Clypian Issue 6 March 14, 2018

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Table of Contents6 South Students Continue to Travel To Bend Following Unsuccessful OSAA Appeal GPhraoptohibcybJyaAsvmailnoen CShpietwchotod 10 A Date With Fate: Romeo & Juliet Photo by Jasmine Chitwood12 Winding Up to the New Season: Saxon Baseball2017-2018 Clypian Staff: Photo by Jasmine ChitwoodEditor-in-Chiefs: Lizzy Palmquist and Toni Trinh ADVERTISE WITH US:Copy Editors: Mackenzie Rolf and Samantha RiestererNews Editor: Samantha Riesterer (503) 399-5542Feature Editors: Kaia Alexander [email protected] Editor: Mackenzie RolfSports Editors: Chandler Walker and Lucas Hildahl The Clypian reserves the right to deny advertisements.Web Masters: Lisette Diaz , Jason Rodriguez , Noe Ramirez, Student clubs and other persons andand Zuleima LopezFusfoo.com Coordinators: Antonia Conner, Samantha Lolley, organizations affiliated with South Salem High Schooland Kathryn Morris may be eligible for discount rates.Social Media Editors: Lauren Smith, Katy Collatt, and MarissaTerwilliger The Clypian, published for use by SSHS students, faculty and staff, is private property. ABroadcasting Editor: Julian Contreras single copy of The Clypian is free for single copies per household. Additional copies may bePodcast Manager: Hayden Cobos purchased for 50 cents each. Unauthorized removal of multiple copies will be consideredPodcasters: Frog Ortiz and Alena Thomas theft and is prosecutable. Copyright 2018.Radio Manager: Eric WunderlichSouth Salem Saxons: Sean AlvaradoAdvertisement Manager: Kiara MartinelliGraphic Designers: Alyssa Thompson and Avalon SpechtPhoto Editors: Jasmine Chitwood and Ruby GilbertReporters: Amelia Smith, Joejoe Favela, Eddy Binford-Ross,Emily McCoy, Hilary James, Halle James, and Emma LangfordAdviser: Brian Eriksen

March 14 News 3Marquez Raises Over $300,000 for Youth Homeless Shelter Toni Trinh/ Editor-in-ChiefOPhoto by Ruby Glbert The 100 Day Challenge aims to end youth homelessness in Salem, OR. n March 3, a senior from McKay raised over $300,000 to fund a youth homeless shelter in Salem. The Union Gospel Mission [UGM] is a men only shelter located Raul Marquez ‘18 is aiming to raise $400,000 to buy in downtown Salem that serves meals to those in need. Simon-the former Catarino Cavazos Center that used to be a center ka Place is a shelter for both women and children located onwhere at-risk Latino youth could go for resources. Marquez River Road.also spoke at a a 100 Day Challenge event at the Kroc CenterFeb. 15 that aiming to fight against youth homelessness in While there are some places where youth can stay, there isMarion County. not a designated area for them to stay at specifically for youth between the ages 14 to 22. There are areas like the HOME “This project was inspired by the need in our community. Youth and Resource Center that helps youth from the ages ofYouth homelessness is an issue that is very often overlooked. 11 to 17 years old, or 18 if they are working towards a GED or aIn the city of Salem we have failed our youth. As we look at high school diploma, but children are unable to stay overnightthe numbers, not only do we notice how big of an issue it is, at the establishment. The goal for the youth homeless shelterbut we also see the increase youth homelessness is having is to provide a safe space where youth from the ages of 14 toyear after year. When I hear the stories of youth that have had 22 are able to seek resources and stay.to face homelessness it tears me apart to know that we arenot providing our youth any services to help them. Nobody “I would hope that this serves as a testimony to youth. Weour age should have their biggest concern be whether or not can do what we put our minds to and if you are passionatethey will have somewhere to sleep or not,” Marquez said. about an issue, you have the voice and will to create change. My hopes are that youth be empowered to create change and The Oregon Legislature granted Marquez and his team lead our communities in the correct direction.” Marquez said.$200,000 from the $93,000,000 omnibus spending bill thatwas approved on March 6 to help fund the project. Salem The omnibus spending bill has also taken measures to helpdoes have Northwest Human Services that offer about a doz- alleviate the issue by giving $350,000 to the Mid-Willametteen emergency beds for people from ages 18 to 24 to stay for Valley Communication Agency that is dedicated towardsthe night, but if the police drop off a child that is between 11 to homelessness prevention programs and homelessness ser-18 years old they are able to house the child for the night. The vices. Some services include street outreach, day shelters,shelter that Marquez proposed is a 3,482 square foot space emergency shelters, rental assistance, and rapid rehousing.with six bedrooms. The 2018 Legislature also gave $250,000 towards the Sa- lem-Keizer Educational Foundation’s Mike McLaran Student Marquez has already received a $100,000 grant from the Skills Center. The Starkey-McCully building that is located onUnited Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley, where he is a teen Commercial Street NE is being restored to provide collegeboard member through the Salem Leadership Youth Program. preparation, mentoring, academic support, workforce train-From being a part of the board, he was able to propose his ing, and social support.idea and received help initiating the project. He has also re-ceived over $24,900 through community donations since then. To learn more about homelessness in the Salem-Keizer dis- trict visit the homelessness editorial and the extended story on the Clypian website.

