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By Ebonie Hill, Brittney Burkhead, and Paige Connell

   Everyone at Quincy High knows about hoopla, and  if not  now’s the time to find out.
   Hoopla is just like Homecoming, but instead  of all the girls dressing up in glamorous gowns it’s the boys’ time to shine. The Hoopla tradition  was started by girls’ basketball coach Mr. Bob Hiss.  He thought that it would be nice to have a winter homecoming for the men.  Instead of the princess and queen there will be a prince and a king.
   Classes get to choose one of their male members as well as vote for a member of the senior class for “King”; all other classes’ candidates are called princes.  Once the initial voting takes place, there are four king candidates, one from every class, as well as three princes. The nominees for king were Jesse Read, his escort was Maria Boland, Scott Barnes, his escort was Jessica Lusk, and Max Egloff, his escort was Rani Quiring. The nominees for  Prince were Tra Ross, his escort was Jessica Bennett, Kyle Hemsley, his escort was Heather Kelley, and Jared West, his escort was Erika Samuel. The nominees for page were Matt Rouse with his escort Courtney Jackson, and Oliver McCallum with his Chelsey Leiss. The winner for King was Jesse Read, Kyle Hemsley won prince, and Matt Rouse won page.
   Matt Rouse said the best thing about his escort is that she is good at sports and a good swimmer. If Kyle Hemsley could be anyone in the school for a day he would be Grant Hedrick because “He’s the man.”  If Jesse went on American Idol he would sing “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera then he would end up punching Simon Cowell.
   For this year’s Hoopla Spirit Week Monday  was pajama day, Tuesday was opposite gender day, Wednesday was crazy hat day, Thursday was color day, and Friday was red and white day. For color day the senior’s color was pink, junior’s was orange, sophomore's was yellow,  freshman’s was green and 8th grade was blue. The basketball was interesting but Portola ended up beating both Varsity and J.V. teams.  It’s alright we will get them next time. 

King & Prince crowned: Jesse Read, left, senior king candidate, and Kyle Hemsley, sophomore prince candidate

Inside This Issue:

Trojan Territory.... page 4 and 5

Hoopla & Spirit Week.... Page 3

8th Grade Journalism.. Page 14 and  15

From left to right: Heather Kelley, Maria Boland, Kylie Redkey, Jessica Lusk, and Rani Quiring of the girls Varsity Basket Ball team.

From left to right: Sarah Vogt, Tarrah Merino, Heather Kelley, Catherine Vogt, and Kylie Redkey at Winter Ball. See more pictures on page 2.