February 2019 West Side Story

Superintendent Perry Proposes

BY BROOKLYNN Renovations For West High
COLLINS
AMANDA MILLER The above blueprint is of proposed renovations to occur at Superintendent Dr. Jeff Perry proposes addi-
STAFF WRITERS Morristown-Hamblen High School West.
tions to West High, originally built in 1968, to
Superintendent Jeff
Perry visited Mor- improve facilities for students, staff, and the
ristown-Hamlen High
School West audito- community.
rium Jan. 9 to discuss change the mindset of restrooms for students, world, the renovations tion is finished. welding. This gives
renovations happening West High when en- new sewage lines, and could start during Perry also additional opportu-
to the school with staff. tering the building. building new front of- the summer of 2019. mentioned placing nities for students to
Perry also discussed The renova- fice near the entrance The chal- multiple televisions in explore careers and
with West High staff tions of West High of West High. The lenges of this project the cafeteria to give the begin learning trades
about their ideas and would be a major task. following improve- would be things like students something to used in the workforce.
aspirations for future Some renovations that ments being made to disruption to instruc- do after they finish eat- So far the
West High students are taking place in- the school would cost tional days, change in ing. Other additions County Commission
and visitors when clude: building a new around an estimated traffic patterns, and to be made would in- hasapprovedthedesign
coming to the school. cafeteria at the front of $12 million. Potential- some teachers would clude using the old caf- phase of renovations
Perry stated the school, additional ly, if everything goes have to relocate class- eteria for CTE classes
during the meeting, parking, building new to plan in a perfect es until construc- like culinary arts and
“When people first
walk through the door
whether they are mad
or happy or they are
pretentious or pleas-
ant that first experi-
ence will determine
their expectations for
the rest of the build-
ing. If they see the
building as dark and
bleak, then they will
get the impression no-
body here really cares.”
Perry believes
new renovations would

McLaughlin Named District High School

Teacher of The Year

BY JUSTIN CALL a Bachelors of Arts in Buddy Smith, assistant superintendent, Jeff Kinsler, principal, Brian McLaughlin, teacher, Jeff
STAFF WRITER Mathematics which Perry, superintendent, and Hugh Clement, assistant superintendent congratulate District Teacher
TYLER CONNELL he received at Car- of the Year.
FEATURES EDITOR son-Newman Uni-
versity, and a Masters highest a teach- ognized teaching before I received learners to be chal-
Brian McLaugh- in Education from er can achieve. as my calling ever students of my own lenged, make mis-
lin, math teach- Tusculum College. McLaughlin since I was 13 years that my classroom takes, and have fun.”
er, has been named McLaugh- stated, “I have rec- old. I decided years would be a place for
as this year’s dis- lin has taught many
trict teacher of the classes over the years
year for Hamblen including Founda-
County. This is the tions II, Algebra I,
third year in a row Algebra II, Hon-
that a teacher from ors Finite Math,
West High has won and AP Statistics.
this award. The oth- He has
er two teachers are also coached multi-
Amy Whaley and ple non-Honors stu-
Hannah Lane. Mc- dents to place in the
Laughlin is honored top 10 of a regional
to be named the Dis- math competition
trict High School against Honors-and
Teacher of The Year. AP-level students.
He was cho- Since 2008
sen by the staff body when he first start-
of Morristown Ham- ed teaching at West
blen High School High, he has had a
West. McLaughlin’s level five effective-
education consists of ness rating every
year, which is the

