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HORNET HEADLINES

March 2016

National News Pg 2-3

International Sports Pg 4

Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess

Pg 5

In the Wonderful World of Technology

Pg 6-7

Features Pg 8-11

What’s Going on at the Ridge?

Pg 12

Hornet Sports Pg 13-14

Inside this issue:

A collision happened on February

14, 2016 with a Google car and a

bus from Silicon Valley city of

Mountain view. A potato camera

on the bus caught the accident. The

Google car, a Lexus, hit the side of

the bus, cracking the windshield

and damaging the body; it isn’t

normal for Google cars to have a

crash, but recently they are

occurring more frequently.

In fact, the last crash recorded

besides the latest, was a couple

years ago. The damage that

happened to the Lexus

resulted in the tear of the

front left side of the

fender, a flattened tire and

a ripped off radar, Google

had installed. In the end,

all the people on the bus

were okay, and the

Google Lexus had to be

towed with a Google

employee behind the wheel for

emergency.

Google Self-Driving Car Hits Bus By John Duncan

The first bombing on Brus-

sels, Belgium occurred on

March 22, 2016 at their

local metro station in

Maelbeek, and was

followed by another at the

Brussels International Air-

port. These deadly attack

are responsible for the lives

of thirty-one people and

270 people discovered

injured. Some people are

still missing. The attack

was so horrific that workers

are still going through

debris and finding people

buried under the debris.

So far, one of the two peo-

ple responsible for the Met-

ro station bombing have

been found. Khalid El

Bakraoui was identified

later that day. On Thurs-

day, there was evidence

showing that there is sus-

pected to be a second per-

son involved in the bomb-

ing. Whether the 2nd sus-

pect is dead or alive police

and security footage is still

looking for this suspect.

Three additional people

apparently were connected

to the bombing at the

International airport. The

suicide bomber was Ibra-

him El Bakraoui, who is

Khalid El Bakraoui’s

brother. The second perpe-

trator was an ISIS bomb

maker Najim Laachraoui;

he also died at the airport.

The final suspect is alive,

and security photos have a

very blurry image of this

person, said to be on the

run.

A tragic situation affecting

many internationally. We

keep the victims in deepest

thoughts.

Bombing in Brussels

By Olivia Friend

Hornet Headlines News

Flint Water Crisis

By Eurusalem Gebire

The lawsuit filed Monday, is the

latest in a series of such claims

filed over the discovery of high

lead levels in the city of Flint,

Michigan’s water supply. Close to

twenty defendants-seven families-

stating that their children have been

victims of maladies ranging from

neurological disorders, like

seizures, to language and learning

disabilities. They claimed that

these are due to “high levels of

copper in blood streams, brains,

bones and other organs.” The

asserted misconduct led to

“physical and psychological

injured, learning and other perma-

nent disabilities, weight loss, stunt-

ed growth, headaches, abnormal

and other pains, mental anguish,

emotional distress, and the cost of

medical, educational and rehabili-

tation expenses of training

expenses, other expenses of

assistance, loss of income and

capacity property damage,

damage of water services lines,

and devaluation of water services

property damages,” the suits lists.

The plaintiffs are seeking an

unspecified amount due to these

injuries that were the result of the

city switching its water source

from Lake Huron to the polluted

Flint River to save money. The

water ended up deteriorating also

Virginia Tech water quality. These

problems are very serious and

actions will be taken.

Is The War Soon To

Be Over? By Leah Nepo

Russia has begun to pull out of

Syria, in hopes of stopping the

five year civil war with a political

agreement between the people

and the president. Russia has been

withdrawing their forces, slowly

but progressively, from Syria

since March 8th. "They've done a

great job and they will continue in

fighting terrorism, but there are

some tasks which have been

completed, and therefore the

Russian and Syrian leadership

agreed that it is appropriate now

to withdraw some of the planes or

forces,” the Syrian president

informed CNN. Russia supports

the Syrian president for economic

reasons, although the president

has started a bloody war that has

little chance of ending any time

soon, until now. In a phone call,

Putin and Assad (leaders of

Russia and Syria) decided that

what they have done has really

helped but their jobs have been

successfully completed. Could

this mean the war will be over

soon? If so, who will be the

victor?

