Freshman takes the stage as DorothyBy Gabi StilwellCO-ARTS EDITOR Minnesota. Georgia. Montana. Pennsylvania. Sydney Armstrong has called many places home. Her newest home is a little different. It is one that she hopes to live in forever. Her new home is the stage.

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Read more about The Wizard of Oz and the work that goes on behind the scenes.

Check out reviews of your favorite Panther teams’ winter seasons.

Is our generation afraid of marriage or just of failure?

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PROPS&SNUBSPROPS:-Tucker being cancer-free for five years-Hockey team having an undefeated season-Audience-interactive Wizard of Oz-Friendly administration-The Voice replacing American Idol-Mike Bahn winning Poetry Out Loud regionals

SNUBS:-October snow days and barely any winter snow-Underclassmen in the senior lounge-Inconveniences caused by 4sight testing-No more Darr in the Deep End-Summer gas predictions-Varying classroom temperatures-Sink holes in student drop-off area

This Month at Central...The Wizard of Oz March 2, 3, 4Zumba-Thon March 4Spring Sports Start March 5Mr. CYHS March 16Mini-Thon March 24

Prowler Staff March 2012

Editors: Morgen Snowadzky (Editor-in-Chief), Danae Taylor (Editor-in-Chief), Holly Michaels (Features Editor), Falon Keith (Co-opinions Editor), Chris Garling (Co-opinions Editor), Zack Sheffer (Co-sports Editor), Nate Miranda (Co-sports Editor), Gabi Stilwell (Co-arts Editor), Abbey Miklitsch (Co-arts Editor), Doug White (Co-news Editor), Nick Fronzaglia (Co-news Editor), Bree Stoneburg (Photo Editor)

Staff Writers: Amanda Chan, Brent Mayne, Jeb Linberg, Spencer Ortmyer, Kayla Smith, Shelby McGeary, Thomas Flinchbaugh, Ni-cole Rosengrant, Chandler Tate, Sean Innerst, Kelly Hartzel, Lizzy Swam, Erin O’Neil, Jordan Nittinger, Kara Waltersdorf, Paige Gross, Lauren Wolfe, Katelyn Caralle, Mor-gan Webb

Adviser: Lucinda Hogentogler

The views expressed in the Opinions section are the views of the bylined author, as op-posed to a reflection of the views of the staff in its entirety.

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Arts and athletics compete for supportamount of hard work into their craft. But why isn’t the student interest equal? Senior football player James Bova says, “You can go crazier at sporting events. You can’t jump up and down and go ‘woo!’ at band concerts. It’s also brighter at sporting events and it fosters a greater sense of community.” Senior Greg Feldman has been involved with band, theatre, and soccer. When asked to choose his favorite out of the three activities, he winces and goes back and forth between theatre and soc-cer. Feldman says, “This year, I have to say “Alter Boyz.” That thing was a blast.” Although band wasn’t his favorite, Feldman says he has an appreciation that most

students who are not involved in band will not have. “Band concerts may be boring in a sense that the people coming aren’t always musicians, so they wouldn’t have the same appreciation.” Junior Sherief Sutton says, “I love our marching band. They support us (the football team). But I don’t want to go to a band concert unless Nick Cannon is there going off on someone,” he says referring to the movie, “Drumline.” NFL and NBA games have their own channels de-voted to them, but traditional, musical performances are seldom seen on TV. “A lot more people are getting ambitions to become the next pop star,” said Feld-

man. In 2007, one of TV’s hottest shows was “Friday Night Lights,” a show about a high school football team. The show raked in an average of seven million viewers a week. In 2012, “Glee,” a show about high school students in a Glee Club, has an average of eight million viewers. Glee encourages the line of ‘jocks’,

‘band geeks’, and other ste-reotypes, to be blurred. Feldman agrees: “We’re having a bunch of people involved in athletics getting involved with theatre. “If more people were to get involved, it would bring a new spectrum of students,” said Feldman.

February 3, approximate-ly 110 students crammed into the gym to cheer on Central in their basketball game against Dallastown. The student sec-tion overflowed to the upstairs track where about 60 more students supported the team. Overall the gym was filled with almost 700 fans. Even as one of America’s top 100 musical communities, Central’s band events usually bring in approximately 300 people, most of which are family members. The band practices 135 days per year. Competitive sport teams practice for an average of 120 days a year. Many agree that both athlet-ics and the band put an equal

By Jordan NittingerStaff Writer

Students fill the gym during the boy’s basketball game against Dallastown. (Photo by Nate Miranda).

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Boys embrace the skills and competition of field hockey By Kelly HartzellStaff Writer

has been a new story. Mun-son, Lippy and Friend with fellow senior Brandon Pierre and 2011 Central graduate Zac Smith, have been play-ing for an all-male, indoor field hockey team. The team is called the Stallions and is based in Harrisburg. “It’s different. The sport itself isn’t something guys usually play so it’s pretty special,” said Pierre. In fact, this experience is so “differ-ent” that the team was created just this year. “Miji called the coach of the D.C. Dragons, another all-guys field hockey team from Washington D.C., about joining a team,” said Lippy. This coach helped them create their own team. “We have not played in any tournaments yet, but we will most likely be playing in the National Indoor Tourna-

ment in Virginia Beach, as well as a tournament hosted by the D.C. Dragons, and a tournament hosted by the WC Eagles located in Philadel-phia. Even if the team doesn’t do that well, being a part of this team is a “pretty amazing experience,” Friend said. “It’s much different than playing with the girls, since it’s faster and more competi-tive,” said Munson. There are many opportunities for the whole team. Both Friend and Lippy are looking into the East Coast Juniors, an outdoor, all-male field hockey team that selects members from the East Coast, beginning at the end of spring. This team provides the chance to play the Ven-tura Red Devils field hockey team at the Olympic Train-ing Center in Chula Vista,

California. During this match, USA National coaches select players that would possibly make the Junior Olympics.From here, the player would work their way up to the U.S. National team or maybe even the Olympics team. Although these teams are competitive, Lippy and Friend say they are in it mainly for the experience. “For me, this is just fun. I don’t plan on do-ing this in college, but some colleges do offer club field hockey,” said Lippy. “There are a lot of opportunities in the sport and it can take you all over the world.” No matter where field hockey leads them in their fu-ture, Munson knows one thing is for sure: “This is an experi-ence different than anything we’ve ever done before.”

Life skills class soap sales involve students in the community By Lauren WolfeStaff Writer Spring is only a month away, and the Life Skills class will be ready. All they need are the cus-tomers. In March there will be a table set up in the atrium covered with homemade soap that varies color, shape, size and smell. There are over 300 molds, 100 scents, 50 colors and a variety of herb-als. Some of the past favorite designs include snowmen, breast cancer soaps and dog bone soaps. Favorite scents include cranberry, mango and peach. The Life Skills class first started selling soap in 2006 to raise money for field

trips, gifts for students and transportation to vocational settings which allow students to see what it is like on a job site. They report that the process is time consuming, and when they begin making their soap, they can spend two hours a day mixing the ingre-dients and creating shapes that the costumers enjoy. After they make the soaps, they package it, weigh it and label it for sales in the atrium and places outside of the building. The Life Skills class sells their homemade soap at least once a week to markets in Columbia, Dover and New Oxford. They also work on special orders for parties, where their soaps are used as

gifts, prizes and favors. “It teaches them how to take pride in their work,” says Life Skills teacher Michael Groft. “In addition, they get to do things they might not get

to do.” Groft says that the stu-dents gain vocational training, practice math and reading skills and learn to follow reci-pes. Plus, he adds, selling the

soap in the community allows the students to increase their social skills. The revenue also goes back to the ingredients and supplies the class needs to make more soap.

the Life Skills class and teacher Mike Groft (r) sell their handmade soap in the atrium during lunch periods to raise money for class events. (Photo by Larry Jones).

hockey team. Jesse Munson, Devin Lippy and Mijamin Friend played for the school team their junior year. This year as seniors, Friend started at center forward on the team and Munson was starting goalie. This winter, however,

Two years ago, Central York High School started a whole new experience. Unlike most teams in the local area, boys were allowed to play for the school’s field

Boy’s from the Central York field Hockey team converse before their game. (Photo by Michelle reynolds).

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Former Central student shines in L.A.

In high school he was an athlete, a performer, a journal-ist, and “the idea guy.” And last week, Neal Dod-son, 34, won his first trophy as a Hollywood producer at the Independent Spirit award for his movie, “Margin Call,” which also earned him an Academy Award nomination. This Central alumnus was involved in many differ-ent activities in high school, including the fall plays, winter musicals, soccer, band, chorus and speech and debate. Also, Dodson was the original creator and editor in chief of the Central Underground, a student-created newspaper about the drama within the school. His success continued in college. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon with a degree in acting, Dodson moved to New York City to kick off his career in theater. At first Dodson tried out a few on stage jobs, including a part in the Broadway show, The Invention of Love, which was nominated for a Tony, a few appearances on the soap opera, “All My Children,” and appeared on an episode of a show, “Miracles.” After a few years of working as an actor, Dodson decided he wanted to dabble in the production and behind-the-scenes aspect of creating movies. Soon enough Dodson found himself moving to Los Angeles to work with Warner Brothers. Dodson said he would work on anything for Warner Brothers from an-swering phones to producing

Spanish student shares American experience movies through the company.

