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While Scottsburg High School was first introduced to the one-to-one initiative back in 2010, this was only limited to a specific group of students: New Tech’s freshmen. However, almost four years later, the system has finally reached the whole campus.

With the class of 2014 having been introduced to MacBooks back in the 2012-2013 school year, this will be the first year for most senior classes to use this technology.

One teacher affected by this change was Government and Political Science teacher, Mr. Chris Routt.

“The dynamics of the class haven’t changed. What has changed is that

my students now have access to the content 24/7,” said Routt.

For Routt, like many other senior course teachers, this change was welcomed.

Unlike the use of technology in Routt’s classroom in previous years, Mr. Bob McGannon’s Economics class has not had the constant access to technology.

According to McGannon, the change has made it easier for his class to learn the inner workings of the stock market. Because the class now has access to personal MacBooks, McGannon, along with other senior teachers, is no longer limited by the tight scheduling of the computer labs.

While it may seem that technology changes at SHS are coming to an end, looking at the freshman class indicates otherwise.

The freshmen, having had iPads in the middle school, are now adapting to their MacBook Airs.

“I like it [Macs] a lot better. It’s easier to type on and iMovie is better,” said Makala Combs, 9.

With such changes already implemented and welcomed, Scottsburg High School hopes to continue to help future students adapt.

“The children can use the technology. We must teach them to use it in an effective manner,” said Routt.

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causing so many unanswered questions. Many people have wondered with the recent passing of club football at the middle school what is next.

This talk of football did seem to come out of no where. After years of rejection it had seemed that the football debate had died in Scottsburg.

“I think the past board members were and have been opposed to football, because they were led to believe it’s a million dollar investment when in actuality that is not the case,” said by Cory Lytle, the current president of the Scott County Youth Football League (SCYFL) and former school board member from 2007-2010.

“There was no member outside myself willing to take a chance on it. I believe this board is more open to

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new ideas and opportunities for our youth to be involved with school. I think they were willing to come to the table with an open mind about it and figure out reasons and ways to make it work instead of quickly dismissing it and picking every negative out they can find,” said Lytle.

School board President, Jason Kendall explained the voting of the football pilot program.

“This is the first time it has been brought to this board and our current administration. There is only one current board member that was involved in the decision to not start football in the school system in the past. We also have a new administration team in the central office. I believe these two factors, along with a more stable financial situation within the district, allowed the board to start the pilot program,” said Kendall.

One major concern is funding. In the past a lot has been talked about funding and how it would be too expensive. The fact that it will be

expensive has not changed, but the way this years team is being paid for is not an issue for the school board.

“Without the support of the SCYFL the pilot football program would not have been able to be started. Currently the only cost to the district is the cost of transportation to away games, totaling $500 approximately,” said Kendall.

The players this year will pay for their equipment. Hovever, future money is the big issue. One concern being that current Scottsburg High School sports teams need upgrades to fields and equipment. The soccer teams, track team, softball team and tennis team all need some form of repair or maintenance to their facilities.

“For a high school you’re talking about a guestimate of about $550 a player, not counting facilities. About another $30 to $40 for reconditioning of gear per player,” said Al Rabe, Athletic Director.

The first Scottsburg Middle School football game was played on Aug. 21 to a large crowd. The team is a pilot program as the Scott County School District 2 Board decides whether to expand a JV team to the high school next fall.

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School stress, sports stress, social stress! So much to do, so little time. Face it guys, stress is stress. Stress can be helpful in so many ways. For one, it’s the bell in your head that tells you about when projects are due, and how much time you have to do it. Stress is the motivation that I use when I am doing a project. Although I have a keen sense for procrastination, when that stress starts to kick in I go full throttle in crazy work mode. Sometimes I think that I might go a little too crazy trying to get everything done, when and where it’s supposed to be.

It has been said that some levels of stress have been proven to be good for you. Too much stress and you could quite possibly go insane, but just enough gives you alertness and

helps your brain. Studies also show that when

placed in a stressful yet brief situation, the reaction causes stem cells to grow new nerves which increase brain activity.

Others say that too little stress can cause depression and for lack of a better term, bore-dom. People who are depressed have no desire to do anything.

They certainly wouldn’t want to work on homework, play sports or

anything purely fun at all. Too many times, I have seen

people cramming for tests and move like stress-ridden robots on auto-matic.

My philosophy with stress is that there are some things you have to just go with the flow, while others, you have to buckle down and get serious. Those of you who are like those robots, chill out, not to the

point of not caring about anything, but to the point where you have confidence that you will get it done.

If you remember to have confidence and chill every once in a while, you and stress will get along just fine.

Stress is constant and never seems to go away between home life, school, sports and other activities you can begin to feel really stressed. Stress is bad on many levels. Physi-cally, stress has been blamed for little things such as biting your nails, and sweating more, to weight gain and heart attacks. I know that is a very wide range of effects, but they are all negative and can be harmful in some way.

The mental aspects that stress has of-ten get the most talked about when you bring up stress, but it is for good reasons. When you stress too much about either one thing or multiple things you lose your ability to think clearly on the subject.

Instead of looking at the things you have to do and think of a good order of how to get them done, you begin to complain about all the things you have to do.

The whole time you’re complain-ing you are adding even more stress because they are not getting done. If you are stressing about one thing then you begin to focus on the nega-tive possible outcomes, instead of doing what will help you succeed in them.

How do you avoid stress? Well truth is you can not totally avoid stress, but not procrastinating, and prioritizing things helps tremendously. Stepping away for a second to think things through is also good to do. If you are worried about one thing coming up in the future, begin to think of things you need to do to accomplish your future event well. Making a list and de-voting time to work on those things should make you feel less stressed because you have prepared for the situation. These things will keep your stress at a minimum and make the negative effects of stress affect you so much.

The beginning of the school year is the most hectic time at SHS. Invari-ably, each year there is a large amount of students that walk in that first day with one schedule and leave the same day with a totally different one.

One of the bigger problems that counselors are faced with is class placement. Having to try and fit in all the classes that the students need to graduate and balance out electives, sometimes students get placed in the wrong class or get the wrong teacher.

We know that there is no way to completely iron out all of the prob-lems or faults that occur, but we at The Booster feel that there is a way to make everything just a little easier for both students and guidance.

Every school year, just a little after spring break, teachers dedicate an entire day for guidance counselors to come around to their class and sign up students for their future classes. We feel that it would be much easier for everyone that is involved if guidance would make their scheduled rounds after Christmas.

Early scheduling saves stress and students

If the guidance counselors change the date that they gather the classes that the students are taking, then guid-ance will be able to put down the foun-dations for student schedules. This ex-tra time would be to work out some major scheduling issues, and make ev-erything run just a little smoother the first week. We feel that everyone in-

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volved would have great benefit from moving up the dates a little.

If allowed more time, we believe that guidance can make schedules just a little faster and work out any major issues so they don’t have to be swamped by a mob of students want-ing to work out their scheduling issues when school starts.