Crashing Into the Interstate

By Leah Nepo

Around 100 vehicles were

involved in a car crash on I-40 on

March 13th, shutting down the

interstate for hours. Around 25

people were taken to a hospital.

The first wreck happened at 5:45

p.m., according to police. There

was a total of nine accidents in

Alamance County, and 94

vehicles. The causes of all these

accidents are unknown although

there were strong storms passing

through the area. Multiple injuries

were recorded and all of these

wrecks resulted in six miles of

gridlock. Long hours of traffic

with some intense storms were

dubbed “a travel nightmare.”

Remember to always wear a seat-

belt and continue to never text and

drive for they are the leading

causes of fatal car crashes every

day.

Hornet Headlines News

It was the math equation that

stumped mathematicians for

centuries. Until British professor,

Andrew Wiles, a Royal Society

Research Professor at the

University of Oxford, set his mind

to it. xn+ yn = zn , was the problem

that made geniuses believe that ‘n’

equals a whole number, but in

reality, ‘n’ is greater than two.

Andrew Wiles solved the difficult

problem in the 1990’s, and this

week he was officially honored the

hugely prestigious 2016 Abel

prize, including $700,000 dollars to

top it off.

Ray Tomlinson Dies @ 74 Years Old

By Leah Nepo

Emails. If you don’t use them, you surely have heard

of them. Emails give you an easy way to

communicate with some friends and family members

from across the world. They’re easy to access and

have been around for years. Very few people though,

when talking about email think about, Ray Tomlinson,

the creator of this electronic mail concept.

The email was created in 1971 and may be older than

some of your parents! Tomlinson, a graduate from

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MIT and was, at

the time, working for a Boston technology firm in ’71,

when the idea hit him. Tomlinson also allowed the

‘@’ sign to be used more frequently. It was already a

symbol before, but wasn’t used often.

The idea of emailing back and forth quickly caught

on. "I see email being used, by and large, exactly the

way I envisioned. In particular, it's not strictly a work

tool or strictly a personal thing,” Tomlinson stated. He

was even inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

Tomlinson died March 5th, 2016 at the age of 74,

from a sudden heart attack.

Radiation in Japan By Roselyn Velasco Badillo

After the tsunami and the earthquake that occurred in

2011 which shook Japan for six minutes and damaged

a nuclear power plant in Fukishima, 18,500 people

died. Most others have fled because of the radiation

that is overflowing. A total of 100,000 people have not

returned to their homes since then, and the clean-up

will take at least forty years. Later that year, Japan was

flooded with a nuclear protest. A nuclear plant can

cause many deaths from cancer globally, so the

citizens were not happy about its affects. Infants are

at most risk of all types of cancer, since their immune

system is very weak, being young. The nuclear

discharge coolant water in the sea is affecting the

seafood, a major part of their diet, and they should not

eat it without being tested for radiation levels.

Currently, recovery

from such a

detrimental natural

disaster is underway

to their ghost city.

Someone Finally Solved Math’s Problem

By Eurusalem Gebire

Hornet Headlines Sports

March Madness

By Giovanni Vazquez

March Madness began in 1939 when the University

of Oregon beat the Ohio State Buckeyes 43 to 33.

College basketball became very popular by 2005. In

the first 12 years, only eight teams were invited to

play in the National Collegiate Athletic Association

(NCAA) tournament. In 2001, the NCAA tournament

expanded to include 65 teams playing. The most

successful team at the tournaments has been UCLA

Bruins taking home 11 championships. The first

women’s league was in 1982 with 32 teams starting

and expanded to 64 teams before 1994. Tennessee is

the first team with six championships in the women’s

basketball

league. Pat

Summit was the

coach from

1973 to 2006.

Intel’s Action 360 Cams!