4 News March 14 Photo courtesy of Enrique Flores ‘19 Flores Chosen for United States Senate Youth Program Eddy Binford-Ross/ ReporterSEnrique Flores ‘19 and Kelly Han, representing Oregon for the United States Senate Youth Program visiting the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. outh junior Enrique Flores ‘19 was selected to repre- tors, cabinet members and officials from assorted government sent Oregon, along with Kelly Han of Westview High agencies. They also participated in meetings with the presi- School, in the United States Senate Youth Program dent and a US supreme court Justice.[USSYP]. On March 3 Flores traveled to Washington, D.C. to The goal of this program is to give high-achieving students,learn about the US government with 103 other student dele- who would like to pursue careers in public service, an opportu-gates. nity to gain an inside look into the American political process.The USSYP, established in 1962, recognizes high school ju- They also aspire to instill in student delegates a lifelong com-niors and seniors that show leadership in elected or appointed mitment to public service.positions in organizations that relate to government, public af- Flores is the student body secretary and treasurer, as wellfairs, history or community service. This merit-based program as the president of the Debate Club and the Model Unitedchooses two student delegates from each state to participate. Nations. He also worked as an intern for Representative Teresa“I’m so honored and excited to represent Oregon at this Alonso-Leon.year’s Program. I understand the enormous amount of oppor-tunities that this trip will be bring the and the chances I willget to receive to meet government officials,” said Flores. “Ihope to learn about how to one day become a governmentofficial, the amount of steps involved and the measures I needto overcome. Additionally, I am hopeful to receive advice fromcurrent senators to one day become a leader in the senateFlores and the other students recieved $10,000 collegescholarships as well as the trip to Washington, D.C. Duringtheir week in Washington they heard policy addresses by sena-

March 14 News 5 IB Visual Photo courtesy of Cindy Tran ‘18 Arts Show Opens FromMarch 20 to 22Samantha Riesterer/Copy and News EditorSouth’s third annual IB Visual Arts Show will be host- An art piece Cindy Tran ‘18 is planning on presenting at the IB Visual Arts Show ing its opening reception on March 20 from 4 p.m on March 20 to 22. to 6 p.m. For the show, art created by IB Visual Artsstudents will be displayed in the Little Theater and the Art Halluntil March 22. “The IB Art Show is an event where students who are in IBVisual Arts can show art they have created themselves. Thereare various medias that the artists use to emphasize what theoverall theme of their pieces are,” Sandra Garcia Torres ’18said. “I love doing the art show because it gives me the op-portunity to show the world what I am passionate about andwhat is truly valuable to me, and I believe the other artists feelthe same way. I am really happy that South has this event toshow what the students/artists are capable of doing. We havevery talented people in our program and this is a great way toshow off what they can do.” Students who are not taking the IB test for IB Visual Artswere required to present 4 pieces of art. Standard Levelstudents prepared 4-6 pieces, and Higher Level studentsprepared 8-11 pieces. Johanna Fertig ‘18 will be presenting 4pieces of her artwork; 2 digital pieces and 2 clay pieces at theevent. “The art show will be a great event for all the amazing hard-working artists to show their friends and family what they’vebeen working on for so long,” Fertig said. Some students, like Torres, participated in the 2017 IB VisualArts Show, but for others this year will be their first. “I haven’t participated in an art show before,” Cindy Tran‘18 said, “but I’m really excited to show off my artwork along-side my classmates’ artwork!” The IB Visual Arts Show reception will consist of a gallerywalk in which visitors are encouraged to view the students’art, enjoy some cookies and chat. There will be no sellingof art, unless a student chooses to offer. Last year, a silentauction was used for students who chose to sell their art.After bids were placed, purchase of the art piece went to thehighest bidder.

