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Spirit week

Maryland day

By Justin Robertson

During a week full of eventful activities and sports games, Glenelg High School kicked off spirit week with Maryland Day. On Monday, October 21st, hundreds of students expressed their pride for the best state flag in the country, wearing flashy socks, and even Maryland flags as capes,. Although some students took it upon themselves to wear USA themed outfits, the premise behind not having USA Day as one of the spirit days was well-thought out. “A lot of people said they felt that USA Day was overused and they wanted a change. Almost everyone loves the Maryland flag so we thought [it was] a good idea,” says Executive S.G.A. Vice President Kabir Satija. Regardless of the mixture of red, gold, black, blue, and white, it was a terrific start to one of the most momentous weeks of the school year.

theme day

By Alexis Kominos

As the week almost comes to a close, Glenelg students celebrate “Theme Day” on October 24th. Every grade was assigned a different theme; Freshman were country theme, Sophomores were city theme, Juniors were mountain theme, and Seniors were beach theme. Students all over Glenelg wore many different things ranging from Hawaiian shirts, to ski goggles, to pool floats and traffic cones. Jayden Carstea, a sophomore at Glenelg says, “I really like spirit week as it is a week where students can express their creativity and show school spirit. I enjoy seeing everyone dressed up”. For some it was hard to come up with something to wear for their theme; however, those who did all looked great and it was entertaining to see what everyone came up with.

way back wednesday

By Rayyan Ahmad

Glenelg High School kicked off Day 3 of Spirit Week on October 23, 2019 with Wayback Wednesday. For this spirit day, Gladiators dress up in old time clothes along with past clothing trends. Students wore a plethora of different clothes varying from jean and leather jackets to Greek togas. “Wednesday was by far the best spirit day, I got to dress up in a toga with my friends, but it would have been better if there was more participation and more students would dress up in the Gladiator community ,” says GHS Senior and SGA member, Angela Vasyman. Even though many who had dressed up for Wayback Wednesday enjoyed it, some Glenelg students did not dress for this Spirit Day.

hollywood day

By Liam Day

If you could be any celebrity for a day, who would you be? On Tuesday, October 22nd, Glenelg students were given the chance to be anyone or anything on the second day of Glenelg Spirit Week, which was officially named “Hollywood Day.” From Post Malone to Marilyn Monroe, Glenelg brought the productions of Hollywood straight to the classrooms. Senior Kathryn Hoffman said, “I do every single spirit day, I have to. People say I look exactly like Hailey Beiber so I dressed as her.” Another couple took it a step further and decided to imitate Barbie and Ken. Based on the day’s high participation, Hollywood Day was a huge success at Glenelg and will likely be a theme for years to come.

Color day

By David Toronto

Color Day at Glenelg High School is a very big deal. The last spirit day for seniors is a fun filled day that starts with the infamous senior tailgate and leads into the annual pep rally. Students all dress in their class colors, freshman wear grey, sophomores wear white, juniors wear black, and finally, seniors wear red. Students go all out for color day, wearing leggings, eye paint, tutus, boas, and anything that is the correct color. The pep rally is full of exciting activities and games that students from all classes can compete in. This year, there was a field goal kicking contest, a condiment race, and a volleyball game. Although they are all friendly competitions, the seniors usually pull away with the win. All in all, color day is a bittersweet event. It’s the seniors’ last spirit day, but the pleasant and exciting memories will last forever.

clubs

delta scholars induction

By Sarah Kang

On Thursday, October 24th, the 21 selected members (pictured above) of the Delta Scholars, a service-based society for females, at Glenelg High School arrived at Long Reach High School to become officially inducted. Joined with a few other high schools— Long Reach, Howard, Oakland Mills, Hammond, and Marriotts Ridge— Glenelg’s new, rising scholars confidently walked across the stage to receive their official recognition certificates from the schools' advisors, specifically Maurislyn Green, Glenelg’s advisor. After all the new members were given their certificates, a few words of encouragement and closing remarks were presented by the school administrators to encourage the newest scholars to continue expressing culture, class, and confidence.

sports

Boys soccer senior night

By Justin Robertson

On Monday, October 15th, the Glenelg Boys Varsity soccer team and a packed student section celebrated the annual Senior Night. Seniors Kyle Anderson, Nate Baker, Nate Curtis, Hayden Martinec, Evan Mavronis, Cole Miller, Jace Perfater, Ignacio De Sande, and Matt Sturtevant (pictured above) played their last home soccer game with a final 1-1 double-overtime tie against Wilde Lake. Journalism’s very own JT Shatzer scored the lone Glenelg goal on the night with a volley. With only one win on the season the team desperately needed a victory, and although no win was achieved, a tie is great motivation for the upcoming playoffs.

Signing Day

By Justin Robertson

On November 13, 2019, Glenelg High School had five Senior athletes officially commit to a university for their respective sport. During GLAD time, Lizzy Hesen, Molly Dustin, Kathryn Hoffman, Ashley Obyrne, Maddie Myers, and Alexis Shumate (pictured above) had the opportunity to take pictures with their school gear on. The cold, gloomy Wednesday morning became a day to remember for these students, as signing day at Glenelg is always a momentous occasion. “I’ll always remember my family and friends coming down to take pictures with me [during signing day],” says Hesen.

Next year, Hesen will play lacrosse for Salisbury University, Dustin will play softball for Mount St. Mary’s University, Hoffman will play field hockey for University of Delaware, Obyrne will play lacrosse at Saint Joseph’s University, Myers will play beach and indoor volleyball at Palm Beach Atlantic University, and Shumate will run cross country at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Based on this year’s commiting athletes, it appears that Glenelg will continue to make a name for itself beyond high school athletics.

River Hill’s Greatest Enemy

By Zach Kersh

River Hill is known for its exceptional athletic program, boys and girls. Football, soccer, basketball; the goal is always states for every sport. However, River Hill’s historic playoff runs and seasons have recently been flawed by one school: Wilde Lake. Last Friday, November 8th, Wilde Lake (2-7, 134th ranked in MD, 8th in 3A East) took down River Hill (8-1, 73rd ranked in MD, 1st in 3A East) by a score of 14-10. After a dominating season, River Hill was embarrassed by what seemed like the worst opponent in Maryland’s entire 3A division. Even more embarrassing, River Hill had destroyed Wilde Lake by a score of 41-7 a month earlier.

Less than 2 weeks ago, Wilde Lake stunned River Hill, not once, but twice in the same day. After winning 10 games in a row, River Hill boys soccer (12-2, 9th ranked in MD) lost to Wilde Lake (9-2-1, 11th ranked in MD) during the regular season. During the playoffs, they once again lost 2-1 to Wilde Lake. Last year, Wilde Lake tied River Hill, 1-1, one of the few games the Hawks did not win last year.

In addition, Wilde Lake girls soccer (10-7-1, 13th ranked in MD) defeated River Hill (9-4-2, 21st ranked in MD) 1-0 in the playoffs, right before the boys.

Wilde Lake has consistently outperformed River Hill, with astonishing wins in both football and soccer. With River Hill out of the football playoffs, Glenelg’s road to states is now much easier. Nonetheless, Glenelg football (6-3) faces Carroll County powerhouse Liberty (6-3) in the 2A regional second round of Maryland.

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