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 a school newspaper you didn’t know existed until your junior year. Seniors of previous years used...

When I was 13 years old, my dad asked me what I thought about racing cars. I didn’t know too much about cars, and I didn’t know what that entailed. I agreed to it not knowing how it would change my life and how it would help me get closer to my dad. When my dad first told me that my racecar...

After opening the school in 2007 and serving as assistant principal for the last 16 years, Facilities Associate Principal John Contreras will retire at the end of the first semester. Mr. Contreras oversees the day-to-day operations of the building and manages student discipline for students with last...

As the varsity football team fell to 2-7 after losing to Cedar Hill, the team eliminated their chance to go to the playoffs adding to the four-year drought. One factor many people don’t often think about, the player's training starts freshman year and they hone in their craft until they are good enough...

Gallon water jugs, large arms, even larger legs. This is the average look for a bodybuilder, but no bodybuilder wants to look average. When walking around the hallways, students question what kind of work it takes for them to get this physique. When training consistently, women can expect to gain...

It’s that time of the year again. Ugly costumes, a crisp, cool breeze in the air, gruesome makeup, scary stories that are not so scary- Halloween. Over the years things have changed with Halloween and everyone has now grown older and more mature. Now too old to trick-or-treat, here are some ideas to...

Men and women competing in the same sports is nothing new, dating back to the 1900 Olympics. Back then it arose as a controversy, and today it remains a controversy. People have continued to debate this for a while, but now we ponder the question of if they should exist. No, they should not, and it’s...

At two years old, while Cooper Axe learned to potty train and perfect his English, he was also learning to play soccer. Junior Cooper Axe’s life is soccer, and he’s been competing for 14 years. “I feel when I play everyone gets a motivation to win and having to compete against teammates is something...