going to affect the body in the years to come. Scary? For sure. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, a multitude of things can influence how alcohol affects the brain, including the following: •Howmuchandhowoftenapersondrinks •Theageatwhich heor she first begandrinking, andhow long he or she has been drinking •The person’s age, level of education, gender, geneticbackground, and family history of alcoholism •Whether he or she is at risk as a result of prenatalalcohol exposure •Hisorhergeneralhealthstatus One of the most common long-term effects of alcohol on the mind is the loss of memory. If drinking enough one night can make a person unable to remember what they did under the influence of alcohol, just imagine what it does after years and years of drinking. Long-term alcohol use may damage the connection betweennervecellsandcauseirreversiblebraindamage.Withthememory loss can come personality changes. The person that once was a happy, fun-to-be-around, crazy-time party go-er that everyone loved could potentially become a hard, cold, unfriendly person, which doesn’t exactly sound appealing. Another effect, not just harmful, but deadly, is alcohol related liver diseases. More than two million Americans suffer from alcohol-related liver disease. Some drinkers develop alcoholic

hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) as a result of long-term excessive drinking. Some of the symptoms of alcohol hepatitis are: abdominal pain, jaundice (abnormal yellowing of the urine, skin and the eyeballs) and fever. If a person with alcohol hepatitis continues to drink, it can become deadly, but if said person stops drinking completely, it is often reversible. It is said that drinking alcohol can be good for the heart, especially in people over the age of 45 with a greater risk for heart attacks, but like with anything, it is only good in moderation. Long-term excessive drinking, however, increases the risk for some kinds of stroke, heart disease and high blood pressure. In addition to the diseases above, excessive drinking over time is also associated with loss of brain cells, epilepsy, nerve damage, irritated stomach lining and bleeding from stomach ulcers. Another thing to think about is other drugs at these crazy “rager” everyone seems to be crowding to. Some people don’t see marijuana and cigarettes as a big deal at high school parties, but getting addicted to these “less harmful” drugs is a gateway for other drugs such as cocaine and Meth which are really a big deal. Just because everyone is doing it doesn’t mean they are “safe”. According to www.marijuana-addiction.net, marijuana side effects can be as seemingly innocent as an increased appetite to as life threatening as lung cancer. Increased likelihood for accidents is also one of the marijuana's side effects. Studies show that 6-to-11 percent of fatal accidents are contributed to by marijuana. Other household items found at the parties that are becoming more and more popular among teens are things most people wouldn’t even think of such as cough syrup, or anything that comes in an aerosol can. Most household cleaners can be huffed for a high. These are the most common drugs teens use because they’re seen as safer since anyone can buy them and they’re always in the house. This is false security. Some “huffers” die the firsttimetheyevertrytohuff. So before hitting up that next wild party and drinking the night into oblivion, just think about what’s going to happen later on in life.

Andrea HowardEditorial Editor

Most household cleaners can be used to get high. Excessive brain damage can occur. Parents need to pay attention to the warn-ing labels on all cleaners and keep them locked in cabinets where they aren't easily reached by children.

Alcohol is the mostcommonly used drugamong young people.

49% of high-school students have

used marijuana, while 21% have used other illegal drugs in the last month

52% of eighth graders and

80% of high-school seniors have used alcohol at some time.

25% of eighth graders and 62% of high-school seniors have been drunk.

Warning signs of abuse•Mood Swings look for extreme changes— one minute happy and giddy followed by withdrawal, depression, orfitsofangerorrage.

•New Friends abusers will be hanging out with others with similar interests. Have they suddenly turned away from their old friends?

•Little ChangesMost abusers will start to care less about their appearance. If they choose a different style of dress, such as sweats instead of dresses, might want to ask why.

•School PerformanceIf grades are dropping from As to Ds obviously something has changed. If they are abusing most likely their grades will start to fall behind.

