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Boxing champ, former Battling Bull Bernard Hopkins addresses Glen Mills students

“Glen Mills Schools has alot of hidden gems and jewelsthat will be discovered,” for-mer Glen Mills student andboxing legend Bernard Hop-kins said of the student bodyduring a recent Character andLeadership Development Pro-gram event.

Joe Hand, Sr., owner of thevenerable Joe Hand Gym inPhiladelphia, played a bighand in having the formerBattling Bull return to theschool to inspire the studentbody- the hidden gems andjewels that Hopkins talkedabout. Joe Hand, Jr., Presidentof the Board of Managers atthe Glen Mills Schools, intro-duced the champ to the crowd.

Hand, Jr. said that Hopkinsis more than just a boxinggreat.

“The thing that has always

impressed me the most iswhen I have been withBernard is the man that he isoutside of the ring,” Hand, Jr.told the audience. “He alwayshas time to give back.”

“The Ex-ecutioner,”who alsowent by theringname“The Alien,”urged thestudents tovalue them-selves.

“Find outwhat moti-vates youand pushesyou to doright,” thePhiladelphianative said.“You must

know your value and then tapinto your value.”

Hopkins said that mistakesare normal but that you haveto learn from them and keepmissteps to a minimum.

“Ourmistakesand bad de-cisions are apart of lifebut I hopethatthroughoutyour jour-ney, you canminimizeyour mis-takes…Ilearned latebut I was aquicklearner,”Hopkins,who was a

student at Glen Mills in theearly 1980s, told the students.

The former undisputedmiddleweight championshared his incredible journeyto boxing greatness to the stu-dent body, faculty, guests, andothers during his hour-longpresentation.

Through hard work anddiligence, Hopkins becamethe IBF middleweight cham-pion in 1995 with a seventhround technical knockout ofSegundo Mercado and en-joyed a remarkable career ashe fought until he was morethan fifty years old. Along theway and always in incredibleshape, Hopkins compiled a55-8-2 record with two no de-cisions. He won 32 of thosefights by knockouts.

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As part of Homecoming festivities, Bulls For Life membersoffer advice to current Glen Mills students

As they begin to chart theirown paths to success, GlenMills students had the opportu-nity to hear about the life expe-riences of some proud andpassionate alums during a re-cent Bulls For Life panel dis-cussion. The October 26th eventwas part of the Character andLeadership Development Pro-gram.

The well-received, and attimes humorous and emotionalevent, was just one of manyhighlights during Homecoming2018, which included a peprally, campus tours, a cookout,student skits, alumni recogni-tion, and a Battling Bulls foot-ball game.

Proud alums Akili SuhubaBaruti, Leonard Brown, Stefan

Curtis, Frank Schultz, TonyDowning, Jose LaTorre, RayRomprey, and Gary McCallshared part of their stories thathave enabled them to live happyand productive lives. To a man,they all gave great advice to thestudents.

“You can be successful anddo well,” Schultz said as he re-sponded to a young man whowas doubting his own future.“If we (the gentlemen on thepanel) can do it, you can as wellif you set your mind to it.”

Downing, who was one ofthe leaders of the Bulls Clubwhen it was in its infancy,talked about his experiencesand challenged the students tochoose a positive path as theymove their lives forward.

“Prison is a nightmare. Theonly way out of a nightmare isto wake up. So wake up,”Downing urged the young men.

Bull For Life Ray Rompreyflew from California to be atHomecoming and to be on thepanel.

“You have to transform yourmind,” Romprey told the stu-dents.

A welder by trade, he helpedbuild Levis Stadium (home ofthe San Francisco 49ers) and isproud to say that he wakes up at4:30 in the morning to put hiswork boots on.

“I learned how to work withmy hands in the AutomotiveTechnology Center at GlenMills,” Romprey, who is also apastor, said as he reflected on

his positive experiences at GlenMills.

The collective message res-onated with the students.

“That was very informa-tive,” Glen Mills student NoahBourque said. “Hearing whathas helped them in their liveswas definitely interesting and Ithink we can learn from it.”

“That was very powerful,”Glen Mills student Jossue Per-alta-Martinez added. “Hearingtheir stories and successes, andalso how they overcame theirstruggles, is inspiring.”

Thank You Bulls For Life- ItWas Great To Have You Backon Campus!

Proud Bulls For Life Club members Jose LaTorre, Ray Romprey, Terrell Mobley, Akili Suhuba Baruti, Leonard Brown, Stefan Curtis, Tony Downing, Frank Schultz, and Guy McCall returned to campus and offered fantastic life advice to current Glen Mills students. Welcome Back, Bulls!

