Boys’ Tennis Season Finishes Abruptly

After the Boys’ Tennis team experienced a successful season, they suffered a disappointing run through the state tournament on Friday, October 18. The Maples finished sixth in the state, but had higher expectations. Last year, they finished fifth in the state and hoped to either repeat or surpass that ranking this year. In the regular season, the Maples had tied

Girls’ Golf Victory at State

Add another team to the Seaholm state champions list. The girls’ golf team won Division II states on Saturday, October 19 against Okemos. The season as a whole for the golf team was one for the books.  The Maples went undefeated in the regular season and made the comeback of the century to win the state championship. Not only did

Girls’ Soccer Stars Take Next Step

What started with oranges at half time and miniature goals has turned into college recruitment for seniors Jennifer Kendall and JBess Ruby. The two not only played together on a Birmingham Blazers U8 team, but have also played the last three years of Varsity soccer at Seaholm. As captains for their senior years, the pair is looking forward to signing

‘Catching Fire’ is Sure to Light Up the Box Office

“Let the 75th Annual Hunger Games begin!” With action packed scenes and a deepening plot line, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, did justice to the book series and the first film. For the first time ever, the sequel is actually better than the original. The second adaption from Suzanne Collins’ award winning trilogy, Catching Fire continues where the first film

Reed My Lips: You Wish You Were a Maple

This year’s cross-town rivalry football game was one that will go down in history. Although both teams were undefeated before the game started, one team would have to lose that status. That team was Groves. The game that took place at Maple Field on Friday, October 18 at seven in the evening was the first time in history both the

Senior Lacrosse Player Makes D1 Commitment

Self deemed a southern girl at heart, senior lacrosse player, Allie Wright chose warm weather and lacrosse when she committed to Kennesaw State University two weeks ago.A division one school with a relatively new lacrosse program, Kennesaw State is located just twenty miles north of Atlanta. “I think it’s a great fit for Allie,” Coach Jen Dunbar said. Playing lacrosse

Listen to Luke: Scholastic Gaming

Let’s face it; today’s educational games suck. They are strange, trying to merge learning and fun, while inadvertently giving just as much entertainment as slapping your computer with a ham sandwich. And they teach you as much as watching clowns tussle. There aren’t really any enjoyable educational games for the high school audience. Teens would rather be playing Halo and

Selfie Absorbed

STAFF EDITORIAL You open your eyelids just wide enough to clearly zoom the camera lensto expose your iris’s natural color, while suggesting a surprised look. Click. You’ve captured the moment and applied the perfect filter to enhance your iris’s deep blue color. In an instant, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook give the whole world access to see you ‘surprised’. You observe

Waiting to Drive

Sweet Sixteen means getting your driver’s license, right? The moment you finally hold your very own license is much anticipated. However, not all teens immediately get their driver’s licenses when then they turn sixteen. If you don’t get your license right after you turn 16, you aren’t alone. In a Highlander survey of 35 students, 43 percent of students with

Seniors Participate in Decoy Program

By Esther Seawell and McKenna Ross ID Please? By law, this is what Seaholm students should hear when trying to order alcohol. However that is not always the case. This fall, four seniors worked with the Birmingham Police Department to go undercover and see if stores and bars were checking for identification, in a process called the “Decoy Program.” Each