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February 2014

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On February 5, 2014, the Reynolds wrestling team

embarked on a journey that will be maybe one of the most

remembered stories of all the teams that have entered the

gym of Reynolds High School. The team started out the

year as individuals that had something to prove after last

year’s amazing run. No one expected any of the things that

happened this year. The team made all the fans proud and

continued to show that no matter what, Reynolds Wrestling

is the team to beat if anyone wants to win the state title.

The whole year of blood, sweat, and tears paid off.

The team came together to exceed everyone’s expectations

as they marched to the D10 finals and then made it again

to the state finals where they fell to Bethlehem Catholic.

Even in this loss, most fans of wrestling deemed the Raid-

ers “public school champs.”

En route to the finals the team faced Saucon Val-

ley, Huntingdon, and Boiling Springs beating them by 44-

16, 40-15, 31-26 respectively. In the Boiling Springs

match it all came down to the final match at 220 pounds

where freshman Cole Rickert had the fate of the team in

his hands. He was able to get the job done and pulled out

a thrilling victory in the ultimate tiebreaker to put the

Raiders in the finals.

Once in the finals the team fought valiantly but

could not overcome the force of Becca’s acclaimed recruit-

ing and fell with a score of 44-15 where Gage Bayless, Le-

vi Stoyer, and Mason McCollum all scored decisions and

Austin Moffett had one of his acclaimed throws to get the

lone pin for the Raiders. Great job, Raiders, on another suc-

cessful team wrestling season!

Reynolds Wrestling brings home a second place at states By: Levi Stoyer

Students for Charity hosts annual penny drive

By Justin Mostoller

Every year, RHS gears up for the annual penny

drive sponsored by Students for Charity. This year’s drive

raised $630. $500 of the money raised went to a family in

the district, and the rest is being saved for other charitable

causes.

For the competition, Mr. Risavi’s homeroom

raised the most money, but they had a negative penny bal-

ance. The senior homeroom winner was Ms. Irvine. The

junior winner was Mr. Elverson, sophomore was Mrs.

Wilcox, freshmen was Mr. Foore, 8th grade was Mrs.

Hoovler, and 7th grade was Mrs. Woge. The life skills

class also raised a total of $43. These homerooms receive

donuts as a reward. There was also a drawing for those

who donated and prizes were given out through the draw-

ing. Thank you to everyone who donated to the drive!

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Carson Miller

Mason McCollum

Courtney Green

Zac Huffman

Ali Metz

Justin Mostoller

Kailyn Soros

Gwyn Dubel

Levi Stoyer

Collin Yake

Joe Yarzab

Denton Zeronas

Jamie Brydon

Brooke Bresnan

Julia Carlson

Kegan Miller

Casey Rhodes

Tessa Russell

Madison Stoner

Members of 2013 - 2014

Raider Invader Staff

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Society Hat Day

By: Gwyn Dubel

As students, and as adults, we sometimes take

for granted a very important aspect of our life, our

health. Leukemia and Lymphoma are both blood can-

cers that can affect any age. The Leukemia and Lym-

phoma Society helps fight back against these terrible

diseases by funding research and providing aid to

those suffering and their families.

Each year the Pennsylvania District of Key

Club International choses a Youth Serving Youth pro-

ject or “YSY.” The purpose of this annual project is

to provide opportunities for students to help other stu-

dents. Every year, the Pennsylvania District Board,

which is comprised of various students from all over

the state, selects two organizations that they feel best

represent the purpose of the YSY project. These two

organizations are then voted upon before, or during,

the annual PA District Convention in March. The

YSY project is strongly emphasized throughout the

district and each of the district’s 187 active Key Clubs

are encouraged to participate. The 2013-2014 Youth

Serving Youth project is the Leukemia and Lympho-

ma Society, or “LLS,” and the Pennsylvania District

has pledged to raise $100,000 by March 2014.

To assist in reaching the district’s fundraising

goal and to support this fantastic organization, the

Reynolds Key Club wanted to help in the efforts. On

Friday, February 14th, the Key Club held a Hat Day to

raise money for LLS. Students and faculty could do-

nate a dollar and in exchange, they would receive a

sticker that enabled them to wear a hat all day. In to-

tal, the Key Club raised $72.00 for this project. It was

a great result and Reynolds looks forward to contrib-

uting to the PA District Youth Serving Youth project

for many following years.

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Rose Stoyer, who is often referred to as The Buick

Model, was born on September 5th, 1995. In high school,

she participates in soccer, basketball, track, student council

and yearbook. In her free time Rose likes to play with her

dog Tator and hang out with her boyfriend Alex. She also

likes to pick on Collin for his fire red hair. She has a pet

beaver named Pine, and her main goal with Pine is to keep

it away from the fur man Joe Yarzab.

