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15203 S. Pulaski Rd. Midlothian, Illinois 60445 Volume 56, Issue 5 February 15, 2010

Safety, security drive ID policyby Hope LiddellEcho reporter

Have you ever been stopped in the hallway by a security guard and they ask you, “Where’s your I.D?” You tell them that you have it, but you’re just not wearing it. The next thing you know, you’re being told to put it around your neck. You’re probably thinking “What’s the big deal?” You had it with you, but it just wasn’t around your neck. You’re also prob-ably saying to yourself, “What’s the point of having an I.D. anyway?” However, it is a big deal for the staff and students in Bremen High School. Many people ask why is it so important to wear an I.D. in the fi rst place. “For one thing, it’s for security pur-poses, and also lets everyone know who ev-eryone is,” says Mr. Curtin. Security purposes play a big role in the I.D. Policy because without an I.D. any-one can walk in the school and blend in if the students were not required to wear it. “I think it’s a great idea,” says Mr. Fla-herty, “it serves as a security purpose because anybody can walk into the building and we need to be able to identify who’s who.” On

the other hand, many students could care less about the whole thing. “I think it’s stupid to wear an I.D. be-cause the security doesn’t really check to see if you have it; they just look for a piece of pa-per,” freshman Esperanza Salgado said. Other students feel it serves no pur-pose to actually wear the ID. Many pupils feel that as long has you have your ID on your person, like a drivers license, that should be

by Krystiana DisbrowEcho reporter

Most seniors at Bremen High School should know about the requirements need-ed for graduation. These stipulations can be easily obtained. If you are one of those seniors who may not know or forgot what those requirements are, you are in luck. Seniors must have 22 credits, passed US Constitution Exam, and have taken the PSAE in order to be set for graduation day. Looking at those requirements may be over-whelming: overwhelming for underclass-men, or seniors who might not know where they stand as they near the end of their high school careers. “If you do what you’re supposed to do, then you won’t have a problem. Now the people that don’t take school seriously will have a problem, because it’s going to come down to the last minute and they’re going to be pressed to make up what they

are missing,” says Chris Jackson, a senior at BHS. If you feel you may be a little be-hind schedule, you can take evening school or correspondence classes, but the key is to know what you’re lacking before it’s too late. If you look at the big picture, fi tting 22 credits into a 4-year time frame isn’t too diffi cult. You have to take a minimum of 6 classes per year, unless, of course, you were eligible to meet the requirements in another manner. However, if you do the math, 6 times 4 equals 24. Twenty-four credits in 4 years; just like that and you have more than what is required. “I would have to say that I am not worried at all about getting enough credits, and I’m only in my second year at Bremen.; I think it’s going to be really easy,” sopho-more Phil Montanez said. Whether you are ahead or behind, you can do it. Graduation is only 3 months away. Seniors, stay focused!

good enough. “They’re okay, but we shouldn’t have to wear them all the time because there’s enough security here throughout the day,” stu-dent Lonzo Liddell said. Over all, the deans would like nothing more than for the students to “Make sure the policy is understood.” When policies are put in place, they are expected to be followed.

Graduation quickly approachingGraduation Checklist:

*22 credits ~ 4 English

~ 3 Math ~ 1 1/2 Social Studies

~ 3 Science ~ 1 American History

~ 1/2 Economics ~ 3 1/2 PE

~ 1/2 Health ~ 1 Microcomputers

~ 4 Electives ~ 2 World Languages (for challenge

Diploma [24 credits] only)

*Passed US Constitution Exam

*Taken PSAE

Not wearing your ID or a rental can cost you:

Step 1 - $1 fi ne, warning, parental contactStep 2 - $1 fi ne, detention, parental contactStep 3 - $1 fi ne, detention, parental contactStep 4 - $1 fi ne, referral to dean, parental contactStep 5 - $1 fi ne, referral to dean, parental

contact

Subsequent steps result in further fi nes and suspensions from school

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Page 2 News Bremen High School

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“Skate with the Wolves”(Come meet the players & coaches)

On Saturday, March 6, 2010And Saturday, March 13, 2010

at the Homewood Flossmoor Rink777 W. Kedzie Ave, Homewood, IL

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by Monet MarzetteEcho reporter

Isn’t it important to have a memento that can remind you of some of the best years of your life? There should be a way that all students of Bremen High School could consider getting class rings. Class rings are re-ally cool and memorable; they make the seniors “stand out” as they should. There is a way to accom-plish just this! By designing your own ring, it’s a way to re-member your high school years and reminisce when you see it. Jostens, a well-known class ring company, can save the day in this category. Jostens has been around for many years providing stu-dents with their perfect ring to remember their high school years. Jostens has a wide variety of rings to choose. Each specif-ic ring can be paralleled with a student’s personality; each ring is truly one-of-a- kind. Jostens provides differ-ent sections with the catalog to cater to all types of students. There are multiple choices: for instance you can choose a ring in silver or gold. One can even have their name printed on the ring along with the year gradu-ated, school name/initials etc. It is even a possibility to get your birthstone put on your ring. Jostens has been in the ring business for quite some time and really knows what seniors want when it comes to designing a ring. Jostens can even place different symbols on a ring. For example, if you were a bowler, you could get your ring person-alized by having a bowling ball or pin on the ring; one can even have their jersey number placed on the ring. Sounds to me like by purchasing a class ring, one can truly remember all the important things about their high school career. Look into getting a class ring today.

Class rings are perfect memory of high school

Bremen High School stu-dents were treated to a special showcase of music Friday Jan. 22 in the Bremen IMC from Eric Noden, a musician, blues educator and researcher of The Old Town School of Folk Music. Deeply rooted in the music of 20’s & 30’s, blues pioneer Eric Noden’s percussive guitar work, timeless songwriting, and well-traveled blues vocals have earned the respect of audiences, critics, and musicians worldwide. Noden is a one-man-band, a musician, songwriter, actor, and educator who continues to re-in-vent traditional blues and roots mu-sic for today’s audiences. Noden teaches blues guitar workshops at the Old Town School of Folk Mu-sic. Noden played from a va-riety of musical styles including

soul, blue-grass, country, rag-time and the blues. He explained the his-tory of America through its music. “The blues are an important part of our history as they are based upon many of the early spirituals that were sung during our country’s beginnings,” Noden said. He then demonstrated vari-ous styles and music forms that have developed out of early influ-ences. Bremen American Litera-ture teacher, Brian Calvert, coor-dinated this event because he feels that this is a great opportunity for the students to see and hear some-thing outside of their normal view-ing/listening preferences. Calvert’s class studies the influence of his-torical context on form, style, and point of view in a variety of literary works and music.

