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the Talon page 12 SPORTS the Talon
Novreske facing biggest obstacle of his life
Scholarship Watch
What‟s inside this issue 3rd annual Empty Bowls biggest success yet
by Cameron Wignall
For almost every teenager, high
school is a time for fun, friends and
living life. With countless numbers
of clubs and sports teams, high
school can be the best time of a per-
son‟s life. However, sometimes the
life of a teenager is not so simple and
carefree. Sometimes teens are forced
to deal with obstacles that may seem
impossible to overcome. These ob-
stacles are what test a person‟s char-
acter and strength.
Freshman Brian Novreske had
little more than a semester of high
school under his belt when he was
diagnosed with Astrocytoma, a type
of brain cancer, which has left him
partially disabled. In order to avoid
worry, the Novreske family does not
wish to give the full details of Brian‟s
situation.
“I first noticed something was
wrong about six months ago with
loss of motion in my hand,” Novre-
ske said. “Then about a month ago it
spread to my arm and leg.”
Novreske went to the doctor and
had an MRI done on his head. Doc-
tors discovered Novreske had a large
brain tumor and did their best to re-
move it. “Now I only have limited
motion in my hand, arm, and leg, but
it is improving,” Novreseke said.
Novreske had surgery on January
13 and said it went well. Novreske is
to start radiation on Monday, Febru-
ary 5.
Brian has the support of the en-
tire community behind him. “Me and
Jarret Majcher found out [about
Novreske‟s cancer] at the exact same
time and our hearts just sank,” fresh-
man Matt Poradzisz said. “Even
though he faces a pretty big burden,
Brian is as confident as can be.
We‟re all confident that he will beat
this.”
Multiple fund raisers have been
started to help defray the Novreskes‟
medical costs. Because the official
color for brain cancer is grey, grey
ribbons are for sale for $1 and the
entire school wore grey on Friday,
January 27. On Saturday, February
4, the Hebron Bowling team hosted
its “Bowling for Brian” fundraiser.
The high school held a “Boogie for
Brian” dance and raised more than
$400.
“I really appreciate all that every-
one is doing to help my family and
me,” Novreske said. “Everyone has
been supportive and for that I am
thankful.”
April 11, 2012
Volume 1, Issue 1
by Mike Morales
Hebron High School hosted its 3rd
annual Empty Bowls fundraiser for
the Hebron Country Pantry. Empty
bowls is an international, grassroots
effort for hunger awareness both lo-
cally and globally. Guests are invited
to a dinner of chili and cornbread and
keep an empty bowl as a reminder of
all of the empty bowls in the world.
Art teacher Karen Jania is in
charge of the effort at Hebron High
School. “I was first inspired about the
project from a friend, and I always
had the idea in the back of head,”
Jania said. “Once I saw an article
about it in an art magazine, I knew it
was a sign that I had to do some-
thing.”
This year‟s goal for Empty
Bowls was 250 bowls and was sur-
passed with 254 bowls being made.
Hebron High School raised $2,500 the
first year and $1,500 last year. This
year more than $3,000 was raised, and
event coordinators even ran out of
chili – a successful sign.
The National Junior Honor Soci-
ety took care of the grocery shopping
this year. Patz‟s grocery store donated
all of the meat for the chili. Mrs.
Schaper‟s Advanced Foods class
cooked all of the chili. Many people
and groups came together to help the
cause, such as the freshman honors
English class, foods classes, and busi-
ness classes, along with other students
and their families. Even first grade
students donated their left over money
from Angel Tree.
“The great thing about it all is that
it brings so many people together, and
it shows how much people really
care,” Jania said.
Editorials by Sarah Tallos
Cody Hayes, pg. 2
Superfans by Cameron
Wignall, pg. 3
Healthier school lunches by
Hailey Hernandez, pg. 4
In flight - candid photos by
Nate Clauser, pg. 7
Mike Broughton by
Kyle Joyce, pg. 8
Winter sports starting on pg. 9
The following scholarships are coming due in the very near future. To stay updated on other
opportunities for free money for college, check out the guidance department website at
http://hhsguidancedept.weebly.com/index.html. Scholarship applications can be found in the
guidance office.
John Blank Memorial Scholarship: Deadline, April 19
The Hebron Lions Club Memorial Scholarship: Deadline, April 19 The Professional Educators of Porter County: Deadline, April 30
Junior Achievement Paul E. Shaffer Scholarship: Deadline, May 1 Braces for All Ages: Deadline, June 1
High flyin‟ Hawks - boys end season with 23-2 record by Jared Evans
The term “44” could mean a lot of
different things. For the Hebron Hawks
boys‟ basketball team, “44” is a goal to
hold or let no opponents score more than
44 points.
The Hawks started their almost per-
fect season with a loss against county
rival Kouts. After that discouraging loss,
the Hebron boys‟ basketball bounced
back by winning 22 straight games and
did not look back. “We just played better
and had all our guys healthy and back
again,” senior Kyle Schmidt said. Dur-
ing their 22 game win streak, the boys
have won both the South County Cham-
pionship and the Porter County Champi-
onship.
Coach John Steinhilber is the only
coach in PCC history to win the Porter
County Conference for two separate
teams.
The boy‟s currently are in posses-
sion of the PCC keg after beating Kouts
in the first round of South County and
retired with it at the end of the season.
As a pregame ritual, the boys go into the
locker room and huddle around the keg
and say a prayer.
The team feels there are some lead-
ers who have emerged on the court.
