![UEFA Euros Tournament Predictions](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/euro2024-whatson.jpeg)
The second biggest tournament in all of soccer kicks off on June 15. The UEFA Euros tournament, composed of all of the strongest European teams, face off against each other to eventually lift the Henri...
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blake_H_02-1200x800.jpg)
I started counting my lasts in July. Last StuCo camp, last journalism workshop, last lock-in, last first day, last exam, last semester, last UIL event, last award ceremony, and now this: my last blog. I’ve...
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Abi_M_02-1200x800.jpg)
I’ve spent a sickening amount of time deciding how I want to write my first, last and only blog for The Rider. Did I want to focus on my journalism classes? How COVID affected my freshman year? All of...
![Watching the pitcher, Micah Haynes, 11, stands ready for the pitch at home plate.](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4654-1200x800.jpg)
![20 Summer Activities](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/summerbucketlist.png)
We all know the feeling of a perfect summer day and nothing to do with it. Summer is fun, but days like these make it boring quickly. So, I hope that you will use this bucket list to fill your long empty...
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jonah_P_02-1200x800.jpg)
I'm just writing this so I don't get fined. Freshman year, I was forced into Journalism 1 by my sister. She constantly talked about how great of a program it is, how she loved writing, loved the people...
![Chinda Choup, 12, and Adrian Garcia, 10, sing Say a Little Prayer For You from My Best Friends Wedding.](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gallery_choir_concert_05172024_rmallett_008.e-1200x1055.jpg)
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Bryanna_O_02-1200x800.jpg)
Face masks coordinated with every outfit and sanitizer strapped to my polka-dot backpack defined the ninth grade for me. My freshman year didn’t match my idea of high school at all. However, after an...
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Jackson_G_02-1200x800.jpg)
I have spent the past two weeks debating what to write this “final blog” about. It’s hard to summarize the craziest four years of my life in a few paragraphs. It’s hard to look back at this long...
![At the spring football game, players competed in an intrasquad game.](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_3373-1200x800.jpeg)
![Final Blog](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Justin_A_02-1200x800.jpg)
A lot can change in four years. One day you’re a freshman learning and meeting your teachers on Zoom because of the Facui virus, some call it COVID-19, and the next you are writing a final signoff on...
![The Round Up Podcast: Hometown Homicide](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Untitled-design-15-900x600.png)
On this episode of The Round Up, juniors Kaiden Wynne and Kyra Langston discuss a local murder investigation.
![The baseball team beat Sachse 5-4, in game two of the area playoffs May 9. They face Rockwall Heath in the regional quarterfinal games at 8 p.m. May 16, 5 p.m. May 17 and at noon May 18 if needed. All three games will be played at Dallas Baptist University.](https://therideronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/mwd_051024_baseballvarsity_10-1200x784.jpg)
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You finally registered to vote, found your nearest polling spot and have looked forward to this moment for years. You get to the ballot and see dozens of names you have never heard of. How do you know...