Rose Hill High School

THE ROCK-IT NEWS Volume 13 Issue 6 710 S Rose Hill Road, Rose Hill, KS 67133 November 15, 2013

Most young kids have the desire to be a princess or doctor, but not Brittany !ompson. RHHS’ new English teacher knew most of her life she wanted to be a teacher, having always had such in"uential teachers throughout her life. So deciding to become a teacher was almost a no brainer.

!ompson went to Emporia State University for college. Get-ting her bachelors degree in educa-tion and majoring in English. In the future she plans on mastering in school counseling, eventu-ally. Before Rose Hill she worked at some districts in Olathe and Spring#eld.

RHHS has many more exchange students this year than previous years. 17-year-old Claudia Solis of Mexico is among six exchange students.

“My sister came here three years ago in Pennsylvania through this program,” said Solis. For her, this has been a dream since she was 15 years old.

Although Mexico is just below us, there are many dif-ferences. !e music, dancing, food, celebrations, culture, and even the schooling are, in one way or another, very di$erent than here in the United States.

Beginnning teacher Brittany Thompson starts at Rose Hill

!ompson is Emporia State graduate in her "rst teaching position here at Rose Hill. Photo by Kristin Donald-son.

Foreign Exchange Student travels from Mexico

Senior Claudia Solis is a foreign exchange student from Mexico. So far, she is en-joying her time her in Kansas. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.See !ompson on page 8 See Solis on page 8

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Rose Hill Robotics has enjoyed an award-winning season, led by Mrs. Youse, and Mr. Hill. !is is the #rst year that robotics got #rst place on a notebook that they do for the B.E.S.T (Boosting Engi-neering, Science and Technology) award. !at gave them third place over all, sending them to regionals that includes around 30 schools from Arkansas, Kansas, Okla-homa, and Missouri. One of the more interesting awards that they have been awarded this year, was a #rst place “Twitteri#c” award, thanks to the cheerleaders on the side tweeting about how much fun they were having.

Upcoming events include region-als, which take place on December 5th-7th. Hill, Youse, and Mrs. Pontious will be taking 21 mem-bers of the team to regionals this year. Every year, there is a di$erent challenge for a robot to complete. !is year, it’s to assemble a model of a CPU. !e robot will move on an assembly line with a di$erent utensil on its arm to move around certain things like clothes hangers that are meant to resemble logic gates. !is challenge opened up a new world of possibilities, because the robot could be on an assembly line, instead of having to use power to make it move on it’s own.

Youse had this to say about the challenge “What we’re supposed to make this year is a CPU. !ey give us game pieces that we have to pick up and place that are simulating

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!e RHHS Robotics team took third place overall at Game Day (basically Robotics state competition) on Saturday, November 2. !ey took "rst place in the notebook and earned the “Twitteri"c” award. !ey are now preparing to go to state in Arkansas on December 5 through 7. Photo from Mrs. Youse.

Robotics heads to regionals

See Robotics on page 3

ROCKET OPINION November 15, 2013Page 2

!e Rock-It News is the o"cial publication of Rose Hill High School, located at 710 N. Rose Hill Rd, Rose Hill, KS. !e paper is produced by the Digital Media Design and Production class. !e newspaper is published bi-weekly from September

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!e latest scandal in professional sports, about the football bullying, begs one big question: Why? Why would strong adult men engage in an activity that typically happens on the playground, between the swings and the monkey bars? Why must a man who is revered by little boys across the country choose to treat someone else so badly? Most of all, why was his bullying be-havior not corrected when he was younger?

It all comes back to football. Center Richard Incognito, the bully of the Miami Dolphins, was bullied as a child because he was overweight. It wasn’t until he joined the football team in middle school that his violent disposition became apparent. For the "rst time, Incognito wasn’t the one be-ing hit. He could hit others and was rewarded for it.

As time went on, Incognito became more involved in football and wasn’t bullied as much. !e sport gave him con"dence to stand up for himself, sometimes verbally, sometimes physically. Eventually this could have evolved into a more o#ensive, less defensive attitude.

