Athletes utilizing resources to stay fit without school practice
Sally Parampottil, Executive Sports Editor
March 20, 2020
Following UIL direction, all school practices and use of school facilities (including open gym and open weight room) outside of school hours have been suspended due to concerns about spreading the coronavirus. As Coppell ISD has canceled school through April 3, this leaves athletes without a class pe...
Video: Coppell Relays marks new school records in three events
Tracy Tran, Staff Writer/Photographer
March 6, 2020
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...
Three school records fall at Coppell Relays
Anjali Krishna, Staff Writer
March 1, 2020
Rounding the turn towards the end of the boys 3,200-meter run, air rushes from the lungs of Coppell junior Evan Caswell. After crossing the finish line, he stumbles momentarily, then is crowded into line with the rest of his competitors to record his time, 19:17.07. Caswell set the first of three ...
Track hoping to stay at front of pack at Coppell Relays
Anjali Krishna, Staff Writer
February 28, 2020
Entering the track and field season with high expectations, the annual Coppell Relays comes to Buddy Echols Field tomorrow at 8 a.m. “Coppell Relays is always a good meet, we have some good teams showing up,” Coppell coach Karl Pointer said. “Flower Mound, Rockwall, Marcus, Lake Highlands, ...
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...
Black’s athleticism travels from season to season
Emma Meehan, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019
Coppell sophomore Anthony Black is used to playing sports in multiple environments, sweating on the basketball court, football field and track alike. Black excels as an athlete at CHS, balancing varsity football, basketball and track on top of classwork. Black also plays 3D Empire club basketball and 7-on-7 football outside of school. Black started h...
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...
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...
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...
The home stretch: Three track athletes qualify for state
May 8, 2018
As track season comes to a close, the Coppell Cowboys and Cowgirls will be sending senior high jumper Philip Frank, sophomore 800-meter runner Jackson Walker and freshman 800-meter runner Morgan Colon to state after a successful overall season. “On the boy's side of things the varsity [...
