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Raider Invader December 2013

By: Madison Stoner & Casey Rhodes

The Academic Decathlon team, led by Mr. Wil-

liams and Ms. Nesaw, attended a meet at Penn State Beh-

rend on December 7th. This meet’s main focus was on math

and science, and it included events such as, prepared

speech, interviews, and essay contests.

The team collected a total of 13 medals, including a

group of nine students participating in the “Super Relay

Quiz,” placing 3rd out of 25 teams. Medalists include, Bran-

don Mills, who earned a silver medal in math and Zack

Taylor, who earned a bronze medal in math. Many mem-

bers of the team also received honors, including Kenny

Findley, Kassie Tofani, Luke Sallmen, Gywn Dubel, Kath-

erine Campbell, and Rebecca John.

Senior, Gywn Dubel, concluded this meet with say-

ing, “This is the best year the Academic Decathlon team

has had yet, and I am so excited about how well the under-

classmen have been doing!” The Academic Decathlon

team’s next meet will focus on science and economics. It

will be held at Gannon University on January 4th.

Academic Decathlon competes at Penn State Behrend

Every year before the holiday seasons, the RHS

Students for Charity hosts the annual Food Drive for the

Greenville Salvation Army. Members of each homeroom

work together to decorate a cardboard box, that was provid-

ed by Students for Charity, with the designated theme and

fill it with non-perishable food items. The Reynolds School

District Administration Office, High School Office, and

Cafeteria were also encouraged to participate and collect

food. This year’s theme was “Christmas Movies and Char-

acters.”

The competition began on November 25th. Students

and staff were actively reminded and encouraged to bring

in food and decorate their homeroom’s box through an-

nouncements and a banner in main hall. On December 12th

when the boxes were collected by SFC members, the stu-

dents were very happy with all of the food that was collect-

ed and created a display in the auditorium lobby.

The entries were then judged by appearance and

amount of food collected. The 2013 winners of the Reyn-

olds Students for Charity Christmas Food Drive were: for

Junior High, in first place, Mrs. Wagner’s Homeroom, and

for second place, Mr. Young’s homeroom. The Senior High

winners were, in first place, Mrs. Henderson’s homeroom,

and in second place, Miss. Irvine’s Homeroom.

Students for Charity sponsors annual food drive

By: Gwyn Dubel

Academic Decathlon at Penn State Behrend.

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Mason McCollum

Katelyn Estman

Courtney Green

Zac Huffman

Ali Metz

Justin Mostoller

Kailyn Soros

Gwyn Dubel

Levi Stoyer

Collin Yake

Joe Yarzab

Denton Zeronas

Jamie Brydon

Brooke Bresnan

Julia Carlson

Kegan Miller

Casey Rhodes

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Madison Stoner

Hog wild: PA faces new problem

with the rise of feral pigs

By: Collin Yake & Joe Yarzab

The population of feral swine are on the rise

here in good old Western Pennsylvania. These are

enormous problems for farmers, and landowners.

Feral swine are most commonly known for their rap-

id reproduction and the destruction they cause on the

land. Wild Pigs will move onto a piece of land and

uproot and destroy it. There has been many com-

plaints of lawns, golf courses, and big patches of

earth dug up and ruined.

Feral swine are also a big concern within the

biosecurity of our states multi-million dollar pork

industry. Wild swine can carry multiple diseases that

can rapidly spread throughout a herd. Conservation

officers have said that the only solution to this prob-

lem is to hunt and kill the pigs. This will cut down

on the amount of pigs drastically and help farmers

and landowners prevent the destruction on their

land.

Members of 2013 - 2014

Raider Invader Staff Puzzle: Sudoku

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RHS wrestling review:

wrestlers are off to a busy start

By: Levi Stoyer

The Reynolds mat men are at it again as they

kicked off the season against Grove City on Friday,

December 6. They won easily posting a score of sev-

enty to six with only two people loosing.

The team took no break as they prepared for

the biggest match of the season against Erie McDow-

ell to try and defend the twenty year home win streak.

The teams were going back and forth the entire night

as it came down to the wire, but the Raiders fell just

short with the score being twenty five to thirty. The

boys were back at it again in no time with the best

practice of the year as they prepared to head off to

Walsh Jesuit for the Ironman tournament. Unfortu-

nately, no Raiders placed at the tournament.

Over Christmas break, the team will travel to

Manheim for one of the biggest tournaments of the

season. Good luck wrestlers!

