Field Hockey Fever

April 8, 2010 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Opinion, Sports

WFISD is home to award-winning bands, stellar soccer teams and a plethora of UIL teams. It is a thriving environment for the academically strong as well as one for traditional sports such as soccer, volleyball and football. However, to put itself over the top and prove to the state that WFISD is truly... Read more »

Carrigan Career Center: Life Training

March 3, 2010 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Feature, News, Top Stories

A select group of Carrigan students competed in a state wide competition on Friday, Feb. 26. Of the students who competed, the three-man welding team of Bailey Tressler, Kyle Cain, and Trent Shoffit earned 1st place. Kenton Bosworth earned 1st place in individual welding, Alex Hammett placed 1st in... Read more »

Illegal Parking Creates Problem

January 20, 2010 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under News

More and more students are getting caught parking in reserved spots. Although the parking policy is not new, a ridiculous number of students are getting towed at their own expense. “I park in the same spot every day and didn’t get towed until the second semester,” junior Tiffany Norman... Read more »

Music of The Decade Fun but Empty Minded

January 8, 2010 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under A&E

For the bands trailing the age of the Spice Girls and Nirvana, this past decade was a challenge to plant their own roots and find their own sound. Some of the most original acts in recent memory popped up in the 2000s, many of them odd or controversial. In 2000, Eminem’s “The Marshall Mathers... Read more »

Leave My Boys Alone!

December 9, 2009 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under A&E, Opinion

I love Creed. I walk around singing “Arms Wide Open.” I’ve been telling people who ask that I want Creed CD’s for my birthday. Sadly, most of the free world is bashing Creed. If you Google “worst band in the world” Creed pops up first, second, third…. The Negative Nancies of the school... Read more »

Skillet Is Anything But Sleepy

December 3, 2009 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under A&E

Skillet’s Awake CD may be the most sought after stocking stuffer this holiday season. With such songs as “Monster” and the title song, “Awake and Alive,” this album is sure to stay in your stereo for weeks on end. Although it is the band’s eighth album, it is generating... Read more »

Varsity Volleyball

October 8, 2009 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Sports

Coming together as a family, the varsity volleyball team hopes to be successful in the 2009-2010 season. Members of the team feels that they are doing well because they are functioning as a whole. “We’re really close as a team and we’re playing our hardest,” Sophomore Cadyn Laing... Read more »

Cross Country

October 8, 2009 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Sports

Chris Anderson is leading the boys’ cross country team with a time of 17:24, Darryl Neal follows with a time of 19:02, and Aaron Kurtz comes in third at Rider with a time of 19:14. The team places third at the Perkins Scout Camp and 11th at Marcus I International. “I believe this team has... Read more »

JV Football

October 8, 2009 • Monica Mathieu  
Filed under Sports

The JV football team is so far undefeated for the 2009-2010 season with a 2-0 record. So far the team has played Byron Nelson, a new team from Justin, twice. Their scores were 12-0 and 28-7, with the seven points from the other team as a technicality. The defense has not yet been scored on. “Our... Read more »