By Tommy Hope and Darius Sims
The City Wrestling Tournament was held at the University of Chicago on Sunday, January 26, 2015. Nobody knew what to expect from the city wrestling tournament. The whole focus of the team was to do something big and win city. Damian Gamez, Div.507, wrestled prior to the finals matches and placed a re- spectable fourth. The first one to wrestle in the finals was Brandon Pettis. His match was over after 40 seconds with Pettis winning with a cradle. Next up was Darius Sims, who was facing a wrestler who he had previously lost to. You could feel the tension between the two wrestlers as they stepped into the mat. After 1 minute and 10 seconds, Darius came out victorious with a headlock. Darius Sims and Brandon Pettis were crowned city champions. On Sunday March 15, 2015, all of the champs were honored at a champion’s banquet. They talked about the accomplishments of each person and gave out special awards. Coach Boyd was brought up to be recognized for his accomplishments as a coach. Hubbard hasn’t had two city champs in the same year since 2008. This year however, Brandon Pettis and Darius Sims put Hubbard’s name out on top. Brandon Pettis, Div. 510, said, “It feels great to be city champion, especially sharing it with my teammates.”
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By Karoline Mendez
The annual Hubbard J.R.O.T.C Military Ball took place at the Lexington House on March 20th, 2015. It was held from 6 pm to midnight. Jonathan Alcaide, the regimental S-2, was in charge of planning the event this year. Although he said it was stressful and difficult, it's evident his hard work paid off because everyone had a great time! The ceremony commenced with the receiving line where every guest shook the hand of all the staff members and their dates as they walked in. Once everyone was seated, Colonel Wargo introduced the staff and recited the pledge of allegiance. Then the rose ceremony began, where a rose was placed in memory of those who could not attend that night. A former J.R.O.T.C program instructor, Sgt. Jones, was announced as the guest speaker and gave a memorable speech of his journey after the Army. After dinner was served, the Military Ball Court winners were announced as follows: LET I Prince and Princess: Sergio Mandujano and Yahaijra Herrera LET II Prince and Princess: Jaime Reyes and Yazmin Almanza LET III Prince and Princess: Juan Carrillo and Jasmine Castillo LET IV King and Queen: George Castro and Kyana Aguilar After the winners had the first dance, everyone else hit the dance floor for the remainder of the night. By America Ramirez
Since early February, the girls have been working on their stamina, working with the ball, and having practicing up- stairs in the gym that included scrimmag- es on Monday through Thursday. The girls have practices from 3:30 to 5pm showing their dedication and effort to the upcom- ing season. Winning their first game against Juarez with a score of 3-1 on March 31st , the girls showed focus and prepared them- selves to win. The team has had a huge advantage with returning players help- ing those who are new to the school or even new to the sport as a helping hand to Coach Ocampo. The girls are ready to face their rivals and Coach Ocampo is ready to push the girls to finish the season strong. By Daniela Bravo
This year the water polo teams have new coaches, a new boys’ team, and new players. The guys are glad to have a team this season and are ready to play their hearts out in every game. The guys won their first home game on March 16, with a score of 5-3. The girls won their away game against Juarez March 20. Coach Jeff and Amigon make sure the hour of practice is well spent, new plays are taught, old plays are reviewed, different drills are done, and scrimmage games between the guys and girls are played which prepare the girls for the tough schools they face. A benefit that comes from both teams being in the pool at the same time during practice is that they can motivate each other to not give up. There might be a little rivalry between these two teams during practice, but they will both work together to reach one goal: to place in city playoffs. By Luis Calderon Surprisingly, there is a math team here at Hubbard High School and this year it was a mix of new and returning members that took part of it and with two new coaches at the helm. This year’s math team was coached by newcomers; Mr. Romero and Mr. Batterman. One Saturday per month, the participants of the team would go to UIC early in the morning to compete against other schools in the field of mathematics. The best thing about this team perhaps, was the fact that the new coaches seemed to bring a positive uprising to the team and motivated them to get to another level. Ahmad Mukdad, first year member of the Math Team, described the coaches as “ambitious and supportive”. He felt that although there are no appointed captains, that the leadership was there from everyone and they united together as a group. The team is currently in third place in the Pre-Calculus section, but overall the team is in eleventh place. On March 28th, the team went to their last competition and managed to jump from 11th to 10th. Jose Gomez managed to place 19th individually in Algebra I. Eduardo Martinez and Enrique Guzman both placed individually in Pre-Calculus respectively in 28th and 38th.
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