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* See who earned special awards at the Fall Sports Ceremony.* Check in on the Character and Leadership Development Program to see who the speakers have been and how they impacted our students.* Check out the scenes from the Air Guitar Show.* See who earned Artwork and Photo of the Quarter honors.

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PublisherDr. Randy Ireson

EditorsVern WatsonJohn NieferJamie Pugliese

Journalism InstructorVern Watson

Graphic Arts andPrinting Technology InstructorsJohn NieferJamie Pugliese

Photography InstructorDuane Plank

Student WritersAnwar Abdul-AliNoah Bourque Julio DuranDasjion HayesNasim LawNeko Little-HaasTahir MartinJaden SheltonAnthony WardIsign Wolfe

Student Layout Artists

Tazwell BerriosIrijah HarrisBlake HumphreyJacob JonesBachir KannahAdrian KincaidNasim LawDavire LittleTJ PurnellEsteban RojasDaquil SmithPaul ThongjangRahem Youdy

Student Photographers

Nasir BeyDavid Brown Tyseem BrownChance CherryLeroy EllerbeeJerome JacksonAbdullah RobinsonUkarrius SamuelsAmari WiseDemetrius Witherspoon

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State Representative Chris Quinnvisits Glen MillsBy Anwar Abdul-AliBattling Bulletin Student Writer

Pennsylvania House of Rep-resentatives member ChrisQuinn (R, 168th Legislative Dis-trict) recently visited the GlenMills Schools the week prior tothe election.

Speaking to a group of GlenMills students and staff mem-bers, Representative Quinn en-couraged the young men at theschool to take advantage of theiropportunity.

“I think everybody deservesa second chance,” Representa-tive Quinn said.

Representative Quinn wasimpressed with the Glen MillsSchools and its student body.

“I was blown away when Ifirst stepped foot on campus,”he said to the students. “Everystudent I have met has been po-lite and has looked me in theeye...This is a great opportunityto turn your lives around.”

“Representative Quinn is a

great friend of the Glen MillsSchools,” Dr. Randy Ireson, theExecutive Director of the GlenMills Schools, said. “He has al-ways reached out to help GlenMills, which allows us to helpour students.”

The Delaware County (Pa)native was re-elected the follow-ing week.

With a NIKON D-5200 and a 55-200lens, student photographer Tyseem Browncaptured the moment as Alganon Muham-mad enjoys participating in the GhoulieGames.

Brown earned Photo of the Quarterhonors for his effort.

Smile, you’re in the Photo of the Quarter.

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Talented Art andDesign studentDakota Cable saysthat you can read aperson’s soulthrough their eyes.

Author Lawson inspires Glen Mills students“I am a survivor and I know

you are as well,” author LindaLawson told the students as sheshared her incredible story dur-ing a recent Character andLeadership Development Pro-gram event at the Glen MillsSchools.

Born in 1952 to an unedu-cated sharecropper, to say thatMrs. Lawson’s life has been anincredible challenge would be ahuge understatement. Ricketts,rejection, poverty, hunger,homelessness, three house fires,her sister’s murder, herbrother’s suicide, colon cancer,eleven moves during her child-hood, living in shacks, etc.- thelist goes on and on. However,Mrs. Lawson, author of the re-

cently published “A BrighterDay,” met every challenge withgrit and inspired Glen Mills stu-dents during her visit.

“What an amazing journeyand amazing lady,” Glen Millsstudent Jan Valera said. “Shewas very inspirational becauseof the fact she overcame somuch.”

Mrs. Lawson took 20 yearsto write the book.

“It was therapy for me,”Mrs. Lawson explained. “Iwould write a little bit, cry, getupset, and leave it alone for afew years before beginning towrite again.”

Her father, a talented musi-cian but an abusive alcoholic,suddenly and without explana-

tion moved the family from Vir-ginia to snow-covered New Jer-sey when she was a youngchild. It was the first of nearly adozen moves, always into“shacks” without indoor bath-rooms, during her childhood.

“It was always chaos,” Mrs.Lawson explained.

Her father would constantlybe on the road playing guitarand singing and her motherwould always go with her.

“It fell on me to raise myyounger siblings,” Mrs. Law-son, at that time a child herself,explained.

Mrs. Lawson encouraged theGlen Mills students to helpmake someone else’s life better.“You can always make an im-

pact on another person’s life,”Mrs. Lawson shared.

