Girls Basketball: Enloe v. Athens Drive

To view more photos of the regional finals of the NCHSAA 4-A girls basketball state championship between Enloe High School and Athens Drive High School, please visit highschoolot.com. (photos by wjzo.com)

2/24/10 Teen News: (∆)Local and National

(∆)NCSSM senior gets circus audition – Andrew Hicks said he is willing to put his free ride to UNC on hold if he is offered an opportunity to join Ringling Brothers after a Thursday try-out.  “Yes sir, I’d certainly love to run away with the circus,” he said.”Ringling Brothers clowns are the best in the world. And so to be able to perform alongside the greatest is just a dream come true for any clown.” (MyNC)

(∆)Blind wrestler honored at Apex High – Mauled by a tiger at age three, Tyler Forsythe is determined to live a normal teenage life, including 80 career wins in four years of high school wrestling.  “Other blind people I know lean on people,” Tyler says. “I want to be independent.”(N&O)

(∆)Interview with teen game innovator - Athens Drive freshman Tommy Evanoff is responsible for the idea to add a three point shooting matt to Sportcraft’s home basketball game. Q: How did you pitch your idea to the company? I e-mailed them in September (2008). The product manager responded pretty quickly. He said it sounded good, and wanted me to sign a nondisclosure agreement. I signed it and returned it to him. He wanted me to describe the game to him. (Cary News)

(∆) Student refused to do devil assignment – Tieanna Trough, an A-B honor roll student at Gray’s Creek High School, refused to write a creative story about making a deal with the devil in relation to Washington Irving’s short story “The Devil and Tom Walker. ” “We can’t allow God into the classrooms, but yet they are going to allow the Devil in the classroom, that’s the way I felt,” Trough’s mother Monice McLean said. “They were told if they didn’t do it they would get a zero.” (WTVD)

H.S. football: Athens Drive v. Southern Durham (photos)

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H.S. football: Fuquay-Varina H.S. v. Athens Drive H.S. (photos)

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Wed. teen news – local(∆) and national

(∆)Siblings balance school, gymnastics – Profile of champion gymnasts Marina Galante of Athens High School and her younger brother.  Both are honor roll students despite 20 hours of practice each week. “It’s really time-consuming and I don’t do things usual teens do,” Marina said. “I have to stay in on Friday night because I have Saturday morning [practice].” Marina missed her junior prom to attend nationals. (SWWake News) Photo by Thomas Babb

(∆)Students: N.C. bullying law necessary – Students say bullying in schools is common and that teachers do little to stop it.  Principals argue bullying is small problem and that legislation is not necessary. Apex High School senior Victoria Nista said a tougher law is needed because she has seen a student who uses a cane tripped and screamed at, and she has seen school athletes taunt a bisexual classmate day after day. ‘They would make fun of her every day, right out loud and in front of the teacher, too,” said Nista, 18. “Nobody would ever say anything.”

(∆)Durham students’ art brightens kids’ hospital – School of the Arts teacher Larry Downing has students create art pieces for Duke’s Children Hospital. “Through the whole process, I tried to reinforce to my kids that these were going to be seen by kids who were going through a scary situation, or a time that would be frustrating to them,” Downing said. “So we wanted to make something that would be fun or something that parents could point out to them to investigate. They tried to make the faces look funny, cooky and even scary.” (Durham Herald Sun)

Student suspended for videotaping class – California freshman recorded out-of-control classroom and was suspended for videotaping without permission.  Video at the link. (Contra Costa Times)

Students sign up for summer school – Kansas City teens want to take popular forensics class, parents looking to save money by sending children to school rather than camp. (KansasCity.com) photo by Jill Toyoshiba

Students denied diplomas after protest – 15 8th graders in Los Angeles protested teacher cuts by turning their backs on the school board President during graduation ceremonies. (KTLA)

Alabama teen claims police brutality during graduation – Dane Palmgren says he suffered permanent injuries when police restrained him for cheering too loudly at a high school graduation ceremony. (WHNT)

Child porn charges dropped – 14-year-old New Jersey girl who posted 30 explicit nude photos of herself on MySpace will have case dismissed by attending counseling for six months.  (NPR)

Summer books for teens – As recommended by The Buffalo News.

Teen admits lying about face tattoos – The teen who initially claimed she asked for three star tattoos on her face but fell asleep and received 56, now admits that she was lying to stay out of trouble with her father. (USA Today)