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A man walks into an elementary school, willing to kill children, police-men and even himself. If you have a chance to talk to the gunman, would you be calm enough to treat him like a human? To connect with him on a personal level? To show kindness and compassion instead of hate and dis-gust? Antoinette Tuff was able to do just that. Because of her actions, along with the help of the 911 dispatcher, she was able to save valuable lives.

After listening to the 911 call, I was amazed. This average woman talked a man not only out of homicide, but out of suicide too. The most compel-ling part of this story, is that all she did, was assure him that she loved him, and that he was better than end-ing lives. She let him know that he was not alone in his loneliness. When faced with her gunman, she listened, she shared personal experiences, and above all, she was kind.

Most of us, will probably never be presented with this situation. But ev-eryday, we are faced with the chance to make a difference in the lives of someone who needs it. We all know the people who could need us.

By being sympathetic, reassuring people of their worth and just show-ing compassion, we are able to be he-roes. Would he have made the choice to enter the school if he’d been shown love before? Probably not. If the book-keeper had acted any differently, what would have become of them both? Luckily, we don’t know.

What we do know, however, is that the moral of the story is this: when someone makes a bad decision, it is a whole lot easier to condemn them than it is to comfort them, but it is not right.

Relating with other people is not easy. It is hard to know exactly what someone else has to deal with, or why they do the things they do. But we have a chance to change that.

You do not have to love everyone, you do not even have to like every-one. However, if you see a person making bad choices, it doesn’t take a lot for you to help them. To get to know them. If you don’t know where to start, start here. With roughly 900 students, there is bound to be some-one who needs you. You have the op-portunity to be there for them even if it scares you because you never know who you might save.

If you haven’t heard someone say that they hate Scott County, you prob-ably haven’t been here for very long. On www.countyhealthrankings.org, Scott County is listed as the very worst in the state of Indiana for health. And while this place may have its issues, The Booster staff doesn’t believe that we have to have such a bad reputation.

We believe that the big problem does not lie with the high numbers of poverty, unplanned pregnancies or drug abusers; it lies within those who neglect to see why we’re lucky to live in such a great place. Through programs like CEASe (Coalition for the Elimination of the Abuse of Sub-stances), the Clearing House, New Creation Ministries and countless other local organizations, citizens who seek help can easily find it. People in

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Once you enter high school, the only thing that is truly important to you (most of the time) is your license. The freedom to be able to drive your-self places and not use parents as a chauffeur is definitely a blessing. Not only is it a blessing, but a huge respon-sibility.

Another responsibility of high school is keeping up with your grades and passing your classes. Although students have jobs they must get to

When students hear about Scotts-burg moving into a balanced, or year round schedule, they cringe and fear for the worst. Most think that means total elimination of a summer break. Little do they know that this calen-dar plan would benefit them and how their school time is divided.

One concern surrounding the lon-ger break periods was students being more likely to forget the information they have already learned, especially with elementary aged children. Some people worry that less information will be retained. However this concern

Calendar conundrums: switch up the year

our community work hard to pool re-sources together to provide help for its citizens. Even if Scott County is home to people in need, it is also home to people willing to do what they can to help.

Even though Scottsburg and Austin were untouched by the March 2012 tornado, we still worked hard to help our neighbors. Mid America Science Park opened its doors, took supplies, and did more than their share to help the people of Henryville. Even civil-ians were organizing a way to do their part. Why? Because this place that we call home is also home to a lot of kind-hearted people. We are not all bad.

There is no rule saying that you have to love your home town, but until you have the means to evacu-ate, you do have to live there. In the

couldn’t be more misunderstood. Dur-ing the school intermissions, teachers can provide students with extra help when needed. On the second week of the two week break some teachers for each subject are available during this time for any assistance needed by a struggling student.

Most school districts, like Greater and West Clark, Madison, Columbus and many others have already en-rolled in this type of calendar. While both traditional and balanced calen-dars have 180 school days, the aptly named balanced calendar works to

even out the distribution of these days. Although school would start ear-lier, all three fall, winter and spring breaks would be two weeks off instead of the few days regularly given. Not to mention summer break would actu-ally start during the summer.

The evenly distributed days will help keep students from getting “burned out” on education and will likely keep them more willing to learn and retain information. The sooner Scottsburg makes the transition, the better off students and teachers will be.

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mean time, our county image will not change until we change first. You can still make bigger steps. Write letters to your representatives, volunteer with a local organization or even get involved by starting your own. Scottsburg High Scool is the perfect place to start mak-ing a difference.

We have clubs that do volunteer work. Sunshine/Hi-Y, Key Club, SADD, Big Brothers, Big Sisters and others all work to better the commu-nity. The clubs are easy to join and are a great way to build yourself up as well as build up our sort of beloved community. If you remember the posi-tive aspects and take advantage of our resources you will be fine. The Booster knows that possibilities are endless so long as you make the first step, and we hope that you know it too.

Pass the class, earn the privilegeand from, they must learn to be able to balance their time. If you fail a class, how can you be responsible enough to operate a vehicle in general, let alone at school?

While there is a rule at Scottsburg saying you must be passing classes for a parking permit, it’s rarely ever en-forced. Some people argue it’s hard for students to keep a job without their car. Should Scottsburg be tough-er on this issue? Instead of making it

just a school wide rule, shouldn’t this be made statewide?

According to the states that have made academics and attendance a factor, both have increased due to stu-dents trying harder to maintain their driving privileges. More students need to realize that driving is a privilege, not a right. They should strive to make good grades and understand that their license can be taken away easier than it can be given.

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Brewed is the new blackAfter a long respite in the

previous school year, one of the most popular attractions in SHS, Brewed Awakenings, has finally returned to the halls of the school.

According to Elizabeth Lowe, Brewed Awakenings is facing even more challenges than previous years. Following last years problems with money that led to the shutting down of the in school coffee shop, security will be a little bit tighter this year.

“In previous years, the teacher would be away from Brewed Awakenings. They couldn’t be in two places at once and this year there will always be someone there observing what is happening,” said Lowe, who

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has taken over the teacher position for Brewed Awakenings this year.

She also said that a tally is made for every sale so that they can keep track of how much money should be in the drawer.

Lowe also said that due to new laws for Indiana, the school is not allowed to sell sugar, putting a small dark cloud over Brewed Awakenings, but that hasn’t discouraged students from the shop. “Aside from the tea, no one has really said anything about the lack of sugar.”

Despite a lot of issues with Brewed Awakenings, business is booming, with students standing 10 and 15 minutes in line. “It gets really hectic and crazy, but it’s really fun,” said student worker Hannah Rooks, 11.

SCSD2 steps up security standards

lot of times we hear people say “better safe than sorry.” Right now, SCSD2 and other

school districts across the country are taking this famous piece of advice to heart by stepping up school security.

At Scottsburg High School, several things are being done to ensure that students always feel safe at school.

“I have wanted to see things changed for 12 or 13 years. [This year] we were finally able to get things done,” said Dr. Marc Slaton, SCSD2 Superintendent.

