Kayla Combs2011 Portfolio

Cover Letter

KAYLA COMBS

4521 Lenmore St.Orlando, FL 32812

dcombs4410@gmail.com(407)-381-0672

May 5, 2011

Renee BurkeYearbook AdviserBoone High School2000 South Mills AvenueOrlando, FL 32806-4199

Dear Ms. Burke,

The Boone High School Legend yearbook has won many awards and even Silver Crowns, but I want to help the publication be the best it can be, which is why I’m applying to be Editor-in-Chief. I believe that teamwork is key on any staff. To be able to communicate and be open to other ideas also helps in the building a superb book. If you have the same beliefs, please accept the resume attached and let’s work towards the best yearbook and the Golden Crown.

As an average staffer and Business Manager, I have learned to overcome bumps in the road to further my writing and the outcome of the book. I think with my skill set, the book would become even better. As EIC, I believe my creative thinking and helpfulness would be utilized. Madison Smith, former yearbook staffer and editor, agrees that this position is one that I would fit right into. As a valuable problem solver and ethical staffer, I can accommodate others to help fabricate the best publication to our student body. As an avid artist, I enjoy coming up with new designs and molding them into a finished piece that people will remember. As an able leader, I would be an adequate EIC. As EIC, I would have a chance to expand practical skills to use later in life.

Thank you for taking the time to look over the resume attached, but I also hope to have an interview with you to help show you the passion I have for this position. Hope to hear from you soon.

Earnestly yours,

Kayla Combs

Enclosed: resumé

Resume

KAYLA COMBS

4521 Lenmore St.Orlando, FL 32812

dcombs4410@gmail.com(407)-381-0672

OBJECTIVETo learn and improve upon skills that will help on a day-to-day basis and in the workplace, public speaking and public relations, or publishing a yearbook that will make oneself feel proud.

EDUCATIONCompleted two years at Boone High SchoolGraduation date: June 2013G. P. A. 3.86

EXPERIENCEYearbook Staff Member, Boone High School •Aug 2010 - present. Staffer that wrote stories, took pictures and went through Journalism 1

Yearbook Business Manager, Boone High School •Aug 2010 - present. Wrote receipts, deposits, and helped in the distribution of the books.

Yearbook Editor-in-Chief, Boone High School •Present - June 2013. Will create and edit the book to be the best it can be.

Mission Fuge •Summer of 2007-2013. Went into the inner city of southern states to minister to kids about the love of Jesus Christ

RELEVANT HIGH SCHOOL STUDIESJournalism 1, English 1 Honors, English 2 Honors

HONORS, AWARDS AND MEMBERSHIPS • Junior National Honor Society Member, at Howard Middle • Most likely to start doing flips on the soccer field, paper plate award for soccer

Personal Essay

Over time things change, people come and go, you learn from your mistakes and improve, but in yearbook messing up isn’t an option. In yearbook, you strive to be the best at what you’re doing whether you enjoy it or not. I feel as though journalism has not only taught me more about writing, but about life it self. You learn time management, teamwork, and staying dedicated to the publication. I got into Journalism 1 because of Madison Smith, former staffer and editor. In fact she was the first person that I told about becoming the EIC. She was always a role model and to see her enjoy yearbook made me want to at least try it. Turns out I’m pretty good at it, or so they say. This year I have been through stressful and overloaded days to help yearbook be it’s best. At the end of those days I am always able to think back and proudly say to myself,”You kicked butt on that page, keep it up!”. Not only did I have yearbook, but also sports that I was very actively involved in. Just a taste of the pressure that I felt at one point is the dreadful deadline in which I didn’t get my actual spread until two days before majors were due to Burke. Talk about D-day and stress There was also the wrestling spread that I resubmitted three or four times to finally nail it with Caley’s help. Someone once said,”There is no success like failure.”

Self-analytical Evaluation

Until the end of high school I will learn something new in Room 224 everyday. But to name a few things that I’ve learned over this year and what seems to be most important is the necessity of being on deadline, being able to offer a helping hand, to take criticism, and to just breath in tough situations. D-day as Burke calls it, is the day that one needs to be finish with the spread and be ready to go to press with. The mistakes should not exist any longer and the page should be perfect. Meeting deadlines means that the money and time will not be wasted and go to better things. Leading up to deadlines are the edits and the corrections to reach perfection. After an editor edits your work, they normally leave comments and pointers for you. Sometimes this isn’t enough and you need them to sit down and actually work with you on the spread. This act of helpfulness is such a help in the long run. To have such accommodating editors helps the staff. These editors are editors though and so they will be as harsh as within reason to meet the standards that they have for the book. The important part of being an average staffer is to take this constructive criticism and to put it to use. The editors only want to make things better, so why not take into account their opinion. These situations can be quite stressful and you have to remember to just take a deep breath and to stay calm. This got me through a lot of laborious times. All of the skills will help me in life outside of school and in everyday life. Yearbook has taught me many things that I will use for the rest of my life on a regular basis.

