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November/December 2016
Volume 23: Issue 2
6300 Independence Avenue, Bealeton, Virginia 22712
Liberty Superstars
Bring Their A-Game
by Tacey Corbin and Hannah Brinson
The 2016 talent show auditions
were held on Wednesday, October 26th.
Around 31 people had auditioned and were
spread out into 22 different groups. The
people who made it had to practice on their
own, and have one dress rehearsal day.
Many of the performers have never done a
talent show, so for them it was pretty nerve
wracking. “This is the first time I had tried
out for the talent show. I chose to do the
talent show because I love to sing. I am
confident in making it, but you never know
how it will go,” said junior Boe Wentz.
On November 22nd, the talent show took place. The emcees of this
show were seniors Abby Arft and Kortney Leazer. They presented the first
performer, junior Josh Kolba. Josh performed a music mashup that was put
together by senior Shawn Mitchell.
The first singer of the morning was senior
Kaleigh Tunell singing “Can’t Help Falling
In Love,” by Twenty One Pilots, originally by Elvis Presley. “The song I chose was
a comfortable ranged song for my voice,
so I had more room to play with it! Aside
from the little nerves I had, I loved performing in the talent show,” said Tunnell.
The next to sing was freshman
Keera Jones who sang, “Pretty Hurts,”
by Beyoncé. After followed a duet by
~Newspaper and Talon Yearbook Editors
Junior Bianca
Ramirez
sings and plays
the gutair at
the 2016 talent
show. She
sang a song
called “Angel’s
Face” that she
wrote herself.
Photo courtesy
of Talon
Yearbook Staff.
senior Kirsten Kendall and junior Justice Plymale. The two sang an acoustic
spin on Britney Spears’ “Toxic.” “I was
a little nervous because this was my first
time in a talent show; being in it with
someone else helped calm my nerves. I
enjoyed singing with Justice and it ended up being really fun,” said Kendall.
Patricia Montecinos sang, “Voices.” Sophomore Logan Ciaci sang his
socks off to, “Hitorinbo Envy.” Next
to perform was sophomore Nada Ismael who sang a song she wrote herself
called, “Love.” Alicia Keys’“Fallin’,”
was sung by senior Catherine Estes.
To shake things up a little from all
the wonderful talent of singing, came a talented dancer. Senior Brandon Hawkins carried on his tradition of dancing with a mask
during the talent show. This year, Brandon
danced to “At The Break Of Dawn.” Seniors Amanda Foote and Kayla Meriwether
brought in alumnus Charles Brown. Charles
played the guitar for Amanda and Kayla
while they sang Dolly Parton’s “Jolene.”
To continue the singing portion,
junior Kylie Welch sang, “Unsteady,” by X
Ambassadors. “I chose this song because I
really connected with it. It was really relatable. I felt like I connected with the audience
more. I felt like people were cheering for
my voice rather than a popular song which
gave me a lot of confidence,” said Welch.
Junior Jonathan Felder sang
“Say You Won’t Let Me Go,” by James
Arthur while playing the guitar. Senior
Sydney Gerena and Boe Wentz played
and sang, “Someone Like You,” by Adele.
Although English songs are beautiful if
you have not listened to a Spanish song,
you are definitely missing out. Sophomore
Braidy Arellano sang, “Te Robaré,” by
Prince Royce. Junior Bianca Ramirez performed a song that she had written herself.
“I have never done a talent show before so
I was really nervous, I ended up practicing
a lot to calm my nerves and it helped a little
bit, but once I got out in front of everyone
it ended up actually being a pretty unique
experience,” said Ramirez. Following her was senior Emma
Converse who sang, “Youth,” by Daughter. The other dancer of the day was senior Sarah Peck dancing ballet to, “Sweet
Nothing,” by Calvin Harris ft. Florence
Welch. Seniors Sydney Gerena, and Collin
Perry, sang as a duet“Like I’m Gonna Lose
You,” by Meghan Trainor ft. John Legend
The second to last solo was senior Katelyn Rahrig singing, “Not About Angels,”
by Birdy. The last song performance of
show was senior Kayla Meriwether singing, “7 Years,” by Lukas Graham, accompanied by alumnus Charles Brown.
To complete the show Liberty
High School’s very own drumline finished
the show off; the members included Josh
Kolba, Hunter Lambert, Evan Riehl, Billy
Tucker, Nathan Wilkins, and Zach Wilkins.
Trump Wins LHS Mockby Sheila
Election
Held in November
Garcia
~Features Editor
This year was a very big year. The
United States is getting a new President.
Barack Obama has been our President for
the past eight years, which is as long as most
students remember. With all of the controversy on this election our school had a
mock election. “It is my understanding that
Liberty High School (LHS) has a history of
holding mock elections for presidential and
midterm elections. The students that walk
these hallways at LHS are the same individuals that will be voting for America’s
future political leaders. It is essential that
the LHS student population is informed
about how the United States political system works. This is especially true since
the 2016 election only had 55% of voting
age citizens cast ballots, which was the
lowest turnout in nearly two decades. The
only way this trend can be reversed is by
encouraging all high school students to be
engaged in their local communities,” said
government teacher Mr. Chad Patterson.
Students in the government classes were given a candidate that was running
in this election. The people that were represented were all presidential candidates to
the congress members. Each student had
to research their person that they chose
and had to create a flier with their candidates beliefs on it. Not only did they have
to do that but they had to create a poster
and during their lunch period and had to
sit at a table to represent their candidate
and if anyone wanted to know about that
person, they would have to answer the
other student and teacher’s questions.
A lot of people participated in
this mock election and thought it was a
good idea. “I represented Gary Johnson
by making a poster and a flier for him, and
when we were able to start voting, I also
voted for Gary Johnson simply because
I represented him. I think our school’s
mock election was very well put together and the way it was run was very intelligent,” said senior Anthony McFadden.
“I ran with Amanda Newville and
we campaigned for Jill Stein and Ajamu
Baraka. We worked lunch shifts and brought
awareness to the two candidates. I think they
should have another mock election. It is always good to know about your presidential candidates,” said senior Kayla Emery.
“Holding a mock election helps
students understand the process of electing officials while demonstrating the influ-
ence of voting in a community. It is also
good way to bring awareness to the minor
party candidates and local issues into the
school community. The majority of the
time the media is focused only on the two
major political parties,” said Mr. Patterson.
