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April 2011

ASB Board Representative John Menges

ASB Vice President Andy Turk

Junior Treasurer Henry Baker

Senior Vice President Zach Johnson

ASB President Avni Desai

Senior President Kelsey Mclaughlin

Senior Treasurer Sam ZartoshtySenior Secretary Na’ama Goldfi ll

Junior President Leah LewittJunior Vice President Jason

Mitchell

Junior Secretary Julie Silverman

Sophomore President Hediyeh Salehi

Sophomore Vice President Mackie Golub

Sophomore Treasurer Paul Huh Sophomore Secretary Stephanie Lechman

The new faces of AHS ASBby Brooke KramerStaff Writer

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On Thurday, March 24, the student body, sans the soon-departing senior class, gathered in the gym to listen to next year’s Associated Student Body candi-dates’ speeches. The room was crowded, some of the audience was louder than others, and it seemed like the majority of the students were happy just to be out of class. With the internet servers down, what was sup-posed to be online voting was switched to voting via Blackberry—the only phone that supported the school election website—and phones were allowed dur-ing nutrition and lunch for voting, a fi rst in Agoura High School history. According to Activities direc-tor Chelsey Hutchinson 706 students voted online, moved by the candidates’ speeches as well as prospect of making a difference in the way the school is run. The speeches were short; some were well-rehearsed while others appeared to be made up on the spot. Some speeches were particularly memorable, while others did not seem to affect the outcome of the voting due to run-ning unopposed. Either way, on Friday, at the very end of sixth period, the names of all 15 elected offi cers were announced and cheers could be heard across campus. Most of the newly elected offi cers have prior ASB ex-perience, which they cited as one of their main reasons for running again this year. “Being junior class offi cer this year, I became extremely passionate about our class and leadership,” said next year’s senior class secretary Na’ama Goldfi ll. “I fell in love with the job when we started to book prom last November.” ASB vice president Andy Turk also noted that being on ASB in the past mo-tivated him to run this year. “I wanted to run for ASB VP because I was on council my freshmen and sophomore years...those two years on, I looked up to the ASB Vice Presidents and always wanted to fi ll their shoes,” he said. Along with experience, the elected offi cers bring creativity and enthusiasm to the table. “I believe stu-dents can be more spirited and I believe it is ASB’s re-sponsibility to make them excited. Hopefully, when I work on events, I will make students as enthusiastic as I am about our school,” said senior vice president Zach Johnson. Many are concerned about the same issues: student attendance at ASB events, the lack of school

spirit, responsibility, and the accessibility of ASB to regular students with good ideas. Though their goals are the same, the class representatives have many dif-fering ideas on how to accomplish them. “Although many students do not realize it, the school’s budget of over $500,000 directly affects them all. As the stu-dent’s representative, I will ensure that the students’ best interests are always the priority when distribut-ing funds to various organizations on our campus,” said ASB president Avni Desai. According to senior president Kelsey Mclaughlin, “I believe most students want to be involved in school activities, yet they just need an extra push to participate. So, myself and the other offi cers plan on personally making sure stu-dents are invited and welcomed to events.” Goldfi ll agreed, “With senior year on the horizon, I really want students to make the most of their opportuni-ties. I think I can accomplish this by getting the word out and displaying how much fun kids can have.” As for this year’s freshman class, sophomore class president Hediyeh Salehi, said, “My opinion is that the freshman class is just getting used to being in high school and through some smaller bonding activities and events, they will create a great force of energy and spirit.” Just as the students have great expectations for their class representatives, the class representatives have great expectations for their class. Everyone is hop-ing to recreate the days of years past, when, as senior treasurer Sam Zartoshty said, the yearbook’s “blue crew pages are fi lled with pictures of huge crowds at sporting events who are actually cheering, this is what our school needs!...I don’t get why people think it’s not cool to get involved. If everyone was participat-ing in activities they would be really fun, and I don’t know why anyone wouldn’t want to be involved with their high school when it’s over after four years.” As the ASB class advisor, Hutchinson said that she is happy to have had a part in the elections this year. Next year, she hopes to institute the practice of campaign ads over the loudspeaker. That way, the candidates could promote themselves and get their message out the week before election day. But she considers this year’s elections to be another success. “I’m very excited to be working with these kids next year,” Hutchinson said.

In this issue...

