Issue 1, Volume 13

Tech Ed turns into STEM
Team Avengers raise
money for Make-A-Wish
Wellness celebrates
Indiana’s Bicentennial
birthday
Sixth graders research
Invasive Species
Eighth grade sciences
classes drop eggs,
pumpkins for physics
Students perform in fall
musical ‘Bye, Bye, Birdie’
Writer’s Guild students
write novels

STEM Students get a look
into future professions
Page By Mia Greyz, Lily Snyder, Maddie Tuttle, and Isabella Szymanski
It’s like entering a new universe down in Mr. Dial’s classroom.
The ZIP of the 3D Printer weaving in perfectly with the light chatter of
work-focused students, cries of victory, grunts of failure, and everything
in between.
This class defines children’s abilities to rethink, and improve , according
to Derek Dial, dedicated teacher of our school’s very own STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) elective.
STEM addresses four different subjects, however, it can support
multiple other categories.
“This class typically uses many academics,” Dial said. “This can go from
math, to critical writing and narratives, as well as learning
numerous scientific methods.”
Judging by the diverse amount of subjects this class
contributes to, it can obviously give students many
learning opportunities for future professions.
“Well, it’s a very versatile class,” Dial said.
He listed multiple careers that STEM touched over the
quarter, such as: medicine, digital manufacturing,
architecture, and robotics to name a few.
“At some points, we could even get into some criminal
investigation,” Madeline Stacy, Quarter 2 STEM student
pointed out. “I feel really motivated in this class since I
want to major in architecture when I’m older.”
In the past, according to Dial, one memorable
experiment was water pressurized bottle rockets —
this focused mainly on flight technology. Another
popular investigation students took part in was
printing a prosthetic 3D hand - this pitched into
digital design, as well as a little into medicine/
health.
As well as the students, Mr. Dial himself
stated that this class has been an
interesting learning experience to him,
personally, as well.
“I’d like to say that I’m always a
student. I’m very open to
learning,” he said. “This class has
developed the students’
characteristic to identify
problems and solutions, and I
would say mine as well.”

sci·ence
noun sci·ence \ˈsī-ən(t)s\
: knowledge about or study of the natural world based on facts learned through experiments and observation
tech·nol·o·gy
noun tech·nol·o·gy \tek-ˈnä-lə-jē\
: the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems
en·gi·neer·ing
noun en·gi·neer·ing \-ˈnir-iŋ\
: the work of designing and creating large structures (such as roads and bridges) or new products or systems by using scientific methods
math·e·mat·ics

Team Avengers raises money for Make-A-Wish for second year in a row
Story by Brannick Arbuckle, Page by Nyle
Nasir, Josh Huser and Aydin Passwater
Make Quinton’s wish come true. For
the second year in a row, Clay is making a
kid’s wish come true with the help of all of
Clay’s students and staff.This year, Clay is
helping a boy named Quinton. He has a life
threatening disease that has had a huge
burden on him and his family's life. By
donating and gathering money, Clay will be
able to make Quinton”s wish come true.
Make a wish is a company based off
giving kids with life threatening diseases a
chance to go on a trip or even donate Their
money to other kids with life threatening
diseases. Every 35 minutes make a wish
funds another kids wish.For many kids the
wish changes their life while at the same
time it gives them hope and they know that
people care about them and that there's
more than pain in the world.
Clay’s goal is $10,000, so they will be
able to completely fund Quinton’s trip.
They have a online website that has done
well and they have also sold suckers at each
lunch and they sold out three times and
had to order more. They are also selling
make a wish t-shirts which have spread the
word as much as bring in money. Some
people just wanted to donate some cash
out of generosity and the biggest donation
was $3,000! Ya thats awesome.
Team Avengers has continued to amaze
us with their amazing effort to helping out
kids. As Mrs. Speidel would say it’s “kids
helping kids”.
Infographic by Maddie Tuttle
These are the T-shirts being sold by Team Avengers. The shirts
cost $10. Photo by Josh Huser

