The West Boca High School football team, the Bulls, had a disappointing loss Friday night to the Atlantic High Eagles. It had been a strong season for the Bulls up to this point, but the Eagles came in and held the Bulls scoreless while putting up 13 points of their own.
The game started with a good performance from the Vanguard marching band and the team looked good at the beginning.
The game started on a sour note for the Bulls as they lost a fumble on the first play from scrimmage. Perhaps that was foreshadowing. Despite that they held the Eagles to a 3 and out on their first drive and then the Bulls moved the ball well at first.
Here’s an example, a pass play where they got about 7 yards.
That drive stalled at the Atlantic 40 yard line. For the rest of the first quarter both offenses struggled and the score was tied at 0-0.
In the second quarter Atlantic made some big plays and scored a field goal and then a touchdown. West Boca’s offense struggled for the rest of the game. We kept hearing Jerrod Ferguson’s name and he made a big interception in toward the end of the 2nd quarter, but the Bulls offense was unable to convert that into points.
On 4th and 9 their field goal attempt fell short. This reporter thought they had a better shot of getting a first down and should’ve gone for it, but it’s easy to say that from the stands.
In the second half neither offense did much though the Eagles did score on a late field goal to push the final score to 13-0.
For the Bulls it seemed like Bulls QB Matt Gross and his receivers were out of sync. On one play he threw what looked like a good pass but the receiver had given up on the play. On others Gross overthrew open men.
Despite the frustrations of a tough game, the players maintained their composure throughout the game. We’re hopeful they’ll learn from this and play better in their next game.
On the bright side, the band seemed to have fun. They were joined by students from the Loggers’ Run Middle School band for performance in the stands.
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Vending Machines Serving Trouble At West Boca High
This article was written by a student from West Boca High School
Something Fishy Is Going On
Where education is concerned, the number one priority should be safety. However, when West Boca Raton Community High School (WBRHS) adopted the use of vending machines in the school year of 2014-2015, this safety was threatened.
According to The Guardian, vending machines are more dangerous than sharks, killing more people. These ‘murders’ on behalf of vending machines are most likely caused by the tilting of broken vending machines in order to get food.
While it is difficult to imagine, you must consider the fact that in schools there are thousands of hormone-raged, ‘starving’ teens not willing to take ‘no’ as an answer from a vending machine. It is quite common to hear the pounding of vending machines from across the courtyard at WBRHS, almost like a person knocking on death’s door.
Along with the physical threat that vending machines pose within schools, they also contain a vast amount of hypocrisy. The purpose of vending machines is to provide quick, efficient, and preferably healthy snacks to those without food. However, when a bottle of water costs $1.50 and a can of soda costs $1.25, it encourages the consumption of unhealthy drinks. This concept also applies to the foods in the vending machines, making ‘unhealthy’ the easiest choice.
Ultimately, vending machines were installed in schools as a method of making money. However, when the pursuit of money is valued over the safety and health of students, it is time to call into question whether we should just swap to a safer alternative…replacing sharks with vending machines.
Editor’s Note: For another take on vending machines in schools, see School Vending Machine Bans.
West Boca High – Drama Car Wash on Sunday
The West Boca High School Drama Department will have a fundraising car wash on Sunday at the TGI Friday’s in Mission Bay Plaza.
The event starts at 10 am and goes until 4 pm.
Here’s a video from last year’s car wash:
The troupe will put on the show Almost Maine this November, and then The Addams Family in March.
We saw their performance of Young Frankenstein last March and it was a lot of fun. That performance won the Best Musical award in the South Florida Cappies, along with four others.
The West Boca Tornado – Photos
Update – A reader sent us a video of the tornado:
Several readers sent us photos of yesterday’s tornado in West Boca. We’ve assembled the best of them here. The picture at top is taken from Cain Boulevard (runs west of 441 from Boca Chase down to Glades).
It is our normal practice to keep readers anonymous when they submit tips or photos to us, unless they request credit or to be identified. None of them asked so for now they’re anonymous.
Here’s a shot from Mission Bay:
From South County Regional Park:
The image quality isn’t great, but this one was from near West Boca High looking over the Everglades:
The next two had no location identified:
From Saturnia Isles:
And here’s our favorite. We like it because the sign seems odd in the context of the tornado:
A couple readers sent us videos but we weren’t able to get them to work. Hopefully they’ll resend them to [email protected].
West Boca High's JaWand Blue Charged with Sexual Battery
We’re sure the haters will come out against us on this one, but it’s in the Palm Beach Post, Miami Herald and even the Washington Post.
Former West Boca High star JaWand Blue and another player were arrested, charged with sexual battery, and dismissed from the University of Miami football team. The two allegedly admitted to police that they drugged and raped a 17-year-old girl.
We should note at this point that admissions to police can be unreliable and both men are innocent until proven guilty.
According to police report, the two men brought a female student to a dorm room and “administered or had knowledge of someone administering” to the accuser some kind of substance (alcohol or drugs) before having oral, vaginal and anal sex with her.
Police claim: “The victim was physically helpless to resist,” and further that the two men admitted buying her several alcoholic beverages, bringing her back to one of their rooms, and performing sexual acts with her. It’s not completely clear if the men admitted there was a lack of consent.
The arrests happened less than 24 hours ago and the Miami-Dade online court database does not show further information at this writing.