Tuesday: Santa’s Workshop
Come to school as an elf, reindeer, toy soldier, or doll!

Wednesday: Grandma’s Gifts and Sweaters
Remember those ugly mittens grandma knitted for you last year? Or that dorky Christmas sweater mom wants you to wear for family portraits? Today’s the day!

Thursday: Christmas Pajama Day!
Wear your favorite Christmas P.J.’s to school. Remember to be modest and keep the Christmas spirit!

Friday: Santa Hats and Spirit Shirts!
Bring your favorite Santa hat and wear it with your spirit shirt and jeans!

Remember…

• If you are not dressed to the theme, you must be in uniform
• Tank tops, boxers, night gowns, sheer, leggings with shorts, short-shorts, and white pants are unacceptable - please be modest and in proper senior dress code (without the collar)
• Keep the fun within the spirit or Christmas Alive!!

Christmas Spirit Week Class Competitions & Lunch-time Activities

Monday, December 15th during lunch — class competition to DECORATE DOORS TO CLASSROOMS.  Bring wrapping paper, ribbon, bows, wreaths, etc. to decorate the doors to our campus classrooms!  Meet at the Great Wall outside the Commons at the beginning of lunch to organize your class groups with ASB rep Alexandra Hernandez

Seniors will decorate doors to AD building—Juniors will decorate doors to C building

Sophomores will decorate doors to B building — Freshmen will decorate doors to A building

Judges will check doors after lunch and award points to the winning class!

Tuesday, December 16th, morning through the end of lunch—TOY DRIVE

Bring a new, unwrapped toy and place in the box for your class located at the Great Wall.    See Anthony Llorens or Marissa Reggio if you have any questions.  We will award points to participating classes!

Wednesday, December 17th during lunch—Meet under the tent for a GINGERBREAD HOUSE DECORATING CONTEST.  All classes (Seniors, Juniors, Sophomore, Freshmen) will get to put together and decorate their own Gingerbread house!  We will have judges look at the Gingerbread houses at the end of lunch!  See Jayme Rodriguez, Rayna Bowen or Mercedes Trujillo under the tent on Wednesday.

Thursday, December 18th during lunch—CHRISTMAS CARDS & LETTERS TO THE TROOPS.  Meet under the tent to write your cards, or bring your own from home!  We’ll have collection boxes for Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen—points awarded for the most cards and letters!  Aneesah Ettress will have supplies ready for you!

Points will be accumulated all week long and we’ll announce the winning class

on Friday, December 19th

BOYS BASKETBALL

Beat Ontario Christian in WEBB Tourney Championship Game

Varsity: Off to a blazing start, the boys’ varsity basketball team began its first week of the season with a 4-0 record.  Led by senior James Durauku’s 19 points, the Lancers posted a season opening win at home against Bosco Tech, 64-48. Next up, they defeated Ribet Academy in the first round of the Webb Tournament, 65-52, behind a 26 point effort by junior Sammy Santillano. In the second round of the tournament, a tough Webb team succumbed to the Lancer’s stifling defense, and the 51-34 victory put WCHS into the championship game of this tournament for the first time since 1990. In that game, sophomore post player Andrew Hyde hit 3 three pointers and tallied 11 points. Playing for the  championship, the Lancers answered every challenge from Ontario Christian in a hard-fought, exciting game. Santillano drained 32 points, including 8 three pointers, as Western defeated the league rival Knights 70-62, to bring home the title. Santillano was named the tournament MVP, and Durauku averaged over 10 ppg for the tourney. Durauku and sophomore Mark McMahon led the rebounding corps, each averaging 7.5 per game. Coach Jeff Wheeler credits an outstanding overall team effort and commitment for the great start.

Junior Varsity: The lancers dropped their home opener to Don Bosco Tech despite valiant efforts by Sophomores Daniel Chakbazof, Zack Carpenter, Michael Broad.  They are currently 0-1 on the season.

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CHEER

Lancers Win the Sharpe Invite Competition

This past Saturday our cheerleaders had their first competition of the year. Their nerves where high, but the girls were excited to be back out on the blue mat. The girls competed in the large varsity division, with 5 other schools that were all public. The girls went out there and showed that the Western Christian Cheer Spirit was still alive. With a great performance satisfaction was achieved just by a job well done. Yet, not only did the girls win the Large Varsity division taking first, but they won the best overall score of the whole competition, all divisions included, and the Grand Masters Championsip. To win this the girls had to not only achieve the highest score, but had to do well in all the other events held at the competition. This included a stunt off, tumble off, and a jump off. Points were also given for the crowd that came to support the girls, and the dad that got involved in the dads dance. The trophy is taller than most of the girls and they were so excited to receive this piece of hardware. This is a great start to the new competition year, and we are looking forward to what the rest of the year has for us.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

The ladies opened the very tough Wilson Tourney with a big victory over big public school La Mirada.  This was a great win for the ladies whom quickly became a victim of their own success.  By beating La Mirada that put them in the winners bracket which pitted them against big school power houses.  The Lancers dropped three in a row to La Salle, Walnut and Diamond Bar.  The Lancers finished the week 1-3 and were led by Senior Lauren Gonzales’ 18.2 ppg and Junior Sarah Mutch’s 38 rebounds.