Story and page by Cady
Armstrong, Zainab Idrees, Daniel
Warriner, Devyn Miller
Ms. Caitlin Engel calls out,
reminding the seventh grade
students to push it. These are the
sounds of the bicentennial torch
relay-Clay style.
This year is Indiana’s 200th
birthday of becoming a state and
seventh grade wellness teachers at
Clay Middle School are honoring
it“15 seconds by combining our state’s
history and the students physical
health.
On September 9, the relay began in
Harrison County, IN. According to the
Indiana Bicentennial Celebration website,
the designated torch bearers, which are
people who take pride in Indiana’s
traditions of service, community
involvement, and Hoosier pride are the
people who run the torch from county to
county.
It is a huge honor to be selected and
hundreds of people apply, but only 2,000 people
got to partake in the event.
Though Engel has never run the race she said,
"It would be really interesting and a unique
experience to learn about Indiana's history and it
promotes physical activity.” Because of that, Engel
and the other wellness teachers are doing it during
class.
Participating in it has a lot of benefits such as “goal
-setting, working hard towards achieving a goal, and
improve on physical activity.” Engel said. Every seventh
grade gym class participates and works towards achieving
the race.
“I enjoy the thought of finishing the equivalent of the
race. I also like working hard and achieving the goal. This
whole experience has taught me that hard work and
dedication pays off,” Mia Greyz, seventh grader said. At the
end of the experience, the seventh graders and the wellness
teachers have run the race and achieved more than just
finishing. The teachers hope that the seventh graders use
these newfound skills to continue to achieve greatness.
Adams, Allen, Bartholomew, Benton,
Blackford, Boone, Brown, Carroll, Cass,
Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess,
Dearborn , Decatur, DeKalb, Delaware,
Dubois, Elkhart, Fayette, Floyd, Fountain,
Franklin, Fulton, Gibson, Grant, Greene,
Hamilton, Hancock, Harrison, Hendricks,
Henry, Howard, Huntington, Jackson, Jasper,
Jay, Jefferson, Jennings, Johnson, Knox,
Kosciusko, LaGrange, Lake, LaPorte,
Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Marshall,
Martin, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery,
Morgan, Newton, Noble, Ohio, Orange,
Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Porter, Posey,
Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, St.
Joseph, Scott, Shelby, Spencer,
Starke, Stueben, Sullivan,
Switzerland, Tippecanoe,
Tipton, Union, Vanderburgh,
Vermillion, Vigo, Wabash,
Warren, Warrick, Washington,
Wayne, Wells, White, Whitley
The name Indiana stands for Land of the Indians
Many of Indiana’s counties are named after the
United States Founding Fathers
No county may be created that is less than 400
square miles
There are less than 8,000 Native Americans living
in the state today
Wabash, IN was the first electrically lighted city
in the world

Egg Drop, Gravity Please Stop!
8th Grade
Students
Compete in
“The Super
Bowl of
Challenge
Labs”
Top left, Catherine Phams cheers after her successful egg drop. Photo by Max Mylott. Top middle, Mr. Weaver checks for a cracked egg to see if the
students succeeded. Photo by Max Mylott. Top right, Anna Kogler screams as egg approaches her. Photo by Max Mylott. Background by Corbin King.
“Crack” was the sound of the eggs that
smashed the ground as gravity pulled them
towards the earth. The teacher gave a thumbs
down after seeing the egg smash into bits.
There were more and more students coming
to drop their egg from 8 meters high. Students
only had a limited amount of time to
create their designs to save the egg.
Eighth grade science students took on
the egg drop, trying to make a design with
the given materials that will potentially prevent
their egg from cracking.
Many students failed but only some succeeded.
One of the three 8th grade science
teachers, Mrs. Fulp who has been doing the
egg drop for a while now.
“It is a fun exciting way for students to
explore Newton’s Laws,” Mrs. Susie Fulp,
eighth grade science teacher, said.
One of the most important parts of this
PBL is getting all the students to have fun
with this and work in teams but also learn
about the laws, which this does accomplish.
Fulp said that “the students like this PBL
because they can work in teams, this gives
them a challenge, plus all of the kids get to
go outside.” She is planning to do this in the
years ahead.
It is not only teachers that have good
things to say about this, students also really
like this activity.
According to Josh Clark, 8th grade says
“I liked this lab because it challenged students
to make a structure that defies physics.”
Even know that your egg might not
survive the drop it is; still a great experience
for everybody.