Bremen PR

Music + literature = learning experience

Students in Mr. Calvert’s American Literature class experience music with blues pioineer Eric Noden.

Page 3Quarter 2 Honor RollFebruary 15, 2010HONORS with DISTINCTION

SeniorsMaria Anderson

Martha BuchananKrystiana Disbrow

Skyler FichtDonald Gross

Marissa HerreraJoseph MezaJohn Miller

Tia MontgomeryNora Nagle

Edith NavarroJulianne Velcich

Sarah Young

JuniorsAndrew Broughton

Sean DoyleAshley Dudek

Paul JankeLance Simpson

Timothy StofferahnJason Widstrom

SophomoresMelissa Bullard

Alexis DeeJane Gross

Kaila Milham-CassinMalachi RhodenAalliah Robinson

Deanna Young

FreshmenMarielisa Avalos

Tamar CarterVanessa CortezJamie Duckwall

Jennifer EscobedoCheyenne HushkaKhadijah Ibrahim

Amaranta MartinezAllison Milen

Mariana OrozcoAndrea Salcedo

Arielle TyusSelena Wilson

HIGH HONORS

SeniorsEstefania Aguilera

Amanda BartakLindsey Bogard

Jennifer BorgmanLuke Bronson

Danielle BrownKatie Clifford

Nicholas CooperSean CupitSarah Doise

Molly DuckwallSherita Echoles

Jasmine Flores - AriasVictoria Fus

Nicole GalvinCecilia Gomez

Jerry HallMarcus HatterMelanie Haza

Zachary HendrickNancy HerrejonDeneen Hughes

Christopher JacksonMegan Krause

Tyler McCarthyAbraham Mercado

Thomas MullenAngel Munoz

Jonathon NicelyJulius Parks

Jessica PetersLaura Potts

Nadia RodriguezCynthia RomeroPaloma Salcedo

Erin SchisleyLonja SeatonLuis Vargas

Luis VazquezThomas WestErik Yunker

JuniorsAlexa AthansDerell Carter

Santiago CazaresPedro ChavezDiane Deanda

Berenice DezhaJustin Doyle

Edgar EspinosaBaltazar Galarza

Jael GordonHarmony Johnson

Dylan KentSergio Lopez

Andy MagdalenoJames MillerLeann Powers

Carissa RamirezMario RodriguezAbeni Salcedo

Samantha SantiagoJose SerranoAdrian Steele

Anna-Lena SternkopfBrittany TuckerJose Unzueta

Priscilla VazquezAaron Washington

Sarah WebsterMichael WilkeNolan Woods

SophomoresJesus Ahumada

Alejandra AraizaBrian Bravo

Christina BravoTracy BulthuisJulio ChavezKelley Cohn

Johncarlo CovarrubiasEmily DillmanAmanda DornerBrittney Esparza

Molly FeilSamantha GageTaylor GalvinOmar Gordillo

Georgina GramontYahaira GuerreroRobin Hawkins

Anier JuarezKelly LendiAna Magana

Anthony MagdalenoEmmanuel Maldonado

Seth McClerklinKalin McKeanMakina MosesBrandon OchoaAlyxis Paxton

Nora PerezNatalie PerezKelly Pilny

David SanchezTaylor SandersOlivia Sartin

Tyler SifuentezDanica Smith

Danqua SmithAdeyemi Sosina

Dion StarnesJuan Tapia

Armando VillanuevaBrian Waddell

Ayuanna WashingtonMychelle WillisChanille Woods

Agnieszka ZawadzkaYvette Zuniga

FreshmenJesus Aguilar

Noemi AguirreLindsey BakerMichael Bereta

Kaylia Brown-JacksonCaitlin Christ

Lorena ContrerasLeah Dandurand

Jovani Diaz VargasDonald DreherRaul Esparza

Elizabeth GonzalezJeremy GranicznyElizabeth Gunaka

Dominique GuzzonatoErik Jaime

Hope LiddellKristopher Marroquin

Jayneisha MarshallTimothy McDowellBrittney McFarlandSusan McNaughton

Dana MercadoMercury MillerMarco MontesDaniel Munoz

Kara O’SullivanRushhil Patel

Stefanie PoschKelly Rampage

Kelly ReganAlina Rivera

David RobinsonSelena Sandoval

Savannah SchofieldBrayer Serratos

Alejandra TehandonJacqueline TieriJesse Vasquez

Viviana VillegasEric West

Kiarra Williams

HONORS

SeniorsMegan Allen

Stephanie Araiza-LopezChristian AvalosNatavia Booker

Rocco BothSamantha BuckiRogena BurnsJessica CabreraLupita CalderonVonquatia CookLatekia CooperJames Cumbo

