They’re playing Basket-ball

Swish, swish, swish went the ball! Not every team can win, and not every team can be the best, but this team tries really hard to get their very first win this season. Tons of people love to tune in to watch their favorite team on the T.V., but with the Boys Garner Yearlings it’s all real action. “Sometimes when I’m nervous it gets in the way of my playing and I don’t want anyone to see,” said Ian Gonzales (7). He feels like his team tries way too hard to win, but says, “It’s okay because we always learn from our mistakes.”

After their games they practice and practice and practice to be stronger and they don’t ever give up. “Im really confident that my next game I’ll win even, though I lost my previous game, but you just don’t give up,” said Isaiah Perkins (7). Giving up is probably the last thing you would ever want to think about, when you’re feeling like you’re just not going to win because you just have to believe that you can do anything. “Never forget who you represent, and always try hard!” said B-team coach, Mr. Richardson of the boys basketball team,who is an amazing coach as well a fantastic teacher. He feels disappointment when his team has lost, “Because they work so hard to win, and I want them to feel good that they have won a game,” said Richardson. Lots of our students from our school come out to support their very own Yearlings every Thursday and give all their hope so they can get their big win. Coaches Rodriguez (A), Richardson (B), and Nunez (GO) appreciate all the dedication and support from the other students, parents, and mostly the faculty who helps the boys keep their grades up and their minds open.

Their cool and fly guys off and on the court with some fresh moves, who are great role models for sixth graders and who look up to the 8th grade team. All these guys need is to believe that they can do what ever they want with the help

Ian Gonzalez(7) wearing his school basket-ball shirt representing his team!

of their coaches and other teammates, who can probably give good advice to one another on anything needed. So go out every Thursday if possible and support all boys Garner Yearlings, because every student hopes for the team to win in each and every way.

By: Lauren G.

The Red Carpet of 2011

2011 has been a great year! Many great movies and actors have won many awards and achievments.

Brad Pitt  has been voted the Top Money Making Star of the year in 2011. The top movie of 2011 was “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”  Shia Labeouf has been reconized as one of the 2011 best actors. Also, “Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides” and “Rango” has made Johnny Depp very well reconized by his audience in the year 2011.

Well, 2011 has been a very excellent year for Arts and Entertainment. I hope you’re all ready for 2012.

By: Juan

Clash of the Titles

By: Conner Nowacek

Since when do books fight? Well, now they do! Introducing the Clash of the Titles, a new reading competition.

The Clash of the Titles is a yearly competition in which students make up a team of 3 or 4 participants and the students read the 12 books from the Lone Star Book list. Mrs.Flores said that she has read all of the books herself. Each NEISD Middle School will have a team competing for the Clash of the Titles championship in May (date to-be-announced). If there is more than one team for a school there will be a campus-wide championship to see who will compete for the district title. If students want to participate in the competition they must speak with Mrs. Flores to get a permision form.

Here is a list of the books in the competition:

Heist Society by Ally Carter
Little Blog on the Prarie by Cathleen Davitt Bell
Payback Time by Carl Deuker
Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet by Erin Dionne
How to Survive Middle School by Donna Gephart
Vampire Rising by Jason Henderson
Stuck on Earth by David Klass
Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman
After Ever After by Jordan Sonnenblick
Count Down by Deborah Wiles
Bruiser by Neal Shusterman

For more information please contact Mrs. Flores.

Mrs. Flores studying up for the Clash of the Titles.