December 2014

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2 December 2, 2014Student Bio

Ashley [email protected]

Senior Kiele Newton works up to 36 hour weeks with at least 10 being for her own business, Kiwi’s Place.

Her business began with a yard sale. She raised $200 from her sales and de-cided she wanted to invest in a sewing machine, making her one of the better versed 13 year olds in what to do with $200.

Her second purchase was $20 of fab-ric from Walmart. At the time, spending $20 was a lot.

She cut a flower pattern, made it a clip, and wore it in her hair to school. “My friends all had them and more peo-ple wanted them,” said newton. She was then asked by friends and others if she would make them one.

Eventually the demand for Newton’s products was enough for her to begin selling them.

The items she sold became more du-

rable and long lasting, different from her first flower that was cut from an old t shirt.

“Before I would only do the Saturday ma-ket, but now I do 15-18 events,” Newton ex-plained. She described

her first Saturday market, saying she had made a handful of flowers. By the time the market was over, people had bought them all and came back asking for more.

Expanding from her business that began four years ago, Newton now sells brooches, fairy wings, tutus, and hair crowns. She has been able to buy her own car as well as a trailer to haul around merchandise. She hopes to eventually get an online store.

Aside from her business, Newton also works three other jobs.

After school, she works at Peterson Toyota as the business and accounting manager’s assistant, on weekends she works at Firebird Raceway at the con-cession stands and does part time paid modeling on some weekends.

Although business is thriving, New-ton would like to pursue a different career when she goes to college. She hopes to keep her business in the future but it won’t be her main focus.

Senior starts business at age 13 with yard sale

Newton

Cover artist paints mural on downtown bulidingMadalyn [email protected]

“My mom is an artist and she’s been having me draw since I’ve been able to hold a pencil,” said Hailey Jorgensen. She is an active artist and has been from a very young age because of her moth-er’s inspiration.

Jorgensen favorite mediums are pen-cils or graphite. She also likes to use colored pencils and paint. She uses the pencils and graphite to draw portraits which she stated was her favorite thing to do.

“Art relieves a lot of stress. It’s a good way to get my feelings out there. It’s just a fun thing to do, it’s a hobby,” she said.

This is a common feeling among art-ists, and with good reason. Art brings out a lot of feeling and her art definitely expresses that.

Jorgensen has won many awards. The most renowned being the one she won her sophomore year from the Idaho Hu-man Rights Center.

This gave her and a few others the op-portunity to paint a mural on a building downtown.

She also won a first place award with the Idaho Human Rights Center and got best in show her junior year.

Freshman year, Jorgensen won sec-ond place for an Earth Day poster contest and an honorable mention with Hotel 13 for her art. These awards were definitely earned with all her hard work and dedication.

“When I finish a piece, I’ll continue to stare at it and find more flaws, but there are definitely pieces I am proud of,” Jor-gensen said about her art, a standard feeling for all artists of which Jorgensen agreed. Everyone has something they like about things they create.

Art often evokes emotions in people. Especially when one is creating it. “I can get away from whatever is going on around me. When I’m painting I can get away from reality,” Jorgensen said.

Some people make art when they are

stressed, but Jorgensen does art in dif-ferent situations.

She said, “I like to paint when I feel inspired and I don’t like to do it when I have a time restraint. I like to do it when I’m in the right mind set.”

StaffHead Honchos:Editor-in-Chiefs: Harmony Soto, Joy WilsonAssistant to the Adviser: Jacob FletcherPhoto Manager: Kassie GillespieAdvertising Manager: Amanda WesterText Editors: Harmony Soto, Joy WilsonWeb Editor: Edward Dunn and SageRogersGraphic Designer: Joy WilsonEditorial Cartoonist: Monica Alder

Page Editors:Cover: Joy WilsonStudent Bio: Ashley SagreroNews: Jacob FletcherOpinion: Harmony Soto and Madalyn ParrishLife: Ashlee GillespieDouble Truck: Harmony Soto and Joy WilsonSports: Amanda WesterF&G: Hana Krogness

Staff Photographers:Kassie Gillespie and Ashley Sagrero

Writers: Kaylie Mayer, Aurora Wellington, andCarter SpjuteAdviser: Michelle Harmon

“Before I would only do Saturday market but now I do 15-18 events

per year.”

