Just this indoor season alone, Ella Arnold broke two junior records and qualified for states in one of her races. She crushed the current Junior year record for the 500 with the time of 1:22.85 seconds on December 17, 2021, and shattered the Junior AHS record in the 1000 on January 14th, 2022 with a state-qualifying time of 3:10:63. When
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December 4, 2021 is a day that marks a big accomplishment for JV and Varsity cheer. On that day both teams earned their win during the state championship competition. A huge congratulations is due to them for earning their place to compete in Nationals! Some of our Cougars had some words for how they were feeling during states. JV captain
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By: Allison Hurley Winter sports season has officially begun and our Apex Women’s Basketball teams are off to a great start. Both the Varsity and Junior Varsity (JV) have talented leadership. Varsity is coached by the experienced Coach Michael and JV is coached by Coach Holmes. Varsity is led by three captains, Maddie Degnan, Bailey Sigmon, and Ada Anorve. JV
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By: Calvin Sonntag and Matthew Shelby Around two weeks ago our beloved cougar head coach, Britt Morton stepped down. He has done a lot of work to develop our football program to what is today. He has made great connections with his players and his fellow coaches. Coach Morton wasn’t just the leader of his football team, he was a
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For most of her life, Rebecca (Becca) Wyman has been a competitive dancer. But this year, she has decided to step off the stage and onto something quite different: the wrestling mat. Being the only girl on the team, Becca is changing the dynamic and breaking the stigma associated with girls in wrestling. So far she is having a great
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Swim and Dive The Apex Swim and Dive season has started. The team’s first swim meet was on the 23rd of November against Panther Creek, Green Hope, and Rolesville. The team performed well coming in second place to Green Hope. We interviewed Marisa White, a top female swimmer, about the team. She is super excited about the season and has
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The Varsity Men’s Soccer team here at Apex has certainly made a name for themselves over the years. Despite COVID-19 and its effect on school sports, they worked as hard as ever…and it paid off. This season they had an impressive record and made it to the fourth round of the playoffs. The seniors this year were as important to
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By Amber Wilson and Sydney Brown You may have heard about her on the announcements: State Cross Country Champion, Conference Champion, Qualifier for Outdoor Track Nationals, breaker of school records. This is Sarah Mitchell, a senior here at Apex High School. Sarah attributes her start in running to her older brother, who convinced her to play games with him when
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By: Calvin Sonntag and Matthew Shelby Apex High Football ends their season with an even record of 5-5. This put the Cougars 4th in the Southern Wake conference and was the football team’s best season since 2014 where they went 6-6. Unfortunately the team took a loss on their Senior Night to the Holly Spring High School Hawks, Apex was
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With fall sports coming to an end, it’s time for winter sports to get up and running. With tryouts coming up, some even already starting, and some already finished, take a look at what’s coming up. We have a variety of sports for you to try out for or come out and support. Cheerleading will continue its season past fall
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