“I voted for Hillary Clinton because I did not want to waste my vote
on a third party, so I voted for the legitimate party more aligned with my political
ideals,” said senior Matthew Schwindt.
“I voted for Donald Trump because I agree with most of his thoughts
so to me he was the best candidate in
my eyes,” said senior Amanda Maskell.
Our
schools
mock election matched the actual election results,
with
Donald
Trump
and
Mike Pence winning the election.
News
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Starting Theby Amanda
Year
Off “Write”
Bacon
~Editor-in-Chief
This year a selected
portion of students from Liberty High School’s publications
classes went to the Fredericksburg Expo Center located in
Fredericksburg, Virginia. The
reason for this trip was because
Virginia High School League
(VHSL) hosted their annual
workshop and awards ceremony. The two publications classes that joined their advisor were
the Patriot Press Newspaper staff
and the Talon Yearbook staff.
VHSL offered many
different types of workshops
throughout the day. The first
workshop started at 9:30 a.m.
and the last one was offered at
3:30 p.m. “My favorite thing
was how in each workshop they
explained different materials
that would help me learn new
stuff, especially how to take pictures,” said senior Antasia Quinn.
Photos courtesy
of Publications
Advisor, Ms. Lisa
Miller.
Throughout the day everyone that came along on the
field trip attended many different workshops. There were three
different types of workshops
that were available. Each workshop was set up for each publication class, so that journalists
could go to all of workshops that
were made especially for them.
“The three workshops
that I went to were workshops
that each publications could
go to, and those three were
“Just My Type”, “Photography
Workflow”, and “Grid/Type”,”
said senior Hannah Brinson.
Once those workshops
were over, VHSL hosted an
amazing luncheon for everyone
that came, and they announced
all of the awards towards the end
of the lunch. “I really enjoyed the
lunch that VHSL served for us
because it was something differ-
ent that I am not used to eating. It
was nice because it actually made
us feel appreciated and super fancy,” said senior Sheila Garcia.
All of the publications
from LHS won awards; the Talon Yearbook won first place,
Forte Literary Magazine won
first place, and the Patriot Press
newspaper won second place .
“My favorite part about
the entire field trip was collecting our first place award,”
said junior Mikaylah Groger.
“I am very proud of
all of my staff members for
coming together and working
with one another to put together some great publications,”
said advisor Ms. Lisa Miller.
Overall all of the members of the Patriot Press and
The Talon enjoyed being able
to go and be a part of VHSL’s
luncheon and award cermony.
In these photos
members of the
Patriot Press and
Talon Yearbook
staffs were enjoying
a nice lunch at the
VHSL award
ceremony. Moments
later, these editors
were celebrating
their wins in the
statewide
competitions.
November/December 2016
Washington
International Horse
Show Brings
Excitement to
D.C. Area
by Sheila Garcia
~Features Editor
Every year in October Guy McLean is a prothe Washington International fessional trainer. His horses were
Horse Show (WIHS) is at the Ver- so smart and he made his perforizon Center in Washington D.C mance funny and entertaining.
and it lasts for a week each year. The International Jump
There are a lot of events er Puissance there were only six
that happen though a majority of contestants. Puissance is where
them are English events. I went they jump a giant wall until the
on Friday October 28th; they had horse knocks part of it over and
the International Jumper Speed each time they make it over they
Final, Army vs. Navy Barrel Rac- make it higher and higher. Riding, a horse trainer named Guy er, Lauren Tisbo rode her horse
McLean, International Jump- without a bridle and she only
er Puissance, and the mini trio. had a piece of rope with a small
In the speed round they piece of metal in the middle.
go around and try to clear the The mini trio was two
whole course without knocking miniature horses and a jack rusa rail as fast as they can. If they sell terrier that would ride on the
do they knock a rail they get two horses. The mini trio was so cute
time faults for each rail down. the dog would just hop right on
Barrel racing is where the backs of the horses. The dog
they run a clover pattern around even was on the back of one of the
the barrels as fast as they can, horses while he went over a jump.
if you knock over a barrel you At the WIHS there is
get five second time penalty. such a good atmosphere there. EvIn the Army vs Navy, they had eryone is there for the same reathree pro barrel racers, three son. Overall, the whole thing was
from the army, and three pro amazing, I will definitely go again
show jumpers on one team. when it comes back next year.
The Patriot Press
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or policy of the administration, unless so
attributed.
The Fall 2016
Patriot Press Staff
Amanda Bacon- Editor-in-Chief
Sheila Garcia- Features Editor
Tacey Corbin- Sports Editor
Zoe Lowe- Entertainment Editor
Lizzy Brown- Editorial Editor
Kylee Helm-Backpage Editor
Ms. Lisa Miller-Advisor
Holiday Features
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Gifting Tips From Our Reporters
With the holidays season coming up everyone is thinking about Christmas and the
other holidays. They also realize
with the holidays coming up that
means gifts, and ideas for gifts.
Getting gifts for people can be
very tricky and time consuming.
With those issues of getting gifts,
there are certain things people go
with that you could get anybody,
or just small things you know that
person would like. “I like going
on Pinterest, so I can make DIY
things because it costs less and is
not just something basic from the
store,” said senior Amanda Bacon.
Some of the people like
to give things to people because
they really like making people happy and feel good.“I like
giving things that make people
laugh, like things they would not
expect because it makes them
happy,” said senior Sheila Garcia.
When shopping for
somebody else it can get very
frustrating because you never
by Tacey Corbin
~Sports Editor
know what they want or what they
would like, but if you do know
what they like then definitely get
them that. “It usually depends on
the person and what they like but
usually shoes, clothes, or makeup is what I like to get them,”
said freshman Lizzy Brown.
Certain people always
say they do not want anything
because it may make them feel
bad for having someone spending money on them or they just
simply just do not want anything.
When somebody says
that, many people choose to get
someone something anyways because they may say they do not
want anything, but they would
appreciate it either way. “When
I buy something for someone
who says they do not want anything, it makes me feel pretty
good because I feel like even
though they did not want anything, they still appreciate the fact
that you thought about them,”
said sophomore Kylee Helm.
When you have no idea
what to get the person, the best
thing to get someone is a gift card
to a store they like or even just a
generic gift card where they can
use it anywhere, so that way they
can choose what they do with it.
“I think it is better to just
give a gift card that you could
use anywhere or just something
small like their favorite candy,
especially if they say they do
not want anything. I like giving
to people who say they do not
want anything because I think it
still makes them feel good, even
if they can not give anything
back,” said freshman Zoe Lowe.