But that’s not to say that every football player becomes violent, just because he’s involved in a violent sport. !ere’s something else that plays a part in Incognito’s aggressive attitude. When he was a college player in Nebraska, he was kicked o# the team for threat-ening his teammates. When he made himself eligible for the NFL draft, at least one team listed a note by his name: “Do Not Draft. Character Issues.” Yet the Miami Dolphins decided that the risk was worth it for a talented player.

What if this happened all through Incognito’s life? What if some people, such as teachers,

Athletic favoritism enables bullyingcoaches, adults, or his own par-ents overlooked his “unfortunate” behavior because of his football ability? Maybe Incognito slugged a kid on a !ursday, but there was a big game on Friday, so the teach-ers didn’t report it until Monday and his parents arranged for him to serve detention around practice. Something in his childhood taught this bully that he was so special the normal rules didn’t apply to him.

Now, because of this, two accom-plished football players, Incognito

and his accusing teammate Jona-than Martin, might have ruined their careers. Any child who revered Incognito as his hero must have been crushed to realize that he was a “meanie.” According to an article in the Miami Herald, a lawsuit may be in his future.

Surely this isn’t an isolated incident. Instances of athletic favoritism occur all over the coun-try, including little Kansan towns who live for Friday Night Football. Maybe it’s even happening here

in Rose Hill. !is scandal should serve to remind adults everywhere that allowing students to get away with unneeded violence, on or o# the "eld, only serves to hurt them-selves or others later in life.

Sources: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/writer/bruce-feldman/24192655/incognitos-sad-story-going-from-bullied-to-bully and http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/06/3733796/lawsuit-possible-in-miami-dolphins.html

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!e murder mystery/comedy play Death by Chocolate will be per-formed this !ursday and Friday night at 7:30 in the high school auditorium. Death by Chocolate fol-lows the employees of the Meadowbrook Health Resort after the founder of the resort, Henry Mead-

Fresh o" a state appear-ance, the Scholar’s Bowl squad is preparing for their season.

Scholar’s Bowl is like jeopardy, but the answers are not given in form of a question. Questions come from many di"erent cate-gories, from Language Arts to Current Events. Twelve to #fteen questions are in each round, and as many as forty schools compete in one tournament. Five members, including one captain, make up a team, but Rose Hill takes as many as two alternates.

Last year, the varsity team won the Regional competi-tion to advance to State, one of the #rst times in the program’s history.

Junior Logan Hotz, member of the state team and “the main math and science guy,” hopes to re-turn to state again. “[State] didn’t go as well as we were hoping, we didn’t win any rounds.”

“[!e team] is really strong, we have all but one returning from a state-contending team. I think our strongest members are coming back, we just need someone to #ll in a foreign language category,” said coach Vance Appleby.

Like any sport, there are two levels of competition, varsity and junior varsity/novice. “!e real di"erence is the level of the ques-tions. At the varsity meets they expect people to have taken Trigonometry, Pre-Calc, and other junior-level classes, and/or senior-level classes, physics, chemistry, JV it’s mostly just freshmen and sophomore level ques-tions,” said Appleby.

!e #rst JV meet was yesterday at Bishop Car-rol. !e #rst varsity meet is !ursday 21 at Wellington.

owbrook, meets an un-timely end. !e play follows the manager, John Stone (Christian Boudreaux) and the writer Ed Parlor (Kyler Jackson) as they attempt to solve the death. !e resort owner, Lady Riverdale ( Jordan Debbrecht) tries to stop the grand reopening event from falling apart, as she is antagonized by the self-absorbed gym manager, Ralph Deadwood (Kole Wright).

“[Death by Chocolate] is a murder mystery/comedy

that’s really good. It has a lot of funny characters and actors.” Said sophomore Eric Tinkler, who plays Dick Simmering, the $am-boyant aerobics instructor.

