Students who remember 10 years ago, probably remember when gas was only a $1.50 per gal-lon. Students who remember five years ago recall when it was still under $2 per gallon.

Two years ago, gas reached $2.60, and many students thought it was outrageous. This spring, a gallon of regular gas costs at least $3.50, and it will probably be more by the time you finish reading this article.

Oil has been one of the largest resource concerns in the United States and around the world for the last 50 years. In the 1970s, the U.S. faced a serious oil crisis because of an oil embargo by OPEC (Or-ganization of Petroleum Export-ing Countries). U.S. citizens had

to deal with extremely high gas prices and long lines to pump gas and only received small amounts.

What are the reasons for soar-ing gas prices today? There are a number of causes, such as the Lib-ya crisis, which in recent months has caused prices to go up by an estimated 33 cents. Another cause is activity on Wall Street as specu-lation is that many people are buy-ing up oil on the market.

The instability of the oil market, unrest in northern Africa and the Middle East, and natural disasters such as the earthquakes in Japan all result in price spikes at the pump.

The United States has always been a country that has relied on some form of offshore oil drilling. It is believed in North America there is enough oil to last hundreds of years. In fact, Canada has the second largest oil reserve in the

world behind Saudia Arabia. Because there is oil available,

high gas prices may put enough pressure on the U.S. to tap into additional resources. But there is always controversy about drilling and its environmental effects.

Technology today has been improving to help combat the

problems with oil. For example, smart cars, hybrid cars, and even electric cars are being sold today. Many people have to find a more efficient, cost-effective solution be-cause of long commutes.

Coach Brian Conary has to commute every day to St. James from the Carolina Forest area.

“I decided to trade in both my truck and my car. I was able to get a motorcycle for me and a van for my wife,” he said. “The motorcycle gets 80 miles per gallon, and the insurance is cheaper. That saves me a lot of money to go toward other necessities.”

Students feel the burn as well. Those who pay their own gas find that $20 barely buys five gallons. That’s only a third of tank, for those who have a small to mid-size car.

“Gas prices really affect the amount of money I have,” said ju-nior Kirsten Piuma. “Every time I see gas prices go up, I cringe.”

Experts say gas prices will con-tinue to rise into the summer months. If students want to save money and gas, they may decide to drive less, car pool, and try to find jobs and activities that are closer to home.

NEWS Sophomore class president Tony Hunter discusses student leadership and the school’s future.

OPINION How do teacher’s pick “favorite” students? Is it fair? Is it possible to avoid this problem?

ENTERTAINMENT Check out all the cool new movie releases coming up this during summer break.

SPORTS Catch up with some Shark star athletes as they close some very sucessful spring seasons.

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It’s hunting season St. James. No, not that kind of hunting. It’s the time of year when high school students go out search-ing for summer jobs.

Most students look forward to summer throughout the school year. It is, after all, the best part of the year, especially in Myrtle Beach. Summer va-cation is the perfect oppor-tunity for teenagers to make money by working a part-time job. With all of the tourists coming to the beach, business-es like restaurants and retail stores will be looking for more depth in their staff.

“Summer Jobs give teenag-ers something productive to do during their time off from school,” said junior Yessance Lewis, an employee of TCBY. “Jobs also give teens a sense of

responsibility and allow them to make their own money. Part-time summer jobs help parents because they don’t have to always pay for their kids’ gas money and leisure money.”

With a diverse workforce that revolves around the sum-mer months in Myrtle Beach, there of plenty of jobs that are suitable to the needs of teen-agers in both popularity and flexibility. Students can often work jobs that are mostly early morning or night hours. These hours help teens have a great summer on the beach with their friends and also get in hours at work.

Every summer, St. James stu-dents perform a wide range of jobs, such as being a life guard, cashier, host/hostess, ticket booth operator, ice cream scooper, or even just cutting grass in the neighborhood.

“I feel like being a hostess at a restaurant would be a fun job

for a teenager to have in Myrtle Beach,” said senior Tabbie Hol-mes, an employee of Waller-bears Surf Shop.

With summer right around the corner and school sprint-ing toward the finish line, there is not a lot of time for high school students to find a job that will not only pay them well but be enjoyable at the same time.

Signs like these are common around the spring time as bussinesses begin to hire. Staff photo by John DelBianco

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There are over 1300 students at St. James, and a vast major-ity of them attend sporting or social events at the school. But how many times do students actually stop and wonder how all these amazing events hap-pen?

