May 2019

Abigail Abboud Berenice Acuna Hannah AdamsJulia Ad- Livesay Sienna Livesay Thomas Logan Jessie Long Kris-
tof Lotivio Marcus Love Christa Lunsford Kris-
ams Madison Adkins Allison Alberts Daisy Aldana Arcos ten Madon Anthony Mancilla Dylan Mankopf Ezra Marcum
Madison Allen Evaristo Alvarado Jr. Jeramiah Anderson Hannah Marshall Cali Martin Kyla Martin Noah Martin Adrian Mar-
Tomas Andres Mateo Kaley Antrican Aspen Atkins Chel- tinez Huipe Guadalupe Martinez Paz Lori Mass Margarita Matin Nathanael
sea Atkins Hannah Austin Hayden Avery Kaitlyn Ayers MattocksJaxsonMayfieldConnorMcCauleyAngelinaMcDanielMasonMcDan-
Jadyn Baker Hadlee Banks Giovannii Barajas Mar- iel Jason McFall Jazmine McGill Deondre McIntosh Makenna McMahan Daniela Me-
tin Barajas Dade Barg Cameron Barnard Kayla Barnard dina Augusto Mendez Mendez Salvador
Heather Barnett Nikole Baucom Adrian Bautista Sánchez Merchant-Rojas LoriMiddletonAutumnMiller
Noah Baxley Sara Bayona Mañosca Devin Bell Holly Best Grant Misenheimer Alexis Mitchell Emma Mitch-
OliviaBlakelyDillonBlankenbecklerAndrewBledsoeJaDarriusBlue ell Leah Mitchell Linzee Mitchell Zayne Mitchell
AlexisBollingLeilaBrittNathanBrittJoey Brooks Jesiah Brown Alex Morales Tomas Jackson Mullins Carlee Murphy
Stephen Brown Chad Broyles Camden Buckingham Emileah Buf- Hunter Mur- phy Madison Myrick Arlin Na-
falo Jackson Burgett Patrick Burr II Joshua Bustos Kevin Caldwell varro VillatoroDavid Needs Netherleen Neth Britney
Justin Call Landon Cameron Melissa Campbell Noah Campbell Jo- Newman Chris- topher Neyer Taylor Nguyen
anna CardenasHaleyCarrollVictoriaCarterKristenCartwright Nicholas Noble El- aney Noe Austin Odom Makai
Hunter Case Selena Case Rebecca Castellanos Mark Cervantes Jerry Olden Brandon Or- tiz Cruz Tony Ortiz-Velasquez
Lee Chamberlain Kennedy Chambers Miguel Chavez Torres Saha- Sejdi Oruglica Miranda Oxendine Jesus Pacheco Tyler Parks Kandi Partin Allie Paxton Jadon Payne
ra Coblentz Jared Coffey Haley Collier Taegan Collins Tanner Col- Addison Pennington Felipe Perez Jacinto Kaylee Perry Daniel Phillips Laken Phillips Skyler Phillips Juan
lins Jerry Connell Alexis Cottingham Christopher Cox Daniel Cox Plaza-Larin Julio Plaza-Larin MacKenzie Poe Kayla Poling Melkin Portillo Nehemiah Portillo Myiah
Jericho Crawford Lizbeth Cruz Huerta Jasmine Cruz-Rubio Yareli Portrum Zachary Prado Paulina Ramirez Alex Ramos Magdalena Ramos Sorayda Ramos Stephanie
Curiel Romero Makayla Darnell Lance Davenport Alyssa Davis Ramos Summer Rashaw Davy Ray Cameron Reece Anna Reed Pedro Reyes III Marty Reyna Kaleigh
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Fletcher Jorge Flores Esquivel Irving Flores Rios Briana Fluker Nao- ly Santizo Reilly Schneider Randy Schoff Casey Seals Emma Seals Joshua Self Logan
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Briana Gammel Ruben Garcia Bautista Cristobal Garcia Alondra Sheffield Hannah Shultz Maria Silva-Silva Griffin Simerly Angel Simms Chey-
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Beatris Hernandez Carina Hernandez Edgar Hernandez Janin Her- Caroline Spain Daniel Spoone Jamal Spradling Khirey Stapleton
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Hernandez-Farias Joshua Heskett Shane Hess James Hicks Hailey Jr Thomas Stewart Parker Stiles Donovan Stokes Cheyenne Stone
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FBLA Students Advance at

State Leadership Conference
BY SHAUNA nine that went, three
HONAKER students placed.
NEWS EDITOR Leesha Nichols re-
cieved second in
Mo r r i s t o w n Word Processing,
West FBLA Shane Hess received
third in Database
traveled to Chat- Design and Appli-
tanooga for State
Leadership Confer- cation, and Shauna
Honaker received
ence March 11-13. fifth place in Jour-
Students
spent three days in nalsim. Only the
top four finishers
Chattanooga com- can advance to Na-
peting and attending
workshops. There tional Conference.
Leesha Nich-
were many differ- ols, junior, shared,
ent workshops stu-
dents could observe. “It was a great
learning experi-
There were a ence. I made new
total of nine students
to make the trip to friends and had a
wonderful time.” PHOTO BY AMY WHALEY
the State Leader-
ship Conference. From left to right: Abigail Lamb, Zack Hayes, Leesha Nichols, Shane Hess, Shauna Honaker, Madiosn

Out of the Adkins, Dawson Wood, Vito Raimondi, and Rudy Roblero.

