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Girls soccer team destroys Western

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Teamwork was the key to winning this game. (Photo: Shane Braden, Patterson Press)

By Shane Braden,

The Patterson girls soccer team won at home against Western 4 to 2 on Monday, Sept. 13th. They played hard to get the win and will continue to work hard to win upcoming games. The four players that scored a goal were Sha’Qwanna Carter, Keydi Pinto-Olivia, Vigueur Kibinda and Anna Zawacki. All of these players helped the team to win.

“They were really good. We lost the first time [in an earlier game against Western] but won the second”, said  Morgan McCaffity, one of the team members.  “I think I did a good job when helping Sha’Qwanna score a goal”, she added. Although the girls soccer team has had some tough games this year, they never gave up and the results are showing now.

My pain of the soul (POEM)

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Original poem by Alex Hunt,

 

Anger is something that takes over the mind

Something you just can’t hide but try

To sit back and find

And give it time

 

Sadness is what comes within it make you

Face look dim and it make more sins so try to trim

Before you repent so make the happiness come within

 

Hate is a thing that gives the soul pain

It will feel like rain and always heal before it peels

 

                                                                                          

  

Volleyball team loses first home game, despite valiant effort

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Despite losing each set, the Lady Clippers scored many times throughout the game (Photo: Stephanie Megginson, Patterson Press)

by Stephanie Megginson,

The Patterson volleyball team is one of the best girls teams in the school. However, they lost their first home game 3-0.  Although they did not win any sets, the team did score several points during each set, keeping the game competitive. The Lady Clippers hope to do better in their next game.

Curfew law goes too far (OPINION)

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(Illustration by Shane Braden, Patterson Press)

by Regina Bell,

The Baltimore City Council passed a controversial new curfew law on August 8th, 2014. According to the Baltimore Sun, “[c]hildren under the age of 14 have to be inside by 9 p.m., while teens ages 14-16 have to be inside by 10 p.m. on school nights and 11 p.m. on non-school nights”. The curfew law stipulates that if you are under the minimum age and the police catch you violating the curfew, your parents have to pay a $500 fine.

I think that the curfew law should only be for children under the age of 14, because some teenagers have jobs or do other things to earn money, like babysit. I feel as though teenagers are not going to get the experience they need in the work field if they can not work the hours that are required.  I do not think that they should get picked up by the police for certain things like coming home late from hanging out with friends, coming from school, or a sporting game. It is not fair to the young people who are doing good and staying out of trouble after the curfew. If their school is too far from their home than the police should not have a problem with them coming home late. I think that if they are doing a good deed then they shouldn’t get taken away for being late. I think that young people should have a certification card or document that says that they have a job and work later than ten o’ clock.

I asked some other people in my community and school about the curfew law, including Ms. England, Patterson’s community liaison. Her opinion is that people in the neighborhood should help the kids to go inside their house during the curfew time. She also said that they should have recreation centers open for teenagers that stay open until around ten o’clock. Additionally, she believes that the police should be friendlier towards the kids and not harass them. If they catch someone breaking the curfew, they should take them to a recreation center close to home rather than putting them in jail.

I with agree her because some people’s parents cannot afford to come pick up their kids up from jail or another far-away location, so their kids have to stay there until the police decide to release them on their own. I do not think that is fair or appropriate for a young person who was not doing anything wrong but only getting home late. I also think that parents should automatically stay on top of their child or children about them coming home late because something can happen to them and their parents might not know where they are.

In conclusion, I believe that while there may be a need for some kind of curfew for younger children, the new curfew law is too strict and unfairly punishes teenagers who are not doing anything wrong.

Girls soccer team scores a goal

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by Adiya Mason

The Patterson High School girls soccer team played a very good game against Poly on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Even though they lost 1 to 12 they still played a good game. Jackie Brock (number 4 on the team) played her hardest and showed great sportsmanship. Renee Ober (number 15) was the team member who gave us a point. The team is working hard for the next game and is hoping to win.

A Patterson player stays one step ahead of her opponents (photo: Adiya Mason, Patterson Press)

Patterson participates in ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

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by Joshua Carr,

Patterson participated in the Ice Bucket Challenge on Sept. 5 to help raise money for ALS. ALS means amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It is also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, named after the Yankees baseball player who died of it in 1941.