Most of the time we just take it for granted when we go to a football or baseball game. Very rarely do teenagers consider how much work and effort go into getting the money for all this to occur. The school doesn’t have a giant bank ac-count. No, the money for all these great events usually

comes from the Sharks Booster Club.

Many people don’t even know what a booster club is. A booster club is a group of par-ents, individuals, and some-times businesses that try to raise money for a certain cause or group. Well in our case its dedicated parents and indi-viduals raising money for our school so that our athletes can represent St. James in the best manner possible.

Wayne Morris, the presi-dent of the booster club was very pleased with the work of the booster club this year. “We met our goals for this year and we accomplished a lot of good things with the money we raised this year. It’s not always

easy but we have very dedicated members who want to bring as much as they can to St. James. We keep moving forward every year and hopefully we’ll raise even more next year.”

Chase Smith a senior here at St. James, played football and his parents are on the booster club also had good things to say. “The booster club makes a lot of our sport teams run. They raise the money, work hard and do a good job”.

So the next time you at-tend an exciting game here at St. James be sure to remember what made it all possible. The dedicated and caring indi-viduals whose only goal is to contribute to our school. The Sharks Booster Club. All St. James athletes are supported by the Sharks Booster Club.

Sharks parents put ‘boost’ in the Booster ClubTaylor ThreaTT

staff reporterclass of 2011

Who would you be for a day? When you think about that question ask yourself, does that person have a good attitude and what does he do. Does he sit around all day playing Call of Duty or does he get involved

in events going around school?Tony Hunter is a sopho-

more that has been a huge part of the class of 2013 and the whole school. He has been a part of the Shark family ever since middle school. Tony is an active member of FBLA. Currently he is the sophomore class president and plans to hold office in his junior and

senior years.Being a member of the stu-

dent council, Tony is a big part of the decisions that are made by the student body. Years prior to becoming a president of student council members must show they are capable of achieving great things for their school.

Fellow sophomores and

friends of Tony will attest that he shows a lot of care, not only to his family and friends, but to the entire student body here at St. James.

Students may remember Tony dancing to Michael Jack-son’s famous song “Billie Jean” last year. He also participated in this year’s Mr. Saint James Pageant, which was held in

April. Tony is a really funny friend,

he is smart, and he cares about this school and he cares about you. If you see Tony in the hallway, greet him and start a conversation; within one min-ute you will be laughing, and you won’t be able to stop. He is a great friend and a very smart kid.

GaGe Davis

staff reporterclass of 2013

Hunter serves as role model for SharksSophomore Tony Hunter shows his school pride. Hunter is active in student govenment and FBLA. Staff photo by Gage Davis

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Illegal Immigrants: If you’re coming here to the United States of America, know what you’re doing and how this country works. Ob-viously it’s different than China or anywhere else. Have someone walk you around, but don’t stand there like an idiot wasting other people’s time because you’re stupid.

“I agree that some immi-grants do get into the way of others. But you have to real-ize that they are new here and they need a chance to adapt to their new surroundings,” said sophomore Kristina Cre-means.

Teachers: It is OK to not like your students, but don’t just refuse to put in their grades. I am getting really sick of students not being able to

switch out because it’s too late into the year. If you’re not do-ing well with one teacher, you should be able to get the op-portunity to try the same class with a different teacher.

Speaking of teachers, it bothers me when I hear stu-dents complain about their teachers, yet when the same students go to class, they dis-respect their teachers and they act like they’re invincible. No, you don’t have to act like you love your teachers, but you don’t have to disrespect them either. They are the adults. They also deserve respect, no matter if they’re right or wrong.

AP Classes: Why are teach-ers pushing students to take more AP classes than usual? The school gets money for more AP classes and higher grades. Yes, it’s awesome that the school is getting more money, but it’s unnecessary

to push the students out of their comfort zone. AP is re-ally hard. Students should be able to pick what classes they would like to take.

Facebook: Recently there have been a lot of weird peo-ple adding other people from this school on Facebook. I

find it weird when they don’t have anyone in common and yet they want to be your best friend online. There is a word for that: stalker. The moral of this is don’t add people who are unfamiliar.

Television: For the people who watch a lot of TV, you

come to realize that all TV shows now are basically about the same thing. Love, breaking up, making up, violence and illegal substances. It’s beyond stupid because it’s teaching teenagers that starting fights and harming themselves and others is OK.