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Bottom left, Mr. Simmon drops Maddie
Worlands egg. Photo by Spencer Daymude.
Top left, Mr. Simmon prepares to
drop Sam booths egg. Photo by Max
Mylott. Top right, the remains of a failed
egg lab. Photo by Spencer Daymude.
Background by Corbin King.

Sixth graders work to resolve
INVASIVE SPECIES
In the sixth grade science classes, they
are doing an invasive species project in
which a student picks a species that is
invasive, or not originally in Indiana, but
lives in Indiana.
A sixth grader in Mr. Sturgis’s class
picked the Asian Bush Honeysuckle,
because it’s “invasive but harmless”. The
Asian Bush Honeysuckle affects its
environment by blocking out the sunlight,
and thus killing smaller plants, that can not
grow as tall. The kid’s group believes that
the Asian Bush Honeysuckle can be
eradicated by using “fire or chemicals”.
The Asian Bush grows in Indiana and
Missouri, and has no predators.
Mr. Sturgis says the project helps kids
learn about invasive species by “Gathering
info about their species.” Invasive species
can have a large negative impact on the
environment. Mr. Sturgis thinks that “the
Asian Carp is the most harmful invasive
species.” A couple of important people are
coming to the sixth graders presentation.
They come from Purdue, DVR, and
USDA. The kids have spent 2-3 weeks
working on it.

Sweets and Songs
Performing arts students sell items, money goes back to performing arts department
What do candied oranges have to
do with choir?
What does chocolate have to do
with orchestra?
What does caramel have to do with
band?
The performing arts fundraiser!
The performing arts fundraiser is
very important for our school to make
music.
Choir, band, and orchestra all cost
money. There are many things that we
have to buy.
Ryan Anderson, 7th grade choir
says, “We have to have money for the
whole performing arts program, for
choir the music is usually about $2.50
per copy.”
Many things are sold in the
performing arts fundraiser. Ryan
Anderson says, “We sell sausage,
gourmet cheese, chocolate, candy corn,
M&M’s bark, and candies oranges.”
There are also rewards for selling
certain number of items. Students can earn
a cash draw after selling 15 items. After
that, for every five items a student sells,
they will get another cash draw.
“You can get one pound of gummy
bears and Nike bags for selling eight to ten
items. For selling more than 30 items, you
can get a drone, and for selling over fifty
items, you can get things as cool as Google
glasses in the drawings,” Anderson said.
Mrs. Miranda Susie, choir director,
said, “With the money, we can keep up to
date with new music and technology for the
performances.”
The performing arts community has sold
a lot of items.
“I have sold about 111 items for band!.”
Cady Armstrong said.
Clay students dance into the spotlight
Story by Tessa Collinson
Sweat drips from the dancers' backs and
foreheads as they end the dance. Their plum
and coral uniform leotards, as well as the
white t-shirts worn by young gentlemen, are
darkened with their perspiration. There are
only a few minutes left in rehearsals, but artistic
director Alyona Yakovleva-Randall still
yells at the ladies and gentlemen to do the
dance “one more time."
Most of these students are at Indiana
Ballet Conservatory five times a week for
nearly three hours a day. They are used to the
instructors screaming corrections and exasperatedly
telling them to do the combinations
again and again.
One of these students is seventh grader
Chloe Sun, who goes for private lessons:
ballet technique, pointe, and other classes like
contemporary and character.
It’s a large time commitment. When she
gets home, she has 20 to 30 minutes to grab a
snack, practice piano, and get ready for class,
which usually involves changing into a leotard
and tights, putting her hair into a bun, and
warming up.
Olivia Dashiell, seventh grade, has a similar
schedule as Sun. Her classes start around
six in the evening, giving her time for homework
and a snack before dance.
But their days don’t include just class,
they participate in IBC’s annual "Nutcracker,"
which puts on six shows in December. They
also compete in Youth America Grand Prix,
one of the most known competitions in the
ballet world. Sun is preparing two classical
variations and a contemporary solo, as well as
performing in an ensemble that Dashiell is
also in.
As "Nutcracker" nears, Dashiell says she
will spend more time in rehearsals. After that,
she’s ready for YAGP rehearsals to get crazier
t h a n t h e y a l r e a d y a r e .
Despite the large commitment, both girls
aren’t quitting anytime soon.
“It’s just something that I really like to
do,” Dashiell says. She likes how she has so
many friends, and how the crazy vibes of the
studio are surprisingly calming.
Sun agrees with her wholeheartedly. “Even
though it takes a lot of commitment and dedication
to dance,” Sun says, “I dance because
I get to hang out with my friends at the studio,
it gives me something to focus on when
I’m worried or sad and distracts me, and it’s a
lot of fun and I love it.”
Unfortunately, ballet isn’t all fun and
games. Dancers are more susceptible to knee
and ankle injuries than most athletes. Sun is
one of many who suffer from an injury in her
knee that has held her back from her full
potential and prevented her from doing
jumps and pointe work.
“It’s a lesson learned, though,” Sun says.
“And now I take extra care in making sure I
use my legs correctly, so I can prevent any
future injuries.”
Ballet is hard. It wears on a dancer’s body
and takes up most of their time, but despite
all of this, the satisfaction and tired happiness
after a performance makes it worth it in the
end.

