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The Bobcat Prowl

The Bobcat Prowl

The Student News Site of South Windsor High School

The Bobcat Prowl

2022-2023 Staff

Eshal Irfan
Staff Writer

Eshal Irfan

Eshal Irfan is a sophomore at South Windsor High School who is writing for The Bobcat Prowl in Journalism I. Irfan particularly enjoys arts and crafts, creative projects, and reading historical fiction and fantasy. Irfan hopes to bring new perspectives to the student life section in The Bobcat Prowl to cover more ideas and events. Finally, she hopes that her contribution will lead more students to pa...

Greta Lewis
Staff Writer

Greta Lewis

Greta Lewis is currently a sophomore at South Windsor High School and excited to join the writing team at The Bobcat Prowl. Lewis does gymnastics for the school and an outside club and is joining the track and field team this year. In the future, she wants to study political science or psychology, and hopes to make an impact with her articles this year. She enjoys playing music and volunteering for her ...

Rishi Bala Meenakshi Sundaram
Staff Writer

Rishi Bala Meenakshi Sundaram

Rishi Bala is a sophomore at South Windsor High School who is eager to write for The Bobcat Prowl. He enjoys playing tennis and participating in the Computer Science Club, when not in school, he is a Taekwondo instructor in East Hartford. Bala hopes to publish articles concerning new changes in the tech world, and how the world is adapting towards new innovations in the STEM field. He wants others to be...

Giovanni Righi
Staff Writer

Giovanni Righi

Giovanni Righi is a senior at South Windsor High School and is very excited to deliver his fellow students with the best news possible. Righi's interests include hiking, pop culture, and history.

Maanya Pande
Staff Writer

Maanya Pande

Maanya Pande is a junior at SWHS who is interested in a career in civil rights or law. She enjoys reading and writing  and is looking for opportunities to make an impact with her writing. Outside of class, she also enjoys dance and running, and runs for the girls cross country team.

Fadel Kafel
Staff Writer

Fadel Kafel

Fadel Kafel is a sophomore at South Windsor High School. He enjoys writing about topics he is passionate about, like football, basketball. Kafel also plays football for SWHS. He enjoys spending his free time with his friends and watching lots of sports.

Tyler Romero
Staff Writer

Tyler Romero

Tyler Romero is a sophomore at South Windsor High School. Romero enjoys writing for The Bobcat Prowl. He has many interests in sports but mostly enjoys playing soccer for SWHS.  Romero also enjoys video games and spending time with friends and family.

Hope Fournier
Staff Writer

Hope Fournier

Hope Fournier is a senior at South Windsor High School who loves music, shopping, and reading. Fournier is someone who wants the best for everyone. She wants to learn more about writing and journaling as she may want to do more of it in college. Fournier wants to write to inspire others and report on important topics.

Zach Morison
Staff Writer

Zach Morison

Zach Morison is a junior at South Windsor High School. He's excited to join the team at The Bobcat Prowl. He's passionate about sports and is thrilled to share this with his fellow students. Zach has tons of motivation to do a variety of different work for The Prowl and is looking forward to the future.    

Sydney Main
Staff Writer

Sydney Main

Sydney Main is a freshman at SWHS. She enjoys listening to music, reading and hanging out with friends. Main plays volleyball for the school in the fall and club season in the spring. She enjoys writing opinion pieces and is eager to share her perspective with the readers of The Prowl. 

Andreo Benitez
Staff Writer

Andreo Benitez

Andreo Benitez is a senior at South Windsor High School. They are hard working and dedicated to the stories they create, always on the lookout for a new scoop. They are passionate about art, storytelling and music, often spending time producing and perfecting their craft. After high school, this aspiring journalist will be off to college to pursue a degree in the arts.

Eliza Blanchfield
Staff Writer

Eliza Blanchfield

Eliza Blanchfield is a South Windsor High School freshman excited to write for The Bobcat Prowl. Blanchfield enjoys playing girls' volleyball in the fall and basketball in the winter while taking part in the Travel Club year round. She loves reading, participating in sports, and hanging out with friends and family in her free time. Blanchfield has hopes of contributing to the sports section as well ...

