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“It’s probably my actual best friend. I’ll go ahead and say that it’s my lifeline to the outside world,” said Carson Evans (12).

What object could elicit such a response? Well, it’s probably what’s in your hand or on top of your desk right now: a smartphone.

Today’s teenagers are among the first generation to

grow up with access to smartphones. Most of Generation Z, appropriately called the iGeneration, cannot remember a time without access to cell phones, the Internet or social media. But, what sort of impacts can that have on a gen-eration?

In many ways, current teenagers are in less physical danger than any generation before them, and it’s because of smartphones. According to the article “Have Smart-phones Destroyed a Generation?” by Jean M. Twenge, they are less likely to get into car accidents and drink alcohol—all because they’d rather be online.

But, there is a flipside to what seems like a positive gen-erational change.

Phone addiction can cause problemsStudents pose during lunch to illustrate students spending time on their phones. This is how many students spend their lunch at SHS.

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This year, The Booster staff decid-ed to come out with a brand new lay-out to attract more readers and make the newspaper look more appealing to high school students. The new lay-out consists of bigger pictures, color on specific pages, different themes and unfortunately less space. Due to the loss of space, we plan to keep our website updated with recent news, sports, opinion and feature stories.

Last year, the company that print-ed our papers closed their doors which left us with no option but to find a new printer; in order to keep the SHS student body informed we had to take this route. This new printing company had many differ-ent sizing options, and the staff de-cided a smaller paper would be more beneficial for our school.

Now, instead of a traditional news-paper, our staff will be publishing a modern day news-magazine. Our staff has worked very hard to make this newspaper more graphically appealing and focus on the student body.

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News Opinion SportsFeaturesSenior Corner: If you are a senior, check this out for im-portant information and dates

Safety Simulation: “On Thursday Sept. 13, students can expect to go on a lock-down drill..”

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Resource Officer: “The Boost-er staff would like to thank the SCSD2 School Board..”

Assumptions: “In the last few months I’ve realized a few things. One, I don’t want to grow up..”

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Fishing: “Scottsburg High School has reeled in a new ac-tivity for students..”

Food Choices: “There are not any written rules for what you should and really shouldn’t eat before a game..”

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Senior Couch: “Anytime a tradition is carried on, it sparks two things..”

Subscription Boxes: “Stitch Fix subscribers recieve cloth-ing items based on they build..”

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News 3Meet the newbies at SHS

Jeff Cox

Mr. Jeff Cox is the new High Schools That Work Principal.

Jacob Dunn

Mr. Jacob Dunn is the new HSTW special education teacher.

Brian Wichman

Mr. Brian Wichman is the new HSTW engineering, construction trades teacher.

Alisha West

Ms. Alisha West is a new HSTW math teacher.

Leah Belleville

Ms. Leah Belleville is the new New Tech math teach-er.

Jason Cox

Mr. Jason Cox is the new New Tech science teacher.

Sara Neville

Ms. Sara Neville is the new HSTW FACS teacher.

Anna Hall

Ms. Anna Hall is the new HSTW agriculture teacher.

Laura Hough

Ms. Laura Hough is a new HSTW special education teacher.

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Guidance meets with students to review transcripts, credits and diploma types.

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1. Morgan Newman (10) yells in excitement while she plays corn hole at the homecoming bonfire. 2. Isabelle Duckwall (12) pops a water balloon over Macy Colson (12). 3. The Bros-in-Bows cheer team performed at halftime during the powderpuff tournament. The highlight from the night was when Mark Hays (12) and Bailen Brown (12) managed to succesfully pull off the famous Dirty Dancing lift. 4. Students gathered around the bonfire and listened to music while tailgating with their friends. 5. Duckwall seeks revenge on Isabella Brewster (12) by squeezing a water balloon over her head. 6. Jaylah Mays (11) runs to get a touchdown with the football while the opposing team tries to stop her from getting to the end zone.

Emergency services practice for active shooter

On Thursday Sept. 13, students can ex-pect to go on a lock-down drill and be evac-uated to Meyer Gym, via bus. The exercise taking place will simulate an active school shooting. There will be an intruder or in-truders, victims and many response teams involved.

“We have actually been talking about and preparing for this exercise and drill at SHS for about eight months now. We originally scheduled this for last spring but with all the testing windows we decided to delay it to this fall,” said Dr. Marc Slaton, SCSD2 Superintendent.

The SCSD2 Facebook page posted an article about it on Aug. 21; it read that the

exercise will simulate, as real as possible, what would happen in an event of this na-ture.

