One Trojan TrailMorristown, TN 37813

Volume: XLIII Issue IVDecember 2011

Morristown Hamblen High School West

BY KAITLINMEEKERSTAFF WRITER

The Morristown West High School

Recycling Team puts lots of effort into mak-ing this world a more clean environment. Their effort has finally paid off. Recently the team won Grand Prize in the 2011 Recycle Playbook Challenge, sponsored by Coca-Cola and Walmart. The prize in-cluded a check for $2,000 dollars for the Science Club, a tour of the UT Athletic fa-cilities including the indoor practice field, weight room, locker room, and the stadium. They also received tickets to the UT ver-sus Vanderbilt game. “The prize we won is amaz-ing! It’s always nice to have notice for something, especially when the team has worked so hard, said senior,” Cassie Dillon. During the game, a picture of the team receiv-ing the Grand Prize check was shown on the jumbotron. “All of this was very exciting and we are very grate-ful to Coca-Cola and Walmart for all they

do to promote re-cycling,” said Sci-ence Club sponsor,

Mrs. Lauren Lott. The Recycle Competition required a physical submission. The Recycle Team decided that they wanted to try sub-mitting a video pre-sentation. It was this submission that was judged and award-ed the Grand Prize. “We are es-

pecially grateful to Mr. Dennis Tumlin of Coca-Cola for his sup-

port before, during, and after our submis-sion. We would also like to say thank you to Mr. Jay McElroy, manager of Walmart Morristown for his support,” said Lott. The video fea-tured numerous clubs, teachers, and members of the local community. We are very

grateful of their par-ticipation and for Mr. Landefeld’s enthusi-

astic support and help during the filming of the video. We hope to be able to post the video on our school’s website so everyone can view it,” said Lott. Nov. 17, the Recycling Team went to the Tennessee Re-cycle Coalition to speak as presenters. This meet-

ing was held in Mor-ristown at the Holi-day Inn Express

Conference Room. There were members present from the Morristown area, but also from Knoxville, Nash-ville and Memphis. The Recycle Team presented their winning video and then spoke for 30 min-utes in a question and answer format about their recycling efforts

and motivating high schools to be more in-volved in recycling. The stu-dents that attended the Coalition meet-ing were Ethan Lott, Nikhil Ramaprasad,Shelby McGowan, Kathlyn Wender, Cassie Dillon, Matt Wilson, Katelyn Ma-don, and Michelle Tan. They were also invited to a working lunch where Mrs. Lott and team members had the opportunity to speak individually with the Coalition mem-bers during the meal. “We are very grateful to Mr. Jack Horner of Goodwill Industries, Knoxville, for his company’s donation of recycle bins for classrooms and curbside use. We are also very glad to be partnering with Ms. Debi Stevenson of Keep Morristown Beautiful for her sup-port and enthusiasm regarding our recycling efforts. Our award has opened many doors and the recognition we have gained has been wonderful for us, for West High School, and for the increased need to recycle in Ten-nessee,” said Lott.

The Recycling Team received the 2,000 dollar check from Coca Cola and Walmart.From Left to right: Julio Salazar, Shelby McGowan, Ethan Lott, Michelle Tan, Nikhil

Ramaprasad, Cassie Dillon, Matt Wilson, Mrs. Lauren Lott, Katelyn Madon, and Kathlyn Wender.

Recycling Team

BY ALLI GREENE STAFF WRITER

Morristown was jumping for joy

when presenting one of the most famous parades in this region. This year the theme for 2011 was “A CHRIST-MAS PAST.” Fo-cus was on historical Christmas’s from yes-teryears but not specif-ic to any time period, so, if one wanted to dress floats up in Bible times, medieval times, revolutionary war, civ-

il war, 1920’s 1940’s or another time that was great. The goal was to have a wide variety so as to show how Christ-mas has been cele-brated over the years. The Morris-town Christmas Pa-rade was one of the largest annual events in this region and was attended by thousands of parade watchers and participants. The tradi-tion has been going on

throughout downtown Morristown for over 75 years and the Down-town, Morristown As-sociation was proud to be able to continue this heritage parade for the community. The 2011 Morristown Christ-mas Parade was held Thursday, Dec. 1 starting at 6:30 PM. This year’s Morristown Christmas celebration was the highlight of the year!

