FAMILY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY

WARRIORS HEARTBEAT

Sports Edition Volume 1, Issue 2 October 2017

Inside this issue:

Cover Story 1

Shout-Outs 2 Astros strong By Jaylen Curtis, Rashaad cannon and hailey smith Interview 2

The Houston Astros There is little to no beginning that the Astros were Devotion 3 are an American baseball doubt, though, that it was there to win and were not go- Sports 3 team that surprised the na- only an anomaly, as the As- ing home without a fight. tion this year. The city of tros were minimally favored School Events 4 Houston was filled with dif- to win the series entering Millions of Houstonians ferent emotions after this into it. This was a series watched as our Astros made Entertainment 4 seasons Win. worth watching. Game 5 our city proud with the last out of the 9th inning by Altuve. Credits 5 After a stressful sea- turned out to be the longest game ever played in the They dedicated the win to all of son and post season the As- Houston who persevered tros made it to the World World Series. They ended in through the disaster of Hurri- Series. World Series Game 1 the tenth inning with the cane Harvey, especially those was frustrating, as the Dodg- Astros taking the win 13-12. still enduring the aftermath. It ers rode their dominant ace They broke the record of was an amazing win for our to victory. the most home runs in the city, bring us even closer to- Home runs by Chris Taylor World Series reaching 22 in gether. The unity was felt all and gave Ker- total across the city, with every shaw more than enough Houston was ready Houstonian celebrating with cushion, and the Dodgers’ bullpen didn’t falter. But to take Game 6 to finished proud high fives and joyous there were some key takea- the series but unfortunately cheers. Congratulations ways that could be important in an upsetting loss the LA George Springer for receiving to watch as the series contin- Dodgers tied up the score the Most Valuable Player ues on Wednesday night. at 3-3. The end was near Award. and the anticipation was Game 2 took place at high. The Astros were fac- Dodgers Stadium in LA ing the Dodgers for the last where the Dodgers won put- time and only one team ting the score at 1-1 while was going to come out a games 3, 4, and 5 were winner. played here in Houston. The Dodgers taking game 4 and On November 1, the Astros taking game 3 2017 the Houston Astros and 5. It only took a matter made history winning their of time before the Astros’ first World Series title. The lineup started getting back to Astros did a tremendous job form, as game 1 displayed in defense hold the score 5- more of Kershaw’s pitching 0 till the 7th inning where skills than any of the talent the dodgers only made one that the Astros possess. . It was evident from the P AGE 2 W ARRIOR ’ S H EARTBEAT Shout-outs By Jacob baguio

The Junior and High school volleyball teams for being second in district!

Coach Barriere for being a good coach “He is a hard-working, dedicated coach, who always pushes us to do better.” says Brett Howell and Jaylen Curtis.

The Houston Astros for BEATING THE DODGERS IN THE WORLD SERIES AND PROVING THAT HOU-

A Season of baseball By noah valdez A Time to Dream

Mr. JD has taught at Family Christian Academy By Kaleb Garza for 2 years now; I am actually in his 11th Grade Bible class and I asked a few questions about sports to him. David Mendizabal was destined As a child, JD grew up playing all kinds of sports like: to play basketball since he was a ba- Football, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, and Kickball. Baseball and by. At a young age he knew he loved Soccer were his favorite ones to play, while the other sports he did enjoy he started going into leagues for his top two. His parents basketball. When he was about 1, he never forced him to play sports, but when they discovered that he picked a rock and started throwing it into wanted to play, they were going to make sure he was the best at the trash can, the rest is history. He has whatever sport he wanted to play. Every day at home he practiced had the privilege to be on the FCA bas- th for long amounts of time, from standing in front of a mirror and ketball team since the 6 grade! practicing his pitching to practicing his batting on a tire hanging This 2017-2018 season, David on a rope from a tree. has been practicing with the varsity high He came to a dilemma in his life to play only one sport: school team. He is a very competitive Baseball or Soccer, and he chose the All-American sport, Baseball. player so practicing with high school is a He grew up loving to play baseball, he still loves playing it occa- challenge he is taking head on. David is sionally, and his favorite teams are the Astros and the Rangers, but if it came down to it, his favorite is the Astros. Growing up with his very satisfied with the progress he has love for baseball was by going to a lot of his favorite teams’ games been making this year. He has set high and playing it in leagues year-round every year for a while. Eventu- expectations this year predicting to be ally, Mr. JD started playing for his school and his family would al- undefeated. He also hopes to average a ways show up to his baseball games to cheer him on. He was the triple double a game! (a basketball term oldest out of his siblings, so his siblings were always there as well. for points/assists/rebounds) David is an He has had so many memories playing baseball, but his amazing young man, and the more I favorite memory was his last senior home game in high school. Mr. JD’s friends and family showed up, even his pastor came to the talked to him, I realized that he doesn’t game, and he went up to bat and a double while batting right- just play basketball for the competition or handed. Something you need to know about Mr. JD is that he was the thrill but more to glorify God and His and is still left-handed. His second hit, there was someone on first name. That is something that everyone base and he hit a and got his team two extra points, and should strive for no matter what we’re his third and last hit, he got another double, this time with his left doing. So this year we should all try and hand. The last time he went up to bat, the umpire was messing glorify God in any with him, while batting right-handed, and caused him to strikeout, showing some mercy for the other team. If he ever got famous, he way we can, would give us a very big shout-out and give all the glory to God. whether it be at Towards the end of his baseball career, he began to work, which school, home, or turned out to be one of his biggest regrets, because he never got just at the store. to go to a single of his brother’s football game. He does wish he would not have focused on his work more than his family, but his love for his family will always be great. P AGE 3