A2 February 2019 News News Editor: Shauna Honaker

Hamblen County Schools Pilot Test

BY JUSTIN CALL New Cellphone Policy
STAFF WRITER
TYLER CONNELL
FEATURES EDITOR

Hamblen Coun- West High classroom follows the new phone policy with their From L-R Carlos Navarro, Julianna Huertas, Aharma
ty schools are phones put away. Mullins, Maggie Seals, Delainey Stepp, and Kenzie
piloting a new cell- Cornett use their phones in the hallway, between class
phone policy that change.
started Jan. 2, 2019.
This new pol- get the phone, or the phone, the student will Linda Kil- part of the students.” the likelihood of stu-
icy is expanded to student may obtain the have their phone taken day, teacher, stated Trevor Lovell dents taking photos
both Hamblen Coun- phone on the seventh for 14 day, and will have that, “The new pilot stated, “I feel like and videos and then
ty High Schools. school day at 3:00. orientation at the alter- policy gives students it helps, but we posting them to social
This new poli- If one loses native school. A parent more freedom to use should be able to use media for the purpose
cy is now allowing the their phone a second may get the phone ear- their phones during them during TNN.” of embarrassing or
students to use their time due to the pol- ly upon paying $100 the day without fear- Morristown intimidating others.”
cellphones in the hall- icy, the students will or wait until the 14th ing punishment. This Hamblen High Schools Kinsler makes
ways, and in the lunch- be written up and the school day at 3:00. should reduce the at- West’s principal Jeff the point of possible
room during lunch. Al- phone will be taken for Upon receiv- tempts to use with- Kinsler stated, “Per- bullying being used
though the students are seven days. The par- ing the fourth offense, in the classroom.” sonally I have very with the new policy.
getting more freedoms ent may get the phone the student will be In addition, mixed feelings about Though this is a scare,
with their cellphones, back for $50 early or placed in alternative Kilday also stated, the policy. I want stu- Kinsler hopes that the
they are not allowed to wait until the seventh school for 45 days and “The additional free- dents to be able to have students will not take
use them at all during school day at 3:00. the parent can pick dom will be welcomed access to technology, the new policy and add
class unless the teacher Upon receiv- up the phone after 14 by the students, but but I worry that the a negative impact on
allows it with admin- ing the third written school days at 3:00 the policy requires re- policy could unin- it but a positive one.
istrative permission. offense for the cell p.m. on the 14th day. sponsibility on that tentionally increase
If a student has
a phone out in class
without permission
the students will lose
his or her phone for
seven days, and get
written up. To get the
phone back, parents
come to the office and

Trojans Baseball Gains indoor
Batting Facility

BY
TYLER CONNELL
FEATURES EDITOR
TYLER WEBBER
STAFF WRITER

All baseball teams Inside of the building with batting cages completed. Coach Justin Pickett, West High baseball coach, ponders his
need to be strong. upcoming season in front of the new indoor complex.
West High has re-
cently received a new plex only 80% com- Building Construction, throughout the past the boys helping get cited that by the start
indoor building for plete. Coach Justin Pickett hopes this new few years. This was this complex built, of the new school year
the baseball team. Pickett shared, that an complex will help his done by them help- and I’m excited to be that the complex will be
This complex estimated final price team train for games. ing the community soon working with finished and able to be
includes a 4900 square for the complex will be The baseball by doing work with the boys to train in used by the boys who
foot internal area with, $100,000 to $500,000. team funded the com- multiple companies. the new complex.” assisted in the comple-
a 2100 feet outside With being plexes completion by Pickett stat- Pickett also tion of the complex.”
bullpen area for exter- contracted by Wild fundraising money ed, “I am proud of stated, “I am very ex-
nal training. There are
also three batting cag-
es, with space behind
the cages for the to be
added locker room,
a weight room, and
outside Bullpen area
for external training.
This complex
was completed Jan. 5,
2019, with the com-

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Opinions A3Opinions Editor:Charlie Neill
February 2019

Meet the Staff: Who is West Side Story
February Edition: Tyler Webber and Irving Flores
TBY JENNI DIAZ
he West Side Story newspaper comes out every month for the halls of the Trojan Nation to read. The paper consists of
EDITOR the latest news thats going on in and out of the building, fun pages and many more interesting and exciting articles. The
paper does not write itself though. It consists of many staff members apart of West High who come out with a paper each
Tmonth. Every month, staff members ywlielrl bWe efebabtuerr,edis. a new staff member of the West Side Story newspaper this school year.
Webber, sophomore, has really enjoyed his time on the staff. Webber decided to join
the staff because he wanted to try out “something new.” He hopes to gain better socializ-
ing skills while his time here. In fifteen years, Webber hopes to be working for NASA as an
engineer or as a federal agent. His time here at West High has helped him grow as a person
and he has gained many more valuable friendships. Webber has two step siblings and one
sister. He enjoys to game during his free time when he is not busy doing homework or help-
ing his family around the house. Webber is very comical and brings a lot of laughs to the
classroom. While watching his favorite movie “Ender-games,” he enjoys a bowl of chicken.