Throughout the years
things change, especially finding gifts for people. No matter
who you are shopping for, there
is always something for everyone. No matter their age, everyone has their different things they
want or things that amuse them.
What’s On Your
Wish List?
by Lizzy Brown
~Viewpoint Editor
This year, Christmas
is definitely a very anticipated
holiday, like usual. Every year,
people seem to be participating
in the beloved season sooner,
and sooner. With stores selling
Christmas decorations and decor in early October and Christmas lights filling the streets
around early November. People enjoy the Christmas season
to spend time with family and
friends, but kids and teens also
look forward to opening presents on Christmas morning.
In the last few months,
plenty of new technology and
gadgets have been put on the
market that people want. One
of these items has been, the
iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus.
Even though some complained
about the new apple product not
having a headphone jack like
its previous models, it is still a
high demand and much desired
Christmas present for teens.
“For Christmas, I want
an iPhone 7 because everyone
else has one and I want to stay
current with everyone else,”
said junior Danny Mihalek..
Another
heavily
requested item from teens is
money. Teens with large families, and with numerous distant relatives would prefer them
to send them money, or gift
cards instead of a personal gift
because then they can choose what
they want on their own and save
themselves from disappointment.
Teens at the high school
level have developed their own
style and preference and if a
family member or friend that
does not know them very well
buys them clothes they might
not like,
sometimes their
parents will make them wear it
so they do not offend the person who bought it for them and
that can be tedious to some kids.
Receiving money or
a gift card is the easiest way to
make everyone involved happy. “For Christmas, the thing
that I want is money because I
can buy my own thing and not
have to depend on other people to get me what I want,” said
sophomore Barbara Bolden.
Additional
wanted
products this Christmas are
clothes and shoes, which is
typically a favorite of teens each
year. Since teens with a parttime job on average spend 2,050
dollars on clothes each year, of
course they would want to get
clothes for free, when they can.
Most teens are very
conscious about
what they
wear. They want to fit in and be
a part of the school community.
They want to keep up
with the latest trends and styles
and not be chastised for their
choice of clothing, so at this age,
when teens can start working
for their own money, and can
pay for their own clothing, they
value
what
they
wear.
Depending on one’s style
preference, clothes and especially
shoes, shoes can become one of
the most pricey articles of clothing that people will spend money
on, so whenever there is a chance
for teens to get free clothes of
their liking, they usually take it.
Students that play sports
are especially likely to ask for any
type of clothes that are sports related for Christmas, as these items
and brands tend to be generally
expensive. “For Christmas, the
things that I would want would be,
some nice new clothes since the
weather is about to change
and about to get a lot colder,”
said sophomore Lane Mullins.
Overall, for the Christmas season there are so many
different things that many
different people would enjoy getting. Everybody has so
many different types of opinions on things that they would
want to enjoy for the holidays.
November/December 2016
Cherished Holiday
Ideas We Love
by Zoe Lowe
~Entertainment Editor
Christmas time is when
you set your Christmas tree
up and decorate for the joyful
times, drink hot chocolate, and
enjoy on your favorite snacks.
Two popular seasons are
fall and winter and they are some
of the most enjoyable seasons of
the year. “My favorite thing to
do around the holidays is sleep,”
said sophomore Lynsey Wolfe.
People love going shopping around the fall and winter
holidays. Some people might go
shopping for one season at a time
and others may go shopping for
them all at once. Fall and winter are on the more chilly side
of things, so people buy warmer
clothes. “Some of my favorite
clothes I would buy around Halloween to around Christmas time
would be joggers and long sleeve
shirts,” said freshman Bryan Dahl.
Being able to do your
favorite things around the holidays is what makes them special.
This includes eating
your favorite snacks, going your
favorite places, and even doing
your favorite activities. “One
place that I would go around
the holidays is New York City,”
said junior Danny Minalek
Decorating is also some
people's favorite thing to do
around the holidays. Christmas
decorations include the Christmas
trees, lights, and sweet smells.
“My favorite part of decorating
the Christmas tree is getting to
wrap the lights on the tree, starting from the bottom and ending
at the top. Seeing the lights just
helps me get in the Christmas spirit,” said senior Brendon Lillard.
Families
sometimes
gather around Christmastime to
eat and have a great time around
the dinner table, having a favorite holiday meal.“My favorite
foods around the holidays are
chicken and sweet potatoes,”
said sophomore Isaiah Haley.
Traditions play a big
part in the holidays. Maybe you
go to your grandparents or take
trips, or even just sit around the
house in your favorite holiday
pajamas. “Opening a present on
Christmas Eve is a tradition my
family and I do every year,” said
sophomore Brenna Cushman.
The holidays are super busy, there is always so
much to do. “I personally would
buy sweaters around the holidays to stay warm and cozy,”
said freshman Victoria Bosarge.
There is so much
more to the holidays than buying gifts; being able to spend
time with your family and
friends is what it is really about.
Treasured Holiday
MoviebyMemories
Kylee Helm
~Backpage Editor
With the fall season
coming to an end, everyone
is preparing for the Christmas
holidays. There are many interesting aspects as to what there
is to do around the holidays,
such as holiday movie nights.
The Christmas season is
most people’s favorite time of the
year because that is when most of
the best classic movies are on T.V.
People’s favorite movies differ
throughout age groups and what
they mostly watched as children
during the holidays.“I love being able to watch the movie “Die
Hard” during the Christmas season because it is the best Christmas movie that has been created.
I love watching this movie with
my brother and close friends.
This is a movie about a man
who tries super-hard to recon-
nect with his wife for the holiday
season,” said teacher Mr. Parks.
There are multiple
Christmas movies families could
choose from to watch on any given day but a movie that seems to
really be a hit with people from
various age groups is the movie “Elf.” “Elf” is one of my
favorite Christmas movies because it is funny, even though
I have seen it so many times.
This is also one of my favorites, because it is a movie that
most teachers let their students
watch during the school year,”
said sophomore Justin Mount.
When it comes to the
holiday season there is many
things you could do, but getting comfy and cozy, with some
hot chocolate and a holiday
movie is what most people do.