Orchestra travels to Palladium for Festival
Story by Mia Anderson and Katie Scheckel
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The shuffle of feet, clanging of cases closing and shiny
instruments going back into their shell. The anticipation is
tangible.
The girls wear long black dresses, hoping not to trip, while
the guys are in dark black dress shirts and pants. Everyone is
nervous.
They have practiced for hours backstage, let alone the
months of previous practice back at Clay.
But the anticipation is still high.
The orchestra festival took place on October 25 of this year.
Mr. Jeff Frizzi, orchestra director, has been to the festival for 18
years, five of them at the Palladium.
“It's an opportunity to perform with your peers and other
directors,” said Frizzi. “It's a great chance and very rewarding.”
Frizzi says the Orchestra did amazing at the festival and the
students are not far off at all.
“It was fun and a good learning experience,” eighth grader,
Sarah Ilmudeen, said. “It gives us a lot of good experience.”

Bye Bye Birdie
By Emma Harper
Bright lights, big stage, crowd
applauding. Cast screaming “We
love you Conrad!” Mrs. Miranda
Susie, the director, was very
excited for this production.
“Bye Bye Birdie” is a 1963
production filled with fun,
dancing, singing, 1960s rock and
roll, and some romance. Susie was
in “Bye Bye Birdie” when she was
in high school, which is one of
the main reasons she chose to
stage the production this year.
Sami Magee, an eighth grader,
is playing Kim Macafee, one of
the lead roles. Sami was also in
the sixth and seventh grade play.
“Going into the audition, I
knew I wanted to be Kim
Macafee,” Magee said.
While all the action is
happening on stage, the backstage
crew is putting the show together
with the props, lights, sound,
controlling the curtains, and the
scenes. Mia Anderson, an eighth
grader, has been in crew for all
three years of middle school.
“Eighth grade from last year
carries over to the next year,”
Anderson explains how she got
the role of co-stage manager.
“The crew is important
because we make the show more
realistic,” she says, “the show
would still be awesome but all the
props help.”
Crew helps you learn more
about technology and teamwork.
Kim Macafee (Sami Magee)
and Conrad Birdie (Jacob Young)
Conrad Birdie (Jacob Young) impresses the crowd
and makes them faint.
Rosie (Gabriela Zalam) and Albert (Daniel Schrader-Dobris) are dancing in
the spotlight as the crowd cheers. Photo by: Owen Gastineau
are the two main leads in Bye Bye
Birdie.
“We host 3 auditions and if
we want you to come back and try
out some lead parts you will get a
call back,” Susie said.
Sami Magee did a singing
audition and got a call back to
read a few of Kim Macafee’s lines.
Jacob Young, an eighth
grader, auditioned and sang for
Susie. He got a call back for
Conrad Birdie, the role he tried
out for.
Rehearsals are very hectic
especially during tech week. Tech
week is when students go through
the show with costumes and hair.
Kim Macafee
(Sami Magee)
tries to convince
Rosie (Gabriella
Zalam) to take
her with her when
she leaves.
“I feel like the show is going to be
a great production.” Sami Magee
said.
Everyone in the cast and crew
was very excited for the show.
According to Susie, the cast
did amazing and put on a really
good production. This show is
definitely going down in history.
“We love you Conrad!”
Q&A
We did a short interview with a
sixth grader Maddi Bennett, who has
the role of the Mayor’s Wife (Edna),
about her experience with Bye-Bye
Birdie.
Why did you choose to be
in the play?
“I thought it would be a good
way to make friends and to get
involved.”
How do you audition?
“You prepare a song, then
after school you’re called in and
you sing your song in front of
Mrs. Susie and a few judges.”
BIO Box
Sami MageE
This is Sami's third musical
production at Clay. She performed
as a Siren in Xanadu and
as Tiger Lily in Peter Pan, Jr. She
also performed in recent CYT
production of Shrek, Jr. She is a
member of Best Buddies
and enjoyed being
a member of the
Show Choir last year.
She enjoys spending
time with her friends,
family and dogs. She
would like to thank
Mrs. Susie for always
believing in her and
her biggest fans, her
family!

