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September 27, 2013 Homecoming Edition Volume 4, Issue 1 The Paw Print Sarah Bennett This year’s fall production is The Spitfire Grill. This is a special production because all of the leads are double-cast. Play week will be October 7 to 13 with the opening show October 10. Tickets are on sale now at Fairfield Community Arts Center box office. “The Spitfire Grill is a really fun show!” said junior Hannah Smith who is in the show. The two casts are labeled white and blue. White cast members include: Megan Boyle, Jacob Bober, Hannah Smith, Madeline Arn, Alex Dunman, and Berna- dette Beacham. Blue cast members include: Katie Kulp, Keegan Burton, Wyn- ter Connell, Jenna VanWeelden, Nick Conner, and Olivia Louis. Jesse Keller appears in both casts. Chorus members are: Alyssa Annekan, Sam Curtis, Chris Fallat, Hope Kreiger, Melody May, Ellen Roush, and Laura Silvashy. The Spitfire Grill is this year’s Cappies show. The blue cast will perform for that show. The white cast will perform for the high school juniors and seniors. Another difference in this year’s show is that senior Jackie Wyatt will be stu- dent directing the fall production. This October, take Hannah’s advice, “Even if your friends are not performing for the students, I would recommend coming and supporting them in an evening show.” News in Brief Chloe Cochran This year’s homecoming banquet will take place on October 5, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. The banquet will be held at The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. The theme for the event will mix an enchanted forest theme with the dinosaur theme of the museum. The entertainment for homecom- ing will be juggler and comedian David Cain. Tickets for the banquet went on sale September 23 and will continue to be sold until September 26. Cost to attend is $30. The Student Council plans the homecoming banquet. Members of the Homecoming Committee are Amanda Watts, Alyssa Johann, Em- ily Ploetz, and Bethany Baker. They are advised by Mrs. Gottula. Homecoming Hope Lewis Save the date! SLEW week this year will be in November instead of September. It will occur the week of November 18. This year there is a twist to Spiri- tual Life Emphasis Week (SLEW). Students will have opportunities to participate in local missions. In addition, they will be learning about different types of full-time Christian service. Also, Mrs. Gant will be leading a group of students on a mission trip to volunteer at an orphanage in Guate- mala during the week of SLEW (see story on page four). There will also be a chapel service each day. Changes: SLEW Double-casting means more are involved in fall play Seniors Jenna VanWeelden, Winter Connell, and Katie Kulp rehearse the finale of The Spitfire Grill. (photo by Mrs. VanWeelden)

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September 27, 2013 Homecoming Edition Volume 4, Issue 1

The Paw Print

Sarah Bennett

This year’s fall production is The Spitfire Grill. This is a special production because all of the leads are double-cast. Play week will be October 7 to 13 with the opening show October 10. Tickets are on sale now at Fairfield Community Arts Center box office. “The Spitfire Grill is a really fun show!” said junior Hannah Smith who is in the show. The two casts are labeled white and blue. White cast members include: Megan Boyle, Jacob Bober, Hannah Smith, Madeline Arn, Alex Dunman, and Berna-dette Beacham. Blue cast members include: Katie Kulp, Keegan Burton, Wyn-ter Connell, Jenna VanWeelden, Nick Conner, and Olivia Louis. Jesse Keller appears in both casts. Chorus members are: Alyssa Annekan, Sam Curtis, Chris Fallat, Hope Kreiger, Melody May, Ellen Roush, and Laura Silvashy. The Spitfire Grill is this year’s Cappies show. The blue cast will perform for that show. The white cast will perform for the high school juniors and seniors. Another difference in this year’s show is that senior Jackie Wyatt will be stu-dent directing the fall production. This October, take Hannah’s advice, “Even if your friends are not performing for the students, I would recommend coming and supporting them in an evening show.”

