Stagg Line
Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
Stockton, CA
Issue Date: Friday, May 15, 2009 
Issue: Volume 52 Issue 8
Last Update: Tuesday, May 12, 2009

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By Dawn Griep

Their preparation is the same. Their season is predictable. Their motivation is constant. However, the way they overcome their adversity sets them apart from the rest. “We were always the clow full story >

By Alisya Mora

It’s a sunny Saturday and the golf team decides it’s time for a bit of friendly competition. “Take a pic kid,” Coach Dan Offield says to Francisco Ortega, sophomore, before he putts the golf ball. full story >

By Vaneza McDonald

Counselor Cleo Carrillo is retiring by choice. “I still think I have a few good years in me,” Carrillo said, smiling. Since the 1970s, Carrillo has been involved with education.   She has tran full story >

By Jera Machuca

Being on a team is like having a second family. They help one another through rough times.  But there are times when the team doesn’t “think about the competition,” said sophomore Patrick Woo full story >

By Chesiree Terry

Underneath all the chaos, each player presents humility. Motivation is seeping through their eyes while looking where to smash the birdie.  Varsity Coach Hung Nguyen has been coaching full story >

TWITTER: A good idea gone horribly wrong
By Gared Hassel

With all the wars, economic problems and politics in the world, people couldn’t possibly have time to contact people about their everyday lives… Well, think again. People are now finding it pos full story >

'Ghosts' hauntingly unoriginal
By Jessica Sanchez

A surprise of laughter at every scene along with the thrill of unpredictable scandals … you’re probably thinking I am talking about “Ghost of Girlfriends Past.” But, I’m not. In fact, what I j full story >

Texting gets personal
By Randi Rogers

Could you imagine having someone forward a nude picture of you to all of their friends? A girl, who was recently a guest on the popular talk show “Maury,” was the victim of this crime calle full story >

OVER THE BORDER
By Vanessa Ortiz

When talking to my grandma through the phone, her voice becomes tired and she starts to choke on her own words. “I want to be with you guys,” she says in Spanish before she starts to cry. “I fe full story >

Swine flu infects minds, not bodies
By Carina Gonzalez

H1N1, popularly known as the swine flu, has converted everyone I know, including myself, into total germophobes. I normally wasn’t the one with hand sanitizer, but now I seem to be using it full story >

By Gared Hassel

Grab your books, because the city of Stockton is challenging you. Over the past few years, Stockton has been low in the literacy category, and because of this the City of Stockton has placed full story >

Graduation no longer a privilege
By Faith Harris

Cheers, applause, and names being screamed so loud you can hear them from Chicago. This is perhaps the chaotic setting at each senior graduation ceremony. Don’t get me wrong, they worked hard to full story >

By Chelsea Scahill

The cuts are felt everywhere . With $11.6 billion cut from California public schools and colleges, students may no longer have the guidance they need. Approximately 27,000 pink slips were full story >

LEFT ALONE
By Staff Editorial

  Counselors. The people who get our schedules in order every year. The people who help us when it is time to figure out our life’s plan. The people who help us with our ups and downs. And the full story >

By Erica Trevino

Right about now it seems that there are endless possibilities for the arrival of next school year. And questions tend to be the start of every conversation.  Not knowing the answer to many of full story >

By Carina Gonzalez

Brittany Martinez is one of many seniors who will be able to participate at the graduation ceremony despite being a bit short of the needed 230 credits. With the district dropout rate a full story >

By Jera Machuca

Talk of the 4x4 schedule has not ended. The teachers voted May 5. And the results are in. The 4x4 schedule did not pass.  During the meeting Tuesday, May 5, teachers voted whether to support a full story >

By Xe Xiong

It’s getting hot. The car is burning up but inside sits sophomore James McCollum in his white helmet and blue and white fire suit. The temperature is 20 degrees higher than outside the car, but t full story >

By Laurin Ortega

All six sets of bleachers were filled with about 80 to 90 people, families and students yelling from the crowd. Teachers, staff and administrators also attended the powder puff game last Friday t full story >

By Vaneza McDonald

   “Every minute has been awesome,” said special-education teacher Shirley Mikels-Vochatzer, smiling as she reminisced over her time spent on campus.  The teacher plans to retire as the school ye full story >