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Mr. Ortiz, freshmen Algebra teacher, is in his first year of teaching at Sahuaro. He came to join his wife, Monica Pita, who teaches Sports Medicine here at Sahuaro High...

Evie Quintana is the new office assistant for Activities & Athletics. Evie was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, then left for Oceanside, California in 2017 before finally...

Dietrich Siefken is a 17-year-old Sahuaro junior. He is a simple kid who wakes up, gets ready and goes to school, comes home to watch TV or takes care of his family, sleeps,...

Daniel Adriano, Sahuaro senior, has already created his first small business! The business is called Polar Monkey, specializing in customizing different items, including slims,...

Just like that, Nevaeh's high school years are finally coming to an end. Nevaeh is an extremely hard worker. After graduation, she wants to continue to work and attend the...

Q: What do you think makes a successful cheer team? A: "What makes a successful cheer team is teamwork, you can’t accomplish anything in cheer without your peers." Q:...

For many people, their farthest bike journey is the commute to work or a couple of miles for fun. In August of 2021, now 21-year-old, Liam Gardner set off on a journey, riding his bike from Alaska to Argentina. After 527 days, 20,000 miles, and 14 countries, he finally arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina. Right after Liam's graduation, he started preparing for his trip, leaving him with around a month. This...

Ja Morant, the point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, has been suspended by the NBA for 8 games. After flashing a gun on his Instagram live and having an earlier encounter with the Indiana Pacers where his friend he was with shined a gun beam into the Pacers bus, the league has had enough. After playing the Denver Nuggets, Ja went to a club with his friends. That's where he started his Instagram...

On February 12, millions of Americans witnessed the future GOAT, Patrick Mahomes, play one of the - if not the greatest - Super Bowl of all time. The Philadelphia Eagles played the Kansas City Chiefs and it was one of the most entertaining Super Bowls of all time. The Juggernaut Eagles with a defense that put up the 3rd most sacks of all time in a season and a high-powered run game with Jalen Hurts,...

The MLB has set some new rules that impact all four phases of the game; hitting, pitching, base running, and fielding. 56% of fans like the new rules and it seems that with this amount of support, the rules will most likely be here to stay. One of the first rules they implemented was banning the shift. Shifting is when there are more than two infielders on one side of second base. When a left-handed...

The sun never sets on the British Empire. London's dominion stretches across the world in ways infinitely subtler than the colonial mandate. In browsing Google News, I find an article by one Con Coughlin entitled 'Iran is gearing up to attack Britain and the West.' Of course, one of the foremost tools of the imperialist nation is manufacturing consent. The article, targeted at an equally imperialist...

Labs around the world have been conducting experiments to alter the genes of different species. This is called gene editing. The most widely used method of gene editing is CRISPR or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. CRISPR basically edits genes by cutting DNA and then letting natural DNA repair processes take over. With this method, scientists have been able to speed up research...

2023 has just begun and there's a really great lineup of movies that are being released this year. CREED 3 came out on March 3rd. Adonis Creed is dominating the boxing world when a childhood friend, Damian, a former boxing prodigy, is eager to prove that he deserves a shot in the ring after serving time in prison. A battle between former friends, Adonis puts his future on the line to battle Damian...

This week will be big for Middle Tennessee, with everyone attending Franklin's Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival! The lineup for this amazing event has been released, and fans are ecstatic to see what is planned for the festival's 9th anniversary. Called one of the finest boutique festivals in the country, it is held at Harlinsdale Farm, an older 19th-century horse farm, on September 23 and...

On February 14th, 2023, Netflix released a new reality tv series called Perfect Match with Nick Lachey as the host. It is essentially just about a bunch of men and women from previously released reality shows, in a house together on the beach in Panama, trying to find their "perfect match." The season starts out with 5 boys and 5 girls, and in the first episode, they hang out, get to know each other...

SPOILER ALERT! Bojack Horseman, created by Raphael Bob-Waksburg, was originally released on August 22, 2014, and is a show that goes into details of different struggles, such as drug use, alcoholism, addiction, sexual assault, and many other serious topics. However, I could also say this show is one of my favorites. It is honest, funny, sad, brave, and still deep in an eventful 8 seasons. It makes...

Go Shopping BUY until you're broke... and then you can thank Arizona's beautiful shopping malls. There are both indoor and outdoor areas included. My favorite mall purchases for spring break are shoes, a tote bag, and a nice-smelling perfume! Visit the Zoo If you're bored, take your family to the zoo. The stunning Asian Elephants, Sumatran Tigers, and charming goats are just a few of the amazing...

A Russian fighter jet took down a U.S. Air Force Reaper Drone over the Black Sea on Tuesday according to the US military. The Russian aircraft...

The law school of Stanford University in California is undergoing investigations into hate crimes. However, the one that has brought the most...

For several years ConocoPhillips, a Houston-based energy company, has been drilling for oil in Alaska. Though much smaller than the proposed...

Pinterest is an app/website we all know and love. Pinterest can be used for hairstyle and outfit ideas, artistic inspiration, shopping, and anything...