CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK Odd Even U U new new T HE T IFTON G AZETTE B B LUE LUE & & The Volume XXI, Issue 4 Tift County High School November 18, 2016 The Tifton Gazette xx Friday 18, 2016 Produced by the TCHS Journalism Class:www.tchsspeakofthedevil.org HITE HITE W W Devils Basketball will host Berrien County tonight in their season opener The Blue Devils Bas- ketball team will host Berrien County Rebels tonight for their season opener, coming off a 97-53 win in their scrimmage against Crisp County last Saturday. The team, under the di- rection of Head Coach Eric Holland, is looking for- ward to another win. “They have had a great overall at- titude at practice,” said Holland. “We have pre- pared for the season by two-a-days all summer and increased [our] intensity with CrossFit. We have more guys that can dribble, pass, and shoot. We also have more leadership, not just from the seniors, but the younger players also,” Holland added. The team is returning ten players and three starters. “The sen- iors have been spending time with the younger players; they are leading by exam- ple. They are showing the younger players how Tift County plays basketball,” said Holland. According to Holland, their strengths going into the first game are their patience and maturity on the court and as a team. Senior Preston Horne who is one of three return- ing starters has a great feel- ing about this year's team. “Knowing my teammates and what they can do are some of our strengths go- ing into the season,” he said and added that he is more ready than ever. “My big brother, DJ Bryant, and Coach Hol- land have pushed me to be the best player I can be on the court and the best man I can be off the court.” Holland said that three of his seniors have emerged as leaders this year: Micah Johnson (#2), Preston Horne (#24), and Fred Lloyd (#1). The team's motto going into tonight's game is “Earn your stripes.” With the team switching from Nike to Adidas this year, they have a new look. Holland is optimistic about the change adding, “With a new brand comes a new opportunity to accomplish an old goal, which is al- ways a State champi- onship.” The Tift County Blue Devils have won two State championships in their his- tory, in 1996 and in 2014. Holland is heading into his 8th season coaching the Blue Devils. He is assisted by Xavier Holmes, Chris Wade, and Anthony Bate- man. TCHS’s debate team participated in last weekend’s Peach State Classic The Tift County De- bate Team traveled to the Peach State Classic in Carrollton, Georgia to compete last weekend. The team was reestablished this year under the guidance of literature teacher Kim- berly Keen. All team members are rookies, with the exception of senior Mary Kathryn Howard. New national topics are released each month. The topic of debate at this tournament was “The loss of privacy due to the internet of things.” The “internet of things” is a term used to describe connectivity between devices to the internet or to other de- vices. The team had rough- ly three weeks to pre- pare. According to Keen eight members traveled to Carroll- ton: one varsity pair consisting of Howard and junior Nykia Griggs and three novice pairs consisting of sopho- more Alyssa Maz- zuchelli and junior Isabel Vo, sopho- mores Noah Miller and Kirsten Flinn, and seniors Jack Strickland and Meredith Lucas. Each pair com- peted in six rounds, and every pair won at least one round. While they did not place, Keen was proud of her students' perform- ance. Many of the schools they competed against have a debate class. “I felt like they were as prepared as they could be for not having a debate class. We were competing against some of the top nationally ranked teams, and I was pleased with our per- formance.” Howard also felt that that the team was well prepared. She said that they split up during practices and conducted individual re- search. Howard felt the debate went well and looks forward to the future of the program. “I hope that after I grad- uate this year, people will like (debate) enough to carry on the team,” she added. While Howard felt they were well pre- pared, Maz- zuchelli wasn't as sure at first but said that she eventually settled in. “After the first debate, I knew what to do. I felt it went great,” said Maz- zuchelli. She adores her debate team, who she views as a family. “You can never stop smiling when you're with them,” she said. She viewed the whole trip as a “great learning experience.” Keen gives much of her gratitude to Dr. Kay- lar Howard, Mary Kathryn's mother. “Dr. Kaylar Howard is an amazing supporter of the debate team. She provides snacks, advice, and moral support, and she sees the benefit of the debate team growing because of what it can do for the students at Tift County.” Keen currently has no plan to travel to weekend tournaments in the future but instead plans to attend local de- bates. Parke Johnson Blue & White Staff On Wednesday, HOSA hosted its annual fall blood drive, collecting nearly 100 units throughout the course of the