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Going In For The Win
by Zoe Lowe
~Entertainment Editor
Taking a win against Eagles went at it this year on Falthe Culpeper County Blue Dev- cons’ territory. Liberty has won 14
ils football team was a big deal years in a row, but this year was
with Liberty being 2-4. With no more of a struggle with a neck in
one from Liberty scoring in the neck game too close for anyone to
first half, the second half is when call. In the fourth quarter the Fauit started. Liberty scored three quier Falcons had the lead 27-21.
second half touchdowns at Bro- Liberty had one minute to keep
man Field. With Quarterback Joe the trophy on their side. With one
Glass returning from hamstring minute left Fauquier fumbled the
injuries, he scored a touchdown ball giving the ball to the Eagles.
to guide the 21-6 win over the Running the ball into Liberty’s
Culpeper Blue Devils.
end zone, there was a flag on the
Next up the play, causing Liberty to kick a 35Eastern View Cyclones. With the yard field goal, with three seconds
Cyclones having an undefeat- to go. This was the most intense
ed season so far, they thought game Liberty has had all season.
it was going to be easy to come The crowd was down on
to Liberty and just take the Ea- the sideline and the cheerleaders
gles out. Even though Liberty running up the sideline and cheermay have lost, Liberty put up a ing the team on. The 35-yard field
fight, with the score ending 38- goal was good. Letting Liberty
28. With Liberty putting up a big take the lead with a score of 28fight to stay on the scoreboard, 17 for the win. Eagles brought
we had a 28-10 lead and things home the trophy once again. “The
were looking good for the Ea- game will go our way. I know the
gles. Until in the second half the coaches have a gameplan for our
Eastern View Cyclones scored a biggest game of the year. Our team
total of 21 points. The Cyclones is stronger and faster than them.
took home the win by 10 points. Catchin’ this dub,” said senior
“The team has done nothing varsity player Michael Tapscott.
but improve this season. Every Football is family, a lot
game we get better,” said fresh- of people say. To be a family you
man varsity player Fred Harris. have to learn to work together.
With Liberty work- “This season I think I have done
ing harder and harder every well because I have learned a
week, they worked their hardest lot more over the course of the
againsts the Brentsville Tigers. season, and I ended the season
Liberty took a hard loss with a knowing more then when I startscore of 20-28. “The team has ed. The team has come a long
grown and learned form errors. way since the beginning because
We have learned to work together of practice in running drills, and
and try to have the best possible because of the friendships we
outcome, even if it isn’t always have built,” said freshman junior
a win, we’ve tried our hardest,” varsity player Markkel Newman.
said sophomore junior varsity- Everyone can always
Brian Pereira.
do a little improving in all placLast but certainly not least es. You may improve by running
was the Bird bowl. This is the different drills everyday, working
game that so many people in Fau- out, or even just running. “I got
quier county wait for. This game in the weight room to get bigattracts over 3,500 fans. The Fau- ger this season,” said freshman
quier Falcons, and the Liberty varsity player Justin Lawson.
There are some students
in Liberty that enjoy watching
sports and like the concept of being involved in them, but do not
necessarily want to fully commit
themselves to the sport. Some of
these students have become involved and discovered managing.
“I became involved in managing
because my sister played on varsity basketball and softball and I
wanted to get involved without
actually playing the sport,” said
junior girls basketball and softball
manager Jenica Garnett.
When
some
people hear the term “manager”
Sports
Second In The
State for Cheer
by Sheila Garcia
~Features Editor
Competition cheer has
had a really good season this year.
They practiced so much to perfect
their routine. All of the hard work
that each cheerleader has put in
payed off. This year our school’s
competition cheer team has made
it to states. The season started
with their first competition in September at Kettle Run High School
where they got a third place.
The second competition
was here at Liberty High School
where we got another third place.
The next competition was at Dominion High School in Loudoun
County and placed our first second place of the season. After
that the next competition was at
Brentsville District High School
in Prince William County and
they placed fourth. They then
went on to conference at Kettle
Run High School and finally got a
first place! In October they had regionals at Rockridge High School
where they placed third. They
finished out the season strong on
November 5th at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)
they placed second at states.
“I was nervous during
states I was most nervous about
hitting my elite stunt because I
fell in the second round at regionals so when we had advanced to
the second round at states having
no falls the first round, I was a
little nervous for that but everything went fine. My favorite thing
about this season was being able
to gain and improve my skills and
bonding with all the girls. I am
really going to miss the seniors
after when they leave. I was close
to all of them especially Deonae
she was always there for me no
matter what,” said Competition
Cheer member Kylie Bridges.
“I was so excited that we
did so well at states. I was so nervous the whole time, but I could
not have asked for a better season.
Competition cheer is flipping Kylie
Bridges around while doing their
intricate routine.
Photo courtesy of Talon
Yearbook Staff.
I’ve bonded so much with these
girls and I am really sad the seniors will not be here. I am really going to miss the them. They
gave me so much advice and it
really helped me improve and
also build my confidence for this
season and hopefully other seasons to come. I am so excited
for next season I hope we do this
well again if not better next year,
even though we will not have the
seniors,” said competition cheer
member Zoe Lowe.
“I am going to miss all the fun
times we had as a team, but I am
very happy with how far we went
this season. Being 4A State Runners up is a huge accomplishment
Managing Their
Hearts Out
by Lizzy Brown
they sometimes assume that person is not as dedicated or skilled
as the other members of the sports
team. It is not a matter of being just
as skilled but just being interested
in a different area of the sport.
Being a sports manager
requires focus and commitment,
just like the other members of the
team, but in different ways. Managers keep score in the gamebook
during the game.. If the managers do not pay attention during
the game, they may get the score
book wrong. “Managing football
is a commitment. It is something
you cannot just stop half way
November/December 2016
~Viewpoint Editor
through. It is our duty as managers to continue to come to practices and games, not for ourselves,
but for the team,” said football
manager
Hannah
Wolozyn.
“Managing football requires a lot of patience and time.
It is our responsibility to memorize player’s numbers, collect
their equipment sizes, run the
clock during practices, and prepare uniforms for every football
game,” said Wolozyn. When students make the
choice to become a manager, they
need to make sure that they are
ready to fully commit to the responsibility. Managers are an essential part of the various sports
teams and do not function very
well without them. There are the
fun parts of managing to look
forward to, like bonding with the
teams and going to the games,
but if students are not prepared
to take the most important aspects of the activity seriously,
then they should not manage.
“My favorite memory
from managing is from when it
was my birthday and the girls sang
to me and gave me gifts. I really
and well deserved for all the hard
work the cheer team put in,” said
competition cheer member Madelyn Oiveri.
