Girls cross country follows birthday traditions
Anna Pavlisin, Staff Writer
November 13, 2018
Lining up 500 varying sized cups of water, the girls cross country team prepared for coach Charlie Cutelli's belated surprise birthday celebration. Rather than decorating his room on his birthday Oct. 11, the team waited four days to reveal their surprise. “[The team was] originally going to dec...
Photo gallery: girls cross country
Claire Smout, Awards Coordinator
November 2, 2018
As the girls JV cross country season winds to an end, the varsity squad is preparing to compete in the state meet Oct. 3.
Girls cross country team poised to podium at state
Maria Newton, Features Editor
November 1, 2018
The varsity girls cross country team is preparing for their state meet Oct. 3. Sophomore Leah Selm, junior Emma Caplinger and seniors Natalie Butler, Chloe Hershenow and Claire Smout are returning members of the state qualifying team. Other members include freshman Kate Yates and sophomore Emily Sipp....
After suffering a lung collapse, senior Caleb Canatoy is inspired to pursue nursing
Maria Newton, Features Editor
September 17, 2018
During the spring of 2018, senior Caleb Canatoy woke up one morning to a sharp pain in his back. “It was just a really normal day...my mom thought it was just muscle cramps,” Canatoy said. “But then it progressed and I couldn’t breathe.” Canatoy’s parents took him to the hospital where he d...
Boys cross country team reflect on third place finish at state
Chris Bass, Staff Writer
November 10, 2017
On Nov. 4, the top seven runners from the varsity cross country team competed in the Class 4 MSHSAA State Cross Country Championship meet, in Jefferson City. This meet marked the 30th time the team has competed at state. “I think it is just a really exciting experience for the kids. I was expe...
Junior Sophie Pellegrino recounts recovery from anorexia with spiritual healing
Kelsey Long, Staff Writer
November 10, 2017
Junior Sophie Pellegrino beat anorexia and recovered after a long period of struggling. Now, she uses her story to help others who are suffering. Her disorder started in eighth grade. She would wake up, look in the mirror and weigh herself. After that, she would go into the kitchen, eat around five gr...
Photo Gallery: Cross country girls’ last meet before championships
Gabby Leon, Staff Writer
November 2, 2017
Cross country teams overcome obstacles
Peyton Gaskill, Staff Writer
September 25, 2017
The boys’ and girls’ cross country teams started the season off by winning at the Parkway Quad, Stan Nelson at Northwest High School, the Ed White Invitational at Cape Girardeau and the Hancock Invitational. Both teams have overcome roadblocks en route to success. “We came into this season with a lot of in...
Parkway’s food policy benefits athletes
Sabrina Bohn, Features Editor
September 14, 2017
Although Parkway’s "food safety expectation" policy, implemented for the 2018 school year, has created uproar among students and staff, it does not apply to extracurricular activities, including athletics. “Originally, the policy wasn’t going to allow us to do what we needed to do after school, beca...
Track and cross country girls face catcalling
Sabrina Bohn, Staff Writer
May 23, 2017
Catcalling, commenting or yelling at women passing by, is a widespread problem among the girls who run track and cross country. “They tell me and my teammates to run faster, they comment on our bodies or they just yell and try to scare us,” sophomore Natalie Butler said. According to junio...