A2 May 2019 News News Editor: Shauna Honaker

Arrive Alive Teaches West High Students
Dangers of Driving Under Influence
BY ZACHARY on students to re-
CHEEK inforce the sub-
OSWALDO jects that schools
GUZMAN and parents
STAFF WRITERS teach them daily.
On average,
The Arrive two in three peo-
Alive tour
came to West ple will be involved
High on March in a drunk driving
22, 2019 to show crash in some-
teens how danger- one’s lifetime.
ous it is to drive Every day, peo-
while being influ- ple drive drunk.
ence. The Unite’s In 2014,
Arrive Alive Tour the highest per-
has a program centage of drunk
that uses a high- drivers involved
tech simulator, in fatal crashes
impact video, and were in the age
a number of oth- range of 21 to 24.
er resources to UNITE brings
educate the pub- health and well-
lic about the dan- ness programs to Arrive Alive teaches West High students how dangerous it is to drive while
gers driving un- high schools, col- being drunk, high, or texting.

der the influence. leges, and com- is cell phone use. ical misjudgments sophomore, “The son, Sophomore
The simula- munities across About 89 if people get arrive alive sim- said, “The arrive
tor allows partic- the nation. Its percent of all more distracted. ulator was really alive simulator
ipants to experi- programs are de- Americans have Not surpris- cool, and a life les- was really weird,
ence the potential signed to height- a cell phone, ac- ingly, teen’s text son, that showed mostly because I
consequences of en awareness to cording to CTIA more than any me to never text haven’t drove be-
impaired driving the dangers and – The Wireless other age group, and drive, or drink fore in my life,
in a controlled consequences of Association. Driv- and the number while driving.” but it will always
environment. Ev- impaired driving. ers under 20 years of young drivers Ella Green, Junior, remain a mem-
ery two minutes, These events old have the high- who text is only “The arrive alive ory in my mind
a person is injured have a powerful est proportion of increasing. If any- simulator was re- for when I think
in a drunk driv- impact on stu- distraction-relat- one has questions ally unrealistic, about texting, or
ing crash. Nearly dents to reinforce ed fatal crashes or would like when you turned any other irre-
one-third of all the subjects that according to the more informa- the wheel, is sponsible thing
traffic deaths in- schools and par- National High- tion, then please wouldn’t turn the while driving.”
volve alcohol-im- ents to teach them way Traffic Safety call Matt Luther car, the gas pedal
paired drivers. daily. One of the Administration. at 888.436.3394 was unresponsive,
T h e s e most commonly Lack of driving ext. 2086. and the brakes
events have a recognized driv- experience can Skye didn’t work.”
powerful impact ing distractions contribute to crit- Gullone said, Sonny Wat-

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BY AMANDA they came up with. tle refill station that Student council raised money to West High cafeteria staff showcas-
MILLER The new water makes it easy to refill purchase a new water fountain in es the new lunch trays.
STAFF WRITER fountain is located in- a water bottle with- the main lobby.
side West High by the out turning it side-
This year West front lobby. It was a to- ways, filters the water,
High’s student tal of $960. It has a wa- and keeps a tally of
council raised mon- ter bottle refill station. how many plastic wa-
ey for a new water When a student wants ter bottles were saved
fountain and new to refill their water bot- by refilling instead.”
lunch trays for the tle, they just simply put The new lunch
student body to use. it under the sensor and trays arrived April 9.
All the money it will automatically They were $895 for 240
came from the talent start dispensing water of them.
show fundraiser in into the students bot- Cobb said “We
October. The Student tle. When it is full, the were able to get twice as
council was discussing student should remove many as we thought.”
ideas to use the funds the bottle and it will They ordered them
that were raised from stop dispensing water. from a company that
the talent show and the Jennifer Cobb, sold similar ones to
lunch trays and new West High teacher what we already have
water fountain were stated “Our students but for half the price.
the most popular ideas and teachers loved the
idea of a water bot-

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423-839-1348
4327 West Andrew Johnson
Hwy.
Morristown, Tennessee 37814
Philippians 4:13 I can do all
things through Christ which
strengthen me.

News Editor: Shauna Honaker News May 2019 A3

Students Design, Test Mouse Trap

BY TYLER CONNELL years., and his studentsCars in Physics
FEATURES EDITOR love it. It gives them a
chance to build and to
Physics teach- learn and gives them
er Steven Nease fun in the classroom
launches mouse trap rather than book work.
cars every year with The mouse
his physics students. trap car competi-
This activity he tion was placed into
does with his students two categories, dis-
goes along with circu- tance and speed.
lar motion and rota- The circu-
tion in physics. This is lar motion caused by
similar to how a bike the mouse trap set-
works with its tires ting off caused the
that propel the bike cars to move forward.
and person forward. Some with quite a
“This is lot of speed for a lit-
the same concept I tle mouse trap and
want students to ex- some sent with as-
plore when mak- tonishing distances.
ing the mouse trap There are two Physics students with their mouse trap cars in hand and with the winners, Rebecca Fawver, Kenny-
cars.” stated Nease. winners, one for each ann Price, Amaya Yarid and Kristof Lotivio standing above in the winners perch.
Nease enjoys category. The winner Top L-R: Rebecca Fawver, Kennyann Price, Amaya Yarid, and Kristof Lotivio.
doing this project be- for the speed com- Bottom Back L-R: Eric Laning, Matthew Swann, Micah Vannoy, Deklyn Manuel, Matthew Salan-
cause his high school petition was Kristof sky, Jacob Carattini, Natalia Acuna, Angel Flynn, and Hasiah Wolfe.
physics teacher did Lotivio and his part- Bottom Front L-R: Christopher Neyer, Emily Snypes, Demir Menguc, Amelia Parker,
the same one when he ner Amaya Yarid with Emily Rowland, Abigail Harold, and Matthew Fred-Roman
was in high school. It their mouse trap car
stuck with him mak- named “Pink Boi.” ner Rebecca Fawver, the speed of 1.449 meters or 96 feet. ect to see what students
ing him want to do The winner of from East High, m/s, or 3.2 mph. Nease is ex- can and will learn from
it with his students. the distance compe- with their car, “Boy.” The dis- cited to see what the this project and hope-
Nease has done tition was Kennyann The speed tance winners won students can come up fully see what the stu-
this project for four Price, and her part- winners won with with an amazing 29 with during this proj- dents potentials hold.