“Damon [Wallace] and Cody [Artuso],
when they are playing strong our whole
team follows them,” Schmidt said. Ac-
cording to NWI Times, the Hebron
Hawks were ranked 7th in the top 10 on
January 26.
The Hawks started of their post sea-
son run with an exciting win over North
Judson in the first round of sectional
play. North Judson started came back in
the fourth quarter and were ahead by 1
with only 3 minutes left. The boys
quickly recovered and beat the Blue Jays
by 5 points. The Hawks then played
Boone Grove and Rochester and won the
sectional title.
Advancing into regional competi-
tion, the Bowman Academy Eagles
seemed to be the next victim for the
Hawks. During the first half the Hawks
were right behind the Eagles, eventually
tying them at one point in the first quar-
ter. The Eagles eventually caught fire
and ended the Hawks‟ season by a score
of 81 to 63.
photo by Nate Clauser
page 2 EDITORIALS the Talon the Talon SPORTS page 11
“I never thought I could feel this
power, I never thought that I could feel
this free. I‟m strong enough to climb
the highest tower, and I‟m fast enough
to run across the sea.” These are song
lyrics from the 2010 America‟s Artist
of the Year. Justin Bieber!
Bieber is adored by many students
in the halls of Hebron High School
plus millions of people around the
world. He was born on March 4,
1994, which makes him 17 years old.
I am 18, and despite all the hate that I
may get for this, I am a Belieber!
In 2010, Bieber‟s movie “Never
Say Never” hit theaters. Before the
movie, I hated him; he was a little boy
with an annoying baby face and whiny
voice.
I saw the film with senior Lauren
Alsop; we went at twelve in the after-
noon during Christmas break the year
it came out so nobody would see us
there. Lauren and I thought it was
kind of embarrassing going to see the
Justin Bieber movie. We both left the
theater that day as Bieber fans.
His movie was very inspirational
and probably one of the best films I
have ever seen. Bieber amazed me
with how well he could play music and
sing at such a young age. He could
play musical instruments before he
could talk. I like him for his talent, but
his attractiveness helps a lot.
There are many freshmen at Heb-
ron High School who are major Bieber
fans. Freshman Liz Fox even met him,
and she makes sure I don‟t forget it.
Bieber cares about his fans a lot. No
matter what, his fans are the most impor-
tant thing to him. “Thru all the BS, the
ups and downs, the success and the the
drama...my fans r always there 4 me. I
will always b there 4 them. #newmusic,”
Bieber tweeted on January 20. I like the
fact that he keeps in contact with his fans
through social media.
To all you students who don‟t think
much of Justin Bieber, I don‟t care what
you have to say. I love Justin Bieber,
and I know a lot of other people do it.
He is good at music, is really cute, and is
a nice guy. I am proud to be a Bieliber!
Encounters of the Hayes kind: They are coming
Everyone at some point in their
lives has looked up in the sky and ex-
amined the stars but saw something off
in the distance, something approach-
ing. The main question one might
think of is, “Is that a bird or a plane?”
But, there is another thing people may
wonder, “Is that a UFO full of aliens
trying to take over the world?”
Most people may call me crazy,
but I, and many other believers, agree
and know the truth. The truth is that
aliens are indeed real creatures that
roam in outer space and survive off
cheese from the moon.
Every once in awhile the alien
population boards a UFO and tours
planet Earth, planning an empire they
soon will conquer. Aliens are not fans
of human beings and do not want to
share their world with us, so the aliens
are planning many methods to termi-
nate the human race and the animals
that prance the planet.
I have spoken to many aliens in
my lifetime, and they have goals they
want to achieve before the world ends
in 2012. “Humans are a disgrace and a
waste of life” said Edstra Terrestrial,
from planet Glbibitrettslso. “We see
how every single one of them lives
their lives from our outer space layers.
We aliens would rule the world in a
much different way; we are not scared
to kill anything that gets in our way.”
Every human on Earth should realize
this is a serious matter, and we must be
concerned.
For many, their first alien sighting
may be difficult to cope with, but they
must conquer their fears and plan to
fight them off. The day the aliens decide
to attack, there will be numerous UFO‟s
soaring in the sky, looking for the best
possible landing spot to begin their inva-
sion. Only the people who are prepared
for this will be the ones who last the
longest, but it will take the entire human
race to fight this massive attack … which
will end in certain death.
For now, I am saying so long to
those who do not believe and good luck
to those who do. This movement will be
an extreme event in history, and a major
factor deciding whether the human popu-
lation will die out or continue living life
the way they have been for centuries.
Make sure you keep your eyes out
for suspicious behavior, for all you
know, you may be seated next to an alien
right now.
by Sarah Tallos
By: Cody Hayes
Let me tell you “One Time”
2011-2102 Talon Staff
Editor-in-Chief: Angie Hall
Managing Editor: Timber O‟Meara
Layout and Design: Jared Evans &
Brittany Marshall
Photo Editor: Nathan Clauser
Sports Editors: Kyle Joyce &
Cameron Wignall
News Editor: Sarah Tallos
Features Editor: Cody Hayes
Copy Editor: Hailey Hernandez
Reporters: Ryan Hinkel, Grant Kowal,
Michael Morales, Sidney Sharp
Ups and downs mark girls‟ basketball season by Hailey Hernandez
As the final game came to an end
for the lady Hawks basketball team,
many of the players had mixed emo-
tions about the season. After receiving
a bye in the sectional bracket, Hebron
went on to challenge the winner of the
Boone Grove and Rochester game.
