Get in your positions
13 RAIDER READER Fabian Solis I wish we offered rugby. I have always wanted to try it. I like being physical and it’s a very rough sport.
Chestin Keeton I would like to have a ping pong team. It would bring a whole lot of people together. All the good players would destroy other schools.
January 2017
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Get in your positions Peter Townsend Sweeper Been Playing: 10 Years Favorite Player: Pagoba Jones
Narissa Hopps Goalkeeper Been Playing: 11 Years Favorite Part: Saving the game in penalty kicks.
Zoe Villegas Reporter
Justin Robinson Left Back Been Playing: Since freshman year Favorite Part: The realtionship I have with the team.
Emma Chambers Defensive Back Been Playing: 11 Years Favorite Part: Getting the results we have worked for as a team.
Everett Janway Center Mid Been Playing: Since seventh grade Favorite Part: Just playing along with the guys.
Matthew Johnston Outside Mid Been Playing: Since fifth grade Favorite Player: Lionel Messi
Photos By Luke Pendley and Harper Taylor
Competing for opposing teams
Other schools allow East students to participate in their sports not offered here
and shortened schedule. If under, the student would have to follow the normal seven period schedule,” lead counselor Amy Andrews said. Allen High School is one of the schools that allows students to try out for their sports. Senior Brandon Stone has competed with Allen’s shooting team for the last
We have won the State championship four times and the National championship twice. Brandon Stone Senior
Luke Pendley Reporter @luke_pendley
It’s seventh period and one student is shooting his gun, another is participating in Judo, and the final is swimming in the pool. The catch, none of them are competing
for Wylie East. Students are allowed to get a shortened schedule and earn a PE credit if they participate in their respective sport the required number of hours in the week. “If they participate in the sport over 15 hours a week at the location, they are able to recieve credit
four seasons, and has success with the club sport. “Since Wylie East doesn’t offer a competitive shooting team, Allen has offered me to tryout for their team. It’s more of a club than an actual sport. While I’ve been shooting with Allen, we have won the State championship four times and won the National championship twice,” Stone said. The sports that apply under this rule cannot be governed by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). Students are not allowed to attend one school and compete in
Paul Saldana Forward Been Playing: Since I was old enough to play. Favorite Player: Christiano Ronaldo
UIL meets for another high school. “Wylie ISD does not offer swimming/diving, but those sports are governed by the UIL. Because of that, a student at Wylie East would be prohibited from participating on the swimming/diving team of another UIL member school,” head Wylie ISD athletic director Kyle Craighead said. If a student is participating in UIL governed sports at an academy, not another school, the student can be eligible for early release and PE credit. Junior Paul Pierce swims competitively for the City of Plano Swimmers, where he practices at Williams High School during his seventh period. Pierce competes against other city leagues on a regular basis. “I meet at the high school [Williams] every day for two hours Monday-Saturday for swimming and then work on my strength for an hour a day at the gym there,” Pierce said. Sophomore Geronimo Saucedo participates in Judo at the Becorra Judo Club every day after school. Saucedo puts in close to 20 hours a week at the dojo, where he has had major success. Saucedo has traveled around the globe to compete in his competitions. “I have won multiple National championships, placed at four panam championships and participated at the cadet world championship in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo,” Saucedo said.
Chestin Keeton I would like to have a ping pong team. It would bring a whole lot of people together. All the good players would destroy other schools.
January 2017
Visit our website
The online newspaper is updated daily
www.wehsblueprint.com
Get in your positions Peter Townsend Sweeper Been Playing: 10 Years Favorite Player: Pagoba Jones
Narissa Hopps Goalkeeper Been Playing: 11 Years Favorite Part: Saving the game in penalty kicks.
Zoe Villegas Reporter
Justin Robinson Left Back Been Playing: Since freshman year Favorite Part: The realtionship I have with the team.
Emma Chambers Defensive Back Been Playing: 11 Years Favorite Part: Getting the results we have worked for as a team.
Everett Janway Center Mid Been Playing: Since seventh grade Favorite Part: Just playing along with the guys.
Matthew Johnston Outside Mid Been Playing: Since fifth grade Favorite Player: Lionel Messi
Photos By Luke Pendley and Harper Taylor
Competing for opposing teams
Other schools allow East students to participate in their sports not offered here
and shortened schedule. If under, the student would have to follow the normal seven period schedule,” lead counselor Amy Andrews said. Allen High School is one of the schools that allows students to try out for their sports. Senior Brandon Stone has competed with Allen’s shooting team for the last
We have won the State championship four times and the National championship twice. Brandon Stone Senior
Luke Pendley Reporter @luke_pendley
It’s seventh period and one student is shooting his gun, another is participating in Judo, and the final is swimming in the pool. The catch, none of them are competing
for Wylie East. Students are allowed to get a shortened schedule and earn a PE credit if they participate in their respective sport the required number of hours in the week. “If they participate in the sport over 15 hours a week at the location, they are able to recieve credit
four seasons, and has success with the club sport. “Since Wylie East doesn’t offer a competitive shooting team, Allen has offered me to tryout for their team. It’s more of a club than an actual sport. While I’ve been shooting with Allen, we have won the State championship four times and won the National championship twice,” Stone said. The sports that apply under this rule cannot be governed by the University Interscholastic League (UIL). Students are not allowed to attend one school and compete in
Paul Saldana Forward Been Playing: Since I was old enough to play. Favorite Player: Christiano Ronaldo
UIL meets for another high school. “Wylie ISD does not offer swimming/diving, but those sports are governed by the UIL. Because of that, a student at Wylie East would be prohibited from participating on the swimming/diving team of another UIL member school,” head Wylie ISD athletic director Kyle Craighead said. If a student is participating in UIL governed sports at an academy, not another school, the student can be eligible for early release and PE credit. Junior Paul Pierce swims competitively for the City of Plano Swimmers, where he practices at Williams High School during his seventh period. Pierce competes against other city leagues on a regular basis. “I meet at the high school [Williams] every day for two hours Monday-Saturday for swimming and then work on my strength for an hour a day at the gym there,” Pierce said. Sophomore Geronimo Saucedo participates in Judo at the Becorra Judo Club every day after school. Saucedo puts in close to 20 hours a week at the dojo, where he has had major success. Saucedo has traveled around the globe to compete in his competitions. “I have won multiple National championships, placed at four panam championships and participated at the cadet world championship in the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sarajevo,” Saucedo said.
