Guard the Yard!
October 20, 2021
By Kezziah Hernandez
Co-Editor in Chief
It’s the best time of the year, football season! Rams football is back! Thus far in the season Millikan rams have won three out of the several games played.
Our most recent game was on Friday, October 8th against Compton; we beat them in a 42-6 game.
Emma Manriquez, a MBA Senior and the football team manager says,
“Hopefully we make it to the playoffs and CIFs because we haven’t made it in a long time. It’s been since my freshman year that we haven’t gotten into CIF,” she continued enthusiastically.
“Our football team’s strength this year is definitely defense, compared to the other teams we’ve played. We leave ourselves room to grow by watching recap games, it’s improved a lot better than what it was,” she believes.
Manriquez wants to tell her team, “You guys work so hard, I am so incredibly proud of everybody. You guys are a great bunch and I’m excited to spend the rest of the season with you. Keep working hard!”
Millikan has more challengers coming our way, We’ll be playing Cabrillo for our homecoming game on October 22nd, and finishing off against Wilson on October 29th. With the way Millikan has been playing, let’s keep your fingers crossed Millikan Rams make it to the playoffs this year!
Daniel Steimke • Jan 4, 2022 at 12:29 pm
I noticed that you put how we beat Compton 42-6 and I think that was really good for this article. I learned from this that Emma Manriquez is very proud of her team and that she is enthusiastic about winning CIF and how she said their defense is the team’s strength. I think this article is very good and has a lot of good details about how football is the most exciting and the best time of the year and quotes from the football team manager. I do have something to say though, I agree with Sean Chavez about getting an interview with one of the team’s players because I would love to read what they have to say about the season. Also, my last opinion is if you could see what they have to do for practice and how tiring it is would be great to to see what they do to get ready for the season.
Daniel Steimke • Jan 4, 2022 at 12:13 pm
In Issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article shows how the Millikan football team is doing so far in the season and their latest victories against Compton in which the Rams won 42-6. I have a question about the beginning of the article, in the 2nd sentence it states “Thus far in the season Millikan rams have won three out of several games played.” I did not watch all of the games and I would like to know if there were any other games and against which teams they were played so I can get a better understanding on how well our football team did and how good their stats are. I would also like to know is how players on the team practice. It would also be really cool if you were able to interview a few of the players to see what they do in football, like what they have to do for training and how hard the training is, and the steps they took to be able to play it so well. And well that is all I have but if you were to add those I am sure a lot of people would be satisfied, and thanks for reading my feedback. 🙂
Amani Jones • Nov 2, 2021 at 2:14 pm
In issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article mentions that the Millikan football team had won 3 games at the time, and also talks about the teams strengths. We had beat Compton football in a 42-6 game. The team has definitely gotten stronger this season. The student section helps keep up the energy throughout the game. Before reading this article I had no idea you could be the teams manager as a student. How does one become and football team manager, and what exactly do they do for the team? Emma Marniquez says that they have not been to CIF since her freshman year, what exactly is CIF? Do other sports teams here at Millikan have their own managers, and do you have to physically play the sport or just know how to play to be a team manager? Overall this article gave off a short but sweet overview of the season so far and I have learn some interesting things about the teams strengths and victories and what might have helped them archives those victories along the way.
Sean Chavez • Nov 2, 2021 at 2:10 pm
In Issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article elaborates on how the Millikan football team is doing so far in the season and their latest victory against Compton in which the Rams won 42-6. I have a question about the beginning of the article, in the 2nd sentence it states “Thus far in the season Millikan rams have won three out of several games played.” I don’t pay much attention to the football games and I’m sure there are plenty of others who don’t as well so I would prefer if you elaborated on that and maybe put in how many exact games they have played so we could get a better understanding of the statistics so far this season. Other questions I have are: How do the players practice? What kind of plays do they have and how do they decide to do them? It would also be interesting if you were able to interview a few of the players to see how they got into football and the steps they took to be able to play it so well. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for providing information about the Millikan rams.
Sincerely,
Sean Chavez, Grade 11
Sean Chavez • Nov 2, 2021 at 2:08 pm
November 2nd 2021
In Issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article elaborates on how the Millikan football team is doing so far in the season and their latest victory against Compton in which the Rams won 42-6. I have a question about the beginning of the article, in the 2nd sentence it states “Thus far in the season Millikan rams have won three out of several games played.” I don’t pay much attention to the football games and I’m sure there are plenty of others who don’t as well so I would prefer if you elaborated on that and maybe put in how many exact games they have played so we could get a better understanding of the statistics so far this season. Other questions I have are: How do the players practice? What kind of plays do they have and how do they decide to do them? It would also be interesting if you were able to interview a few of the players to see how they got into football and the steps they took to be able to play it so well. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for providing information about the Millikan rams.
Sincerely,
Sean Chavez, Grade 11
M. Crucil Chambers • Nov 2, 2021 at 1:44 pm
In Issue 10/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!”. The article is written about the highschool football playoffs and CIF’s. I like how you briefly and clearly explained CIF’s through the team manager’s quote. I thought it was nice to include the fact that it’s been awhile since our school’s team has made it that far. I like the inclusion of the October 8th game score, too. It helps give people who don’t go to these games an idea of how we’ve been paying this year. I think, if possible, it would be nice to get a quote from one of the players or someone who also plays a role in the team. Emma Manriquez’s quote was great though, and I like how she talked about the team from a strategic point of view. I also think it’d be nice if there was some detail about how the football team prepares or feels about this pressure that they have on them if they make it to the playoffs. I can’t imagine that’s not stressful. One example I can think of is how they watch film and watch back the footage of their games to train themselves for the next one. Overall, wonderful article and I also hope our football team makes it to the playoffs.