6 Opinion March 14South Students to Travel To Bend Following Unsuccessful OSAA Appeal Halle James/ReporterThe Oregon School Activities Association (OSAA) has home after midnight with no time to prepare for school the solidified the move of 3 Bend schools into the Greater following day. More importantly, what parents will want to Valley Conference. These Bend schools include Bend make this journey to watch their kid play in an athletic compe-High School, Mountain View High School and Summit High tition?School. All three of these schools were previously 5A but willmake the jump to 6A. “I don’t like it but there is nothing we can do to change it. The Greater Valley Conference (GVC) will lose North Salem, The athletic part of it doesn’t bother me, but academically itForest Grove, West Albany and McMinnville as well. This is a will kill our student athletes.” said Adrian Lewis, Varsity girlsvery controversial subject because to most parents this is a basketball coach on the vote. He also said athletes at Southvery dangerous change that could put their children’s perfor- will struggle to get homework done, prepare for tests and bemance in the classroom and on the playing field in for a major mentally ready for school everyday after being exhausted daymess. Parents have argued that these traveling hours (2-3) per in and day out by this vote. Overall, the denial of the OSAAway will take a toll on time in the classroom seeing as kids will vote appeal will result in students struggling with school workhave to leave early from class to make it onto the bus to make as well as overall safety.their trek over the pass. This also predicts that students will begetting home past midnight and will be forced to get up earlythe next day to do it all over again. “The outcome was well within the range of possibilities,and thus is not objectionable on grounds of lack of notice.”said former Supreme Court Justice member Michael GilletteGillette discovered the dangers in sending kids over theSantiam Pass especially during fall and winter seasons in aninterview with the Statesman Journal.The Salem Keizer SchoolDistrict believes that this decision was not done in the rightway and did not follow the rules according to the OSAA consti-tution. This vote was unsuccessfully appealed. The district is calculated to spend around $700,000 peryear on traveling accommodations which piles up to be $2.8million in just four years.This is a problem for student athletesat South and in the GVC. Very few kids will want to travel pos-sibly 6-7 hours on a bus after school to play in a game to get

March 14 Opinion 7 Stuck in Salem: Spring Break Edition Local Spring BreakHighlightsEmma Langford/Reporter taying here in Salem for Spring Break? The Clypian has compiled a list of interesting things to do here insteadSof traveling other places. It can be surprising howmany cool things a person can do right here at home. Photo By: Mackenzie Rolf to wear bright neon or white colors for an extra cool look! Get Air offers a place to show off some new tricks, or just bounce around. Visitors can jump around on a bunch of tram- polines, or into big piles of foam, or practice cool tricks like flips in a place where it does not hurt so bad to mess up or fall. Go out to eat: It is pretty fun to have a night out and treat The Rock Boxx is also a fairly new climbing gym here in Sa-go to a fancy restaurant. These are just a few of the tasty plac-es to go eat food: lem, where participants can climb wherever they want without a harness. Do not worry, there are mats. Bring a few friends La Hacienda Real: On the spendy side, but it offers delicious and see who can climb the fastest, or challenge each other toMexican food. They provide complimentary chips and beans the more difficult courses.while customers wait for their meals. Their tortillas are knownto be some of the best in town. Madelyn Hedstrom ‘21 highly There are a few places to go in Salem to get creative. Artistsrecommends trying out their virgin margaritas and enchiladas. can make memories to keep forever, and show off their skills at the same time. Olive Garden: Commonly known for a dressy-casual typeof atmosphere, Olive Garden is a fun and affordable place to Located in downtown Salem, Create A Memory is a quaintgo out with friends. They offer breadsticks as appetizers, and shop to paint pottery or glass pieces. Aspiring artists canserve mainly Italian styled food. choose from dishes, decorations, and lots of other sculptures. The experience includes tons of paint and paintbrush options, “It’s at a great price for great flavors,” said Camilo Hart ‘21 which come with the cost of the initial item chosen. When Best Little Roadhouse: A good family-friendly place to customers finish painting, they can hand off their creations toeat. They offer a variety of meals from steaks to salads and a the professionals, who will cook the art in a kiln. The dishes aremini-golf course for before or after entertainment, making the completely usable when buyers return later to pick them up.perfect little outing with family or friends. They provide both Perhaps the more introverted artists do not feel like creatingthe food and the activity, making an entire day or night out. around strangers or being under a time limit. In that case, they Go see a movie! It can be pleasant to settle on the couch can go to a crafting store such as Craft Warehouse or Joannsand rent a movie, but it is also lots of fun to go out to a movie and pick up supplies to host a crafting party.theater and watch a new movie on the big screen. It is simpleto go online and find an interesting movie that is playing at After all this traveling around Salem, it is about time forthe theater. A helpful website is Fandango. Some common a tasty treat! There are some delicious places to get dessertmovie theaters one can go to over break include Northern around here.Lights which is an affordable option with tables so viewers caneat while the movie plays. A bonus to Northern Lights is their For people in the mood for some ice cream, Baskin-Robbins“Escape Quest!” Participants get put in a room with a certain has 31 diverse flavors, from vanilla to cotton candy. They offeramount of time to solve clues and ‘escape’ from the room. different toppings and cones as well, and they are all delecta-Cinebarre is a more expensive option that also serves food. ble! For a more elegant dessert, one might consider visitingTheir popcorn bowls are huge, so be sure to bring a friend the Konditorei for pastries and cakes. They offer so manyalong to help! different kinds of incredible dessert, including a whole display Challenge yourself: there are lots of options to go out and of cheesecake.move around with friends, getting both the interaction andthe exercise that’s necessary over break. The Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory is also a great op- Laser Tag at Pietro’s Pizza offers both an arcade and a laser tion located downtown for a treat to take home. They have alltag arena. Get together with some friends and go shoot lasers sorts of little treats, from chocolates to caramel apples.at each other to see who can get the most points! Make sure These are just a few of the things one can do in Salem over spring break on a staycation, Salem is filled with interesting shops, and things to do.

