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Five Questions with Codi: Special Edition @FauxCoachWoodard

CODI PIERCE BUSINESS MANAGER

Some of us are

aware of the infamous

twitter account, @Faux-

CoachWoodar. Display-

ing the comical side of

dean Doug Woodard,

the twitter account has

262 followers. Followers

often fi nd the account hitting the team Bellevue

West is facing that week,

with a friendly diss tweet,

or raving about Swine

Dining, banana pudding

or “Cujo and Co.” I had a

chance to talk to @Faux-

CoachWoodar for a quick

Q and A.

Who are you? FauxCoachWoodard

Where do you live?

Bellevue West school

boundary, why do you

ask? (now that is funny)

What’s your favorite breakfast food?

I really love a nice bowl

of steel cut oatmeal with

a raisin, but I have been

eating a lot of pancakes

lately. I know a few spe-

cialty cake chefs (Cujo

and Co) that do great

work. Along with pump-

kins--it’s prime pancake

season and there are

plenty to go around.

They even come in dif-

ferent shapes and sizes

depending on the weekly

special.

What’s your favorite consequence to give your basketball play-ers? Swine Dining to-go.

How many three point shots do you shoot a day? 555,555,000.

Who’s your favorite basketball team? Bellevue West Thunder-

birds.

Who’s your favorite football team? Bellevue West Thunder-

birds.

What’s your favorite part of Bell West? Mid November,when

basketball practice starts.

Who would you com-pare Jaylin Bradley to? William Wallace of Brave-

heart, only angrier.

Who would you com-pare Tyler Ciurej to? Bruce Banner, very nice,

but you don’t want to

make him mad.

Who serves better pan-cakes? IHOP, Village Inn, or Cujo & Co.? I have applied to be the

Cujo & Co. spokesman.

Who’s your all-time most favorite basket-ball player? Tie between Pete Marav-

ich and Josh Dotzler.

What are you going to be for Halloween? Coach Klein.

How many points will Bell West football win state by? Depends on if Coach

Huffman gets bored of

calling TD’s.

What’s your favorite thing to do when you’re not being a dean? At my age it is getting

more and more diffi cult to jump out of airplanes,

be a great MMA fi ghter, or even get out of bed in

the morning. However, I

often fi nd solace in tak-ing a nice nap or four

during the afternoon.

Is ball really life? Yes.

What do you do all day in your offi ce? Well, Judge Judy comes

on at 8 a.m. followed by

my all time favorite show

“Get Smart.” Then, Mr.

Graner and I usually play

checkers until lunch time.

He beat me yesterday for

the fi rst time in four years, but I let him win. After

a short nap and a nice

lunch, I shoot 3 pointers

utilizing our wonderful

new Dr. Dish. Also, I al-

ways try to check in on

Coach Huffman to see

how many touchdowns

the guys are planning to

score that week.

Who’s the most famous person you’ve met? New BPS school board

member Phil Davidson.

Can you dunk? Only donuts.

I think you should grow your hair back out. 100% agree. Please tell

my wife that.

We know you like bas-ketball even more than BBQ, but what is your favorite part about the Bellevue West Football team? I am glad you asked. A

lot of favorites there. I’ll

start with Coach Huff-

man. That guy likes

touchdowns as much as I

like bounce passes. Then

there’s Jadyn (he plays

QB for those who don’t

know) who throws more

TD passes in a game than

I take bathroom breaks in

a day. Marshawn (Jaylin)

Bradley runs like he is

mad at a lot of people.

Cade, Trystn & Chris look

track stars with football

pads on. The O line,

who is sometimes called

“Cujo and Co,” can feed

the entire country with

pancakes. Kicker Chris

has a great leg, but never

gets to kick FG’s because

coach likes TD’s too

much. I could go on, but

I think that is more than

the 140 character limit.

Football players take top 10 Class A statistical leaders

Balancing activities: Mallory Huck does it all

EMILY WILSON REPORTER

The air gets colder, the leaves are transform-ing and for seven tal-ented boys at our school fall means football. Each game for them allows them to get one stat clos-er to staying at the top.

Senior kicker Chris Hahn, senior quarterback Jadyn Kowalski, senior de-fensive end Spencer Sid-zyik, senior wide receivers Cade Johnson and Trystn Ducker, junior running back Jaylin Bradley, and junior safety Kevin Ponec are top 10 statistic leaders in Nebraska, Class A.