Senior Kiele Newton

The Borah Senator 3Opinion

Staff Editorial

Throughout one’s journey in high school, one word seems to be ringing repeatedly in each student’s ears: college. Which then becomes apart of a string of endless questions, ‘Where are you going to college?, ‘What are you going to study in college?,’ ‘Have you applied to or visited colleges yet?’

These questions seem to turn into nuisances and create annoyance within ourselves rather than understanding. But when approached with these questions, are we as high school students truly annoyed, or are we scared for our futures ourselves?

It can be a terrifying reality knowing that you will soon be leaving home to attend college, and having to deal with the real world and any challenge presented will become an actuality. Pay-ing bills, having a job, studying, and being self sufficient in general.

When presented with questions about college and what we’re doing with our future, it can be easy to try and shut them out.

This can be stemmed from the fear that we, as high school students, don’t even know the answer to those questions or if we are even ready

to take them on and answer them. To avoid the stress of reality, we exemplify the idea that if it’s out of sight, it’s out of mind.

Growing up makes us realize that we are going to have to take on responsibilities that many of us may not have experienced before. College brings a lot of pressure, and for any high school student, it is uncharted territory.

Always having people ask questions

about our future can seem like nagging because it reminds us of our fears and we want to avoid reality as much as we can, but really most of the time it’s be-cause they genuinely care, or are scared for us themselves.

The reality of growing up and becoming a college student can spark a fear in any high school student, but whether we choose to acknowledge the fear or not, is up to us.

College strikes fear in graduating students

Harmony [email protected]

Fresh from her surprise win to become Idaho’s new Superintendent of Public Instruction, Sherri Ybarra is having a bit of trouble acknowledging exactly what position she has just claimed.

“I want to give a huge thank you to all of my supporters in Idaho for the most humbling experience of my career and life,” wrote Ybarra in a prepared state-ment issued Nov. 5. “I am honored and proud because they have entrusted me with the position of Chief of Schools and I will do everything I can to defend that trust.”

Yes, you read that correctly. Ybarra called herself “Chief of Schools,” and went to the trouble of capitalizing that out-of-the-blue title to make sure that we know how to address her from now on.

Ybarra’s campaign was defined by a

series of high-profile stumbles regard-ing her education, nonexistent voting record, and plagiarism scandal. Yet the Mountain Home educator won by more than 5,000 votes. This was Jones’ sec-ond attempt to run for superintendent of public instruction. She previously lost to Tom Luna, who has held the office since 2007 but announced his re-tirement this year, opening the door to the run-off between Ybarra and Jones. After so many campaign missteps, it was predicted by the Twin Falls Times-News editorial board that Ybarra would face a substantial challenge from Jones in the November elections.

Because after all, it seemed unlikely that the citizens of Idaho would vote for a person who was rather sketchy about her educational record, to be apart of state leadership on education. It seemed even more unlikely that they would choose someone who admitted to com-mitting plagiarism, one of the greatest

sins a student in the public education system can commit, to the be the one to lead Idaho’s schools into success.

Welcome all to the Sheri Ybarra era.

New ‘chief of schools’ plagiarizes to win elections

Aurora [email protected]

It isn’t uncommon to hear the phrase “Merry Christmas,” in the holiday season. Yet that might be considered offensive to someone who doesn’t celebrate Christmas.Wouldn’t “Happy Holidays,” be a better way to wish everyone a great holiday season without potentially offending anyone? Or is “Merry Christmas,” considered offensive?

“I just love all of the Holidays!” said junior Sufian Salman. Al-though he doesn’t celebrate it, he is not offended by the phrase “Merry Christmas.”

Salman doesn’t have any holi-days that fall in the month of December for his religion.

Sophomore Yanu Rimal says that she isn’t offended by the phrase “Merry Christmas,” either. She appreciates any holiday for it’s own value. She also does not cel-ebrate any holidays in the month of December.

Sophomore Jacob Parker cel-ebrates Christmas. In his opinion, it’s all about giving, being close with friends and family, and ul-timately having fun. “‘Merry Christmas,’ isn’t offensive, it’s just a holiday,” said Parker.

The winter season is about ap-preciating each holiday for it’s own value. Greetings should be specific to each person and the holiday they celebrate, not over generalized.