8 Clypian Staff Editorial March 14The Psychological Damage of Gun ViolenceOLizzy Palmquist/Editor-in-Chief, Mackenzie Rolf/Copy and Opinion Editor Photo Courtesy of Wikimedia Commonsn Feb. 14, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland all of our lives. We are KIDS who feared for ourin Parkland, Florida, was attacked by a 19-year-old lives while someone shot up our school. We are KIDS workingshooter carrying a semi-automatic AR-15 rifle. The to prevent this from happening again. WE ARE KIDS,” Jaclyncasualties were devastating, leaving 17 dead and wounding Corin tweeted on Feb. 20.many others. With the toll of this tragedy still sinking in to One particular attack came from Youtube conspiracy theo-those involved, one could question the role that mass shoot- rist Mark Dice, who has since deleted his tweet blaming theings and gun violence play in a student’s psychological health. students for what happened to them based on the fact thatFor students under the age of eighteen who are survivors he believed that they did not call 911 enough, accusing them ofof gun violence, the trauma experienced can be especially rather videoing the horrific situation.damaging to their long-term health. The Adverse Childhood “17 people are dead. 17 of my classmates. This is how youExperiences [ACE] test provides a measurement of the dam- f****** respond? How much of a heartless d*** do youage such trauma could do to the mental and physical well be- have to be to tweet something like this. And btw as we wereing of these young survivors. Conducted by Kaiser Permanente running for our lives we were calling 911 to the point that theyand the Center for Disease Control, the ACE test measures the told us not to anymore.” Sarah Chadwick tweeted on Feb. 14.likelihood of a patient experiencing long-term side effects of The Parkland shooting has created a movement of changechildhood traumatic experiences. The higher a patient’s score within the nation, with the survivors of the shooting usingis, the more likely they are to experience health problems in their respective social media platforms to speak out forthier adulthood, like diabetes, cancer, heart disease, depres- change in the way America regulates guns in an attempt tosion, and other mental and physical consequences. make sure that no one else has to endure the trauma that theyOne particular area of survivors’ mental health that is of do.particular concern is PTSD. The National Center For Post Trau- “Those who face gun violence on a level that we have onlymatic Stress Disorder through the VA says. just glimpsed from our gated communities have never had“Fourteen months after a sniper attack at an elementary their voices heard in their entire lives the way that we have inschool, level of exposure to that event remained the primary these few weeks alone. Since we all share in feeling this painpredictor of ongoing posttraumatic stress reactions in 100 and know all too well how it feels to have to grow up at theschoolchildren who were followed up. Guilt feelings and know- snap of a finger, we were able to cover a lot of ground in com-ing the child who was killed were associated with a greater municating our experiences. People of color in inner-cities andnumber of symptoms. Grief reactions occurred independent of everywhere have been dealing with this for a despicably longdegree of exposure to the event,” said NADER, K., PYNOOS, time, and the media cycles just don’t cover the violence theR., FAIRBANKS, L., & FREDERICK, C. in an abstract for their way they did here. The platform us Parkland Students havepsychological study in 1990. established is to be shared with every person, black or white,Survivors of school related gun violence also suffer from gay or straight, religious or not, who has experienced gunthe psychological weight of victim blaming and gaslighting. violence, and hand in hand, side by side, We Will Make ThisFollowing the Parkland shooting, survivors were belittled by Change Together,” Emma Gonzalez tweeted on March 4.twitter users blamed the victims and survivors for their actions Supported by Parkland survivors, The National School Walk-during and after the shooting. Attacks ranged from criticising out took place on March 14th to call upon congress to passthe teens for “taking snapchat videos” rather than calling 911, laws that will keep the nation safe from gun violence.as well as accusing them of being paid actors to further pro-mote legislature on gun control.“We are KIDS-not actors. We are KIDS that have grown up

