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ALWAYS FREE ISSUE NO. 4
WJHS PRESS WELLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL/ FALL/2013
Photos by
Christian Saulnier
A Golden Dream Come True
It all pays offdesire-effort-
satisfaction-The practice field
Where our hearts were left onThe game field
Where it all paid off
Three months of workall for forty minutes
sweat-blood-tears.
A loss to Gorham in the regular seasonMeant nothing
It was erased from our mindsAs we prepared
And expected to be victoriousAnd we were
All of the workAll of the timeAll of the effort
Paid off.
We had proven to this leagueThat the Wells Warriors
Are the hardest hitting teamThe best sportsmen
And the best executers,And that we
Deserved the gold ball.
We gained respect of the other team-We gained trust in our coaches-
And we gained the ownership of the most important thing of allThe gold ball
desire-effort-
satisfaction-It all pays off.
-Christian Saulnier
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Staff:
Christian Saulnier
Olivia DurfeeMegan Schneider
Noah Boucher
Paige Raymond
Rosemary Campenella
Daisy Aromando
Michael Wrigley
Drew Peters
Hope WolterbeekNolan Potter
Katie Baston
Raven Goodale
Eric Sousa
Taylor McDermott
Advisors:
Ms. Esch
Ms. Zotos
TABLE OF CONTENTS
-A Golden Dream Come True
-Staff and Photos
-Thanksgiving Dinner
-Bah Hum Bug: WJHS Play Review
-FIFA at Wells
-What Football Means to me Essay
-7th grade Soccer at Wells
-Warrior football Interviews
-A Friend, Autumn, and There Was a
Time Poems
-Halloween Survey
In the next issue - Quilting for Veterans and
other community service events happening
around WJHS!
Photos by: Kylie Belanger
The Staff & Table of Contents
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It was about ten minutes until we would open the
doors for the Thanksgiving dinner! Everyone was gettingprepared. Waiters were going over the plan one final time.
As a greeter, I was standing near the hostess stand eagerly
awaiting the first arrivals.
As the couple walked through the door, they
smiled. They were full of joy as they saw us and smelled
the food being taken out of the oven and put on the tray.
"Hello, thank you for coming today. Will it just be the two
of you?" Mrs. Esch and Senora Bartlett greeted them with
a big welcome. The pair were brought into the cafeteria by
Leah, and immediately taken care of by their waiters.
I was up. The lobby was backed up with people.
There were five who I would be seating. In a way I was
more than a little nervous.They calmly walked to us,
smiling with joy at the delightful smell of the food. I then
greeted them by saying: "Good morning, my name is
Noah and I will take you to your table." I walked them to
the table, pulled out their chairs to seat them respectfully,
and told them to enjoy their meal. That was it! The next
people came, and it was easier than anyone had expected.
The last people finished eating and left at around 1:00.
We then got to eat some turkey and pie as a whole class
with our teachers, too! We socialized, ate pie, drank soda,
and reflected on the overall experience that we had just
had! This Thanksgiving has given me one of, if not the
best experiences. I hope this was the same for everyone.
Photos by: Mr. Chessie
Thanksgiving DinerBy: Noah Boucher
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Bah Hum Bugby: Drew Peters and Michael Wrigley
My friend Drew and I went to go see
the play, Bah Hum Bug on the night
of Friday, November 22nd. The gymwas packed when we arrived. There
were only a few seats left. The play
began with great singing fro all of the
cast, especially the main character,
S c r o o g e , p l a y e d b y P a r k e r
McDermott. Everybody on stage
looked like thy knew what they were
doing, and had been practicing a long
time.
The play was about this older man
who hates Christmas, and gets visited
by three ghosts. During these visits,
he gets taught three different lessons.
The three ghosts are the ghosts of
Christmas past, present, and future.
While with these ghosts, he visits
himself during each time period.
