Lady Pirates finish second, seniors end their careers
Blake Beashore, Staff Writer
March 19, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
The Lady Pirates basketball team finished their season with a 23-1 record and with a second place finish at the state tournament. They finished with a 60-41 loss to Bishop Miege. With the end of the season comes the end of the seniors careers. This season the Pirates had three seniors. Ryan Co...
State champions
Kaleb Brown, Co-web editor
March 10, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
“And now for your Kansas 4A State Tournament champions, the Kansas City Piper Pirates.” On Saturday, March 9, the Piper boys basketball team claimed their first ever state title in program history. The Pirates polished off a near perfect season with a record of 21-4, by cruising past the Orioles...
Lady Pirates dominate in second round of State, advance to championship
Blake Beashore, Staff Writer
March 9, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized, Winter Sports
On Friday, March 8th the Lady Pirates basketball team took on Nickerson. The winner of the game would advance to the Kansas 4A State Championship. The Pirates managed to come out with an easy win of 72-40. The championship game will be at 4:00 at the Tony’s Pizza Event Center. The girls will be...
The shot heard around Kansas
Kaleb Brown, Co-web editor
March 9, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Uncategorized, Winter Sports
Trey Bates dribbles down the floor, nine seconds left. Bates passes half court looking for an open teammate. He finds Tyren Shelley standing at the top of the key, Shelley catches the ball, turns and lets it fly. The Pirates battled the number one seed Wichita-Trinity Knights Friday evening in the...
Boys basketball defeats Parsons in first round of State
Kaleb Brown, Co-web editor
March 6, 2019
Filed under Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
The Pirates were off to a slow start to begin the game Wednesday night against Parsons High School. The Pirates were unable to connect early and couldn't finish when it counted. Parsons jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead to open up the game. Senior Brandon Jackson picked up two fouls just minutes int...
Project Grad holds design contest
Melanie Mnirajd, Design Editor
March 4, 2019
Filed under School News, Showcase, Uncategorized
Project Grad is holding a t-shirt design contest for the Class of 2019 t-shirts. These shirts will be given out at Senior Breakfast to each of the seniors at no cost, courtesy of the Project Grad Committee. They will be worn at the Main Event celebration after graduation. Design requirements: -Us...
Excessive snow days lead to extended school day
Scout Molder, co editor-in-chief
February 28, 2019
Filed under News, News Briefs, School News, Showcase
Due to more school cancellation than expected for the year, the Board of Education and administration decided to add five minutes to the school day at the high school and 10 minutes to the school day at the middle school. Additionally, the last two days of school, May 15 and 16, will be full days in...
Construction begins on bond issue building
Trey Trumbo, Staff writer
February 28, 2019
Filed under News, School News, Showcase
Many students, administrators and community members were upset when the bond issue to build a new high school, set to be completed in 2018, was rejected four years ago. As a result, Piper has continued to remain overpopulated, with more than 2,300 students in attendance. The incoming freshman class is set ...
Government shutdown could happen again
Charles Connor and Lauren Textor
February 28, 2019
Weeks of headlines were made for every major news source when President Donald Trump announced that the federal government would be shutting down due to Congress’s decision not to grant the requested five billion dollar funding for a wall along the United States-Mexico border. However, the cost of...
Booster Club questions future
Megan Neal, Managing Editor
February 19, 2019
Behind the concession stands, scholarships, new warm-ups and other fundraising for the clubs, teams and activities of the high school is the PHS Booster Club. “PHS Booster Club is an outside, all volunteer, non-profit organization which operates concessions for athletics and other fundraising school ...
Courtwarming updates
Taylor McEachron, Co-Web Editor
February 5, 2019
Filed under Featured, News, Showcase, Student Life, Uncategorized
Congratulations to the following for being nominated by their senior class as Courtwarming candidates: Josie Barbosa Grace Hawley LaKya Leslie Charity Monroe Jada Simmons Kimball Backus Braijion Barnes Tyrone Bates Charlie Connor Esrom Griffin All...
Humans of PHS: Dona O’Neal
Megan Neal, Managing Editor
February 4, 2019
Filed under Featured, Humans of PHS, Showcase
When a teacher is gone for the day, a substitute is trusted to take over their class. Students may see this as a day of busy work or a chance to mess around, but some substitutes are known to be able to control the classroom as the regular teacher would. One of these substitutes is Dona O’Neal. O’Neal ...
Blake Beashore, Staff Writer
March 19, 2019 • No Comments
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