With Warner Brothers Dodson produced “Another Cinderella Story” starring Selena Gomez, and was the one who pitched the idea for the remake of “Footloose” starring Kenny Wormald. After three years with Warner Brothers, Dodson de-cided to start an independent production company with his two friends who are also involved with the movie-mak-ing world. Dodson and his two friends, Zachary Quinto and Cory Moosa, named this new production company Before the Door. The first movie this team produced was, “Margin Call” which is a thriller about the financial crash in New York City in 2008. The whole production and filming of this movie took 17 days and the movie was nominated for an Academy Award. Before the Door trio is now working on post produc-tion of “Margin Call” and are in the process of produc-ing two new movies. One of these movies is a comedy, which Dodson says he’ll keep a secret, and the second is a horror movie called “The Banshee Chapter” which is going to be shown in 3D. Dodson knows that he wants to stay behind the scenes in the movie-making industry, “That’s the plan,” he plainly states. On the other hand his colleague, Quinto, is currently on the set of Star Trek 2 in which he plays Spock. “Your career, or what you think you want to do now, is going to change five times

Prowler: How long have you been in the United States? When do you return to Spain?Elena: I came in August, and I return in July or August.

P: Where are you from?EC: I am from Cartagena, Spain, but I was born in Madrid.

P: Who are you living with?EC: I am living with Kaitlyn Shaffer, but I used to live with Lexi Demarco. Rotary wants me to live with three families while I am here.

P: What has been you favorite part of your trip?EC: I like everything here! I like cheerleading for basketball, and I liked traveling to New York City and Atlantic City. And, the first time I went to the football game, it was really cool.

P: What has been the hardest part?EC: Staying so long without my friends and family.

P: What do you miss the most?EC: I miss my family and friends. I have a sister Lucia who I miss a lot.

P: Is there anything that you think is weird in the United States?EC: Yes! In Spain, we study more in school, but you have sports, and we don’t. And, we eat at the same time every day. Here, you eat when you are hungry.

P: What activites are you involved in?EC: Cheerleading for the basketball team and dancing modern dance.

P: Is there anything you like better about the United States?EC: I like school, it’s fun. It’s not as serious.

P: If you could take one thing back to Spain with you, what would you take?EC: I want to bring my cheerleading uniform!

By Gabi StilwellCo-ArTS EdITor

By Katelyn CaralleSTAff WrITEr

It’s never easy for a teenager to travel alone to a foreign coun-try. But Central York High School senior and foreign exchange student, Elena Contreras Saura has done just this. Hailing from Spain, the 15 year-old opened up to share her experiences with the Prowler Staff:

or more. And not only is that okay, it’s a good thing,” Dod-son stated. Dodson says that most people he knows have fell into their place after college, even if it wasn’t what they expected. For example, Dodson’s long time “best friend” from Central, Erin Owens was a double major in Biology and Theater, and she ended up behind the scenes running distribution for independent film companies. Even though she didn’t end up where she expected to in life, a project she was involved with was also nominated for an Acad-emy Award.

Look for a story featuring Erin Owens, and her Acad-

emy Award nomination in the next Prowler.

Central graduate, Neal dod-son, talks on the phone. Neal was nominated for an Academy Award this past week. (Photo by Neal dodson).

Opinions Page 6March 2012

My bodyis NOT

provocativeand my clothes

are NOTconsent

The Sl*t Walk Initiative was spawned when a Toronto police officer made the flippant remark that perhaps fewer women would be raped if they didn’t dress like sluts. The walks in Toronto took issue with the fact that a police officer, who should be worried about protecting rape victims and prosecuting rapists, instead took the side of the rapist, ultimately blaming women who dress scantily if they get sexually assaulted. Sl*t is a loaded word. It’s full with assump-tions of shame and negative behavior. The Sl*t Walk Initiative aimed to reclaim the word. Participants also hoped to change the conversation about rape from being about “How to avoid getting raped” to “How to teach people not to rape.” This initiative is one prevalent example of the work done by Fourth Wave feminists, who unite themselves through the Internet, as well as using the Internet as a tool for so-cial change.

We, women, have been forced into an assumed sub-missive position through a social climate that promotes misogyny, or a negative at-titude towards women. The way we dress, the way we behave and the way we interact with our roman-tic interests have become of concern to others. If we dress immodestly, we are shamed by our peers. If we act a little too opinionated or are a little too forward, we are ridiculed. This phenomenon has been coined as “Sl*t Shaming” by the feminists of the newly-revived Fourth Wave Move-ment. This shame has been broadcasted on social net-working sites like Facebook and Twitter. The statuses and tweets perpetuating double standards and negative con-notations of being a woman are prevalent. I am personally overwhelmed by the sheer number of us who have been making comments about women we think are “sl*tty” or “distasteful.” We should not be making fellow women feel uncom-fortable with how they dress

or how many people they’ve kissed. If it weren’t already bad enough that I get on the Internet and read men’s statuses about how women should stay in the kitchen or can’t do math, I have to see women generating the same negative vibes about their fellow females. It is social stan-dards like these that have led to women being portrayed as less important, less powerful and less human. This social climate has put us in the position that a police constable in Toronto felt it acceptable to say “Women should avoid dressing like sl*ts in order not to be victimized,” when explaining how to avoid rape. We need to stand up for each other. We need to remind ourselves that wearing a turtleneck doesn’t mean we have more self respect than a woman who wears a bikini. We need to remind ourselves that dating multiple people doesn’t mean we have less dignity than someone with one significant other. We need to remind ourselves that we have the right to make our own choices. It is essential that we are all on the same page because without unity, there will not be progress.

We need to know the backstory By Morgen SnowadzkyEdITor-In-cHIEf

STOP SLUT-SHAMING

It’s a dressnot a “yes”

Whatever we wear Wherever we go YES means YES NO means NO

How to be lady-like

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Affirmative action is outdated

By Shelby McGearySTAFF WRITER

Facebook gets updateBy Katelyn CaralleSTAFF WRITER

“Tell your life story through photos, friendships and personal milestones like graduating or travel-ing to new places.” This is what the new Facebook profile format, Time-line, promotes as its strengths. What started out as an option for all Facebook users has now become a mandate. Soon every Facebook user’s profile will be this cool, new format called Time-line. This user-friendly form of displaying recent activ-ity shows information more peri-odically and makes it much easier to access previous posts. On the right hand side of the screen there will be a list of past months and years. This function will allow you to simply click on one of those months and view the activity from that particular time period. Be-fore, you would have to scroll down the screen until you found what you wanted. This new method will make locating old posts easier and will keep activity more organized. An awesome aspect of Time-line is the new visual layout of your profile. At the top of the page you can display a large horizontal pho-tograph, also known as your cover photo. Underneath this cover you can still display your profile picture. When navigating your profile with Timeline, you will find that it is so much easier to access your infor-mation. Displayed underneath your new cover photo will be a bar filled with your information, your friends,

photos, maps, likes and whatever else you choose to display. Timeline is much more flexible than the old profile setting. Now you can decide what your profile looks like. You de-cide what people see. And you decide how people see it. Want to share your recent locations with your friends? Simply add the option of displaying your maps underneath your cover

photo. Also, when looking at your posts and recent activity, the display is more visually friendly and helps keep everything organized. Running down the middle

of the screen is a line. On the left and right hand side of this line there are boxes filled with your activities. There are small arrows attached to the box pointing to the line. These arrows are an indication of the time period in which you participated in those activities, whether it is sharing a link, posting a status, liking a page or simply uploading pictures. Everything is listed periodically. Facebook has changed its looks and functions many times in the past, but this is by far the best improve-ment. It was time for Facebook to change, and this visually appealing and user friendly new profile is the best change that could be have been made. So change over your profile soon and get the feel of the amazing Timeline. So, with new aesthetically pleas-ing effects and a way to keep your Facebook life organized, what isn’t there to like about the new Facebook profile Timeline?

Affirmative action means “posi-tive steps taken to increase the rep-resentation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education and business from which they have been historically excluded.” At least, it did. Today it is just used to give minorities a one-up in college, even if they are less qualified than others who applied to the same school. Affirmative action should be abolished because it violates a dif-ferent group of people’s rights: the majority. A college applicant no longer has the right to equal opportu-nity and equal consideration. Also, it disregards the reward of a “person’s character, talents, choices and abili-ties.” Say one applicant has an impres-sive high school transcript with all the necessary classes, an internship at a highly-ranked company and ex-treme passion for the chosen field of study. Is it fair that an applicant who is a minority would get into the same school with only half the experience

as the other applicant? It’s like asking the question: who would you rather be operated on by-a doctor who went through ten years of medical school or a doctor who only went through five? This act began in the 1960’s as an attempt to create equality for people of color. The process started with construction agencies, companies and unions, then extended to hospi-tals, banks and other large and small institutions that did business with the government, including American uni-versities. But is this necessary now? Is equality so much of an issue in the 21st century that we need to give large portions of our population preference over others? Come to think of it, who should even be considered a minority now? In the 60’s, affirmative action was necessary for progress. But that prog-ress has been made and succeeded by progress greater than anyone could have dreamed 50 years ago. The act is no longer needed.

Facebook has changed its looks and functions many

times in the past, but this is by far the best improvement.