All of these visits scared Scrooge,especially when he was visited by
Josie Marley (played beautifully by
Brianna Hennessy.) We were also
scared when she walked in with
chains hanging off of her! Great job
Brianna! She also showed up at the
end of the play to make sure that
Scrooge had learned his lesson, which
he did, and started to love Christmas!
Congratulations to all of the
performers; this was an outstanding
performance that certainly helped to
jumpstart our holiday spirit
P.S. Stay tuned for information on the
next play: were told its Peter Pan:)
Photos by: Robin Reidy
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Another season has come and
gone. The Wells Junior High 8th
grade girls soccer wrapped uptheir last year in the junior high
with winning six games, tying
one and only losing three. They
started out the year with losing
their first game 5-2. One of the
biggest problems in the first
game was that they were already
missing one of there most
valuable players, Olivia Durfee.
On the first practice of theseason, Olivia hurt her knee. She
never came back to playing. It
was hard to begin with, but they
got back into it and they ended
the season with a winning game
against York, 6-0. Leah Tufts
scored 2 of the goals. "I wanted a
hat trick, but Coach Tatiana put
me as a sweeper," Leah
commented. She was not very
happy about that. Last year Leah
was a defender. This year she
was a full offender, except for
the last game of course. Not only
is Leah tough, but she is fast and
can handle the ball very well.
She also has what you would calla quick trigger, meaning that
when she has the chance to
shoot, she does so at the right
time and quickly so that she
cant be stopped. I asked Leah
some questions about her year.
Reporter Megan: How did you
feel about going from defense to
offense?
Leah: "This year I went fromdefense to more of a mid-field
position. It was kind of hard
because I had to almost start over
and change everything I knew
about where I was supposed to
be on the fie ld in cert ain
situations.
It was definitely a dramatic
change because I went from
maybe scoring one goal in an
entire season, to scoring at least
one goal in almost every game.
Although it was hard at first, by
the end of the season it felt like I
had played the position my entire
life."
Reporter Megan: What do want
to work on for next
year in soccer once you get to
high school?
Leah: "I think the biggest thing I
want to work on is foot work. I
want to acquire more moves so
that I can do more on the field,
and be more useful. I also want
to learn how to get a shot offfaster. I think that this will give
me more scoring opportunities
and will overall benefit the
team."
Reporter Megan: Hope, how did
you feel about all the injuries
that were happening during the
year?
Hope: "I felt that it was very
hard that there were so many
injuries this year. I thought that it
was especially hard because we
had such a small team."
FIFA at WellsBy: Megan Schneider
Photo by: Robin Reidy
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Photo by: Robin Reidy
Reporter Megan: Do you feel it was harder for
you since you were one of the injured people?
Hope: "It was extremely hard for me to be one of
the injured people because I love playing soccer.
I hate sitting out on the sidelines and not keeping
fit. But I'm so glad now that I'm progressing with
my physical therapy. I am ten times better andready to kick a lot of can now since basketball
season has started."
Many players worked through the pain but many
weren't in pain at all. Madison Szczygiel was one
of those many. Maddie is a great defender,
stopping every ball and every person who comes
to cross her bridge. Every time a ball comes to
her, she stops it right away. She reminds of a
brick wall because you know that balls not going
by her. Not only is she a great defender but she is
fast and has a strong kick on offense. She scored
her first goal in the first game of the season. I
asked Madison questions on how her season
went and what she wants to do when high school
soccer comes around.
Reporter Megan: How did you feel about playing
more defense than the offense?
Maddie: "I don't really mind playing more defense
than offense although I like to go up now and then."
Reporter Megan: If you were able to play offense
more would you still have wanted to play some
defense?Maddie: "I think that my ideal position would be a
midi because I could play both offense and
defense."
Reporter Megan: What do you want to work on for
next year when you go to high school soccer?
Maddie: "I definitely want to work on ball control
and offense, so I can be strong overall in offense
and defense."
