The air is tense with anticipation. Every girl in the gym has been eagerly awaiting this moment. The music starts and the boys swim team emerges. It’s the winter sports assembly and it’s time for the speedo dance.

But this year, a key member of the Bullfrogs is missing in action. His last year year as a bulldog, he won’t get a chance to prance around the gym in the swim team’s new checkered speedos, sending Garfield’s female population into a frenzy. Instead, co-captain Reid Walker is off swimming with his club team.

Walker was bummed he had to miss the winter sports assembly this year, but his hard work has paid off. He won the state competition in the 500 freestyle just a few weeks ago.

In addition, he has qualified as an All American automatic. For everyone that doesn’t speak swimmer, this means that not only is he in the top 130 swimmers in the country, but he was guaranteed his spot there by beating the automatic qualification time of 4:35.51 in the 500 meter competition.

Walker started his swimming career at the age of six with a club team, Swim Seattle. His five older siblings all swam, so Walker naturally jumped on the bandwagon. But since then, his siblings have moved on to other sports. Walker and his oldest sister are the only ones who have stuck with it. She swam for Harvard in college.

Walker continued to swim on club teams all throughout elementary and middle school. Then, he took some time off his freshman year and part of his sophomore year to play high school water polo.

Now, Walker doubles up high school swimming with swimming for his club team, Cascade. He has a grueling schedule with club swimming, practicing 9–10 times a week, which amounts to a total of about 16 hours. It’s a wonder he can maintain a grade point average of 3.85.

“It’s definitely worth it in the end,” he says.

The Garfield swim team provides a nice break from the intense atmosphere of club. The environment is much more relaxed.

Walker says it’s his teammates that make swimming enjoyable for him. They make practices less stressful and more fun. They also inspire him to get better.

“Trying to beat people you know makes you work harder,” he says.

This year, Walker went to state along with swimmers Andy Fulton, Michael Snyder, Jason Hu, Gary Kuo, Andrew Nameth, and diver Alec Ginn.

Walker swam the 500 freestyle. He was up against Eisenhower’s powerhouse Ian Wheeler. Despite his impressive ammount of talent, Walker stays extremely humble. He wasn’t expecting to win.

“The guy I was racing is quite a bit faster than me,” Walker said.

But, apparently he was wrong about that. Walker won by eight hundredths of a second.

“I had a good race and he didn’t,” Walker modestly explained. “That’s what I needed [to win].”

After the race, the podium was set up on the deck and the swimmers were called up, starting with eighth place and ending with Walker in first. On the top tier, he was handed his medal.

“It’s how much work and dedication you put into it,” he said.

Walker will attend UC Davis next year. He earned an athletic scholarship, which is no small accomplishment either. Both UC Davis’s men’s and women’s teams took the Big West conference titles this year.

Beyond next year, Walker hasn’t planned out his swimming future. He’s going to see how college swimming goes, and take it from there. Although, he admits that he would really like to swim in a NCAA championship.

Walker will be greatly missed after he moves on from Garfield. No matter where life takes him, it is clear that great things are in store for Reid Walker.

Soccer

After a solid season, soccer fans were left with a bitter taste in their mouths when the soccer team just missed the playoffs after losing a tie break game to Eastlake. This season, the Bulldogs plan to replace last year’s bitter end with the sweet taste of victory.

The team will suffer from the loss of solid seniors, including a few foreign players, but captain Chris Perkins is confident the team will be even better and has “a lot of potential.”

Perkins says there will be a “solid core group,” consisting of himself and other co–captain Reid Shaw, junior Sean Russell, and sophomore Aaron Kovar, but is also pleased by the team chemistry, which was a problem last year.

Perkins is also “enthusiastic about the coaching staff.” GHS Soccer will be led by seven Garfield alumni coaches, including returning coaches Carlos Enriquez and Reed Miller, as well as new varsity coach Quauhtli Martinez.

This year the soccer team wants people to get out to the games. It’s going to be an “exiting year” for the Bulldogs and Perkins wants a “boisterous student section” to cheer them on.

Track

The track team also has a new coaching staff this year. Senior Tory Sheffield “eagerly awaits the new differences,” but the track team doesn’t plan on having any differences in there successful record. Although they lost some exceptional athletes to graduation, Garfield track looks to be just as successful this year. In particular, the long distance team is confident in their ability to perform and compensate for the losses in other areas of the team. After the cross country boys team and superstar Anna Dailey’s success at state, they have the record to back up this claim.