Reflection One

Wrestling...enough said. It all started with the resubmit for David, then there was another, and then there was another. Being myself, I had decided to tackle body copy before actually knowing anything about wrestling. This was all before I had even got my layout and David had the tendency to forget I had asked for help at the beginning of class. David being a tough critic was a big pill to swallow. Being that David expects the best for his section, he will resubmit until he gets just that, I believe that this is when I actually started to write stories. Although I think secretly he wanted to resubmit me one more time before finally sending me to Caley. Wrestling was the most difficult story that I wrote this year. Not only did I not know anything about it, but I had conflicting schedules to only go to one match to watch. Caley was my savior during this deadline. She sat down with me after she saw my failed attempts at a story and began to help shape a new angle. She gave me her time, skills, and field notes to shape the body into what it turned out to be, thankfully. I learned from this body copy that you need to go to meets of sports to get a feel for the sport before you can start writing and have the support of your editors to help you get through the rough patches. The best part of this body copy is the flow from every transition to the next thing. The entire season is covered and the way in which the quotes relate is unique and shows the drive of the team. This was the most challenging, but my favorite body copy.

Reflection OneFirst Draft

Reflection OneFinal Draft

Reflection Two

The one spread that I feel as though still needs work is the HOPE page that I had for deadline two. The body developed over time and became an average body copy. The body covered the basics, but there was nothing really amazing about it. The photos are decent, but as my editor told me,”Some of them look very posed.” I did not pose any of these photos, but do agree with the statement. This spread is still in need of work to make the body better and the photos more natural looking. Throughout the process of submitting this page I learned that I should never settle for average. Looking back I know I probably could have done a better job at the photos and even the body. Over the span of the deadline the content of the spread stayed basically the same with little changes here and there. My biggest regret on this page are the photos. I wish that they did not look so posed, because honestly they are pretty bad. Overall I feel ok about the page, but like all things human, nothing is perfect.

Reflection TwoFirst Draft

Reflection TwoFinal Draft

Discuss 056 “I like HOPE kickball. Since I was on the soccer team, I knew I was one of the best kickers out there,” freshman Delanee Bogan said.

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son

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track

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rt to

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m

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feel

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stud

ents

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as a

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line

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mak

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mile

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Reflection Three

This picture is by far my favorite because it shows the players stance, his expression, and his body language shows how hard he is working. The lighting on his face is perfect to where you can see the expression of hard work and determination. I think I like this picture the most because it’s such an action shoot and this was my favorite deadline, JV Baseball, that I worked on with Delaney. Even though I couldn’t use this picture on the final spread and deadline of the year, I really like it and wish I could have used it to enhance the page. This picture is saved on my laptop, and not the server

Reflection Four

As an average staffer, some people would say I was a behind the scene kind of person, but I think that every staffer stood out in their own way. I was the organized, neat freak, that got majors to Burke before anyone and take pride in that, even if I did jokingly get made fun of. I believe that these quirky things about me made me stand out in my own unique way. My writing skills developed throughout the year thanks to the resubmitting of David Ballard and the helpfulness of Caley Brock. The first three deadlines that I had were pretty simple and I was able to coast through it all easily, then Ballard had me resubmit three times and I finally got the hint that I had to step it up. Brock was more than willing to help me in this process as she gave me her field notes and sat down and worked on the story with me. On a skill of one to ten, my writing skills have reached a 9.25. Also as Business Manager, I was pretty important since I kept track of everything related to the purchase of the books and the records of this. But otherwise, I really didn’t do anything that important other than type names, alphabetize, and write receipts. Commitment is key to any successful partnership or staff. If no one came to work days or to class, then there wouldn’t have been a book. My commitment level was very high this year, as I came to every work day and stayed till everything got to an adequate stopping point for that day. I think as a staffer, one needs to realize that time is key and you have to be willing to give it. I hope to show this next year.

Reflection Five

The biggest problem that I had to face this year is working yearbook into my already hectic schedule. Being an active athlete, having family events, and church is already a plateful, but yearbook is something that I wanted to do since I enjoyed Journalism 1. This being the case, I began to work in the workdays and extra work load so that I could still perform in other areas of my life. This might have been the biggest obstacle, but in the long run it wasn’t that hard to overcome. Having to squeeze some yearbook related things into my schedule helped teach me the need of being flexible and always helping when I can. I can’t always have things my way and yearbook helped me realize that. Over time, one could say that I developed the sense of time and how to use it wisely. Yearbook showed me that if you can plan things out for the future, you can be ready for the unexpected.

