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save the datesave the date•April 15:

Prom •April 18-25:

Spring Break•May 30:

Memorial Day(no school)

hall talkhall talk“They’re debating over whether teachers should have guns or not. Can you picture Ms. Dent with a gun?” -- Senior

“Mr. Hardwick looks like Jesus.” -- Sophomore

by the numby the numbersbers• 24,480 minutes until spring break.

• 7 more Mondays in the school year.

• 384 hours until prom.

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center stage | At rehearsal of “The Drowsy Chaperone,” sophomore Annie LaSalle who plays the title role, takes a break. “I like my character because she is fun to portray and has a deeper personality than people see,” LaSalle said. The Fine Arts Department will present “Les Misérables” next year and “The Phantom of the Opera” the following year. “I chose “Les Misérables” and “Phantom of the Opera” because they are classical pieces that people are familiar with unlike the last few shows,” theater workshop teacher Wayne Canady said. For more photos of rehearsals, go to thecarolinafor-esttoday.com. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]

• 689 more bells in the school year.

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Every day the cafeteria staff serves hundreds of students; they prepare food for hours just to watch it end up in gar-bage cans.

“One day we served bananas with breakfast, and we ended up with about three trash bags full of bananas that kids did not eat,” Faye Foster, cafeteria man-ager, said.

Bananas aren’t the only food that so often end up in the garbage. About 90 percent of certain foods, such as baked potatoes and fresh fruits, get thrown out when they serve them, Foster said.

“Some kids even buy the sandwich meal when we have it just for the fries, and they throw the sandwich away,” Fos-ter said. “It hurts my feelings because we spend so much on the food and take the time to prepare it, and it hurts our feel-ings when they don’t eat it and just throw it out. We are required by the district to serve baked potatoes once a week, and the kids get mad because we don’t have fries that day.”

Research shows the way children eat has changed over the years. “The ham

stuff”– Autumn

Dillon, sophomore

“Corn dogs”– Samantha

Erwin, sophomore

“Spaghetti”– Phil

Paynter, senior

“Pizza” – Jerrica Nelson,

junior

“Chicken”– Endri

Hehalla, senior

“Soup”– Jackie Monroe,

sophomore

Rather than eating a full, healthy meal, most young people today prefer eating fried fast foods.

Sophomore Nathan Stivason agreed. “If they have a tray with vegetables,

most kids won’t eat the vegetables,” Sti-vason said.

But that may soon change in the school district’s cafeterias.

“We’ve heard rumors that next year there will be no fried foods, we will be re-quired to bake everything and that means no french fries,” Foster said.

Students who buy lunch have a few reasons for why they don’t fi nish their tray.

“When I throw out any food, it’s mainly because I’m too full to fi nish,” sophomore Kirsten Hobbs said.

But some have another reason.“They serve the same thing over and

over again,” senior Whitney Todd said.Although there are not many solutions

to the food wasting problem, Foster sug-gests students only buy the foods they want and are going to eat. Those who buy a full lunch are only required to take three out of the fi ve items served.

“They should get what they want and eat what they get,” Foster said.

Bye bye, bananas

GirlsTeen girls need:

• 2200 calories

• 3 servings of fruit and 4 serv-ings of vegetables

• 9 servings of protein and grains

• 2 servings of dairy

BoysTeen boys need:

• 2800 calories

• 4 servings of fruit and 5 serv-ings of vegetables

• 11 servings of protein and grains

• 3 servings of dairy

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Some throw away food in the cafeteria

With the national obesity rate at 34 percent, the focus on healthy eating has become even more important. Below are the daily requirements for teens.

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an apple a dayan apple a day| | During lunch junior Lyndsey Osborn takes an apple During lunch junior Lyndsey Osborn takes an apple for a healthy addition to her lunch. Although apples are still available, for a healthy addition to her lunch. Although apples are still available, cafeteria manager Faye Foster says that due to costs and heavy waste, cafeteria manager Faye Foster says that due to costs and heavy waste, bananas are no longer a choice in the cafeteria. bananas are no longer a choice in the cafeteria. [Photo by Martha Herring][Photo by Martha Herring]


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Sophomore Philip Blayton jumped into the pool last summer and freaked out.