Fellow Trojans Rachel Forte, Kaetlyn Jacobs, Lindsey Bennet, and Ashley Law-son rode on a float for the Downtown Parade supporting the DECA Club.

Hits It Big

2 NewsSeptember 2011 News Editor: Kinley PorterNews Editor: Kinley PorterNewsDecember 20112

FFA SELLS POINSETTIA FLOWERS

Cody Stokely, Scotty Bloom-er, Mackenzie Ellis, Kaitie Gibson, Jer-rica Hartsell, Melanie Dal-ton, and Lori Harville with the poinsettia

flowers.

“During homecom-ing week the FFA sold boutonnieres and made corsages for the homecoming court. The sale was a huge success. We sold over 40 bouton-nieres. We want to give a special thanks to Mackenzie Ellis and her grandmoth-er for their help and experience in floral design. Also special thanks to the stu-dents Cody Stokely, Scotty Bloomer, Ka-tie Gibson, Jerrica

Hartsell, Melanie Dalton, Lori Harville, Mackenzie Ellis, Josh Cart-er, Brish Hernandez, Daisy Mendez, Whitney Bolden, Leah Davis, and Tanya Sexton for their help and cooperation after school and during class to make it all possible,” says Mrs. Jennifer Noe-Pugh.

BY ASHLEIGH ROGERSSTAFF WRITER

The West High Future Farm-

ers of America sell poinsettia flowers ev-ery year to help raise money for the FFA funds. The poinset-tias are bought from Park Seed.

All the poin-settias come in board boxes and the seeds are surrounded with soil and water. They will be wrapped in a green and red foil with a bow. Each poinset-tia starts off as a plug which is a 21 day old

Big Gifts Come In Small

BOXESTrojans Give Back To Those In Need

TAYLOR IVY A&E EDITOR

Mrs. Scarlett’s box to the left, is one of the many boxes that were decorated. These are boxes that people in the com-munity received .

Stuffing, potatoes, green beans, corn, and gravy, are all thing that were brought together by the

Trojan Nation so that families all across the com-munity could have a happy Thanksgiving. This is the second year West donated boxes to Central Ser-vices. While West donates the smaller foods, Central Services provides the Turkey. In effort to collect as many boxes as possible, both Key Club and Interact participated in this project. Barbara Simmons, Direc-tor of Central Services, came to West High on Nov., 21 to collect the boxes to distribute them locally. The student body collected over 60 full boxes! That’s over 60 families in the community that were able to have a Thanksgiving dinner. Good Job West High!

“ The Key Club heads up the Thanksgiving food drive every year to allow West High students to give back to the community. A group of students go to the Central Services to help organize the donated food. Last year, I noticed that those students realize just how important and needed our donations are for our community.” -Mrs. Morley

Tues., Nov. 8, the West High Schol-

ars Bowl Team com-peted against 46 teams in the region. They finished second to Oak Ridge by one question. The team won $700 and an invitation to compete in the Nation-al Competition in May in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the first time they have been to the finals since 1989. The competition will be televised at a later date. Some of the no-table teams that they beat were Farragut, Maryville, and Webb. The team is

made up of twelve members. The mem-bers are S h e l b y M c -Gowan, E t h a n L o t t , M i -c h e l l e T a n , M a r t i n Tan, Ju-lio Sala-zar, Kirk Wo l f f , A a r o n H e c k -m a n , R u s h i C h a u -h a n , K o n -rad Martin, Gen-evieve Gray, Virin-

BY KAITLIN MEEKER STAFF WRITER

From left to right: Virinchi Juttukonda, Shelby McGowan, Rushi Chauhan, Mi-chelle Tan, Ethan Lott, Kirk Wolff, Julio Salazar, Shaan Ramaprasad, Martin

Tan, Konrad Martin, Genevieve Gray, Aaron Heckman.