By John Duncan

Yeah, you know what I’m talking about. When, Zack

Lavine hit the crazy dunk to win the contest. Believe

it or not, technology has made it better. Intel started

out roughly with their sports technology. It began

with their real sense technology. It helped out with

where they are now, but without the company FreeD

they wouldn’t have been able to accomplish it.

The company can freeze the scene from any spot and

move it around 360 degrees. This gives viewers a

whole new perspective of their favorite player making

that winning shot. Some people made the observation

that it is like the ‘Bullet Time’ effect used in the

movie Matrix. Everyone is trying to get on board the

Intel train as its gaining popularity. You may ask,

how does this work? Intel supplied CPU’s and servers

for the tech, hooked up to 28 ultra-high-definition

cameras to create a 3D render. Pretty cool, isn’t it?

Intel claims that this is just the first step. We can’t

wait to see more.

On Saturday, March 12,

2016, in Charlottesville

the UNC Tar Heels won

the ACC tournament

against the Virginia

Cavaliers. The score of

the games was 67 to 57.

Joel Berry of UNC

scored 19 points as

Virginia was held under

37 percent shooting. The

ACC title is UNC’s first

since 2008. North

Carolina defeated

Virginia straight up,

which is a promising sign

for the NCAA tourna-

ment. Even after losing to

North Carolina, Virginia

should not fall further

than #1 seed in the

upcoming NCAA

Tournament.

ACC Tournament By Giovani Vazquez

Hornet Headlines Tech News

First, we are introduced to Ocarina

of Time 3D, then comes Wind

Waker HD, Majora’s Mask 3D, and

finally, it is here! Twilight Princess

comes to the Wii U in an HD

remake! Many memorable games

have been remastered in beautiful

HD, and Twilight Princess finally

makes its way into the line-up.

If you preordered this game at

GameStop, you could get the

game’s sound track with every

single song included on a disc. A

bundle has also been made that

comes with the Wolf Link amiibo

that I briefly talked about in last

month’s article. This figure unlocks

a new dungeon in the game called

the Cave of Shadows that can only

be played as Wolf Link. But you

may be asking, what does that

mean? There are Twilight Zones in

the game, and when you enter them

you are turned into a wolf. The only

way to turn back to your human

form? You must collect Tears of

Light from defeated bug-like

creatures. Once collected, you are

human again! So, in the Cave of

Shadows, Link must be his wolf

form to defeat waves of enemies.

The cave acts like a Twilight Zone.

Every stage you complete, you get

lower and lower into the cave until

you get the prize. But what is the

prize? You will have to figure that

out yourself. I’m sure you would

like to find out about the main

story. The main goal is to defeat

Ganondorf to restore the world of

Hyrule to its former glory. You

collect items along the way and

defeat dungeon by dungeon. There

are nine dungeons within the game.

The main dungeons include the

Forest Temple, Goron Mines,

Lakebed Temple, Arbiter’s

Grounds, Snowpeak Ruins, The

Temple of Time, City in the Sky,

Palace of Twilight, and Hyrule

Castle. So many to keep up with!

Are you in need of more action?

Well, there is a mini-dungeon locat-

ed in the game! The Cave of

Ordeals, along with the mentioned

Cave of Shadows. That is eleven

dungeons! And if you want even

more action after you defeat

Ganondorf and save Hyrule almost

single handedly, there are many

side quests to complete. These

include rewards being either rupees,

which is the currency in the game,

bigger quivers for your arrows,

wallet upgrades, and more!

However, the game is fairly easy to

beat, if you are a Zelda master.

Challenging puzzles, unique bosses

and mini-bosses and a vast world

are all included in this game, an

adventure not to be forgotten.

By Sam LaScola


Apple and FBI

By Logan Bonacum

On December 2, 2015, 14 people

were killed and 22 were seriously

injured in a terrorist attack in San

Bernardino, CA. Timothy Cook, the

chief executive of Apple, released a

letter to customers several hours after

a California judge ordered the

company to unlock an iPhone used

by one of the shooters involved in the

attack in San Bernardino.

