Athlete of the week, Jessica Denton, is a varsity volleyball player. She talks about her passion and her future plans for volleyball.
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Athlete of the Week: Jessica Denton
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Owen Marshall
Owen Marshall is a sophomore at HHS and this is his second year on staff. He enjoys sports writing and is a sports page editor. Outside of school, Owen plays baseball for Upper Deck Sports Academy and for HHS. He also enjoys hanging out with friends and having pick up games of basketball, football, and stickball.
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Jackson Hook
Jackson Hook is a junior and in his third year on staff and is enjoying his role as a sports editor. He participates in varsity football and baseball for the Blue Streaks. In his free time he enjoys hanging out with his friends and playing video games. He is looking forward to the 2016-2017 school year.
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Andi Fox
Andi Fox is a sophomore at HHS, who enjoys traveling, hiking and horseback riding. She travels to Hungary every other year to visit family. She participates on the HHS swim team and she swims with a club team all year. She enjoys reading, playing the piano, and hanging out with her cat, friends and family.
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Ryan Doerr
Ryan Doerr is a senior at HHS, and this is her first year as a Newsstreak staff reporter. In her free time, she juggles lifeguarding at Westover Pool, stage managing the HHS OneAct, working backstage on musical, being a member of the varsity swim team, participating in several honors societies and working with the Fine Arts Academy. Despite her busy schedule, she always has time to spend on hikes with her friends or watching Netflix with her cat. She hopes to major in journalism next fall.
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Hannah Daniel
Hannah Daniel is a senior at Harrisonburg High School. This is her first year on the Newsstreak Staff and her first time an independent column, which is an exciting prospect for her. At HHS, Hannah swims for the HHS Varsity Team, and participates in many activities within the school, including as Mu Alpha Theta and National Science Honors Society. When she is not being a full-time student, you can find her leading a Jewish Youth Conference, hanging out with her family and her cats, or working at the White Oak Lavender Farm.
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New Oreo doesn’t compare to mint version
Oreos are a big, big part of my family. Ever since I can remember, we’ve always had Oreos around. They’re the Cole family weakness. Honestly, some of my earliest memories are dipping Oreos in a big glass of milk and learning how to properly avoid drippage. My mom prefers the chocolate, my sisters are head over heals for the red velvet cookies and, like my brother, I’m personally a mint Oreo kind of girl. Since Oreos are so huge in our lives, what do you think we did when I announced I had seen something about Choco Chip Oreos on Buzzfeed’s snap story? We FREAKED.
As I write this, I will be trying my first ever Choco Chip Oreo. With a golden, chocolate chip dotted cookie and a light coffee-colored cream, this has been a big lead up for me.
Split it open and lick the icing or eat the whole thing in one bite, I could go either way. Separated, the cookie itself without the cream tastes like the original oreo cookie, which by the way, is delicious. I’m not complaining there.
The cream itself is very different. It’s sweet, but has rich and deep undertones. The taste is hard to lay a finger on exactly, but the closest thing I could think of is that it tastes like really sugary maple syrup on pancakes. Not the hugest fan, but it is still yummy.
Eating the cookie and the cream at the same time is really good as well. The ordinariness of the regular cookie helps out with the sweetness of the cream, making a nice balance. Once the crunchy cookie has left your mouth, though, be prepared for a rapid rush of sugar.
Now comes the milk, the most crucial part of any Oreo experience. This is the most important test. As I took a bite of my soaked cookie, my taste buds were overcome with joy. The maple undertones I had originally tasted were downplayed by the milk. If you are not a total sweet tooth, you can’t handle this cookie. If you are though, try this cookie out. I will say, I feel like I’ve tasted something extremely similar to the milk-soaked Choco Chip Oreo very recently. I can’t seem to identify what it was, but the taste is familiar, and I doubt few people would disagree if they tasted it as well. Iced animal crackers, maybe?