Refl ection Six

My mid-year goals:

1. Spend more time on yearbook.I believe that I spent more time in yearbook at the end of the year than the beginning of the year. I achieved this goal by setting aside time needed to accomplish getting my pages done and doing them well. My time was spent in an amazing and non-wasteful way.2. Focus more time on Business Manager work.I think that was is a throw in at the last minute goal because then I was doing fine and I’m doing great now that everything has settled down and I don’t have much to do. The most important part of the year was the beginning and being able to write all those receipts.3. Remaining calm.I think that was a pretty important thing this year. I laugh now at my little breakdowns because they really weren’t that big of a deal. I would get worked up and I just needed to take a chill pill. I think I have definitely improved upon this skill since the beginning of the year.

Reflection Seven

Y2. Sports Reporting

Wrestling body copy (pg 153). This body copy covers the whole season, starting with the first meet and then the rest of the season in a brief summary. It puts the reader in the wrestler’s mind set and shows what goes through their mind.

Y16. Sports Action Color Photo.Wrestling action photo (pg 153). This photo is an action shot of a wrestler in a quite awkward position, but it is up close and everything is in focus. It shows the skills I have learned this year.

Y20. Academics Color Photo.Ceramic photo (pg 153). This photo is of a student working in ceramics. It is close and fills the frame. It shows the hands-on experience that the students get at our school.

Reflection Eight

Be yourself and never hold back.

Why do we try to f t in when we were born to stand out?

Design One

Design Two

Deadline One

Deadline One

Deadline Two

Discuss 056 “I like HOPE kickball. Since I was on the soccer team, I knew I was one of the best kickers out there,” freshman Delanee Bogan said.

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his l

eg an

d st

ruck

the

ball.

It w

as

a ki

ckba

ll ho

me-

run.

Sinc

e ki

nder

gart

en, a

ll st

uden

ts in

the

publ

ic sc

hool

syst

em h

ad

to ta

ke p

hysic

al e

duca

tion.

Hea

lth O

ppor

tuni

ties t

hrou

gh P

hysic

al

Educ

atio

n is

a re

quire

d cl

ass

to g

radu

ate,

but

that

did

not

mea

n it

was

not

wor

thw

hile

.“[H

OPE

] tea

ches

you

how

to re

mai

n he

alth

y fo

r lat

er in

life

and

ho

w to

exe

rcise

pro

perly

,” fr

eshm

an C

layto

n Will

s sai

d.In

HO

PE, s

tude

nts

lear

ned

the

phys

iolo

gy o

f the

hum

an b

ody.

The c

lass

cove

red

wei

ght t

rain

ing

and

anae

robi

c and

aero

bic t

rain

ing.

In

ana

roeb

ic t

rain

ing

less

oxy

gen

is re

quire

d th

an i

n a

norm

al

wor

kout

, lik

e st

retc

hing

. In

aer

obic

tra

inin

g, s

uch

as r

unni

ng a

nd

wal

king

aro

und

the

trac

k on

e re

quire

sa h

ighe

r am

ount

of o

xyge

n.

To r

einf

orce

the

les

son,

HO

PE s

tude

nts

ran

a m

ile,

did

50 y

ard

spri

nts a

nd p

layed

kic

kbal

l on

the

field

.A

side

from

the

man

dato

ry H

OPE

clas

s, th

ere

wer

e ot

her c

ours

es

avai

labl

e to

thos

e in

tere

sted

in p

hysic

al e

duca

tion

clas

ses.

Volle

ybal

l cl

ass

deve

lope

d sk

ills

of t

he s

port

and

tau

ght

fitne

ss a

t th

e sa

me

time.

Stu

dent

s lea

rned

to b

ump

the

ball

with

thei

r for

earm

s, to

set

the

ball

with

thei

r fin

gers

and

to sp

ike

the

ball

with

the

palm

of t

heir

hand

. W

hile

lear

ning

thes

e sk

ills s

tude

nts t

ook

part

in c

ompe

titiv

e ga

mes

. T

he s

ocia

l sk

ills

gain

ed f

rom

the

cla

ss h

elpe

d st

uden

ts

com

mun

icat

e be

tter

and

to d

o be

tter

in te

am-o

rien

ted

situa

tions

. “[I

’ve l

earn

ed] n

ot to

giv

e up

and

not t

o fe

ar d

oing

bad

,” fr

eshm

an

Trav

is M

cBry

de sa

id.

Fitn

ess

Life

styl

e w

as a

noth

er n

ew c

lass

offe

red

that

also

taug

ht

heal

th m

aint

enan

ce.

Stu

dent

s le

arne

d ke

y he

alth

cho

ices

the

y sh

ould

do

to in

crea

se a

nd m

aint

ain

thei

r he

alth

. Th

e st

uden

ts w

ere

put i

n a

life-

like

situa

tion

and

told

to d

o w

hat w

ould

ben

efit

them

la

ter

in li

fe.

