Welcome back to CTMS! We

are so happy to be back and hope

you all had a wonderful winter

break. It’s crazy to think we are

half way through the school year!

We have all been working very

hard to make this newspaper. We

hope you enjoy our first copy of

The CT Dog Tag!

-CT Newspaper Staff

Volume 20, Issue 6 Editor: Neha Sridhar

CT Boys Basketball The NBA Xbox 1 vs. PS4 Pro Yordano Ventura

CT Girls Basketball Valentine’s Day Surveys College Basketball

The Super Bowl TV/Movie Q&A KC Chiefs Review NFL Awards

Hannah Brock Sam Kullberg Erin Pierce

Nick Carlson Turner Lennard Yanal Ramahi

Megan Dreitzler Micah Leslie Davis Schimdt

Colin Harrison Phi Nguyen Tyler Scott

Connor Heintz Braidan O’Dell Steven Sykes

Luke Jenkins Tristan Ojeda Luka Yanes

Caroline Kaemmer

Welcome Back!

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Jake

Prather

Sam

Kullberg

Nick

Elliott

Braidan

O’Dell

Number? 2 52 55 31

Position? Point Guard Center Center Small Forward

What is your favorite part about being on the team?

Getting to be with my friends.

Playing in the games.

It’s fun. Eating snack packs.

Will you be playing in eighth grade/high school?

Yes Yes Of course Yes

Home or Away games? Home Home Home Away

Boys basketball season is back and in full swing! Both the eighth and seventh grade teams are off to a great start. We interviewed some of

the players to get the inside scoop on the 2017 season.

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7th Grade Girls Basketball By: Hannah Brock

Who was

your

favorite

team to

play?

Number/

Position?

What was

your least

favorite

team to

play?

Favorite

part of

being on

the team?

Frontier Trail #23/Point Guard Indian Trail Story time with

Mr. White.

Frontier Trail #1/Shooting

Guard

Indian Trail Story time with

Mr. White.

Frontier Trail #10/Wing Indian Trail Story time with

Mr. White.

Frontier Trail #30/Wing Indian Trail Story time with

Mr. White.

Prairie Trail #24/Wing Indian Trail Meeting new

friends.

Indian Trail #25/Wing Prairie Trail Meeting new

friends.

A team record: 13-3 B team record: 4-12

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Yordano Ventura 1991-2017

Yordano Ventura was born on January 3, 1991 in the Dominican Re-

public. After quitting school at the age of 14, he worked in construction to

earn money for his family until joining a Kansas City Royals academy.

Ventura signed with the Royals as an international free agent in 2008, re-

ceiving a $28,000 signing bonus. He spent the next 18 months training at

the Royals' academy. Ventura played for the Kane County Cougars of the

Class A Midwest League in 2011. The Royals promoted Ventura to the

major leagues to make his debut on September 17, 2013. During spring

training in 2014, Ventura won the final spot in the Royals' starting rotation

over Danny Duffy. During the 2014 regular season, Ventura went 14–10

with a 3.20 ERA. Ventura signed a five-year, $23 million contract with

the Royals before the 2015 season. In April 2015, Ventura was involved

in bench-clearing incidents in three consecutive starts. He was the cause

of many bench cleaning incidents with other players. He was ejected,

fined, and suspended many times. During the 2015 regular season, Ventu-

ra pitched to a 13–8 record with a 4.08 ERA. He finished the 2016 season

with a 11–12 win-loss record and a 4.45 ERA. In 2016, in a game against

the Baltimore Orioles, Ventura threw many pitches inside and plenty of

words were said. Sadly, before the 2017 series started Ventura died in a

car accident in the Dominican Republic on January 22, 2017. He was only

25 and left his family behind.

By: Davis Schmidt

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The Kansas City Chiefs: A Year in Review

By: Sam Kullberg The Kansas City Chiefs finished the regular season with a 12-4 record and a Division Title, their

first since 2010. Although the Chiefs lost 18-16 in the Divisional Round of the playoffs, on a con-

troversial holding call at the end of the game, the Chiefs season was a success. They found a new

prospect in rookie Tyreek Hill who can both run and catch the ball. He averaged 11.1 yards per

rush on 24 attempts this year and had 3 rushing touchdowns. He also had 61 receptions and 6

receiving touchdowns this year. He even had one kick return for a touchdown and two punt re-

turns for a touchdown. In addition to all of this, he had 7 tackles as well. He was a huge asset for

the Chiefs.

Quarterback Alex Smith had another effective season averaging 233.5 passing yards per game

and had 15 passing touchdowns on the season with just 8 interceptions. Our move to acquire

Smith, the former 1st overall pick in a trade, has paid off for the Chiefs. He is a good leader and

will keep doing what he does for the foreseeable future. Tight end Travis Kelce was once again a

threat with 1,125 receiving yards and 4 receiving touchdowns this season. In addition to the

great offensive players for the Chiefs, they also had some defensive stars. One of which was cor-

nerback Marcus Peters. After a great rookie season, he came back and had 6 interceptions and

combined for 45 tackles (assists and solo tackles). This was just his second season.

