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ASB Reignites with New ThemeKaleb Tuttle

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Fear Less, Love More: From the sounds of it, it is just a catchy slogan, a hook to get students to wear the class shirt. And to that end it has been successful. If a casual observer were to walk down the halls of Valley Christian, they would be bombarded with this clever slogan, from all sides and in all different colors. But the depth of the slogan is something that is easy to miss, yet powerful to behold. The decision for this year’s theme came from the ASB class. The students were

required to submit an idea for the theme, but only one would be chosen for the school year. Leslie Nguyen’s idea was selected above all others for its creativity and spiritual meaning. She chose the idea because she felt the school needed a spiritual revival, and wanted to make an impact. She saw the main obstacle for students when talking to others about Christianity. It is not a lack of faith, per se, but instead an illogical fear that outweighs even love. Unfortunately, rejection is naturally one of the worst fears of the average human being. This somewhat irrational fear is one thing that people must overcome. As

Nguyen said, “Perfect love drives out fear.” With this perfect love, the world can be a much better place and Valley Christian will reap the benefits, and potentially be a spark plug for this change.

There is something that you cannot do in heaven, and that is to lead people to Jesus Christ. Nguyen wants her classmates to put that in perspective and think about their friends’ eternal souls rather than their opinions. Few things from this life will matter in the long run, but where people go when they die is of eternal importance. Take the new ASB challenge: Fear Less, Love More.

As many know, the flu epidemic is spreading like wildfire across the nation. Since the Swine Flu panic began, Valley Christian has taken various precautions to help prevent sicknesses. At Valley Christian High School, students are falling ill at an increasing trend since the start of the school year. Approximately 155 students during the second week of October stayed home due to sickness. Furthermore, many students have stayed home for over a week to avoid spreading their sickness. “I’ve been trying so hard to avoid getting sick this flu season. However, I’ve been unsuccessful, catching a cold, like half of the Valley Christian population! It’s very unfortunate, especially knowing I cannot miss certain classes,” said senior Melody Makhfi. To suppress a rumor circulating the Valley campus, there have not been over 300 students ill at home on one given day. Also, many who are sick have not been confirmed to have Swine Flu. Many physicians are treating students positive for the flu as if they are positive for Swine as a precaution. Thankfully, compared to the beginning of October, the number of students out of school is decreasing as students overcome their illnesses and return to school.

Valley Christian High School is taking numerous safety measures to ensure a healthy, sanitary school for their students. For students who are already sick, Valley is requiring them to stay home until they are fever-free for at least 24 hours. Is it just the common cold or the flu? Over 200 viruses can cause typical colds. Learning the difference between the cold and flu is important because, although they seem to cause similar aches and pains, the flu can have serious complications leading to critical results.

Cold symptoms, such as a runny or stuffy nose, usually come on gradually and last for about a week. On the other hand, classic flu symptoms can include sore throat, fever, headache, muscle aches and soreness, congestion, and cough, which typically get better over two to five days. Patients with Swine Flu share many of the same symptoms as the regular seasonal flu, but symptoms also include stomach issues. Knowing the basics of a cold or flu is essential to know how to treat the symptoms and when to visit the doctor.

Although sickness strikes every school, students and faculty at Valley Christian High School are working to provide a healthy learning environment.

Arazue ZadehJunior Sports Editor

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With the final curtain call on October 24 bringing this year’s fall production of The Crucible to a close, the cast and crew received a booming applause for another fantastic performance. The show, which ran for two weeks, opened on October 14 with a teachers’ preview. Word spread quickly of the play’s outstanding acting and emotion and many students and families bought tickets to one, if not multiple showings. The show opened to the public on October 15 and shows followed on October 16,17, 22, 23 and 24.

Performing a historical play such as Arthur Miller’s The Crucible can be a difficult task. Set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, the Salem Witch trials are a historical

event that most wish would have never happened. Therefore plays can be filled with such emotion and history that many cannot adequately bring forth a solid production. But the cast of The Crucible was at total ease on stage, performing with such intensity and emotion that the audience was captivated from beginning to end.

Perhaps one of the most effective ways of keeping the audience engaged was through the brilliant acting talents of the casts. Senior Corey Martin, who played John Proctor, preformed with such emphasis that the audience was intrigued in every scene. His passion for his character was evident as he brilliantly brought forth the needed intensity for the character. Successful senior Olivia Norman, who played Abigail Williams in cast A, dazzled the audience in every scene as she

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Applying for the FutureMelody Makhfi

A&E Editor With college right around the corner, seniors’ stress levels have been rising at unexplainable levels. Through-out October seniors at Valley Christian rushed to complete their state school ap-plications, followed by November when UC applications are due. With the helpful staff here at Valley, some of the seniors know they have wonderful support with the apps, the financing process, as well as recom-mendation letters. Senior counselors have set up many chances for seniors to receive their advice from app essay classes to college app seminars where students spend the day learning more about the future in store for them. With-in the last couple of weeks, seniors have had the opportunity to use the time of their optional tutorial and ask questions from the counselors in the library. Senior Tommy Zellner stated,

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“Mrs. Fairchild is such a big help with the stress that takes part with our appli-cations and I am so grateful I can go to her with my many questions at anytime and she is always there with an answer.” Along with Zellner, fellow seniors have been seeking the same opportunity with Valley’s kind staff providing comfort in the process of applying to college. The typical application pro-cess consists of a few pages of ques-tions and the main problem that seniors stumble on, is the short answer. Many colleges give future students the op-portunity to express themselves in their own words and allow students a chance to say anything they want the schools to know about them. “This is the biggest decision of our life right now and we are so focused on trying our best on these apps to get into the schools of our choice,” said senior Mercedes Fernandez. Agree-ing with her statement, senior Dominic Taguinod mentioned, “I cannot believe

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that the time has come for us to start planning our futures and lives at our next school.” Although the process may be stress-ful, all the hard work pays off with the success of receiving the acceptance letters in March. Keep up the good work seniors!

A recent letter fromJohn Diatte

Head Baseball Coach Last Sunday I attended church at the Meeting God in Missions com-pound in Hato Mayor, Dominican Re-public. This was the culmination of a four day baseball clinic held for youth coaches from the Dominican Republic. Three years ago I led my first group of American coaches to the Dominican Re-public, along with Meeting God in Base-ball founders Don Schulz and Jeff Mc-Donald. We had 45 Dominican coaches attend that first clinic. On Sunday, our church service, was attended by 110 Do-minican coaches; some of them traveled 6-7 hours on buses in order to attend the 2009 clinic. Also, in attendance were: Valley Christian coaches, Ryan Realini and Ted Turkington, former VCHS ath-lete Cameron Radonich, James Logan Head Coach John Goulding, Los Al-tos Head Coach Sandy Witol and Val-ley Christian Athlete and Baseball Team Captain, Matt Carroll. We saw 20-25 coaches make a commitment for Jesus. Our mission is two fold, first to witness to these coaches in hopes of cultivating disciple coaches who begin

coaching with a Christian perspective and second to give them some additional teaching and coaching tools. Fortunately for us baseball is king and it is very real-istic to change the Dominican Republic for Jesus through these coaches. We have three Dominican Nationals who are serv-ing Jesus and throughout the year fol-low up with these coaches. In the city of Barvaro we have seen Coach Jose Castro catch fire for Jesus and is fully implementing coaching from a Godly perspective. The Dominican coaches have a great understanding of baseball skills but lack direction in practice plan-ning and drills. Our group has impacted the structure of these baseball academies and I have had the opportunity to spend time working with some of these groups, working with on-field practice structure and coordination. One of the highlights of every trip is when we go into the Haitian Vil-lages. These shanty towns in the middle of sugarcane fields are a heart and eye opening experience. It takes very little time before every American is surround-ed by Haitian youth hanging tightly to ev-ery finger on your hand. Their smiles and joyful eyes will melt your heart. How is

it that these people with so little give so much?! This year in our visit to the Vasco Village, the Mayor made a profession of Christ in his life. This is the same village, where three years ago the daughter of the village Voodoo priest told me she could not go to heaven because the devil was in her. God is moving and working in the hearts of the people of the Dominican Republic. This year was the first year I had one of our athletes participate. Having Matt Carroll there with us, brought great joy to me! I watched him interact and be touched by all that we were involved in. This brings me back to church. As the voices of 110 Dominican coaches and 11 Americans sang praise and worship songs, the Holy Spirit filled the air and our hearts. I am no longer amazed at the con-viction and emotions that the presence of Jesus can invoke. We ended with a time of sponta-neous embracing, coach to coach, man to man and brother to brother. God breaks down all barriers to reveal Himself and what He desired for the true nature of man… “To love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul and to love one another as we love ourselves!”

