Diggs to carry on highlights at Mizzou

For numerous high school seniors, the prospect of playing college athletics is daunting and highly unlikely. Only a handful of Coppell student athletes each year are lucky and privileged enough to play at one of the highest levels of organized sports in the nation. 
Senior soccer captain Alyssa Diggs is one of the lucky few who [...]

Pool hopping: Bigelow switches to water polo

by Blake Seitz
Sports Editor
Senior Chris Bigelow is accustomed to pushing himself in the water; accustomed to grueling 4 a.m. swim practices and muscle-torching 100-meter sprints in the pool. Next fall at the University of Texas, however, Bigelow’s game will change as he tackles a new aquatic sport, water polo.
It’s not much of a stretch to [...]

Coppell lacrosse defends State title

By Gaby Moran
Staff Writer
After the final buzzer of the Division II state championship, fans were cheering excitedly as the Coppell boys lacrosse team dog piled onto each other for their achievement of not just winning of their 21st consecutive game, but their back-to-back State title.
“Throughout the whole season, all players played outstanding for [...]

Wohlford makes tracks for UT on partial scholarship

By Amanda Peck
Staff Writer
After a very successful junior and senior year in track, receiving a bronze medal at the State tournament in 2009 and setting new records for Coppell High School in 2010, Jake Wohlford will be attending The University of Texas in the fall on a partial track scholarship.
Wohlford received offers from Virginia, Tulsa [...]

Runners unleash their inner warrior

by Caitlin Conner
Staff Writer
Warrior dash. The name says it all. It is a 3.51 mile race through some of the roughest terrain possible. Essentially, it’s a glorified obstacle course complete with every muddy, water-logged obstruction you could imagine.
Junior Tanner Rice, sophomore Weston Sandfort and freshman Hunter Heaton and many other CHS students competed in the [...]

Volleyball seniors prepare for next step

by Nathan Reck

Working your way through a high school sports ranks from the freshman team all the way up to varsity is often filled with obstacles, but along the way you also develop strong bonds and connect with many of your teammates who you play alongside for up to four years.
For seniors Deirdre [...]

Lax juniors jump into college scene early

Picture yourself opening the mailbox and finding letters from Harvard, Princeton, Yale and some of the top universities in the nation all wanting you to attend their school. Now, picture yourself doing this as a junior.
Hard to imagine, right? What seems to be impossible for so many students is reality for the class of 2011 [...]

Porter recieves all-american nomination

By Nathan Reck
Video by Cate McMinn and Blake Van Patten
The lacrosse team has managed to reach the peak of team achievement two years in a row now by winning the state championship. While the team has excelled so have the individual players as many of the juniors have received scholarship offers and senior Payton Porter [...]

Age diversity assists girl lacrosse as they score state title

Story by Mary Whitfill
Video by Austin Evans
Coppell girls lacrosse state champions took home the gold last week and are willing to attribute most of their athletic success to the age diversity of their team. After years of playing together, the team will be apart for the first time as their only senior, Sarah Ditto, goes [...]

Lacrosse acheives back to back state titles

By Andy Tabor, staff writer
Video by Emily Mankin, KCBY member
After the final buzzer of the Division II state championship, fans were cheering excitedly as the Coppell boys lacrosse team dog piled onto each other for their achievement of not just winning of their 21st consecutive game, but their back-to-back State title.
“Throughout the whole season, all [...]

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