The Dryden Red and Black

Monday- Pajama Day

Tuesday- American Day

Wednesday- Favorite Celebrity Day

Thursday- White Out Day

Friday- Red and Black Day

Thursday, October 21

• Pep Assembly (12:30-2:20 p.m.)
• JV Volleyball Game vs. Kingston (6:00 p.m.)
• King and Queen Crowning between JV and Varsity games
  
• Varsity Volleyball Game vs. Kingston (7:30 p.m.)

Saturday, October 23

• Homecoming Dance, 7:00-10:00 p.m.

Freshmen:

Noah Daoud

Keira Miller

Sophomores:

Tyler Biggs

Ava DeVlaminck

Juniors:

Joey Delmotte

Addie Tresnak

Seniors:

King Candidates

Jason Blasius

Joe Breeding

Zack Lemke

Merrick Maris

Queen Candidates

Ashley Hickmott

Jenna Peters

Becca Weiss

Hilary Young

Senior Seminar students from the Class of 2022 discussed how their families can support them throughout their college search and application process. Check out this week's advice!

1. Unconditional support: Always offer support to your child no matter what decisions they make. Even if you don't necessarily agree, let them do what makes them happy.
2. Offer to help: Offer your opinion and your knowledge and let your children know you are there to help.

3. Be patient: Allow time for your child to make decisions and don’t pressure them too much. Not everything is as easy as it may seem.

4. Consider that we are busy students: As a student, we have a lot going on, so finding time to prepare and plan for college can be difficult.

5. Don’t rush the process: The college process takes a lot of time and doesn’t always need to be rushed through. Give it time and allow for your child to get their most important work done.

6. Be in the general know: Inform yourself with the important information that you need to know before discussing college and planning with your child.

7. Be prepared to listen to your child: Be ready to listen. It isn't always about giving advice. Listen to what your child has to say. Sometimes we need somebody to vent to and tell what we're stressed about

8. Don’t try and manage your child's schedule: Don’t try to take too much control over your child’s schedule. We like to plan our own things out and trying to take too much control can make an unhealthy relationship.

9. Teach your child to do laundry before they go off to school: Teach us essential things to do if we don’t already know so you aren’t getting midnight calls about how to wash clothing.

10. Don't ask your child too many questions: Don't worry too much about everything. We know what we need to know, and asking too many questions can stress us out.

by Lily Finnigan

This past Thursday, Varsity Volleyball went to Mayville to win all of their games. Becca Weiss served 4 aces and had 22 assists. Addie Tresnak had a total of 11 kills. Lola Abromaitis got 4 aces along with 7 kills.

This week, Varsity Volleyball will be playing Genesee at Home on Tuesday and Kingston at Home on Thursday for the Homecoming game.

by Ava DeVlaminck

This past week, the Dryden Cross Country team ran in the Oxford Invite. Everyone did amazing! On the girls' side, Audrey Napolitano ran a time of 24:18, Ava DeVlaminck ran 26:49, and Lily Finnigan ran 27:01. Congrats to the girls team on their success!

On the boys team, Aiden Fitchett ran 18:58, even though he lost his one shoe in the mud in mile one. Jackson Spencer ran 22:06, Noah Hall ran 22:20, Matthew Hickmott ran 25:40, Matthew Livingston ran 28:12.01, Tyler Biggs ran 28:12.03, and Connor Wolff ran 32:38. Great job to everyone!

by Nick Abromaitis

On Friday, October 15th, Imlay City Football went to North Branch. We played very well! Coach Brian Tresnak commented, “I’m really proud of the effort our guys put out there tonight.”

We lost 21-0, but let's look at some stats for the game!

Julian Rojas had 8 carries for 70 yards.

Lance Wolford had 4 carries for 28 yards.

Good try boys! Good luck next week! You guys will get them next time. Go Cardinals and Spartans!

by Lily Finnigan

On Thursday, JV Volleyball won all three of their away games against Mayville. Madison Maday served 6 aces. Isabella Weier had 5 aces and 9 assists. Lily Finnigan had a total of 4 kills. Olivia Stickler ended the game with 13 total assists.

by Raghan DeLong

The Junior High Volleyball team played Mayville last week. The 7th grade team won the first set 25-17 and lost the second and third 22-25, 11-15. The 8th grade team won all 3 sets. 1st set 26-24, 2nd set 25-21, 3rd set 15-8.