“The thing I was most
nervous about for states was
where we would place. We all
wanted first and knew is was possible. We had to worked so hard
and it felt that this was our year to
win it all. I loved this season my
favorite thing about this season
was watching the team process
as a whole. It was amazing to see
how well we worked all together
and got along in order to reach our
goals. I am sad that our season is
over because I am going to miss
the seniors. It is hard knowing
that they won’t be back next year.
I have been cheering with them
since my freshman year and now
they won’t be there to give us advice and better us through helping
us and giving us tips and things
to help us,” said competition
cheer member Heather Lodge.
“I am very proud of
my team to get second in states,
because we have been practicing
throughout the summer and we
put a lot of our effort into making
the team good enough to make
it to states and that is exactly
what we did,” said competition
cheer member Kitsten Kendall
“I am very excited that
we got second in states, I am also
very proud of my teammates because without them working hard
we would not have made it. I am
very thankful for the coaches too,
because without them pushing
us to better ourselves we would
not have been as good as we are
and may not have even made
it to states,” said competition
cheer member Sparkle Dantzler.
felt part of the team,” said Garnett.
When a student becomes a manager of a Liberty
sports team, they start building
relationships with the team that
they would otherwise not have
gained if they had never become
a manager. The teams do not take
the managers for granet since
they are a necessity to the team.
If it was not for the
managers, the teams would have
to take some time away from focusing on bettering themselves to
get uniforms organized and tend
to other organizational tasks..
Sports
5
Swinging Out
Of The Season
by Kylee Helm
~Backpage editor
As the golf season comes
to an end, the scores were coming closer and closer to getting a
victory each time. Walking away
with 2 wins this season out of a
total of 10 matches is an improvement from their previous seasons.
This year Liberty’s golf
team took a victory over Manassas Park High School with a
score of 185-219. This was the
first game that the golf team had
won since the season started up
back in August. The students
of the golf team here at Liberty
led us to another victory against
Hylton High School on September 21, 2016. The outcome score
of this match was 194-201. The
team was very proud to be able
to have these wins against these
two schools, although they were
very excited for themselves
they still stayed professional because they also did have some
losses this year, which always
leaves room for improving.
The first match of the
season was a little rough for the
team. As the season progressed
the team tried their best to bring
home more wins for Liberty, but
they came up a little short this
year. Luckily for the girls, a few
of them were given the opportu-
nity to compete in an all girls regional match during the end of the
2016 season. “This year the girls
differed from the boys because
we were invited to go and compete in an all girls regional match
closer to the ending of the season,
which was really fun and exciting
for us,” said senior Amanda Maskell.
Many of the other players on the team were proud that
some of the girls were able to
be invited to the conference, but
they feel that the boys and girls
differ many ways in strength and
weaknesses. “The difference in
strength really showed throughout this year’s golf season, but
the girls really made up for it
with quality shots which I believe is what got some of them
into that conference match this
year,” said senior Montana Gleason.
Having the girls being
able to participate in that match
made everyone very excited to
see the girls from Liberty have a
chance to show how good they are
and how good they have become
with all the games and practices
they have been able to be a part
of, but according to most of the
team they claim they would never
had made it as far as they did if it
wasn’t for all the help and support
that the coaches put towards the
team and betering one another.
“Both of our coaches worked very hard to ensure
that our practice time was utilized, and we as a whole team
are very thankful for all their
help, hard work, and support,”
said freshman Nathan Lilly.
“I think that this year
both of the coaches taught us
what they were equally good at,
while also teaching us ways to
improve on our own. The team
has made so much improvement since the beginning of
the season and we owe a huge
thanks to both of our coaches,”
said junior Coleman McDaniel.
Overall the team is very
proud of how this season ended
and they all hope to do even better in future seasons here at Liberty and future competitions that
the players compete it throughout
the golf season .They all worked
extremely hard to get where they
ended up at the end of the season
November/December 2016
Serving Over
The Net
by Kylee Helm
~Backpage Edtor
With the volleyball season recently coming to an end,
all the girls were sad to say their
goodbyes to season that they
worked so hard on. They tried
their hardest to bring home a victory each time but were unsuccessful with being an undefeated
team. They did bring back a few
wins for Liberty, many of the girls
stated that it was a fun but rough
season because they ended in a
loss.“This season was a lot of fun
but towards the end of the season
things got rough for the girls because we ended in a loss, so it was
tough on most of us. But all of us
had a spectacular year knowing
that we were able to be a part of
the team,” said junior Elizabeth
Waln.
“I feel like the season
was a lot of fun for me and the
girls, yes we may not have won
all of our games but we put our
best foot forward and we did our
best to make Liberty proud of
the volleyball team this year,”
said sophomore Kinsley Lewis.
Junior Varsity’s season started off by playing
Milbrook High School but fell
short with a score of 0-2. As the
season progressed the volleyball
team went on to play Milbrook
two more times throughout the
season, the Eagles were able to
bring home a win with a score of
2-1. They had won both of
their games against Manassas
Park High School, with the score
of the first game being 2-0, playing that game on October 10,
2016. The girls went out to play
Manassas Park again on 10/27/16,
bringing home yet another victory
with another score of 2-0. “Being
able to win against Manassas Park
not only once but twice was such
a great feeling to all the girls on
the team. we all managed to pull
through and bring home the win.
It made most of us girls on jv very
proud of all the hard work that we
had put into the game,” said sophomore Natalie Gorham.
As varsity began their
season with a game against Dominion, got a loss 0-3. They
went on to play Highland bringing home an impressive win 3-0.
As the season tended to progress they playing Eastern View
bringing home another win of
3-0, which mad all the girls very
happy. “While we played many
hard games this season the games
where we were able to score
more against our opponents made
us all jump with joy” said senior Heather Strong. This season has
been a pretty good one for all
of the girls who played and for
the team as a whole , they have
all learned from each other and
helped each other grow and learn.
Ending the Field Hockey
Season Better Than Before
by Tacey Corbin
~Sports Editor
This year’s JV field
hockey team’s scores overall
this year have been pretty good
with winning 7 games. Those
7 games include the first game
against Kettle Run with Liberty
winning 1-0 , Stonewall Jackson
with Liberty winning 4-0 , Spotsylvania with Liberty winning
5-0, King George with Liberty
winning 1-0 , Osbourn Park with
Liberty winning 2-0, first game
against George Mason with Liberty winning 1-0, and the second
game against Culpeper County.