“I didn’t play football my freshman year but then my dad convinced me to go out my sopho-more year,” Johnson said. “I had a good quarterback that made me look good and then I worked from there. I started varsity [in the middle of my] sopho-more season. I just kept up with the other guys.”

Johnson holds fourth in scoring and fourth in receiving.

“It’s a big accomplish-ment because the whole summer you work, early

mornings in the hot sun and it’s stressful in the summertime,” Johnson said. “So it means a lot when the season gets roll-ing around, to know your hard work pays off.”

Ducker is ranked fi rst in receiving, second in scoring and third in punt returns. Ducker recently committed to the Univer-sity of South Dakota.

“My dad inspires me because he played col-lege football and and he wants me to be bet-ter than what he was,” Ducker said.

Sidzyik is ranked fi rst in sacks.

“My brother moti-vates me because he’s a really good football player and he tries his hardest at everything he does. He just tries to see me do my best,” Sidzyik said.

Kowalski holds num-ber one for yards passed and total yards.

“Right now being a top leader for pass-ing yards doesn’t mean anything to me because we’re still in the middle of the season, so things can change,” Kowalski said. “It would be pretty cool to still be where we are at

at the end of the season. It doesn’t really mean any-thing to me right now.”

Hahn is ranked sixth in scoring, first in kick scoring, first in kickoffs. He is also not only ranked fi rst in points after touch-downs in the state but he is also ranked tenth in the nation.

“I put in a lot of work in the off-season,” Hahn said. “I owe it all to my team. They give me the stuff to do it.”

Ponec is ranked 10th in tackles. Bradley is ranked first in rushing, third in scoring and ninth in total yards.

Michael Huffman, head football coach, ex-plains that he and his staff have been looking forward to this season for three years now. He expects them to be this good because of how they have progressed and committed to the team.

“They’ve got some God-given ability,” Huff-man said. “They also have some great work ethics and if you combine those things together with hav-ing so many at the same time makes it so they all can fl ourish.”

Bellevue West football players lead Class A in several statistical categories. L-R: Jadyn Kowalski, Chris Hahn, Trystyn Ducker, Cade Johnson, Spencer Sidzyik, Kevin Ponec

Senior Mallory Huck said there hasn’t been any one defi ning moment in her character throughout high school, but she has still grown.

“I guess I ’ve just learned a lot and grown a lot my four years of high school,” Huck said. “Especially as my friend groups have changed and I’ve just grown up and become more mature and fi gured out what I want to do in life.”

Huck said her main goal while finishing out high school is to maintain A’s and B’s, and try not to slack off. She plans on attending Nebraska Wesleyan next fall and majoring in dermatology.

English teacher Adam Heuretz described Huck as a hard worker.

“She’s great,” Heu-retz said. “She wants to make sure she’s involved in the class, and I respect that. I think she’s got a great work ethic. She doesn’t view her limita-

tions or anything like that as something to hold her back. She sees those things as challenges, and I think that’s why she’s so successful, both in the classroom and out on the course.”

Huck has recently fi n-ished off her last season as a T-bird golfer. Her ending season was one of success: she fi nished ninth at the district golf championships, and shot her best round to qualify for the state tournament, while receiving honor-able mentions. She is also now the second player in West’s history to qualify for three state tourna-ments in a row.

Dave Shillinglaw is Huck’s marketing teacher and golf coach. He de-scribed Huck as a bright student and knows school means a lot to her.

Both on the team and in the classroom, Huck has stepped up as a lead-er. Shillinglaw said Huck was the oldest on the golf team, and took initiative in communicating to the other players.

Huck stays busy with

co-curriculars, her job at Scooters, and golf. Some people might struggle to stay on top of their sched-ules, but Shillinglaw said she handles it well.

“Mallory brings a calm before the storm kind of attitude to every-thing,” Shillinglaw said. “She doesn’t get very riled up about anything. I’d say one of her greatest accomplishments is her demeanor. She doesn’t let much fl uster her ever.”

Heuretz said other people feed of of Huck’s positivity.

“I just think her pri-orities are right,” Heuretz said. “She’s goal driven, she’s got a good head on her shoulders. I think things are going to fall in place for her real well.”

Shillinglaw offered the following advice to Huck.

“Enjoy it,” Shillinglaw said. “You’re only a se-nior in high school once. Take advantage of the opportunities it presents you. Learn from it, and move on to the next ad-venture.”

Photo by Codi Pierce