DECA Dominates State Competition
BY DAWSON WOOD competitions required
A&E EDITOR bringing in a project
Mrs. Cutshaw, Leesha Nichols, Issac Adams, Myiah Portrum, Alexander Rodriguez, Madison Carr, and Dawson with little to no prepa-
March 7-9 Mor- Woodcompete in Chattanooga. ration. The judges then
ristown West took the score from the
High school DECA left Carr, Myiah Portrum, eryone excited for the pass to tour the aquar- the holding room they test one takes before
with Morristown East and Leesha Nichols. weekend of competing. ium. The next day was called each person out the competition and
High School DECA to The state con- The Tennessee competition day. Ev- and gave them about the role play that one
Chattanooga, TN to ference started with a Aquarium provided eryone was given a time 10 to 30 minutes to pre- competes in. C o n -
compete in the 2019 party at the Tennessee every member with to go and was placed in pare to present in front gratulations to Leesha
Tennessee DECA state Aquarium to get ev- dinner, a DJ and a free a holding room. From of the judges, but some Nichols for placing
conference. This com- second in Accounting
petition is what de- Applications Individ-
cides if competitors ual Series Role-Play
will move on to na- #2, and to Myiah Por-
tionals in April. trum for placing fifth in
This year, Mor- Quick Serve Restaurant
ristown West High Management Individu-
School sent six stu- al Series Role-Play #1.
dents to compete with If one is inter-
hundreds of other ested in Marketing,
schools all across Ten- Management, Entre-
nessee in the Chatta- preneurship, Business
nooga Marriott Con- or majoring in Business
vention Center. These in College, then DECA
six students included is for you. Go to Mrs.
Issac Adams, Daw- Cutshaw’s room 482
son Wood, Alexander for more information.
Rodriguez, Madison

Trojans Save Lives By West Side Story Staff Receives
Donating Blood Excellent Rating from Tennessee High

BY BROOKLYNN School Press Association
COLLINS
PHOTO BY TREVOR LOVELL BY BROOKLYNN
WSTAFF WRITER COLLINS
est high students West High student, Angel Sims contributes to STAFF WRITER
participated in the Morristown West Blood Drive.
Morristown West Blood West Side Story staff
Drive March 7. A total of If students chose and Amy Jeffers were the writers received West Side Story staff Trevor Lovell, Justin
86pintsofbloodwerecol- to participate in the teachers who created the an excellent rating from
lected during this drive. blood drive, they had to event and distributed reg- Tennessee High School Call, Dawson Wood, and Jenni Diaz display-
This contributes to a to- meet requirements. If istration forms through- Press Association. Stu-
tal of 200 pints collected students were 16 years out the school. The event dents from all across ing their THSPA awards.
during this school year. old, then they had to was sponsored by Texas Tennessee competed to
All of West High’s work weigh at least 125 lbs. If Road House who offered place in different catego- to showcase what I have and media while also
has paid off from their students were 17 or 18, those who participat- ries from this association. learned was great. I didn’t promoting a positive en-
dedication as they have they had to weigh at least ed a voucher for a free West High stu- think I would place sec- vironment for students
been awarded a grant 125 lbs. Students also had appetizer. Participants dents Trevor Lovell and ond, but I am proud of it.” to talk about their pas-
for West High HOSA. to turn in their registra- also received a t-shirt. Justin Call placed third The Tennessee sion for journalism and
The blood drive tion forms in by March 5. for best photograph, High School Press Asso- media. The THSPA is
took place inside West Darlene Adkins Jenni Diaz placed sec- ciation (THSPA) mission located in Nashville, Ten-
High’s auditorium, and ond for best ad, and is to increase interest in nessee on the campus
there was also a MED- Dawson Wood received job fields like journalism of Lipscomb University.
IC Bloodmobile outside 1st place for best ad.
the school. The MEDIC Staff editor Jenni
Bloodmobile was placed Diaz stated, “Photoshop
outside to allow members has always been fun, so
of the community to par- getting the opportunity
ticipate in the event also.

A4 May 2019 Opinions Opinions Editor: Charlie Neill

Saying Good-bye: Jenni Diaz

BY JENNI DIAZ be ever so and experiencing hav- great, school should and not spending here. You
grateful for. ing to manage my time always be a priority. slack off. will never get those
GEDITOR with school and work. Senoritis nev- It will years back, and they
raduation is now I was in It will never er really seemed like all soon can become some of
only weeks away her Com- be easy to work and a real thing, but it is a pay off. the most memora-
and it seems like just puter Ap- go to school. Do not real thing, but do not N o w , ble years of your life.
yesterday, I was step- plications be afraid to ask for get lazy. Eventually, I am off Although, high
ping foot into the new class and less days if it all be- you will realize, that to start school will have many
freshmen academy. through comes overwhelm- graduation will be here a new ups and downs, it will
Going into her class I ing. Although, having soon enough. You just chapter all be okay. Failing that
high school, I was very was intro- your own money is have to push through, in my life. one vocabulary quiz
anxious. Everything duced to I will be or not getting in the
would be new again. the news- attending top five in that Kahoot
A new, bigger build- paper class. E T S U, game will not be the
ing, new hallways, I joined and al- end of your high school
new teachers and a and met though career. Use that failing
lot more students. some of the I am ex- grade or sixth place in
My freshman best peo- cited to kahoot or jeopardy to
year, I was quick to ple I would be Buc- grow. That way, next
sign up for AP and ever meet. caneer, time you will ace what-
honors courses. I want- I will al- ever the test or game is.
ed to follow in my sis- Our news- ways be Now that I am
ters footsteps and push paper a Trojan. now a senior, I have
myself to be the best I class, even though Do not get stayed taking AP and
could be, academical- people would grad- caught up in the aca- honors courses, and al-
ly, that is, since sports uate or new people demics. Take a break, though it has not been
were not my forte. would get recruited participate in home- easy, I have gained col-
My first year, in, it would always feel coming week. Go to lege credit, and met
was the year that I met like such a welcoming, football games with many great teachers
Mrs. Amy Whaley, a happy environment. your friends. En- on the way. Push your-
teacher who I would be The next two joy school, and make self, and be the best
with for the next four years flew by. I remem- the best of these four Trojan you can be!
years of my life, and ber getting my first job years that you will be
someone who I will

Meet the Staff: Who is West Side Story
May Edition: Shauna Honaker, Jenni Diaz
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
Smonth. Every month, staff members will be featured.
hauna Honaker, senior, is the current News Editor on the staff. She has been on the team since
her sophomore year of High School. She was initially introduced to the class her freshman year in
Mrs. Amy Whaley’s Computer Applications class. She has since been apart of and enjoyed greatly her
time here on the staff. Being on the staff has opened up many opportunities for her. She joined FBLA
and placed various times. This year, she got the opportunity to travel to Chattanooga to compete at
the state level in journalism. Through all of her accomplishments, she was able to graduate with
distinction. Aside from being very active academically and within our building, she enjoys spending
time with her pets. Honaker recently adopted a puppy and spends a majority of her time caring for
her new friend. After graduating, Honaker plans to attend Carson Newman University. As the end is
approaching for her, at West High, she has made many memorable friends and helped our staff grow.