The holiday season isn›t just about Christmas, but that doesn›t mean saying “Merry Christmas” is offensive.

Most holidays are about celebrating, appreciating what you have like, family and friends and enjoying cultural differences, they aren’t really about the titles and preconceptions that go along with them.

“Merry Christmas,” and “Happy Holidays,” aren’t interchangeable, but you shouldn’t worry too much about holding your tongue around people who celebrate any differently than you.

Happy Holidays vs Merry Christmas

Editorial Cartoon by Monica Alder | [email protected]

Page Editor’s Note:

You may find parts of this article simil-iar to previous articles written by George Prentice for the Boise Weekly. We could apologize and say that this is a mistake on part of the Borah Senator Staff, but if our new state superintendent was able to get away with it, is it even worth it?

To our State Leadership: Remember, the students of Idaho do pay attention to the examples you’re setting.

4 December 2, 2014News

By Joy [email protected]

“Lots of people had the idea, but they couldn’t make it come to frui-tion,” said Psychology Club Advisor Manny Varela. Founders Justin Ur-ban and Jaicey Owens brought the first time club to Borah this year.

According to Varela, it’s a student run organization hugely focused on psychology. “A lot of people are in-terested, and they don’t have time to take my class, or do, and want to get in deeper,” said Varela.

The club won’t be lightly cover-ing a lot of different topics like they have to in class at times said Varela. “There’s just so much material,” he said. “I want people to have a place to come and have a buzz about psy-chology.”

He said his goal for the club is to get people to have a deeper passion for psychology. “I want people to feel like they’ve gained more than they can from my class, and walk away with a fire burning in them.”

“Our goal is to kick things off

since this is the first year of the club and we, us seniors, want to build and provide a solid foundation for the subject that we are all extremely interested in,” said club member Jennifer Turner. “I’m a big psych per-son, so joining the club was never really a question I guess. It was all in the matter of there actually being a club to join,” she said.

The students are excited about the activities they have in the works, said Varela. They want to bring in guest speakers, and are especially inter-ested in conducting research. “We’re going to pick a topic, research it, and get together to discuss cool psych concepts like serial killers,” he said.

“We are going to be analyzing some previous-- and even conducting our own--thought out social psych ex-periments, and participating in some various community service projects,” said Turner.

There are no prerequisites to join-ing Psychology Club, said Varela. “We just want people who are actu-ally interested in psychology, people with a natural interest.”

New club advances minds, gathers students together

By Kassie [email protected]

Belegarth is a full contact medieval sport that students at Borah are trying

to turn into a club. It isn’t just practiced here, it is found all over the nation. Fighters organize events with upwards of 600 people participating in the fights.

The most famous is the War for the Ring where they split up into groups and fight. Last year it was held at Prado Regional Park.

The fighters take it very seriously and it’s an honor based sport focusing on teamwork, skills and personal im-provement. The fighters in the Borah community practice in the field by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints next door.

Practices are organized by senior Kai-dyn Kravetz, however there is no formal leader of the group. At this point, they are trying to turn this group of fighters into an official club here at Borah.

They have received 27 signatures from fighters looking for an extra cur-ricular activity. Donald Drobny, debate teacher, is considering being the advisor for the club on the condition that it is a mostly student run club.

Anyone is welcome to join. Currently, Borah has a core of 15 dedicated fight-ers that are here every Tuesday and Wednesday. Most days there are 20 to 25 fighters show up. However, any student interested in joining should wait until it warms up again. During winter, they will take a break unless they can find an indoor practice area.

If you join, there is a set of group weapons that anyone can use and there are plenty to go around.

The referees are very strict about how the weapons are made so it’s easiest

to use the ones already provided. Bel-egarth is a sport with clearly defined rules and plenty of physical activity.

“It’s a physical challenge just like any other sport. It’s the same kind of enjoy-ment you get from football. You prove that you are better than the other play-ers. You feel triumphant,” Kravetz said.

Some of the students that participate go to events together and team up. The ultimate goal is for this to become an intramural sport that will hold fights between local high schools according to Kravetz.

The first step is getting clubs set up at each school that is interested. From there they could set up battles and prac-tice together.

They are excited to bond and show off their skills.

Medieval fighters battle for members“You prove that you are better

than other players. You feel

triumphant.”

