We Are Warriors!: February 2013

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Senior Night:: A Night to Remember

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Senior Spotlight:: Abby Messinger

Q. How long have you been playing for the Warriors?
This is only my second year, but it feels like much longer because my brothers have been involved for 4 years now.

Q. How did you get interested in basketball?I wanted another outlet to compete against my brothers... except, they usually win...

Q. How long have you been homeschooled?
Since second grade.

Q. What's your favorite thing about being homeschooled?I love being able to spend lots of time with my family, and bonding with them in ways that would be impossible if we all went to school every day. I also love the people that I’ve met through homeschooling—they’ve had such a profound influence on my life! It’s also great not having to get up earlier than 8:00am on any given day :D

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?Music, music, music! I love to sing and play guitar, piano, cello and ukulele... and anything else with strings :D I also love to read, and go shopping with my mom. And movies. I love movies.

Q. Where's your favorite place to eat out?Eat out? Psh... I’m homeschooled. I stay locked in a closet all day. But on the rare occasions when I can escape, I like Chipotle, Five Guys and any ice-cream place (Cold Stone, Rita’s.... mmm).

Q. What's your favorite movie?
Oh, how I detest that question. If I HAD to pick my very favorite, Band of Brothers. I like war movies: Saving Private Ryan, Defiance, Braveheart, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, etc. Also scary (but not horror) movies: The Village, Signs, Wait Until Dark. Also movies like Pride and Prejudice/Sense and Sensibility. Oh, and of course Lord of the Rings. Oh and Les Miserables (the new one)!!! Ok, ok I’ll quit now :D You get the picture.

Q. What are your plans after highschool graduation?
I plan to take a gap year before attending college in 2014. During this upcoming year I will be (God willing) getting some of my own music professionally recorded, spending a 2-month term at L’Abri in Minnesota (an apologetics institute founded by Francis Schaeffer) and getting some more experience with long-term missions by spending 5-6 months overseas. I am praying that through these experiences God will direct me in a specific direction so that I can better discern what He wants me to do with my future, and what to study in college to best prepare me for that future. :)

Q. What's your favorite musical artist/group?
Tenth Avenue North, for their lyrics. I also like Skillet, Owl City, and lots of random songs that I don’t know the artists of. I like most classical music, as well, and even some of the Oldies. :D I was just introduced to ThePianoGuys on youtube, and I really love most of their arrangements, too.

Q. What game are you most looking forward to this season with the Warriors?Senior night! :D

Q. What's your favorite memory on the Warriors?
Probably the Erie tournament 2 years ago. I had so much fun and laughed so much!

Q. What's your favorite scripture verse?
At the moment, Habakkuk 3:17-19.
“Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines,
The produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food,
The flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD; I will take joy in the God of my salvation.
GOD, the LORD, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.”

This little passage is so profound to me because it demonstrates how even when everything goes wrong, we need not worry—in fact we can be filled with joy, because our God has saved us and given us strength. He carries us off to a safe place. I love the nuggets of gold in the minor prophets! :D

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Senior Spotlight:: Gabrielle Freese

Q. How long have you been playing for the Warriors? An amazing five years!

Q. How did you get interested in basketball?
My friends told me I should participate in the Warriors clinic, and I fell in love with basketball!

Q. How long have you been homeschooled?
Allll my life! When I tell public school kids that, I normally get a strange look from them:)

Q. What's your favorite thing about being homeschooled?
Hmmm... Probably the freedom it provides! I can explore what I'm interested in, do schoolwork at my own pace, and be able to take off and hang with friends or travel to see family in NC pretty much whenever!:) (Although that comes with the risk of... Summer school:( haha)

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?
Hahaha can i ask what's free time?? Just kidding:). When I get the chance I love just hanging out with friends, reading, watching movies, "playing" the piano and guitar, Anddd... I guess I'll let you know that I enjoy practicing archery and rifle during warmer months:)

Q. Where's your favorite place to eat out?
Well, we don't eat out often, but I absolutely adore Chinese food:) Spicy Mai Fun, and Shacha beef are theee best!