The

situa

tions

var

ied

from

cho

osin

g be

twee

n fo

ods t

o w

heth

er o

r not

to d

o dr

ugs.

“Dev

elop

ing

lifel

ong

skill

s of

sta

ying

fit

[are

the

ben

efits

of

HO

PE],”

teac

her P

aul K

atau

skas

said

.W

heth

er it

was

runn

ing

a mile

on

the t

rack

, sitt

ing

in a

clas

sroo

m

lear

ning

the

phy

siolo

gy o

f th

e bo

dy o

r hi

ttin

g a

volle

ybal

l, on

e le

arne

d sk

ills u

sefu

l for

life

. “A

nyth

ing

that

bur

ns c

alor

ies,

deve

lops

mus

cula

r st

reng

th a

nd

help

s mai

ntai

n op

timal

wei

ght i

s ben

efic

ial f

or li

fe,”

Kat

ausk

as sa

id.

n K

AYLA

COM

BS

GOING

THE

EXTR

A MILE

ONE

ON O

NE V

OLLE

YBAL

LBu

mp,

set

, sp

ike.

Th

ese

are

the

esse

ntia

l sk

ills

used

in

a v

olle

ybal

l gam

e.

The

first

play

of t

he g

ame

is a

bum

p.

To b

ump,

one

sh

ould

put

his

arm

s to

geth

er

with

the

for

earm

s up

war

d.

Whe

n bu

mpi

ng,

the

ball

shou

ld h

it th

ree

inch

es a

bove

th

e w

rist

s. A

go

od

pass

al

way

s st

arts

a g

ood

gam

e an

d c

an le

ad to

a w

in.

The

next

pl

ay

will

no

rmal

ly b

e se

ttin

g.

To s

et,

one

plac

es h

is ar

ms a

bove

his

head

and

then

pus

hes

up a

nd

outw

ard.

Whe

n pu

shin

g th

e ba

ll, th

e fin

ger p

ads s

houl

d be

th

e on

ly t

hing

tou

chin

g th

e ba

ll. A

lso, o

ne’s

arm

s sho

uld

be

com

plet

ely

exte

nded

w

hen

sett

ing.

If

the

palm

of

one’

s ha

nd h

elps

pus

h th

e ba

ll, it

will

be

calle

d a

car

ry.

If it

is a

carr

y, th

en th

e po

int

will

go

to th

e ot

her t

eam

.A

fter

a se

t, th

ere

is th

e sp

ike.

To

spi

ke,

the

play

er

shou

ld o

pen

the

hand

and

hit

the

top

of t

he b

all

with

his

palm

. Fo

r a

pow

erfu

l spi

ke,

one

shou

ld d

o an

app

roac

h fo

r mom

entu

m a

nd p

ower

.

n G

OT

skiL

Ls. F

resh

man

D

elan

ey H

oeve

naar

bum

ps,

sets

and

spik

es th

e ba

ll in

HO

PE c

lass

. “[I

like

] sp

ikin

g be

caus

e I c

an h

it th

e ba

ll ha

rder

than

mos

t gi

rls,”

Hoe

vena

ar sa

id.

Th

e st

uden

ts p

ract

iced

an

d ap

plie

d th

ese

skill

s in

HO

PE a

nd v

olle

ybal

l cla

ss.

n N

OTE

s O

N E

xEr

cisE

. In

HO

PE,

fres

hman

Enr

ique

Alv

arad

o le

arns

w

ays t

o ex

erci

se.

“I lik

e ho

w w

e ca

n ex

erci

se in

wha

teve

r way

we

wan

t,”

Alv

arad

o sa

id.

The

stud

ents

lear

ned

the

phys

iolo

gy o

f the

bod

y.

n Y

Ou

’rE

Ou

TTA

HEr

E. In

a k

ickb

all

gam

e, fr

eshm

an R

ober

t Sim

mon

s ca

tche

s the

bal

l to

help

his

team

to

vict

ory.

“I li

ke th

e ou

tfiel

d,” S

imm

ons

said

. “I

like

chas

ing

the

ball

to g

et

peop

le o

ut.”

HO

PE st

uden

ts p

layed

ki

ckba

ll fo

r ana

erob

ic e

xerc

ise.

This

help

ed th

em st

ay fi

t and

exe

rcise

.

n B

URN

IRO

N. D

urin

g a

ham

stri

ng

exer

cise

, fre

shm

an X

ena A

boud

alla

h lif

ts w

eigh

ts.

“I lik

e th

e fa

ct th

at I’

m

gett

ing

stro

nger

,” A

boud

alla

h sa

id.

Th

e st

uden

ts w

ent t

o th

e w

eigh

t ro

om e

very

Wed

nesd

ay to

take

par

t in

an

aero

bic

exer

cise

.