The Crucible Continued from page 1brought forth the level of intensity needed for that character - a clever, cun-ning young girl. Norman’s talent was obvious through her representation of the character Abigail Williams. Senior Gabe Weitzman, playing Reverend John Hale, was yet another incredible actor. Weitzman’s emotion was evident in every scene but especially the last. Many viewers admit that they shed a few tears and all would by ly-ing if they said they didn’t feel some sort of emotion in their heart as they watched the last scene. Covered in soot, slain with tears, Martin brought life to his character as the audience watched through the eyes of John Proctor. A trag-ic love story, Proctor sacrifices his life, for his name. As he stands before the audience, John Proctor faces a decision:

to lie, claim he is a wizard and live or to tell the truth and face the guillotine. Proctor wrestles with his conscience over whether to confess and save his life. The judges and Hale have almost convinced him to do so, but the last stumbling block is his signature on the confession. He signs but his guilt cannot bring himself to hand over the paper. He rips up the confession with tears as he knows he would rather die than make a confession that is not his to give. As he gives his last hug to his wife, and walks out to the gallows, Reverend John Hale is on his knees begging for him to spare his own life and live. But his wife Elizabeth Proctor, played by Amber Coney, knows she cannot as she utters the words, “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!”

The emotion, the passion, and the intensity gave the audience a performance to remember. The vision of Arthur Miller came to life on the Valley Christian stage, and a standing ovation was granted to each character in the play.

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Actress Olivia Norman delivered an emotion altering performance.

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Valley Students and Teachers Reach OutSonya Shin

Staff Reporter

VCHS Open House is Set to be a Success

ValleyChristianwillholdanOpenHouseforSouthBayprospectivefamilieson November 7, 2009 from 2:00 - 4:00p.m.andeveryoneiswelcome.Thosewhocometo theopenhousewillbegiventheopportunity to meetteachers, learn aboutvariousprogramsVal-ley Christian HighSchool offers, andlearnnewinformationabout various depart-ments and everythingthose departmentshavetooffer. ValleyChris-tian will showcasetheir state-of-the-art facilities as wellas their fantasticacademic programswhichfeature34hon-ors and AP classesthrough student ledtoursanddepartmentsexhibits. All departments will be on dis-play in the gym and prospective familieswillhavetheopportunitytotalktodepart-

On October 28-30, Mr. Myron Falkowski, his students, and other adultsincludingMr. Nathan Smith, Mrs. Cindy TorodeandMr. Steve TorodetraveledtoMexico for a missions trip. While mostValley Christian students were enjoyingtheir 3 days off, these students werespreadingGod’slovebybuildingahouseandorganizingavarietyofotheractivities.

The group of about 30 studentsbegan their trip by leaving San Jose andtravelingtoSanJacinto,asmallvillageinMexico, which is about 3 hours south ofSanDiego.Thestudentsstayedinhouses

“It’sNotYou,”directedbyseniorOlivia Norman,wasthefirstBrownBagoftheschoolyear.BrownBags,shortstudentdirectedplaysperformedatlunchtime,areatraditionatValleyChristianHighSchool. BrownBagsarewritten,directed,andperformedbystudentsasafundraiserfortheTheaterDepartment.Theyarefifteenminutesor lessandheldat lunchtime forthe price of one dollar.The name BrownBagisfitting,because,sincetheyareheldatlunchtime,itisbesttocomewithlunchpacked,ratherthanbuyoneatschool. In the second week of October,thefirstBrownBagof theyear,“It’sNotYou” began with success. Starring in itweresophomoreKathleen Turner,juniorMegan Fairchild,seniorEdward DeckerandsophomoreMelina Rapazzini.“Itwasan enormous achievement, especially forthefirstoneof theyear,”saidsophomoreNardin Sarkis,whowasanusherfortheBrownBag. “Right Place, Wrong Time” isa comedic Brown Bag written by ValleyChristian’sownseniorBlake KirchickandperformedinthefirstweekofNovember.This Brown Bag was greeted with many

there, and went to four or five differentplaces each day they were there. SinceSan Jacinto is a very poor and needytown,thestudentshelpedtheminvariousways such as feeding orphans, helpingfarmers, giving medicine, teaching theBible, and having chapel. Furthermore,thehundredsofjarsofpeanutbutterthathad been gathered by VCHS studentswerefinallyhandedtothosewhoneededthem. VCHS has been involved inmissionsbefore,althoughthisisthefirstyearaMissionsclasshasbeenofferedtojuniorsandseniors.Theorganizersofthetrip,Mr.Falkowski,Mr.andMrs.TorodeandMr.Smith,havebeentoSanJacintobefore,participatinginthe4othertimesValley Christian has sent teams downthere. Although now, due to the newaddition of the class, students wereable to participate in the trip and finishbuilding the house that they had beenworkingonforadecentamountoftime.Thehousewasbuiltforthedirectorofthedrug rehab center and at the end of thetrip, after finishing building the house,thestudentsandSanJacintopeoplehadawonderfulcelebrationparty! Mr.Falkowski,whoisinchargeofthisentiremissiontripsaid,“Thistriphasanimpactonmanyofus,especially,the students. They became so close toeachotherandGod.”

SeniorBriMelynchuk,whoiscurrentlytakingtheMissionsclass,waspartofthetriptoMexico.WhileinMexico,MelynchukshowedherloveforGodthroughheractionssuchaspaintingthishousethestudents

built.

Mr.MyronFalkowski,teacheroftheMissionsclass,participated inmanyaspectsof theMexico tripand

hasaheartforMissionsingeneral.

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mentheadsandVCadministration. The student led tours, which areled by the Leadership students will takefamiliesaround thecampusandwill stopat6differentlocationswhichwillgivethe

familiesanopportunityto hear presentationson school philosophy,academics, spirituallife,sportsandfineartsandtechnology. The Novem-berOpenHouse is thelargest event that isorganized to introducefamilies to the pro-gramsVChastooffer.Students also have theopportunity to learnaboutVCHS by shad-owing and visitingwww.valleychristian.net. Open House isan excellent opportu-nity for potential stu-

dentsalongwithothersthatareinterestedintheschooltocatchaglimpseofourdai-lylives.

Brown Bags Receive Many Laughs

Hannah LozinskiStaff Writer

chuckles and loud applause at the end.Starringsenior Eddie Decker,sophomoreMatt Abrahamson,andsophomoreAlicia Ruble, this Brown Bag centered on therobbery of a café. Directed by Nicky Slavich,itfocusesonabizarrereunionofoldfriends. Kirchick applies his comedictalents to the stage, previously beinglimitedtonumerousshortfilmsthroughouthis high school career. People that haveseen his work before will recognize hisquirky style and his humorous take onevents. But it is the superb acting thatmade it such a crowd pleaser. Even thebestof line, ifnotdelivered right, soundsfoolish and unfunny. But Decker andAbrahamsonhavegreatchemistryonstageastwoformerpartnerswhoeachbelievedtheothertobedead.Whentheymeetagainpointinggunsateachother,hilarityensues. Brown Bags are to continuethroughout this school year, so listen totheannouncementsforthenextone.Theyaresuretobejustasfunnyasthefirsttwoof the year, and everyone should go andsupporttheTheaterDepartment.

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Promise ofthe future

Checking In...The theme for eighth grade Break Away, “Goi ng Al l I n ,” challenged students to give God their best. Eight weeks after the experience that brought together eighth graders and high school student counselors, we’re checking in to get some insight to what students are thinking and how they are doing “Goi ng Al l I n .”

“Goi ng Al l I n” 8th Grade BreakAway

What does “Goi ng Al l I n” mean to you?

Madd ie says. . .. To me it means to trust in God in everything and let Him be the “driver” in my life.

Mi l a n says. . .. Going “all in” to me means doing everything to glorify and have a re-lationship with God. It means going to church,,, spreading the gospel, praying to God and not being ashamed to worship Him in public.

Marysi a says. . .. This means that I will never give up of turn away from God, and if I am all in, it’s forever, not just some-times.

Ju l i a says. . .. All in means doing every-thing all the way through whatever you are going all in on.

Chr i s L says. . .. To live for God in all things and to never doubt Him.

Chr i s C says. . .. It means that I am for it 100% and I will defend it with my life.

What difference will “Goi ng Al l I n” make in your life?

Are you ready to “Goi ng Al l I n?”

Marysi a says. . .. I think I am ready to be all in with god because I have been doing well with it so far this school year.

Victor i a says. . .. Yes, I’m ready to go all in; god prepares me for all things.

Chr i s L says. . .. Yes, I am ready and will-ing to put God first in my life.

Matthew says. . .. I am ready for the work God has put me here to do. Being ready will affect us in the sense that we will not be surprised, and we’ll have an answer ready for God when He calls us.