Poly High School challenged our school to do the Ice Bucket Challenge and Mr. Benton, the school principal, accepted. To do the Ice Bucket Challenge you have to dump a bucket of ice water on your head and put a video of it on the internet to help raise money for ALS.  The Ice Bucket Challenge was a fun experience for the students and staff of Patterson High School.

Click to download video of Mr. Benton’s Ice Bucket Challenge

 

Boys soccer team wins two shutouts in a row

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Patterson player Manuel Gonzalez keeps the ball away from Ben Franklin (Photo: Shane, Braden Patterson Press)

by Shane Braden,

The Patterson’s boys soccer team won against Benjamin Franklin by a score of six to nothing on Monday, September 29. The game was held at home on Patterson’s soccer field.

Each goal was scored a different player. The six players who scored were: Mkwala Alenga, Abner Rivas-Lemus, Minyimkuch Odolla, Kevin Shema, William Silva Martinez and Franklin Turcios-Castro. “Everyone on the team got to play and contributed to Patterson’s victory”, explained Coach Dan Callahan.

Two days later, the Clippers won another home game, beating Mervo eight to zero.

The team had a very successful season finishing with a record of ten wins to 2 loses. Patterson won its second consecutive city championship finishing with nine wins to 1 lose in city play. The team earned a number one seed in the state playoffs and made it to the sectional finals before losing to Landsdowne one to zero.

“The reason we have won all of our games is because we stick together as a family of brothers…”, player Christopher Bowman told the Patterson Press. “We know as soon as we get on the pitch we will win because the only way to win is determination and being together as a whole”.

 

This Is Not A Haircut

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Mrs. Gabriel (Photo: Ty’Shawn Key, Patterson Press)

By Ty’Shawn Key

For the past week or two there has been a lot of commotion about Mrs. Gabriel and her stylish new hairdo. Many are asking “Why did she go short?”, and “Had she gotten tired of black?” The answer is amazing! Unknown to many, for the last eight years Mrs. Gabriel has been in a battle against breast cancer.

It all started eight years ago one day when Mrs. Gabriel had gone on a typical doctor’s visit and she decided that it was time for her to have a mammogram–a breast cancer screening that all women should have. Upon completing the screening, doctors discovered that Mrs. Gabriel had a microscopic tumor in her breast. She was then diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer. She soon had the tumor removed. Once the tumor had been successfully removed, Mrs. Gabriel was assigned estrogen prevention medicine in 2007. Estrogen causes cancer to grow.

In the December of 2012, five years after starting her medications she returned to her doctor for an annual mammogram screening. This time during the screening doctors had found that the cancerous cells had spread to the lymph nodes under her left arm. This was the same side the cancer was first spotted in. In January, she had the lymph nodes biopsied. Shortly afterward, the cancerous cells returned. Mrs. Gabriel had now been diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer.

So the following February, Mrs. Gabriel went through surgery and had twenty-one of her lymph nodes removed.  From April of 2013 all the way through September of that same year, Mrs. Gabriel went through sixteen rounds of chemotherapy, followed by thirty-five days of radiation. During this process Mrs. Gabriel lost her hair and has been wearing a wig ever since.

Since the beginning of her adult life, Mrs. Gabriel has had long black hair; however during this process she lost it all, just as many cancer patients do. To save herself from embarrassment and to keep her students from getting distracted by her condition, she decided to purchase a custom-made wig, composed of real human hair, specialized for cancer patients so that they can look as normal as possible. For the past year, Mrs. Gabriel has been wearing a wig to work every day to keep the daily flow as normal as possible. In fact, she pulled this off so nicely that no one except for a select few knew of her condition.

Recently, however, since the success of the surgery, Mrs. Gabriel’s hair has been growing back, and it is looking better than ever! So after a while of going out without her wig every other now and then, Mrs. Gabriel decided to go natural to visit her family up in New York. After receiving positive comments about her new look she decided on her return flight to Baltimore that she would wear the wig no more.

Mrs. Gabriel’s story is one that shows how faith, determination, open-mindedness, and a strong spirit can get you through any tough time; because every day, even though Mrs. Gabriel had a difficult situation, she still pushed through and carried on with her life. Every day she came to work and helped her students. Every day she went home, lived with, and got support from her family. Every day she fought for a better, brighter tomorrow, and every day she did it with a smile. So this new hair style you see now is NOT a haircut. It’s a victory.

 

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