Baseball program under new leadership with hiring of Howard
Sally Parampottil, Executive Sports Editor
July 7, 2019
Coppell High School baseball players and parents were able to meet their new head coach, Ryan Howard, for the first time on Monday at the CHS fieldhouse. Howard, who was assistant varsity coach at MacArthur High School and L.D. Bell High School and most recently head coach at Lake Dallas High School for ...
Rodriguez ends CHS softball career, awaits future at TSU
Sally Parampottil, Co-Student Life Editor
May 17, 2019
Though the Coppell High School softball season ended with a 5-2 loss to Keller on April 26 during bi-district playoffs, senior pitcher Nora Rodriguez will continue to pitch once she graduates. With an athletic scholarship to Texas Southern University, she will extend her eight-year pitching career furt...
Jesayen juxtaposes screams of student section to quiet of golf course
Sally Parampottil, Co-Student Life Editor
May 11, 2019
The Coppell High School student section bursts into screams and hollers, faces painted black, white and red, and hearts soaring with each throw of the football. Amidst them stands CHS senior Jordan Jesayen, cheering at the top of his lungs in the cool October evening. Later that year, Je...
Current school records set up continued success for Walker
Arman Merchant, Staff Writer
May 9, 2019
If one were to ask Coppell High School junior Jackson Walker about his achievements, he would only shy away from the topic. Despite his humility, Walker is the number one 800-meter runner in Texas and placed 10th in the nation. Setting one school record can be difficult in itself, but Walker has managed t...
From home to baseball diamond: Polk brothers catch opportunity to bond, play baseball together
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
May 7, 2019
Playing catch with their dad, Chad Polk, as children turned into a lifelong love for brothers CHS9 freshman Walker Polk and Coppell High School junior Hudson Polk. Both made the varsity baseball team as freshmen and feel they have become closer because of it. This news meant the boys’ work ...
Cowgirls lose softball playoffs, season ends against state ranked Keller
Shreya Beldona, Staff Writer
May 2, 2019
Smiling, the Coppell softball team walked off the field. Its game against top five state-ranked Keller had come to an end. Disappointed in defeat, the Cowgirls still were pleased with a successful season. At the end, Keller defeated Coppell, 5-2, in the Class 6A Region I bi-district pla...
Boys track runs down district championship with area meet looming
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
April 13, 2019
Air slapping his face and lungs burning, Coppell junior Jackson Walker uses every ounce of his energy in the last stretch of the 800-meter race, finishing first and breaking his own school record with a 1:52.13. That win, along with the dozens of other Coppell athletes’ top finishes, helped the boys vars...
Track to sprint toward victory at district meet tonight, tomorrow
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
April 11, 2019
Tonight, dozens of feet will pound against the track around Buddy Echols Field during the Class 6-6A District track meet. The meet will extend into tomorrow, and is the beginning of Coppell’s big end-of-season races. “Our boys team has won every meet this year, our girls team been in the top...
O’Quinn bringing leadership, camaraderie to Coppell softball
Nicholas Pranske, Executive Sports Editor
April 3, 2019
O’Quinn has been playing softball since she was 7 with Coppell Girls Softball Association (CGSA), which is not unusual for a girl in high school. The difference with O’Quinn is she still plays with some of the girls on her CGSA team. Senior Ari Figueroa has been with O’Quinn since sixth grade an...
Cowboys finish sweep of Farmers to extend win streak
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
April 1, 2019
After six and a half innings and an early lead in the bottom of the first, the Cowboys beat Lewisville, 10-3, on Friday at the Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex. The Farmers scored in the top of the first, to which the Cowboys answered by scoring four in the bottom of the inning. Freshman third b...
Cowboys to play Farmers at Coppell Baseball Association Night
Sofia Guerrero, Co-Student Life Editor
March 28, 2019
Tonight, the Coppell baseball team plays Lewisville at the Coppell ISD Baseball/Softball Complex at 7 p.m. It is also Coppell Baseball Association Night, in which youth league players wearing their uniform get in for free. The Cowboys won, 11-3, on Tuesday against the Farmers, earning t...
Hulcy balancing athletics and journalism, shining in both
Pramika Kadari, Copy Editor
March 28, 2019
Her face drenched in sweat, Coppell High School senior Maddie Hulcy barely finishes her morning run with the track team before rushing inside to attend her meeting for KCBY-TV, the school’s student-run television station. Although she was a swimmer in middle school, Hulcy switched t...