They have only lost 3 games.
They lost to Eastern View with
a score of 0-3. Orange County
with scores of 0-1, and their second game against Fauquier with
a score of 0-4. They ended up
with 6 tied games against Orange
County, Culpeper County, Riverbend, second game against Kettle
Run, Fauquier, and their second
game against George Mason.
“I feel that we did re-
ally well this season, I also feel
that as a player I improved a
lot. Near the end of the season I
think we let the pressure get to
us and we were tired, but overall we had an amazing season. I
will always be proud of my team
win or lose because we all work
so hard to accomplish what we
do. I couldn’t be more proud”
said sophomore Sydney Floyd
The JV team consists of
8 freshman and 8 sophomores,
all of whom work amazingly
well together. Overall the girls
are pleased with their scores.
This years varsity team
ended their fall season with a
total of 4 wins. Those wins include games against Stonewall
Jackson with Liberty winning
2-0, Spotsylvania with Liberty winning with a score of
0-1, King George with a score
of 3-1, and Osbourn Park 1-0.
“The overall scores
did not convey how our season
went. We definitely improved
so much since last season and
played hard against every team.
Our performances were nothing
to be ashamed of. This season
we grew so much since last year
regardless of the overall scores.
Our skills have improved and we
continued to work well together,”
said senior Tessa Trowbridge.
This season for both
teams has not been perfect, but
the teams are both still growing
and bettering themselves. No matter what, all the girls stay proud
of their team, and themselves
for getting through the season.
“I learned so much, I
have never played field hockey
before and all the varsity girls
helped me through my whole
way, before I got moved up and
after too. When my big sister
was gone people stepped up,
helped me learn the right from
wrong and I love them all,”
said freshman Daisy Jimenez.
Even with losses
throughout this season, there
is always next year to get all
the scores up. Many losses were only by one point!
“More scores in our
column would not have hurt;
the overtime losses were tough
and many of our games were
lost by one. I think that next season we will have a strong team
even though we will miss our
seniors Sarah, Abby, and Tessa,
we will keep improving every
year,” said junior Sierra Lacey.
Every season can be a
growing season, where all the
players better themselves and
each other. Field hockey is not
just about the scores, and wins
or losses, but about learning and
becoming better with each year.
“The team continues to
grow each year. Almost every
game that we play now is a fight to
the end. Many of our games were
won or lost by only one point. It is
exciting to play so competitively.
One team tradition that we started this year and will continue in
future seasons is having big and
little sisters. Each varsity player was assigned to a jv player to
guide them through the season.
This ended up being a great way
for the two teams to bond. This
season was a learning year. As
players learn more about the game
of field hockey, they are starting
to be able to play as a team and
create success. I am already looking forward to next season. As
we grow and build in the off season, I know that next year will be
even better,” said Coach Norman.
Coach Norman
also
won the coach of the year award
by being voted by other coaches
in the conference for the award.
She was honored wth this title for
being a strong coach and by showing positive attitude towards everyone in the conference.
Sports
6
Marching Band Season Wraps Up
by Amanda Bacon
~Editor-in-Chief
This season did not end
up they way that the Marching
Eagles had really hoped for, but
that most definitely did not stop
them from continuing to try their
best at each competition that they
were a part of, and in the end that
was all that mattered to them.
“Overall, I think that we had a
very good season. We had a first
and second place at two competitions and also an ‘excellent’
rating at another one,” said band
director Mr. Patrick Neidich. “I think that the season
went okay. I definitely did enjoy
the season with all of my friends
and just being together. In the end,
we are all just one big happy band
family,” said senior band member
Kimberley Sak. “We did okay too, we did very
well the first couple of compe-
titions and when we competed
against very difficult bands, we
did not come home with a trophy.
But I am still very proud of color
guard and band,” said assistant
coach Mrs. Ashley Gustafson. Along with all of the
members of marching band, color guard is a huge part of the band
too. “The reason why I am going
to miss being in color guard is because I have became so close to a
lot of the girls in my group, along
with all of the friends I have made
in band,” said color guard senior
Katherine Wright. Since a big part of being
in the Liberty marching band is
performing at competitions and
performing at our school’s home
football games, it is definitely going to change their perspectives
on things for awhile. “One of my
favorite things about this season
was going to the different competitions that we go to and also
the Friday night football games.
Those definitely are something I
am going to miss participating in
” said senior color guard member
Madison Grenke.
“One thing that I am going
to miss now that band season is
over is being able to enjoy all the
time with my friends,” said senior
band member Richard Aube. Overall, being happy
with the outcome of the season no
matter what it might be, is what
everyone is looking for and hopes
for! “I really enjoyed this season
because I loved working with all
of the different people in my sections and being able to have another successful year,” said senior
band member Taylor Edwards.
Crossing The
Finish Line
by Sheila Garcia
Cross country has had a
very good season this year; two of
the runners on the team made it
to regionals this year. Those two
runners are senior Yago Pellon
and senior Wyatt Potter. Wyatt
has been on the cross country
team since his freshman year. “I
am very sad that this is my last
year. I have really enjoyed my
high school running career. I don’t
want it to end and I will definitely
miss competing against other runners,” said senior Wyatt Potter.
“I am sad that the season is over. I had a lot of fun
Senior Yago Pellon is running
in a cross country meet that he
attended this school year. This is
Yago’s first year in participating in
a sport here at Liberty, because he
is a part of the foreign exchange
program. Photo courtesy of Talon
Yearbook Staff.
~Features Editor
and I thought that the team
was really good. My favorite
part of being on the team was
running in at the meets,” said
senior Yago Pellon This is Yago Pellon’s first year in cross country
here at Liberty High School.
He is a foreign exchange student from Spain. “This was my
first time running cross country. I have not done cross country until this year,” said Pellon.
Doing this well means
practicing a lot and taking a lot of
your free time to get prepared . “I
did a lot of out of practice work
and during my practices. I would
always make myself uncomfortable and push myself to different
levels to improve. I also really
wanted to improve because it was
my last year and I wanted to do
my best,” said Potter. “I always tried to do my
best and I always thought I did well
in all of my races,” said Pellon.
Sadly neither of them
made it to states this year. “I am
upset that I did not make it to
states I really would have liked
to finish out my year by going
to states. Since I am running in
college hopefully I can make it to
states in one of my college seasons,” said Potter. “I was sad that the season
was over and that I did not make it
to states, but I think I had a good
season overall. I plan on running track and field, and playing
soccer, so I am excited for those
Senior Wyatt Potter is
running in a cross country meet
that he attended this school year
during his final season in cross
country. Wyatt has particapted
in cross country since freshman
year. Photo courtesy of Talon
Yearbook Staff.
seasons to start,” said Pellon.