Ryan Peterson says, “The team will be deep this year; we keep getting better.”

Golf

Last year was a tough one for girls golf, which had a nearly brand new team filled with first year players. This season, a lot of those players are back with the experience of last year and Coach Butler say the team will “be a lot better.”

Girls golf isn’t all about winning however; they are known more for their sportsmanship. Coach Butler says

“Our team is super friendly, and a lot of fun to play with.”

If you come out to a match, be forewarned that the real fun starts at the after party where the GHS golfers hold up the motto written on their team shirts, “We Be Clubbin.”

Baseball

Last years record was a serious disappointment for baseball fans at Garfield, but captain Joseph Lucia says many of those games were “hella close,” and lost by only a few points.

The baseball team only lost two players to graduation, and this year there is a “great senior class,” which means that the team as a whole should be “really good this year.” Baseball fans can hope that this is the year that Garfield get out of their slump.

Lucia is confident of the team’s ability and says that he, co captain Jack Jajewski, and Sean Foster will “run the league.”

Softball

Don’t be fooled by the name; these girls are nothing but hard. After a not so successful season last year, they are ready to take another swing.

Tired of losing, these bulldogs will be bringing their A games out of the dugout and onto the field. Captain Maddie Lee says

But at the beginning of the season, it all went wrong, with the loss of Wroten and Pierre Wright, standout sophomore. Both were injured playing football for Garfield.

This created a void that senior Des’Jaune Newton and several others had to step up and fill. Newton averaged a double-double throughout the season, and was a valuable role model to the freshmen. This was key, seeing as how there were five ninth graders on the team.

The freshmen looked strong for Garfield, all contributing time and putting up good numbers. Starting at point guard as a first year in high school is no easy feat, but freshman Will Dorsey did it with ease. He dazzled the student section with crazy passes and threes that were huge momentum changers.

The team started out in the top 10 in the state, but due to a shaky start, gradually slid out of the rankings. Surprisingly, the Kingco 4A competition was much better this year, with Skyline ranked third in the state and Eastlake also qualifying for the state tournament.

Seeing as how the basketball team drew the biggest crowds to each game and was clearly the most popular sport, it was quite a disappointment that the Bulldogs did not qualify for the tournament, losing in the Kingco districts to Eastlake.

The top scorer for the Bulldogs was junior Glenn Brooks, who averaged just over 14 points a game to go along with three assists.

Garfield will lose key seniors in Des’Juane Newton, Wilson Platt, and Kellen Landry. All three were valuable contributors and will be missed.

Newton has been offered scholarships for both basketball and football, with scholarships from the likes of Seattle University, Clark University in Atlanta, and University of Georgia, among others. To him, along with Platt and Landry, it was frustrating to not make it to state this year.

However the future looks good, with Wroten returning and the five freshmen maturing. Wright also came on strong in the second half of the season, averaging nine points a game, including 21 against Redmond, one of the most dominating games of the year. This could have possibly been because the Redmond point guard was a legalized leprechaun and as senior Fred Ness put it, “could not find his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.”

Perhaps the best game though, was the two point win over Eastlake on January 8. Michael Russo, the wolves’ big man, somehow was able to put up 31 points against Garfield in front of the student section, but when it came to the wire, he failed miserably. With no time left on the clock and down by two, Russo was fouled behind the three point arc and got sent to the line.

Unfortunately for him, he missed every shot and came up empty handed, while the Bulldog fans screamed his name laughing. Although it was a great win for the Bulldogs, Eastlake would later knock them out and win the Kingco 4A crown. However, the wolves lost in the quarter finals of the State playoffs to Kentwood, the eventual State champion.

Although this season was a bit of disappointment for players and fans alike, look for a hungry team next year as Wroten returns along with Brooks, Wright, and a handful of talented freshman. Bottom line: we should be the top team in the league.

The Lady Bulldogs had a great season, and an even better run in the playoffs, but it ended with a heartbreaking loss to Mead High School in the semifinals. The final score of the semi-final was 54–53, leaving the senior bulldogs with a little bit of disappointment. However, the team played Issaquah for third place and won by a hefty margin of 17 over one of its Kingco rivals.