John DallacostaElandra Dean

Charnelle DeerOlivia DeyoungMarlenne Dezha

Peter DryanSean Duggan

Andrew ErcegovichMichael Faron

Emily FarrBrian Figueroa-Morillo

Alejandra Flores

Brittany FoxxMatthew GarrisonMarcus Goliday

Sarah GrayJorge Guerrero

Aarron HendersonJavier Hernandez

Sean HoweBianca HullRyan Jones

Samantha JurgovanKyrstin Litoborski

Ricardo LopezMaria MendezIvan Mendoza

Ismael MendozaDevante Miller

Grant MillerAllison Miller

Christopher MillerKiana Moore-Swint

Justin O’ConnorJose Ortega

Gabriella PerezShaina RobertsNicole SamsAlexa Smerz

Adenike SosinaBrian StadterSeanna Stein

Michelle TannehillNancy VasquezStevana Vaughn

Maricruz VazquezCatherine VivadoDelilah WebsterBernard White

Jacob Wick

JuniorsTalia Anderson

David BadagliaccoThomas BenvenisteBriana Bienkowski

Mia BrownAmber Buchanan

Kassandra CarbajalYasely CarreraShana ColemanSokoya Collins

Hector ContrerasBrandon CottrellOralia Dezdha

Daisy Diaz-DiazJoshua Dominguez

Demi EdwardsBrandon EsparzaNicholas Fabian

Randi FeltzEnrique Fernandez-Morales

Andrea GarciaBarbara Garcia

Lisa GaryOmar Gomez

David GonzalesOscar Gonzalez

Roosevelt GordonGlenn Hampton

Ricardo HernandezCrisstian Hernandez

Luis HernandezNicole Hulsey

Lucy IturbeRelfkevin JacksonHannah Johnson

Eric JulianMichael Kaleta

Kelsey KozlowskiLonzo Liddell

Brandon LockettJoseph LyonsKaneisha MayMiguel Mejia

Andres MezaMeghan MisnerGenesis Montes

Betzabeth MontoyaLizahira Mora

Michael MorrisseySean O’ConnellJasmin Oldham

Jaymin PatelTamerra PollardChantal Ramirez

Vincentia RamseyChristopher Reeves

Vanessa RosadoMelissa Rosenthal

Erik SegovianoJasmine Silas

Rebeka SimkuteD Andre Slaughter

Elizabeth SolisFrank Soto

Joshua StewartRaechel Struebing

Melissa TimmsValentin UrbinaMarco VargasAmalia Vargas

Lindsey WallaceNicole Watkins

SophomoresFernando Avalos

Deandreale BaileyChristian Barrera

Arianna BellMaurice Bell

Lisette BeltranLaymondt Blakemore

Paige BoulaisLauren BrownMaria CarrilloJean Carrillo

Stephanie CarterJosiah Cole

Alexandrea CookKasheia Cook

Jorge DelgadilloLenia DixonMegan Doran

Angela EubanksJonqis FillyawAlexis FischlJulio Flores

Daisy GamezRandy Ganzel

Madeline GouldingJeffrey Green

Diana GutierrezCuoy Harmon

Lisa HernandezWilliam Herrera

Dylan HoweSonia IturbeJose Jimenez

Taylor KaniewskiMichael Knight

Sarah KrygowskiKorey Little

Edward LongRachel Lopez

Maria MarquezMagdalena MunizDamien Murillo

Luis ParraEmily Petty

Jamicka PriceAlexis ProvancalZatorris Pulliam

Jose QuarlesAnalis RamirezKaryn Ramirez

Jonathan ReynosoNoel Sanders

Sarah SkelleyRobert Smith

Jeremy SvihulaAlejandro Torres

Jessica ValenzuelaFatima Vargas

Jasmine WashingtonKyesha WesleyTrina WilliamsZakia WilliamsNicole WinesTyler Woodke

FreshmenKhalial AbramsMaria Aguilar

Kyanna Alcala-NievesTodd Andrews

William ArellanoChristopher Bazan

Terry BeretaCasey Bohannon Davis

Shaunacy BrazierRoberta Caratachea

Dillan CazleyEduardo CerdaZachary Crim

Courtney CurtisChristopher Cuthbert

Karly DanielJermone Daniels

Ludibina DelarosaMichael Edwards

Jose EscobedoBiridiana Esparza

Jerosem Esparza CastilloAriel FeregrinoAriana Gallardo

Mario GarciaSean Gentry

Michael GosnellArely GuzmanShanice HarrisMargaret Hayes

Angelica HernandezUlises HernandezHarold HolmesMichael HolmesQuinn JohnsonTaishon JonesJason JonesKevin Lorz

Melissa MaciasDestiny Mainor

Bria MarleyTyreanna MartinViviana Martinez

Jacob MatthysLeanna McCarthyArmando MercadoBenjamin Mickley

Amaris OconJohnathan Oldham

Alexandra Ortiz-LieraJazmine Overstreet

Elliot PeraltaFrancinet PerezGina Pusateri

Nicolas RamosEsperanza SalgadoErnesto SantillanMatthew Sessions

Jasmine Sparrock-CookRaven Standfield

Laceann StudnickaSydni SwainMilton TorresBrittany Tovar

Jael VegaStephanie Vicencio

Berenice VillagomezChristina YokhanaMaria Zambrano

Page 4 Bremen High SchoolHoroscopesAries (March 20- April 18)

With your sign ruler Mars still going retrograde for the whole of February there is still a lot of backpedaling to do, as you seek

to resolve challenges issues that are connected with children or loved ones, or with a creative project that is dragging out.

Taurus (April 19 - May 19) In the early part of February there is a lot of focus on your career. This is a time for new initiatives, and perhaps you can realize a cre-ative dream that you have been

entertaining for some time. Being part of a dif-fuse but idealistic organization could be very rewarding, and any career work in which you express your visions and idealism would be very satisfying for you.

Gemini (May 20 - June 20) After two long months in de-manding and hard-working Cap-ricorn, your sign ruler Mercury finally moves into Aquarius on February 10th bringing a com-

pletely new set of circumstances. Anxiety is left behind because you finally manage to put a framework in place to resolve the power is-sues that have weakened you... both in your intimate life and as far as financial security are concerned.

Cancer (June 21 - July 21) You start the month dealing with major shifts in your environment that affect both family and re-lationships in a very necessary process of transformation that in

the long term stabilizes your roots and home life. This puts the pressure on you financially, but if you mobilize your energy and creative initiative, you can in fact build up a very solid economic base too. In March at least, things move forwards.

Leo (July 22 - Aug. 21) Where there is a will, there is a way, and your will is super-strong this month. However you may have some difficulty deciding in

what direction to focus. Perhaps the best strategy for the time being is to focus on the past, sorting out practical issues that continue to demand time and energy. Both in the field of education and work you need to address the transformation and restructuring that is going on at such an intense pace.

Virgo (Aug. 22 - Sept. 21) Some very beautiful people turn up in your life right now, and if you are single this can be a very promising time for a relation-

ship, especially around the week of the 15th, when it can almost seem as if a dream comes true. What characterizes people you meet at this time is idealism and creativity on the one hand, and love and kindness on the other.