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With ratings at a record low of 51 percent, more and more Americans are saying “I don’t” when it comes to mar-riage. According to a report recently released by the Pew Research Center, the marriage rate’s nose dive will soon mean that “married Americans will no longer be a majority.”Fifty years ago 60 percent of Americans, 18 to 29 years old, were married. Compare that to today’s 20 percent. In today’ modern society, a career takes top pri-ority on the list of life events. If you’d ask, your grandpar-ents would probably tell you one of the very first things they did after graduating high school was get married. Fifty years ago, it was socially abnormal to be a 25 year old bachelor/bachelor-ette. And there was something wrong with you if you wanted to be independent and live on your own. Fast forward to the twenty-first century, the top priority out of high school is college. Or a summer job to pay for that new car at the very least. That may explain why only one in four Ameri-can adults are married now.Since the steepest decline in the marriage rate is among 18 to 20 year olds, maybe the question isn’t “do” or “don’t” get married, it’s when.

The same study, from the Pew Research Center, found that there was a slight increase in the marriage rate of college graduates and the upper class.So if it’s not the age factor, it’s a money thing. Let’s look at this problem like Americans, and blame the economy. A significant one-year decrease in mar-riages, five percent, happened two years ago. This was when the worst recession since the Great Depression hit. Why marry someone when your future financial security may be at risk? This reinforces the rise in mar-

By Lizzy SwamSTAFF WRITER

Honeymoon overriages among the upper class.Higher levels of education, and/or having more money to begin with, leads to better job skills. Better job skills lead to better paying jobs and more financial security. Bam. Put a ring on it. But, you do have another interesting statistic to contend with. The Washington Post reported, according to the lat-est US census, that 72 percent of all Americans have been married at some point in their lives. This number is greatly affected by another steep climb - The divorce rate. The

divorce rate wasn’t really a big deal until the 1970s and ‘80s. Seeing parents split up would certainly be an un-derstandable reason to delay marriage, to make sure you’ve found “the right one.” An even better solution would be to not get married in the first place. That’s the only sure fire way to guarantee against divorce. That’s what seven and a half million couples have decided. Living together, un-married, gives you the same effect; minus the rings and the paper. You can still

have children, and grow old together. So that’s it? Americans are afraid of failure? Or mar-riage is just passé. Everything runs its course. It seems marriage is just the next trend slowly dying away. Especially in today’s so-ciety, where both parents are much more likely to be out in the work place, marriage is no longer the only way to sustain a family economically. So why give into an out-of-date institution when it is no longer the center of our society?

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American legislature stirs troubleBy Chris GarlingCO-OPINIONS EDITOR The American legislature has spurred plenty of contro-versy in the last few months, with online and in-person protests of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives and Protect IP Act (PIPA), SOPA’s Senate counterpart. The NDAA was a bill that had to passed because certain parts of the bill dealt with things such as veteran ben-efits and funding for military operations. The NDAA passed with a veto-proof major-ity, meaning that President Obama was incapable of vetoing it and sending it back to Congress. Much of the pub-lic blame was put on him for passing the law, even when

there was nothing he could have done to combat it. The controversial part of the bill was what media cor-respondents were referring to as the “indefinite detention” section, which proclaims that the United States government has the right to hold anyone suspected of terrorist activi-ties or affiliations indefinitely without the benefit of due process, which is a right af-forded to every American by the Fourteenth Amendment. President Obama, after being forced to sign the bill, as-sured the American people that his administration would not misuse the poorly-worded presidential liberty the law appears to provide. Even with presidential assurance that our Constitutional rights will not be violated, a law that seems to directly allow that should

set off alarms in every Ameri-can’s patriotic heart. SOPA was a bill in the House of Representatives that was meant to halt the activity of websites that were provid-ing copyrighted media to consumers who payed noth-ing for it, so-called “rogue sites.” Copyright is given to all original, created works to protect the product’s creators from having the work stolen. These rogue websites that SOPA identifies and seeks to shut down supposedly violate copyright law by providing users the ability to download copyrighted material, ei-ther from the website’s own servers or from other users’ computers. There is no question that copyrighted material is protected by law and distrib-uting it without the permis-

sion of the copyright holder is illegal. Artists, writers and other copyright holders need to be able to retain the right to control their own work, so rogue sites violating that right should be forced to cease their illegal operations. However, if SOPA had been passed it would have given the government the right to block Internet users’ access to websites suspected of “rogue behavior.” Under this vague legislature, websites like Wikipedia and YouTube could be blocked. Wikipedia made people realize what that would be like when they shut down the English pages of Wikipedia on the day that SOPA was to be voted on as a form of protest. It is undeniable that Wikipedia and YouTube are well-run and vital Internet es-

tablishments, and a law that would allow them to be shut down by the government without any due process is inexcusable. While it may be unmanagable, the only fair and just way to regulate copyright online is to deal with the violators on a singu-lar basis. It is neither fair nor just for our government to shut down an entire website over what may be only a few people infringing upon copy-right protections. If SOPA and its counterpart PIPA had been passed, it would have been a devastating blow to Internet fairness. While piracy should be illegal, the ability to black out entire websites for small copyright infractions would have made the Internet a much darker place.

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‘Tech is stuff you don’t normally see’

The people who participate in the musical are split into four main groups: cast members, costumes, pit, and tech. Tech, how-ever, is in charge of building the set, lighting, and the sounds of the musical. “Tech is stuff you don’t normally see,” says Jenna Swenor. “Basically, it’s anything that the actor doesn’t do.” The jobs of the tech crew include stage managers, production stage managers, sound technician, light board operator, spotlights and the deck crew. The average tech crew size for Central is usu-ally 15 people. “It’s a completely student-run show from the time the curtain goes up until it goes down,” says Andrew Hummel. Stage manag-ers, like Swenor and Hummel, carry much of the responsibility of making sure executions are timed perfectly and done correctly, such as turning microphones on and off. For the latest Central musical, “The Wizard of Oz,” the tech crew will be working with flying rigs. The Performing Arts Department will be renting the rigs to be installed for the witches and flying monkeys. The tech crew also built the famous yellow-brick road that stretches out into the auditorium seats. “We basically divided the piece into three sections. It has 12 legs on each section, and it has cross braces that makes it very sturdy,” says Hummel. In a single week, a tech member may put in over 13 hours of work. Tech members are required to work on Sundays as well. “When people join, they don’t fully understand how much work it actually is,” says Hummel. “It’s definitely worthwhile,” says Hummel. “It’s rewarding to see all your hard work come together for thousands of people.”

By Amanda ChanSTAFF WRITER

By Gabi StilwellSTAFF WRITER

Freshman follows her own ‘yellow brick road’

Fifteen-year-old freshman, Sydney Armstrong, will play Dorothy in Central York High School’s upcoming musical, “The Wizard of Oz.” Not only is it rare for a freshman to be awarded such a key role, but it is also rare to hand the role to an acting rookie. Armstrong is a seasoned singer, but her only acting experience came last year when she played Cin-derella in Central York Middle School’s play, “Cinderella, If the Shoe Fits,” a spin-off of the original story. Armstrong realizes that playing Dorothy is an honor, and expresses it frequently. “I’m very, very thankful that I was given this opportunity. I feel very honored to be given this responsibility as a fresh-man. It’s more than I could ask

for,” she said. Armstrong had a unusual audition experience. She was unsure whether she should audition for the musical, but after persuasion, she chose to attend the auditions. “People

told me to try out and I didn’t think I would get a part seeing everyone else’s talent. I actu-ally lost my voice the night of callbacks so I didn’t think it had gone very well. I figured I wouldn’t get anything. Every-one is amazing at what they do,” Armstrong said, “I danced around my

kitchen when I got the email,” she said with a giggle, “I was so shocked.” As Dorothy, the part she shares with senior Jessica Ilko, Armstrong admits that there are some similarities between

her and the charac-ter. “We both have curly hair,” she said, petting her auburn mane. “But Dorothy is more in-nocent than I am,” she said.

“Mr. Zortman is extremely good at what he does. My understanding of theater in general has changed. Before, I appreciated it, but I didn’t understand. He can

pretty much turn anyone into an actor. By no means am I at the level as my other cast-mates, but I have improved 150 percent.” But, it’s not just her acting that has grown stronger. Arm-strong feels that her relation-ships with the other perform-ers has changed greatly. “I definitely feel more comfort-able here. I was really wor-ried about coming to the high school. It’s so big and I kind of felt like I was at a disadvan-tage. Just having them as friends kind

of made me feel better about being here,” she said. “I look up to my cast a lot. I also look up to Mr. Zortman. I look up to a lot of people, they all in-fluence me,” Armstrong said. Although she is new to this kind of performance, Armstrong is ready for the challenge, and isn’t planning on stopping anytime soon. “I think I found my place in this school,” Armstrong said.