Senior Kaidyn Kravetz

By Sage [email protected]

For some, the pressure of an intense, fact-based argument can be stressful, but for one novice sophomore and vet-eran junior, debate is very enjoyable.

Sophomore Natalie Willoughby and junior Patrick Fitzgerald are both in de-bate this year and concur that the class is worth taking. Fitzgerald is on the varsity team and this is his second year participating. For Willoughby, she is a first year novice.

Debate offers training for a variety of things, from speech fluency to politi-cal education. For Fitzgerald, he joined debate because he wanted to better his public speaking ability, and further im-prove his debate skills.

Fitzgerald commented, “I joined de-bate because my speech teacher said I was great at speaking fluently and that I should refine and further my skills in debate.” Fitzgerald has competed in 10 tournaments so far, and said he com-petes in tournaments every few weeks.

Willoughby, on the other hand, joined debate to prepare herself for law school. She has competed in two tournaments including the Meridian Novice and the Rocky Mountain Tournament. Her tour-

nament record is 5-3.In debate class, students prepare their

topics, and spend time developing cases for both sides of the argument. They mostly focus on casework, and practice their debates and speeches in class.

“Preparation is the name of the game in debate,” said Fitzgerald.

He claimed that one of the most chal-lenging things about debate is putting in the time and effort to make a good case. Most of the topics assigned in de-bate either consist of social or political issues.

For Willoughby, the challenging part about debate is having to refute an ar-gument that hasn’t been heard before; Willoughby said, “sometimes lying is better than not saying anything in de-bate.”

Both agree on the joy of winning.Fitzgerald said, “Verbally destroying

someone in rounds is fun! Losing sucks though.” Fitzgerald has made it to finals multiple times during tournaments and he said he aims to win the state tourna-ment this year.

Fitzgerald said, “I have never got-ten any more out of a class than I have from debate in my school career. I have learned so much and I strongly recom-mend taking it.”

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By Kaylie [email protected]

College is stressful. How do I apply for scholarships? What should I major in? What do I look for in a college? But the real, more important question is: DC or Marvel?

Did you know that DC stands for De-tective Comics? Well, now you do! DC Entertainment was originally founded in 1934, debuting Action Comics #1. DC features such superheroes as Su-perman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and the Justice League. Also including antagonists like Lex Luther,Joker, Professor Zoom, and Sin-

estro.Did you know that Marvel first

started out as Timely Productions in 1939? Starring protagonists such as Spiderman, the X-Men, Wolverine, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America and villains such as the Green Goblin, Doc-tor Octpus, Doctor Doom, Loki, and the Red Skull.

There are those that wear superhero logos that dont even know much about the Comic industry. Well, let›s get them educated.

In 2013 Marvel occupied a 33.5% share of the comics market, while DC holds a 30.33% share. Marvel›s first

superhero team was, none other than, The Fantastic Four.

Now the answer: DC vs Marvel? Marvel and DC are like Coke and Pep-si, to the layperson. You immediately start to wonder «What if A met B and they fought, who would win?» DC and Marvel›s rivalry has been a relatively friendly one, with very little tension between companies.

Competition is good and both com-panies realize that. One just hates when the other is more successful at something.

Thanks to animated cartoond and blockbuster films, the characters are

much more well-known now than in recent decades. Each company›s char-acters have settled into their place in history and our hearts.

DC really kicked comic books into high gear by starting the Silver Age.Marvel really kicked comic books into high gear by taking advantage of the Silver Age.

DC created hundreds of new charac-ters while revamping old ones. Marvel created hundreds of new characters, the likes of which we had never seen before.

So the question still remains, for years to come. Who is really better, DC or Marvel?

By Hana [email protected]

Every Superhero has his coun-terpart, whether its Spiderman and Venom from Marvel comics or Super-man and Lex Luther from DC comics.

Although both heroes and vil-lains possess powers it’s how they use them that defines them as either a protagonist or an antagonist char-acter.

Often a villain wants to inflict wickedness by acting upon crime sprees that consist of holding hostag-es or trying to inflict pain on a certain group of people.

Villains often tend to have gone through a traumatic experience at a young age that dictates what how they choose to use their powers.

Magneto had a tough upbringing he was beat up by his peers as a child and was even expelled from school. Max (Magneto’s birth name) spent his teen years imprisoned at the Ver-nichtungslager, a detention camp in Aushwitz, where he saw his father get killed.

