Lauren Curtis, Newspaper Editor-in-Chief

Everything is allegedly “bigger and better in Texas”, right? Or at least that’s what Texans say, which is true when it comes to football, barbecue, and even fairs, but what about hockey? In a state that hardly ever gets any cold weather, and already has many sports happening in the month of October (like basketball and volleyball), people tend to look past hockey. However, because of this, many are missing out on the best sport to exist.  An article written by Dave Begel has some of the top reasons someone would dislike hockey. (Yes, I read an article about it because I don’t understand why someone doesn’t like this sport). One of the reasons I found in the article was that the puck is too small and hard to see. I will agree that a puck is smaller (it has a diameter of 3 inches), but there are other sports with smaller objects to hit, such as a golf ball (which has a diameter of 42.67 mm). Also, the ice is colored white, leaving the black puck as a contrasting color, making...

Maxie Eller, Writer

If you listen closely, you can hear Christmas coming. It’s in the festive music pouring out of department store speakers. It’s in the warm greetings of complete strangers and the polite thank-yous as people take the extra time to open the door for people. It’s little kids giggling and dragging their parents towards the toys that they want. Christmas is the one time of the year where everything just seems to get better. What really makes the season special is the traditions and customs that families and friends have. Traditions are what make the holidays even more important to people.     In my family, Christmas is full of traditions. We buy a Christmas tree and decorate it with lights and ornaments. Snowmen and Santas decorate the living room as well as depictions of religious scenes that are important to us. Music is blasted from the speakers as we dance and sing through the month. These things are what bring my family closer together every year.    Traditions...

Julia Alley, Writer

Our upbringings were filled with mantras of: Follow your dreams, if you do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life, telling us to not become complacent and to take the leap into greatness. Looking forward to the future though, there doesn’t seem to be much chance of most people following any type of passion. Being in high school with a sudden awareness that time is passing incredibly quickly is bone-chilling. There are just a few years for us to decide what we're going to do for the rest of our lives, which is an unproportionally important decision to make when you don’t even have your whole frontal lobe. If you’re one of the few that somehow already figured it out, and is ready for the future, that’s great, let’s hope it lasts. If you haven’t though, then you’re like nearly everyone else. Being rushed to choose our path in life when we have very little experience in deciding what we want is unreasonable. This idea of finding your dream and living it...

Isabella McAllister, Newspaper Managing Editor

January 16, 2020

It is cold, rainy, and damp outside, but they are still running down the field. Shouts of fans roar as the ball flies across the field, and sweaty boys jump up in order to claim it as their own. The scoreboard flashed in big red letters, “thirty seconds”. This is their moment. Thirteen seconds, as the clock runs down and finally buzzes. It is the end of the game, they finally won.  This year’s annual Frostbite Tournament took place this past week. The boy’s varsity soccer team came out first overall in the tournament, winning five out of five games. Despite having to play a consolation game due to a team not showing up because of weather issues, they still came out on top. The team fought hard for their winning place and faced struggles.  “This tournament was hard for us because it really taught us that we cannot just get away with just anything,” Mason Whitworth (12) said. “We have to keep ourselves in check and hold each other accountable.” While the boys all...

Sarah Haylow, Writer

December 19, 2019

We have seen her, but who is she? What does she do? Why is she here? Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the newest member of Midlothian Heritage High’s administrative team… Mrs. Velder!    Hailing from the city of Arlington, Mrs. Velder is the new assistant principal at Midlothian Heritage High School this year. Her place in the school has been a question on a lot of students’ minds and she is ready to make her grand debut.   “Before Heritage, I lived in Arlington and I worked for their school district,” assistant principal Carrie Velder said. “I taught there for 14 years before I went to teach at a charter school for the International Leadership of Texas and I was an administrator there.”    Mrs. Velder received her education in teaching in Nacogdoches, Texas for four years before going on to teach.   “I went to Stephen F Austin and got my masters at the University of North Texas,” Velder said. “I double-majored...

December 19, 2019