October 26, 2016 Volume XXIII Issue 4 A PUBLICATION OF HAMBURG AREA HIGH SCHOOL Haley rowing Josh goes on summer vacation Michaela Sturm - 10 through her Sophomore Josh Seiler had a fun filled summer. Over the summer Josh flew to Germany to visit his dad, grandparents and cousins for a couple weeks. Typically every summer he goes to Germany, but this summer was his favorite because he got to do many different kinds of life things like try new food that is special to Germany. He also traveled to Niagara Falls for Labor Day weekend, New York City, Colorado and New Orleans. His favorite place to travel during Michaela Sturm - 10 summer is tropical places like Hawaii. Haley Savastano is a sophomore at Hamburg During summer Josh loves to eat things like pasta salad. He also enjoys his favorite flavor Area High School who is in L.I.S.A and of ice cream, coffee. Summer is Josh’s favorite season because he really dislikes the cold. Wilderness club. Haley enjoys watch soccer, While at the beach, he enjoyed being able play volleyball with his friends and family. One football and baseball and her favorite soccer of his favorite things about summer besides the weather is that he gets to hangout with his team is the Philadelphia Union, and favorite friends and not have to worry about school. baseball team is the Phillies, and her favorite Josh really enjoys travel and explore the world. He also loves to see all the different football team is the Eagles. In her free time she cultures and different kinds of people. He is very blessed to have the opportunity to travel to enjoys playing soccer and running. all different kinds of places. Although the weather was very hot this summer, he did not seem Haley recently joined a rowing crew in Philadelphia. She rowes five times a week usually to mind. He continued to hangout with friends and travel. Overall it was a great summer for from 4-6:30 pm. She participates in a sweeping eight person boat which means each person not only Josh, but also a whole bunch of other people. only has one oar. Haley enjoys being in regattas which are possibly one, two, four or eight people in a boat. Haley got involved with rowing because the scholarship seminar. She has competitions every weekend until November. She plans on continuing rowing throughout the Halloween superstitions people believe rest of high school and in her dream college Massachusetts Institute of Technology studying Alyssa Marzili – 11 chemistry. There are many superstitions around Halloween people like to believe in whether it is Haley really enjoys summer. Over the last summer she went to the beach and hung out black cats, or witches. with friends. Her favorite vacation spot is the beaches in Australia. Although she does not like Black cats were always the cold weather, she is excited for fall and winter. One of her favorite seasons is fall because associated with bad luck of how beautiful the leaves look. and witches, and it was never good if a black cat crossed the path of Field hockey looks for excellence a human on Halloween night. However, in Lexi Gerner – 9 Ireland, Scotland, and England it is actually Sophomore, Josie Keith has been playing field hockey for over four years. Mid- considered good luck if dle school was where it all started. She plays a low left mid and is accompa- a black cat crosses the nied by Logan Albrecht, Megan Krick, and Alexa Althouse. path. Jack-o-lanterns Field hockey is a tough game, mentally and physically. The girls’ varsity coach- were originally made out es are Justine Reading, and assistant coach Kandice Pyles. The season has been of turnips and believed a tough one. The girls have had to overcome a ton, especially with their confidence. to help guide the lost They have learned a lot off of each other and not letting losses bring them down. spirits home. Josie Keith says, “This is not the season I wanted to have, but seeing how many stu- Bats, another common dents came out for hockey, I knew what we were getting ourselves into. Hopefully next symbol of Halloween, year we can get more girls involved and step it up and pull our game together a bit. I are believed to also be know that all of us are out there trying our hardest and best so that is all that matters.” associated with witches. The field hockey team lost 12 seniors last year, which made a huge impact on the amount It is said bats bring evil of girls who came out this year and our record. Their record is one win, one tie and 15 losses. spirits if they circle a It was a hard year, but so many memories were made. Josie Keith enjoys playing field hock- place three times. While spiders are considered to also be a sign witches are near, they ey, and will continue to play until she graduates in 2019. Hopefully next year things can come also can be seen as good. If a spider is seen on Halloween it means a deceased loved one together a bit, but for now we have to play with what they have. is watching over them. However, if a spider falls into the candle light of a lantern, it is a sign witches are near. Tanner Quigley makes his Witches used to be something of a good decent and symbolized wisdom. Over the years, way into football it changed and witches became something horrible and feared by people. The broom stick Kiara Mariano -11 that are always associated with witches began when people were accused of witchcraft. Most Tanner is a 17 year old senior, who is in his tenth and last of the ones accused were poor old people from the town, which would use walking sticks or year of football. He started football when he was about five sometimes brooms to get around. years old because his dad encouraged him to play. He enjoys It was said on Halloween the layer between the present world and the spirit world were football because of the excitement of Friday nights under the the closest, and spirits would cross over. The spirits would knock on doors asking for different lights. He loves being the quarterback for the team, but he things, and if they were turned down, they could curse the family. People began to dress up, does not like the running aspect of the game. In future games so that the spirits would think they were one of them, as they too liked to dress up. People Tanner believes that the team will put up a good fight against dressed up in costumes, so that the spirits would not try to take their souls. the tough teams. Their current record is four wins and one Today people understand these are all only silly superstitions and not true. Though it is loss. His biggest memories will be being part of a hard working team and winning. Tanners is going to miss a lot of things, clear the things are made up, people still like to continue the ancient traditions and pretend but he will mostly the “Comradery with the team and the good for one night a year, they are real. memories created, and ones to come.” One thing he is not For more information go to: http://www.livescience.com/16677-halloween-superstitions- going to miss at all is the practices because of the running that traditions.html is required. Tanner’s advice to the younger athletes is to “Keep the hawk pride alive and live on the legacy.” Tanner’s hobbies include hunting and playing video games. Tanner also does golf and plays baseball. Out of those three Color Guard spins their sports baseball is his favorite. He will not be playing college football, but he plans to attend Penn State Berks. His favorite team are the Pittsburgh Steelers and his favorite player is Ben Rothlisberger. way into the game Miranda Pinder – 12 Color guard is part of the field show for the varsity football games. The work together with the Marching Band to create the Stevie Wonder show. Color Guard are the girls and guys that do the routines with the flags for parades and also for the field show. They do not want to be called “twirlers” because that is a separate act in the unit of a marching band. To them it is insulting because being in Color Guard is a lot of hard work and they have to memorize routines. The Color Guard instructor is Mrs. Sola, Mr. Sola’s wife. Sarah Yoder stated that some of her favorite parts of Color Guard are “learning new routines” and “seeing kids’ faces in awe.” Brennan Yoder stated that when a person is in color guard, it is “really hard, but worth it.” Brennan also stated that he feels as though he “loves” his instructor Mrs. Sola and that she is like a “second mom” and is “really nice and supportive.” To get into Color Guard, you have to audition. Auditions are usually held at the end of the year, so that the directors can decide for the next season who is in and who isn’t. The Color Guard practices with the Marching Band, which is every Thursday. They do this because Color Guard and Marching Band work together to perform. HAWK HAPPENINGS OCTOBER 26, 2016 PAGE 2 Club Club spotlight Anime Club Spotlight – Odessia Schwinger - 9 The anime club is a club about Japanese animation where the anime comes from.