Rose has two brothers Levi and Clay Stoyer both

of which try to help her with her overeating problem. She

is going to become a zoologist and build a big amazing zoo

with Collin as the animal feeder. Her P.I.C’s are Danny

Babcock and Brooke Bresnan. Her favorite memory from

high school is lunch. Rose was awarded 2nd team in track

in 2012, and 1st team in soccer in 2013. Good Luck Rose!

Senior Spotlight: Rose Stoyer

By: Denton Zeronas

Wrestling Review

By: Levi Stoyer

In the past two weeks the Reynolds Wrestling

team has turned their focus from the team standings to a

more individual approach. The matmen went to their sec-

ond home at Sharon high School and took the mats as the

section tournament took place two weeks ago. The team

advanced all fourteen through to Districts as they dominat-

ed the competition and took home the team title. The

Raiders had nine champions and had eleven in the finals.

The team took home two silvers and three bronzes.

Because they advanced all fourteen wrestlers,

practiced continued on as they prepared for the District

tournament. The Raiders wrestled well, but only advanced

thirteen to the Regional tournament which will be this

weekend. There was heartbreak on the day as the one and

only Docile Denton failed to come out in his hunting mind

to lose a tough one in an ultimate tiebreaker, finishing just

shy of making the trip to Regions. It is a bitter sweet

goodbye to this long time Raider as he moves on to better

things.

The Raiders will be back in action this weekend at

the Regional meet as they look to send many wrestlers to

the state tournament in Hershey the following weekend.

Lady Raiders earn playoff spot

By: Brooke Bresnan and Kegan Miller

To start off the 2013-14 basketball season, the

girl’s team participated in two tournaments and several

non-region games, in which they faced tough competi-

tion. Before region games began, the season was not

looking up for the Raiders. The team had only won one

game compared to the many loses they had collected.

However, the momentum quickly changed after

defeating four of the five other teams of their region in a

row. As the season came to an end, the Lady Raiders

finished with a 6-4 record, tied for second place in the

region, and earned themselves a spot in the playoffs. Alt-

hough they would have hoped for a better record, the

team still achieved their goal of making it into the

playoffs.

The girl’s team played a region rival, Rocky

Grove, in the first round of playoffs, who they had re-

cently split with. The game was held at Oil City High

School on Saturday, February 22nd. The Orioles scored

the first points, and unfortunately, the Raiders were not

able to come back from the deficit. The Raiders conclud-

ed their season by losing to Rocky Grove 52-17.

The returning players will prepare for next

year’s season starting with a tournament at Sharpsville

High School at the end of March. The Lady Raiders will

also attend summer camps and hold open gyms in hopes

of making it farther into the post season next year.

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This year the Reynolds wrestlers

made it to team states held in Hershey,

PA. The cheerleaders tagged along for

the ride. When they weren’t busy cheer-

ing on the wrestlers they had the chance

to visit the ever so- famous “Chocolate

World.” Hershey’s ”Chocolate World”

began with the originator, Milton Her-

shey. Milton began candy making in the

1876, with his first candy, “Crystal A

Caramels.” However, Milton Hershey

didn’t begin making chocolate until

1894, but it wasn’t enjoyed by U.S.

Americans until 1900. The Chocolate

factory was first built in 1903 and has

been maintained throughout the years.

RHS cheerleaders visit Chocolate World By: Casey Rhodes & Madison Stoner

Every holiday has a history behind it, but do you know the rather morbid history underlying the day

devoted to love and chocolate? Believe it or not, on February 14th, on different years in the 3rd century A.D., a

Roman Emperor Claudius II executed two men, both named Saint Valentine, for possibly illegally marrying

soldiers to their lovers or simply for their beliefs. Claudius felt that when a man marries, he became too at-

tached to his family, and, therefore, made a poor soldier. But that’s only half the story.

From February 13th to the 15th, the Romans celebrated the pagan feast of Lupercalia. During this feast,

a traditional set of events too graphic to speak of occur; to say the least, women were treated like animals that

were the property of men. Thankfully, the years to come brought about more pleasant celebrations of Saint

Valentine’s Day, and/or Lupercalia. Shakespeare romanticized it, granting the holiday popularity throughout

Europe during the Renaissance. Once the holiday hit the New World, February 14th was never the same again.

Present day, it’s one of the most profitable holidays of the year. So whether Saint Valentine’s Day is a day

filled with love or melancholy for you, just remember that the world is celebrating the day that once was a cor-

rupt Roman holiday that consisted of intoxicated, delusional men and woman.

Valentine’s Day history

By: Tessa Russell & Julia Carlson

Sadie Hawkins preview

By: Justin Mostoller

Each year in March, Reynolds Student Council holds a Sadie Hawkins dance. This is a dance that is

opposite of the traditional. Girls ask guys to the dance. The couple then wears a matching outfit to the dance

that is school appropriate. This year, the dance is spaceship themed. The tickets are $5 for stag and $10 for

couples. The tickets will be on sale March 5th through March 13th.