How did you ask him to vice?...page 2

An inside look at Fullerton...page 3

A day in the life of a spring sports athlete...page 7

FeaturesApril 2011

JA: How did you ask your date to Vice?Emily Fine: I had him decode a note in his second period class.JA: How did you come up with this idea?EF: I was sitting in photo and it just popped into my mind.JA: Did everything go according to plan?EF: Yes it did!JA: How was your overall Vice experience?EF: I had a blast and couldn’t have had a better Vice date!

Emily Fine and Max Solomon (‘14)

JA: How did you ask your date to Vice?Kelly Abas: Well, I surrounded his car with real ice and hung a sign on his back windshield that said V+ (pictures of ice)? I also tied balloons on his side win-dows that had ice puns like “You’re pretty chill!” And I came out with an ice cream cake that said “Vice?”JA: How did you come up with this idea?KA: I was sitting at home one day pondering and the idea literally popped into my head randomly.JA: Did everything go according to plan?KA: Yes! Except he didn’t quite understand the V+Ice at first...but that was to be expected of Justin (I mean that in the nicest way possible).

Kelly Abas and Justin Noddle (‘12)

Jackie Adelsberg: How did you ask your date to Vice?Sasha Herbst de Cortina: I asked him on the swim marquis on the day of a meet.JA: Did everything go according to plan?SH: My friend Lexi Adams helped me and it took a lot longer than we expected. Lunch ended so a lot of the swimmers started coming to the pool deck, which was kind of embarrassing. Plus, I had to leave for an away track meet, which kept me waiting for an answer.JA: How was your overall Vice experience?SH: We had a great time! The dance looked amazing and was super perfect for the theme.

Sasha Herbst de Cortina & Alec McCabe (‘11)

“The Situation,” a catch phrase commonly used on the hit TV show Jersey Shore, took on a whole new meaning at Agoura High School’s Spring Pep Rally. As the students ea-gerly took their seats in their class’s designated section of the gym, the Pep Rally got off to a thrilling start. Two large screens projected images of the excited crowd. Suddenly, the music stopped, and new faces appeared on camera. Seniors Dani Golub, Genesee Kayton, Brett Greenstein, and Robin Lifshitz had transformed into the Jersey Shore cast, taking the names of Cookie, G-Wow, Bretty-G, and the Issue, respectively. AHS had created its own spin on the Jersey Shore- The Miami Shore. Junior Nicole Davis and senior Hannah Ruben, commission-ers of pep rallies, said, “The Miami Vice theme was inspired by Jersey Shore and Miami Vice combined. Since most students at our school aren’t familiar with Miami Vice, we decided to

mix it up with Jersey Shore also.” After the Miami Shore stars made their entrance, it was time for the B-Boyz and Dance Team to take to the stage. This was the first time the two groups had ever collaborated at a pep rally. When asked about his experience working with the Dance Team, senior B-Boy James Chi said, “I found that dancing with the Dance Team was very enjoyable and rewarding. Working hand-in-hand with Agoura High School’s prestigious dancers for the spring pep rally cer-tainly took up a lot of time, as we had to create and perfect a dance piece in a short amount of time. But in the end, their hard work ethics left an everlasting impression on me as a dancer and individual.” The dance performance was flawless, and the combination of B-Boyz and dancers was truly entertaining. Next, each spring sports team had a chance to perform in front of the school. Junior Natalie Fersht led the soft-ball team in a rendition of Justin Bieber’s well-known

song, “Never Say Never.” Another crowd favorite was the Boys’ Volleyball dance led by junior Eric Budginas. When asked about the performance, Budginas said, “We wanted to give a good show and show what volleyball could do.” Afterwards, the gym went dark, and everyone silently looked at each other, wondering what was to come. As the lights lit back up, students were shocked to see a few teach-ers making some moves on the gym floor. Before anyone knew it, more teachers joined in, and the group had started doing the dougie and the stanky leg. Kristin Marsilio, one of the many teachers who participated in the “flash mob,” said, “I was excited to be part of the performance. Teachers have never participated in that large of an organized group before at a pep rally.” The last pep rally of the school year sent students off with laughs, cheers, and great entertainment.