Shou

ld stude

nts be

allo

wed

to

take

HOP

E on

line?

53%

said

that

stud

ents

shou

ld b

e ab

le to

take

the

clas

s onl

ine

47%

said

that

stud

ents

shou

ldn’

t be

able

to ta

ke th

e cl

ass o

nlin

e

Fres

hman

Mac

kenz

ie W

illiam

son

runs

aro

und

the

track

dur

ing

HOPE

cla

ss in

effo

rt to

fini

sh a

m

ile. “

I like

the

feel

ing

I get

whe

n [I’

m ru

nnin

g],”

Willi

amso

n sa

id. “

I can

thin

k cl

early

.” T

he

stud

ents

ran

a m

ile in

cla

ss, w

here

as a

n on

line

stud

ent w

ould

hav

e to

mak

e en

ough

tim

e on

his

ow

n to

run

the

mile

.

photos/Kayla Combs

photo/Kayla Combs

photo/Kayla Combs

photo/Kayla Combs

photo/Kayla Combs

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stud

ents

pol

led

Nov

. 17

Deadline Three

VOICE 108 “[I am best at] being a water boy,” junior Joshua Slovenkay said.

Prac

tice

mak

es P

erfe

ct

Whe

n w

rapp

ing

ankl

es, w

rists

and

oth

er b

ody

part

s, th

ere

wer

e te

chni

ques

to b

e le

arne

d. S

enio

r Sa

man

tha

Arc

ara

bega

n le

arni

ng h

ow to

wra

p at

th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e ye

ar a

nd b

y w

inte

r bre

ak, s

he

exce

lled

at th

e ta

sk. “

[I m

ostly

tape

] bec

ause

I’m

le

arni

ng; I

’m n

ew a

nd I

have

to le

arn

mor

e,” A

rcar

a sa

id.

Bein

g a

first

yea

r tra

iner

, Arc

ara

lear

ned

thro

ugh

hand

s-on

exp

erie

nce

and

prac

tice.

Whe

n a

play

er w

alke

d in

with

any

thin

g th

at n

eede

d to

be

tape

d, A

rcar

a w

as th

e on

e th

at e

nded

up

tapi

ng

them

. Arc

ara

join

ed th

e cl

ub fo

r fun

and

in th

e en

d,

she

lear

ned

thin

gs th

at c

ould

be

help

ful l

ater

in li

fe.

20 rolls

of t

ape

per

wee

k

n t

hE

wO

rk

nEV

Er E

nd

s.

Befo

re a

socc

er

prac

tice,

so

phom

ore

Am

anda

Sw

artw

out f

ills

wat

er b

ottle

s. “I

ha

te h

avin

g to

ge

t wet

, but

I’m

gl

ad th

e pl

ayer

s ar

e hy

drat

ed,”

Swar

twou

t sai

d.

Swar

twou

t fill

ed

arou

nd 1

,000

w

ater

bot

tles t

he

who

le y

ear.

450

wat

er b

ottle

s fil

led

per w

eek

100

kids

ser

vice

d pe

r w

eek

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sPOrts MEdICInE109

The

gam

e ha

d ju

st b

egun

and

the

mem

bers

wer

e w

aitin

g fo

r an

othe

r pl

ayer

to c

ome

off t

he fi

eld

with

an

inju

ry th

at w

ould

hav

e to

be

tend

ed to

. Th

e fir

st in

jury

was

an

ankl

e sp

rain

, the

seco

nd w

as a

mer

e cu

t on

the

knee

, th

e th

ird a

kin

k in

the

neck

. The

stud

ents

in S

port

s Med

icin

e w

ere

prep

ared

to

han

dle

thes

e ty

pes o

f inj

urie

s with

exp

ertis

e.Th

e m

embe

rs in

vest

ed a

nyw

here

fro

m 1

8 to

32

hour

s a

wee

k he

lpin

g at

hlet

es.

They

pre

pare

d fo

r ci

rcum

stan

ces t

hat w

ere

out o

f the

nor

m, l

ike

a br

oken

jaw

from

lacr

osse

or a

min

or c

oncu

ssio

n th

at w

ould

put

an

athl

ete

in

the

emer

genc

y ro

om.

