8th graders get a little taste of high school

By Chase Porter Staff Writer Tonight, January 31st, the eighth graders from all middle schools are welcome at the high school for the 8th grade expo. The expo will start at 6 p.m. and continue on until 8:30 p.m. All eighth graders are welcome to attend and it is encouraged to bring your parents along so that you will all be informed on the transitions from middle school to high school. In addition to being able to walk throughout the halls of the school visitors will be able to ask questions to senior Red Jacket’s and school administrators. Also, many of the newest class options and academy’s will be presented to parents and students so…

Soccer stud takeover

By Chase Porter Staff Writer A few years ago here at CHS someone decided having cheerleaders just wasn’t enough so they had to go ahead and create a specific fan base for every sports team. This may sound a little outrages, and it is, but with girls soccer season in full swing it seems like every guy at CHS is sporting a Soccer Stud shirt in support of the girls. If you visit the high school on either a Tuesday or Friday during soccer season, you really can’t miss them. They will be wearing a baby blue crew neck sweater with neon green letters. They say ‘Stud’ on the front and the number and last…

Lacrosse team sharpens their skills for upcoming season

By Chase Porter Staff Writer Today, January 10th, was the first day of lacrosse practice and the start of the 2012 season for the three time state championship lacrosse team. Being a member of the team I had the chance to see this years team in action and I was impressed. After losing many highly recruited players from last years team I thought that we would have to rebuild more than usual. Todays practice showed me that was not the case at all. Even though we have an extreme amount of underclassmen this year I have confidence that we will have nothing but a successful season. Today was the first practice with the new coaching…

Most anticipated games of the year

By Chase Porter Staff Writer With 2011 behind us, game developers are already trying to come out with the next best game to compete with games like Battlefield and Modern Warfare 3. Some of the biggest news in the gaming community is the release of Halo 4 expected for sometime this spring or summer. Also Mass Effect 3, the follow up to one of the best games of 2011, will be releasing this year which will end the trilogy. Along with these franchise games Assassins Creed will be releasing another game and of course Call of Duty is sure to have one or more games being released but as of right now there has been…

From the hard wood to the habitat the Cowboys help out those in need

By Chase Porter Staff Writer Photo courtesy of Sharon Mankin Over the past few years the Coppell varsity basketball team has not only been competing for a championship but they have also been participating in service projects all over the Metroplex. On Dec. 3, the boys varsity basketball team sacrificed their usual practice time on Saturday morning to work for a better cause. Teaming up with the Habitat for Humanity program, the boys built and repaired damaged houses and much more. “The team did a lot of manual labor,” coach Brad Chasteen said. “They did some landscaping, spackling, painting, repairing dry walls and a good amount of trash detail around the area.” The Cowboys traveled…

PSAT scores are in for Juniors

by Chase Porter Staff Writer On Oct. 12, the junior class began their first steps toward college and senior year by taking the PSAT or the practice SAT. This test is just a taste of the actual SAT that most of the juniors will be taking later this school year and early this upcoming summer. The PSAT, like the SAT challenges students in the areas of analytical reading, writing and mathematics. The test can not be substituted for the actual SAT but it does determine if the student can be a national merit scholar or a national commended scholar depending on how well they did on the test. According to Mrs. Poe in the Student…

Cowboys take on Duncanville tonight

By Chase Porter Staff Writer The Cowboys basketball team is already 9 and 0 going into their tenth regular season game tonight against Duncanville at home in the large gym at 7:30. While the Cowboys may be on a winning streak early in the season Duncanville has proved to be a worthy opponent in the past. Not unlike our Cowboys though, the Duncanville basketball program graduated many of their starters from this past year so their team will be stacked with many underclassmen. Not only will we be playing more upperclassmen than them, we also have the size advantage. With many of our starters easily breaking through the six foot barrier, our Cowboys should have…

Kierra Holst goes out with a bang, wins tournament MVP

By Chase Porter Staff Writer Photo by Ivy Hess After spiking the ball into the face of the competition, senior middle blocker Kierra Holst not only hoisted the Class 5A state championship trophy above her head she was also awarded the tournament’s most valuable player of the tournament. The Cowgirls defeated McKinney Boyd on Nov. 19 in four games to win the first state championship in CHS volleyball history. “I was extremely surprised when I got MVP,” Holst said. “I didn’t expect to go all the way from the beginning of the season but winning state and getting the honor of MVP was incredible and has made a great senior year.” The 6-4 standout started…

Fans make preparations to cheer cowgirls to victory this weekend

By Chase Porter Staff Writer As the state volleyball tournament nears many students are hurrying to make plans to attend the games in San Marcos over the weekend. After defeating the Hebron Hawks in the regional quarter- final the cowgirls continued on to play in the regional match, which was held in Abilene this past weekend. The cowgirls ended up sweeping the competition three games to zero and are now advancing to the state championship tournament being help in San Marcos this Friday and Saturday. The semi- final game will be held at 7 on Friday against San Antonio Johnson and the championship will be on Saturday at 7. Because the first game is on…

Basketball dribbles their way into the season

By Chase Porter Staff Writer With the varsity basketball team nearing its season opener against Plano East next Tuesday, the team is hustling to get the underclassmen up to speed. Last year, the Coppell High School basketball team had a very productive season, finishing 13-0 as district Champions. Nine of the players from last year’s team graduated, leaving this year’s team under new leadership and a roster full of underclassmen. “We had a special group last year, and graduating nine seniors is a little unusual,” basketball coach Brad Chasteen said. “We have four returning varsity teammates who are all great players, but we have a pretty inexperienced team this year. We are going to have…