Lykens Travels the World with Curiosity

“I like going on vacation to meet foreign people” revealed Mackay Lykens during the
interview. Most people know of Mackay as a lovable 15 year old sophomore at
Worthington Christian High School. One who is quite odd, but in a way that can make an
entire room explode with laughter. Mackay lives in downtown Columbus in the booming
area of the Short North. He is a big fan of the class we share together
(9th period I Journalism) and especially loves Mr. Stoll’s signature dance move the
“Double Dab”. One of the most interesting things I learned about Mackay is that he
often vacations to various countries during breaks in the school year. He has been to
multiple places in South and Central America! When asked what was so amazing
about these vacations, Mackay expressed his interest in seeing the different cultures
and meeting people of different ethnicities. Overall Mackay Lykens is more than one
of the funniest and coolest kid you will meet, he has a very interesting life and has
experienced many crazy travels and life experiences.

~ Brien Wall

Pitzer emerges from unknown to known

 “My sisters always remind me that they’re older than me as a way to boss me around, even though they are only older by only a couple of minutes,” explains Pitzer when describing the sometimes delicate relationship with his triplet siblings, Elizabeth and Joy. Noah Pitzer and his two other sisters are the only children in their family. They are a set of triplets with a great upbringing by his father and mother David and Mary Lynn. All three attended Worthington Christian from their first eligible year of school and still attend to this day. Noah is involved in many extra-curricular activities such as soccer, boy scouts, and drone aerial photography. Those being Boy Scouts where he has earned the title as an Eagle Scout. “It’s quite the rank but also very humbling.” At boy scout Gatherings Noah and fellow Eagle Scouts set tents and activities up and then will start running around/wrestling during down time.  

Noah and his sisters plan on graduating from Worthington Christian in spring 2020. Noah takes many advanced classes and has been excused from English 11 because he is taking College Writing out of school(and is even taking College Writing through Mount Vernon Nazarene University in place of junior English). “He enjoys taking this English because it develops is writing drastically and overall helps him become better.” In school he is a very smart/accomplished student, but he does have a life to live outside of school. 

Besides Boy Scouts Noah is very interactive in the digital and technological world. Noah is an aspiring professional drone user. He often rises before the sun comes up to capture beautiful sunrises or stays up late editing and uploading his breathtaking sunset videos.  "everyone has their own little ways they express themselves and I can proudly say aerial photography is my way of expressing and sharing how beautiful the world is.” He has many montages of the sunrises and sundown's, he takes drone shots of events per request of people such as soccer tournaments and church events and even makes montages of lake activities when he and all his cousins go. He believes that his 1st Period Broadcasting class and 9th Period iJournalism class go hand in hand with his out of school drone filming. He believes that with the knowledge of his teacher Mr. Stoll, he can pick out things here and there and just get a whole new perspective on things. 

It was a great time hearing and learning more about Noah in his life at school and out of school and really getting to know different things about what his life branches into out of school and individual aspects of class, family, and hobbies. “Everybody has a different life and stories to tell, and I am glad I had the opportunity to share mine with you.” 

~Lucas Hartings

A glimpse at Brien's sucess

“My life is crazy”, Brien expressed when telling about his amazing story.  Brien Wall the 16 year old junior goes to school at Worthington Christian and participates in after school sports.  Brien plays soccer in the fall, basketball in the winter, and more soccer in the spring.  Brien has been doing very well in school this year and says that his soccer season went great.  Basketball has started and just like always he is doing phenomenal.  As you can tell he is a very athletic kid.  He is a kind, funny, and all-around cool guy and you would be happy to meet him. We talk about his pet lizards that are truly amazing.  I learned about how his sports he does after school his hobbies that he is interested in, and more interesting information about the craziness that is his life. 

-Mackay Lykens 

 

The Spotlight Falls on Logan Once Again

“One big mess of egotism and immaturity”, vented Logan when describing his past years in choir.  Logan Keevins, a 17 years old senior at Worthington Christian High School (WCHS), is a kind, fun-loving, opportunity seeking gentleman who really loves being social.  While Logan certainly loves acting and singing, there are some downsides.  Choir, a class that he enjoyed previously, unfortunately became “less enjoyable during his Junior year.”  According to Logan, this large letdown mostly came from other students (not to be named), who corrected small details just to serve their ego and put others below them.   

