0128_Bloomington High School South, The Gothic, 2018, Page 124

Description:	springing into poliphotos courtesy of Nidhi KrshnanAfter the controversial 2016 presidential election, youngpeople around the country became more politically active.South students were no exception and did things fromurging voter registration to interning at the politicalcampaigns of local candidates. With the 2018 springprimaries occurring in May, the number of students gettingpolitically involved grew as seniors who could vote for thefirst time researched different candidates and becamepassionate about the ones they decided to vote for. JuniorLia Sokol is one of the students who helped encouragevoter registration. She has noticed students increasedpolitical activism and thinks that it is a great thing becauseyoung people are showing that they have a voice in politicsand can make a change when they want to.bloomington bullets ^Many South boys have joined anultimate trisbee team that isunaffiliated with the school.The Bloomington Bullets is anultimate frisbee team fromBloomington. Many of theathletes on the team arestudents from BloomingtonSouth. Ultimate frisbee is asport that has gained a lot ofpopularity recently and iseven played at theprofessional level. Part ofwhat makes the sport sounique is the speed at whichit is played.Ultimate frisbee is a lotof fun because of the speedof the game, and just howcool it is to play with myteammates, said sophomoreJoshua Simon. The sport is alsovery unique because thereare only two positions: cuttersand handlers, said juniorJackson Moore, one of the£?>124Adam Coryfreshmanteams captains. Cuttersreceive the frisbee while thehandlers throw the frisbee tothe cutters.The ultimate frisbee teamhas been around since 2010and has varied in size since itsbeginning. The teams name,the Bloomington Bulletsoriginated from the videogame character Bullet Bill,from the game franchise,Mario, and it just stuck, saidjunior Calvin Prenkert, anotherteam captain. The teamended the season with a 9-5record and took home 5thplace in the statetournament. Prenkert saidthat the teams main goal isto give people that arewilling to take the risk anopportunity to play the sport.- John Lyles
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