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Rocky River High School
Rocky River, OH
Issue Date: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 
Issue: Issue One 2008-2009
Last Update: Thursday, November 06, 2008


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By Julie Bunce

Running 3.1 miles, swimming a quarter mile, and biking 12 miles sounds impossible to some, but to five students and one teacher, it’s just another summer. On July 20, senior Jenna Berg, and juniors full story >

By Daniel Owens

For a three-week period every four years the Summer Olympics showcases sports that typically do not receive extensive coverage by the media in the United States. Stars in the pool and on the track ar full story >

By Kerri Rantala and Kaleigh Timko

Screaming and rolling around in pain, varsity goalie Kim Leitch got seriously injured during a soccer game against the Vermilion Sailors. With 2 minutes 35 seconds left in the game, Leitch saved the g full story >

By Taylor Garten

Passionate, intense, sports fanatic, dedicated senior Maureen Kessler broke the school record of 31 kills in a volleyball match. Kessler had a spectacular 32 kills in the Rocky River vs. Westlake game full story >

By Daniel Owens

Perseverance through suffering is the definition of a cross country race. The cross country teams have achieved unprecedented success this season in this physically demanding sport. Senior leadershi full story >

By Intro Students

Varsity Girls Tennis- The team won the WSC championship for the second year in a row. This season was also the second year that the team finished undefeated in the conference. Varsity Girls Tennis- full story >

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Q: How did the idea of playing sports all year round evolve? A: I think that over the years many people began to feel that in order to be competitive at the high school level, the athlete needs to full story >

By Jenna Berg

Once school is out for the summer, one would think that all student athletes get a break from school work as well as from practicing. However, this is not the case. It has become a trend lately in h full story >

By Intro Students

MR. RICK ADAMS- Adams is the new government teacher. He previously taught at Kenston High School, where the school has “a better technology advantage” though the students are very similar [to River] full story >

By Abby Schade

Aside from involvement in forensics, knitting, and partaking in many interesting crafts and art projects, senior Mary Farah is extraordinary in yet another way, as an honorable student. Achieving hig full story >

By Emma Kurfis

“This application failed to launch,” was a pop-up box commonly seen by many students on the large amount of computers that failed to work in past years at Rocky River High School. This year, new progr full story >

By Jane Morice

Waking up bright and early isn’t something a lot of students look forward to. Waking up bright and early on a Monday morning seems to be so much worse. However, luckily for the students at the high sc full story >

By Megan Stinn

Textbooks, binders, worksheets, handouts, folders, notebooks, graphing calculators, plan books, Spanish dictionaries and pencils fill students’ lives with clutter and chaos. In the past, students at R full story >

By Ashley Pantona Price

Vicki Yannie, our fitness professional for this column, has been in the fitness industry for about 25 years. She works at the Rocky River Recreation Center, TRAQ in Westlake, and Lady’s Workout Expre full story >

By Ashley Pantona Price

Hey there Pirate Press readers! Welcome to a healthier you! This column is going to be featuring a new health topic each issue. We will find out some habits/choices of students and find out whether o full story >

By Bori Toth

Teddy bears, lip balm, school supplies, and rattles wouldn’t usually fit a description of presents for a sweet sixteenth birthday. However, this is exactly what junior Rachael Lewis wished for on Aug. full story >

By Daniel Owens

The 2008 Presidential Election has evolved into a historic event to determine who will lead the United States for the next four years. The race for the White House between Democratic nominee Senator full story >

By Abby Schade

With the United States Presidential Election of 2008 drawing near, the nomination of the person who is going to lead our country for the following four years is soon to be known. On the Republican si full story >

By Abigail Anderer-DiMichele.

Iraq- McCain doesn’t want our troops in Iraq “a minute longer than necessary to secure our interests there.” He believes that international pressure should be put on Syria and Iran, who have been ai full story >

By Abigail Anderer-DiMichele.

JOHN MCCAIN: Republican Presidential candidate John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone on Aug. 29, 1936, and is 72 years old. McCain attended college at the United States Naval Academy. Aft full story >