THE BOOMER

October 30-November 3, 2017

Vol. 4, Ed. 2

Mr. Rodrigue, the Associate Principal, has a biweekly column about topics including drugs and alcohol, social media, current laws regarding teens, college readiness, and more.Click here to read the latest post.

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Progress reports will go out on Tuesday, October 31st.

Make sure you're utilizing Mega Lunch tutoring to get your work finished and turned in.

Olga Retana, an instructor for mortician school in Dallas, came to speak in the lecture hall on October 19th during A block. She had a really wonderful, perky, slight creepy presentation, and students went crazy for her lecture.

Freshman A

Oct. 19th- Freshman A team completed the sweep of the Eagles winning 27-23. Cisco Caston returned 2 punts for TDs. Victor Gray added his own special teams touchdown by blocking a punt and returning it for a TD. Gabe Alexander held down the defense with 2 interceptions.

Oct. 26th - The A team lost 20-42. Gabriel Alexander had 8 catches for the night and 2 Receiving Touchdowns. Bruce Collingsworth added a rushing TD of his own.
The A team is now 5-3-1 for the year.

Freshman B

Oct. 19th - Freshman B team won 20-0. Jayden Disierre and Cole Tierce both scored a rushing TD. Nate Sanders had an interception for a 87 yard TD.

Oct. 26th - The B team lost 8-28. Jayden Disierre scored the lone TD and Cole Tierce added the 2pt conversion.
The B team is now 4-5 on the year.

News from the Fightin' Roo Marching Band

At last week's home game (10/20) against Abilene High School, The Fightin' Roo Marching Band and Color Guard performed their Fall Spirit Show featuring the Best of Michael Jackson. The Color Guard also performed to "I'm Still Standing" for the Pink Out pep rally. Both were a hit with the hometown crowd!

The Fightin' Roo Band also finished their marching competition season by competing in the Region Marching Contest at Chisholm Trail High School. The Band received an Excellent Rating with a great performance of their 2017 Production of "Fly to Paradise". The students and the directors would like to thank everyone for their continued support of our band program and hope you continue to enjoy our future events this year.

The band will begin preparing for Region Band auditions and their holiday concerts on the 28th. Keep a look out for more information to come.

​​Our Outstanding Freshmen Band members of the week for Oct. 16th -20th were:

E'Myah Jones from the Clarinet section and

Bryce Grove from the Flute section!

The outstanding Guard Members of the week are Zoe Zimring and Logan Price,

And the section of the week is… The Trombones!!!

The following WHS Choir students competed in the Region Round of All State Choir And 9/10 District Honor Choir Auditions:

All Region Mixed Choir Members

Caitlynn Bonnett Sop 1 11th Chair Advanced to Area

Jenny Smith Sop 115th Chair First Alternate to Pre Area

Jana Zacharias Alto 1 4th Chair Advanced to Area

Sam Shaw Bass 1 11th Chair advanced to Pre Area

All District Treble Choir Members

Hayley Vantine Sop 2

Sarah Talmage Sop 2

Clara Chestnut Alto 1

Sydney Looper Alto 1

Taylor Fite Alto 2

9th and 10th Grade District Honor Choir

Savannah Harvey.

​The WHS Bass Tournament Team weathered the wind and extremely finicky fish over the weekend at the Texas High School Bass Association Tournament at Lake Ray Roberts. Max Adair (NGC) and Hayden Johnson both hooked some fish, but their catch was under the legal limit, as was the case for many of the 231 teams from across the area. Bradley Slovak and Mathew McDougall kept their top 25 streak alive with a 21st place finish, weighing in 3 fish at 6.51 pounds.

Blue Belles of the Week

Congratulations to Belles of the Week - Carsyn Kern, Miss High Kick of the Week - Torrye Modgling, and Spirit Belle of the Week - Emily Kemp!

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Editors for the week:

Alex Tunison and Lucas Tighe