Parker Ashford

Joseph Bass

Kayla Cobble

Gabrielle Davis

Natalie Guffey

Anna Helms

Mackenzie Hennessee

Kailey Hill

Isaac Hunsucker

Shaeleigh Jacobs

Tyra Johnson

Selah Knight

Rachael Lawson

Haley Lindsey

Turner Matthews

Dallas McCash

Madison Misenheimer

Hannah Beth Moorhouse

Danielle Pacia

Zachary Pell

Andrew Potter

Shaan Ramaprasad

Kaitlyn Rogers

Matthew Sutherland

Martin Tan

Tory Wilder

Aleia Williams

Katherine Williams

Layla Williams

Class of 2015 Who’s Who Prom Dress-Code Guidelines BY ELIZABETHCARROLLSTAFF WRITER

Ladies and g e n t l e -

men, it’s that time of year again. It’s the time many juniors and seniors (and possibly those lucky under-c l a s s m e n )

For the ladies:• Midriffareaofthebody

(frontandsides)shouldbecovered.

• Necklinemustnotgobe-lowbreastsinfrontnorbetoorevealingonthesides.

• Backofthedressshouldnotfallbelowthewaist-line.

• Dressfabricshouldnotbesee-through.

• Shortdressesmustfallpastthemid-thigharea.

• Slitsintheskirtshouldnotgoabovemid-thigh(front/back/side).

• Tuxedo,ORsuitwithtie,ORdressshirt,dresspants,jacket,withtieareallappropriatechoices.

• Appropriatedressshoesshouldbeworn.

• Nobluejeanswillbeallowed.

• Shirtsmaynotberemoved.T-shirtsarenotappropriateforthisoccasion.

For the Gentlemen:

For more details on expectations and requirements, visit http://mhhsw.hcboe.net/

BY KERRI PORTERSTAFF WRITER

West Side Story would like to

welcome all students and teachers back to school after the un-expected two-week snow break caused by five consecutive winter storms. Getting back into the daily rou-tine of waking up at 6:30am and spending seven hours at school can be challenging, but we hope that ev-eryone can jump back into this schedule. Just as we were losing hope on ever seeing snow this win-ter, at least 12 inches of snow and ice blanketed East Tennessee, allow-

ing for W e s t H i g h s t u -d e n t s to final-ly have t h e i r f u n in the s n o w . O n l y n i n e s n o w d a y s w e r e g r a n t -ed be-cause President’s Day was a holiday. This leaves Hamblen Coun-ty Schools with an additional four days.

Welcome Back, Trojans!

Most students would agree that it was nice to have a sec-ond “Winter Break” to take time away from school and re-

lax. Whether it was sledding, sleeping, or catching up on shows on Netflix, everyone found a way to take advantage of the time.

SophomoreTristanLotiviobundlesupandgoessnow-boardinginhisneighborhood.

Several stu-dents, like sisters Tory and Kelley Wilder, used this break to fin-ish a television series or movies on Netflix.

“We finished three sea-sons of Parks and Rec-reation in three days.” Others decided to bun-dle up and embrace the freshly-fallen snow. Sophomore Alisa Brown spent time en-tertaining her two dogs by throwing snow-balls for them to catch. By the end of the second week, cab-in fever had taken hold of many people. Seniors Stiel Lovin and Mo McKinney agree that “it is great to finally be back.” Although it may be hard to do, the Trojan Nation needs to bounce back from this break and finish out the school year strong!

JuniorKatlynHaasspendstimewithheryoungersisterandsleds.

start making plans for their dream prom. L a d i e s , when you’re out trying to find that per-fect dress, make sure you keep in mind a few guide-lines on what you can and

cannot wear. G e n t l e -men, your guidelines ar-en’t quite as detailed as the ladies’ guide-lines, but please, dress up a little for your date by following your g u i d e l i n e s .