Libra (Sept. 22 - Oct. 22) February starts on a very socia-ble note, and it is a great time to get out and about amongst good friends, or go even further afield to meet new exotic people from

quite a different environment that you are used to. Film and music can expand your mind now and you can live out your dreams. On the ro-mantic front, there may be electric attraction, but it’s not easy to make concrete progress.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) This is a month when you make a big effort

to resolve the obstacles that pre-vent you from making progress in your career. It may have felt like one step forward and two steps back for quite a while right

now, but time spent going over your plans and initiatives is essential. You need to forge an alliance with strong supporters who can help you through a period of transformation.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 20) The first half of February is favor-able for education, communication and travel if you can give yourself permission to follow your dreams and imagination... for this is not a

good time for sensible and practical employment. Music and film or travel to exotic destinations are some options, and it is also a great time to make contact with groups whose idealistic interests in-spire you.

Capricorn (Dec. 21 - Jan. 18) You begin the month with the pressure piling on in your ca-reer; this is a phase when some sort of transformation is called for. The end result should be

that you attain a position of power – the trick is to maintain equality and fairness whilst you sort out what works and what does not work. When professional survival is the issue, it is not possible to be soft, but it is at least pos-sible to be polite.

Aquarius (Jan. 19 - Feb. 17) This is a time when, despite the many upheavals that are chang-ing the landscape in your life, you have a lot of love to give to others, which you do without thought of

getting anything in return. Perhaps that is why the gods smile on you. Nevertheless you can easily get involved in discussions about matters of prin-ciple in the middle of the month, but this may well lead to constructive results.

Pisces (Feb. 18 - March 19) You are entering a period over the next couple of months when you know exactly what you want and where you are going. With beneficial Jupiter firmly

ensconced in your sign now, you sense a re-newed confidence and self assuredness which inspires other people and attracts them into your sphere of influence.from world-of-wisdom.com

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SpotlightsFebruary 15, 2010 Page 5

Madelline MelendezNickname: MaddieYear in school: FreshmanBirthday and sign: December 28, CapricornHometown: JolietFamily: Dad,mom,1 brother,2 half sisters,4 half brothersActivities/Sports: softball, football managerHobbies/Special talents: poems and listening to musicCareer Goals: Air Force, Pediatri-cian, CSIPlans after high school: Air Force, college and careerBest advice you ever received: Be true to your wordIf you could give anyone advice,what would it be?: Be true to your wordSomething unique about your-self: I eat my M&Ms by colorFavorite class and why: English, it’s easy and I have a good teacher (Mrs.Evbuoma)Favorite group/singer/song: Ri-hanna and PinkFavorite TV show: George LopezFavorite sport/sport figure: SoftballFavorite sport to play: Softball

by Lisette Beltran

Catherine VivadoNickname: The Big ShowYear in school: SeniorBirthday and Sign: December 2, SagittariusHometown: MidlothianFamily: 1 sister, Dad, MomJob: Lifeguard Activities/sports: Swimming, Wrestling Manager, Water PoloHobbies/special talents:Career goals: Become a physical therapistHero and why: Coach Strein be-cause he’s an Olympic swimmer...allegedlyPlans after high school: Go to collegeBest advice you ever received: “Win at all cost” and “Don’t smoke crack”If you could give anyone advice, what would it be: Work hardFavorite class and why: AP Cal-culus, Mrs. McNeeley rocks!Favorite group/singer/song: Sweet CarolineFavorite TV show: 90210Favorite sport/sports figure: Coach StreinFavorite sport to play: Water Polo!

Alex LaMotteNickname: FrosteeYear in school: SophomoreBirthday and Sign: July 22, Can-cerHometown: MidlothianFamily: I’m the oldest of 4 boysJob: um....studentActivities/Sports: I’m on the Quiz Bowl teamHobbies/special talents: I like to read and write poemsCareer goals: To be a veterinarian.Hero and why: Thomas Jeffer-son, because of his technological advances and his famous quotesBest advice you ever received: Keep your head upIf you could give anyone advice, what would it be?: To keep your head upSomething unique about your-self: I’m a good listenerFavorite class and why: History, I love Roman mythologyFavorite group/singer/song: SlipknotFavorite TV show: Parental Con-trolFavorite sport/sport figure: Mi-chael JordanFavorite sport to play: Dodgeball

Taryn Harmon Nickname: Tee Tee, Tee Jay.Year in school: JuniorBirthday and Sign: May 9, Taurus.Hometown: Chicago Family: 2 brothers, 1 sisterActivities/sports: Volleyball, Soft-ball, Basketball, Pep ClubCareer goals: ChefHero and why: My grandma, because she’s taught me almost everything I know.Plans after high school: Go to France and study Culinary ArtsBest advice you ever received: To get to the good, you gotta get through the bad.If you could give anyone advice, what would it be: Dont let anyone get you downSomething unique about your-self: I love to smile:)Favorite class and why: Mr. Cal-vert; Studies In Brit/American Lit because when you don’t understand something, he does whatever he can to make sure you do.Favorite group/singer/song: Drake-Sooner Than LaterFavorite TV show: Degrassi; Bad Girls ClubFavorite sport/sport figure: Not really a big sports fanFavorite sport to play: Tie be-tween Volleyball and Softball.

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M A NSeries by Mike Burbatt

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Anville lady Grrr! Aaaaah!

See you in the hospital...

To: My baby Cory

Happy V Day baby. I love you so much!From: Neka

To: Evelin Duran

Hey baby I just want to say I love you.From: Christian Avalos

To: Lisette Beltran

You’re a great friend and so pretty and nice. From: Anonymous

To: All my students

Sending you happy thoughts this Valentine’s Day!From: Mrs. Reid

To: Jael Gordon

Thank you for honoring me! You are the best. Love, Mrs. E.

To: My besties!

Las quiero ha todas From: Bon-Bon

To: Brendaly Beltran

My high school sweet-heart; forever my wife. I love you.From: Miguel Marquez

To: Betzabeth Montoya

Thank you for honoring me! I love you! Stay here.From: Mrs. E.

