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The Marquee

Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

Marcus High School's Online Newspaper

The Marquee

All content by Vallery Phillips
Time heals wounds

Time heals wounds

Vallery Phillips, Reporter March 1, 2012

During a football game in 2010, free safety LC Wright was sprinting to tackle the Plano Senior High running back hurling towards him. As he dived, the player’s knee slammed into Wright’s right shoulder,...

Copyright crackdown

Copyright crackdown

Vallery Phillips, Assistant Online Editor January 30, 2012

YouTube may begin to look different if Congress has its way. A bill created for the Stop Online Piracy Act, or S.O.P.A, was taken to the House of Representatives. This law would give the government free...

Playing in memory of the past

Playing in memory of the past

Vallery Phillips, Reporter January 23, 2012

Basketball is more than a game for senior Marcus Smart and his family. It’s a lifestyle. Camellia Smart gave birth to four boys: Todd, Jeff, Michael and Marcus. Each played or plays basketball in high...

Marcus beats Lewisville in basketball rivalry

Vallery Phillips, Reporter January 10, 2012

The long anticipated rivalry basketball game with Lewisville ended in a Marcus win with the final score of 41 to 35. Before the game the varsity basketball boys walked from the huddle with their hands...

All the places you can go

All the places you can go

Vallery Phillips, Reporter January 4, 2012

With the help of Assistant Principal Jason Mullins, the Marquee took a deeper look inside Marcus. In A hall downstairs lies the mechanical room, where the air-conditioning unit lives. Water at 46 degrees...

Star basketball players commit to OSU, New Mexico

Vallery Phillips, Reporter December 15, 2011

Sitting side by side Nick Banyard, Marcus Smart, and Phillip Forte sign their Letter of Intent surrounded by friends and family supporting their life changing decision. Smart and Forte will be attending...

Small fishes in a big pond: Freshman follower

Small fishes in a big pond: Freshman follower

Vallery Phillips, Reporter September 15, 2011

The Marquee online decided to pick two random freshmen, interview them  and keep up with their stories throughout the year. *** Being a new fish in the large sea that is high school, is not always...