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FEBUARY 21, 2020 Leo Junior/SeniorTale High School Volume LIX Issue III 2020 Valentine’s Playlist Red Velvet Blossoms What’s Bt Laura Anglin Bieber By Laura Anglin Perfect- Supermarket Flowers - Ed Contributing Reporter Contributing Reporter Inside Sheeran Love on The Brain - Rihanna Students Look (Serves about 2 dozen cookies) A Thousands Years-Christina Out on Fu- Peri Ingredients: ture Careers Enchanted- Taylor Swift 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix 10,000 - Dan and Shay ¼ cup oil Speechless- Dan and Shay ¼ cup water -Shae Rowan 1 large egg PHOTO BY Google Images The night we met- Lord Huron 1 jar red sugar crystals Tbsp sized cookie balls. Then roll Our song- Taylor Swift Approximately 28 Hershey kisses the cookie dough balls individu- PHOTO BY Google Images Have you ever wanted a good Love story - Taylor Swift ally into the red sugar crystals. love song playlist for when you Instructions: Place a few inches away from each Donald Trump In a large bowl, combine the Red are in your feelings? Well worry Throwback Playlist other on a prepared baking sheet. Velvet Cake Mix,oil, water, and is Impeached no more, we have got you cov- Beautiful Girls - Sean Kingston Lastly, bake at 350 degrees Fahr- ered! Put on some headphones or egg together. Mix with an electric enheit for 8-10 minutes. Finally, a speaker! Turn on these jamming What Makes You Beautiful - mixer until no dry lumps appear. press a chocolate kiss in the center Valentine’s Day love songs that Pour the red sugar crystals into a of each warm cookie. Then place -Rylan Capper we have created for you. Even History - One Direction separate bowl. Scoop about 1 ½- 2 on a cooling rack and enjoy! if you are not the biggest fan of Party in the U.S.A.- Miley Valentine’s Day, these will boost Cyrus Chinese New Years 2020 your spirits. They include songs By Shae Rowan ery 12 years. Chinese New Year by your favorite singers and ones Teenage Dream - also has multiple traditions. One How Students you may never have heard of! All Whatcha Say - Jason Derulo important is the New Year's Eve though this is a valentine’s play- Stereo Hearts- Adam Levine Contributing Reporter reunion dinner. This dinner gath- Can Save list, you can listen to these any - ers all the family members and time of the year. This playlist con- Starships - Nicki Minaj everyone is expected to come to Lives by Giv- sists of slow valentine songs, sad, Chinese New Year is a the family reunion. There are cer- happy, and other genres. How- Firework - Katy Perry Chinese festival celebration of ing Blood tain dishes that are eaten for the ever, love songs may not be for Shower- Becky G the beginning of a new year. It symbolic meaning. Eating these everyone so we created a throw- Toxic- Brittany Spears is celebrated on January 25 every -Michael dishes brings good luck to the back playlist. Since 2019 is over, year. Chinese New Years has two Beautiful girls- Sean Kingston coming year. The most common we have some throwbacks that more names. It could be called Myers Hollaback Girl- Gwen Stefani Chinese New Year foods include you might have forgotten or have Spring Festival and Lunar New dumplings, fish, spring rolls, and always jammed out too. We won’t Halo - Beyoncé Year. This festival lasts up to 15 nian gao is a sweet rice cake. An- let you down with these bops. Partition- Beyoncé days from January 25th to Febru- other tradition is the color red, the Taking it way back to the early How to save a life - The Fray ary 8th. Every year, there is a dif- color Turtle Love 2000’s. If you would like to lis- ferent zodiac animal for the New I won’t give up - Jason Mraz red represents luck, red decora- ten to these songs, look up “Lau- Year. Last year was pig, this year Glad You Came - The Wanted tion, red wrapped gifts, and red Part 2 ra_Anglin” on Spotify. There are is a rat. Next year, in 2020, will clothes, red lanterns. Some other many other playlists you may en- Billionaire- be an ox. There are 12 different traditions are fireworks and -fire -Justice joy other than these two playlists. Hey, Soul Sister- Train zodiac animals and each zodiac A Thousand Miles- Vanessa animal Year comes around ev- crackers, giving red envelopes Goble and other gifts. Valentine’s Day playlist Carrollton Watch the Valentine- 5 seconds of sum- Fireflies- Owl City mer California Girls- Kerry Perry Lady Lions