Scholars’ Bowl Hits The Buzzer With Pride

chi Juttukonda, and Shaan Ramaprasad

Scholars’ Bowl is a question and an-

swer game played be-tween two teams. Each team has five players.

There are two rounds which con-

sist of two five min-ute halves and a one minute halftime.

P o i n t s a r e s c o r e d by cor-r e c t l y answer-i n g q u e s -t i o n s of two t y p e s , toss-ups and bo-n u s e s . T h e players are al-l o w e d to signal d u r i n g

or after the modera-tor reads the question,

but the player must be recognized by a judge before answer-ing the question. Toss-ups are worth 10 points. If the player answers the question correctly then his or her team may answer a bonus. Players do not have to signal or be recognized to answer the bonus. To get ready for a competition, they practice ev-ery Monday after school for two hours. “I love Schol-ars’ Bowl, its my favorite extracur-ricular activity,” said senior, Ethan Lott.

seed and second block always helps go out and transplant the ten inch round pot. The price is five dollars. Any-one who wants to purchase a poinset-tia should Mrs. Pugh.

3December 2011OpinionsOpinions Editor:Haley Blake-Lee

*West Side Story is a student publication that reflects the views of individual students instead of Hamblen County Schools or Morristown Hamblen High School West.

Staff Writers:Leah DavisMegan EisentroutAlli GreeneKaitlin MeekerAshlee RickerAshleigh RogersShelby SmithYesbeida VargasKarly Wells

Thank you to our advertisers, students, principals, teachers, staff, parents, and commu-nity for supporting the jour-nalism program at Morristown

Editors:Taylor Odom- EditorJay Inman - Graphics /AdvertisingKinley Porter - NewsHaley Blake-Lee - OpinionsKody Marrisett - FeaturesTaylor Ivy - A/EChrista Adams - SportsAmy Whaley - Advisor

College: for all of us here at West High

School, it’s just around the corner. For seniors, college will be here by the next time you blink. For juniors, col-lege is getting closer, but there is A LOT of work to be done before you know where you are going and how you are paying for it. And for sophomores and freshmen, you have some time. I am a junior, so I am speaking from that perspective. I’ve been through every-thing that makes up be-ing an underclassman. So I understand where freshmen and sopho-mores are at right now. But honestly, I am still

trying to figure this whole “junior” thing out and obviously, I have no clue what it means to be a senior. The one thing I do know, though, is that to succeed in going to college, you have to start getting ready sooner rather than lat-er. I took my first college visit at the be-ginning of November to Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virgin-ia. It was exciting and scary all at the same time. Being immersed in the college atmo-sphere for even just a weekend really makes you start looking at life and what is on the road ahead. While you can’t decide where you are going to spend four years of your life

in one trip, taking this visit did teach me some important things. First, just because you visit a school and re-ally like it does not mean that it is the right school for you. You may have to visit sev-eral schools to get an idea of the similarities and differences be-tween them and what really fits you. (I loved Liberty University, but I can’t make a decision for or against it before I see other places.) Second, if you are interested in a school, you will have to visit the school in person more than once. For example, while I got to do many things on campus at Liberty and experience a lot of college life there, I only got to attend one

actual class. Obvious-ly, before I would say yes or no to Liberty, I would have to attend lots of classes to really get a feel for the most important thing about college: your educa-tion. And obviously, to attend those classes, I would have to go back to the campus. Third, get as much information and campus experiences as you possibly can during a visit. Talk to admissions counsel-ors, go to meetings on admissions and schol-arships, find out what scholarships are avail-able to you, and talk to current students about their experiences and view of the school. Also, go to the campus’ student centers, coffee shops, bookstores, li-

braries, and cafeteria. Also look at the restau-rants, stores, etc. near the campus. All these things are important in determining if the col-lege you are visiting is right for you. Finally, one the biggest things I would stress would be to get ready during high school for the day when you actually are a student at the col-lege you choose. For example, I filled out an application while at Liberty, just to see how that works (and they waived the normal fee to do this since I was a visitor). If I had not had a good GPA, ACT score, and a list of AP classes to share with them (in person and on my application), I don’t think the visit

would have been as good. Why? Because if I am not academically ready to enter college, and if my high school performance doesn’t stand out as some-thing they want at their school, then really, my visit has been a waste. I don’t have anything to say to se-niors, really. You guys probably have advice to give me. For freshmen and sophomores, keep working hard in high school and start think-ing about college. But for juniors, it’s time to get serious about pick-ing a college, finding scholarships, and get-ting ready to go to col-lege. Because as we all know, our time in high school keeps flying by, and college will be here before we know it.