This will be my last year on the newspaper staff, and I am currently the Editor of the paper.
I was, as well as Honaker, introduced to this course, my freshman year in Mrs. Amy Wha-
ley’s computer applications course. I wanted to join the staff because it seemed like an awesome
opportunity to see what more there was than just being a Trojan. Three years on the staff has
greatly improved my computer skills, especially my Photoshop abilities. I was able to compete in
many different competitions. Two advertisements that I created, placed in the top three at the
state level. By being apart of the staff, and placing at the state level, I was able to graduate with
distinction. Aside from school, i enjoy listening to music and spending time with my friends. I
plan to attend East Tennessee State University with my sister, Cat. I have two younger brothers
and a dog, Maui. Overall, I have enjoyed my stay here and cannot wait for the chapter of my life.

For the Record Volume IX
and drive the senior-
BY CHARLIE NEILL that you’re better off itis away. So what are
than the unlucky you waiting for, grab
COPINIONS EDITOR souls of freshmen en- a phone, look up these
allabunga dudes rolling as you leave. tunes, make a playlist,
and welcome to M o r e o v e r , and get jiggy with it.
the nonexistent luau students left and
for “For the Record’s” right throughout the
ninth edition. This school are being di-
year has been one for agnosed with a vile 1. “Sour Patch Kids,”by Bryce Vine
the books with once outbreak of academ- 2. “Hang Me up to Dry,” by Cold War Kids
more students pre- ically fatal Senioritis. 3. “Bonus Oceans,” by Jeff Rosenstock
paring for the worst Luckily though 4. “Broken Face,” by the Pixies
towards their fina- we have the cure! For 5. “What Katie Did,” by the Libertines
le of the school year. the Record’s off the 6. “Take Back the Power,” by the Interrupters A photo of a Charlie Neill tak-
Don’t fret, wall tastes will for sure 7. “Nothingtown,” by the Offspring en by Tim Rice Photography
it’s just a few finals- lighten up the day,
If anything, be glad

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.

Features Editor:Tyler Connell Features May 2019 A5

Livesay Instructs Peers to Sign in Cursive

BY JUSTIN CALL L-R Baileigh Allen, Chloe Livesay, Brian McLaughlin, Alex Bruggen, Brandon Tonoc,
STAFF WRITER
TYLER CONNELL Brayan Esquivel, Will Hunley, Rogan Tipper, Elijah Livesay the class and
FEATURES EDITOR those students by giv- admitted that it was
of students signed On arrival, The students ing them a sheet with tremendously helpful.
Morristown Ham- up, they may need to students were given who arrived ranged cursive letters on them. Rogan Tipper a
blen High consider doing the a name tag with their from freshmen to Livesay also attendee of the class stat-
School West hosted workshop again some- name written in cur- seniors who were assisted students by ed, “I feel like the class
cursive writing tutor- time in the future. sive, and through the there to learn cursive. showing students how helped the students
ing on April 9 in Mr. A total of 10 class the students were McLaughlin to write certain letter because cursive is a
Brian McLaughlin’s students showed up to directed by McLaugh- also assisted students that one struggled with. useful form of writing.”
room with the hope to the class. The lesson was lin and Livesay to write who were struggling All of the students all
teach the ones who at- to teach students how their names in cursive to write their names stated that they enjoyed
tend cursive writing. to write their signature. to learn their signatures. in cursive. He assisted
This tutoring
was for the students
or others in the com-
munity who had never
learned how to write
in cursive. At least, this
helped one learn to
write their signature.
McLaughlin
states, “The idea for a
cursive workshop came
out of a conversation
among students. Many
students expressed the
desire to work on their
reading and writing in
cursive, so the awesome
Chloe Livesay stepped
up to help everybody!”
With a class

Business Students Attend

Career Quest at Northeast State College
BY SHAUNA
HONAKER From left to right: Preston Jeffrey, Brendan Mattis, Mason Evans, Kristen Cartwright, Nicholas Noble, Alex Ramos, Salvador
Merchant-Rojas, Kayla Covington, Shauna Honaker, Anaya Rivera, Aaron Munoz McAmis, Adrian Martinez, Deja lewis, Juan
MNEWS EDITOR Figueroa Ramos, Torie Jones, Maira Hernandez, Austin Ellis, Timberly Rider, Alexis Bolling, Chyanna Warren, Brayden Bolden,
rs. Kim Cook Clayton Brockwell, and Nick Epps.
took a group
of business students counting, banking, How to Dress for the shark tank re- at the interview. resource profession-
to Northeast State marketing, human re- Success seminar. ceived a check as an Teachers also als about their job
Community College sources, and a practice Career Quest investment. There had to attend a work- expectations and how
for Career Quest. interview. The prac- also hosted a shark were also awards shop. They were able to prepare students
The open- tice interview ses- tank and a logo con- for the students to talk with human for the workplace.
ing session began at sion included a short test. The winners of that performed best
8:45 a.m. There was
an overview of the
day then the keynote
speaker, Rick Keller,
began his speech.
After the Key-
note, students dis-
persed into five differ-
ent color groups. Each
of those groups had to
attend five workshops.
The five work-
shops included Ac-

A6 May 2019 Features Features Editor:Tyler Connell

AFJROTC Hosts Inaugural Military Ball

BY TYLER WEBBER
STAFF WRITER

T he Military
Ball is an an-
nual ball hosted by
many of the Unit-
ed States Armed
Forces. Morris-
t o w n - H a m b l e n’s
Program hosted
their Military Ball
Saturday, March
9. This is a very
large honor to the
serving and ser-
viced members of
the community.
A few events
in this ball include:
the singing of the
National Anthem,
t he S enior Wa l k, The Senior class all drink from the Grog Bowl together. PHOTO BY JIM THIGPEN