Miami Shore themed pep rally pumps up AHS studentsby Jessica KovacStaff Writer

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March 31, 2011 Page 3Arts & EntertainmentAn insider’s look at the Fullerton Theater Festival

in Victorian-like costumes. I must have walked by ten different people singing and playing the guitar and a hundred differ-ent people in bizarre costumes. If a poor bystander were to observe this without the knowledge that a theater festival was occurring, they would be terrifi ed. How-ever, these people were not performing outlandish acts because they were crazy. It was all in an effort to practice and then succeed in competition. My performance was not until 4 pm, so I ran around go-ing to different categories to support my fellow students at Agoura High School who all performed marvelously. We all worked so hard and it showed. For me, the most nerve-racking part of competition is the sitting and waiting through the scene right before me, and then suddenly realizing I’m next. Soon everyone’s eyes will be on me. A cou-ple of “what-ifs” rush through my mind while I wait: What if I forget my lines? What if they don’t laugh? Thankfully, as soon as I stand up and relax, these wor-ries usually rush away. But just as I be-came confi dent again, I began to listen to my competitor’s scene; I noticed that

this girl is performing the most tear-jerk-ing, heart-wrenching monologue ever. Now I have to work even harder to make a depressed audience laugh. However, I

shook off all my nerves and nailed the monologue. The audience laughed and thoroughly enjoyed my piece. Although I did not advance onto fi -nals, several AHS students did. Senior Paige McAdams moved onto fi nals with her comedic monologue and senior SeanMcSweeney progressed to fi nals for his dramatic monologue. Junior, Matt Os-ter advanced for his classical comedic monologue. Sophomores CC Stephan, Stephanie Kane, Sammy Lassoff, and Sydney Heller all proceeded into the fi -nals for their hilarious rendition of the musical Ruthless. To fi t the criteria for the musical category, the AHS sopho-mores had to cut a two act musical down into only ten minutes. With assistance of senior Shannon Carroll and musical accompament of junior Cheryl Gaul, the musical was a success. One piece that received second place in the Contem-porary Ensemble Category was a scene

from the play California Suite by Neil Simon. freshman Kathy Steele, Oster, se-nior Shannon Carroll, and junior Hunter Paris performed this scene amazingly.

Each actor put their own take on the hilar-ious characters and really brought life to the scene about two couples on a vacation together that goes horrible wrong. While the actors usually receive all the praise, the theater department cannot function without the stage crew. These essential behind the scene workers called “techies” also came to the festival and for the fi rst time competed in the “Tech Olympics”, a series of competitions in-cluding stage crew tasks such as setting up lights and quick changing. Junior Miriam Levenson, received third place for her set design miniature model of the play, You Can’t Take It With You. The companionship and support of the theater department is amazing. As I left the festival on the bus with everyone, I could only think of two things: I am so thankful to be apart of such a wonderful drama department, and I want to go to sleep.

I usually do not like waking up early, especially at 5 am, but something about Friday, March 18 made me want to spring out of my bed: I was performing in The Fullerton Theater Festival. My adrenaline rose and I was fi lled with excitement. The Fullerton Theater Festival is a competi-tion between California high schools’ the-ater departments. There were several cat-egories to enter in: comedic and dramatic monologue, ensemble piece, Tech Olym-pics, set design, costume design, minia-ture musical, 10- minute play, and much more. The festival lasted two days, so the drama department stayed over night at a hotel. This entire competition took place at Fullerton Community College, which is ridiculously close to Disneyland. It was painful how much we all wanted to go to Disneyland when we got lost and circled the park four times. Once we fi nally ar-rived at the college, I felt as if I was in another world- a crazy theater world. I looked to my left and I saw large groups playing theater warm-up games. I glanced towards my right and spied people singing

by Melanie AbramoffA&E Editor

Sophomore Khristina Shad recently danced her way onto television. Recently, Shad fi nished fi lming an episode of the Disney Channel Show Sonny with a Chance where she performed on the show as a dancer for a fake show called So Random that takes place inside Sonny With a Chance. Shad said she heard about the role through her dance studio, Retters Academy of Dance. A dancer’s mother is a producer for the show and called Retters Academy of Dance to hire a choreographer and dancers. Shad said she was one out of very few dancers that were chosen for the show, with only one other high school student from Oaks Christian chosen. Shad said she really enjoyed

the production and that, “it was really fun. Everyone was really nice and laid back.” However, Shad added that it was not all fun and games. Shad said that she still had to go to school on set,

and because the show is performed in front of a live audience, Shad said that it took many different takes to get one of the scenes perfect. Shad, who started her dance career at only two years old, said, “[Dance] is fun, it’s what I love to do,” and said she will hopefully pursue dance as a career. Shad said that she believes that people should dance because “It is fun. It is good for you, it gives you exercise, and makes your brain work.” Look

out for Shad in a future Sonny With a Chance episode on Sundays at 8 pm.

