Tag: sports
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Cross Country Full Season Recap
Sadly, the end of the cross country season is over. However, the men’s and women’s cross country team have had an incredible season. Both teams this year advanced from regionals to the state meet.…
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Loonies and their Effect on the Theme
The student section at Neon Out Thursday, October 19th, 2023. At the last home game of the regular season, as well as the class of 2024’s senior night. (Photo courtesy of Daniela Plata).
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Real-Sports app review
Real-Sports is an up-and-coming sports app that seeks to revolutionize the way fans interact with other fans. Real-Sports seeks to revolutionize the way fans interact with each other through the use of social elements…
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Atleta Destacado: Adam Saib
Con una impresionante carrera futbolística de más de una década, Adam Saib, senior, se ha convertido en un miembro importante del equipo de fútbol de Leesville Road High School. La pasión de Saib por el…
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Senior night
Leesville Road High School has a senior night every year that’s celebrated during sports games. This year, senior night was celebrated during the varsity football game against Athens Drive, and the volleyball game against…
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Why I Cycle for Sport
Many students at Leesville Road High school participate in some form of sport. For some, this means being on a Leesville sports team. For me, it means cycling outside of school on a daily…
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The LRHS cross country team going into regionals
On Saturday, October 28, both the men’s and women’s LRHS cross country teams will compete in the NCHSAA 4A East Regionals cross country meet. The race will be at the Wakemed Soccer Park cross…
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Football injuries at Leesville Road High School
The LRHS football players take their positions as part of a team very seriously; they know that to play at the best of their ability they need to avoid injuries. However, since football is…
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Ms. Ford: first impressions
This year is Ms. Ford’s first year as a teacher and as part of the LRHS athletic training team. Along with Mrs. Ennis, Ms. Ford ensures the safety of LRHS athletes by making sure…
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How student-athletes balance sports, schoolwork, and life
Throughout the years, Leesville has had its fair share of student-athletes. Many of them stress about balancing many different classes, after-school activities, and life as an athlete. “It is very hard to manage school…
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Ashley Lamme Commits to York College of Pennsylvania
Ashley Lamme’s volleyball journey began in seventh grade at Pine Hollow Middle School, when she first discovered her passion for the sport. Transitioning from Pine Hollow, she continued playing volleyball as an underclassman at…
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Athlete Spotlight: Evie Whitt
Tennis is one of most competitive, yet underrated sports in the Leesville community. It would not be the same without Evie Whitt, senior and team captain. Whitt has been playing for fun since she…
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Girl’s wrestling is added to Leesville
Kylie Simpson, freshman, practices jiu jitsu (seen above). She is planning to try out for the 2023-2024 girls wrestling team. (Photo courtesy of Kylie Simpson)
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Powderpuff is Coming Up
Last year’s sophomore team after their powderpuff win. They hope to repeat it this year as juniors. (Photo Courtesy: Amanda Leggot)
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The upcoming Track and Field seasonThe upcoming
LRHS Halle Gibson thrower is conditioning for the season. Halle Gibson is practicing at the throwing pit behind the football field. (photo courtesy of Gabriella Cueto)
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Adidas Boys XC Challenge
On Saturday, September 16, the Leesville Road High School cross country team boys raced the Adidas Cross Country challenge. The Adidas Cross Country challenge is a regional 5k, where teams from all across the…
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Upcoming Season for Leesville’s Wrestling Team
Leesville Road High School’s wrestling team is looking forward to another successful season. After going undefeated in duel meets last season, returning wrestlers are hoping to take this season to the next level. JJ…
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WCPSS Heat Advisory
Wake County has been under a heat advisory throughout the summer, which is impacting outdoor fall sports in the early season. Leesville, and schools across Wake County, have to abide by the NATA Fluid…
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Student Spotlight: Halle Gibson
Halle Gibson, freshman at Leesville Road High School, is currently ranked the sixth freshman in the state for shotput, with a throw of thirty-two feet and ten inches. Gibson, who joined cross country in…
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The Benefits of Being Involved in Extracurriculars
Whether it’s a sport or a club, all students should be involved in extracurriculars. Participating in extracurricular activities builds teamwork, communication skills, friendships, and a sense of belonging, all of which help students to…
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Men’s Lacrosse Playoffs
As the 2022-2023 season came to a close, the Mens Leesville Lacrosse team has made the playoffs. On Tuesday May 2, 2023 the first round of the playoffs started with Leesville playing against East…
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Canes Drop Game 5 in Raleigh
Following a convincing 5-2 win in game 4, the Hurricanes were unable to capitalize on home ice. A few unfortunate breaks and costly mistakes essentially handed New York the win in game 5. From…
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Leesville’s Track Team
