Hopewell Hi-Lites 1215 Longvue Avenue, Aliquippa, PA 15001 people including me that have been in the early morning of April 9. The Introducing in journalism since freshman year. incident occurred roughly around Q: Are you going to make your 7:10 a.m. throughout one of the The New own signature article? school’s hallways. Rachael: My articles about the Student Nate Scimio pulled Editors-In-Chief NFL and the Steelers have my own BY: GRACE WARGO a fire alarm amidst the chaos, signature spin on it, but I’ll write and saved the lives of many other As the 2013-14 school year whatever. It doesn’t really matter to students and administrators passes, Dr. Sam’s PhD has been me. through his astute actions. After revoked, and Taylor’s gears have Brie: No, I’m afraid of commitment the alarm was pulled, the school’s been ground to the studs. Who will Q: What changes would you like to 1,229 students filtered out of the save our beloved paper? Who will make to next year’s paper? campus. Security guard John be the new head honchos of the Rachael: Just have more people read Resetar attempted to apprehend the HiLites? We are proud to reveal the it. suspect, who was speeding through new Editors-in-Chief, Brie Miller Brie: I’ll continue to improve it and the hall. Resetar was stabbed in the and Rachael Kriger! try to draw in readers. process. Moments later, assistant Get to know the boss’s of the No one looks forward to paper: coming back to school, but look at principal Sam King and senior Ian Q: What is your favorite book the bright side! You always have the Griffith tackled Hribal and handed genre? Hopewell HiLites. him over to the police. Each of these Rachael: Anything by the incredible courageous individuals are regarded genius, Daniel Silva. as heroes. Brie: Dystopian fiction/ Self help/ An additional instance of D+D strategy guides valor and composure arose when a Q: If you could be a celebrity who sophomore student tended to her would you be and why? fellow classmate who was injured, Rachael: Alexis DeJoria. She’s a and saved his life in the process. female drag racer and she’s super Hopewell senior Kelsey Wertz noted cool. I even got to meet her a few that this brave student played a times in Indianapolis, Norwalk, and pivotal role in keeping this student, Reading. a family friend, alive. “Greg is stable Brie: I wouldn’t want to be a celebrity and recovering. Thank you for I would just want to be rich, but if I your support in all of the victim’s did have to choose, RuPaul. recoveries.” Q: What are your favorite movies? A seventeen-year-old still Rachael: Tommy Boy and Black 21 Injured at in critical condition at UPMC Sheep. Chris Farley is literally the Presbyterian attained the worst of most hilarious person ever. Franklin Regional the injuries from the stabbings; a Brie: Frozen, not the Disney one, the BY: LAUREN ZAWATSKI knife missed his heart by millimeters one directed by Adam Green Local Pittsburgh high school and nearly struck his spine. Hribal Q: What qualifies you to be an Franklin Regional has been the has been charged with four counts editor and chief? subject of national attention over Rachael: The fact I have the most the past week after sixteen-year- of attempted homicide and 21 experience out of everyone here, as old Alex Hribal wielded two knives counts of aggravated assault, and is well as Brie. and stabbed 20 of his classmates being held without bail at the city’s Brie: I’ve been in journalism since as well as a school security guard juvenile detention center. my freshman year and there’s only 2 played tennis for two years. He is one of the five seniors on the team; the other seniors are Dillon Kmetz, Pfeifer, Brunette, and Alec Schoedel. Drewitz says that his personal goal this season is to win most of his matches, and that he is looking forward to the next time Hopewell plays Ellwood City. Drewitz says that there is plenty of leadership on the team, “Andrew Brunette brings his dad’s legacy to every event we have, be it a practice or match. He keeps things fun, but also makes sure we are staying focused and confident.” Lastly, about his hopes for the team this season, “I expect to have the new guys ready for the Coach Grow’s hopes for the season section we will be playing this year. Court Is In are to see returning lettermen I’m confident about the future of Session! improve their individual records this team.” BY: RACHAEL KRIGER from last year and I’d like to see our younger players get as much court After school, many travel experience possible.” She