If TV is like this now, I wonder how it’s going to be 20 years from now when we have kids. Is that how you want them to learn? I remember Disney used to never show ris-que things, such as underwear. Now it has kissing, boyfriends, and fighting. It’s not very en-couraging for 11-year-olds.

“My younger sister is still in elementary school, and she loves to watch TV. But I hate the shows that are on because I don’t want her to get inf lu-enced into anything just be-cause somebody on TV does it,” said sophomore Erin Sas-sano.

I can’t believe that ...

Shelly Quintana

staff reporterclass of 2013

We aren’t a complete, one-hundred percent, right-wing country. George Bush Jr. did more for our nation than Obama ever did/will. Throw-ing ourselves into the war was the best thing we can do for our country as pureblooded Americans.

Anyone who disagrees is most likely an anarchist angsty teenager who refuses to abide by the rules, or a communist, which is equally threatening to the United States integrity.

We complain about illegal aliens hopping the Mexican border, but what about the

Italians, Serbians and Rus-sians? They might not steal our jobs, but they’re changing our Red, White and Blue to a slate of Red and Yellow.

Make a Wiz Khalifa song about it. He’s most likely a Commie because he sucks.

Animals in captivity or in zoos are not used for food. I have never understood the logic of keeping perfectly healthy animals that were cap-tured from the wild in poor simulation of their environ-ment.

There are children starv-ing in Africa. If the animals are terminally ill, there’s no reason not to euthanize it and dissect them for food. It’s because of the blue-blooded

Democrats that we use ani-mals for entertainment and not for delicious meals on the barbie.

But even if the animals weren’t sick and perfectly healthy, I do not understand why we can’t just release them onto the streets.

It’s obvious animals can survive very well on their own. I’m trying to refer to that case in 1996 when that snobby kid met an orangutan named Dunston who actually did something with his life and became a jewel thief.

They have fun and lots of capers, proving that animals can survive well on their own on the streets and get a terrible movie made after them.

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I recently spent my first day in ISS, and it was horrible. All Mrs. Fetke wanted was for the seven students that were there to be qui-et and work on the work they were assigned.

During the 90 minutes I was there, she had to tell the six other students to be quiet 11 times. I got into ISS, sat down wrote my 200-word paper, and then sat quietly and wrote.

I constantly hear other students bragging about how they do all they can to bother Mrs. Fetke. ARE YOU SERIOUS???

Is that a goal in someone’s pa-thetic life to bother a kind woman by not listening to her? The only thing she could say to them was, “Stop it or I’ll write you up.”

The school needs to put Officer Bush’s office permanently there

and see if the students are brave enough to mess with him the way they do with her.

All you have to do in ISS is sit quietly and do your work. If you are too stupid to handle that, then at least try to stay out of trouble so she doesn’t have to deal with you. It’s pretty frickin’ simple.

While I was there a student actually told her to shut up when she asked him to pick his head up. It’s ISS; you can’t have your head down it’s not that hard.

I actually heard one student say, “I don’t feel I did anything bad, but everyone else seemed to be causing trouble so she was on edge. Whenever I tapped my foot or made any sound, she would snap at me so one time she yelled at me and I tried to tell her I wasn’t even being bad and words got ex-changed and she got upset.”

This just goes to show people in ISS need to grow up and serve their punishment.

While we’re in school, we have four different classes a day. Students usually have a favorite teachers and at least one they really hate. What’s it like for teachers though; do they have favorite students?

Teachers really have the choice to let students use their iPods during class or not. Some teachers are quite lenient about students listening to music; some even turn a blind eye to the use of cell phones in certain situations.

However, there are teachers who don’t allow students ever to listen to music, or text on their phones, and that’s not always their fault. They do have to abide by the school rules, whether they’d like to or not.

The real problem is those teachers who let some of their students listen to their iPod and text on their phones, and completely disallow all

electronics to other students. What exactly is the reason for that? We all know that’s unfair; but really, what can we say?

Well, obviously that’s not fair at all, and I feel bad for any student that has to go through that, but trust me, I think that everybody has been in that kind of situation. Teachers do have their favorite students, and on the other hand, they have their group of least favorite students. But that doesn’t mean you should treat those groups of students differently.

I’ve seen it: teachers letting certain kids listen to their iPods, while others can’t. However, I’ve never understood it; how is that fair or allowed? Exactly, it isn’t fair, but it still happens quite frequently.