This may not justify his actions but it does provide reason to why he be-come a Super Villain.

The super villains of Marvel Com-

ics and DC Comics have similar characteristics which helps define the true meaning of a super villain.

Most super villains are accom-panied by a superhero to allows a good/bad dynamic, but that isn’t necessarily the truth. Not all villains are “evil.”

The Joker, for example, who commits violent acts just for entertainment, does actually have a purpose.

He is molded by his interpretation of life and chaos, and gambles his life on a coin as he puts his gun in the hands of Harvey Dent.

Although he seems pure devilish he is demonstrating that anything can change in a mere second.

The meaning of a villain is a grey area, because the protagonist doesn’t have a purpose without his antago-nist.

The varieties of super villains and their purposes makes defining them difficult, but they all appear to be cre-ated from trying prove the injustice that occurs in the world.

Villians serve a purpose. Whether it’s trying to prove that everyone is evil destroying what has been evil to them in the past, they are a part of what make superheroes super.

Superheroes

An ancient question puzzles generations: DC or Marvel?

Unmasking the villians

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By Harmony [email protected]

For every main character there’s always a supporting character, and thus, for every superhero there’s a sidekick.

According the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a sidekick is “a person closely associated with another as a subordinate or partner.” They’re typ-ically created as a plot device used to give the story a more lighthearted tone, or to give more insight to the main character.

The most notable sidekick of them belongs to DC comics: Robin the Boy Wonder. Robin made his first debut in 1940, when Batman took in young circus acrobat Richard Dick Grayson after his parents were murdered by a mobster in a freak trapeze accident. This also marked the first creation of a comic book teenage sidekick.

Robin isn’t the only DC sidekick, however. Shortly after Robin’s cre-ation came Speedy in 1941, ward of Green Arrow; and Kid Flash in 1959, nephew of modern Flash Barry Allen. Modern incarnations of Super-boy and Wondergirl wouldn’t appear until the 1990’s.

Marvel comics is not without their

own sidekicks. However, unlike DC, all Marvel sidekicks create their own individual identity from the start.

Most Marvel sidekicks have found themselves with Captain America, who’s had a total of five sidekicks as of 1994.

Bucky, or James Buchanan Barnes, is perhaps Captain America’s best known sidekick. Heavily inspired by Robin, Bucky appeared in 1941 as an orphaned teenager who sneaks into the military and befriends Ste-ven Rogers. He walked on in him changing into his Captain America suit, and insisted that he join him as a sidekick. After a battle with the Red Skull together, Captain America reluctantly agrees.

After Bucky comes Sam Wilson, the Falcon, in 1969. Wilson’s ap-pearance marked the first time an African-American superhero ap-peared in mainstream comics.

Captain America’s other side-kicks include Free Spirit, Jack Flag, and Demolition Man. Other Marvel sidekicks include the Human Torch’s fire-eating friend Toro in 1940, Nick Fury’s right-hand-man Dum Dum Duggan in 1963, and Wolverine’s firework-sprouting partner Jubilee in 1989.

By Amanda [email protected]

With films like Marvel’s “The Avengers,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy”drawing global atten-tion and unprecedented box office numbers, it raises the question, what is it that makes these movies so successful?

Some would assume that it’s the A-list casts they have playing in these movies, the immense bud-gets, or the high-quality visual effects that fueled these broad au-

dience spectacles. Based on so many high-profile

disappointments of late, it should be clear that nothing could be tak-en for granted.

A major contributor to the comic book-based movie success is that the stories are already so popular.

For decades people have been engrossed in the stories of Super-man and his alter ego Clark Kent that fans love seeing their favorite characters brought to life.

People also love to follow along side their favorite hero on their

journey. A strong and high-concept, char-

acter-driven story and a “Hero’s Journey” is in the DNA of every major comic book movie success.

Of course, there are many other external factors at play, including casting, marketing and a director’s ability to deliver a unique perspec-tive.

Comic books also provide an alternate reality. They allow us to escape the world we’re living in now and for two hours we can slip into Gotham city and experience

Bruce Wayne’s exciting life as Bat-man.

And again, this of course isn’t the only reason why comic book movies are so successful, but no one wants to watch a movie on a life they are already living.