With his immense passion for singing and acting, Logan loves WCHS plays and musicals.  Attending 9 plays and 3 musicals, Logan’s experience on stage only improves.  Of all the plays he has been in, he loved Peter the Starcatcher the most, but his favorite role was actually Robertson in Mary Poppins.  He works at Pacsun, participates in plays and musicals, hangs out with friends… can anyone think of a more fun student in WCHS?  In addition to his participation in many fun activities, he also loves to talk to people and get to know them one to one.  He plans to pursue broadcasting and journalism with perhaps a dash of acting and singing on the side.  With all these amazing attributes and facts about Logan, his drive to be a positive leader tops them all.  In noticing other ‘wounds’ in the WCHS student body, Logan wishes for justice and to “bring WC together the best I” (Logan) “can.”   
~Jake Flanigan

Lucas Hartings: The Life of a Warriors Football Star

Touchdown! Another great pass from Lucas Hartings for 43 yards to put Worthington Christian up on Fisher Catholic! When outside of school, Lucas Hartings can often be found on the football field. Hartings, a Junior at Worthington Christian High School, plays Quarterback for the Varsity Football Team. It is easy to say that football runs in the Hartings’ family. Jeff Hartings, Lucas’ father, played professionally in the National Football League for 10 years, retiring in 2006. Michael Hartings (WCS ‘19), Has played alongside Lucas as a running back and linebacker for the Warriors. Mianna Hartings (WCS ‘20), plays Futbol (Soccer) for the Warriors as well. The rest of Hartings’ family includes his mom, his 3 younger sisters, and his little brother, Malachi.

Lucas came to WC in 2015, as an 8th grader at the middle schoolIn school, Lucas enjoys Anatomy and Physiology, taught by Mrs. Dawn McMahon. Hartings’ describes his schedule as “easy,” possibly because of the two study halls he has, that come in handy for finishing homework. Outside of school, Hartings plays video games and watches Neflix, along with chillin’ in the Hot Tub.

From Lego to Legacy

As one of the smartest, most under-rated students at Worthington Christian. Jake Flanigan’s life is much like his job: organized mayhem. Jake has a sister and two brothers with Patrick being his favorite sibling despite him being the “bad one” in the family. Jake tells me that he’s much closer to his mom’s side of his family but dislikes his dad’s side, apparently due to the family dynamics. 

Jake has been a lifer at Worthington Christian for 13 years, his favorite courses here are the computer classes with programming being his favorite. In fact, he plans to be a programmer later in life. However, Jake is not a fan of school. Not the academic part but the social structure of the student body. He cites the problem being the “pride and selfishness”. What makes him distinguished from the rest of the student body is his ability to get great grades without studying nor putting in too much effort into his classes. 

Jake describes his work at Legoland Discovery Center as organized mayhem. Although he loves his co-workers, the customers he deals with is hectic and the only way to get through the day is nothing but teamwork, which he cites as been a huge help to developing his social skills. Jake works on the Kingdom quest ride at LDC, where he must quickly load and dispatch rides to get the constant flow of customers through the line. Once again, Jake’s life is much like his job: organized mayhem. 

St. John: A Drummer with two sides

“I think one thing for sure to realize is that you shouldn’t stress because you’re probably going to forget about a quiz that you bombed last week, and over time I realized that it’s best not to worry too much about your social life because it will all work out in the end.” These are the wise words of Noah St. John, a high school Sophomore at Worthington Christian high school. Noah is 16 years old, he has a passion for both soccer and the drums. I asked how his school year was so far, “Good, it’s been definitely harder than I thought it would be, I’ve learned a lot though, just these past few weeks.” I also asked him basic questions, what’s your favorite subject at Worthington Christian and why is it your favorite subject? “I would definitely say Biology because shows how big and amazing Gods creation of the animals and Earth really is. After this I asked him more detailed questions, I asked “What’s the best part of playing the Drums” he answered, “I would say that the best of part of playing the drums would be the freedom to make any sound or beat you want, including the challenges that come as well.” 

Noah is a musician so I asked him questions to get a different perspective of what it’s like as a drummer. What’s it like playing the drums? “Playing the drums is definitely different than playing the guitar or keyboard, it’s nerve-racking sometimes because the job of the drummer is to keep the band on tempo, but overall it’s taught me a lot about patience.”  

~Austin Crum