She used a full circle exam-ple from her own life to illus-trate that point. When she was achild on the school bus after en-rolling in a new school, no oneelse would sit with her becauseshe looked different. However,one girl did befriend her andshared her seat to make her feelwelcome. Now, almost 60 yearslater, that same girl is now liv-ing with the Lawson’s as she isthe one who needs help.

“Try to help people whenyou can,” Mrs. Lawson said.

School hosts College Financial DayDuring the College Financial

Aid Day at the school on Sep-tember 29th, Glen Mills studentsand parents had the opportunityto learn about some ways tomake higher education more af-fordable.

Fran McKeown from the

Pennsylvania Higher EducationAssistance Agency (PHEAA)offered up some savvy financialadvice to students and their par-ents as they begin the form fill-ing process. She encouragedstudents to work hard academi-cally as better grades can often

equal more financial aid.Joe Forward and Al Minker

from the Glen Mills SchoolsEducation Department werealso on hand at the annual eventto talk about other sources ofassistance. Minker talked aboutthe process of filling out the

FAFSA form while Forwoodwants the students to strive forthe best grades possible andapply for the Glen Mills Schol-arship.

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Brown, who is now a busi-ness agent for the MunicipalWorkers Union- AFL-CIOLocal 403 in Philadelphia,wants the young men to recog-nize a big point.

“Realize that you aresomebody,” Brown shared. “Iwas told that every day while Iwas a student at Glen Mills.”

The passionate Brownsummed up the panelists’ feel-

ings about the school.“I am proud to say I am

from Glen Mills,” Brown said.“That’s one of the great thingsabout Glen Mills and the BullsFor Life Club- we always tryto help each other out and Ihope that what we did heretoday has a positive impact onthese guys.”

Bulls For Life members offeradvice to current Glen Mills students

Bulls For Life Club member Guy McCall makes a point duringthe panel discussion. “The transformation you can make is amaz-ing when you open up your mind,” McCall said to the students.

With that in mind, Dakota createdtwo insightful pencil drawings toearn Artwork of the Quarter honors.

THANK YOUBULLS!

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Aggressive, fast movingdesmoid tumor. Not what any-one wants to hear. In formerPhiladelphia Eagle KevinReilly’s case, this rare andsometimes fatal condition costhim his NFL career. However,with true grit and determination,the Villanova graduate has beenable to live a happy, productivelife and he delivered his inspir-ing story to the Glen Mills stu-dent body. Reilly’s late Augustvisit was part of the continuingCharacter and Leadership De-velopment Program speaker se-ries.

Fresh off a great career atVillanova, which included being

a captain his senior year, Reillywas drafted in the 7th round byMiami in the 1973 NFL draft.The Dolphins were coming offan unbeaten season and a SuperBowl victory but Reilly almostmade the team before beingpicked up by the PhiladelphiaEagles. A special teams stal-wart, Reilly earned captaincy ofthat unit as well and was withthem for two season.

During a stint with the NewEngland Patriots, Reilly wasblindsided with the desmoidtumor diagnosis. The Wilming-ton, Delaware native and Sale-sianum High School graduatehad the tumor removed twice

but it kept regenerating. Eventu-ally, his left arm, left shoulder,and four ribs were surgically re-moved. His football career sud-denly over, he had a long careerin sales with XEROX before in-spiring thousands as a motiva-tional speaker. During this time,the determined Reilly learned totie a necktie and play golf withone hand. He is also a broad-caster with the Eagles

He credits former SteelerRocky Bleier with his recoveryand tough personal times. Bleierwas injured in the Vietnam War.

“His story was amazing,”Glen Mills student Avery Fordsaid. “That shows you that you

can overcome a lot when youget curveballs thrown at you.You just have to stay positiveand have support.”

Former Eagle Kevin Reilly inspires student bodyThe onetime NFL linebacker lost a shoulder, an arm, and ribs to a tumor.

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Hopkins, who said helearned discipline and winningat Glen Mills, was the firstundisputed middleweightchampion since Marvin Haglerand successfully defended histitle for twenty consecutivefights. He also claimed theWBC middleweight belt by de-feating Keith Jones. Hopkinsalso held the WBA crown afterbeating Felix Trinidad in 2001and held Ring Magazine’s lightheavyweight title in 2006. Ad-ditionally, the incredibly giftedfighter won the WBO title witha victory over Oscar De LaHoya in 2004.

