Bloomington High School North, Nikean, 2009, Page 110

Description:	<DCDaggressiveOn the way to a JV wrestling meet-in Evansville, the motherand sister of freshman wrestler Jordan Castillo were involvedin a serious car accident.The car driven by Castillos mother hit a truck that waspulled over on the side of the road. Castillos sister, Marie,broke her spine in two placesand faced the possibility ofparalysis from the waist down.Miraculously, Castillos motheremerged from the wreck nearly unscathed, but she has beenLENDING AHELPING HANDWith these injuries to the family, Castillos mom could notdevote enough hours towards their future house.To help their situation, the wrestling team decided to pitchin and spend a day working on a Habitat house to help theCastillos receive the hours needed.It was neat to see the teamcome together like that, juniorJake VanDeventer said. No onecomplained, and it was actuallyreally fun.The wrestlers and Castillo, whowith her daughter nearly every day following the Dec. 20.This incident presented a problem for the family, who wasworking on becoming eligible for a house from Habitat forHumanity. Castillo and his family still needed to work 90hours on other Habitat houses to become eligible for one oftheir own.attends New Tech High School, worked 1 90 hours Jan. 1 0 tosatisfy the 250-hours Habitat requires.We just had to get it done to help them out, VanDeventersaid. We knew we had to help out our wrestling community.by MitchellBayef -After mentally preparing for his dive, senior EvanNicsrfjfii starts his walk toward the boards end.BSlcola is aggressive when he dives because divingreqwiies such powerful movement. You have to explode and throw yourself hard, Nicola said.At gymnastics practice, sophomore Morgan Mansonprepares for a tumbling pass. My best event i^jtapr,and when Im learning a new skill I have to be ag3gressive so I can get better, Manson said. She likesher floor routine best because it is active and upbeat.Junior Pendah Jailow blocks out an opponent fromPerry Meridian during a 48-47 victory. Jailow saidthat she is most aggressive in the post or on defense. I help get rebounds and score points andget everyone else excited, Jailow said.a 11 o □ winter sports a
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