Q. What's your favorite movie?
It's gotta be The Last Samurai. Such an amazing movie, even though I cry every time! And as a more light-hearted movie... Hmm... Pride and Prejudice (the new one) always makes me smile:)

Q. What are your plans after highschool graduation?
College here I come!!:) I hope to be accepted to The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, or Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA. I'm thinking and praying about whether to declare a major in neuroscience or neuropharmocology. I know... I'm crazyyy! Haha:)

Q. What's your favorite musical artist/group?
Ohh a very tough question... I've always said music is what makes the world go 'round!:) Do i have to pick just one?? haha:) Bekah Shae, Hillsong, Kari Jobe, a bunch of Christian rappers, and so many more artists. Andd... I've really come to like country music, so Josh Turner, Keith Urban, The Zac Brown Band and many other country singers are played regularly.:)

Oh, and I can't forget Ludwig van Beethoven to represent the classics!!:)

Q. What game are you most looking forward to this season with the Warriors?
Can I hear an "Erieeee"?!?!?!?!?!!! Haha:). For just a single game, though... Senior night:)

Q. What's your favorite memory on the Warriors?
It has got to be some from Erie! Oh. My. Goodness. Some pretty funny, unforgettable things have happened there!!:) Ok, I'm laughing right now just thinking about it!

Q. What's your favorite scripture verse?
I love love love Proverbs 3:5-6. It's a short verse, but it is so powerful. Whenever I have decisions to make or am going through something, it reminds me to simply trust God... He will always have a perfect plan for my life.

Senior Spotlight:: Emily Passarelli

Q. How long have you been playing for the Warriors?I've been playing on the team since I was 11, but I've been doing the clinic for as long as I have been able to. Pretty much as long as the clinic has been around, I've been playing.

Q. How did you get interested in basketball?
It's kinda like a family thing. My older sister started playing, so my dad started the Warriors, and each Passarelli child has played since.

Q. How long have you been homeschooled?
All my life

Q. What's your favorite thing about being homeschooled?
Being able to do homework at my time schedule. Plus, since we don't get many breaks through the school year, I get my summer break a lot sooner than public/private schoolers.

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?
Spend time with my family, hang out with friends, take pictures, and shop. :)

Q. Where's your favorite place to eat out?
Chipotle

Q. What's your favorite movie?
I don't think I could name one. I like the Bourne movies, the Avengers, Ironman, Batman, Lord of the Rings, The Help, the list kinda goes on...

Q. What are your plans after highschool graduation?
I am planning on attending HCC to work towards a degree in early childhood development. In simpler words, I want to work with little kids :)

Q. What's your favorite musical artist/group?
I couldn't name one group, I like a lot of different songs from a lot of different people. But not country music...

Q. What game are you most looking forward to this season with the Warriors?
Senior Night. Two reasons--I plan on winning the game, and I can play for the first time in a month!

Q. What's your favorite memory on the Warriors?
I don't have one favorite. There are far too many. On the court and off. My time on the Warriors has had some of the most meaningful, funny, and memorable memories I have.

Q. What's your favorite scripture verse?
It's kinda hard to choose just one, but a two I really like is John 15:13, "Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one's life for his friends." and Psalm 27:13-14, "I would have lost heart, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the Lord!"

Senior Spotlight:: Amanda Stewart

Q. How long have you been playing for the Warriors?I have been playing for the Warriors for five years.

Q. How did you get interested in basketball?I took the clinic with some of my friends and realized that I like playing basketball.

Q. How long have you been homeschooled?
I have been homeschooled my whole life. Thanks mom!

Q. What's your favorite thing about being homeschooled?
My favorite things about being homeschooled are getting to wear my pajamas all day and getting to spend time with my family.

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?
I like to cook and bake, read, make jewelry, and watch movies.

Q. Where's your favorite place to eat out?
My favorite places to eat out are Outback and Chick-Fil-A.

Q. What's your favorite movie?
One of my favorite movies is Pride and Prejudice (2006). I also like watching superhero movies (especially Batman) with my brother.

Q. What are your plans after highschool graduation?
I am taking classes right now at FCC, and I am working towards becoming a registered nurse (RN).

Q. What's your favorite musical artist/group?
I like various songs, but I don't have a favorite group.

Q. What game are you most looking forward to this season with the Warriors?
I look forward to all of our games, but I am really looking forward to the game on Senior Night.

Q. What's your favorite memory on the Warriors?
One of my favorite memories on the Warriors was the championship game last season in Erie. I had a lot of fun playing in that game and I thought that our team played really well together.

Q. What's your favorite scripture verse?
Ephesians 2:8-10