Coach’s Box: Landa supporting players through self-isolation
Trisha Atluri, Staff Writer/Photographer
April 16, 2020
Natalie Landa is the assistant coach for the Coppell tennis team and teaches world geography at CHS9. Since all school tennis courts and schools are closed due to COVID-19, Landa is working with Coppell coach Rich Foster to provide home workouts and encourage players to maintain their fitness. All r...
The Sportlight: Beach hoping to go from competitive courts to white coats
Alishba Javaid, Staff writer
April 7, 2020
The Sportlight highlights a male and female JV athlete every Monday and Friday. This week, Coppell freshman JV1 tennis player Isabelle Beach was selected. Follow Alishba Javaid (@alishbaj24) and @SidekickSports on Twitter....
Age is just a number
Akif Abidi, Staff Writer
April 1, 2020
The rhythmic thumping noises as the ball hits the racket and rockets across the court is noise all too familiar for Coppell freshman Lindsay Patton. It's something she’s grown accustomed to when she was 8, and now as a freshman, has a part of her everyday life. When she first steps onto a court, opponents - ...
Spoor racing towards running future
Jillian Moore, Staff Writer
March 5, 2020
Beginning running in elementary school, Coppell High School senior Shelby Spoor developed a tremendous love for running both cross country and track and has used this love to foster enthusiasm and support within her team. Finding her love of running at a young age, Spoor began in elementary school a...
The Sportlight: Garza draws over cancer-riddled past
Trisha Atluri, Staff Writer/Photographer
February 28, 2020
The Sportlight highlights a male and female JV athlete every Monday and Friday. This week, Coppell junior JV1 tennis player Rachaney Garza was selected. Follow Trisha Atluri (@trishatluri) and @SidekickSports on Twitter....
Tennis hosts 16 school annual Super Bowl tournament
Shivi Sharma, CHS9 Editor
February 10, 2020
On Friday and Saturday, the Coppell tennis team competed with 16 teams from across Texas in its annual Super Bowl tournament. Teams from as far as Houston, Abilene and East Texas came to Coppell and competed in matches at three sites: the Coppell High School Tennis Center, Wagon Wheel Park and the LB Hou...
CHS ‘14 alum to play in Super Bowl LIV with defensive powerhouse 49ers
Meer Mahfuz, Staff Writer
January 31, 2020
Coppell High School 2014 graduate and San Francisco 49ers defensive end Solomon Thomas will run onto the turf of a rowdy Hard Rock Stadium with indescribable emotions and millions gazed upon him when he takes the field with the 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs for Super Bowl LIV in Miami on Sund...
Offseason pushes coaches to improve on their athletes
Nanette Pottoore, Staff Writer
December 18, 2019
Mile-runs, gyms, and more workouts. As Coppell transitions from fall sports to winter sports, fall season coaches are working to improve their athletes in preparation for the next season. Coppell tennis coach Rich Foster helps motivate tennis athletes during the offseason by encouraging socials a...
Video: State power takes down volleyball team in bi-district match
Tracy Tran, Staff Writer/Photographer
November 18, 2019
Dual citizenship, dual sports
Anika Arutla, Social Media Manager
November 12, 2019
A tennis racket or a hockey stick: these are the two items that Coppell senior Clark Parlier had to choose between when he entered high school. In the end, he chose both. With Parlier carrying a dual citizenship from Canada and the United States, Parlier’s parents believed skating was essen...
Kinley passes, marches with equal passion
Sreeja Mudumby, Staff writer
November 11, 2019
Halftime starts. He is pouring sweat as he races out of the football field. He runs back with his trumpet in his band uniform and joins the rest of the band to perform. As soon as they are done delivering an applause-worthy performance, he runs and changes back into his football uniform and goes back to pl...
