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CHS senior, Jaylen Pittman, and junior, Alynna Rodriguez, demonstrate their mousetrap car project, which traveled over 20 feet. It passed the 15-foot-mark, and the girls both earned a 100.

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Seniors Dekota Scott and Fabiola Perez build the second-place tower with a height of 47 Inches in Robin Choate’s government/economics class. The first-place height was 49 inches. The project was one that Mr. Choate came up with many years ago. With Mr. Choate insisting that he will retire this year, the question remains: Will this be his last tower project ever? Only time will tell.

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Seniors Rudy Velosco, left, and Adolfo Garcia work together to build a standing tower made of popsicle sticks and paper clips in Mr. Choate’s government/economics class.

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CHS seniors in Eric Hill’s physics class were tasked with creating a mousetrap car. The cars are required to travel at least 15 feet to pass. Some students didn’t make it, and some students went over 50-feet.

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CHS journalism students were tasked with taking photos outdoors, and Isabella Ramirez took this quality picture highlighting the contrast between shade and sun.

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Paris Tafoya, junior, posses for a portrait in front of Crane High School during a photographic training session in Mr. Pettit’s journalism class.

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Sophomores Aaliyah Moreno, Mitzy Jacobo and Pamela Lupercio hide from the camera during a photo training session in Mr. Pettit’s journalism class.

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This Wednesday, the journalism class went outside for a photographic training session, and this is a group photo that was captured by Rodrigo Alonso.

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Students watch the CHS cheerleaders perform LIVE for the Spirit State Championship. The CHS cheerleaders did Crane proud by finishing in the top twenty of the state of Texas.

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Sophomores Mitzy Jacobo and Pamela Lupercio volunteer to pose as subjects when Mr. Pettit’s journalism students are learning how to take pictures and what settings to use.

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CHS students Dekota Scott and Adam Mcguire jump to illustrate the importance of shutter speed during Mr. Pettit’s journalism class.

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Hannah Nichols, senior, tosses a rock in the air to help CHS Jouralism students get an action shot.

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Seniors, Oved Cruz and Lili Heredia run their hearts out on Wednesday during Mr. Pettit’s journalism class, where students were practicing shooting on the “scene” mode in the camera settings.

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Journalism teacher, Brad Pettit, poses for a picture while teaching his journalism class about optical illusions.

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Dekota Scott, senior, poses from above as Mr. Pettit’s journalism students learn how to shoot using elevation.

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Hannah Nichols, senior, poses on the tennis court while Mr. Pettit’s journalism class practices shooting using leading lines in photography.

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Isabella Ramirez, junior, poses for a candid shot on the tennis courts while Mr. Pettit’s journalism students learn how to photograph interesting portraits.

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Arianna Garza, sophomore, flashes a smile while Mr. Pettit’s journalism class learn how to shoot intimate shots outdoors.

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Senior, Dekota Scott, continues to text his friends while ignoring the sign above him.

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Oved Cruz, senior, helps Mitzy Jacobo, sophomore, practice her leading lines skills with the camera.

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Sophomore, Edgar Olivas, dresses up as a dinosaur and stomps through the hallways on Friday before the winter break in Crane High School. The dinosaur, and CHS students, were on their way to watch the dodgeball games hosted by the school for students and the community.

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Alina Garza, sophomore, dribbles to the basket during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Lady Devils Jan. 3 at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium in Crane.

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Senior, Lucas Rizo, scans the court during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Blue Devils Jan. 3 at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium in Crane.

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Senior, Tavian Bustos, takes a charge during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Blue Devils Tuesday at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium in Crane.

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Zithlalic Camacho, senior, works the ball in to the basket during the game against the Presidio Lady Devils.

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Senior, Karla Montes, catches the basketball on Tuesday night at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Blue Devils.

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Junior, Makenna Willis, decides where to break free during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Alpine Lady Jackets Tuesday night at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium.

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Senior, Jacqueline Bernard, charges to the basket at the Tommy C Jones gymnasium during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Blue Devils.

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Freshman, Shae Coates, squares up in hopes to make a basket on Tuesday night at the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium during the Golden Cranes varsity game against the Presidio Blue Devils.

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A community police officer, Kendal Hartman, throws down during the dodgeball tournament held on December 16th.

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Sophomore, Asialynn Sanchez, laughs her heart out on the Friday before the winter break at the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium during the dodgeball tournament.

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A community police officer, Adrianne Tarin, participates in the dodgeball tournament right before Christmas break.

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Jane Botello, one of the officers for Crane ISD, holds on to a ball and strategizes her plan on the Friday before the winter break at the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium during the dodgeball tournament.

