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October 16, 2009
Christine Harms
A lockdown at Newark Memorial High School forced the cross country meet against Washington to be postponed.
Police were called to the area due to a disturbance caused by a group of teenagers on Sept. 30, at about 11:15 a.m. One teen was arrested for the possession of a loaded handgun while several of the teens fled onto the Newark Memorial campus. After the lockdown was called, SWAT teams searched the campus room by room for the suspects and other weapons. After the rooms were searched, students were taken to the gymnasium and were released individually to parents shortly before 3 p.m.
Newark Memorial’s lockdown led to the cancellation of the scheduled cross country meet that was to take place at the Niles Community Park that afternoon. Head coach Robert Raymond spoke to Newark’s head coach that evening about the situation.
“The Newark coach and I talked at length about how we could make the situation work out for the best,” Raymond said.
Ultimately, this situation has worked to Washington’s benefit. The team was able to run a meet against themselves on the Niles course and will have a chance to race Newark at Coyote Hills, giving the team extra practice on the league meet course.
Through a mutual agreement between the head coaches of the Washington, Newark Memorial, Irvington and Kennedy teams, the Washington-Newark meet will be combined with Irvington and Kennedy at Coyote Hills on Nov. 4. Washington will score against both Kennedy and Newark.
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October 4, 2009
Kaylee Miu
The cross country team arrived at Coyote Hills, Sept. 29, after weeks of training, ready to start off their MVAL season racing against Newark Memorial High School. However, due to unfortunate circumstances involving a violent weapon, Newark was put on a lockdown during school hours, and the race was called off.
“We ended up just racing against each other,” sophomore Sameed Siddiqui said.
According to Coach Robert Raymond, the team still intends on racing against Newark, and will have a combined dual-meet Nov. 4 at Coyote Hills. In accordance to schedule, Newark will race against Irvington, while Washington will race against Kennedy. However, Washington will score against both Newark and Kennedy.
The huskies’ next meet will be Oct. 7 against Mission San Jose High School.
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October 4, 2009
Jordan Brahaney
9-8 was the final score to a close victory of the Girls Waterpolo team against Newark Memorial High School. Controversy was seen between the game officials and the WHS girls’ coach after the tying point was scored that brought the girls to an 8-8 tie.
“The refs did a pretty good job, but they made many questionable calls,” Coach Cameron Brahmst said.
The controversy occurred after a shot was blocked. Newark gained possession, then passed the ball back to senior Kaley Marden, who immediately shot from close range to tie the game. The officials then proceeded to halt the game to discuss the shot and ruled it a goal. The lead was taken with another close range shot that Rebecca Belliveau delivered with little time left on the clock, and the last 50 seconds were spent running the clock down.
“We showed Newark that Huskies don’t quit,” Brahmst said.
Coach Brahmst saw positives in the defense playing strong, but the turnovers the girls gave up were his greatest worry for the season. Playing smart, as Coach Brahmst put it, and limiting turnovers is what the girls are looking toward working on for the season.
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