“For 99 percent of SHS students, this will look just like a normal drill except the length of this drill will be longer as we allow our commu-nity partners to test and practice their procedures and proto-cols,” said Slaton.

In order for the drill to be as realistic as possible, actors from the community and the SHS theater club will be playing the “roles of parents, staff, students and the shooter(s)”. As the events unfold, these ac-

tors will pretend to be injured by the shoot-er; there will be no actual weapons used or shot.

“All the weapons are brightly colored full plastic replicas used specifically for

t r a i n i n g p u r p o s -es,” said Greg Ra-m o n i , one of the event coordina-tors.

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actors, first responders from all over Scott County will be participating in this event. Students should expect to see responders from the Scottsburg Police Department and Sheriff Department, Scott County EMS, Scottsburg Fire, Scottsburg Memorial

Hospital, Scott County Emergency Com-munications and Scott County Emergency Management.

“This exercise is no different than doing a fire or tornado drill. It’s to make sure that the plan is correct and protects as many people as possible,” said Ramoni. “Any drill or exercise is designed to test the pol-icy and procedures already established to determine if there are any ways to improve upon those plans.”

This drill is not meant to scare students or parents, rather to prepare them for a pos-sible real life scenario.

“We are hopeful that our parents will allow their students to participate because there will be value in participating in the exercise so that students know what to ex-pect” said Slaton. “If parents are concerned or do not want their students to participate, they should keep their students at home that day.”

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This exercise is no different than do-ing a fire or tornado drill. It’s to make sure that the plan is correct and pro-tects as many people as possible,

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SCSD2 considers school safety

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The Booster staff would like to thank the SCSD2 School Board for allowing a resource officer to remain in all District 2 buildings throughout the day for this school year. We feel that in the event of an incident at one of the schools, the resource officer on the campus will help protect and secure the building from any harm.

The staff would also like to thank the school board for having the resource of-ficer and an extra person stand outside at the high school while students walk to and from New Tech and High Schools that Work.

We are glad the school board made this decision and took our story requesting an officer from last year into consideration. We feel like this is very beneficial for the safety of the students and staff at the schools and hope this becomes a perma-nent decision.

Assumptions only make things worse

In the last few months, I’ve realized a few things. One, I don’t want to grow up. Growing up is not fun. I’ve worked 40 or more hours a week, every week this sum-mer. Secondly, I’ve realized that friend-ships are fragile. Thirdly, life itself is frag-ile. Please cherish every moment that you have with your family and friends, because it could be taken away at anytime. Lastly, I’ve realized assumptions aren’t factual.

Assumptions aren’t nice, and they can damage other people, depending on the sit-uation. I’m a firm believer that fact should always be the standard. I am just as guilty

as the next person when it comes to assum-ing things. It could be something as easy as assuming that you failed your test before actually checking to see if you did. It could also be something a little more serious, like assuming someone stole something before checking to see if they did.

It’s in our nature to always side with our friends and what we’re comfortable with. We don’t like to be wrong. We hate it, and something inside just eats us up if we think that we may be wrong. It’s not uncommon to side with people, because you want to stay comfortable. One thing I

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beg people to do is listen to the full story. You need to know the details and every-thing about the people involved before you assume something about them.

I know that I feel pretty bad when I form an assumption about someone then they

turn out to be a com-pletely dif-ferent per-son than I had envi-sioned. I

don’t want to tell people to stop assuming things, because that’ll never happen and I do it every single day. Sometimes, assump-tions are built up by recent experiences. Regardless, I don’t think it’s okay to as-sume everything. It’s a waste of time.

Choose quality over quantity in activities

Throughout our high school careers, many of us imagine college in our future. Maybe we have no clue what will happen after that, but somehow college will be the time to figure it all out. Regardless, admis-sion is the first step for us all.

Colleges look for well-rounded stu-dents; the holistic approach has become the standard in the admissions process. In an

effort to become well-rounded, many stu-dents get involved in extracurricular activ-ities. Some students get involved in them all.

Eager students sign their name over and over again on club day, not so sure of the commitment they are making. They com-mit their time and attention to a club they know little about and care about even less. But, hey, at least they can say they were in it.

Of course colleges love to see appli-cants that were involved in high school, but after five activities on an application, the

rest fade into obscurity. If nothing is gained from an extracurricular aside from putting it on a resume, it just becomes a big “so what?”

