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Sports Q&A with JV Volleyball

Sports Q&A with JV Volleyball

Insights from Katelyn Buta
Ava Osborne, Reporter October 20, 2025

                  How long have you been playing volleyball, and what motivates you to keep playing? "I’ve been playing...

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Sophomore Aspen Wilkinson hiked to the summit of Uncompahgre Peak in Colorado (14,231 ft.) on July 30, 2025.

Turning Adversity into an Advantage

Sophomore athlete defies expectations and leads by example
Diya Amaram, Reporter October 10, 2025

The volleyball arcs high across the net, spinning fast as it drops toward sophomore Aspen Wilkinson. Time after time, opponents send the ball her way, convinced her prosthetic leg will make her the weak...

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Mr. Duenes reviews problem sets covering 3-D motion and force in his 3rd period physics class.

Forward Motion

The push and pull of a physics teacher’s health crisis and recovery
Astor Jones, Reporter October 9, 2025

Four days before the start of the 2024–25 school year, physics teacher Javier Duenes visited a radiology center to refill his inhaler and get a routine, annual X-ray. During that same medical visit,...

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Beyond a Border

Beyond a Border

Mexican immigrant siblings, Marcus students, adjust to new lives in the United States
Macy Doan, Reporter April 22, 2025

(* For privacy protection, names of individual students have been changed in this story.) Junior Steph* and freshman Bob’s * childhood home in Mexico has been empty for four years, besides during...

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Cole Venuk capitalizes on a Jesuit turnover to set up a shot on goal.

Out of the Shadows, Into the Spotlight

Senior hockey player finds his identity on the ice
Gabe Weaver, Reporter April 21, 2025

Though he’s played hundreds of select and high school hockey games, a specific moment is ingrained in Cole Venuk’s memory on the ice.  Fittingly, the middle school highlight involves his older brother,...

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Diya Amaram, Reporter April 21, 2025

Blake Wuensche, junior, doesn’t always remember her seizures. They arrive without warning, cutting through her life like a sudden blackout. One second everything is fine; the next, the lights go out. The...

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Sports Q&A with Marcus Soccer

Sports Q&A with Marcus Soccer

Insights from Hannah Campos & J.C. Joya
Atharv Vundyala April 9, 2025

How long have you been playing soccer, and what motivates you to keep playing? I’ve been playing soccer since I was 3 years old and was motivated a lot by my twin sisters who are older than...

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Saavni preps nose plugs for athletes at the district wrestling tournament.

Training Through Pain

Student athletic healer braves POTS and SVT
Raksha Jayakumar, Editor-in-Chief February 14, 2025

Saanvi Jeereddy’s legs dangle from the hospital bed. She stares up at the boxy lights as she is told to lie down. She tries to keep her mind relaxed, but it stays trained on the doctors around her. They...

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Sophomore Claire Kim teaches students at her parents’ taekwondo studio, Kim’s White Tiger. She has been doing taekwondo since she was 3.

Beyond the mat

Taekwondo shapes sophomore's confidence
Sofia Heidlerova, Reporter December 17, 2024

The sun had barely set, casting a warm orange glow through the windows of Kim’s White Tiger Taekwondo. Sophomore Claire Kim steps onto the mat with quiet confidence, her bare feet pressing into the soft...

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Winter and worries

Student overcomes seasonal depression using coping mechanisms
Lucy Baysinger, Reporter December 17, 2024

The creaky door closes, and the phone next to her shines bright; the time and date reads “December 8, 1:34 PM”. Her clammy hands brush over her eyes. She sits herself up, placing her feet on the icy...

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Halie decorates a new order of cookies, detailing intricate designs with various icing colors.

Mixing Through Moments

Sophomore's baking business thrives despite adversities
Macy Doan, Reporter December 16, 2024

Editor's Note:  This story earned second place in the 6A feature category at the 2025 Interscholastic League Press Conference contest. With a swift swipe of her hand, the piping bag moves with ease....

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A Long, Rainy Day in McKinney

A Long, Rainy Day in McKinney

Jones' leadership, band's perseverance at contest leads to a return trip to state
Gabe Weaver, Reporter December 4, 2024

While most of Flower Mound was asleep, members of the Marcus Band were wide awake and ready for their area competition. The rainy and windy conditions would be an obstacle to overcome. As long as there...

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