Devotion By phoebe buras

Galatians 1:10 NLT We are not here to win the ap- “Obviously I’m not trying proval of others. We are here to to win the approval of people, live for God. However, living for but of God. If pleasing people God is a choice, which makes were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.” Him so great! God is a god of service and honesty. Do you do Ephesians 6:6 NLT the good because you feel obli- “Try to please them all the time, gated? Or has the Holy Spirit not just when they are watching moved you? Let God’s will be the you. As slaves servants of Christ, reason of your doings, do not do the will of God with all your choose to do things to draw peo- heart.” ple’s attention.

Honoring the ladies By Elijah portee

On October 17, 2017 our very have had the honor of coaching the Lady own Lady Warriors Varsity Volleyball Warriors this year with my mom and am team celebrated Senior Night. with a hard grateful to be a part of the seniors last year -fought victory against Orange. It was a of volleyball”. night full of mixed emotions due to it be- ing the last district game for both seniors The game seemed to be over at Hailey Smith #13 and April Anderson #1. times, but they ended up holding on and The night started with Tobi winning 3-2 in the end. At the final sound of Bertling and Noelle Castleberry sharing the whistle the Lady Warriors came out on how the seniors impacted their lives dur- top, making the whole gym full of screaming ing this season. Tobi said, “Hailey was al- fans cheer even louder. The whole school ways doing her best to lead and encour- was proud because it was such an important age the team.” Noelle reminisced, “Even night for us and they took victory. This year is though April is leaving her legacy won’t considerably one of the Lady Warriors’ best be forgotten”. Assistant Coach Alex Wil- because they were spotlighted in the #2 spot mot bragged about the team stating, “I in the district.

Upcoming events

By ryan jackson

[Basketball] Southwest (Home) VG,VB th Nov 2nd - Clear Lake Christian Nov 17 – KIPP Sunnyside (Away)VG,VB (Home) JHG,JHB/Yes Prep st Gulfton (Home) VG,VB Nov 21 – Arcadia (Home) Nov 3rd – First Baptist (Home) JHG,JHB/ Yes Prep East End (Home) VG,VB VB th Nov 7th – Pasadena First Bap- Nov 28 – Texas Christian (Home) VG,VB tist (Away) JHG,JHG/ KIPP th nd Sunnyside (Home) VG,VB Nov 30 – Dec 2 – FCA JR Nov 9th – Chinquapin (Home) High Tournament (Home) November Academic events JHG,JHB th Nov 10th – Alpha and Omega November 17 – Early (Home) JHB,VG,VB Dismissal {Thanksgiving} Nov 13th – Calvary Baptist November (20th–24th) (Home) JHG,JHB,VG,VB Thanksgiving Break Nov 14th – Beaumont Legacy (Away) JHG,JHB Nov 16th – Baytown Christian (Home) JHG,JHB/ Yes Prep

Entertainment/ Fun facts

By olga Hernandez and Ryan Jackson Newspaper Staff Hailey Smith………………………………………....Editor in Chief & In the Spotlight Editor Olga Hernandez……………………………...Associate Editor & Entertainment Columnist Jaylen Curtis & Rashaad Cannon ………………………...Current Event Col- umnist Noah Valdez & Kaleb Garza…………….……………….Interview Columnist

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