The pop-punk single that tore us apart
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
December 12, 2014
After the huge success of “Save Rock & Roll”, Young Bloods everywhere were waiting for more new material from pop/punk legends Fall Out Boy. After just a little over a year, the band released their first single called “Centuries”. This is a song that anyone with a radio has heard before,...
Spartan softball comes to a close
Jake Baumgartner, Staff reporter
November 7, 2014
As the season comes to a close, senior Haley Allen reflects on the Spartan softball team’s performance. “The beginning was a little rough, but we’ve come a long way,” Allen said. “We improved a lot, our team chemistry was a lot better, which is why districts was so disappointing. W...
Seether – “Isolate & Medicate”
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
October 6, 2014
After two years of no new material from the South African post-grunge band (besides one single from their “Best Of” album in 2013), July 1 brought us Seether’s sixth studio album, “Isolate and Medicate”. I’ll just start with saying I love Seether. Along with Papa Roach and Three Days Grace,...
Upswing
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
September 30, 2014
With three games last week and another yesterday, the Spartans have had many opportunities to bring in more wins. Last Tuesday’s game against Francis Howell North was a great way to start a long week of four games. The Spartans beat the Knights with a score of 5-0. Just when the week started to look...
Linkin Park – “The Hunting Party”
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
September 26, 2014
Okay. I love Linkin Park. I really do. And when I found out that they were going back to their full band, rap-rock style, I was pumped. Then I heard the first single, “Guilty All the Same.” The song wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t good either. The lyrics and vocal melodies were lazy, the instrumentals...
Rising up
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
September 24, 2014
After taking home gold in their home tournament last weekend, the softball team was ready to bring in more wins in their games against Howell and Fort Zumwalt West. The game against the Francis Howell Vikings last Tuesday was cancelled in the second inning due to rain, but before the day was out,...
A frenetic week
Jake Baumgartner, Staff Reporter
September 9, 2014
The past week has been a long, tiring week for the Lady Spartans softball team. The season picked up a serious pace with back-to-back games on Sept. 2-4. If three games in three days wasn’t enough, the team also played a tournament this weekend with a 2-2 record. The first game on Sept. 2 was ag...
A loss to be proud of
Jake Baumgartner, Staff reporter
September 2, 2014
The softball team began its season by playing against one of the toughest teams in the area: The Troy Trojans. But while the Spartans put up a fight, they couldn’t go the extra mile for the win. The Spartans lost the game against the Troy Trojans 19-12. Senior Satiah Duval said that although they l...
Ready to roll
Jake Baumgartner, Staff reporter
August 19, 2014
After falling just shy of winning districts, the softball team is back and raring to go. Getting second place in Districts is a great accomplishment in and of itself, but the team is most proud of its victory over Francis Howell to knock them out of the tournament. Senior Haley Allen goes more in dep...
Grace Bahru, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2020
While being stuck at home can be an extremely difficult task, many people have found many different outlets to pass the time. For some that consists of working out, reading,...
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