Mon ica says. . .. I am ready to go all in be-cause I feel God is supreme over any other worldly things. I am ready to put my trust in God and I know I will never regret my decision.

Claud i a says. . .. Yes, I’m ready! I will give up material things for the Lord.

How difficult will the commitment be to

“Go Al l I n?”

Chr i s C says. . .. The commitment to go all in with god will be very difficult.

Matthew says. . .. The commitment will not be difficult of we trust God; if we stray from Him it will be impossible.

Mi l a n says. . .. I think it will be a very dif-ficult commitment at first, but once I get used to it, it will be easy.

Victor i a says. . .. Going all in sounds sim-ple but it takes a good amount of effort for the Lord.

Claud i a says. . .. Committing is the most difficult because of the temptations and worldly things. We must stay strong. We must stay with God.

Ju l i a says. . .. In Christianity, bad things are few which makes going all in easier.

Madd ie says. . .. The commitment will be fairly difficult because I have to put away my wants and desires and go with God.

Madd ie says. . .. I think that I will be much more prepared to deal with the things of this world and I will want to go to God more for help.

Claud i a says. . .. Going all in will make all the difference in my life. It will change me completely. Everyone will see the change because when you truly accept Christ, there is a certain glow about you. The way you walk, talk, act and respond will be dif-ferent.

Mon ica says. . .. The difference will be vis-ible, as I believe I will lead a more joyous life. My personality will be more vibrant and kind because God has taken care of any bad burdens.

Marysi a says. . .. The difference will be that I will have a stronger relationship with God and He will help me go through my trials with a new faith in Him. I am more relaxed and free-spirited knowing that God will carry me through the difficult times and renew me body and soul.

Green Team hands are ALL IN at BreakAway!

Growing up, every kid has a role model, a person that they would aspire to be like when they grow up. High school students from the “big” campus are now role models to elementary level Valley Christian students. This program started last year and is now under the watchful eye of Robin Realini, Student Enrichment Supervi-sor. Little Warrior Nation allows each el-ementary level student who signed up for

Little Warrior Nation New 09-10 Program Continues to Thrive

the program, to have a “Big Buddy.” This Big Buddy is a student at the high school and plays a sport such as football, baseball, softball, aquatics, girls volleyball, soccer, and basketball. The interaction between the big buddy and little buddy consists of send-ing encouraging cards, attending games, and encouraging each other through sports. The enrollment in Little Warrior Nation includes admission to a minimum of twelve clinics out of the twenty avail-able clinics, a Little Warrior Nation t-shirt, admission to regular season home games, a behind the scenes look at a favorite Sky-

Joyce ChenPhoto Editor

way sports team, encouragement from a Big Buddy and a “Kid’s Night Out.” All these wonderful events and clinics cost a total of two hundred and twenty five dollars. Clin-ics are scheduled to last from 3:15 - 5:00pm on the given dates. On October 7, 2009, Little War-rior Nation members came to the Skyway Campus to meet their Big Buddies for the first time through an interactive lunch. Lunch consisted of groups of “big” and “little” buddies sitting at tables and eating a delicious meal together. Pizza was served with grapes, Rice Krispies treats, a variety

of candy, and water. During this time the “buddies” got to know each other and started building a strong friendship based on encouragement. Little Warrior Nation is a bless-ing to not only the elementary level stu-dents who are participating in it, but also the high school students who are now their individual “buddy’s” role model. Through this program, the younger students will have an example to look up to and aspire to be like an athlete who leads life based on Christian stan-dards.

Valley Christian students at the Leigh Elementary School campus play an organized game of basketball together with their Little Warrior Natoin leaders.

Valley Christian alumni Tim Harris poses for a picture with a Little Warrior while leading a game of basketball.

Artist Focus: Connor BreretonMelody Makhfi

A&E Editor

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arts andentertainment

National Art Society

delving deeper

This year National Art Honors Society is participating in numerous amounts of community service and Art projects. Mrs. Leighton Isaacs, the high school art teacher, is the advisor for this club. Students pay three dollars, and do different projects, such as the recent 50th Anniversary dinner at Valley Christian. The National Art Honors Society Club painted in the art section, and did face painting for the younger children. In other events, Mrs. Isaacs opened an opportunity for the students in the club to make an advertisement for the play, Alice in Wonderland. This gave students a chance to create a hand drawn ad that was published on the tickets of the event, and different clothing sold at the play. The picture had to be hand drawn, and not look like the character made by Walt Disney. Students involved with this event turned in their work just a couple weeks ago. In recent news, the club had a fund raiser event after school baking deserts for the students, to help raise money for the club. More events like this will be occurring, and other community service opportunities will be available in the near future. Kyle Grayson, a senior at Valley, is the president of the club, and coordinator of events. He said, “I love National Art Honors Society. It is a great way to get to know your peers, while learning art, and being creative!” Grayson is excited for graduation because all senior members of the club receive recognition at the end of the year. National Art Honors Society is a great way to experience art, and have a great time while doing so!

October 6 marked the release of the newest edition to the NBA 2K series, NBA 2K10. The 2K series is known for its extensive graphics and realistic game play simulation. 2K10 offers more features to give the game a more life-like style of play like Signature play, which gives certain players their normal tendencies, dribble-styles, shot form, and facial expressions, just like in real life. The game also added a new feature that allows the player to save and exit the game, but then return and continue the game later. 2K10 brings back more improved features such as NBA Today to constantly keep the game updated with current real world matchups and player stats from around the league. Boasting a load of new features, as well as improved old ones, NBA 2K10 brings the most

Valley Christian has talent roaming throughout the campus with sophomore Connor Brereton’s phenomenal photography skills. Brereton updates his newest pictures on Flickr.com. He also captures the attention of many audiences with his fantastic variety of portraits, landscapes, and candid photos. Brereton began his facination with photography just last year and has reached quite an admirable level. He stated, “My favorite type of photography would most definitely be landscape.” Brereton snaps his photos with a NikonD5000 camera that delivers quality, which is proven through his photography. The photos that have been selected throughout his album of many photos are a few of the best pictures he has captured. With fascinating Photoshop

Maurice Sendek’s popular childrens book 1963 classic picture book, Where the Wild Things Are, was released as a movie in theaters on October 16. The main character, Max, is a young boy with a very creative and imaginative mind. A bit of an argument ensues at home and he runs away, escaping to a boat and he ends up sailing away. After a while of sailing, he winds up on an island where huge monsters reside and he winds up making friends with them. Max is simply staying on this island to escape all of the pressures and fighting at home from his mom and her new boyfriend. Instead of running from his problems, can Max become understanding of his mother and his home life? With a great cast of actors and an excellent production team, Where the Wild Things Are is a box office smash. Go and see Where the Wild Things Are at your

skills, Brereton illustrates photos in a way that cannot be described with words. “If your picture isn’t good enough, it’s because you’re not close enough,” is a motto Brereton lives by to motivate fellow photographers. The photos presented here show some of Brereton’s work. To the right is a picture of Brereton himself here at the VC campus, to the bottom left is Brereton’s stunning photo of the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge, followed by a personal abstract of Brereton entitled, “Stress,” which captivates a difficult emotion. However like always, Brereton was able to get a perfect photo. Be on the look out for new updates on his photo album and be prepared to be amazed at: www.flickr.com/connorbreretonphotography

Erica ParkerA&E Editor

Zayn KirkendollJunior A&E Editor

NBA 2K10 Review

life-like basketball experience to the video game universe, guaranteed to satisfy any hardcore basketball fan, NBA 2K10 promises a great and intense gaming experience.Rating: E

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Where the Wild Things Are

local theater and enjoy a fun and entertaining film with the family.Rating: PG

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The theme is From the Ashes and the hours are adding up: this is the Marching Band. The band is on a roll, nearing a championship, and regardless the outcome, this season will not disappoint. This year’s program is a machine, a machine dressed in grey, black and blue, crushing its way to the end. The hours the young men and women of Valley Christian have invested in this activity are finally paying off. The championship is in sight, as the students gear up even further to succeed. The band has finally finished learning their entire program on the practice field. The show progresses through three movements based on the life of the phoenix. The first movement is the death of the phoenix.

The second movement is the mourning over the ashes of the phoenix, and the very last movement is the phoenix rising from the ashes. This program is an epic revival of the glory days of the Valley Christian Marching Band and Color Guard. Judges in recent years have not fully appreciated the work of the band but a new light shines. The band is placing much higher, much sooner as opposed to previous years. On October 10, the band competed with slightly more than half of their show finished, in a competition at Merced Community College, and placed first in their AA division, and second out of the divisions A/AA/AAA. On October 17, the band competed at Independence High School with only a little more of their show added on, and placed first out of all three divisions, shocking the audience and

the members of the other bands. The band competed in Southern California at Eleanor Roosevelt High School in a completely new division with their entire program finished. They will only perform in this division once, and

then they will rejoin the WBA, Western Band Association, to pursue perfection. With the full program finished, the band is set to win. And with some prayer, the band hopes to bring home another win for VCHS and give glory to God.

