Cowboy Baseball mercifully shuts out Keller Indians, 10-0

By John Loop Staff Writer On a beautiful Tuesday night, the Coppell Cowboy baseball team quickly trumped the Keller Indians in just five innings with a score of 10-0, allowing the mercy rule to be called. The Cowboys improve to 3-3 in district play, and 10-9 overall, leaving them tied for fourth place in District 7-5A with the Indians, who drop to 3-3. Junior pitcher Jake Elliott threw lights out for the Cowboys, earning 10 strikeouts and limiting Keller to no runs. Senior Matt Custard, the Keller starting pitcher, lasted only three innings, allowing Coppell to stockpile 10 runs on nine hits. Elliott started the game by striking out two Indians and forcing a third…

Van Winkle takes captain’s reins for a second year

By John Loop Staff Writer Being captain of a high school varsity team is one thing. But doing that twice is a whole other story. Add in the fact that junior third baseman and catcher Alicia Van Winkle was an underclassman when the coaches first told her she would be taking the reins of Cowgirl softball, and it all gets put in perspective. “It is not common to have a sophomore as a captain alongside two seniors,” Van Winkle said. “You wouldn’t expect an underclassman to be able to handle that much responsibility, but I took pride in that and worked hard through fall and spring, and that is what helped me regain the captain…

Another way to travel-Pietro’s Italian Restaurant

By Jordan Thompson Staff Writer After an amazing experience with lots of exciting foods and lots of weight gain, I made an important decision. Taking my own culture into account, I decided to end my project by visiting a place that I knew would put everything they had into preparing an amazing meal. I went to Pietro’s Italian restaurant near Lower Greenville Avenue. And even though my adventure through authentic foreign foods is finished, I will be back there. I grew up amongst Italians, and if I learned anything from doing so, it is that nobody values food on as many levels as they do. To Italians, family is everything, and every family considers their…

Another way to travel-For You, Taste of Poland

Jordan Thompson Staff Writer   After being exceedingly impressed by Vietnam’s idea of good eating, stumbling across some real Mexican food at Jacala’s and falling in love with homemade barbeque sauce at Cousins’ BBQ, I found For You, Taste of Poland.   At For You, Taste of Poland, there is so much honesty behind the food. Everything is so humbly crafted that the cooks simply walk over to the specialty store and take some Masa Makowa of the shelf to makes someone’s polish poppy seed cake.   I was surrounded by diners of European decent who didn’t have to use Google to translate the menu. It was exciting to say the least, because these people…

How to make the drive-thru healthier

Jordan Thompson Staff Writer One of the hardest things about becoming an adult, for me at least, is accepting the fact that junk food can no longer be as blissful of an indulgence as it used to be. It wasn’t until high school that I learned about the importance of calorie intake, and to be honest I miss the days where it did not matter to me. As a teenage girl I have grown more aware over the years about what I eat, and for me it isn’t easy. Ever since I was little I have loved fast food and even though I do not eat it as much, I still crave it all the…

Coppell DECA takes Corpus Christi by storm

By John Loop Staff Writer This past weekend, 30 students from the Coppell High School chapter of DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) traveled to Corpus Christi for the state competition. The team also took part in a cookout at the Texas State Aquarium, as well as some fun on the beach. The following advanced to the national competition in Salt Lake City from April 28-May 1. Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making Event Clint Morris & Dhriti Mazumdar Business Services Operations Research Event Cydne LeBlanc & Hannah Rucker Sports & Entertainment Marketing Individual Series Event Jake Williams Shehan Jeyarajah These alternates /2nd place will compete in the event that the 1st place winners are…

Another way to travel-Mai’s Vietnamese Restaurant

Jordan Thompson Staff Writer I believe food is essential to our character. What happens when we eat a plain slice of white bread is so much different than what happens when we toast that bread and purposely burn the corners because we like it that way, then spread Jiff peanut butter over it just before the toast cools so it melts into bliss. I have always loved food and I have always loved adventure. As I get older I become curious; I want to learn about the world. I figured the easiest way for me to do it was through food. I set aside two weeks to stray away from what I am used to…

Teachers challenge grade grubbing

By Erica Rohde Staff Writer High school has become a grade grubbing lion’s pit, a continuous competition for a high GPA or a place within the top 10 percent, all for college and not always for learning’s sake. Teachers at Coppell High School are tired of grade grubbing. English teacher Michael Vergien has designed his own curriculum in a way that will stop the number crunching and focus more on the assessing. Vergien’s desire for change began last school year. “I got fed up with students who got too much into grade grubbing,” Vergien said. “There were students who cared more about an extra two points on a test rather than actually learning.” Students tend…

First comes self-fulfillment

By Erica Rohde Staff Writer   There have been many people in our lives who have told us to love others just as we love ourselves. But there is a giant loophole in this statement. If I hated myself, it would be much harder to love others. If I looked at myself in the mirror and criticized every aspect of myself, I would have the tendency to criticize every aspect of my parents, my best friend or even a boyfriend. If I criticized myself and picked myself apart, I would feel as if others are doing the same to me. Let’s be honest, middle school is the awkward period. Girls get catty and guys will…

Heritage Night promotes cultural unity

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer On the evening of Feb. 17, the Coppell High School cafeteria was consumed with students dressed in colorful attire representing their native country and food samples from different parts of the world. With times changing, countries, cities and schools have all become more culturally diverse. In order to promote the various cultures in CHS as well as the rest of the world, the Junior World Affairs Council (JWAC) once again hosted its annual Heritage Night. JWAC, one of the many clubs at CHS addressing global issues in the community, hosts Heritage Night every year. Senior and president of JWAC Priya Gupta was in charge this year of organizing the event,…