The girls worked hard and it definitely paid off. I
wish all of the girls, and myself, good luck with
high school soccer next year. And for any person
who plays soccer, Madison has some advice for
you. "Go fast, go hard, give it everything you have,
then a little bit more." -Madison Szczygiel
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The clock is winding down on the final seconds of this
particularly rainy and muddy game and wells has a narrow
2 point lead over the opposing team. They have one last
attempt to score and win the game, but our Wells defense isnot prepared to let this happen. The quarterback gets down
under center, and snaps the ball. A screen pass is thrown to
an open receiver, who bolts down the field. I, reading the
play, sprint to meet him and make a diving tackle out of
bounds into a muddy puddle. I roll over, soaking wet, to see
players and coaches jumping up and down on the sideline.
They hadn't gotten the touchdown, we had won! I am
helped up by my fellow teammates, who are like brothers to
me, and together we run over to the sideline in our soaking
wet uniforms and water filled cleats. We don't care though,because we have a wonderful feeling in us that only
football can instill. This is a sense of pride and
achievement. Never in my past of playing other sports have
I seen a sport with so much passion and love behind it.
Football is not just any sport in wells, its a sport loved and
supported by the whole community! Everyone goes to see
the Wells High School play football, cheering them on
home and away. This is why football is so special to me.
Another reason football is special to me is because of the
of the amount of teamwork that this sport demands. It's not
like other sports where one person can carry the team, and
the others don't have to work that hard. In football, all
eleven people have to do their job to the very physical best
of their ability or else the play won't work. If a lineman
doesn't block his guy, the running back will get tackled in
the backfield. If a running back doesn't sell his fake, the
sweep to the other side will get stopped for a loss of
yardage. Football is special, every single person is doing
something every second of the game in order for you to be
successful.
My next reason that football is special to me is because of
the unbreakable bonds it forms between my teammates and
I. It has always amazed me how close you get to your
teammates after just one season of football. My first year of
football, I didn't completely get why rule #1 is that We are
family.. After a season of seemingly endless conditioning
and the wins and losses we went through together, it came
to me what rule number one really means.
What Does Football Mean to You?by: Nolan Potter
Photo by: Robin Reidy
Photo by: Tasha Potter
Nolan Potter
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It means that you've got each other's
backs on and off the field and that you
understand and support each other
through not just the football season, but
the whole year. After that year, I never
questioned rule number one again because
I was just as close to my teammates as I
was my to own brothers.My final reason that football is so special
to me is because of the magic of the sport.
I always wondered why and how football
does this certain magic to you, making
you an overall better person. I find my
well being improving as a Football season
progresses. I start getting better grades in
school as well as having a better mood
throughout my day. But the magic doesn't
just happen off the field, it's just that its
strongest on the field. It's that feeling you
get after you make a great hit at practice
and your coach praises you for it. It's that
feeling of passion you get when youre
sitting on the edge of your bed, in your
pads and uniform imagining what you are
going to do on each play, reminding
yourself that you will do everything inyour power to make sure your team wins.
And when the final quarter runs out, and
your bruised and battered, you get this
wonderful feeling inside you that tells you
that you played your best and worked
your butt off.
As you can see, football isn't just any
sport to me. Football has a very special
place in my heart, and I hope to play it for
the rest of my life.
Photo by: Tasha Potter
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Lady Raider 7th Grade Soccer: Success!By Daisy Aromando
"Good Game ladies!" This was a
sound that the 7th grade girls heard a
lot this soccer season. Sixteen girls
from the grade, along with the help
of a few sixth graders) made this
team end with a winning season.
Wells had won six games out of ten.
This made the girls very happy. "We
have a really good group of girls in
the soccer program. This soccer
season brought us closer together."
said Katie Reidy, a mid-fielder for
the team.
As well as having games, the girls
had practices every day. Participating
in soccer was a fun activity for these
girls to do, rather than going home
and watching T.V. Wells gave a great
effort in their games.
The Raiders had the help of Hannah
Cottis, who plays on the best soccer
team in Maine, Phoenix. Hannahscored twenty-six goals this season,
which helped Wells offensive side of
team. But Wells also had a great
defense with girls who would hustle
to make sure that the other team
didn't get a goal. And those people
that were both good on offense and
defense played Mid-Field.
