Hittin’ Dingers
Eighty-five degrees and humid. Sweat rolling down the chubby cheeks of little leaguers. It was another hot day out at Missouri 3&2. Senior Joey Wentz was eight years old and playing for EM...
View ArticleA Family of Football
New York Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick is calling out audibles and watching the defense line up. Trash talk is flying back and forth between linemen. He drops back in the pocket with perfect steps,...
View ArticleClean Kill
If you’re looking at a bear skin rug in the middle of a marble floor room, what do you see? The life of that bear was taken just for its looks and the high price that comes with them. Someone looked...
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Wasted at the Wheel
*Names changed to protect identity One person is killed by drunk drivers every 51 minutes in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2013, 10,076 people were killed....
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Review: Werner’s Sausages
With over 100 years of tradition, Werner’s Fine Sausages is my top choice for food when it comes to homemade sausage. They sell a wide variety of sausages ranging from authentic German bratwurst to...
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A Timeless Friendship
Fishing pole in one hand, a cold can of Pepsi with a blue and orange koozie in the other, we’re sitting in a 17-foot Blazer flat-bottom boat on Lake Pomme de Terre. For my grandpa and I, the day...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Ian Longan
Athlete of the Week story on Varsity swimmer Ian Longan. Q: How long have you been swimming? A: I’d say I’ve been swimming since I was ten. I started out swimming at Carriage Club and my coach noticed...
View ArticleFuller House…Empty Heart
Whatever happened to the Tanner Family? Nearly 21 years ago, the famous “Full House” family disappeared from nearly 16 million television watchers’ screens. Now, they’re back on TV. The moment I heard...
View ArticleMeet the Spring Coaches
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View Article21 For Tobacco
Photo by Haley Bell Per a decision made by the Prairie Village City Council, Prairie Village began to enforce the “Tobacco 21” ordinance that raises the tobacco product purchasing age to 21 on Tuesday,...
View ArticleReview: KC Smoke Burger
Photo by Diana Percy Thirty-ninth street. Home to some of my favorite restaurants in all of KC such as Jazz, d’Bronx, Friends Sushi and Genghis Khan. But this past weekend, I added another 39th street...
View ArticleRise Of The Underclassmen
Griffin Fries – Attack Goals: 13 Assists: 14 Then-third grader Griffin Fries picked up his first lacrosse stick in the spring of 2010 after watching his older sister, Rilye, play in one of her games....
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The New Girl on the Block
Watching teachers motivate the kids who don’t want to be there, but engaging in humorous conversations with the kids that do. Forming relationships with students and staff while guiding them until...
View ArticleFootball Recap: Shawnee Mission East vs. Shawnee Mission Northwest
The Lancers defeated the Shawnee Mission Northwest Cougars 48-6 in game two of their regular season. Due to the threat of severe storms, the football game was moved to Thursday night. The game went as...
View ArticlePresidential Debate Recap
Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus Hilary’s Points Achieving Prosperity As expected, Hillary Clinton’s plan for achieving prosperity in America includes increasing taxes on the wealthy, while cutting taxes...
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XC Chile Pepper Festival Recap
Photo provided by the Cross Country Team Last Saturday the varsity cross country team made their way down to Fayetteville, AR for their annual national Chile Pepper Invitational. The team drove four...
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Social Smoking
Photo by Haley Bell, Morgan Browning and Kaitlyn Stratman Boys, it’s time to take a lay break. Jared Johnson* looks around, scanning hands for the elusive royal blue pack of Parliament Full Flavor...
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Breaking News: 2016 Local Election Results
Photo courtesy of MCT Campus The 2016 political elections which took place on Nov. 8 have come to a close with the Republican party holding onto their dominate position in Kansas politics....
View ArticleElection Recounts Take Place in Five States
Photo courtesy of MCT Campus Five states across the country have been contending with requests for ballot recounts since the day following the national election. Three of the five states, Pennsylvania,...
View ArticleMr.Muhammad preparing to drop second album
Photo by Kaitlyn Stratman Just over a month after the release of his album “The Hanging Trees,” David Muhammad is planning to drop his next line of work out to the public. This time, Muhammad isn’t...
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A Bond Unbroken
Mike Land and Larry Van Ness lay in their foxhole as mortars land just feet away, the zips of bullets cutting through the screams of wounded troops. They both scramble to grab their M-60 machine guns,...
View ArticleEastipedia: Brett Kramer
Photo by Ellen Swanson Psychology teacher Brett Kramer has been calling East his home ever since he saw the job opening two years ago. Before coming to East, Kramer worked at Junction City High School...
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Mayweather vs. McGregor
The one-of-a-kind fight between the boxing king Floyd Mayweather and UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor has been hyped up for almost a year now. Since the official announcement of the fight in...
View ArticleEnding the Inner Battle
“Ever since you called me, I ain’t been back to that corner,” Mike Land told me as the smoke from his Camel cigarette rolled over his cracked lips. If you didn’t read my story last year, I’ll give you...
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Lancers in Arms
Dave Richwine “Tossin’ and Turnin’” by Bobby Lewis blared through the speakers of a cherry red ‘61 Bubble Top Chevy Impala. Tensions were rising between the North and South Vietnamese overseas while...
View ArticleHis Ride or Die
Jump in the Pegasus. All kinda reckless, the necklace. All kinda reckless, I flexed it. Rae Sremmurd’s “Perplexing Pegasus” blasts through the speakers of my green, ‘05 Ford Escape. My curly haired,...
View ArticleFortnite: A New Video Game Craze Hits East
The storm eye is closing. Senior Sam McKnight is racing through Dusty Depot to get to the eye of the storm that’s closing around Loot Lake. He has a gold SCAR assault rifle, a blue Burst, a blue AR,...
View ArticleRemembering Alex Carney
Alex Carney played football – varsity by his sophomore year. He loved watching Disney’s “Starstruck” with his girlfriend, sophomore Kenzie Born, on the tan sectional in her basement. He went out on the...
View ArticleAthlete of the Week: Jensen Pindell
Featured photo by Izzy Zanone Q&A with girls varsity lacrosse captain Jensen Pindell When did you start playing lacrosse? I started playing lacrosse in fifth grade for the St. Paul’s joint team...
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