Don't Make Me Fall In Love- and Snoop Dogg Cuco Starships- Nicki Minaj Lover Is a Day -Cuco Boyfriend- -Macey Fisher Loving is Easy - Rex Orange Just the way you are- Bruno County Mars Pink Skies- LANY Fergalicious- Ferry, Will. I. Am Crush Culture - Conan Culture Hey there Delilah- Plain white Slow Dancing in the Dark - Joji T’s Let Me Love You - Justin American Dream- MKTO Leo Students PHOTO BY Google Images Participate in Art Con- The History of Valentine’s Day test By Laura Anglin & Jasmine Gill- mean to you. Here are some some facts you probably didn’t eat chocolate to calm their pining house things to do with your lover. Play know about Valentines Day: In for lost love. “15% of U.S. women -Jaymee at an arcade, take a cooking class, Victorian times, it was consid- send themselves flowers on -Val Contributing Reporter have a Valentine's bake-off, or ered bad luck to sign a Valentine’s entine's Day,” according to wise- Gallagher even have an indoor picnic. Day card.In 1537, England's King bread.com. The red rose was the Love Birds became a Henry VII officially declared Feb. favorite flower of Venus, the Ro- symbol of the day. February 14th 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's man goddess of love. Red roses Valentine’s Day is here! marks the beginning of mating Day. Physicians of the 1800s com- are considered the flower of love It's time to spread the love to the season for birds. Valentines com- monly advised their patients to because the color red stands for Drama Stu- people around you. Valentine’s monly depicts Cupid, the winged Day is also known as St. Valen- baby that carries a golden bow dents Pre- tine’s Day, which is held on Feb- and arrows is one of the most fa- ruary 14th. Want to know how it mous symbols of Valentine’s Day. pare for all started? It’s the day when lov- His image, or sometimes one of a ers express their affection with heart pierced by one of his arrows, Spring Musi- greetings and gifts. Traditional is used to symbolize love. In Ro- gifts include candy and flowers, man mythology, Cupid is the son cal -Jaymee particularly red roses, a symbol of of Venus, the goddess of love and beauty and love. Pasta and wine beauty. He is known as the god of Gallagher are a common dish served for a affection. CBC kids says , “legend Valentine’s Day dinner. Accord- has it that Cupid shoots magical ing to britanica.com, “formal mes- gold-tipped arrows at gods and Soft Pretzels sages, or Valentines, appeared in humans alike.” By piercing their the 1500’s, and by the late 1700’s heart with an arrow, he causes Wanted commercially printed cards were individuals to fall deeply in love. being used.” The first Valentine's Britannica.com also states Valen- -Michael Mey- Day cards in the United States tines day is popular in the United were printed in the mid-1800’s. States as well as in Britain, Can- ers Even if you don’t have a special ada, and Australia, and it is also someone to spend the day with, celebrated in other countries, in- TCID:PP you can spend time with friends cluding Argentina, France, Mex- and family and how much they ico, and South Korea. Here are PHOTO BY Google Images FEBUARY 21, 2020 Page 2 FEATURE Students Look Out on Careers Jonny Ryan Turtle Love By Shae Rowan unless you do” What is your career goal? Grace Sheetz Pro Athlete (football) Contributing Reporter What is your career goal? Why are you wanting to choose Mental health counselor that as your career goal? Why are you wanting to Making money and choose this as your career goal? part Two having fun Helping people with How are you going to their health prepare for that now? thought that day would come. How are you going to By Justice Goble Conditioning It’s May 23rd, graduation day. prepare for that now? Quote- Everyone was very nervous, I interviewed five dif- Good grades, gradu- Contributing Reporter “Hard work pays off” yet you could feel all of the ex- ferent freshman on what their ate high school and college Ayana Flores citement in the room. Ralph’s career goal is. As I interviewed Logan Barnet What is your career goal? name was called and Scarlett them I asked for an inspiration- What is your career goal? Lawyer was the only one who clapped al quote about their career goal. Study sports medicine Why are you wanting to and screamed out his name. Lauren Burris Why are you wanting to choose this as your career goal? But that was more than enough What is your