Mi lit ar y To asts, The Grog from the past in
Bowl is a bowl the program. Any-
nior Wa l k is an to honor many t he de ce as e d/lost containing many one who violates
event honoring different things members of the liquids that do not the mess (breaking
the POW/MIA Ta- the graduating se- in the communi- Air Force. Con- have a good place the rules of the
ble, the Invoca- in the stomach, mess) are obligat-
tion, Dinner, the niors who took the ty. The POW/ sisting of only one representing many ed to drink from
AFJROTC class MIA (Prisoner of chair with the ta- different things the grog bowl.
Grog Bowl, the in t he 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 19 War/ Missing in ble s et, “A Pl a ce
Air Force Song,
and a dance floor. year. Militar y Action) Table is S etting for One,
To ast s are to asts a t able honor ing A Table for A l l.”
The Se-

AFJROTC Gets DJI Mavic Pro Drone

BY TYLER WEBBER
STAFF WRITER

T he AFJROTC
program al-
ready has a drone
in its program.
Now, they have
a DJI Mavic Pro.
The Mavic
Pro is a highly ad-
vanced 360° swivel
camera. This drone
costs up to $1,099.
With the
Mavic Pro’s abil-
ity to fold up it’s
wings, this drone
can travel any-
where. The Mav-
ic Pro’s size while
folded is 83mm A side view of the Mavic Pro hovering: Operator is Front view of the Mavic Pro hovering: Operator is

wide, 198mm wide, Chris Cox, Senior at West. Chris Cox.
“starter mode” allowing it to de- optional, addition style head mount-
and 83mm tall. on the controller. tect objects and to the Mavic Pro ed screens, giving other DJI drones.
are the DJI Gog- one the view of the
The drone The drone has sen- avoid those objects gles. These goggles DJI Mavic pro and
is very simple to are Virtual reality
fly with an easy sors on the front, before collision.
sides, and bottom, The final,

Math Students Dominate Competition Placing In Top Ten

BY TREVOR LOVELL At CNU
SPORT EDITOR

Tuesday, April 9, Front Row-Emma Purgason, Emily Gray, Esmeralda M. Cerritos, Nicoltte Abate,Lilliana Roberts, Andy Lin.
West High math
students competed in Back Row- Mrs.Sedlack, Leopold Larsen, Johnathan Vaughn, Bailey Dewald, Kacey Webb, Crystal Partin, Lily Robinson,
the Tennessee Mathe-
matics Teacher’s Asso- and Mr.Hayes. Emily Gray Andy Lin placed Emma Pur- 7th, Logan Davis and
ciation Math Compe- 4th, Bailey Dewald won 1st place in 5th, and Esmeralda gason placed 5th, Re- Lily Robinson tied for
tition on the campus placed 5th, and Kac- Pre-Calculus, as Cerritos placed 8th. becca Noble placed 8th place in Calculus.
of Carson-Newman ey Webb placed 6th.
University. Students
were tested in Algebra
I, Algebra II, Geome-
try, Pre-Calculus, Cal-
culus, and Statistics.
Fourteen of the
students placed in the
top 10 of their division.
Lilliana Roberts placed
10th in Algebra I.
Leopold Larsen placed
8th and Chrystal Par-
tin placed 10th in
Geometry. Nicolette
Abate won 1st place in
Algebra II, while Jon-
athan Vaughn placed

Features Editor:Tyler Connell Features May 2019 A7

Swanson Voted Biggest Case of New Recruits Wanted For West
Side StoryBY TREVOR LOVELL
Senioritis

BY CHARLIE NEILL SPORTS EDITOR
OPINIONS EDITOR DAWSON WOOD
Ryan Swanson has A&E EDITOR
been voted for
this year’s biggest With a flock
case of senioritis of freshmen
by his fellow peers moving in the up-
of the senior class. coming school year
Swanson believes and the graduating
that he was chosen seniors, the West
for this superla- Side Story will need
tive for occasionally new candidates. The
skipping school, and benefits of joining
being really hard to West Side Story are
find on the campus. even helpful toward
Swanson a great future, such Jenni Diaz, Editor, and Charlie Neill, Opinions
states that his se- as becoming a busi- Editor portray the most recent paper.
ness leader, and it
nioritis is quite se- Ryan Swanson, Senior, scoping area for improves commu- West Side Story will owners and how to
vere and is planning teachers. nications and social also help with adver- run a social media
connections. tisement selling, and campaign. This class
to go on a vacation cah Jarnigan would briefly mentioned It also opens a even modeling for is very family orient-
saying, “I’ll probably have been nomi- that symptoms of se- range of opportuni- businesses ads. ed, and we run our
go on a trip to the nated for this su- nioritis include, “not ties for future gradu- “Joining a own business.” said
beach or something.” perlative if Swan- wanting to wake ates like internships, business class helps Mrs. Whaley, Advi-
Swanson also son was not around. up, or not wanting paid internships prepare you for ca- sor of West Side Sto-
mentioned that Mi- Swanson also to go to school.” during the summer, reers in communica- ry.
entering competi- tions. For example, For more informa-
Congratulations tions with the chance to be a social media tion, contact Mrs.
of graduating with communicator or to Amy Whaley by
distinction, and write newspaper ar- email at whaleya@
Graduating connections with ticles or to work in tv hcboe.net and get a
businesses and job and radio you learn application from the
qualifications in the graphic design skills, door of room 386,
journalism or social and how to commu- Mrs. Whaley’s room.
Class of 2019! media field. Joining nicate with business

Most Likely To Succeed
BY IRVING FLORES to attend ETSU for States Air Force Acad-
STAFF WRITER physical therapy. She emy. Lotivio start-
has also accomplished ed a support group
The Senior Class fourth in state HOSA called Operation Pos-
voted Kristof competition and Beta itivity to save people
Lotivio and National Leader- from suicide and was
Mary Hannah Statzer ship Representative. All-State athletics.
for most likely to suc- Lotivio is going
ceed. Statzer is going to attend in the United

Mary Hannah Statzer voted most Kristof Lotivio, succeedes in pole
likely to succeed vault.