To: Shanequa

I love you girl. Happy Valentine’s Day.From: Your friend

To: Nick Cooper

Happy Valentine’s DayFrom: Anonymous

To: Lonzo

You’re the best brother in the whole world.From: Hope

To: Natalie Perez

I <3 you, lady.From: Ricardo

To: Johnathan Reynoso

I love you baby BFFL.From: Ivoon

To: Cheyenne Hushka

Happy Valentine’s Day. Love you.From: Terry

To: Michael Correa

Happy Valentine’s Day Buddy. You’re the great-est! Love you.From: Jill Aguilar

To: Katie Clifford

Thank you for being so wonderful. I will remem-ber you.From: Mrs. E.

To: All my ladies

Love you guys so much! You are the best!From: Monet M.

To: Brigitte Jimenez

Happy Valentine’s Day. You’re the best cousin. I miss you.From: Nahsy

Page 6 Valentine’s Day Special Bremen High School

To: Photography Club Members

Great job with the photo-graphs! Keep up the good work!From: Anonymous

To: The Speech Team

See you at B-Dubbs.From: Von Quah-Quah

To: Johnathan Reynoso

Wish you would stop be-ing mad at me From: G. Jay

To: Alexandra Velasquez

Mi amor te amo mucho.From: Joelle

To: Shanequa Figgins

Baby I luuv U wit all my heart.From: Lil Cory

To: Ivoon Figueroa

I love you. Happy Valen-tine’s Day.From: Jonathan R.

To: Terrance Parker

Love you.From: Kourtney Harris

To: Lady Braves Volley-ball

Awesome season. You will be missed. Love ya.From: Blake

To: Jonathan R./Ivoon F.

Thanks for being my best friends. I love you.

To: Ivoon, Caren, Nancy, Jonathan

Happy Valentine’s Day, best friends.

To: Jeremy Cleek

You’re the butter to my bread.From: Anonymous

To: The Girls Bowling Team

Happy Valentine’s Day girls! Great season!From: Sammie

To: Jason W.

I love you and I always will.From: Your Asian wife

To: Anastasia

I love you pumpkin. Best friends forever!From: Meli

To: Kent Spencer

Congratulations on your column in the Southtown Star!

To: Lizzy

Would you go out with me?From: Ivan M.

To: Boys Swim Team

Great Season! Thanks for the memories. We love you guys!From: Lisette and Yvette

To: Karen

I love you a lot, Karen.

To: Squishy

<3 I love yew <3 Forever and today.From: Pumpkin

To: Dillon Smith

Happy Valentine’s Day. I love you 1-27-10

To: All my friends

Jazzy, Mia, Nessa, Tanea, Mane, Dressa, Monet, Arianna, Renea, Mary-berry.From: Neka

To: Ivette Escobedo

I love you! (fi st bump)From: Anonymous

To: The Girls Bowling Team

Great job representing Bremen!

Page 7Valentine’s Day SpecialFebruary 15, 2010

To: Sonia, Lucy, Ivette, and Monet

Love you all. Love miss w.From: Mary

To: Sarah Young

Best friend forever.From: Babycakes

To: Mr. Carlsen

I think you’re pretty swell. Let’s play chess sometime, ok?From: H.C.

To: Dana Mercado

Stop being so angry.From: Sgt. Pepper

To: Cecilia Gomez

Te amo mas que mi perro.From: Anonymous

To: Taylor Sanders

Will you marry me? From: Your fi ancée

To: Lady Braves Basket-ball

It’s been a great season. Pokerface. Luv ya.From: Blake

To: Greg Malone

I love you Cuddy. Happy Valentine’s Day.Love, Drina McClinton

To: Echo Members

Thanks for getting your stories in on time!From: Ms. Dwyer and Ms. Intihar

To: Darrion Hunt

Happy Valentine’s Day, Boo.

To: My Babycakes

I love you! Para siempre amigas!From: Leslie

To: All staff & students

Thanks for supporting the Echo newspaper!

Valentine’s Fun Facts• More than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine’s Day each year.

• On average, men shell out $130 each on candy, cards, jewelry, fl owers and dates. That’s more than double what wom-en commit to spending.

• About 1 billion Val-entine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.

• Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.

• Women purchase 85% of all valentines.

• In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teach-ers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.

• 73% of people who buy fl owers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

• In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

• The Italian city of Vero-na, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.

From www.stvalentinesday.org.

Page 8 Bremen High SchoolEntertainment

by Cuoy HarmonEcho reporter

The 52nd Grammy Awards took place on January 31st, 2010 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. At the Grammy’s tensions were high for who was going to take home awards, as well com-plete stellar performances. During the award ceremony, Beyon-cé took home a total of six awards, win-ning Song of the Year and Best R&B song for her hit “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” She also took home Best Contempo-rary R&B for I Am… Sasha Fierce, beating T-Pain’s “Thr33 Ringz”, Trey Songz “Ready” and Jamie Foxx’s “Intuition.” Husband Jay-Z took home four Grammy’s, includ-ing Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Song Collaboration for “Run This Town” with Rihanna and Kanye West. Despite the VMA’s incident with Kanye West, Taylor Swift still took home four Grammy’s including Album of the Year for her CD titled “Fearless.” Eminem made his comeback last year and took home two Grammy’s for his CD “Relapse.” As far as performances, a lot of per-formers took the stage and gave their all. P!nk, who performed “Glitter in the Air,” amazed people, when she took to ropes and started to swinging and spinning on her rope. Black Eyed Peas, who won Gram-

my’s that year, performed their hits “Imma Be” and “I Got a Feeling.” Lady Gaga performed her hits “Pok-er Face,” “Speechless,” and “Your Song” with everyone’s favorite, Elton John. Ja-mie Foxx and T-Pain performed their Grammy award winning song “Blame It”. Despite the success of the song, Foxx still apologized to Jay-Z for his use in the Auto-Tune. The tribute to Michael Jackson, was performed by Celine Dion, Jennifer Hud-son, Carrie Underwood, Smokey Robinson, and Jackson’s biggest fan, Usher, who all

did Michael’s economical song, “Earth’s Song.” The final performance was done by Lil Wayne and Emi-nem, who performed “Drop The World,” with Travis Barker. During this perfor-mance, most of the words were edited. They were joined by the Grammy nominated freshman Drake, and performed the group’s popular

hit “Forever.” The Grammy’s had many special

moments, but nothing was more special than when Michael Jackson’s two old-est children, Prince and Paris, appeared on stage with their cousins to accept their father’s “Life Time Achievement Award.” The Grammy’s where a success hit as they always are each year.