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“To Better School Music” By: Brandy Graham & Kailyn Soros

RHS Students visit ITT tech

By Adam Ballish

On the 10th of February several RHS students jumped on a bus and went to ITT Technical Institute in

Ohio for a job fair. Many students from the surrounding areas of Youngstown attended along with many of

our own RHS students. Once there they enjoyed learning from various professionals in their own specific

field.

The students were able to pick a few of the following fields that included: business, criminal justice,

technology, nursing, and entertainment among many others. The students rotated among the areas that they

found interesting; they commented that they learned a lot from the speakers. Many of the speakers were

teachers from the Institute, while others were brought in from their own jobs to speak about their own job.

Those that attended learned a lot about the fields they were interested in and were given lots of food on top of

it all. The students were happy they attended and had a lot of fun with their fellow students and the advisors.

What do you get when you bring together some of the District’s best high school instrumentalists to

Lakeview High School for three days along with acclaimed conductor and professor, Dr. Edwin Arnold? The

annual PMEA District 5 Band Festival – and arguably the best in years. Starting February 6th, placement audi-

tions were held within the Lakeview School to determine the chair of each musician; Reynolds’ bassoonist Jes-

sica John made first chair, earning a place at Regions, while Kailyn Soros, flutist, ranked ninth. Within the

next two days following the auditions, twelve hour practices were held to prepare for the February 8th concert.

The concert program included many famous works included America the Beautiful and Italian in Al-

giers, the well-known Henry Fillmore march Americans We, as well as the high-spirited composition, Circus

Franticus. Throughout the program, retired Grove City College professor Dr. Arnold spoke on the im-

portance of continuing music education in schools: “A long time ago,” he began to reminisce, “We used to

have a banner that hung from the stage and it read ‘To Better School Music’ – and that’s exactly what these

concerts are meant to do. We are here on stage today to better school music.”

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Not many students get the opportunity to give

a speech at an adult service organization. The rotary

club is one of those adult service organizations that

works to provide education leadership opportunities

through different programs. A couple of these pro-

grams include the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards,

World Affairs Council, and Foreign Exchange Student

Opportunities. Brandon Mills had the opportunity to

speak at the Rotary Club on February 4th.

Brandon was chosen to speak by Mr. Scarvel

and Mr. Masterofrancesco because he attended the

World Affairs Council. This council has students from

all over Pennsylvania come and discuss political views

from different countries, and this time around it was

Turkey. There were different group simulations that

faced problems similar to Turkey’s. Brandon was part

of the media group and he had to theorize how to get a

message across without offense to religious and mi-

nority groups. The politician and government groups

cracked down on the media, but Brandon’s group

trudged through. After the group activity was all

through, Hillary Clinton’s secretary went to speak to

the students.

Brandon included all of the things at the World

Affairs Council in his speech. Brandon said “My

speech was pretty much impromptu until the day be-

fore I spoke. I didn’t know what I was going to be

talking about.” His speech was the first one at the Ro-

tary Club that night and he had been nervous up to that

point. He started his speech and he eased into the talk-

ing as he continued. He wishes he could go back to the

World Affairs Council again along with the Rotary

Club.

Brandon Mills on the World Affairs Council

By: Hunter Cawthorne

This year’s cheering section is off to a good start. The team’s captain senior Jack Mahlon has turned

the program into something magnificent. The themes this year have helped the teams work their way on to

victory and led both basketball teams to

the playoffs. Some of the themes in-

clude camo night, white-out, black-out,

blue-out, and ugly sweater night. Our

goal as a cheer section is to help our

team the Raiders and encourage them to

victory on and off the court.

Senior Jack Mahlon commented

that, “It is great. We yell loudly, and we

love being able to support all of the ath-

letes who work so hard. It makes me

proud to be a Reynolds Raider!”

Recently, the Raiders have also

taken the cheering section on the road. A

spirit bus has been provided to all stu-

dents to the play-off games. Keep up the

great Raider pride!

Basketball games boast student cheering section

By: Collin Yake & Joe Yarzab

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By Gwyn Dubel

From service to sports, Reynolds school student

and staff show their spirit in various ways. From our AP

classes to our Wrestling program, our school has built a

positive reputation in our community - we prove that “Blue

and Gray is here to stay.” Shouldn’t the exterior of our

building reflect that?

That is why the “Blue and Gray Project” has been

enacted. This project is requesting the support from stu-

dents and staff, as well as alum, to help raise $30,000 to

finish repainting the panels around the school that can be

humorously recognized as “McDonalds” colors. This is

estimated to be an 8 yearlong project to be able to organize

enough money to finish painting the panels.