The Chiefs had a promising season and have some talent on their hands for the future. Even

though they went another season with not going too deep into the playoffs, they are still an

effective regular season team. They won 10 out of their last 12 games this season and had a five-

game winning streak in the middle of the season. If you look back to the 2013 season, they won

their first 9 games of the season, one of the only teams to do that. The Chiefs have hope. It was

a disappointing end to the season but we have talent, experience, and coaching. Watch out for

the Chiefs, because they’re coming.

Cited sources:

http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15847/travis-kelce

http://www.nfl.com/player/marcuspeters/2552488/careerstats

http://www.nfl.com/player/alexsmith/2506340/careerstats

http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/3116406/tyreek-hill

http://prod.static.chiefs.clubs.nfl.com//assets/images/imported/KC/photos/ChiefsLogoThumb.jpg

Predictions MVP RotY O/DPoY Super Bowl

+ MVP

Comeback

Player of the

Year

Colin Sourk Matt Ryan Ezekiel Elliot Matt Ryan/

N/A

New England

Patriots/ Tom

Brady

N/A

Chase Mally Chase Mally Chase Mally Chase Mally CT B-Team/

Chase Mally

Chase Mally

Mrs.

Schneider

Aaron Rodgers Dak Prescott Aaron Rodg-

ers/ Desmond

Trufant

Atlanta Fal-

cons/Matt

Ryan

Jordy Nelson

Mr. Goad Matt Ryan Ezekiel Elliot Ezekiel Elliot/

Khalil Mack

New England

Patriots/Dion

Lewis

Jordy Nelson

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Awards and Super Bowl

Predictions

By: Phi Nguyen and Braidan O’Dell

With the 2016-2017 NFL season coming to a close, the CT Dog Tag

staff has tasked us to predict the end-of-the-year NFL Awards and the

Super Bowl. As of January 23rd, 2017, the New England Patriots will be

playing the Atlanta Falcons in NRG Stadium. Tom (GOAT) Brady is leading

the MVP race with Matt (Matty Ice) Ryan in a close second. As for rookie of

the year, the rankings follow: Ezekiel Elliot, Dak Prescott, Joey Bosa, Tyreek

Hill, Jalen Ramsey. We will be interviewing the following people about their

predictions for the following awards.

Favorite Team NBA Champions Favorite Player NBA MVP

Zach Willoughby Cleveland

Cavaliers

Golden State

Warriors

Kyrie Irving Tyler Scott

Brandon Luce Boston Celtics Boston Celtics Paul Pierce Tyler Scott

Chase Mally Cleveland

Cavaliers and

Golden State

Cleveland

Cavaliers and

Golden State

LeBron James and

Russell Westbrook

Tyler Scott

Quinten Mason Cleveland

Cavaliers

Los Angles

Clippers

LeBron James Tyler Scott

Jonathan Deaver Dallas Mavericks Dallas Mavericks Dirk Nowitzki Tyler Scott

Mr. Goad Milwaukee Bucks Milwaukee Bucks Giannis

Antetokounmpo

Tyler Scott

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NBA Opinions and Predictions

The NBA is about mid-way through their season so I asked a couple peo-

ple what their favorite team was, their favorite player, who they think

will win the championship, and who they think will win MVP. The best

parts about the NBA are the dunks, ankle breakers, and occasionally

buzzer beaters. Everyone who is a basketball fan knows these are the

most exiting parts about a game and most fun to watch.

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Name Do you have

plans for

Valentine’s Day?

Are you going to

give anyone a gift?

What is your

favorite kind of

Valentine candy?

Do you think

Valentine’s Day is

important?

What kind of gift

would you like to

receive?

Halei McCurley Nope A box of

chocolates.

Chocolate Yes. You get to

celebrate it with

the people you

love.

A box of

chocolates.

Mrs. Collins No Some golf balls Hershey Kisses Yes. Because it

shows that you

love the other

person.

A trip to Hawaii.

Swade Helton No Depends Chocolate Yes. It could be the

start of a great

relationship.

Either chocolate or

a nice rose.

Emma Seibel Don’t know Depends, probably

candy or a card.

Lollipop Yes. It’s a good

time to spend with

good friends.

Candy

Grant Crawford No I don’t know,

maybe to my

family.

Chocolate Kind of. Chocolate

Max Langdon No No Um, chocolate Yes.

Just yes.

Ladies and Max :)

Whitney Lowe No Probably not Chocolate Not really Money.

Ethan Durham No Probably not Chocolate Yes. Because it’s a

time to love

everyone.

A box of

chocolates.

Hayden Johnson Uhhhhh… I don’t

know

Probably like…. I

don’t know.

Chocolate?

Chocolate Let me think here…

to come together

and like appreciate

people.

Chocolate

Valentine’s Day Q and A

By Erin Pierce

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College Basketball

By: Nick Carlson and Luke Jenkins

The college basketball season is already halfway done. The top 25 keeps moving

around and as of January 25, 2017, Villanova is number one. But they lost and so did

#2 Kansas and #4 Kentucky. So, Gonzaga will probably be number one. UCLA has

been a surprising team being one of the top in the nation led by Freshman Lonzo Ball

and T.J. Leaf. We asked some people around the school what they think about col-

lege basketball and this is what they said.