2 News News Editor: Mo McKinneyOctober 20142 News News Editor: Mo McKinneyMarch 2015

Takin’ Care of Business:FBLA Members

Soar at RegionalsBY ALYSSA JONES A&E EDITOR SARAH SPRADLIN STAFF WRITER

Tw e n t y - t h r e e M o r r i s t o w n

West FBLA members competed at the Re-gion 7 Conference at East Tennessee State University on Thurs-day, January 29. The students participated in workshops and com-petitors tested in performance events. H a m b l e n County was one of 18 competing counties including Anderson, Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hawkins, Knox, Jefferson, Johnson, Scott, Se-vier, Sullivan, Uni-coi, Union, and Washington county. The stu-dents arrived at the Student Union Building at ETSU and met with oth-er FBLA members from the other par-ticipating counties . FBLA, Ca-

reer and Technology Specialist, Ms. Sarah Williams, Region 7 President and State Webmaster, Kel-si McKamey from Elizabethton High

School, and Region 7 Reporter, Kelley Melvin from Oliver Springs High School welcomed everyone to the Conference. After the ori-entation, compet-itors prepared for their performance events in the ball-room of the build-

ing and other par-ticipants attended workshops on find-ing careers, majors, and how to lead. Lunch was held in the down-

stairs food court of the Student Union Building. After lunch, students were able to walk around the Student Union Building and some of the campus. Leaders of the FBLA voted on regional officers. Once they voted,

they and the rest of the students attend-ing the Convention met again in the ballroom for the awards ceremony. Morristown West

won a total of 16 awards with 20 students quali-fying for Tennessee State Competition in Chattanooga. In Computer Applications, soph-omores Braeden Evans , Gwendo-lyn Stout, and Tyler Grant Baxley won

1st, 2nd, and 3rd places, respectively. In Health Care Administration, senior Lakin Robin-son won 1st place. Raven Crox-

dale won 3rd place in Introduction to Infor-mation Technology. F r e s h m e n Sarahi DeJesus and Missy Fowler won 1st and 2nd place in In-troduction to Busi-ness Communica-tions , respectively.

In Impromtu Speaking , Brish Her-nandez and Jacob Muscari won 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. In Public Speaking I, Jose Sala-zar won 2nd place, and in Public Speak-ing II, Kerri Por-ter won 2nd place. In Busi-ness Communica-tions, Sarah Spradlin won 5th place.

I n M a n a g e -ment Deci-sion Mak-ing, Camryn S p r o u s e and Kaitlyn Johns won 2nd place. In Busi-ness Math, Kelley Wild-er won 5th

place, and in Business Calculations, Tory Wilder won 2nd place. A d d i t i o n -al State qualifiers are Dallas McCash, Izzy Baker, Alyssa Jones, and Mollie Inman.

FrontRow:SarahSpradlin,AlyssaJones,LinaRamirez,BrishHernandez,JacobMuscari,LakinRobinson,SarahiDeJesus,MissyFowlerBackRow:JoseSalazar,GwenStout,GrantBaxley,RavenCroxdale,BraedenEvans,KerriPorter,CamrynSprouse,KaitlynBeitzel,ErinDalton,andAngelSilver.

NewsNews Editor: Mo McKinney 3March 2015

HOSA Members Place at Regional Competition

BY MOLLIE INMANFEATURES EDITOR ALYSSA JONES A&E EDITOR

HOSAMembersCelebratetheirSuccessatRegionalCompetition.1stRow:ChadOwens;2ndRow:JonathanHolan,MichaelSia,BrishHernandez;3rdRowKneeling:BrandonJacome-Mendez,ElizabethSchofield,GavinBelfry,JoshSmith,BlayneChance;4thRow:MackenzieHennessee,BaileySatterfield,TyhesiaBryan,JackieFreeman,MonicaCreazzo;BackRow:KovlynHarville,MarisMedford,PaytonSpencer,BellaMills,EmilyMedford,JoshDalton,IckerGarcia,ScottyMunsey,ColinYarid,ChrisDeMarco,NicholasStephan.

Mo r r i s -town West

HOSA members competed at Re-gional Competi-tion on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 at Carson-Newman College in Jef-ferson City. The following stu-dents qualified for state at the Opryland Ho-tel in Nashville. T y h e s i a Bryan and Bailey Satterfield placed fifth in Foren-sic Medicine. Jonathan Holan placed third in Medical Spelling. Elizabeth Schof-ield placed fourth Biomedical Lab. Gavin Belfry, Ick-er Garcia, Bella Mills, and Josh Smith placed sec-

ond in Creative Problem Solving. Chris DeMar-co, Colin Yarid, Nicholas Stephan, and Chad Ow-

ens placed first in HOSA Bowl. Jackie Freeman placed third in Clinical Nursing. Michael Sia placed

fifth in Physical Therapy. Monica Creazzo placed second in Veteri-nary Science. Scot-ty Munsey placed