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Skinny pants and some vans, while doing the jerk-the new style and dance craze that has erupt-ed in the past year or so. The people who basically started the trend or made it famous was the rap group New Boyz. The style is sweeping across the nation with both boys and girls alike. Some people think that this new style is ugly and don’t know why people wear it. Most teens think it’s something new and like it. With a famous group like New Boyz when they come up with a new style, a lot of people will catch on sometime soon. Even if you’re not rockin’ the skinny jeans, a lot of peo-ple wear vans or similar shoes, or vice versa. The style basically originated from the New Boyz, but where did they come up with this new style? Well it was pretty much their ideas. Most of the people who watched their video “You’re a Jerk” saw what they were wearing and ended up copying it exactly. Along with the style, the dance craze the “jerk” has been huge all across the nation. New Boyz also made this dance hit the big charts. They didn’t come up with the dance, but they made it famous. The dance came from the heart and soul of the Las Angeles community. New Boyz intention wasn’t to start a huge style and a dance craze but that’s how it turns out, and we all know it’s only going to get bigger from here.

The “World of Jenks” is a docu-show on MTV about a docu-mentarian named Jenks who lives a week with various, interesting people and documents their lives. The pre-miere week, he lived with a “hard core” rapper; the second, he lived with a homeless teenager. This week Jenks brought us his audience the story of Anthony Pet-tis, a professional martial arts cage fighter whose whole career is on the line because of his being an under-dog in an upcoming fight with Danny Castillo. At first, I was a little skep-tical as to how I would think about this episode. Professional cage fight-ing has never been anything that re-motely sparks interest. To me, cage fighters seem like they would be total

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The music hitting the hallways these days seems to be rap and R&B. After a couple of students were interviewed the top choices were Weezy, Waka Fla-ka, Eminem and Chris Brown. All of these hip-hop art-ists are not new, but have been coming out with fresh releases. Eminem has released his new album “Recovery” which is a huge hit on radios and the popular Facebook status lyrics. Some of the songs that have made it on the air for this album are “Love the way you Lie,” featuring Rihanna and “Not Afraid,” which premiered on the BET awards. “I like Eminem’s lyrics be-

cause they have meaning behind them and they are pretty catchy,” senior Dawsie Shelton said. One of the other top rap hip hop artists that was in Owens-boro at the Sportscenter a few years back was Lil’ Wayne. He is currently is jail, but some of his new songs have been released from his album called “I am not a Human Being.” You can find his newly re-leased songs from this album on web sites like www.hiphopearly.com. “His new releases are awesome,” junior Chase Barker said. “I like Weezy because he goes ham!” Barker is pretty intense about his music and likes to hear the freshest tunes. “I started listening to

Weezy in 8th grade. I don’t listen to him that much now though be-cause he’s so mainstream,” Barker said. Chris Brown, also known as Chris Breezy, is still making the list. He started young and has hung on, unlike most artists that start young... Aaron Carter. Senior Taylor Elliott still has the hots for Chris Brown and is still bumping to his songs. “I listen to him because he’s hot and has a good voice,” Elliott said. Chris Brown made a great performance at the BET awards in memory of Michael Jackson. He broke down and cried on the stage while perform-ing “Man in the Mirror.” Keep Jammin’.

Ashley RoethemeierEntertainment Editor

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meatheads; stereotypes say the same. From what I’ve heard from the past episodes of the show, however, it seemed it might be worthwhile to check out. I was pleasantly surprised, not by Jenks’ monotonous narration, but purely by Pettis. Pettis has been through more than enough to be so young and is a much deeper person than stereotypes give him. He’s seen trag-edy and known heartbreak from his father being murdered, but is not even close to an angry and hateful person. He’s compassionate and giving, using his winnings from past matches to help pay his mom’s bills and finances. On top of his choices on spending his paycheck, Pettis also devotes spare time to training kids in the Martial Arts, hoping to instill his

passion for it into younger genera-tions. He cares so much about his career, not for the adrenaline of the fight but for how it will bene-fit his family, and more importantly his mom. In the beginning of the episode, he goes to a party for his fight and can’t wait to leave. He lost his last match and knows he must win this one to continue providing for his family. Castillo, his opponent, is superior in ex-perience and in sheer size. I can honestly say I was team Pettis the whole way, well as much as a non-fighting fan can support someone. Pettis explained the risk of being a professional fighter. Los-ing two matches can get you cut from your contract. That just makes the whole idea of cage fighting that much scarier. Not only is a huge guy trying to knock you out, if you lose more than twice you can lose your job. Overall, the true star of the show was Pettis, not Jenks. Jenks did nothing but bore me to tears. Pettis broke my stereotype on cage fighters and fighters in general. They all have a story, and Pettis has a pretty moving one. Watch the show Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. on MTV. Stayed tuned .

