Author Archives: Calvin Sonntag

Apex Men’s Varsity Lacrosse

The Apex High School Men’s Varsity Lacrosse team has had an outstanding season, showing determination and skill in each of their games. This talented group of high school athletes has proven themselves to be a force to be reckoned with on the field. Led by Coach Sneed , the team has worked tirelessly to hone their skills and develop their strategies.

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President’s Day

President’s Day is a national holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February every year. This year it was  February 20th. Tracing its roots back to the beginning of the seventeenth-century, President’s Day was originally created to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday. In 1879 Congress passed into law a federal holiday on February 22nd to honor him. In the 1960s there

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Swim State Meet Recap

Our Apex swim team had a stellar performance at the state meet this last Friday with  team records broken and standout individual performances. The team, which had worked tirelessly all season, came out strong and ready to compete.  Sophomore swimmer Abhay Tharakan broke the team record for the 100-yard backstroke and the 200-yard individual medley. Tharakan also played a key

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Indoor Track and Field

The Apex High School Indoor Track and Field team just competed against rival highschools Cary and Friendship along with a few other teams. The team had a successful meet thanks to Coach Cooper. With years of experience as a track and field athlete himself, Coach Cooper knows what it takes to prepare athletes for competition. When I asked one of

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Apex Wrestling

Apex High School’s wrestling team is off to a strong start this season, with a 5-3 record and a lineup of talented wrestlers led by seniors Logan Walker, Aiden Oh, Grant Goodman, John Marrinaccio, and Hudson Thomas, and junior Ben Bartelt. The team has faced some of the best wrestlers in the state and has proven that they can compete

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Apex Swim and Dive

The Apex Swim and Dive season has just begun. The first swim meet was on 22nd of November. Even though Apex did not win the meet, the team had a blast cheering each other on while we were competing. Mason Smith, a captain of the team, had tons to say about the meet. “I was overall just super pumped that

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Maintaining Test Integrity

The entire country just took the PSAT, a practice standardized for the SAT. Anyone familiar with standardized tests remembers the all too familiar phrase: “Do not share or talk about the test with teachers or other students.” However, all over the internet, particularly on the social media site, TikTok, students are openly sharing detailed information about the PSAT. The TikToks

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