“I think it’s going to be great.” Said sophomore Logan Kressly, who plays Alfred Mellox, the butler. “!e new talent we have is going to make it great, and the returning actors are great as well.” Several actors in the play are onstage for their #rst time this year. !ese include sophomore

Go experience yourDeath By ChocolateKole Wright, sophomore

Ashley Clifton, junior Re-bekah Blakely, sophomore Claudia Sprague, and fresh-man Tiger Pollock. Return-ing actors include junior Jordan Debbrecht, sopho-more Logan Kressly, senior Jaelyn Glennemier, and sophomore Eric Tinkler.

!e play was performed last night and will be performed again tonight at 7:30 pm. Admissions are $4 for students.

Scholar ’s Bowl prepares for another successful season

RHHS student Madi Mermis, se-nior, was the #rst Business Student of the Month for the 2013-2014 school year.

Mermis is learning the traits of being involved in a business. She is learning money management, how to work with people, and discipline. Mermis enjoys being involved in the organi-zation and looks forward to what her future holds. Mermis is learning how to make money for a business

and succeed in business management. A positive impact this organization has on its members is it teaches them how to wok

with people. !e group also will know what it takes to be the head of a company. Members will be ahead of the game when it comes to business management because of their roots they are get-ting right now.

Mermis has been selected because of the potential she is showing. She has a pas-

sion for this, and has earned the “Business Student Of !e Month” title.

Mermis annouced as first Business Student of the Month

Senior Madi Mermis was September’s Business Stu-dent of the Month. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.

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building a CPU. So we’re using dowel rods to represent transistor contain-ers, and after we’ve put enough of those in the right place, then we can go pick up hangers that are representing logic gates. When we get enough of those in the right place then we get these foam pieces that have handles on them that we can pick up and place them about #ve feet from the robot and put them in the right place to make the CPU. We have a robot that can do that, and we have a strategy that allows us to get that done in 6 rounds, so each round adds on to the previous 3 minutes at a time. We just have to drive enough in order to get that accom-plished.”

!is high$ying robotics team only has 3 seniors, so

Robotics

!is year’s robot, “Commadore,” had to do many di"cult tasks, like putting dowel rods into cylinders, hanging hangers on pegs, or putting bluocks into a puzzle board. Photo from Mrs. Youse.

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next year should be even better with a more experi-enced team. Youse said “I have a lot of juniors, fresh-men, and sophomores and I’m looking forward to next year, and doing even better.” Good luck robotics!

Juniors Kiehn Foraker and Olivia Vest prepare the “cir-cuit board” for the robot’s practice course. Photo from Mrs. Youse.

Today, November 15, National Honor Society and the American Red Cross will be hosting a blood drive to help patients in need of blood. To par-ticipate you have to be 16 years or over, and if you are 16 you need your parents permission to donate blood.

If you are wondering what will happen to the blood here is how it works. When the blood is donated

it will go to processing where it is scanned into a computer, after that the blood will be tested to #nd out and con#rm its blood type and also test for infectious diseases. !e blood is then labeled and put in storage before being distributed to hospitals for patients.

!is year with most of the sign up slots #lled up the outcome of the blood drive is looking good. “As long as people show up and don’t pass out on us, I think it will be great,” said senior Jaelyn Glennemeier, NHS president.

Students help patients

Armando MendezSports Co-EditorReporter

ROCKET FEATURES November 15, 2013Page 4

Oscar-award-winning actor Tom Hanks takes on the role of Captain Richard Phillips, the captain of the Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by 4 pirates o! the coast of Somalia. Phillips was then taken hostage on a small lifeboat headed to Somalia, until the Navy sent out the USS Bain-bridge to deal with the situ-ation, as well as six Navy Seals. "e end result was three dead pirates, and their leader Abduwali Muse cap-tured. Muse is now located in a federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.

"e movie, Captain Phil-lips, is the type of #lm that keeps the tension tight from scene to scene. While the movie may play its cards close to how it actu-ally happened, there are a few noticeable di!erences.