“I look up to my cast a lot. I also look up to Mr. Zortman. I look up to a lot of

people, they all influence me.”-Sydney Armstrong

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Reaching out to students By Shelby McGeary STAFF WRITER

By Lizzy Swam STAFF WRITER Junior Alec Hinchcliff is one of four Central students who recently qualified for the Pennsylvania Music Educa-tor’s Association (PMEA) Regional Chorus festival held this March “Preparation is more fun than anything,” Hinchcliff says, explaining how the process works. In order to even be considered for Regional Cho-rus, you must first qualify for District chorus. The audition process begins in the summer, when each hopeful is given three vocal selections for the auditions in the beginning of the school year. “Many of us work

with a voice teacher as well as on our own,” says Sammi Crabill, a senior who also qualified for Regional Cho-rus. “Those of us who are auditioning will often work together on pieces whenever we can.” After arriving at Central and warming up, District Chorus hope-fuls are split up by voice part (Soprano I &II, Alto I & II, Tenor I & II, or Bass I & II), given their score sheets, and sent off to various rooms throughout the school to com-plete their audition. Each of the three vo-

cal selections, accompanied by a piano track, are sung in different rooms for different panels of judges. The longest part of the day for Hinchcliff? “Wait-ing forever to find out how we did.” The results are revealed after everyone has completed

their audition and every single score is totaled. This process proves to be quite the experience and changes yearly. Crabill is one of the Central students who

have made both District and Regional Chorus in the past. “Although I made it last year, I needed to go in the second time as if I was start-ing from the bottom again,” Crabill says.Hinchcliff also made it to the Regional level last year. “This

year is different from last year, mainly because I’m not the same voice part.” The Re-gional Chorus

takes only the top 13 from each voice part after the re-auditions. Four of which were from Central. In addition to Hinchcliff and Crabill, Sarah Dudney and Greg Feldmann

also qualified. Dudney and Crabill sing Alto I, Hinchcliff and Feldmann both sing Bass II parts. Crabill sums up the experience: “It’s always an incredible experience repre-senting Central with our hard work. The sheer amount of hard work that goes into the preparation of the repertoire is something I could never have imagined when I first became involved in this,” Crabill says. The Regional festival is being held at Waynes-boro High School, March 8 through 10. In addition a concert being held, 2:30 on March10, another round of auditions will also take place at the festival.

It may be about teenagers, but it’s not just for students. Teachers and parents alike are using the play, Reach, to get an inside look at their kid’s lives. “I do Reach because I genuine-ly believe in it,” says Ben Hodge, director of Reach. He admits he had a “rough teenage experience,” which prompted his passion for the Reach concept. Abuse (physical, sexual, emotional), self-harm, bullying, relation-ships, self-esteem, drug abuse and simply juggling school, work and friends are some of the topics covered in the play. Kelsey Kierce, a senior and three-year Reach veteran, said the show compares well to real teenage life and “paints an accurate picture.” Kierce

got involved with Reach her sophomore year, after seeing the show as a freshman. “I really liked the mes-sage,” she said. “Everyone

makes snap judgements...but everyone’s dealing with something. I learned a lot about myself as a person and as an actor. It’s my job to reach out [to other teens].” Kierce played Mary, the narrator who “ties the whole story together.”A new member of the cast, junior Blue Curry, says, “I got involved because this is just such an amazing mes-sage. I just gained so much

perspective from the show.” Curry played Sam, a teen who watches his friend ruin himself with drugs. “Reach is something that

can’t be described,” says Curry. “Each person has a story to tell and to truly understand that, you have to witness it. You really have to see it to believe it.” Since its

debut in 2008, Reach has blossomed into its fourth year with 28 performances, one of which was off-Broadway in New York City. Hodge called it an “ex-tremely awesome, over-whelming experience.” The show was also performed at a national conference for men-tal health in Washington, D.C. and is also available on DVD.

Central singers achieve regional level Junior Blue Curry and Senior Seth Baker act out a scene during the show (Photos borrowed from Nicholas Curry).

Sophomore Megan Bigelow, Junior Trevor Hogue, and fellow cast-mates perform a scene in this year’s Reach.

“Each person has a story to tell and to truly understand that, you have to wit-

ness it. You really have to see it to believe it.”

-Blue Curry

“I needed to go in the second time as if I was starting from the bottom again.”

-Sammi Crabill

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While seniors rejoice over the fast-approaching gradua-tion, the underclassmen have gone through the routine of picking classes. For some, it will be their last year, trying to fit in all the required credits and fretting about which elec-tives to take in order to have as little stress as possible se-nior year. Others have started thinking about the future, planning ahead and choosing classes that bring them closer to their career path. One thing is for sure: the new course selection guide and academy strands have raised a lot of questions.

Paige Gross: What is the purpose of career academies?Charlotte Utter (Guidance Counselor): Choosing academies will hopefully encourage students to be more purposeful in choosing classes; to choose courses that are of interest to them. Maybe they’ll make students take time to decide what will be important for the career ahead of them.

Gross: There have been talks of a “strand seal” on the graduation diplomas. What do they mean to colleges?Utter: They mean that you have fulfilled academy require-ments. Hopefully, it also means that you have learned a great deal about a field of interest.

Gross: What do you do if all of your interests lay in arts and humanities, but you want to enter a career field in a different strand? Is switching strands possible?Utter: First, try to pursue both interests. Determine what you want, and what you really need. Then, talk about why they don’t match up. We help students make sure that what they enjoy doing is reflected in the classes they are taking. Students can change up until junior year, as long as there is still time to meet the requirements of the new academy. At some points students have to choose between hobby and career interest.

Gross: Does being in one strand take away your ability to take classes in another strand?Utter: Not at all. Students are limited by the eight-credit limit every year, but there’s no reason why they can’t take the free electives.

Gross: Dual enrollment is an option for juniors and seniors. What are the pros and cons of taking a college course in high school?Utter: Students who seek college level courses above what is offered here, can take them through the dual enrollment program. It’s also costs substantially less than taking the course outside of high school. The downside is that there is no way to guarantee that the credits will transfer over to whatever school they do plan to attend. And reliable transportation is needed.

Gross: Any advice for people still trying to find their groove?Utter: I would encourage the student to think about what they enjoy doing and learning. I would encourage the student to talk with their parents and their counselors, especially if it hasn’t become apparent after they’ve thought these things through.

By Paige GrossSTAFF WRITER

Scheduling not a cause for concern

Collaboration with Canada broadens horizonsBy Doug WhiteCo-nEWS EDIToR A handful of Central York administrators went to a workshop in Dallas, Texas last fall, and just a few months later Assistant Principal Barry Flicker was 300 miles north in Canada. His motive: To make Central York High School better. When he stood up and asked how to do that at the Dallas workshop, it led to his meeting the head of the Halton District School Board in Ontario, Canada. Flicker met with eight principals from the school dis-trict, and started talking about what their schools and students were doing. “We wanted to set something up,” Flicker said. “Wouldn’t it be neat to have our students collaborate; to have an international sister school, so to speak?” There are 17 schools in the Halton School District, and all of them focus on areas such as arts and humanities, communications, technology, nursing and more. “Those schools have those 17 different things, while we have them all under one roof.” Flicker notes similarities between Central’s students and Halton’s students, especially in the way the Canadian students have Americanized themselves. “When I visited the schools and went into classrooms, I saw a lot of Ohio State and Penn State shirts. The students know a lot about us (Americans).”

“When’s the last time you saw somebody wear-ing a Canada shirt?” he asked. “I just want to give you guys (students) the tools,” Flicker said, “and move out of the way. The barriers are down.” And after multiple Skype sessions with the Canadian students, the Principal’s Student Cabinet has started that process. Devki Gami, a junior, and a member of the cabinet, says of the collaboration project: “It has the potential to be a very beneficial relationship for both schools to learn from each other and experience varied views on how students can make a difference in their school.” Gami notes that even though the schools are hun-

dreds of miles away from each other, the two student bodies are very much alike, and that they answered all of the cabinet’s questions “enthusiastically.” “This can help both schools deal with issues such as bullying and technology gaps,” Gami said. “We want you guys to be accountable,” Flicker said, “and to let you guys have a bigger say. We’re (administration) removing things so you can have more real experiences.” So what is the answer to the question Flicker asked in Dallas? “Putting the textbooks away and using other students as an opportunity.”

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Status update: social media now in classrooms

By Kara WaltersdorffSTAFF WRITER A growing trend in the classroom is something most students use in their free time. Social media and technology have become an integral part of many classrooms, both out-side and within Central. Look around the school; things like laptops, desktop comput-ers, iPads and many other electronics are often used by teachers and students. Eric Webb, a science teacher, uses websites like Twitter, Moodle, Blogger, Edmodo and Google Reader. Webb said that, when us-ing these websites, students “create their own personal learning network and share with everyone else in class what they’ve learned.” Webb uses Twitter to “tweet” his stu-dents updates on assign-ments or links to interesting environmental websites. Webb says, “I do it just to provide another avenue for students to use to access class updates.” He said that one drawback to using Twitter is that students can’t access Twitter directly from the school computers. Another teacher that uses Twitter is Nathan Hammond, a German teacher. Hammond said he uses Twitter to text message class announce-ments to students, even those without Twitter, through a feature offered by the website. Hammond has also used a

Facebook fanpage as a venue for students to have discus-sions in German with each other. Hammond said that he enjoyed seeing the conversa-tions that broke out in Ger-man within the posts.

Both Webb and Ham-mond said that they believe that social media and technol-ogy can benefit the learning process, if used correctly. “Any tool used properly can benefit the learning process,” Webb pointed out. “The overhead projector is still a great tool if used properly.” And while Hammond said he doesn’t have a lot of experi-ence in using social media in the classroom, he said that, as a foreign language teacher, using social media is reward-ing because he can teach students how the language

translates into real- life situations. Cameron Miller, a senior, has used social media in both Webb’s Environmental Sci-ence class and Hammond’s German IV class. He said

that, overall, he enjoys the use of social media and technology, but says that a negative is that

it doesn’t always work prop-erly. Miller said, on a more positive note, that it is “better than boring lectures and you can get feedback from peers.” “I think it’s important to have a real purpose for using social media in the classroom. If there’s no real purpose and we’re just incorporating it to say we’re using social media in class, then I think there are problems,” Webb said. “As I used more social media in my personal life it just became natural for me to incorporate it into the classroom.”

