Our fabulous Football Season

This year, our Freshman football team had a really great season. In fact, we did much better than many other teams and even our coaches thought we would do. We started off the season with two wins(over Munster and T.F. North). Unfortunately, we lost our next game to Portage by 7 points. Even after the tough loss, we never quit and ended up winning our next 5 games. With a 7-1 record, we had put ourselves in a position to win at least a share of the conference title as long as we could beat Valpo in our last game. Yet, it did not turn out in our favor as we lost 14-0. Everyone was disappointed in our poor performance that game because we had a shot to be in the record books as one of the only freshman football teams at Lake Central to win conference. Though we lost, a 7-2 record as well as 3-0 "B" team record was definitely a success overall. Hopefully, we can build on that season for the next few years to come.

The Feature of my Summer

The feature story of my summer was definitely on my vacation to Sunset Beach North Carolina. I had been to North Carolina twice before, but I was too small to remember any of it.
My trip really began in Asheville, North Carolina a couple of days before reaching the coast. We had drove all the way there on the first day. That night we went to dinner but got to bed early for the big day ahead of us.
On the following morning, we woke up bright and early to do some whitewater rafting. We drove way up into the mountains, and the scenery was surreal. We got fitted in our gear and left to the entry point of the river on a big bus. The raft ride was about 3 hours long, but it was one of the funnest times of my life. Luckily, we all made it with out suffering any injuries.
The day following, we finally arrived at our house that we rented on the beach. The ocean was amazing and the air had the distinct salty smell you here about from people who have seen the ocean. The first few days were mostly devoted to relaxing on the beach which nobody had a problem with.
On about the fourth day, my dad took my brothers and I deep sea fishing. None of us are particularly fond of fishing, but we decided it would be a cool experience. While it was different, I am not sure that I would enjoy doing something like that again. The boat was filled with 80-100 people, causing the lines to be constantly tangled. On top of that, we hardly caught anything worth keeping. A couple people caught a small shark, but that was about it.
For the rest of the vacation, we laid out on the beach, did some golfing, and tried a variety of new seafood items. All together, my trip to North Carolina was one of my most memorable vacations ever.

Mrs. Kelly's Monster

Today in journalism class, we finished part two of a feature story called Mrs. Kelly's Monster. The story was kind of a buzz kill because the lady ends up dying in the end, but I liked how the story tied intself back together in the end.