A short few months ago, Ashley Kendrot made the Leesville varsity women’s soccer team. The freshman has transformed from a shy, lowkey newbie to an outgoing starter who fits right in. In my previous article, I portrayed Kendrot’s challenge of making the team. Now that I have spent months with her, I have witnessed her [...]

The Leesville Women’s softball team soared to victory on Tuesday April 24 against Wakefield. The Pride “mercy ruled” the Wolverines in the 5th inning with a score of 10-0. Martha Calvert, senior, said, “It took us awhile to get started it, but then we came in hard.” Leesville’s pitcher Meredith Bissette, sophomore,  threw a no [...]

Despite many prejudices, Crocs have infinite potential. Some believe the versatile and conventional shoe has gone “out of style,” but certain Leesville students are attempting to bring the fad back. Although Crocs might lack that fashionable appeal, the rubber shoe has all sorts of uses to make up for it. For one, the material allows [...]

Ashley Kendrot: just a freshman girl wishing to enter into the intense high school women’s soccer realm. Her journey began on Tuesday, February 14. Kendrot has prepared months for this week.The week of soccer tryouts. “I was really anxious for tryouts to just be over with. I was nervous because I didn’t know that many [...]

Tuesday, April 10, the environmental club held an after school campus clean up. Leesville’s campus receives these sorts of spruce ups periodically throughout the year by club members. “Each time we do a different zone of the school. Usually we target the courtyard area where people eat lunch, this time however ” said Sam Freeze, [...]

Obsession: something every teen goes through, whether they admit it or not. That one celebrity that you would marry in a second; no questions asked. For example, some people are filled with Bieber Fever while others fall for the dreamy Channing Tatum or hot Megan Fox. Why, you might ask, do people become so attached [...]

What happened to the days when you would feel crisp pages of a book underneath your fingers and hear the rustling of the page turning as you dove deeper into the story? A new chapter in the history of books has emerged…the e-reader. E-readers are taking over and it is not okay. This new age [...]

Tuesday, March 6 was anything but an ordinary day. Despite the dreadful ACT that dragged on for four hours, it was still incredible, because that night I saw…One Direction. Over the past few months, tickets often times have seemed unattainable. However, thanks to a good friend of mine, I, along with three of my friends, [...]

Second year sports medicine traveled to a conference at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Saturday, February 25. “It was a great experience, and I definitely learned a lot throughout the day,” said Brian Sell, senior and Sports Medicine III student. “I also got to see an athletic training program in a [...]

Because of movies and television, almost every girl dreams that one night when she can dress up, look beautiful, and stand side by side her prince charming. Thanks to Pearl’s Closet that may become a reality for less fortunate teenagers. Pearl’s Closet is hosting a Prom Dress Drive, where they are collecting dresses to give [...]

Hilburn Academy, formerly known as Hilburn Drive Elementary, is transforming into a school containing grades K-8. In addition, the school will receive a major technological boost. With the new elementary schools in the area, middle schools are becoming more crowded. Instead of building a whole new middle school, the school board decided to change Hilburn [...]

Advanced Placement classes. A major stress factor for many high school students. For the student wishing to receive those six points for their GPA, they are a huge deal. Students have started seeing AP classes as a necessary requirement, cramming numerous difficult classes into their schedule, hoping to improve their GPA and embellish their college [...]

A question many high school athletes struggle with is whether or not to play sports on the next level, at college. Despite common beliefs, recruiting is an extremely stressful and complicated process. Firstly, students must contact coaches. This involves sending countless emails and phone calls to coaches. The athlete needs to convince coaches to come [...]

Leesville’s men’s tennis team is working hard to break into the tops of the Cap-8 ranks this year. After a week of tryouts, February 13-17, Dr. Stone has put together a competitive team of 16. “We do not have a lot of returning players, but we have good newcomers, and we can compete,” Stone said. [...]

Advanced Placement classes. A major stress factor for many high school students. For the student wishing to receive those six points for their GPA, they are a huge deal. Students have started seeing AP classes as a necessary requirement, cramming numerous difficult cl asses into their schedule, hoping to improve their GPA and embellish their [...]