"e movie bases itself o! of Richard Phillips’ book about the incident, which many crew mem-bers that were aboard the Alabama claim is false. In

the movie, Phillips o!ers himself as a sacri#ce to save his crew, telling the pirates that if they’re going to shoot anyone, they need to shoot him. "e crew

Hanks wows audiences as “Captain Phillips”

says that Phillips never had any intention of sacri#cing himself, which he has later confessed to be true. Phil-lips also reportedly refused to sail the recommended

600 miles away from the Somalian coast, opting instead for 240 miles. Phil-lips also supposedly refused to stop the #re drills when they saw the pirates, choos-ing to wait until the pirates got far closer before taking evasive action.

"e #lm portrays Phil-lips as a hero who takes all possible precaution and action during the con$ict to protect his crew. While that may not be how it happened in reality, it does make for a phenomenal movie that is sure to gather it’s fair share of awards. Captain Phillips is for the type of people, who just want to see a great movie, without worrying about fact accuracy. If you don’t care about the exact facts, it’s well worth the price of a ticket. Out of #ve stars, I’d give it a solid #ve, for the quality and the capti-vating plot of the #lm.

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Phillips (Hanks) looks out over the water just before the attack. Photo from insidemovies.com.

"is year is not only the 32nd year of teaching for RHHS English teacher Kristy Rivers but also her last year. She has taught at multiple school and teaches English 9 and 10.

Rivers did not always as-pire to be a teacher. At one point she wanted to go into social work. After experi-encing a ‘ride along’ with a social worker she decided it was not for her.

While growing up she had one sole role model who, to this day, inspires her. “My role model is still my mother. She could always take the worst situation and turn it into something positive and that’s what I try to do,” said Rivers.

Rivers wouldn’t mind spending a day teaching others. When asked what teacher she would trade places with she answered, “Mrs. Evans, then I’d cook all day!” Rivers has many di!erent hobbies and en-joys them all. “Gardening, of course reading, and my favorite, if you call it a hob-

by, is decorating for Christ-mas,” said Rivers.

After she retires she has big plans. “My husband and I will be moving to

Rivers to spend her last year at RHHS

Gabby FarrisAssistant Layout EditorReporter

English teacher Kristy Rivers will be retiring after this year and moving to Florida to enjoy some tropical weather. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.

Florida… so we can do some of the fun things we enjoy, kayaking, hanging out in the water, and #sh-ing. No snow!”

When the phrase “high school clubs” comes to mind, Robotics, KAY Club, or Scholar’s Bowl might be some of the #rst things you would think of. Probably one of the least recognized groups, NHS, certainly isn’t any less important than some of the other extracur-ricular activities.

NHS stands for National Honor Society and is an organization that allows students to work together to give back to the commu-nity. Students get involved with a variety of service projects both in school and in the community. Unlike most clubs, NHS is selec-tive in its members. Poten-tial members must meet four requirements to be considered for admission.

“"e four main criteria to be chosen are scholar-ship, leadership, service, and character. Concerning scholarship, the student must have a 3.5 GPA or above to be eligible, so there will be invitations sent out that way. Lead-

ership, looking at work experience, school activities, outside activities, anything to demonstrate leader-ship qualities. And then service: any community service that’s outside of class, outside of school, anything that’s done with-out pay. Character, attitude, the respect for others, and how they carry themselves on a daily basis,” said NHS sponsor Melissa Segovia.

It’s apparent how much of an honor it is to be ac-cepted into NHS, making it signi#cantly di!erent from other clubs. NHS is a group in which the ap-plicant has to meet certain requirements in order to be selected, not just provide a joining fee.

"roughout the year, NHS sponsors and runs one of the biggest events of the year: the high school blood drive. In addition to this event, NHS also has plans to adopt a family in December.

Current o%cers for NHS are as follows: President, Jaelyn Glennimeier; Vice President, Ben Priebe; Sec-retary, Kayla Collins; and Treasurer, Kylie Pfa!.

A look inside the National Honors Society

Colby WoodsNews EditorReporter

ROCKET FEATURESNovember 15, 2013 Page 5

!is year the Kansas City Chiefs have made a his-torical comeback. Winning their "rst game against the Jacksonville Jaguars and are still going strong at 9-0.

!ey are also "rst in the AFC Western Division. Many long time fans are unbelievably shocked.

