NBA playoffs: Can anyone beat the Warriors?
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
May 2, 2019
Filed under Sports
In the blink of an eye, the NBA regular season has ended and the playoffs are now in full swing with eight teams left in contention for the Larry O’Brien trophy. Here are the cases for the teams with the best odds of becoming champions and cementing their names in NBA history. The favorites to wi...
LHS goes viral
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
April 25, 2019
Before the four-day break for Easter weekend, the LHS track and field team headed to Fargo, ND without a clue in their minds that their trip would create a viral video viewed by millions of people worldwide. The meet produced a large amount of LHS winners in a variety of different events, but no...
Merkley: Jumping past expectations
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
April 12, 2019
Last Saturday at the Harrisburg Invite track and field meet, LHS junior Hunter Merkley broke one of LHS’ long-standing track and field records, as he broke the 35-year-old record for the long jump with a leap of 23 feet 0 inches. Merkley’s record-breaking jump surpassed former Patriot Bill Mattinglyâ€...
The end of an NBA era: Nowitzki and Wade call it quits
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
April 5, 2019
Filed under Sports
It is the end of an era in the NBA as two icons of the game, Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki are retiring. This means it is time to rewind and look back at some of the great moments of the illustrious careers of the two legends. The 40-year-old power forward, Nowitzki was drafted as the ninth pick to t...
March Madness: Who will prevail?
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
March 28, 2019
Filed under Sports
As we head into the second week of the NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Tournament, the stage is set for a team to start clicking and make a run at the title. The Sweet Sixteen will feature many of the favorites to win the title, such as the Duke Blue Devils, the Michigan State Spartans, the Gonzaga...
How many State championships are too many?
Johana Brower, Staff Writer
March 26, 2019
Filed under Sports
The LHS boys tennis season started March 13, with all eight of the courts covered in snow and water. The boys set to work shoveling the courts so they could begin playing challenge matches to set the lineup. LHS has been the team to beat in recent years, as they have won five state titles from 2014-...
The fight for state
Caleb Miller, Staff Writer
March 19, 2019
Filed under Sports
Last Tuesday, March 12, LHS students woke up to news of impending snow and winter weather warnings heading for the west side of the state. With the Class AA Boys Basketball State Championship set to start two days later, the trip out to Rapid City became much more problematic. With wind, snow and blistering cold weather ...
The road to Rapid: Pats compete for postseason glory
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
March 6, 2019
Filed under Sports
Last Friday and Saturday night, the LHS girls and boys basketball teams claimed their spots in the State basketball tournament. With the number three seeded girls defeating the Huron High School Tigers on Friday, and the number one seeded boys defeating the Mitchell High School Kernels Saturday, b...
Mind over matter: How Fikse recovered from her concussion
Molly Wetsch, Journalism Student
March 6, 2019
Filed under Sports
One of the most widely disputed issues in teenage and high school level sports is whether or not athletes should be more concerned about their ‘head health’ while playing a contact sport. Concussions can be unexpected and sometimes dangerous, and LHS sophomore Jaydyn Fikse experienced her own in De...
Crazie of the Month: Vanderloo
Somer Luitjens, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
Filed under Sports
There is no doubt that the LHS basketball team draws a large crowd of Crazies because of their unbelievable record and intense atmosphere this season. No matter how many Crazies come and go throughout the season, the basketball team can always expect to see senior Daulton Vanderloo in the front row, rea...
Vonn’s lasting legacy
Lauren Bickett, staff writer
February 7, 2019
Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn has officially announced her retirement to skiing on an emotional post to her Instagram and Facebook due to the seriousness of her injuries. “Honestly, retiring isn’t what upsets me. Retiring without reaching my goal is what will stay with me foreve...
Super Bowl LIII: An uneventful part of the history books
Landon DeBoer, Sports Editor
February 5, 2019
Filed under Sports
Super Bowl LIII wrapped up Sunday night with yet another New England Patriots Super Bowl win. Wow… is anyone surprised? The Patriots’ victory over the Los Angeles Rams marked their sixth Super Bowl victory in franchise history, tying the Pittsburgh Steelers for the most ever. Although the Patriots...
Lauren Bickett, Staff Writer
May 17, 2019
It is the time of the year again where ABC’s new bachelorette makes her first appearance at the mansion as 30 men in suits vie for her heart. A season like no other, as...
Mike Rounds makes rounds at LHS
May 17, 2019
Friday, April 26 - students pack into LHS’ little theater, awaiting the arrival of and subsequent Q&A with SD Senator Mike Rounds. After...
May 17, 2019
In the new age, I find myself looking forward to my deaths more than my rebirths. The process of destruction is one that begins in the mirror,...
Student receives juvenile detention for talking about AP test
May 16, 2019
Disclaimer: This story is purely for satirical purposes. None of the events described are true and any resemblance to actual persons, living...