Editor-in-Chief: Rheon TrimChief Tech Officer: James Oeth President: Dustin Wilson Writers: Dustin Wilson, Michael Melady, Joe Mulhern, James Oeth, Jimmy Klauder, Rheon TrimAdvisor: Dr. Maxwell

Table of Contents

1…………………Run, Dustin, Run

3…………………A Fresh Look

4…………………Lost in Translation

6…………………A Peak at Players

7………………….Benign Brothers

8………………….21st Century Breakdown

Run, Dustin, Run

Running is a sport that needs numerous hours of preparation just to finish

the race, let alone win it. Running is one of the most physical demanding sports in

the United States. Even though many people do not watch running on the regular

basis, like they would with baseball or football, it still is a very wide known sport.

Running’s claim to fame is the Olympics. The summer Olympics are one of the most

watched tournaments in the world and running gathers the most hype out of all the

sports they play.

All-American cross-country runner, Dustin M. Wilson, spent hours of nearly

every day of his high school career training to become the nationally ranked runner

that he is today. The longest break he has ever taken in 2 years was a 7-day break

last June. When I asked him about it he said, “It was very hard to bear. I had an

anxious feeling to run only 3 days into the break.” Major league athletes take a lot

longer and more frequent breaks. A major league baseball player takes a two-month

break every year; not even including all the breaks they get thrown in the year. This

just goes to show how running has to take control of your life almost every day of

the year just for you to be okay at the sport.

It is pretty safe to say that Dustin’s life revolves around running circles.

During the summer he runs 10-12 miles a day and 10-12 runs a week, which is

nearly 80 a week. During the fall, he slightly turns down the throttle, only running

70 miles a week. When Dustin goes out running, he wears high shorts and his

regular shoes no matter how cold the weather might be. Dustin’s hard work and

efforts do pay off. He has won many awards and has competed in or won many

races. He has won the Paul Short race, the Bryerwood race, and the Independent

State School. He also placed 13th in the Footlocker Cross-Country National

Championship. This race was in San Diego, California and is like the super bowl of

Cross-country. Dustin was ranked from 10th to 20th in the country thorough the year,

and was ranked first in the state. Dustin also won some very prestigious awards. He

won the Pennsylvania T.F.C.A. Runner of the Year, and the Gatorade PA runner of

the year. In addition, he was a 1st team all state in indoors, outdoors, and cross-

country

Running for distance is not the only thing Dustin does to train for his races.

He also has speed training including time trials. He will run a couple miles, check his

time and compare it with his past time trials, and then later on compare them with

what he runs in his meets.

Running’s most famous and best runner is Usain Bolt. Usain is a 10 time gold

medal winner and set nearly all-possible records for running. He is widely known as

the fastest runner in the world. Usain has been invited to many other sports as a pro

athlete because of his sub-4.0 forty-yard dash. He declined all of them, but it is still

an achievement to be looked at by them. Usain is currently 25 years old and is as

fast as ever, if not faster. He is 6 foot 5 inches and weighs 210 pounds.

Although Usain and Dustin play the same sport their races are extremely

different both for the reasons of the way they train, and the races they race in. Usain

is a short distance runner, so in his workouts, he doesn’t try and run for long

distances. He just runs for short burst and he works out his muscles, so they are

more for strength than for fatigue. Dustin, on the other hand, runs in much longer

races and his main workouts form his muscles to last longer.

Running is not any nation’s past time, and is not a sport that is going to make

you look “jacked,” but it is a very physically demanding sport. You need an excellent

work ethic and you can never slack off. Running is the only sport where you can

work out every day for a year and not even make an all-state team.

Michael Melady ‘15

A Fresh Look

In most sports, experience is a very valuable component. For the 2011 CHA

Varsity Soccer, that was true, but with an exception. For this team, three young men

injected some well-needed youth. For Peter Davis, Jose Contreras, and Michael

Bown, this was not only their first year in high school, but also each of these talented

athletes made the CHA’s Varsity Soccer team.

According to Michael Bown, their first practice with their new teammates

was a “humbling experience.” A new team with people that you’ve had little to no

experience playing with is a tough situation to come into. “In that situation, it sorta

becomes a feeling out process,” said Peter. “You must gain respect from the

upperclassmen,” he added. Respect. An important component for these three young

men if they wanted to be successful as a team this season.

Of course, being on a new team gets a little easier when you are playing with

a familiar face. This was the case for two of the freshmen: Peter Davis and Jose

Contreras. For Peter, who turned down the opportunity to play on the varsity team

as an eighth grader, this was a somewhat familiar environment. But the situation for

Jose was different; he was not only new to the team, but also new to the SCH

community. Peter and Jose play together on the same soccer club team. When asked

what it’s like to play with Jose, said he’s a “gentle giant.”

Rheon Trim ‘15

Lost in Translation

The transition from china to America can be really tough for some people but

Liyang has handled it wonderfully. His decision to move to America was not made

by him but since he has been here he has whole-heartedly embraced it; learning the

language and embracing the culture of the people here. His father made the

decision for Liyang to travel to America for high school because he thought that

Liyang would receive a better education here and would then be able to prosper as

an adult.

Liyand talks about the food here and says he likes it much better than the

food that they have in china like the cheese steaks at lunch. He also likes how much

free time that has now that he is in America compared to how much time he had in

China. He says, “I have much more time to study in America, I like that.” He also

talks about how much time he has to practice basketball and how the sports in

America are much more competitive.

The one thing that different from China is the language barrier that he faced

when he came to America. Kids in America constantly told him that words meant

different things that what they actually meant. Overcoming the teasing was difficult

but with the help of teachers and friends and he was able to overcome the language

adversity.

Liyang has missed his family and friends from china, which has made him,

travel back to China during all of the major breaks during the year. He travels back

to china to reconcile with his family during the Christmas break and he was

surprised to learn that he had forgotten a little bit of Chinese whilst he was here in

the United States. When he was here he told us stories about the ways that Chinese

people celebrate the holidays and how he was so excited to share the American

culture with his family in China.

The Internet is much different in China and America. In China there are no

websites like Facebook and Twitter because the Chinese government has a very

effective firewall that blocks off those kinds of social networking sites. Liyang

enjoys the freedom of the internet in America but does not like how he cannot be

friends with his old friends from China on Facebook.

All in all Liyang has prospered in America and does not regret his decision to

come. After surpassing the language barrier Liyang has really enjoyed the freedom

that America has offered him in regards to woman and in regards to practicing

sports and keeping up with his school work.

James Oeth ‘15

Jimmy Klauder ‘15

Joe Mulhern ‘15

21st

Century

Breakdown

Dustin Wilson ‘15