Sophomore Khristina Shad dances her way onto TV show

Congratulations to Orchestra II for taking 3rd place at the National Orchestra Cup and Studio A Jazz Band for taking 3rd place in the Savannah Swing Central Jazz Competition!

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by Byron RackowStaff Writer Agoura High School is known for be-ing the birthplace of creativity in the minds of its artistic students. Among some of the top artists at AHS is Arielle Dubowe, a sophomore, who specializes in stained glass. Dubowe said she has been interested in stained glass since the 7th grade and has been improving her skills ever since. Dubowe said, “It [stained glass] is some-thing different than what everybody else does [...] and it’s just beautiful.” Dubowe said she comes from a family of artists; one of which is a professional painter, and another is a graphic designer, which helps promote an artistic lifestyle. Dubowe said that she began taking an art class in the 9th grade and she plans to pursue art for the rest of her high school career. When she graduates, however, she wants stained glass to remain a hobby of hers. Dubowe said, “It’s not a career for me, it’s a hobby. I have other interests for my career, but stained glass is defi -nitely how I want to spend my free time.” Dubowe said being a good artist requires a skill that is hard to obtain. When asked

about what advice she would like to give to aspiring artists Dubowe said, “You have to have a lot of patience [...] if you get frustrated, you can’t just give up. You have to keep on going, and the end result will be beautiful.” Patience wasn’t the only thing that got her to where she is now; Dubowe says her art teacher Mr. Quick had a huge hand in Dubowe’s artistic ca-reer. “He’s always there to help. He’s the expert. He’s been doing stained glass for over 30 years,” Dubowe says. Her proud-est moment occurred when she created a stained glass piece containing 137 different pieces. “I was the fi rst one to make such a large piece. When I fi nished it I was just so proud of myself. It was beautiful and ev-eryone loved it.” Now that she knows she can accomplish such a large feat, she has been inspired to keep making bigger and bigger works of art. Dubowe said that she gradually learns new techniques that help her design larger pieces of stained glass. Dubowe is one of the few people that specialize in stained glass here at AHS. She plans on taking the stained glass class for the remainder of her high school years, serving as an inspiration to her fellow peers and young aspiring artists as well.

Artist of the Month: Arielle Dubowe

Photo Courtesy of Arielle Dubowe

photo courtesy of Khristina Shad

Shad has been dancing since she was two

Photo Courtesy of Melanie Abramoff

The AHS Drama Department had a total of fi ve fi nalists in the Fullerton Theater Festival

Photo Courtesy of Kathy Steele

Matthew Oster, Hunter Paris, Shannon Carroll, and Kathy Steele received second place

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Page 7SportsApril 2011

Boys’ LacrosseBoys’ Tennis Boys’ and Girls’ Swimby Beth MaimanSports Editor

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Q:What is a typical practice like?Jordan Riessen: We arrive at 3 and warm up for about 15-30 minutes and then our coach gives us a pep talk and assigns us our opponent for the day and the we play two sets against the same opponent.Q:Do you have any pre-game rituals?

JR:I don’t really have any pregame rituals other than stretch-ing and watching the other team warm up so I can see their strengths and weaknesses.Q:What is your pre-game meal? JR: My ide-al pregame meal is any

type of protein that will give me quick energy.Q:What does it take to do your sport?JR:Tennis appears to be a very simple sport but it really requires a lot of mental preparation in addition to the physical. Q:What is the most exciting thing about your sport?JR: I think the most exciting thing about tennis is that upsets happen more in tennis than any other sport be-cause the person that prepares the most will usually come out with the victory.Q:Any funny or unusual things about your team? JR: Our team is very unique because we are all so dif-ferent yet we all really love to play tennis and have a good time on the court.

