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Lauren Alaina Graduates High School

Amy Sciarretto — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:42:00 +0000

At 18, Lauren Alaina has already released a debut album (‘Wildflower’) and is working on a followup. Despite having a successful career and achieving considerable fame, the Season 10 ‘American Idol’ runner-up celebrated a huge milestone in her life on Friday (May 31) — she graduated high school! Alaina’s platinum blonde hair popped against the [...]

Homeless Girl Overcomes Odds to Be Named High School Valedictorian

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:10:03 +0000

Homework was never easy for Chelesa Fearce — mostly because she didn’t have a home to do it in. Chelesa was recently named valedictorian at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia, even though she was homeless for most of her high school career and was forced to spend some nights sleeping in her [...]

High School Bans Yearbook Photo of Student With Her Baby

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 03 May 2013 16:57:30 +0000

Wheatmore High School in Trinity, North Carolina has found itself in one mother of a controversy. The school has made waves by banning a yearbook picture featuring a student holding her baby son. The school asked seniors to pose with a prop that represents who they are. Caitlin Tiller, 17, decided to use her son, [...]

Listen to Smith-Cotton Tiger Baseball Streaming Online

Doug — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:32:54 +0000

The Smith-Cotton Tigers baseball season is in full swing. Join Kaleb Filis and Al McCurdy with the play-by-play of Varsity, Junior Varsity and C team games. We’ll highlight each team as they play at historic Liberty Park and a few on the road. Good luck to the Smith-Cotton Tigers! Thanks to our sponsors for making [...]

High School Students Determined to End School's Outdated (And Absurd) Segregated Proms

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:00:48 +0000

Dividing up a prom based on race is not a black-and-white issue at Georgia’s Wilcox County High School. It may sound hard to believe in the 21st century, but the school actually holds different proms for white and black students. Several students are fighting to change the system by organizing a prom on April 27 [...]

Smith-Cotton High School and Junior High Principals Selected for 2013-2014 School Year

Newstalk 1050 Staff — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:46:22 +0000

In closed session on Monday, January 28, 2013, the Board of Education of the Sedalia #200 School District, hired Mr. Jason Curry to be the Smith-Cotton Jr. High School Principal for the 2013-2014 school year. In addition to hiring Curry, the Sedalia #200 School District, hired Mr. Wade Norton to be the Smith-Cotton High School Principal for the 2013-2014 school year as well.

W-K Holiday Shootout Kicks Off This Weekend

Kaleb — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:19:57 +0000

The W-K Holiday Shootout has become a tradition in this area over the past few years. The tournament started in 2001 by Tom Knight and Darren Pannier as an idea to get local area schools all in one location to play a basketball tournament. Last year marked the 10th anniversary for the W-K Holiday Shootout. [...]

2012 Kaysinger All Conference Football Team Announced

Kaleb — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:47:53 +0000

The Kaysinger All Conference Football team for the 2012 season has been announced. Congratulations to the young men who were selected. It was a tremendous season for local high school football. I had fun calling and watching many of these young athletes on the field. Offense – First Team: OL – Wade Wood – Senior, [...]

Smith-Cotton Tigers Take Week Three On the Road Against Hickman Kewpies

Al McCurdy — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 17:00:20 +0000

The Smith-Cotton Football Tigers look for their first victory of the season on Friday, September 7 as they travel to Columbia to take on the Hickman Kewpies. The Tigers have lost their first two games by a combined score of 82-13, and are looking for ways of moving the ball more effectively on offense. Turnovers [...]

Facebook vs. Class Reunions: It's ON!

Bruce — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:37:35 +0000

My 25 year high school class reunion was last weekend. Just like everyone else, I learned of which activities were where on Facebook. Event pages were created and invitations sent. There was to be an informal gathering at a bar on Friday, a family picnic Saturday afternoon and the actual reunion Saturday night. The Friday [...]