![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![All smiles. The group poses for a photo with last year’s book, “This is Our House,” along with their award for third Best in Show. Meikle, who was an Editor-in-Chief for the yearbook last year as well, holds both and stands at the center of the group. “That was an amazing feeling, going and grabbing the third place award,” Meikle said. “All of it paid off. I cried so much over that book, being able to receive [the award] was one of the highlights of my high school career, it was like the coolest thing ever.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/8bookpose_philly-1200x800.jpg)
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Welcoming students inside the school: avibrant sign advertising the canned food drive.
You may have noticed boxes in your classrooms with signs advertising this year’s canned food drive, seen brightly colored posters around school, or heard it talked about in your fourth period class.
Fourth period classes are competing against one another to collect the most canned foods, however, the real goal is to collect a school-wide total of 100 food items.
The food drive is being run by ASB members Cormac Duffy, junior, Hunter Shepersky, sophomore, and Aubree Schrandt, senior.
“My role is to keep it [the food drive] flowing well [and] make sure all the cans are collected and counted,” said Duffy.
Students until Nov. 16 to donate canned food to the box in their fourth period class. But what becomes of their donations after that date?
“Our donations go to the Elk in Oregon City,” says Duffy.
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