One major change was the renovation made to the front entrance. Now, people entering the school have to be buzzed through the door by a secretary in the front office.

Along with this change came the rerouting of student traffic. This year, to get to New Tech, students are asked to exit from the door at the end of the senior hallway.

According to Principal Ric Manns, this ensures that a threat is not able to slip into the building undetected with a large crowd of students.

Dr. Slaton also recognized other perks of the change.

“It always keeps students on sidewalks, leaving less risk for traffic accidents. I think it will be really nice for rainy or snowy days. It’s a shorter walk,” said Slaton.

Later in the year, a breezeway will be installed between the two “High Schools That Work” buildings. During construction, students will be routed around to the McClain Hall entrance if they are going into the building.

According to Dr. Slaton, the fewer entrances there are open to the outside the better.

More minor changes are being made in addition to the major r e n o v a t i o n s . S e c u r i t y

cameras are being added to certain parts of the school. Grates and locks throughout the campus are being replaced and modified to make sure there is no way for intruders to slip in.

Security Committee members are also looking at bullet and break resistant window film. Dr. Slaton said that this enhancement can halt gunmen for significant amounts of time.

“A minute is an eternity in a situation like that,” said Slaton. “[There will be] lots of security updates in the coming weeks and months up until the fall of next year.”

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Another financial aspect that is easy to overlook is the fact that football would take away a large percentage of the overall sports budget.

This means that other sports might have to take a financial cut if the football team does not produce enough revenue to make up for what it is taking.

Some might wonder what teams that would be, but Kendall did not give a clear answer on how to make sure that will not happen.

“Well ideally I would love to say none, that is something we will be looking at at the end of this year’s season. I believe there will be some sports that will see a positive effect from a football program. The conditioning and strength training that goes into football will help athletes in other sports where they participate,” said Kendall.

Rabe however gave a more definite answer, as he said, “We would probably have to do some fundraising, because we don’t have that much money in the athletic department.”

If this already sounds expensive, just know that this is just the beginning when it comes to the money that will go into having a football team.

One of the many expenses would be for an equipment building and a field, multiple fields to be exact, because typically football teams have a game field and practice field.

When and if football did come to the high school, would most likely be played on the middle school field, as Kendall explained, “To start with the most cost effective field to use would be the middle school field. It needs

less updating to be ready to play. There is also plenty of room at the middle school for practice facilities. As for the equipment building if we were to expand the program into the high school there would be need to have some kind of storage area. This year we were able to find space in our current storage area. We are also in the process of moving and updating a currently unused storage building to the middle school football area.”

Another cost is coaching. Indiana law says that the top two revenue sports (football and basketball) have to have coaches that are members of the school district’s faculty. This means that the head football coach would be on the payroll, and possibly a teacher.

Principal Ric Manns assured that the level of academics would not fall though as he said, “It’s just like when we hire a basketball coach. When we have an opening we always try to get the best coach, but most importantly he has to meet the academic needs. Our main focus is education, it is not sports. It is to educate our kids.”

Head football coaches also have assistant coaches who will also be on the athletic department payroll, but do not have to work for the school district.

“I think the pay would probably be what basketball coaches would make, but I think that is something that still needs to be determined,” said Rabe.

The high school football experience might take place sooner than expected by most people.

“If things go as planned I see us starting up a JV program next year. And then in three years of JV we have our first varsity,” said Lytle.

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hroughout high school students face several different situations. There are the everyday is-

sues and then the more personal issues that only a small population of students may have to deal with. While high school problems aren’t completely avoid-able, the following items could put a little more ease into your day.

Granola bars- or any type of snack can get you through those ‘I’m so hungry but I have no time to eat’ situations. T h o s e times might be in the morning if you d o n ’ t have time for break-fast, have to s k i p lunch, have left o v e r homework, or just need some extra food. Popcorn, gummies, Pop Tarts or snacks like these are a few other good examples.

Coffee- or some type of caffeine can help you stay up during that late night studying, and the next morning in case you are lacking sleep. If coffee or soft drinks are not your thing then try V8 energy drinks,

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SpotlightCourtney JonesStaff Writer

Scottsburg High School, with over 900 students, is full of different styles when it comes to students and their appearance.

Even with busy schedules, some

Shirt- Keeling is wearing a floral t-shirt with a white sleeveless studded jacket over it. On the back the floral shirt cuts open but is delicately hidden by the cute crop jacket. An easy way to dress cute is to layer cloth-ing. T-shirts look trendy under-neath jean jackets, crop jackets and blazers.

Shoes- Keeling is also wearing black flats, which are very popu-lar right now. Flats can be worn with any outfit and make a great accessory to a dull outfit.

Pants- Skinny jeans have been pop-ular for awhile now and probably will be for a long time. Skinny jeans can be worn with any kind of shirt and are comfortable when you find the right fit. Keeling pairs her cute outfits with denim skinny jeans. Jeggings are also worn with stylish outfits and are popular as well.

since they also main-tain your energy at a high for that night or next morn-ing.

Dry shampoo- may sound strange, seeing that it could just be a girl thing, but it definitely works when-ever you are too tired to shower be-cause you can just easily spray some on the next morning. It helps you have more sleep and it it easy to use.

Hair ties- might also just be some-thing girls use if it turns into a bad hair day, or if your hair is not work-ing with you in the morning.

Sticky notes- serve as reminders that you can put anywhere to keep you on track. If you are a forgetful person and need to remember im-portant dates, times or assignments,

then they will definitely help you stay organized.

G o o g l e Docs- is a program that many s t u d e n t s use, but a small per-centage actu-ally realize how much time and effort it can save you. Google Docs automatical-ly saves whatever you are typing, j u s t in case your computer may

freeze up. It also allows you to share your docu-

ments with others so they can help you with homework or with group projects.

Searching for these hidden tips as a high school stu-dent could save your life from a tragedy.

Whether it is just a small issue or a big one, you never know just what might save the day.

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What to do:• Use simple abbreviations (w/

instead of with).• Write down key concepts, not

full sentences.• Start a new page each day and

date it.• Use headings and subtitles to

easily find a certain lesson.• Separate notes into folders or

different sections in notebooks.

What not to do:• Cram words together to use

less space.• Abbreviate words if you aren’t

familiar with them.• Write sloppy, fast or scribbled.• Write notes from separate

classes on the same page or docu-ment.

• Type abbreviations; it could get auto-corrected.

Helpful tips:• If taking notes for a math or

foreign languages class, handwrite them. Trying to type math formu-las and foreign words on a com-puter is way too time consuming.

• Review notes after class to check for mistakes.

• Audio record the class if the teacher talks too fast.

• Use your computer to type simple notes such as vocabulary.

• Evernote syncs to all devices, so you don’t have to use your com-puter to review notes.

Hair and accessories- Keeling is wearing her hair half way back with stylish bobby pins holding back the excess hair, a quick way to make your hair cute for school.