Nathan Tenney
Staff Writer

Nathan Tenney

Nathan Tenney is a sophomore at South Windsor High School.  Tenney is eager to join The Bobcat Prowl. He enjoys a variety of sports and is looking forward to sharing his sports knowledge with The Prowl's readers. As someone who exercises regularly, Tenney wants to help out with the sports section while bordering his writings about subjects he is interested in. Tenney is ready to add fresh tales to The Pro...

Reagan Heafey-DeAngelis
Staff Writer

Reagan Heafey-DeAngelis

Reagan Heafey-De Angelis is a junior at South Windsor High School and excited to be joining The Bobcat Prowl. She is involved in many clubs and sports and cannot wait to bring her insight on many topics to The Prowl's readers. Heafey-De Angelis enjoys reading, playing basketball, and hanging out with friends. She hopes to contribute to the sports section while also expanding her horizons and writing abo...

Keerthana Vadivelan
Staff Writer

Keerthana Vadivelan

Keerthana Vadivelan is currently a freshman at South Windsor High School. She is interested in writing and informing her community on important topics. She is excited to share her ideas and views through her writing.

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Maria Verly
Staff Writer

Maria Verly

Sophomore Maria Verly is friendly and passionate individual with strong opinions. Excited or the opportunity to write for The Bobcat Prowl, Verly is looking to improve her writing and gain experience. She likes movies, music, writing, fashion, and reading.

Katelyn Drenga
News and Politics Editor

Katelyn Drenga

Katelyn Drenga is a senior and second year journalism student at SWHS. She loves the outdoors but also is a fan of bingeing Netflix with friends. This year, Drenga is a section leader for News and Politics and is looking forward to working hard to research and pull together a good selection of articles with her peers. As someone who enjoys keeping up with breaking events on the news, Drenga has ambitio...

Manaal Sheriff
Staff Writer

Manaal Sheriff

Manaal Sheriff is a senior at South Windsor High School. She’s a very kind-hearted indvidual who cares most for family and friends. Manaal is looking forward to learning about politics and news and is even more excited to share her research with others.

Emily Osit
Arts & Entertainment Editor

Emily Osit

Senior Emily Osit is a passionate, humble, and artistic editor for The Bobcat Prowl. Osit enjoys listening to music, reading, and hanging out with her friends. She is looking to expand her horizons, write for new topics, and improve her journalistic writing. In the future, she wants to continue studying journalism at a college in New England.

Anthony Sosa
Staff Writer

Anthony Sosa

Anthony Sosa is a sophomore at SWHS. As a freshman, Sosa was part of the SWHS swim team. This year, he is planning to join the SWHS wrestling team. Sosa enjoys spending his free time with his friends. He looks forward to his first year in journalism.

Shamyla Milner
Staff Writer

Shamyla Milner

Shamyla Milner is a senior at South Windsor High School. She is very considerate and loves to talk about bettering society. She is most passionate about topics that are affecting people which falls in the category of news and politics. She is looking forward to further exploring important topics and sharing that information with fellow students at her school.  

Samantha Pagliaruli
Staff Writer

Samantha Pagliaruli

Junior, Samantha Pagliaruli, is a strong, aspiring journalist. She likes learning new things that happen in the celebrity and Hollywood world. From movies to TV shows to strange celebrity rumors and gossip, she’s up for a new story to keep up on for her peers. She enjoys reading and writing, as well as hanging out with friends and has a hope of being a strong journalist and writer throughout her schoo...

Cat Martino
Staff Writer

Cat Martino

Cat Martino is a senior and a first time writer for The Bobcat Prowl. She is very passionate about the arts. She is excited to improve her journalism skills and meet new people. Outside of school, you can find Martino at Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, reading up on horror and psychology, creating any form of art, or playing with her thirteen pets....

Olivia Liegl
Staff Writer

Olivia Liegl

Senior Olivia Liegl is an aspiring journalist. She is interested in literature as well as writing. She is optimistic and excited to shed light on stories and people whose voices aren't heard. Olivia is looking forward to expanding upon her knowledge in journalism and looking to see if this is something she is looking to pursue as a career. 

Mikaylee Winn
Public Relations Editor

Mikaylee Winn

Mikaylee Winn is the PR editor and social media coordinator of The Bobcat Prowl. As a senior at SWHS, she’s looking forward to bringing new ideas and topics to The Prowl. She’s been a  journalist for two years, and a passionate writer for sports, student life, and news and politics. Winn's driven to become a lawyer and attend Columbia University. Outside of school, she enjoys photography, music,...