Against North Huron, the 7th grade team won the first set 25-9, lost the second set 18-25. and won the third set 15-12. In the second match, they lost the 1st set 16-25 and won the 2nd and 3rd sets 25-12 and 15-10.

by Ashley Hickmott

If you took Dryden High School and combined it with a four year university, you get SVSU: a small school with a community that makes up for it. Saginaw Valley is definitely a lot smaller than a lot of these other universities that I have looked at, but they have a lot to make up for it.

Our speaker this week was Amber Hadley, she is definitely one of my favorite speakers so far. She seemed like a genuine and fun person and you can tell she was passionate about her work. Amber talked a lot about the college community. Just like Dryden, students have more one-on-one learning with their teachers and can reach out to any staff or even other peers with questions and can get the resources needed fast. At other, bigger, universities with class sizes that are 200 to 300 more students, you might not get that close relationship with your professors. She also brought up the fact that late in life when you need letters of recommendation, you can ask some of your professors that you have gotten close with over the years, she even did it herself. Coming from Dryden, it may be an easier transition from high school to college as you have about the same size classes and the environment we are used to.

Something I really liked about SVSU was its campus. Each dorm has its own bathroom, kitchen, and personal rooms. Amber talked about all the different restaurants they have on campus that they actually just got recently, such as Starbucks, Panda Express, Subway, and they even have GrubHub.

Amber did an amazing job with her presentation and if I personally didn’t want to get out of the small school, small-town vibes, I could 100% see myself going to Saginaw Valley. SVSU seems like an amazing place to grow your studies and especially coming from the high school version of SVSU, you will definitely fit in perfectly.

Monday, October 18

JH Cross Country NCTL League Meet @ Kingston

Varsity Cross Country @ Kingston NCTL Championships

Tuesday, October 19

JV/Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Genesee - JV @ 6:00 pm, Varsity @ 7:30 pm

Wednesday, October 20

WEAR IT WEDNESDAY - JERSEY DAY

Senior Seminar Speaker - Lisa Wheeler, Mott Community College

7/8 Grade Football vs Richmond - game @ 4:30 pm

JH Girls Volleyball vs Mayville - 7/8 grade game @ 6:00 pm

Athletic Boosters Meeting - Virtual - 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM

Thursday, October 21

JV/Varsity Girls Volleyball vs Kingston - JV @ 6:00 pm, Varsity @ 7:30 pm

Friday, October 22

Senior Seminar Speaker - Jeanne Palmateer, St. Clair County Community College

Varsity Football @ Flint Southwestern - Bus departs @ 5:00 pm, varsity football @ 7:00 pm

Saturday, October 23

JH Cross Country @ Dryden

Varsity Cross Country @ Dryden

Homecoming Dance - 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Eighth-grader Cheyenne has been a Cardinal for four years. She loves the people in Dryden and enjoys playing video games in her spare time. Cheyenne's dream job is as an artist or singer. She may want to consider a career in animal care as she shares space at home with two cats, a turtle, a mouse, and a fish. Thanks, Cheyenne!

Audrey is a sophomore who has attended Dryden since pre-school. She's involved in Varsity XC, Varsity Sideline Cheerleading, Varsity Soccer, Varsity Track and Field, National Honor Society, Student Council, Red and Black Newspaper, and Yearbook. Along with appreciating how small Dryden is, she likes to run, compete dance, and work or volunteer in her free time. When asked about a dream career, Audrey says "I am interested in the pursuit of dermatology or something that impacts society", but she's currently undecided in a future major or profession. Good luck, Audrey!

Every week a different riddle will be posted in the paper for you to solve. When you think you have the correct answer, submit it to us using the feedback doc at the bottom of that week's issue, along with your name. The first person to submit the correct answer will be given a shoutout in the following week's issue. The answer to the previous riddle and shoutout can be found under each week's new riddle.

This week's riddle:

Imagine you are in the middle of the sea, your boat has a hole, and you are surrounded by sharks. What will you do?

Last week's riddle:

Who is that with a neck and no head, two arms and no hands? What is it?

Answer: A shirt!

Winner: Lola Abromaitis

The Dryden Red and Black is looking for new members! If you like to write or think you have something we could add to the paper, then we would love to see you at our meetings. Even if writing isn't your strong suit, members for photography, reporting, and editing are all welcome! If you are interested in joining, hit the button below and fill out the form, or talk to one of the current members. We look forward to seeing you on the team!

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will be held in the Dryden High School Library,

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Check out the 2021-2022 Dryden Community Schools District Calendar here!

Ava DeVlaminck - Editor

Nick Abromaitis - Reporter

Raghan DeLong - Reporter

Lily Finnigan - Reporter

Audrey Napolitano - Reporter

Ariela Perales - Reporter

Penelope Spencer - Reporter

Austin Kapron - Photographer

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