Comic book movies have been surprising the box offices for years.

Some would say their is a “secret formula” they follow, but if you factor in the high demand of comic books, and the cast, and budget their success isn’t much of a sur-prise.

Superheroes

Sidekicks save the day

If anybody will make it in Hollywood, Superman will

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The Borah Senator 9Life

By Madalyn [email protected]

You get a few letters in the mail throughout the week, each of them tell-ing you you’ve been accepted into the colleges you thought would be inter-esting to attend. You spend a few days ecstatic about your accomplishment, but then it sets in.

What do you do now? Students struggle with figuring out

what they are supposed to do once they have been accepted into college. Career counselor Josh Ritchie provides some insight on what to do when you are over the hump of getting accepted.

“The first thing you need to do is read all the information the colleges that have accepted you send. It will provide valuable information about scholarships within the school and additional things you might need to apply for,” Ritchie said.

College has become a large factor in debt for students, but there are ways to make money for college. One way is to ask family for money.

“Sophomores reading this should keep their grades up to earn schol-arships but seniors should look for opportunities the college offers,” Ritchie stated.

Financial opportunities provided by colleges include scholarships and com-petitions that provide a money reward.

Every student should be looking for scholarships. They are the most fool proof way of making money for college and sometimes your parents work offers scholarships.

As far as housing goes, the recommen-dation is to live on campus to get a taste of what college life is like and how to get around. There are also ways to make ar-rangements with family and friends for apartments and to live at home.

The most important aspect for Borah students to remember about the applica-tion process is, “No matter what college you get into, it will be a great one. No college is a bad college as long as it fits your needs,” emphasized Ritchie.

Another aspect to remember is Ritchie is always available to help further when it comes to college and your career.

Steps to follow once accepted into college

New teachers share what makes Borah enjoyable, unique to them

“I taught at a junior high before, so there’s definitely a big maturity jump,

and there’s a lot more facial hair.”

Social Studies Teacher Brad Peachey

“The math department is awesome.”

Math Teacher Laura Boulton

By Ashlee [email protected]

As the holiday season approaches, so do some of Boise’s most famous annual events. Up your holiday spir-it by attending one of these festive gatherings.

Winter Garden aGlow is a celebra-tory event that sparks the holiday spirit and kicks off the winter fes-tivities. It takes place in Boise’s Idaho Botanical Gardens and began Nov. 27 and will end Jan. 4.

This is its 17th annual winter dis-play of nearly 270,000 sparkling lights arrayed and illuminated throughout the garden.

The gardens are open during Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve, and New Year’s Day through rain, snow, or shine.

Zoo Boise is hosting a Claus ‘N’ Paws event on Dec. 6. There will be live local musical groups perform-ing throughout the day, the chance to meet Santa Claus for photo opportu-nities, and admission is free.

Donations can be made at the Santa meet and greet and all proceeds go toward funding zoo programs.

To get the true “Christmas in the City” vibe, spending your holiday evenings at The Village in Meridian is the way to go.

An ice skating rink is available to the public and opened Nov. 15 and will close Feb. 22. Santa Claus will also be making an appearance at The Village.

The Village will also be decorated with Christmas lights, displays, and a lit tree.

Finish off the holiday season by going to the New Year’s Idaho Potato Drop. This will be the second annual display of a 17 foot long lit-up potato that is lowered from a new drop lo-cation in the cross section of 8th and Main before midnight in Downtown Boise.

This event was first introduced for the 2014 New Year and promises to be bigger and better this year. There will also be a firework display to cap off 2014 and ring in the New Year.

Tis’ the season to attend annual winter events, spark holiday spirit

“This is my first year teaching and it’s totally new. Everyday is a new

adventure.”

Math Teacher Amy Nemeth

10 December 2, 2014Sports

By Amanda [email protected]

Wrestling experienced a really good season last year according to coach Bill West. “They took second at state as a team and we had three state champs and three people who took second,” he said. Every wrestler who placed at state is back again for this years season.

Dorian and DeVaughn Sapien are twin seniors who have both been wres-tling since the age of six. “Our dad was our biggest influence,” Dorian men-tioned.

Do said that the reason he likes wrestling so much is because it is an in-dividual sport. “I don’t have to depend on anyone.” For DeVaughn, he likes that he gets to travel and meet new people along the way.