Survive the daily grind six steps at a time

There are good strategies to get in the habit of doing when it comes to taking notes. With finals looming ahead, learn to take good, solid notes now.

Keeling, dresses to impressfashion:students are able to dress to impress.

Kayla Keeling, 11, is one of these students.

“I believe dressing up and taking care of yourself helps build your self-esteem which is crucial to have. You

should feel confident in your grades and more importantly in yourself. A good outfit affects my mood and can potentially make or break my day. I feel it could take an impact on my schoolwork as well,” said Keeling.

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For some, getting out of bed and going to school before 8 a.m. with a pleasant attitude is easy. For the rest of us, there is coffee. If you hate the coffee taste, but still want a deli-cious kick in the mornings, iced coffee is proba-bly your best bet.

In the Scotts-burg Walmart, you will find three brands of iced coffee. Each come in three flavors: vanilla, caramel macchi-ato and mocha. Since mocha is my home base, I decided to go for that.

The first drink I tried was Silk Iced Latte. It’s $3.98 for a half gallon and 100 calories a serving. To be honest, I had never tried soy milk before, so I was unsure if I would even like it. After taking a drink, there was no coffee taste to it. It tasted like a milkshake, but something was missing. It was good, but not great.

International Delight Iced Coffee was next. $3.98 per half gallon and only 50 more calories per cup

Find yourself in a foreign landBreanna StubblefieldStaff Writer

Marina Garcia Pardavila, one of Scottsburg High School’s newest exchange students is from Coruna, Spain. Garcia decided to come to America because her friends had came here and told her about it. She had to become part of the exchange program at her school and was able to come here on a scholarship. Before she could be picked to travel, she had to take a test, along with 400 other students. Garcia was one out of 75 students that were chosen.

This year Garcia is a junior. She looks forward to improving her English, learning how to pronounce words, and learning how Americans study.

Garcia believes that going to another country on her own is a good way to get to know herself. At this point, Garcia doesn’t miss her home. She only misses the ocean and seagulls.

One of her favorite past times is watching the ocean. Compared to her home town, Garcia loves the houses here. They are large and far apart, unlike her home.

Writing is something she loves, and so she took journalism. While in journalism, she hopes that she can improve her writing skills, and possibly join the paper next semester. Garcia loves to spend her free time listening to music, going to the opera theater in her home town or listening to poetry. Before she leaves America, she hopes to go to a very large li-brary and go to a poetry reading. Garcia likes that she can join clubs here and hopes to become a mem-ber of the Drama Club. She also likes the fact that she is able to wear what she wants at Scottsburg,

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Ingredients:2 1/2 cups all purpose flour1/2 tsp baking soda1/4 tsp salt1 c granulated sugar1/2 c packed light brown sugar

Preheat oven to 300°. Prepare a 12 cup muffin pan by greasing it with butter or pan spray.

In a medium bowl whisk flour, baking soda and salt. In an electric mixer blend granu-lated and brown sugars with butter until creamy.

Slowly add the dry mix, then add the eggs and vanilla extract. Once mixed well, fold in chocolate chips with a large spoon or spatula.

For each cookie, press dough into the muffin cups. Add your choice of center candy and cover with more dough on top.

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than the Silk. The taste of coffee is gone after about four sips, however, the sweet mocha flavor never leaves. It keeps you pretty awake, but you’ll need to drink about three cups.

Because our Walmart does not carry Starbucks brand cartoned iced coffee in mocha, I used the next best thing. A four pack of Starbucks mocha frappuccinos are $5.48. Each bottle is 9.5 fluid ounces and 180 calories. The taste of coffee is prominent, but not dominant. It is accompanied by a thick mocha flavor, but it is still smooth and creamy enough to comfortably enjoy.

What coffee is best for you depends sole-

ly on what you’re looking for. If taste and energy are your #1 priority, choose Starbucks. It tastes amazing and has enough coffee to actually get you moving and grooving, so long as your wallet allows it.

If you’re concerned about health, reach for Silk. It’s definitely good enough to suffice, but when re-ferring to it, I would use the term coffee loosely. Af-ter sampling all three, I decided to stick with Inter-national Delight because it’s cheap enough to drink daily, delicious enough to be actually worth drink-ing and energizing enough to keep me going.

with a few rules of course. Garcia loves having a host family. She is living with Dnali Woodruff, 12, and her family. She thinks it is a lot of fun, and that they are all very nice. They are making her stay in America very enjoyable.

Marina Garcia, 11, believes staying in America will be a good experience for her. With the chance to choose the classes she is taking, she will have many more learning opportunities than she would have had in Spain.

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The movies you watch are basically controlled by your parents. The movie rating system provides parents the information of the content in a certain movie. Have you ever been sitting through a movie with your parents and you wonder to yourself, “Why in the world is this movie rated ‘R’?” Most students really don’t know what each rating means.

A G-rated motion picture contains nothing in theme, language, nudity, sex, violence or other matters that

would offend parents whose younger children view the movie. Violence is almost non-existent.

For a movie to be rated PG, there may be some profanity and some depictions of violence or brief nudity.

However, they aren’t that intense to require parents to be strongly cautioned beyond the suggestion of parental guidance. There is no drug use content, either.

A PG-13 rating is a sterner warning for parents. A PG-13 motion picture may go beyond the PG

rating in theme, violence, nudity, sensuality, language, adult activities or other elements. Nudity in a PG-13 movie generally will not be sexually oriented. There may be depictions of violence, but usually not both realistic and extreme or persistent violence. A single word that is sexually-derived requires this rating and more than one of these words requires a R rating.

An R-rated motion picture may include adult themes, adult activity, hard language, intense or persistent

violence, sexually-oriented nudity, or drug abuse. Parents are strongly encouraged not to bring their child to the movie.

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Denny’s restaurant located off of interstate 65 was Sunday night at 10 p.m.

The night started with clapping and cheering as the first costumers walked through the door. I sat down in a booth and ordered my food from my waitress. After a few minutes she kept coming back to the table to ask things. Things I think should have been asked earlier as soon as I ordered my food. Other than that though the she was very polite and checked regularly to see if I needed anything.

One strange thing did happen though. Mid way through my meal, a waitress put a drink I did not order on my table and walked off. It ended up getting removed, but it was an obvious sign of miscommunication.

The food was good. I had the regular

Grand Slam Breakfast which consisted of two pieces of bacon, two pieces of sausage, a hash brown, two eggs, and four pancakes. It all tasted very good,

though it has been a while since I had last ate at a Denny’s I did notice that the individual syrup pitchers were not at the tables anymore. Using little cups

of syrup with your pancakes. I finished my meal off with a mini

strawberry banana split. It was one of their featured $2 desserts. It tasted

pretty good. My total for the whole meal was $13.45 which I thought was reasonable.

After I got my check I went to the bathroom, which were small, but very nice and clean. I was very pleased to discover they had free wifi that was remarkably fast, before I left a manager handed each costumer a goodie bag with a Denny’s cup, yoyo, white board and marker and a straw for the cup.