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XC girls win City-County, boys place 2nd by one pointEhrenheim demolishes course record, girls score a perfect 15 pointsSydney SettleSports Editor

In sports, you earn spots. Starting at not playing at all, to actu-ally starting the game. For sophomore Darrius Crite, he knows what it’s like to get a starting spot a lot sooner than expected. As starting quarterback, Crite feels good to have that position. With hard work and dedication, he hopes to keep that spot for the rest of high school. “I know I have to do my job to keep the spot and if I don’t do my job I get me and my team in dangerous situations that could eventu-ally hurt us,” Crite said. The first game Crite started was the Ohio County game, which DC won. He has gotten feedback from the team and thinks they feel comfortable with him. However, the team has made many mistakes that hurt them. The coaches have several different feelings about the starting quarterback being a sophomore. They know that he is going to make mistakes, but would rather him make the mistakes now than later. “We know that he is going to look like a sophomore every now and then but he will improve even more,” Coach Chris Renfrow said. Along with fixing his mistakes, Crite has the time to improve in the future. Being a sophomore, he has two bright years ahead of him. “The best thing about having a sophomore quarterback is that throughout the rest of his high school career we have time to make him really good,” Coach Barney Hall said.

Crite rises to top spotEmmalee RyanEntertainment Editor

SWEET VICTORY. Coach Mark Price, 8th grader Will Foreman, seniors Cameron Davis, Jake Bosley and Zach Vessels, and junior Hayden Price receive their 1st place trophy at the regional tournament on Sept. 28. The team will compete in the state tournament Oct. 9 in Bowling Green.

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TUFF is the acronym the DC cross country team has strived to maintain this season. With a solid month of racing under their legs, the team has accomplished great things and looks for-ward to what the rest of the season holds. “Teamwork, Unity, Family, Friendship,” freshman Amelia Reynolds said. “It’s about all of us working together and packing when coach says to, all of us suffering together about not eating ice cream and hard workout days.” On Oct. 5, the boys and girls participated in the City-County cross country meet at Yellow Creek Park. The girls won the meet with 15 points- a perfect score- meaning the girls placed 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The boys placed 2nd by a single point to Apollo. Senior Evan Ehrenheim placed 1st beating the course record by 29 seconds. “I was pretty excited,” Ehrenheim said. “Even though we didn’t win, there is nothing to be unhappy about. Almost everyone got a PR (personal record).” On the girls’ side, freshman Whitney O’Bryan took the win. The first five girls- O’Bryan, Reynolds, sophomore Claire Payne, senior Sydney Settle and freshman Sydney Loucks- packed together for the first 1.5 miles of the race before taking off to her own respective pace. “Coach told us to pack until he gave us the word to break,” O’Bryan said. “It turned out well. I’m proud of our team.” On Sept. 25, the teams competed in the Memphis Twi-light Classic. The girls won the largely competitive meet, and the boys placed 2nd. Ehrenheim won the meet, smashing his personal record by 26 seconds. O’Bryan placed 2nd, breaking the 19-min-

ute barrier for the first time. “Memphis has definitely been one of the most fun races,” Reynolds said. “First off, it was a night race, and second, the times were awesome and I loved the course!” On Oct. 2 at the Greater Louisville Classic, the girls won the meet and the boys placed 5th. O’Bryan placed 3rd running the second fastest time in DC history. Ehrenheim won the meet indi-vidually. Despite injuries on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, the teams have pulled off multiple wins and impressive times. Freshman Abby Eades, a consistent varsity runner, has been out with a stress fracture for four weeks. “Having a stress fracture has affected me positively and nega-tively,” Eades said. “Negatively because I don’t get to run with the team, and I get out of shape. Positively because it shows me how much I really love to run.” Junior Wesley Morris, another varsity runner, has been battling a hamstring injury since the start of the season. “When I first got hurt, I would watch our team run and see where I was supposed to be and there would be no one to fill my spot. On meets we could have won but lost, I felt were my fault,” Morris said. Eades and Morris expect to be back in time to help her team at the state meet. Both teams are ranked in the top of the state, and the girls are currently ranked nationally in the top 20 in the Southeast region of the U.S.

The teams will be competing tomorrow in Muhlenberg, Ky.

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