And you can't forget the goalie!Daisy Aromando and Lauren Bartlett
played goalie this season. But Maeve
Forbes, Well's other goalie injured
herself in the first game and sadly
missed the rest of the season.
Thankfully, no other players got
seriously injured.
Photos by: Robin Reidy
Wells would have a good crowd
of people watching these games.
They would cheer for their goals,
defensive saves, and good passes.
"I love watching these girls grow
into soccer players, an most
importantly, a team." said Brian
Aromando, a father to one of the
players.
Lets not forget Wells secret
mascot. No it wasn't a person
dressed up in a costume, nor was
it a super loud parent. It was
Willis the Pig! He would come to
the games and support the team
with oinks and squeals. Willis is a
10 week old Gloucester Old Spot.
These pigs are usually farm
animals, but not Willis. He gets
to go for walks, play at the beach,
and go to Raider soccer games! "I
love having a pig root for us,
literally!" said Olivia Talevi.
Wells had an exciting soccer
season this fall. With six wins,
the ladies ended their season with
joy. Even though they lost the last
game of the season to York, the
girls were proud. It was a
bummer not to win the last game
of the season, and not to beat
York, but everyone was happy.Everyone had improved, whether
it was in soccer skills, teamwork,
or even both! The girls left with
an even bigger achievement, a
strong love for the game.
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An Interview with Nolan Potter.
What do you think you did well?
"I thought we executed well,
especially in the playoffs. When we
entered the playoffs, we seemed to
take off as a team. We beat teams
that beat us in the regular season.
We ran plays well, and everyone
knew their job. Ruunning the ball
was extremely easy with our
blockers doing their part, as
everyone else on the team had to
do their part. This contributed to
the overall team effort."
How much more did it mean to you
to play in the Gold Ball game than
to watch the gold ball game?
"Even though I did play in the Gold
Ball game last year, I only got
some happiness out of it. Even
though last year coach told us
everyone was a part of the win, I
didn't receive the full satisfaction
of actually playing in the whole
game. This year, since I played the
whole game, it felt so much better
after the final buzzer went off and
we all jumped in the air in
celebration."
How important did you feel your
job was to the team as a starting
full back and middle linebacker?
"I didn't feel my job was any more
important than any other job on the
team. Every job was equally
important, even if not everyone
scored touchdowns or made
tackles. At full back, I felt it was
important to me to make the
successful lead block busting
through the hole busting it up
making sure the half backs could
run safely behind me. At middle
linebacker, i felt it was my job to
let the defense know what
formation they were in, let them
know where they were going, and
to let them know how to read the
play. After the ball was snapped, I
would try to read the play to the
best of my ability and get in on the
tackle."
Wells Warrior Football Team Interviews!Interviews by: Christian Saulnier
Photo by: Robin Reidy
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An interview with Christian Saulnier.
How important did you feel your role as wide
receiver and tight end was to the team?
"My role was just as important to the team as
everyone else's. Being wide receiver was based
more on making correct blocks so that Chad
(Fitzpatrick) or Matt (Szczygiel) or Nolan (Potter)
could get the yards they deserved. Substituting in
for Ethan (Marsh) was always a tough act to follow.
I knew I wasn't the best player on the team, but I
tried my hardest, you know? My job was to get therunning backs where they needed to go, and even if
I didn't fully execute my job on one play, Chad,
Matt, or Nolan always seemed to be successful.
This helped the team in more ways than you could
think of.
How much more did it mean to you to play in the
Gold Ball game than to watch it?
"Well, watching the boys take it home last year feltgreat, I was happy to do everything in practice I
could to help the team win. This year ,however, the
win at the end of the season felt incredible. With
Matt, Chad, and Nolan running the ball hard, Ethan
catching the key passes, and Michael (Wrigley)
throwing the ball with pin-point accuracy and the
linemen making the blocks they needed to, we were
an impossible team to beat. And when everyone
executed their jobs, we came out on top."