They

also

fille

d so

man

y w

ater

bot

tles

that

they

lost

co

unt a

fter t

he fi

rst d

ay d

urin

g th

e fo

otba

ll se

ason

. “Y

ou h

ave

to t

ake

your

job

seri

ously

. Ev

en t

houg

h yo

u’re

aro

und

your

fr

iend

s all

day,

you

have

to k

now

whe

n to

be

prof

essio

nal,”

seni

or E

lizab

eth

Shea

rous

e sa

id. “

Ther

e is

a tim

e to

play

and

a ti

me

to b

e re

spon

sible

.” A

thle

tic T

rain

er J

ulie

Sol

omon

tau

ght

the

stud

ents

pro

per

first

aid

te

chni

ques

, how

to

sec

urel

y w

rap

inju

ries

, how

to

give

car

diop

ulm

onar

y re

spira

tion

and

how

to u

se a

n au

tom

ated

ext

erna

l def

ibri

llato

r. T

hese

wer

e lif

e sa

ving

skill

s and

cou

ld b

e us

ed o

utsid

e of

scho

ol to

hel

p an

yone

.“I’

ve h

elpe

d m

y ne

ighb

or w

ith a

bus

ted

up k

nee

and

cove

ring

it to

sto

p so

me

blee

ding

,” ju

nior

Josh

ua R

ogac

hesk

y sa

id.

The

club

met

afte

r sch

ool i

n th

e 70

0 bu

ildin

g an

d w

aite

d to

trea

t stu

dent

s th

at c

ame

in f

or r

ehab

or

even

a n

eck

mas

sage

to

wor

k ou

t ki

nks.

The

st

uden

ts in

the

club

pre

pare

d th

emse

lves

for a

ll at

hlet

ic g

ames

and

situa

tions

th

at m

ight

occ

ur,

with

han

ds-o

n ex

peri

ence

. A

reg

ular

exe

rcise

was

the

en

actm

ent

of a

spr

ain,

whi

ch t

he m

embe

rs w

ould

the

n ha

ve t

o ha

ndle

ac

cord

ingl

y. T

hey

lear

ned

lead

ersh

ip, t

eam

wor

k, c

oope

ratio

n an

d re

ceiv

ed a

sens

e of

acc

ompl

ishm

ent f

or th

e w

ork

they

did

.“[T

he b

est t

hing

abo

ut b

eing

in th

e cl

ub is

] jus

t bei

ng a

ble

to h

elp

peop

le

with

thei

r inj

urie

s,” R

ogac

hesk

y sa

id.

Rog

ache

sky k

new

afte

r he h

elpe

d hi

s nei

ghbo

r, th

at tr

aini

ng w

as so

met

hing

he

mig

ht w

ant t

o do

in th

e fu

ture

. Th

e m

embe

rs a

lway

s fe

lt pr

oud

afte

r a

good

wra

p jo

b on

an

ankl

e or

any

bod

y pa

rt,

like

they

mad

e th

e w

orld

a

bett

er p

lace

for a

thle

tes t

o be

in.

On

gam

e day

s, th

e stu

dent

s ate

with

the f

ootb

all t

eam

and

crea

ted

stro

nger

bo

nds

with

one

ano

ther

. T

he m

embe

rs c

reat

ed t

eam

-like

fri

ends

hips

and

at

mos

pher

e. T

hey

enjo

yed

the

fello

wsh

ip, w

hich

was

an

adde

d bo

nus a

long

w

ith th

e le

arni

ng e

xper

ienc

es a

nd sk

ills.

“[The

bes

t par

t abo

ut th

e cl

ub] i

s get

ting

to m

eet p

eopl

e, to

lear

n ab

out

inju

ries

and

how

to tr

eat t

hem

,” so

phom

ore

Elisa

Car

rion

said

. “It

help

s you

le

arn

abou

t te

amw

ork

beca

use

you

real

ly h

ave

to le

arn

to w

ork

with

you

r pe

ers.”

n k

aYLa

cOm

Bs

A TE

AM L

IKE

NO O

tHer

train

ers

atte

nded

to in

jurie

s, fi

lled

wat

er b

ottle

s an

d ha

d fu

n, a

ll the

whi

le h

elpi

ng a

thle

tes

reac

h th

eir g

oals

photo/Phabulous Photos

n t

hat

’s a

w

raP

. Se

nior

A

lison

Hef

fern

an

help

s Bra

dley

H

utse

ll w

ith

a cu

t on

his

wri

st.

“I lik

e

mak

ing

the

new

fr

iend

ship

s with

in

jure

d pl

ayer

s,”

Hef

fern

an

said

. H

effe

rnan

pa

rtic

ipat

ed in

Sp

orts

Med

icin

e al

l fou

r yea

rs.

photo/Caley Brock

n F

EEL

thE

PaIn

. A

t a fr

eshm

an

foot

ball

gam

e, tr

aine

r Jul

ie S

olom

on

atte

nds t

o a

cram

p in

the

low

er c

alf.

“U

sual

ly y

ou se

e th

e m

echa

nism

and

yo

u ca

n se

e ho

w th

ey fe

ll or

land

ed,”

Solo

mon

said

. “Y

ou c

an k

ind

of p

redi

ct

wha

t’s g

oing

to h

appe

n [a

fter y

ou

see

that

].” S

olom

on h

elpe

d ov

er 5

0 fo

otba

ll pl

ayer

s off

the

field

ove

r the

fo

otba

ll w

hole

seas

on.

