Student of the Week

The only thing the picture above is missing is a caption. So, for this instance I will supply a sort of informative caption about the person in the right of the picture with the ball. Number 23 on the right who is running the ball is a guy by the name of Jacob Roush. Jacob, by the picture you can obviously tell that he plays football. How ever, Jacob, or  Jake as many people including my self refer to him as  does a lot more than that. Besides just playing football, Jake also plays basketball, and when he goes off to college after he wants to become a physical therapist. Jakes favorite class at school would have to be student servicing for Mr. Mann our athletic director, how ever his favorite teacher is Mr. Fouts. Jake's favorite food is his mom's fried chicken and gravy, If he could go anywhere he would go to Hawaii, his favorite animal is a tiger, and his celebrity crush is Jennifer Aniston. When asked how he feels about going to school in a circle he said he liked it because its simple and pretty easy to get around. Although I don't really agree with him, Jake says that it is a fact it is a cheese toasty. In his spare time, Jake likes to play sports and play Xbox with his friends, his favorite car is a bugatti veyron because they are really fast and they are a sleek looking car. Lastly Jakes favorite type of music is rap, and his favorite artist is either Montana of 300 or Young Buck. If you see Jake passing through the hallway besure to give him a high-five!

Fact of the Day

The largest snowflake was 15 inches across

Blue and Black or White and Gold?

Over the past few days, there has been a picture of a dress going around on the Internet. The question is, is the dress blue and black or white and gold? What do you think Raider Nation?

Fact of the Day

The katzenklavier("cat piano") was a musical instrument made out of cats. It was designed by the 17th-century German scholar Athanasius Kircher, it consisted of a row of caged cats with different voice pitches, who could be "played" by a keyboardist driving nails into the cats tails.  

Fact of the Day

Humans share 50% of their DNA with bananas

March 6, 2015

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Fact of the Day

Betty White is actually older than sliced bread. Betty white was born in 1922, and sliced bread was invented in 1928.

Raiders roll over Bruins

Friday night the Raiders took on the Blackford Bruins to get their third win of the season. The game was tied early in the first quarter at 5, but then the Raiders took a quick lead and finished the first quarter at 18-8. The halftime score was 34-17. The Raiders finished strong with a 34 point victory at 64-30. Leading scorers were Keaton Coleman with 20, Jake Roush and Jordan Bower each had 7, and Bryce Bonewit added 6. The Raiders will be back in action Tuesday night against Wes-del. It's senior night, so come out and support.

Lionel Messi

Messi is one of the best players in the league if not the best. He hold several records one of which being 86 goals in a single calendar year which is incredible considering it is a high scoring when a team scores 4 points in a game. Messi is one of the greatest of all times!! go check him out HERE!!!!

IU Purdue Basketball Game Recap

Last night was the second meeting between IU and Purdue.  The game was played at Assembly Hall.  At the beginning of the game IU started off with a huge alley oop by Hanner Mosquera-Perea, he caught is with one hand and slammed it.  The game was tight all the way through the first half, and IU had a two point lead going into half.  To start the second half Jon Octeus had a posterizing dunk over Collin Hartman in the middle of the lane.  Octeus caught it on the wing and drove to through the middle of the lane, then Hartman tried to take a charge but just couldn't get there in time.  Purdue also got on a huge run to start the second half up by as many as 12 at one point.  IU by the end of the game tried to make a run, and come back and win.  IU just didn't have enough in the tank to do so though.  Purdue came into Assembly Hall and upset the Hoosiers with a statement win with the final score of 67-63 Boilermakers.  A.J. Hammons was the leading scorer for Purdue with 20 points.  For IU Yogi Ferrell was the leading scorer with 21 points.  The Hoosiers will be back in action on Sunday against Rutgers.  Purdue will also be back in action Thursday against Rutgers.

Fact of the Day

Saudi Arabia imports camels from Australia

Raiders Host the Bruins Friday Night at the Raiderdome

Friday the 20th the Raiders play the Blackford. The prediction for the game is the Raiders by 5 (predicted by John Harrell). The Raiders look to get their third win of the season while the Bruins look to get their first win. It is the youth night for the Raiders Jr. High. Come to the Raiderdome and support the Raiders. JV tips off at 6 PM.