The VCHS Marching Band is in their competition season, hoping to bring home the gold for Valley Christian.

Remaining competitions: * On Sat. Nov. 7, Valley Christian will host their own field show competition, the third annual Quest Classic, at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill. * Sat. Nov. 14 – competition at Logan High School, Union City * Sat/Sun. Nov. 21 & 22 – Western Band Association Championships – Clovis, CAConservatory Music Student Recitals at Central Christian Church, 2500 Meridian Ave, San Jose.* Sunday, November 8, 3pm -Jazz Recital* Monday, November 9, 7pm - Instrumental & Piano* Tuesday, November 10, 7pm -Vocalists & StringsFall Vocal Music Concert: Friday, November 13, 7:30 pm at Evergreen Valley Church featuring Women’s Ensemble, Room 107, Worship Bands A & B, Room 107, and the Junior High Quest Choir. This concert is a fundraiser for the Conservatory Europe 2010 performance tour. Purchase tickets online at www.valleychristianconservatory.org or visit the box office M-F during lunch and after school. Tickets are $8 adults, $5 children.

Valley Christian’s Jazz Ensemble performed at the 52nd Monterey Jazz Festival in September, one of three high school bands in the country invited to perform at the renowned event. The students earned the invitation to the stage last April, when they tied for first place at the Monterey Jazz/Next Generation competition. In addition to performing, they saw jazz legends perform such as Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, and Pete Seeger.

November 20: San Mateo Jazz Festival

Monday, December 7: The Jazz bands will perform a Christmas Concert at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose.

Also catch the SWAMP band at every home football game!

VC Theater The theater department was named one of the country’s top high school theater programs by

Stage Directions Magazine.

Three Christmas Concerts are scheduled at the

California Theatre Downtown San Jose:

• Tuesday, December 8: Elementary bands and string orchestras, and junior high bands.

•• Thursday, December 10: Elementary

choral groups and hand chimes•• Friday, December 11: High school

bands, choral and strings

The student choreographed fall dance concert featuring jazz, contemporary, hip hop, ballet, and tap.

November 18-21. Purchase tickets at the box office or online at www.valleychris-tianconservatory.org

VC Theater Department has been recognized in the November issue of Stage Directions Magazine as one of the top six high school theater programs in the U.S. as part of the 2009 high school theater Honors Program. The magazine also recognized VCS Theater as the top school in our region! Stage Directions Magazine is one of the largest trade magazines for theatrical professionals, focusing on professional, regional and educational theater with an emphasis in technical theater and national theater news coverage. “The high school theater Honors Program goes to high schools that have taken their theater program to state-of-the-art status in terms of number of productions per year, the size of those productions; whether there is a dedicated theater or performing arts center on campus and, most importantly, depth of theater arts program in preparing students for the variety of opportunities available in theater.

(from Stage Directions Website).

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VC Jazz Ensemble Emotions: Destinations

TheweekofOctober5toOcto-ber 9,Valley Christian High School cel-ebratedKindnessWeek.Organizedbytheleadershipclass,studentswerechallengedto reachoutandbekind to thosearoundthem through pirate re-lated themesandactivi-ties. On Monday,through the theme of“Meet a Mattey”, stu-dentswerechallengedtobekindtoapersontheyhavenevermet.Throughhi-5ing and perform-ingavarietyof randomacts,studentsmetmanynewpeopleandwereen-couragedbypeopletheyhave never met. Manystudents commentedthat they greatly en-joyedthisthemeastheywalkedthroughthehallsand sat in class hi-5ingpeople. “Swabthedeck”-orkeepingthecampus clean- was the goal for TuesdayastheLeadershipclassheldacompetitioninthequadtoseewhichclasscouldbringthe most recyclables to their designatedbin.Duringlunch,thebinswereplacedinthequad andas studentsfinished lunch,the cans and bottles were placed in thebinwiththeirclassnameonit.Thejuniorclasswonthiscompetitionandthecampuswassuccessfullykeptclean. Wednesday’s theme was based

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ValleyChristiancelebratesKindnessWeekwithPirateThemeactivites

on friends and the students were en-couragedtobekindtotheirpeers.Dur-inglunchthroughoutthefirstpartoftheweek, students were able to purchasetreasuregramsfortheirclassmatesandthe chocolate coins were delivered onthis day. Junior Taylor Tanton, who

received grams commented, “I lovedgettingthechocolategrams.Iwashav-ingabaddaybut thegramsmademehappy!” Students were challenged onThursdaywith the theme“BeKind toYaCrew”,tobekindtothestaffinclud-ingthetransportation,maintenanceandlibrarystaff.Posterswereputupinthehallway and students could sign theirnamesandaquicknoteofthankstoletthe variety of staffs know how muchthey are appreciated. The idea behind

theposterswassothosespecificdepart-mentscould realize theyaredefinitelyappreciated. Lastly, on Friday studentshadtheopportunitytobekindtotheirteachersandthethemeforthedaywas“Aye,Aye Captain”.A teacher lunch

was hosted out on thegrass area near theflagpoles and leader-ship students broughtlunchfortheirteacher.During lunchtime, theleadership studentswere able to talk withtheirteachersandshowtheir appreciation forall the hard work andlong hours the teach-ers put in. TheLead-ershipstudentsaswellastheteachers,greatlyenjoyed the lunch. Inaddition to the lunch,the 65 leadership stu-dents each designed atreasure map that waspassed around from

student to student gaining signaturesalongthewayandattheendoftheday,thepersonholdingontoamapwonaprize. Even thoughValley Christianmade kindness the focus for only oneweek, kindness should be celebratedeveryday! Continue to reach out tothoseyouknowormaybedon’tknow.Who knows, maybe you will make aperson’sdaygofrombadtogoodinamatterofseconds.

Valley Christian High School’s phenom-enalprospectivecollegestudentsislookingforwardto an extremely bright future.This fact is demon-stratedbytheflourishingacademicsavailabletothestudents, leading to excellent college choices andcareers. The acronym that most high school stu-dents dread is ‘SAT’, or rather the ScholasticAp-titudeTest.TheSAT isofferedseven timesayearintheUnitedStates,inOctober,November,Decem-ber,January,March(orApril,alternating),May,andJune.Thistestisvitaltothecollegeadmissionspro-cess,ascollegesusethescorestocomparestudentfromacrosstheUnitedStates. The Valley Christian administration hasdefinitelydoneitspartinbringingsomeofthemostprestigiouscollegestothecampus!Ineffort toex-posethestudentstoasmanycollegespossible,theyhave invitedcolleges suchasprominentUCSantaBarbara,PacificUniversity,andSantaClaraUniver-sity to introduce themselves and become familiarwithVCstudents. The graduating class of 2009 definitelymadeitswayintosomeofthetopcollegesinthena-tion.Forinstance,awhopping196studentswereac-ceptedintoanumberoftheUC’sincludingUCLA,UCBerkeleyandUCDavis.TherewerenumerousstudentswhowereacceptedintoHarvard,Stanford,Princeton,Dartmouth,Duke,andColumbiaUniver-sity. Due to the counselors’ brilliant guidance, theclassof’09undoubtedlyfoundgreatfuturesattheseoutstanding colleges anduniversities and this yearwillmostlikelybenoexception.Theclassof2010isheadedforgreatnessastheyareworkingtheirwaythroughtheadmissionsprocess. ThisisthetimethatSATscoresandcol-lege campus visits matter. VCHS Counselor Mrs.Diana Fairchild assuredtheclassof2010bytellingthemthatthecounselingstaffisalwaystheretohelpthemprepareforcollegeapplicationsandtohelpinthecollegeadmissionsprocess. BeyondValleyChristianHighSchool,theseniorclassisundeniablylookingtowardafantasticandbrightfuture.