The Bulldogs looked as if they were going to take the game against Mead, as they had the lead with time running out. On an inbounds play however, Mead star Jazmine Redmon dribbled to the hoop and missed a layup. Unfortunately, the miss fell right into the hands of Chenise Pakootas, who hit the final shot, before Garfield player Shaunice Robinson missed a shot at the buzzer.

Nyasha Sarju led the team in scoring throughout the season, and Renee Dillard-Brown had an impressive game against Issaquah, leading the team with 16 points. Other stars shined in the state tournament, like sophomore phenom Shaunice Robinson and junior Cora Mcmanus.

The Bulldogs were out to prove that they were a worthwhile team to be in the State tournament despite winning the district tournament.

“We were basically listed as the underdogs and we wanted to prove ourselves to everyone and show we can play basketball and work as a team,” stated Robinson to a Seattle Times reporter.

After battling out the season against other top Kingco contenders, Issaquah and Newport, the Bulldogs came away with the best finish of the three teams. Issaquah finished sixth and Newport lost in the first round to Kentwood.

The season started out with the Lady Bulldogs ranked among the best teams in the state and earning an invitation to the Nike Tournament of Champions Invitational in Arizona. The Bulldogs held their own, beating Mesquite of Gilbert, Arizona, and losing by one to Xavier College Prep, ranked sixth in Arizona.

Later, however, the team ran into a couple losses early on, and dropped out of the top 10. They kept fighting however, winning the Kingco tournament by beating rival Newport and making it to the state tournament.

Seniors Alyse Harris, Demarea Caples, Mykihaul Gadison, and Isolina Cambell– Cronin, are departing, but have few regrets after such a successful season.

Look for another run at state next year for this team, who return three of their top four scorers, and will have a chip on their shoulder after only missing the state championship by one point.

But especially after the recent US Hockey Teams adventures, I’ve come to realize that it’s good for the US to be the underdog. We’re used to being the dominant power in everything. We have by far the biggest economy and the biggest military. Between Hollywood and MTV, we basically control the pop culture of the entire world. And the NBA, NFL, and MLB are all by far the most important leagues in their respective sports in the entire world.

It’s become almost an American tradition to be the biggest and the best in everything we do, and as the Olympics have shown us—sports are no different. It’s really pretty embarrassing whenever the US Men’s Olympic basketball team, comprised of easily the most talented basketball players in the world, doesn’t win gold. Baseball is basically the same, and if football were an Olympic sport, I’m sure we would completely dominate that as well.

I think that’s part of the reason why the US hockey team’s first win over Canada was such a big deal. They weren’t expected to win. They were definitely one of the better teams in the competition, but they were still clearly the underdogs going into the game.

It’s the excitement of the upset that makes sports so much fun, and it was the excitement of upsetting the best hockey team in the world that drew so much attention. I hadn’t been paying much attention to hockey, but after the US won, I hopped on the bandwagon like everybody else. Being the underdog that could beat the big powerhouses is the real American spirit, and that’s why seeing the hockey team win a non-medal game was so much more satisfying than seeing Shawn White destroy everybody on the way to a gold medal.

I think that’s part of the appeal of soccer. The US isn’t the best. Seeing the US beat Spain in the Confederations Cup was one of the most exciting sports moments of the summer for me, and it was 100 percent because of the fact that nobody expected the US to beat the number one ranked team in the world. The whole Disney-esque

To be honest, this article is like ESPN. It has nothing to do with sports; it is just there to show commoners how much better a professional sportsplayer’s life is. Garfield has a very diverse student body, with kids that are Ivy League bound, kids that are Divison I bound, and freak athletes that are off to “the league” (not even going to bother mentioning his name). Many kids, including myself, can only wish to be seen as a top athlete, but the dream stops there. However, seeing as how we have many students who have the gift to possibly be able to play sports beyond high school, I saw it fitting to write an article on how they should act.

The first and foremost rule of sports douche bags everywhere is letting people know how special they are. Nobody pushes them around and they are the ones that get to do what they want. They get any person of the opposite sex they want. The key to this is showing that they are better than others. The truth is, girls like jerks and guys like what they think they can’t have. Although I don’t like it, it’s human nature and there is no way around it.