The Sapien twins also mentioned how it has become a life style for them. They are both a part All Star Wrestlers for team Idaho, and are practicing with the Junior Olympics.

They have been by each others sides since they began wrestling, and they have become each others biggest com-petition.

“We also cheer each other on,” said

DeVaughn. “We’re each others coaches when our real ones aren’t around.”

Dorian placed first at state last year making it his second state title, and DeVaughn placed second. One of DeVaughn’s goals for this year is to get

a third state title. Peter Huntsman, sophomore, will

begin his second year on the varsity wrestling team this season. He started wrestling at the age of four. He placed first at state last year but it was not the

biggest competition he has ever won. Huntsman won the Rollie Lane tour-

nament which hosts teams from district 5A through 2A, teams from Oregon, Washington, and a few other states ac-cording to Huntsman.

Huntsman also has the chance to be the first Borah wrestler to win state all four years of high school. “I feel a lot of pressure knowing that,” said Hunts-man. Outside of wrestling Huntsman will play football, and outside of school he does a little bit of club wrestling.

Coach West is extremely proud of his team. “They are a group of kids who have a passion,” said West.

His expectations for this year is for his team to do as well as they did last year. “I want us to be in the running again,” said West. He also mentioned that “any-thing you want to achieve you have to work hard for.”

West wants to create a program that kids can be proud of, give them the same experience he has had, and to help them reach their potential. Hunts-man said that what is great about Borah wrestling is how hard the coaches make you work. West wants his boys to al-ways remember to work harder than their opponents.

Wrestling sets expectations high

By Joy [email protected]

Cheer has undergone many changes this season from new administrators and coaches to an entirely new class structure. In addition to these changes, the team has also decided against com-peting this season.

“The changes that have been made are not necessarily bad, just very differ-ent,” said senior captain Sarah Keeth. “Everyone on our varsity squad is a returner from last year, so the changes are hard to cope with at times, but we understand and acknowledge that our coaches, advisers, and administration have our best interest at heart,” said Keeth.

One of the changes the Cheer team has experienced is an increased involvement on the part of the school’s administra-

tion. They have asked that the squad focus more on building school spirit and less on being a competition team, a part of the reason they have decided against competing this season.

The team also received a new coach this year, Korrin Rue. “Whenever a new coach comes along to any team it has a major impact. We love our coaches and are just very thankful that they are ded-icated to our team. Each practice, game, and event we improve and learn more about one another and can have a better understanding of their expectations and things we can both improve on,” said Keeth.

The class dynamic is another altera-tion to the Cheer team this year. For example, the number of sporting events they’ve attended, promoting games, and wearing their uniforms on specified days are all play a role in their grades.

“We are so much more involved with the school this year,” said Keeth.

In addition to focusing on schools spirit, the cheer teams’ decision to not compete this sea-son was based in their inability to attend the first few competitions before the finals. The team felt un-prepared for the competition, and decided that com-peting would not be best for them this season. “That is like asking our boys foot-ball team to go to state without playing any oth-

er games the whole season,” said Keeth. She added that the team will be back to competing next year, hopefully stronger than ever.

Cheer undergoes challenging changes

Photo provided by Hal CoburnCheerleading shows their pride for varsity football against Rocky Mountain on Oct. 10.

Photo by Kassie Gillespie | [email protected] works hard on warm ups duirng practice to strengthen up for their first meet on Dec. 5.

The Borah Senator 11Sports

By Amanda [email protected]

Eric Thrift has been a part of varsity football and wrestling for four years now. Although his favorite sport is wrestling he still has had some cherish-ing memories with football. He said that the brotherhood with his team mates outside of football was what had kept him motivated through the years.

Thrift said that the reason he loves wrestling so much is because it’s an individual. “I’m more of an individual person, so I just fit better with wres-tling.” Thrift said his favorite memory was winning Grapple for the Granite his sophomore and Junior year. “We have a

chance for a 3-peat which is amazing because the longest we’ve ever kept is for two years,” said Thrift.

Thrift went to state last season for wrestling and took 2nd in his weight class. “I fought hard and never gave up,” said Thrift about his experi-ence at state. “I felt like I was better than my opponent and I wrestled like it, I just got the short end of the stick.”