At the age of 46, he was theoldest titleholder in boxing his-tory and is currently businesspartners with De La Hoya.

Hopkins said that sports andlife go together. “But don’tcontinue to play a game that

you’re not going to win,” Hop-kins said as he urged the stu-dents to stay away from thestreets.

The gifted speaker closedhis presentation with a greatpiece of advice for the currentstudent body.

“Glen Mills didn’t give upon me and I didn’t give up onmyself,” Hopkins said. “…Buttake advantage of everythingthe school has to offer becauseyou will need it.”

Hopkins’ message resonatedwith the students.

“Him coming here andspeaking from the heartshowed me that I can I be suc-cessful as well because he wasin the same position I am,”McKinley Hall student JamesDantzler said. “He was veryinspiring and genuine.”

Boxing champ, former Battling Bull Bernard Hopkins inspires Glen Mills students

Jose LaTorre, who also comes back to Glen Mills for CareerDay, is an owner of a tow truck company and a body shop inPhiladelphia. He was part of the Bulls For Life panel discussion. “You can make it,” LaTorre told the students.“Believe in yourself and move forward.”

Akili Suhuba Baruti, who owns his own personal trainingbusiness, shared one of the keys that has made him successful. “I could barely spell my name when I came toGlen Mills,” Baruti said. “But I opened my mind and lis-tened.” A former Glen Mills football player, Baruti playedwith the Bossier-Shreveport Battlewings in the Arena Foot-ball League.

Tony Downing, whowas the first Presidentof the Bulls Club at theGlen Mills Schools inthe late 1970’s, encouraged the students to lend a helping hand to eachother. “That’s whatBulls do- we help eachother out.” Bull For Life Leonard Brown (left) is a Business Agent

with the Municipal Workers Union AFL-CIO Local 403 inPhiladelphia. “I am proud to say that I am from GlenMills,” Brown said. “That’s one of the great things aboutGlen Mills and the Bulls For Life Club- we always try tohelp each other out and I hope what we did here today hasa positive impact on these guys.”

Ray Romprey (left) learned how to work with his hands while hewas a student at the Glen Mills Schools and is now a welder inthe San Francisco Bay area. He is also a pastor. “You have totransform your mind,” Romprey said. “Glen Mills saved my life

twice,” Bull For Life StephanCurtis said. “Once when I wasa student and the other timewhen I became a staff memberat the Golf Course at GlenMills.”

Bull For Life Frank Schultzencouraged the students.“There is a lot here in the GlenMills program,” Schultz said.“I learned a lot.”

Units recognized for Homecoming skits First Place Hayes HallSecond Place Madison HallThird Place Jackson HallBest Lyrics McKinley HallMost Entertaining Fillmore HallBest Homecoming Theme Van Buren HallMost Enthusiastic Tyler Hall

THANK YOU BULLS FOR LIFE! IT WASGREAT HAVING YOU RETURN TO CAMPUS.

Hayes Hall earned top honors with their Homecoming skit. Well done!

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The Director’s QuestionClark, Sheldon, Martin earn S.U. Gold CardsTry to earn a Student Union Gold Card

Like the food at the Student Union? Well, try to earn yourself two weeks of free food from thesnack bars by correctly answering the Director’s Question. The first three students who have theircorrect entries drawn will win Student Union Gold Cards. Good Luck! Frankie Clark, Jaden Sheldon,and Tahir Martin earned cards.The Last Director’s Question: Who was the Virgina delegate to the Continental Congress who pre-sented a resolution that the 13 Colonies be free and independent? Answer: Richard Henry LeeThe New Director’s Question: In response to Vietnam War protests arguing that a person 18 yearsof age was old enough to fight for his country but not old enough to vote, the voting age was loweredto 18. Which Amendment to the Constitution granted that right?Turn your answers into the Journalism Shop. Good Luck.

Fucci touched by golf flag donated in memory of his wife“We wanted to do a nice

thing for a great guy,” GolfCourse at Glen Mills regularTom Vecchione said.

The nice thing was sponsor-ing a pin flag at the Golf Courseat Glen Mills and the great guyis veteran Glen Mills athletictrainer Gabe Fucci, who re-cently lost Sandy, his long timesweetheart and wife of nearly50 years.

Vecchione and his friendJerry Bonner sponsored the flagin conjunction with the GlenMills Schools Scholarship Tour-nament held in early June. Theflag graced the 16th green dur-ing the tournament on June 4th

and until Fucci played thecourse the following Saturdaywith golfing buddy and greatfriend Phil Giarraputo.