fifth in Pharma-cology. Mackenzie Hennessee placed fourth in Epide-miology. Brandon Jacome-Mendez

placed second in Human Growth and Development. Emily Medford placed third in Job Seeking. Maris Medford placed third in Medi-cal Photography. Lastly, Brish Her-nandez placed fourth in Pre-pared Speaking. H O S A sponsor Dar-lene Adkins says, “There were 25 students that went to the Regional Competition and 21 out of those 25 students placed.” This is the most number of stu-dents that have placed in region-als since she has been at West High School. Ad-kins went on to say, “It was a very positive experi-ence for advisors and students.”

Dual Enrollment Opportunites

Increase

Dual En-rol lment

opportunities are available for juniors and seniors with a 3.0 GPA and a Composite ACT score of a 21. The Ten-nessee Lottery supplies a dual e n r o l l m e n t grant (DEG). Thanks to this grant, students may obtain up to $500 for the first course, up to $500 for the second course, and up to $200 for the third course. No award for the fourth course.

The student is responsible for the remainder of the payment and the books and must maintain a 3.0 college GPA to be eligible for the grant next semester. 0.5 high school cred-it is given for a 3 hour col-lege class and 1 high school credit is given for 6 hours of college credit. Students are allowed to take any course that is offered by WSCC, Car-son Newman U n i v e r s i t y ,

Tusculum Col-lege, University of Tennessee, or any college.Common Dual E n r o l l m e n t Courses stu-dents have tak-en from WSCC are Composi-tion I and II, American Lit-erature I and II, Western World Literature I and II, American History I and II, Probability and Statistics, Fi-nite mathemat-ics, Pre-Cal-culus Algebra, Pre-Calculus T r i g o n o m -etry, Calcu-lus A, Calcu-lus I and II.

BY KERRI PORTERSTAFF WRITER

4 News News Editor: Mo McKinneyMarch 2015

DECA Competitors Advance to State

DECA Club pre-pares rising

leaders and entre-preneurs for ca-reers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the world. Recently West’s DECA club went to the District 5 DECA competi-tion in which sev-eral of West High students received regional awards. These students will move on to compete at the state level in Nashville in March. To start off, Parker Ashford and Turner Matthews re-ceived a second place award in their role

play in the categories of Busi-ness Law and Ethics. These two c o m p e t -itors will a d v a n c e to state. Next up, Jose Salazar will a d v a n c e to State in the Bu s i n e ss S e r v i c e s categor y. Next in Role Play and Business Adminis-tration Shaan Ra-maprasad received a third place award. He will also advance to the State competi-

tion. Joining him is Dhilan Ramaprasad with a first place award in Business Ad m i n i s t r a t i o n . Jake Camp-bell will also advance

to state in the Hotel and Lodging Man-agement category. Aiden Layer took first place in his role play and placed second on the test for

the Mar-k e t i n g Commu-nications c a t e g o -ry. Layer will ad-vance to state with A n n a H e l m s who re-c e i v e d first place on the Market-ing test. G av i n B e l f r y will also go to state in

the Marketing Man-agement category. In the Prin-ciples of Business Management and Administration, Al-

yssa Jones will ad-vance to state. Chase Collins and Chase Connelly will also advance to state in Sports and Enter-tainment Marketing. Also going to state, Adolfo Sanchez and Thomas Fodor placed third on role play in Travel and Tourism Market-ing team category. Zack Fehl and Graham Chris-tophel will com-pete in the Adver-tising Campaign along with Nich-ole Raimondi and Devanie Carattini in the Entrepreneur-ship written event.

BY ALISA BROWN ADVERTISING MANAGER

Lefttoright:ChaseCollins,ChaseConnelly,AlyssaJones,ItzyMar-tinez,AmberCobb,KaylaFunderburg,ParkerAshford,TurnerMat-thews,AdolfoSanchez,ThomasFodor,AidenLayer,GavinBelfry,JoseSalazar.Notpictured:JakeCampbellandShaanRamaprasad.