Favorite team Who will win Favorite Player Favorite Coach

Jack Rippee North Carolina North Carolina Marcus Paige Mr. Ruiz

Noah Amundson

JCCC JCCC Marquawn Wilson

Mike Jeffers

Gabe Williams KU KU Brian Scalabrine Coach K

Mr. Henke K-State KU D.J. Johnson Brad Underwood

Nick Elliott KU KU Giannis Antetokounmpo

Bill Self

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BY: CONNOR HEINTZ

Predictions of Who is Going

to Win the Super Bowl

Who is going to win: the Patriots or the Falcons? On

February 5, 2017 the 51st Super Bowl(Super Bowl LI) will

be played. Fans are excited for this Super Bowl they

think it is going to be a great match against the two

Nick Carlson

Wants the Falcons to win but at

the same time thinks the Patriots

are going to win.

Luke Jenkins Wants the Falcons to win.

Luka Yanes Wants the Falcons to win but says

the Patriots will.

Colin Harrison Wants the Falcons to win.

Sam Kulberg Wants Falcons to win but is going

to choose the Patriots.

Mrs. Calhoun Hope the Falcons win.

Yanal Ramahi Wants the Patriots to win.

Tristan Ojeda Doesn’t know but is going with

Patriots.

Jack Daveron Wants the Patriots to win.

Steven Sykes Hopes the Falcons win but thinks

the Patriots will.

Peeps Fav Foods Least Fav

Avery Green Pancakes Cheese Pizza

Grant Crawford Spicy Chicken

Sandwich

Pizza

Evan Hessler Boneless wings Cheese Pizza Bosco

Michelle Spezieo

(Lunch Lady)

French Toast Pizza

Cole Dock French Toast Everything else

Joel Davidson Spicy Chicken Fish Sticks

Turner Lennard Chicken Nuggets Weird Lasagna

Banks Peek French Toast Spicy Chicken

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By: Micah Leslie & Steven Sykes

We interviewed some people to find out what their favorite food was at CT.

We walked around the school and entered different classes to do this as-

signment. These are our results. ENJOY!

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BY: Luka Yanes and Colin Harrison

Although both the PS4 Pro and the Xbox One S are good, the PS4 Pro has proven wor-

thy to be the best. The PS4 pro can play true 1080p games but the Xbox One S can run

anywhere from 720p to 900p. The PS4 Pro is also way faster when loading games and

has a removable hard drive. But the Xbox one S can add external hard drives which can

be really fast (Ps4 cannot). The Xbox One S is more like a small computer and the Ps4

Pro is more like a laptop. Although the Xbox one is less expensive the Ps4 Pro has better

specs.

ANDREW RYAN

TYSON CAMPUS

JAYDEN REDMOND

LUKA YANES BRETT KAEMMER

JACK PEREZ CHARLIE STOVALL

COLIN HARRISON

Xbox One because the graphics are better.

Xbox has better chat and is more popular.

Xbox because it’s dank.

Ps4 because it has better graphics and more games.

Ps4 because the remote is better.

Ps4 because Xbox is trash.

Ps4 because it has a better controller.

Ps4 because all my friends play with me.

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Super Bowl

By: Yanal Ramahi and Tristan Ojeda

The Super Bowl is where the top two teams in the NFL play against

each other. Last year’s Super Bowl was between the Broncos and

Panthers. The Broncos won 28-24. This year’s Super Bowl is be-

tween the Patriots and the Falcons. I think that the Patriots are go-

ing to win and that is whom I am cheering for. I think the Patriots

will win because they are good. However, I think it is going to be a

close game. Below is a list of students we interviewed and who

they think will win!

We think that the Patriots are going to win because they have had a good

season and Tom Brady is a better than Matt Ryan.

Joel Davidson Falcons

Jack Perez Patriots

Miguel Cooper Falcons

Name What is your

favorite TV

show?

What is your

favorite

movie?

What is your

favorite

genre?

Who is your

favorite actor/

actress?

What do you

like to eat

while you

watch?

Would you

rather watch

at a theater or

at home?

Alana Morgan “Pretty Little

Liars”

Twilight Romance Taylor Lautner Chocolate

covered popcorn

Home

Nurse Yonke I don’t really

watch TV.

Get Smart Comedy Theo James Buttered

popcorn

Home

Hannah Brown “Cutthroat

Kitchen”

Harry Potter Comedy-Cooking Emma Watson Goldfish Home

Whitney Post “Full House” Moana Adventure Emma Watson Pretzels and

Nutella

Home

Jonathan Nelson “Walk the

Prank”

Starving Games Comedy Kevin Hart Hot Tamales Theater

Avleen Kang “SpongeBob” Finding Dory Fantasy Leonardo

DiCaprio

Popcorn Theater

Mark Bernard “Walking Dead” Why Him Horror Will Ferrell Chips Home

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TV and Movie Q and A By: Erin Pierce

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By: Turner Lennard

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