My advice is this: focus on quality over quantity. Focus on the things that are im-portant to you and the things that you re-ally love. Do not spread yourself too thin. Instead, take on a leadership role or make a big impact in a few organizations. Market yourself well, not haphazardly. And trust me, they will not remember you from that one meeting when you could finally show up.

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6 FeaturesPhone addiction causes anxiety, depression and FOMO

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““The good feeling we get when we

receive a text or a retweet causes us to keep checking the phone to get the reward.

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But, there is a flipside to what seems like a positive generational change. “Psychologically, however, they are more vulnerable than Millennials were: Rates of teen de-pression and suicide have skyrocketed since 2011,” said Twenge.

The side effects of technology can be seen in students at Scottsburg High School. While Evans described his mental health as improving, he attributes the use of social media to be a factor in his own struggle with anxiety and depression.

He said, “I’m depressed, anxious, sure. I spent a lot of time thinking everybody was against me. [Phone use] made me hyper-aware.”

“...at the generational level, when teens spend more time on smartphones and less time on in-person social in-teractions, loneliness is more common. So is depression. Once again, the effect of screen activities is unmistakable:

The more time teens spend looking at screens, the more likely they are to report symptoms of depression,” said Twenge.

Alongside depression, loneliness has become more prevalent among teenagers. It may be that lonely teenagers use their phone more often, but still, the rates of loneliness have risen. According to Twenge, “Teens’ feelings of lone-liness spiked in 2013 and have remained high since.”

Emma Vernon (9) said, “If all my friends are at a party that I’m not invited to, and they post about it, it makes me feel left out and lonely. It makes me feel like my friends don’t love me anymore.”

Vernon also mentioned the feelings of loneliness that can occur when she sees a photo of a happy couple on social media. “It’s just like a reminder of what you don’t have. It’s not limited to just boyfriends or girlfriends—it can happen with friends too.”

If smartphones are the root of some of the psycholog-ical problems that plague teens, why do people still use them? It’s similar to smoking: smartphones are addicting.

“I use social media to still stay connected with friends and family but mostly because my friends have it. If I don’t use, well, I feel like I’m missing out,” said Vernon.

Psychology teacher Mr. Jason Bagwell explained that cell phone addiction could be partially be attributed to operant conditioning. “The good feeling we get when we receive a text or a retweet causes us to keep checking the phone to get the ‘reward’. The same is true for social media in any form—we want the positive reinforcement,” he said.

When that positive reinforcement isn’t available to the user, indicators of cell phone addiction can come to light. “[When I lose my phone] I feel immediate panic—it starts

with that—then, I feel naked, stripped and just exposed,” said Evans.

Cell phones are so deeply ingrained into the lives of teenagers that a moment without the technology can feel unnatural.

Freshman Ellie Bryson said that without her phone, she experiences social anxiety. “I limit face-to-face interaction by using my phone...I would rather look busy than look like the kid who isn’t doing anything,” she said.

In a world of constant stimulation, today’s teenagers just need something to keep themselves and their hands occupied.

Danielle Akeman (9) admitted that she didn’t even re-alize when she would pick up her phone. “I will absent-mindedly check it. I just kind of pick it up,” said Akeman.

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Girls have been found to be more anxious and lone-ly without their phones than boys.

54% of people believe they spend too much time on their cell phones.

41% of people believe they spend too much time on social media.

26% of people believe they spend too much time playing video games.

The Pew Research Center in 2018 did a study of adult and teenager use of phone and social media usage. Some of the results are shown here.

Phone addiction symptomsFeeling anxious when your phone is not with you.

Feeling fidgety when your phone is not with you.

Feeling lonely when your phone is not with you.

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This was found to be true even with parents of

teens. Moms are often on their

phones more than dads.

Phones and social media are tools used by many, and they seem to be a large part of students’ daily lives. They have become useful in the workplace and some say you can’t live without them.

“Everything is on our phones,” said Steven Zhang (10). “Phone use isn’t the problem. The problem is that every-thing is on social media and your phones. If we moved away from everything being on your phone we can reduce phone use. It is hard to work without it.”

According to the Pew Research Center, 45 percent of teens now say they are online or on their phones on a near-constant basis, and 95 percent of teens say they have access to a smartphone.

“Phones are just useful,” said Jon Sutton (10). “We have used them so much we can’t live without them. We are dependent.”

Teens are the largest group to overuse phones and so-cial media, and some wish to reduce the amount they are on their phone.

Phones can be helpful and useful, but some think phones are good as long as they are used in moderation.

