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#CLIPPED- Sophia Rose and Dylin Ball decorate clothes pins. They had a great time and also had the help from Lily Willrich to make them for a tennis tournament. They said it was super fun to see everyone's reactions when they got clipped.

Clipping: A sports trend taken nationwide

Lily Willrich, Staff Writer May 20, 2025

When you think of a clothespin, you think, "Oh, that's what old people used to hang up their laundry to dry outside." But athletes across the nation in sports like volleyball, cheerleading, and track have...

GOOD WORK-- Sophomore Teagan Kinzie greets head coach McReedy after his race.

Athlete of the Month: Teagan Kinzie

Makenna Schroeder and Stellah Van Aernam May 12, 2025

Teagan Kinzie, a 16 year old here at AHS, had worked tirelessly to earn his spot at state swimming. His journey began when Cody Mcreedy invited him to join the swim team, an offer Teagan is very grateful...

Margaret McCurdy and Olivia Jensen talk it out. They played doubles together in the home tournament. They played hard and placed 4th in the division 2 doubles bracket.

Boy’s and Girl’s Tennis

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor May 8, 2025

PEP TALK- Assistant coach Lillian Cox gives the girls a pep talk before their matches. Cox helped knock the nerves out of the girls. This was their first home meet.

Girls Wrestling Through the Lens

Payton Burg, Staff Writer April 4, 2025

Lila Wiederstein runs in her purple socks at an indoor track meet. Photo by former AHS Journalist.

Superstitions

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor April 3, 2025

Many athletes have superstitions that help them win a game, a race, or a meet. Some of these superstitions include praying, listening to music, doing their hair a certain way, eating the same food, jumping...

Brooke Newel on Missouri State's 2022-23 roster.

Girls Golf Coach– Brooke Newel

Makenna Schroeder, Junior Editor March 21, 2025

The Atlantic Girls Golf team hired a new coach for the 2025 golf season. The previous head coach Kathy Hobson has retired after 34 years of coaching, and Atlantic’s school board hired Brooke Newel for...

HEAD TO HEAD- Junior Lily Johnson stares down her opponent. Johnson intimated her opposer. She ended up winning the match.

Trojan Girls Wrestling Post Season Recap

Lily Willrich, Staff Writer March 7, 2025

Atlantic girls wrestling is back and has just closed their season however, even with small numbers this team still made big moves this year. Last wrestling season Atlantic’s girl wrestlers were a part...

Student Section Support

Alix Nath and Dean Cook February 5, 2025

AHS Students and Staff address the lack of student section support at girls' basketball games in contrast to boys' basketball.

Eye of the Needle

J. Molina, EON Producer February 3, 2025

Welcome back, AHS! Two exciting things are happening this weekend: the annual Winter Formal dance, which we teach you the proper behavior for, and Super Bowl LIX, where we show the most common types...

Players Kale Jensen, Vincent Meisinger, Corbin Ritter, and Devon Fields cheer on their team while watching from the bench.

Benchwarmers

Olivia Jensen, Junior Editor January 29, 2025
A team is like a body and each player makes up an important part of that body. Even if they are a bench warmer or a varsity starter each player has a different role they have to accomplish in order for a team to achieve their goals. If you are missing a part of your body it isn't going to function as well, and that's just like a team. All the players have to work together to create something amazing. 
The Atlantic High School wrestling coach thanks everyone for coming out to support the wrestlers. He then explained how the rest of the night would go.

Wrestle-Offs the Right Way

Gabby Mendez, Staff Writer January 17, 2025

The Wrestle-Offs are a series of matches between all boys' wrestling team members. Those who participate are then placed on different levels, showing each wrestler how to improve and what challenges they'll...

Sophomore Peyton McLaren runs down the court in hopes for a fast break. Photo by Jonathan Cohrs.

New Year, New Us

Makenna Schroeder, Junior Editor January 14, 2025
Happy New Year. A common new year tradition is to make a resolution. It's a promise to yourself to do something that will be better for your overall well being. However, according to John Gordon 9/10 people fail their new year's resolutions. About 50 % of those people fail before the month of January is up. 
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