Entertainment Sports 25¢ Guitar Hero Orienteering team Visit us online at becomes an obsession. has first meet. www.cshsnews.com page 5 page 7 CAPTAIN SHREVE HIGH SCHOOL • SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA • ESTABLISHED 1967 SEPTEMBER 28, 2007 • VOL. 41, NO. 1 Gator football team dominates District 1-5A By Kelsy Jones Parish, Southwood, Ruston, and Natchitoches. The Gator football team is The Gators defeated sixth- 4-0 so far this season after ranked Ruston by a score of moving back up to Class 5A. 35-21 on Sept. 13. In the sec- “Switching to 5A has just ond half, the game was tied at improved our practices, mak- 21 when running back Greg ing us work harder and help- Washington suffered a serious ing us to improve,” said Logan injury to his left femur. The Raborn, a junior on the team. injury fueled the Gators’ The team is returning momentum and seemed to halt from two winning seasons in the Bearcats’. Receiver Travis Class 4A. Last year, the Anderson picked up the slack, Gators ended the season with catching seven of quarterback a 7-4 record after advancing to Kimball’s passes, also earning the playoffs. him a touchdown. District opponents this After the victory, the game year are Southwood, Ruston, ball was signed and taken to Natchitoches, Huntington, the hospital to give to Byrd, Ouachita, Airline and Washington. The game has West Monroe. It has been two been described as a “shocker” years since the Gators have by some, but there is no doubt competed with these teams in that it cemented Captain district games. Shreve’s reentry into Class Defensive coach Neil May 5A. said the team has had standout “There is no way to Kelsy Jones/The Enterprise players this year, including describe this game,” said head Orlando Jones shakes off four Ruston defenders on Sept. 13. running back Greg coach Ken Ivy. Washington, quarterback May said the Gators are Mark Kimball, linebacker expected to be one of the top Bridges Sandifer and defen- three teams in the district and Player suffers serious injury sive lineman Brandon Abner. to make a good run in the The Times also included playoffs. running back Orlando Jones, The Gators’ next game offensive lineman Grant will be against Huntington on in upset victory over Ruston Oliver and defensive tackle Oct. 5, which is also Eric Scott in their “Players to Homecoming. By Andrew Brown Washington said he was Watch” list. relieved when he heard from Senior quarterback Mark During the game against the nurses that the Gators won Kimball will play this season Ruston on Sept. 13, junior by two more touchdowns after with a surgically-repaired running back Greg his injury. right knee. He injured his knee Washington was injured dur- Ed Sella, a senior and cen- at the end of last season. ing a third-quarter kick-off ter for the team, said any time Junior Greg Washington and return. a fellow player is hurt it moti- senior Freddy Murphy have Washington broke his left vates the team to play harder. suffered serious injuries this femur, the thigh bone in the Washington said his injury season that will keep them upper leg, during a collision will take six to eight weeks to from playing the rest of the with a player on the other fully heal. He has to go year. team. Ruston coaches on the through physical therapy, Other than injuries, other side of the field were which started on Sept. 24. He Raborn and May both said said to have heard a crack. will not be able to play foot- their main weakness will be Shreve coaches said the ball for the rest of the season. themselves. Raborn described pressure from the impact, cou- “Any time you lose some- it as making mental mistakes, pled with Washington cement- one with Greg’s ability, it is a such as not paying attention to ing his position by planting his major loss,” offensive coach snap counts. May simply said, foot, led to the injury. Tommie Keller said. “Greg Kelsy Jones/The Enterprise “The only thing that can beat “When it happened I was has been a great addition to us right now is ourselves.” Kelsy Jones/The Enterprise Junior Greg Washington takes Students cheer on the team at hoping that it wasn’t real bad,” our team and will be sorely The team has had wins Washington said. missed this season.” a break during the Ruston this season over Franklin the Ruston game on Sept. 13. game on Sept. 13. Page 2 The Enterprise Opinion September 28, 2007 • Vol. 41, No. 1 Students face obstacles while parking Student Voices By Laura Boyd hurry. side of the lane so that other Assistant Principal of cars can move past them. “Do you have trouble parking with An important