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BOYS SOCCER

The Boys Varsity Soccer team started off their season with a 4-2 victory over St. Michael’s of Silverado.  On Friday they began the WC Tournament and lost the first round game 2-0 to eventual Tourney Champion Diamond Ranch.  The boys bounced quickly under new head coach Mychal Armstrong with a big win over local big school San Dimas H.S. and another victory over big school Yucca Valley as they propelled themselves into the semi finals.  Once there to they dropped a match 5-0 to Southlands before finishing 4th out of 16 schools (13 public big schools) with a last round loss to Colony.  They go into week two with a 3-3 record.

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GIRLS SOCCER

The Lancer ladies opened up the season going 2-1 on in the WC Tourney under new head coach Sergio Trujillo.  They beat St. Lucy’s B team 2-1 in the first round and took a forfeit in the second round.  They ladies dropped game three as they head into week two.

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The star on the tree was created by Senior, Jessica Davis using papier mache and mirror tiles to create a beautiful mosaic.  The snowflakes on the windows were created by various art students in Ms. Georga Garside’s art classes.  ASB students Ana-Maria Antonio, Jessica Davis, Haley Holroyd, Anthony Llorens, and Amanda Mizell decorated the Christmas tree. 

An official recognition of the Christmas tree donation will be made by City Council members on December 16, 2008 at 7:00p.m.

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. All of Fall Sports have come to and end and now Winter Sports are under way. It was a good fall for our teams as they all finished .500 or better. I want to again thank the writers who have contributed the information for the fall. He is how the Fall wrapped up

Cross Country 

The boys finished very well under new Head Coach Sean Henning.  Their third place finish in league earned them a birth into the CIF Prelims at Mt. SAC.  Caleb Meister ran a personal best and took a second place finish in league earning him 1^st Team All-League Honors.  Ben Rinard ran well all season and also finished with 1^st Team All-League Honors.  On the girls side Kara Quintana was names to the 1^st Team All-League as well for her valiant efforts.  The big story was Meister’s 7^th place finish in the CIF Prelims as he became WC first runner in many years to qualify for the CIF Finals Meet also held at Mt. SAC.  He had his sites set on qualifying for state, but the Junior runner just fell short.  He has already begun training despite next season being 9 months away as Meister is determined to make it to STATE in 09.

Volleyball 

Pierini, Cramer, Mao Named on All League List for 08/09 Season
Lady Lancers Awarded Christian League Sportsmanship Award 

WCHS 08/09 Lady Lancers Volleyball came to a finale with an incredible banquet on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at San Dimas Canyon Country Club.  Players, coaches, parents, grandparents and siblings came together one last time to recap the past season. 

First up, the JV team started the evening with a slide show by Sophomore Setter Alexa Cordero’s father, Mr. Cordero recapping their season which culminated in their 2^nd place League finish.  Coach Missy Perlman and Assistant Coach Heidi Holmes  offered little tidbits of comical insite to each of the girls personalities.  Individual honors went to: 

            Lady Lancer Award              Christina Oka, Freshman
            Most Improved Player      Hannah Rhinehart, Freshman
            Service Point Award           Alexa Cordero, Sophomore
            Offensive Player                  Jasmine Lara, Sophomore
            Defensive Player                 Stephanie Yeung, Junior
            Team MVP                              Stephanie Yeung, Junior 

The Varsity team finished the evening with a video slide show put together by Freshman Middle Blocker Emily Beaton’s father, Mr. Beaton.  The video showed snippits of games for each player highlighting some awesome kills, digs, blocks, and assists.  The Varsity Ladies ended up taking fourth place in League standings.  Coach Dawn Bartholomew and Assistant Coach Kass McInteer pointed out key situations during the season that gave them an insight of each player’s love for the game and the team.  Individual honors were given to: 

            Lady Lancer Award              Kelsey Doolittle, Junior
            Service Point Award           Lyndsey Carruthers, Freshman
            Most Improved Player      Chelsea Cramer, Junior
            Defensive Player                 Christina Mao, Senior
            Team MVP                              Taylor Pierini, Sophomore
 

In addition, League awards were received by:

             1^st Team All League            Taylor Pierini, Sophomore
            2^nd Team All League            Chelsea Cramer, Junior
            2^nd Team All League            Christina Mao, Senior 

Finally, the Lady Lancers were honored by the League with the Christian League Sportsmanship Award.  This award is given to the team which personifies Christian values throughout the season as voted by the league coaches.  Congratulations to our ladies. 

FOOTBALL 

Varsity Football ended the season at 5-5 for their first .500 or better season in 6 years.  In the final game they put up 33 points in a losing effort to Ontario Christian.  Quarterback Alex Beaton found another favorite target in Sophomore wide out Christian Solis.  Solis complimented other wide outs Reed Covington, Jorge Perez, and Robert Wiley very well.  According to CIF the Lancers finished one slot out of the playoff picture.  CIF phoned early on Saturday morning after our last game asking WC for an at large bid, but the stars would not align for the Lancers in 08.  We do have a very young team that bodes well for next season.  The Lancers did secure a number of All-League spots, but those cannot yet be released until after the banquet. 

The Junior Varsity really finished the season strong after opening the season 0-4.  They managed to convincingly win 4 of their last six contests for a 4-6 finish.

This is a competition for the classes (Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors) who can bring in the most toys and food items! You can bring in food and toys from now until Wednesday, December 10th.

Western Christian WILL BE Holding ITS 1st annual golf tournament March 23, 2009 @ Via verde golf club in San dimas

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