BY JAY INMANGRAPHICS/AD MANAGER

College Visits

BY ASHLEIGH ROGERSSTAFF WRITER

Many people want it to

snow on Christ-mas, and many peo-ple don’t want it to snow. If it snows on Christmas, it will be really cold out-side but it will also look really pretty. S e v e r a l people don’t want it to snow because it will be even colder and make it more icy outside.

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Who wants a White Christmas this season?One-hundred students were surveyed to see if they wanted it to snow on Christmas or not.

Sophomore Brit-tannee Johnson says, “Of course I want it to snow.

It’s Christmas!”

Sophomore David Estrada says, “I don’t want it to snow on Christmas because it’s too soon

to hibernate.”

BY CHRISTA ADAMSSPORTS EDITOR

Christmas Time is in the air! People everywhere are making their wish

lists’ in hope that “Santa” will deliver them on Christmas morning. Students at West wanted to share what was on their Christmas wish list,

this holiday season.

9%Apple Macbook

4%Amazon Kindle

21%New Clothes15%

Gift Cards

10%Apple iPad 2

20%iPhone 4S 6%

Digital Camera

5%XBOX Kinect

10%Sports/Concert Tickets

50 students were surveyed on what was on their Christmas wish list for 2011.

Christmas Wish List Items

Junior Nathan Knight stated, “this year for Christmas I want a swix snowboard waxing iron, so that I

can wax my snowboard!”

“This year for Christmas I want my two front teeth!” says junior Rachel

Forte, with a laugh.

4 December 2011 Arts andEntertainment

A&E Editor: Taylor Ivy

5December 2011A&E Editor: Taylor Ivy Arts andEntertainment

As technology progresses faster than ever and the 2011 holiday shopping season looms ahead, many consumers are starting to look at new gadgets to buy for themselves, or as gifts. Here is a quick look at some of the coolest and

hottest gadgets out right now.

BY JAY INMANGRAPHICS/AD MANAGER

Seriously Cool GadgetsApple iPhone 4S Nest Learning ThermostatAmazon Kindle Fire

The Apple iPhone has been revo-lutionary in the past few years, and the newest release of this popular smartphone is no different. Featuring the Apple A5 dual core processor, a redesigned antenna system, a brand-new 8 MP cam-era, iOS 5 and iCloud, and the new intelligent voice-recognition sys-tem named “Siri,” the new iPhone 4S is a quality phone with ex-cellent new features. Using the same processor as the iPad 2, the A5 chip of-fers more responsive

phone use and ad-vanced battery life. A new antenna system corrects issues that the iPhone 4 had with the infamous “death grip,” and allows the iPhone to be used worldwide. Apple went all out on their new camera: not only did they increase the camera resolution to 8 MP, but all of the optics and lenses in the iPhone were re-designed. Partner this with faster shooting and better software in-tegration, and you’ve got a killer mobile cam-

era. iOS 5 and iCloud really take all of Ap-ple’s mobile devices to the next level, offer-ing better software and syncing across multi-ple devices. Then there is “Siri,” a revolution-ary voice recognition system that is not only very accurate, but is the first mobile speech recognition system to understand the mean-ing behind what some-one says, not just the actual words someone speaks. Of course, the iPhone 4S is not prob-lem-free. Many peo-ple are reporting that

“Siri” is having trouble recognizing the speech of those with strong accents. Many Sprint users are reporting slow data speeds with their new iPhones. And many were disap-pointed from the start; the rumored “iPhone 5” with a redesigned body just simply did not happen.Despite these minor issues, Apple’s latest offering won’t disap-point. Apple has taken a great phone and made it even better.

