Liberty’s Average Basketball League (ABL) had its third season this year. ABL gives boys who do not participate in the actual season a chance to play. Several teams of boys come together to scrimmage...

Senior Gabriela Jones watched her pass soar through the air at the perfect arc. Then, she watched as it hit the ground. For girls flag football, everything is new to many players—including catching....

For much of her life, senior Kamile Rayome was a swimmer. But when the Covid lockdown took her out of the pool, she realized that she no longer found any enjoyment in swimming.  As soon as Covid restrictions...

She’s been playing basketball for as long as she can remember.  Her parents put her into sports to learn some lessons, but as she began to grow an immense love and passion for the sport, zero points...

Fingers clutched up against the crimps, junior Cooper Lieberknecht uses his unique strength and problem solving to continue his away up the wall. Lieberknecht has been climbing for two years, beginning...

PE teacher Dasha Plaza first heard about pickleball nearly 12 years ago when she began teaching at MVHS. Pickleball, a racquet sport that initially used ping pong paddles and plastic balls, was first created...

He sat watching the ruby red jerseys run back and forth on the pitch. At age four, watching Barcelona (Barca) play on his TV, Saldana didn’t know how much of an impact the sport of soccer would have...

When freshman Ellie Wiseman first got a message from her club soccer coach that a United States national team scout would be watching her game, she blew it off.  “I didn't really think much of it,”...

On Jan. 26-27, the wrestling team took part in the Ultimate Warrior Tournament at West Branch High School. The team placed 11th out of a total of 44 teams. Along with placing in the top 15, junior Luke...

As the last 400 meters of the track came up, Aidan Antonio used all his strength and pushed through to the finish line, leaving all the other runners in the dust. Among the class of 2027, Woodbridge...

Running down the field, Kara Miller, senior, carried the American flag across the snowy turf of Arrowhead Stadium at a Kansas City Chiefs home game in the sixth grade. “With my family being season...

Confidence.  Confidence is what Coppell sophomore dive captain Emery Darrow must meticulously demonstrate when she steps onto the diving board. Looming beneath her? A 10-foot monster unlike any...

Throughout the winter sports seasons, the freshman class has shown they have motivation to succeed.  Goalkeeper Peyton Smithson has already made an impression on the varsity soccer team. For Smithson...

Wrestler Goldy Stephens knows success is all about confidence. As coaches tell the sophomore: “Wake up in the morning and be like, ‘I’m the s**t.’ ” Stephens, in her second year wrestling,...

Fifteen year-old freshman Sarah Paisley Owen has secured her place to compete in the 2024 Olympic Trials.  In the 100-yard free, Owen broke a 22-year-old Georgia Local Swimming Committee 13-14 age...

Fourteen rows of wrestlers line up in the middle of the Xtream Arena, each holding a sign with their respective weight class. Before the champion matches begin, the girls march onto the mat in the Parade...

Mia Schaefer, senior, doesn’t have much to worry about when it comes to maintaining chemistry with her teammates. The Mavericks Basketball Organization keeps Schaefer and six other varsity players on...

Toby Mullen takes a deep breath before he steps onto the football field, one last moment of peace before the game begins. He enters the stadium, rushing onto the field, as the crowd cheers. Mullen settles...

Most male athletes don’t worry about being sexualized when playing a sport. But for many female athletes, including the award winning poms and cheer teams, this harassment isn’t an anomaly. “[When...

If you ever need to find Coppell High School senior wrestling co-captains Karissa Godhia and Ava Payne, try the wrestling room. After all, they spend four out of eight school periods practicing there....

Throughout his life, Jeff Cramer has cherished every aspect of cross country, but most of all, Cramer has treasured the connections he has forged with his runners. This year, Cramer completed his 26th...

After a year in which he has shown massive improvements, senior diver John Carr plans to return to State. That goal will start this weekend at the district meet, as he defends his title in one meter diving....

While junior Noah Roby was warming up for a cross country meet, he noticed something peculiar. One of his competitors was wearing the Hoka Bondi 8’s. To the untrained eye, they look like any other shoe....

Colleges from all over the country such as Texas Christian University, Indiana University, University of Florida (UF) and Ohio State University have visited Plant to meet potential athletes for almost...

Dive into the rhythmic world Cal High senior Maren Lee lives in, where the pool becomes a canvas for her artistic swimming. Underneath the splashes and whirls, there is a challenge and dedication to the...

Marc Johnson has been coaching Creek baseball since 1973. Over his 50 years of coaching, he has accumulated eight state titles, six runner-ups, 846 wins, and 32 Centennial League championships. But...

The 2023 fall season marked over 400 career kills and over 500 assists for varsity volleyball player junior Ema Djordjevic. Djordjevic has been on Richard Montgomery’s varsity volleyball team since freshman...

To spare his mother an extra car ride, MVHS ‘15 alum Justin Ma started attending badminton classes at Bintang — the same gym as his older brother, Jack Ma — when he was 10. Phu Khuu, the owner of...

Many can think back to one moment of pure happiness that will never be forgotten. That was the case for Athens Drive senior Hamzah Elshwike, his brother Ali Elshwike, and wrestling coach David Pyper during...

Silence envelops the crowd; not a word is uttered. The only sound is the squeak of basketball shoes. When the ninth point is scored, the silence shatters and cheers ripple through the stands in the Robinson...

The sun dances on the surface of the water, casting a golden glow over sleek boats gliding through the river. In the heart of the action is senior Asher Patent, his oar cutting through the water with precision,...

Junior Hezekiah Negrete-Lopez enters his third year of wrestling for Dougherty Valley, competing on the varsity team as a legally blind wrestler. Negrete-Lopez was born without vision due to symptoms...

Temperatures fluctuate, rising and falling by unprecedented degrees. Wildfire smoke fills the air. Sports practices are canceled. These realities may seem apocalyptic, but it remains true that outdoor...

MVHS held its first-ever Reverse event on Friday, Nov. 17, a spinoff of Powderpuff. The event, organized by the class of 2026, featured two flag football teams and a cheer team. The football game was divided...

Texas Dreams gymnasium in Coppell echoes with the rhythmic thud of hands against resin-coated bars as chalk dust floats through the air. With fully stretched arms each in acute angles, Coppell senior...

A 103 degree fever. Exhaustion even after 13 hours of sleep a night. Half the week’s worth of missed assignments waiting to be completed. Veyd Patil (12) faced all of these obstacles as he prepared to...