Not because he was drowning or the water was cold, but because his cellphone was in his pocket. He grabbed his phone and threw it out of the water.

“It was one of the scariest moments in my life,” Blayton said. “I consider myself connected to my cellphone.”

Blayton is not the only one.“I fall asleep with cellphone in hand

most of the time,” sophomore Grayson Perry said. “It never leaves my side.”

And Perry is not alone.On average, teenagers send 3,339 text

messages per month. The average female 13 to 17 years of age sends 4,050 texts and the average male of the same age range sends 2,539. Children years 8 to 18 devote seven hours and 38 minutes of their time to media such as cellphones, computer use or video games.

An example of this would be Perry.“I am so lazy, all I do is go home, sleep

and do stuff on my cellphone,” Perry said.

One-third of children in the United States are considered overweight. Obe-sity rates have increased 19 percent from 1960 to 2004 because of less physical ac-tivity and unhealthy eating habits. Some say technology is one of the main rea-sons for the increased rate of obesity in the country.

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under the table | Texting under the table, junior Kait-lin Cody sends a message to a friend in this photo illustration. In a random sur-vey of 151 students march 18, 68 percent of students said they had texted during school. Of the males sur-veyed, 54 percent admitted to texting during school. Of those 54 percent, 64 percent said they texted friends, 19 percent texted parents and 17 percent texted loved ones.

Of the females surveyed, 74 percent admitted to tex-ting during school. Of those 74 percent, 29 percent said they texted friends, 43 per-cent texted parents and 25 percent texted loved ones. [Photo by Kayla Berry]

Cellphones, teens inseparableThe longest some teenagers can’t use

their cellphones is when they are at school because of the cellphone policies there. Policies vary throughout the Horry Coun-ty school district. Myrtle Beach High al-lows students to use cellphones during lunches, in between classes, and even dur-ing some classes if the teachers allow it, according to students. The administrator contacted by e-mail by this reporter did not respond.

Myrtle Beach is not the only school that allows cellphone use during school. Socast-ee does also, according to students there.

At St. James students are allowed to use cellphones during their assigned lunches, but cellphone violations have continued to be a problem, according to assistant principal Deron Dolfi . Admin-istrators will look at possible changes to cellphones policies and not allowing cell-phones at all, Dolfi said.

North Myrtle Beach does not allow cellphone use in school, according to as-sistant principal Janet Lawrence-Patten. Students are allowed to use phones in the front offi ce for emergencies. North Myrtle Beach has seen a steady decrease in cell-phone violations each school year because of this policy, Lawrence-Patten said.

Policies across the state vary as well. At Wando High, in Mt. Pleasant, students must pay a $25 fi ne each time their phones are confi scated.

At Spring Valley High in Columbia, students receive one warning for a cell-phone violation. After that, confi scated

phones are not returned until the end of the school year.

Assistant principal Gaye Driggers said there is an added benefi t to the no cell-phone policy here.

“Carolina Forest has very high test scores with some of the highest in the state, and I believe that is because we do not allow distractions in the classroom and cellphones are defi nitely a distrac-tion,” Driggers said.

School is not the only time some are without their cellphones.

“The longest I have been away from my phone was two months because I got grounded and I was so bored; it felt like I didn’t have a life,” sophomore Zakary Williams said.

Some have gotten so connected to cell-phones that they can’t even drive with-out texting. Twenty-eight percent of car accidents in the United States have been caused because of drivers talking and texting while driving. In 30 states texting while driving is prohibited.

South Carolina has legislation pend-ing which, if passed, will make texting while driving illegal.

Thirty percent of teenagers in a Time magazine survey admitted to texting while driving. Perhaps that will change for some after an accident.

“My mom and I got hit by a girl texting behind us,” sophomore Mickinzi Joyner said. “She was really upset and I felt re-ally bad for her, but she doesn’t text and drive anymore, or so she says.”

31%admit to texting while drving

52%have gotten their cellphones taken away at school

73%of students’ cellphones have Internet access

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She was hit by a car twice while bik-ing, bitten by a snake and swam in the water with an alligator.