What did you feel you did well as a team?
"We were a powerhouse football team. We did
everything that needed to be done, Drew (Peters)
lead the offensive and defensive line better than any
center or nose-tackle out there. Nolan, Chad, and
Matt ran the ball harder than they ever had. And
Michael did an amazing job handing the ball off to
the running backs, and throwing perfect passes to
the receivers. Everyone did their job, and we
proved to be the best team in the league. I was
honored to be a part of it."
More Interviews...Interviews by: Christian Saulnier
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An interview with Michael
Wrigley.
How much more did it mean to
you to play in the Gold Ball
game than to watch it?
"Well, it definitely felt a lot
better, because I played more in
this game than I did last year. I
also felt like I contributed more
to the team than I did last year."
How important did you feel your
job was to the team as starting
quarterback and safety?
"Well, I think the other players
were just as importance,
because in football everybody
has equal importance in football
on the field. Not one person can
carry the team by themselves,
and I felt everyone did their job
amazingly in the gold ball
game."
What did you feel you did well
as a team?
"Well, I felt we did our jobs, we
passed well, we ran well, we
defended well, and we blocked
well. I thought we prepared very
well, and that's the recipe to
success."
And a Few More!Interviews by: Christian Saulnier
An interview with Drew Peters
How did you feel your
performance impacted the gold
ball game?
"It wasn't just me; the team
worked all together to win".
How much more did it mean to
you to play in the Gold ball
game than to watch it?
"Watching the year before was
great, but being on the field this
year made me feel like a
champ".
What do you think you did well
in the Gold ball game?
"I think I did a great job ofprotecting Michael and enabling
the rest of the team to move
forward".
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Poetry
by: Rosemary Campenella and Taylor McDermott
A friend
By: Taylor McDermott
Yourre the gold of the
sunshine
And the moons light at
nighttime
You can light up the
worlds darkest room
Or cheer up a crowd that's
full of gloom
You're the new growth of
springThe cool water of summer
The crisp breeze of
autumn
And the fresh new blanket
of snow in the winter.
Autumn
By: Taylor McDermott
The leaves are running
Like children in the
wind
The cool autumn
breezes
Are like the colors on
the trees
The stars in the night
Are like the northernlights
Breath and take it all in
Before its gone
Like a shooting star
This is autumn.
Photo by: Christian Saulnier
There was a time,
The Earth was free,
Of toxic waste,
And full of trees.
There was a time.
We did not cleanse,
Or ever heard,
Of pals and friends.
There was a time,
The Earth was pure,
With nothing sick,
Or insecure.
There was a time,
The fog stayed clear,
When birds could fly,
Without a fear.
There was a time,
The Earth was clean,
Full do crisp air,
And lots of green.
There was a time,
We did not need,
To kill for fun,
Off or our greed.
There was a time,
The Earth was full,
Of animals;
Not plain or dull.
There was a time,
We did not live,
We did not share,
We did not give.
There was a time,
The Earth was free,
Of killing tribes,
Who killed for glee.
There Was a Time
By: Rosemary Campenella
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HALLOWEEN SURVEY
Are you trick or treating this year!?
We asked students from grades five
and grade eight questions revolving
around Halloween. The questions
were: Are you trick or treating? What
age are you going to stop or what agedid you stop? And last but not least...
What are you going to be for
Halloween? We asked two people
from each class we went to. For eight
graders we Interviewed Kylie
Belanger, Tim Bullard, Mitch Libby,
Acadia Snow-Brine, Brendan Dean,
Kala Cummings, Madison and
Matthew Szczygiel, John Harris,
Katrin Spainhouer, and Lukas Hall.For fifth graders we asked Evan,
Rhiannon, Cynthia, Jacob, Natalie,
and Craig.
6%
94%
People going Trick or Treating
yesno
0
1
2
3
4
16 19 92 12 15 13 31 50 Not sure
Ages people are going to stop Trick or Treating
Peop
le
Ages