Q: What is a day of practice like for you? Shannon Hultin: We’ve really stepped up our practice rou-tine this year with faster intervals and more breathing tech-niques in our swim sets. We have four great coaches and they are pushing us extremely hard. Q: Who are some of your strong returning players and who are some promising newcomers?Savannah Fletcher: We have many strong swimmers on all levels of our swim program. The majority of us are water polo players that use swim team to increase our strength and speed for water polo but we have several club swimmers that lead our team well.Q: Is there anything special your team does before or af-ter away matches? Adam Abdulhamid: There is no ritual on the way back, sim-

ply to enjoy our time on the bus with our friends.SF: Before several swim meets we host pasta parties for team bonding and to “carb” up for the upcoming meet! It’s a great opportunity to spend time with all the swimmers and have quality time together out of the pool. Q: Any other interesting facts about what goes on during practice and during matches? AA: During swim meets every once in a while someone will get a CIF time and qualify. It’s always exciting when a team-mate is performing well.SH: It’s great to see how encouraging our teammates are dur-ing the meets and we have so many swimmers that see an incredible amount of improvement throughout the season.

Q: What is a typical practice like?Nick Lemonnier:We practice Monday through Friday from 6:30-8:30 on days when we don’t have games. We do some warm-ups, then get into a team huddle. The coach gives us a pep-talk and we start our stick drills. Then we usually take a lap, and begin playing 6 on 6. We do that for the rest of practice.Q: Do you have any pre-game rituals? NL:Of course! Some players eat the same foods before every game. Some players put on eye black. Everything has something different, but as a team, we run out from under the bleachers and get pumped for the game.Q: What is your pre-game meal? NL:My pre-game meal usually consists of 2 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I usually feel sick during the games, so I should probably start eating something different!Q: What is the most exciting thing about your sport?NL:The most exciting thing is beating a rival (Oak Park). As a t e a m a n d i n d i -vidu-a l s , w e p u t in so much t i m e a n d effort. T h e f e e l -i n g after a tough win over a rival is the best.Q:Any funny or unusual things about your team? NL:Our team is most definitely unusual. For some reason, I’m not sure why, I always hear the underclass-men crack-ing jokes about each others mothers, specifically Sean Barr’s. From what I hear, she is quite the looker.

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Girls’ Softball Girls’ Lacrosse Boys’ Golf

Boys’ Volleyball Boys’ Baseball Track and Field

Q: What qualities are necessary to be a good lacrosse player?Lauren Diaz: I think the qualities necessary to be a good lacrosse player are determination, motivation, and of course, being able to have fun.Q: Are you excited to be an offi cial CIF sport?LD: Yes, I am very excited that Agoura has made girls’ lacrosse a CIF sport. Not a lot of people have seen lacrosse before, so I am excited that we are the fi rst team to show off what lacrosse is all about.Q: What is the schedule of a typical workout?

LD: Our typical workout consists of a warm-up, stick skills, and scrimmages. We also learn new plays and work on game-like situations.Q: What food helps you perform best on game day?LD: No fast food, especially Taco Bell. Some players on our team fi gured that out... Eating fruit or protein bars and drinking water or Gatorade helps us perform our best on game days.Q: What is your least favorite part of lacrosse practice? What is you favorite part?LD: I have to say my least favorite part of our practices is running suicides. My favorite part is scrimmaging. I enjoy just playing the game and having fun.Q: Do you have any interesting pre-game rituals?LD: As a team we like to turn our charger swagger on. We turn up the music and chant to get pumped up for our game.

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Q: What is your pre-game warm up?Ashley Kellenberger: We run, stretch, hit, throw, and fi eld. But the most important part of warming up is being loud cheering on your team, and getting psyched to play.Q: What is your pre-game fun to get pumped?AK: We play games like samurai and boom-chicka-boom-boom to get pumped. They’re loud games that keep you from sitting down after warming up and getting cold, quiet, and in the wrong mindset.Q: What is your post-game routine?

AK: We are good sports and high fi ve our opponents and say “good game”. Then we go to the outfi eld to discuss the game.Q: What is your everyday life like?AK: We run, stretch, throw, do our habituals as infi eld or out-fi eld, do team defense, and hit in groups. We cheer in practice too because team chemistry is so important and we need to pick each other up all the time, not just during games.Q: What is your entire game day like?AK: We wear our jerseys to school and are excited all day. When we get to warming up, that excited energy comes out and we have fun but we’re focused.Q: What are some fun/interesting facts about team expe-riences? Players?AK: There is always singing at practice. Natalie Fersht and Sami Stark are the biggest personalities on the team. They keep it fun and interesting.

