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Girls Volleyball falls to Brecksville Bees

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By Bayley Patterson

Stow volleyball faced a tough battle against the Brecksville Bees on Tuesday night. The girls lost, but played a strong match.

As the first set started, the Bees began to take the lead and at the end Stow lost to a 13­-25 score. The girls came back in the second set more focused and ready to win.

After losing the first set, the girls really increased their intensity. The ball went back and forth, from Stow scoring then Brecksville scoring but at the end Stow won to a 25-­18 score. During this set, freshman Lauren Fair hurt her knee from landing on it wrong. Fair never returned to the match.

Starting off the third set, Stow was very hype and ready to win against the bees. Sadly, the girls didn’t pull and lost 20­-25 but held up a strong fight.

As the final set had started, both teams wanted to win. The score went back and forth from team to team, making it a nervous set. Around the end, the Brecksville Bees did an illegal serve which created a lot of controversy. Brecksvilles coach was confused on the call and so were the fans. After multiple minutes of waiting, the referee did eventually call the illegal hit. As set three came to an end, Stow fell to Brecksville 20-­25.

“It never feels good to lose but i’m still really proud of how my team played because Brecksville was 12th in the state. I think my team needs to work on communication and keeping a positive energy on the court,” sophomore Jacy Guider said.

The bulldogs held up a strong fight, with many aces, blocks and hits. Overall, the Brecksville bees won 25­-13, 18­-25, 25­-20, 25­-20 over the Bulldogs.

To see pictures from the match click here.

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Students enjoy homecoming pep rally

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By Kyla Zeigler

As students were anxious for the homecoming dance, “A Night at Hogwart’s,” the pep-rally was held to announce the 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Stow.

On October 2, between second and third period, students poured into the gymnasium. An obstacle course, including a large inflatable slide, stood tall as the echoing noises from the crowd eagerly waited this event. Drums and cheers filled the air as the pep-rally was about to begin.

Student council advisor, Alex Mcmahan, was the speaker of this event as he announced the 2015 homecoming court. Mr. and Mrs. Stow candidates were announced along with the display of their campaign videos. Not only that but the couples also had to complete an obstacle course.

Starting out by sliding down the inflatable slide, each candidate crawled in and out of cones placed near the end of the slide. Then they had to spin around a baseball bat about ten times and walk on a balance beam made up of two wooden benches. Meeting them at the end was a hula-hoop hung by a string placed on the basketball hoop on the east side of the gym. They had to go through the hoop to get to the next station.

At the next station, candidates had to place five jumbo marshmallows into their mouth and sing the “Alma Mater.”

After they completed this, they cartwheeled to where they were met by two soccer balls. Candidates then had to kick the balls into the net and run up the bleachers to a pair of student council members. From the members they received a pen and ran down to the floor where they popped a balloon. After they popped the balloon the timer was stopped.

Mr. and Mrs. Stow was announced based on popularity and awarded the honor of claiming this year’s title. Excitement began to die down as the pep-rally came to an end.

Students came in the gymnasium anxiously waiting for this year’s Mr. and Mrs. Stow and left with even more excitement as “A Night at Hogwart’s” was only a day away.

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Student Council has success at Davenport Derby

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By Kamryn Drach

Racing couches in the school parking lot ended well for some but not for others as the Davenport Derby occurred on Oct. Before homecoming that weekend, students made teams with different couch themes and races to the finish.

The winning couch participants are Roman Lovell, Braden Yacobucci, Nathan Bower, Peyton Swing, Kiya Izaldine, Megan Fargola, Jacy Guider, Kendall Feldman, and Bri Nixon. These nine students raced their shiny gold gossamer and winged couch to the finish. Their name was the Stuco Snitches and they got their couch from student council.

“The easiest part was coming up with the team cheer; we came up with it on the spot,” senior Roman Lowell said.

Roman and his other couch mates agreed by saying the cheer came easy to them, although not everything came easy.

The couches were scored by theme, race, and time. The winning couch and the Hufflepuff couch received a tie on the race part. The winning couch won by all three components they needed.

“The easiest part for me was riding on the couch. I would definitely do this again next year because it was a lot of fun,” sophomore Jacy Guider said.

The only thing that went wrong was student council needing to rush and put wheels onto their couch. Other than that, no couches crashed this year and everyone finished the race safely.

To see pictures for this story, click here.

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Girls Volleyball VS Brecksville

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By Bayley Patterson

Stow volleyball faced a tough battle against the Brecksville Bees at home on Oct. 1. The girls lost, but played a strong match.

As the first set started, the Bees began to take the lead and at the end Stow lost 13­-25. The girls came back in the second set more focused and ready to win.

After losing the first set, the girls really increased their intensity. The ball went back and forth, from Stow scoring then Brecksville scoring but at the end Stow won 25-­18. During this set, freshman Lauren Fair hurt her knee from landing on it wrong. Fair never returned to the match.

Starting off the third set, Stow was hyped up and ready to win against the Bees. Sadly, the girls did not pull it out and lost 20­-25 but held up a strong fight.

As the final set had started, the score went back and forth, making it an exciting set. Towards the end, the Brecksville Bees had an illegal serve, creating a lot of controversy. Brecksvilles coach was confused on the call and so were the fans. After multiple minutes of waiting, the referee did eventually call the illegal hit. As set three came to an end, Stow fell to Brecksville 20­25.

Sophomore Jacy Guider said, “It never feels good to lose but I’m still really proud of how my team played because Brecksville was twelfth in the state. I think my team needs to work on communication and keeping a positive energy on the court.”