This is Global Studies I teacher Aman-da Lane’s success story in the Ironman Triathlon in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, in 2008. The triathlon consisted of 2.4 miles of swimming, 112 miles of biking and 26.2 miles of running.

“It felt bigger than myself and it was a goal that was going to take a lot of work,” Lane said.

Lane trained for a year prior to the race. On weekdays she trained for fi ve hours and on weekends she trained for 10 hours.

“While training you could see the sweat lines and shake the salt from your

shirt,” Lane said.In addition to the rigorous training

schedule, Lane also coached a swim team.

“The kids that I coached kept me mo-tivated; I didn’t want to let them down,” she said.

Lane’s favorite part of the race came at the end.

“My favorite part by far had to be run-ning the last mile. All of your soreness and pain seem to disappear when you hear ‘Amanda Lane, you are an Ironman,’ as you are crossing the fi nish line, then get-ting a nice long massage at the end.”

Lane has advice for those considering a triathlon.

“Know what you are getting into, set your goals high and make them public,” Lane said.

Sprinting for the fi nish, Lane never gives up

on the move | (Top)Running through the finish line after 15 hours 49 minutes and 1 second is Glob-al Studies I teacher Amanda Lane. “Right when you ran through the finish line,” she said, “two people came and grabbed you and wrapped a towel around you and took you and gave you the best massage you will ever have.” (Bottom) Lane bikes up the hill to finish the race. [Photo courtesy of Amanda Lane]

Art teacher fishes and crabs

• Crabs, fi shes and likes to lie in plough mud. • “Plough mud is the most amaz- ing pillow you will ever have, earthy smelling mud in the bottom of creeks and salt water,” Seay said. • When removing the hook from a stingray, it gave birth to three baby stingrays. • “Be self suffi cient; don’t be squea- mish or afraid to touch stuff,” Seay said.• “My mom is very outdoorsy and that gives us something to do together.”

James Philon, English teacher, flew helicopters• Flew fi xed wing aircrafts and helicopters for seven to eight years in the Marine Corps. • “You always have to give 100 percent and be totally focused,” Philon said. • “It was like a magic carpet. It’s like juggling while standing on a beach ball,” Philon said. • “For those interested, the military offers a lot of options,” Philon said.

English teacher, Jason Capuzzi sails and surfs

wishing you were fishing | Chop-ping up bait fish with her mother Ann Seay, art teacher Jen Seay takes advantage of the summer months. [Photo courtesy of Jen Seay]

• Plays semi pro football; average age of players is 18-22, but Coach Schenck is 44. • “When students say something like ‘Well, why don’t you try and do this?’ I really can say I am doing it because I am still playing so they respect me a little more because of that,” Schenck said. • “I wanted to see if I could survive it. It was very hard. The guys were half my age which was more of a challenge,” Schenck said.

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cruising through the waves | Riding his hobie cat, English teacher Jason Capuzzi uses the wind to surf the waves. [Photo cour-tesy of Jason Capuzzi]

• Sails hobie cats and kite surfs. • “Wind sports are great for the beach, especially in Myrtle Beach. It takes a lot of responsibility to take care of your things and make sure you don’t hurt anyone,” Capuzzi said. • “Surfing doesn’t really work for the beaches here so I started kite surfing when it’s too rough for the hobie cat,” Capuzzi said.

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Swept Away

Each and every year prior to the ar-rival of spring break, juniors and seniors plan for the most extravagant night in their high school years. Prom has always been held the Friday before spring break begins, and it will be the same this year. This year’s location is the Dunes Club, which is located on the oceanfront in Myrtle Beach. The theme is Swept Away. The theme Swept Away could also apply to what happened to the location, Premier Resort, where this year’s prom was initially booked. After last year’s prom, which was also held at Premier Resort, prom committee chairperson LisaThompkins booked that same location for this year’s event. Prom had actually been held there the previous two years because it could accommodate a large group. However, all that changed Oct. 15. The front page lead story of the Sun News reported a hostile takeover of the Premier Resort. Thompkins immediately called and was told the new owners would not honor the contract so Thompkins began searching for another location that would accommodate approximately 500. Unfortunately, most of the places that could handle that many were already

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just dance | At last year’s prom at Premier Resort at Grand Dunes, se-niors Jordan Gifford and Erica Martins dance. The prom’s theme was “Hollywood Red Carpet.” [Photo by Katie Fisher]

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“No, because they are too young.”

