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Students show their support for junior Ralph Yarl by participating in a “unity walk” April 18. Yarl was shot twice on April 13 when he accidentally went to the wrong house, attempting to pick up his siblings. “I’m really proud of our student body for coming out to support Ralph,” said senior Cayla Palmer, the president of Staley’s Black Student Union, the group who planned the walk. “At the end of the day, this whole unity walk is for Ralph, to support our fellow Falcon. We stand with him and support him.”

April Photo of the Month winners announced

May 1, 2023
After Beating Oak Park High School 56-49 in the Class 6 District 8 Championship March 6, the boys basketball team celebrates their fourth straight district championship. The team previously beat Oak Park 64-36 on Dec. 15, but the team knew Oak Park would be a harder matchup now. “We knew that was probably the toughest team we were going to play all year,” senior guard Jared Lee said. “When we won, it was just a crazy feeling that we got that done because a lot of people didn’t think we could.”

March Photo of the Month winners announced

April 2, 2023
Alexander Hutchcraft (11) wrestles during the state finals. During the match many technical violations were not called leaving coaches angry. “Wrestling really defines who I am today. It’s physically built me and mentally pushes you,” said Hutchcraft.

February Photo of the Month winners announced

March 3, 2023
During the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions Dunk Contest Jan. 14, Central High School junior Antonio Starks-Fewell leaps over two people for the slam dunk. Starks-Fewell was one of the local players in the contest, where he finished third.

January Photo of the Month winners announced

February 2, 2023
Richland sophomore Tucker Miller (left) puts up a shot over Dexter senior Logan Josupait during the second quarter of their contest on Monday night. Miller hit the bucket, but the Rebels never could get their offense going as the Rebels fell 84-30. With the loss for Richland and the win for the Bearcats, both teams’ records now stand at 4-2. The Rebels and Bearcats are both scheduled to play in the Bloomfield Christmas Tournament next week, with Dexter seeded in the No. 1 spot and Richland coming in at No. 12.

December Photo of the Month winners announced

January 3, 2023
Wilbur the pig, played by senior Anna Wright, grasps for freedom from the Zimmermans oven during her performance in Charlottes Web. This was Wrights favorite moment in the play. Im picturing running from an intruder or just like a monster, Wright says about what goes through her head during the scene. Theater is important to me because it is a way to get a bunch of people with nothing to do in common in the same room to laugh together, to cry together, and teach moral lessons right in front of their eyes. And its really fun.

November Photo of the Month winners announced

December 4, 2022
Noah Garthe looking through the crowd on the dance floor at the Homecoming dance. The dance attracted more than 1,400 students to it as it returned in the large gym after last years dance was held on the football field.

October Photo of the Month winners announced

November 2, 2022
Studying film, senior Draiden Parks concentrates on the sideline of the varsity home game against. Lees Summit High School Sept. 2. The Falcons lost to the Tigers 45-28.

September Photo of the Month Winner announced

October 3, 2022
Lead actress, junior Aniya Sparrow, who portrayed Emma in The Spotlight Players production of Emma!: A Pop Musical, sings the high note of Man I Feel Like a Woman by Shania Twain. Emma! is a jukebox musical featuring many well-known songs that keep the audience engaged. Ive been in many shows before, but this production has by far been the hardest Ive ever worked and I think its really paid off. Everyone put so much effort into their character and the technical aspects and thats what made the production so successful. Im so grateful that I got the opportunity to play Emma, and Ill never forget how much fun I had or the feeling of being on the stage playing this character, Sparrow said.

April Photo of the Month Contest winners announced

May 4, 2022
State lawmakers have proposed a record of 238 bills this year that would limit the rights of LGBTQ+ people in regards to education, healthcare, and other issues. Sophomore Kadrian Bennet poses for the center spread cover. There is a lot of current discrimination going on toward trans people in sports, with the /Dont Say Gay Bill, and Texas with a lot of discrimination toward the community and the legal system, and I think that even in so many ways the more mainstream identities need a lot of protection, Bennett said.

March Photo of the Month Winners announced

April 1, 2022
Senior Chloe Sheckells wrestles senior Aiva Mayer from Carrollton High School during the MSHSAA Girls District 4 Tournament Feb. 5. Sheckells won the match at Oak Park High School.

February Photo of the Month winners announced

March 2, 2022
Stevie Lupo, sophomore, wins her match as part of the GAC championships.

January Photo of the Month winners announced

February 7, 2022
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