October Edition October 16, 2017 LEP PRESS LEP News | World News | Sports Girls Basketball By Jayde Hurley Girls basketball is off to a quick and sturdy start as we fall into the month of October. This year Lo-Ellen has produced 3 teams once again including a Midget, Junior, and Senior team. The Senior girls’ team is returning after their third place finish at OFSAA last year. Both our Junior and Senior teams are yet to be defeated in league play (as of September 28), both with a 3-0 win record. To add to the success, the Junior girls have yet to have more than 15 points scored on them in a single game in their regular season. All three of our teams have also been traveling to, and often finding success in, out Photo by Colleen Gauvreau of town tournaments. This is especially true Nervous? Don’t be! for the Junior girls, who claimed a gold medal the weekend of September 29 - Welcome to LEP October 1. Our girls will be out on the court By Malek O.J. Abou-Rabia in and out of town for the next month competing and giving it their all. Scores can It’s time to kick off the 2017-18 school year! With over 250 new knights, be found on page 7. the hallways are bound to get a little more stuffy. Especially for all the grade Golf 9 students starting their high school career, it can be a little difficult finding groups and clubs to join, or to settle into the high school atmosphere. By Jayde Hurley That’s completely normal. Are you nervous? Don’t be. Welcome to Lo- Ellen! A gentleman's sport? Perhaps. Either way Lo- Ellen’s gentlemen’s golf managed to find In high school, there’s obviously much more freedom to make your own their way to a first place finish, led by Josh choices and consider your options. But with this freedom comes more Hayes, with a score of 70. The glory did not responsibility and a greater need to be independent. For some people, this end there, though, as the boys also golfed their way to a second (Oliver Tallifer, 72), transition can be overwhelming. Austin Barrett, a grade 9 student at LEP third (Even Mclean, 75) and fourth place wisely put it as “the first step into real life.” Austin felt the same way that (Jake Lacko, 76) finish. These boys all finished most would on their first day: nervous. Every person we talked to quickly within 6 points of each other at cities just a got over this feeling with a common solution: joining sports and/or clubs. few weeks ago. All four of Lo-Ellen’s top Finding a group of people that share the same passions as you can create finishers took a trip to Blind River to showcase their talents and compete against new opportunities to make friends and find new interests. the best golfers in all of Northern Ontario at NOSSA in an 18 hole course. Good season boys!!! !1 October Edition October 16, 2017 Lo-Ellen Cross Country Some of the many clubs you can join right now are the Debate Club, the By Jayde Hurley Athletic Association, LEP Press, Christian Youth Group, Multicultural Club and so on (see LEP website for more). Some fall sports include Cross Country Running, Football, Basketball, Volleyball and more. The list runs on and on for both, and these clubs and teams would be more than happy to see you at the next meeting/practice. There are many ways to get high school started no matter what your interests are, from arts to sports and everything in between. Still nervous? I didn’t think so. Hope you have an amazing experience here at the Park! Knights Against Bullying By Ella Cocco, Mya Sparling-Labonte and Lexi High Photo by Colin Ward Bullying is a notable issue everywhere. On the internet, in workplaces, at homes, and even in schools, but not in Lo-Ellen. On September 14, 2017 we Lo-Ellen's Cross Country running team is off to a strong start this season! The Lo-Ellen switched our purple and gold out for pink. This annual tradition started team competed in Kivi park's first ever High originally in Nova Scotia in 2007, when a grade nine boy was bullied for School XC race organized by coaches Colin wearing pink to school, as at the time pink was deemed “a girl colour.” The Ward and Neil Phillips. Collectively, Lo-Ellen next day two grade twelve students showed up to school in pink, with fifty won every division, claiming nearly every pink shirts to share with their individual win in both the Junior girls divisions (finishing 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th) and classmates. This humble act the Senior girls division (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, has moved many, and from 6th). that day on many schools, Next up, the team made their way to organizations, and workplaces Fielding Park to compete at the annual dedicate one day every year to Fielding Relays. This is an excellent race as wearing pink to stand up schools must combine athletes from all against bullying. Wearing pink divisions into teams. Here, Lo-Ellen's boys’ team (Austin Mashinter 9, Kendyn Mashinter shows that anyone, no matter 10, and Augustin Marks de Chabris 11) took their gender, should be able to the boys division with a clean win. The girls wear whatever they want duplicated the win (Kristen Mrozewski 9, without being discriminated Meredith Kusnierczyk 10, Jayde Hurley 11). against or alienated. Although The girls team didn't just win first, but also took the 2nd place finish (Kalilia Bachiu 9, we are only one school in a Dylan Mazzuchin 10, Natalie Marks de world of many, we hope dearly Chabris 11) and the 3rd place finish that our actions can make a (Chandyn Bachiu 9, Fiona Symington 10, difference. Already people Sydnee Tarini 11), completely sweeping the have begun abandoning the division. terms “female” and “male” and Photo by Leanne Morin Lo-Ellen also made strong appearances at focus more on gender neutral terms. We both the Barons meet in North Bay and the Rumble on the Rocks at Laurentian continue this tradition of wearing pink to stand up against bullying in hopes University. At both meets they hit the board, of finally eliminating bullying as a whole; until then, though, we look adding many more impressive placings! Top forward to pulling out the pink shirts again next year. finishers can be found on page 6. !2 October Edition October 16, 2017 Football A Little Kindness Wouldn't Hurt: Central Mexico Earthquake Football may just be the popular choice here at Lo-Ellen, totalling 119 of our athletes By Naomy Lafond participating on one of three teams we have on-the-go this season. Each team has been On September 19, 2017, an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 hit Mexico City out on the field almost every school day and, unfortunately, more than 230 people were killed. Now, when I think practicing all the skills necessary for this about this date, I think about all these people all around the world who had year’s competition. Having a bit of a rough their first birthdays, their first walk, their first laughs, their first time eating start, the Junior boys team was the first to ice cream, like it was a normal day. That same day, more than 230 people record a W in Lo-Ellen's name, winning over St. Ben’s, the former champions, 14-10. The died, mothers and fathers lost their little ones, and children lost their Senior boys also have stolen a few points to parents. their name, with an automatic win via LaSalle's forfeit, and a blow out 31-0, over There are many ways College Notre Dame. The girls took their you and I can help people first win over Lasalle October 5, 3-0. See going through the worst pages 6 and 7 for game scores. time of their lives right now. Boys Volleyball Something simple could be to donate money, clothes, or By Jayde Hurley even water to organizations such as UNICEF Mexico Our Senior boys volleyball team is 2-for-2, as they took down both St.Charles and and UNICEF U.S.A., the St.Ben's for a strong start to the season, Mexican Red Cross and losing only one match each game. The Brigada de Rescate Topos; Junior boys also have a win on the board, even if it's just 5 dollars, it could Photo by https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ sweeping St.Charles 3-0. Both teams stand help someone. If you don’t in-pictures-mexico-earthquake-rwmwbs335 strong and are expected to represent Lo- Ellen excellently this year! Refer to page 6 think you can do that, there’s for game scores. something that’s not going to cost you a penny but is just as important, which is to simply get informed about the situation, and get involved. You Motivational may be thinking, “how is me knowing what’s happening in the world going to help anybody?” but if you know what’s going on around the world, you By Jayde Hurley can spread the word and before you know it, you may have influenced ‘’The only person you are destined to become is hundreds of people to donate to charities. the person you have decided to be‘’ Today I ask you to think of something that makes you happy.