On February 9, 2016, the FBI

announced that it was unable to un-

lock one of the mobile phones, they

had previously recovered. If Apple

were to get the code off, it would ap-

ply to all iPhones and unlock all of

them. Apple cannot only unlock one

of the iPhones without

affecting others, and

angering many loyal

customers.

Temple Run is a very successful

smartphone game that was a huge

craze in 2013. Temple Run is an

app that had characters escape

from monsters and other mythical

creatures at a fast pace with

sudden obstacles. Maddie Messer

is a 13-year-old, Temple Run’s

target audience, who was playing

the very popular game when she

noticed something.

Where are all the female avatars?

Sure, there were some, but all of

them cost money. The default and

free characters were all male.

Messer believed the fact that she

had to pay to play as a girl was

sexist. Why were male avatars the

only free ones? What message did

this send to young girls and boys

playing the game?

Messer began searching. After

downloading several games and

using up storage, she discovered

that 85 percent of smartphone

apps-for free-only offered boy

characters as default. She had to

do something about it. Messer

turned her information into

articles and submitted them to

different newspapers.

“I knew nothing would change

unless we heard about the

problem,” she said. So, you can

imagine her delight when, The

Washington Post, published her

article.

Later that day, Temple Run’s

creators contacted Messer. They

acknowledged and apologized for

the issue at hand and the sexism

involved. The creators of Temple

Run notified her that changes will

be made. They were. Thanks to,

Maddie Messer, we can now play

as a female, and without cost.

A is for Alphabet By Evan Brown

Google is a search engine that over

1.17 billion people use every day.

Now the question is, who is the

owner? Alphabet, Inc. is the parent

company of Google. Similarly,

Google owns YouTube, so

Alphabet owns YouTube. When

referring to Google, you don’t say

Alphabet. Although, Google is an

older company, Alphabet is still the

parent company. Alphabet did not

become a company until 2015, and

they recently surpassed Apple as

the most valuable company they

own.

Where Are All My Girls At? By Leah Nepo


Memes first entered the internet in 2013 and took over

the internet ever since. Memes are one of the many

trending things on the internet these days. There is

many memes, for example, Sanik, Shrek, Mario,

Thomas The Dank Engine, and Eddy Wally. Sonic

The Hedgehog is the protagonist of the Sonic The

Hedgehog games, Sanik on the other hand is the

protagonist of Green Trill Zone. Sanik is a character

that’s based off of Sonic but more to look like a kids

drawing of Sonic The Hedgehog. So in the past years,

Sanik The Hotdoge has invaded the internet and gets

in the way of Sonic The

Hedgehog and has ruined

Sonic’s career. Shrek is a

character made by

DreamWorks Studios for the

animated movie, Shrek. The

internet has made Shrek a

meme and ruined his career

just like Sanik. Now the internet likes to replace the

word over, with “ogre”. For example, the internet likes

to say, “Your time here, is OGRE.” The internet

replaces over with “ogre” because Shrek’s species is

an ogre. Peppa Pig is a character

for the animated cartoon, Peppa

Pig. Like before, the internet

took Peppa and made her a

meme. Peppa is part of the MLG (Major League

Gaming) clan and is known for “ogre” reacting to little

stuff like dropping a bucket of sand. When Peppa

“ogre” reacts, air horns usually come out of nowhere

and random guys start screaming out random stuff.

Mario.cdi is known for fixing toasters and telling

people to get off of his clouds. This version of Mario

comes from a game on the CDI called Hotel Mario

which was released in April 5, 1994. The game got a

5.4/10 but people only liked the

game for its terrible cut scenes

that were fun to watch “ogre”

and “ogre” again. The cut scenes

have been remade into some

really weird MLG parody which

are also fun the watch. So memes

have basically took over the

internet and you can’t go anywhere without seeing a

meme or two in the shadows.

Memes! By Angel Torrijos-Duran

Snapchat is an app that started hitting app stores in

late 2012 and has been the most popular among teens

since. This app, with the icon of a ghost, enables users

to take funny photos and selfies that only last 1-10

seconds, depending on how long the timer is set.