The sectional game was held at North
Judson High School on Friday, Febru-
ary 10.
The Lady Hawks fell short
against Rochester, defensive team,
only scoring five points in the second
half - making the final score 55-26.
Junior Emily DeFries and Senior
Christy Reick led the Hawks with six
points each.
The four seniors of the team, An-
neliese Kieper, Mollie Lindeman, Ra-
chel McCullough, and Christy Reick
were recognized during their last home
basketball game on Thursday, Febru-
ary 2 against Lowell. Unfortunately,
the girls lost in this game. “It was an
emotional night because I‟ve been
playing with some of these girls since
fifth grade,” Reick said. “The things
I‟ll miss the most are the game itself
and my team.”
The regular season had many ups
and downs for the small team and hav-
ing only 15 players made practices
tough. The varsity and junior varsity
had to work together most of the time
because they did not have enough
players to practice with separate teams
of 5-on-5; they ended up having to
share players and practice together.
After years of hard work, it is
every basketball player‟s dream to
play on the varsity. “Being on varsity
full-time is a big step up from JV,”
junior Emily DeFries said. “I feel more
pressure to be serious and focused. We
practice a lot harder, but it‟s worth it.”
Multiple players of the team
would agree that the toughest loss of
the regular season was against Kouts
in the P.C.C. Tournament. “It was a
tough loss because we were so pumped
up and ready,” sophomore Lauren
Carlson said. “We were going back
and forth the whole game, but we just
lost it at the end.”
One of the most memorable wins
this season came against Rensselaer.
“It was a good win for us because we
all worked together and managed to
pull it off,” DeFries said.
Another highlight of the season
was that the JV Team won their P.C.C.
Championship for the second year in a
row. The girls defeated Kouts in the
finals in order to take home back-to-
back Conference Championships.
Many of the players would agree
that the summer months were very
important to their success this year.
Practicing three times a week during
the day and participating in summer
league games in Chesterton two times
a week has allowed them to get the
experience and confidence in each
other after losing five seniors last year.
“All the games over the summer
helped our team gel together and learn
to trust each other when we‟re play-
ing,” DeFries said.
After successful season, Hebron bowling team
hosts Bowling for Brian by Nate Clauser and Jared Evans
The Hebron Hawks girls‟ bowling
team had a successful season, winning
the Suburban Conference, placing 2nd
at sectionals, advancing through region-
als, and appearing at its second con-
secutive semi-state competition in Ft.
Wayne.
“I was excited to go back,” said
senior Emily O‟Leary, girls‟ bowling
team co-captain. “The day ended better
than last year with better results.”
The girls placed in the top 10 at
semi-state.
The girls bowled two regular games
and bowled a baker game. A baker
game is one regular, 10-frame game
bowled by five people, with each person
bowling two frames, O‟Leary said.
“We bowled really good in those,
which is what brought us back,” she
said.
Despite not having a full roster due
to illness and academic ineligibility, the
boys‟ bowling team had its share of
successes, too. The boys also won the
Suburban conference and sent senior
Anthony Morales to the semi-state com-
petition. Morales did not make it to the
state competition, but he was an alter-
nate.
The Hebron Bowling rallied around
one of its teammates, freshman Brian
Novreske, when he was diagnosed with
brain cancer. The team hosted a bowl-
ing fundraiser for Novreseke, Bowling
for Brian, at Hebron Lanes.
The bowling teams created a vari-
ety of different bowling styles that were
required for each frame. During the first
game included a variety of different bowl-
ing challenges, “They (participants)
bowled with opposite hand, bowl between
someone‟s legs, bowl blindfolded, and a
bunch of stuff like that.” Hebron bowler
Angelique McKeny said.
The second benefit game was straight
bowling with people bowling against
whoever they wanted.
The bowling team also hosted other
things to raise money, from silent actions
to selling t-shirts. Between 400 and 500
people attended the event. “It was a fan-
tastical time; everyone was happy,” said
Sawyer Kekelik, junior bowling team
member.
The team raised more than $1,000
dollars through both the sales and the
event itself. “It was a full house, and
everyone had fun,” McKeny said.
page 10 SPORTS the Talon the Talon NEWS page 3
Super fans to the rescue
Guidance Department makes new web site Let the skating begin … soon
by Cameron Wignall
With a rocky start to the season
and little athletic success in recent
times, some would say that it is diffi-
cult to be a Hebron Hawks fan. These
skeptic remarks could not be farther
from the truth. To show that Hebron
pride is still going strong, sophomore
Ryan Witt wrote and performed his
own rap along with a music video. The
video depicts Witt and fellow sopho-
more Jay Fieser performing their song
throughout different parts of Hebron,
including Hebron High School, the
clock tower, a church, and a class
room.
The lyrics tell of a community that
has had its ups and downs and is ready
to get up, dust itself off, and get back to
business. “We used the bad media go-
ing around about the [basketball] team,
our town, and the school as our inspira-
tion,” Witt said. “We just wanted to
spread something positive.”
The song became an instant hit
among area students, and within the
few weeks that the video has been on
YouTube, it has racked up nearly 3000
views. “Ryan Witt‟s rap really got the
school and the town behind our basket-
ball team,” senior Alex Anderson said.
“The video was a great motivator for
the boys on the team and led them to a
PCC tournament victory.” The song
proved to be a good motivator for the
basketball team. They are coming off of
their most successful season in the past
decade. “Witt‟s rap was an inspiration
for both the students and the entire
town,” senior Dylan Sheets said.