The Amazon Kindle has become wildly popular in last couple of years. Many people own a Kindle and use is has their main way to buy and read books. Recently, however, Amazon has not only updated the more traditional Kin-dle, but has also moved into a category filled with strong rivalries and fierce competition: the tablet market. The Kindle Fire features a dual-core processor and a super-strong 7” touch-screen that is designed to withstand abuse and scratches. The tablet also features a revolu-tionary new type of web browser called Ama-zon Silk. This browser is cloud-accelerated and uses “split brows-ing,” meaning that a lot of the “heavy lifting” of browsing the web is done by servers in the cloud, allowing the ac-tual tablet’s workload to be greatly reduced.

Also, the Kindle Fire will have full access to Amazon’s enormous content library, some-thing that most other tablet makers cannot offer. While the Kindle Fire isn’t quite an iPad (plastic body, smaller screen, no cam-eras, and no 3G option yet), the Fire has huge potential to “burn up” the iPad’s majority share of the tablet mar-ket. At only $199.00, the Kindle Fire is less than half the cost of the base iPad. So as the holiday shopping season rolls around, and many shoppers are looking for a great content-consumption device to give as a gift, it wouldn’t be sur-prising if buyers went with the Kindle Fire and $300 in the pocket rather than an iPad. For the first time, Apple may have someone to watch out for in the tablet market. Good job Amazon.

Some new pieces of technology are just too cool; the Nest Learning Ther-mostat is one of them. Any time a thermostat is circular, has an LED screen, is Wi-Fi con-nected, and automati-cally learns when to conserve energy, it is definitely something to look out for. Created by Tony Fadell, a former Apple employee who was part of building the first iPod, the Nest Learning Thermostat is a digital, sensor-laden, Wi-Fi connected ther-mostat that not only looks like it came out of a museum of mod-ern design, but is a technological wonder. The thermostat installs easily, and then it starts “learning” about the user. Sensors embed-ded in the thermostat track lighting, move-

ment, etc., and Wi-Fi connectivity allows the device to track the weather to. As the thermostat tracks one’s schedule for a week or two, it begins to learn when one leaves the house, when one comes back, etc., and it develops a schedule with one goal in mind: energy savings. The possibili-ties for a device like this are endless. Since the device is Wi-Fi connected, it can be controlled over the In-ternet from a comput-er, tablet, or an iPhone or Android phone. The thermostat looks great, and is designed to blend in with any wall color or pattern. But most importantly, the Nest Learning Ther-mostat saves money by lowering energy usage and costs.

To suggest ideas for future tech articles in this paper, including things like up-and-com-ing computers, the best Android phone currently, etc., send our staff an email at jay@jayinman.com.

Website: www.nest.comWebsite: www.amazon.com

Website: www.apple.com/iphone

BY KODY MARRISETTFEATURES EDITOR

Christmas is quickly approach-ing! This means holiday parties

and gatherings with many friends and family. Christmas treats are always a wonderful addition to gatherings. So, why not try something new? This recipe is an easy way to make a tasty

snack to share at one’s next party!Ingredients:1 cup of packed brown sugar½ cup of corn syrup½ cup butter2 tbsp of ground cinnamon2 tubes of large biscuits½ cup of sugar

In a saucepan, combine brown sugar, corn syrup, and butter; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Spoon onto a greased 13x9 baking pan. In a shallow bowl, combine sugar and cinnamon. Cut each biscuit in half; dip in cinnamon sugar. Place cut side down, over brown sugar mixture. Bake at 375 for 25-30 minutes or until brown. Invert onto serving plate.

Cinnamon Sticky Buns

BY KINLEY PORTERNEWS EDITOR

Directions:

Cinnamon Sticky Buns

are a delicious snack for

any Christmas occasion.