“Any tool used properly can benefit the learning process.”

-Eric Webb

Solar panels power education

Barry Flicker, Assistant Principal at Central York High School, is currently engaged in a solar panel project with the help of two students, Calvin Miller and Aaron Sanchez. The project came to mind after Christmas break at a business roundtable that consisted of 40 companies. “We wanted to begin some dialogue between the schools and the 2,000 consumers here. We wanted to find out which part of the curriculum was really applicable to the real world,” Flicker said. A few days later, the vice president of a local electric company, Ascom, offered to donate nine solar panels to the school. One panel is now in-stalled, thanks to the Electri-cal Union. Electrical outlets, light fixtures, receptacles and fuse boxes will all be hooked in, according to Flicker. They will all be available for stu-dents in the S.T.E.M. Acad-emy to work with, located behind the maintenance shed. “The entire experience would supplement or be an addition to what they’re learning in their textbooks,” Flicker said. “The solar panels will be a textbook that stu-dents will get to watch change and grow.” Those who are interested will get to learn how a solar panel works and how it needs to be positioned. Students will also be able to visit a site to track “minute by minute” how much wattage the panels are

generating. “I want it to be all about the learning,” Flicker said. “I’m just trying to remove some of the barriers that are in place for you guys.” Flicker was very inter-ested in the idea that Central could save money as well. “A solar panel the size of a legal pad could charge my iPhone. Imagine what 300 (panels) could do. Maybe the laptop cart could be free,” he said. Calvin Miller and Aaron Sanchez, on the other hand, are doing their own part of the project, looking for other ways solar power can help benefit Central. After a week of testing temperatures in the school’s library, they found that if they “could establish solar panel blinds on many of the bigger windows in the library, that would increase sun we could harvest,” Miller said. “The blinds are made of solar-cell plastic that is really flexible material. It is still something we’re experiment-ing with.” Flicker said that the gym is “almost a guarantee” also. Currently, a blue tarp is spread out over every single window by the upper track. Another possible location for the solar panel blinds is the atrium. Flicker said that Central could be generating money with these ideas. “The dif-ference between how much you’re saving, plus how much you’re earning, becomes big.”

By Chandler TateSTAFF WRITER

Students in Nathan Hammond’s fourth period German class utilize the technology provided to them. (Photo by Bree Stoneburg).

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It’s a Grand Ol’ PartyBy Nick FronzagliaCO-News editOr

After months of cam-paigning, elections, debates and scandals, the Republican presidential race is down to four contenders. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney is still the favorite to face current President Ba-rack Obama, but with other members of the party gain-ing momentum the race is far from over. Romney leads all candidates with 123 delegates, but former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum has recently bounded into second with 72 delegates. Santorum recently swept

the February 7 elections in Colorado, Minnesota and Missouri. Unknown to most is that Santorum actually won the Iowa caucus and was the early leader of the nomina-tion race. Falling third and fourth is former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and libertarian Ron Paul. Despite being down in the polls both Gingrich and Paul command a strong following. Gingrich has fol-lowers that appreciate his attitude and his emotion that he puts into the race, and Paul has a young following that are impressed with his libertarian views and support his follow-ing of the Constitution. As the

election presses on, more and more ads attacking candidates have been launched. The most recent being centered around Romney’s negative ads. The ad displays Romney “slinging mud” at a cut out of Rick Santorum, a metaphor for what some call his dirty campaign tactics. Romney has taken exception to the ad and is being outspoken about how he does not agree with the ads being used this election. So however this election ends up all four candidates are focused on one goal: beating President Obama.

Congress down in the dumpsBy Nick FronzagliaCO-News editOr

With the upcoming presi-dential election most people are focusing on President Obama’s approval rating. Obama’s average rating is fluctuating from 40 to 50 percent which is a normal rating. However, Congress has one of the lowest approval ratings in its history with 10 percent of the country approv-ing with their job. So why is congress failing in the Ameri-can peoples eyes? If you look back far enough you will remember that in the begin-ning of President Obama’s term congress passed a stimulus bill, which failed and ended up resulting in more than 800 billion dollars of US debt. Following that, congress pushed through the contro-versial Universal Healthcare law, which a majority of the

country disapproved of. That lowered congress’ rating for a while and ended a few careers in the senate and the house. Most recently congress came under attack for the passing of NDAA and the proposal of SOPA and PIPA. So the main reason congress has been coming under attack is the fact that they are propos-ing and passing things that the American public simply does not want. Unfortunately within this day and age many politicians are in office for their own agenda’s and own reasons. After all, if ten per-cent of the nation approves of congress, most local congress-men are not doing what they were elected to do. Congress was elected to represent the people. And until they begin to do that, the approval rating will stay the same. There is no way to automatically improve

Congress, but most people believe that if new, younger faces were to be elected, that congress would remember its roots and serve the people. But for another eight months we’re with the same Con-gress.

While most of the focus around this time of year is on the GOP candidates campaigning for the Republican presi-dential bid, However, we should focus more on how our current presi-dent, Barack Obama, is doing among students. Obama has been in office not one term and has had to deal with some of the biggest issues facing our country since the 20th century. To begin his term Obama passed a failed stimulus bill, which raised America’s debt by over $800 billion dollars. Following the stimulus bills he and the US congress passed the Universal Health Care law commonly referred to as Obamacare, which many feel was unjustly done due to the outcry of negativity about the bill (more then half of the country was against it, yet congress passed it through with majority). That led to many congressmen and women losing their jobs in the 2010 elections, which allowed the Republicans to gain the majority in the House of Represen-tatives. Recently, Obama has had to deal with backlash of a proposed SOPA bill as well as PIPA, both of which were never voted on after a strong disapproval from the internet community. He passed the National Defense Authorization Act quietly which also resulted in outcry from the American people. The act is seen as unconstitutional according to the Bill of Rights, especially the Sixth Amendment. So when asked how students felt about Obama a small majority said that they disapprove of our 44th president. Fifty-six percent of the students surveyed (123) disapproved of our president when asked to circle whether they disapprove or approve of Obama. Chris Emswiler, a junior at Central was on the disapproving side of the poll. “I feel like he does a lot of things behind our back and doesn’t do the things he said he would.” Emswiler specifically mentions ACTA, a new treaty, which is publicized as a worldwide SOPA. However, Kieran Ohliger, a junior, supports Obama. Ohliger believes that Obama has “given the nation substantially more than he has cost us.” “He has ended ‘Don’t ask, Don’t tell, furthered stem cell research and ended the war in Iraq,” Ohliger said. Both sides of the poll bring up very valid points, but students have spoken, and most disapprove of our President.

Students disapprove of Obama

senate Majority Leader Harry reid. One of the longest serving

Congressmen in the country.Photo from pics4learning.com

By Nick FronzagliaCO-News editOr

*statitistics taken from NY times

*delegates taken from NY times

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Where do they stand?: Democrats vs. RepublicansBy Doug Whiteco-neWs eDitor

With the Republican GOP race making its way through-out the country, and President Barack Obama starting to campaign as well, the 2012 presidential election is draw-ing close. Both parties are vying to have their representa-tive sitting at the big desk in the Oval Office. But why is it so impor-tant that someone from their party be elected?: Because the Democrats and Republicans disagree on many political and social issues. So where does each party stand on the issues of this campaign season?

And there are many more opposing viewpoints when it comes to the two parties, which is why both Republi-cans and Democrats value the office of President. Voters will decide the election come November, but both parties will spend the time between now and then trying to convince voters of their sides on the key issues.

*the viewpoints of these top-ics, both to the left and below, are based on the majority, but not the entirety, of the party and its members.

Government Philosophy: Democrats: Liberal

Republicans: Conservative

Government Activity: Democrats: Active Government

Republicans: Limited Government

Economy:Democrats: Capitalism with restrictions

Republicans: Free Enterprise

Taxes: Democrats: Higher taxes for the upper classRepublicans: Equal taxes or tax breaks for

the upper class

Government Spending: Democrats: Large spending programs

Republicans: Reduced spending programs

Military Spending: Democrats: Decreased spendingRepublicans: Increased spending

Abortion: Democrats: Pro-Choice (Legal)Republicans: Pro-Life (Illegal)

Gay marriage: Democrats: SupportRepublicans: Oppose

Social Values: Democrats: Community-basedRepublicans: Individual-based

Foreign Policy/Terrorism: Democrats: Work together with

international organizationsRepublicans: Act independently/

pre-emptive strikes when necessary

And the next President is...

BARACk OBAmA NEWT GINGRICH RON PAuL mITT ROmNEy RICk SANTORum

“our work isn’t

done.”

“rebuilding the America

we love.”

“restore America now.”

“Believe in

America.”*caricatures from Mcclatchy-tribune

“Fighting to make

America America again.”