A prime model is Jacob*. Girls crawl over this man for his eight-pack. He receives letters from colleges for sports regularly, and it might have possibly gotten to his head, but we all still love him. When a slightly intoxicated blonde girl walked up to him, begging to see his abs, he simply shushed her away, declaring he didn’t have the time to show the goods. Jacob knew what he was getting into, but had to show his value and state that he was above her.

The entourage is essential. They always have a group of friends around them to show their popularity. Whether they’re a pro going to nightclub, or a high school kid walking down the hallways, they never walk alone. Here pro sports douchebags can impress their dominance upon their friends.

Being original is key to fame fortune, and being an accredited douche bag. An athlete will show their non-sports side by introducing their hobbies and what they typically do during their spare time. A pro athlete will have random side jobs, like owning a restaurant or a night club, or even writing a book. This is yet another way to show off what they’ve accomplished. When owning a restaurant, they need a bar where they can show off their jerseys, as well as awards. When writing a book, they let the reader know how cocky they are. In Chad Ochocinco’s book, he constantly quotes other players, talking about how good he is. Ochocinco reps the douche bag persona.

Another way pro sports douchebags show their originality is by attracting someone they like. It’s always good to try something new that the person they are after has not seen before. Most athletes go with the, “I’m an athlete, and I know your jockin’ me” but this may not always work (even though it probably does 99 percent of the time). A good way professionals get the one they want is to conceal their identity, and come off as an average guy. Later, they show their true form by maybe throwing on a $6,000 real leopard skin jacket, or hopping into a brand new 2010 SL 500 Mercedes Benz with phantom doors. This car will work on any lady.

This strategy is a guaranteed because it shows that this athlete not only has class, but he or she also has a soft side. The real truth is they probably don’t have a soft side, but its what an average Joe wants to hear. Anyway, a pro athlete doesn’t have times to have feelings or emotions.

It’s hard work being a douche bag, but it’s something I strive for each and every day. To really master the art, a person must perfect each and every aspect. Keep in mind however, that this art is only for the select few, and we normal human beings must envy from the outside. For the ’012 girls, I am sorry for writing this article and being a douche bag.

*name has been changed

Cell Phones
By far the funniest cell phone commerical was the Motorola Megan Fox ad. And to make things even better, she’s not wearing any clothes the whole thing. I don’t even remember if there were any other cell phone commercials but this was one of the few ads during the entire game that I could actually pay attention to for all 30 seconds.

Food
The McDonalds commercial with Dwight Howard and LeBron James’ wins this category. It was decently funny, but the dunks were also just filthy (even though they probably weren’t real). Honorable mention goes to Coke for their African Safari commercial, although Coke loses points for its stupid Simpsons commercial.

Beer
An absolute disappointment from the beer companies. Normally the funniest out of all the commercials, we were stuck watching stupid Lost parodies and T-Pain references. Bud Light wins the category, but only for their Book Club commercial where the girl asks the guy if he likes Little Women and he says “I’m not picky.” No honorable mentions because just about all the rest were terrible

Car
The Audi Green Police ad was the funniest, although it was really more of an environment ad than a car ad. Honorable Mentions go to the Volkswagen SlugBug commercial with Tracy Jordan and Stevie Wonder, and the Brett Favre 2020 MVP Hyundai Sonata commercial, because nobody likes Brett Favre.

Website
Normally I don’t like their stupid baby commercials, but the E-Trade commercials on Sunday were actually pretty funny. Personal favorites were the Milkaholic commercial with the little baby booty call (Milkawhat?) and the Airplane commercial. Honorable mention goes to Monster for the commercial with the beaver violinist.

Overall
Despite disappointments from many sides, this year’s Doritos commercials made up for any poor showings from other companies. The Samurai one and the House Rules one (“keep yo hands off mah momma, keep yo hands off mah Doritos”) were easily the funniest of the whole game, and were definitely my personal favorites. These commercials were by far the high point of the Super Bowl.

The USC football team has more scholarships than any other school in the country and some of the most money. USC spent over 20 million dollars on the football team in one year.

A school with the money to spend on high-end facilities and recruiting in the country has to have a ridiculous record. They get to pick which five-star, ESPN top 150 recruit they want.  To get a glimpse at how well off this team is, their third string quarterback, Mitch Mustain, was a five star recruit coming out of high school and was previously the starting quarterback at Arkansas as a freshman.  So I ask, how much coaching did this team really need?