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Chilly winds, changing leaves,darkmornings,coolbreezes,orangeandredonthetrees,emptybranches,fadedgreen...it isfinallyautumn,aseasonofwarmcol-ors,andcoldtemperatures.Withtheseasonschangingcomesnewtrends,andfallcloth-ingisarriving.Eachyear,fashionchanges,and this fall, newer brands and styles arebecoming more popular. Jeans are a ma-joraddition to the fashionstatements rightnowbothformenandwomen.BrandssuchasRock&Republic,TrueReligion,MEKDenim,andLuckyBrandJeanareabighitfor not only the past seasons, but all yearround. Target andOldNavy areburstingwith new scarves and French beanies thathave been the biggest hit for lady fashionthisseason.Regardlessofwhatkindofhairdayit is,accessorizingwithaFrenchstylebeanieistheperfectwaytospiceupasim-pleoutfit. LastyearUGGbootswerethemusthaveiteminagirlsclosethoweversomesaythisyearthevintagestylebootshavecom-pletedtheneedsofanyoutfit.Fromaclassydress, to a tee-shirt and jeans these bootslookadorable.Alongwiththevintageboots,

anewaddition to the fall trend is the sidebags. The students atValley love the sidebagsbecausenotonlydotheyholdalotbuttheyalsolookstylish. Forever21 is the BIGGEST boom

for the fashionduring fallwith itsafford-able prices and unique attire. A popularmusthaveforthisupcomingseasonisthepeacoat,whichForever21suppliesinava-rietyofcolors.Accessorizeajacketwitha

scarfandyouareallset! For men, color is bursting backfrom the 80s and 90s. Though differentstyles, color is coming back. CardigansweatershavebecomethenewlightsweaterforDom Taguniod,senioratValleyChris-tianHighSchool,whoinventedadaycalledTrue Tuesdays, where he and his friendswearTrueReligion jeans, a popular brandof denim. Taguniod said, “We wanted tostandoutfromtherestoftheschool,sowedecidedtocreateadaythatrhymedwithourfavorite brand of jeans, thus it was namedTrue Tuesdays.” Along with name brandjeans,guysarealso takingpart in thepea-coattrend,withsimpleclassycolorssuchasblackandgray. With a chiller breeze, make suretobeupdatedwiththelayerfad.Layersofstripesandsolidcolorsareagreatcombotosportwithanytypeofbottoms. The Gap has a new selection ofstylish V-neck sweaters which have alsobeen a big hit this season for both menandwomen.Withadecentpricetofityourrange,TheGaphelpskeeppeopleupwiththenewseasontrends. Besuretokeepupwiththenewestfashionthisseason.Regardlessofyourbud-getthereisalwayswaystolookstylish.Getouttherearefindthesenewtrendsatstoresnearyou!

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ChristianClubmeetsevery Thursday inroom 218.EveryweekChristianClubhasGod-centered meetings that are regenerat-ingforallstudentswhoattend.Duringsomemeetingsyoumightcometoseethatalocalchurchpastor is theretospeaktheWordofGod;somemeetingsyoumightcometoseeBible-baseddiscussion panels on tough lifequestions. Alotoftimeandeffortisputintoplan-ning each clubmeeting.The leaders of theclub hold planning meetings and discussideasandwishesforupcomingclubtime. Studentsarewelcomeanytimeduringtheyeartocomeandbeencouraged,nomat-terwhattheirpersonalbeliefsare.Sothenexttime you are thirsty forGod’sWord, or arejusthavingalousyday,rememberChristianClubisopentoeveryoneeveryThursday.

Christian Club

The photo club meets every other Tuesdayinroom 208.Thegoalistogrowasphotographersandbondoverthecommonin-terestofphotography.Thecluboffersavarietyoffriendlycompetitionsanddiscussionsrelat-edtophotography.Theclubisopentoalllev-elsofphotographers.Sonexttimeyoupickupacameraandrealizeyouwanttolearnmore,remembertocometoPhotoClub!

Photo Club

Film Club Valley Christians Film Club better known as theGo-rillaFilmSociety isabrandnewclub ledbyseniorJasmineChiongthatoffersstudentsanopportunitytoexperiencetheCinematicArts.TheGorillaFilmSocietymeetsweeklyevery Wednesday duringlunchinthefilmstudio(room 218). TheCinemaArtsDepartmentatValleyChristianHighSchoolisledbyBiolaCinemaArtsmajorandalumni,Mr.NateMarshall.MarshallhasbeenteachingFilmArtsandProduc-tionforsixyearsontheSkywayCampus.Marshallfeelsthatthereare“tworeasons”tohaveafilmclub.“Firstistofostera creative communitywhere experienced and budding film-makerscanworkandcreatetogetherinasupportiveandsafeenvironment.Second is to takewhatwe learn inclasses tothenextlevel:Learnmoreaboutanalyzingandexperimentingwithfilmandfilmcriticism.”MarshallstatedhisstrongopinionaboutChristiansandfilmsbysayingthat“allofcreationwasspokenintoexistencethroughworksthatwerebeautifulandourentire faith is revealed tous throughstory,andthecen-tralcharacterof thatstorytoldusstoriestorevealHisgreattruths.” Chionghopesthat“studentslearnhowtobeChristiansin the industry.Manypeople thinkHollywoodandChristiansjustdon’tmeshbutwehavethechancetomakeamajordiffer-enceinthatcommunity.”Withinthefilmclub,thereareabout15-20membersthatChionghasbigplansfor:“Iplanonhav-ingabalanceoffunaswellashardwork.Wehavefilmnightsbutwealsopitch ideastoothermemberstoget feedback. Ialsoreallyhopethatwecanstart toappreciatethediversityinourclub.Infilmclub,wehavedirectors,cinematographers,editors,writers,composers,andsomuchmore.Alotgoesintomakinggreatmoviesandweneedtoappreciateallofit.”

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ArtClub(Rm110G)

ChineseClub(Rm112)

SpanishClub(Rm105)

LatinClub(Rm203)

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Japanese Club ThepopularJapaneseClubmeetsevery Tuesdayinroom 126G atlunch.Itisopentoall;evenpeoplenottakingJapa-nesecometotheclub-evenifit’sjustforthefamousriceballs. The club began with the goal tospread the love of the Japanese cultureand the club is now a big hit around thecampus.Timeduringclubmeetingsisfilledwithfun,uniquegamessuchas‘PopwithaChopstick’.Theclubalsoplans to readmanga,Japanesecomicbooks,andwatchJapanese music videos. The Japaneseclub holds annual rice ball sales, whicharealwaysahugesuccess.Theclubalsoplanstowatchmoremoviesontopicssuchasanimeortheculture. Ifyou’veeverwantedtolearnmoreaboutanotherculture,makesuretocometoJapaneseclub!

KnittingClubmeetsevery Wednesdayinroom 127G.Theclubofferstoteachpeoplehowtoknit,sopeoplenewtoknittingcanat-tend.They also occasionally sell their itemsafter school in thequad. If youfindyourselfwantingtoaddsomethingnewtoyourward-robeandwant toknit,cometoKnittingClubeveryWednesday!

Focus On: Comedy Sportz Every TuesdaytheVCHSComedySportzteammeetsinRoom 111.Theteamgatherstogethertoputonsmallsceneswhereeachpersoncreatesarandomcharacterandplotline.Allthecharactersandplotsintertwinetogethertocreateanen-tertainingyetplausibleshortsceneorstoriesforanaudience. Comedy Sportz is an improvisational comedy organi-zation started in 1984.The various teams then practice andlearnnewtechniques in theirhomearenas,aswellasgivingperformancestoliveaudiences.Thecompetitionisgearedforaudienceinvolvementwiththeaudiencejudgingtheperformers(‘actletes’)andawardingpoints toeach teamforeachsceneperformed. The art form is centered on allowing each of the ‘ac-tletes’ to be able to think on their feet because none of thematerialpresentedonstageduringperformancesisrehearsed.Everythingthatisestablishedonstageisimprovedonthespot.There are no props used, and every action ismimed.Onceeach‘actletes’establishesanyfact,ormovement, thatactionorfactmustbemaintainedthroughoutthescene.Forexample,ifthesceneisplacedinahouse,andonecharacteropensadoor,butdoesnotcloseit,thenextpersonleavingthescenemustrememberthatthedoorisopenorelsepointswillbede-ducted.Everymovementandeverylinemustbeobservedandrememberedbyallthe‘actletes’. TheVCHSComedySportzteamisasmall,butgrowingforce in the club population at Valley. Eachweek new tech-niquesandeventsareintroducedforthememberstopractice.In addition to theweekly practices, professional groupswhocomeandorganizeworkshopsmonthlyalsomentortheteam.Theteamisopentoanyonewhowouldliketojoinandtheteammembersencourageeveryonetocomecheckitout.