People even have their own ‘stories’ where they can

post pictures or videos to throughout the day that will

periodically disappear after 24 hours from when they

were uploaded. The new update has really set this app

above all. If you press on your face in your front-

facing camera, you receive a variety of different

objects or people to transform your face. You can be-

come a puppy, a bunny, or take a more scary side and

use the witches and vampires.

A fan favorite is definitely the face-swap filter where

you can switch faces with the person to your right on

the front screen. Not only, will you make your friends

laugh, even you will chuckle after seeing your face

become a unicorn spewing out rainbows.

Spitting out Rainbows Never Looked so Good By Cindy Martines

Hornet Headlines Editorials

11 Tips To Become a

Straight “A” Student!

By: Olivia Friend

School can be tough, so if you’re

struggling this is for you! Here are 10

tips, to keep yourself on your game at

school!

1. Always be prepared for class: this

includes having a pencil, pen, your

binder and folder, etc.

2. Get good nights of rest before a test:

don’t try to procrastinate and cram all

your studying the night before

3. Make a study schedule: make a

schedule that allows you to study for a

certain number of minutes, and then

take a break

4. Take breaks: don’t cram it all, take a

break to go outside or play with your

pet

5. Put fourth your best effort: don’t stop

trying just because it’s hard

6. Don’t waste time: you should study

what you struggle on

7. Do all extra credit: this could benefit

you if you are struggling

8. Stay organized: you can’t study

unless you have the papers so keep

them organized

9. Constantly review your study guides:

you can’t get a good grade if you don’t

try to study

10. Ask for help: even if you think the

question is dumb, you should ask.

11. Put homework first: don’t hang out

with friends, until your homework and

studying is completed.

As you walk down any of the sixth

grade hallways at Holly Ridge Middle

School, you may notice handmade masks

with paragraphs above them. Believe it

or not, these masks actually symbolize

being an ‘upstander’. Each student

describes an experience he or she

witnessed as an upstander. The lesson

is clear and extremely important. If you

see someone being bullied, you should

act as a upstander, and take action in

ways that won't harm you or anybody

else. Collectively, hornet sixth graders

are taking steps in preventing bullying

from happening, and seventh and eighth

graders could benefit from this activity

also. They don't have to put masks on

their lockers, but they can certainly be an

upstander and a role model, not just

around our school, but everywhere.

Stop School Stress

By Olivia Friend

Studies have recently shown that in the last five years, stress levels

have gone up seventeen percent. This thirteen percent increase is a

result of school. Believe it or not, it’s mostly the students, students

do many things in school but it is

important to keep up. So here are

some quick tips to help relieve

this stress.

Find out why or what you’re

stressed about

Don’t procrastinate

Sleep a full 8 hours

Be positive about the school

day

Step it Up to Bullying By Olivia Friend

Yearbook 2016

UNDER THE MASK

Less than 100 COPIES

Left for SALE!

National Panic Day! By Olivia Friend

Ever feel you just need to

relax or do the opposite and

just panic? Well, on March

9th you can panic all you

want because it is National

Panic Day! National Panic

Day can be taken in two

different ways. Some people

believe this day is made to relax or leave all the panic

behind for a day. Others believe this day is made for

everything to get done, such as any housework or

homework or even hanging pictures. This day is not

very known, but it is considered a National holiday!

The definition of panic reads “sudden uncontrollable

fear or anxiety, often causing wildly unthinking be-

havior.”

This holiday is up to you; you can panic all day or

just leave panic in the past!

Time to Spring Forward By Olivia Friend

On March 13th, Daylight Saving time (DLS) begins at 2 am. In March we set our

clocks forward 1 hour, we remember this as Spring forward. On November 6th, we

set our clocks back 1 hours, we remember this as Fall back. But do people actually

know where and why Daylight Saving time originated. Here is a timeline of Daylight

Saving Time.