career goal? choose this as your career goal? Something she’s really for him. He walked across the Nurse It’s interesting, cool good at, wants to help people, stage, (which seemed to take Why are you wanting to choose working with people who play and help people who are It’s three months later, since an awfully long time) and re- that as your career goal? sports wrongly accused their first encounter and Ralph ceived his diploma. Afterward Lots of money How are you going to How are you going to and Scarlett are spending every everyone was going to Jack How are you going to prepare for this now? prepare for that now? minute together. High school Morningstar’s house for a cel- prepare for that now? Good grades in high Taking a lot of speech graduation is just around the ebration. Jack just so happened Go to college and school, go to college and be and debate classes corner and the two are very to be Scarlett’s ex-boyfriend internship in high school prepared Quote- nervous, but excited to be go- who Ralph was NOT a fan of. Quote- Quote- “Dreams don’t work ing together. Ralph is slowly “Are we going to the party to- “Take charge of your future” “work hard, be prepared” falling in love with Scarlett night, Ralph?” Scarlett asked. more and more, but he’s not “I don’t really feel up to it so sure she likes him back... tonight Scarlett.” Ralph - an Donald Trump is Impeached The two were walking to swered, in an annoyed tone. By Rylan Capper peachment, but further action dent trump was accused of school for graduation when Well that conversation didn’t must be taken by the senate, misuse of power. What directly Scarlett asks Ralph how he last very long before the ten- Contributing Reporter which currently holds a re- led us here was Trumps deci- really feels about her. Ralph sion began. Scarlett wanted to publican majority. The Senate sion to pressure Ukraine for wasn’t sure how to answer her go to the party and celebrate will vote the week of January political dirt on his rival, Joe because he didn’t want to pour with her friends weather Ralph On December 18th, 27th on whether or not Trump Biden. Trump allegedly threat- his heart out to her just for her did or not. But Ralph did not 2019, an impeachment inquiry will be thrown out of office. If ened to withhold long-stand- to say that she likes him only want to be caught at Jack’s was headed by speaker of the the Senate votes in favor of re- ing military aid to Ukraine if as a friend. When Ralph fi- house at the wrong time, be- house, Nancy Pelosi, against moving him from office, they President Zelensky refused. nally got up the courage to tell cause he knew Jack wasn’t President Donald Trump. will then vote on an article to The democratic-led House has Scarlett that he is in love with very happy about Ralph and President Trump is only the ban him from running in the already voted in favor of im- her, she had the biggest smile Scarlett being a “thing”. So third President in history to be 2020 presidential election. As peachment, but further action on her face and couldn’t help the two of them bickered impeached, following Nixon of February fifth, the Senate must be taken by the senate, but bend down and kiss him and argued about what their and Clinton. An investigation has ruled to acquit Donald which currently holds a re- on the cheek. Ralph instantly plans should and shouldn’t was launched after, in July, Trump of his impeachment. publican majority. The Senate got a huge smile on his face be for the night, and they fi- President trump was accused Donald Trump is Impeached will vote the week of January and asked Scarlett what they nally came to a conclusion. of misuse of power. What di- On December 18th, 27th on whether or not Trump were going to do after gradu- “I’m going to the party, and rectly led us here was Trumps 2019, an impeachment inquiry will be thrown out of office. If ation happened and everyone if you don’t want to fine, decision to pressure Ukraine was headed by speaker of the the Senate votes in favor of re- began to move on from high but you aren’t going to stop for political dirt on his rival, Joe house, Nancy Pelosi, against moving him from office, they school. Scarlett began to ex- me from celebrating and Biden. Trump allegedly threat- President Donald Trump. Pres- will then vote on an article to plain to Ralph that she never having fun.” Said Scarlett. ened to withhold long-stand- ident Trump is only