Irving Flores, senior, is also trying out the newspaper class for this first time. Flores,
first decided to join the staff because his friends highly encourage the class. He en-
joys to write and likes expressing himself through his writings. Ricardo does not only
write, he is a runner. He runs track and cross country for West High. In addition,
Flores has many accomplishments like being apart of the top seven male cross coun-
try runners for the school. In fifteen years from now, he plans on working as a soft-
ware engineer. Aside from running, he enjoys eating. Chick-Fil-A is one of his favor-
ite spots to enjoy a quick meal. Flores will spend his free time with his younger sister,
Mayri Flores, and his two dogs, Marley and Blanco. As a senior, Ricardo has real-
ly enjoyed his time at West, but he is very eager to start a new chapter is his life, college.

BY TYLER WEBBER AFJROTC Receive Drone
STAFF WRITER

Recently the ROTC
program received
a new drone. With a
larger one on its way,
this drone is for the
“Drone Program.”
Instructed
by Major Jim Thig-
pen, Morristown
West High and East A practice of facing movements for preparations of the 30-Step

High have a course The new Camera Drone for the “Drone Program,” Currently being Drill Movement. Left to Right: Chris Winstead, Carter Wise,
held at East High. flown by Senior, Christian Cox. Behind is Zane Atkins, Austin Watson, Brodi Ice, Cameron Rick,
D r i l l and Steve Ross.
In the 2018 ing next school year. AFJROTC
fall semester I was a program participate in official of the extra-curric-
is an activity in the The 2019 for the 2018 fall semes- school sports games. ular Drill practices.
ROTC program, work- student in the pro- spring semester is ter, I can say it was fun, SMSgt. J. King
ing to keep in step, gram, I enjoyed the for only seniors, educational, and very is the ASI (Aerospace
cadets have to follow program enough and freshmen. interactive. Members Science Instructor),
facing movements. that I will be return- Being in the of the Color-Guard and he instructs many

For the Record Volume VII
BY CHARLIE NEILL you’re interested. Last the world hostage,
HOPINIONS EDITOR year was a dumpster and there’s no ran-
ello audience! fire of good and bad som like a relation-
Congrats on things that ended with ship. If you already
making it to anoth- a bang. Good News have one, good for
er year. If you are still though, it’s a new year, you. If you don’t, what
oblivious to this up filled with endless pos- are you waiting for?
close and personal se- sibilities. We can ac- Either way
ries, then sit back, read complish new and old grab a seat, and lis-
and reflect upon all the goals alike – or just set ten to these hot tunes
good tunes you missed. this one on fire too. - preferably with a
I’m sure we can It’s your choice, hot significant other.
so get going! Valen-
dig through the trash tine’s Day is holding
for a few back issues if

P.S. A friendly call to arms: Sick Cover Art made by Trevor Lovell
Hey you artistic types, For the Record needs your skills that pay the 1.“Caribou,” by the Pixies
bills! We need you to submit off the wall drawings or pictures to be 2.“Just What I Needed,” by The Cars
used as eye candy in the next issue. One lucky contestant will have his/ 3.“80’s Through the 50’s,” by Jeff Rosenstock
her masterpiece posted as the cover art for the next issue of our friend- 4.“Susanne,” by Weezer
ly neighborhood series, and will receive full credit for his or her ge- 5 . “All These Nights,” by Antarctigo Vespucci
nius. You will also be getting a FIVE DOLLAR PRIZE. It can be as un- 6.“Redundant,” by Green Day
orthodox as a picture of Neil Degrasse Tyson riding a lion in space, or 7.“Just Like Heaven,” by Dinosaur Jr.
as cultivating as a scenic view from your happy place. It’s all up to you
and where your creativity takes you - don’t forget, submissions are to
be dropped off at Mrs. Whaley’s Room (Room386) by February 22, of
2019. Due to the fact that I am required to make a conclusion sentence:

Editor: Features Editor: Staff Writers: Photographer: One Trojan Trail, Morristown, TN 37813
Jenni Diaz Tyler Connell Zachary Cheek Chyna Jorden Phone: (423) 581-1600
Justin Call Fax: (423)585-3791
News Editor: Sports Editor: Irving Flores Advisor: Http:://mhhsw.hcboe.net/
Shauna Honaker Trevor Lovell Oswaldo Guzman Amy Whaley
Amanda Miller
A&E Editor: Opinions Editor: Brooklynn Collins
Dawson Wood Charlie Neill Tyler Webber

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.