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Deadline Seven

n T

AKE

A S

WIN

G.

Up

to b

at, f

resh

man

cat

cher

Jenn

ifer

Alv

arez

mak

es c

onta

ct w

ith th

e ba

ll.

“[Th

e be

st p

art o

f pl

ayin

g fo

r you

r sch

ool i

s] yo

ur te

am is

at s

choo

l, so

you

ge

t to

see

them

a lo

t, ” A

lvar

ez sa

id.

Alv

arez

bro

ke h

er

hand

hal

fway

thro

ugh

the

seas

on a

fter a

girl

slid

into

her

as

she

was

att

empt

ing

to ta

g he

r out

.

SOPH

OMOR

EJO

HN M

ADDE

N

n B

UNT

FOR

A RU

N. B

untin

g ag

ains

t Col

onia

l, fr

eshm

an B

rian

na C

amer

on tr

ies t

o ad

vanc

e a

runn

er.

“[Whe

n I’m

at t

he b

at] I

’m n

ervo

us a

nd th

en I

get

anxi

ous f

or th

e ba

ll,” C

amer

on sa

id.

Cam

eron

play

ed

outfi

eld

and

seco

nd b

ase.

n S

pRIN

T TO

WAR

d T

hE

WIN

. Fr

eshm

an M

ark

Ang

elo

runs

to h

ome

plat

e sc

orin

g a

run

for t

he te

am.

“[Whe

n yo

u ge

t a r

un fo

r the

team

, yo

u] g

et a

sens

e of

per

sona

l acc

ompl

ishm

ent a

nd y

ou

just

feel

gre

at,”

Ang

elo

said

. A

ngel

o ha

d a

.309

bat

ting

aver

age

for t

he se

ason

. n

Th

RO

W IT

FAR

. Whi

le

war

min

g up

bef

ore

the

gam

e ag

ains

t Uni

vers

ity, f

resh

man

Sa

mue

l Mc W

illia

ms t

hrow

s to

a te

amm

ate

at h

ome

plat

e. “

I lik

e [m

y te

am] a

lot.

We’

ve b

een

win

ning

a lo

t of

gam

es a

nd w

e do

n’t g

et v

ery

tens

e; w

e ha

ve fu

n,” M

c W

illia

ms s

aid.

Mc W

illia

ms,

who

also

was

a p

itche

r, ha

d 25

stri

keou

ts fo

r the

seas

on.

photo/Kayla Combs

photo/Allie Sloan

GIR

LS

COM

PETE

D W

ITH

WES

T O

RAN

GE

TEAM

HUNG

ERED

FO

R

WIN

S AT

HO

ME

They

wer

e do

wn

by

thre

e

runs

aga

inst

the

Wes

t Ora

nge

War

rior

s.

In

the

bott

om

of

the

seve

nth

inni

ng,

the

play

ers

hudd

led

toge

ther

and

co-c

apta

in

Bran

don

Rhe

a,

soph

omor

e, b

egan

his

pep

talk

to m

otiv

ate

the

team

.

“I as

ked

if th

ey h

ad th

e he

art o

f a c

ham

pion

and

if th

ey d

id

they

wou

ld g

et th

eir

act t

oget

her

and

get b

ack

into

the

gam

e,”

Rhe

a sa

id. “

[Afte

r tha

t] w

e ra

llied

toge

ther

to ti

e.”

The

team

fou

ght

hard

, sc

orin

g th

ree

runs

, bu

t in

the

end

they

fell

just

shy

of a

win

. Th

e ga

me

ende

d 3-

4, b

ring

ing

the

first

loss

of t

heir

deve

lopi

ng se

ason

.

“I w

as d

isapp

oint

ed b

ecau

se I

tho

ught

we

wou

ld w

in,”

fres

hman

Aus

tin P

ulle

r sai

d. “

We

had

been

goo

d th

e re

st o

f the

seas

on; w

e ju

st d

idn’

t hit

wel

l.”

The

team

’s go

als f

or th

e se

ason

wer

e to

win

as m

any

gam

es

as p

ossib

le a

nd to

also

win

all

hom

e ga

mes

. W

ith th

eir

goal

s in

min

d, t

he t

eam

wen

t th

roug

h th

e se

ason

with

hig

h st

anda

rds

and

the

expe

ctat

ions

that

they

win

at h

ome.

“It f

eels

real

ly g

ood

[to w

in a

t ho

me

agai

nst

the

War

rior

s]

beca

use

a lo

t of t

he fa

ns a

re th

ere

and

we’

re ju

st m

akin

g th

em

prou

d,” f

resh

man

Bla

ke S

ande

rson

said

.

Alth

ough

the

ir fir

st l

oss

was

tou

gh,

the

away

gam

e st

ill

allo

wed

the

tea

m t

o ea

rn a

n un

defe

ated

rec

ord

at h

ome

with

an o

vera

ll 18

-2 se

ason

reco

rd.