issue has Adminstration Anthony “We are doing our come to my attention recently Tisdale and security best to prevent accidents from parents in the way?” concerning parents blocking Coordinator Earl Bell said happening and making the the entrance of the south they were aware of this prob- parking lots more efficient for parking lot as they drop off lem. Tisdale said he wants the everybody,” Bell said. their children. I brought up This is prevent- Lyon’s idea of ing the students opening the stadi- who are able to um parking lot. drive from get- Both Tisdale and ting into the park- Bell thought the ing lot. idea was excel- Something needs lent. However, to be done. they also said exe- “It’s cuting it would be extremely aggra- impractical. They vating when I am said the school trying to park and does not have Jonathan Murphy, Junior Charles Mejia, Sophomore ignorant drivers enough manpow- “It gets on my nerves “I think that parents decide they want er to watch the to drop off their stadium parking when parents block the park- should be in a totally different stumbling fresh- in addition to ing lot.” line, that way students won’t men and other watching the be blocked. non-drivers in the other parking lots middle of the Laura Boyd/The Enterprise and front circle in lane, thus, slow- Parents are making trouble for both students and the morning. They ing down the buses and may eventually cause an accident. do encourage par- process,” said ents to pick up senior Josh Lyon. their children in Lyon agrees with my front circle driveway to be the stadium parking lot in the proposed solution of opening used only for buses because it afternoon. the Lee Hedges Stadium is dangerous for the buses and I think another securi- parking lot for parents who vehicles to be in the same ty guard should be hired drop off their children. Not vicinity. because the school’s enroll- only would this solve the Bell said he is doing ment is increasing. The problem for the students that everything that he can to Caddo Parish School Board park in the south parking lots, make the parents who drop should respond to the school’s but it would also be quicker off their children in the south need for additional security for the parents who are in a parking lot pull up to the right personnel. Patrick Shaffer, Senior Alisha Woodard, Junior “If the parents are “Well, to me personal- going to take both lanes of ly, I feel like it’s annoying Crowded hallways cause frustration the parking lot and keep you because parents should pick from going around them, they up their kids in the circle or in By Morgan Farnell School. It kind of makes you “Umm ... excuse me?” Take feel sorry for the freshmen. pity and just move out of the can take there slow kid and the back parking lot. What’s the deal with Another thing that both- way so that people can get to drop them off at the Hobby these overcrowded hallways? ers me is when you trying to their lockers and be on time Lobby, staying out of the No, seriuosly, what is the make your way through a for class. upperclassmen’s way. deal? It doesn’t make it easy mob of people and somebody to get to class on time when bumps into you and starts you’ve got groups of people yelling at you. It’s not their either walking extremely fault they bumped into you. slow or standing right in It’s your fault because you front of you. They just stand must have somehow distorted The Enterprise right in front of you, not their vision by trying to walk planning to move anytime to class! soon. Many people just stand in 2007 – 2008 Staff History of the “Enterprise” To make it even worse, a group right in the center of Captain Henry Miller Shreve, steamboat pilot of the groups of people constantly the hallway, just standing, Dameisha Anthony - News Editor 1800s and namesake of our high school, is famous for his efforts gather in front of lockers, talking and thinking. Laura Boyd - Feature Editor in opening the inland waterways of America. Not so famous, how- leaving you with only two And why do people link Andrew Brown - News Editor ever, is Shreve’s first steamboat, the “Enterprise,” and its role in choices: either try to force arms when they walk? Don’t Morgan Cole - Feature Editor American history. your way through the mob to they understand that it just KeKe Ellis - News Editor Wary of the Fulton-Livingston monopoly over trade on get to your locker and risk makes student traffic even the Mississippi River, Shreve realized the necessity of building a being late to class, or go to slower? Together, they span Morgan Farnell - Opinion Editor class without your books.