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  • April 19Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 19Lunch - Pacifico Specialty Pizza, Sweet Potato Fries, Romaine Salad and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Tater Tot Casserole w/Roll, Steamed Broccoli and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 18Mini-Thon! Eighth grade tickets will be sold Thursday, April 18 during sixth period and Friday, April 19 during fourth period.
  • April 17Click here for today's announcements!
  • April 17Lunch- Turkey, Bacon, Swiss croissant sandwich with french fries and a choice of fruit and milk!
  • April 16Mini-Thon for seventh grade! The cost is $10 and tickets will be sold Wednesday, April 17 and Thursday, April 18 in room 212.
  • April 16Lunch - Wild Walking Taco, Steamed Corn and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
  • April 15Lunch - Rodeo Burger, Baked Beans and Choice of Fruit and Milk!
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Ninth graders, Nick Carothers, Steve Franklin, Daiquain Watson and Jacob Deterline, practice for their next meet. Photo by Hannah Barr

Track and field season comes to close

May 14, 2014

As the year ends so do many clubs and sports. One main sport that is ending soon is track and field. There is a large number of students at the junior high that are in track and field. For some students...

Seventh grade track prepares for upcoming track meet

April 23, 2014

Track is new to seventh graders. This year, many seventh graders joined track. Track is a sport that consists of athletes that can either run, jump, or throw. When an athlete is running, he or she is...

Students prepare for upcoming track season

Students prepare for upcoming track season

April 2, 2014

The students at the junior high get excited when this time of the year comes around, especially the seventh graders. There are not a lot of winter sports, except basketball and indoor track, but indoor...

New track athletes adjust to beginning season

New track athletes adjust to beginning season

March 31, 2014

On Monday, March 3, a swarm of seventh and eighth grade students made their way towards the team locker rooms located at the back of Gym B. Crowding into any available space, they proceeded to get changed...

Last years team played hard all season.  Photo by Mekenzy Irish

Softball season begins

March 31, 2014

Softball season is starting up for this school year. Informational meetings and physicals were held over at Penn Lincoln Elementary school for eighth grade. Softball offers ninth grade and eighth grade...

picture by Madison James

Maroon teams dominate court

March 3, 2014

This year has been a ride for the ninth grade boys on the maroon and white teams. They have had their good games, and they have  had their bad games. The maroon team started off the season going 0-2...

Finishing up season

February 28, 2014

White and Maroon end their season a good note.  They might not have won every game but they had an amazing season and tried their best.  However, the maroon ninth grade boys ended their season with a...

Max Sankey searches for help when Daniel Ramsey towers over him. Luckily, Jake Stolarski comes over to try and catch the underhand pass.

Go for the three!

January 30, 2014

The varsity and eighth grade boys basketball team have been hard at work preparing for every game.  They have had their fair share of injuries in the process, but it has all been paying off.  Right now...

Indoor Track coach, Mike Adams, talks to the team about the meets that are coming up. Photo by Hannah Barr

New freshman athlete adapts to indoor track season

December 18, 2013

Icy cold wind whips the face of freshman, Rhiannon Stangl as she trudges toward the Altoona Area High School Fieldhouse, accompanied by a small group of her friends. Weaving her way in and out of the crowd...

picture by Madison James

Indoor swim brings home win and loss

December 18, 2013

The winter sport, indoor swimming, just started with a total of 40 students. Coaches Andy Smearman and Michelle Holton, both staff of the school district, coach this high school swim team. Preparing...

Nic Urchick, eighth grade, takes a knee in the front of the many basketball trophies.

Get Your Head in the Game

November 13, 2013

Athlete of the Week Many students at the school are very  involved with athletics.  This school is filled with so many “try-hards” and they put their all in anything they set their minds to.  So...

Seventh, eighth grade football teams end season

Seventh, eighth grade football teams end season

October 31, 2013

Both the eighth and seventh grade football teams fought within the games but the eighth grade team just pulled through it more than the seventh. Eighth grade ended the season undefeated. Seventh ended...

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