All in all, it was a very enjoyable experience that I believe will get better with time as the staff gets more used to their jobs. I would rate the overall experience

a 7 out of 10. I’d recommend if you have time to sit down, and have $15 or more to spend. Denny’s is opened 24/7 everyday of the year.

Denny’s is located north of the KFC and Cracker Barrel off interstate 65.

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What was your summer song?

“‘#Beautiful’ (Mariah Carey).”-Rachael Waymire, 11

Breanna StubblefieldStaff Writer

“‘Highway to Danger Zone,’ (Kenny Log-gins).”-Channing Collins, 12

“‘Gas Pedal’ (Sage the Gemini).” -Levi Elliott, 10

“‘Country Girl, Shake It for Me’(Luke Bryan).” -Samantha Riley, 9

Set the DVR for your fall time favsA lot of people love autumn. The

leaves change color and the landscape becomes beautiful, the weather cools down and becomes more comfortable, and most importantly the fall TV schedule returns. This means new seasons of all the best shows on television, as well as the debut of new series.

There are so many shows on in the fall, it’s hard to figure out what’s worth watching and what’s a total waste of your DVR space. The first two TV recommendations are for “Parks and Recreation” and “The Walking Dead.”

If you’ve never heard of “The Walking Dead,” then you must not have TV, the internet or friends. It’s the story of the people who live in a

world ruined by zombies. The main characters kill their undead enemies in just about every way you can imagine, but the show also has deeper themes. Even in a world without society, there is a constant struggle with morality. This show is recommended to anyone, as long as you can handle seeing lots of blood and gore.

The second show not to miss is “Parks and Recreation.” This show is a comedy about the antics of Leslie Knope and the people of Pawnee, Indiana. Pawnee is an ordinary town, much like Scottsburg. The characters on the show are all unique and memorable, and the writing for each episode is fantastic.

Of course, there are more than two series on TV. One returning show that has received a lot of press in the last

couple of months is “Duck Dynasty.”“I love ‘Duck Dynasty.’ It’s

rednecks and guns,” said Malachi Akemon, 11.

There’s not much more you can say about that. The family on which this reality show centers is certainly unique, and watching them live their lives is always interesting.

“‘The Big Bang Theory’ is probably the funniest show on TV,” said Evan Howser, 10.

There are many devoted fans of this comedy on CBS, which contains a lot of nerd related humor. Socially awkward scientist Sheldon Cooper may be one of the most popular characters currently on television.

No matter what your TV show preference is, find something that you like to watch this fall.

Kaleb MountPhoto Editor

Sept. 27:Don Jon (R)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (PG)

Oct. 4:Gravity (PG-13)

Runner Runner (R)

Oct. 18: Carrie (R)

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Reality is virtual

Since the beginning of video games, the question has always been how to make the video game more lifelike and real. Society has advanced from barrel jumping sidescrollers to long drawn out, 3-D plot driven fantasy games. Yet no matter how advanced the technology is, people have always dreamed of being completely immersed in their video games. The opportunity to get into the game is finally becoming a real possibility.

Palmer Luckey is the founder of a technology called Oculus Rift. This technology has the power to revolution not just the way games are played, but eventually the world around us.

Oculus Rift is a headset that fits over your eyes, with accompanying headphones. The Rift completely immerses the user into the visual aspects of the game, making it seem as though the user is actually there, experiencing the things around them. Movement is controlled with a controller, but the head movement of the game character to look around is controlled by the Rift, and the movements that the player makes.

There are a few problems though. With video games already being so realistic, to put yourself that far into the game is risky business. Imagine walking down a deserted bricked hall, with torches that don’t reach far into the dark, leaving the path in total darkness. Now imagine turning a corner and there being a flesh hungry zombie standing in front of you.

This is enough to at least speed up the heart of a seasoned game player and cause quite a reaction in newer ones. Add in virtual reality, where you are totally immersed in the visual and audio aspects, and this becomes downright terrifying.

The best thing about the Rift, is its adaptability. There’s no genre that couldn’t be improved with this technology. RPG games, such as “The Elder Scrolls” series, and shooter games like “Call of Duty” could be infinitely enriched with the true immerse-ability of this technology.

A downside to this is that a public release could still be a ways off, with it only being released to developers. Another downside is that it’s yet another piece of gaming technology that’ll have to be bought, and that most likely people will have to re-buy updated versions of the game to be supported on it. This is going to be an expensive endeavor, but one that people are probably going to undertake. After all, people have spent years wanting virtual reality, and now it’s a very real option.

Screams fall short with Slender Man

As Halloween draws nearer, everyone is trying to find a new scare. The Slender Man experience puts a frightening spin on regular haunted houses by submerging you in the popular game.

Although this adventure had plenty of potential, it didn’t quite meet my expectations.

For those of you who have never heard of this game, the object is to find eight pages within a wooded area.

However, there is a creature by the name of Slender Man lurking around, watching and waiting.

You must find the pages without the faceless, suit clad figure catching you.

Spend money, buy more rewards

Strip down reality television experience

While shopping at the mall or in a department store it’s easy to find shoppers with in store memberships. These people know exactly what they are doing. Shopping with rewards cards or memberships can make shopping a lot cheaper at popular stores. 

Starbucks- Not only is Starbucks known for its coffee and refreshments, it’s also known for “stars” and rewards cards. Everytime a customer pays with their Starbucks Reward Card, they earn a star. The more stars you earn, the more exclusive offers you receive being a member. Also when you use your card, you get free refills of your drink when you stay and drink in Starbucks.

Wet Seal- Wet Seal is a trendy

clothing store, popular for teenage girls. While Wet Seal already has decent prices, you can also get more discounts. You can purchase a Fashion Insider Card, for $20 at any Wet Seal store or online. When you first sign up you automatically receive 20 percent off and 10 percent off every time you shop for a whole year. Your card will continue to provide you with sales and exclusive offers the longer you have it and use it.

Books-A-Million- If you shop at Books-A-Million just for the books you need for school or you are a dedicated reader, then joining Millionaire’s Club is a good idea. When shopping online you receive free shipping as well as 10 percent off in stores. Members of the club also get free wi-fi in the store. wi-fi is for Millionaire members only.

When you first join they will also send you $75 bonus coupons. And the good thing about the Millionaire’s Club is that you can always drop out when you aren’t feeling satisfied.

American Eagle- Last but not least, American Eagle is known for their AERewards. AERewards gives you a point for every dollar you spend in-store or online. When it’s your birthday you can also receive up to 15 percent off the whole month. 

“I use American Eagle rewards cards. If you get so many points you can get things discounted or even free,” said Kristen Gay, 11.

All in all, using reward cards and memberships can benefit you in the end because you will have more money in your pocket for other things in your life.

On the ride down to Asylum Haunted Scream Park in Louisville, I couldn’t contain my excitement.

My ride back, however, I was filled with disappointment.

This activity was nothing like what I had in mind. At the gate they explained the rules and handed each group a flashlight.