Pete Carroll built his whole team up to have the smartest, fastest, filthiest freak athletes.  With the two of the best coordinators in the game at his side, USC was able to roll over opponents.  But take away that fiery defensive coordinator Nick Holt and wise beyond his years Steve Sarkisian, and USC loses to the previous unwinnable Huskies, coached by his two former assistants.

Without Holt and Sark, USC went 9–4 and got a small consolation prize with a victory in the Emerald Bowl against Boston College.  Coach Carroll looked bad, and didn’t hesitate to get out before people saw his true coaching talent.

Carroll started his coaching career at the University of the Pacific, where he had played college football as a safety.  After going through minor jobs in the NFL ranks between the Minnesota Vikings and the New York Jets, he was promoted to head coach of the Jets in 1994.

After going 6–10 in his first year and falling victim to Dan Marino’s famed “fake spike play,” Carroll was fired and quickly found a coaching job with the San Francisco 49ers.

He then later picked up the head coaching job for the New England Patriots where he had eight up and down seasons with an accumulative 33–31 record, two playoff appearances and another firing.  One might say that this doesn’t appear to be too bad, but then look at Bill Belichick. He was hired in the wake of Carroll and won three Super Bowls.

Carroll had a tough time in the NFL, getting fired both times as a head coach. In addition, he was sandwiched between two of the best coaches of all time while with the Patriots, Bill Parcels and Bill Belichick.

I’m a loyal UW fan, as I am sure many other Garfield students are.  The year I started getting into sports was the year the Trojans became filthy. I had reached the maturity level to be able to sit through a whole football game at Husky stadium, so my dad brought me along one day.

My first game featured the Huskies and Carroll’s Trojans, and after seeing a thorough stomping of my Huskies, a passion of hatred began.  Never have I liked seeing the Trojans win the Pac-10 championship year after year, and I will never forget how they took away our best hometown talent, Taylor Mays, who just finished his senior year at safety for the Trojans.

My prediction is Pete Carroll will stay in Seattle for five years and make the playoffs once; twice or more would be a stretch.  The team will have a losing record in the last two years and he will get fired, go back to some college school that spends all their money on football, and look like a coaching deity again.

Some argue that college ball is all about recruiting.  It is true that Carroll has coached some of the best at USC. But I don’t buy it. No matter how good you are at recruiting, how talented the rest of your staff is, or who your players are, there is no way a team can pull off a 97–19 record without a good coach.

Carroll brought USC two national championships and seven consecutive Pac-10 titles.  If he is half as successful in Seattle as he was in California, the Seahawks will be in great shape.

I realize it’s always a risky move to hire a college coach as head coach of an NFL team.  However, the rumors that college coaches are never successful in the NFL are not true.

Even over the last 25 years, quite a number of coaches straight out of college ball have repeatedly taken their NFL teams to the playoffs.

Dennis Green set the record for most points in a season in 1998 with the Minnesota Vikings. Before coaching for them, Green had been head coach at Stanford University.

Jimmy Johnson coached for the University of Miami before he was asked to be head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.  He won two Super Bowls with them.

Steve Mariucci, a California coach like Carroll, had a 57–39 record with the 49ers, finishing first in the NFC West during his first and last years in San Francisco.

Carroll isn’t some scared newbie NFL coach either.  He coached in the NFL for four years before coaching at USC.  He was the head coach for the New York Jets for one year and coached the New England Patriots for three years.

Although his record with the Patriots wasn’t fabulous, it wasn’t terrible either.  He was 33–31, which is better than former Seahawks coach Jim Mora’s career record.

Mora has been coaching in the NFL since 1985, which just goes to show that a long NFL career doesn’t automatically mean sucess.

Carroll’s statistics were only average in the NFL, but he earned great respect from his players. According to an article by Danny O’Neal, Carroll’s former players were full of praise.

“[Carroll] just really understood how defenses were supposed to be run,” Lawyer Milloy said.  “He put players in the right position according to their skill level.”

Milloy played for Carroll for the three years he coached the Patriots.  The Patriot quarterback at the time was Drew Bledsoe.  He also raved about Carroll’s coaching.

“If in fact [Carroll] does end up in Seattle, I predict that would be a situation that would be very, very successful,” Bledsoe said.

When Carroll returned to college football and accepted the coaching position at USC, Trojan fan were outraged.  They held protests.  They said he knew too much about the NFL, and not enough about college ball.