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Of Rememberance

“Hot Pink Barbie Bike” -Junior, Melody Cody

“Karoke Machine”-Junior, Hanna Brimer

“Green Electric Scooter”-Sophomore, Rachel

Wilder

“Special Limited Edi-tion Hallow graphic Chazard Pokemon

Card”-Senior, Preston Garner

“Dinosaurs”-Senior, Caleb Wingo

“My Rotweiler Puppy”-Senior, Barb Davidson

“Fuzzy Socks”-Sophomore, Savannah

Edmonds

“Baby Dolls”-Freshman, Emma

Easter

“Remote Control Car”

-Junior, Hunter Carter

“My Blue Bike”-Junior, Drew Epps

BY TAYLOR ODOMEDITOR Every child has that one gift that

they’ll never forget getting for Christmas. Students in various grades at West High were asked what their favorite

childhood Christmas gift was when they were little.

Answers are given below.

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-Junior, Scottie

Edmonds

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Dashing through the snow on a

race car driving fast, around the track we go, through the lights we pass. {Sing this to the tune of Jingle

Bells.} The Bristol Motor Speedway was filled with holiday spirit and lots of visitors from all over Tennes-see last weekend. When it opened on Nov. 18, we left for the night to go to the Bristol Speedway. At about six o’clock that Sunday night, the Symphony of Lights began. While

BY ALLI GREENESTAFF WRITERHALEY BLAKE-LEEOPINONS EDITOR

The Sea of Illumination was our favorite light attraction at The Bristol Motor Speedway.

driving in our car, we watched the display that featured a large Christmas tree, danc-ing snowflakes, arch-es and fountains, con-sisting of thousands of LED lights syn-chronized to music. After the phe-

nomenal light show, The Twelve Days of Christmas dis-play, which is twelve scenes depicted in the form of many holi-day spectacles. We continued on the race-way, we washed upon The Sea of Illumina-tion, a light display of aquarium creatures, like fish , sharks, and jellyfish.

But before reaching the finish line, where Santa’s sleigh was wait-ing, The Animated Snowman Attractionand Dinosaur Village including an erupt-ing volcano, were two attractions that blew

our minds. W h e n the light shows ended,

we went ice skating, roasted marshmal-lows, sipped on some warm hot chocolate, and rode some carni-val rides. We had a wonder-ful experience at the Speedway of Lights, and hope you will hit the road and make your way up to the amazing Speedway.

6 December 2011 Arts andEntertainment

A&E Editor: Taylor Ivy

7December 2011A&E Editor: Taylor Ivy Arts andEntertainment

“R ed 4- wheeler 25 0” -J

u nior, Joh n D

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As the season changes further into winter, the lat-est fashion trends begin to change, as well. Stu-

dents at West are kissing their flip-flops and shorts good-bye and heading more toward that warmer look. Now that the weather has become chilly, a scarf is a fun and functional way to accessorize any wardrobe. Scarves come in all different colors and designs. For example, plaid print and flower print are very popu-lar, but there are many more designs to choose from. Don’t just wear a scarf; tie it in a trendy fashion! Luck-ily, because there are many ways to tie a scarf, one will never have just one style to go with. Mix it up!

BY CHRISTA ADAMSSPORTS EDITOR

Rachel Wilder, sophomore, wears her scarf loosely wrapped around her neck.

Just Add A Scarf

Rusty Wallace Toyota

5944 West Andrew John-son Highway

(423)-587-1972Manager: Nick Pollock

All 2012 graduating seniors Will receive $500 off with this coupon!

Congrats Seniors!

1.2.

How does it feel to be voted best looking of the Senior class?“It’s a really great honor to be chose as Best Looking in my

class. It’s good to know that my peers think of me as ‘good looking’”.

Do you have a certain routine to getting ready?“Not really... It really just depends of how I’m feeling that

day, or if I’m in a big hurry.”

How do you get ready in the mornings?“I basically just wing it. I take a shower and do all the other

necessities of a ‘morning routine’ It usually takes

me about 15 minutes.”

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?“Umm, I guess I would want to be a few inches taller.”4.

3.

How do you get ready in the mornings?“I shower, pick out some clothes, scrunch my hair, and put on some make up. It usually takes me 45 minutes, but I can get ready in 15 minutes!”