“It’s amazing, undefeated, can’t ask for anything better than that... Our defense is one of the top in the league.

It was a brisk, All Hal-lows Eve night. !e moon luminesced throughout the otherworldly, nocturnal hours of this night in which the living and the dead join as one. !e ominous clouds rose up into the heavens and growled their greeting, as the storm approached. !under’s shriek rang through the night and the wind whipped vehemently, spraying the new rain ev-erywhere.

A man, barely vis-ible through the blinding downpour, raced forward on his sleek black horse. His cape #owed behind him like an obedient dog to an owner, right on his heels. !e man urged his horse forward and spotted the illuminated window of the small cottage, about forty yards ahead. !e signal was posted and the coast was all clear. He was safe.

!e rain stung like nee-dles against his face, almost blinding, but he pushed on for the last of the run. Dig-ging his sharp-heeled boots into the side of the horse, he came to an abrupt halt in front of the cottage. Rain streamed down like tears over the brim of his black,

#at brimmed hat and on to the muddy ground below him.

Lifting his right leg over the side of the saddle, he dropped to the ground with a satisfying thud. !e wind howled and rain came in waves, pummeling him as he led his horse across the yard toward the tat-tered barn. He attached the horse’s lead to a pole in the barn, gave him a pat, and ran quickly back toward the cottage.

Boots squishing and coat trailing, he made it onto the porch of the house, stomp-ing the mud o$ of his boots furiously. !e door creaked open slowly and a young woman holding a #ickering candle peeked around the door before ushering him in quickly. She closed the door tightly behind him and chained it. !e young woman turned around to face him, back against the door, brown eyes wide.

“Matthew…”It was like someone

clicked a switch and then she got it. As if she could read his mind, she under-stood.

“Lillian, I…I saw the future, or what seemed to be the future. All of us will be in great danger years from now,” Matthew said solemnly.

The Special Ones

I think we could do some great things,” said Chiefs Fan, junior, Paco Gloria.

A big change to the team was their new coach, Andy Reid. He is believed to be a big play in the Chiefs’ ongoing wins. Many people previously disliked the Chiefs, but now that

they’re winning many have become

Chiefs

fanatics.“I’ve been

a Chiefs fan ever since I was born. My "rst out"t was a Kansas City Chiefs shirt… My dad and mom actually like the Pitts-burg Steelers. My brother was the one who bought the shirt for me, he’s a big chiefs fan,” said Gloria.

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First year newspaper member, sophomore Joe Nivison, enjoys writing, listening to, and playing music. Photo by Kristin Donaldson.

Sophomore Joe Nivison, Sports Editor, is excited to have the opportunity to be apart of the newspaper sta$ this year.

According to Nivison, writing has been one of his strong points and passions for most of his life. “I love writing, so I thought it would be fun to be able to do a class that I actually enjoy,” said Nivison.

Although this is his "rst year being on the newspa-per sta$, Nivison is already enjoying the ability to write about current events that go on at the school and even in the outside world. “It’s awesome getting to know everyone in the school by interviewing.”

Nivison considers his favorite story he has writ-ten so far was the “Diarrhea Planet” article about a band many students may not

T he s tuden ts be hi nd t he st or i esJo e N i v i s o nknow about. “I want to write more about music.”

In his spare time, he likes to write, listen to, and play music. “I think I’m unique because there aren’t really any other mu-sicians in this school. I also think I have a di$erent style.” He hopes to be a musical engineer when he gets older.

Nadia KhalidiAsst. Feature EditorReporter

PrologueColby WoodsNews EditorReporter

!ey ordered a "nal copy prepared (the one in the National Archives), and that delegates should in-form the secretary of their authority for rati"cation.

Georgetown University’s main campus, located in Washington’s Georgetown neighborhood, opened its doors to recieve students on November 15, 1791. Georgetown operates a law center on Capitol Hill and auxiliary campuses in Italy, Turkey, and Qatar.

