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A Look Inside Chase Hakerem’s Basketball Career
Chase Hakerem, senior at LRHS, spent four years on the varsity basketball team. Two out of those four years he served as a captain. Senior Year, Saying Goodbye Hakerem and the Pride finished 8-7…
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Leesville’s Gymnastics Season
The Leesville gymnastics team didn’t have a sense of normalcy during the 2020-2021 season. The Leesville gymnastic team usually competes in the fall. It was a shame to the Leesville gymnasts when Leesville announced…
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Coach Tetreault Shaves His Head to Celebrate Victory over Gibbons
After the JV women’s soccer team beat Gibbons 4-0 at home, Coach Tetreault let his players shave his head after the game to reward their victory over the team’s biggest rival. “From the start,…
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A Look Into Leesville JV Men’s Lacrosse Through a Freshman’s Perspective
While Leesville teams mainly focus on seniors, freshmen have had a unique experience participating in sports this year. Leesville’s JV Men’s Lacrosse did not finish their 2020-2021 season as well as they have in…
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Annika Rogers Qualifies for States
Annika Rogers qualified for her second state golf championship on May 4, 2021. “It felt great to qualify for States this year! Because of COVID, there was a smaller number of girls able to…
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When a Coup D’état Overthrew Wilmington
For a long time, if you went to a library in Wilmington, NC there was one thing you weren’t allowed to research: the election of 1898. The story of the election of 1898 is…
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Leesville JV Men’s Basketball Season Reflection
Certain obstacles made it difficult for the Leesville men’s JV basketball team to find their chemistry on the court during their 2020-2021 season. Fortunately, they were able to play fewer games than a normal…
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Reflection of the JV Volleyball Season
Volleyball kicked off the season as the first indoor sport to compete during the pandemic, but with a twist. In previous seasons, the Pride only had two teams, but this year they had two…
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What is Going on With Bitcoin?
Bitcoin has been around since 2009. For years, investors and everyday people have brushed it off as a fake currency. However, Goldman Sachs recently announced that they would consider Bitcoin an investable asset. Bitcoin…
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Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR
Ever since the release of her debut song “Drivers License” in January of 2021, Olivia Rodrigo’s newest album, SOUR, began dominating charts and teenagers’ playlists. With the first three singles Rodrigo released, she already…
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Quick Bites
Contributors: Gretchen Stern and Lyric Chassin Prioritizing Mental Health pic.twitter.com/LN2ANnoAYD — NaomiOsaka大坂なおみ (@naomiosaka) May 31, 2021 Tennis star Naomi Osaka recently made the big decision to prioritize her mental health over…
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LRHS Awards Ceremony
On May 27, 2021, at 6:30 pm, Leesville had its annual Awards Night ceremony (you can see the recording here). This event recognizes all the students who worked hard during the year. The ceremony…
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How to Excel in School Without Studying – Satire
Spending time studying and trying to memorize material is no longer necessary for a student’s success in the classroom. With new technology and resources to their advantage, students can still excel in school! As…
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Comparing Childhood Movies Across Generations
Most Leesville students grew up between 2002-2015 and watched many movies during this time. A lot of students still enjoy the movies they watched during their childhood because of the love they had for…
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RTP Welcomes Boxyard
Industry meets innovation at a new creative hub, Boxyard RTP. Boxyard RTP has over 15,000 square feet of creative space for small businesses and dining. The catch? Every shop is located in a shipping…
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What are Leesville Students Doing Over Summer Break?
Over the summer of 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic put a damper on student’s summer break and end-of-school-year plans. This year, however, people are vaccinated and students are ready to make the most of their…
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High School Advice from a Class of 2021 Senior
On June 10 and 11, the Leesville Road High School class of 2021 will graduate, thus ending our senior year and our high school career once and for all. As a graduating senior, I…
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Teacher Spotlight: Hannah Snell
Hannah Snell is the newest addition to the English department at Leesville Road High School, joining the staff in the 2020-21 school year. Snell, a former student at Leesville, works alongside her former teachers…
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Quick Bites
Contributors: Lauren Taylor and Lyric Chassin Friends Reunion @monaswain My personality in a nutshell, would y'all watch this show? ##friendsreunion is streaming May 27th only on HBOMax ##ad ♬ I’ll Be There…
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The Era of Greatest Hits
A lot of new music crashed into the scene on Friday May 21: twenty-one pilots released their highly anticipated album Scaled and Icy, Olivia Rodrigo’s SOUR left fans of all ages in awe, Lil…
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A Night Under the Stars
On Saturday, May 22, many LRHS seniors came together to dance, sing, and party the night away in celebration of the school’s prom. With hour-long time slots, several seniors took part in the school…
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Quick Bites
Contributors: Cassidey Farrell and Gretchen Stern #BillboardMusicAwards winning BIG tonight. @theweeknd #BBMAs pic.twitter.com/CuHL2FGiiS — Billboard Music Awards (@BBMAs) May 24, 2021 Last night at the Billboard Music Awards, artists such as…
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The best of The Beatles
On the evening of February 9, 1961, in The Cavern Club, a pub located in the industrial town of Liverpool, England, a group of young musicians made their debut. As they took the stage…
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Ken Burns’ Hemingway hits PBS
Ernest Hemingway was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist. He published seven novels, six short story collections, two non-fiction works, and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. Several of his…
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The 2020-2021 Leesville JV Women’s Basketball Season
The Leesville JV women’s basketball team is a place for high school students, especially freshmen, to become acclimated to playing high school basketball, prepare to play on varsity, and have fun. However, the 2020-2021…
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Anti-Rest America
Asynchronous days. They’re one of the most unexpected assets during a crazy COVID year — a blessed reprieve from the chaos of Google Meets and long, masked school days. For those fortunate enough to…
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Pro-Palestine Protest Takes on Downtown Raleigh
On Saturday, hundreds of people marched on downtown Raleigh in protest of Israeli occupation in Palestine. The protest was one of many across the country on May 15 for Nakba Day, which commemorates the…
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Tokyo Sniper Album Review
Tokyo Sniper is a Japanese city pop album by Ryusenkei released in 2006. It is the second of Ryusenkei’s 10 albums and regarded as the best one by far. Ryusenkei is a Japanese city…
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Are AP Classes Worth it?
