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Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball

Photo Gallery: Girls Basketball

Isabel Janssen, Photographer January 27, 2020
January 7, 2020
Waiting for the game to begin, members of the varsity girls basketball team chat with one another. Coach Bryan Duncan believes the teams chemistry is driving them in the right direction. They just seem to find the right mix of having fun and really competing hard, and I think that leads to success, Duncan said.

Team chemistry drives girls basketball team’s success

Ryan Liston, Online Editor in Chief February 11, 2015

On the bus to an away game, members of the varsity girls basketball team listen to music and joke around with teammates of all grade levels, a scene which is a stark contrast to the attitude of last year’s...

Seniors Jacob Allen and Joel Spain help a teammate to his feet during the varsity Homecoming game against Leavenworth.

Free State athletes recount concussions, close calls

Maddie Birchfield and Lauren Brittain October 27, 2014

Hoping to secure a spot on the varsity team, senior Briceson Junge plays hard on the last day of soccer tryouts. As Junge goes for a hitter, the goalie’s fist collides with his face. Junge immediately...

Kenneth Palmer and Maddie Birchfield discuss the current face of feminism

Reporters tackle feminism

Maddie Birchfield and Kenneth Palmer August 28, 2014

Maddie Birchfield: I am a feminist and a humanist. For some reason, the idea has risen that one can’t be both. This is due to the muddling of the meaning of the word “feminism.” I am a feminist...

Boys swimming team success motivates girls team

hala hamid, reporter March 10, 2014

Facing a pool of clear blue water, sophomore Ethan Kallenberger appears deadly calm. In the moments leading up to swim meets, Kallenberger does his best to get his mind off the race and relax. “I try...

Two teens kiss on a river bank in 1973.

Students, psychologist discuss teenage relationships

becca moran, reporter January 31, 2014

Bad or good news depending on your gender: the teenage relationship paradigm still favors guys. “Despite seeing themselves a much more liberated in their expression of relationships and sexuality, I...

Taking Flight: Lady Firebirds Soar Above Competition

Jake Stegall, Reporter February 28, 2013

  In the middle of a game during the three day long Winter Classic, senior A’liyah Rogers stood up from the bench, lowered her shorts, and casually removed the ACE bandage that had been...

Sex in Society

Sex in Society

morgan noll, reporter February 26, 2013

High school: four years in a person's life that will never be forgotten. One could say this is because of all the opportunities to learn, participate in activities and meet new people. However, most would...

The Life and Times of Title IX

kyra haas, Reporter December 10, 2012

In 1975, Linda Wedge’s sister Rose made a monumental transition from playing church youth league basketball to playing varsity for her school. She was one of the first girls to don a jersey for her school,...

Tunes and Trends- Sam

sam boatright, reporter January 20, 2012

2011: Top 10 Albums: 1. Father, Son, Holy Ghost- Girls '60s rock'n'roll, San Franciscan style; earnest, melodic and beautiful. Girls brings the sun and the shade on their amazing second full-length...

First Words of Fashion

kimberly messineo, reporter January 20, 2012

The new year has made its entrance, and the fashion reports are in.  Neon colors and animal prints have been booted away, replaced by hats, neutral colors and flower prints. According to the January...

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