day. Members and advisers from Skills USA and FC- CLA along with Red Cross Association volunteers, Dr. Tonja Tift, and Cassandra Thomas worked with HOSA to make the drive successful. According to HOSA co-adviser Lynn Blalock, they did not collect as many units as they did at last fall's drive. Blalock said that the Red Cross was shorted handed by five staff members, and as a re- sult they had to turn away about 60 students. “The only way we could have done better was if we had more staff members to draw blood,” said Blalock. “We still had a great turnout,” she added. Because each pint can save up to three lives, Blalock said that the 97 units collected will help tremendously during the upcoming holi- day season. According to Blalock, the TCHS HOSA chapter purposively hosts their drive later in the year to ensure the hospitals have blood on the shelves to supply for the most traveled holiday of the year. HOSA has their next drive sched- uled for April 2017. They hope it will be even better. “I have a very personal con- nection to the blood drive, as my mother was diagnosed with leukemia and the blood that was taken from the students at the blood drive kept her alive for an- other 8 months,” said Blalock. “I am apprecia- tive of ever pint of blood that these students and teachers donate.” Blalock said that she and co-adviser Dena Nelms and the members of HOSA would personally would like to thank every student and teacher that signed up to give. She said they are also appreciative of each of the various club members who volunteered their service to this great cause as well as the Red Cross Association workers. Lastly, she thanks the teachers, administrators and staff members of TCHS for their coopera- tion and support. HOSA hosts their annual fall blood drive, collecting nearly 100 pints for holiday season Senior Aolani Martinez gave blood at this year’s annual fall blood drive. Overall, HOSA collected 97 pints of blood. Connor Stephan Blue & White Staff Alicia Weathersby Blue & White Staff The Tift County High School Debate team traveled to Carrollton to compete in last weekend’s Peach State Classic Debate tournament. Last Saturday, the Georgia 51st AFJROTC hosted their 22nd An- nual Southeastern Re- gional Drill Meet com- petition, earning a total of 5 trophies. They placed 2nd in unarmed exhibition, 3rd in armed inspection drill, 5th in armed color guard and 5th in both armed and unarmed ex- hibition drills. “Even though we didn't come in first over all, we still have heart, and that's what really counts in life,” said senior Cadet Sec- ond Lieutenant William Asante. “If everyone had fun that's the real trophy.” In addition to As- ante, Drill team com- manders included Lieu- tenant Colonel Carmen Springer (senior), Chief Master Sargent Mellisa Rockmore and Master Sargent Michael Smith (juniors), and Senior Airman Seth Hoover (sophomore). The team did have other factors to worry about besides compet- ing. “We hosted this one which is really ex- tra pressure for us,” said Major Peter Can- delario. Not only did they have to worry about the operation of the event, but they had to make sure their teams were prepared. “We have to make sure our teams are in place to get going, so there were a lot of parts and pieces, but we did a great job,” he added. While the task of hosting is laborious, students enjoyed having other teams compete here. “It's always a treat to see what the other schools come up with,” said Senior Air- man Connor McMillan (sophomore). According to Can- delario, the wins were a big accomplishment for the team that is com- prised of several fresh- men, and he commend- ed them for a job well done. “A top notch job to all!” he added. ROTC hosted annual drill meet Saturday Moore takes 3rd in Geography Decathlon On November 15, Jake Moore (sec- ond from the left) placed 3rd in the Ge- ography Decathlon. The Geography Decathlon is hosted by the Optimist Club and the Tift County Foundation for Edu- cational Excellence. The contest is a great opportunity for students to showcase their knowledge about ten areas of geography. First place re- ceives $500; second place receives $250; and third place re- ceives $100. There is qualify- ing round, which leads to a Jeopardy- style final round. Moore said, “I’ve been doing this com- petition for three years, but this one has to be my fa- vorite. The Tiftarea students were really prepared, making the competition fierce.” Moore added, “I ac- tually won in my in- dividual category and then finished 3rd overall, earning me the $100 scholar- ship.” Jessica Gibbs Blue & White Staff
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Volume XXI, Issue 4 Tift County High School November 18, 2016
The Tifton Gazette xxFriday 18, 2016
Produced by the TCHS Journalism Class:www.tchsspeakofthedevil.org
HITEHITEWW
Devils Basketball will host Berrien County tonight in their season opener
The Blue Devils Bas-ketball team will hostBerrien County Rebelstonight for their seasonopener, coming off a 97-53win in their scrimmageagainst Crisp County lastSaturday.