After taking in my fifth and final cookie (three with milk, two without), I can effectively warn everyone: if you eat this cookie, DO NOT devour it in two seconds without a glass of milk. Take it slow and split it open if you eat it dry, but if you shove the dry cookie into your mouth with one bite, you’ll get a headache. After five of them, my brain is starting to feel a little fuzzy. Don’t get me wrong, they’re delicious, but I do not recommend being reckless with these cookies. Eat one or two or even three, now stop. Don’t push it. I’m serious.
Now did they live up to my expectations? In some ways yes, some ways no. When the packaging said Choco Chip, I was thinking more Toll House than Cookie Crisp. Myself being more of a chewy than crunchy person, I guess I was expecting something a little like Chewy Chips Ahoy. Also, I was hoping for a little more chocolate chip and a little less creamy sugar rush. The hard cookie was good, and I was definitely pleased by that. But was I expecting them to be as good as they were with milk? Not at all.
So does this mean I’ve been converted from a mint Oreo girl to the Choco Chip side? Sorry, but nope. I need a snack where I can eat the whole sleeve on a bad day, not one that makes my eyes buzz after number four. Plus, the mint makes the milk-dipping so much better. The Choco Chip made a good effort and carried me through an enjoyable Oreo experience, but I don’t think anything can sway me from my love of the mint Oreo.
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Hannah Miller
Hannah is a sophomore copy editor for the HHS Newsstreak. She also runs cross country and track, and plays soccer. With sports and school taking up most of her time, the rare occurrence of free time is spent reading. She lives with her mom, dad, and little brother, Tyler. Hannah has a major sweet tooth, but can’t tell you a favorite candy. She’s very indecisive, so she actually couldn’t tell you a favorite color, movie, book, sport, kitchen trash can, class, or song. Her website contains all of her online, video, photo, and print works.
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Homecoming week: International day
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John Breeden
John Breeden is a junior and this is his first year as a Newsstreak member. John is on the HHS cross country and track team. In his free time, he enjoys hanging out with friends and family, as well as watching sports. John hopes to become a sports broadcaster or journalist in the future.
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Lene Andrawas
Lene Andrawas is a junior this year at Harrisonburg High School. This is her first year on the Newsstreak staff and she loves it. She plans to continue it through her high school career. She plays three sports at HHS: volleyball, basketball and soccer. She enjoys traveling, playing basketball, reading, shopping and hanging out with friends.
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Andrew Ely
Andrew Ely is a sophomore at Harrisonburg High School. This is his first year on the Newsstreak staff. If he is not working on work from class then you can find him doing extracurricular activities, such as marching band and other band related events. He enjoys being around his friends and playing random music in the band room.
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KiYosia Wallace
KiYosia Wallace is a junior at Harrisonburg High School. This is her second year on the Newsstreak staff. When she is not on hall duty or working hard in her classes; you can find her participating in extracurricular activities throughout her school. Her extracurricular activities include being a student ambassador,a member of B.S.U, a captain for the varsity cheer squad, a varsity basketball cheerleader, a softball player and a leader in the school’s leadership program. Her schedule is usually busy year round because she is a three season athlete, but from practices she goes straight in to take her night shift at her job, Wendy’s. In her free time she likes to sleep, eat, watch Orange is the New Black, text, and enjoy Netflix’s wonderful selections of shows to make time go by faster.
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Angel Hendrix
Angel Hendrix is an Online Managing Editor who enjoys writing, shopping, and spending time with friends. This is her second year on staff as a sophomore. Hendrix has been loving it so much, that it has become a future career possibility for her.
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Nyah Phengsitthy
Nyah Phengsitthy is a sophomore at Harrisonburg High School and serves as the Social Media Coordinator for the Newsstreak. This is her second year on the Newsstreak staff. In her free time, she’s a waitress at Pano’s and enjoys being with family and friends. At school, she is involved with Habitat for Humanity and is a student ambassador. She is a big UNC fan and plans to go there after high school. She loves watching Netflix, eating food, and traveling.