by Shanequa FigginsEcho reporter

Respect is a word used often; how-ever, it is an action that is not used as often as it should be. President Barack Obama has earned his title; however shouldn’t the utmost respect come with the nametag of “President of the United States of Ameri-ca?” Why can’t the president receive the respect that he so much deserves? “Obama” is his last name, but he should not be called just that alone, as if it’s some random per-son on the street. It is a form of respect to use the full title when referring to the Pres-ident of the United States; however people continually disrespect this unwritten rule. It is so often that individuals refer to the leader of our nation as any other “Joe.” …and you don’t just hear average citizens referring to the president on a last-name basis; the reference is heard on television news stations, and other forms of media such as newspapers, magazines and radio shows. “Obama” is used in place of “Presi-dent Barack Obama” even on television programs and special news reports. In the past, it seems that our nation’s people had more respect and a better un-derstanding of this unwritten rule. In past generations, when people addressed presi-dential nominees it seemed a must to give the respect deserved and verbally spout a president’s full title; however, as time goes on, it seems a sense of respect is being dis-regarded, or lost altogether. Perhaps people choose to lose this sense of respect due to the fact that Presi-dent Obama is our country’s first black president and many citizens feel uncom-fortable with this change. To me, to not address any president by his full title is very ignorant and close-minded. It should be obvious to all that President Barak Obama is doing the best he can with the shape of our country. Even if you don’t agree with his methods of leader-ship, he still has earned his title and should be given the respect he deserves. From this point on, one should think before they speak. One should respect the president; don’t just say “Obama!” Give the respect that any president surely de-serves. It’s President Obama to you!

Respect should be shown to president

Grammy Awards a special experience for performers

It’s Dancing with the District 228 Stars!by Lisette Beltran

Echo reporter Mark your calendars — Feb. 19 is the day to Get Jiggy Wit It! On this date, P.E. teacher Mr. Jon Baikie and dean Mrs. Michele Jurgens will definitely be Shakin’ their Groove Thang at Tinley Park High School for a night of District 228’s Danc-ing with the Stars. Student couple senior Chris Jackson and senior Amanda Bartak also will par-

ticipate in this dancing fund-raiser for Snowball. These two couples from Bremen will compete in this dance competition against a student couple and staff couple from each building in the dis-trict. Admission is $5 and all proceeds will benefit Snowball. Dancing with the Stars will be held at 6 pm on Feb. 19 at Tinley Park High School. Come out to support Bremen’s couples as they dance their socks off!

NewsFebruary 15, 2010 Page 9

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

The junior class and their sponsor, Mrs. Arguelles, plan on making the 2010 Prom Fashion Show better than ever! In order to achieve this, they are getting some help from this year’s spon-sors--Black Tie Formal Wear for the guys and Kimberly Bond Boutique for the ladies. “Black Tie Formal Wear has been our sponsor for many, many years,” Mrs. Arguelles said. “We are excited to be working with Kimberly Bond Boutique for the first time this year.” Every senior looks for-ward to that one special day when high school’s last dance takes place... that little event called prom. Everyone knows about prom, but why do we have a prom fashion show? “We have a fashion show to promote the current prom fash-ions and prom,” Mrs. Arguelles said. “This year our show is go-ing to be bigger and better than ever because we have 32 senior models rather than 24.” The Fashion Show is free during the day for all juniors and seniors. “After the show, the handsome males will be mod-eling their tuxedos all day” Ar-guelles explained. Everybody has a dif-ferent thing to look forward to about the prom season, whether it’s getting the dress, partying with high school friends, or just hanging out one last time before graduation. The Prom Fashion Show helps get upperclassmen into the Prom spirit. The 2010 Prom theme is “My Heart Will Go On,” which also served as the theme song from the movie Titanic. This year’s prom will be at the Odys-sey Country Club in Tinley Park. This year’s prom fashion show will be in March, and is sure to kick off the prom season right!

Fashion Show has a few new additions

Senior Cantu wins art award Nathan Cantu, a Bre-men High School senior, won the Best of School award at the Bev-erly Arts Center on January 27th, 2010. Nathan is planning on pur-suing art as his career choice. He first got interested in art when he was ten years old by watching his brother draw. He has taken this talent and run with it and is finally getting the recog-nition he deserves for his stellar art pieces. The most recent award at Beverly Arts Center is not Na-than’s first award in art; last year he was the third place winner for the Jesse Jackson Jr. 2nd Congres-sional District Art Contest 2009. This talented student’s work has also been displayed at South Suburban College’s Regional Art

Show earlier in the year. If you want to see the fine work of an excellent artist, Nathan Cantu has the talent to amaze any-body. His work will be featured

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

“More local control for government...” Mayor Terry Stephens explained on Janu-ary 14th at a Midlothian town meeting held here at Bremen High School. He expressed his views on what is known to be “Home Rule.” Stephens explained that it would benefit the town if Midlothian became a Home Rule village. What is home rule? Mayor Stephens explained it to be “a provision of state gov-ernment that allows more lo-cal control for government.” Home Rule is simply a way for the people of a town to get a say in some of the laws that are made and some of the deci-sions that are implemented. While at the meeting Stephens explained that, in or-der to help the community of Midlothian thrive economi-cally, Home Rule would need to be in effect. Home Rule would allow the town mem-bers of Midlothian to make de-cisions about taxes and about decisions to build more busi-nesses. A Home Rule type of government in Midlothian will also help community members to enforce “Crime-Free Hous-ing.” Crime-Free Housing is a program in which docu-mented information about the

at the District #228 Fine Arts Fes-tival on March 11 in the Hillcrest High School IMC.