Congrats to Most Athletic

BY TREVOR LOVELL of 2019 for the basketball and
SPORT EDITOR volleyball team and a
had a scholarship sign- star player. Being a fan-
Zach Young, senior, ing with the Univer- tastic player can have
was nominated for sity of Cumberland’s. scholarships for sports,
most athletic by his He was voted because but she plans on going
fellow peers because of his respectful atti- into the medical field.
many say that Young tude towards people Both of these
is a hard-working and team mates alike. Trojan stars have a
person on and off the Hannah “Blar- bright future and West
field. Young currently ye” Shultz , senior, a Side Story would like
plays three sports and member of the Lady to wish them the best.
Trojans basketball
team and a volleyball
player. She was starter

PHOTO BY JUSTIN CALL PHOTO BY MARLIN CURNUTT



Features Editor:Tyler Connell Features May 2019 B1

Roberts, Jenny Voted Biggest
Watkins, Oruglica Voted MostBYJENNIDIAZ Transformation
Accident ProneEDITOR
GJenna Roberts to be very shy.” If not biggest transformation A&E EDITOR Watkins is #14 ry at the start of the
arret Jenny and Jenny states, “I used height has been her BY DAWSON WOOD
on the Morristown previous football sea-
were voted biggest him, Jenny would have since freshman year. If West High School’s son. Oruglica said,
transformation of the voted Sejdi Orgulica. not her, she thinks that Every year the Se- softball team. Watkins “I am always getting
2019 graduating class. Jenna Roberts Mrs. Nicole Owens has nior class votes for said, “I get hurt a lot, hurt dude.” Orugli-
Jenny said that was voted female big- had the biggest trans- two candidates that and I have had mul- ca thinks that Mason
his biggest transforma- gest transformation. formation since the they believe fit the title tiple sports injures.” McDaniel should have
tion is his personality. Roberts says that her seniors’ freshman year. of Most Accident Prone Oruglica is #30 this title, and Wat-
in their class. This year on the Morristown kins thinks Grayson
the two representatives West High School Horsley should also
are Bailey Watkins football team. Orugli- be considered the
and Sedji Oruglica. ca had a major inju- most accident prone.

Bailey Watkins Sedji Oruglica

More Than Likely To Be ID’d

When ThirtyBY ZACHARY

CHEEK
STAFF WRITER

henever both

Wc a n d i d a t e s
Garret Jenny voted biggest transfor- Jenna Roberts from middle school to ID’d when they are 30, think my ID is fake
they both said they when I buy lottery
mation by senior class. now. were pretty annoyed tickets.” They both
when they got picked. plan on graduating
They both college in the future,
agreed, that they will and Russell says her
(Clark Suttles, Jan- look extremely young parents look young-
Salansky, Wright Best Date to et Russell) found out when they turn 30, er, while Suttles think
Bring Home to Mom and Dad that they were picked with Russell even go- his parents look older.
for than likely to be ing on to say, “they

BY JUSTIN CALL and dad. Salansky stat- “everyone says that I’m
ed “I think I was voted really sweet.” Salansky
MSTAFF WRITER for this superlative be- and Wright possess qual-
atthew Salansky cause of the way I treat ities of being kind, trust-
and Molly Wright everyone around me.” worthy, polite, and being
were voted as best date Wright stated a very respectful person.
to bring home to mom

Janet Russell is found to be most Clark Suttles is also found to have a

likely ID’d when she is 30. young appearance according to the

senior class.

Matthew Salansky Molly Wright Phillips, Blakely Named
Most Spirited
Spradling, Whitehead Voted Most

Likely to Be Late For Graduation BY BROOKLYNN
COLLINS
BY CHARLIE NEILL because I tend to be late not sleeping in for an Senior Daniel Phillips was voted most spirited by
OPINIONS EDITOR to most events, may- extra five minutes, WSTAFF WRITER his peers.
be even graduation.” while Spradling sug- est High seniors
Jamal Spradling Whitehead gested,” set your clocks Daniel Philips Olivia Blakely dressed for a “purge” themed foot-
and Taylor White- thinks that Arianna back to give yourself and Olivia Blakely ball game.
head were voted in Bullington would have time. Upcoming driv- were voted by the se- Philip’s fa- theme while Blakely
by the seniors to be gotten this superlative ers should know it takes nior class to be this vorite theme has al- loved all the themes.
the most likely to be if she did not receive it, countless hours to get years most spirited. ways been the “purge”
late to graduation. and Spradling knows through the car line to Philips stat-
Whitehead be- Zack Young would have the senior parking lot.” ed “I believe I showed
lieves that she was voted gotten it if he of course Spradling be- the most intense pride
this superlative because was not in the running. lieves that there is a as a leader of the stu-
she is always running Whitehead and chance he will be late dent sections and that
late to everything and is Spradling also gave for graduation, while is what set me apart.”
in a rush every time she some helpful advice Whitehead plans to pre- Blakely was voted by
goes somewhere, while for the upcoming un- pare hours in advance her class because she
Spradling commented der classmen. White- in order to not be late. always displays her
that, “I believe that it is head recommended pride for West High.
Philips pre-
Jamal Spradling ,senior, checks to Taylor Whitehead was voted game rituals are the
see if he is late to class. by the senior class as most Trojan train and the cir-
likely to be for graduation. cle pray before football
games. Blakely painted
herself and dressed up
as her pre-game ritual.
Philips and
Blakely think its im-
portant to have school
spirit. Philips stated,
“West high is a part of
you no matter what, so
you might as well be
proud of your school
and show spirit.”