I think it especially tends to happen with athletes because teachers know that athletes must maintain certain grades to stay on the team.

But what about those students who can get away with murder, and then if another

student does anything that the teacher doesn’t approve of, they get taken down. Five days of ISS for cussing, but that other student said the same thing and didn’t even get a mention. Tell me, how fair does that sound?

Is there a solution for this? It doesn’t seem like anything

can really be done, in school teachers have more authority than students, meaning that

they can say that they didn’t hear that other student and that’s it, end of conversation.

That doesn’t necessarily mean nothing can be done, you’ve just got to figure something else out. Calling teachers out on anything doesn’t get anything solved. All they have to do is take it a “disrespectful” way and you’ve earned yourself a nice one way ticket to ISS.

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With summer coming up very soon, Myrtle Beach will soon be full of tourists, fami-lies, and teenagers. Local high school students are always looking for something fun to do with their friends other than going to the beach or the mall.

There is a new option that may entice many thrill-seekers this summer: the Fun Warehouse. It is located on Highway 544 in Surfside Beach near Wal-Mart. Many St. James students have al-ready had an awesome time at the Fun Warehouse since it opened last fall.

There are many fun activi-ties that kids of all ages can invest their time and money in, all the while having a great time.

The Fun Warehouse is not just a place for teens to go; it’s also a great way for younger siblings and families to spend time together.

There are many activities

students can choose from in-cluding skating, laser tag, ar-cade games, and plenty more. There are many options, and they also have good prices for good food at the concession stands.

“I do enjoy Fun Warehouse, and I enjoy skating with friends,” said sophomore Yuri Mizuno. “The laser tag is fun, but in my opinion I would rather play with my peers.”

Everything at the Fun Ware-house costs less than $10. Many St. James students have been to Fun Warehouse and have had a pleasurable time. Parents love to see their kids having a good time in a safe environment.

Math teacher Tammy Baker said, “My children enjoy the Fun Warehouse. I think it’s a good environment. I usually take them during the day be-fore the big kids get there, so they’re not in the way.”

The Fun Warehouse is open on Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Satur-day from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 10 p.m.

Who knew a warehouse could be fun?Gabriella YounG

staff reporterclass of 2014

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At the beach there are hun-dreds of great places to dine. New restaurants are always opening up, one of those being Donato’s.

Donato’s is a pizza, sub, and salad restaurant located at 2607 Highway 17 in Garden City. The phone number is 843-651-0011.

Everyone there is very friendly; both the food and em-ployees create a great, welcom-ing environment. The grand opening was on February 22.

The majority of the employ-ees go to St. James High School. We interviewed a few of the employees who are St. James students to get their opinion on

the environment of Donato’s.“Working there is a lot of fun;

the managers are a lot cooler than most would be,” said sophomore Hayden Zemke. “I never liked pizza until I had Donato’s pizza.”

“The people and managers are so fun and nice,” add fresh-man Hannah Cooper. “We also have really good food. The subs are my favorite.”

All of the employees said the nicest of things about Donato’s. Sophomore Palmer Sally said, “Everyone who works there is like a big happy family.”

Donato’s in Garden City is a friendly restaurant owned by the Zemke’s. You can go eat in-side, call for delivery, or have a pick-up order. Donato’s is also on Facebook and has a Internet website.

Donato’s offers catering; you can pick and choose your crust, toppings, salad toppings, sub fillings, and you name it. Do-nato’s is a great family-oriented restaurant.

If you ever get the chance to go out to dinner, you should definitely try Donato’s. You won’t be disappointed!

Stephanie panoS

staff reporterclass of 2014

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“Gears of War: Aspho Fields” is the first of a three-part series looking into the underbelly of the “Gears of War” video game saga. Written by Karen Traviss, the book jumps between two time periods, one being the events leading up to the sinking of Jacinto, and the other being the last years of the Pendulum Wars and the discovery of the “hammer of dawn.”

The novels’ characters are all from the video game series with the addition of a few mi-nor characters sewn into the mix. Traviss does an excellent job portraying and getting a feel for the characters and how they interact with each other, digging deep into the minds of characters like Marcus Fe-nix, the leader of Delta Squad and a battle-tested solider who wrestles with his commanding officer constantly and has an

unclear past. Dominic Santiago, Marcus’

best friend and fellow soldier who just wants to look out for his wife, Maria, and his 2 kids, is one of the book’s main char-acters. He is joined by Victor Hoffman, the commanding of-ficer of the battalion who works himself to the bone to ensure the best for his soldiers and people.