The team, under the di-rection of Head Coach EricHolland, is looking for-ward to another win. “Theyhave had a great overall at-titude at practice,” saidHolland. “We have pre-pared for the season bytwo-a-days all summer andincreased [our] intensitywith CrossFit. We havemore guys that can dribble,pass, and shoot. We alsohave more leadership, notjust from the seniors, but
the younger players also,”Holland added.
The team is returningten players and threestarters. “The sen-iors have beenspending timewith the youngerplayers; they areleading by exam-ple. They areshowing theyounger playershow Tift Countyplays basketball,”said Holland.
According toHolland, theirstrengths goinginto the first gameare their patienceand maturity onthe court and as a team.
Senior Preston Horne
who is one of three return-ing starters has a great feel-ing about this year's team.“Knowing my teammates
and what they can do aresome of our strengths go-
ing into the season,” hesaid and added that he ismore ready than ever. “Mybig brother, DJ Bryant, and
Coach Hol-land havepushed meto be thebest playerI can be onthe courtand the bestman I canbe off thecourt.”
Hollandsaid thatthree of hisseniorshaveemerged asleaders this
year: Micah Johnson (#2),Preston Horne (#24), and
Fred Lloyd (#1).The team's motto going
into tonight's game is“Earn your stripes.” Withthe team switching fromNike to Adidas this year,they have a new look.Holland is optimistic aboutthe change adding, “With anew brand comes a newopportunity to accomplishan old goal, which is al-ways a State champi-onship.”
The Tift County BlueDevils have won two Statechampionships in their his-tory, in 1996 and in 2014.
Holland is heading intohis 8th season coaching theBlue Devils. He is assistedby Xavier Holmes, ChrisWade, and Anthony Bate-man.
TCHS’s debate team participated in last weekend’s Peach State Classic
The Tift County De-bate Team traveled tothe Peach State Classicin Carrollton, Georgia tocompete last weekend.
The team wasreestablished this yearunder the guidance ofliterature teacher Kim-berly Keen. All teammembers are rookies,with the exception ofsenior Mary KathrynHoward.
New national topicsare released each month.The topic of debate atthis tournament was“The loss of privacy dueto the internet ofthings.” The “internet ofthings” is a term used todescribe connectivitybetween devices to theinternet or to other de-vices.
The team had rough-ly three weeks to pre-pare.
According toKeen eight memberstraveled to Carroll-ton: one varsity pairconsisting ofHoward and juniorNykia Griggs andthree novice pairsconsisting of sopho-more Alyssa Maz-zuchelli and juniorIsabel Vo, sopho-mores Noah Millerand Kirsten Flinn,and seniors JackStrickland andMeredith Lucas.
Each pair com-peted in sixrounds, and everypair won at leastone round.
While they did notplace, Keen was proudof her students' perform-
ance. Many of theschools they competedagainst have a debate
class. “I felt like theywere as prepared as theycould be for not havinga debate class. We were
competing against someof the top nationallyranked teams, and I was
pleased with our per-formance.”
Howard also felt thatthat the team was well
prepared. She said thatthey split up duringpractices and conducted
individual re-search. Howardfelt the debatewent well andlooks forward tothe future of theprogram. “I hopethat after I grad-uate this year,people will like(debate) enoughto carry on theteam,” sheadded.
WhileHoward felt theywere well pre-pared, Maz-zuchelli wasn'tas sure at firstbut said that she
eventually settled in.“After the first debate, Iknew what to do. I felt itwent great,” said Maz-
zuchelli. She adores herdebate team, who sheviews as a family. “Youcan never stop smilingwhen you're with them,”she said. She viewed thewhole trip as a “greatlearning experience.”
Keen gives much ofher gratitude to Dr. Kay-lar Howard, MaryKathryn's mother. “Dr.Kaylar Howard is anamazing supporter ofthe debate team. Sheprovides snacks, advice,and moral support, andshe sees the benefit ofthe debate team growingbecause of what it cando for the students atTift County.”
Keen currently hasno plan to travel toweekend tournaments inthe future but insteadplans to attend local de-bates.
Parke JohnsonBlue & White Staff
On Wednesday, HOSAhosted its annual fall blooddrive, collecting nearly100 units throughout thecourse of the day.