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got local honors with one re-ceiving all-county and another receiving second-team. But despite all of Cen-tral’s opportunities Davenport was given an option and took advantage of it. On January 12, Davenport left Central for the final time and the next day took the oath to become a law enforcement officer. Davenport is currently en-rolled in the police academy at Harrisburg Area Commu-nity College. He describes life at the academy as “demand-ing.” “I am lined up at 7:30 a.m. for uniform inspection and class is over at 4:30 p.m.” He does half his class time outside doing weapon training and the other half inside learn-ing police procedures. Also expected of academy trainee’s

many of the topics that we covered in class. It was refreshing to have a forum where students could voice their own opinions and debate issues,” said Davenport, about his career as a teacher. To his students he was very intelligent. He could recount all 27 amendments off the top of his head. He says he will miss a lot from Central, but he also has many memories to take with him. “I really enjoyed this past football season,” Dav-enport said. “Our team was very dedicated and a lot of fun to be around.” Davenport coached the offensive line which was arguably one of the best in the county despite having only one senior anchor the line. Two of the linemen

Rob Davenport in his academy attire. (Photo by Rob Davenport).

What food items qualify as fitting into each of the cate-gories above is defined by the USDA guidelines. Last year Congress voted to change the requirements on what is de-fined into each food group. In the process, pizza counted as a vegetable in a school lunch. “They were saying that we can count the tomato paste on a slice of pizza toward your vegetable requirement. We can, but I don’t,” said Keller.Milk is another menu item affected by the recent legisla-tion. Keller says that next year the school will only serve one percent white milk in order to reduce fat. The flavored milks would also be changed to skim as part of the regulation. Keller says Rutters’ Dairy has already committed to tailor-

ing to the new requirements. “They’re going to be able to have that all in place for us for the beginning of the school year.” She looks for new food ideas by partnering with the culinary students. Whenever a food service convention is nearby she invites the class to scout out new lunch options. If they agree on an item or two, Keller will attempt to work it into the budget for the year. Other districts have also shared their lunch ideas with Keller. One such idea is the pasta bar, which originated in Northeastern’s food depart-ment and was instituted here this year. “We’re all friends and so (Northeastern’s Food Service director) is telling the

other directors, ‘I tried this. This is how I set it up. This is how it’s working and it’s working nicely,’” said Keller Most school districts in York follow the same model for food preparation, Keller says. The only exception is Dallastown School District who just made the switch to a caterer this year. Courtney Bojarski, a

Central York teacher Robert Davenport resigned re-cently. Not amid scandal, not because he was moving, but because he chose to begin a new career path: law enforce-ment. Davenport taught for

nine-and-one-half years at Central, teaching a variety of subjects from Foundations of Citizenship, to Sociology, and even being the Offensive Line coach for the football team, Davenport made a name for himself. And students know and respect him. “I enjoyed hearing my students’ perspectives on

are working out and working on firearm instruction in the afternoon. He will graduate May 31, and then will be out patrolling the streets of West Manchester Township Davenport credits his father for his interest in law enforcement. His father, a 20 year police veteran in Philadelphia, was hit by a drunk driver and had his ca-reer ended. As far as any last words, “I will absolutely miss all of my students that have had at Central and I plan to stay on as football coach. I have enjoyed working with all of my colleagues and hope to stay in touch with them,” Davenport said. He also adds that he will be back to have lunch with the GEP teacher Mrs. Tracy Parido.

From teaching to enforcing the law

By Jeb Linburg Staff WRiteR

There are widely vary-ing opinions on the quality of school lunch, but Food Ser-vice Director, Frances Keller clarifies the process behind it.Keller, Central York’s Food Service Director for over a decade, explains how difficult her job really is and how she goes about meeting federal guidelines on school lunch. Every school lunch, whether pizza, sandwich or salad must have a serv-ing each of meat, grain, and milk. It must also have either two fruits, two vegetables or a combination of the two. Students are only required, by law, to take three of the above.

Dallastown student out-lined her opinion of the new caterer. She prefers the taste of the food with the caterer, but prices have gone up and the portions are noticeably smaller. Bojarski claims that under the caterer “they have weird food.” She says that under the district-run method of last year there were “more options and variety.”

How healthy are school lunches?

School lunches require a serving of meat, grain, milk, and may also require two fruits or vegetables. Photo credits to pics4learning.com

By Nick fronzagliaCO-NeWS eDitOR

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Senior Seth Davies goes up for a spike. (Photo by Katrina Davies).

Outside-of-the-box sportsBy Erin O’ NeillStaff writEr

By thomas flinchbaughStaff writEr

Young team prepares to defend title

Athletes outside of Cen-tral York High School show dedication despite the some-times limited recognition they receive. Morgan Rutter and Nicole Hatchard are only a few of the athletes who strive to excel in their unique sports outside of Central. Freshman Morgan Rutter has been riding horses for eight years. Rutter says that the biggest misconception about her sport is that the rider does nothing. “If the rider looks like she is doing nothing, then she is doing her job,” she says. Rutter spends about four hours on the back of a thousand-plus pound animal each week. She says horseback riding requires a lot of commitment outside

of the physical riding aspect. Feeding, grooming and tack-ing up (putting equipment on a horse) are all time consum-ing. Last season, Rutter went to the NAL (North American League) Finals and earned second place at the Jose Mohler Finals. This year, her goals are to qualify for NAL Finals and Zone Finals and be successful in Juniors. Her competitions can oc-cur during the week so Rutter says she has missed some school for shows. She says that it isn’t fair that sports affiliated with CYHS can leave early but other athletes cannot. Rutter says horse-back riding isn’t like many other sports. “The connection between horse and rider is greater than any sports team

can offer,” she says. Sophomore Nicole Hatchard has been a gymnast for Skyline Gymnastics since the age of two. Hatchard practices 22 hours a week. She says doesn’t have much time for homework because her practices are four to five hours long, yet she still maintains a 4.2 GPA Hatchard is frequently asked if she is going to the Olym-pics. “You have to be really, really good,” she says. Even though she isn’t hitting the Olympic trials this year, last season she won all-around and bars in Regionals. This season, she hopes to qualify for Regionals and Eastern Nationals. Hatchard says she is aim-ing to apply to a college that offers a gymnastics program.

Morgan rutter (above) and Nicole Hatchard (below) compete in their sports. (Photos by rachel Heist and John Cheng).

the Panthers predominantly young team will look to main-tain a high caliber of play as they begin their title defense. “If we work hard we can get back to where we were, but it will be tough without that leadership and experience we had last year,” says junior Ryan Gardner. Gardner will be working to replace start-ing middle hitter Kyle Wisner who was named a District III first team all-star in his senior season. Soon after winning Central’s first state volleyball title since 1986, the team was back in the gym practicing two to three nights a week. But how will the 2012 boys volleyball team deal with the pressure of being compared to the success of

last year? Senior libero and de-fensive specialist, Jesse Munson, stole a quote from Head Coach Brad Livingston saying, “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” Then he added, “It’s a new team, we’re doing things with a new attitude and aiming for new heights.” With only four seniors returning from last year’s championship team, the pres-sure of achieving these new heights will fall heavily on some of Central’s younger players. “We will never be able to recreate the team we had last year, but the younger players are picking up the skills they need to compete

quickly,” says Munson. Finding players to take the place of the graduated se-niors is not the only problem the Central volleyball team will have to face this season. “Every game there’s going to be pressure on us to win, since every team is going to come in trying to knock off the state champs,” says Gardner. Central will have a chal-lenging season ahead of them, facing several difficult match-ups with Dover, Suburban, and the District champion Northeastern Bobcats. “The expectations are always to compete at a higher level, but our overall goal is to win, and hopefully that’s what we’re going to do,” says Munson.

In any sport, winning a state championship is a tough task to accomplish. But repeating as state champions is a far more challenging feat

entirely. That’s exactly what the Central boys’ volleyball team is aiming to achieve in the upcoming 2012 season. After losing six senior players, all of whom were instrumental in winning Central’s fifth PAIAA title,

She says that college gymnas-tics is really hard to get into,

but she is hopeful to compete at that level.

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Second Round Second RoundThird Round Third RoundRegional Semifinals

Regional Semifinals

Regional Finals

Regional Finals

National Semifinals

National Semifinals

National Championship

First Round

With Selection Sunday right around the corner, it’s time to get ready for another wild NCAA tournament. March Madness never fails to impress, as fans nation-wide stay glued to the tele-vision with the survival of their brackets hanging in the balance. This year is sure

to include all the elements of a classic NCAA tourna-ment: powerhouse programs, Cinderella stories, last second shots, major upsets and, of course, the crowning of a new national champion. The regular season is in its final week and seeding for the tournament is coming into focus. Here are some tips to remember when filling out your bracket this year.

Projected One Seeds- Kentucky (28-1): The Wild-cats are a solid lock for one of the top seeds in the big dance.- Syracuse (29-1): The Or-ange are another lock for a top seed in this year’s tournament.- Kansas (25-5): The Jay-hawks have dominated the Big 12 this season.- Duke (25-4): Business as usual for Coach K and the Blue Devils.

Potential Bracket Busters- Temple (22-6): The Owls grabbed an upset against Duke this year and have a chance to make some noise in the big dance.- Murray State (28-1): The Racers have made it through their schedule with only one loss and have played well in games against ranked oppo-nents.

Pick to Avoid- Marquette (24-5): Mar-quette has managed 24 wins for the season, but don’t be fooled by their appealing re-cord. The Golden Eagles beat up on the weak teams in the Big East and and lost versus conference powers Syracuse and Georgetown. Marquette is the pick to avoid in this season’s tournament.

