Powerlifters compete in 5A state meet
Story by Sarah Alcantar, assistant online co-editor
March 3, 2020
Saturday, February 29th was the 2020 Kansas 5A State Powerlifting Meet hosted at Pittsburg High School. Here are the following results: In the 114-pound division, Jason Campbell placed first all-around with an overall lift total of 720 pounds and Camron Jefferson placed third with a total of 440 po...
Powerlifters prepare to host state meet on Feb. 29
Story by Braden Benson
February 26, 2020
The powerlifters have placed in the top three every tournament this season, including a second place finish at Basehor Linwood with 12 athletes. For senior Jason Campbell, weeks before the tournament, certain training was utilized to be successful. [I was] only lifting once a day, t...
PHS hosts wrestling SEK league tournament
Story by Lane Phifer, Multimedia Editor
February 13, 2020
For the first time in seven years, Pittsburg High School will be hosting the SEK League Duals on Feb. 13. The event consists of seven schools in the SEK area. Each school gets an opportunity to host the tournament each year based on alphabetical order. The tournament gives wrestlers a...
Juniors sweep winter coronation
Story by Sarah Alcantar, assistant online co-editor
February 11, 2020
On Friday, Feb. 7, juniors Christopher Saman and Natalie Talent were crowned as King and Queen for Pittsburg High School’s winter homecoming. “Right before we were going to go on the court, I was pretty nervous,” Saman said. “I was sweating. Addy [Campbell] was trying to calm me down a ...
Pittsburg boys basketball enters state rankings
Story by Hannah Gray, Print Editor
January 30, 2020
The PHS boys basketball team is ranked in the top 10 in the state for the first time this season. A poll released by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association (KBCA) on Tuesday, Jan. 20th, placed Pittsburg 7th in the 5A class. The Dragons have won six of their last seven games. With a 4-1 record, Pittsburg is...
PHS to host second annual Bill Hanson Memorial tournament
Story by Hannah Gray, Print Editor
January 23, 2020
Thursday, Jan. 23 - Saturday, Jan. 25, PHS will be hosting the second annual Bill Hanson Memorial Tournament. Originally, the tournament was called the “Border Classic”, until it was renamed in 2019, to honor Bill Hanson, a long time PHS basketball coach. “Two years ago Coach [Kiley] ...
Rivalry heats up: wrestlers prepare for inaugural Frontenac duel
Story by Hannah Gray, Print Editor
January 15, 2020
On Thursday, Jan. 16, the wrestling team will compete at the first Crosstown Throwdown rivalry duel with Frontenac High School. In preparation, Frontenac is releasing students K-12 to cheer on the Raiders. “The assembly dual idea was brought to me from a friend that coaches high school wrestl...
Student becomes teacher: Dance team hires new coach midseason
Story by Jacob Mathew, Reporter
January 13, 2020
Before alumna Taylor Redd started dancing, she was reserved and had stage fright. “I was shy before I began dancing,” Redd said. “But after a couple [of] years… I broke out of my shell and no longer felt nervous to be in front of a crowd.” Now, Redd is taking on a new challenge by retu...
Game changer: PHS moves up to a 5A classification
Story by Kaley Mussa, Reporter and Designer
November 14, 2019
Next year, football will be moving up from the 4A to the 5A division due to an increase in enrollment. Every year in the state of Kansas, a count is taken on Sept. 20 to determine the official enrollment count. “Every two years, [the school] does a count of how many kids you have in each gra...
Repairing Hutch Field: District investigates turf replacement
Story by Ian Sullivan, Reporter
November 12, 2019
As the 2019 football season finished, the district is currently in the process of working on a plan to replace the turf on Hutchinson Field. The current turf was installed in 2012. According to athletic director Jeff Staley, the current turf is breaking down. “It has become worn down and t...
Story by Joseph Lee, co-editor-in-chief
March 20, 2020
On Friday, March 20, the Advanced Placement (AP) released information proposing online testing and access to free online course material in response to COVID-19. AP is...
Cases, Countries, and the Coronavirus: a situation summary by region
March 18, 2020
This is a map of all of the countries that have had confirmed cases of COVID-19.
BREAKING: District cancels schools for March 16-20 in response to COVID-19
March 15, 2020
On Sunday, March . 15, USD 250 administration closed all schools March 16-20...
BREAKING: Absences removed from finals exemption criteria
March 11, 2020
As of March 9, Pittsburg High School has excluded absences from the criteria...