Pacia Chosen to Speak at LEAD Conference

BYSHELBYPOLLOCKSTAFFWRITER

Daniel le P a c i a ,

a senior at Morristown West, recent-ly performed a speech on grow-ing through s t r u g g l e s and effec-tive learning at a foren-sics compe-tition; little did she know how much a t t e n t i o n this speech would gain. When she PaciatakestheLEADinpresentinga

speechatafutureconference.

earned high a c c r e d i t a -tion for her speech at the competition, Mrs. Terry, her forensics coach, de-cided to have her perform her speech for Dr. Moorhouse. D r . Moorhouse felt like Pa-cia’s speech was some-thing that the Ham-blen Coun-ty Board of E d u c a t i o n

should hear. S h o r t -ly after, she was asked to perform her speech for The Chamber of Commerce. P a -cia said, “I feel grateful that people are willing to hear my message, and apply it to their lives.” P a c i a’s speech was filmed and sent to many very import-

ant educa-tors, and this led to her be-ing asked to perform her speech at the League Con-ference for all of Ten-nessee’s main e d u c at o r s . Pacia plans on attending Un i v e r s i t y of Alabama and con-tinuing her speaking and performing on their fo-rensics team.

Opinions Editor:

September 2013Opinions March 2015Opinions Editor: Abby Wolfenbarger 5

Prom Do’s

Finding the Perfect Group• Findagroupofyourclosestfriendsthatyoucanhavefunwith.

• Itdoesn’tmatterhowbigyourgroupis;smallgroupscanbefuntoo.

• Makesureyouandyourdatewillbothenjoythegroup.

Avoiding a Group

Catastrophe• Don’tbeinagroupwithabunchofstrangers.

• Trynottomakethegroupsobigthatyouhavetroublegettingreservations.

• Don’tcommittoagroupbeforeaskingyourdate.

Getting a Date • Doyour“promposal”inacuteway.

• Don’twaituntilthelastminutetoaskyourdate.

• Actreallysurprised,evenifyouknowyou’regoingtobeasked.

How to Fly Solo• Don’taskmorethanoneperson.

• Don’ttrytotakesomeonewhoalreadyhasadate.

• Don’tsaythatthe“promposal”wasn’tcuteenough.

What To Wear• Makesureyourtieandvestmatchthegirl’sdress.

• Makesureyourdressfits.• Makesureyoudon’ttriponyourdress--getithemmed.•Awhiteorblacktux.

What Not To Wear• Acummerbund.• Highheelsthatyoucan’twalkin.

• Toomuchmakeup.Wewanttorecognizeyou.•Uncomfortableshoes.

How to Get Your Grub On• Makereservationsearly.• Trytopleaseeveryoneinyourgroup.

• Pickarestaurantthat’snicerthannormal.

Starvin’• Don’twaituntilthelastminute.• Nofastfood.• Don’tgooverthetop.

And Don’ts

**The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of any writer, editor or sponsor of West Side Story. West Side Story may not be held responsible for any decisions made using this chart.**

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A&E6 March 2015 A&E Editor: Alyssa Jones

Taurus(April 20-May 20)

Make sure to stay patient when you disagree with

those around you.LuckyDays:1,25

Trojans Compete in Video Game Tournament

BY MO MCKINNEYNEWS EDITOR

The “oo’s” and “ah’s” raged on

as fellow Trojans participated in West High’s very first video game tour-nament. Hosted by the school’s very own student coun-cil, the tournament brought all gamers alike to one place to play their fa-vorite video games. S t u d e n t s gathered around as the games be-gan. Having a lit-tle something for everyone, the vid-eo games ranged

from FIFA to Just Dance 2014. The games

were kept track of through tour-nament brackets

Sophomore,ZachDillion,andsenior,RyanRamseyconcentrateonanintensegameofMarioKartwhilesenior,DallasMcCashwatchesover.

and the winners began to emerge. A crowd errupted

from the cafeteria as FIFA began to heat up and an-other from those surrounding Su-per Smash broth-ers. The cafeteria filled with peo-ple as the tourna-ment continued. The winners included: junior, Cole Collins for FIFA, senior, Drew Dickenson for Just Dance, se-nior, Preston Bu-chanan for Mario

Kart, and lastly, sophomore, Zach Smith taking home

the win for Super Smash Brothers.

S t u d e n t s payed five dollars to enter into the tour-nament, and stu-dent council raised about two hun-dred dollars from the event. Student council sponsor Amy Allen states, “The money collect-ed was placed into the student coun-cil general fund; it will go to Trojan Nation shirts for next year and any other funds needed for student council.”