B2 May 2019 Features Features Editor:Tyler Connell

Gair, Britt Voted Best Collins, Chambers

Dressed Trojans Got Talent
BY AMANDA Britt stated “I just from Forever 21 and
MILLER look on Pinterest and takes about an hour talent, only for tar since at least
STAFF WRITER put together outfits on to for her get ready BY TYLER his talent with middle school.
my own.” Britt said that for school. CONNELL the saxophone. She also
This year’s best if she did not get picked Gair got FEATURES EDITOR He also plays the guitar
dressed super- she would have picked voted by the senior plans to contin- very successful-
lative goes to Parker Khirey Stapleton. class as best dressed. Tanner Col- ue his singing ly. She has sang
Gair and Leila Britt. She gets her clothes lins, was vot- and saxophone and played the

ed for the most careers either guitar in the tal-
talented for the through college ent show for the
male. He believes or a profession. past few years.
he was voted this K e n n e d y
due to his talent Chambers was
in singing in the voted most tal-
talent show two ented for her
years in a row. singing. She has
Collins has been singing and
never practiced playing the pia-
for his singing no and the gui-

Senior class voted Parker Gair as Lelia Britt shows off her own
Best Dressed. style.

ADAMS, SPOONE WIN CUTEST
COUPLE SUPERLATIVE

BY TYLER WEBBER
STAFF WRITER

Julia Adams and Daniel Spoon and Julia Adams at 2018-2019 Foot- Tanner Collins, most talented, plays Kennedy Chambers, most
Daniel Spoone, ball homecoming. the Saxophone in marching band. talented, plays the piano.
seniors, were vot-
ed the cutest couple
superlative by the
senior class. They
escorted each other
at 2018-2019 Foot-
ball homecoming.

A&E Editor: Dawson Wood A&E May 2019 B3

BY SHAUNA West Raves For Prom 2019
HONAKER
Prom King and Queen Daniel Spoone and Julia Adams. Shauna Honaker and Mrs. Nicole Owens.
WNEWS EDITOR
est High had
a very suc-
cessful night Satur-
day April 27. There
was a record breaking
number of 600 stu-
dents that attended.
Junior student
council members, vol-
unteers, and many
teachers helped to
decorate the gym after
school. The theme for
prom was Neon. Dan-
iel Spoone and Julia
Adams were crowned
Prom King and Queen.
Principal Jeff
Kinsler said, “While
I know that I left the
building with tired and
aching feet, knees, and
back, I also know that
I left with a heart filled
with pride. Thank you
for making the Trojan
Nation a place that
EVERY student has
an opportunity to par-
ticipate in academics
and in special events,
regardless of their
ethnicity, econom-
ic status, or academic
and physical abilities.”

L-R: Lane Ripley, Emmie Barnett, Brock Henderson, Taylor Simmons, Cannon Morgan, Allice Goodman, Dominick Hazeltine, Mary Hannah Statzer,
Jacob Greene, Emmalee Annee, Jackson Neill, and Chloe Livesay.

Teachers, Students across state tweet

BY AMANDA #Seeitbeit
MILLER
STAFF
WRITER

TDOE (Tennes-
see Depart-
ment of Education)
challenged Amy
Whaley, teacher, The poster used to advertise #seeitbeit.

to campaign about or students to a col- students visited ing tour of ETSU.
something she is lege or career, they LMU- DeBusk C a r r i e
passionate about are encourged to College of Medi- Clowney’s 4th
in education and to put it on twitter cine and tweeted grade class at Al-
get 100 followers in Carrie Clowney’s 4th grade class at with hashtag #See- #seeitbeit with a pha Elementary
one month. Wha- Alpha Elementary skyped with Eric itbeit. Whaley said picture of the stu- had a guest speak-
ley decided to cam- Cain. “It’s hard to know dents in front of the er, Eric Cain, to
paign on getting speaker in the ages all teachers to what you want DeBusk College talk about his job
teachers to expose classroom. She got expose students to to be in life with- sign. as a Sports Writ-
students to ear- 141 followers and early post-second- out seeing it first.” J.F. Kennedy er and talker. He is
ly post secondary 366 likes in that ary opportunities. Examples are: Elementary took a former Carson
opportunities even one month. Anytime teachers This years Health 5th grade to visit Newman Univer-
if it is just a guest Whaley encour- expose a student Science and HOSA and take a walk- sityFootball Player.

beach,baseball,ice cream, swimming,picnic,vacation,sunflower, watermelon, sandcastle, heat, boating, pool
HAPPY SUMMER VACATION

Summer Fun Page
A&E May 2019B4
A&E Editor: Dawson Wood

Sports Editor:Trevor Lovell B5Sports May 2019

Trojans Rock Patriots In Season’s First Meeting

BY ZACHARY
CHEEK
OSWALDO
GUZMAN
ASTAFF WRITERS
pril 1, was
no April
Fool’s day for
the West High
Trojan Base-
ball team as
they played Jef-
ferson Coun-
ty. The Tro-
jans beat the
Patriots 4-3 as
Nate Watson
was the win-
ning pitcher.
Scoring
runs from the Tanner Beaver sets up a swing against the patriots.

Trojans were
Blaine Robin-
son and Tan-
ner Beaver
with one. Jared
Coffey scored
two runs.
Success-
ful hits for the
Trojans were
batted by Wat-
son with one,
Robinson with
one, Mason
McDaniel, and
Kyle Lewis
with one. Cof-
fey possessed
a pair of suc-
cessful hits.
“We bat-
tled hard Nate Watson Batting for the Trojans baseball team
on Monday
knocking off
Jeff by one run
with Kyle Lew-
is playing hero.
Overall we
played a great
game pitching
well and play-
ing great de-
fense through
the game. De-
spite one in-
ning in which
the Patri-
ots scored all
their runs Nate
Britt pitched a
heck of a game
keeping us in Nate Brit pitches to a patriot batter.
a great posi-
tion to battle struggled with opening game. as the inten- plan on tak- a tough con-
back and stay all year. Our Blaine Rob- sity he brings ing the fight ference game.
in the game. upperclassmen inson would to the game.” to Jefferson This group
C o a c h led the charge come in to C o a c h High and play- right here re-
Justin Pickett with their bats shut the door Badacour said ing the type of fits give in es-
said, “Our of- as well as the . He’s been our , “We have a baseball West pecially on
fense was slow intensity they to go coming special group High is used our home turf
to get start- brought which out of the pen this year and to. But overall in front of
ed, which has would lead to during con- we did not play Monday night our families
been some- our late charge ference games to our full po- we found a way and friends .”
thing we had to come back because of his tential Monday to stay in the
and take the stuff as well night so we fight and win

