Floyd Central defeats Seymour 84-43
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Floyd Central crushes the Pioneers with a 60-34 victory
School security provides for safe environment
By Rachel Lamb and Sydney Sears
It is 3:30 p.m. and only a few students remain inside the school doors. They may be at sports practice, participating in a club, running their lines for theatre, or just waiting until their parents pick them up. These students most likely do not think about how safe they really are.
Around this time of season, a lot of sports including wrestling and volleyball meet at FC after school.
“I have never not felt safe being here after school,” said senior wrestler Cory Troutman.
Senior wrestler Christian Overbey agreed.
“I feel very safe after school hours. There are always plenty of coaches and staff that stay after.”
Most sports have long practices after school. Volleyball usually runs till about 6 p.m. or longer on weekdays. If there is a game, then the volleyball players are here later than normal.
“I’m normally here ’til 6-6:30 or 7 on a average night school night,” said freshman Nicole Hartman.
Many students say if or when they are here after school hours they feel safe. Students may feel that way for a number of reasons.
After school all the doors are now being locked, except for the far right entrance into the rotunda. Administration, teachers, and coaches are working to keep the students here after school hours safe.
“We are just trying to keep them safe, even with the kids that are coming and going,” said FC wrestling coach Brandon Sisson.
Sisson said that it is difficult to maintain security with kids, parents, and staff going in and out so much because it is hard to determine who should be let in the school
With having a police officer at school, it makes everyone feel a little more secure. Having an officer on duty during the day allows for a sense of security that provides for a safe environment throughout FC.
“I think being safe is very important because without security we wouldn’t be able to practice and get better.” said Overbey.
Officer Brad Scott is at FC during the school day and one of his many responsibilities is spot checks around the building.
If there were to be an emergency after school, Scott said that anyone still in the building would have to listen staff members for instruction, because there is not enough personnel left after school to organize an actual procedure plan.
Scott explained that school security is especially important at sporting events because the large number of people at rival games can get out of control.
One thing students do not have to worry about is feeling safe at school.
Highlanders suffer tough loss to Male losing 62-16
By Noble Guyon
Girls’ tennis prepares for upcoming tournament
By Alyssa Book
The girls’ tennis team is heating up at the right moment. Coming off a big win last weekend, the team is heading into this weekend’s tournament with confidence. The team faces another challenge Saturday at Zionsville High School, but is accepting it head on.
The team played the Crawforsville Invitational last weekend. The ending surprised senior Olivia Boesing and was an exciting win for the entire team.
“We won the tournament by one point. I think our strong point was our number 2 doubles team. They won their bracket 15-13 in a third set tie breaker. They really pulled through for us and we are really proud of them.”
Boesing and the rest of the team is now looking ahead to the Zionsville Invitiational this Saturday at 9 a.m. Boesing said two areas they need to focus on improving is their conditioning and mental toughness.
Sopomore Alexis Applegate has been playing 2 singles for the varsity team and hopes to win her position in Zionsvillle.
Applegate descibes last weekend’s big win as a motivator.
“It gave us a confidence boost and showed us how far we could go.”
Boesing’s goal for this weekend is too improve as much as they can.
“We have a few girls out this weekend due to illness and choir so our goal is just to improve this weekend. We are hoping to win, but that is not the most important thing.”
Senior doubles player Whitney Batliner has prepared for this weekend by working hard in practice and imporving each match she plays.
Batliner is using her senior leadership to help her teammates. She says she leads her team by pushing everyone to put forth their best effort.
Batliner has faith in her team and expresses what she thinks are major strenghths.
“Our postitive mindset [is our strength]. Although we are a younger team than we have been in the past, all the girls have stepped up to the plate and even pulled out some wins for us.”
As a senior, Boesing not only has goals for this weekend, but for the rest of her season as well.
“We want to win sectional and regional and then beat Jasper at semi-state. We are hoping to get as far as we can in the state tournament.”