News in Brief

Chloe Cochran

This year’s homecoming banquet will take place on October 5, starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. The banquet will be held at The Creation Museum in Petersburg, Ky. The theme for the event will mix an enchanted forest theme with the dinosaur theme of the museum. The entertainment for homecom-ing will be juggler and comedian David Cain. Tickets for the banquet went on sale September 23 and will continue to be sold until September 26. Cost to attend is $30. The Student Council plans the homecoming banquet. Members of the Homecoming Committee are Amanda Watts, Alyssa Johann, Em-ily Ploetz, and Bethany Baker. They are advised by Mrs. Gottula.

Homecoming

Hope Lewis

Save the date! SLEW week this year will be in November instead of September. It will occur the week of November 18. This year there is a twist to Spiri-tual Life Emphasis Week (SLEW).Students will have opportunities to participate in local missions. In addition, they will be learning about different types of full-time Christian service. Also, Mrs. Gant will be leading a group of students on a mission trip to volunteer at an orphanage in Guate-mala during the week of SLEW (see story on page four). There will also be a chapel service each day.

Changes: SLEWDouble-casting means more are involved in fall play

Seniors Jenna VanWeelden, Winter Connell, and Katie Kulp rehearse the finale of The Spitfire Grill. (photo by Mrs. VanWeelden)

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The Paw PrintCincinnati Christian Schools

7474 Morris RoadFairfield, OH 45011

Editorial Policy The Paw Print is the student news-

paper of Cincinnati Christian Schools. The Paw Print is an open forum for

student expression which accepts letters to the editor. Letters to the editor may be edited for length and can be emailed to [email protected].

StaffEditor in Chief - Jacob RoushNews Editor - Chloe CochranOpinions Editor - Keegan BurtonFeatures Editor - Carissa ZaffiroSpecial Features - Makenzie TheissSports Editor - Bre LyonAdvertising Manager - Lauren Cart-wrightReporters - Sarah Bennett, Brian Hill, Hope Lewis, and Brandon WelchAdviser - Mrs. Susan Zaffiro

Opinion/Editorial Homecoming Edition Page 2Staff Editorial

Dresses, hair do’s, and dinosaurs will all be a part of this year’s homecoming. There has been a lot of chatter throughout the halls of the high school. To go or not to go? That is the question every student must answer. Just re-member that your choice affects other people, not just you. Last year’s homecoming was at the Fitton Center in Hamilton. Although there was a decent number of partici-pants, not a lot of people attended- especially juniors and seniors. This put a damper on the mood of Student Council members and they considered the wants and desires of the student body more this year. According to senior Amanda Watts, “Student Council started planning last November and put a lot of work and time into it. When people boycott homecoming, it makes us feel bad and that all our hard work was for nothing.” Some people feel that homecoming is not worth the hassle. Senior Claire McIntosh said, “Homecoming is more for underclassman because they just got into high school and it’s a new, exciting thing.” However, she also stated that boycotting “makes [the Student Council] feel that they didn’t do a good job, and they feel down because none of the grade is going.” Junior Chloe Cochran doesn’t believe in boycotting. She said it was unfair and Student Council really worked hard. Sophomore Micah Smearsoll agreed and added that it is “not supportive of the school.”

Senior Fernando Concepcion said that boycotting is a “slap in the face (to Student Council members).” Dress code, dancing, and the location of homecoming can be is-sues among some students. Sophomore Lauren Pferdmeng-es suggested holding a student vote on a place to go instead of Student Council choosing. Student Council adviser Mrs. Gottula said, “It really makes me sad when people decide to boycott. It shows a lack of school spirit. Homecoming is about coming together as the body of Christ. You really miss a good time.” As homecoming quickly approaches, take a few things into consideration. This is an opportunity for friends to hang out and new kids to make friends. Homecoming here is not nearly as expensive compared to other schools. Last-ly, your choice actually has an effect on other people- espe-cially Student Council. They spend months working hard to plan homecoming and boycotting is unjust and tactless.