the third ban him from running in the wanted to be apart from him, “Fine, we’ll go to the stupid par- ing military aid to Ukraine if President in history to be im- 2020 presidential election. As and that she loved him very ty.” Ralph sighed. And that was President Zelensky refused. peached, following Nixon and of February fifth, the Senate much. As Scarlett was telling that. They headed to the party The democratic-led House has Clinton. An investigation was has ruled to acquit Donald him the way she felt and what after about 45mins. of getting already voted in favor of im- launched after, in July, Presi- Trump of his impeachment. feelings she had for him, his ready. But when they got there, heart began to melt. He never something crazy happened...

PHOTO BY Garden Arts PHOTOS BY GOOGLE IMAGES How Students Can Save Lives by Giving Blood By Michael Myers students can be in and out in is more beneficial? For that, relatively easy to store, but it that cannot produce platelets under an hour. The donation we must examine the need for must be replaced at least once of their own have a very hard Contributing Reporter process is broken up into three both types. For whole blood a month. For platelets, the need time forming scabs therefore stages: registration, donation, donations, all the components is vastly different. Platelets go they can easily bleed out from and recovery. The registration of the blood are drawn. This to mainly cancer and blood even a small cut. Platelets also process includes certifying that is useful for trauma victims disorder patients. For anyone have a shelf life of 5 days. you are eligible to donate. The and surgeries where all of that has known someone with That means that they have to minimum age to donate blood the blood is needed. Whole leukemia or another bleeding be used almost immediately in Indiana is 16 with paren- blood has a shelf life of up to condition, it is imperative that and therefore need to be re- We have all heard about the tal consent and 17 without it. 35 days. This means that it is they not get hurt at all. People placed more than once a week. Red Cross, whether it’s been You must also weigh over 110 through their disaster relief ef- pounds. The second phase of forts or their work in times of the process is the donation war. Arguably, the most im- itself. This will take approxi- portant thing about the Red mately 15 minutes. If needles Cross is the work they do right scare you or if you don’t like here in northeast Indiana. I’m the sight of blood then you talking about blood donation. don’t have to even see either It cannot be underestimated of them. The final part of the how many lives blood dona- donation process is recov- tions can save. Over 31000 units ery. After the actual donation of blood are needed every day is collected, donors are en- in the United States according couraged to have a snack or to americasblood.org. So, the a drink in the recovery area. blood bank must be stocked For platelet donations, the when they need it. Blood is process is only slightly dif- one of the few substances in ferent. The main difference the world that cannot be arti- is that the donation can take ficially made. That means that about 2 hours instead of 15 it is only through people’s do- minutes. The second differ- nations that lives can be saved. ence is that the required time The process of blood dona- between donations is longer so tion takes very little effort. people can donate more often. For a whole blood donation, The question now is which one PHOTO BY The American Red Cross FEBUARY 21, 2020 Page 3 STUDENT LIFE Leo Lions Discuss the Leo Students Participate In Art Contest New Year By Jaymee Gallagher By Macey Fisher more, Claire Hudson, “A re- Contributing Reporter cent trend of 2020 is obvious- Contributing Reporter ly Tik Tok, WWIII, AirPods, Every year, Leo students Bailianna Sholl, a junior, Welcome to the start of a and if you count trends com- participate in the Scholastic and Rylan Capper, a senior, new decade! You’ve heard ing from 2019, mom jeans.” Art and Writing Competition. won a silver key for their short the usual resolutions: “New Trends around this time of The competition gives artists horror film they submitted to Year, new me” and the same year flourish from Christmas and writers awards for their this year’s Scholastic competi- old “I’m going to get fit and presents. A lot of teens ask for beautiful pieces