Pisces(February 19-March 20)

Embrace the luck of the Irish on your special day! Your happy outlook on life will draw more people towards

you on your birthday!LuckyDays:3,17

Aries(March 21-April 19)

Your determined outlook on life will help you win over new friends and conquer

your goals this month. LuckyDays:8,19

Gemini(May 21-June 20)

Make sure to stay in touch with your friends over Spring

Break and let new friend-ships bloom!

LuckyDays:7,24

Cancer(June 21-July 22)

Your diplomatic nature will help you bargain for your

own pot of gold!LuckyDays:13,20

Leo(July 23-August 22)

Volunteer this month-you never know what your gener-

osity will reap. LuckyDays:6,11

Virgo(August 23-September 22) Think about what you’re

lucky for this month. Take notice of the blessings in

your life. LuckyDays:4,12

Libra(September 23-October 22)Try to balance your school time with your family time.

Don’t skip out on movie night with the parents every

time. LuckyDays:14,22

Scorpio(October 23-November 21)

Walk with a purpose this month and make a list of goals you want to achieve

before April. LuckyDays:9,16

Sagittarius(November 22-December

21)Bring out your inner phi-losopher and find a quote that inspires you for every

day this month. LuckyDays:2,15

Capricorn(December 22-January 19)

Your persevering personality will help you to come back

stronger from any challenge this month.

LuckyDays:5,29

Aquarius(January 20-February 18)Even if you find it a silly

idea, join your friends if they want to perform their own

version of Riverdance.LuckyDays:18,31

BY SARAH SPRADLINSTAFF WRITER

Happy Birthday, Pisces!

8 Features Features Editor: Mollie InmanMarch 2015

Students Illustrate school issuesBY MOLLIE INMANFEATURES EDITOR

Comic strips usu-ally tell a story

or something funny, but they can also be used to tell about im-portant issues. West High art teacher, Mrs. Kerry Gatlin and her students are using comic strips to de-scribe school issues. The students involved is this activ-ity will be receiving a grade for their work, but will also get the chance to have their

work displayed at the Rose Center at the end of the semester. Only

the artwork that Gatlin feels is strong enough will be eligible for dis-

play at the Rose Center. Each student will be allowed to

choose his or her own subject for the comic strip, but it must per-

tain to a school issue. A few exam-ples of school issues

that could be displayed in the comic strip are: bullying, dress code

or standardized tests. The students will use their comic strips to

show their stance on the issue that they have chosen as their

theme. They must sup-port their argument through their artwork on their comic strip. Gatlin’s art classes looked at many different car-toonists’ work, in-cluding Charles Schulz, for inspira-tion for their artwork. A l t h o u g h Gatlin wishes that they could some-how be published, the comic strips will be displayed in Mrs. Gatlin’s room and pos-sibly the school library.

Johnson, Mitchell Joke Their Way to Superlative Title

BY ABBY WOLFENBARGEROPINIONS EDITORWhat is the funniest prank you

have ever pulled?

Johnson: “I’m going to go with the time I convinced my older sister that I bleached her cat.”

Mitchell: “I attached zipties to a friends drive shaft and he drove to Florida with them and thought his car was going to blow up.”

How would you describe your sense of humor?

Johnson: “Probably offensive”

Mitchell: “Sarcastic”

Who do you think would’ve gotten this if you didn’t?

Johnson: “Allyson Davenport, the best waffle maker in town.”

Mitchell: “Matt Sawyer or Zach Pell, both funny guys.”

SeniorsWilliamMitchellandMollyJohnsonbothportraytheirsenseofhumorbywearingkittenshirts.

Whats the most trouble you have ever gotten in?

Johnson: “In third grade, my favorite teacher moved me beside the kid who re-fused to bathe because I was throwing erasers. I’ve never been the same since.”

Mitchell: “Never gotten caught”

Gibson Auditions for FFA State Convention

H e a t h e r Gi b s on ,

s o p h o m o r e and member of the FFA Club, re-cent ly sent in her audi-t ion tape to p a r t i c i p a t e in the ta l-ent por t ion of the FFA State con-vent ion in G a t l i n b u r g , T e n n e s s e e . G i b -son sent in her audit ion tape s inging “ A m a z i n g Grace.” “I ’ve been s inging ever s ince I was l i t t le ,” says Gibson,

but she was st i l l nervous s inging just in f ront of a

c lass in the audi-tor ium because she had only one day to pract ice before making the tape. If

BY ELIZABETHCARROLL STAFF WRITER

she gets to go on to Gat l inburg , she wi l l be s inging in f ront

of about 1 3 , 0 0 0 p e o p l e . T h e winner of the state c o n v e n -t ion has the pr iv-i lege of going on to Na-t i o n a l s in Lou-i s v i l l e , Kentucky. G i b -son ex-c i t e d l y

awaits the r e s u l t s , e x p e c t i n g

to hear on Feb. 28 .