Bye, Bye, Birdie!
3 months, 3 rehearsals each
week, and 5 rehearsals the week
before the play show much
effort has gone into preparing for
the musical.
This year’s fall musical was Bye,
Bye, Birdie. It is about a rock singer
who travels to a small Ohio town to
make his "farewell" television
performance and kiss his biggest fan
before he is drafted into the army.
For 3 months, the cast of the musical
had worked extra hard for Bye, Bye,
Birdie which debuted on Nov.10-12 of
2016.
Mrs. Miranda Susie, the director of the
musical was very excited for the students
to finally get to perform “Bye, Bye, Birdie”
in front of an audience.
Cast member Avery Ebbert is very
excited to be apart of the 2016 fall musical.
Her role in the musical was the understudy
of Kim McAfee (Conrad Birdie’s #1 fan).
“My favorite scene in the musical is scene
3 because that is when I have my favorite
lines and a solo,” Ebbert said.
Cast member Jack Binder is also very
enthusiastic about his role in the school
musical. Binder’s role is the understudy of
Conrad Birdie.
“Conrad Birdie is a very hard character
to portray because he is very out of the
ordinary so you can’t really get used to
playing him.” said Binder.
Overall, the musical was a huge
success, lots of seats were taken each
night, students worked very hard, and put
on a great show.

Hello Fall Musical!

GRAVITY
versus
INVENTIONS
Eighth grade science classes test
their knowledge of force, gravity
by dropping pumpkins
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Story by Nick Jackson
Crack!
Eighth grade students mourn as the
pumpkins break when they hit the
concrete while others cheer because
their pumpkin survived the seven-meter
drop.
The Pumpkin Drop occurred on the
30th and 31st of October. It is a physics
challenge in which people created a
design with only popsicle sticks, string,
tape, a trash bag, and of course, the mini
-pumpkin. They then dropped the
pumpkin off of a seven-meter high
ledge. They also tried to throw the
pumpkin into a hula-hoop.
The rules of the Pumpkin Drop
were that students only had a limited
amount of supplies. The pumpkin was
not a normal-sized pumpkin, it had to
be 2-5 inches in width. Students also had
to have an army man on your pumpkin.
“It took us about 30 minutes to
complete our cage,” said Mitchell
Langdon, and eighth grade student.
Langdon’s team created a cage out of
the popsicle sticks.
If the army man did not hit the
ground and the pumpkin did not break,
then students completed the challenge.
But if a student’s army man did hit the
ground or the pumpkin did break, then
the challenge was not completed.
Billy Kepler participated in the
pumpkin drop.
“I thought the Pumpkin Drop was
fun because I enjoyed being able to drop
pumpkins off of a ledge and watch some
break. It was also kind of hard because
the Scotch tape was coming loose
because it could not really support the
pumpkin’s weight.”
Once the kids were done with
dropping their pumpkins and throwing
them into the hula-hoop, they wrote
down the data that they collected.
The main focus of the Pumpkin
Drop was the effects of gravity on the
pumpkin.
Photos by Caroline Ingraham and Will
Spraetz