Witt and Fieser do not plan on
making this video their one hit wonder.
“We have another video coming out
next week,” said Witt. “It‟s going to be
about our team winning the PCC tour-
nament and how this is „Our Time.‟”
Sophomore
Jay Fieser
Sophomore
Ryan Witt
by Sidney Sharp
The Hebron High School
Guidance Department web
site is a way for kids and
parents to easily access guid-
ance information and find
available scholarships. Guid-
ance Counselor Michelle
Morris and Guidance Secre-
tary MarySue Sheets created
the page together. According
to Morris, the site has schol-
arship information, college
visit information, student
information by class, and
electronic transcripts.
Morris said there was a
need to have a guidance web
site. “It‟s nice to have the
information out so everyone
could see it, especially at
home,” Morris said. “It
[information about the guid-
ance web site] was in the
high school news letter, [it
passed by] word of mouth, I
went to English classes and
spoke about it, and also
there‟s a big possibility it
was in the Bridges.‟”
Sheets said it was a good
idea to have the web site be-
cause there are many good
things about having one. “It
gives them (students) infor-
mation about the scholar-
ships, and to the parents.”
There are many positive as-
pects to the web site, but
Sheets thinks having tran-
scripts readily available is a
key aspect. “Parents can pull
them up at anytime and not
depend on the kids to bring
them home,” Sheets said.
The Guidance Depart-
ment is making strides to
bring as much information to students as possible. “The
site is going to grow, and
there are going to be many
new additions in the near
future,” Morris said.
Rumors about how
money for a skate park
was used for the Hebron
clock tower at the inter-
section of Route 8 and
Main Street are all false.
But, rumors about how the
town is building a skate
park in Hebron are true.
Hebron is building a skate
park at Alyea Park.
“I am glad another
thing is built for the kids,”
City Council President
Don Ensign said. Ensign is
excited to have a place for
the skaters to call their
own.
The park was origi-
nally planned to be behind
the police department on
Route 8, but storms from
last year knocked out a
bunch of trees at Alyea
Park. After the town
cleaned up all the debris,
Hebron Chief of Police Ste-
ven Sibbrell suggested put-
ting the skate park in Alyea
Park where the old tennis
courts were located. The
tennis courts were damaged
from the fallen trees.
Sibbrell agreed to help
build the skate park. “I am
planning to have some half
pipes and have a couple of
rails for the kids to skate
on,” he said. Sibbrell is also
accepting donations for the
park. The donations can be
brought to Town Hall.
“I hope they [skaters]
will take ownership of it and
protect it as their own
against vandalism,” Ensign
said. “It will also make the
businesses in town happier
that the boarders will not be
using their property for
boarding.”
by Nate Clauser
Wrestling team continues making name for itself by Sarah Tallos
Within the past few years,
Hebron started a new sport, wrestling.
It has been a varsity sport for two
years now, “and we‟ve won more this
year than last year,” Coach Todd
Adamczyk said. “I don‟t know off
hand what the number is, but it‟s a lot
better than last year.”
With wrestling not being a fully
established sport at Hebron, expecta-
tions would be that other schools
wouldn‟t show them as much respect,
but they should.
“Some schools laugh, like these
guys are a joke, and they‟re new; we
don‟t have to worry about it,”
Adamczyk said. “But, we beat quit a
few schools that look at us that way.”
The wrestling team beat schools
like Andrean, which is Adamczyk‟s
proudest moment this year. Hebron
also defeated Highland, Boone Grove,
and Hammond Clark.
There were many wrestlers who
had won in their weight classes at dif-
ferent tournaments. sophomore Gio-
vani Phan at 160 lbs, senior, Jon Wal-
lace at 182, junior Nathan Bateman at
138, and freshman Tommy Fritch at
145 were all champions at various
tournaments. “We had people come
back with first place medals this year,”
Adamczyk said. “That was awesome”
The wrestling team had its sec-
tional tournament on Saturday, Janu-
ary 28, at Crown Point High School.
Wallace was the only regional quali-
fier, taking third place at sectionals.
Phan and Bateman each received sixth
place at sectionals.
Wallace wrestled at regionals on
Saturday, February 4, at Crown Point
High School. Unfortunately, Wallace
did not make it out of regionals but he
was the first one from Hebron to at-
tend. “I wrestled a kid from New
Prairie,” Wallace said. “He beat me by
points. It was very exhilarating. I just
wish more of my team could have
made it to regionals too.”
The wrestling team needs to fill
six more weight classes on the team
next year. There are 14 different
weight classes and they have to forfeit
each spot where they have nobody to
compete. “We always need very little
people and we always need very big
people,” Adamczyk said. “So, if you
weigh less than 125 pounds, then we
have a varsity spot for you simply be-
cause there‟s nobody there; if you
weigh more than 170 pounds, then we
have a varsity spot for you simply be-
cause there‟s nobody there.”
Dance team working harder, performing more by Sidney Sharp
At the boys‟ and girls‟ varsity
basketball games, the halftime entertain-
ment is provided by the Hebron High
School dance team. The dancers include
seniors, Emma Hamann, Lauren Alsop,
Sarah Tallos; juniors, Rachel Carden,
Angela Carden, Nikki McJunkin, Gracie
Anderson, Allison Lewis and Gina
Ramos; sophomore Natalie Kaczmarski;
and freshmen Liz Fox and Amanda
Eason.