Fittingly, that would havebeen the weekend of Gabe andSandy’s 50th wedding anniver-sary. Together, they raised fourchildren and have 11 grandchil-dren.

“My daughter (Lauri

Volpone) called me the nightbefore we played and said thatin some way, my wife would bewith me on the course that day,”Fucci said. “She said therewould be a sign that she waswith me but she had no ideawhat was happening with theflag.”

Fucci and Giarraputo, oftentimes the first golfers on thecourse in the morning, werejoined by two other randomplayers that day and Gabe was“overwhelmed” when he got tothe 16th green.

“After my tee shot, westarted walking towards thegreen and a bunch of peoplesuddenly came out of the woodsand from behind the green,”Fucci explained. “I didn’t knowwhat was going on.”

The former Marine and Viet-nam veteran quickly figured itout, however.

“I saw what was on the flagand was overwhelmed,” Fuccisaid.

What was going on was

more than two dozen of Gabe’sfriends who he has worked withfor many years wanted to showhim their support and be thereas well. Some other groups ofgolfers joined Fucci’s foursomeas they all played the last twoholes together.

“That was pretty special,”Fucci said.

Vecchione and Bonner werehappy to do such a nice thingfor Fucci and help the school’sstudents at the same time.

“Through the Golf Course atGlen Mills, I’ve known Gabefor about ten years and Jerry hasknown Gabe for about fiveyears,” Vecchione said, “Gabeis a great person and we knowhow much the school means tohim and how proud he is of thegraduates. That’s another reasonwhy we also did this for thewhole Glen Mills community,past and present.”

Bonner was also happy tohelp present the flag to Fucci, aman who he has great respectfor.

“Gabe has always impressedme as a man dedicated to hisfamily and to the school,” Bon-ner explained. “He always talksabout the kids at the school likethey are his own, and I can al-ways tell how much he cares.I’ve always admired and re-spected that about him. Thisrepresents that he has friends allaround him.”

Tom Vecchione (left) andJerry Bonner (right) spon-sored a pin flag in memoryof Gabe Fucci’s wife.

Fucci (hand onpole) was touchedby the support hereceived from hiscolleagues andgolfing friends atthe Golf Course atGlen Mills.

Students enjoy annual Ghoulie GamesThe Glen Mills students got into the Halloween spirit during the recent Ghoulie Games, presented by the Athletic Department. Partici-

pating in a Halloween-theme evening of fun and games, the student body enjoyed the event.“This was a new experience for me,” student Taheem Thomas said. “That was a lot of fun. I was in the triple threat competition, the

three legged race.”“The way they set it up was really cool,” student Chance Cherry said. “Especially the obstacle course.”

Amari Wise enjoyed participating in the GhoulieGames. He showed his catching skills in the“Dragon Tooth Toss.”

It was a dark andscary night...

Z Smith has his eyes right on it as helooks in an incoming “dragon tooth.”

The “Capture The Ghost” obstacle coursewas challenging but was no match forRaysonno Williams.

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Students honored as ReadingChampions

For their continued dedication to improving their readingskills, a group of Glen Mills students were recognized at the re-cent Quarterly Academic Awards Ceremony for being ReadingChampions. Well done!

Golfers beat Sun ValleyTamir Smith posted a 52 as the Bulls beat Sun Valley 274-303 on August 24th

at the Golf Course at Glen Mills.Michael Beverly (54), Rayshawn McClure (55), Quraan Harris (56), and

Michael Loeb (57) also scored for the Bulls.After a short preseason, head coach Vern Watson is impressed with the team’s

progress.“Our young men have been so receptive to learning something new,” Watson

said. “Our coaches have been doing a great job with them and their progress isremarkable.”

Quraan Harris shows good form for the Bulls.

Bulls charge into season

The Bulls were eager to get the 2018 football campaign underway. Right: Assistant coach Roy-Al Edwards gives direction.

Students recognized as Distinguished Battling Bulls

Nafis Abdul-SabirGilbert AlvaradoMalikaah Alwan-JohnsonNicholas BenitezPhillip BerryNicholas BroylesEliaz CastanedaJoseph DavisDemetrius GambleDalvonte GibbonsQuadir GibsonBryan GillespieWalik GrantRaheem GriggsIrijah HarrisDarien HowardJalen JohnsonMarquan JonesZywonde LemaDarion McDanielGovanny Mejia

For maintaining their Bulls status for 90 consecutive days,students were recognized at the recent Quarterly Awards Cere-mony for being Distinguished Battling Bulls.

