Hancock Invincible?: Josiah Raglin in Octagon

By Alex Orozco

Many students in our school do not believe that Josiah Raglin 10 actually gets into the octagon with the big boys to compete in MMA fights.

But in fact, he does, and he has been in a few fights recently at Kessler’s Sport Bar and Grill. His most recent fight was on Jan 15, 2010.

Many students at RAL have nicknamed him Hancock because he looks like the famous television actor Will Smith, who plays a disillusioned superhero in the movie Hancock.

But hey, he is Hancock after all, so he could do some damage, right?

“Hancock (Raglin) fights? Man, he is really skinny and probably can’t even take a punch. I would break him in half,” Thomas McCall 12 said.

Despite the disbelief expressed by some of our fellow students, there have been those who have actually witnessed Raglin in action.

“Yeah, I watched him fight. I went twice and both times he unfortunately lost. He is confident, but has not yet been successful,” James Fletcher 11 said.

This great year of 2010 Josiah “Hancock” Raglin has maybe found what he is best at. Perhaps fighting in the octagon with grown men for a living is his dream job. He goes into the octagon with men and stands his ground; he has got to have some guts for that.

“I think Raglin is a brave kid, he goes into a cage and fights. The kid has guts,” Trevor Crape 10 said.

Although he is not surrounded by crowds of screaming fans, Raglin has managed to warm the hearts of some of our school faculty with his personal charm.

 “Josiah is a unique young man, he is always happy and has a smile on his face,” Mrs. Enders in the library said.

Unlike the real Hancock Josiah has found little success to inflict pain on his arch rivals in the ring. This fact reinforces the notion that even though one may look, talk, and walk like the hero; he may still just be an ordinary high school student.

Josiah Raglin is no longer enrolled in our school.