In efforts to support the project, the Reynolds Jun-

ior High Builders Club will be operating a concession stand

at all junior high volleyball games. All of the proceeds will

go towards to Blue and Gray fund. The concession stand

will also be stocked with homemade baked goods made by

Builders Club and Key Club members and families. The

dates that the Builders Club concession stand will be run-

ning are March 4, 11, 25, and 27.

This project helps our spirit that is shown on the

inside to be present on the exterior. Please support the

Builders Club and our junior high volleyball team by pur-

chasing something from the concession stand and cheering

on the “Blue and Gray.”

Builders’s Club looks to start the blue and gray Project

February has been quite successful for the Raiders.

It all started with a win on in early February when the

Raiders traveled to Wilmington and won by 3 in overtime

after being down 17 in the 4th quarter. The final score was

59-62. Senior Cory Woods was given player of the game.

On Senior night the Raiders needed a win to clinch

a spot in the playoffs. The Raiders beat Sharpsville 51-42.

Senior Kyle McConnell said, “It was memorable, I’ll never

forget it.” Last Saturday the Raiders took a road trip to

Northwestern to face the Wildcats in a non-region game.

The game went into overtime ending with a half-court shot

by the Wildcats to win it. The Raiders lost 49-48.

Last Tuesday was the last regular season game

against West Middlesex. Since both teams have a guaran-

teed spot in the playoffs it was just a statement game for

both teams. The Raiders held on for most of the game and

gave the number one team in the region a run for their

money. The Raiders sadly lost by 10. Senior Cory Woods

said “They’re the best team in the district and we played

them tough.”

On Thursday the Raiders played Seneca in the first

round of the playoffs. The Raiders played a good game and

came out with the win. The final score was 47-43. This is

only the second time in forty years that Reynolds has won

the first game during the playoffs. The Raiders look to car-

ry this playoff run into March, so make sure to come out

and cheer the guys on!

Playoff bound: RHS boys basketball makes playoff run

By: Emory Shrock

@GearhartHailey – “I literately rolled outta bed this morning, didn’t touch my hair, leftover make up from

last night, it’s a true struggle.”

@Dentonz retweet – “Roses are black, Violets are black, Everything is black, I am

BUHHHHHHLLLLLIIIIINNNND”

@corywoods33-“I don’t know where I would be at in my life if it wasn’t for Ramon noodles”

Tweets of the Month

By: Joe Yarzab & Collin Yake

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If you have attended any home basketball

games this past season, you may have noticed a new

voice ringing through the gymnasium. Kiernan Co-

burn, chemistry teacher, Mrs. Coburn’s oldest daugh-

ter, through a chain of communication, had been

asked by Mrs. Reimold to grace the audience’s ears

with her powerful and appealing performance of the

“National Anthem.” Along with her love for song and

her natural ability to perform, it would have been dif-

ficult to decline such a request; thus, Kiernan genially

agreed.

Kiernan Coburn, a freshman here at Reynolds

High School, noted, “I love to sing.” Though her tal-

ents in voice are indisputably superb, she also excels

in the studies of piano and the clarinet. Overall, she

has done an absolutely fantastic job performing at the

basketball games this year!

“Oh, Say Can You Sing” By Kailyn Soros & Brandy Graham

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A Reynolds senior, Gwyn Dubel, has spent the

last year serving in a prestigious position of the Key

Club organization – Lieutenant Governor. She is the

fifth Reynolds student to fill this role.

Gwyn Dubel is the lieutenant governor of Divi-

sion one and two of the Pennsylvania District of Key

Club International. She is in charge of the largest and

most spread out division of the district. There are nine-

teen schools under her supervision including local ones

such as Hickory, Wilmington, and Greenville. There

are also ones from farther away like McDowell, and

Bradford. Some of Gwyn’s duties are submitting re-

ports, contributing major emphasis projects, district

projects, local community service, and turning in

forms.

She is a member of the PA District Board. The

meetings are in Harrisburg, and they oversee commit-

tees on a District level. Some of these committees in-

clude committee chair of Kiwanis family relations, sec-

retary of service fair committee, and the outreach and

education committee. All of these committees work

with different high school students.

When thinking about her time as Lt. Governor,

Gwyn commented, “It has been really nice and reward-

ing. The skills that I received, and the people I’ve met

will continue to benefit me throught my personal and

professional future”.

She also commented, “I’m ready to be done it’s

been a lot of work.” She did, however, mention that she

is ready to move on and take part in the collegiate level

of Kiwanis.

Gwyn will be officially retired from her posi-

tion at the Key Club Convention in Harrisburg which is

March 14th – 16th . She will be replaced from a repre-

sentative from Meadville.

RHS senior serves as lieutenant governor in Key Club organization

Zack Huffman & Tylor Gongloff