B6 May 2019 Sports Sports Editor:Trevor Lovell

Track Team Races to Top

BY SHAUNA
HONAKER
NEWS EDITOR
JENNI DIAZ
EDITOR
Mor r i s t ow n
West track
team had a meet
Tuesday, April 16.
The boys scored
second and the
girls scored first
out of the nine
schools. Girls re-
ceived a total of
186 points. Boys re-
ceived 164 points.
Many schools
were present during
the track meet.
Jefferson County,
Northview Acade-
my, Cocke County,
East High, Cher-
okee High, Clai- Various schools competing in the 110 meter hurdle race.

borne C o u n t y, triple jump, hur- with the time of the first school to stay more focused placed first in the
Grainger County, dles, meter runs,
and the Tennes- and meter dashes. 41.61 seconds. Fol- have all the runners on what we are do- 400 meter dash. Ka-
The meet lowing Lotivo was complete the race, ing. We need to tie Simonds, junior,
see School for the kicked off with the Irick Blair, fresh- wins first place. feel confident in placed first over-
Deaf all compet- boys 100 meter
ed that afternoon. dash. Garret Jenny, man, placing eighth West won first place ourselves and our all with 1:04.45.
senior, placed ninth with 49.32 seconds. with 3:43.69 in the teammates. We also Girls, as well
The after- with 11.96 seconds. The boys 4x400, and 8:55.40 need to continue to as boys, placed
noon consisted Kristof Loti-
of many events. vo, senior, raced in came in first place in the 8x400. work hard everyday first in the 4x800
the boys 300 me- in the 4x 400 and TJ Cutt, during practice.” meter relay race.
Some events were: ter hurdles and re- 4x800 relay races. sophomore, said, The girls, Overall,
boys and girls shot ceived first place
put, relay races, The relay races con- “We did really good overall did excep- both the boys and
sist of four runners tonight, but we tional at the meet girls did very well
pole vault, high running either 400 could have done Tuesday afternoon. Tu e s d a y night.
jump, long jump,
or 800 meters and better. We need to The girls

Sports Editor:Trevor Lovell B7Sports May 2019

Lady Trojans Ground Eagles in

BY JUSTIN CALL Dominant Show of Power
STAFF WRITER
TYLER CONNELL
FEATURES EDITOR

West High Tro-
jans battled
the Seymour Eagles,
for a conference
match in softball
on March 19, with
a devastating mercy
rule in the fifth in-
ning winning 26 to 9.
The girls
prepared for this
game for months
before the game,
practicing through-
out the season.
Coach
Heather Kelley stat-
ed, “With us just Macy Hefner catches the ball after the hitter decided to let West High softball team celebrates after getting a home run

coming back from a the ball fly by her. against Seymour High.

tournament, it pre- In the first gan to change when With the be- tory in their battle team by the end of
pared us for games inning of the game, the Trojans and Ea- ginning of the third against the Eagles by
like this with tough Seymour led the gles tied 5 to 5. Both inning being tied up, then taking a even the fifth inning’s end.
game 3 to 0 with them teams showed tre- the Trojans decided higher lead 26 to 9. Hefner also
opponents, with taking over the bases mendous effort play- to amp up their of- The game stated, “ The team
Seymour being with a strong start. ing against the other fence by taking the proceeded with the
one of our stron- Their defense held team. But the offense lead 11 to 6 by the same score with the could improve on
their own as well not of the Trojans began end of the inning. umpire ending the their overall field-
gest opponents.” letting the Trojans to show a stronger With the Tro- game with a mercy ing performance,
“We have score at all during rise in performance jans holding the rule. The game ended
been working on our the first inning. evening out the lead 11 to 6 the Tro- due to West having but the team per-
In the second game by the end of jans then decided more than 10 points formed almost per-
hitting and fielding inning, the game be- the second inning. to ensure their vic- higher than their fectly through-
to prepare for the
game” stated Macy out the game.”

Hefner, number 10,
a West High Senior.

West Track and Field West High Softball
Hosts Annual Kyle Suffers Loss Against

Morrell Invitational Jefferson County

BY CHARLIE NEILL PHOTO BY ABIGAIL VAUGHN BY BROOKLYNN Halie King bats for West High.
OPINIONS EDITOR Johnathan Vaughn, Freshman, pole vaults and COLLINS
RICARDO FLORES scores for West Track and Field. AMANDA MILLER

MSTAFF WRITER that allowed Coach Doug WSTAFF WRITERS County continued son County stopped
orristown est High var- their winning streak West from scoring.
We s t for each Trojan Burroughs and sity softball by scoring six points. Senior player
Track Team athlete to place. Stephen Nease team played against
hosted the an- So far, this sea- motivate throw- Jefferson County One of those points Macey Hefner stat-
nual Kyle Mor- April 9 at J.C. Wild being another home ed, “We didn’t do our
rell Invitation- son West track ers. Each coach Park. The final score run. During in- best hitting but our
al on the high has been very dedicates his or was 12-2, adding a ning six, Jefferson defense improved
school track loss to West High’s County scored two from the last time
and field. This successful with- her time with varsity record. more points and playing Jeff County.”
year seven high in their meets. each athlete in During the
schools partic- C o a c h order for the first inning, West West scored another
ipated in hopes was in the lead hold- point. In the
of bringing R a y m o n d team to be an ing Jefferson Coun- last inning, Jeffer-
back the gold. Farmer, head overall success. ty off from scoring
Howev- with effective field
er, the Trojans plays. During in-
fought hard and ning three however,
placed first. luck turned for West
The boys track High when Jefferson
team scored 193 scored a home run
points while with all bases loaded.
the girls scored During in-
195. East, and ning four, Jefferson
Volunte er
High, alongside coach, works on The West
other schools, c o n d i t i o n i n g Track team has
played with sprinters this pulled a suc-
their a-game, season, while cessful year
making this Coach Mary so far, howev-
meet one diffi- Mitchell and er, while the
cult to place in. Rep are coach- season may be
L u c k i l y ing distance coming to an
though, West runners, Coach end , the meets
was well con- Kristy No- are beginning
ditioned and ble and Marsh to become in-
watch over creasingly more
jumping and c o m p e t i t i v e .
hurdles, and

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