“[Tha

t fir

st lo

ss] i

nspi

red

us to

alw

ays f

ight

bac

k an

d to

nev

er

give

up,

” co-

capt

ain

Bran

don

Gra

bhor

n, so

phom

ore

said

.

It w

as

the

top

of

the

seco

nd i

nnin

g an

d th

e gi

rls

wer

e do

wn

by t

hree

aga

inst

W

est O

rang

e. W

ith tw

o gi

rls

on b

ase,

fre

shm

an D

anie

lle

Lobo

zzo

step

ped

up t

o th

e pl

ate

and

clen

ched

the

bat.

She

swun

g th

roug

h th

e ba

ll, d

rivi

ng it

lo

ng o

ver t

he fe

nce

for a

hom

e ru

n, ty

ing

the

gam

e, 3

-3.

“I w

as r

eally

exc

ited

beca

use

that

was

the

sec

ond

hom

e ru

n I’v

e ev

er h

ad an

d to

kno

w th

at I

tied

the

gam

e w

as re

ally

exc

iting

,” Lo

bozz

o sa

id.

The W

est O

rang

e War

rior

s lat

er w

ent o

n to

win

the

gam

e 7-

6.

It w

as t

he s

econ

d tim

e th

ey w

ent

up a

gain

st W

est

Ora

nge

afte

r pr

evio

usly

tyin

g at

hom

e, 1

0-10

. “T

he fi

rst g

ame

was

scar

y be

caus

e w

e w

ere

tied

thro

ugho

ut th

e w

hole

gam

e an

d w

e ke

pt b

attli

ng b

ack,

” jun

ior

co-c

apta

in A

lann

a R

affa

elli

said

. “It

was

kin

d of

disa

ppoi

ntin

g be

caus

e I f

elt l

ike

we

shou

ld’v

e w

on it

.”W

ith t

he t

ie in

min

d, t

he t

eam

wen

t on

to

play

the

War

rior

s fo

r th

e th

ird a

nd f

inal

tim

e. T

houg

h th

ey g

ave

it th

eir

all,

they

w

ere

unab

le to

pul

l out

a w

in, f

inish

ing

the

gam

e 3-

7.

“[Alth

ough

we

lost

the

final

gam

e th

e ou

tlook

for

the

seas

on]

was

still

goo

d be

caus

e w

e pr

oved

that

we

can

try

and

give

a lo

t of

effo

rt,”

co-c

apta

in L

yann

Sot

o, ju

nior

, sai

d.St

rivi

ng t

o w

in a

t le

ast

half

of t

heir

gam

es t

he t

eam

’s dr

ive

help

ed t

o ac

hiev

e th

is go

al a

fter

the

outc

ome

of t

he f

inal

Wes

t O

rang

e ga

me,

and

fini

shed

the

seas

on 8

-6-2

.“W

e tr

ied

our

hard

est

to r

each

our

goa

l [af

ter

the

outc

ome]

an

d w

e di

d ev

entu

ally

reac

h it,

” Sot

o sa

id.

DESC

RIBE

YOU

R FA

VORITE

PA

RT O

F TH

E GA

ME?

Play

ing

wel

l,

acco

mpl

ishi

ng w

hat I

nee

d

to d

o on

the

team

and

mak

ing

the

play

s th

at I

need

to s

o w

e ca

n w

in.

SAR

Ah R

Edd

,

FRES

hM

AN

The

com

petit

ion

and

inte

nsity

of t

he g

ame

beca

use

ever

yone

see

ms

to g

et in

to th

e ga

me.

ELIA

S SE

VILL

A,

SOph

OM

OR

E

Whe

n w

e ar

e w

inni

ng

or ti

ed a

nd e

very

one

is

pum

ped,

all t

he e

nerg

y

is u

p an

d w

e’re

hav

ing

a

good

tim

e.

SUM

MER

dO

UG

LAS,

FRES

hM

AN

The

feel

ing

of th

e ba

ll

flyin

g rig

ht d

own

the

mid

dle

and

whe

n yo

u

swin

g yo

u kn

ow it

’s a

grea

t hit.

ABB

EY L

ARR

,

SOph

OM

OR

E

Hitti

ng b

ecau

se it

’s th

e

hard

est,

but o

nce

you’

re

good

at i

t and

you

can

get

on a

roll,

it be

com

es fu

n

and

wor

th w

hile

.

AUST

IN h

OG

AN,

FRES

hM

AN

photo/Phabulous Photos

photo/Phabulous Photos

[My

TEAM

IS]

AW

ESO

ME.

THE

y’R

E AL

L R

EALL

y G

REA

T AN

D W

E’R

E A

REA

LLy

GO

OD

TEAM

.

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