Photo Credit: Yasmin Akbari
The Tak Fudenna Stadium ready for the homecoming show-down.
October 30, 2011
Shivanjali Sewak and Yasmin Akbari
School pride is abundant here at Washington, and Spirit Week only emphasizes our love for our school. However, we may be going too far this time.
The homecoming game against the American Eagles is here and tensions have been high. The “Battle of the Boulevard” game is arguably already the most popular game of the year, and with American as our opponent, excitement and spirit turned to anger and hate on both sides. The Facebook event page was shut down, seemingly because of the ugly words exchanged between students of both schools.
As responsible students, we need to question what kind of behavior is acceptable. It is not surprising that such an issue has risen, but students need to step back and re-evaluate their responses to rivals’ comments. We Huskies should have a higher level of respect for our fellow Fremont Boulevard-ians. This is not to suggest that we should suppress our pride. I am simply saying that when an American student posts something rude, don’t engage in an argument; time will tell who the better school is. As the saying goes, “haters gonna hate.” American students would not be so harsh with their words if they knew they had nothing to fear. Washington has obviously established itself as a school to be taken seriously.
Regarding the game, rumor had it that American students were going to print shirts with derogatory sayings and planned to wear them to our homecoming game. When asked about the rumors, Mrs. Paris could not confirm that the shirts have in fact been made, but did notify us that if students did show up at TAK with the shirts, they would not be allowed into the game. “We will not tolerate unhealthy competition,” she said. “We were the first school here. We invented spirit.”
Hopefully there weren’t any issues at the game. No matter what happens or what the outcome is, though, we will still have pride in our school, and nothing can change that.
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November 11, 2009
Yama Hazeer
The varsity football team lost its homecoming game by the final score of 10-28. Not only was it a homecoming loss, but the loss also gave the Pop Gould trophy to the James Logan Colts.
The Pop Gould trophy is a competition founded by J.V. Gould between rival schools James Logan and WHS. Every year the trophy is awarded to the winner of the Washington-Logan football game.
“I think our defense played well all night, but our offense struggled,” senior and captain David Ross said.
The Huskies held the Colts to only a field goal on their first drive, but turned the ball over which resulted in a touchdown for Logan. In the second quarter, WHS forced a fumble and took the ball deep into the field. Senior Josh Wilson kicked a field goal to make the score 10-3 during halftime.
After the half, the Colts scored quickly to make it a 15 point difference. The Huskies scored a touchdown off a two yard run from Ross, to make the score 18-10 in the third quarter.
“I don’t think we played as hard as we can,” senior Khalled Hassan said. “I’ve seen us make amazing plays. What lost us the game was pretty much lack of effort.”
WHS looked like they were ready to make a comeback, but colt receiver, Toni Pole caught a 78 yard touchdown reception to seal the win for Logan.
“I thought we played well with an exception to a few blown coverages and dropped passes,” senior Tanner King said.
Ross insisted that his injured elbow was not the reason for the team’s offensive struggles.
“We could have played a lot better on offense,” Ross said. “My elbow is good enough to play. I am getting surgery after the season.”
This was the first loss for Washington in league play. They are now second place in the Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL) behind Logan.
“In order to win in the playoffs we need to play a perfect game and everyone needs to execute their responsibilities,” King said.
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November 9, 2009
Shelmi Liang
Homecoming is one of the most important events for the school, especially for the school marching band. Under the instruction of music teacher, Duane Mitchell, the students aim to shine with their musical abilities in front of a large audience. The band performs a field show during half-time at the homecoming football game. For three weeks prior to the event, the band practices during class at Tak Fudenna Stadium.
“We [also] practice after school for about an hour on Wednesdays and Thursdays in the teacher parking lot,” senior Nicole Torio said.
The song they are performing this year is called “Malaguena” arranged by Michael Sweeney, which is a slightly more difficult piece than last year’s.
The population of students in band has decreased. However, the size overall has remained fairly the same for awhile. There are more underclassmen than upperclassmen, however the upperclassmen have more experience. It is also a small group compared to other schools; they only have 34 students in band as opposed to other schools with many more students. If a WHS student plays an instrument, they are encouraged to join.
The shortage of band members has a big impact on what the band has the ability to perform on the field.
“Line formation is probably spread out more,” senior John Rasure said.
The reason why the line formation is spread out more is to fill the field with people so it looks aesthetically pleasing to the crowd. Conducted by senior Chris Valdez, the band played a short, yet sweet “Malaguena.” Although Washington lost their homecoming game, the field performance by the band impressed the crowd.
“The band seemed on point and coordinated. They did a good job getting everybody pumped for the next half of the game,” senior Naser Mohabbat said.
Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien
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November 8, 2009
Nicole Pham
Kellie Ishisaki was crowned Homecoming Queen at halftime of the Homecoming football game Nov 6. Last year’s winner, Erika Gerards, returned to honor the new queen. First runner-up was Kim Chatterjee, followed by Emily Khuc, Monique Pascual and Shay Mozzetti, respectively.
Photo Credit: Raphael Ghieuw Sien
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October 16, 2009
Nicole Pham
The top 20 nominees for Homecoming Rally were presented at lunch Oct. 16. Sophomores, juniors and seniors will vote for the top ten boys and girls during READ period Oct. 20.
Top row: Tanner King, Jared Yagi, Ben Rich, Cedric Louisi. Bottom row: Shay Mozetti, Sarah Hoang, Nikita Gurnani.
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