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Warrior.ValleyChristian.netSports

Running with the Warriors

Ohana Means FamilyJoe GarciaSports Editor

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The Lady Warriors are having a great season and are ranked 2nd in CCS Division 3 by maxpreps.com and 5th out of all divisions by the Mercury News. The team has gone 27-89 throughout this sea-son and is looking for a second straight Nor-Cal birth and possibly a CIF State trip. They are currently ranked 5th in WCAL and are looking to improve their record throughout the postseason. Some people are surprised about the success of the Lady Warriors because of their size. Junior Kristin Sato said, “we don’t have as much height as most other teams and the only way to be suc-cessful for us is to play big and to have nails defense.” This comment goes with the popular saying of coach Vonda Reid, “Defense wins.” A team that may not have the superstar talent as nationally number 1 ranked Archbishop Mitty is bound together by the phrase on the back of their T-shirts, “Ohana.” In Hawaiian, this popular phrase means family and “that’s what we have be-come,” said senior Mackenzie Beveridge. After losing to Sacred Heart five time last year, the Lady Warriors sought to beat their interdivision rival in their first meeting on October 22. Winning the first game, the team looked great. However, they lost 25-14 in the next game and did not get another win despite a close fourth game. Although losing in their most recent game against Sacred Heart on November 3rd, the Lady Warriors get another shot to redeem themselves in the CCS Division 3 tournament. 4 year starter, senior Rachel Alvey, commented “We have a really moti-vated team and we are ready to take on any opponent. Any game might be our last as seniors and we want to leave it all out on

the court.” On senior night, October 26, the volleyball team took down the Silver Creek Raiders in 4 games beating them 3-1. They honored seniors Alvey, Chelsea Shears, Alexandra Hausmann, and Beveridge who played in one of their last games as high school volleyball athletes. On October 14, the Lady War-riors played against St. Ignatius. The game wasn’t special just because they beat the Mercury News 9th ranked Wildcats, it was because the team dedicated the game to alumni, Jessica Huse. Huse was struck by an oncoming car at the intersection of Blossom Hill and Calpine Drive in San Jose on August 2nd. She has been uncon-scious for over 3 months and is staying at Valley Medical Center in San Jose. Among other notable games was on October 8 when they played Archbishop

Mitty. The number 1 ranked team in the na-tion by Maxpreps.com proved to be a tough adversary beating the Lady Warriors in 3 games. However, Valley Christian hung tough in the second game, only losing by a score of 25-21. Although not a win, this game gave the Warriors confidence that they can hang with the best. This tells the story of just how tough the WCAL league is. Last year, Valley Christian and Sacred Heart Cathedral battled in the CCS cham-pionship game and again in Northern Cali-fornia Tournament. Although both teams lost many seniors, both are likely to make repeat performances in both tournaments. Alvey leads the team with kills with 288, aces with 92, and assists with 414. Junior Caitlyn Brenton leads the team in blocks with 55. Finally Beveridge leads the team in digs with 370 and recep-tions with 573.

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The Valley Christian Warriors il-lustrated their potential when the Mercury News ranked Valley’s cross country team as one of the top 15 ranked teams in CCS. Valley Christian holds many talented ath-letes ready to claim their titles. Although some of the cross coun-try team members were sick and could not perform to their fullest ability, they were still able to compete strongly at their first league meet. The meet was located in San Francisco at Golden Gate Park. Even though the team was not at their full po-tential due to the flu, Valley Warriors fin-ished over-all in 8th place and the Lady Warriors finished in 5th place. Both boys and girls broke the team record held by the past Warriors in 2007. With an outstand-ing run, senior captain Joe Garcia broke and set a new record for the Valley Chris-tian Warriors with the time of 17:17. Gar-cia finished first for Valley, and senior Ian Karlsson followed up with an 18:17. The boys set a new record for Valley Christian and broke the time in 2007 by over one minute. The Lady Warriors also shined at Golden Gate Park. Sophomore Morgan Lira finished first for the team with a time of 20:07, followed by junior Emily Blaha with 21:00 and sophomore Isabel Garcia with 21:10. The girls also broke and set

a new team time by over twenty seconds. Captain Garcia said, “The Golden Gate Park meet was horrible and hard because we had to run a 5k; but I was very happy with the accomplishment that the team made because it was a very challenging course.” With good, strong improvements, Valley was given the chance to compete in the Artichoke Invitational. The Arti-choke Invitational featured five of Mercury News’s top 15 ranked teams, which includ-ed Evergreen, St. Francis, Carlmont, Scotts Valley, and Valley Christian. Garcia and Lira set the standard for the Warriors by competing rigorously in this Invitational. Garcia, again, broke another team record! In 2000, Will Langan set the team record,

but Garcia topped it with a team record of 12:33 on a 2.33 mile course. Garcia fin-ished 10th over all for the Warriors and following up for Valley Christian, Karls-son finished with a time of 13:52. For the Lady Warriors, Lira and Isabel Garcia had outstanding performances. Lira had a time of 15:05 and finished 8th over all for Valley. The Lady Warriors have been intensely motivated and are improving. There are high hopes for success for the girls. Coach Joshua Small said, “The girls have a lot of talent and with the hard work that they are putting out, CCS and State will come their way. I have been running cross country for years and I

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The Warriors start the 2.33 mile Artichoke Race in Half Moon Bay.

The Lady Warriors come together as a team while competing in the the Cupertino Classic.

The Best Time of the Year

Dany Heatley Gives San Jose Sharks

Stanley Cup Hopes When the San Jose Sharks lost to the Anaheim Ducks in the 2009 playoffs, General Manager Doug Wilson vowed to make big changes to the roster. On Sep-tember 12, 2009, he did exactly that when the Sharks acquired disgruntled winger Dany Heatley from the Ottawa Senators. Through 15 regular season games with the Sharks, he has 9 goals and 8 assists. He has 3 game-winning goals, and is tied for 7th in the NHL with 17 points. Heatley’s play will be key in moving deep into the playoffs.

Alex Rodriguez Key in World Series Victory

Alex Rodriguez’s career has endured many valleys and peaks. In the playoffs, his play would have been characterized as a valley rather than a peak, until this year. He has set career postseason highs in at bats, hits, doubles, games played, runs, homeruns, and runs batted in. He is lead-ing the American League with 6 post sea-son homeruns and leading all players with 18 postseason runs batted in.

Mike Singletary Promotes Positive Change

Stephen Curry is Proving He Belongs in the NBA

The Golden State Warriors had the 8th pick in the 2009 NBA draft. They decided to draft college basketball’s most prolific scorer Stephen Curry. Through the first couple of games of the 2009-2010 season, Curry is already showing why the Warriors drafted him. He is starting at Point Guard and doing a good job at getting ev-eryone involved on the offensive end. He is averaging nearly 7 assists per game and 11 points and showing great potential.

The San Francisco 49ers are 3-4, yet their record doesn’t show how well they have played under first year coach Mike Singletary. Besides the loss to the Atlanta Falcons, the 49ers have lost the other games by a combined 10 points. All of their losses have come to respectable opponents yet that is no excuse for coach Singeltary. He has transformed the attitude in the locker room and among many of the players. He has the players believing that they belong in the playoffs. The 49ers have not made the playoffs since 2002; hopefully this year Singeltary can get them back.

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As the seasons changed fromsummertofall,anewgridirongenerationgatheredonthegreenturfofSkywayfieldswith a four year mission in mind. Theirgoalasindividualsandasateamistoleavea legacy of sweat, effort, teams-manshipand victory in the highly regarded WestCatholicAthleticLeague.LedbyheadcoachLance Kilpatrick, ournewestWarriorshavebeenworkingto-gethertolearnfootball–WarriorStyle,onedownata time. About50players joinedthe freshmensquad. Aswitheveryothersports season, nothing is accomplishedwithout commitment and hard work, sopracticesbeganwithavengeance,running,blocking and tackling, and then doing itagain. As the schedule began, the prac-ticespaidoffearly.Theopeninggame,a

Together-Together-Together7-0 defensive gem against San Leandro,broughtthefirsthighschoolvictorytothefreshmen classmates. Understanding thatchampionshipsquadsarebuiltbydefense,the freshmen Warriors dropped a 34-0gooseeggonScottsValley.Theyfollowedupwiththeirthirdvictoryinarow,a26-14WCALvictoryoverMitty,leadingtoalotofconfidencetowardtherestoftheseason. With the victory over Mitty, theWestCatholicAthleticseasonbeganwithavengeance.Lossesoverthenexttwogamesto Bellarmine, 35-12 and St. Frances 20-14,markedthebeginningofafouryearri-valrywiththesetwofootballpowerhouses.TheyoungWarriorsreboundedwitha21-7victoryoverSacredHeart lastweek,eve-ninguptheirconferencerecord,Whenaskedabouthisthoughtsontheseason, Coach Fitzpatrick was optimis-tic; “Wearecurrently4-2,finishingupa

Ryan Lowe Assistant Sports Editor

good win over Sacred Heart after lossesagainst two tough league opponents withthe Bells and the Lancers. Ryan Sever-son battled back from injury against theLancers and rushed for over 100 yardsandtwotouchdownsagainstSacredHeart.Bret Hausmann,fillinginfortheinjuredRaigen Hubbardscoredtheother touch-down.Garrett Gregory andNick Havs-

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I feel that this year’s team will have out-standing accomplishments. My goals fortheteamisfortheboystomakeatitleatCCSandforthegirlstomakeState.”Itisalreadyevidentthatthegirlswillsucceed.TheLadyWarriorshaveshownwhattheyare able to do and surprised many otherschools at the Stanford Invitational. AttheInvitational,Valleyfacedmanystrongteams from California, Oregon, and Ne-vada.MorganLiraagainstoodoutasshefinished first for the Warriors, and 13thover-allwithatimeof19:42.NextforVal-ley, and finishing at 20:42, Emily Blaha

wasthesecondrunnerfortheValleyChris-tianWarriors.Withthetotaltimeof23:23,Valleycamein12thoutofthe37topteamsfromCalifornia,Oregon,andNevada. TheValleyChristiancrosscoun-try team is strong and has a great futureahead of them. They are ready for anycourse that awaits them.The competitorsthat will be at theWCAL Championshipshould be afraid and intimidated by theValleyChristiancrosscountryteam.

