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Behind the scenes, the busiest time is before the event starts, and everyone is preparing to either enjoy the house competition or get ready to cheer their team on. We got cheerleaders preparing for their performance, and there were audiences who were finding places to sit.
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The wonderful cheerleaders of MECA. This wonderful cheerleading team was performing cheer during the house competition, and they cheered their teams on greatly.
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The march to the destruction of the ants, we call in authorities when ants were found biting students and taking over backpacks during the house competition, and it was no ordinary ants it was fire ants, a deadly kind of ant who will bite any living creature that they think will do them harm.
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When does it start? At the start of the house competition Maximiliano, Noah, Luca, Jorge, and Mason waited for the games to start with a very intense, intimidating, and confidence that their team is going win.
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Words of the wise, the players Nathan Gonzalez, circle Matt Johnson, their coach as they run through the tactics with him, it was just like when we practiced they said to each other, beat the opponent and stand to be the final champion.
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What’s the plan? Team Hearts and Diamonds work out a play to beat the other team! They gather up and discuss the game plan before putting it into action.
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It’s too pricey!!! Angelo Karsouny (12) playfully argues with Jocelyn Pena (9) and Audrey Spencer (12) about the price of the nachos! He picks up a chip and jokingly complains about the nachos.
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The run of confidence, when the house competition started, the champions that were going to play in the game ran across the field intimidating their opponents as they show off their speed,
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The catching clash! Daxhiwe Cervantes and Aleman go for the catch! Whoever gets the ball can change the course of the game! Will it be a touch down or will it be a turn over?
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The Plan of Success. Football tryouts are a testing time of leadership, ninth grader Trinity Camacho and Scharle Alvarez-Resley discuss their plan of defeating the other team. Football is mainly about strategy, and how to beat a team that is more physically trained, a good strategy wins the game.
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Incoming! The players’ hearts skipped a beat when they all felt the responsibility to catch the football as it hurled towards them, within a second, this is it the final catch, who will catch it?
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Winding up for the perfect throw, ninth grader Brandon Rosales practices throwing the ball during the football tryouts. He raises the ball high and aims for the goal, he practices it a few times until perfection.
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Victory here I come! The players for Hearts and Diamonds charge with confidence as the game starts intimidating the opposite team, which is Spades and Clubs.
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The winning leap, Felix Acevedo and Christian Aleman jumps to catch the football as it hurls towards them, while Abraham Arambula, Trinity Camacho, and Scharle Alvarez-Resley, stays behind them ready to act defense if their teammate didn’t catch the ball.
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A great catch! Ninth grader Albert Martinez practices his skills of steadily catching a football. But it’s not as easy as it seems, you have to have good prejudgement, strength, and hand accuracy to successfully catch a football.
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Dive for it! Abraham Arambula, Trinity Chamacho, and (NO NAME YET) watch as (NO NAME YET) goes for the catch! They are all hard at work practicing flag football!
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Catch it! Sophomores Andres Bocardo, Brandon Rosales, and Abraham Arambula go for a catch! The three boys practice catching the ball and running with it for flag football.
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They have it all! ASB members have set up a stand to sell food, drinks, and snacks! People go to the stand to buy chips, nachos, and drinks to eat and watch the game with their friends!
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Let the games begin! Announcers hype everyone up as the games are starting to begin! Kristabella Rodriguez(12) and Mia Romo (11) are announcing the flag football game between Hearts and Diamonds vs Clubs and Spades.
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The decisive catch! A very clean catch from Christian Aleman, and to have a good catch you’ll have to have good prejudgement to know exactly where the football is going to land and catch it.
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