In the flashback portions of the story, the author puts read-ers right in the midst of the final years of the Pendulum Wars where Dominic, Marcus and Dominic’s brother Carlos are caught up the the war with the rival state of Ostri over the radioactive gasoline-like liquid known as “immulsion.”

The reason why the book takes readers to the specific battle of Aspho is that this is where the discovery of the “Hammer of Dawn,” a powerful satellite-guided laser capable of immense destruction, is made. Dominic’s team, led by Victor

Hoffman, is sent in to recover the weapon and ensure that it is not used against them.

Many obstacles stand in the way, such the Ostri special forces, multiple attack helicop-ters and heavy assault vehicles. The present portion of the book picks up about a week after the first lightmass bombing in the first game. With hopes high that the locust are completely wiped out, Delta Squad runs into stragglers who survived the initial bombing of their under-ground caverns.

It is then they run into Bur-nadtte Mataki, a former mem-ber of the COG army and one of the people who played a role in the operation to recover the Hammer of Dawn. The re-union leads to dark discoveries about what actually happened to Dominic’s brother and what happened during the operation, thus giving the reader more character development for the heroes and a better view of the larger-than-life scenario.

From screen to pageChris Maraglio

staff reporterclass of 2011

To be blunt, I love “Home-Front.” This new first-person shooter has taken the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC by storm, and it is literally a blast to play.

The controls are pretty stan-dard, so anyone with “Call of Duty” experience will be in-stantly familiar with it. The graphics are equally impres-sive, coupled with thumping sound, anyone with head-phones on will be put right in the middle of battle. Although my at home preference is with surround sound set up made me wonder whether its worth plugging in my X41’s in.

So I’ll start by saying that this is the most enjoyable mul-tiplayer game I have played since Rainbow Six Vegas (1

or 2). Plus the superb single player experience and excel-lent storyline to go along with that!

The plot basically entails the North Koreans invading

the USA and taking control of the San Francisco area, (re-member Red Dawn?) You play a soldier helping the rebels fight the KPA. The way the story moved forward, and great use of FMV clips to add to the supreme game-play .

You have no save options as these are handled all auto-matically, but handled really well with nice checkpoints ac-cessible once you complete a chapter (I won’t say level be-cause it this is and does play like a story). There are plenty of checkpoints to jump into so if you want to play a certain bit over again no problem.

The chapters are quite long so, there is a lot of constant

loading going on, and I must say again that it’s dealt with re-ally well. Not once throughout the whole game are you pre-sented with a loading screen, when you are in a chapter the level loads while you play the game, in between chapters you are shown a movie clip that takes you on to the next part of the story and this can be skipped after a few seconds if you wish (brilliant).

The scenarios you are put into are varied and give you different challenges, but these aren’t a series of set placed sce-narios that you get with other games they are all linked in to a well thought out story, even the early chapter’s deal with characters and scene setting. I won’t go into any specifics but the fact that I am on my sec-ond play through already gives you some idea of the quality of this.

robert Kearns

staff reporterclass of 2013

HomeFront for the win

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The prospect of “Kung Fu Panda 2” coming out is awe-some. Even as a “mature” teen-ager, I enjoyed the first one. Jack Black is too funny.

With Black returning as “Po” the panda and a star-studded cast of Angelina Jolie, Seth Rogen, Jackie Chan and many more, this movie is sure to be amazing to anyone who enjoys the hilarity of the comi-cal and somewhat delusional

panda. Po is now living his dream

as The Dragon Warrior, pro-tecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fel-low kung fu masters, The Furi-ous Five.

But Po’s new life of awe-someness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable vil-lain, who plans to use a secret, unstoppable weapon to con-quer China and destroy kung fu.

“Kung Fu Panda 2” is slat-ed to come out in theaters in June. Po has to join a group of

new kung fu masters to take down an old enemy with a new weapon.

Disney also has a new “Pi-rates of the Caribbean” movie coming out. On May 20, “Pi-rates of the Caribbean: On Strangers Tides” will debut.

With a cast including John-ny Deep as Jack Sparrow and Penelope Cruz, it’s sure to be a movie with a twisting plot.

Jack Sparrow and Barbossa set off on an adventure to find the fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it, too.

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Most of the time achieve-ments are the sole focus people make their choices on. But be-ing an athlete is much more than how well you perform, it also is about your all around personality in and away from competition that makes you a true athlete. I am proud to say Tabbie Holmes is the Shark At-tack Senior Female Athlete of the Year.

