12 B <strong>November</strong> 6, <strong>2009</strong> Smoke SignalsRate myroomBy Nicole RayStaff ReporterKatelyn Smith’s room is asbright and cheerful as her personality.From the bright pinkpaint to the pictures and memorabiliaon the walls, Katelyn’sroom is her own place to relaxand be creative. Katelyn loveseverything about her room butthese are her top ten favorites.Katelyn’s number one favoritething about her room is her bed.She is a huge Ed Hardy fanwhich explains the Ed Hardycomforter. She loves to comehome after school and lay thereand talk to her friends or watchTV.The comforter also goes alongwith her jewelry box and otherthings she has by this famousdesigner. “I like my bed themost out of my room becauseI’m totally obsessed with EdHardy stuff” said Katelyn.When Katelyn relaxes in herroom, she hates it when peoplewalk in unexpectedly whichleads us to her second favoritething about her room, the lockon her door. Just like every otherteenage girl Katelyn doesn’twant her family or anyone elsezine cutouts, pictures andposters.Katelyn has a big poster of thetop players on the Florida Statefootball team on her wallbecause she loves FSU footballto be able to just walk in whenshe is not expecting them, especiallywhen she can’t hear thembecause of her loud radio whichis her third favorite thing abouther room. Katelyn is a huge fanof music so she loves to blast themusic as loud as it can go in herroom or in the car.Katelyn’s fourth favorite thingabout her room is her window tothe backyard. Katelynenjoys being able tolook outside andmaybe take a short cutto the swing set that isout there as well.The fifth thingKatelyn loves abouther room is the wallbehind her bed; it isvery decorative as youcan see in the picture.“Over the summer mybrother and I decoratedthe wall behind mybed with all of myfavorite things” saidKatelyn. This wall iscovered with magaandChristian Ponder, the quarterbackwhich is her sixthfavorite thing in her room.As I already mentioned Katelynloves to lie in bed and watch TV.Her seventh favorite thing isher TV that she recently got inher room. Her eighth favoritething in her room is all of herpictures. She has pictures fromalmost everything she’s done,from softball to gymnastics tocheerleading.Another factor aboutKatelyn’s room that she loves isthat it’s bigger than her brother’sroom. That is her ninth favoritething about her room. She is theoldest sibling so therefore shegets the bigger room.The last thing Katelyn lovesabout her room is her closet. Shekeeps all of her clothes andshoes in it and it has room forplenty more that she will accumulatefrom the many shoppingtrips she loves to go on.Everyone’s room describesthemselves by how you decorateit or if you decorate it at all.As for Katelyn’s room it’sobvious that she has a bright,bubbly and very girly personalityand is very creative. Sheshows us this with the brightpink walls and elaborate decorations.If you want to submit yourroom like Katelyn did pleasesubmit your name with a statementwhy your room should befeature, and turn it in to 2D08.Students with all A’s and B’s on their report card bring it in andreceive a free small pizza!And if you bring in your report card along with a picture ofyourself with Damian Gunn your small pizza becomes aLARGE!
Inside Sports-Wrestling 3Swimming 3Football 3Basketball 4/5Soccer 6Player Profile 7YMCA 8SectionCSports ShortsFormer football coachhonoredcover storyCHS vs FWBNov. 137:00 p.m.Etheredge StadiumFormer head football coach and athleticdirector, Wyman Townsel, left; washonored by his former football playersin the Class of 1969, during the homecomingpep rally Oct. 23. Quarterbackof the 1969 team, Steve German, introducedTownsel to the crowd. The Classof 1969 celebrated their 40th classreunion at homecoming.Spirit Week EventsSpirit Week is planned for Nov. 9- 13.Each day has a special them studentsare asked to participate in: Mon., Nov 9 is “Respect YourElders” day. Upperclassmen wear“adult” clothing, and underclassmendress like kids or babies.Tues., Nov. 10 is “perfect Match”day. Dress in pairs such as peanut butterand jelly.Wed., Nov. 11 is a school holiday.Thur., Nov. 12 is “Psyche out theVikes” day. Wear psychedelic dress inpsychedelic and glowing colors. Theflashlight pep rally is tonight at 6.Fri., Nov. 13 is “All-Out Green”day. Wear all your Choctaw greenshirts,buttons and other spirit items.There is also a door-decorating contestthis week. The theme is, “Paint theTown Green.” Judging will take placeon Thurs.Mohawk MadnessChoose your favorite football player tosport a new Mohawk cut for the gameagainst Ft. Walton Beach. Players willhave collection buckets all this weekthrough Nov. 12. The player receivingthe most donations will receive aMohawk haircut. At the flashlight peprally on Nov. 12, the player’s hair willbe dyed green.Big Sun ScholarshipThis is a scholarship for athletes tohelp with academic pursuits. Thescholarship goes to the student whowrites the winning essay to the followingquestion: “How has your participationin sports affected the personyou are becoming?” For more informationvisit www.athleticawards@bigsunathletics.com.Sports StatNumber of studentswho participate inat least oneschool sport:Females 166Males 268Poll taken in SPEAR homeroom Sept. , <strong>2009</strong>The series is tied 19 19, with the Vikes coming off a 5-year winning streak.This year’s game will be a tie-breaker for one team,and a heartbreaker for the other.By Devan Hall, Sports ReporterThis year, there won’t be any play-off implications with thegame since the teams are in