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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With sports being back in full swing this year, all of the fall sports are getting the love they deserve. This school year the volleyball team is getting all the love from last year, ten fold. Apex volleyball is strong this season, with Varsity and both JV teams gaining more wins each week. Our JV teams are leading us in
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By: Calvin Sonntag and Matthew Shelby Our women’s varsity tennis team is working hard this season to become a great team. We went to go interview a couple players and the coach, Ms. Locher about the team. When talking to Sydney Chappell, we learned she has been playing tennis for over 11 years for a club team, and has just
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By: Connor VanDerMark, Camille Gottholm, and Allison Hurley Coach Kevin Todd was a beloved coach and social studies teacher at Apex High School. As one of the more experienced staff members, Coach Todd worked at Apex for twenty-nine years before his untimely passing on September 23, 2020. As the anniversary approaches, his family, friends, players, and students reflect on his
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By: Calvin Sonntag, Matthew Shelby The Apex varsity football team is currently 2-2. This is the varsity’s team best season start since 2014 with even with a 6-6 record. The team’s previous best record was in ‘08. With a fantastic 10-3 record. Coach Morton said he was very proud of his team’s performance. Having a good pre-season attendance of 92%
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This year, everything looks different, sports being no exception. The way they are played, watched, and supported is completely different and is changing everyday. One team that is having a special season though is Cougar Baseball. Their season was taken from them last year, and now they are getting the chance that they’ve been waiting for for so long. I
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Yes, you read the title right. One of my close friends, Sophia O’Sullivan, has recently committed to college for her incredible athletic ability with pole vaulting. Pole vaulting is an unique event for track and field where an athlete uses a long and usually flexible pole to lift themselves over a bar set at a certain height. I decided to
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After a long quarantine, shut-down schools, and no school sports, Apex High School welcomed back its track team on April 12th. Prior to the official start date, Apex welcomed its new head coach, Addison Johnson! This will be his first year coaching at Apex but his 10th year overall. His main goals are to help improve the team as a
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