Tabbie’s passion in her high school sports career has been running. She has participated in cross country and track since she was a sophomore.

“At first I thought cross country was going to be easy, but then I found it to be a chal-lenged, and as my times im-proved I found myself to enjoy it more,” Tabbie said. “In tenth grade I wanted to be more in-volved, I found running to be my passion.”

A great athlete is also one who inspires people. It’s not about the self achievement; it’s about inspiring others to make themselves better and others around them.

“Tabbies’ unparalleled work ethic, steadfast perseverance,

and sincere sportsmanship make her a superb selection for the senior athlete of the year,” said senior Dalton Elliot.

Tabbie takes her running seriously, it more than just an extracurricular to put on an ap-plication. Tabbie watches her nutrition more than anything to make sure her body is pre-pared to perform at its best.

In this past season for cross country Tabbie ran a 21:58 5k to take the girls senior 5k time record and the girls 5k record at the school. “I was ecstatic, but I couldn’t believe I had accom-plished it, so much time had been put in to make my times better.”

Tabbie finds her inspira-tion through friends and fam-ily during her tough times to perform. “My mom keeps me motivated even when I want to give up. Coach Conary also has been a key part of my success, never expecting less than my best.”

The future for Tabbie is bright. Although she is unde-cided on her major, she plans to run at Spartanburg Methodist for two years and transfer to a bigger school. Tabbie says her goal is to run in a marathon someday and to live her life to the fullest.

In a class full of talented and athletic boys, it is hard to decipher who is the true all-around athlete that represents St. James. Tanner English, a member of the state cham-pion varsity baseball team and a member the track team, is the third annual Shark At-tack Male Senior Athlete of the Year for St. James High School.

English has played high school sports even since he started going to St. James. He has been on the varsity base-ball team for all four of his years here (‘08-’11) and on the Track team for two years (‘10-’11).

Major Achievements and Awards Tanner has received or accomplished throughout his high school career in-clude:

-2010 National Champion for the Diamond Devil base-ball team

-1X All State Baseball team (2010)

-3X All Region Baseball team (2009-2011)

-2X All Country and Re-gion Track team

-Toast of the Coast Partici-pant in both Track and Base-ball (2011)

-2X Mingo Bay Champion (2010-2011)

-2011 AAA State Champion-Baseball scholarship to the

defending national Champion South Carolina Gamecocks

“I really cannot wait to play for such a great school like that. It is really an honor to have been scouted, and ac-cepted to a school that is na-tional ranked”, said Tanner when asked about playing college baseball next year.

After evaluating his high school career, Tanner said “I will miss playing and compet-ing with all of my teammates and representing St. James on the field.”

When asked about what he would like to say to his coaches Tanner said “Thanks for everything you have done for me to make me the athlete and person I am today.”

Tanner has put in every effort he can to be the best athlete he can possibly be. He has represented St. James ath-letics in a very professional manner and has definitely brought a lot of individual and team success to the re-cords of St. James.

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John DelBianco

managing editorclass of 2012

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Tanner English

TabathaHolmes

Jack Younan

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This year we are proud to present the third annual Shark Attack Male and Fe-male Senior Athletes of the Year Awards. These awards, voted by the Shark Attack staff, focus solely on the players’ perfor-mance on the field. These awards are giv-en to two individu-als who demonstrate their athletic ability and leadership skills as they represnt St. James High School. This honor oppos-es the Senior Shark Awards given by the St. James Athletic De-partment which also includes in-the-class-room performance as well as on the field. Congratulations to the recipitants of these awards.

Many students around St. James know Cyra Cottrell as the team-leading shortstop for Lady Sharks softball team, but do you really know her?

Cottrell has played softball for most of her life, starting at the age of 5 for a recreational league in Pennsylvania. The highlight of her softball career was when she accepted an offer from Elon Univesity and verbally committed that she would play softball for them.

“I am looking forward to bonding with a talented group of softball players at Elon who love the game just as much as I do. I am also looking forward to playing for a highly respected coach, Coach Patti Raduenz, who can make me strive even

further,” said Cottrell.She also had to face a big

obstacle coming into this year’s season. This past summer, she tore her ACL and lateral meniscus and was required to have surgery. By doing this, she couldn’t play softball for eight months. With the pain from physical therapy and surgery, she also had to readjust to the game physically and mentally.