in the forms of tion. eat right; this is going to be the newest trending item for keys, medals, and in some cas- Q: What made you want my year.” It’s a good thing Christmas. This year it’s Air- es, scholarships. Submissions to submit a short film, rather to go into the new year Pods and Air Force ones. Usu- were open from September than a drawing or photogra- with a positive mindset, but ally once everyone opens their last year up to early January, phy piece like you’ve done what really needs to hap- gifts they are obviously ranked and are accepted all across before? pen is keeping the mind- from best to worst. In a recent the US from 7-12th graders A (Rylan): We wanted a better set throughout the year. interview with sophomore Co- ages 13 and up. This year, chance at winning, since there Sophomore, Grace rey Schrock, when asked if he multiple Leo students won an are less films than drawings Heitzmann, is a firm believer could tell us the best and worst award from the competition or pictures. I am also more in New Year’s resolutions; of his gifts this year, he said, for drawing, painting, writing, interested in and also going to “Yeah, I do believe in reso- “For best probably airpods or and even a short film. school for film. lutions and that people can a TV. And for not the best, I’d Galeena Gephart, a junior, Q: What was the inspiration better themselves.” Everyone say probably a small squishy won a gold key this year for behind the film? sets a resolution for them- football.” Fortunately for Co- drawing. She has also been A (Baili): I’ve always wanted selves, and whether they rey he got the trend he asked awarded an award from a to do a big film project, but I write it down or not depends for which will make life more design-an-ad program for Fort didn’t want it to be solely fo- on them but the resolution sits enjoyable; however, everyone Wayne newspapers for draw- cused on the actor or even the in the back of your mind and has that one relative that gives ing a promotional poster of plot. I really liked the idea of you are always conscious of it. the worst gifts. When you get the CW’s show “The Flash”: creating emotion and results With the new year there the box or bag and see it’s from Q: How long have you from a film by putting in more may be new trends that have them, you instantly know you been drawing and what’s your effort to music, setting, edit- sparked. Some recent trends are going to have to put on a favorite part about it? ing, etc. are the Nike shoe air forces, fake smile, say thank you, and A: I’ve been drawing my en- Q: What was the process AirPods, and Tik Tok, a very hope for a return receipt. Ju- tire life, and I can’t remember like for planning, filming, edit- famous social media plat- nior Aidan Vitz would have a specific time when I picked ing, and getting results? form. Everyone has different to agree with this. “Ummm, it up. My favorite part about A (Rylan): The film took a viewpoints on these trends; yes,” he said. “I would say drawing is watching some- good six hours to film and a some will hop on the trend I have a relative that always thing truly come to life after week to edit. We got the re- and others will completely give the worst gifts. One year working on it for so long. sults back almost a week later avoid it. According to sopho- she gave me a potty putter!” Q: What was the process and found out we had won an like for completing the draw- award. ing, submitting it, and getting A (Baili): We probably spent results? more time filming and edit- A: Beginning the process, I ing than planning. However, knew they liked something when we put more effort into that broke the standards of these things, I think the results society. I created a portrait are very promising. It was re- of a man with lipstick on ally cool to win an award for and wrote “too femme” on something in a film category his cheek. I paid the fee and for the first time. uploaded a picture to Scholas- After Scholastic, there is tic. Mrs. Hoff submitted it and another art competition local we waited a few weeks for the students can participate in. results. Mrs Hoff got the long The design-an-ad program list and read it off to the class, allows students to design an PHOTO FROM GOOGLE and I had won a gold key. We ad for a Fort Wayne company. now get to go to a ceremony Submissions are due to Fort next Sunday to receive our Wayne Newspapers by 5pm keys. on March 20th.