Bremen PR

Home Rule passes with hope to make Midlothian safer

type of people living in a town help to decide who can re-side there. With Home Rule the town of Midlothian would be able to check on the type of people who are renting a Midlothian apartment. By making sure no one who lives in the Midlothian residence is a convicted felon, the town would become a better town. When it comes to Crime-Free Housing, anyone in the town who commits a felony, will be forced to move out of the facility. This meth-od can help to ensure safe & crime-free housing. Many residents had questions about how the new government would impact town members. Mayor Ste-phens says it will affect all Midlothian residents by help-ing with economic develop-ment and providing more services for community mem-bers. Stephens does not only have plans for Home Rule, he has other plans for this small, but strong town. Along with the Home Rule, Stephens says that we need “more people active in community polic-ing (along with) water system upgrades.” These changes to the community will hope-fully bring strength and jump-start the economic state of Midlothian.

Art Show continues through Feb. at SSC Bremen High School art students have their work on display at the 15th Annual Re-gional High School Student Art Exhibit through February 26 at South Suburban College. The exhibition includes 25 regional high school dis-tricts from Illinois and Indiana. Approximately 350 pieces of student artwork will be on dis-play in the galleries and display cases of the Art and Design De-partment. The public is invited to attend the Regional High School Student Art Exhibit & Festival free of charge. The exhibit is located in the Lee E. Dulgar Gallery. Regular gallery hours are Mondays through Thursday from 9:00-4:00p.m and 6:00-8:00p.m. One can also come and view the gallery on Fridays from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. The Art Exhibition will culminate on Friday, February 26 with an awards ceremony. South Suburban Col-lege is located at 15800 S. State Street in South Holland, Ill. Come out to see Bre-men’s finest.

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Page 10 Bremen High SchoolNews

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

Bremen students love shooting people...with their cam-eras of course! And so does math teacher, Mr. Matushek who founded Bre-men’s Photography Club. So far, the new Bremen club has man-aged to mold students into great photographers. No more “pointing and clicking” as the club members learn to apply composition, aper-ture, rule of thirds, as well as other aspects of good photography. The students in the club also learn to break away from the monotonous posed “holding up the peace sign” type of pictures. Students learn to capture mo-ments that tell a story, thus taking photography to a whole different level. When asked about the success of the Photography Club, Matushek said “I actually did think it would be successful be-cause of the accessibility of digi-tal cameras and social networking sites; kids have started using cam-eras at an earlier age.” The club has evidently been quite successful. Bremen’s Photography club even received a $500 grant to support the success of the club. “We are printing large

sized pictures to frame and hang on the walls of Bremen,” Matushek explained where the grant money will go. “The walls [of Bremen] are blank; I thought it would be nice for kids to see themselves on the walls of their own school.” Working with Mr. Ward, the wood shop teacher, the club will help build the picture frames for the school. Ward says he is “counting on the Photography club members for the pictures (for the frames).” Another thing the photog-raphy club has done is fi lled up the Bremen bulletin boards. Once empty bulletin boards are now fi lled with an array of pictures of Bremen students. Furthermore, the fl at screen TV by the main offi ce is constantly showcasing an assort-ment of pictures of all types of school activities, including sports, clubs, daily classroom experienc-es and even school events and cel-ebrations. Photography club defi -nitely has a plan to change up Bremen’s atmosphere from empty and impersonal to a more personal feeling with current photos. It is important for the photos that are displayed to be unique and one-of-a-kind, just as the students are here at Bremen.

Photography club captures the moment

by Monet MarzetteEcho reporter

Were you looking for some fun and excitement? On February 6th, 2010, many people took ad-vantage of the exciting event that took place at BHS. Bremen High School hosted the Winter Ball/Turnabout Dance. This dance was a regular dance with just a small spin: the la-dies asked the boys out. How cool is that? Pretty awesome if anyone thinks about it. This year’s theme for the dance was a “Winter-Wonder-land.” “The past years have been great,” said Lisa Gary, student at Bremen and strong advocate of the Winter Ball. Last year she was named sophomore princess.

Gary was also very in-volved this year as she was named Junior Princess. Gary, along with others, knew that this dance was not the dance to miss! Gary, stated that “the Win-ter ball is fun because it’s more low key than Homecoming.” The fact that it is a bit “smaller” of an event somehow made it more personal and fun. I hope you had a ticket and didn’t miss out on this exciting event at Bremen High School. At the Winter Sports Pep Assembly, the candidates for prince, princess, king, and queen were announced. In addition, the winter athletic teams were an-nounced to the student body and the annual three-point contest was held. Senior Jerry Hall beat both Mr. Baikie and Dr. Kibelkis to win the coveted trophy.

Dance, assembly promote school spirit

Despite no diving board at BHS, divers strive to succeed

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

Did you know Bremen had a diving team, but no diving board? A long time ago, in a pool not so far away (just down the hall-way) there was a diving board. The Bremen pool ranges from 3 feet deep at the shallowest end to 9 feet at the deepest end. Since years ago the National Pool and Spa Institute (NPSI) had a set minimum for the depth of a pool with a diving board to be 7 feet, 6 inches deep, Bremen was able to have a board. In 1991, a high school diver in the U.S. did a “suicide dive” with his arms at his sides and hit his head on the bottom of the pool, making him a quadriplegic. This caused a change in the set minimum for the safest diving depth to 10ft. or more. Because the Bremen pool did not meet the minimum, the div-ing board had to be removed. Bre-men still wanted to have a diving team. Fortunately, fellow Dist.228 school Hillcrest had a pool with a diving board that was not in use. Ever since, Bremen has been div-ing at Hillcrest for practices and home meets. Coach Carolyn Ur-

ban works hard to get the divers from Bremen to Hillcrest and back everyday. Junior diver Mitchel Mc-Gowan is a strong competitor this year. He has gotten fi rst in a few meets and won 3rd place at con-ference. Deandre Boatman is also a diver and has worked hard to improve and get a higher score ev-ery meet. He placed 2nd at confer-ence. In diving, scores range from 0-10 and are based on start-ing position, approach, take-off, fl ight, and entry. Furthermore, all dives can be done in 1 of 4 posi-tions: free, tuck, pike, or straight. Every dive has a degree of diffi cul-ty. Once all dives are scored, the judges’ scores are added, and then multiplied by the degree of diffi -culty. The diver with the highest score is the winner. An example of a dive is a reverse one -and-a-half somersaults, tuck. Diving involves critical movement, control, strength, fl ex-ibility, and power. Divers must learn to judge height, and speed in order to do a dive successfully and not end up doing a belly fl op... be-cause that would hurt a lot!