March 14 Feature 9 DACA: Photo Courtesy of Sandra Garcia Torres ‘18 An Opportunity Artwork in support of DACA by Sandra Garcia Torres ‘18. for DreamersC Julian Contreras/ Broadcasting Editor Orleans]… My brother graduated from California State Long itizens that come to the United States without docu- Beach, and right away got a job in graphic design.” mentation are known as “illegals” or “aliens.” Some of these immigrants are called “dreamers” because DACA makes it so“dreamers” do not have to dream and canthey were brought to the US when they were young and had go out and get scholarships, as well as a college education thatno say in being “illegal”. Some of them are even unaware of will allow them to contribute to society. This education is nottheir status and might even think they are just like any other just good for “dreamers” but their parents.citizen. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program [DACA] “‘Finish your education here,’ they told me,” Ip said. “‘Oth-offers protection and a new frontier for education for these erwise, what did we do all of this for? What did we sacrifice allwho are “dreamers” to chase their dreams. DACA impacts un- these years for?’”documented students in many positive ways, because it givesthem the opportunity to pursue an education and be protect- DACA can provide education to undocumented students,ed legally. DACA provides for over 800,000 illegal immigrants, and proper protection from deportation. Illegal studentsand all of them rely on the program for relief and protection. would normally will never receive a college education, but Daniel Bush, author of the article, “Trump’s decision to end DACA can provide them with the proper education they need.DACA”, said, “Nearly 800,000 people have been approved un- Not only providing them with college education, it also pro-der the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program, known tects them from deportation by the authorities.as DACA, since the program was created by executive order bythen-President Barack Obama in 2012.” Some undocumented students make use of the program toprotect themselves as they pursue an education in the states.DACA provides a deferral that can last for and provides moreopportunities than just a safe education. “DACA gives participants a two-year deferral - which canbe renewed - from being considered for deportation, and alsogrants work authorized,” Bush said. Along with being protected from deportation, DACA par-ticipants are able to work legally. This protects immigrants sothey can make a honest living while they live independently.Going hand in hand with protecting undocumented immigrantDACA also makes it possible for “dreamers” to get the propereducation they need. “Dreamers” come from all different backgrounds from Cen-tral America to various countries in Asia. In Gordon Ip’s casehis family brought him over from Hong Kong when he fouryears old, and did not have any say; in the U.S he and his broth-er were able to get a proper education while being protectedby DACA. “I’m a DACA student and I’m praying ICE [U.S. Immigrationand Customs Enforcement] won’t pick up any parents,” Ipsaid in an interview with the LA Times.“My parents’ statusstayed the same, but DACA changed my life and my broth-er’s. I received a state scholarship to UNO [University of New