Drama Students Prepare for Spring Musical By Jaymee Gallagher PHOTO BYBAILIANNA SHOLL Contributing Reporter With the beginning of the part about putting on a musical? about the show. Once we se- pate that it will be a lot of work new semester, drama mem- A: “My favorite part is be- cure the rights, we will have to because there will be more bers are preparing for their ing with all of my friends.” make audition cuts in dialogue people involved. Keeping ev- spring musical. Although the Q: Would you rather per- and music, and then hold au- eryone on track to complete show won’t be happening for form in the show or help as stu- ditions and callbacks. Then the the task can be exhausting, another few months, a lot of dent director? Or both? Why? cast list is posted and we are off but I love it nonetheless. I can thought and time goes into A: “I don’t know quite yet and running. For now, we have only hope that I can continue preparing the production in if I would rather act or help to wait until all of the techni- to give my best effort to keep the preceding weeks. They as student director. Acting is cal issues are worked out.” the show moving. I hope the need to take care of respon- very fun but tiring, and be- Q: What’s your favorite part show is successful and I hope sibilities like securing rights ing student director I get to about putting on the musical? you will all come to see it.” for the show, publicizing au- work to help my friends who A: I love musicals. They tell a Time is moving fast for ditions, etc. Student direc- are actors. Being student di- story through music and act- these students-in-charge. After tors and crew heads have rector doesn’t come with hav- ing all in one. The amount of student directors and heads already begun collaborating ing the stress of the crowd’s emotion and passion an actor have finished preparing, the to get the department ready eyes when performing.” must have to successfully put auditions will start along with and excited for the new show. This production will be on a musical is draining. But in crew members joining (or com- Luka Bowers, a junior, is new Makayla Edwards’, a senior, the end, it’s completely worth ing back to) the department. to the student director role: first musical as student director: it because you create an amaz- After that there will be call Q: How are you feel- Q: How do you prepare ing work of art. Not to men- backs, rehearsals, and before ing about being student for the musical before au- tion, the atmosphere is amaz- you know it, it will be open- director for the first time? ditions and rehearsals? ing. In the spring, everyone is ing night! If you are interest- A: “Being student director for A: “Currently, as I’m writing much more involved and it’s ed in joining the Leo Drama the first time feels good so far. this, it is hard to prepare for the nice to see everyone work hard Department,make sure to keep I’m very passionate about the musical because we have yet to to make it come together.” your eyes peeled for informa- department and am glad I can secure the rights. A lot of things Q: Do you like being tion on how you can audition give my input in the musi- are up in the air. This leads to student director better for or join a crew! There will be cal and help direct the actors, stress on the student direc- the play or the musical? announcements and flyers whom I have a lot of faith in.” tors. We are constantly fielding A: This will be my first musi- in the coming weeks regard- Q: What is your favorite questions from other members cal as student director. I antici- ing both of these choices. FEBUARY 21, 2020 Page 4 SPORTS A Look at Lions Statistics A Brief History of Basketball By Jasmine Gillhouse successfullu atempted three sists of 10 players, two fresh- pointers. Junior, Blake Davi- man, 7 sophomores, and 2 Contributing Reporter son has personally scored 284 juniors. They have played 15 points this season. Sophomore, games, they have six more Landen Livingston a junior games as well as sectionals to Leo High School’s men’s var- varsity player has scored 187 go. They have an undefeated sity basketball team consists points. Junior, Zach Troyer has record. Their statistics over- of 14 players, six sophomores, scored 160 points. Coach Cog- all, they have 47.6% of their five juniors, and two seniors. dell and the staff have pushed free throws. They have scored Currently they have played their team to try their best not a total of 621 points, and 156 a total of 15 games they have only in games but practice as of those points were made by six more games and section- well, clearly it’s paying off. 3 point shots. Junior, Cam- als. They won nine games and Our players have a huge bas- eron Groves has personally lost six. The Leo lions have had ketball history to live up to. scored 127 points. Sophomore, good statistics overall, making Leo High School’s junior Brody Hiteshew has scored over 56% of their free throws varsity basketball team con- 103 points. Freshman, Collin and 907 points total with 73

