Alexis Gonzalez

Confidential Secretary

Toni Wooten is the confidential secretary for the newsroom. She joined The Bee in September 1995.

Katherine Biehle

Year: Senior

School: Golden West

She's qualified because: Had 69 goals, 41 steals and 32 assists in All-WYL season. Scored on 74% of her shots, won 27 of 29 sprints and had a season- high seven goals against Hanford West.

Sammie Battles

Vitals: Buchanan, junior

She’s qualified because: A three-year varsity player who’s been the Bears’ No. 1 singles player for the past two, she went 14-2, losing only to Bee Player of the Year Mai Thao of Clovis East and Bullard All-Star Alexis Gonzales.

She said it: “She was a power player with intelligence behind it. The fact she’s a volleyball player helped her quickness and agility. She’s diving for shots, skinning her knees up. Basically, she was an animal on the court, letting nothing get by her.” Clovis East coach Janine Sodersten

Flogging raises questions

The Jan. 13 picture of the Acehnese woman being caned (flogged) in Indonesia was very disturbing. I had just read "Price of Honor" (a New York Times notable book) by Jan Goodwin that spells out the role of women in Islamic-controlled countries. The picture raised many questions in my mind which were not answered by the caption:

Did she violate the dress code? Did her head scarf slip revealing her natural hair? Did she commit adultery? Was she raped?

Was she given a virginity test? Did she not have money to pay a fine? Did she serve alcohol at a party?

Lyndsie Etherton

Year: Freshman

School: Bullard

She's qualified because: She's fifth among the top 40 freshmen in the state. She finished 33rd in 18:40 in the D-I state race, and was the third section finisher among 198 runners. She was the fourth-fastest freshman in the D-I field. She placed fifth (19:06) in the section for D-I, and her sixth-place finish (18:16) at the Clovis Invite placed her at the top of Bullard's All-Time Top 25 List for Woodward Park.