The pressure was on. Highland Park–consistently the No. 1 team–had always presented stiff competition for the boys and girls swim team. During their dual meet Oct. 9 at Texarkana College’s Pinkerton...

Starting defensive end on varsity, with a full ride scholarship to Rice for football, and hopes to be drafted into the NFL, senior Edwin Hooper seemed to have life planned out. Everything was falling into...

They huddled together, hearts racing as the pressure built. The noise of the crowd was thunderous, but the team managed to drown out the chaos around them. They had one thing on their minds. Victory. “One…...

Junior Larkin Parks walks into the band hall. She animatedly cracks jokes with the few students present on the last few days of school. In her hands she holds a symbol of what she has worked for in drill...

Champion. It’s a word that gets tossed around a lot, but is often not used correctly.  A champion is a warrior, a fighter, one that does battle for another’s honor. It is doubtful that the conduct...

The beginning of the swim season for the Tigersharks started with a meet where swimmers competed with the best opposition, themselves. Time Trials at Texarkana College on Sept. 18 created a starting point...

With the crowd screaming and clapping, junior Cole Kennedy completed his last putt, securing the new course record at Texarkana Country Club. “I wasn’t thinking about how far I was going to go,”...

Volleyball this year brings new players, lots of potential and high hopes. With the loss of seven seniors from last year, the varsity team had to rebuild. New players include Riden Reiter, Tyler Autrey,...

She runs 40 miles each week, taking only Saturday off. Running an average of 7 miles a day for training, then the 2-mile long races during cross country season, sophomore Madison Sewell will cover hundreds...

The whistle chirps as the play is blown dead. Players jog back to their positions. A coach yells out, “White! You’re up!” Senior Austin White pulls his helmet on and runs out to the huddle. On his...