Congratulations!

Raheem MickealsJovi MoralesR’keavius MorrisonAlganon MuhammadAlexander PachecoJossue Peralta-MartinezKhamari PerkinsMarkel PersonNajere PersonAhmad PriceJorge RamirezJalen ReeseJose RiveraNasir RobersonAlfredo RodriquezKeon SmithNafis SmithElkaanah TorborhIvan VargasChristian TraderJiair Whitaker-DeanRaysonno Williams

Josue MoralesAnthony ClarkCarlos DelgadoNahir Houston

Jovi MoralesLangston NelmsNasir RobersonDerain Watson

Education Coordinator Al Minker congratulates Jossue Peralta-Martinez for earning Distinguished Bulls status. Welldone!

Education Coordinator Al Minker congratulatesDarien Howard (top) and Alexander Pachecho forearning Distinguished Bulls status.

Irijah Harris and othersearned recognition forbeing Distinguished Bulls.

Good job!

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Glen Mills studentsearn Commonwealth Secondary Diplomas (GED)

As a result of their solidpreparation, the following GlenMills students recently earnedtheir Commonwealth SecondaryDiploma (GED):

Congratulations!

Christian BarbozaJason BenefieldTyseem BrownMichael CramerClinton DriverJuan DuncanAvery FordBrian GarciaIrijah HarrisDejon HowardAkhir JacksonYasir KennedyNasim LawJajuan NealAntwan NesmithTymeir OglesbyAnthony RodgriquezEsteban RojasJaikeil SmithVictor WhiteZackary Youngs

Unit Champions named

For showing significantimprovement and effort inthe classroom, students wererecognized at the recentQuarterly Awards Ceremonyfor being a Unit Champion.

Well done!

Malikaah Alwan-JohnsonJonathan BapstAlpha BarryJason BenefieldNicholas BeneitezAlec BerardiDavid BrownVictor Cabrera-CruzIkeam Castlebury-RogersAnthony ClarkJamaal FordKahree FowlesTahir HightowerJeremiah JohnsonAlganon MuhammadCaleb NoelNasir RobersonRobert SmithZ SmithJan ValeraCamer Warrington-CurryVictor WhiteElias Zavala

Fillmore winsAcademic PrideCup

Bulls down West Philadelphia in O.T.The Battling Bulls survived

the heavy rain and muddy con-ditions on their way to a hard-fought 14-8 overtime win overWest Philadelphia on August31st to even their record at 1-1.

Running back RaysonnoWilliams scored the Glen Millstouchdown in regulation andthen found the end zone againin overtime to give the Bulls a14-8 lead. As it had all night,the defense was again calledupon to close the books on theSpeedboys, which they did tosecure the victory. Quarterback Clentrell George lets one fly as the Bulls downed

West Philadelphia High School.

After overnight weather delay, football team beats HendersonIt took two days, but the

Glen Mills football team beathost West Chester HendersonHigh School 24-9 on September8th. When the game was sus-pended because of lighting inthe area on Friday night with2:38 remaining in the secondperiod, the Bulls had built a 12-0 lead.

Wide receiver Camer War-

rington-Curry hauled in a 15-yard touchdown pass fromClentrell George and linebackerRobert Smith returned an inter-ception 40 yards for anotherGlen Mills score.

Returning Saturday morningto resume, however, Hendersongot a quick safety just beforehalftime and scored a touch-down to pull within 12-9 in the

third quarter. From there, theBulls took over and earned thenon-league victory.

Running back Robert Hill,who rushed for 104 yards on thenight, ran for a touchdown andalso returned an interception 70yards for a score.

Linebacker Darryl Diggsthen sealed the victory for theBulls with an interception deep

in Glen Mills territory with justunder four minutes remaining inthe game. His interception wasthird for the Bulls on the night.

Editor’s Note: Journalism student Robert Groh contributed to this story.

Raysonno Williams findssome running room againstHenderson. With the win,the Bulls improved to 2-1on the young season.Linebacker Robert Smith returns an interception for a touchdown for the Bulls.

Good luck to thewinter sports

student/athletesand coaches!

Go Bulls!

Jason BenefieldGED RecipientUnit Champion

Tyseem BrownGED Recipient

Michael CramerGED Recipient

Clinton DriverGED Recipient

Anthony RodriquezGED Recipient

Avery FordGED Recipient

Congratulations Fillmore!Some Recent GED earners and Unit

Champions include:

Congratulations are in order for Z Smith for earning a Unit Champion Award.