AP Biology attends

genetic update conference

By: Justin Mostoller

For over 30 years Sam Rhine has crossed the

country teaching students and teachers the latest infor-

mation on genetics. For the past 4 years Mr. Little has

taken his AP Biology class to one of Sam Rhine’s Ge-

netic Update Conferences. It is held at North Alleghe-

ny High School, in Pittsburgh, PA. The conference

lasts about 4 hours. This may seem like a long time to

sit and just listen to a geneticist speak, but Sam keeps

things interesting with breaks that could last anywhere

from 1 to 10 minutes and could involve anything from

stretching to eating.

Mr. Little enjoys taking his students each year.

He said “the conference teaches the students on the

latest up to date information about genetics and how it

is changing the face of the medical world.” Sam starts

out by teaching simple genetics and eventually goes

into the newest technology in the medical world; such

as growing organs in a pastry dish from stem cells.

Mrs. Wilcox said “my favorite part about the confer-

ence was hearing about how doctors can now cure dis-

eases with stem cells that previously had no cure.”

RHS Life Skills class makes

blankets for St Paul’s By: Kailyn Soros

Just as John Wooden once stated, “You can’t live a per-

fect day without doing something for someone who will never

be able to repay you.” This year, the Life Skills class, taught by

Reynolds’ teacher Mrs. Janice Davis, created fleece blankets as

a part of their Home Economics course to give to residents of St.

Paul’s Homes in Greenville. The process, though providing for

the elderly, ultimately helped to teach the students such skills as

tying and washing the fleece.

Paige, a charming and creative young woman, especially

enjoyed making the blankets and expressed a great amount of

pride when showing what had been accomplished. Three of the

students will be participating in the distribution of the twelve

blankets made at St. Paul’s along with Mrs. Sherwood. The Life

Skills class is the epitome of: “Those who bring sunshine to the

lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

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To start off their preseason, the girls’ basketball

team participated in two scrimmages. The first tri-

scrimmage was held at West Middlesex, and the second

against Jamestown here at Reynolds. The scrimmages,

which both went very well, were great eye-openers to the

strengths and weaknesses of the lady raiders, who are led

by Coach Will Juranovich.

The girls officially kicked off their season at the

Rocky Grove Tip-off Tournament on the 6th and 7th of this

month. On Friday night, they faced a tough opponent—

Venango Catholic. The Raiders battled throughout the en-

tire game but came up short for a loss of 67-30. Rose Stoy-

er was the leading scorer with 16 points.

The next day the ladies came out better prepared to

go up against another big competitor—West Forrest. The

score constantly went back and forth, and at half time the

Raiders were down 31-26. Brooke Bresnan fired in 16

points to lead the team. But after another hard fought

game, the Raiders could not overcome the 9 point deficit

and lost with a score of 51-40.

The ladies had their first game, aside from the tour-

nament, on the 10th against Northwestern. With a greater

number of rebounds and fewer turnovers, the Raiders out-

hustled the opposing team significantly. However, the

score didn’t prove true. The shots wouldn’t fall, and the

Raiders instead fell behind and ended the game 45-37.

Brooke Bresnan put up 12 points, and Rose Stoyer and

Alex Napadano both added 10 points each.

These games too were a great learning experience,

and hopefully have helped to better the Lady Raiders as

they soon will go up against teams in their own region.

Girls basketball starts off the season at Rocky Grove tourney

By: Brooklyn Bresnan & Kegan Miller

Boys basketball wins tip-off tournament

By: Zachary Huffman

The boys’ basketball went to Mercer to start their sea-

son at the annual Tip-off Tournament. The boys came away

with the first place spot by beating North East and Monteau.

When senior Kyle McConnell was asked about how

the team did at Mercer he replied with “I was really satisfied

on how we played over the weekend. We were dialed in on

every possession, we were on time with everything. When

asked about the hardest part of the tournament he said “we had

to overcome a bunch of runs the other team made, to go on to

get the victories.

McConnell had 9 points the first night and 8 the next

night. Garrett Frable was named the MVP of the tournament,

and Cory Woods was named to the all-tournament team. Assis-

tant Coach Little said, “I was pleased with two good wins.”

When asked what the team needs to improve on he comment-

ed, “We can always improve at defense and rebounding, and

we can always take care of the ball better.”

The boys will be back in action over Christmas break

at Conneaut Area Senior High School.

Two RHS students, Keirnan Coburn and Jessica

John, recently competed at Honors Band. Congratu-

lations, and great job girls!