SophomoreHeatherGibsonauditionsforFFAStateConvention.

RyanEstesandHannahHyslopdesigncomicstripstoknockoutbullying.

Left:HannahHyslopportraysschoolinthediverseworld,whileRight:ColtonMisenheimerillustratestheissueofcellphonesinschool.

9FeaturesFeatures Editor: Mollie Inman March 2015

Owens Voted Homecoming King

BYKELLEY WILDERSTAFF WRITER

Senior Chad Ow-ens was an-

nounced as the 2015 Basketball H o m e -coming K i n g at the W e s t b a s -k e t b a l l g a m e b e t w e e n West High and South Doyle on Friday, Jan. 23. H e is involved in many activities and clubs. These include: Beta Club, HOSA, Science Club, Math Club, and Schol-

ar’s Bowl. Outside of school, Owens is a l s o a n

active member of the community. Owens was voted as Homecoming King by the student

body. Others voted onto the homecom-ing court were: Chase Collins, Chase Con-

nelly, D’Anthony Davis, Taylor

Dollar, Ike H u n -

sucker, Z a c h P e l l , Andy P o t -t e r ,

S h a a n R a -

maprasad and Cruz

R a m o s . E v e n t h o u g h O w e n s was hon-ored to be

voted as the king, he felt that he “didn’t de-serve it and somebody else should’ve won.”

Homecoming King, Chad Owens escorted by senior Hannah Beth Moorhouse.

Murphy, Pell, Wilson Voted Most Athletic BY SHELBY POLLOCK

STAFF WRITERGRIFFYN BROYLESSTAFF WRITER

QuestionWhat sport/sports are you involved in?AnswersMurphy:“soccer and basketball”Pell:“football, disc golf, basketball, and track”Wilson: “cross country and track”

QuestionWhat makes you most ath-letic?AnswersMurphy: “My adaptability as a player.”Pell: “Being able to compete in so many ath-letic activities with success!”Wilson:“I’ve gotten all-state every year in track so far, all-state in cross country twice, and been on the State Champion cross country team.”

QuestionWhat was your biggest athletic accomplish-ment in high school?AnswersMurphy: “I was on Regions 2nd team for soc-cer.”Pell:“Beating Greeneville my senior year”Wilson: “Being the first fresh-man girl in cross country to be all-state.”

Zachary Pell was the male representative for the senior superlative

Most Athletic, while Erin Murphy and Chantal Wilson tied for the female title.

Pollock, Sawyer Pick the Right Looks to Win Senior Superlative Best Dressed

BY KAILEY HILLSTAFF WRITER

Wheredoyoushopthemost?Pollock: Free People and An-thropologieSawyer: M.S. McClellan’s and Dawson’s

If you had notwon, who wouldyouhavepickedtowinBestDressed?Pollock: My friend Paco, Peyton Moore.Sawyer: Willy Mitchell

Shelby Pollock and Mat-thew Sawyer were votedBest Dressed 2014-2015bytheSeniorclass.

Whatistheultimate fash-ion “do” and“don’t” in your

opinion?Pollock: “Do” = be creative with your look, “Don’t” = skin tight skirts, flashy Uggs, and of

course Crocs.Sawyer: “Do” = dress like you’ve made something of yourself, even if you haven’t, “Don’t” = Joggers.

Howwouldyoudescribeyourstyle?

Pollock: EclecticSawyer: GQ or Donnie Azoff-like.

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11Sports Sports Editor: Stiel Lovin March 2015

Trojans Battle South Doyle For Homecoming

BY STIEL LOVINSPORTS EDITORKAILEY HILLSTAFF WRITER

The first game of the night was the

Lady Trojans against the Lady Cherokees. The Trojans jumped out to 13-0 lead in the first quar-ter, but the Cherokees closed the gap to make the score 17-8 at the

SydneyNewsome, sophomore, shootsafreethrow.

end of the first quarter. The second quarter was more bal-anced and the score at halftime was 31-22. The game continued to be even through the third quarter with both teams scoring 16 points and the score going into the final quarter being 47-38. The Lady Trojans then broke the game

open in the fourth quarter outscoring the Cherokees 29 to 6, and the final score of the game was 76-44. The Lady Trojans scor-ing was led by Sydney Newsome and Abby McKinnish both add-ing 17 points. Caro-line Harville added a double-double in the win with 13 points and 10 rebounds.