If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?“Nothing! I like myself just the way I am!”

How does it feel to be voted best looking of the Senior class?“I was very surprised when they called my name for best looking! I think it’s very flattering to be voted for this superlative.”1.

Who do you think you get your looks from, mom? or dad?“My Momma!”2.

3.4.

BY TAYLOR IVYA&E EDITOR

Vasquez Yvette Andrew Lee

Best All Around BY ASHLEE RICKER STAFF WRITER

Where you sur-prised to get best all around?

Vasquez: Yes, pleas-antly

Lee: Yes I was very surprised

What are your plans for the fu-ture?

Vasquez: Marry Andrew Lee and become a trophy wife!

Lee: Marry Yvette Vasquez and make her a trophy wife

What college do you plan on going to?

Vasquez: University of Tennessee

Lee: University of Tennessee

If you hadn’t gotten it, who do you thing should have got it?

Vasquez: Caroline Potter

Lee: Quin Forsey

Do you plan any sports?

Vasquez: Soccer

Lee: Baseball, basket-ball, football

What kind of hobbies do you have?

Vasquez: Making sandwiches and snow angels, swim-ming, eating, watching movies

Lee: Hanging out with friends, eating, having a good time

8 December 2011 Features Features Editor:Kody Marrisett

Tylar Bullion

9Features December 2011Features Editor:Kody Marrisett

Rusty Wallace Toyota

5944 West Andrew John-son Highway

(423)-587-1972Manager: Nick Pollock

All 2012 graduating seniors Will receive $500 off with this coupon!

Congrats Seniors!

60 students were surveyed on which was their favorite Christmas Dessert.

What are your talents?

“I have played the pi-ano since I was five, played the ukulele for two and a half years and this is my fourth year singing in the West High Womens’

Choir.”

Tylar Bullion

Tamera McLamore

What is your most embarrassing

moment?

“I can’t remember any specific moments, but it is always embarrass-ing when I forget the

words to a song.”

Do you want tocontinue your

talent?

“Yes! I will hopefully be going to ETSU on a

choir scholarship.”

Where do you get it from?

“My dad playedtrumpet and piano ,so he got me started play-

ing the piano.”

What are yourtalents?

“I have played the trombone in the school band for all four

years.”

What is your most embarrassing

moment?

“That one time I missed a note. Yes,

one time.”

Do you want tocontinue your

talent?

“Yes! I want to teach music in college.”

Where do you get it from?

Nobody in my family plays music, so I just

work hard at it.”

BY MEGANEISENTROUTSTAFF WRITER

Most

On Christmas families have

a humongous meal, and afterwards they have desserts. Most of the time families will have a certain kind of pie for one of their desserts such as pumpkin pie, lemon pie, or pecan pie. C h e e s e c a k e was surveyed to

BY ASHLEIGH ROGERSSTAFF WRITER

BY MEGANEISENTROUTSTAFF WRITER

Dec. 17Decorate a Christmas

tree.Dec. 18

Make hot chocolate with marshmallows.

Dec. 19Go see a movie with

friends.Dec. 20

Do some last minute Christmas shopping.

Dec. 21Wrap the presents you

are going to give.Dec. 22

Go caroling.

Dec. 23Write a letter to Santa and deliver it to Ma-cy’s for their “Million Reasons to Believe”

campaign.Dec. 24

Make gingerbread men.

Dec. 25Celebrate Christmas

with your family.Dec. 26

Enjoy your Christmas presents.Dec. 27Sleep in.

Dec. 28Help an elderly

neighbor.Dec. 29

Volunteer at a soup kitchen.Dec. 30

Make a New Year’s resolution.

Dec. 31Kiss at midnight.

Jan. 1Start fulfilling your New Year’s resolution.

Jan. 2Get ready for school

tomorrow!

Ev e r y

y e a r , students go on a two week

break from Decem-ber to January for Christmas

and New Years. For the first few days students

just sleep in and watch marathons of

our favorite shows. I don’t know about you, but after that first

week I am bored out of my m i n d , am bored, and did

I mention being bored. I don’t want this year to be the same

old thing of sitting there texting my friends that are on vacation, so here is a list of things

you can do to keep you entertained.