— Jacob Rabon, senior

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• Buy a silk corsage – It will be more durable when dancing and you can keep it forever.

• Forget the expensive dress – Try the school’s prom closet or Katie’s Proj- ect at Market Common.

• Make your own food – Prom is expensive; get together with friends before prom and BYOF (bring your own food.)

• Do your own make-overs – Make it fun; you and your friend(s) can do each other’s hair, make-up and nails.

• Trade and share jewelry with friends.

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“No, because prom is sup-posed to be a special time for the upperclassmen.”

— Corrine Brice, senior

“No, because I waited until my junior and senior year so they should wait for theirs.”

— Crystal Bolie, junior

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Believe it or not, A Day to Re-member shares various common as-pects with all of the run-of-the-mill mainstream artists today—includ-ing the fact that they’re extremely unoriginal and make terrible music.

Whether you call this music Good Charlotte with a double bass or Simple Plan with a breakdown, it all sounds the same to me.

Although most fans would dis-agree, this music is not hardcore. It sure isn’t metalcore. And it’s defi -nitely not melodic hardcore.

If anything, it’s pop-punk—eas-ily the worst genre of music. Hard-core music isn’t soft and made-for-the-radio; it’s rough, harsh and aggressive.

A Day to Remember’s music hardly shows any of these qualities; it’s so much slower and less heavy, it hardly resembles either one. In fact, their music is so watered down, I wouldn’t be surprised if I caught Grandma singing along.

Maybe A Day to Remember wouldn’t be as terrible if every one of their songs didn’t sound exactly alike. Even though I don’t like any actual hardcore band, at least I can respect some as musicians.

A Day to Remember is not the only culprit though; popular bands such as Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals and All Time Low are also guilty. Obviously these bands aren’t the same but just making pop-punk music is a crime on its own. But al-though which band is less terrible is still up for argument, one thing is certainly clear—if these bands don’t quit their act soon, it may very well be “The Downfall of Us All.”

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With the number of Apple products sold increasing ever day, the demand for a wide variety of inexpensive and entertain-ing apps cannot be ignored.

The apple app store holds more than 400,000 apps, and the number is growing every day. The app store reached its 10 billionth download in January.

Some apps are extremely successful, like Angry Birds, the top selling paid app of all time. It held the number one spot on the app store for more than seven months.

Not all apps are for gaming; there are useful apps such as GPS apps and trans-lator apps. Out of the thousands of apps in the Apple app store, I have chosen fi ve I think everyone should download.

The Free Graph-ing Calculator app is extremely use-ful, especially if

you don’t have one of your own. It is set up almost exactly like a Tex-as Instrument calculator, and the best part is that it is free. You will no longer have to worry about missing out on math home-work because the graphing calculator app has you covered.

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Godfi nger All-stars is an extraordi-narily entertaining game similar to Pocket Gods. In the game, you

are the God, and all worship you. The more followers you have, the more pow-erful you become.

You can pick people up and throw them around your planet. You can make fl oods and rainbows, transform the planet and grow fl owers. You can make your fol-lowers farm for you to earn coins, but it’s not all fun and games because your fol-lowers get tired quickly and you must fi nd a way to keep your world alive while they rest. This game is high-maintenance, but worth the download because it’s free.

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Pudding Camera Sushi Cat is a two story game about an adorable, periwinkle cat. In the fi rst story he is desperate to

woo the pink cat of his dreams. The only problem is that he is not big enough.

Sushi Cat becomes inspired by a sumo wrestler and decides to eat sushi. The ob-ject of the game is to acquire as much su-shi as possible by aiming with chopsticks and dropping Sushi Cat onto different ob-stacles, including rotating boards, bouncy lanterns and windmills.