A4 February 2019 Features Features Editor:Tyler Connell

BY ZACHARY CTE Corner... Industrial Electricity
CHEEK
STAFF WRITER to take a final
exam, in which
T his month, they are required
West Side by federal law to
Story features In- pass with a 100.
dustrial Electric- To save electric-
ity taught by Mr. ity, Harbin said,
Wes Harbin. Har- “ Turn the lights
bin said, “In In- of f.” Then he
dustrial electric- said, “ To f ind a
ity, we go over comfortable state
more of what with your AC, and
electricity is and set timers on stuff
they [students] for only when
wire some resi- you’re h o m e .”
dential scenarios Right now
so they will work in industri-
on the same types al electricity,
of things you will throughout the
run into in your 13 courses, stu-
house, and plugs, dents can gain
switches, three- up to thirteen
way switches, Back Row L-R: Ben Statzer, Nick Watson, and Dillon Blankenbeckler different certifi-
lights, fans, etc. “
Students Front Row L-R: Ezra Marcum, Ethan Snapp, Mr. Wes Harbin, Kyle Lewis cations and they
get to work on
residential train- es, lights, or dents have to go about 18 differ- can earn them
er which teach- whatever they through a train- ent mini tests, within the three
es them to wire like to work on. ing course with and then at the different classes.
plugs, switch- For safety, stu- sp2 which is end, they have

Top New Year’s Resolutions People

BY IRVING Attempt
FLORES

TSTAFF WRITER
his New Year,
many students
have compiled New
Year’s resolutions.
Though only few will
be able to keep their
resolutions for the
year. Here are the top
eight New Year’s res-
olutions for the year,
with the percentage.


According to a
survey of 2000 peo- Torie Jones’ New Year’s Resolutions is to graduate with all A’s Alex Ingram resolutions is to hit the gym and stop being lazy
ple, these are their and to be a better person.
Jessie Ramos new resolutions is to be a better runner and
2019 resolutions. pass math.
1. Diet or eat health-
ier (71 percent)
2. Exercise more
(65 percent)
3. Lose weight
(54 percent)
4. Save more and
spend less (32 percent)
5. Learn a new skill
or hobby (26 percent)
6. Read more
(17 percent)
7. Find anoth-
er job (16 percent)
8. Spend more time Allison Theno’s resolutions is to eat healthier, and get
with family and fit.
friends (13 percent).

Features Editor:Tyler Connell Features A5February 2019

Visit for Professional Cakes The King of Homecoming

La Hacienda Deli, Bakery Is....... Clark Suttles!
Cake Shop
BY OSWALDO
GUZMAN
ZACHARY
CHEEK
STAFF WRITERS

BY OSWALDO Jan. Friday 18, 2019
GUZMAN the last day of home-
STAFF WRITER coming week, at half-
time the homecoming
If one needs a candidates were in-
professional troduced during the
cake, then drive boys half-time game.
down to La Ha- The senior can-
cienda Deli and didates were Camden
Bakery. Guada- Buckingham, escorted
lupe Sahagun by Kylie Jones, Park-
makes birthday, er Gair, escorted by
wedding, and an- Blayre Shultz, Kristof
niversary cakes. Lotivio, escorted by
They also sell so- Sara Bayona, Grant
das, and chips. A fruit cake made by Guadalupe Sahagun Misenhelmer escort-
A lot of in the vanilla flavor can be purchased at La ed by Emma Gur-
people come down Hacienda Deli, Bakery Cake Shop at 511 ley, Jackson Mullins
town to go get East Main Street. escorted by Molley
Wright, Daniel Phil-
cakes and drinks would ask her to. from there. She lips, escorted by Kh-
for their family There is bakes cakes for irey Stapleton, Matte
and friends. Not a only one type of all occasions. Salansky, escorted by
lot of people know cake that she does She stated Mary Hannah Statzer,
about La Hacien- not make, and that that she had been Clark Suttles, escort-
da Deli and Bak- is Ice Cream cake’s. “baking cakes for ed by Taegan Collins,
ery Cake Shop be- Sahagun people as kids all Zack Young, escorted
cause it is a tiny started her bak- the way down to by Macey Hefner, and
little place off the ery in her house, their kids.” Some- Corbin Yount, escorted
side of the road. in 1994. She went times she will sell by Emily Huntsman.
S o m e on to buy the shop slices of cakes Everyone was
people know she is in now, in and sell them for on the edge of their
about the place. 2005. She started $3 dollars. A lot seats wondering who Clark Suttles wins Homecoming
Sahagun makes out as just a bakery of people love her would win the home- King! He was escorted by Taegan
different types of then later turned cakes because they coming king. The win- Collins.
cakes than other it into a restau- are so delicious. ner was Clark Suttles.
cake shops. Some- rant and bakery They will buy her Everyone was happy Suttles friends was going to win king,
times she makes at the same time. cakes for every par- for him. They were and family were hap- but he was excited
normal cakes. Then Her cakes ty they will go to. cheering for him and py for him when he about winning. Suttles
she makes fruit cakes. start at $15 dol- wooing for him be- won homecoming. said, “I thought Dan-
Sahagun will make lars and go up cause they wanted him Suttles was pretty ex- iel Phillips was going
any cake that one to win homecoming. cited when he won to win homecoming.”
homecoming, he hon-
Needs, Case Adopted as estly didn’t think he