Andrew Kronenwetter
Staff Writer

Andrew Kronenwetter

Andrew Kronenwetter is a 15 year old sophomore at South Windsor High School. He lives off making people happy and driving with his friends.  Kronenwetter admires his family and prefers riding dirt bikes and quads over most other activities. This is his first year taking Journalism, and he's very excited to be part of The Bobcat Prowl.

Jack Huot
Copy Editor

Jack Huot

Jack Huot is a South Windsor High School senior who is interested in journalism and political science. Huot loves hanging out with his friends, reading, and making charcuterie boards. He is very involved in school clubs, priding himself in his commitment to others. He hopes that this year he will be able to focus on his leadership roles within clubs. So far in his journalism class experience, Huot has love...

Emma Cherubini
Staff Writer

Emma Cherubini

Sophomore Emma Cherubini is a hardworking and outgoing student. Cherubini enjoys listening to music, reading, and playing sports with her friends. She is looking forward to writing articles about politics, arts and entertainment, and current events for The Bobcat Prowl. She is hoping to study journalism in college and is looking to gain experience on writing for a newspaper. ...

Elizabeth Sinclair
Staff Writer

Elizabeth Sinclair

Elizabeth Sinclair is a South Windsor High school freshman who is energetic, caring, and compassionate. This year is Elizabeth’s first year at SWHS. In the past, she loved to write interesting articles and essays about topics going on in the real world and about her fellow students. She is a soccer player, a dancer, and a Girl Scout. While attending TEMS last year, Sinclair took a creative writin...

Eli Schwartzman
Staff Writer

Eli Schwartzman

Eli Schwartzman is an energetic and fun loving freshman who loves sports. Schwartzman is very excited to write about sports such as football, baseball, and basketball this year. He will be covering a lot of teams and leagues, from the big leagues like the NFL, NBA, and MLB, to NCAA, and even high school sports such as teams here at SWHS.

Anjani Anamthoji
Staff Writer

Anjani Anamthoji

Anjani Anamthoji is an SWHS junior looking forward to writing many articles for The Prowl. She's a bit overambitious, but strives to meet her end goal. She may be reserved, but she isn't afraid to go out and talk to people to get things done. Her other hobbies include surfing the internet, searching up new artists to listen to, and trying to improve her sleeping habits....

Angelina Bellizzi
Public Relations Editor

Angelina Bellizzi

Angelina Bellizzi is an 11th-grade student at South Windsor High School who's interested in a career in nursing. Bellizzi is a field hockey and lacrosse player, and as an athlete, she hopes to contribute more sports stories to The Prowl, getting insights on the players personally. Describing herself as serious, funny, and reliable, she hopes to add more student life to The Prowl. Regarding journalism,...

Aasrith Veerapaneni
Staff Writer

Aasrith Veerapaneni

Aasrith Veerapaneni is a junior at South Windsor High School, in his first year with The Bobcat Prowl.  An avid sports watcher, you can and will catch him watching everything from the NFL to F1.  A former football player and runner, he is also a current Rec basketball player and Show Choir member, and his competitive nature carries into his writing.  Whether it's the championship game or simply wee...

Max Schwartzman
Editor-in-Chief

Max Schwartzman

Max Schwartzman is the Editor-in-Chief of The Bobcat Prowl student newspaper at South Windsor High School. He is dedicated to making our school’s paper the greatest newspaper in the history of journalism, along with his excellent editor team and writers. When he’s not running The Prowl, Max can be found volunteering for various non-profit organizations, walking his rescue dogs, or struggling with math ...

Izabella McKenna
Student Life Editor

Izabella McKenna

Sophomore Izabella “Bella” McKenna is a second-year staff member for The Bobcat Prowl. McKenna hopes to inspire girls to play whatever sport they put their minds to (like Football). She plays sports all season long: football, indoor track, and outdoor track. McKenna is an outstanding writer for The Prowl. She reaches out of her comfort zone to write stories that pull the public's heartstrings whil...

Ava Nicole Shasha
Sports Editor

Ava Nicole Shasha

Ava Nicole Shasha is a senior at SWHS. Shasha is a ball of energy. She thrives when it comes to the topic of sports. She is determined to become the face of women in the sports industry.  She is excited to be the Sports Editor for The Bobcat Prowl. Ava is also the captain of the SWHS Softball team.