Once inside the woods you were to follow a trail, collect the pages and avoid Slender Man and his “minions”.

If you were to get too close to Slender Man he would take the page so you couldn’t redeem your prize (free tickets to another haunted attraction) at the end.

The farther I got the less scary it was. The trail was pretty well lit with

no need for a flashlight. Other groups were also in close proximity, which took away from the fear factor of being “alone and helpless” in the woods.

It also became apparent that it was practically impossible to win. On more than one occasion Slender Man was standing by the page and handed it to you after marking it invalid to use.

For me, the experience was not at all worth the $20 charged. Not to mention it only took a grand total of about 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

Although it was a very unique idea, the experience wasn’t executed very well. You might as well head to the woods with your own flashlight.

“Survivor” has been on television for many years, and was just the first of many generations for reality television that places its contestants in danger for the sake of viewers entertainment. “Naked and Afraid” could be passed over as just another Survivor knockoff, but it stands out as something just a little different.

Each episode of the show features two people; male and female, chosen because of their jobs or special skills, who are put into dangerous areas. The terrains are varied, with some people being put down in the bayou part of America and others launched into the desert of Africa.

Before the actual people are introduced, there is a small intro to the place that they will be spending their time in. It focuses on the dangers, and then moves onto the people.

The people are often two very different types of people. They have

different values, and different ways of dealing with things, which can lead to a conflict between the two of them.

What sets this apart from other television reality surviving shows is that the two people must rely on nothing but their own wits and each other to win, and nothing is very literal in this show.

The two must survive in the wild for 21 days without anything, not even their clothes. They have to find their way to a certain point by the end of the 21 days, and until then they have to find water and food.

The dangers of the show are very real. A scouting agent searching the area before the show getting bit by the most dangerous snake in Brazil, almost losing his foot in the 15 minutes it took for him to get to a hospital.

The TV show itself follows a very traditional reality show, with the main plot of what’s happening to the two on the island, and then voice overs and small clips accompanying. The couple also keep a video diary of what happens on the island. What makes its format different from other reality survival shows is the lack of people.

Most reality shows rely on a large cast of 20-24 people, and viewers come to watch all of the people argue over different matters. This show relies solely on survival.

There’s no lack of suspense or drama, sometimes reaching the point of fear, but the fact that there are so many television shows similar to it downplays it just a little. Despite the number of shows, the entertainment value remains.

Overall, the show provides an interesting new twist to the genre. With each week being completely different than the last there’s never a lack of interest.

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Boys’ Soccer

Leading the pack

A slow start against the likes of Bedford North Lawrence and Seymour has been turned around by the Scottsburg High School soccer team. Currently leading in the Mid-Southern Conference, the Warriors have a 6-3-1 record.

The highlight of the season so far was the 12-0 win against Henryville and the 10-0 win against rival Austin High School.

Matthew Jerrell, 11, tied a school record with seven goals at the Austin game. “I was just thinking of how I was only going to get it if our coach let me. After only getting seven, I just laughed because I knew I only played 45 minutes of an 80 minute game,” he said. Also scoring in that game were Ryan Heil, 11, Evan Howser, 10, Braden Hale, 11, and Adam Phillips, 12.

In the Austin game, Matthew Jerrell and Adam Phillips each had a hat trick. Other goals were by Evan Howser, 10, Jonah Watson, 11, Alex Wan and James Mardis, 9.

There is room for improvement however. The boys’ team lost many players in last year’s graduating class. “Every year in high school sports is a rebuilding year due to graduating seniors.  This year our numbers are down and we had to cancel our JV games.  To keep the talent level high we need participation in our Scott County Soccer Club and a JV program to develop the underclassmen,” said Coach Bryan Jerrell.

“We hope to put up a strong defense and continually improve our offensive strategy and passing” said Bryan Jerrell.

With the season halfway through, the players are starting to find their niche. Coming up next will be the Warrior Cup tonight and tomorrow. The team will take the field tonight against River City Jaguars Home School at 6 p.m. On Saturday at 8 a.m. they will again play Henryville. Austin and Silver Creek will take the field at 9:40 followed by Home School and Henryville at 11:20 a.m. The consolation game will be a 4 p.m. with the championship game at 5:30.

(Top Photo) Team captains and leading scorers, Matthew Jerrell, 11, and Adam Phillips, 12, come down the field in the opening game against Salem. (Bottom Left) Jonah Watson, 11, dribbles past the Salem Lions in the winning season opener. (Bottom Right) At the Austin game, Evan Kiefer, 9, goes against an Austin Eagle. After seven away games, the Warriors are ready to take the home field.

Girls’ Soccer

Team looks to redefine

With a new season comes change. The Scottsburg War-riorettes’ Soccer Team is com-pletely redefining themselves this year, starting with their new coach, Michaela Hahn.

“I really like our new coach. She asks for our input on things to make the team better and she has a lot of good drills,” said the junior co-captain Nata-lie Grever.

Coach Hahn already has some goals in mind for the 2013 season. She aims for anything better than last year’s 3-13 re-cord and really hopes to grow the team and improve skills of individuals.

Whereas Coach Hahn wants to start her career off on a suc-cessful note, captain Kailee Lynn, 12, wants to end hers right. “I just want us to come together as a team and win more games,” Lynn said. With the help of their new coach she believes this is more than pos-sible. “(Michaela) has different coaching styles, and I think it’s really helping us become better as a team and individuals.”

The season has just be-gun and it’s evident the team is steadily getting better. Al-though the Warriorettes have one solo victory against South-western (9-0) so far, they have become tougher opponents in every game including the Co-rydon game where last year the team fell 10-0 and this year they came back with better defense with an end score of 4-0.

In the Silver Creek match the girls fought hard and fell just short during the tie break-ing penalty kicks. The previ-ous season the Dragons had dominated with a 7-0 score over Scottsburg. Even with the positive results thus far, Grever believes there is one thing they desperately need to work on.

“We need to communicate better on the field. We have a problem of not calling for a pass so we end up just kicking it to the other team,” the co-captain said.

As the season presses on, Grever hopes more improve-ment they can take the Warrio-rette Cup for the first time since 2010. Those games will be on Sept. 28 starting at 9 a.m.

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Sara Edwards, 9, defends the ball against the Co-rydon Panthers. While Edwards, along with the other defenders attempted to save the game, the team went on to lose.

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At MSC girls ‘bring out the big clubs’

There is much in store for the girls’ golf team this season. After almost doubling the amount of players and gaining more practice time, coach Kasee Mosier is very opti-mistic for the team.

“We had all summer together, and we’ve greatly improved from last year. We have a good group of girls,” said Mosier.

One interesting thing the team is experiencing this season is the ad-dition of three new seniors. None of the seniors have played on a golf team before. Last year, there were only four players, three of which were under-classmen.

Bailey Obermiller, 12, is one of the new seniors on the team. She decided to play golf her senior year for multiple reasons - her friends were playing, it seemed like an easy sport to pick up, and it looked

fun. She feels her assumptions were correct.

