Lacrosse team finishes 2nd in fall tournament

By Chase Porter Staff Writer This past weekend, the varsity lacrosse team competed in the Halloween Shootout with teams from all over the Dallas. As a senior member of the team, I have had the opportunity to play in this tournament for the four years I have been on the team. This past weekend, October 29th and 30th we had a chance to play 3 games not including the semifinal game and the championship. On Saturday, we lost to ESD but won our second game against Plano West. On Sunday, we faced off against Highland Park beating them in a well fought game from both sides. With two wins under our belts we continued onto…

Students put off homework to enjoy Halloween

By Coleman Armes Staff Writer Although it was on a Monday, many student decided their homework could be put off for later that night, in the morning or during school. There was a much more important matter to be taken care of: Halloween. Whether it was at a party or on the streets many students decided to dress up and go out to enjoy the holiday and life in general. One of the biggest attractions in Coppell is the haunted house off of Parkway Blvd. This house, ran in a Coppell resident’s backyard had been going strong for 9 years while also taking donations for the Make A Wish Foundation. However this was the last…

Cutting Edge rated #2 in America

By Jordan Thompson Staff Writer Unfortunately, Halloween falls on the least exciting and perhaps the most dreaded day of the week this year: Monday. But for the people who consider their trick-or-treat basket half full, fear not; this only means you’ll have to celebrate the weekend prior, double time. This doesn’t mean you should go trick or treating early, it means you should go to the second best of America’s top thirteen haunted houses -Cutting Edge in Fort Worth, TX. If you haven’t been, chances are you know somebody who has. It’s rumored to be “the biggest haunted house in the world,” and if you are into sort of thing, then congratulations because it is…

Students celebrate fall with Starbucks drinks

By Caroline Carter Staff Writer Starbucks has always been an essential for students to who need to pull through all-nighters. With Halloween approaching and the weather cooling off, fall themed drinks are now being served at Starbucks and everyone has become excited for the beginning of fall. On the first day of fall, Starbucks put two new seasonal items on the menu. The Pumpkin Spiced Latte is an espresso drink with pumpkin flavored syrup topped with sweetened whipped cream. The Salted Caramel Mocha is also an espresso drink but with toffee syrup and sea salt mixed in. The drinks are limited edition for the fall only, and will only be available for a little while…

Haunted houses prove popular trick-or-treating alternative for students

Ashley Attanucci Web Manager As part of the spooky holiday that originated in Europe centuries ago and has been widely celebrated in the United States since the early 20th century, haunted houses are wiggling their way into pop culture and tradition and providing the perfect alternative to the high school trick-or-treating. The Metroplex area alone hosts over twenty five haunted houses, the most popular of these named Cutting Edge, the world’s largest walk-through haunted house (with numerous stories and themes) and voted top 10 in the nation for scariest thriller that is located at a 100-year old meat packing plant in Fort Worth that had been historically known as “the devil’s half acre”. “I went…

The Pumpkin Patch makes its annual appearance just in time for fall

by Shelby Jurca Staff Writer Video by Melissa Dailey, KCBY. This past Halloween, everyone was on the lookout for the perfect pumpkin to carve and fill their yard with joyful Halloween spirit. A Coppell pumpkin patch is set up every year at the Rejoice Lutheran Church to help turn yards everywhere from scarily plain to plainly scary. The Pumpkin Patch was established a group of Coppell women who wanted to do something good for the community. Marcie Sandall, one of the ladies working at the patch, was one of the women who first came up with the idea for The Pumpkin Patch. “One of the ladies in the group went to visit her mother and…

Zombie March

Jack Ficklen Photographer Imagine that you’re waiting for a train at the Deep Ellum DART station. Your train finally arrives, the doors open, hundreds of zombies pour out, moaning, limping, and clawing towards the normal people on the platform. This is the exact image that Deep Ellum residents received as their community was ravaged by people from all over the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex dressed up in the character of zombies. The event was organized by Kael Graham and Crissy Seber, both Dallas residents who wanted to break the world record for biggest zombie invasion as well as organize a charity event for food and funds that went to the North Texas Food Bank. The event…

Coppell holds haunted past unknown to most residents

Michelle Pitcher Opinions Editor Video by Caroline Bossman While Halloween costume stores have closed up shop until next year, paranormal spooks in the Coppell area are not taking a hiatus. Many locations in and around Coppell hold ominous reputations—tales of ghosts, disappearances and satanic presences. A widely known haunting tale is Bethel Cemetery, which is said to be home to the burial plot of one especially devious worshipper of the devil. His headstone bears strange markings and symbols and, when photographed, causes the pictures to appear distorted. “My friend used to live by that cemetery,” sophomore Katie Condon said. “We used to make up stories about it all the time.” Although this is a nice…

Halloween outrage

Kimberly Del Angel Staff Writer As most of you may know, last Sunday was Halloween, and as darkness crept up so did the little monsters on our doorstep. My siblings happened to be handing out candy when two older ladies in their mid 40′s or early 50′s rang the doorbell. They were dressed in tank tops and shorts, and carried ratty sacks, “Trick or treat,” they said. Unashamed and unaware of any problem in them asking for candy. There would have been no problem if it had not been that these woman did not have any children for which they were collecting the candy for, what made it even worse is that they didn’t even bother to dress up (not that…

Quirky collegiate trend proves worrisome for college officials

Michelle Pitcher Opinions Editor On university campuses across the nation, a war is going on. The weapons are Nerf Guns; the contenders humans and zombies. The game consists of several battles between the two warring sides. Opponents can defeat the other team using no means other than Nerf Guns and clever tactics. Created in 2005 by two students at a small college in Baltimore, Maryland, the game soon took off. It is basically a simulation of the famed concept of “Zombie Apocalypse” in which numerous students (in some cases, the number reaches close to one thousand) take their place on either team and go to great extents to see the other side defeated. There are…