Members and advisersfrom Skills USA and FC-CLA along with Red CrossAssociation volunteers, Dr.Tonja Tift, and CassandraThomas worked withHOSA to make the drivesuccessful.
According to HOSAco-adviser Lynn Blalock,they did not collect asmany units as they did atlast fall's drive. Blalocksaid that the Red Crosswas shorted handed by fivestaff members, and as a re-sult they had to turn away
about 60 students.“The only way we
couldhave donebetter wasif we hadmore staffmembersto drawblood,”saidBlalock.
“Westill had agreatturnout,”sheadded.Becauseeach pint can save up tothree lives, Blalock saidthat the 97 units collectedwill help tremendously
during the upcoming holi-day season.
According to Blalock,the TCHS HOSA chapterpurposively hosts theirdrive later in the year to
ensure the hospitals haveblood on the shelves to
supply for themost traveledholiday of theyear.
HOSA hastheir nextdrive sched-uled for April2017. Theyhope it will beeven better. “Ihave a verypersonal con-nection to theblood drive, asmy motherwas diagnosed
with leukemia and theblood that was taken fromthe students at the blooddrive kept her alive for an-
other 8 months,” saidBlalock. “I am apprecia-tive of ever pint of bloodthat these students andteachers donate.”
Blalock said that sheand co-adviser DenaNelms and the members ofHOSA would personallywould like to thank everystudent and teacher thatsigned up to give. She saidthey are also appreciativeof each of the various clubmembers who volunteeredtheir service to this greatcause as well as the RedCross Association workers.Lastly, she thanks theteachers, administratorsand staff members ofTCHS for their coopera-tion and support.
HOSA hosts their annual fall blood drive, collecting nearly 100 pints for holiday season
Senior Aolani Martinez gave blood at this year’s annual fall blood drive. Overall, HOSAcollected 97 pints of blood.
Connor StephanBlue & White Staff
Alicia WeathersbyBlue & White Staff
The Tift County High School Debate team traveled to Carrollton to compete in last weekend’sPeach State Classic Debate tournament.
Last Saturday, theGeorgia 51st AFJROTChosted their 22nd An-nual Southeastern Re-gional Drill Meet com-petition, earning a totalof 5 trophies.
They placed 2nd inunarmed exhibition, 3rdin armed inspectiondrill, 5th in armed colorguard and 5th in botharmed and unarmed ex-hibition drills.
“Even though wedidn't come in first overall, we still have heart,and that's what reallycounts in life,”said senior Cadet Sec-
ond Lieutenant WilliamAsante. “If everyonehad fun that's the realtrophy.”
In addition to As-ante, Drill team com-manders included Lieu-tenant Colonel CarmenSpringer (senior), ChiefMaster Sargent MellisaRockmore and MasterSargent Michael Smith(juniors), and SeniorAirman Seth Hoover(sophomore).
The team did haveother factors to worryabout besides compet-ing. “We hosted thisone which is really ex-tra pressure for us,”said Major Peter Can-delario. Not only didthey have to worryabout the operation ofthe event, but they hadto make sure theirteams were prepared.“We have to make sure
our teams are in placeto get going, so therewere a lot of parts andpieces, but we did agreat job,” he added.
While the task ofhosting is laborious,students enjoyed havingother teams competehere. “It's always atreat to see what theother schools come upwith,” said Senior Air-man Connor McMillan(sophomore).
According to Can-delario, the wins were abig accomplishment forthe team that is com-prised of several fresh-men, and he commend-ed them for a job welldone. “A top notch jobto all!” he added.
ROTC hosted annual drill meet Saturday Moore takes 3rd in Geography Decathlon
On November15, Jake Moore (sec-ond from the left)placed 3rd in the Ge-ography Decathlon.
The GeographyDecathlon is hostedby the Optimist Cluband the Tift CountyFoundation for Edu-cational Excellence.
The contest is agreat opportunity forstudents to showcase
their knowledgeabout ten areas ofgeography.
First place re-ceives $500; secondplace receives $250;and third place re-ceives $100.
There is qualify-ing round, whichleads to a Jeopardy-style final round.
Moore said, “I’vebeen doing this com-
petition for threeyears, but this onehas to be my fa-vorite. The Tiftareastudents were reallyprepared, making thecompetition fierce.”Moore added, “I ac-tually won in my in-dividual categoryand then finished 3rdoverall, earning methe $100 scholar-ship.”
Jessica GibbsBlue & White Staff
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