When asked what her main goal in life is, Cottrell said, “My goal in life is to become a fertility specialist, which is a doctor who treats couples who cannot conceive children. I’ve always wanted a job that can make people’s lives better, so I thought that was a good choice.”

One quote she believes in whole-heartedly is, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” It’s her favorite quote because she strongly believes in a solid work ethic is what separates a player from an athlete.

Not only is she an amazing athlete, she is also at the top of her class, holding a GPA of 4.754. She is simply an all-around leader and role model for others.

“To upcoming girls on the softball team, stay focused on the sport. When adversity comes your way, tackle it and overcome it. Quitting only hurts you, but toughing it out will make you stronger,” said Cottrell.

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As a prominent player for the Sharks baseball program, senior Tanner English has brought in a lot of interest.

When did you start playing baseball?

“I have played all my life. I think I started when I was 4.”

What is your baseball career highlight?

“The biggest highlight is win-ning a national championship this year with my summer team. Gunnar Heidt played with me on the team, and it was a lot of fun.”

What are your plans for college?

“I’m going to play for South Carolina. It’s going to be an awe-some experience, and I will have a shot to win the college world series with that team.”

What do you want for your fu-ture career?

“For my future plans, I want to play professional baseball for a living because I know I will love my job.”

Do you have any advice for up-coming players?

“My advice for players is to never give up, and no matter what anyone tells you, hard work pays off.”

Spring Shark athletes on

Tanner English

Cyra Cottrell

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Racheal McFall is a senior and runs for the St. James track team. We decided to get an up-close look on her performance and personal achivments for the team.

What do you enjoy most about track?

“It’s a lot of fun, I really enjoy competing and challenging my-self.”

What are your goals for the season?

“To get better and always look

to improve.”An interesting fact about the

season? “I’ve been playing for 3 years.”What are your goals for your

future after highschool? “I want to be a cardiologist.”Are you satisfied with the sea-

son? “Yes, I have had an excellent

season so far.”What are heros you look up to? “My mom.”

How well do you know the athletes here at St. James? We have an incredible amount of talent among these halls.

Given that the tennis team is in the midst of its spring season, it’s a perfect time to profile one of the players, senior James Lynch.

How long have you been play-ing tennis?

“I started playing for the team during sophomore year.”

Are you satisfied with the ten-

nis team? “I mean I definitely think we

can do better. As people always say, ‘There’s always room for improvement.’”

What’s your favorite aspect of tennis?

“It’s just fun to play. And when it comes to the team, it’s good because we’ve all been playing together for a while. That sense of familiarity really helps.”

What do you plan to do after

school?“I actually plan to become a

chef.”Do you think you’ll still be

pursuing tennis as well after you graduate?

“I’d really like to, but I feel like I’ll be way too busy.”

Do you have a favorite quote?“The only easy day was

yesterday.”What’s an interesting fact

about yourself?“I have a lion tattoo.”

Elaina Prevatte is a star athlete for the St. James soccer team and has been playing soc-cer since elementary school.

The St. James soccer players had an extremely successful season, winning the Lower State Championship for the first time in school history.

Elaina said that she is very happy with the team. Her fa-vorite aspect of the team is that all the girls know each other and get along very well.

When asked about her goals for the team Elaina responded, “Our primary goal for the team is to become region champs and make the 3rd round of playoffs.”

Elaina also enjoys play-ing Basketball in the winter as well. Elaina also wants to further pursue her education after high school and plans on attending the College of Charleston to major in physi-cal therapy.

Laiken Howard

Managing Editorclass of 2012

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staff rEportErclass of 2012

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staff rEportEr class of 2012

Rachel McFall

James Lynch

Elaina Prevatte

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photo frenzy12 May 2011

This year’s St. James prom, held at DeBordieu Club on March 26, was a major success.

Top left: Prom king and queen Anthony Conssentino and Cyra Cottrell Top middle: Victor Arias, Laura Johnson, Tiffany and Taylor Marsh, Haley Lundquist, Katelyn Kirby Top right: Laiken Howard and Charlie SabellaLeft: Ginger Filtrante and Paige BairRight: Wayne Huggins, Ginger Filtrante, and Cody FosterBottom left: Yessence Lewis and Donald DuncanBottom right: Assistant Principals Deron Dolfi, Tammy Moreland, and Harry Dietsch Staff photos by Wayne Huggins

St. James Prom 2011Midnight Masquerade