Georgetown’s found-ing by John Carroll, America’s "rst Catholic bishop, realized earlier e$orts to establish a Ro-man Catholic college in the province of Maryland that had been thwarted by

!e Second Continental Congress approved the Ar-ticles of Confederation for distribution to the states on November 15, 1777. A copy was made for each state and one was kept by the Con-gress. !e copies sent to the states for rati"cation were unsigned, and a cover letter had only the signatures of Henry Laurens and Charles !omson, who were the President and Secretary to the Congress.

!e Articles, however, were unsigned, and the date was blank. Congress be-gan the signing process by examining their copy of the Articles on June 27, 1778.

Nove mbe r 15thThis Da y In H is tory

On this day, in 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation. Photo from brittitanica.com.

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religious persecution. !e university expanded after the American Civil War un-der the leadership of Patrick Francis Healy, who came to be known as Georgetown’s “second founder” despite having been born a slave by law. Jesuits have par-ticipated in the university’s administration since 1805, a heritage Georgetown celebrates, but the university has always been governed independently of the Soci-ety of Jesus and of church authorities.On this day, in 1791, Georgetown University opened its

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ROCKET SPORTS November 15, 2013Page 6

Last Friday, the high school was completely desolate. !e volleyball team traveled to Salina for the KSHSAA state tournament, accompa-nied by over half of the school. And they didn’t disappoint. Rose Hill Volleyball took second in Friday’s pool play, but lost in semi-"nals and the consolation game.

First, on Friday, the Lady Rockets played the Topeka-Hayden Wildcats and won 25-21 and 26-24. Next, they fell to the Chanute Blue Comets 25-23, 7-25, and 18-25. For their last game of bracket play, Rose Hill played the Kansas City-Piper Pirates, winning 21-25, 25-10, and 25-10.

Saturday started out with a game against the Bishop Miege Stags. Unfortunately, the Lady Stags were victorious over

the Lady Rockets, 20-25 and 10-25. In the third place/consolation game, the Rockets were also unable to make it happen and fell to the Lady Blue Comets again, 18-25 and 22-25.

Captain Erin Walls, senior, said, “It was disap-pointing not "nishing high, but I’m so proud of everything we accom-plished at the tournament. !e hard work we put in all season paid o#.”

Her co-captain, Kylie Pfa#, senior, said, “State was the best experience of my high school career! Beating Topeka Hayden will be the most memo-rable win of my life. I’m so proud of my team for making it the [semi-"nals]. It was de"nitely the perfect was to end my high school career. I’m going to miss those girls and I’ll look forward to how Rose Hill Volleyball does in future years!”

Congratulations to Rocket Volleyball on an excellent season!

Rocket Volleyball takes fourth at state

Chandler BoeseEditor-in-ChiefLayout EditorReporter

!is tournament was the "nal send-o# for seniors Olivia Lipsey, Miranda McElroy, Kylie Pfa#, Erin Walls, Madi Mermis, Victoria Egidy, and Claudia Solis. “I’m going to miss it so much,” said Pfa#. Photo by Lisa Slade.

Senior Kylie Pfa# hits a ball on the Chanute Blue Comets. Pfa# was selected for the all-tournament team for 4A Division 1. Photo by Lisa Slade.

Cross Country started this year o# strong with returning athletes plus the new promise of the upcoming freshman. !ey had a good season and the girl’s team was lucky enough to make it all the way to Winnebago for state. !e boys were not quite as lucky but still had a few runners make it.

Rose Hill’s girl’s team was a great turn out this year and had the chance to make it to state again. !is is their "fth consecu-tive year that they have made it. Coach Barger really pushed them this year and expected nothing less than state. !ere was no doubt in his mind that they would not go all the way.

Cross Country Rockets boy’s were also a great team this past season. !ey ran hard even with their new additions to the team. Although as a team they did not make it to state, a few runners did. Senior Kenton Weber and Junior David Reeves were two of the people who did go. Again, Barger pushed them hard to get them to be the best they could

Cross country wraps up a succe ss fu l se ason

possibly be. !e practices could not have been easy for any of these guys to get to where they were.

