The Wallkill Wire

Mikayla Bonner, Staff Writer 6 years; that’s how long Wallkill Girls Soccer has waited to beat Red Hook, and beat Red Hook is they did in the semi-final round of the MHAL Championship. Earlier this season Red Hook beat the girls 7-1. This time, the Wallkill girls went in ready to fight for the title, which had never been won by the Wallkill girls' team. Leading the way for Wallkill with two goals was Roe Miller. The third goal, scored by Glynis Craner and assisted by Katie Bordone, sealed the deal for Wallkill to win and move onto the finals. The finals game on Thursday October 18th had spectators on the edge of their cold bleacher seats. The game was 0-0 to end the first half and was looking like it was going to stay that way; that was until Katie Bordone took a shot and scored with 8 minutes left of playing time. The crowd went wild, and that goal fired the girls up to keep playing despite the freezing cold conditions. Had Bordone not taken the shot, who knows how long...

Below, you will find the three options for the Dennis O'Mara Corner decal that will be placed in the gymnasium at WSHS; please cast your vote during the week of 9/24 using the form that can be found  here -thank you for your input!

Julia Graziano and Tamika Hill, Staff Writers On Saturday, March 24th, hundreds of thousands of people all over the world came together to protest the lack of gun restrictions in the United States during the March for Our Lives event. Emma González and David Hogg, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and survivors of the February 14th school shooting, have been vocal supporters of the march. The date, according to them, was chosen to give students, families and others a chance to mourn first, and then on March 24, talk about gun control. At the conclusion of the marches, estimates ranged anywhere from the hundreds of thousands to well over a million attendees worldwide; some popular locations for the protests were Seattle, Chicago, Washington D.C., and New York City, but there were over 796 more all around the world. Some other cities that supported the cause were Paris, London, Berlin, and many more. Estimates from the Washington D.C. event alone range from 200...

Sarah Martin, Staff Writer On Thursday April 12th,  the Pop Culture classes headed to Bethel Woods to learn about the antics that were Woodstock. Students met in the lobby at 8:00 am and departed for the hour-long bus ride to Bethel. Once the group arrived around 9am, the bus drove the students down to the original site of the 1969 Woodstock festival to admire the monument and lawn where half a million people gathered for music, fun and demonstrations of peace. After the segment of the trip at the field, which was very brief, the bus took students up to the Bethel Woodstock museum. In the museum, the group was broken into two smaller teams, and each was given a tour guide. From there, one half of students went into the museum and the other half learned about and explored the event hall. Groups then switched so all students had the opportunity to experience both smaller tours. During the museum tour, a portion of the students...

Sophia Soler, Staff Writer On March 14, 2018, Wallkill Senior High School held a respect and unity assembly in between 8th and 9th period. This assembly was held to not only recognize recent tragedies such as the 17 people who died in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, but also to inform every one of the value and importance of our first responders and to explain how we can help the situation. Throughout the entire day, before each period, there was a message of positivity read and how to spread and increase unity in our school. To honor the 17 who died, there was a presentation visible throughout the entire assembly that had pictures and information about all those who died, including what they did for a living and their plans for the future. Many presenters spoke, and first responders were present. A unity banner was created and signed by the students during their lunch periods. Junior Kaitlyn Silvernail wrote and gave a speech about depression and how it affec...

Brooke Lundgren, Editor-in-Chief On Saturday, February 10th, the Lions Club hosted their 4th annual curling tournament at the Lions Club Pavilion in Wallkill to fundraise money to help the community. There were 36 teams, each of them made up of 5 individuals. Each team paid $175 in order to compete, so with team participation alone, the Lions Club fundraised about $6,300. The event was split into morning and afternoon sessions, going from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. To win a match, each team must push their "stones" on ice and get it closest to the target. Other members of the team can assist by using brooms to sweep the ice to help guide it. The opposing team is also allowed to try and sweep the stone away from the target to prevent that team from gaining points. Due to the expensive price of buying real curling stones, the Lions Clubs' own Andy Harcher had an inventive solution. The "stones" at this event were made of two stainless steel bowls with c...

Sophia Soler, Staff Writer At Camp Mariah over the weekend of February 9th-11th, United Martial Arts Centers (or UMAC for short) hosted their annual "Quest for Mastery" weekend retreat. Friday night kicked off the weekend with many teens leading the entire group of approximately 200 people in a warm-up to begin the night. Over the weekend, people gathered to watch people ages 15-17 not only complete amazing and taxing physical feats, but also watch them do something uncommon among teens, which was actively fill in leadership roles. This year's theme was a book written by two of the Masters called "You Have Infinite Power". This book focused on many qualities and techniques to improve our mind. The first technique was to remember that you choose your thoughts, not the other way around. You are in control of your own mind. The rest of the weekend focused on setting S.M.A.R.T.E.R. goals and following through. This acronym stands for Spe...