By Keegan BurtonPaw Print Columnist Every student at CCS’ high school campus now has his or her very own lap-top. Last school year when the digital conversion plan was first put into place, only grades 9-12 had the new computers. This year, grades 7-12 have received the MacBook Airs. The administration believes that letting the students have the Internet at their fingertips during the school day will help them learn in new ways. Hopefully this will allow the teachers to use different teaching methods. However one must wonder that if the high school students can barely handle the laptops, how will the junior high students fare? Last year, and this year, many senior high students seemed to use the computers more for personal entertainment than for educational purposes. They constantly played games or browsed Imgur while their teachers attempted to lecture the class. If even 12th graders fell prey to this temptation, can we really expect 7th or 8th grade students to be more responsible? In the end, we must weigh the good and bad aspects of allowing junior high students to have access to the Internet during the school day. It seems that the temptation to goof off might outweigh the possible educational benefits.

Homecoming time bring out boycotting debates

Recent additions of laptops bring up questions about responsibility

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Carissa Zaffiro

Is that Mr. Gillens walking down the hallway? No wait! He’s styl-ish, young, and speaks fluent Spanish! It must be Gillens Jr.! Students at Cincinnati Christian have seen several new faculty members walking around the halls this school year. From teaching Spanish to Research class, these new staff members are a dynamic group. Starting with math, Sarah Peters will be teaching Geometry and College Algebra this school year. A graduate of CCS now teaching alongside some people she’s always looked up to, Miss Peters said, “I’ve always looked up to Mr. Rice since I went here and I’ve always aspired to be like him. I don’t know if I’ll ever reach that, but it’s a goal.” Miss Peters never thought she would come back to teach at her high school, but she said “God worked it out.” Her favorite part about CCS so far is the students. She commented, “They like to have fun and they like to learn if you bring learning to them in an enthusi-astic way.” Moving into foreign languages, Ben Gillens will be teaching Junior High Spanish and helping Mrs. Kraft. Although he enjoys working at the same school as his dad, he said Gillens Senior has trouble “get-ting out of dad mode.” Mr. Gillens has worked previously with students who speak English as their second language, and with adults who have special needs. His major at Ohio State was linguistics with a minor in Span-ish. He loves being in a Christian environment. He said, “Being able to pray and talk about prayer requests and have devotions with staff members is really cool.” When asked what makes him different from other teachers, he replied, “I like to encourage my students. School’s hard. Life’s hard. You need a lot of encouragement and positivity.” Courtney Rice is the new librarian at CCS and will also be teaching a Research class, which is new this year. She would like to get more students in the library and hopes that they will learn to use the elec-tronic resources on the CCS library website. She is also excited about the Research class and thinks that it will be applicable for everyone. “My favorite part of working at CCS so far is all the teachers and students. They’ve all been so kind and friendly,” said Rice. She also shares in Mr. Gillens’s sentiments that she can work at a Christian school and pray with her students and peers. Although many have not seen Stephanie Heid around the high school building, she’s been working with Cincinnati Christian for four years. Heid has three children at the school and therefore said her favorite part of CCS is “getting to know the students.” She went on to say, “It’s nice to know the people they [her children] interact with.” Mrs. Heid teaches two Spanish I classes at the high school level, but goes down to the K-6 building every day to teach a more exploratory Spanish class. She enjoys the “opportunity to watch the kids develop more proficiency,” and “give the students the capability to develop speaking skills.”

Teacher Feature: Who’s new?

Miss Peters helps a student with homework.

Mrs. Rice shelves new library books.

Mr. Gillens plans his next lesson.

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SPIRIT WEEK CALENDAR Monday - Neon Day

Tuesday - Super Hero Day

Wednesday - Twin Day - no games chapel

Thursday - Denim Day (airband)

Friday - Blue & White Day

Brian Hill For the past two summers, a small group of students has been putting their faith in action by doing a fundraiser which helps benefit those who have been diagnosed with cancer. Students Olivia Holder, Carissa Zaffiro (2013 only), Han-nah Smith (2012 only) and Anna Holder have organized an event called “Laps for Lives” where all money they receive goes to the American Cancer Society and Ronald McDon-ald House. During the first year nearly $1,300 was raised. This past August, the second year of the event, the stu-dents saw an increase of people and funds compared to the previous year. This year nearly 100 people came out to the

