Coaches, fans question bully accusations
The parent of a Western Hills High School football player last week alleged that coaches at Aledo High School were bullying as Aledo won 91-0 in football. Aledo Coach Buchanon did everything he could...
View ArticleHeartbreaking end to Cougars’ season
When administrators were planning for the district’s second high school, they knew the annual football game between the two schools would become one of the area’s classic rivalry games. It didn’t take...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Miley Cyrus
Dear Miley, Thanks a lot. The VMA foam finger incident was bad enough, but then you have to go and smoke a joint on stage at the EMAs. How am I supposed to cope? What is our relationship even built...
View ArticleTime for district to dump books, switch to electronic devices
It’s been a widely discussed topic in the last decade – the idea of replacing textbooks with online materials – but the concept hasn’t been a practical solution until recently. It might not have been...
View ArticleFor some, immigration issue hits home
Immigration reform is something that has been talked about for a long time. Illegal immigrants wake up every day with the hope of a better life, jobs and opportunities, but it just seems like an...
View ArticleCross-culture students find ‘normal’ to be relative
Looking up and around at the faces of her peers, she goes through the familiar process of silent goodbyes. Goodbye…. Goodbye… Goodbye… I’ll miss you…. “I’m moving.” she says, the girls at her table...
View ArticleComing Home: Sisters get the ultimate surprise
His boots are tightly knotted; his camouflage uniform is perfectly adjusted; and his neatly trimmed buzz cut is just peeking behind a sofa in a school classroom. He is waiting. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Cougars look back at title game run
Football is big in Texas. It’s not just a game, it’s so much more. Family, food, community, rivalries – it’s part of life in Texas. That makes a run to the state championship so important, especially...
View ArticleToo Close to Home
September 18 was a night like any other, except for the mud on the four-wheeling track from the rain earlier that day. It was a Thursday around seven o’clock, and Senior Fredrick Blake Cothren hopped...
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Commentary: Loss doesn’t define season
There are no moral victories in football. A win is a win. A loss is a loss. But buried within the final scores and the season’s record are hidden gems worth celebrating. There are big plays. There...
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Memorable Pep Rally honors Butler (with photos)
Slideshow • 44 PhotosKaitlyn LutzClose The call for the pep rally caused students and staff to flood the hallways, a caravan of people entering the gym, ecstatic, paying close attention to catch one of...
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Thank You, Mrs. Dio
She is always first to arrive and last to leave, always there to help her students. Billie Ann Dio has been spreading her love and support at THS since 2005, and is now in her 12th year here at...
View ArticleTime for district to dump books, switch to electronic devices
It’s been a widely discussed topic in the last decade – the idea of replacing textbooks with online materials – but the concept hasn’t been a practical solution until recently. It might not have been...
View ArticleFor some, immigration issue hits home
Immigration reform is something that has been talked about for a long time. Illegal immigrants wake up every day with the hope of a better life, jobs and opportunities, but it just seems like an...
View ArticleCross-culture students find ‘normal’ to be relative
Looking up and around at the faces of her peers, she goes through the familiar process of silent goodbyes. Goodbye…. Goodbye… Goodbye… I’ll miss you…. “I’m moving.” she says, the girls at her table...
View ArticleComing Home: Sisters get the ultimate surprise
His boots are tightly knotted; his camouflage uniform is perfectly adjusted; and his neatly trimmed buzz cut is just peeking behind a sofa in a school classroom. He is waiting. Lieutenant Colonel...
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Cougars look back at title game run
Football is big in Texas. It’s not just a game, it’s so much more. Family, food, community, rivalries – it’s part of life in Texas. That makes a run to the state championship so important, especially...
View ArticleToo Close to Home
September 18 was a night like any other, except for the mud on the four-wheeling track from the rain earlier that day. It was a Thursday around seven o’clock, and Senior Fredrick Blake Cothren hopped...
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Loss doesn’t define season
There are no moral victories in football. A win is a win. A loss is a loss. But buried within the final scores and the season’s record are hidden gems worth celebrating. There are big plays. There...
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