Carrols critics should decide which it is.  He can’t be too experienced with  both the NFL and college ball.

Carroll came through for the Trojans. There is no reason he can’t do the same for the Seahawks.

I’m not saying he’s a prophet who will bring us out of the darkness to become the best football team in NFL history.  I’m not even saying we’ll get a Super Bowl trophy this year.  It’s a coach’s job to see that a team reaches their full potential.  The Seahawks deserve that chance to show what they can do. They just need a push in the right direction, and that’s what Carroll will give them.

I eagerly await the Seahawks’ first game this year, and then Carl, we shall see who’s right about Pete Carroll.

The dog house reverberates with the sound of athletes pounding down the court, the blares of the marching band, and the cheers of high kicking cheerleaders.  But all that noise is drowned out behind the roar of the student section.

Everyone knows the boys basketball team is hugely successful, that’s why it pays to be a Bulldog.  But take a step back and take a closer look at that crowd in the bleachers.

They hoot and they holler.  They make more noise then anybody else, but sometimes the student section doesn’t get as much credit as they deserve.

The Spartans were savage warriors, but even they could not have fought without the support of their helot slaves.  Like the Spartans, bulldog basketball team needs the support of its fans.

Like the Seahawks’ 12^th man, the Garfield student section pushes bulldog basketball on to new heights.  They cheer Wilson “hardest workers in the game” Platt to keep on working.  They praise scoring machine Glenn Brooks for each of his baskets, and can’t get enough of DesJuan Newton’s flying rebounds.

Garfield student section’s Facebook quote is “We go hard.” The Bulldogs play hard and the student section cheers hard for them.  They yell for defense and scream at every shot.  Every swat is met with jubilation and every point with celebration.

With an impressive 12–1 home game record the team is holding true to the motto.

But Garfield student section’s cheers aren’t limited to friendly encouragement.  The student section also likes to give helpful reminders to the opposition.

Only excellence is accepted on the Garfield court. So when kids bring their fouls and cheating ways to the Doghouse, Garfield student section tells them what they need to hear,

“U-U-U-U-U-YOUUUUUUU SUCK!”

When it comes to basketball, the problem with a lot of schools is that they don’t like getting the beat down. Some of them, like the Athletic Director at Redmond High School, John Applegate, get a tad bit whiny.

The folks in Redmond might know how to program a computer, but they do not know how to play basketball.

The always helpful Garfield student section was just pointing out a few of their all too common travels and airballs and the Redmond AD got all huffy.  He comes over to our very own Athletic Director, Jim Valier.

Valier recalls that the Redmond AD told him fans “couldn’t yell ‘AIRBALL’ or ‘BACK TO BASICS,’” two of the student section’s favorite cheers.

I don’t blame Applegate completely for trying to settle the bulldog fans.  If I was getting smacked by Garfield, I wouldn’t be the most receptive pupil to the Garfield type of teaching.  If a congregation of fans told me “YOU CANT DO THAT,” I’d be mad too.

Anybody that has been to a Garfield basketball game knows the pleasure of ridiculing a non-Bulldog, and anybody who hasn’t is missing out.

There are times to be nice all day long, but there are only certain circumstances that chanting taunts is appropriate. And Garfield basketball games are definitely one of those times.

That being said, there is a line that can be crossed. Valier says he condones the common “BACK TO BASICS” type cheers that are just part of the game, but things start getting iffy when fans “find personal things about a kid to exploit or get inside their head.”

Many high school principles and athletic directors are advocating for stricter and/or more standardized sportsmanship rules to prevent what could be considered mean spirited chants.

This discussion is not a new one; in the Garfield Annual Yearbook of 1996, there are pictures of Garfield students at an interhighshool sportsmanship meeting.  Unfortunately, Garfield and other intercity schools, who historically have a poor attendance rate, are often out of the debate.

Complaints about mean spirit set aside, the student section is a generally positive group. Coach Ed Haskins encourages all bulldog fans to come out and cheer on the team.

Valier is also happy to talk about the student section, which he think “builds community,” in a school of about 1700 and is a great way to “show school spirit.”

It’s also a blast to cheer on fellow bulldogs. Garfield is a very diverse school, but every bulldog has a common interest in a nasty basketball team.

If you haven’t boasted your purple and white at a game yet, then its time to show some bulldog pride. Lets go bulldogs, HARD.