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The Marcus band features music by Bach

The Marcus band features music by Bach

Sydney Sund December 5, 2012

The Marcus High School band has won the UIL state championship band competition for the fourth consecutive time in a row. The UIL State competition is a biannual marching band competition that is held...

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Journalism staffs win national awards

Journalism staffs win national awards

November 27, 2012

Marcus Journalism had a fun and successful trip to the JEA National Convention in San Antonio this year! Our biggest honors were that Newspaper was awarded 5th place in Best of Show and Lit Mag was awarded...

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Swim team starts out strong

Swim team starts out strong

madi schwem October 30, 2012

The swim team has started off their new season on a high, the girls beating other teams by 120 points and the boys by 89. According to Liz Le, one of the team members, the season is starting off well,...

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Golf team prepares for upcoming season

Golf team prepares for upcoming season

austin rickerson October 30, 2012

The fall golf season is in full swing. Head coach Kerry Gabel said the season is going well and that he is very pleased with both the boys’ and girls’ teams. So far the boys have placed highest in...

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Tennis team goes to district finals

Tennis team goes to district finals

anna middleton October 30, 2012

The tennis team’s fall season has had a winning streak. They have won 14 out of 17 games and are ranked at number 19 in Texas. The tennis team went against Flower Mound High School on Friday Oct. 19...

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Little slice of heaven

Little slice of heaven

alyssa schmidt and ben horton October 18, 2012

Roanoke has recently been named the Unique Food Capital of Texas. Restaurants such as Babe’s, Twisted Root Burger Co., Cowboy Chow and Tortilla Flats occupy Oak Street in the downtown area. But there...

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Fighting for a ‘Kause’

Fighting for a ‘Kause’

Madison Ermenio October 17, 2012

A click of a mouse sends more than just a notification to junior Taylor Kuklin and freshman Hope Kuklin. It sends hope. The website www.krissyskause.com was designed as a fundraiser for their mother,...

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Passing down the number

Passing down the number

austin rickerson October 17, 2012

It wasn’t until the car ride back from the doctor's office that it hit him. Tears streamed down Cole Erwin’s face as realization set in. His junior year football season would never be. No touchdowns....

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Teacher looks back on church shooting

Teacher looks back on church shooting

ryan mcdearmont October 17, 2012

The day was September 15, 1999. A mere four months after the massacre at Columbine High School. It was a regular day for 17-year-old high school senior Amanda McKnight, a current Briarhill Middle School...

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Flower Mound native to star in the television show Touch

Flower Mound native to star in the television show Touch

Madison Ermenio September 25, 2012

The offer every 13 year old has dreamed of is now a reality for Flower Mound native Saxon Sharbino: the opportunity to star in a television show. She will be a regular on season 2 of Touch. “I did...

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Gone but not forgotten

Gone but not forgotten

alyssa schmidt September 20, 2012

The halls have seemed a little emptier this year without one of the school’s busiest teachers. Longtime teacher Marcie Cooley passed away due to pancreatic cancer on July 5, 2012.  Cooley graduated...

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TCBY Review

marisa charpentier, managing editor September 17, 2012

Over the past few years, frozen yogurt has become a nationwide trend. This frozen fad pulled once-devout ice cream lovers away from their double-scooped chocolate cones and into a world of frozen lusciousness....

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