!ough the season was a tough one for everyone, in the end they pushed themselves as far as they could go and accomplished so much. Cross Country is a much tougher sport than most people give credit, and they did an amazing job. Next season is one to look forward to for this team. !ere is not a doubt that they will improve and get better for next year.

Junior David Reaves placed sixth at the state meet with a time of 17:13. Photo by Chandler Boese.

Joe NivisonSports Co-EditorReporter

!e state meet was the last for seniors Jaelyn Glennemeier, Kenton Weber, Emily Terrell, Erin Trieber, Courtney Nusz, and Chandler Boese. Photo by Holly Chester.

ROCKET SPORTSNovember 15, 2013 Page 7

!e Rose Hill Rocket soccer team had an outstanding season this year, ending with a record of 15-4-2 and the title of 4-1A State Runner-Ups. Coach Jerry Treat said, “Once our team was no longer ranked in the state, we came together as a team and played like I knew we were capable of. Having said that, I am still disappointed by not winning it all after I felt like we domi-nated in the "nal.”

!e Rockets traveled to To-peka to "ght in the state tourna-ment for a 4-1A semi"nal victory against the Baldwin Bulldogs. For the "rst half, both teams re-mained scoreless. !e game went back and forth, but neither team was able to put one in the back of the net until the 69th minute. Junior Christian Helmke, with an assist from senior Czyz Taylor, broke the stalemate and gave the Rockets a 1-0 lead. !e Rockets played defensively for the next

6RFFHU�ÀQLVKHV�UXQQHU�XS11 minutes and won the 4-1A semi"nals game. With this win under their belt, the Rockets advanced to the state champion-ship game on Saturday. For this game, the Rockets faced the Bishop Meige Stags, who won the 2012 5A state championship. Like the previous game, both teams fought hard but could not "nd the back of the net. Finally, in the 73rd minute the Stags scored a goal. Just a few seconds later, Taylor shot a beautiful goal after he collided with the Stag’s goalie.  Unfortunately, the goal was called back because there was a foul on the play before the goal. !e game ended with the Stags winning 1-0.

Previously on Tuesday, No-vember 5, the Rose Hill Rocket soccer team hosted the Berean Academy Warriors for the 4-1A South Central Quarter"nals. Sophomore Chace Beckham scored a quick goal, with an as-sist from senior Kenton Weber at the fourth minute. A second goal was scored in the "rst half by sophomore Chance Beck-ham from a penalty kick. In the second half Weber, with an assist

from Chance, and junior Elijah Gould both scored goals to end the game with a score of 4-0. !e team had an awesome game against the Warriors and outshot them 18-4.

!e team traveled to Perry-Lecompton on Friday, Novem-ber 1 to "ght for the title of 4-1A South Central Regional Champions.  Due to playing on a wet grass "eld, the Rock-ets struggled to put enough passes together to put one in the back of the net. However, the Rocket’s defense played strong and kept the Kaws scoreless as well.  Finally, in the 65th minute Taylor scored a Rocket goal with an assist from Helmke. Both teams had multiple fouls called on them throughout the dura-tion of the game. !e Rockets were awarded two penalty kicks after the frustrated Kaws fouled in the box. Chance took the "rst penalty kick and Taylor shot the second. Both went past the Kaws goalkeeper, making the score 3-0. In addition to winning the game, the Rockets took the title of Regional Champions.

Senior Kenton Weber kicks a ball away from a Bishop Miege Stag. !e Stags ended up winning the state championship game, 1-0. Photo by Kevin Fisher.

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Seniors Czyz Taylor, Ben Priebe, Jaden Campidilli, Kenton Weber, Reed Strawn, Field Ben-ning, Andrew Stuewe, Quentin Heidt, and Geraldo Guercio "nished o# their last season on a great note. !e team will miss all of these talented players as they move on to other "elds. Photos by Kevin Fisher.

Rocket Football had a great season this year. !e team "nished with a record of 4-6. !e Rockets were under the leadership of Head Coach Ray Boese. Boese is in the start of his career as a head coach and is hopeful for next year. “We look to improve upon this year and adjust to make the team better. We will have more experience as a coaching sta$ and look to put more victories under the belt.”