different districts, but that won’tmatter when the Indians and Vikings take the field on Nov. 13 forthe 39th match-up between the cross-town rivals.The record stands with each school having 19 wins, with theVikings coming off a five-year winning streak. Every year, thereis something about the game between these two teams that standsout. This year, it happens to be played on Friday-the-13th, andthe contest will be a tie-breaker for one team, and a heartbreakerfor the other.The first year of the rivalry 1971 the game ended in controversydue to a clipping penalty that negated a Viking touchdownleading to a 12-7 Indian victory. Throughout the years there havebeen stories of great plays and near misses as the rivalry is wellknownthroughout the state and Southeast.Assistant principal Lee Hale is a former player who remembersplaying the game vividly.“When I was at Choctaw, we never lost to Fort Walton. Thosetwo games are the games I remember most. I had a lot of friendsat Fort Walton, but during that week, it was like we weren’t evenfriends, but after the game we picked right back up where we leftoff,” Hale said.Hale’s senior year- the 1988 game- he was the quarterbackwho led the Indians to a 31-24 win over the Vikes. That was thethird consecutive win for the Indians over the Vikes leading tothe Indians garnering the local city trophy.Over the next few days leading up to the game fans of bothteams will look at past records and statistics to try to analyze thisyear’s situation. While ti might be amusing to reminisce, allrecords are thrown out when it comes to this emotional crosstownrivalry.The Vikings have won the last five games. The Indians had asimilar series from 1986 to 1990.Smoke Signals ArchivesLast Year: Le’Keefe Robinson runs through Fort WaltonBeach football players during the rivalry game last year,at Fort Walton Beach <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.“If we beat Fort Walton, my mom is going to get me a new car,so Fort Walton is going down,” quarterback Jesse Adams said.“I’ve waited all year and have worked hard to play in thisgame-this is my first FWB varsity game- and I’m gonna kill theFWB defense,” said John Gras, junior offensive tackle.This year, “The Game” is at Joe Etheredge Stadium, theIndians’ home field.Since the Indians and th e Vikings are no longer in the samedistrict, the game matters for each team’s record, and for the prideand bragging rights of each school.A couple weeks ago the Vikings lost their starting quarterback,Luke Barnes, to injury, and he not expected to play in the rivalgame.Defensive tackle James Broaddus is disappointed that Barnesis out for the season, but said he is ready to take on whomever heis up against.“Since Luke Barnes is not playing, I’m going to totally destroythe rest of the team. I’ve been waiting for this game a real longtime and this will be my first varsity FWB game. I plan on goingout with a win,” Broaddus said.Heading into the the 39th game, the Indians are coming off afour-game winning streak beating Panama City Bay 35-0 on Oct.30.The Vikings were open on Oct. 30, and currently have a 4-3record. As of this print date, their starting quarterback, LukeBarnes, is out with an ACL injury and is doubtful to play in thegame against the Indians.Regardless, this game will still generate the interest and prideit has over the last 38 years.“All I have to say is everybody better be ready for the greatestshowdown ever seen between us and Fort Walton,” CodyBrannen, junior linebacker summed it up.<strong>High</strong>lights from the match-up over the yearsThere have been some major plays that decided the game overthe years. Here are plays that broke records. These are also availableon the school Website.The first points that were scored were by a three-yard touchdownrun by Ronnie Kuykendall of Choctaw in 1971.The longest run in any of the rival games was by TracyLineberger with an 89-yard game winning run in the fourth quarterof the1985 game. Strangely, Lineberger’s run broke the previousrecord set by his older brother, Alex Lineberger the yearbefore. Alex Lineberger ran 42 yards in the fourth quarter for thewinning touchdown.The longest pass was a connection between Jace Blanchardand Alyx Schank. It was a 96-yard completion in 2006.The most rushing yards in a game belongs to Arthur Humphreyin 1980. He ran for an astounding 315 yards and three touchdownsto help the Indians defeat the Vikings 34-14. No one hascome close to reaching this record to date.In 1999, Robbie Naylor saved the game for Coach BobbyMoore, (who was in his first season), and the rest of the BigGreen Machine. They set Naylor up with less than a minute leftin the game, and he nailed a 51-yard field goal, avoiding overtime play, and winning the game for the Indians.Choctaw was the first team to win three consecutive gamesand retire the City Trophy. Those three years were 1986, 1987and 1988.Both teams have had a five-game winning streak. The Indianswon the match from 1987 - 1990. The Vikings have won the lastfive.There have been a total of five shut-outs in the history of thegame. The Indians have produced three of these five shut-outs:1977, 1979 and 1983.The highest scoring game was in 1991, and involved two highpoweredquarterbacks. Jeff Peters was the quarterback forChoctaw and Danny Wuerffel was the quarterback for theVikings. The Vikings outscored the Indians that year 33-28.The most lopsided score ever goes to the Vikings with their 27-0 shut-out of the Indians in 1972- the second game.
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