1784- The idea of DLS is first conceived by Ben Franklin

1914-1918 – Britain decides to use DLS during World War 1

1945-1966- There was not a federal law to be on Daylight Saving time

1974-1975- Congress extends DLS to save energy during the energy crisis

1986-2006- Daylight saving time begins on the first Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October

August 8th, 2005- DLS is changed to the 2nd Sunday in March and 1st Sunday in November


Every Easter, most families do little traditions like

ham at dinner or family gets together. But the thing

that people do most on Easter is an Easter egg hunt.

An Easter egg hunt is when the Easter bunny goes and

hides eggs with candy or money inside. Then the next

morning little kids wake up and go find the hidden

Easter eggs. A lot of families do Easter egg hunts

because it’s fun for the kids. Easter egg hunt is a

tradition that originated with pagan spring festivals

that celebrated fertility. Like many pagan traditions,

Christians intertwined the practice with religious

beliefs.

Easter Traditions By Braelyn Rathbun


INGREDIENTS

2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch pieces

1⁄4 cup flour

1⁄2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

1 bay leaf

3 potatoes, diced

1 stalk celery, sliced

1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt

1 1⁄2 cups beef broth

1 garlic clove

1 teaspoon paprika

2 onions, chopped

2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet (optional)

DIRECTIONS

Place meat in crock pot.

Mix flour, salt, pepper and pour over meat.

Stir to coat meat with flour.

Add remaining ingredients and stir to mix well.

Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours or high for 4-

6 hours.

Stir stew

thoroughly before

serving. Enjoy!

Makes 6 Servings

St. Patrick’s Day

By Julia Kearney

Watch out for leprechauns! Every year on March 17th

we celebrate a special, lucky holiday. St. Patrick’s

Day is coming up, and there are tons of great tradi-

tions that people participate in to celebrate the Irish

holiday.

The holiday began in Ireland, when Saint Patrick

brought Christianity to the Irish people. The holiday

has evolved much from that though, and it’s now an

international celebration to celebrate Irish culture.

Lots of people come out to

watch parades, learn Irish dances, and eat Irish foods.

There are over 100 million Irish people who celebrate

St. Patrick’s Day and attend the parades, featured in

every state in the US and at least one on every

continent, except Antarctica.

Without leaving your house, cooking an elaborate

meal, or learning how to bust Irish moves, there are

lots of other ways to celebrate. Wearing green,

looking for leprechauns, putting up shamrocks, or

wishing others good luck are great, simple ways to

celebrate. Dressing in green is probably the most

popular tradition. Some people like to pinch others

who aren’t wearing green. It’d be quite lucky for

people not wearing green to not get pinched!

Since this Irish holiday is almost here, get some

friends and have a good time. Spending time with

friends is another main focus. Spending time with

your loved ones, going out, and getting a few drinks is

common on this day. So get some friends, set up

leprechaun traps, grab some green, and spread good

cheer on the luckiest holiday of the year.

Crock Pot Beef Stew By Cindy Martines

Adapted from Food.com


Easter Egg Cookie Dough Truffles By Olivia Friend

*Prepare Night Before

Ingredients:

½ cup of butter, softened

¾ cups packed brown sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsps. Vanilla extract

14 oz. sweetened condensed milk

1 cup mini chocolate chips

Pink, blue, purple, and white candy melts

Instructions:

In a large bowl with, with an electronic mixer, cream the butter and the brown sugar until light and

fluffy

Beat in the vanilla extract

Slowly add the flour, scraping the side when necessary

With the mixer still on, slowly add the condensed. You may need to stop the mixer to scrape the

sides

Tip: DO NOT SCRAPE THE CAN WITH A SPATULA

Once it is fully combined, stir in the chocolate chips

Form the dough into 1 inch balls and then shape them into eggs

Place on wax paper and pan and cover loosely with wax paper, Refrigerate overnight

Melt the candy melts according to the direction on the bag. Keeping the truffles in the fridge and

removing only 3 or 4 at a time

Dip them in candy melts with a fork. Gently tap off any excess chocolate and let dry on wax paper.

What’s With All the Eggs?