Niederman Family Farm to support their cause, opposed to last year’s 70 participants. The girls also raised more money, amounting to nearly $2000 for their charities. The girls’ kindness and caring did not stop there. In ad-dition to the walk that was held, they also bought groceries for the families at Ronald McDonald House and they also wrote letters and cards to the patients at Children’s Hospi-tal. Carissa Zaffiro, junior, said, “This was my first year working on the project. It was a lot of work but it was worth it to know you’re touching so many lives by raising the money. We each put a lot of hours into the event this summer, but in hindsight, I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can’t wait until next year!”

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Families and friends walk-ing laps to raise money.

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Carissa Zaffiro

Need computer help? Don’t go to Mr. Henry or Mr. Weinheimer. Go to Olivia Holder! After taking Microsoft Word with Mrs. Gottula her sophomore year, in July, Olivia became the first CCS student to get her Microsoft Word certification. This certification is a nationally recognized award and it will go on Olivia’s high school transcript as well as being an asset to her resume and job applications in the future. Mrs. Gottula commented, “Olivia spent an entire year in my class, worked diligently, and was set for the exam in July. Not many adults are able to pass the test, so I am very proud of her. She made my summer.”

Junior receives Word certification

Olivia Holder using her Microsoft Word knowledge for class work.

Guatemala mission trip Group looks forward to serving God in South AmericaJacob Roush

This year, while most people will be doing service projects in-town during SLEW week, Senora Gant and a group of students will be going to Guatemala. The total number of people going this year will be 21, and they will be going to a place called Casa Bernabe to help orphans. They will be doing many different service outreaches with them such as: being extra hands to the workers, helping the kids, food preparation, helping in the garden and anything else the staff wants them to do. There are as many as 12 to 20 kids living in one single home, and there is a school on-site for them to attend. “We may help there,” said Senora Gant. There is one excursion planned to the town of Antiqua. They will shop

there and use Spanish to barter with the local vendors. The group might also have a chance to hike up an ac-tive volcano. In the evenings, the group will be doing devotions as a team, and on Sundays, will worship with the chil-dren of Casa Bernabe. Senora Gant is very excited about the group going this year. “It is an ex-cellent group, I feel that each person was selected by the Lord. I really feel that this is a very good group, I know that when I ask them to do a task, they will do it.” In order to get the group ready for what they will be doing, they will do orientations on Thursdays during lunch. There will be seven of these orientations. They are taking up a collection for the orphanage during the football game on October 11. They will take freewill donations and 100 percent

of donations will go directly to the orphanage. Students attending this year are: Madeline Arn, Moriah Arn, Bethany Baker, Megan Boyle, Kaitlyn Butts, Makena Diatte, Haley Hauer, Alyssa Johann, Laura Kindell, Kristina Lail, Phillip Lunt, Stephen Lunt, Emily Ploetz, Emily Schmitt, Makenzie The-iss, Joshua White and Carissa Zaffiro. In addition to Senora Gant, Mr. Baumann and Anne Lunt will serve as chaperones as will CCS alumnae Sam Schmitt, who worked at Casa Bernabe for a year following his graduation in 2011. Makenzie Theiss, junior, said, “I feel like God has been telling me that I need to spread my faith and help other people. What is my faith if I don’t share it with everyone I come into contact with? When I heard of the Guatemala opportunity, I knew this is what God wanted me to do.”