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Through thick and thin, ValleyChristianhighschool’sJVvolleyballteamhasfoughtitshardestagainstmanytoughadversaries in the West Catholic League.They are well into their season, but theystillhaveawaytogo. In the pre-season, the team didvery well winning all of their skirmishesagainst the various out of league teams.First theyplayedWoodsideHighonSep-tember8.The teamdidwellwinning thematch 2-1. Three days later they playedSaratogaHighandbeat them2-0. Theirlast preseason match was won againstHarker2-1onSeptember15. TheteamplayedtheirfirstofficialseasonmatchontheVCHScampusagainstMenloSchoolonSeptember16.Although,theytriedtheirhardesttheylostgripofthewinduringthelastgamewithafinalmatchscoreof2-1.Thesecondmatchofthesea-sonwasawayatSacredHeartPrep. Theteamtriedtheirhardestbutintheendtheywalkedawaywithanotherloss. Theteamknowsthatthishasbeen

a rocky start but they are trying theirhardesttoimprove.SophomoreKaileigh Bautistasaidthat,“Latelytheteamhasbeen working hard and aggressive; themoreweplaytogetherthebetterweworkasateam.”

Nathan FarrokhianAssistant News Editor

PaigeReimerwarmsupbeforethegame.

Lady Warriors fight hard through season

tadshowedgreatleadershipondefensebymakingbigplaysatcrucialtimes.”CoachFitzpatrickishighlyoptimisticfortheremainderoftheseason.“Ihavebeenencouraged how our team has gelled andcometogether,andplayedunitedfootballoverthelastcoupleweeks.Ourteamhasreallyfocusedonourmissionstatementfortheyear:Together,Together,Together!”

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Volleyball’s Brightest StarJoe GarciaSports Editor

Walking around school, senior Rachel Alvey displays a quiet and calm at-titude. Everything changes when she hits the volleyball court; she is fierce, she is de-termined, and always ready for the tough-est opponents. Rachel Alvey has led the Lady Warriors to a 27-8 record this season. The four-year starter is optimistic about this season and hopes to lead the team to a sec-ond consecutive Nor-Cal appearance. The University of San Diego bound senior was ranked number 39 prospect in the country by prepvolleyball.com before committing to USD last year as a junior. Alvey com-mented, “I have been playing volleyball all my life and after much prayer and thought, USD was the place that appealed the most to me.” Alvey was also heavily recruited by UC Davis and St. Mary’s. Among her accomplishments Al-vey earned Girls Athlete of the Week dur-ing the week of September 14. Alvey had 50 kills, 18 aces, 78 assists, 26 digs and five blocks that week and led the Warriors

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to a 7-0 record including a championship win in the September 19 Westmont tourna-ment and the Cupertino Classic. She leads the team in kills, with 288, aces with 92, and assists with 414 this year. Last year she earned all WCAL first team. Also, as a 14 year old, she competed on the 15 and un-der Junior National team where the top 14 and 15 year olds compete on the same team against other countries. The 5 foot 8 inch standout plays the position of setter who sets teammates up for kills and spikes. Alvey has an out-standing 30 inch vertical which allows her to reach 9 feet 8 inches off the ground. Only 4 inches away from a standard bas-ketball rim. “Rachel has such a versatile game, she can do it all. We’re working to develop another setter to give her more hit-ting opportunities,” commented her Valley Christian Varsity Coach Vonda Reid. Her calm composure and experience has helped her gain the trust and loyalty of her team-mates. “She is like the glue who keeps our team together,” commented sophomore teammate Kristin Sato. Alvey has been part of a com-

petitive clubs for ten years. Her journey started with Golden Oak in Morgan Hill. At a young age, Alvey began asserting herself as a dominant player. As her skills developed, Alvey took her talent to teams called Yahoo and Citybeach. Eventually she found her home in Vision Volleyball Club in Los Gatos. At the end of last year, her team was ranked 3rd in the nation. She competes on the 18u Gold team which has 13 girls, all of whom are playing volleyball at the college level. Among her teammates include WCAL opponents Lindsay Dowd committed to UC Davis and Rachel Wil-liams committed to Stanford from Arch-bishop Mitty. Kristin Winkler, a St. Fran-cis Lancer, committed to Irvine, is also one of Alvey’s teammates. Despite her athletic maturity, Alvey has earned over a 4.0 throughout her high school career and also excels as an artist. Valley Christian is looking forward to seeing Alvey and the Lady Warriors compete for the rest of this season in CCS, and hopefully repeat their state trip like last year. As for Alvey, a long and promising road awaits her in college.

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Five games deep into their sea-son,thefreshmengirlsvolleyballteamis

fighting off the struggles that attempt toovercomethemandkeepthemdowndur-ingtheirseason. Coming off the first five games,the squad has a 1-5 record.Their season

opener was at an Aptos tournamentwhere theyweren’tverysuccessful,butleft the citywith their headsheldhigh.After that, theycamewithavengeanceagainstMenlo,averyprestigiousschool,andcameoutontopwitha2-0win.Los-ing their next 5 games may sound un-pleasant,butifoneweretolookdeeperinto the games they would understandwhy. Four of the five games wereagainstSacredHeartPrepSchool,NotreDame, Presentation, and Saint Francis,which are all elite WCAL volleyballteams.TheirotherlosswasagainstMer-cyHighSchool,anditwasaclosegameendingina2-1loss. This year the freshmen squadhasanewcoachleadingtheteam.CoachMoni Tautu has spent countless hourswith the team, learning their strengths

and weaknesses, and is working her hard-esttonotonlyhelptheteamgrow,butalsogrowalongsidethem.Eventhoughthey’vehadashortseasonthusfar,shealreadyfeelslikepartofthisWarriorfamilybyspendingcountlesshourson thecourtwith theLadyWarriors. Freshman Mikaela Sprauve,sporting number 1, commented, “I knowwe’renotdoingexceptionallywellthisyear,butour teamisstayingstrongtogetherandultimatelythat’swhatmatters.” Although they’ve played 5 gamesalready,thereisstillalengthyseasonaheadofthemandthegirlsarecontinuallygettingbetter to improve their season record start-ing with a Milpitas Spikefest Tournament.LastyeartheLadyWarriorscameoutofthistournament successful, and hopefully theycan repeat the trend and make our ValleyChristiansportsprogramproud.

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15The WarriorSports November 6, 2009

“Forty-luv!”thesearethewordsspoken by JoyceChen at her recentVal-leyChristianvs.Presentationgame.Withafinaloverallteamwin,ValleyChristiandominated their last homegame, andSe-nior Day, against the Presentation Pan-thers. The Lady Warriors have had agreat season this yearwith countless busridesandmatchesoutinthescorchingsun.This season, the ladies have many well-earnedwins suchas those againstSacredHeart Cathedral and Presentation HighSchool.TheWarriorswonwithascoreof4-3 for bothmatches, andCoach Cuongwasoverjoyed. A tradition at Valley, when it istheteam’slasthomegame,itiscalled“Se-niorNight.”Thisisanightofcelebrationthatisdedicatedtotheseniorsontheteam.This year, the girls honored their seniorsbymakingthemeachaposter.Theseniorsthis year are, Janna Oswald, Katherine Sanine, Kimmie Anderson,andNing Li.Oswald andSanineplay together asdou-bles 1 partners, Anderson plays doubles3withsophomoreCarissa Lee,andLiisthewonderfulteammanagerwhohelpsthegirlssetupongamedays.Duringtheline-up,whentheplayersfromopposingsidesmeeteachother,number1single’splayerChenannounced that itwasSeniorNightandmade a speech thanking the seniors.ShethengavealloftheseniorsabouquetofflowersandgaveflowerstotheseniorsonthePresentationteamaswell. AfterthematchesendedandVal-leyemergedwithawin,theAthleticofficepersonnel came down to the courts withmany delicious dishes of Italian food tohelpthegirlscelebrate.Thegirlsthenend-edaperfectdayof tennis,byeating Ital-ianfood,watchingthesunset,andchattingwithfellowteammates.