In the second story, Sushi Cat and the pink cat are on their honeymoon cruise when an explosion occurs in the kitchen. Sushi Cat tries to plug the hole, but he just isn’t big enough. Once again he must stuff himself full with sushi.

Sushi Cat is an addicting game that will have you entranced for hours on end and is the best free app I have downloaded.

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The Pudding Cam-era photography app is chock full of diverse fi lms and lenses and is one of the many hid-

den gems of the app store. The photos are automatically saved to your camera roll and easily accessible on the app as well. Although the app does not offer the best quality photos, it’s free and fun to play around with.

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In the game Tiny Wings, you play as a little blue bird whose wings are too small to fl y.

Instead of fl ying, you must fi nd a way to glide from island to island before night-time comes and you fall asleep. Lucky for you, every island has hills for you to gain speed and glide to each island faster. It’s no surprise it only took six days for this little guy to knock Angry Birds out of the number one spot.

It is possibly one of the cutest and most entertaining apps in the app store. Tiny Wings is a creative and colorful game worth the 99 cents you pay to download it.

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Like cable or satellite, YouTube off ers a range of channels, but YouTube

channel are accessible with the click of the mouse. For this issue, I looked

into channels that off er something substantive. There are actually channels

that off er tricks and tips to simple users, but there are not too many chan-

nels of the sort so I scrounged up what I hope will help and interest you.

“Kipkay”s videos are a personal favor-ite. This channel features easy to fairly challenging home projects, either for a prank or for practical purposes. Videos do not exceed fi ve minutes; every step is shown and narrated in detail.

This channel is resourceful when it comes to electronics, mechanics or the use of different items for various practical purposes. Not only does “Kipkay” build, instruct and display his creations, but he also explains some of the physics and mechanics that go into the function of the devices. The devices are useful and prac-tical; the pranks are somewhat hilarious, but still clever, even if the pranked person doesn’t fi nd it humorous.

Many of the devices can be built out of normal household items, but some items required need to be purchased.

Learn to manipulate simple household items

Some of my favorites include vid-eos on how to make glow sticks, how to make burning laser pointers (non-deadly) and how to increase a car’s gas mileage. I recommend this channel to a hobbyist or someone who likes to tinker with objects. These videos are also good for knowledge and lame humor and practical jokes.

Advance your methods of cheating problems

“Householdhacker” shows you easy methods of fi xing or “hacking” certain problems and tasks by doing such easy things as unshrinking a shirt or creating a fake computer virus.

This channel provides projects for your house which require little to no money. “Householdhacker” does not have one host, but rather is a shared channel with the users offering insights into inventions, conventions and video games. The main premise of the channel is problem solving and cleverness.

Videos do not exceed seven minutes and each task can be somewhat easy to follow. Many of the items used are simple to fi nd, if you don’t already have them lying around you house. The methods shown are somewhat puzzling – like put-ting peanut butter on a CD to get scratches out – but seem plausible. Other items are fake, a prank on the viewer.

Hover shoes – shoes that make you

fl oat by putting magnets and wires on them to repel yourself off of the earth magnetism – have been debunked by many people, including the Mythsbusters on the Discovery channel.

My personal favorite projects include how to make plastic out of packing pea-nuts and ways to fi x a scratched CD. I rec-ommend this channel to those who want solutions with an interesting process, or who would like to show off to friends, or who want to learn more mechanics and come up with solutions themselves.

Learn some tricks and expand your repertoire

The channel “Mindpaint” aka “Do Try This At Home” is full of neat tricks, such as balancing two forks on half a tooth-pick on the edge of a drinking glass. The

host of the show is named Mr.G, a net-work engineer / instructor from Wooster, Ohio. He performs his videos like a father showing you, or his guests, tricks with simple household items such as pennies, coat hangers or straws.

The videos can range from less than a minute to 10. All take place in his home in a casual manner. He has no real the-atrics except maybe a title sequence for special subjects, his everyday apparel and the trick he is performing.

Many of the tricks seem irrelevant; but the end result with the items is somewhat astonishing.