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By Jasmine Gillhouse high school team. Because of the College’s well-represented Contributing Reporter international student body, the game of basketball was intro- duced to many foreign nations in a relatively short period of The history of basketball be- time. High schools and colleg- gan with its invention in 1891 es began to introduce the new in Springfield, Massachusetts game, and by 1905, basketball by Canadian physical edu- was officially recognized as a cation instructor James Nai- permanent winter sport. On smith as a less injury-prone November 1, 1946, the first sport than football. Basketball NBA (at the time called the established very quickly and BAA) basketball game took grew in the 20th century. The place in Toronto, Canada. The greatest level of early basket- game was between The New ball activity outside of YMCAs York Knicks and the Toronto PHOTOS BY Michael Meyers was seen in American colleg- Huskies at Maple Leaf Gar- es. The first known U.S. - col dens and drew in over 7000 lege to field a basketball team spectators, most who knew against an outside opponent very little about basketball; The was Vanderbilt University, Knicks won 68-66. First high which played against the local school basketball game was YMCA in Nashville, Tennes- in 1894 according to the Indy see, on February 7, 1893. As far Star. Indiana Hoosiers started as historians can determine, in 1900, they lost their first Chicago was the site of the first game in Indianapolis 17-20. basketball game to include a Watch the Lady Lions Roar

Soft Pretzels Wanted at Concession Stands By Michael Myers asked about their best expe- rated it the lowest with a 5.5. rience at a concession stand. Perkins explained her answer Contributing Reporter “I’ve never had a bad ex- by saying, “soft pretzels are perience with the workers, worth a solid 4.5 points out of they are all kind of nice” said ten even if they are terrible.” sophomore Grace McHugh. Finally, each person was asked Next, the students were a about their preference between little critical. All three- stu school food and concession dents mentioned soft pretzels stand food. Cristie Livingston, unprompted. Junior Emma library specialist and spirit Perkins summed it up by extraordinaire, identified the saying, “Woodlan had re- toughness of the question by ally good stuffed pretzels saying, “I don’t know if there Interviews with some Leo and so does Dwenger and is a comparison.” McHugh students and a Leo faculty everyone else.” One student tended to agree. She said member, discontent with also mentioned a lack of din- that when it comes to food the availability of soft pret- ner options as they usually that would sustain some- zels was a running theme. eat dinner during the games. one, the cafeteria was the best Initially, it seemed like there Next the interviewees were but if someone just wanted were no problems with the asked to rate the concession a snack then they should concession stands. Half of stands on a scale of one to ten. the interviewees mentioned Alta Upton rated it the high- go to the concession stand. how nice the staff were when est with a seven but Perkins By Macey Fisher games, as well as many other players on the team. The girls Contributing Reporter have played a total of 22 games this season and have had many opportunities to show every- one what they are made of. Our girls are not alone on the court they always have the support of the cheerlead- ers and the fans. “My favorite Our small town of Leo part of cheering is keeping the has an amazing basketball energy up and getting every- team. Our very own Lady one to keep positive attitudes. Lions have put up a big fight I also love cheering on the this season. Even if the odds team!” Varsity cheerleader, might not be in their favor, Grace Heitzmann, cheers at they do not let that put them every girl’s varsity game. And down. “Do not give up just when she does not cheer, she because of what someone is in the crowd rooting them said. Instead, use that as on to a victory . Our lady lions motivation to push harder.” have done an impeccable job This quote is what keeps this season and they have and varsity player, Elie Arm- will continue to have the town strong, going during her of Leo behind them always.