National Champion

By Zack ShefferCo-SportS editor

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‘The team to beat’By Thomas FlinchbaughSTaFF WriTer On a list of Central York’s winningest sports programs, the Central boys lacrosse team would be ranked far from the top. In the four years of its existence boys lacrosse has yet to achieve a single win-ning season. But as the spring season is about to begin, some veteran players seem to be-lieve this year will be a little different. “I think we have a solid team this year,” says varsity attacker CJ Belker. “We’ve all been playing together for a long time and have a lot of experience.” Head Coach Wade Noonan has been work-ing to prepare the team for

the upcoming season. Panther lacrosse players have had to wake up at 6:30 a.m. twice a week for workouts, and soon that will double to four practices per week, according to Belker. “It’s all about preparation and team chemistry; this time last year we hadn’t worked out as a team at all,” says senior long pole middle Jack Cardello. Cardello and his fel-low seniors have had to step up and lead the Central la-crosse team after losing seven players from last year, includ-ing two senior captains. “I think our leaders this year are better than the ones last year, to be honest,” says Belker. “They all played as individu-

als, but this year everything is really team-oriented.” The 2012 season will not be an easy road, however, as the Panthers will face tough games with teams like Red Lion and Dallastown. “Our defense should be the best in the league, without question,” says Cardello. “We have a lot of young talent and are a lot deeper on the offensive and defensive sides.” Central lacrosse will have a chance to leave their streak of losing seasons in the past when they begin the year against York Catholic, March 23. “By the end of the season, Central should be the team to beat.” Belker says.

Softball moving forward without WalkerBy Sean innerstSTaFF WriTer Lauren Walker was a one-of-a-kind softball player. “She was the type of player that doesn’t come along very often, she worked harder than anyone I’ve ever coached,” said Barry Breneman, head soft-ball coach at Central, as he described Walker, a 2010 grad and all-star of the softball team. Brene-man has been coaching softball for 18 years, nine at Central, and says that he has never coached a player like Walker. As the new season is approaching fast, Central’s softball players and coaches are looking for a promising year following the departure of Walker. “We have a young

team this year, with seven of the nine starters returning,” said Breneman. Breneman says the play-ers are already familiar with one another and can get right

to work. Sophomore Ally Dwizis is confident that this year’s team can compete at a high level. “Our two cap-tains, Courtney Hastings and Jordyn Miller will also make a big impact this season. If you don’t know who Taylor Rohrbaugh is, you’ll be hear-

ing a lot about her this season. This is a team game and I’m excited to be a part of it again this year,” Dwizis said. “We are not trying to replace Lauren, we are trying to focus

on the upcoming season with all of the new talent joining the team.” It’s going to be a season full of answering questions for the team this year. Who will step up and be the big time player this year? How far can this year’s team

go? And what kind of produc-tion should be expected from the new players and return-ing starters? “I don’t think that anyone will fill Lauren’s shoes as an individual, but as a team, I think we can do that,” said Breneman. Sophomores ally Dwizis and Taylor rohrbaugh prepare for the

upcoming softball season. (Photo by Bree Stoneburg).

“i don’t think that anyone will fill Lauren’s shoes as an indi-vidual, but as a team, i think

we can do that,” -Barry Breneman, head softball

coach

Members of the hockey team bond on a rainy day in the atrium prior to their 2012 season. (Photo by Bree Stoneburg).

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Outside training for in-school sportsBy Brent MayneStaff Writer

ing facility called Gowags in Harrisburg to get an edge for his baseball. The coach that mentors Shaffer at Gowags is an AA baseball player for the Spring-field Cardinals. “He has really helped me gain speed on my fastball by changing my mechanics. He really knows what he is doing and he is a great player too. ”At training, Shaffer practices his pitching and has his form critiqued by his all star coach. The workouts at Gowags also consist of a lot of heavy band work, which helps strengthen the muscles needed in order to throw a

proper fastball. What motivates Shaffer to give this much effort out of school for his sport? “My biggest motivator is Derek Jeter. He has worked for everything he has gotten in his career. I have studied him since I was eight years old and I want to be just like him and work like him. He is 37 and still plays short stop for the Yankees,” said Shaf-fer. Another one of Shaf-fer’s motivators is a baseball scholarship for college. Madi Luckenbaugh, a sophomore pole vaulter for the school’s track team also trains outside of school to better herself.

Luckenbaugh keeps the fam-ily tradition of pole vaulting alive and she wants to con-tinue the good tradition. “My sister did pole vault when she was in high school. She was really good and she trained outside of school. To get better, I decided that I had to find my own place to train so that I could get better too, and it has been working,” said Luckenbaugh. Luckenbaugh trains at a facility called Vaultworx that specializes in improving anyone that does pole vault. Since last season, Luck-enbaugh has gone up three feet in pole vault, and she is

Star field hockey player heading to North CarolinaBy Spencer OrtmyerStaff Writer For most aspiring college athletes the college recruit-ing process can be a long and daunting one. “At what level can I play?” “Who’s going to recruit me?” “Is it too late for a team to pick me up?” These are just a few of the many questions that plague thou-sands of high school athletes each year. Not Lauren Moyer. Moyer, a junior, has committed to play field hock-ey at the University of North Carolina for the 2013 season. Committing in October, she nabbed one of just four spots available on the Tar Heels roster. Moyer also fielded an offer from Syracuse Univer-sity and serious interest from Penn State. “I could see myself

there as a student and an athlete,” said Moyer. “It has great academics and has a nationally recognized field hockey program.” Much of Moyer’s early success has come from long hours of training and trav-eling. She plays club field hockey for East Coast Field Hockey and goes to tourna-ments up and down the east coast each off season. “After quitting soccer my sophomore year, I just started training for field hockey more and more and that led to hear-ing from different coaches,” Moyer says. “It just went off from there.” Moyer’s current field hockey coach Lori Livings-ton, isn’t surprised with Lau-ren’s early commitment. “Lauren has tremendous speed and explosiveness on

the field. She has natural instincts so she sees the field well and is a great passer,” Livingston said. Although it’s not unusual for someone to commit to college so early, Livingston isn’t aware of another Central player to be offered so early. Moyer said the hardest part about being recruited is figuring out where and when the coaches can see her play. “They need to see a lot of girls so it’s important to be seen,” she adds. “You have to build a relationship with the coaches.” With those relationships built, Moyer hopes to com-pete right away for the Tar Heels. Something that she admits she’ll need more of is drive. “We’ll be competing for NCAA titles and repre-senting the school,” Moyer

Senior, Travis Shaffer is one of the many athletes at Central who wants to be great in their sport. However, Travis-like others at Cen-tral- has taken the initiative to better himself for his sport by getting some “outside of school help.” “It has always been my dream and my goal to be the best and you have to train to be the best,” Shaffer says. “You just have to keep train-ing to stay on top and I want to be the guy that can be called the best.”Shaffer has been going to a baseball train-

only continuing to get better. “I really want to do well this year and I want to stay sol-idly on varsity all year,” said Luckenbaugh. At Vaultworx, Lucken-baugh goes through some training that she states to be rather tough. “We do a lot of cardio so we do some run-ning, pullups and rings like gymnasts do. We also do a lot of drills and agility training,” said Luckenbaugh.Lucken-baugh loves the sport she does and wants to succeed in her sport. Luckenbaugh says, “You can’t expect to get any-thing in life easily. You have to work for it.”

says. “You need pride.” Moyer and Livingston both agree upon that she’ll also have to improve her stick skills so that she can transition into the college game nicely and more quickly. Moyer says that isn’t anything she’s not prepared or unwilling to do. “I’m ready for the chal-lenge,” she says. With her senior year in sight, she plans to hone some of those skills that will get her ready for the

college game. Although it will be hard work, she says she’ll miss goofing around with her teammates at practice because once college comes around it will be mostly business. “I’ll definitely miss being with my friends every day,” Moyer says. But with a big grin she adds, “I’m looking forward to the UNC basket-ball games and enjoying the beautiful campus for four years.”

Moyer brings the ball down the field during a game against Spring Grove. Courtesy photo of Lauren Moyer.

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Winter Sports Recap

2011-2012

Ice Hockey

Boys Basketball

Swimming/Diving

WrestlingGirls Basketball

Season Record: 16-0-2 The Panthers dominated the regular season and are looking to repeat as Bears Cup Champions.

Head Coach: Rick Lefever

Top Players: Kenny Gross, Tallen Stroman, Colton Traynham, Jared Williamson, Nate Troupe

Postseason: Lost round one to Mechanisburg, won round two ver-sus Central Dauphin, won round three versus Mechanicsburg Season Record: 13-11 Boys basket-

ball had a solid season with many standout players.

Head Coach: Kevin Schieler

Top Players: Spencer Ortmyer, Tremaine Bowman, Corey Hartz

Postseason: Won round one against Red Lion, knocked out by Central Dauphin

Season Record: 7-12 The wrestling team has plenty of talent for the future.Head Coach: Fred Deluca

Top Wrestlers: Tyler Whitecomb, Paul Rodriguez, Jon Altland

Postseason: Multiple wrestlers went on to participate in coun-ties

Season Record: 4-4 Swim team had some success in their first season under coach Gingerich.