The girls have an overall record of 21-4 and a confer-ence record of 9-2. South Doyle jumped out to a fast start in the first quar-ter of the second game against the Trojans to take a 21-8 lead. The Trojans weathered the storm somewhat by cutting into the lead and mak-

ing it 36-21 at halftime. South Doyle got off to another hot start in the third quarter taking a comfortable 57-33 lead into the fourth. South Doyle settled in and won the game with a final score of 69-42. Josh McDon-ald led the Trojans in scoring with 11 points, Brandon Wilson add-ed 8 points, and Logan

Willis scored 7 points to round out the top three scorers. Parker Frierson and Brandon Wilson led the team with 7 rebounds apiece. Also con-gratulations to the boys and girls as they both defeated Cher-okee on senior night.

JoshMcDonald, sophomore, shoots afreethrowagainsttheCherokees.

East-West Showdown Part 2:

The second East-West battle in

basketball was full of ups and downs. The final score of the girls game was 39-30 with West ending up on top, while the boys game ended with East winning 55-54. Lady Trojans started the game out strong leading east 14-8. West contin-ued to outscore the Lady Hurricanes in the next two quarters. Entering into the last quarter, the Lady Trojans led with a score of 36-17. The Lady Hurricanes did not give up, though. The Lady Canes out-scored the Lady Tro-jans 13-3 in the last quarter. This was not enough to catch up to West’s large lead. The Lady Trojans won the game with a final score of 39-30. A s s i s t a n t Coach Heather Kel-ley said, “It’s always good to get a con-ference win, espe-

BY TORY WILDEREDITORKELLEY WILDERSTAFF WRITER

cially against East.” This win was a team effort with scor-ing across the board. Juniors Abbe Craine and Jasmine Wil-liams, Sophomores Emily Brown, Sydney Newsome and Blayke Shultz and Freshman Caroline Harville all added to the final score. The boys game was a fight to the finish. The Canes started out strong with a 7 point lead. The Trojans kept fighting in the second quarter, only allowing East to outscore them by 1 point. The Tro-jans continued to hus-tle in the 3rd quarter outscoring East 13-12. The fourth quarter was the most intense quarter of the game by far. Within the last two minutes of the game, the lead jumped back and forth between the two teams. With only a minute left on the scoreboard, East led West 53-51. When it seemed as if West had no hope left, Senior Logan Willis made a 3 point shot with only 3.6 seconds left on the clock. At

this point, the score was 54-53 with the Trojans in the lead. A f t e r a couple of timeouts, the teams were ready to play the last few seconds of the game. East rolled in the ball to save time. Then east player Jamal Weaver drove in for a layup. Next came one of the most controversial calls of the night. Some peo-ple saw a charge from East; others saw a foul from West. The final decision was made by a referee, though. He called a foul on West, resulting in two foul shots for East. There was one problem: Weaver was hurt during the play. This allowed East to choose a free throw shooter off of their bench. They chose Chris Snapp. Snapp made both shots leav-ing the Trojans .2 sec-onds to change the

FIGHT TO FINISH

score of 55-54 with East in the lead. T h e Canes won the game 55-54, although the Trojans out-scored them 22-16 in the last quarter. Top scorers for the Trojans were Junior Brandon Wil-son with 13, Willis with 12 and Senior Nick Gard-ner with 9. Coach Creech said it best when he stated, “I thought our guys

Senior Nick Gardner prepares to pass the ball to his teammate (top left).

Senior Logan Willis dribbles the ball while his team sets up the play (top right).

Freshman Caroline Harville drives in for a layup (bottom center).

played their most complete game of the season. The outcome was disappointing,

but the coaches were very proud of the way our guys com-peted and played.”

Dollar, Ramos Sign to Continue Sports in College

Ramos, Dollar have signed to continue their sports careers in college. Dollar will be attending ETSU to play football. Ramos will be attending Union College to run cross country and track.

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