With a 9-2 loss to Millbrook on April 30, Leesville’s first official lacrosse season came to a bittersweet end. The team, coached by Mr. Fullbright, had an impressive record of 8 wins and 8 losses. This was the first year the team played, and for most players on the team, they hadn’t ever played before. [...]

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 [...]

On Tuesday, April 10, after falling behind in the early innings, the Leesville Road men’s varsity baseball team pulled off the late game comeback to defeat Heritage by a score of 4-2. With the victory, the Pride moves to 12-1 on the season, giving them the best conference record to-date. Mike Kelly, junior, described the [...]

Almost one year ago, NC State had no basketball coach and no hope of being a contender in the ACC and the NCAA. They live in their blue neighbors’ shadows during basketball season, but this year, with the help of new head coach Mark Gottfried, the Pack are coming back. Last week, on Sunday, March [...]

People are naturally going to unfairly stereotype certain groups. One would imagine Asian-Americans are probably tired of hearing jokes about how good they are at math, or how they’re going to be doctors someday. Stereotypes like these are common, but one basketball player is expanding all of them, and making people think twice before they [...]

After placing first in their weight classes at the Cap-8 regional championships, two Leesville students, Matt Cesari, sophomore, and C.J. Kimmerly, junior, proceeded to the North Carolina state High School championships February 23-25. Taking place in the Greensboro Coliseum, the three day championship event was a memorable experience for both participants. “You feel like a gladiator,” said Cesari, [...]

The Leesville Softball Varsity softball season begins on March 1 and tryouts took place beginning on February 13. Due to a lack of interest, Leesville will only host a varsity team this year. There are 23 students trying out, but the team will retain around 14 girls. The tryouts do not test only the players’ [...]

The 2011-2012 Leesville Track and Field team holds high hopes for the upcoming season. Many athletes are confident that at least a few of the runners will make it to Regional- and maybe even State-level competitions this year. “We lost Coach McLamb last season, and it definitely had an effect on the team,” said Carson [...]

As basketball season draws to a close, both the boys and girls teams set a night aside to celebrate their seniors. This year on senior night, both varsity teams played Heritage high school at Leesville. The girls’ team played a tough game at 5:30, struggling to stay ahead of Heritage. During the third quarter, Alex [...]

In 2011, 111 million people watched the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XLV. Just over 50 million people watched the 2010 State of the Union address, which is slightly less than two times the 38 million people who watched Game 5 of the 1986 World Series. The US national debt on [...]

When Matt Hurley, senior, was asked to describe his senior year swimming experience, he only used one word: “super-duper”. Well, one contraction. As the regular swimming season draws to a close, many seniors are reminiscing about their season. “It was an awesome season,” added Hurley, co-captain of the team. “The captains were awesome this year, [...]

The Men’s Golf team has much to prove in this make-or-break season coming off of last year with a state championship title. Now that their best player has graduated, how will the golfers rebound to make this season count? “We just need to keep doing what we’re doing,” said Carter Jenkins, junior. “Working hard and [...]

Pride wrestling finished a successful regular season, by placing second in the Cap 8 championships on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The team then moved ahead to the regional championship on Feb. 17 and 18. “We were a young team; we went further than we were expected to. Our success at the Cap 8 was due to [...]

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. [...]

The Leesville Pride men’s basketball team fought a hard but losing battle against the Broughton Caps on Jan. 24. The team’s record this season is 7-9. They are tied for fourth place in the conference. The two teams handed off the lead in the first three quarters, keeping the game close. In the fourth quarter, [...]