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Algebra 2 teacher wins Golden Apple Award

Sarah Davis, Editor-in-Chief

May 22, 2019 • No Comments

Algebra 2 teacher Kenzie Sanchez received the Golden Apple Award May 22. Students vote on which teachers they want to receive Golden Apples, so the award is a personal...

Girls Education Organization raises $4,400 to send Rwandan girls to school

Sarah Davis, Editor-in-Chief

May 21, 2019 • No Comments

The Girls Education Organization raised $4,400 to send 30 girls in Rwanda to school for a year. The club is partnered with Young Women Empowered in Rwanda. GEO was created...

Recent News Stories

Varsity football players rally around coach, raise money through gofundme

May 20, 2019

When coach Douglas Wilson first learned he had cancer of the esophagus, he knew he was in for a fight. Esophageal...

Principal Steve Ramsey wins 2019 Administrator of the Year award

April 5, 2019

Sixth period, March 8, the streamers are hung, the cake is decorated and the journalism students are waiting...

Ending its season, Theatre reflects on historic show

April 4, 2019

Theatre ended its performance season March 13 at District after advancing with a third-place finish in the Zone...

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Columns

April poetry challenge sparks new insight for writer

Turi Sioson, Reporter

May 23, 2019 • No Comments

For someone who’s really bad at social media, I don’t really know why I’ve ended up running five different Instagram accounts. Yep, you read that right — five. Two...

Psych and followers

May 22, 2019

Guitar Hero, student reflects on video game Guitar Hero and the effect it had on her

May 22, 2019

May 21, 2019

Catherine Barany, Reporter

May 22, 2019 • No Comments

Long Shot is a romantic comedy that was released on May 3, starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen. It takes place in 2019, in a sort of parodied political climate. Theron...

The Last Summer adds to list of Netflix originals to leave viewers with more quetions than answers

May 13, 2019

Marvel fan pleasantly surprised by Avengers: Endgame

May 8, 2019

Long-awaited Billie Eilish album satisfies growing fan base

April 3, 2019

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Sports

Varsity baseball makes historic comeback, advances to third round of playoffs

Jake La Barbiera, Head Brawn

May 15, 2019 • No Comments

Friday night, Westlake recorded a win for the history books, finishing a sweep of South San Antonio in two games with a 12th-inning comeback win. The Chaps won the first game...

Sports gambling column: Week 28

May 8, 2019

Ever since I got a speeding ticket a few weeks back, I’ve been a little strapped for cash. Also, I only have $32.14 left in my Bovada account, so my money is almost...

JV places in District throwing events

April 17, 2019

Many people run track as their main sport, while others run it to get faster for football. In addition to running events, some athletes do field events like long jump, high...

Sports gambling column: Week 27

April 17, 2019

Remember those double chance bets I made the last time I wrote this column? Well, it turns out those were a little too good to be true because I found out after the semifinals...

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