By Leah Nepo

Easter is an eggs-cellent holiday where you can hunt

for some plastic eggs to retrieve a sweet reward and

look for the mysterious Easter Bunny. But, do you

know where this fun holiday comes from? This

holiday is specifically celebrated by Christians; it’s a

holiday dedicated towards the resurrection of Jesus

Christ from the dead. The week before Easter is

considered Holy Week, but all the exciting stuff

happens on that Sunday. Easter isn’t always on the

same date though, you can count on it being on a

Sunday. In New Orleans, the creative and preppy

traditions go all the back to the 1700’s. Traditions

such as, Easter egg Hunts which originally started as

a spring festival tradition, and also dying your eggs a

nice pastel color-which began as a Mesopotamian

tradition. Whether you decide to partake in this day or

not, you have to agree…Peeps are delicious!

Science Olympiad

By Ms. Marilyn Jesrani

The Science Olympiad Team com-

peted at Campbell University on

Saturday, March 19th. Our students

won medals in 16 events including

1st place in Green Generation

(Jamie Sullivan and Maya Smith)

and 1st place in the Elastic

Launched Gliders (Harrison

Dixon and Porter Murphy). The

top 7 teams were awarded

trophies and Holly Ridge Mid-

dle School took 6th place

overall. Our 1st place winners

will be competing at the state

competition on April 23rd at

NC State University.

Hornet Headlines Hornet News

Interviewing Mr. Mac

By Logan Bonacum

Mr. McArdle, also known as Mr. Mac, is retiring at

the end of this year. Before teaching at the Ridge, he

graduated from N.C. State in 1997, at the top in his

class. He taught at East Garner Middle School and in

1998 until Holly Ridge Middle opened. When asked

how he would describe himself with some adjectives.

He replied with, “Persistent, Giving, Self-Disciplined,

and curious.”

While he isn’t, teaching, he likes to ride motorcycles,

garden, read, travel, and shop. Retirement is

something everybody will have to experience and

having plans after may be difficult for some. Not for

Mr. Mac. His plans include, but are not limited to,

“Continuing to travel, going back to college for fun,

playing pool, painting, and doing stuff that I currently

can’t because of time.” Mr. Mac has actually been to

many countries before such as, China, France, Britain,

Russia, Scandinavia, Poland, Italy, Greece, Turkey,

and many more. The countries he has not been to are

South America,

Antarctica,

Australia, and

some parts of

Africa, but

we’re sure he’ll

get to those

soon enough.

On top of that,

Mr. Mac runs the Character Leadership Council Club,

CLC. When questioned about this club, he responded

positively. “Students here at school need to take

ownership for making HRMS the best it can be. CLC

students have done that.”

Did you know that Mr. Mac likes the Yankees and

Phillies? He also likes the movie, Laurence of Arabia.

His favorite author is Clive Hussler.

Mr. McArdle is a very intelligent man and it was an

honor to interview him and be taught by him daily.

He’ll be missed dearly!

Wax Museum

By Emma von Koch

On March 8th, the 8th grade wax

museum was held. The gym was

filled with parents and kids. The 8th

graders were told to research a

famous person in history, create a

board about him/her, and make a

costume to represent that person.

All of the costumes looked

spectacular. The boards filled the

room with color and all had a

unique look. Participating students

survived standing still for a long

period of time, while parents and

students circulated, reading the

display boards and taking photo-

graphs. They made it feel like a real

wax museum filled with real wax

figures. This year, we had extreme-

ly hardworking students. Good job

8th graders!

Boys Soccer

By Ben Kingsland

The boys’ soccer team have started off their 2016

season with an even record of, 1-1-1. In total, they

will play 7 games. The team is led by Coach Jack

Stoehr. The next game is on March 23rd against

Lufkin. The team is trying their best to get wins and

have been doing great at it!

The team’s first game was against West Cary. The

boys ended with a 2-0 win.

The boys’ soccer team tied their second game against

West Lake, 3-3 in an intense match. The players of the

match were, Cade Viney and Zach Jamison.

In the 2-0 game against Apex, the Holly Ridge boys’

soccer team had their first loss. Luke Schmidt and

Logan Stocks were the players of the evening!

