Leesville’s Mainstage performs Alice in Wonderland
Leesville’s Honors theater class, Mainstage Theatrics, performed the classic children’s story, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, on stage Tuesday,…
Harry Potter fans experience the new movie and midnight
The newest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, released November...
Tar Heels athletics struggle
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. For basketball juggernaut North Carolina, that adage...
Fro yo at Yo Mo
In mid-November, a new frozen yogurt location, Yogurt Mountain, opened in Raleigh on Creedmoor road...
Turkey-day tactics
For most people, the Thanksgiving holiday centers around “the big game.” This game is usually...
Middle Creek brings dramatic end to Pride’s thrilling season
The 2010 Leesville football season was brought to a spectacular and down-to-the-wire finish in overtime...
Sports in Canada: Not so different
The third round of this insightful column concerns Canadian sports. Now, I am perfectly aware...
Hockey team shows promise
Leesville Road High School offers a vast array of sports teams that effectively display the...
Originality: the latest fad
In my life, the importance of ‘being original’ is stressed by my parents, peers and...
Phillips starts Film Club
On Friday, November 5, Leesville’s newly-formed film club had their first meeting, led by advisor...
No-Shave November separates boys from men
On Sunday, October 31, LRHS students raised their razors for the last time before No-Shave...
Golden joins administrative staff
On November 15, Sherri Golden joined the ranks of the other administrators to fill the...
Cheerleaders place second despite injury
On Nov. 13, the Leesville Cheerleading squad placed second in their Small Varsity in the...
Women’s Varsity Basketball seeks success
From Nov. 1 to 3, Leesville held women’s basketball tryouts. Coach Poole, women’s varsity basketball...
Where heart attacks are born
It’s a well-known fact that half of our country is overweight and more than a...
Obnoxious girls spark inspiration for blog
Whether you live in an apartment, trailer, townhouse or mansion, every neighborhood has “that neighbor.”...
Senioritis: month three
Upon completing the last of my college applications (which really don’t matter after getting the...
Mens’ cross country 5th in state
On November 6 the men’s cross country team competed in the NCHSSA 4A State Championship...
Leesville swimmers try out for team
Swim team tryouts took place the week of November 8. They started before school at...
Pride prepares for playoff tests
If the Pride is to make a deep playoff run this year, they will have...
Erika Martin plays lead in Alice in Wonderland
Mainstage, Leesville’s elite theatre troupe, recently held auditions for their fall production of Alice In...
Diane Covington awarded Director of the Year
On Sunday, Nov. 7, Diane Covington, Leesville’s Choral Director, was awarded as the NCMEA (North...
Hickey phenomenon sucks the life out of Leesville
Lately many Leesville students have arrived at school with a variety of strange markings on...
Canadian holidays: different day, same idea
Monday, October 11 marked the day that all Canadian families convene to stuff themselves silly...
Media specialists work hard
Oddly enough, the biggest room in Leesville Road High School is one of the most...
The Bucket List #3: Pride Productions
The lights dimmed, the curtains opened, a hush fell upon a packed audience. A spotlight...
Cougars push aside Pride, take a share of Cap-8
The Wake Forest-Rolesville Cougars defeated the Leesville Pride in an overtime thriller, 20-14, on Friday,...
Runner’s bladder: nothing to be ashamed of
Urinary incontinence, or the loss of bladder control, is not a laughing matter. When one...
Shish Kabob: a new lunch destination
This October, students at Leesville gained a new lunch option, Shish Kabob, a Mediterranean food...
Rocky Horror: Scandalous fun!
I recently wrote that Alex Stewart, senior, and I were Rocky Horror virgins, nervous and...
Recognizing Veterans Day
Over the past few days, I have heard many students wondering aloud, “Why can’t we...
Restoring sanity and keeping fear alive
On Saturday, October 30, hundreds of thousands of sane and fearful Americans packed the Washington...
Rock climbing: an eccentric sport
Most Leesville students participate in generic sports: football, basketball and tennis are examples. This is...
Blithe Spirit a hit
It is said that you do not marry someone you can live with, but rather,...
Student Services hosts College Application Week
The week of November 15-19, 2010 is Leesville Road High School’s College Application Week. This...
Drivers’ Ed helps prevent accidents
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry says that the best way for teenagers...
Doing school: resume building
Resume building has become a necessary skill for high school students. In order to appeal...
Theater crew heads endure Hell Week
Show Week Stress Twice a year, the technical theater students of Leesville endure something fondly...
The good teacher conjecture
Studies show that high school students who get nine or more hours of sleep and...
Pride stays classy
The Pride varsity football team mauled the Millbrook Wildcats on Friday, October 22. The final...
Computer science gets upgrades
After working with floppy disks for nearly two decades, the computer science classes will begin...
Wrestling team has high hopes
The Leesville Road wrestling squad will take part in their first meet of the year...
Men’s XC place second in regionals
On Saturday, October 30, the Varsity Men’s Cross Country team advanced to the state championships...
Alumni return to visit teachers, students
Most seniors greatly anticipate the day they may leave Leesville Road High School and never...
Pride welcomes transfer students
Most Leesville students suffered through the first day of school nine weeks ago and are...
Colorblindness affects students’ learning
When scurrying to get dressed in the morning, most of us do not have to...
Eating lunch with the freshmen: an experience
I found myself in a situation I hadn’t been trapped in since my sophomore year....
PEPI gives back to young community
A year-long class only for upperclassmen, Physical Education Pupil Instructor, or PEPI, is a great...
What every (future) senior needs to know, but doesn’t
1. When writing your application essays, do them all on ONE computer I have spent...
Schachle raps with school spirit
Brendan Schachle, senior, recently posted a rap he wrote and recorded on his Facebook page,...