Girls Wrestling Prepares for First Meet
December 11, 2019
The girls wrestling team takes on Seckman high school Dec. 12. This will be the team’s first match in MSHSAA history. Seckman, on the other hand, has competed in two matches prior to this one, losing both. Despite the Seckman Jaguar’s losses so far in the season, they finished last year with a...
PTR Pays Off
Kierigan McEvoy, Wed Assignments Editor
December 9, 2019
They walk around school dressed in their all-black game day sweats. They wear faces full of determination that radiate hard work, alongside their patch on the sleeve of their sweats that remind them every day what they play for. It reads “PTR”- pound the rock; an expression that the girls basketball team ...
First Devastating Loss
Madi Hermeyer, Staff Photographer
December 6, 2019
To begin the basketball season, FHC is hosting a JV boys basketball tournament. Including schools such as Timberland, Vianney, Pattonville, Liberty, and many others; FHC started against Liberty. Despite being down 17 points in the first half, FHC was up 1 point by the last 10 seconds, when Liberty...
Final Four Defeat
Madi Hermeyer, Staff Photographer
December 6, 2019
Closing out the season, Varsity Volleyball made it to State. Although they lost all of the matches they played, they put in an enormous amount of effort. On top of that, the student section was roaring; from the very start 2 hour ride to Cape Girardeau, to the very end of the...
Taking the mat
Emma Hultz, Taylor Krieg, staff photographer
December 6, 2019
By only having a guys wrestling team it has made it hard for girls over the years who were interested in wrestling to join and start learning the sport. This year marks the first year that FHC will have had a girls wrestling team, and now having wrestling as an option for girls will hopefully help i...
Girls Basketball Opens the Season With a Win
Nikki Crangle and Suzie Safi
December 6, 2019
The girls varsity basketball team battled against Visitation on Tuesday, December 3rd in the Lutheran Saint Charles Tournament to advance to the semifinals. Visitation kept it a fairly close game with the score being 34-26 at half. However, in the second half, the Spartans increased their lead an...
Girls Swim and Dive Prepares for the Season
Rhyen Standridge, Staff photographer
December 6, 2019
As winter sports start up, the Girl’s Swim and Dive team is working hard to prepare for their upcoming meets. They have had practice every day of the week and over Thanksgiving break to ensure they stay in shape. The team works hard to better themselves but also help one another. Being new to ...
Skating to Success
Craig Eddy, Podcast Editor
December 4, 2019
Strapping on the thin-bladed skates, stepping out onto the cold, empty rink, emptying the mind of all the stresses and worries of the day, taking it all in. No distractions, just the rink and the skates. Every week, junior Nathan Roark goes through this simple yet unique process at the Rec-Plex...
Moving for the Blues
Kayla Reyes, Print Editor-in-Chief
November 27, 2019
At five years old as now senior Colleen O’Leary strapped on her brand-new hockey skates, there was not yet an inkling in her mind that she would be moving away from her home and leaving her family behind for the very reason she stood on the ice. As she stepped out onto the rink and struggled to keep ...
Volleyball Battles for State
Amelia Vohsen, Emily Wolfe, Erin Reitz, Photo Editor, Staff Photographers
November 17, 2019
As girls volleyball battles for state title, a variety of emotions fill the stadium, with the last game of the season quickly coming to an end. On Nov. 9, the Spartans went up against Liberty (KC) in the third place game. Although the girls lost the game, they ultimately placed fourth in the state, an ...
Dumping Howell out of the playoffs
Madi Hermeyer, Staff Photographer
November 11, 2019
After an easy win in the first set of the sectionals game against Francis Howell on Nov. 2, the Lady Spartans pulled ahead and won the game to advance to quarterfinals for the first time in program history. Sophomore Lexi Arnel was ecstatic about the win. “When we beat Howell everyone was so ...
Supporting Young Athletes: Hoplite Basketball Academy
Madi Hermeyer, Staff Photographer
November 11, 2019
Over 50 boys, grades 4-8th all gathered together in the small gym of FHC. All with one thing in mind, basketball. Coach Cissel along with other school basketball coaches have created an intense program for children hoping to pursue high school basketball. Junior Cody Terbrock chose to spend several...
Craig Eddy, Podcast Editor
December 13, 2019
Finals are coming up and students are falling down. The best thing to do is to push through and study hard to make it through!
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Staff Reporter
Aidan Allen is a sophomore and this is his first year in FHC publications. He joined publications to explore his writing style and improve his skills. He already enjoys spoken word poetry and often writes...