There have been many changes
with the dance team this year. They have
two new coaches, Mrs. Kristy Stephens
and Mrs. Cindy Sabella. “There have
been a lot of changes, and it has taken
some getting used to,” Hamann said.
However, things seem to have changed
for the best with the dance team. “Our
routines are more structured now; we
can‟t do the dancing of today,”
Kaczmarski said. “We have more pom
and kick than the year before.”
Another change this year is that
the dance team and the cheerleading
team have the same coaches. “It is hard
to hear when they are cheering really
loud, and they are screaming and yelling
when you‟re trying to learn new things,”
Kaczmarski said. “But, I really like
them, and they are really fun. We get
along really well with them.”
Even though there are some
difficulties with this change, the teams
are working together so that they can all
benefit from their situations.
There are
two freshmen on the
dance team this year
and they are adjust-
ing well. Fox said
being on the dance
team is ”not as hard
as I thought it was
going to be.” How-
ever, Eason is of a
different thought.
“Dance is harder
than I thought it was
going to be, like
getting the right
moves at the right
time,” she said.
Both girls are plan-
ning on being on the dance team next
year.
The team also performed at more
girls games this year, which, according to
Kaczmarski, didn‟t happen in the past.
After basketball season is over,
the dance team does not have any further
plans of going to any competitions, but
tryouts for the 2012-2013 dance team will
be in April or May.
page 4 NEWS the Talon the Talon SPORTS page 9
Chartwells, making HHS lunches healthier
Lean, mean, motorcycle paintin‟ machine „No Ifs, Apps, or
Buts,‟ get your 2011-
2012 yearbook
by Hailey Hernandez
The new school year has brought
many changes in the cafeteria. A new
menu, which is now under the direc-
tion of Mr. Adam Young and Chart-
wells, has allowed the students to have
a healthier variety of lunch options.
One change at the start of the sec-
ond semester was the return of Bosco
Sticks. They are available every Tues-
day and Thursday during lunch. Bosco
Sticks were approved by the Chart-
wells because they are served with
reduced-fat cheese and multi-grain
breading. They are also served with
marinara sauce instead of nacho
cheese.
Soup is another thing that returned
at the request of students and teachers.
“It‟s good to have warm soup, espe-
cially in the winter,” Young said. A
different type of soup is available
every day, such as Tomato Florentine.
Cookies are also another addition to
the cafeteria.
One thing that will not be brought
back to the menu is General Tso‟s
Chicken. Young said that Chartwells
can only serve recipes that have been
analyzed by Chartwells and dieticians.
So far, he has not been able to find or
create a recipe that is healthy enough
to get approved.
There have also been changes to
the breakfast program, like the “Eat
Breakfast and Win Promotion.” By
eating breakfast, students are entered
into a raffle and given a chance to win
a $25 gift card to Best Buy. At the end
of the year, there will be a drawing for
a new iPod, all for just eating break-
fast.
Young has made changes to the
breakfast menu to try and influence
students to eat healthier in the morn-
ings. “Students wait in the cafeteria
every morning, yet only a few eat break-
fast,” Young said. “It‟s the most impor-
tant meal of the day.” To try and spark
interest in breakfast, Young has started
offering a hot items rather than a “grab
and go” meal.
Next month students and teachers
can look forward to trying a flat bread
pizza. “Students don‟t try the calzones
because they can‟t see what‟s inside
them; flatbreads will let them see what‟s
on top,” Young said.
One thing Chartwells can‟t change is
portion size. The recipes require certain
serving sizes to offer the proper amount
of nutrition value.
If students or teachers have sugges-
tions, Young encourages them to speak
up. In the future, Young hopes to distrib-
ute a survey to get feedback concerning
the food quality, serving staff, and facili-
ties.
by Cody Hayes
High School
can be the best
time of your life,
whether you are
spending time
with friends, play-
ing sports, or go-
ing to parties, but
this may not al-
ways be true. Not
every high school
student enjoys
partying, playing
sports, or hanging
out with friends.
Some may enjoy
being in the
school band, sing-
ing in the choir,
being alone, or
like the junior
Kim Variot who
loves art
“Art is an outlet for me; it helps
me get away from the world when I
draw.” Drawing flowers is one of Kim‟s
favorite things to draw, but that is not
what got her noticed
by the Indiana Uni-
versity Northwest
staff. Her painting
that was selected is
entitled “Lean,
Mean, Motorcyclin‟
Machine,” and was
done in Advanced
Art. Her main ob-
jective was to use
bright water colors
to make the motor-
cycle stand out, and
that‟s what she did.
The Indiana Uni-
versity Northwest
staff handpicked
paintings that they
would like to have displayed, and out of
many people, she was the one chosen.
While Variot did not win any prizes,
she is humble and said, “the kids that did
receive prizes deserve it.”
photo by Karen Jania
by Ryan Hinkel
The theme for this year‟s Seneca is
“12 Reasons Why, No Ifs, Apps, or
Buts.” The staff‟s goal is to have every-
one‟s picture in the yearbook at least
three times.
As always, the yearbook is full of
highlights from this school year. “I think
people should buy them (yearbooks)
because they are memories they can
look back on for the rest of their lives,”
yearbook staff member Elizabeth
Medrano said.
The yearbook staff is uncertain how
many pages the yearbook will be. “We
planned it out in the beginning, but
things are being added and cut out con-
stantly,” Medrano said.