“[Golf] is real-ly fun, but I wish I had joined last year or freshman

year,” said Ober-miller.

As the returning number one player, Madeline Parker,

10, thinks this season will be better than some in the recent

past. She thinks the team has a much better chance of at least placing

in the top 10 at sec-tionals.

“I think playing number one is fun, because I get to play with girls that will probably go on to sectionals and conference and it is a good experience for me,” said Parker.

The team especially want to win their match against Trinity, because they hadn’t played at Westwood’s course for many years. The team pulled out with a win of about 40 strokes.

After playing well in a recent invi-tational, the girls are ready to see what the season has in store for them. On Sept. 14 they placed fifth in the Mid-Southern Conference.

Scottsburg High School’s sports teams will usually admit that Austin is their biggest rival during season. The girls’ golf team is not one of those. Austin only has one player, so they do not technically have a team. Because of this, the team waits for conference and sectionals to “bring out the big clubs.”

Girls’ Golf

Cross Country gets head start

The fall sports season has only just begun, but the members of the boys’ cross country team are already excited for what they can accomplish. With new runners and a new training strat-egy, the members of the team have high expectations for their perfor-mance.

“We’ve been adding more distance and adding different types of speed work [this year]. They have a chance to make it out of sectionals as a team and do well at conference,” said Aaron Gutowski, head coach of the team.

The girls are also looking forward to a hopefully successful year. Ac-cording to Bobby Ashley, coach of the team, they are working extremely hard despite three of the five members being inexperienced runners. For a short term goal, Coach Ashley hopes for his team to improve in every meet.

This is important for the senior leader of the team, Ashley Padgett.

“Personally, I hope to beat the re-cord, and as a team I hope to see all of these beautiful ladies do great,” said Padgett about her goals for the season.

Zachary Hoard, 11, said that he ex-pected to build a lot of chemistry with his teammates this season. Already though, they’ve had to deal with the major obstacle of health.

“A lot of people have been hurt-ing and there’s not a lot of time in be-tween meets to recover so it just gets worse,” said Hoard.

Members of the boys’ and girls’ teams have been improving in the meets they’ve had so far, creating new personal records for themselves every time they run. The team stand-ings have improved for the boys. They hope this trend continues all the way to sectional time. This may be a sea-son for the team to remember.

Cross Country

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Lindsey BoswellStaff Writer

Ashley Padgett, 12, leads the Scotts-burg Girls’ Cross Country team in time during the Invitational at Hardy Lake.

Record raises conference hopesBoys’ Tennis

Coming off of a season that saw a young team with the goal to improve after a record of 7-10, this year’s boys’ tennis team has definitely seen improvement. They currently have a 7-1 record.

“Last year was all about improving. Due to the improvement, this year’s team may be the best tennis team the guys have ever had. We are just loaded with talent,” said Brandon Boswell, 11.

Last year’s team was made up of mostly underclassmen just looking to improve and step up the game in anyway they could. This year’s team has most of its players back and there is a very good chance the Warriors will go very far in its conference.

The new additions to the team could be one of the reasons the team could be more successful than last year’s team. Four freshman, a senior,

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and a foreign exchange student have joined tennis this year. The exchange student, Andrej Halasa 11, has filled the spot of number one singles. “With the new additions to the team, it brings a good mixture of talent between the younger and older players,” said Tyler White, 11.

Due to such a talented team this year, winning sectionals and possibly even more sounds very realistic to the team.

“Silver Creek always wins MSC, but with the talent we have, we have a great shot to get our first ever MSC title,” said Boswell.

White would have almost have the same response. “We have a big chance to win the MSC title, but we have to beat Silver Creek if we want the title.”

With the talent this team has, don’t be surprised if they come out on top of the conference at the end of the season.

Logan Amburgey, 11, plays the Charlestown team. The team was victorious at the end, winning 5-0 in the match. (Photo by: Haley Mullins)

Home Sport EventsVolleyball

9/19 vs Eastern @ 6 p.m.9/23 vs Corydon Central

@ 6 p.m.10/9 vs Jeffersonville

@ 5:30 p.m.10/14 vs Austin @ 6 p.m.

10/17 vs Clarksville @ 6 p.m.

Girls’ Soccer9/24 vs Charlestown

@ 6 p.m. 9/28 Warriorette Cup

@ 9 a.m.

Girls’ Golf9/18 vs Southwestern

@ 4:30 p.m.

Boys’ Soccer9/18 vs Silver Creek

@ 6 p.m.9/20 Warrior Cup

@ 6 p.m.9/21 Warrior Cup

@ 8 a.m.9/26 vs Southwestern

@ 5:30 p.m.10/2 vs Jennings Co

@ 6 p.m.

Boys’ Tennis9/20 Scottsburg Invitational

@ 5 p.m.9/21 Scottsburg Invitational

@ 8:30 a.m.9/26 vs Clarksville

@ 5:30 p.m.

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Madeline Parker, 10, prepares for a putt.

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Volleyball

Goals highly setKris ShunnaraBusiness Manager

The Warriorettes’ Volleyball Team is very fo-cused. The team has made improvements according to Coach Janet Springer who accredits the improve-ment to “playing more volleyball in the off season.” With improvement however comes higher expecta-tions than in years past.

The biggest challenge facing the team this year is “learning how to win,” said Coach Springer. She went on to add, “We’ll have games won and games lost.” Springer did say however, “I expect more wins this year. Skill level wise we are excellent in volley-ball IQ.”

The Warriorettes do however have some con-cerns with age. The team has a starting freshman setter which is unheard of for a varsity team, accord-ing to Springer. Youth, however, does not mean that there is not a lack of leadership. Coach Springer ex-pects a lot of people to take control.

“Always seniors, but I have a freshman, Emma Waskom, who has a lot of talent and I expect her to be a leader because she is our setter, and your setter is always your nucleus of your team.”

The Warriorettes only lost one senior from last year’s team, and the players know what they need to improve on.

“We have a lot of talent and we need to work on finishing strong, because that is usually our down-fall in games,” said Cara Bulington, 12.

Freshman and team captain Waskom also said, “One thing our team lacks is trying to stay positive and encourage each other when we are not winning the game.”

What are your hopes for the team?

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Stop the sports injuries and play onWhen participating in a sport, there is always

the chance of getting injured during a game, match, meet or just simply during a practice. The difficulties of dealing with an injury are hard for both the indi-vidual and for the team. Athletes risk the chance of hurting themselves even more if they continue play-ing throughout the season, or if they don’t treat the injury correctly.

Taylor Stewart, 10, tore a muscle in her leg last track season and recently injured her leg again this soccer season. “I’m icing my leg, sitting out of prac-tice and just resting it,” Stewart said about treating her injury.

Most coaches recommend that whenever you start feeling hurt, to ice whatever spot feels injured

so further damage can be prevented.Adam Phillips, 12, also injured himself this soc-

cer season by pulling his quadricep muscle in his left leg. Phillips feels very frustrated because he is the senior captain of the boys’ soccer team, but cannot play as much as he would like to.