Head Coach: Jim Gingerich

Top Swimmers/Divers: Jake Snook, Alison Bieber, Jade Arganbright, Me-gan Rutter

Postseason: Many swimmers/divers went on to have success in coun-ties and are moving on to districts and states

Season Record: 7-15 Central girls basketball has a great deal of poten-tial for the future.

Head Coach: Andrew Stiffler

Top Players: Hayley Harrold, Sam Sweeney, Megan Lundy

Postseason: None

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4/16 New Oxford Home 4:004/18 Spring Grove Home 4:004/19 Carlisle Home 4:004/20 Red Lion Away 4:004/21 Susquehannock Away TBA4/26 South Western Away 4:004/30 Dallastown Home 4:005/2 William Penn Home 6:005/4 New Oxford Away 4:00Softball3/23 West York Away 4:153/24 Hershey Home 11:003/29 Spring Grove Home 4:154/2 New Oxford Away 4:154/4 South Western Home 4:154/9 Dallastown Away 4:154/11 Red Lion Away 4:154/14 Hempfield Away 1:004/17 Kennard Dale Home 4:154/19 Northeatern Away 4:154/23 Dover Home 4:154/25 New Oxford Home 4:15 4/27 South Western Away 4:154/30 Red Land Home 4:155/1 Dallastown Home 4:155/3 Red Lion Home 4:15Girls Lacrosse 3/23 York Catholic Away 4:303/28 West York Home 6:003/30 Dallastown Away 4:304/3 Spring Grove Away 5:304/5 Kennard Dale Away 4:304/10 South Western Home 6:004/12 Red lion Home 6:004/17 York Suburban Home 6:00 4/20 Carlisle Home 6:004/23 Susquehannock Home 6:004/25 New Oxford Away 5:004/27 Dallastown Home 6:005/1 South Western Away 4:305/3 New Oxford Home 6:005/8 Red Lion Away 4:30Boys Lacrosse3/23 York Catholic Home 6:00 3/24 Hershey Away TBA3/28 West York Away 4:303/30 Dallastown Home 6:004/3 New Oxford Home 6:004/5 Kennard Dale Home 6:004/10 South Western Home 6:004/12 Red Lion Away 4:304/17 York Suburban Away 4:30 4/20 Carlisle Away 4:154/23 Susquehannock Away 5:304/25 Spring Grove Home 6:004/27 Dallastown Away 4:305/1 South Western Home 6:005/3 Spring Grove Away 5:305/8 Red Lion Home 6:00

The Panthers In Action!

Baseball3/23 West York Away 4:153/24 Penn Manor Home 1:003/29 New Oxford Home 4:154/2 Spring Grove Away 4:154/4 South Western Home 4:154/9 Dallastown Away 4:154/11 Red Lion Away 4:154/13 William Penn Home 4:154/17 Kennard Dale Home 4:154/18 Carlisle Home 4:154/19 Northeastern Away 4:154/23 Dover Home 4:154/25 Spring Grove Home 4:154/27 South Western Away 4:154/30 Red Land Away 4:155/1 Dalllastown Home 4:155/3 Red Lion Home 4:155/8 William Penn Away 4:15Boys Tennis3/20 Biglerville Away 3:303/22 Susquehannock Home 3:303/26 Cumberland Valley Home 3:303/29 William Penn Away 3:304/2 West York Home 3:304/4 Spring Grove Away 3:304/9 South Western Away 3:304/11 Dallastown Home 3:30 4/13 Dover Away 3:304/17 New Oxford Home 3:304/19 Red Lion Home 3:30 Track and Field 3/27 South Western Home 3:454/3 New Oxford Home 3:454/10 Spring Grove Away 3:454/17 Dallastown Away 3:454/24 Red Lion Home 3:455/1 William Penn Away 3:45Boys Volleyball3/27 Northeastern Away 6:003/29 Susquehannock Home 6:004/3 Dover Home 6:004/5 Red Lion Away 6:004/10 Eastern Away 6:004/12 West York Home 6:004/17 Dallastown Away 6:004/19 Spring Grove Away 6:004/24 York Suburban Home 6:004/26 Kennard Dale Away 6:005/1 New Oxford Home 6:00Girls Soccer 3/23 Lower Dauphin Home 4:003/27 Spring Grove Away 5:303/29 Red Lion Home 4:003/30 Eastern Away 5:304/4 South Western Home 4:00 4/11 Dallastown Away 6:004/13 Red Lion Away TBA

WE ARE

CENTRAL

**Corey Wendt, Jalil Ford, and student section photos are borrowed from Facebook.

Corey Wendt races for first place.

Jalil Ford gets foul on the way to the basket.

The Cheerleading team are showing their spirit. (Photo by Nate Miranda).

The student section cheers on the boys basket-ball team.

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Sheffer’s Shout-OutBy Zack ShefferCo-SportS editor I’d like to start this edition of Sheffer’s Shout-out by congratulating the Central York Ice Hockey team on their undefeated regular season. The Panthers have achieved a stel-lar record of 16-0-2 for the year and are scoring three times as many goals as they allow. Senior right wing and team captain Kenny Gross was one of the leaders of the offense scoring a team high 22 goals and adding a team high 26 assists. Senior center Nate Troupe and junior center Stehl Taylor were also major contributors to the offensive production scor-ing a combined 34 goals during the season. The Panther defense was the best in the CPIHL Tier 1, allowing only 33 goals during the year. Senior Tallen Stroman and sophomore Stuart Perry shared the net-minding duties for the Panthers and contributed to the rock-solid defense that pro-tected Central’s perfect record. Gross, Stroman and Troupe, along with senior defensemen Jared Williamson and Colton Traynham were named to the 2012 all-star team for Tier 1. This year’s team has an excellent chance of repeating as Bears Cup champions. The next shout-out goes to the Central student section. The students have shown up to both home and away games for many of Central’s winter sports teams. The students have been loud and crazy at every game and have given Central a clear advantage over their opponents. With the playoffs underway for many of Central’s winter sports programs, the students are sure to continue their excel-lent support of Central athletics.

Check out the next edition of Sheffer’s Shout-out in the April Prowler.

Crisp squeaks ricochet off the gym walls. Volleyballs thud against the ground. Out-side of the gym cheers can be heard in the upstairs 400 work area, where Central York High School’s competition cheer-leading squad practices every Thursday afternoon. Competition cheerlead-ing is a sport separate from Central’s var-sity football and basket-ball cheerleading. While still sponsored by Central, competition cheerleading is considered an out of school program. This year, Central’s competition team has 17 girls. The girls must perform their routine in two minutes and 30 seconds. “If we mess up, we’re out of luck,” says Vivian Greene, a senior at Central who has participated in competition cheerleading for five years. Coach Laura Trimmer, a Central graduate of 2003, directs the girls in their stunts. Trimmer has coached for three years and says she takes pride in her team’s abilities this year. “They’re one of the best teams I’ve ever had. They’ve all come together.” So what’s the main difference between com-petition cheerleading and varsity cheerleading? Trim-mer explains that varsity cheerleading involves more crowd entertainment, whereas competition cheerleading requires more endurance and athleticism. “The competition team is a much higher level of

cheering where the girls can really showcase their abili-ties,” says Trimmer. In the past two years, the competition team has placed three times in major com-petitions. In 2010 the girls received second place in the county championship. In 2011 the team had the same fate at the Harrisburg Farm Show, winning $250. However, the

girls clenched the number one spot early February this year when they took gold at the Exeter Cheer Challenge. Greene credits their suc-cess to the new routines the team has implemented, as well as the overall attitude on the team. “The girls are so dedicated, which is nice. They’ll do anything,” she says. To better her skills, Greene says she attends tum-bling classes in addition to the regular practices. This is not uncommon for the girls. “We strive for perfec-tion,” Trimmer says. “A lot of people don’t understand how much time we put into it.” Perhaps the only down-side for Central’s competition team is their lack of space to practice. The girls work on their routine for an entire year making sure everything runs smoothly. They practice over a carpeted work area in one of the hallways of Central. “We work just as hard as the other teams do,” Greene says, “We’re still trying to gain respect. We’re not asking

for much-- just a place where we can practice safely.” Trimmer agrees with Greene on their lack of prac-tice space. “It gets frustrat-ing,” Trimmer says. Despite an unstable practice location, Greene describes her plans for the season, tucking her blond hair behind her ears and leaning forward. “This year I definitely have confi-

dence. I think we’re a team this year. It takes a team to win.” Both Trimmer and Greene have high

hopes for the season, wanting to score first place at districts. Greene recognizes the chal-lenges they’ll face as they try to beat their biggest rivals: Spring Grove, York High, and New Oxford. “We want to go out with a good season for our seniors,” Trimmer says, elaborating on how much she’ll miss them next year. “It makes my day every time I see them. They’re so much fun.” Trimmer says the girls loved it when they performed during halftime at one of the Central boys’ basketball games. On March 17 the girls take on all of the York County squads at Dallastown, and Trimmer hopes to see Central students there. “We would love it if Central students came out to support us,” she says. Trimmer says she believes the competition cheer program will be around for quite a while longer. “As long as the girls keep loving it and doing it, we’ll keep perform-ing.”

By Kayla SmithStaff Writer

Flipping into first place

Senior, Kenny Gross fights for the puck as Central attempts to regain the lead. (photo by ___).

“We strive for perfection.”-Laura Trimmer

Central cheerleaders and varisty basketball players show off their Central York Mini-Thon shirts in a game against Red Liom. (Photo by Bree Stoneburg).