Yearbooks went on sale in January
and can be ordered through the end of
May. Students interested in buying a
yearbook should see the yearbook advi-
sor, Mrs. Barb Malangoni. Yearbooks
are $58 this year.
Difficulty level of stunts rises as
cheerleading team grows, learns together by Sidney Sharp
The Hebron High School cheer-
leading team has been lead by
coach Kristy Stephens for 11 years.
The team does difficult stunts,
that aren‟t all that easy. People get
kicked, hit in the head, punched,
and also scratched. Every once in a
while, everyone will get beat up
pretty bad. The team this year had
Steve from U.C.A cheer camp
come in and show them new stunts
to help them out.
Freshman Matt Frey is one of
the cheer team‟s lifters. With this
being his first year, Matt has im-
proved a lot from over the summer
until now. Matt got his toss hands
early in the season. Toss hand is
when a lifter puts both hands on a
cheerleader‟s waist, she takes two
little jumps, and on the last jump
the guy throws the girl in the air
and he catches her feet in his
hands, up by his shoulders.
Despite the difficulty of toss
hands, Matt was confident about
his abilities. “I knew I was going
to get toss hands this year,” Matt
said.
Matt shares his role on the
team with his older brother, junior
Zac Frey. Zac has been in lifting
for three years, but Matt wants to
be better than him. “I want to be
better than my brother because
I‟m smaller than him, and I want
to prove to him that just because
he‟s bigger doesn‟t mean he‟s
better,” Matt said.
Even though there‟s competi-
tion, Matt is glad to have his
brother on the team. “He helps
me, and he knows what he‟s talk-
ing about,” Matt said. “Other
times he makes me mad; we get
mad at each other easier because
we‟re with each other all the
time.”
All the cheerleaders and lift-
ers cheer for home varsity girls‟
and boys‟ basketball games. They
also cheer for boys. varsity away
games. They only cheer for girls‟
away games if it is a sectional or
P.C.C. game.
The growth on the team is im-
proving every day, especially
with the male lifters - they all get
along, talk and laugh together.
Talon finally gets off perch, first issue arrives Where did the first three quarter of
the school year go? It seems like only a
few weeks ago the Technical Writing 1
class came in to begin learning about
the ins and outs of journalism and re-
porting. While we had lofty expecta-
tions to have the first issue of the paper
out way before now (initial deadline
was Feb. 13), we finally bring it to you.
There were stumbling blocks along
the way, and rebuilding the paper‟s
format was not an easy task. Modern
publishing software was not available,
so we worked with what was available.
However, we hope the logistics and
pains of developing the first issue will
not factor in to forthcoming issues.
While the school year has dwindled
into the final months, we are excited at
the idea of producing two more issues
for your enjoyment.
The students in the Technical
Writing 1 are not used to having their
work on display for everyone, so
please be kind. We are human. We
make mistakes. While we try to catch
everything, some errors do make
their ways to publication. Please take
any mistakes with a grain of salt as
this is a student publication. These
students are learning about the value
of fair and balanced reporting, as
well as asking thoughtful and inter-
esting questions that add color and
flair to a story. We‟ve not mastered
this art, but we‟re working on it.
If there are ever any story ideas
you‟d like to see “The Talon” pursue,
feel free to send ideas to “the Talon”
adviser via e-mail to grigs-
cannot guarantee that all story ideas
will be used, but we will make efforts
to investigate the newsworthiness of
all ideas.
One thing we hope you notice in
this first issue is our attempt to cover
all aspects of the school with the
school paper. Club activities, sports,
local news, and student accomplish-
ments are submitted via “beat sheets”
provided to each teacher at the start
of each issue. The staff of “the
Talon” strives to cover all aspects of
Hebron High School life, so we
apologize now for news we‟ve
missed.
Thank you for reading, and enjoy
the last quarter of the school year.
We look forward to providing you
with the news of Hebron High
School.
page 8 SPORTS / NEWS the Talon the Talon NEWS page 5
Readers put down books, get
rowdy at 100-points club party
„Enchantment
Under the Sea‟
to provide more
than Nemo
at Prom by Grant Kowal
Prom is a special time for most stu-
dents. To seniors, it‟s the last dance for
them as students and is usually an emo-
tional time for many of them. Picking out
the theme, deciding what to wear, pur-
chasing tickets, and choosing groups to
hang with is what makes the whole prom
experience.
This year‟s prom, “Enchantment Un-
der the Sea,” will be much more elegant
than students are anticipating, Prom Com-
mittee Co-Sponsor Cindy Brown said.
There will be lots of blues and greens with
color added here and there. “It‟s not going
to have inflatable fish,” Brown said. The
Grand March will be decorated as an un-
derwater scene, she added.
As an underclassman, most would
think all this is unbelievably expensive,
but with time throughout high school it
becomes apparent that the memories are
all worth it.
Planning months ahead and searching
for that special date are all common.
“Ladies, I am looking for a nice date,”
senior Alex Lew said, demonstrating
some of the creative ways people try to
find dates.
As time gets near the dance it can
become overwhelming and stressful, but it
will all be worth it. There are always
hopes for the big dance. “I am hoping the
DJ this year is a little better, but other than
that, everything is great,” senior Cody
Artuso said.
