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Coach dedicates life to tennis, wins awards

Coach dedicates life to tennis, wins awards

Andrea Garza, Writer December 16, 2015

Tennis coach Kelly Langdon began his sport hitting the ball at the tennis courts by his house when he was in middle school. He didn’t even know much about this sport except that he liked it. When...

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Senior's mom remembered by family

Senior’s mom remembered by family

Sanika Sule, Feature Editor December 16, 2015

The warm August sun beat down against the windows as senior Caleb Smoot rode with his sister and dad to Panama City Beach. They were once again returning to visit the Florida beach that they were so familiar...

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Life as a band kid

Life as a band kid

Marcus Faces: Anthony Rodriguez
Andrea Garza, Writer October 28, 2015

Hot sun. Sore calves. Again. And again. And again. These are things junior Anthony Rodriguez experiences on a daily basis. It's just his life as a band kid. But it's his love of music and the success...

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Senior Andrew Duffy rides a stationary bike in the cross country hallway every morning for an hour to keep in shape. One of Duffy's vertebrae was cracked in August during a rock climbing accident,

Climbing back to competition

Darci Walton, Managing Editor October 6, 2015

One simple instruction. Go inspect the rock wall. A task senior Andrew Duffy has done many times during his employment at Life Time Fitness. He checks the auto belays, a device that enables people to...

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Larry Sigler when he was Marcus principal.

Former principal remembered by students, staff

Sanika, Sule October 6, 2015

The packed gym buzzed with excitement as the students chanted the pep rally cheer in unison. Each group awaited their turn. As Principal Larry Sigler pointed to one side of the auditorium, an enthusiastic...

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Marcus Faces: Caren Ruppert

Marcus Faces: Caren Ruppert

Michelle Mullings, Writer September 14, 2015

She never fails to greet every student with a contagious smile. Students order their morning cup of coffee, and she promptly begins to prepare it, wringing her hands and going straight to work....

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Senior soccer player commits to Harvard University

Senior soccer player commits to Harvard University

Rachel Ramirez, Editor in Chief September 8, 2015

Senior Landon Plunkett’s mind is focused on more than just academics this year. His future was decided before he even set foot on a campus for his final year at the school. After considering several...

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Junior up for Dallas Summer Musical Award

Katie Burton April 28, 2015

Junior Kara Lyons sat in her humanities class anxiously awaiting a text from her mom. In January, she had performed as Jo March in the all school musical, "Little Women". Because of the success of...

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Nick Chase and mother Tamara Castaneda celebrate after winning a total score of 7500 points in a regional ACDEC competition.

Chasing Perfection

Alyssa Schmidt, Online editor in chief April 8, 2015

Tamara Castaneda walked into the Main Street Bread Baking Company in Grapevine to meet her son, graduate Nick Chase, for brunch. He had abruptly chosen to stop going to college, and she was going to ask...

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Senior Matthew McClay holds his son in the hospital. He was born on February 12th at the Medical Center of Lewisville.

Father on board

Alex Helm, Copy editor April 8, 2015

Senior Matthew McClay sat in the chair next to the hospital bed where his girlfriend of two years, junior Chloe Fortune, laid. Both of their moms were in the small white room with them, eagerly anticipating...

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Get back to the game

Get back to the game

Rachel Ramirez, Entertainment editor April 8, 2015

The boys’ varsity soccer team battled against Plano Senior High School. The winner of this game would advance to the 2005 playoffs. The school was down by one when suddenly freshman standout Sam Garza...

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The Corkran family take a family portrait. From left to right, father Tery, sister Amanda Miguez Miller, mother Scherrie and sister Kimberly.

Wrestling in remembrance

Rachel Ramirez, Entertainment editor April 7, 2015

Every March, the school’s wrestling team sits down to have their end of season banquet. Among the awards being presented, members also vote for one senior wrestler to receive the Jared Corkran Teammate...

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