For all of the new people that are thinking about joining cross country there are some
things that some of the members
that are graduating want you to
know. “I want people that want
to give cross country a chance
to know that, you should put in
a lot of hard work and put in
high paced mileage and not to
give up if you do not succeed,
just get back up and try to do
what it is you want to do again.
Cross country is not easy, but it is
worth it in the end,” said Potter.
November/December 2016
Upcoming Games
12/15:
JV Wrestling @ Brooke Point
12/16 :
Varsity swim FHS/LHS & Culpeper/KR @ WARF
Varsity Wrestling @ Turner Ashby
12/17:
Varsity Swim Freedom @ Claude Moore
Varsity Wrestling @ Turner Ashby
12/22 :
Boys Basketball @ Kettle Run
Varsity Wrestling @ James Wood
12/23:
Varsity Wrestling @ James Wood
12/227:
Varsity Wrestling @ Damascus MD
12/28:
Varsity Wrestling @ Damascus MD
1/4:
Boys Baskteball @ Brentsville
1/6 :
Boys Basketball @ Eastern View
1/7:
Varsity Swim against Millbrook
Varsity Wreslting @ Millbrook
1/9:
Scholastic Bowl against Eastern View
1/10:
Boys Basketball against Culpeper @ Liberty
7
Entertainment
Food Wars: Battle of the
The Thrilling
November/December 2016
Adventure of “The
Fifth
Wave”
by Lizzy Brown
~Viewpoint Editor
“The Fifth Wave” is a
science fiction novel, which is the
first installment in the “The Fifth
Wave” trilogy by Rick Yancey.
This novel is about an apocalyptic
times set in 2013. Aliens called,
the others, invade earth, Though
the others do not scour the Earth
before causing death and destruction first, without ever setting a foot on humans’ territory.
When the book begins, the main protagonist of the
book, Cassie thinking about her
high school crush. As the teacher
drones on as Cassie is focused in
on her own little world, suddenly
all power stops. Anything requiring any type of electricity source,
fails. Thousands die in plane
crashes and and automobile accidents. People on their way home
suddenly notices a large circular
ship hovering above in the Earth’s
atmosphere. Later would they discover that the foreign object floating about them was the cause of
the first of five devastating waves.
As time continues on,
and four more causality causing
waves makes it was through the
world, everyone assumed that the
others caused the waves to happen
so that they could clear the Earth
of all intelligent life. It became
clear that the others had already
made way to blend in with society, not knowing whether a person was human, or an other. Cassie had already lost her mother to
the virus of the third wave and her
father had been shot. She now had
been searching for her brother
that had been taken away on a bus
full of children by soldiers claiming to take them to a safe place.
Cassie does not know who to trust
and where to start until she gets
shot in the leg by a silencer and
meets a boy, Evan Walker, who
takes her back to his farmhouse
to nurture her back to health.
This book is a longer
novel, with a few more than
450 pages, so to read this book,
you probably want to have a
good attention span. The author
of the book uses two different
main characters and writesfrom two different viewpoints.
“The Fifth Wave” was
made into a movie in late January of this year.This book, and its
two sequels, are also available
in the Liberty High School Library, so it can be easily accessed
Kirsten KendallSenior
Reese PittJunior
1.Grizzly Bear“Two Weeks”
2. The Black Eyed Peas“Where is the Love?”
3. The 1975“Somebody Else”
4. Rihanna“Love on the Brain”
5. Jhene Aiko“Blue Dream”
6. Wale“The War”
7. TLC“No Scrubs”
8. The Wombats“Jump Into the Fog”
1. Chief Keef“Peep Hole”
2. Lil Uzi Vert“Winning”
3. Lil Flasn“Cappin Kirk”
4. Cheif Keef“Faneto”
5. Yo Gotti“GMGB”
6. 21 Savage“No Heart”
7. Famous Dex“Copy Me”
8. Famous Dex“Drip From My Walk”
This month I decided
that the two places that I wanted to go were Panera and Great
Harvest Bread Company. They
are both located in Warrenton,
Virginia so the drive would not
be too much of a pain. Panera is
located in the town shopping center between the Marshall’s and
Chipotle. Great Harvest Bread
Company is located down on one
of the end corners on Main Street.
From both places I decided that I would try a traditional
turkey and Swiss cheese sandwich. The first place that I went
to was Panera and I ordered a regular sized turkey sandwich. Since
I wanted to get the same thing at
both places I had to get the same
toppings on my sandwich at both
places too, the toppings I had gotten on my Panera sandwich was
of course turkey, Swiss cheese,
sliced tomatoes, red onions, romaine lettuce, mayonnaise, chipotle mayonnaise, and salt and
pepper. I tried to get the same
bread or something similar to
what Great Harvest sells, so in the
end the bread that I chose for my
sandwich was honey wheat bread.
Since I am only comparing sandwiches, the sandwich was the
only thing I had gotten from both
places. At Panera, the end total before tax was $7.79 and after tax it was $8.67. To me, that
is a little bit on the pricier side.
Sandwiches
let me get this out of the way
by Amanda Bacon
~Editor-in-Chief
When you first walk
into Panera it is a very relaxed
environment where everyone
just leaves you be. It is a very
peaceful place where you can
not only eat but you can also get
some work done if you please.
I actually really enjoy the environment at Panera because when
I go there I can actually hear the
conversations that I am having.
Now, back to the sandwich topic, overall I thought the
sandwich that Panera provided me was okay. The bread that
they made the sandwich with
was very crunchy, at first I was
not too much a fan of but after
awhile I got used to and I enjoyed
it. The toppings that they put on
the sandwich I was not a fan of.
I was not too impressed on them
becuase I thought they were lacking the flavor that I enjoy with
those type of foods. The two
things that they had put on the
sandwich that actually sold me
were the mayonnaise and the chipotle mayonnaise that they put on
it. They added a lot of the flavor
that the sandwich was missing.
The
second
place
that I went was Great Harvest
Bread Company, I tried their
version of a traditional turkey
and Swiss cheese sandwich and
Kylee HelmSophomore
What’s On
Your
Playlist?