The Grand March will be in the high
school auditorium at 4:30 p.m. on Satur-
day, April 21 with Prom following at
Saints Peter and Paul Banquet Hall in
Crown Point. Doors will open at 6 p.m.
with dinner at 7 p.m. The prom committee
anticipates tickets costing $80 per couple
or $40 for a single ticket.
by Sarah Tallos
Any student who completed
more than 100 points in this last se-
mester on Reading Counts! tests re-
ceived a special invitation to attend
the 100 points club party. Hebron‟s
Media Specialist, Mrs. Barb Kraker,
organized a party originally slated for
study hall on Friday, February 3, but
due to fog delays, it was celebrated
on Wednesday, February 7. There
were a total of 45 students who met
or surpassed the 100 points mark.
The students enjoyed an ice
cream sundae bar, goodie bags, and
received books as prizes,” Kraker
said. “Depending on how much you
read, the more you get.”
Sophomore Haley Sowles re-
ceived the most gifts in her goodie
bag for reading a total of 445 points.
Junior Brittany Dopiriak was in sec-
ond with 422 points. There were 33
students who read more than 100
points and 12 students with more
than 200 points.
This party is funded from the
fines that are collected from all the
students‟ overdue books. While the
new semester just started, students
are already earning points. “Read to
be included, it‟s fun!” Kraker said.
Students prepare for Academic Super Bowl by Cameron Wignall
It‟s Super Bowl time! No, not Pa-
triots vs. Giants, Academic Super
Bowl. This year‟s competition topic is
“Colonial and Revolutionary America.”
Hebron students will compete in
five categories including: science, fine
arts, math, social studies, English and a
final interdisciplinary category which
will include questions from each of the
five categories. Each test will consist
of 25 questions and students will an-
swer the questions in groups of three.
Participants have been preparing
nonstop for competition. “I‟ve been
working really hard to prepare for com-
petition,” English competitor Angela
Medrano said. “I‟ve been reading all of
the material and making sure that I
know it all.” The novel for the English
competition is “Rise to Rebellion: A
Novel of the American Revolution” by
Jeff Shaara; two non-fiction selections
and poems from authors Philip Fre-
neau, Phillis Wheatley, Anne Brad-
street, and Edward Taylor.
Math competitors can expect ques-
tions involving algebra; number theory;
trigonometry and questions about
mathematicians of the period that in-
clude Leonhard Euler, Blaise Pascal,
Abraham DeMoivre, and Pierre de Fer-
mat. From reviewing study guides to
reading books, nothing is being over-
looked.
The fine arts category covers more
than just visual art, competitors must be
familiar with many different musicians
and types of music from the Colonial
and revolutionary periods in America.
Students have to know popular music
of the time, church music, concert mu-
sic and military music.
Saying that last year‟s academic
team was a success would be an under-
statement. The team won the PCC com-
petition and the interdisciplinary and
social studies teams made it all the way
to the state competition. “I‟m excited
for this competition,” senior John Pauer
said. “I hope that we can be even more
successful than we were last year.”
For more information about
Academic Super Bowl, students can
visit the Indiana Association of School
Principal ‟s websi te a t h t tp : / /
www.iasp.org/dspsrsuperbowl.aspx.
The Hebron High School academic
teams will compete at Wheeler High
School on Tuesday, April 17.
Mike Broughton makes Hebron community proud by Kyle Joyce
Mike Broughton is a 1973 Hebron
graduate who was a star on the baseball
field and basketball court. Broughton has
coached at four different high schools:
Hebron, Rushville, Castle, and Jefferson-
ville. He won a state championship with
Jeffersonville in 1993 and coached the
Indiana All-Star team in 1996.
When attending Hebron, Broughton
scored 1,018 career points on the basket-
ball team, then continued his basketball
career at Indiana Wesleyan.
While coaching at Jeffersonville,
Broughton‟s team was the most winning
team in the state during the 90s.
With a resume like this, it‟s no sur-
prise that Broughton, along with 15 other
Indiana legends, were recently inducted
into the Indiana High School Basketball
Hall of Fame. “It is a humbling experi-
ence to be inducted in to the Basketball
Hall of Fame,” Broughton said. “It is
exciting to be included among the best in
a given profession. I hope that in the fu-
ture I will represent the hall of fame in a
quality manner. It is a dream come true.”
Although Broughton has won
many, his awards are not his rewards.
Broughton said helping the kids is what
keeps him doing what he does. Although
he is no longer coaching, Broughton is
still involved in sports and is the athletic
director at Jennings County.
Broughton recently stopped by
Hebron High School on the night of the
PCC championship game and gave the
Hebron High School boys‟ basketball
team some words of encouragement.
“It was great having him give us a talk;
he got all of us pumped up and ready
to go,” senior point guard Damon Wal-
lace said. The whole boys‟ basketball
team was honored to have a guy with
such history give them advice.
Broughton was acknowledged
before the game for his induction into
the Hall of Fame. Broughton can often
be found at basketball game around the
PCC for he still loves and supports his
conference alma mater. “The relation-
ships you had with your friends and
coaches are the best memories,”
Broughton said. “Also, as a senior
winning the sectional in basketball in
1973 was a great thrill. It was the first
sectional championship in 19 years for
Hebron.”
Broughton has made Hebron
community proud in many ways
throughout his participation in basket-
ball. Broughton said no matter what
school he coaches or participates at, he
will always be a Hebron Hawk.
photo by Ashley Spurr
Mike Broughton and seniors Cody Artuso and Damon Wallace, after the boys’ PCC Championship Game.
2011 Algebra ECA results show success in math abilities by Ryan Hinkel
Last year, freshmen and sophomore
Algebra students took the Algebra ECA
during the spring of 2011. This test is
based off student‟s knowledge of Alge-
bra and must be passed or students retake
it again as sophomores.