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SPIRIT DAYS at two

local businesses- Please

MARK YOUR CALENDARS.

Come Monday, April 11 to

Bass Lake Draft House from

11am - closing. Then on

Tuesday, April 11 stop by

Bless Your Heart Monograms

and Gift from 10am-6pm. (In

the Lowes plaza) Each of these

wonderful Holly Springs

businesses will donate a

portion of their sales to the Run

for the Ridge 5K Run/Walk.

Have your signed up for the Run for the Ridge 5K Run/Walk? It is only 23 days away. Grab your family

and friends for a fun morning exercising and

supporting the HRMS PTA. This year all

profits will help buy new computers for our

school. Last year we were able to buy 14

computers and our goal is 20+ this year.

Help us reach our goal. The price is $27.00

until the end of March. You can sign up on

the school's new website.

http://www.wcpss.net/hollyridgems

LESS THAN 100 LEFT!

YEARBOOKS 2016

Don’t Be LEFT Behind

without your copy

to remember this

SUPER POWERFUL

YEAR

@ The Ridge

Running for the gold By Jacob Scannell

This year this Track team has a lot of potential. The

sprinters are some of our best players. We have some

good long distance runners like Solomon Kiger,

Courtney Farishian, Eric Jackson, and Grant Tacto.

Sprinters have a better chance of placing than our

long distance runners. Our fastest runners so far this

season are Dylan Waskey, Justin Jenkins, Jaden

Jenkins, Jordan Harris, TJ Woodall, Sean Kontos,

Ryan Wright, Kassie Jesrani, and Madelyn McAd-

ams.

Track team practices everyday to better their speed

and their endurance. Track meets are more social than

other competitive middle school sports, making this a

great way to get fit and have fun.

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Our Holly Ridge Lady Hornets, so

far, are undefeated. We won our lat-

est game, Ridge vs. Lufkin. Hope-

fully we can keep our title of unde-

feated. We had 5 runs during our

game against Lufkin. The season is

going well so far. Our lady hornets

work really hard at practice every

day. Hopefully their hard work will

pay off and they will continue to be

undefeated. The girls on the team

are good at what they do. “Practice

makes perfect,” says Sky Wilson.

Sky is a great player, she tries hard

and has fun when she is at practice

with her teammates. The most im-

portant thing is not to win every

game, but that you are having fun

playing the sport.

Three Strikes, You’re Out

By Leah Nepo

This baseball season is already

looking up for HRMS. The very

first game of the season was March

7th, 2016 and it was an excellent

one. Playing against Zebulon, our

team hit it out of the ballpark

(literally!) with a score of 11-0. Us-

ing determination, skill, and their

strongest grips, HRMS was able to

make several hits and slide right

into first place. The team is taught

by, Brian Brice-the new coach of

the baseball boys. Keep up the

great work, Holly Ridge! If you’d

like to attend any one of these eye-

catching games, you can go to

Womble Park where most of them

are played. Want some more

information? Look below!

Date Game Location

March 7 @ Zebulon Away

March 14th vs. Heritage Womble Park

March 17th @ West Millbrook Away

March 21st @ Holly Grove Womble Park

April 11th vs North Garner Womble Park

April 14th @ Davis Drive Davis Drive

April 18th vs East Garner Womble Park

April 21st vs Holly Grove Womble Park

April 28th @ North Garner Away

May 2nd vs Davis Drive Womble Park

May 5th @ East Garner Away

Great Start to Season

By Braelyn Rathbun

First in

Fitness By Philasia Johnson

24 of the 6th grade student

body took a visit to SE Raleigh

to participate in the First in Fit-

ness competition. Out of all of

the team more than half of the

group ended up placing. 2 of

the students placed 6th, 6 of the

students positioned 4th, and 4

of the students had positioned

3rd. However students Billy

Waldron, in the 800-meter run,

and Allie Germann, in the tri-

athlon, positioned 1st as county

champions. In the end the en-

tire crew ended up in the top 5-

team finish. So technically

their all victors.

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