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Special Features Heomecoming Edition Page 6

Makenzie Theiss

This summer was a summer of change and growth according to several of the students here at CCS. Quite a number of individuals went on mission trips this summer to places all over the world, including international places such as Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Panama City, Do-minican Republic, Tijuana, and places closer to home like Indianapolis, Ind. Their “mission” on these trips was to help out in any way possible and to spread the love of Jesus Christ through their words and actions. In most cases, the students were faced with dif-ficult language barriers and their tasks were difficult to be perform. However, as senior Abby Reiner put it, “Even though they didn’t really speak a ton of English, we could still feel the Holy Spirit at work in and through the love of people there.” Sophomore Abby Stone went to Casa Bernabe, an orphanage in Guatemala, for a week. This was her third time going and this year she went with Redeemer Church. In the morning,she would do physical labor and then in the after that she would just play with the kids, sharing God’s love and reaching out to the children as she could. The labors that sophomore Bethany Baker was doing while she was in Tijuana were things such as building orphanages and houses. She spent the rest of her time playing and hanging out with the children of Tijuana. The members of the CCS volleyball team went to Puerto Rico this summer and their activi-ties consisted of playing volleyball, sharing testimonies, and relating with the people sur-rounding them. Senior Emily Cornett said, “We went with a mindset of blessing others but in turn we were blessed by the people down there.” Their decisions were really impactful. Juniors Hannah Julian and Olivia Holder went to the Dominican Republic in efforts to spread the love of Christ and did so by doing a VBS in two cities. “I want to be a missionary and this trip really confirmed that this is what God wants me to do,” said Olivia. On the U.S. mission field, freshman Kendal Carpenter went to Indianapolis to help out at Redemption Hill Church. She did things such as cleaning and painting. Her group did not stop there. She also helped out with a sport camp. These mission trips have proven to not only help the people of the poorer cities and coun-tries, but also have changed the missionaries in a positive way.

Summer Missions: all around the world

Sophomore Bethany Baker helps out in Tijuana, Mexico.

Juniors Hannah Julian and Olivia Holder hanging out in The Dominican Republic.

CCS Volleyball team does mision work in Puerto Rico.

Sophomore Abby Stone plays with the kids at Casa Bernabe.

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Entertainment Page 8

Jacob Roush

Fall is here, and with fall comes the good ole’ American pastime, football. What about that new American pastime that anyone can play? What about fantasy football? Some readers might be wondering: how does fantasy football work? First, fantasy football is the direct result of real-life NFL foot-ball. Depending on how the players do in real life determines how many points you get for your fantasy team. You “draft” players in a league that you join. Players can be from any “real life” team, and then they are a part of your team. All the players that don’t get drafted are considered “free agents” and are available to be picked up throughout the season. Fantasy football means lots of things to different people. Most do it for the entertainment value. Jacob Oates, a junior, said, “It keeps me connected to all the games going on. I’m constantly checking scores”

Varsity soccer player and football team kicker said, “It gives me an inside look at all the kickers (in the NFL).” Senior Jon Burkett plays because he likes to watch foot-ball and added, “It’s fun to compete against your friends.” There are certain leagues where everyone puts a certain amount of money together, and the person who had the best record at the end of the year gets all the money. These

types of leagues are not very common, since a lot more rides on winning or losing. Weeks 15 and 16 are the playoffs. What this means is that, while the NFL

is still having their regular season, fantasy football is wrapping-up. “Real life” football has a regular season for 16 weeks, then playoffs. Fantasy football has a regular season for 14 weeks, and then the best four teams play the next two weeks for the championship. There are different websites that you can use to play fan-tasy football. The most popular are: NFL.com, ESPN.com and Yahoo.com.They are all pretty similar, but they each offer a little something different.

Brandon Welch

You know them from their smash hits “What Makes You Beautiful” and “Live While We’re Young.” The movie event of the fall that many of the girls in the nation have been waiting for is now in theaters: This is Us, the new One Direction movie. One Direction is the famous pop boy band that started their careers out on the British X Factor in 2010 when they weren’t One Direction. On the X Factor, the boys didn’t even know each other until judge Simon Cowell suggested they get together to qualify as a group. After they all joined together and won third place in the X Factor, the group stayed together and became an international sensation. One Direction is now managed by SYCO, which was founded by Simon Cowell. The film shows their lives and how they formed their group and became a national phenomenon. Also, viewers will get to see what happens backstage before they perform and what they do in their spare time. This is the group’s first feature length film. In the first weekend the film’s box office sales were over $124 million beating, previous Labor Day Weekend sales. Just like their first album was a major hit, this movie will be also.