Favored videos and tricks are pulling intertwined straws apart, lighting a candle through its own smoke and bending water out of a faucet with a balloon. I recom-mend these videos to the bored YouTuber or the person who would like to make friendly bets or learn some party tricks.

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Learn neat tricks, clever gadgets and hack life

eHow: A massive collection of how-to videos on practically anything, from synastry to how to tie a tie, with a bit of odd/corny humor thrown into the mix.

ExpertVillage: A network of experts in vari-ous subjects, joining together to help amateurs with things such as writing fi ction to composing music.

LifeHacker: This site covers Microsoft Win-dows, Mac and Linux programs as well as time-sav-ing tips and tricks. “Tips and downloads for getting things done.”

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new house in the forest | By the fall season the new fi eld house will be done. All high schools in Horry County will have fi eld houses by the projected date of June 30. The fi eld house will be 5,335 sq. ft. Carolina Forest will also get a visiting side concession stand that will be used by any teams that use the stadium. “I think it’s one of the most exciting things that has happened in athletics. It’s a necessity and will help with management,” athletic director Boe Rainbow said.

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“It was generated through the school district. All high schools in Horry County will have one by the end of June.”

“There is a dedicated fund that was set aside by the school district to fund all the fi eld houses. It is only for the construction of the fi eld houses and does not affect any other funds.”

“There are several benefi ts. It’s a separate facility and close to all the playing fi elds. It’s being constructed for all athletes, but naturally basketball, volleyball and wrestling will stay in the gymnasium.”

QWhose idea was it to get a fi eldhouse?

Q How are we funding the fi eld house?

QWhat are the benefi ts to the newfi eld house?

“Lockers for the JV and varsity teams, an offi ce for the coaches, a conference room for the coaches and a video room for the athletes, a satellite training room, washer and dryer, and all the amenities needed to run a training facility.”

QWhat is going to be in the newfi eld house?

“I think it’s one of the most exciting things that has happened in athletics. It’s a necessity and will help with management.”

QWhat are your thoughts about the fi eld house?

“The rules will mainly be the same as they are now, just a change in location. There will be some changes because of proximity and we want to take care and upkeep the building.”

QWhat rules will student athletes have to follow in order to use

the fi eld house?

“Whenever there is a coach supervising the building, it will be allowed to be used. It is going to be well used. And on Saturdays there could be coaches meetings, so it can be used then also.”

QCan student athletes use the fi eld house after school hours? On

weekends? During the summer? Or in their sports offseason? Explain.

“There are about 135 total lockers for the athletes.”

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QHow many lockers will therebe?

“Yes, it will be just like now; the coaches will have to be with them.”

QIf students come back late from a sports event, will they be able

to get back into the fi eld house?

“It will be identical to the security system we have at the school now, and the building will be secured most of the time.”

QHow will the security system for the building work?

“There were several people who came together: Mrs. Allen, Ms. Driggers, and myself, along with some people from the school district. We tried to pick the spot that was the most feasible and accessible; also where we could put additional parking, which will go on the side of the building for coaches. The location is also an easy access.”

QHow was the location of our fi eld house picked?

“It’s something we will have to think about, but right now no. There will always be liquids available like water and Gatorade.”

QWill there be any vendingmachines in the new fi eld

house?

“She will have both. I think her main training room will still be in the athletic hallway because she has all of her main stuff in that room. The fi eld house training room will be like a satellite room for her.”

QWill Coach Maggie still have her offi ce in the athletic hallway?

“It’s being built for all the visitors. It will also have rest rooms, so overall it will just be more convenient.”

QWhat about the new concessionstand?

“The band will still run the visitor side concession stand, so it is really up to them. It might expand more because there will be more room to work.”

QWill it be just like the home sideconcession stand?

what they saidthey said

“I think it’s going to be awe-some because it will be good for the teams to use. And it will help football a lot be-cause all of their stuff will be closer to the fi eld.”

– Caitlyn Hummel, junior

“I feel like it’s gonna be bene-fi cial, but I don’t think the lo-cation is going to be suitable for all sports.”– Jesse Patrick, sophomore

“I like the idea that athletes will have somewhere to get changed other than the bath-rooms.”