“If all goes well, I should be back on the field in less than a week,” said Phillips on August 22nd.

“Strength and condition is always key. Make sure you stretch properly everyday before and after a workout. Eat right, and get plenty of rest,” said Vol-leyball Coach Janet Springer about how to prevent an injury.

Trying to hide an injury can lead to an even worse outcome so don’t try to keep it away from your coach.

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Michaela HahnGirls’ Soccer

Grow the team, improve skills and the record.

What made you want to coach?

I played soccer for 12 years and I loved it. Once I came back to be a teacher and I saw the position open I gladly took it.

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How are you hoping to change this season compared to last?

Compared to last season I want to change our communication skills on the field and improve our ball handling one-on-one skills.

What made you want to coach?

I’ve only missed one season since 1994 then either playing or coaching. It’s something I do and enjoy.

What do you like best about soccer?

I like the fact that it is a thinking man’s game, you have to be thinking ahead of the play for it to develop. It is 40 minutes without a time out.

What teams have you coached in the past?

I’ve coached track for six years now, three years assistant and three years head coach.

Where did you graduate from high school? What were your sports and activities?

I graduated from Scottsburg High School in 2007. I ran varsity cross country and track for four years. I also played baseball and wrestled.

What are your expectations for the team?

I think we have a chance as succeeding as conference champions.

Q.What experience do you have with cross country?A. I ran cross country all through middle school and high school and helped out with meets. I have probably 10 years of experience.

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Emma Waskom, 9, spikes the ball during the Austin game. While the varsity girls played hard, they went on to lose the game. The junior varsity won the game against Austin.

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Braxton Soloe, 11

Jessica Richey, 10

A moment with the athletes

In life, there is always going to be that one athlete you see that reminds you of a freak of nature; the guy just has it all. He has the talent, the fame, the money and he is also the best player in that sport. For some people, they would do anything they can to live that type of life. They would be willing to take any chance just to experience that life, including breaking the law and the rules of their beloved sport by using performance enhancing drugs.

The MLB and NFL have really started cracking down on all of their athletes who have been in anyway linked to steroid use. There have been 13 people in the MLB that have been suspended due to using steroids. Of all the suspended athletes, Alex Rodriguez, Nelson Cruz, Everth Cabrera and Jhonny Peralta highlight the group. Rodriguez got the worst suspension by being suspended for 211 games. The rest of the group accepted 50 game suspensions. The NFL has suspended almost 20 of their athletes in the past year for misusing the substance abuse policy. One of those players is Von Miller, who plays for the Denver Broncos.

Miller, who was the 2nd pick of the 2011 NFL draft, was well known by the time the 2012 football season rolled around. Miller was already known as a ferocious athlete who hits almost like a mack truck. Although he is a freak athlete who was tackling anything and everything that was in sight, Miller ended violating the substance abuse rules by submitting a diluted urine sample for a drug test. Because of this, Miller is currently serving a six game suspension for breaking the rules.

Of all the athletes that were suspended in both sports, Rodriguez’s suspension doesn’t really fly to well with me. Rodriguez deserves a suspension, but Bud Selig has let his power go to his head by giving A-Rod a suspension that is just outrageous. While the suspension is unfair, he should have seen this coming. Hopefully, by making the mistake that Rodriguez made, he will realize that messing with steroids is not a good idea.

By making that one mistake, those athletes threw away not only their careers, but their reputations. Although most of you probably aren’t in the NFL or MLB, high school is a place where you can make or break your future. Make your choices count.

If you’re looking for a interesting way to spend an afternoon away from town, get a group of friends and head to Sky Zone. It’ll have you bouncing off the walls - literally. This patented idea of wall-to-wall trampolines includes open courts, dodgeball courts, cheese pits and basketball dunking hoops.

Unfortunately, the closest Sky Zone is off Hurstbourne Parkway in Jeffersontown, KY, which is right outside Louisville. It takes 45 minutes to get there from Scottsburg, but it is well worth the travel time. Before heading down south, check the website, skyzone.com/Louisville, to see when it is open. Sky Zone is open at different times each day, so know when it is open and plan accordingly.

As for the prices, it is fairly cheap. The court openings begin every half hour. The prices are: 30 minutes, $9; 60 minutes, $13; 90 minutes, $17; 120 minutes, $20. Since it takes so long to get there, it would be well worth your time

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What made you start running cross country?

In 8th grade, I began to run longer distances and found out that not only did I like it better, I was also better at it.

What do you do during the off season to be ready when the season starts?

Me and my cousin ran 2-3 miles.

Why would you recommend cross country to someone who is looking

It keeps you in shape.

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Jessica Richey is a sophomore runner on the girls’ cross country team. She has been running ever since she was in the eighth grade. She has many goals and hopes to achieve them throughout the year.

Richey is working hard and putting in more miles on her own and running hills.

Despite her coaches comments on her good form she continues to work hard in hopes to improve.

“I need to work on starting faster to get out so I don’t get blocked in,” said Richey.

She hopes to make it within the top 25 percent of runners by the end of the season.

Braxton Soloe is a member of the SHS boys’ tennis team. He plays number one doubles with Tyler White. Soloe’s favorite part about playing doubles is the action packed playing with the quickness of scoring. Currently Soloe and White have a 7-1 record, while the team also has a record of 7-1.

He and White made it all the way to regionals last year. “I remember how tough the competition was and how proud my family was,” said Soloe.

He hopes to repeat his success from last year, by working harder during practice and playing outside of practice more often.

Soloe is very excited for this year, and is looking forward to the year ahead. He wishes that his team would give more in practice and stay focused during the matches.

Most of all, he wants to never let up.

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Why did you begin playing tennis?

I was interested in exploring a new sport.

Do you have a role model on the team? Who?

Definitely my coach, because he used to play tennis and he knows what it feels like to be on the court.

Are there any strategies you have going into a game?

Yes, to set ourselves up for an overhead at the net.

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Oh,the places we’ll go: Sky Zone

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and money to spend at least an hour on the courts. Not included in your time, Sky Zone helps avoid possible injuries, by giving you special high-top shoes and a rules speech before entering the courts.

Sky Zone is more enjoyable when a group of friends attend together. If there is a group of 15 or more, call ahead and reserve a court for yourselves, and get a discounted price. There are multiple “birthday

rooms,” but they are more for children than high school parties.

Scottsburg isn’t the most fun place to be on a weekend, so get a group of friends and go to Sky Zone. If Louisville still isn’t far enough away, go to the one in Indianapolis. Before taking off, make sure you wear socks and athletic clothes; it gets a little toasty after jumping for an hour. So get your waiver signed, be careful, and have fun at Sky Zone.

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Before you arrive at Skyzone make sure you have an electronic or tangible copy of a waiver signed. You can not be admitted into Skyzone unless they have a waiver for you. Once the waiver is signed, you are ready to have fun.