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The Patriot Press

Earned it

Earned it

Alexis Phung, Editorial Board Member January 1, 2026

Cheer tries to keep the morale up, drill performs at half time, and, yet, the crowd goes… silent? That was what an average football game looked like last year with a record of three and seven. This year,...

Fall sports planning ahead

Alexis Phung and Cosette Dobson January 1, 2026

Boys' Tennis Final standings: • 3-9 record • Singles player Alex Karnes (11) KingCo 3A Quarterfinals • Doubles Thimber Groet and Aiden Teng (12) KingCo 3A Quarterfinals Coach feedback: “We...

Academic goals, not just field goals

Gabrielle Parrish, Sports Editor January 21, 2020

It’s late Monday night, you’ve just returned home after a grueling practice, and you have a chemistry worksheet due the next day. But you would much rather spend your precious free time playing Madden...

Football: ALL IN

Football: ALL IN

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor September 24, 2019

Every year, the senior football players decide on a word or phrase for the team to follow that season. This season, that phrase is All In. “Being All In is being willing to sacrifice for one common...

Finding “purpose” as girls in football

November 30, 2018

Q & A: Heaven Manning (12) Q: When did you start playing? A: I decided at the end of last year at my brother’s football banquet. I told Coach Valach that I was going to play football. He didn’t...

Football team finds its purpose

Margaret Baumgartner, Sports Editor October 25, 2018

“Purpose is fighting for something bigger than yourself, knowing that whatever you do you’re not going to hold back because that purpose is always there,” senior Tom Todderud said. Seniors on this...

Turf Turds: rubber demons from hell

Nikayla Copenhaver, Staff Writer December 15, 2017

Turf, turf turds, rubber, black bits--whatever you call them, you probably see them everywhere.  For us athletes, we know especially how annoying these pesky little things can be, and just how far into...

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