Last year‟s classes scored the high-
est on this test than all past classes.
Many factors led to the increased text
scores. “The students having Algebra
class every day helps,” said Hebron
High School math teacher Mike
Bogan. “Repetition is key.”
Algebra teachers have also
changed the way they assign home-work in the classroom to help prepare
students for this test, like adding in
more of the questions similar to the
ones on the ECA.
Hebron High School math teacher
Dan VandeBunte takes an active role
in preparing his students for the test a
few weeks before it. “At the end of the
year, two weeks before the ECA test-
ing, the students work very hard on
math questions similar to what they may see on the ECA,” VandeBunte
said.
Continuing with these practices,
both Bogan and VandeBunte expect
ECA scores to increase each year.
page 6 NEWS the Talon the Talon PHOTOS page 7
Students Rise to challenge at Martin
Luther King Jr. Youth Day Workshop
by Brittany Marshall
On January 16, a group of 12 stu-
dents chosen from Hebron High School
attended the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Youth Workshop “Challenge Ed Day” at
Merillville High School. This day was
dedicated to teaching teens from all over
northwest Indiana lessons in tolerance,
understanding and respect. Students
with different backgrounds mingled,
shared their stories and “gained a wider
perspective of the world,” senior Alex
Malangoni said.
Malangoni said he was chosen to
attend for a third time because, “I had an
outburst in history class.” Malangoni
understood that a lot of people were hit
hard during the tough economic times,
but he was not affected by the crisis.
The youth seminar allowed Malangoni
to meet with other students who were
affected and hear their stories.
Malangoni said he encountered a lot of
people all from different backgrounds.
Some people were wealthy while others
had been homeless at some point in their
life. “Hearing different stories helped me
gain understanding,” Malangoni said.
Senior Jamie Dowdy participated in
activities such as making up her own ver-
sion of the “Cupid Shuffle.” Students
were also instructed to make shapes out of
pipe cleaners and explain how they were
important to their lives. The most serious
and perhaps thought-provoking game at-
tendees played was called “If You Really
Knew Me,” which let individuals share
unknown facts about themselves and
work through emotions in a safe environ-
ment.
For students chosen to attend next
year, Malangoni said, “Be prepared to tell
the truth.” The Martin Luther King Jr.
Youth workshop was a valuable tool in
teaching students “about accepting others
Hebron soloists
bring home
hardware at
ISSMA
competition
by Angie Hall
The Hebron High School Music
Department sends dozens of students
off to the Indiana State School Music
Association's annual competition. At
ISSMA, several soloists, ensembles,
and pianists performed various songs
to a panel of judges for ratings in
multiple aspects of performing. On
January 28, our vocalists and pianists
performed with several advancing to
the state competition.
Hebron's vocalist group 1 trio
received a gold rating, sending them
to the state ISSMA competition in
Indianapolis. There was also much
success with several group one solo-
ists earning gold and going to state.
Junior soloist Riley Walsh said going
into her performance she felt
"nervous" but after competing,
“proud of herself."
Many other students who com-
peted this year received high ratings,
including a large group 2 ensemble
and a small group 2 ensemble receiv-
ing gold ratings, group 1 soloists re-
ceiving silver ratings, and many
more. Choir Director Mrs. Carol Roy
said she enjoyed watching the stu-
dents grow as performers. "This was
truly a very successful contest," Roy
said.
Students who compete find the
competition nerve racking yet re-
warding. Like many of the competi-
tors, freshman Ashley Rumford said
competing is "good practice" and
over all a rewarding experience.
Many believe that ISSMA is great for
all. To senior Hayley Marshall, the
competition "helps confidence."
A bright future for a bright man, Blastick heads out
by Grant Kowal
Mr. Andy Blastick, also known as
Andy “Flying Fingers” Blastick, had a
short career at Hebron High School,
but one that impacted the lives of
many students. When rumors began
spreading about Blastick‟s possible
departure, most students did not be-
lieve it. The day Blastick announced to
his classes that he was leaving, the
news came as a big surprise.
It was a sad last couple days, but
Blastick made most of it. “I was sad to
think about leaving, but knew that the
financial aspect of the new job would
afford my family better opportunities,”
Blastick said.
Blastick has a passion for teach-
ing. “I do plan to get back into teach-
ing at some point,” Blastick said. He
also mentioned how he would choose
teaching over any other job.Blastick
acknowledged the fact that a lot of
kids looked up to him. “I think that is
just because I am taller than most of
them, but I am glad I could be a role
model for some,” he said.
Blastick is missed by many in this
school, but all wish him the best in his
future endeavors.
In f light ... Hawks doing their things.
Above: All you need is some pixie dust, and you can fly
like me. Senior Travis Ziegler stole the show during the high
school‟s fall play “The Brothers Grimm Sepctacualthon” in
December. photo by Nate Clauser
Below: Careful, or that might turn permanent. Fractions and
quadratic equations make junior Trey Biggs crazy. photo by Nate
Clauser
Above: All you need is a fork, a fork, a fork,
and another fork. Senior Heather Burgess prac-
tices her best Edward Scissorhands impersona-
tion during lunch. photo by Hayley Lindemer
Right: Spin that apple… of
death. Sophomore Mike
MacNeill avoids boredom
during lunch by seeing how
many forks and spoons he can
fit in an apple. photo by Nate
Clauser