Darius Silas • Nov 2, 2021 at 10:31 am
November 2, 2021
In Issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article has the Football Team manager her hope for the Rams to make the playoffs this year. Well I’m writing this letter a couple weeks after this article was published and the Rams did end up making the playoffs! Although I wasn’t able to attend the Compton game which was mentioned in the article, I was able to watch the Lakewood and Cabrillo game and I can definitely see that the Rams defense have improved over the last couple seasons. I also enjoyed cheering on the Rams with our student section which is one of if not the best in L.A. Hopefully the Rams can make a deep playoff run and potentially win a trophy so all of our school can celebrate with our hard working football team. I enjoyed reading this article but I do have one suggestion. I wish there could be more substance like player interviews and coach interviews, and possibly including segments on marching band color guard and other things that make football games fun. Other than that it was a great read and I hope to see other articles about sports in the future like basketball, track, tennis, wrestling, and more.
Eliz Barsikhian • Nov 2, 2021 at 10:30 am
In issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled, “Guard the Yard!” The article calls attention to what the football team has been doing this season as well as highlighting their recent victories. We also heard some words from MBA Senior and football team manager, Emma Manriquez, and here hopes on making it to the playoffs. This is a really well written piece that sums up this year’s football season, and I appreciated direct quotes from somebody that was a part of the football team. Yet I can’t help but feel that Millikan Football is getting tons of recognition (which yes, they deserve) while other sports teams work just as hard and they get no exposure. For example the soccer, baseball, volleyball, and tennis teams. These are just as legitimate as football so why not shine some light on them? These sports also play against different schools, and they also do in fact pull off victories so I feel as if they deserve some appreciation and admiration as well. All in all this article was good and easy to understand if you don’t know much about football. Thank you, this for sure furthered my knowledge on the Millikan Corydon.
Olivia Lopez • Nov 1, 2021 at 12:36 pm
In issue 10/20 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!”. This article talks about the Millikan Football team and the exciting new things that may be offered this football season. The overall tone of this article is very positive, I can see how it would make Millikan students and staff very excited for the season and the prospect of going to the playoffs and CIF. In the article, you mentioned a student manager, Emma Manriquez. What do these student managers do and how much of an impact do they make on the team? It would be interesting to know what other campus sports have team managers as well and how they are involved in the team. Another thing that would be interesting to know is how CIF impacts what division we play in. I know that the only team we lost against this season was Poly Tech High School, and they are in a separate division. What would winning the playoffs and making it far into CIF mean for Millikan High School’s athletic department? And if we do well in the coming months, can we expect to try and dethrone poly as the Moore League champions?
Maggie Jenkins • Nov 1, 2021 at 12:25 pm
In issue 20/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!”. This article describes how the football season has been going so far. As well as, explaining how the football manager Emma Manriquez would like our Millikan football team to make it to CIF’s by winning in playoffs. I really liked how in this article the writer briefly explained the basics behind playoffs and CIF games. Although the article was very well written, I have a few questions. Why not mention the other groups that work hard at the football games? For example, marching band, color guard, cheer, and dance. All these groups put in just as much effort to make the football games enjoyable and fun to be at. Another question I have is, why not mention other sports that are currently having success within their seasons? For instance, writing an article regarding the tennis team or the volleyball team. Or even, the marching band and colorguard who got second place at their most recent competition. Many other sports besides football have way more success against other schools, but rarely get mentioned. Other than that, the article was good, as well as easy to understand.
Giselle Moreno • Nov 1, 2021 at 8:25 am
In Issue 1/2021 (published October 20, 2021), Kezziah Hernandez wrote an article titled “Guard the Yard!” The article highlights the teams strengths and victories so far in the season with some words from the team manager. Prior to the article, I have heard the ups and downs of the Millikan football team and their endurance to succeed. The article is really great but I feel like it could use more interviews with other people. For example, include some of the football players’ experience on the team or the coaches view of the field. With these points of views, the article will be more diverse with the different perspectives of the team and will add on to what Emma Manrique had to say. Another suggestion would be to do articles on other sports in the future. Football is a very interesting, fun, and big sport in high school but other sports need to be recognized as well. I play soccer and on our JV team last year, we were undefeated. Not only soccer but other sports such as swimming, baseball, and track are very impressive. Overall, the article was very informative about the football team and was sweet. Thank you for expanding my knowledge on the team and introducing me to Millikan Corydon.
Isabella Talavera • Oct 25, 2021 at 10:51 pm
nice pic and writing, kezz 🙂
keep it up!
Keigan Watson • Oct 22, 2021 at 11:51 am
Millikan destroyed them bro
colin • Oct 22, 2021 at 9:54 am
i cant believe we beat them so badly
Jess Mullen • Oct 22, 2021 at 8:35 am
Great article, Kezziah! I’ll be looking for pieces by you in Time magazine in the upcoming years:)