The Eagles Eye

Information from Eric Cannon, head girls soccer coach:

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Akins Girls Soccer travelled to Giddings this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday to the first annual Iron Horse Invitational Varsity Soccer Tournament.  The tournament was a round robin, five team tournament, with the winner decided by overall record.  Our squad won 3 out of four games decisively and tied the last game, matching records with the formidable Giddings squad.  Based on the tiebreaker rules we edged out Giddings based on goal differential and took home the trophy!  We scored 19 goals throughout the tournament and only allowed 2.

Our girls showed amazing resilience throughout the tournament and improved their skills and team chemistry throughout.  I will detail each games box score below but want to recognize each of our girls and invite you to congratulate them next week.  In addition to the trophy, several of our girls were awarded individual honors with first and second team all tournament recognitions.

Goalkeeper- Yosmeli Martinez  1st Team All Tournament(3 clean sheet games (no goals allowed))

Sweeper-Paola Medel 2nd Team All Tournament

Left Back- Jennifer Lopez 1st Team All Tournament

Right Back- Gabriela Garcia 2nd Team All Tournament (1 goal scored)

Stopper- Jocelyn Cruz

Left WIng- Yalitza Ibarra 1st Team All Tournament (1 goal scored, 6 assists)

Left Center Mid- Marily Marin (1 goal scored)

Right Center Mid- Flor Lopez 2nd Team All Tournament (1 goal scored)

Right Wing- Deyfilia Mora

Left Striker- Andrea Caceres 1st Team All Tournament (7 goals scored)

Right Striker- Mya Sharp 1st Team All Tournament (7 goals scored)

Bench-Valeria Marquez (1 goal scored), Maria Hernandez, Rosa Luna, Sofia Ramirez, Patty Guido, Ezzy Racelis, Itzel Moreno, Kennia Maldonado, Alyssa Alvarado)

Also I want to recognize our two captains who fell to injury last week but travelled with the team and have continued to lead; Bailey McGrath and Sammy Ramos.

Box scores are as follows;

Thursday 8 pm versus Smithville (5-0) Mya Sharp (2), Andrea Caceres (2), Marily Marin (1) Yosmeli Martinez (clean sheet)

Friday 8 pm versus Gateway Prep (4-0) Andrea Caceres (2), Mya Sharp (1), Gabriela Garcia (1) Yosmeli Martinez (clean sheet)

Saturday 9 am versus Beeville Jones (8-0) Mya Sharp (3, hat trick) Andrea Caceres (2), Valeria Marquez (1), Yalitza Ibarra (1), Flor Lopez (1) Yosmeli Martinez (clean sheet)

Saturday 1 pm versus Giddings (2-2) Mya Sharp (1), Andrea Caceres (1)

This is a huge win for our girls and the entire coaching staff is extremely proud of each one of them.

                                                                          Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Cristina Gonzalez, Staff Reporter   

“Thanks you. Thank you so much. Tonight, more than 200 years after a former colony won the right to 

determine its own destiny, the task of perfecting our union moves forward,” newly elected President Barack Obama said within hours of being reelected for a second term.

The first African-American President continues his presidency. President Barack Obama goes into his second term making new promises.

His strongest promises are the economy, healthcare, education, and military.

Obama says he wants to support higher education more.

“I want by the end of this decade, more of our citizens hold college degrees than any nation on Earth,” Obama said. “In the 21st century, higher education cannot be a luxury; it is an economic imperative that every American should be able to afford. And we’re going to make that happen”

President Obama plans to hire new teachers, especially in math and science. He wants to help two million people get a chance to go to college. His goal is to make sure that every young person can afford college, that’s why he plans to bring tuition down.

Obama continues strong with “Obamacare.”

He will continue to cut the deficit of healthcare instead of charging seniors more. His plan is to reduce healthcare costs overall.

According to Obama hospitals should make sure that they’re using health IT – information technologies – to do a better job instead of having all kinds of administrative costs and paperwork. Therefore people don’t have to pay incredible amounts of money for multiple tests.