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Dakota CableArt and Design

Jaquil NelsonBuilding Trades

Gilbert AvaradoCulinary Arts

Khamari PerkinsWelding Technology

Brian GillespieFieldhouse Indoor/

Outdoor Maintenence

Other Career and Technical Education Students of the Quarter not pictured: Victor White- Landscaping

Jah’nique HoganOptics

Chance CherryPhotgraphy Lab

Hamid BurgessVideo Productions

Irijah HarrisGraphic Arts/

Print Technology

Jaden SheltonJournalism

Alexander PachecoBarber Shop

Golfers earn winBehind two birdies, the Bulls edged Jenkintown.

Spearheaded by birdiesfrom Quraan Harris andMichael Loeb, the BattlingBulls picked up their third winof the season with a recent270-281 victory over visitingJenkintown.

Harris stuck his approachon the par four eighth hole atthe Golf Course at Glen Mills

to within five feet beforerolling in the tricky downhiller.

“That’s my first ever birdieand I really wanted to knock itin,” Harris said after his teamleading 49.

Meanwhile, left handerMichael Loeb birdied the parfour third after banging hisdrive just short and left of the

green. A good chip left himwith a ten footer for his birdieas he posted a 54.

Michael Collazo shot a 52,Rayshawn McClure had a 57,and Jossue Peralta-Martinezfired a 58 to help the Bullsclaim the victory.

Defense shines as Bulls beat Chichester on late touchdownRunning back Robert Hill

scored on a 77-yard screen passfrom quarterback ClentrellGeorge as Glen Mills openedDel Val League action with adefensive oriented 6-3 victoryover host Chichester on Satur-day, September 29th.

Hill scooted to the end zonewith 3:55 left in the game andthe defense continued theirtremendous play as the Bullsheld on for the victory.

Glen Mills allowed just afield goal as Juan Duncan andTry Blamo each recorded sacks

on the night. Blamo had threeother tackles for losses.

“We played very well defen-sively,” Glen Mills defensivecoordinator Paul Dixon said.“We played aggressively thewhole game and got some goodresults.”

Editor’s Note: BattlingBulletin student writer JadenShelton contributed to this article.

Try Blamo (99) brings down the Chichester runner.

Robert Hill scored the game’s only touchdown on a screen passfor Clentrell George.

De’Marion Palmer (91) and Juan Duncan (97) pressure thequarterback.

Michael Collazo and his team-mates picked up a ChesmontLeague victory over Sun Valley.

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Golfers edge Jenkintown

Quarterback Nasir Johnson (left) threw two long touchdown passes against Academy Park but it wasn’tenough as the Bulls fell to the Knights in Del Val League action.

The Glen Mills golf team claimed its third victory of the sea-son with a tight 270-281 win over visting Jenkintown on Sep-tember 24th.

Quraan Harris led the way with a steady 49 as teammateMichael Collazo chipped in with a 52. Lefty Michael Loeb,Rayshawn McClure, and Jossue Peralta-Martinez also con-tributed to the non-league victory at the Golf Course at GlenMills.

“We hit a lot of good shots today and continue to get better,”Harris said.

Avery Ford prepares to tee off.

Cross country team claims second place at Del Val QualifierDarien Howard (18:23) and Domanick McCree (18:49) paced the Glen Mills effort as the Battling Bulls posted a solid second place

finish at the Del Val League Qualifier on Friday, October 20th at Rose Tree Park in Media.With their effort, Howard and McCree qualified for the District I meet at Lehigh University. Additionally, Battling Bulls Anthron

Green (20:28) and Wayne Blakey (20:30) also qualified with their 13th and 14th place finishes.“I’m real proud of the effort and the results all season,” Glen Mills coach Corky Mara said. “Also really proud of the entire team as

they all ran their personal best on the Rose Tree course that day. As a coaching staff, that’s really cool to see.”

Wayne Blakey, Darien Howard, Domanick McCree, and Anthron Green helped lead the Bulls to a second place finish at the Del ValLeague Qualifier.

Goalie Jacquwan Andrews makes a spectacular save for the Bulls.

Long hitting lefty MichaelLoeb gets ready to launch adrive.

Michael Beverly and Rayshawn McClure were twoof the top performers for the Glen Mills golf teamover the course of the season.

Go Bulls!Govanny Mejia drives the ball upfield. Jah’nique Hogan shows good footwork.