Senior

Class Parents
Case de-
BY SHAUNA that she likes to hug clared that she
HONAKER people and try to dresses for func-
console them. She tionality rather
WNEWS EDITOR likes to think she than style. She also
est High se- is understanding. says that she would
niors voted Needs stat- rather be relaxed at
Selena Case and DJ ed that he hates all times because
Needs class Mom new music, he is life is too short.
and Dad. Case frugal with mon- If Needs
thinks that she was ey, and he just has and Case had
chosen because she a vibe that makes not been select-
always tries to take him seem like a dad. ed, they both feel
care of her peers. Needs said that Briana Fluker Picture by Amy Whaley
Needs said that that he feels that
when he saw “class he dresses like a and Juan Torres Selena Case washing DJ Needs hands for him.
dad there was this dad because he should have been
indescribable feel- wears the same selected.
ing that it was him.” thing everyday.
Case shared





B2 February 2019 A&E A&E Editor: Dawson Wood

Trojans Show Their School Spirit For
Basketball Homecoming Week
BY
BROOKLYNN COLLINS
AMANDA MILLER
STAFF WRITERS
Jersey Day

Left to Right: Jackson Ogan, Brady Cornett, Bailey Dewald, Left to Right: Dominick Jeffers, Ashton Brady, and Eduardo

Alexie Cowan, Courtney Honnold, and Ellie Howard. Dynamic DVuargoas.

Left to Right:Taegan Collins and Pedro Reyes Left to Right: Virginia Harville and Lisa Moyers, cafeteria staff.

Tacky Tourists

Left to Right: Trevor Roberts, teacher, Ty Garcia, Brandon Top Left to Right: Robbie Dean, Andrew Southern, Kyler
Bledsoe, Hannah Cornwell, Lensei Cormier, and Ralph No-
Pajamas DayWilliamson, Charlie Neill, and Caysen Goble ble. Bottom Left to Right: Elizabeth Colehamer and Savannah

Top Left to Right: Brianna Haygood, Kaitlyn
Johnson, Rudy Bolling, Ashlyn Barker, Jas-
mine Velasquez, Travis Jorden, and Andrew
Winstead.
Bottom Left to Right: John Rappa, Ronin
Lee, and Kay Buis.
Photo by Chyna Jorden.

Trojan Nation Day

Senior show their Trojan pride in DIY t-shirts. Juniors compete against sophomores for tug-o-war champi-
onship.

A&E Editor: Dawson Wood A&E B3February 2019

Fall Into Valentine’s Day:

Five Simple Gift Ideas

BY SHAUNA
HONAKER
NEWS EDITOR

1. Instagram Photo Book- Make an inexpensive pho-
to album of your favorite pictures together.

2. Dinner- Cook your significant other a meal.

3. Letter- Write your significant other a little note
from the heart.

4. Movie Night- Watch a bunch of their favorite
movies on Netflix and buy their favorite snacks.

5. If you do not have a special someone, try to bring Decorate a little box to put your letter in.
a smile to someone’s face.
https://be35832fa5168a30acd6-5c7e0f2623ae37b4a933167fe83d71b5.ssl.cf3.rack-
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BY JENNI DIAZ February Horoscopes
EDITOR
Taurus Gemini Cancer
Aries This month has been filled with Love is in the air, go out and Be straightforward this month
This month will be a month of great joy; do not be too surprised if meet new people. Someone with those around you. Miscom-
trial and error. Do not give up. you are faced with a negative situa- munication can lead to many
very special is nearby.
You will soon encounter tion, like a break- up. Lucky Days: 1, 15 conflicts.
something amazing. Lucky Days: 6,10 May 21- Jun 20 Lucky Days: 7, 28
Lucky Days: 4,19
Mar 21- Apr 19 Apr 20- May 20 Jun 21- Jul 22

Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio
Spoil yourself this month! You This is your month to apply Life seems to be in a knot at the
have worked hard and deserve a moment, but look past those issues Hang out with friends, and do
treat. Shopping or even eating out to your dream part-time and focus on yourself. It will pay off not stress over relationships.
can be something fun to enjoy. job! Be ambitious and the Love will work its magic and
in the near future.
Lucky Days: 2, 17 job will be yours. Lucky Days: 3, 18 show you the way.
Lucky Days: 8, 20 Lucky Days: 9, 16
Jul 23- Aug 22 Aug 23- Sept 22 Sept 23- Oct 22 Oct 23- Nov 21

Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces
Try out something new. Not This will be an emotional month. This month is centered The coming months will come
only will you meet people, You will be surprised with both with a lot of challenges, so take it
but you will make some good and bad. Prepare mentally for around love, so do not get easy this month. Relax and go out
great memories. carried away with the holi- with friends while you still have
Lucky Days: 5, 24 a crazy month.
Nov 22- Dec 21 Lucky Days: 21, 27 day. Stay grounded. time.
Lucky Days: 11, 26 Lucky Days: 13, 22
Dec22- Jan 19
Jan 20- Feb 18 Feb 19- Mar 20

Happy Birthday

B4 February 2019 Sports Sports Editor:Trevor Lovell

West Wrestling Takes Down East in Science Hill Match

BY CHARLIE NEILL
OPINIONS EDITOR
DAWSON WOOD
A&E EDITOR

T he Morristown PHOTO BY TONY WILLIAMS
West Wres-
tling team faced off Sonny Watson, sophomore, pins down Science Hill wrestler.
in a home match
against East and here lately it like Head Coach six o’ clock and and half hours of had a rough sea-
Science Hill. West everybody is trying Terr y Young has gives our athletes practice a day five son, but they are
first went against to take it easy, and grasped the reins an opportunity to days a week,” stat- working diligently
East, and the end right now we need this season. “Coach work out, to bet- ed Hardin. The to make it better.
score was 51- to be competing at Young comes in ter themselves Morristown West
28 making East our hardest level.” every morning at and give them two Wr e s t l e r s have
look like a breeze.
Then, West
had a tough time
overcoming Sci-
ence Hill resulting
in Science Hill win-
ning 15-60. This
season has proved
to be a building
year for the West
Wrestlers as each
and every one of
them try to improve
their overall skills.
Assistant
Coach Greg Hardin
stated, “The season
has been a little
disappointing. Our
guys started off a
little strong and

Sports Editor:Trevor Lovell Sports B5February 2019

Lady Trojans Win “Sevier”ly

BY DAWSON WOOD
A&E EDITOR
CHARLIE NEILL
OPINIONS EDITOR

The Lady Trojans Kendall Mattison, junior, getting set for a lay-up, adding points to the Trojans.
Basketball team
swept Sevier Coun- persevered and main-
ty out of West High’s tained their lead win-
court, winning the ning the game 38-43.
game 38-43. The first Head Coach
quarter was a struggle Johnny Galyon com-
to establish a lead, but mented,” I thought we
luckily West was able played hard. We had
to establish their dom- a 10-point lead at the
inance with the quar- end of the third quar-
ter ending with 14-10. ter, and I thought we
As the game were going to stretch
progressed to the end it out, but we made
of the second quar- some silly plays, but
ter, the Trojans broke our girls were play-
through Sevier’s de- ing hard.” This was
fenses, resulting in the a conference win for
Trojans ending the the Lady Trojans, and
second quarter with a hopefully there are
lead of 19-26. As half many more to come.
time passed and the
third quarter began, Lexie Howard, sophomore, successfully scores point for the Trojans.
the true struggle began
as the end game drew
near, and Sevier des-
perately tried to keep
up with the Trojans.
However, their
attempts were fruitless
and the third quar-
ter ended with Sevi-
er 25 to West 35. The
fourth quarter was a
constant barrage be-
tween both teams,
and with each passing
minute, the Trojans

Angel Simms, senior, shoots layup to help lead Tro-
jans to victory.