“If you are on your phones all the time it is bad. Phones can be good, but we have a common problem of overusing

Ways to downsize your data usage

How many hours do you spend on your phone a day?

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Phones and social media are tools used by many, and they seem to be a large part of students’ daily lives. They have become useful in the workplace and some say you can’t live without them.

“Everything is on our phones,” said Steven Zhang (10). “Phone use isn’t the problem. The problem is that every-thing is on social media and your phones. If we moved away from everything being on your phone we can reduce phone use. It is hard to work without it.”

According to the Pew Research Center, 45 percent of teens now say they are online or on their phones on a near-constant basis, and 95 percent of teens say they have access to a smartphone.

“Phones are just useful,” said Jon Sutton (10). “We have used them so much we can’t live without them. We are dependent.”

Teens are the largest group to overuse phones and so-cial media, and some wish to reduce the amount they are on their phone.

Phones can be helpful and useful, but some think phones are good as long as they are used in moderation.

“If you are on your phones all the time it is bad. Phones can be good, but we have a common problem of overusing

our them. If we learn to limit ourselves and use our phones in moderation we can focus on things that matter,” said Carson Bowen (10).

There are even apps that can be used to help limit phone addiction.

Space is an app that can be download-ed to monitor time spent on phones. You take a quiz to find what are the best steps to reduce cell phone use, and it will give you the best options to reduce use.

The app will notify you when you have reached your target amount of time spent

on your phone and social media. The app also rewards you for reaching your goal.

Another app is Freedom. Freedom is an app that can be downloaded to smartphones and computer. It allows you to schedule when you can be on your phone, and it allows you to cre-ate blocklists.

While Freedom offers a free trial period, a monthly or yearly subscription is needed to ac-cess all of its features.

Some students have their own way of limiting phone use.

When Destany Self (12) needs time away from the phone, she puts her phone in her bag at school. “When I am at home I put it on my dresser and set it on do not dis-turb so I cannot hear it vibrate or any notification.”

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Ways to downsize your data usage

How many hours do you spend on your phone a day?

Racheal Wagner (12) Emily Bryson (11) Nate Bartman (10) Ethan Campbell (9)“Probably about 5.” “Like 5 or 6 hours.” “About 5 hours a day.” “Like 3 hours a day.”

This poll was conducted out of 40 SHS students. These parcentages are an average amount of the battery life used on each of the four most popular social media used on stu-dents phones.

Half of the students were upper class-man and half of them were underclassmen.

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Every once in awhile, you might stop at a local restaurant or shop and find a col-orful rock with an inspirational saying or quote on it. For example, a rock could be painted saying “You are a limited edition”

or “Be bold” and might be de-signed to fit that saying.

ScottCoInRocks is a Facebook group where people in it post what they created and some-

times where they have hid/found a colored rock.

The people from the group individually design rocks and

go out into the community and place them where they could be

ScottCoInRocks spreads joy

seen. If you would like to be added to the Face-

book group, type in ScottCoInRocks (Scott And Surrounding Counties) on Facebook and request to join. Once your request has been approved, you will be able to look at all of the rocks people have created.

“My manager finds these rocks all the time and brings them into work to show us,” said Alex Wicker (12).

“I found out about Scott County rocks when I was walking with my friends and I picked up this rock that was purple and spotted pink. I took it to work and my man-ager told me that it was created by the Scott County Rock Group,” said Casey Brewer (12). “I have not created any yet, but I have a round rock I want to put the Burger King emblem on to see how far it goes.”

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The senior couch made its debut at the Scottsburg-Silver Creek tennis match and then moved on to the soccer match. Pictured are Alli Thompson (12), Kassidy Tutterow (12) and Jamie Jones (12).

Couch travels from past to present

“Anytime a tradition is carried on, it sparks two things. The first is it sparks an interest from current students to get in-volved, and the second thing it sparks is the memories of so many alumni who did the same when they were in school and helps them relive those great memories,” said Athletic Director Jamie Lowry.

Over the summer, an old high school tradition was brought to light. Klarinda Tutterow, SHS cheer coach, was the class that started the senior couch tradition. “We thought it was cool. I mean, why not have reserved seating whenever and wherever you want it?” said Tutterow.

After hearing about this old tradition, several seniors were excited and loved the idea of bringing it back.

“As soon as someone brought up this idea I was all for it. A couple of us had talk-ed about it over the summer, but when I found out they were being serious, I offered my couch right up. I’m just really glad I get to participate in both an old and hopefully new tradition,” said Jaime Jones (12).