1. Migos“Bad and Boujee”
2. The Weeknd“Low Life”
3. Montana of 300“Wifin’ You”
4. PnB Rock“Selfish”
5. Lil Uzi Vert“Erase Your Social”
6. R. Kelly“Ignition”
7. Lil Uzi Vert“You Was Right”
8. DJ Khaled“Do You Mind”
right now, I liked their version
ten times better than Panera’s.
I have to be honest when I wanted to review a sandwich from
Panera it was extremely hard to
figure out a place to go up against
them. I had no clue about Great
Harvest until one of my friends
in my class had told me about
it. Now that I have been there I
will definitely go there a lot more,
and to me more people should
go there because everyone that
works there is so sweet and so
polite and that makes everyone’s experience so much better.
Their version of the sandwich is
made with lightly smoked turkey breast and Swiss cheese. For
the toppings I had gotten turkey
and Swiss cheese, sliced tomatoes, red onions, romaine lettuce,
mayonnaise, salt and pepper, and
white wine Dijon mustard. Which
I have to say that the mustard
was a special touch to the sandwich because it added a different
type of taste to the meal. Before
tax the sandwich was $7.28 and
after tax it was around $8.36, so
comparing the prices from Panera and Great Harvest there is not
much of a difference but there
definitely is a difference between
the quality of the sandwiches. Like I had said before Great
Harvest took the win this month!
Cathryn WolfeFreshman
1. George Strait“I Believe”
2. Garth Brooks“Friends in Low Places”
3. Randy Houser“We Went”
4. Craig Morgan“Redneck Yacht Club”
5. The Rolling Stones“Midnight Rambler”
6. Tim McGraw“Nine Lives”
7. Keith Anderson“Pickin’ Wildflowers”
8. Brooks and Dunn“Red Dirt Road”
The Patriot Press
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November/December 2016
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December 2016
Ever done anything you felt your
peers should know? Do you have some
peculiar talents or a special feat you
can perform? Perhaps you have ties to
a celebrity or have performed in some
speical event. Well, my friends, now is
your time to shine. This year, the “Did
You Know?” section in the Patriot
Press will exclusively feature Liberty
students! Feel free to come find us any
time during the day and tell us some
amazing facts about you and we’ll be
happy to write down your unique story!
This month’s topic: Holiday Plans
Maddie Thomas is going to
visit her grandma in Flordia and
drink some eggnog.
Hunter Suter is going to visit
his grandma in Flordia and go to
some Christmas parties.
Brian Pereira is going to
Pennsylvania to go turkey
hunting.
Crystal Mensah is going to
go to the Bull Run Festival of
Lights, watch holiday movies,
and is going to have a holiday
dinner with her family.
Amanda Bacon is going to
skiing at Massanutten with her
family from Georgia.
Sarah Peck is going to stay
home and relax at her house and
drink a lot of hot chocolate.
Bethanie King is going to
watch a lot of Christmas movies
and go look at Christmas lights
with her friends.
Kayla Carter is going to catch
up on her sleep, enjoy her time
off with friends and family, and
exchange gifts with everyone.
Casey Edmonson is going to
Maine to see his family that he
hasn’t seen since summer.
December 1- SOL Non-writing, LHS Girls Basketball vs. Fauquier (JV Only, LHS Boys Basketball vs. Fauquier (JV
Only)
December 2- SOL Non-writing, LHS Girls Basketball vs. Fauquier, LHS Boys Basketball vs. Fauquier
December 3- LHS Varsity Wrestling @ King George, Mt. Carmel Cantata Rehersal, LHS Varsity Swim Fauquier @
MPRC
December 4- Mt. Carmel Cantata
December 5- SOL Non-writing, Library Donation Tree, NHS Food Drvie, Senior Class Cookbook Sales, LHS
Scholastic Bow vs. Brentsville
December 6- SOL Non-writing, Holiday Open House, NHS Meeting, VDOT Public Hearing for Road Project, LHS
Boys Basketball @ Millbrook, LHS Girls Basketball vs. Millbrook
December 7- SOL Non-writing, Holiday Open House, LHS Indoor Track @ Fauquier High School, Church Room
Meeting, LHS Freshman Girls Basketball vs. Woodgrove, Coffehouse Solo Concerts
December 8- SOL Non-writing, Holiday Open House, Apple Federal Credit Union Grand Opening, LHS JV
Wrestling @ Stafford
December 9- SOL Non-writing, SOL Non-writing, LHS Wrestling NOVA Classic, LHS Boys Basketball @ Loudon
County, LHS Varsity Swim MP/EV/CPEP @ Warf
December 10- Holiday Open House, LHS Wrestling @ NOVA Classic, Staff Holiday Party, Crossroads Christmas
Gathering
December 12- SOL Non-writing, Block 5 Art Ceramic Fundraiser, Leadership Team Meeting, LHS Scholastic Bowl
vs. Kettle Run
December 13- SOL Non-writing, Theatre Manhattan Pizza Spirit Night, VODT Snow Date, LJS Indoor Track @
Eastern View, LHS Girls Basketball @ Millbrook
December 14- SOL Non-writing, HR Visit, Cheerleaders Giftwrap, Churchroom Meeting, LHS Boys Basketball vs.
John Champe, LHS Girls Basketball @ John Champe, Monologue/ Scene Night
December 15- SOL Non-writing, SHS Meeting, NHS Blood Drive, LHS JV Wrestling @ Brookepoint, Winter
Concert
December 16- SOL Non-writing, Health/ Med Occupations FT to INOVA, Vriginia Readers’ Choice Meeting, LHS
Wrestling @Turner Ashby, LHS Varsity Swim FHS/LHS/CPEP/KR @ Warf
December 17- After Prom Santa Event, LHS Wrestling @ Turner Ashby, LHS Varsity Swim Freedom @ Claude
Moore
December 20- Exams Full Day
December 21- Exams Half Day Afternoon TWD, End of Second Nine weeks, Church Room Meeting
December 22- LHS Wrestling @ James Wood, LHS Boy Basketball @ Kettle Run, LHS Girls Basketball @ Kettle
Run
December 23- LHS Wrestling @ James Wood
December 24- Crossroads Services
December 27- LHS Wrestling @ Damascus
December 28- LHS Boy Basketball @ Parkview Tourny, Church Room Meeting
December 29- LHS Girls Basketball @ Culpeper
December 30- LHS Boys Basketball @ Culpeper, LHS Girls Basketball @ Rockridge Tourny