First time players bring a push to improve
Bella Roberts, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2019
The girls junior varsity soccer team started the season with a loss of 0-8 but are determined to get the ball rolling. In spite of the season start, coach Jeremy Killinger has a positive outlook for the season. One contributing factor: the team is a lot bigger than the 2018 roster with a total of ...
Take a hike
Morgan King, Content Editor
May 20, 2019
SALIDA, COLORADO-We started where the Chalk Creek runs into the Arkansas River. On the hike beside Ruby Mountain up a trail, there is a point where the trail is right next to a little valley. At that point we got out the compass because we were going off the trail and straight down into the valley. ...
Muddy Situations: Dirt Bike Riding
Bella Roberts, Staff Reporter
May 15, 2019
Eighth-grader Connor Allen rides his dirt bike whenever he has time. One of those times proved to be the scariest. The throttle on his dirt bike got stuck wide open and he hit the pool deck. He was terrified of getting hurt, and for good reason. He ended up with a burn on his arm. Allen counts ...
Gliding to gold
Chris Kaltner, Staff Reporter
April 18, 2019
On the ice rink at the Arctic Coliseum in Chelsea, Michigan, Samantha Ann Nothnagel gets off to a gliding pace with a look fierce concentration. She waits. Then, with her momentum, she leaps into the air and twist and lands back on the ice. With a loud click, it is known that her practice has paid off....
Passion for sports dwindles in youth
Chris Kaltner, Staff Reporter
April 18, 2019
After she had been on the soccer team all season of her freshman year, Anna Schlaff had yet to make a goal. Then, someone saw her potential and advised the coach to put her in as a forward offensive. Schlaff had three minutes and the chance to prove herself. She scored the final goal that the obliterat...
Take the bite out of frost
Abigail Douglas, Creative Editor
April 12, 2019
During the polar vortex, local temperatures reached down to -40 degrees. During this frigid time, it could have only taken a mere 10 minutes for exposed skin to become frost bitten. The solution? Face masks, hats, gloves and scarfs‒all in multiple layers. Add lip balm to the mix as well. B...
Playing year round, fast pitch softball league hits into spring season
Sami Stitt, Staff Reporter
April 12, 2019
Sophomore Alexis Hightower first watches the pitcher, plants on her feet on the homebase, counts how many seconds it takes until the ball gets to the plate, and‒then‒swings at the good pitch. But, wait. Doesn’t softball begin outside after the snow melts? Normally, it does, but Hightower began round...
Flipping for joy
February 23, 2019
Perfect takes practice. The competitive cheer team knows this, so they practice 12.5 hours per week, plus hours of performance at basketball games. Any time they can get helps as the team is much smaller in numbers than league competitors. Hailing from a small school, the team competes in Division 4 of ...
Wrestle like a girl
February 22, 2019
The competitive wrestling season has begun and with the season comes wins. Varsity placed 6th at the Dansville Tournament. With junior Cody Freiermuth taking home a silver in the 140-weight class and junior Bradley Cooper grabbing a silver in the 285-weight class. What the sports enthusiasts may not have bee...
New year, same season
Alex Rose, Staff Reporter
January 19, 2019
The baseball program has always rounded out last or close to last throughout most of its history in the GLAC conference. A few spurts of glory appear every year or two in each decade as the program has only been able to win the district 5 times in the past 25 years, the last time coming in 2010. ...
Turnover ends for boys varsity basketball
Tylin Ayers, Staff Reporter
January 17, 2019
Coach Craig Rehmann - 1 year Coach Joseph Wenzel - 2 years Coach Randy Swoverland - 2 years Coach Rick Weaver - 2 years Four different coaches for varsity basketball within the last 7 years. The team has never really had a committed coach for more than two years other than a teacher who coached for 7 years just prior to Rehmann. ...
Sports at a higher level
Martin Hoeksema, Senior Reporter
June 12, 2018
High school sports may seem like a commitment, going to practice every day, games one or more times a week, but college sports tell a different story, with most athletically inclined people having to endure different drills and workouts. For those who make the major commitment that takes away enor...
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August 21, 2018
SPECTRUM. A perfect sphere of light and color is captured by 8th grader Maggie Maxwell at the Jostens Photography Camp during a hands-on lesson. Maxwell attended the three-day...
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