10Feature March 14 A Date with Fate: Romeo & Juliet Samantha Riesterer/ News and Copy EditorSAlena Langford’s ‘18 and Leo Elkington’s ‘22 performance on March 7 Photo by Jasmine Chitwoodouth drama has three remaining performances of and Juliet is Elkington’s first production with South drama.Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet on March 16 at “In seventh grade I took a drama class and that’s the extent7 p.m. and on March 17 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Opening of my experience before South,” Elkington said.“I’ve alwaysperformances were on March 8 and March 9, starring Alena felt really connected with drama, honestly, it’s been a bit ofLangford ‘18 as Juliet and Leo Elkington ‘22 as Romeo. a quiet passion up until now and it was really exciting for me“I feel like there’s a lot of things to connect to with Juliet’s to get this big role. I thought I was at best going to get Friar,character,” Langford said. “Most of the time you think the fe- maybe ensemble.”male is just going to be the counterpart to the male, but Juliet After the final two performances of Romeo and Juliet,is actually a pretty dynamic character, she has a lot of relatable South drama will begin working on their production of the playthings for a lot of teenagers. She struggles with her parents Our Town by Thornton Wilder.being overprotective and controlling, she struggles with thisidea of who her parents expect her to be with, and that idea ofmeeting someone and just freaking out and not knowing howyou feel. And of course, making those rash decisions in themoment.”For South’s production, the traditional Elizabethan erasetting was changed to an unspecified modern time. Costumeswere chosen to fit the modern twist, with the two familiesdressed symbolically in black and white, and knives in replace-ment of swords. A simple set was chosen as well, with fewfurniture and set pieces moved on and off stage throughoutthe show.Though the costumes and set are modern, the language isnot and the cast sometimes warms-up with tongue-twisters toprepare for their lines. Knowing the difficulty audience mem-bers have understanding, Langford intentionally emphasizesher diction and slows down her words at times.“For me personally I just have to sit down and decipher thelines,” Langford said. “That’s what I had to do before I tried tomemorize anything because it’s very hard to take words thatyou don’t know what you’re saying and try to memorize it. It’sa very different feel to be speaking that language.”Casting for Romeo and Juliet took place in Decemberafter South’s production of The Little Mermaid, and the castand crew have been working since then. Langford has beeninvolved in South drama since her freshman year while Romeo

March 14 Making a RacSkpeortts:11 Saxon Tennis T Halle James/Reporter ennis at South has kicked off. Let us take a look at a couple varsity players and see what their visions for this year are. Last year, in the spring of 2017, the boys tennis team placed fourth in the Greater Valley Conference district matches sending Breaden Brooks ‘20 to the state tour- nament. The girls tennis team sent Abby Fedor ‘20 to the state tournament as well. “My team goal this year is to build a family that can have fun and improve each other while working hard,” said Lan Le ‘18. Ethan Nguyen’19 has been on the boys team since freshman year and plays singles and occasionally doubles for varisty. “With so many seniors that graduated last year I’m super excited to see so many freshman and new members to the team,” Nguyen said. Some key players for the Saxons this spring are returning captains Kellie McSween ‘18, Mariana Rey Rosa ‘19, Meg Taka- ra ‘18, and Catherine Hu ‘18. Fedor is also returning this season after qualifying for state last year. “We graduated a lot of strong seniors last year, but we have a lot of younger girls we are excited to bring up, “ Selbie Christensen ‘18 said. Christensen will play number one doubles for the Saxons this year and has played on varsity for four years at South. “I’m hoping to build off of last years’ success and finish in the top two in the district,” said Ryan Marshall, the head coach for girls tennis. The Saxons start preseason play on Tues. March 13 and head into league play on Tues. April 10 when they take on McNary.Ethan Nguyen ‘19 playing tennis for Southhis freshman year. Photo Courtesy of Ethan Nguyen

March 14 Sports1 2Winding Up to the New Season: Saxon BaseballBoys baseball team during the 2017 spring season. Photo by Jasmine ChitwoodT Lucas Hildahl/Co-Sports Editorhe South’s baseball team has officially started their are attempting to make the team feel more like a family and2018 season. South’s baseball team began their sea- less like a team in the 2018 campaign. They also made it clearson on March 3, facing off against Sheldon. Following that the team is working to be successful.their 2017 campaign with a record of 14-11 [14 wins and 11 loss- “The team is more connected and the players spent a lot ofes]. The Saxons were ranked 13 in the state at the end of last time together over the off-season and having our spring breakseason despite the fact it was a young team with only three trip to Boise, ID coming up will bring the guys together evenseniors. The Saxons have some returning players such as Sean more,” said Max Price, the head baseball coach.Alvarado ‘19, Ryan Brown ‘19, and recent University of Oregon With the strong family-like connection the Saxon’s plan tocommit Aaron Zavala ‘18. build off the success of last season and improve upon their“Although I am new to this program, I feel like we are a big skills. With the returning veterans and young talent, the Sax-family and we all connect,“ Nick Raska ‘18 said. ons have the potential to make a very competitive run for theThe baseball program at South Salem has made it clear they Oregon School Activities Association State championship.