!e Rocket team would like to thank the fans on behalf of its love and constant support home and away. Junior Paco Gloria said, “Fans make the game fun, the excitement and knowing you’re just doing something good is reassuring.”

!is season the Rockets got a chance to play in all kinds of weather, sunshine, clouds, and even heavy rain. Senior night was a great opportunity to see our seniors play before the season is over.

!e Rockets made it to the bi-district playo$s this year and ex-perienced a sad two-point loss to the Win"eld Vikings. !e team as a whole was distraught about the loss and had some animos-ity towards the opposing team. !e team had some pretty close games this year and look to make those games wins in the years to come. You can ask any one of those guys on the team and they will tell you that the number one goal is to win state.

As we say goodbye to our seniors, we get the chance to welcome our upcoming fresh-men. Be sure to congratulate a senior football player on a great high school career and wish them good luck in college or life.

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Seniors Dallas Barnhart, Clint Burton, Garrett Forsbert, Logan Gardner, Harrison Haydock, Dallen Rodman, Bailey Rusing, Tristan Smith, Aaron Schlenker, Owen Zimmer-man, and Erica Fuller (not pictured) are graduating with four great years as Rockets. Photos by Sarah Bonar.

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Rose Hill has been her !rst teaching position. What exactly brought her to Rose Hill? She said, “I really like the community and this is just where I hap-pened to get a job.” “What I like about Rose Hill is all the students being re-ally nice and they get so involved in the school and all the activities that come with it.”

Outside of school her fa-vorite thing to do when she isn’t teaching is hanging out with her friends and family, reading, writing, and Pin-trest. She said, “I’m pretty boring outside of school, I don’t do much.”

“I think I made the right decision about becoming a teacher because every day I wake up excited and ready to come to school. I love planning things. "at tells me that I made the right decision.”

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“I like the food better in Mexico, but I like the school because I don’t have to wear a uniform.”

In her free time here, Solis likes to hang out with the other foreign exchange students, her host fam-ily, and watch her favorite show, !e Vampire Diaries.

"ough there are still many events to happen be-fore her return to Mexico, her favorite part so far has been going to state with the Lady Rocket volleyball team. “I loved spending time with the volleyball team,” she said. In addition to being volleyball manager, Solis has also been part of the KAY Club.

“I came here to make friends and improve my English,” Solis explained. It’s a dream for exchange students to experience life as an American.

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Born Of Osiris is a tech-nically melodic deathcore band from Chicago, Illinois. Under their creation with front man Ronnie Caniza-ro, their original name was Diminished. "ey decided it was time for a change and came to an agreement

Born to be wildwith the name, Your Heart Engraved. "ey still felt un-settled with this name and !nally came to the decision of Born Of Osiris. Which in all honesty, is their best choice. Something ironic about the bands initials is it spells out ‘BOO’, which is interesting because they play a darker style of music.

"e bands debut album, A Higher Place, debuted at 73 on the Billboard 200. For a starter album, that is awesome. It was also released with Sumerian Re-cords, an extremely popu-lar label for this genre of music. "ey have gone on to release two more albums,

the most recent being, Tomorrow We Die #live. "is album was released this year and debuted at 27 on the Billboard 200. For a deathcore band, that is extremely good.

"e guitarists for BOO, are both named Lee. Lee McKinney and Lee Ev-ans, how confusing is that? "eir lead singer and founder Ronnie Canizaro is an outstanding vocalist. "e general public does not understand the amount of talent it takes to do what Ronnie does. "ey have Joe Buras on the synthesizer, Cameron Losch on the drums and !nally David

Darocha on the bass. Born Of Osiris has had

a long haul to get where they are today. Most people have probably never heard of them, but they are an amazing band. "e music

they make is de!ning the way future technical me-lodic deathcore artists write their music. "ey are an inspiration to anyone who knows them and are very talented.

!e up and coming band Born of Osiris is well on their way to fame and fortune. Photo from darkside.ru.

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