![FOCUS - Junior Hailey Huffman focuses on nocking her arrow to get the perfect shot. Huffman made sure her stance was strong and her bow arm did not shake. Huffman shot 3D where she shot all the different animals at all different distances.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-31-10.12.11-AM.png)
Archery Is On the Rise
![Head Cheer Coach Julie Phippen, Cheerleaders Gabby Porter and Amaurie McCullough, and Assistant Coach Kayla Mendenhall pose with the trophy. They won the spirit award at the John J. Wrestling Tournament.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/20240120_174748-e1706025097405-1200x990.jpg)
Cheer For the Cheerleaders!
![Colton Rasmussen high-fives fans at a basketball game. Parents and students alike cheer on athletes from the stands.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_0355-900x600.jpg)
Breaking News: Noon Ball With a Different Meaning
![Senior Cohen Bruce ready to get a two-point takedown.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/F9509D97-BF60-4564-9CCC-41C97BD9F06A-1200x801.jpeg)
Trojan Wrestling is in Full Swing
![Colton Rasmussen reaches for the ball during the tip in the first seconds of the game. Rasmussen will be a senior this upcoming season.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_0368-900x600.jpg)
Changing Seasons
Eye of the Needle 12.23
![Senior Miles Mundorf squeezes tight for the pin.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_2118-900x600.jpg)
Wrestling Season at AHS
![OUT OF BREATH-
Freshman Hunter Quist talks to his mom after his race. Quists mom was helping with the meet while cheering him on.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_0387-900x600.jpg)
Boys’ Swim Team Makes Waves this Season
![Working Towards Improvement](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/IMG_0349-900x600.jpg)
Working Towards Improvement
![Girls Basketball Team Soars Towards Success](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_3ac37-900x600.jpg)
Girls’ Basketball Team Soars Towards Success
![MENTORING-
Freshman Lilly Johnson helps a new archer and tells him to put his arrows in the quiver. Johnson then sat down on the bleachers and talked to the boy to make him more comfortable. Then they both listen to the whistles to get their bows and go shoot.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-31-10.02.04-AM.png)
An Inside Look at Archery- Gallery
![Archers prepare to shoot their arrows. The archery team is comprised of middle and high schoolers.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Screen-Shot-2019-12-06-at-11.01.13-AM.png)
Archery Pre-Season News Brief
Anna Potts | May 14, 2024
Intro to Journalism Students | May 9, 2024
Alix Nath, Editor | May 8, 2024
Claire Pellett, AHS Needle Lead Editor | April 30, 2024
Maddy Anderson*, FFA Reporter | April 30, 2024
Maddy Anderson*, FFA Reporter | April 30, 2024
Molly Harris, Artist | March 28, 2024
Ella Meyer and Kate Nichols | March 27, 2024
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![SAAC - The Student-Athlete Advisory Committee is made up of 14 girls from all corners of Iowa. The girls met at the IGHSAU headquarters in Des Moines.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3280-1121x1200.jpeg)
![FOCUS - Junior Hailey Huffman focuses on nocking her arrow to get the perfect shot. Huffman made sure her stance was strong and her bow arm did not shake. Huffman shot 3D where she shot all the different animals at all different distances.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screenshot-2023-01-31-10.12.11-AM.png)
Archery- in its tenth year at AHS, the sport is gaining numbers and more of its events are gaining publicity. On Feb. 25, Atlantic is hosting...
![Fletcher Toft and Megan Birge dance with glee as vampire villian siblings plotting to kill human students. The play New Kids at Vampire High will be performed on Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Screen-Shot-2024-03-21-at-1.27.55-PM.png)
Hosts Ella and Kate talk with some members of the upcoming spring play "New Kids at Vampire High." Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer.
![IHSSA State Debate last January.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/image-1-1200x862.png)
It’s that time of year when AHS Speech and Debate heads to National Qualifiers, or “nat quals” as the team likes to call them. There are...
Hosts Kate and Ella talk with AHS seniors about their high school career and their futures. Music by AHS graduate Evan Brummer. This...
![THINK ABOUT IT - Kylie Templeton contemplates her answer as she takes one of the Intro to Journalism students quiz.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_9285-e1715271448630-1095x1200.jpg)
Annabelle Meyer and Aubrey Winford: What AHS Car Parker Are You? Aunika Darrow and Rylee Bengel: What Type of Lift Style Are You? Addison...
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