Page 11SportsFebruary 15, 2010

Braves basketball has solid season

by Kent SpencerSports editor

Early on in the month of February, the Braves Varsity Bas-ketball team has secured a pretty a solid season. Showcasing great team basketball, the opponents should be a bit scared when the playoffs roll around. “One thing that made us successful is that our kids played harder than our opponents so far; there has not been one game so far that we played in which we physically matched the size of a team we were up against, and that just kind of shows you the amount of heart these kids have shown throughout the course of this year,” stated Head Coach, Flaherty. Watching the team play, you would often completely for-get the size difference among the Brave’s opponents. Due to the team’s high energy style, the braves make up for most trou-bled size matches. Flaherty also highly credited players Bernard White and Joe Lindsey for aiding the team when en-during the tough matches. Com-peting in the hole with players 6’5 to 6’7 every game, yet still holding their ground on the daily basis, the Braves seem to al-ways end a night with great numbers. Statistically, the team is still producing stand-out numbers among teams in the Southland area. White, a senior, is round-ing the season down nearly aver-aging a double-double per game with 11.8 points and 8.5 rebounds a game, making him 5th place in the Southland area for rebounds. Lindsey can possibly boost his 6.9 average rebounds to 8 per game before the end of the sea-son. Sherman Carter moved down from his 1st place Southland, 3 pointers made rank, to 7th. Marvin Gwyn is also hav-ing a successful season, leading all Southland players in the assists per game margin with 5.7, along

with 14.1 points a game. Gwyn expressed his thoughts of the sea-son: “This year the team is simply hungrier than we were last year; everybody has roles on the team and we play them out well, which makes us successful,” stated Gwyn. When comparing this sea-son with the last, one would be-lieve that the team made major changes in the off-season. In this case, that wasn’t the answer. “If anything was to be gained out of last year, it was experience; the guys had a chance to go through that whole process and knew what they didn’t want to have happen again, and as a result they com-mitted themselves to get better,” exclaimed Coach Flaherty. As far a practice goes, the Coaches are running regular rou-tines that seem to pay off big this season. “In terms of the approach to practice, we’re not doing any-thing different than what we’ve done last year,” said Flaherty. Although the practices are the same, there is a new assistant

coach this year. Head Coach Flaherty is assist-ed by Coach Meany for the 2010 season. Meany was appointed the posi-tion after former Assistant Coach Rappold stepped down. “There’s not a thing Coach Meany wouldn’t do that was necessary to help out the kids; it’s not anything dif-

ferent from what Coach Rappold was willing to do, but I do think Meany is doing a good job and he’s here to make the kids better people as well as better players,” stated Flaherty. It will be exciting to see how the season will end, but even more exciting to see the team put their skills to the test in the play-offs. The coaches will continue to push the team to strive for only the best while reflecting on all that they have learned in the past. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and I believe our season’s success wouldn’t be as good if hadn’t gone through the rough times last year,” said Fla-herty.

Boys swim team proud of great season

by Lisette BeltranEcho reporter

The boys swim team had conference on Saturday February 6th. Having worked much harder than last year, they hoped to gain a win at conference. Last year they easily won the JV trophy; this year they were hoping to take home the Varsity trophy! The team knew it would be a challenge, regardless, they knew they had to go for it. The swim team was si-lent en route to Tinley Park High School as they focused on their events and the times they knew they had to beat.”All or nothing!” stated senior, Giovannie Rodri-guez, as he was determined to get on the athletic wall of fame for Varsity Conference Champs. The tension on the pool deck at Tinley Park High School was definitely high. Every second mattered, especially to sopho-more Joshua Williams who won first place and a gold medal for the 500 yd. Freestyle, getting his best time of 5:23.00 and beating his biggest competition from Oak Forest. The entire team seemed totally fired up on the way to this meet. Jr. Eric Orzechowski ex-pressed his excitement by yelling “First place or No Place!” The scores were close as

Oak Forest, Tinley and Bremen held 1st, 2nd, and 3rd respec-tively. The boys fought hard and swam as fast as they could. They knew that the competition was tough and there was no room for error. Coach Todd Strein watched closely as Jr. Ricky Nowak swam the 200 Individual Medley, which consists of 2 lengths of each but-terfly, back, breast, and freestyle stroke. “He was flying! He went 8 seconds faster than he’s ever gone before!” exclaimed Coach Strein. The Bremen swimmers put all their effort into confer-ence; they not only swam with their arms and legs, but you could tell they swam with their hearts. Looking nervous, but focused, they swam their events. Sopho-more, Brian Waddell said he was “nervous (but, also) tired of the other teams underestimating Bre-men.” The Bremen swim team did everything but give up. They kept their heads up and their times down. At the end, Bremen took 3rd place at the SSC Blue Divi-sion Conference. Overall man-aging to get 13 medals, the boys swim team, was disappointed they didn’t win conference, but proud they did their best. To them it was better to try and not win, than to not try at all.

Members of the Boys Swim Team pose after their conference meet on Feb 6. The Boys took third place in the hard-swam com-petition.

photo by Lisette Beltran

by Kent SpencerSports editor

Congratulations to the Bremen High School Girls Bowling Team on their win at the Sectional Competition on Feb. 6 at Oak Forest Bowling Alley. The Varsity team owned a 16-1 over-all season record. With this record, they were able to clinch the SSC Blue Confer-ence Championship at Centennial Lanes on January 30, 2010. The bowling team continues to make Bremen proud, as each year they seem to get better and better. Varsity Bowling Coach Kevin Walsh stated, “I am so proud of the girls’ accomplishment this season.” As a result of their outstanding showing at the sectional competition, the Lady Braves team will compete in the state tournament Feb. 11. Charnelle Deer, Nicole Hulsey, Amanda Lorz, Laura Potts, Jenna Sinish, and Seann Stein make up this stellar team.

Lady Braves Bowling rolls to victory

The Girls Bowling team poses for a picture a few days before the State Tournament. The Girls team qualified after earning a first-place finish at the Sectional Competition.