– Emily Diaz, junior

How do you feel about the new fi eld house?

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Throwers adjust to new coachby

daquanjamesjamessportswriter

Edward Armstrong – E.A. – this was the name and the initials seen and heard all over campus at sporting events after the un-

timely death of Coach Edward Armstrong Oct. 31, and it affected the entire school, not just the football team.

Armstrong also coached track. “Last year Coach Armstrong had

a great impact on the team; it was the fi rst time the team actually had a throw-ing coach since I have been coaching. He really helped improve the athletes as throwers,” head girls track coach Sandra Hensen said.

For thrower Marketa Smalls it was even more devastating a loss because he wasn’t just her coach; he was also her stepfather. Smalls transferred here from St. James last year because she wanted to be at the same school with and coached by her stepfather.

“He will always be missed, loved and remembered by many people he has touched, coached, helped, taught or in-spired,” Smalls said. “But everything I do in life or the sports I play always had a purpose but even more now because he was a part of me that nobody will never

understand or feel.”Smalls has dedicated this season to

Armstrong’s memory. “I feel great about track this year; I’m

really excited because I missed a whole year due to my transferring schools and my eligibility. By me missing a whole year in, track it just motivated me to come out this season and just beast and work hard to achieve my goals,” Smalls said.

So far this season Smalls has been achieving her goals. She won two gold medals March 5 at the Sandlapper Clas-sic at West Ashley High School. She re-ceived a gold medal for the shot put, with a throw of 35 feet, and a gold medal for the discus, with a throw of 102’4.

The new throwing coach is Tom Iagul-li, head boys track Coach JJ Iagulli’s dad. He retired with 37 years of teaching and coaching from the Chestnut Ridge School District in New Paris, Pa. He coached multiple sports including 15 years as the head boys track coach. He has served as an assistant track coach here since 2008.

“The throwers are responding well to their new coach. He is teaching them new things and techniques,” Hensen said.

So far they have been successful un-der their new direction. Iagulli has high expectations for the throwers and he ex-pects the throwers to do well.

let it rip| Releasing the discus, senior Marketa Smalls completes her second throw at the meet March 22. Smalls took first place. [Photo by Amanda Har-vey]

sports round-up

Boys Track• Record: 5-1• March 22Rickie Knarich, 110m hurdles (4:38)Donovan Cann, long jump (19’10”)Zach Beaty Discus (123’)Jesse Patrick ,3200m run (11:06)Daveon Goldsmith, 200m run; new school record (23.5)•March 24Zach Hensel, 3200m run; new school record (10:09)

Girls Track• Record: 5-1•March 17Mallory Hancock, pole vault (8 ft.)•March 19Marketa Smalls, discus (105’9)

Varsity Baseball• Record: 3-7• Honorary CoachesCoach Hummel (3/8)Mr. Wilder (3/11)Coach Iagulli (3/15)Mr. Washburn (3/22)Mrs.Dent (3/31)Mrs.Drutar (4/4)Mrs.Harward (4/12)

JV Baseball• Record: 4-2

Varsity Boys Soccer• Record: 4-1 • Rank: 13th in state in the 4A Division

JV Boys Soccer• Record: 4-3

Varsity Girls Soccer• Record: 2-3

JV Girls Soccer• Record: 3-4Varsity Softball• Record: 6-1

JV Softball• Record: 5-1

Boys Golf• Record: 3-2• March 19Placed 9th out of 22 teams at the 2nd Annual Panther Invitational at River Oaks• March 25Broke team school record with score of 141

Boys Tennis• Record: 4-1

•All records as of press time March 25

1. Favorite fl avor of Kool-Aid? • Blue-Raspberries

2. Would you rather be rich or healthy? • Healthy

3. If your life was a movie, what actor/actress would play you? • Keira Knightley 4. How does it feel not playing on

the same team with your sister since she graduated last year?

• I miss her, but it’s nice to be able to do it by myself also.

1. At a movie theater, which of the two arm rests is yours?

• The right one. 2. When cheese gets its picture

taken, what does it say? • I don’t know. 3. How do you feel about PDA? • Don’t go too far.

