![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
![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
![Senior Malena Woodward does her handshake with her Claire Pellett before a game.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/IMG_3006-900x600.jpg)
One Last Shot
![Encountering new regulations, the girls basketball team stayed masked as often as they could. The girls were able to play all of their games this season despite COVID.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-16-at-1.39.28-PM.png)
Girls Basketball: Season Update
![Freshman Jaice Larson prepares for the next play. Larson has been playing basketball since middle school and plans to continue throughout high school as well.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Screen-Shot-2021-02-08-at-1.23.28-PM.png)
The Future of Trojan Basketball
![The third episode of The Point is all about sports. The Point can be streamed on Anchor and Spotify.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Add-a-subheading-900x506.png)
The Point: Stars on the Court, Ft. Garrett Reynolds and Maycie Waters
![Senior Maycie Waters (22) goes up for the shot.
The Trojans lost 68-52 against Glenwood.
Waters ended the game with 10 points.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-22-at-1.30.57-PM.png)
Girls Basketball Strides On
![Senior Craig Alan Becker watches the ball during the 2019/20 basketball season. This is Beckers fourth year of basketball.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-03-at-1.29.47-PM.png)
Basketball Kicks Off Winter Sports
![Junior Kadin Stutzman wrestles at the Hawkey-10 tournament his sophomore year. Stutzman will be returning for his third season this year.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/IMG_0035-900x600.jpg)
Winter Sports are Underway
![The girls go over the strategy one last time before the Wednesday nights game in Red Oak. The team finished the season with a record of 9-14.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_2317-900x600.jpg)
Basketball Girls End Season in Semis
![Junior Haley Rasmussen sprints down the track during the 2018-19 seasons. The track season began on Monday, Feb. 17 for students not involved in a winter sport.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Screen-Shot-2020-02-18-at-11.25.52-AM.png)
Meet a Stud: Haley Rasmussen
![Junior Haley Rasmussen goes for three against the Cardinals. On Saturday night, Rasmussen hit three three-pointers.](https://ahsneedle.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/IMG_9235-900x600.jpg)
Trojans’ Postseason Rolls On
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Molly Harris, Artist | March 28, 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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