Coppell Student Media

Underrated sport warrants recognition, lacrosse players work harder to play

Mallorie Munoz, Managing Editor @munoz_mallorie • April 29, 2016

In the south, high school football is widely popular. Ask anyone who has seen NBC’s “Friday Night Lights”. Despite being named National Collegiate Athletic Association’s fastest growing sport,...

Actions without consequences: the inconsistency of NFL treatment to domestic violence

Kathryn Rudd, Staff Writer • April 11, 2016

Who knew TMZ would actually be capable of putting something useful out into the public? Despite the exploitation of the assault by former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice to wife, then-fiance Janay...

Sports Column Series Part 1: Ridiculousness of modern recruiting

Joseph Krum, Managing Editor • March 19, 2016

If you have not heard about the incident where Michigan head football coach Jim Harbaugh slept over at a recruit’s house and went to school with him the next day, let me enlighten you. Harbaugh...

Sacrifices and work: What it takes to be a collegiate athlete(with video)

Jamie Kimbrell, Staff Writer • February 2, 2016

Picture this: you begin to play a game with everyone else when you are a kindergartener, and you find a passion and a love for it that you can’t possibly understand. Every waking moment, your mind is...

Concussion hit with a whip lash

Joseph Krum, Managing Editor • January 30, 2016

To say that I walked out of movie theater No. 6 at the Grapevine Mills with a completely changed mind was an understatement. Peter Landesman’s Concussion came with a slap in the face. As I watched...

The three reasons why you should play sports in high school

Maggie Theel, Staff Writer • December 8, 2015

I have participated in organized sports since I was 6 and every day, for the past 10 years, I have learned something new, built friendships and done something I love. I played on...

Buy Who? Sell Who?

November 20, 2015

By Eric Cashimere Staff Writer After the Texas Rangers miraculous run towards winning the American League West Division, it is now that time to deal away and buy players for free agency....

A negative shift in youth sports

Reid Valentine, Staff Writer • November 6, 2015

A subtle change in American youth sports is corrupting the system in which we learn teamwork, and the way to compete. If not recognized, it could be detrimental to the new generation of Americans. Specialization...

Referee situation not just black and white

October 30, 2015

By Joseph Krum @joseph_krum Managing Editor Whichever angle you look at the incident at the John Jay vs. Marble Falls high school football game in San Antonio, it does not look good. For...

Our picks: October baseball has arrived

October 8, 2015

The month of October can be seen as the start of fall and the Halloween season, but for baseball it’s playoff time. The best teams in each league clash in the best-out-of-five Divisional League series...

Athletes are required to work hard on and off the field

September 28, 2015

By Joseph Krum Managing Editor @joseph_krum Wake up. Practice. Go to school. Do homework. Go to bed. Repeat. The life of a high school athlete can get repetitive. No one enjoys waking...

Five years too early; Class of 2020 already being recruited

May 20, 2015

By Joseph Krum Staff Writer @joseph_krum How early is too early? The University of Louisville football program struck the headlines the other day with their recruiting, but it wasn’t...