Athlete of the Week: ECH Football's O-Line

Athlete of the Week: ECH Football's O-Line

Names:

Aaron Bonertz aka Bones

6'2", 195 lbs, Senior

William Heine aka Heine

6'5", 280 lbs, Senior

Miles Shearer aka Boobie

6'1", 180 lbs, Senior

Will McEntee aka Tripod

6'1", 205 lbs, Junior

Burkett Wake Huey aka Trunko

6'2", 180 lbs, Senior

Ben Berenfield aka Big Ben

6'3", 230 lbs, Junior

Do you have any pre-game rituals or superstitions?

Aaron Bonertz: Listen to a joke from our O-Line coach and do our signature "5-Strong" breakdown.

Will Heine: I give a pre-game speech and we break it down on "5-Strong" before every game on the sideline.

Burkett Wake Huey: I really like watching clouds before a game, it clears the head really well. And I need to hear a joke before the game.

Who is your favorite athlete?

AB: Ricky Williams.

WH: Jerome Bettis.
BWH: Thomas Moore. Easily. Best kicker in the business.

What classes are you taking this year?

AB: Band, AP Literature, AP Statistics, AP World History, Civil War/American West, and AP Spanish.

WH: Normal classes, with a heavy emphasis on the lunch period.

BWH: Honors Physics, AP Literature, Theater, AP US History, AP Statistics, and AP Art History

What do you want to do after high school?

AB: Go to a good college and make bank.

WH: Several of us want to play in college, but we all want to go to college.

BWH: I'm not sure if I will have the chance, but I would love to travel around Europe on bike for a while.

If you could travel one place, where would you go?

AB: Amsterdam.

WH: The beach, we all have really sexy, tan, beach bodies, so we like to show them off a little.

BWH: I would go to Austria. Hiking in the Alps and hanging in Vienna is fine by me.

What is one thing you can't live without?

AB: Music and JapEx.

WH: Coach Renner, without his awesome motivational speeches our lives would have no direction... they would be terrible. And Drew Davis, as we spend most of our time trying to protect him from big, athletic men who are trying to hurt him, and us, in any way possible. Our lives would have no meaning if he were to leave.
BWH: I would not want to live a day in a world without Taco Bell. Everything they make is so good.

What is something not many people know about you?

AB: I've lived in 3 different countries and I'm still not a US citizen.

WH: Because we are the last people to leave the locker room to warmup before games, we have a lot of free time before the games start. To kill this time, we all lie down on the grass and look at the clouds and tell each other what they look like. It gets pretty complex and intense.
BWH: Most people don't know that I've lived most of my life in Connecticut.

East Field Hockey Avenges Loss to Carrboro in Double Overtime Victory

East Field Hockey came back from a two-goal deficit at halftime to defeat cross-town rival Carrboro less than a week after losing their first game of the season to the Jaguars. After struggling in the first half, the Wildcats came out strong both defensively and offensively in the second half. After being shut out for three halves against Carrboro, East finally found their offensive touch with goals by senior Margo Richardson and freshman Marissa Creatore to tie the game at two heading into overtime. Both defenses lead the way in the first overtime. Both teams were relentless and made key stops on multiple corner hits with East led by senior defender Emily Shermanski. East finally ended it in the second overtime with a goal by Becca Halter. Shermanski had this to say about the team's performance: "I was worried at first, but then we really picked it up in the second half. I'm so proud of our team! We played really well together." With the victory, East improves to 8-1 on the season and will play at home this Thursday against Jordan.