The Leesville Road High School track team consists of over 100 students dedicated to running and participating in various field events. There are over 15 track events that students participate in. A few of…
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NHL Playoff Preview: Hurricanes vs Islanders
The path to the Stanley Cup Finals is set for the Carolina Hurricanes and the first team standing in their way are the New York Islanders. Games 1 and 2 will be in Raleigh…
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Raylee Greico: UNCW commit
Raylee Greico’s track career started in the 7th grade. As a retired competitive gymnast, Greico wanted to find a new sport to commit her time to. She found what she was looking for on…
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Leesville Baseball Falls to Orange County
With a 7-2 loss at Orange High school, Leesville has now dropped 3 of its last 4 games. Walks and errors ended up costing the Pride this game. Tanner Langlois, Starting pitcher, had a…
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Tony Taylor Wins State Championship
Tony Taylor, senior at Leesville Road High School, threw a new school record of 55’ 3.25” to win the NCHSAA State Championship meet. On Saturday, February 11, 2023 the NCHSAA 4A track and field…
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Leesville Loses in Second Round of CAP-6
On February 15, Leesville was set to take on Cardinal Gibbons in the semi-finals of the CAP-6 Tournament. This was the third matchup between the two teams this season. After Gibbons won the first…
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NC State Routes Florida State in PNC Arena
NC State’s men’s basketball attendance is up significantly from last year. The team has only lost once at home this season. (Photo courtesy of Jack Short) On February 1, NC State hosted Florida State…
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Leesville Loses its Fourth in a Row at Sanderson
On Tuesday, February 6, Leesville and Sanderson faced off in their second and final matchup of the regular season. Although the Pride led by as many as 10 in the first half, the Pride…
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Girls Taking Physical Training Classes
Very few girls take weight training and extensive training classes. In Ben Kolstad’s second period Weight Training II class, 3 out of 31 students are girls.That’s only 10% of the class being girls. Students…
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Coach Frazier Is the New Athletic Director!
Coach Frazier is a coach at Leesville Road High School. Out of the 20 years of coaching and teaching Frazier has, he’s spent 11 of them at Leesville. Frazier currently is the men’s varsity…
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Shorthanded Leesville loses a heartbreaker at Cardinal Gibbons
In their final regular season matchup, Leesville suffers a gut-wrenching loss to Cardinal Gibbons by a final score of 77-75, on January 31. Hayes Oxendine, Leesville’s star sophomore guard, was unable to play in…
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Leesville Dance Takes A Trip To Disney
The Leesville dance class had the opportunity to go to Disney to perform routines at Disney Springs. While in the area, the class explored Disney and the different parks. The dancers were divided into…
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Stunt Team Tryouts
Due to Covid, stunt didn’t resume until the 2021-2022 year. That was the majority of the team’s first year. (Photo Used by Permission of Summer Dubnam Manns)
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Athlete Injury
When you play sports like football, basketball,soccer, cheerleading, and etc. You have a very high chance of getting hurt while you’re playing or at practice. When you first get hurt at a game or…
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2022 Leesville Football Season Recap
The Leesville Football season ended on Thursday, November 10 with a loss against Wake Forest High School, 45-21. The Pride easily won their first 4 games of the season against Wakefield, Panther Creek, Wallace-Rose,…
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2022/2023 Winter Sports Season
As fall sports end, basketball, swimming, indoor track, and wrestling, winter sports, athletes begin gearing up for their season. Men’s and Women’s basketball tryouts have already taken place. The Women’s Varsity team has a…
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Talkin’ Leesville Podcast
Host, Jack Short, talks Leesville athletics with athletes, coaches, and fans. Jackson ShortI play wide receiver here at Leesville. I love writing and talking about sports!
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LRHS Tennis Team
Leesville Road High School Women Tennis Team is 9-4 so far this season. “I have loved being part of the LRHS JV tennis team. The overall experience has been very positive for me,” said…
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Sports Medicine Program at Leesville
Sports medicine, or Sports Med. is when the athletic trainers help athletes when they are injured. There is also a sports medicine assistant who helps out the trainers and they learn from them. “To…
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Men’s Soccer on the Calendar
As the winter weather rolls in, fall sports have just begun. Men’s soccer joins the ranks of teams preparing for practice. (Photo Courtesy of Public Domain.) Men’s soccer pre-season practice will begin on December…
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Welcome to the XFL
Owned by the WWE and NBC, the XFL offers football for fans directly after the Super Bowl. The league also features unique rules that make the game interesting and different from the NFL. (Photo…
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Are the offenses of LSU and Alabama better than the Cleveland Browns?
(From left to right) Joe Burrow, Baker Mayfield and Tua Tagovailoa are shown in the picture above. Each of the quarterbacks have thrown for at least 2,000 yards, but that’s the only comparison that…
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Leesville Football thrashed by Apex
The away sideline and visitors’ bleachers sat in hushed disbelief and concern as Khamari Alexander, senior running back, lay motionless and surrounded by paramedics. The scoreboard clock read 6:25 remaining in the second quarter,…