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Raider Invader December 2013
By: Madison Stoner & Casey Rhodes
The Academic Decathlon team, led by Mr. Wil-
liams and Ms. Nesaw, attended a meet at Penn State Beh-
rend on December 7th. This meet’s main focus was on math
and science, and it included events such as, prepared
speech, interviews, and essay contests.
The team collected a total of 13 medals, including a
group of nine students participating in the “Super Relay
Quiz,” placing 3rd out of 25 teams. Medalists include, Bran-
don Mills, who earned a silver medal in math and Zack
Taylor, who earned a bronze medal in math. Many mem-
bers of the team also received honors, including Kenny
Findley, Kassie Tofani, Luke Sallmen, Gywn Dubel, Kath-
erine Campbell, and Rebecca John.
Senior, Gywn Dubel, concluded this meet with say-
ing, “This is the best year the Academic Decathlon team
has had yet, and I am so excited about how well the under-
classmen have been doing!” The Academic Decathlon
team’s next meet will focus on science and economics. It
will be held at Gannon University on January 4th.
Academic Decathlon competes at Penn State Behrend
Every year before the holiday seasons, the RHS
Students for Charity hosts the annual Food Drive for the
Greenville Salvation Army. Members of each homeroom
work together to decorate a cardboard box, that was provid-
ed by Students for Charity, with the designated theme and
fill it with non-perishable food items. The Reynolds School
District Administration Office, High School Office, and
Cafeteria were also encouraged to participate and collect
food. This year’s theme was “Christmas Movies and Char-
acters.”
The competition began on November 25th. Students
and staff were actively reminded and encouraged to bring
in food and decorate their homeroom’s box through an-
nouncements and a banner in main hall. On December 12th
when the boxes were collected by SFC members, the stu-
dents were very happy with all of the food that was collect-
ed and created a display in the auditorium lobby.
The entries were then judged by appearance and
amount of food collected. The 2013 winners of the Reyn-
olds Students for Charity Christmas Food Drive were: for
Junior High, in first place, Mrs. Wagner’s Homeroom, and
for second place, Mr. Young’s homeroom. The Senior High
winners were, in first place, Mrs. Henderson’s homeroom,
and in second place, Miss. Irvine’s Homeroom.
Students for Charity sponsors annual food drive
By: Gwyn Dubel
Academic Decathlon at Penn State Behrend.
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Carson Miller
Mason McCollum
Katelyn Estman
Courtney Green
Zac Huffman
Ali Metz
Justin Mostoller
Kailyn Soros
Gwyn Dubel
Levi Stoyer
Collin Yake
Joe Yarzab
Denton Zeronas
Jamie Brydon
Brooke Bresnan
Julia Carlson
Kegan Miller
Casey Rhodes
Tessa Russell
Madison Stoner
Hog wild: PA faces new problem
with the rise of feral pigs
By: Collin Yake & Joe Yarzab
The population of feral swine are on the rise
here in good old Western Pennsylvania. These are
enormous problems for farmers, and landowners.
Feral swine are most commonly known for their rap-
id reproduction and the destruction they cause on the
land. Wild Pigs will move onto a piece of land and
uproot and destroy it. There has been many com-
plaints of lawns, golf courses, and big patches of
earth dug up and ruined.
Feral swine are also a big concern within the
biosecurity of our states multi-million dollar pork
industry. Wild swine can carry multiple diseases that
can rapidly spread throughout a herd. Conservation
officers have said that the only solution to this prob-
lem is to hunt and kill the pigs. This will cut down
on the amount of pigs drastically and help farmers
and landowners prevent the destruction on their
land.
Members of 2013 - 2014
Raider Invader Staff Puzzle: Sudoku
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RHS wrestling review:
wrestlers are off to a busy start
By: Levi Stoyer
The Reynolds mat men are at it again as they
kicked off the season against Grove City on Friday,
December 6. They won easily posting a score of sev-
enty to six with only two people loosing.
The team took no break as they prepared for
the biggest match of the season against Erie McDow-
ell to try and defend the twenty year home win streak.
The teams were going back and forth the entire night
as it came down to the wire, but the Raiders fell just
short with the score being twenty five to thirty. The
boys were back at it again in no time with the best
practice of the year as they prepared to head off to
Walsh Jesuit for the Ironman tournament. Unfortu-
nately, no Raiders placed at the tournament.
Over Christmas break, the team will travel to
Manheim for one of the biggest tournaments of the
season. Good luck wrestlers!
