2/15/10 Teen News: Local and National

Teen skaters ready for 2014 Olympics – 15-year-old Miles Addison of Enloe High School, who has been skating since he was 3, wakes up everyday at 4:45 a.m. to train with his partner Kay Bergdolt of Cary Academy for 90 minutes before school and two hours after school.  The pair won bronze in this year’s Junior National Championships. “You always have bad days and it’s always hard to get back up and fight through those. But whenever you have a good day and you land a new jump, it’s so exciting and you just want to do it again and again,” said Kay. (VIDEO by MYNC.com)

Cary finishes 2nd in wrestling championships - 30-0 Cary Imps, who had won the three previous 4-A state championship fell 38-14 in the state finals to Parkland High, who had won the three previous 3-A state championships before moving up a division this year.  “Any time you beat a team with 20 state championships, you’ve done something pretty great,” Parkland coach Ronnie Sigmon, still dripping from the Gatorade shower his team had just given him, said. “And this victory demonstrates that 3A wrestling in this state is just as good as 4A.”  (SWWake News)

Parents sue over suspended children - Two Beaufort County families are suing the school system after the school suspended their children for fighting but did not offer educational options during the long-term suspension. “It affected the family drastically,” Harvey-Barrow said. “It also threw her behind. She was working toward going to a university. By her missing the whole semester, her GPA fell. She had to struggle with that.” (N&O)

Who is the creator of ChatRoulette? - A 17-year-old high school student from Russia. I created this project for fun. Initially, I had no business goals with it. I created this project recently. I was and still am a teenager myself, that is why I had a certain feeling of what other teenagers would want to see on the Internet. I myself enjoyed talking to friends with Skype using a microphone and webcam. But we got tired of talking to each other eventually. So I decided to create a little site for me and my friends where we could connect randomly with other people. (NYT)

Football: Cary High School v. Panther Creek High School (photos)

(click images to enlarge – photos by wjzo for highschoolot.com)

Tuesday’s teen news – local(∆) and national

Deaf teen wins motocross gold at X Games – Profile of teen sensation Ashley Fiolek, who’s goal is to qualify for men’s races. Her parents home school her because they believe”The deaf schools hold students back. Too many kids grew up thinking something was wrong with them.” (ESPN) photo by Steve Bonav

(∆) Lawsuit claims teen died from hazing – Fraternity pledges were to cross a dark field to find a rock with their name on it, but a lawsuit states that Harrison Kowiak, 19, of Lenoir-Rhyne University died from head injuries after being tackled repeatedly. (N&O)

Top 15 high school nicknames – Jackrabbits, Atom Smashers, Nimrods, Imps (SI)

(∆) Ex-Southeast star wins track championship – Southeast Raleigh High graduate Wayne Davis II won the Pan American Junior Championships in the 110 meter hurdles by running a junior world record time of 13.08 seconds. (N&O)

(∆) 7 more Guildford students ruled ineligible – NCHSAA has suspended 12 students for lying about living in the school district. (News 14)

Boston unveils new safe-sex campaign – With chlamydia rates in the city double the national average, Boston’s new safe-sex campaign will utilize ads featuring teens on MTV, BET, FX as well as chat groups on Facebook, MySpace, etc. (Boston.com)

Teen with cancer playing ball - Column profiles 13-year-old Hudson Davis who continues to play baseball while receiving harsh chemotherapy and radiation treatments for a brain tumor. (Mercury News)

New schools serve profoundly gifted – There are more than a dozen specialty high schools for gifted students and many colleges allow gifted students to take classes. The key to teaching gifted students, experts say, is allowing them to proceed at their own, accelerated pace. (AP)

10 best back-to-school Iphone aps – According to Mac World.

Cary teen overcomes death, injury to win state championship

Terrific story about Chris Barfield of Cary High School who recently won the state championship in discus on his final throw of the competition. He has been living with the family of teammates since his mother passed away in September. Barfield also underwent his second ACL knee surgery this past December. He will be attending Pierpont Community and Technical College in Charleston, West Virginia. (News & Observer) photo by Takaai Iwabu