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Hector Limon, the Crane High School principal, dodges oncoming dodgeballs on the Friday before the winter break at the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium in the dodgeball tournament.

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Mick Limon, the world history teacher, throws a sick throw towards his opponent’s during the dodgeball tournament before winter break.

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Junior, Alynna Rodriguez, makes sure her opponent knows they’re out during the dodgeball tournament the Friday before Christmas break in the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium.

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Sophomore, Jacob Bejarano, wonders who to take out during the dodgeball tournament the Friday before Christmas break in the gymnasium.

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Nataly Brewer, sophomore, attempts to dodge the ball but gets caught lacking during the dodgeball tournament the Friday before Christmas break in the gymnasium.

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Edgar Olivas, CHS student, dresses up as a dinosaur for the dodgeball tournament game the Friday before Christmas break.

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Aaron Padilla, back, and Gracin Huertas play dodgeball the last day of the first semester of school, defending their team to claim the victory.

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Kaden Hargrove, freshman, gets ready to throw a dodgeball to compete for his team in the tournament on Friday before the winter break.

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Mick Limon, the world history teacher for Crane High School, scores a win for his team on the Friday before the winter  break at the Tommy C. Jones gymnasium in the dodgeball tournament.

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Junior, Amy Salazar, protects herself from getting out of the dodge ball tournament before winter break.

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Sophomore, Jose Aranda, is about to throw the dodgeball to his target at the dodgeball tournament before winter break.

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Rodrigo Alonso Perero, sophomore, slaps on some pajamas and looks pretty comfy during pajama day at CHS before the break.

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Amairany Alvarez and Arianna Torres, juniors, make custom Christmas cards for residents at the nursing home in English class.

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Juniors Bryan Tinajero and Delmar Sifuentez practice feeding each other for CNA training during health class.

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Odalys Iniguez does pull-ups during powerlifting practice 

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Powerlifting showcases the strength of students of every size

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Powerlifting showcases the strength of students of every size

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By Pamela Lupercio
El Ave News staff writer

Photo by Odalys Iniguez

When people think about powerlifting, they usually think about strong and muscular men, but what they don’t think about very often are the petite girls who can lift more than you think. For example, Grace Smith, a 2021 graduate from Crane High School, made it to state twice in the lowest weight class, but only got to go in 2021, due to Covid. This is a trend CHS would like to see moving forward.

This year, CHS got their old powerlifting coach back, Coach Eric Hill. Coach Hill is back after being gone for a couple years at McCamey.

Coach Hill talked about how he feels great to be back.

“I feel awesome about being back. I am looking forward to this season.”

Hill also mentioned how he feels good about this upcoming season.

“This season should be pretty good. We have some returning lifters that should be very successful.”

When asked what his main goal for this season is, Hill mentioned how he hopes all lifters get stronger.

“We have several new lifters and returning lifters, and the main goal is all lifters get stronger through the work they put in.”

This year there are only two seniors who get to push to be their best and enjoy their last year of powerlifting.  Antonio Garza is one of the seniors left.

Garza said he many different kinds of emotions.

“I feel kind of sad because it’s my last year, but I also feel excited because I love powerlifting and it’s my first year in a new weight class.”

Garza spoke about how instead of continuing powerlifting, he wants to switch things a little.

“This is most likely my last year as a powerlifter because I want to start bodybuilding after high school.”

Garza seemed excited and can’t wait for what this year brings and what goes under Coach Hill.

Sophomore, Odalys Iñiguez, joined powerlifting this year. She mentioned how she’s excited but nervous.

“This is my first year doing this sport and it excites me knowing many great things about it, but I’m nervous about the meets and how they’ll turn out. I want to push myself more to be able to get far.”

Iñiguez talked about her goals for her first year.

“My goal this season is to get better and stronger. Coach Hill told the team that he may not be able to take everyone due to so many people. This year, I want to get stronger so I can get the chance to go to the meets.”

Powerlifting is a very competitive sport, but as long as you push yourself to be the best, you’ll get far. So if you’re thinking about joining powerlifting, talk to Coach Hill.

This past Saturday, CHS had their first powerlifting meet in Monahans. They all did a really good job and over all both girls and boy teams placed 5th.

Results from Saturday’s meet:

Odalys Iniguez 2nd place
Amber De La Torre 2nd place
Genesis Gonzalez 3rd place
Bethany Todd 1st place
Alina Garza 3rd place
Maria Lomeli 3rd place

Adrian Reynoso 5th place
Issac Camacho 5th place
Taylon Watson 2nd place
Damien Charles 3rd place
Antonio Garza 3rd place

The CHS powerlifting meet is this Saturday in Mccamey, so please go and support them.