says she East Coast Bias? home and pass the Hopewell middle loves coaching because it combines BY: JUSTIN MARCHIONDA school; chances are some have seen her passion for the sport and her the Hopewell boys’ tennis team love for the kids. “The boys and girls Is there such a thing as an practicing. Led by third year coach, tennis teams are like an extended East Coast bias? Since Christopher Erin Grow, the team is confident family- an environment I credit Columbus landed the East Coast and looking forward to a successful Coach Andy Brunette for creating. believe the country and even season. They made it just above For how much time coaches the world revolves around them. the .500 win dedicate, it’s Consider that approximately 50 percentage important you percent of the U.S. population lives mark last like what you in the East Coast Time Zone, some year. The are doing and argue that an East Coast bias is team is also who you are justified. The biggest example of the being led by doing it with, bias would be in the fields of sports senior co- and I definitely and network television. captains, do.” In all four major North Andrew When American leagues: NHL, NFL, MLB, Brunette and asking one of and NBA, the majority of teams Aaron Pfeifer. the captains are located in the Eastern Time Coach Grow what it was Zone. This leads to unfair coverage says she asks like to be for teams located in the Central, their views a leader Mountain, and Pacific Time Zones. on various this year, Since each time zone is one hour things, Andrew said, behind each other this means that because she values their opinions “it’s pretty nice. I feel honored. games on the West Coast start and “they have done an excellent It’s rewarding because I set the at 10 p.m. Eastern Time when job in representing the team. example, and the other players gain everyone on the East Coast is going They reinforce basic skills with a lot of respect for me.” Brunette’s to bed. This means that many of the younger players, remind the expectation this year is to play hard the nation’s most influential sports team of its rules, communicate at matches. “We are in a tough writers are sleeping while talented expectations, and explain not just section, and I expect the practices players are just beginning to play. how we run drills, but why we do to be fun, but still serious. I expect Consider this in MLB, the drills. I couldn’t ask for two to push myself to do my best to 13 out of 30 teams are located better captains!” lead this team.” Brunette believes in the Eastern Time Zone. MLB Coach Grow’s experience that there is some potential for the includes six franchises alone along involved playing Singles One for upcoming years, noted that the the Interstate 95 corridor which Hopewell in her high school days. most surprising freshman is Eli connects Baltimore, Washington “Now I play on several women’s and Loncar. D.C, Philadelphia, New York, and mixed doubles. I also play singles Another member of the Boston. Close to 35 percent of the for a Pittsburgh Tennis League.” tennis team, Joe Drewitz, has United States population lives in this corridor. With such a huge first base position, between Gaby population density this has led to Pittsburgh Sanchez and Chris McGuiness. players playing outside the Eastern Sanchez, along with Garrett Jones, Time Zone not receiving as much Sports: Pirates & swapped positions as the starting attention. Over the last four years first baseman. Not returning to the only two players have won a Most Penguins team notably are Justin Morneau, Valuable Player Award in MLB BY: SANTINO CICCONE & RACHAEL KRIGER Marlon Byrd, A.J, Burnett, and playing outside of the Eastern Time When people hear the city Garrett Jones. Morneau went to the Zone. name of Pittsburgh, most thoughts Colorado Rockies, Byrd and Burnett shift to the phrase, “The City of went to the Phillies, and Jones went Champions.” The three teams down south to the Miami Marlins. that helped create this nickname, From February 9 to with their tremendous amounts of February 24, the NHL was not in success, are none other than the cession due to the Olympics. A Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates. way teams cope after the Olympics The Steelers are not close to is a big concern for hockey fans. beginning their season, yet they are still making headlines with the free agency releases and signings. However, the Penguins are in the middle of their season and the Pirates Another big aspect of this are currently in Spring Training.