“I will never, I will never turn Medicare into a voucher,” Obama said. “No American should have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies.”

He also continues to fight for women’s reproductive rights.

“I want women to control their own health choices, just like I want my daughters to have the same opportunities as your sons,” Obama said.

Ending the war in Afghanistan by 2014 is another big goal Obama is promising.

Obama plans to use a big part of his economic plan along with his military plan He wants to cut back on half of the money spent on military warfare and use it to rebuild our country.

“Let’s use it to put people back to work, rebuild our roads, our runways, our ports, laying broadband lines into rural communities, updating our networks,” Obama said. “Let’s create a veterans jobs corps, so we can put our returning heroes back to work as cops or firefighters in communities we need them the most.”

And last but not least Obama promises big things for jobs and the economy.

He believes highly in insourcing. He wants to take away tax breaks for companies shipping overseas and give them to companies that are here investing in American workers. He also wants to give more Americans the chance to learn skills they need to compete.

“We’ve got to invest in our workforce,” Obama said.

               Alumni Freddy Zamora Jr. lost his battle this summer with Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a type of skin cancer.

Zamora’s passed away on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012, the summer after his final year of high school, after suffering the final stage of cancer.

The former high school wrestler won the title of prom king before graduating in the 2011-2012 school year.

Nohemi Ruiz was his best friend and was his date to the senior prom. “I miss his smile and laugh, and how he could always give me advice and protect me,” Ruiz said.

Zamora’s goal was to graduate from high school while battling the cancer.

“He was still asking for homework. He asked us to put together work for him to do in the spring because his goal was to graduate high school,” Zamora’s English teacher Janet Larkin said. “He made that goal, what an amazing testament.”

At the class of 2012 graduation, the students gave Zamora a standing ovation when he walked the stage.

“It was to acknowledge the courage of that young man,” Larkin said. “It’s very courageous what he did and how he conducted himself. I think it’s a wonderful testament to the hearts of the class of 2012.”

His funeral brought in many people and the respect and honor they had for Zamora was clear.

“It was a beautiful service, very uplifting, it was a great way of remembering him, the place was packed,” Ruiz said.

Zamora’s 11th grade teacher, Rebecca Redland, also attended his services.

“The tone of Freddy’s service was uplifting. The message was to be strong and live the life Freddy did,” Redland said. “I know that many of his classmates were inspired; some even made changes to their lives that very day.”

Before Zamora passed away, he got to accomplish many things in less than a year.

“Prom king, graduated, rides in Vipers, fabulous cars, he got to go to Disneyland, talk about cramming a life time of things in just a few months,” Larkin said.

Akins Journey Theatre presents "PROOF"

by David Auburn

with Alex Pineda as Catherine

Justin Rosales as Hal

Maritza Ramirez as Claire

and Sean Moran as Robert

Two Shows Only

Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at 5 pm

Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 7 pm

Wednesday is 2for 1 tickets for students -- 2 tickets for $5.00

All adult tickets are $7.00

Michael Reeves - Advisor

Matthew Lopez - Online Editor

Dez Moore - Editor-in-Cheif

Marissa Sosa - Opinions Editor

Alex Herrera - Photo Editor 

Jacqueline Rodriguez - Student Life Editor

Savannah Garza - Entertainment Editor 

Haleigh Wagner - Managing Editor 

Benjamin Livingston - Sports Editor 

Max Kosusnik - Staff Reporter 

Stephanie Zuniga - Staff Reporter 

Mark Vallejo - Staff Reporter 

Caitlin Starks - Staff Reporter 

Maria Moreno-Gonzales - Staff Reporter 

Sean Moran - Staff Reporter 

Hannah Kerns - Staff Reporter 

Elizabeth Hernandez - Staff Reporter 

John Hauser - Staff Reporter 

Christina Gonzalez - Staff Reporter 

Tyler Derickson - Staff Reporter 

Francisico De La Rosa - Staff Reporter 

Harley Cruz - Staff Reporter 

Elianne Candelario - Staff Reporter