Fall means fantasy football

Boy band hopes to capitalizes on fame

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“It keeps me connected to all the games going on.”

Jacob Oates

Keegan Burton

The Cincinnati Christian Schools football team is starting a hopeful new year after being placed in a new divi-sion. Last year the Cougars were in division six, but starting this year, they will be playing teams in division seven. Despite this, they will still be playing some divi-sion six teams, such as their old rivals the Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy Eagles. They will still be playing some other division three, four and five teams. Both the coaches and the team as a whole welcome this change. Coach David Fulcher believes that this change will give the team a better chance of go-ing farther than they ever have gone in CCS history. Quarterback Logan Katse-tos said, “I think this is a good thing for the team. We have teams on our schedule that I know for sure we can beat.” One of the team captains, senior Dakota Moon, said, “The team feels like since we are in a new league we can be more competitive since we are playing teams around our size instead of people like CHCA, Summit, and North Col-lege Hill who have 60 more players than us. Even though

we are still playing CHCA, just not the others.” Coach Fulcher, Logan and Dakota all expressed their optimism that this would be the first year in CCS history in which the Cougars would make the playoffs. Coach Fulcher also said, “We’re not changing anything. We have to be prepared each week when we play. I think it’s important that each guy on the team does his job. I think to be successful each person has to keep in his place.”

New year, new division for football team

The Cougars line up for field goal against Ponitz CTC in Dayton. (Photo by Chloe Cochran)

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Jacob Roush

Cincinnati Christian Schools boys soccer has always been one of the more prominent sports at school. Last year was one of the best years that they ever had. Led by many talented seniors, they experienced a lot of success. However, last year’s seniors are long gone. They have left for college and left the CCS soccer team. When one class leaves, the other class has to step-up, and that’s just what this year’s class of seniors is doing. Cole Hoop, senior, had this to say about last year’s class leaving, “It’s always been a big loss losing them (seniors). We lost a lot of goals from (Matt) Kinkof and some other great players.” How do they deal with the loss? Cole said, “We’ve played a lot more positionally this year.” Every team has its goals. Most teams will say that it is to go to state or score a certain number of goals. Not this team. Cole said that the team’s goal this year it to reach out to the kids and to use soccer as a ministry to teach people about God. Since the team does not have as many individual super-stars, their chemistry has to be really good. Cole added that they all are able to add something different to the team, mak-ing it a lot more fun. Cole also had some advice for younger players who want to play at a high level. “Always work hard, no matter your skill level. There’s always a point where you can work harder. When the game comes down to the wire, it’s not about your skill level, it’s about the ones who are willing to do whatever it takes to win, which comes from hard work.” Cole is also a captain this year. When asked how he feels about it, he said, “I really like it. It’s a lot more work. It’s not just your teammates that are looking at you; it’s other coaches and refs, and also the Lord.”

Lauren Cartwright

In the athletic lobby, there are rows of team pictures representing sports teams. Every team had a range be-tween nine to 30 members on the team, except for one: golf. Last year, Blake Batson was the only member on the varsity golf team. This year, Blake is joined by three fresh-men: Brady Roberts, Ben Reutener, and Owen Hallbach Now a senior, Blake said, “I wish last year I could have had a team so that I could have had more then just two years of playing high school golf as a team. You get to play in a lot more tournaments and other eventful things if you are on a team.”

They have lost two matches and won four against varsity teams. At press time, Brady Roberts was ranked 17th in the city, and was the number one freshman by scoring average. Brady and Blake have both won several medals this season. At the MVC tournament last weekend, Brady and Blake also both finished in the top eight and made first team and second team, respectively, According to Blake, the new team members are show-ing progress and promise to be great golfers throughout high school. Sectionals were Tuesday and results were unavailable at pres time. Next up, are districts and state where the golf team members have high hopes of making it individually.