AP Biology attends
genetic update conference
By: Justin Mostoller
For over 30 years Sam Rhine has crossed the
country teaching students and teachers the latest infor-
mation on genetics. For the past 4 years Mr. Little has
taken his AP Biology class to one of Sam Rhine’s Ge-
netic Update Conferences. It is held at North Alleghe-
ny High School, in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference
lasts about 4 hours. This may seem like a long time to
sit and just listen to a geneticist speak, but Sam keeps
things interesting with breaks that could last anywhere
from 1 to 10 minutes and could involve anything from
stretching to eating.
Mr. Little enjoys taking his students each year.
He said “the conference teaches the students on the
latest up to date information about genetics and how it
is changing the face of the medical world.” Sam starts
out by teaching simple genetics and eventually goes
into the newest technology in the medical world; such
as growing organs in a pastry dish from stem cells.
Mrs. Wilcox said “my favorite part about the confer-
ence was hearing about how doctors can now cure dis-
eases with stem cells that previously had no cure.”
RHS Life Skills class makes
blankets for St Paul’s By: Kailyn Soros
Just as John Wooden once stated, “You can’t live a per-
fect day without doing something for someone who will never
be able to repay you.” This year, the Life Skills class, taught by
Reynolds’ teacher Mrs. Janice Davis, created fleece blankets as
a part of their Home Economics course to give to residents of St.
Paul’s Homes in Greenville. The process, though providing for
the elderly, ultimately helped to teach the students such skills as
tying and washing the fleece.
Paige, a charming and creative young woman, especially
enjoyed making the blankets and expressed a great amount of
pride when showing what had been accomplished. Three of the
students will be participating in the distribution of the twelve
blankets made at St. Paul’s along with Mrs. Sherwood. The Life
Skills class is the epitome of: “Those who bring sunshine to the
lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”
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To start off their preseason, the girls’ basketball
team participated in two scrimmages. The first tri-
scrimmage was held at West Middlesex, and the second
against Jamestown here at Reynolds. The scrimmages,
which both went very well, were great eye-openers to the
strengths and weaknesses of the lady raiders, who are led
by Coach Will Juranovich.
The girls officially kicked off their season at the
Rocky Grove Tip-off Tournament on the 6th and 7th of this
month. On Friday night, they faced a tough opponent—
Venango Catholic. The Raiders battled throughout the en-
tire game but came up short for a loss of 67-30. Rose Stoy-
er was the leading scorer with 16 points.
The next day the ladies came out better prepared to
go up against another big competitor—West Forrest. The
score constantly went back and forth, and at half time the
Raiders were down 31-26. Brooke Bresnan fired in 16
points to lead the team. But after another hard fought
game, the Raiders could not overcome the 9 point deficit
and lost with a score of 51-40.
The ladies had their first game, aside from the tour-
nament, on the 10th against Northwestern. With a greater
number of rebounds and fewer turnovers, the Raiders out-
hustled the opposing team significantly. However, the
score didn’t prove true. The shots wouldn’t fall, and the
Raiders instead fell behind and ended the game 45-37.
Brooke Bresnan put up 12 points, and Rose Stoyer and
Alex Napadano both added 10 points each.
These games too were a great learning experience,
and hopefully have helped to better the Lady Raiders as
they soon will go up against teams in their own region.
Girls basketball starts off the season at Rocky Grove tourney
By: Brooklyn Bresnan & Kegan Miller
Boys basketball wins tip-off tournament
By: Zachary Huffman
The boys’ basketball went to Mercer to start their sea-
son at the annual Tip-off Tournament. The boys came away
with the first place spot by beating North East and Monteau.
When senior Kyle McConnell was asked about how
the team did at Mercer he replied with “I was really satisfied
on how we played over the weekend. We were dialed in on
every possession, we were on time with everything. When
asked about the hardest part of the tournament he said “we had
to overcome a bunch of runs the other team made, to go on to
get the victories.
McConnell had 9 points the first night and 8 the next
night. Garrett Frable was named the MVP of the tournament,
and Cory Woods was named to the all-tournament team. Assis-
tant Coach Little said, “I was pleased with two good wins.”
When asked what the team needs to improve on he comment-
ed, “We can always improve at defense and rebounding, and
we can always take care of the ball better.”
The boys will be back in action over Christmas break
at Conneaut Area Senior High School.
Two RHS students, Keirnan Coburn and Jessica
John, recently competed at Honors Band. Congratu-
lations, and great job girls!