Golf team earnsChes-MontLeague SportsmanshipAward

Playing as an associate member ofthe Ches-Mont League in golf for thefirst time this fall, the Glen Mills golfteam earned the league’s Sportsman-ship Award. The league’s coaches votefor the honor.

“That’s really a great credit to thekids on the Glen Mills team and thecoaching staff,” Russ Wren, the Ath-letic Director at Great Valley HighSchool and the Chairman of theleague’s golf committee, said.

Glen Mills head coach Vern Wat-son was pleased about the award.

“We’re extremely proud to be rec-ognized by our peers in the Ches-Mont League,” Watson said. “As ateam and as a school, we really em-phasize playing with integrity andsportsmanship. Assistant coaches JimClough, Lenny Lux, James Saul, andDave Wilder all did a great job in in-stilling that in our players. We arepleased to be included in the Ches-Mont and glad that we made a favor-able impression.”

10 FALL 2018 10 FALL 2018 Unit Students of the QuarterUnit Students of the Quarter FALL 2018FALL 2018 11 11

Congratulations to NasirRoberson for earning TylerHall Student of the Quarterhonors.

An all-around student,Roberson is described as a dili-gent worker and takes his aca-demics seriously. He is alsolearning skills in the GraphicArts and Printing Technologyarea while serving the unit asan executive.

Battling Bulls Club memberand unit executive BlakeHumphrey is the Madison HallStudent of the Quarter.

Humphrey, who enjoys hik-ing, is learning skills in theGraphic Arts and Printing Tech-nology program. He has com-pleted successful homepassesand is expecting to graduatesoon.

Humphrey was a captain onthe soccer team and hopes toearn his way into the ElectricalWorker’s Union (IBEW).

Well done and continued suc-cess.

Alganon Muham-mad is the McKinleyHall Student of theQuarter. A positivemember of the BattlingBulls Club, Muham-mad is always quickwith a smile and a pos-itive projection.

He enjoys learningskills in his Landscap-ing Career and Techni-cal Education area andwas on the footballteam. He also hopes tobe a member of thewrestling squad.

Good job and keepup the nicne work.

K’Marion Rowe is the Jack-son Hall Student of the Quar-ter.

A member of the BattlingBulls Club who’s leadershiptraits have been recognized bystaff, Rowe is helpful to hispeers in the classroom and en-joys playing and watchingsports.

Rowe, who recognizedTiana and the rest of the Jack-son Hall staff for their support,appreciates the academic op-portunities at Glen Mills.

“I like the ability to catch upand continue with schooling,”Rowe said. “I also like the Ca-reer and Technical Educationshops and the chance to makebetter decisions.”

Good job! Congratulations are in order for

Timothy Norr for earning FillmoreHall Student of the Quarter honors.

A member of the Battling BullsClub, Norr enjoys wrestling and hasearned his GED. He has also been aCareer and Technical Education Stu-dent of the Quarter.

He also takes his Bulls Club statusto a higher level and serves as a unitexecutive.

Norr appreciates the chances hehas here at the Glen Mills Schools.

“The opportunities here at GlenMills give me a chance at redemptionand fulfills my scholastic needs,” Norrsaid. “One of my goals here was toearn my GED, which I did. Glen Millshas also taught me to speak up for my-self.”

Nice job and good luck!

Timothy Norr, Fillmore Hall Student of the Quarter

Blake Humphrey, Madison Hall Student of the Quarter

Deshon Blanding-King, Hayes HallStudent of the Quarter

Nasir Roberson, Tyler Hall Student of the QuarterK’Marion Rowe, Jackson Hall Student of the Quarter

Z Smith, Van Buren Hall Student of the Quarter

Alganon Muhammad, McKinley HallStudent of the Quarter

Z. Smith is the Van BurenHall Student of the Quarter.

Smith, an outstanding stu-dent in the Welding Technol-ogy program who has earnedhis Level 300 certificate, be-came interested in the tradeafter coming to Glen Mills.

“Once I enrolled in theWelding program, I realizedthe opportunities I now haveand want to pursue the tradeafter I leave Glen Mills.”

A Bulls Club member,Smith was on the baseball andpowerlifting teams. A solidstudent, he has also “made arelationship turnaround withmy family.”

Deshon Blanding-King is theHayes Hall Student of the Quarter.

An enthusiastic student, Bland-ing-King is very serious about hisclasswork and is always ready andwilling to learn.

Blanding-King is also learningskills in the Culinary Arts programhere at Glen Mills.

Well done!