Student of the Week

 For student of the week we have Jessica Williams. To start things off, Jessica prefers books over movies because they were made first, and generally have more facts that the movies leave out. With regards towards her at school, Jessica's favorite class is english, and her favorite teacher is Mrs. Smith. Jessica likes going to school in a circle, because she never has to worry about getting lost. When jessica grows up she wants to be a pediatric nurse. Some other information about Jessica is that her middle name is Kay, her celebrity crush is Evan Peters, and if she could go anywhere she would go to Europe because there are lots of cities that she would love to visit and she couldn't just pick one. To jessica, it is a grilled cheese sandwich but she often uses both phrases a "grilled cheese sandwich" and a "cheese toastie". Jessica's favorite food is pizza, and if she could be an animal she would be a red panda. In her spare time she likes to read, watch movies, hang out with friends, and go to concerts. On the side note Jessica's favorite car is the 60's VW bug. Lastly, Jessica's favorite music genre is Pop-punk and her favorite band right now is Real Friends.

Raiders Finally Fall

On Monday night, the Lady Raiders fell to the Monroe Central Lady Bears. It was a close game the whole game. During the first quarter the Raiders scored 6 while the Bears scored 8 points. As the girls battled through another eight minutes, both teams scored 4 points. The Raiders trailed at half 10 to 12. The Raiders came out scoring 12 points in the third quarter, while the Bears only scored 6 points. In the fourth quarter the Raiders trailed to the Bears with about 7 seconds left. Unfortunately, the Raiders couldn't get a shot off to tie the game. The Raiders finished the season 11:14. It was a good season for the girls, and a huge thank you to the seniors, for everything they've done. Good luck in the years to come.

Fact of the Day

Did you know that everyone has unique tongue prints, just like fingerprints. 

Raiders Fall To Cowan

The Southern Wells boys varsity boys basketball team fell to Cowan on Saturday at Cowan. The boys lost 56-42 in a non-conference game. The Raiders had troubles getting rebounds, which allowed Cowan to take advantage and get second chance baskets. The Raiders could have another chance at Cowan later in the year in sectionals. The Raiders will be back in action this Friday against Blackford.

Valentine's Day Advice

Confused about how to get a date on Valentine's Day?  Check out the video below for some Do's and Don't's.

Jessica's Book of the Week

This week's book of the week is If I Stay by Gayle Forman.
Jess (screen name) rated If I Stay two out of five stars. She thought that the book was poorly written. Jess found the book way too cheesey. She thought that the characters were so cliche, because they were every teen's fantasy people. Jess thought that Forman was writing the book as a dream not as a rela story. Overall Jess just didn't find the book amusing or a good read.
Pavlina (screen name) rated If I stay five out five stars. She loved the book. She loved the characters and the overall plot of the story. Pavlina liked how the book used music to connect the characters to one another. She loved the characters love story and thought that it well written. Pavlina liked how Forman used flashbacks to explain their love story. Overall she loved the book.
I would rate If I Stay 4.5 out of 5 stars, because I really liked it, but I thought there were parts where it could've developed more. I was kinda confused at parts, but I loved how the characters connected through music. It's a great read, I'd highly recommended it.

Raiders Lose To The Warriors

Thursday night the Raiders traveled to Woodlan to play the Warriors. The Raiders came out strong as they have in recent games. The Raiders had the lead at the end of the first quarter and were down 1 at halftime. During the break the Raiders made their adjustments for the second half. The third and fourth quarter were much like the first two. The Raiders gave it their all but fell short to Woodlan 56-50. Keaton Coleman led the team with 16 points and Evan Huffman had 15 points. The Raiders play again on Saturday at Cowan with the JV starting at noon.

Student of the Week

William Westfall is the student of the week! Some fairly interesting information about Will Westfall is that he prefers books because books give you a longer story and has all kinds of descriptive details that the movies leave out. Will's favorite class just happens to be US history. US history is his favorite class because he loves to learn about our country's past and the wars that we have been in. One piece of lucrative information that many people like to keep a secret is their middle name. Luckily for us, Will has told us his middle name; it is Colton. When asked who his favorite celebrity is Will responded with A.J. Green. If Will could go anywhere, he would go to the Caribbean because it is hot, tropical, and beautiful. If Will could b e any animal he would be an eagle so he could fly from place to place. One of the most important questions of the century Will answered oddly. To him it is a grilled cheese toasty, never heard of that one but hey, there is a first time for everything. Somethings that Will likes to do in his spare time are draw, read, workout, hang with friends, and go to campus life. Lastly, Will's favorite car is a 1969 plymouth cuda, because they are awesome!