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Taking SAT on homecoming day
With the end of the week drawing closer, underclassmen have the homecoming football game and dance to think about. Some upperclassmen, however, have the SAT to worry about as well. Senior, Ciara Hampton is going to be taking it for the third time, and then has the whole day and night afterwards all booked.
“The first time I took it I was actually in seventh grade, so that score wasn’t very good… I went to this summer enrichment program at UVA, and you had to take the SAT to be able to get in because it was part of the gifted program,” Hampton says. “I think they might’ve changed the scoring for us, so I don’t really remember what [my score] was, but it wasn’t very good.”
This Saturday, Oct. 1, Hampton is going to see if she can go above and beyond the goals she’s already hit.
“My score’s already high enough to get into JMU, but I want to see if I can get higher and maybe get into UVA,” Hampton says. Last year, Hampton took the essay version, but this year she plans to focus on the math portion.
“I’ve been doing a lot of math problems on my own because that’s the part I didn’t do very well on last time. This year I want to score a lot higher in the math. My english class is preparing me for the english section, so I don’t have to do anything for that,” Hampton said.
After spending several hours testing, Hampton is going to be rushed away to the JMU football game with her family, and then go to homecoming with her boyfriend until later that night.
“I think I have to be there around 7 a.m. Last time I took the SAT it ended at around 2 p.m., but I did the essays,” Hampton said. “After the [JMU] game’s over I’ll go home and get ready, and then I think [we’re] going to have pictures around 6:30 p.m.,” Hampton said.
Hampton feels having such a busy Saturday will be stressful, but as long as she can stay awake she’ll manage it.
“It’s gonna be really hard to get everything done because the SAT is going to be all morning and I’m going be really tired, and then I’m still going to the JMU game and then going to homecoming, so I’m going to be up all day,” Hampton said.
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Anzhela Nyemchenko
Anzhela(Angela) Nyemchenko. Was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She is the oldest sibling, she has 2 younger sisters. She loves to hangout with friends. Some of her interests are photography, shopping, traveling, and singing. Something she does in her free time is watch the sunset. She loves nature. She hopes to become either a photographer or nurse.
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Jewelia Rodriguez
Freshman, Jewelia Rodriguez, is a reporter on the Newsstreak staff. She has grown up in Harrisonburg,VA all her life. Aside from journalism, she runs cross country as well as swims and plays soccer. In her free time she enjoys hiking, biking, photography and spending time with family and friends.
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Jacqueline Mateo-Sanchez
Jacqueline Mateo-Sanchez is a first time Junior staff reporter. For three consecutive years she has been a part of the Blue Streak Marching band. Apart from band, Jackie is also a member of the Scholars Latino Initiative. Her hobbies include traveling, dancing, and photography.
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Robinson shines in Streaks victory
After being postponed due to weather, the Homecoming football game took place on Monday Oct. 3. The Streaks took on the Waynesboro Little Giants and came out with a 25-14 victory.
The first half was back and forth starting off with a touchdown run by Colin Morris and a two point conversion by Roberto Gonzalez-Cavazos. Waynesboro responded by marching down field with a rushing touchdown to make the game 8-7 at the end of the first quarter. Both teams’ rushing defenses held both teams to a scoreless drive. The Streaks played clock management offense to try to set up a scoring drive before the half. Quarterback AC White threw to KeeShawn Perry for a touchdown. The Streaks went for another two point conversion and the pass was completed to Steadman Clark to make the game 16-7 going into the third quarter.
The second half started off with the Little Giants’ drive that led to another touchdown to bring the game back into range. The second half running back Marcus Robinson took over the Streaks offense, getting the ball almost every play and scoring a touchdown. After the touchdown, Robinson ran the ball again for the two point conversion but was stopped just short of the goal line. The Streaks defense didn’t allow any more points, and their offense set up a 31 yard field goal for Mateo Peric. As the clock ran down, the Streaks kneeled to end the game and walked away with a win, improving their record to 3-2
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