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Ronda Rousey’s defeat leaves top title open for Holly Holm

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By Dylan Astor  

  Nov. 14 was a very significant day in women’s mixed martial arts. The undefeated champion Ronda Rousey was to fight against the number nine contender Holly Holm for the Bantamweight Championship in Melbourne, Australia.

    Going into the fight, Rousey was heavily favored to win. She has never had a fight come to the judge’s decision. Her last three fights lasted a total of 64 seconds, two of which ended with Rousey knocking out the other contender. 

    The other fighter, Holm, had a tough challenge to overcome. Although Holm was 9-0 before entering the fight, she has never fought anyone on the same caliber as Rousey. Holm has knocked out just as many people as Rousey but is not as quick as her.

    During the weigh-in, things got heated after Rousey stepped off the scale and shoved her face right into Holm’s. Holm stated that she was ready to shock the world on Nov. 14 and that she was ready to fight. Rousey responded by saying, “On Sunday I’m going to show you why I am the champ.”

    The dreaded Sunday finally came. Most people were probably thinking, “Oh here comes another blood bath. Hopefully Holm makes it out of the first round.” To everyone’s surprise, it was the other way around. Holm was absolutely demolishing Rousey. Luckily, Rousey made it out of first round. The second round approached, and it picked up right where it left off in the first. Holm ended up giving Rousey a nice kick to the face, sending her to the ground. The referee ended up calling it once she became defenseless on the ground.

    Right when the fight ended, the audience could actually see the astonishment on Holm’s face. She had just defeated the arguably best women’s fighter in the world. 

    Rousey, however, was not so lucky. She was beaten around by Holm the entire fight. After the fight, she was transported to the hospital. Rousey’s lip was split in half, which needed to be sewn together. She is facing up to six months in suspension to heal her injuries.

    With the defeat of the great Ronda Rousey, there is now a new champ in town. Holly Holm is ready to defend her title spot against anyone, at anytime.

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DECA holds “Hoops for a Cause”

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By Erika Green

     DECA will be hosting their annual “Hoops for A Cause” event on Nov. 24 here at the high school. The purpose for this event is to raise money to go towards building a school in Mali, Africa. Hoops for a cause has been going on for over ten years now. DECA hopes to raise $14,000 to build the school and as of now they have raised about $10,000. DECA teamed up with Dr. Scott Lacey and got involved with African Sky thus making this an international cause. The event will take place in the upper gym and the DECA students will be playing the staff. It is $2 to get in to watch and an additional optional $1 for half time half court shots.

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Gobble honored with award

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 By Dema Obaid

 Out of 15 schools in the Suburban League, senior running back Jayson Gobble was honored with the 2015 Suburban League Award Player of the Year. Gobble has been playing football for Stow since 2006, when he was just 6 years old.

      He was inspired to play by his older brother Aaron when he was younger. Gobble is a excellent player today and has always loved football since day one.

      Gobble feels very honored and accomplished for receiving this award. He would like to thank his family, friends, coaches, and especially his teammates for their support.

     “I thank all my team and my blockers especially for helping me,” Gobble said.

     As Gobble’s position as being the running back he has scored 33 touchdowns and 2,009 rushing yards so far this season. The boys definitely would not have been able to pull out an undefeated regular season and into the fourth round of playoffs without Gobbles leadership and performance on the field.

     “I add another aspect to our team that other teams would look to be as a threat,” Gobble. said.

     Gobble’s teammates also agrees that he add a lot to the team, on and off the field.

     “Jay is a huge part of the team because he always does his job. That makes him a good role model for the rest of us, so we can do our jobs and that’s what puts points on the board,” Anthony D’alessandro said.

     Junior quarterback Kyle Vantrease and Gobble have a great connection on the field, contributing to Gobble’s high scoring games.

     “Our relationship off the field is great, we are like brothers and on the field is the same way. In the backfield we have like a sense of what each other is going to do and it helps our mesh a lot and that’s how we are so successful,” Vantrease said.

     Gobble is a great role model for everyone especially the underclassman. He is always on everyone to be doing their best. He is an unbelievable running back and he is able to carry the team when he is needed.

     The boys are now in the fourth round of playoffs after beating Midpark, Solon, and Olentangy, which is the farthest the Bulldogs have ever gone through the playoffs in history. They will take on Lakewood St. Eds, the returning state champions two years in a row, on Sat, Nov. 28.

 

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Be happy, be different

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    By Mya Cannon

All around the world people are trying to be accepted by society and get their ideas of perfection from the celebrities they look up to.

    Most of the teenagers in today’s generation want to be accepted by the people around them and will pretend to be someone they are not to do be accepted.

    While not everyone pretends to be someone they are not to be accepted by others, many people do.

    Today kids seem to dress alike, act alike, and do the same things. If people notice multiple celebrities wearing or using the same things, people automatically think that thing is cool and they want it. Eventually a lot of people have the things that they saw multiple celebrities using.  If someone does not have that object they “do not know what’s cool.”

    When one looks up to a celebrity, they see that person as perfect or close to perfect, because they are liked all around the world by a lot of people.  As a result, they think if they dress or act like the celebrity they look up so they will be accepted too.

    While almost every celebrity is looked up to in some way, shape, or form, whether it being the way they dress or their personality, some celebrities address how the media has a huge effect on the way people are.

    The musical group, Green Day, addresses how the media greatly affects how people act in their well know song “American Idiot” by saying,  “One nation controlled by the media.” This lyric tells how people are “controlled” by the media  and do what they believe is popular in the media’s eyes.

    Everywhere in the world there are outlets that manipulate people into thinking something is cool.  It could be on TV, in a movie, or in song lyrics.

       People will stop doing something that makes them happy if they are afraid they will be judged because people think that it is weird.

    Celebrities are asked on red carpets what they are wearing.  This is a way for designers to advertise their clothes because if someone sees their favorite celebrity wearing something they might want to get it, or something that looks similar to it.

    People who make things sometimes pay popular celebrities to be seen out in public with that product so people will want to buy that product because it is “cool.”

     No one should be afraid to be who they are if being themselves makes them happy even if people think it is weird.