Varsity captains standing at captains meeting before Dunmore game By: Reagan Anderson On Thursday, March 26, the Wallenpaupack Varsity softball faced Dunmore at home. Paupack was able to prove their talent in this game by winning by a final score of 13-6. Grace Lake was a standout on offense this game, hitting two home runs…
By: Kiana Madrigal The Wallenpaupack boys’ tennis team had a tough few matches this past week. On March 25, West Scranton came to our home courts and secured a 5-0 victory. On March 26, the boys traveled to finish their match against Delaware Valley, which was previously paused due to weather. Unfortunately, they lost…
By: Sophia Braida On March 24, about 40 students from Wallenpaupack attended the Wayne County Collaborative Transition Expo held at the Ladore Retreat & Conference Center. This event, which has been ongoing since 2015 (save for a couple of years due to covid), was organized by Wayne County’s Collaborative Transition Committee. The committee focuses on…
By: Hannah Daidone 1. The earliest hockey pucks were made of frozen cow poop. 2. Former NBA basketball player Shaquille O’Neal wears a size 23 shoe. The average male shoe size is around a 10.5. 3. The first golf balls were stuffed with bird feathers. 4. Tug-of-war used to be an Olympic sport. 5. In…
By: Reagan Buselli We all want to be tan, but sometimes we have to look at the logical side of our aspirations. Sunscreen is very important in preventing skin cancer. It is caused by long, unprotected hours in sunlight. Sun poisoning is also a consequence of not wearing sunscreen, causing blistering skin, nausea, and a…
Willy is Dr. Baton’s six-year-old one-eyed White shepherd mix. He lost his eye in North Carolina when he was eight-weeks old and someone threw him out of a car window. A good Samaritan picked him up and took him to the local vet, who connected him to a rescue that paid for his eye surgery….
Pictured: Noor Abdallah, Jenna McCooey, and Lillian Williams By: Reilly Buselli On Friday, March 27, the sophomores and juniors in the Allied Health program visited Lackawanna College for a case study trip. The students all received a short story prior to visiting a fictional patient named Mrs. Jones who needed her hip replaced. The students…
By: Reilly Buselli In such a fast-moving world, someone like Shannon Jaycox is ready to take advantage of it and make her mark. She is a runner on the track and cross country teams and has loved the discipline that she has learned and the connections she has made. These two teams have helped her…
By: Kiana Madrigal Recently, twenty-four students from the Wallenpaupack Area High School attended the FCCLA (Family Community Career Leaders of America) State Leadership Conference held at Kalahari Resorts & Convention Center. The conference, which lasted three days, gave students the opportunity to compete in their STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) events. Competitions officially began…