Other goals that Thrift has for the up-coming season is to get the pin record. “I got 26 last year but I want to beat it which I will need 28 this year. I also

want to win the tournament in Reno.” Something that Thrift will do for

luck is wear mismatched socks. “I wear one Nike and one Adidas sock. I started it my sophomore year after I won the Red Halverson tournament when I accidentally wore two differ-ent color socks, so I decided I would just wear one Nike and one Adidas every match.”

Thrift also said he would love to continue wrestling in college but if he was offered a football scholarship he would definitely take it. “My dream school is the University of Iowa because Dan Gable is still the coach there.”

Dan Gable is a retired American Olympic wrestler and head coach. As

coach for University of Iowa (UIowa) he won 16 NCAA team titles between 1976 and 1997. Thrift described him as “inspi-rational” and he is the main reason why Thrift wants to attend UIowa.

Thrift also wants to wrestle professionally. “My dream is to be a professional athlete, and to wrestle in the Olympics.”

He also mentioned that his mom is his biggest inspiration for wrestling. “She loves coming to my games and matches. She also has MS (Multiple sclerosis) so I could lose her at anytime.”

Whether it’s in practice, before a match, or down in the weight room, Thrift said his motto has always been, “go hard or go home.”

Thrift

Athlete of the month: Eric Thrift

By Carter [email protected]

The boys’ soccer team experienced a “poor” performance at state tour-nament this year according to one of the senior captains, Eldin Cvrk. “We weren’t really connected as a team, and we were outplayed,” Cvrk stated. When asked about his experience, he responded “this was my third time at state tournament, and I felt like I got to know all the kids a lot better.”

The team went into the tourna-ment as the second seed, and after a 2-1 loss in their first round game to Mountain View, there seemed to be mixed emotions around the team. “The Seniors were upset,” Cvrk said.

The team also suffered a 1-0 defeat against Idaho Falls in its consolation game, officially ending a chance for them to place in state. “It was upset-ting, we had such a strong season and to end like that, I’m not going to lie, it’s disappointing,” said fellow senior captain Griffin Mullin. “I had fun though, and I know my teammates did too, which is all that matters in

the end,” Mullin added. While it may seem to be a dif-

ficult outcome for some of the seniors on the team, sophomore Michael Bisagno still has two years of eligibility left. When asked about the teams overall performance, Bisagno stated, “we performed decently overall, we just didn’t show up to win. We showed up to play with our feet, but we didn’t show up to play with our hearts.” I look forward to the next years season here at Borah and seeing me and others around me improve and have an amazing time like we all did this year” Bisagno noted. The success for next year’s season depends on “the need to work more as a team, than individuals” said Bisagno.

With a much younger team hanging in the balance for next season, they players hope to rely on teamwork to help their success. However, losing a very talented senior lineup from this year will leave a lot of empty holes that need filling.

Boys soccer reflects on their time at state

By Carter [email protected]

Boys’ basketball is about to tip-off the season with four re-turning juniors from last years squad.

The Lions hope to return to the state championship game for the fourth straight year. However, with a strong senior class depart-ing last year, including former Gatorade player of the year, Isa-iah Wright, there are many gaps that need to be filled. “By having younger class-men on the team, they can step up and help replace the departing seniors,” said head coach Cary Cada. He also wants the team to abide by the team slogan “Wanting to have a better practice tomorrow than we did today.” Another team goal is to qualify for state tournament at the end of the season.

This years team is much young-er than the teams in the past, with a limited amount of seniors, some of the younger players will

have to fill in. “A lot of rebuilding from what we had last year,” said ju-nior Jake Paulin, one of the returning players from last year.

In order to replace last years se-niors, “the returners need to step up,” Paulin added. When asked about goals for this season Paulin respond-ed “We want to make it to state.”

The lions will be missing a big piece of the offense with dynamic scorer Isaiah Wright gone, but Junior guard Deandre Jones is ready to fill the void. “We are missing the best player in the state, so we need to play more as a team,” Jones said.

When asked about his expectations for the season, Jones said “I hope to make 1st team all SIC (Southern Idaho Conference), but the biggest challenge will be rebounding with smaller players.”

The Lions hope to be successful by playing as a team, but the big adjust-ment will be playing with a younger team than last year, but experienced group of players. They opened the season at home against Caldwell on Nov. 29.

Boys basketball sets goals for new season

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