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Senior Landen Mouser shakes the water from his hair and face after dousing himself in water with the pick. During the game against Festus high school on Sep. 6, Mouser’s hard work helped play a key role in the Spartan’s first quarter touchdown.

A Home Turf Tragedy

Ava Reyes and Caroline Kraft • September 19, 2024

  The Francis Howell Central varsity football team’s first home game on Sep. 6 was an evening of new home traditions, renewed community affections, and an overall loss of 34 - 14 against...

Swinging Into The Season

Madison Scott, Staff Photographer • September 18, 2024

As the season begins the girls golf team splits up into groups of two to take on Francis Howell, playing nine holes on Sept. 3 at the Links of Dardenne. This season introduced a bunch of new incoming...

Sophomore Sivani Kandel tracks the tennis ball as she warms up for her doubles match against North Point. Kandel had been playing consistantly all season, which allowed her to play higher junior varsity doubles teams every game.

Formidable Forehands

Sophie Rosser, Staff Photographer • September 17, 2024

As athletes head farther into September many sports hit the peak of their season, with players having a match or game every other game. On Sept. 9, the Girls Tennis team played a match against Northpoint...

Two players face off against each other, shoving so the other player can’t get the ball. Clashed against each other, the players continue to push until the whistle is blown.

Leaving It All on the Field

Mallory Davie, Staff Photographer • September 16, 2024

The Spartans clashed against Liberty during a junior varsity home football game, playing a cohesive game. On Sept 3, the Spartans suffered a loss to the Eagles after a very close game, ending with...

Senior Rylie Schafermeier and Lauren Wortkoetter stand ready in position as the opposing team serves. They await to hit the ball at the match against Helias on Sept. 4, held at Francis Howell Central. Even though they had lost this match Riley had a positive attitude stating “I feel like I did pretty okay in that match. So it really, it was just mainly about how I needed to stay out of my head more.”. Not letting the loss affect her, yet learning from it to help her move forward.

Trouble in Tennis

Layci Kenoyer, Staff Photographer • September 16, 2024

In the beginning of the girls tennis team’s season they played a match against Helias High School on Sept. 5 at Central’s home court. This was the fourth match of the season, even though the girls...

Seniors Jordan Smith and Ava Jundt jump to try and block the hit from the opposing team. Blocking, a major aspect of volleyball, can be done by multiple people in order for it to be more successful.

Joyful Jamboree

Ava Breuer, Staff Photographer • September 12, 2024

Starting the year off with a sweep, the girls varsity volleyball team took away the competition at the annual Jamboree held on Aug. 27. Winning every set against the other schools the Spartans were...

In position, captain senior Kaitlyn Morgan waits for her partner to serve the ball. She keeps her guard up in preparation for the other side to return the serve back.

Serving Success on the Tennis Courts

Sophia Allen, Staff Photographer • September 10, 2024

Hosting the first JV tennis game of the season at home against Rockwood Summit, on Aug 30, both the JV and Varsity girls worked hard during the bundle of matches, coming out victorious with a clean...

One of the two posters for "Deadpool and Wolverine," the latest Marvel movie and installment in the "Deadpool" series, featuring a morally ambiguous vigilante who cannot die... or can he? "Deadpool and Wolverine" came out July 26 in theaters and was very popular in terms of total sales. Poster courtesy of Marvel Studios.

Deadpool and Wolverine: Dark Humor at its Finest

Colin Nichols, Co Web Editor-in-Chief • September 5, 2024

“Deadpool” is like everyone’s cool cousin they wish they had, who swears enough to anger every mouth-washing grandma in the world carrying soap in their hands. One might think: this is… refreshing?...

Walking out on the track, sophomore Carter Radeke throws his hands in the air and yells with his teammates. Radeke did this to try and hype up the varsity boys soccer team as they were walking in front of their friends and family.

Play Fall! Showcasing Activities at the Fall Festival

Summer Suarez, Photo Assignments Editor • August 30, 2024

Kicking off the fall sports season, each sports team walked around the track to exhibit their teams for friends and family on Aug. 23. The marching band, cheerleaders and sensations all performed a...

Some meeting attendees sit in silence as many in the background hold signs calling for progress with ideas of unity. The Board meeting proved to be divisive of community members, many making different displays of their beliefs.

Board of Education passes series of policies affecting discussion of “Human Sexuality” and regulations on Learning Commons collection

Thomas Ramos, Print Assignments Editor • August 26, 2024

At their monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 15, the district’s Board of Education pushed through a four hour-long agenda, headlined by the controversial Regulation 6116, Policy 6310, Policy 6341, and...

On April 10, 2024, senior Amity Ianiri and her friends eat their donuts at the Gateway Voter's celebration in the library. Gateway award winning books are recognized statewide in Missouri and voted on by Missouri high school students to "promote literature, literacy, and reading."

Updated policy proposals regarding Learning Commons regulation for first reading again

Colin Nichols, Web Editor-in-Chief • July 18, 2024

Under the updated proposed change of Policy 6310 on Sunday, July 14, Learning Commons material must not contain “excessive or unnecessary” violence and profanity in secondary schools. Therefore, material...

English teacher Dr. Jason Becker holding a sign reading, "P6310 will make me afraid to teach diverse authors. Ask me why." The policy will remove many books out of the district Learning Commons and the process to gain approval for specific titles will be slow and smaller scale than demand by librarians and students.

Proposed policies will restrict Learning Commons collection on basis of being “age appropriate”

Colin Nichols, Web Editor-in-Chief • June 24, 2024

A flurry of policies introduced for first reading at the Board meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2024 brought yet another wave of community backlash while stirring distrustful sentiments within the community...

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