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by Shannon Cullen Staff WriterQ: What is your pre-match routine? Joel Manduke: Often our pre-game is just helping out the new teammates in learning the course we will play. Also, just practicing my shot.Trent Merfeld- Our pre-match routine is usually to have a good pre-game meal with the team to build camaraderie and to just relax.Q: What is your post-match routine?JM- My post-game is just relaxing and thinking about what I could have done better.Q: How is your everyday practice life?TM: Every-day practice is a great time to work on the weak-nesses in your game and also to get to know your team-mates better by relaxing and hitting with them.Q: What is a golf match like?JM: On match day, the captains make a speech to everyone to fi re them up, and we just go out there and have fun.TM: Our match days are always a fun competitive social experience with the other teams because most other teams are laid back and are easy to play and have fun with.Q: What are some fun/interesting facts about team ex-periences? Players?TM: As far as interesting stories or funny facts, all I can say is we have junior Evan Dworman who is known for wearing the best beanies and hats to practice everyday. We also have the impressive fi nger snapping skills of sopho-more Jonathan Sears, senior Jonathan Masjedi, sophomore Zach Levaton and myself.

Q:What is an average track workout?Brooke Hamilton: An average workout begins with warm-up, stretching, and form drills. The core of the workout normally consists of fast intervals around the track, which we can repeat anywhere from 3-10 times de-pending on the distance.Q:What sort of foods do you eat to perform your best in track?

BH: I try to eat healthy—for example, sandwiches, fruits, and veggies before running. And my lunch is always gone by 10:40.Q:What is your least favorite track workout?BH: I’d have to say the “Crazy Eights” workout at Medea Creek Park is my least favorite. It consists of mile and half-mile repeats...plus we have to run there and back—two miles each way!Q:What is your favorite track workout?BH: Although long runs are pleasant, my favorite work-out is 400m (one lap) repeats. Its a toughie but you al-ways feel so accomplished after you’re done.Q:Who rocks his/her running clothes the best?BH: Matt Jefferis and Sean Williams are the best.

Q: Do you have any pre-game rituals? Bryan Adams:We have a pre-game speech right before the start of the game. Andrew Sato: A pre-game ritual I have is focusing on the game. Once I begin warming up my attitude completely changes to a serious, focused mentality. I visualize myself in the game and see myself playing my best. I think of what I personally can do, and don’t worry about the other

team. Q : W h a t is a day of prac-t i c e like for you? B A : P r a c -tice be-gins as a team a n d ends as a team.

We start the practice running and stretching. After, we break off into pairs and warm up with a partner. After warm-up, we run through drills and scrimmage. We end as a team. Q: Is there anything special your team does before or after away matches?AS: On the bus ride back from away matches we sing the Alma Mater and “Build Me Up Buttercup”. Q: Who are some of your strong returning players and who are some promising newcomers? AS: Some strong returning players are Andrew Sato, So-ren Dion-Kindem, Bryan Adams, and Patrick Rosenberg. Some promising newcomers are Casey Alper, Eric Budgi-nas, and Noah Johnson.

Q: Are you guys superstitious?Chad Clark: Yeah we’re pretty superstitious about how we play and how we present ourselves. For example, all of our pitchers that can grow a goatee have one, like Dan Kolodin, Jordan Shulman, Blake Sack, Corey Rohm, and Justin Fischer. But Mark Seyler, Tyler Cohen, and Henry Baker can’t really grow a goatee because they’re still little kids. An- o t h e r one is t h a t M a r k , Brody Fehmel, S a m Gera ld , and I all have t o wear eye black. The last o n e we do is before we take t h e fi eld ev- e r y i n n i n g , we get together a n d break on “1,2,3 L e g g o ” a n d we run out on “leggo”. Q : Whats your pre-game ritual?CC: Some kids listen to music on the bus to calm them down or pump them up. Some of us always wear the same undershirt for every game.Q: What have done for team bonding?CC: We made a little band outside the dugout and we played music using buckets and other baseball stuff to make a beat.Q: Who’s the funniest kid on the team?CC: Sam Gerald, because anything he does or says, every-one laughs. He’s being serious about the stuff that he says, but its so funny.

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