The senior couch will be brought to and

from a majority of all SHS athletic events. It will be at tailgates, tennis matches, soc-cer matches and anything else going on. The class of 2019 will take turns sitting on and around the couch during games and events.

“I am really excited that we are bringing an old tradition back. It’ll be cool for our seniors to have something of their own to do and I hope this time the tradition con-tinues, even after we leave,” said Savannah Smith (12).

Seniors at future games are invited to look for the couch and take a seat, but underclassmen, don’t worry, your turn is coming.

“We always had such a great time just hanging out with our friends! I hope 27 years from now you all are telling your kids about how much fun you had during spirit week, and encouraging them to make memories dragging around a senior couch,” said Tutterow.

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Fall sports makes great progress as season continues

The Warriorette soccer team kicked off a new season with excitement for the team, goals and upcoming games. A lot of prac-tice has helped them prepare.

“I think practicing in the summer was very beneficial to our team. It helped us with foot work and basic skills,” said Kyn-leigh Watson (11).

The team has had two games with a re-cord of 2-2-1. Coach Matt McGlothlin said that his goals for the team are to “have a winning record and to represent the school well”.

Soccer Soccer

As the new season rolls in for Scotts-burg’s boys’ soccer team, they work to im-prove and set their eyes on the prize.

“Our hope for this season is to bond to-gether to become the best possible unit we can be,” said Noah Smith (10).

Although both players and coaches agree that the season got off to a mediocre start with defeats against BNL and Madi-son, they are currently on a winning streak. Their current record is 5-2-1.

According to Coach Brandon Jerrell, there are three main team goals for this year: to win conference, win sectional and win the Warrior Cup.

Cross Country

Warriorette cross country has run into a new season with hopes of doing better than the years before.

The team has practiced all summer long. They are ready to set new records and reach new goals.

Coach Bobby Ashley said his goals for the team this season are “staying healthy, having no injuries and recovering from in-juries.”

The girls have had five meets with mud-dy courses, rainfall and many obstacles.

They next competed at the Ho Kum Karem at Silver Creek, went on to Paoli then the Salem Invitational. The season is well underway.

Raevn Richey (9) said “My goals are to fix my knee and make it to regionals.”

The Warrior cross country team has had some highlights at the start of their season. Two of the three pairs that competed at Ho-kum Karem at Silver Creek medaled. The team then went on to win the Little Four meet, out of the three other teams that at-tended: North Harrison, Crawford County and Paoli.

“I wanted to win so bad,” said Tristian Rowland (10). “I pushed myself for it.”

The team also has goals set for them-selves and for the whole team. Justin Padgett (11) said that he wants to go to re-gionals as a team with the girls.

The team also wants to become closer. Rowland said he looks forward to having fun with the team and being closer to ev-eryone.

Girls’ Boys’Cross Country

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With great focus, Emma Christoff (12) hustles to get control of the ball during the game against Switzerland County on Aug. 27. The team won with a final score of 6-1.

Sophomore Gavin Borden gets ready to kick the ball to one of his teamates in the 3-1win over Henryville.

Jake Siekman (12) prepares to finish the race at the Little Four on Aug. 23. The boys’ team finished first.

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Tennis

The boys’ tennis team’s current record is 8-2. As of press time they are 4-1 in con-ference after losing to Silver Creek. Ac-cording to Coach Tyler Jackson there are always things the team can improve on.

“We have a lot of goals this season to winning the Scott County Invitational and our main goal as always is winning sec-tional,” said Jackson.

The team consists of three seniors and mostly sophomores and freshmen. Jack-son said that Camden Jones (12) and Mark Hays (12), “will be a driving force at 1 and 2 singles and will be factors on if we reach those goals or not.”

The team participated in the New Alba-ny Invitational on Aug. 24 and 25 where they finished fourth out of eight teams.

Boys’

The season is winding to an end, for the girls’ golf team. According to Coach Bob McGannon, the girls have improved and played well against their opponents. All that remains left for the season is IHSAA girls golf sectional in Madison on Sept. 15.

“With a little luck and skill I’m hopeful the girls can advance to regional the next weekend,” said Mcgannon.

On Aug. 24, the team placed first with a score of 207, however Grace Bottorff (11) stole the show and took top honors that night. The team’s only senior, Izzy Myszak, was honored that night.

“The hardest part of senior year is the fact that I will have to say goodbye to this team. I hope that they all continue loving the sport,” said Myszak.

With a 1-2 record at press time, SHS football players and coaches look forward to the rest of the season.