Talented

be the best dessert. S t r a w b e r -ry New York Style cheesecake and choco-late cheesecake were known as the two best kinds of cheesecake. The second favorite Christmas Dessert is cookies. Raisin cookies and chocolate cookies

were voted the best kind of Christmas cookies..

After four years of

high school it is inevitable

that one will become the best at something. In the crowd students hang out with there is always

titles associated with different peo-ple. This year, the two people

chosen out of the entire Senior class to represent

the most talented students are Tyler Bullion and Tamera

McLemore.

Trojans landed in the third round of the playoffs

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11December 2011Sports Editor: Christa Adams Sports

In The Second Round Of The TSSAA Playoffs

Nov. 11, 2011 Mor-ristown High

Schools East and West clashed for the sec-ond time this season. They met again in the second round of the TSSAA playoffs. West was seeded higher and, therefore, the home team. Both teams made their 11-11-11 wishes, but only one team’s dream of getting closer to the state champion-ship would come true. West received first, but the ball was fumbled. East gained possession of the ball, but West quickly got it back. Senior Jerimia Gregg caught a deep touchdown pass from Senior Andrew Lee. The extra point was good, and West gained seven points with 6:31 remaining in the first quarter. After a long run, sophomore Mala-

BY MEGAN EISENTROUTSTAFF WRITER

chi Horton was tack-led at East’s eight yard line. Gregg then re-ceived Lee’s eight yard

t o u c h d o w n p a s s .

After nearly an eight min-ute drive, East stalled at West’s 18 yard line. How-ever, on West’s first play they fumbled the ball back into East’s hands. East’s quar-terback, senior Cody Ricker, ran for a touch-down four plays later. The score then came to a nerve-racking 14 to seven favoring West with 5:42 left in the second quarter. Gregg then returned the kick-off; an astonishing 81 yards for a Trojan touchdown. The score then came to a more settling score of West with 21 points and East having only seven

punted to West’s Se-nior Isaiah McKinney who fumbled, but re-covered it. After burn-ing a few minutes off the clock, West turned the ball over on with 2:24 remaining in the game. East failed to move the ball and on a desperate fourth down pass attempt. Ricker was intercepted by Horton. Senior Austin “Woo” Greene scored for West with 1:31 left in the match up to cap off the playoff victory over East. The final score was Morristown West with 38 points and 23 points for East. After the game McKinney said, “We had a pretty good game and some plays where we took control of the game.” Gregg also stated that “We played very well, but we also have a lot to work on. The next game is just something getting in our way of state.”

opening drive lasted nearly half of the third quarter and resulted in senior Jose Rico’s field goal. West had 24 points compared to East’s 14 with 4:23 remaining in the third quarter. West’s ju-nior Lucas Fishman striped the ball from Ricker and scored a touchdown. West had 31 and East had 14 with 4:16 remaining in the third quarter. Ricker scored on the quarterback keeper with 11:30 left in the contest. West was forced to punt on their first drive of the fourth quarter after numerous penalties stalled their drive. The ball was snapped over the punter’s head and through the end zone resulting in a safety. West then had a score of 31 to East’s 23 with 9:13 left in the game. East’s next drive stalled, and the ball was

ball as time expired. Half time came and went. The fans were cheering. The teams were strategiz-ing. East was trying to push forward, and West was on defense hold-ing them back. One could feel the tension in the air. Who was going to reach the third round of the playoffs, and who was going to go home defeated? Hurricanes re-

ceived the kickoff to open the second

half, but they stalled and

w e r e

f o r c e d to punt. The Trojans

points. In the frantic last minutes of the

first quarter, West attempted a field

goal only to have it blocked by

East. Ricker ran the ball

for a 61 y a r d

touch-d o w n l e a v -ing only 38 sec-onds and a score of West: 21 and East: 14. West was in posi-tion for another field goal attempt with 11 seconds left in the first half. The botched snap, however, led to a scramble for the

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