B.A.D. Pinterest 11

After more snow days and another week off, the B.A.D. Boys are back just in time for Valentine's Day. This week the B.A.D. Boys are making their favorite food. During the filming there were some unfortunate technical difficulties, but that won't stop them from giving you, the sheeple, what you want. To recap last week, the Boys made paper airplanes and had to throw them down the hall. The results were Blake coming in first, Drew with a controversial second place, and Austin coming in last. The standings are Blake in first with 27, Drew in second with 22, and Austin in last with 22. Drew has been M.I.A since this video and weird things have been happening around the school.

Lady Raiders Win First Game In Journey to Sectional Title

On Tuesday night, the Lady Raider Basketball team took on the Daleville Broncos in the first game of the Girls Basketball Sectional. The Raiders were on a high note from their win on Senior Night and were feeling were very confident. The Raiders started the game off strong with a 14-0 lead to end the first quarter. The Raiders kept their lead during the second quarter with the Raiders out scoring the Broncos 11-5. The Raiders came out of the locker room at half time and didn't miss a beat. They kept their lead throughout the rest of the game and won 54-19.

The Raiders will be back in action on Friday, February 13th at the Raider Dome. The team will take on the Cowan Blackhawks. Game starts at 6 p.m. Be there or be square.

Lady Raiders Get a Win For Senior Night

On Thursday, February 5th, the Lady Raider Basketball team played in their last regular season game. Both teams battled the Union City Indians. The JV started the night out strong by taking the early lead in their game going on a 8-0 run when the Indians called timeout. The Raiders kept their lead throughout the first half and finished the second half 47-20. In between the JV and Varsity game, the 6 Senior Lady Raiders were recognized. This Seniors this year are Allison Blevins, Savannah DeaKyne, Emilee Junk, Lela Knowles, Kiara Leas, and Timber Tucker. To begin the game, the Lady Raiders took the early lead, but that lead was quickly diminished by the Lady Indians three three point shots. During the second quarter, the Raiders fought back and took the lead going into half time. During the second half, the Raiders shots fell and took their lead to 15 points. The Raiders finished the game winning, 44-22.

The Lady Raiders will be back in action in Sectionals on Tuesday. Sectionals will take place at the Raider Dome. Come and support your Lady Raiders in their fight to win their ninth Sectional title.

Jessica's Book of the Week

This week's Book of the Week is What I Thought was True by Huntley Fitzpatrick.
Jacob Proffitt (screen name) rated What I Thought was True a 1 out of 5 stars. He thought that the book was an okay book, but he didn't like how it was based off past events. Then he thought that it constantly was going off the past, but the readers never knew what happened in the past. So, the readers were always confused.

Bookables (screen name) rated What I Thought was True 5 out of 5 stars. She thought that the book was well written. She thought that all the different characters made the story very interesting. Bookables loved had Fitzpatrick based the characters present actions off their past events. She loved What I Thought was True. 

I would rate this book a 4 out of 5 because I did like the all the different characters, but I was confused through a lot of the book. I really liked how Fitzpatrick had many different characters. They were all so different, which made the book constantly interesting. I would recommend this book because it was a nice read and also enjoy able to read.

Patriots Win The Superbowl

Superbowl 49 was a very good game the whole time. Both teams struggled to score early. Neither team scored in the first quarter but both teams scored two touchdowns in the second. In the third quarter the seahawks outscored the patriots by ten. Just when everybody thought that the Patriots were going to lose Tom Brady brought back the Patriots and gave them a 4 point lead with just under three minutes left. Russel Wilson drove the Seahawks to the one yard line with them about to win the game, but then threw an interception on a sketchy play call. The Patriots went on the game with Tom Brady getting the Superbowl MVP, winning his fourth Superbowl.

Raiders vs. Blue River Valley

The Raiders will play the Blue River Valley Vikings at home tomorrow night. The game is also youth night for the future Raiders. The game is projected to be close, so come out and support the Raiders and watch a good night of basketball. JV tip-off is at 6p.m followed by the Varsity at 7:30.