Coach Barry Thompson is most excit-ed about how the team is going to come together.

“Last year, there was cohesiveness be-cause the players had been together for awhile. This year, there are seniors with ju-niors, sophomores and freshmen. They are growing together and coming together as a group,” Thompson said.

Although there is a lot to look forward to for the coaches, they think there are a few things that need to be worked on. Thomp-son’s main concern is their confidence. Once the team gains confidence they feel like it will only make them better.

The volleyball team has gotten off to a strong start with a record of 12-4. Al-though they have a lot of younger players and lower numbers than usual, they are still doing all they can to win.

When asked about improvements, Jai-me Jones (12) said, “In the past, we have had a problem with getting a lead and get-ting comfortable, so we are really trying to hold the lead better this year.”

To win the Scottsburg invitational on Aug. 18, the team had to defeat Corydon and Mitchell. As the season continues, they have a lot of goals they are want to accom-plish.

Coach DJ Zipp said, “Sectionals is a big goal, and we also want to compete well in conference.”

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Jeremy Beswick (11) grabs the football and attemps a first down. The Warriors played Salem on Aug. 31 and came up short 31-12.

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Food choices impact athlete performance

There are not any written rules for what you should and really shouldn’t eat before a game, meet or match. There are the things that your coaches say, like “carbo load” the night before a game, or “drink plenty of water!”

Any athlete should should drink at least four 16 ounce bottles of water a day. Gatorade or any other sports drink never substitutes for water. If you lose a lot of sweat during a game or at practice (meaning practice was over an hour long) you can replace that with a drink that has electro-lytes. If athletes do not consume enough water, they might put themselves at risk of being injured.

“Drink water 24-7,” said athlete Lyndie Foster (11). “That’s going to keep you active and able to function.”

Carbohydrates are the next important nutrient you should be getting everyday as carbs give you “lasting en-ergy” according to EatRight.org. Foods such as bread, po-tatoes, crackers and pasta contain carbs.

“Definitely don’t eat fried foods, like mozzarella sticks and french fries,” said Eliza Mount (12) who plays multi-ple sports.

Fried foods would be terrible for an athlete’s perfor-mance, as it will make the athlete more tired. This includes fast food. Foster recommends athletes to stay away from soda too. Soda does not hydrate the body as much as water does.

Before a game, athletes should eat a healthy, light snack. “I wouldn’t eat after two hours before a competition,”

said Brent Jameson, basketball coach. “Make sure it isn’t loaded with protein.”

Jameson said that Subway is a great choice. It can be eaten up to an hour before the game or meet, so the food digests properly. Athletes should not eat so much that they will get sick during the competition. Athletes want to make sure their snacks are small enough that they will not risk getting sick.

Jameson also said that having a recovery snack or drink is important too. He said that chocolate milk has “carbs and the hydration” to recover from losing all the sweat and energy from a competition.

SHS gets hooked on new club for fishing lovers

Scottsburg High School has reeled in a new activity for students to participate in. A bass fish-ing club has made its way to Scottsburg High School and Coach Bill Buckner is excited to start the season.

Buckner said, “I got in contact with Jamie Lowry and told him that I would be interested,” Buckner said.

He said his goals are to get to know the mem-bers better, help them develop better skills and have an enjoyment for the outdoors and hopefully help them get scholarships for college.

“There is a lot of scholarship money out there in bass fishing that is really just coming on re-cently, so if I can help a few kids get extra money for college and stuff, that would be great,” Buck-ner mentioned.

Over Labor Day weekend, two members, Wy-att Harmon (10) and Hunter Breeden (10) par-ticipated in the Brownstown High School bass tourney and the Starve Hollow Lake tourney. The boys won the tournament with their 4lbs 14oz bag of fish.

According to Buckner, the bass fishing club’s next scheduled tournament will be in October at Lake Monroe in Bloomington and there will be four more next year around the southern part of the state.

Landon Campbell (11) said, “I am looking forward to the upcoming tournament in October on Lake Monroe. It will be the team’s first ever event and will most likely give us our reputation and model for the season.”

The bass fishing club is still open for new members. Practices are every Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. Papers are available at the HSTW front of-fice for more information.

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Eat decently. Don’t starve yourself and drink water throughout the day.Two hours before a game: Eat carbs rather than protein, keep small food like snacks. Subway is a good fast food option.An hour or less before:Stay away from heavy foods; they won’t digest fast. Eat something quick and easy. Recovery: Drink chocolate milk, or eat some kind of snack after. It will help you get energy back.

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