This year the World Series hadfour great baseball teams fighting for theleaguetitleandtheoppurtunitytogototheWorldSeries.IntheAmericanLeaguetheYankeesandtheAngelsbattledeachotherfora spot inSeries.Then in theNationalLeague,theLADodgersfacedthePhilliestomakeittotheWorldSeries. In the seriesbetween theDodgersandPhillies,thePhilliesplayedwithheart.TheDodgershada lineup that any teamwouldwant,butdidn’tplaytotheirfullestpotential.ThePhillies’pitchingwasahugefactor in focusing on winning the fourgamestheyneedtowin,tomakeitintotheSeries. Yet in the other pennant race, theYankeescameoutvictorious.TheYankees’hitting and pitching came through each

Acing A Serve!

The Valley Christian girls golfteamcontinuestosurprisetheirfansastheyhaveyettoloseasinglematchintheirper-severingseason. Undefeatedisasself-explanatoryasitgetsandtheonlyfallsportsteamthatcanfulfillthiswordisthegirlsgolfteam.The golf team has fans smiling from earto ear for their perfect season thus far.Acritical victory in their season was theirhyped match against Presentation HighSchool at Deep Cliff Golf Course. TheValley Christian girls won by 18 strokes

GirlsGolfKeepsonRolling!

Darrell JonesJunior Sports Editor

Arman M. ZadehAssistant Sports Editor

with a final score of 158-176.This vic-torymakesthem2-0againstPresentationHighSchooland8-0intheentireseason. Mr. Ken Shamanski is theproudcoachofthegirlsgolfteam.Atthebeginningoftheseason,hecouldseethatthis set of girls had a promising futurein golf.The girls not only implementedtheirexpectations,butexceededthemaswell.The teamconsistsofmostlyfresh-mengirls,whichguaranteesapromisingfuture.WCALdidnotallowthisgroupofgirlstoentertheleagueasaVarsityteam,yet they have portrayed skills that arewellaboveaJVteam’sexpectations. Anotherupsideofthegirlsgolf

teamis theirmorale.Thebest thingforacoachiswhenhisteamhasgoodchemis-try.Outsideofgolf,eachindividualontheteamsharesaspecialconnectionwitheachother.Theyareallgoodfriendswhostriveto help each other on and off the course.Nobodyexpectedsuchgreatthingsoutofthe girls golf team, yet they have proventhat they are not only the best inWCALbutalsothemostprestigiousgroupofgirlsoffthegolfcourse.Onecouldonlyimag-inehowfarthesegirlswillsucceedinthelatteryearsoftheirhighschoolcareers

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Staff Writersgame, as Alex Rodriguez hit a homerunforthreegamesstraight. Finally the National LeagueChampionshipSeriescametoanend,withthePhilliestakingithome.Bywinninginthe bottom of the ninth, the Dodgers leftthefielddisappointed.ThePhilliesbattledthroughthesixagainsttheDodgersplayingwith the hearts of champions looking towinanotherworldseries.TheYankeesadvancedtotheWorldSeriesbybeatingtheAngelsingamesix.ThePhilliesbeattheDodgersinsixgamesaswell.IntheWorldSeriesof2009,gamesoneandtwowerewonbytheYankeeswhocame out on fire in the Bronx. Then thePhillies came back the next game with awin to make it a 2-1 series.TheYankeesthen made it a 3-1 game series tryingto close it up fast and celebrate, but thePhillies would not give up, winning the

nextgameandsettingtheseriesat3-2.TheYankees went back to the Bronx to playgamesixandwon.TheyagainwereWorldSeriesChampions,afeelingthat theyhadnotfeltsince2004.TheYankeeshavenowwon27WorldSeries titles,more thananyother team inMajor League Baseball. Also, they havewon40AmericanLeaguePennants. Hideki Matsui wasnamedWorldSeries MVP, which is the first time aJapaneseplayerhaseverbeennameMVP.Matsui recieved multiple MVPs while inJapanandwasahugestarintheworldofJapanesebaseball. During the World Series game,Matsui had 6 RBIs, a two-run home run,a run-scoring single, andabases-clearingdouble.

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Putting Their Heads Together

By Jon LampkinEditor-in-Chief

Determined

Varsity Team Prepares For Playoffs

AstheWarriorswalkedintohalf,thefactstillremainedthattheyweredown13-0totheSaintIgnatiusWildcats.Atthatpointintime,thedefensehadlackedthefirethattheyhadpossessedinpreviousgames,theoffensehadatoughtimeputtingtogetherascoringdrive,anditlookedliketheWildcatsweredoingjustabouteverythingright.Yettheteamthatstruttedoutofthelockerroomafterhalftimedidnojusticeinreflectingtheirplayintheprevioushalf.Thoughtheteam’splayhadn’tseemedtomatchsomeoftheexpectationssetatthebeginningoftheseason,theystillattainedarespectablerecord.Theywere4-3overallandtrulyneededtobeattheWildcatstoextenuateplayoffhopes.RecentlyoffoftheirfirstleaguewinagainstSacredHeartCathedral,theteamwasquicklymovingto-wardsendingtheironewinstreak.Witha13-pointdeficitstaringthemdirectlyintheface,theteamtookastand.Theybouncedbackinthehalf,scoring10straightpointsastheyslowlycreptbackintothegame.Butwithonlyafewminutesleft,theWarriorsknewthattheyneededsomebigplaystoclinchthelead.Withonlyminutesleft,abrokenplayturnedintoabrilliantmemory.JuniorquarterbackZachVaianaconnectedwithsophomorerunningbackByronMarshall.Marshallextendedhisentirebody,quicklyreigningintheball.Thefifteen-year-oldspeedsterexplodedoutofthecatch,anddownthesideline.Asheavoidedtacklers,Marshallknewwhathehadtodo.“IknewthatIhadtoscore,andthatwithtimetickingdownweneededtomakeabigplay,”Marshallsaid.Leavingev-erythingoutonthefield,Marshalleventuallytrekkedintotheendzone.TheWarriorsfinallyhadtakenthelead,leavingS.I.down17-13.AbeatendownMarshallventuredbacktothesideline,ashehadplayedjustabouttheentiregame.Notonlyaforceonoffense,Marshallprovidedathoroughpassdefenseatcornerback.Justaftertheoffensescored,itseemedasiftheentireweightoftheworldresteduponthedefense.Withonlymomentsleft,theSaintIgnatiusWildcatshadtoscoreatouchdowntowinthegame.Withthisinmind,theWarriordefensivelinecameuphuge.VCgaveuponlyasinglefirstdownonS.I.’sfinaldrive.ButbothSteveThompsonandNicoWillishadsackstoclinchthegame.Onfourthdown,WillissackedquarterbackRobEmory,essentiallyfinishingthegame.Aftertheturnoverondowns,theWarriorstookakneetorunouttheclock.Duringthecourseofthegame,HeadCoachMikeMachadoreliedmoreonthepassandscreenplaystofindholesinthedefense,comparedtohistraditionalruncalls.Thoughhestillconsistentlyrantheball,hefoundwaystogettheballintostarrunningbackMarshall’shands.MarshallleadstheWCALintouchdowns,averagingjustover2touchdownsagame.Thesophomorephenomhasvaultedoverthesecondplacescorer,Bellarmine’sMikeMcGovern,byover25points.Steadilyapproachingthe1,000yardrushingmark,Marshalllooksasifhewillsoonjoinaleagueoftheelitefewunderclassmenrunningbackstoeverbreaktheelusivebenchmark.Vaianacompletedmultiplebigplaysincludingaclutchthird-downpasstotightendMattSchmidt.Schmidthasprovedhisworththroughouttheseason,showingoffhisexcellenthandswhencom-paredrespectivelytohissize.VaianaalsohookedupwithJamesYoderduringthegame,puttingtheseniorwidereceiverjustoverthe30receptionmark.JuniorBryanHoupreturnedforthegameandwasahelpforthedefenseattheendposition,effectivelyshuttingdowntheoutsiderungame.Intermsofplayoffpositions,theWarriorsrecentlyopteduptoCCSDivision1,alsoknownasOpenDivision.LookfortheWarriorsinafuturematchupagainstaWCALrival,duringtheplayoffs.

Jon LampkinEditor-in-Chief

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