Advanced Placement or AP classes demonstrate academic achievement when successfully completed. However, they come with a boatload of stress and anxiety. So the question is, are AP classes worth it? Student Opinions Pros There…
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Quick Bites: The Internet’s Latest News
Contributors: Ellie Bruno and Cassidy Farrell Back to ‘87 It’s 1987 … which one do you go to? pic.twitter.com/l1nclmOoxj — Kenneth Palermo (@kennypalermo) May 20, 2021 Twitter user Kenneth Palermo created…
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JV Baseball Beats Millbrook After Losing in First Game of Double-Header
On Thursday, April 20, the Leesville Men’s JV Baseball team played Millbrook in a double-header. After Millbrook’s late scoring and win in the first game, Leesville came back and won the second game of…
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Student Frantically Tries to Turn in Work Before the Semester’s End
With only three weeks left until summer, the school year is winding down and students are frantically finishing work that built up over the whole class semester before vacation begins on June 10. Typically,…
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Upcoming Spikeball Tournament at Springdale
There will be a spikeball tournament taking place at the Springdale Recreation Club on May 21 at 9:00 PM. The tournament is open to all high school students, and teams of two can register…
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Groups of Leesville Students Went Maskless for Winterfest
This past week, pictures of students dressed up with friends to celebrate a makeshift Winterfest flooded social media. While the school hadn’t released any information about a Winterfest date or celebration, dozens of Leesville…
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Women’s Lax Team Supports Coach Mac’s Struggle against MS
As the season drew to a close, Leesville’s women’s lacrosse team sported bright orange hair ribbons and socks in honor of Coach Eugene McLemore for Multiple Sclerosis awareness month. The 2021 school year was…
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A 45-Acre Paddle & Racquet Center is Coming to the Triangle
Mt. Herman Road has become the site of development for Swing NC, a world-class facility that will revolutionize the Triangle’s racquet sport experience. Coming in 2022, the 45-acre campus will feature indoor and outdoor…
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Leesville Tops the charts on COVID-19 Cases in April
Leesville didn’t make it through the first official in-person month of classes during the 2020-2021 school year flawlessly. In fact, of all the public high schools in Wake County, Leesville ranked number one in…
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Quick Bites
Contributors: Lauren Taylor and Mary Mabry The Jonas Brothers Are Back! We couldn’t be more excited to officially announce…. WE ARE GOING ON TOUR THIS SUMMER and we're bringing our friend @KelseaBallerini!…
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TikTok & Travis Barker: An Emo Match Made in Heaven
Pop-punk and emo music has come a long way since the days when angsty teens got in their feelings to the tune of Fall Out Boy, Paramore, and Avril Lavigne in the 2000s. Now,…
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What is Happening Between Israel and Palestine?
The relationship between Israel and Palestine is extremely delicate and filled with violence and discontent. In the last month, violence has increased with multiple rockets and missile attacks occurring daily and many politicians are…
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Reflection of the Women’s Varsity Soccer Season
The varsity women’s soccer team battled COVID restrictions, limited practice time, and missing players, but they came out on top. Finishing the season 6-5-1, the team is proud to have a winning season. “We…
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Animal Testing in the Makeup Industry
“No animal should suffer and die in the name of beauty.” That quote is the message of the short film “Save Ralph” produced this year to highlight the cruelty animals face when companies test…
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Q&A with Kiylah’s Kustoms: an LRHS Small Business
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a sharp increase in the number of people interested in starting small businesses. The businesses have ranged from handmade clothing to commission artwork, but one popular item that has…
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Senior Photos–Raleigh Photographers
Over the summer, rising seniors generally take their senior photos for the yearbook. This is the photo where ladies are draped in black with pearls, and men are very nicely suited up. Information about…
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2021 AP Exams
With the 2021 AP Exams beginning, Leesville’s AP classes have begun preparing for testing in the coming weeks. This year’s exams provide three different testing dates for each AP subject between May and mid-June.…
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Varsity Men’s Tennis Wins State Championship
The Varsity Men’s Tennis team is having a very successful season: they won regionals, the CAP-7 conference, and recently claimed the title of 4A Men’s Tennis State Champions. This year due to COVID, they…
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Quick Bites
Contributors: Gretchen Stern and Lyric Chassin Suprise Celebrity Wedding BREAKING: Ariana Grande got married to Dalton Gomez this weekend. (via @TMZ) pic.twitter.com/ysqBbzSWX3 — SAINT (@saint) May 17, 2021 Singer Ariana Grande…
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Raleigh Road Drive-Ins
By: Zoe Blakeman The Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre, located in Henderson, North Carolina, is a one-of-a-kind experience. Offering a plethora of movie titles throughout the year, The Raleigh Road Outdoor Theatre gives people…
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Able With Art
By: Olivia McGuire Able With Art by Olivia McGuire _ Student – LeesvilleRdHS