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Pep rallie aren't the only place the step team per-
lorms. They dance at Richardson Commun1ty Center and also m competJton .
uch as Columb1a' Top Talent.
Chandler Douglas (12th) i pictured here Ref
w1th team mentor Brett Crew and the robot that wa Many tudents partiCipate m competition m the1r tree
built b the Robotic team, named Maxwell Th1 robot t1me The e tudents ran a Sk while dodgmg zomb1es and obstacle Dan1elle
was de igned to play basketball and compete against Mathis (12th) and Jesse Stokes (12th) survived while AlaniS Koberlem (lOth) and
other robot . Dugan Dotson (11th) did not.

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It's a fact, people don't like to lo e. Most l.?a r> Gym clas can be
taken lightly or enou ly.
thing in our lives become a way to ee who For many guys, and some
is better than whom. Skate club competes girl . gym cia qu1ckly
turns into the b1gge t
and each individual does their best to prove competiton of their day.
their team is the greatest. Academic team Very lew "just lor tun"
basketball game stay
wants bragging rights for the next year. Guys that way. PE games are
want to have the coolest girlfriends and girls no joke. Either be m it
to win 11 or sit out Mike
want to be dubbed "most stylish." Unique Hernandez (lOth) 1 piC-
competitons occur as well: muddy trucks tured lett.
and best beard. When it comes to competi-
tion, having "heart" can play a huge factor Student enJOY showmg
ott their muddy truck al-
in the win. Robotics team spends countless ter a weekend at the mud
nights working to prepare their robot. CHS bog . By the amount ol
unwashed, muddy truck
band practices for hours to "get it perfect," m the parki ng lot, one
and do we even need to mention our sports would think there was a
competition gomg on.
teams? Students put ev-
erything they have into
helping their team, getting [ii!!!Elll~ii~~~~~~~
the best score, winning the
girl's heart, anything they
can to achieve their goal. It
gets serious and winning is
the only option. Refuse to
lose or why bother?
D< I e Mdthls (12th)

The Junior girl s
at homecom mg are tart ing a chant in
order to " pu mp up" the1r team.