Making a Racquet

by Maddie Durant

You may have walked into school on Wednesday, and noticed three boys dressed in tennis clothes. Or maybe you noticed that our usually empty tennis court was a bit busy that afternoon. Or you noticed nothing at all, and have no idea what I’m talking about. Fact is: Hopkinton’s tennis team had their first practice on Wednesday.
Of course, ‘team’ and ‘practice’ are the operative words here, but there were four young men out playing tennis on Wednesday. Players Ben Dalzell, Sam Hayden and Ben Spaulding, with Coach Max Sink, held their first practice out on the tennis courts, with all intentions of having a good time getting out and doing something. As they played, people started to show up. I love tennis, and followed them right to the courts. We were soon joined by numerous JV boys’ soccer players, and a few others. Racquets were passed around, and everyone who wanted to got a chance to play. A few even went or called home to get their own racquets.
After a short warm-up, the guys had their first game. Ben and Ben versus whoever had the racquets on the other side of the court. The key rule of the game: there are no rules. If the ball was moving and in reach of someone’s racquet, then it was still in play. In the end, our tennis team won. But seeing how it was half the team versus the other half, everyone won. It was all in good fun.

Tennis is a great way to get out and do something. Whether you never held a racquet in your life, or you’ve been taking lessons and playing with siblings since you were little, anyone can come out and practice with the Hopkinton tennis team. It’s not about how good you are, or

whether the ball lands within the lines every time, it’s about having fun. So if you want to come

to the next practice, listen to the morning announcements; practices will be announced over the intercom. Bring your racquet, bring some tennis balls, maybe bring some food to share and go

play some tennis!

Peace Club

by Caitlyn Madore



Peace Club was started for Hopkinton High students to increase awareness of world, historical and current events and to brainstorm ideas to educate the public through peace rallies, conferences, and hopefully Hawk Talks this year. Coming up on October 17 is an event that many members will attend called the New England-Wide Rally Against Wars will take place in Boston. They also annually participate in planning and attending Gimme Shelter that will raise awareness for the homeless.

Co-presidents Margreta York and Jessie Pennell both encourage all to join no matter their views. When asked about participating members, Margreta York said, "[members] generally have a mutual belief that peace is the most positive solution, though everyone has different views on how to achieve this. It's most interesting for us to have new members every year so that we can have different inputs to balance our views on all topics we cover.” If anybody is interested in joining, meetings will start within the next few weeks of school at the first congregational church in Hopkinton around 7:00pm.