Lindsay Shelton [softball]

Trevor Worden[baseball]

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Smalls dedicates season to memory of Armstrong

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Boys Track• Record: 5-1• March 22Rickie Knarich, 110m hurdles (4:38)Donovan Cann, long jump (19’10”)Zach Beaty Discus (123’)Jesse Patrick ,3200m run (11:06)Daveon Goldsmith, 200m run; new school record (23.5)•March 24Zach Hensel, 3200m run; new school record (10:09)

Girls Track• Record: 5-1•March 17Mallory Hancock, pole vault (8 ft.)•March 19Marketa Smalls, discus (105’9)

Varsity Baseball• Record: 3-7• Honorary CoachesCoach Hummel (3/8)Mr. Wilder (3/11)Coach Iagulli (3/15)Mr. Washburn (3/22)Mrs.Dent (3/31)Mrs.Drutar (4/4)Mrs.Harward (4/12)

JV Baseball• Record: 4-2

Varsity Boys Soccer• Record: 4-1• Rank: 13th in state in the 4A Division

JV Boys Soccer• Record: 4-3

Varsity Girls Soccer• Record: 2-3

JV Girls Soccer• Record: 3-4Varsity Softball• Record: 6-1

JV Softball• Record: 5-1

Boys Golf• Record: 3-2• March 19Placed 9th out of 22 teams at the 2nd Annual Panther Invitational at River Oaks• March 25Broke team school record with scoreof 141

Boys Tennis• Record: 4-1

•All records as of press time March25 compiled by

eric morton

Sophomore to roll with the TideSophomore to roll with the Tideby kaeliweeksweeks

featureseditorMarisa Runyon is the fi rst female in the history of

Carolina Forest High to verbally commit to a college as a sophomore.

“I decided to choose early so I can prepare for what the college wants from me so I’ll be ready to play as a freshman,” Runyon said.

Runyon committed to play softball for the University of Alabama.

“I’ve grown up playing softball,” Runyon said. “It’s always been my favorite sport, and it’s not just my love of the game, it’s my knowl-edge of the game.”

Runyon has played softball since she was 5 years old.

“I just enjoy the atmosphere when you’re playing,” Runyon said “I love being on the fi eld, it’s my second home, my home away from home.”

Runyon toured the University of Tennessee, Missouri and Michigan. In addition to Alabama, Ole Miss and the University of South Carolina offered her scholarships but Runyon fell in love with the University of Alabama.

“The softball stadium was the fi rst place I went and it was absolutely beautiful,” Runyon said.

← waiting for a hit | Prepar-ing to field the ball, sophomore Marisa Runyon waits for a hit. Runyon helped her team get the out. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]

Runyon also attended a game while there.“[I liked] the atmosphere at the games,” Runyon said. “When I was at the games, it just wasn’t the play-

ers coming to watch, it was just random people, which was really cool. I felt

like I was playing when I was just watching the game.”

Perhaps that’s why Runyon decided to commit to Ala-

bama before she even left the campus.

“I felt like after touring the campus that’s where I wanted to be,” Runyon said. “I got the warm fuzz-ies when I got there.”

Runyon’s varsity soft-ball coach Sarah Minchew

said Runyon’s signing will also have added benefi ts. “It’s great for the program and

the area,” she said. “She’s the fi rst person in the area to go to a big SEC

school and Alabama’s in the top two.” Minchew has been Runyon’s coach since seventh

grade.“She had an unbelievable talent as a seventh grad-

er,” Minchew said, “and to see her never being satis-fi ed and always coming out willing to work, it’s pretty inspiring.”

→ team spirit | After warming up in the fi eld, junior Nikki Russel, sophomore Marisa Runyon, junior Caitlyn Hummel, eighth grader Emily Merriam and sopho-more Kyleigha MacKenna get pumped up before the game against Myrtle Beach. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]

warm ups | After catching the ball, sophomore Marisa Ru-nyon throws it back to her teammate. The varsity softball team won this game against Myrtle Beach 10-0 March 8. [Photo by Kaeli Weeks]

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