Smallest team is winning big

Brandon Welch

The Lady Cougars soccer team is a serious force to be reckoned with in the Miami Valley Conference. With a strong defense and great teamwork, the girls soccer team looks to be in good shape. The varsity team is looking strong with old players returning and new play-ers joining the team. Junior Keely Brown, the goalkeeper, said that “all the new people on varsity have stepped it up this year, especially the two new freshman on the team.” Those freshman are Kayley Harris and Allyson Osborne. Another thing that makes the girls varsity soccer team a strong force is their defense. Senior Taylor Byndon said “We have a strong defense this year.” For example, the defense this year held powerhouse Summit Country Day to three goals. Some of the toughest teams that the Cougars have faced this season were when they played Summit and Badin. Taylor said, “ In this game, we played our hardest but lost. This was one of the hardest games we have played all season. Even though we lost, we had great teamwork in the game and gave it our all.” Last season the girls’ team went through the third round of the playoffs, mak-ing them the first girls team to do that. Taylor said, “This year I hope that we can go even further in the playoffs and beat the rest of the teams in our confer-ence.” Other goals that the team wants to achieve are to play well and honor God. Keely said she hopes that instead of being so concerned about winning, that they realize that “we should show our glory to God every time we play.” The girls soccer team is coached by Shawn Pence, but they are also led by senior members on the team. These members are Taylor Byndon, Nicole Lewis, Ashley Head and Elise Diefenbacher who help lead the team when the coach isn’t around.

Nicole said, “Being a leader on the team, we mainly support each other and keep practice flowing.” Along with making sure practice flows right. Taylor said, “Coach expects us to step it up. We are mini coaches that help communi-cate and encourage each other on and off the field.”

Team changes strategy for new season

Junior Jacob Englert heads the ball towards the goal in a 5-2 win against Winton Woods. (photo by Carissa Zaffiro)

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Carissa Zaffiro

In the midst of football, soccer, and volleyball, sometimes cross-country gets swept to the wayside. But for this team of nine hard-working students, running is their lives. “We lost four or five seniors last year,” said Phillip Lunt, a senior, “but we have three really good new fresh-man that will help support the team.” The team not only has new mem-bers, but a new coach in Mr. Holthus. Phillip said, “I think Mr. Holthus has a lot of knowledge and he can run with us. He’s good at pushing and encour-

aging us. I think he’s a good replace-ment.” The team will have 11 to 12 meets and their team goal is to make it to regionals. Brandon Welch, a senior, added, “We’re showing with each race that we deserve to be up there with the best teams.” The cross-country team switches practices from day to day to be the best runners they can be. Practices range from hill work, distance run-ning, and fast miles back to back. In the course of a week the team will run 30 to 40 miles.

Jacob Roush, another senior, said, “We want to memorize that fast mo-tion in our legs so we know we can run four or five miles back to back. Also, some courses are all hills. Since we do a lot of hill work in practice, we can handle meets like Seven Hills bet-ter than other teams.” The top four teams move to region-als and the CCS team placed fifth last year. Jacob commented, “We’re in a good position to get to regionals this year. What we’re running on some of the courses is showing that we’re ready for districts.”

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Bump, set, and spike! It’s a new season for the volleyball team! After losing three important seniors last year, senior Kirsten Cameron said, “They were really good leaders and we are trying to fill their spots.” The volleyball team had two tough loses, CHCA and Colerain. Abby Wolford said after those losses everyone wanted to work harder in practice and started giving 100%. Kirsten added, “I’m hoping we can learn from those losses

and get stronger as a team.” Abby is looking forward to the rest of the season and said, “I’m excited to see how every-one is motivated by our two big losses.” She also wants to tell everyone to come out for their senior night on Monday, Oct.7. They have five seniors on the team. Kirsten added that on senior night, the girls play Summit. Last year on Summit’s senior night, CCS beat them. They believe Summit will come out ready to play for revenge. The team would love for fans to come and support them!

Seniors step up, get motivated to win

Cross-country team plans for regionals

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Senior Philip Lunt runs at the Mason Invitational. Over 4000 runners participated in this event.