2019-2020
STAFF
Content Editor
Grace Shields, of number four, Privet Drive, is proud to say that she is perfectly normal, thank you very much.
This is her second year on the RoughWriter staff, and she looks forward to continuing to follow her heart. Hufflepuff is her Hogwarts house, and she is no longer ashamed of that. She holds the record for most consecutive days without air conditioning in her car. Even without that luxury, she is still able to jam to twenty one pilots, Fall Out Boy, and an assortment of Broadway musicals.
Video Production Editor
Cory James Ratcliff is an aspiring filmmaker and hoping to go to The Los Angeles Film School after his 2021 graduation date. Cory is currently working on two other films to be released respectively in Fall 2019 and Winter 2019. He’s a Journalism Vet. and the writer of such hits as “Top 10 Songs To Jam In The Car With Grace & Cory” or the highly anticipated “Mac That Easy” and “Conspiring to Entertain”. He also wrote, directed and acted in the musical he wrote called Phantom Of The Shrek. He’s been in the following musicals as a crew member: Beauty and The Beast, The Music Man, Shrek: The Musical, and Seussical: The Musical. He also made cameos in The Music Man as Running man #3 and Seussical: The Musical as Whoalicious. He was also awarded the 2010 WJYAA Soccer Participation Award.
Copy Editor
Gabrielle “Gabbie” King isn’t your typical Starbucks and hidden coffee shop-loving girl… Oh, who am I kidding? She most definitely is!
In her spare time, Gabbie can be found either downing an Iced Caramel Macchiato or knocking down three’s on the basketball court, also known as her second home. She absolutely loves basketball and even looks to further her basketball career to the collegiate level in the future.
You may even find her listening to music a lot. Her mix often consists of random varieties including Fleetwood Mac, George Michael, Wham!, Queen, and even calm, indie, jazz, coffee shop music… totally not a mouthful right there.
To be completely honest, she’s your typical artsy, small cafe and rain-loving future author and journalist….minus the reading glasses...with a basketball!
Graphics Editor
Kora Huber is a coffee addicted, procrastinating perfectionist, that is notorious for being hard on herself. She hates pity and can usually give the perfect advice to anyone with an issue. When she’s not limping down the hallway, due to an injury, you can see her: reading cliché books, listening to any type of music, except for country, trying every Starbucks tea combination, and supporting her softball family, on and off the field. She’s obsessed with the number three, has been a part of the softball team for three years, and was the left fielder for the Final Four team in the 2019 season.
Social Media Manager
Tristen Larson, aka Fuego, is a fly-ball catching outfielder, a ball-driving golfer, and a ball-blocking basketball player. Outside of school, he’s often sleeping, working, and watching Netflix. He likes medium-well steak, wearing headbands, and his favorite chick-flick is The Vow. He’s notorious for not taking his Adderall and infamous for being a big time procrastinator. He refers to himself as a country-bumpkin rap star because of his interesting music choice. He is your typical romantic who likes long car rides listening to music at dusk with his friends.He is an OG on the Roughwriter staff. His favorite candy is the red starburst gummies.
Tyler loves to do it all! Singing, Dancing, Writing, Reading, Eating and most of all sleeping. He is a Senior and this is his first (and unfortunately last) year on the Roughrider staff. He has two cats, Mimi and Phoebe, and listens to Mariah Carey on loop. He is a Taurus and a Slytherin and he loves living his best life. “To Thine Own Self Be True”
Devin Chapman lives in West Jefferson, Ohio with his grandparents. If you can't find him at his house, you can find him either at the baseball field, the gym, or at his girlfriend's house. He loves long car rides at night listening to country music and just sitting outside by a fire and chilling with family and friends. His favorite TV show is The Walking Dead. His favorite rapper is either Lil Uzi Vert or Post Malone. His dad died last year and his mom comes and see him and hangout with him once in awhile and he has a big soft spot in his heart for everyone.
Merrick Crawford is finally a senior. A dedicated cheerleader looking to switch things up. When she’s not focused on her studies, you can find her cuddled up with one of her cats or coaching the D2 cheerleaders. Her go-to food would be either one of the two choices, queso and strawberry cheesecake.
Dakota Dodds is very short, especially for a freshmen
He has been in Choir 4 years--1 in Concert and 3 in Chamber.
He and Ian could be found eating things such as Satan's Toe" or the hottest peanut in the world in Rider Hour last year. When not in school, he can be found breaking Cory Ratcliff's ankle. He usually is looking for the best hotpot restaurant or studying politics. This is his first year of Journalism. He's nice to be around and sometimes funny but most importantly very informed on everything he take on study wise. This is why he mainly focuses on the politics of things and focusing on numbers and cold-hard information. His goal is to lead a new wave of informed people and not blindly forming opinions on any topic.
Daisy Green just became a member of the Roughrider staff.
She enjoys to be comfy and read or watch movies with her family. She has a dog that she adores and when she's not cuddling with Nala she is getting ready for cheer practice. She is very shy but loves the vibe of cheering on her peers while standing on the sidelines of Friday night football. You can find more about her on Instagram @daisygreen04.
Timothy Hornyak is a weird high school senior student. His mind is always stuck in a book’s world. He always has a pencil in hand ready to write something about fantasy. He’s also known to jam to some weird tunes for a lot of his days. He has a good knack for English and just enjoys it in general. He a good conversationalist when you get him on a topic that interests him.
Kyle Howard is a dirt bike riding funnyish funny looking kid. He has grown up in a small town in Ohio called West Jefferson playing basketball and golf. He has two years of Journalism under his belt and is one of the very first members in Journalism; they call themselves the "OGs". He is a huge Elvis fan but his current favorite song is “Dancing Queen”. He's big into the outdoors he likes to build things and is a fisherman. If he could improve anything that he does, it is being a dirt bike rider and going even faster!
Nick McGlothlin is the walking 6’2 mop of curls that you can’t miss as he smiles down the hallway. He lives with his loving parents and is an aspiring sportscaster and/or broadway talent. His school achievements consist of being section leader in band and choir, as well as a lead role in “Seussical the Musical” and two supporting lead roles as lefou in “Beauty and the Beast”, and Marcellus in “The Music Man”. One of his aspiring goals this 2019-2020 school year is starting a WJHS Podcast.
Ian Mckenzie, The destroyer of candidates.
Ian Mckenzie has achieved the goals of eating 150 chicken nuggets with three others, he loves Christmas music, and his favorite movie is The Breakfast Club. Creativity is his rise and fall, ideas being from good and bad thought processes. He has been in choir since seventh grade, three years of concert and three years of chamber. Reading and writing are some of his favorite things to do in his free time. Strongest subject in school was Government class.
Judy Young is a journalism noob. She has participated in two musicals portraying a “teen dancer” in The Music Man and Thing 1 in Seussical: The Musical. Born in Gainseville, Georgia moved to Ohio as baby, lived briefly in Tennessee and then back in Ohio. She now lives with her parents, younger brothers, dog, and 5.5 cats. Judy enjoys spending her time painting or drawing or sleeping or doing makeup on her boyfriend for fun. She's still trying to find her way through school and her busy life but is determined to enjoy the journey.
Teacher
Ms. Henry lives in Columbus, Ohio with her boyfriend who loves her, and her dogs who tolerate her. After several wonderful years in the Ohio State University world, Ms. Henry now teaches English 9 (& Journalism) full-time. When she’s not reading the latest YA novel or talking about teaching with Mrs. Haskins, she can be found watching Criminal Minds (for the 100th time), hunting for the perfect iced coffee, and/or planning her next movie marathon.