Student of The Week

For student of the week we have Fletcher Sabinske! Some of the things that Fletcher does, thinks, and learns tie together I think. Fletcher prefers to read books over watching movies because they have more time to pan out and give you more details. It also just happens to be that Fletcher's favorite subject and teacher are history 8 and Mrs. Hedden. He says history 8 is his favorite class because he likes to learn about how people used to live and survive, and that Mrs. Hedden was his favorite teacher because she gave favorable amounts of homework, and helped you if you needed it! Some other info about  fletcher is that he doesn't mind going to school in a circle, he wants to be an electrician when he grows up, and his middle name is Matthew. It just so happens to be that Fletcher's celebrity crush is Ariana Grande, and if he could go anywhere he would go to holiday world because they have unlimited soft drink refills. Fletcher's favorite food is pizza, and when asked if he could be any animal he said," I'd be a dragon, because who wouldn't want to be a dragon?" Lastly Fletcher likes to eat, sleep, play video games, and read. Fletcher's favorite car is a buick century because it holds up very well. This is only a tad that Fletcher has shared with us at the S-Dub Hub.

Super Bowl Commercials

This year was Super Bowl 49 between the defending Super Bowl champs Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.  With only little time of actually showing the game the other time spent was on commercials.  Most of the game was full of commercials advertising and talking about their companies product.  My favorite commercial was the commercial about the new movie coming out called Jurassic World.  In the movie they try to create a full functioning dinosaur theme park with real dinosaurs.  My other favorite commercial was the Red's Apple Ale commercial where the guy in the commercial look exactly like Mr. Burman.  The commercials this year weren't as good as ones in the past, but they could have been better.

 

Tough loss for Raiders against Whitko

On Tuesday, your Raiders battled the Whitko Wildcats, and got a tough loss that they probably should've won. The Raiders went into halftime, winning by four at 26-22, with help from Keaton Coleman's 16 points. The Raiders came out flat in the third quarter and got out scored 21-11, which is what killed the Raiders. Whitko hit a lot of free throws in the fourth quarter to put the game away with a final score of 55-46.

Super Bowl XLIX

This year was Super Bowl 49 for the NFL and as I predicted the Pats capitalized on the season and won 28 to 24. It came down to the last second on the game it was the bottom of the fourth quarter and Seattle had the ball on the 1 yard line and decided to pass instead of running the ball. A huge mistake because Pats intercepted it in the endzone for the W. Seeing as how Seattle has the best Running back in the game it was a major mistake on the coaching staff to not just run it in! LETS GO PATS!!

Raiders Fighting to the End for the Win

On Saturday, both the JV and Varsity defeated the Woodlen Warriors at nail biting moments. The JV girls defeated the Warriors in overtime. The Lady Raiders won 42 to 39. At the start of overtime the score was 34 to 34. The Raiders started hitting free throws in the overtime to win the game. The JV worked very well together throughout the game.
However, the excitement didn't end there, the Varsity had a close game the whole game. The Raiders didn't give up throughout the game. The Raiders won 41 to 40. Lela Knowles had the game winning lay up to win the game. The Raiders played as a unit and never gave up on one another. It was a great night for the Lady Raiders.

Wins and Battles

Tuesday the 3rd the Lady Raiders faced the Black Hawk Braves. The JV Lady Raiders annihilated the Braves. The JV girls played well as a team. They made a lot of shots, put pressure on the ball, and just worked well together. The final score for the JV game was 47 to 18.
Unfortunately, the Varsity girls weren't as lucky to get a win. The Varsity Lady Raiders struggled throughout the game. The girls couldn't get shots to fall. Black Hawk just made more shots and caused more turnovers than the Raiders, which resulted in the final score that was 44 Braves to 41 Raiders.

Raider boys go down to Starfires

On Friday, January 30, the Raiders took on the South Adams Starfires, but weren't pleased with the outcome. The Raiders came out to a strong start, making the game 7-2. But the Starfires quickly took over the game, with a halftime score of 44-17. The Raiders couldn't overcome the Starfires strategic defense as they played a Diamond and 1, and face guarded Keaton Coleman the whole game. The Raiders really struggled to score, as the final score was 75-45. Evan Huffman led the team in scoring with nine points.