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March 2, 2010
Edin Cristofi
Senior Jack Veronin has been playing varsity basketball since his freshman year. This is his third MVP basketball award. He has led the Huskies to a 19-9 overall record. The highlight of Jack’s season was hitting the game-winning shot against San Lorenzo with 3.4 seconds left. The toughest obstacle Veronin has overcome this season were the back-to-back losses to Newark and Kennedy.
“It was a very tough stretch to go through and to get out of,” Veronin said.
The Huskies came out of losing streak with a 61-56 victory over the American Eagles.
Athletes usually have some type of good luck charm or superstition. For Veronin, every time he’s called for the starting lineup, he hits the floor three times before getting up. While his quirks seem odd, it has worked for him this season, with a an average 17.2 points and 16.7 rebounds per game. The motivation and adrenaline behind Veronin’s success comes from his pre-game dances in the locker room. Currently towering at 6’6″, Veronin started playing basketball at a young age in the Fremont recreational league at Irvington. Jack intends plans on continuing his basketball career in college, possibly at San Francisco State University.
This article originally appeared in print on March 2, 2010. It has been modified to correct style and grammatical errors.
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January 15, 2010
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December 14, 2009
Htoo Htoo Lu
Laughter. Hugs. Enthusiasm. Team work. There was a sense of unity as ASB leaders bonded with special education students by decorating cookies together. Rather than baking cookies during the allotted time, the sweets were prepared beforehand to give students more time to decorate the treats. During the holiday celebration, they also made Christmas tree ornaments out of paper.
“We are trying to establish a relationship with these special education kids by recognizing them more,” activity director Helen Paris said. “It’s like Link Crew, except ASB is linking with special education kids.”
ASB held the Christmas feast Dec. 10 as a continuation of their efforts to reach out to special education students. Instead of wearing the usual Thursday business attire, ASB students wore red and green.
“It was wonderful. [ASB students and special education students] all got to know each other really well,” special education teacher Mary DeLeon said. “Now they would greet each other even outside of classroom.”
Since the feast, special education students have been dropping by the student center and helping around on occasion. For example, they helped clean the student center and around the campus.
“When the sprinklers near the amphitheater were broken, they watered the plants by hand so that the plants won’t die,” Paris said.
Special education students showed their appreciation for this feast by making placemats and thank you cards for the ASB leaders and teachers who helped make the event possible.
“I loved the feast. I loved them. I can’t wait to see them again,” senior Alex Haro said.
ASB began this tradition four years ago as a way to reach out to special education students.
Often times, special education students do not have the chance to participate in any clubs, sports and other extracurricular activities. Until four years ago, this feast has always been held in the student center. Over the past four years, the feast has expanded and moved into the cafeteria.
In the future, ASB plans to get an ASB-special education wing on the campus in which both the ASB leaders and special education students will work together to grow plants and flowers.
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November 10, 2009
Alex Tyler
During halftime at the homecoming game, Nov. 6, after performances by the cheer team and the school band, an excited crowd waited with bated breath for senior Breana Meagher to announce this year’s homecoming queen. The 2009 homecoming queen is Kellie Ishisaki and the runner ups are Kimberly Chatterjee, Emily Khuc, Monique Pascual and Shay Mozzetti in second, third, fourth and fifth places, respectively. Erika Gerards, last year’s homecoming queen, returned to crown Kellie as queen. The court rode into the game in convertibles, escorted by their fathers, all of whom were ecstaticly proud of their daughters. All of the girls were happy for Kellie, and proud to be part of the homecoming court.
“I was really excited. I had been hoping that she would win because she has done a lot for the school throughout the year,” Chatterjee said.
The next night, at the homecoming dance, this year’s Mr. Husky was crowned. Brian McMahon, last year’s Mr. Husky, came back to crown Cedric Lousi as the winner of the title. The first, second, third and fourth runner ups were Austin Wong, Seth Neumann, Ben Rich and Jack Veronin, respectively. Halfway through the event, the lights were turned on, and everyone stopped dancing as the Mr. Husky nominees were led onto the stage by the homecoming queen nominees. There were smiles all around when Cedric was announced as winner, and he broke out into a huge grin while his mom came on stage to congratulate him.
“I was just excited and happy that I won,” Lousi said.
He definitely hoped to win and it came as a great surprise when his name was announced.
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