Ready, Set, Write!
Writers take on NanoWriMo during writers Guild
Story By Reagan VanDermark and Renée Johnson
She stares at the computer. Aimlessly. Another word. Another
S
sentence. Each one getting harder to write, Writer’s Block, it's like
a bad movie, you know when it starts, but it drags on forever.
This is what many novelists experience, but thanks to the club
on Wednesday afternoons students are learning different writing
techniques and how to improve their skills.
“Students learn from practicing and failing,” Mr. Brandon
Britcher, Writer’s Guild founder, said. He encourages young
writers, from all grade levels, to try and write a bit.
Writer’s Guild is a new club at Clay. “Students began to show
an interest in writing this year.” Britcher said, explaining why he
reopened the club. Writer’s Guild was created based off of a
writing club started by Mr. Evan Williams called iWrite.
During Writer’s Guild, students start by writing a fun fact to
help students with ideas. Then, the students are able to write for
the rest of the time. The majority are writing their NaNoWriMo
piece.
NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month and
takes place during the month of November.
“You set a goal of the number of words you want to complete
in the month of November,” Maya Iyer, NaNoWriMo writer, said.
“Students are challenged to write at least 25,000 words in just one
month,” she said.
Clay is also supporting
NaNoWriMo and all writers by
inspiring them with the help of
published authors. The have had
three authors visit to help students
overcome writing struggles they
have encountered. Such authors
include Sarah Schmitt, Laura Marin,
and J. Scott Savage.
“Two years ago less than
If you are experiencing writer's
block, join Writer’s Guild. It's
not too late to sign up, just go
to room 809 on Wednesdays.
10 people tried NaNoWriMo, this
year we have over 80,” Britcher said.
Carol Syverson, eighth grade, works diligently on her NaNoWriMo
story. Photo by Reagan V.
By Hailey Ripple and Reagan VanDermark
Writer’s Guild
Writer’s Guild is where students can express themselves
through writing stories. After school, 8th grade
language arts teacher Britcher has students go to lab 8B
and let them write their hearts out.
In some point in the meeting Britcher gives a minilesson,
and a prompt if students don’t have any ideas to
write about.
Right now Writer’s Guild is mainly working on NaNoWriMo.
NaNoWrimo stands for National Novel Writing
Month and there is a Young writer's program (along with
the adult program) where students can set their own word
goal to reach. Britcher is having the students the minimum
of 25,000 words to reach by the end of the month.
By Renée Johnson

Eighth grade basketball players get ready for Trojan domination
Story by Dylan Penant-Jones, Matthew Witucki, andCharlie
Thomas
On Monday, October 24th, eighth graders began their
first day of a four day tryout.
“I was very nervous the first day, we had new coaches
and a completely new style of basketball to learn in four
days,” Corbin King, eighth grade, said.
After two days of tryouts, the coaches made the first
cuts. “When the coaches sent the voicemail announcing
who had made it past the first day all I wanted to hear was
my name,” King said.
After the first two days, the players had to perform to
the best of their ability. The drills would get faster and
faster and the intensity levels would soar.
“I am very excited to play with my friends and
represent my school,” Caeden Kaopuiki, seventh grade,
said.
Last year, the Trojans made it the county finals after
beating Fishers Junior High.
Sadly the Trojans lost to their cross-town rival Carmel
Middle School.
Mr. Josh Cole and Mr. Jordan Cole are the coaches for
this season. Mr. Josh Cole has been teaching wellness at
Clay for ten years, and his brother, Mr. Jordan Cole is a
wellness teacher at Mohawk Trails Elementary.
For the past two weeks, the team has practiced hard to
make sure they are prepared for their first game. The team
has practiced differently than last year.
“We are more focused on the defensive part of
basketball,” Sam Booth, eighth grade, said. Coach Josh
Cole believes that defense wins games.
Over the off-season players like Owen Schafer worked
on their game all summer. Some members of the team like
Alex Richter, Corbin King, Owen Schafer, Bryce Beery,
Wil Leary and Colton Parker played AAU basketball for
Hinsel Elite. This kept the players playing at their best
before Clay basketball began.
“I practiced with my friends over the summer and also
played on Hinsel Elite to get more practice in,” Owen
Schafer said. But Owen said he still has room for
improvement. “I can really improve on my ball handling,
which we work on at practice. So I intend to get much
better.”
As the season continues, hopefully the Trojans will
show total Trojan domination on the court.
Players practice after school
until 5 p.m. each night when
they don’t have games.
Photos by Owen Gastineau
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Mr. Todd Crosby, principal
Mr. Mark Smith, assistant principal
Mrs. Lori Katz, assistant principal
Mr. John Corcoran, Jr., activities director