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Dec. 10-19 - Christmas Countdown Dress-Up Days Christmas Dress Up Days Dec. 15 - Senior Shirt Orders Due at 10am Online Senior Shirt Order Dec. 16 - BB @ O'Neill 4:30pm Schedule & Streamed on Eagle Eye Broadcasting Dec. 18 - WR Quad @ EVHS 6pm & Streamed on Hudl Dec. 19 - School Dismissal at Noon Dec. 19 - WR Boys Pierce Dual Tour. 3pm Info. on BWR Dual . . .

By Brody Knox On Saturday, the Pierce Bluejays travelled to O’Neill for the O’Neill Invite and came home with team runner-up honors. Pierce had 11 wrestlers place in the top eight. Starting off at 113, William Korth received a bye, but fell to Andre Jordan from Norfolk and Colin McCoy from Chadron. At 120, Kolten Wragge . . .

Early Graduates Prepare to Leave

By Rylee Altwine Pierce High School offers a unique opportunity for its seniors, allowing them to graduate in December. There are many requirements that come with being able to graduate early, like having three courses of math, three courses in science, government, and four English classes. Students must also have a total of 250 credits. In order to graduate . . .

Future Careers of the Seniors of Pierce High School

By Rylee Altwine Looking into the future is very important for seniors. Some may not know what they want to do yet and others have everything planned out. Abbie Cone wants to go into speech pathology. “I'm into speech pathology because it's a career that has positions in any type of community. I enjoy working with kids, but not so much in a full classroom learning . . .

The Bluejays Perform Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb at District One Act

By Skyler Stern Wrapping up the season, the Bluejays traveled to Schuyler for district one act on Saturday December 6. Eight teams competed total with the Bluejays placing seventh. If Pierce had not gone over time they would have gotten fifth place. The play the Bluejays had performed was Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb by Craig Sodaro. “I enjoy coaching one-act because it . . .

First Time Journalism Students Give Advice

By Grace Retzlaff Journalism is such a fun and inviting class, which is exactly why students should join. Now, it is understandable to be a little overwhelmed and nervous about the class. However, once the time is put in, journalism can be very fun and is a good way to meet and talk to new people. Hearing advice from people who just joined this year could be helpful for those who are . . .

By Chloe Bernhardt The Pierce girls' wrestling team competed in its first tournament of the season on Saturday, December 6, at O’Neill. The girls placed third as a team. “The girls’ team at O’Neill’s tournament performed exceptionally well, finishing third out of 21 teams. Isabelle defeated two state medalists, Essence won her bracket, Lainey placed third, . . .

Girls Basketball Beats Osceola By Alanna McKeown The Pierce girls basketball team swept Osceola 48-29 in their second game of the season at Osceola on Friday, December 5. In the first quarter, Pierce came out ahead with a score of 15-5. During the second quarter, Osceola caught up but did not quite get there, ending the quarter with a 19-18 score with . . .

Pierce Basketball Takes a Win over Osceola By Elizabeth Furstenau The Pierce Bluejays are starting the season off with a bang, winning their second game on Friday, December 5, as they made their way to battle the Osceola Bulldogs. After their win against Plainview, the Bluejays continued their dedication on the court to bring home an outstanding win against the Bulldogs. “The . . .

High School Headlines

Journalism to be featured on 106 KIX Pierce High’s journalism class is continuing to participate in a program called High School Headlines through 106 KIX radio (106.7 FM). Each week, the students in the class create a short broadcast that updates radio listeners on upcoming events, news, and other fun activities happening at Pierce High. The students write the broadcast . . .

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