“The Quietest I’ve Ever Heard an FRC Arena”
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
April 9, 2020
“There was just a feeling of shock,” senior Tejas George, Vice President of Build for the CRyptonite Robotics team, said. “I was thinking to myself, ‘That doesn’t happen. It’s happening in New York, but not here, not to me.’ But every FIRST event had been canceled, world championships i...
Academic Decathlon Takes Third Place at Regionals
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
February 23, 2020
The Academic Decathlon team took third place at the Region VII Academic Decathlon meet, scoring a new school record of 44,900 points, as well as winning second place in the Super Quiz event. Many team members also won individual medals. This win qualifies them for the State meet from March 6 to 8. ...
Speech and Debate Takes Home Individual Wins at Final Tournament
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
February 21, 2020
The Speech and Debate team took home a host of trophies at the Seven Lakes High School Tournament on February 7 and 8. In speech events, freshman Victoria Wong won third place in the prose competition, where competitors must orally perform a published fictional piece. Sophomore Seth Choi took sixth pl...
Quiz Bowl Cougars Have Great Start to 2019 Season
Irene Arinze, Staff Writer
October 18, 2019
Cinco Ranch High School hosted the Bayou City Jamboree on September 21, where three of the Cinco Ranch Quiz Bowl teams competed against other state teams in the Texas Quiz Bowl Alliance (TQBA). After putting their academic knowledge to the test, all three of the Cinco Ranch teams placed in the Elite...
Heads Up Seven Up
Celeste Hoover and Jordyn Guzman
September 20, 2019
“To promote education and tolerance in a safe space.” Junior Mars Murray’s reason for leading Cinco Ranch’s Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club is clear. As newly-elected President of the organization, Murray is ready to start his 2019-20 term and spread the message of acceptance alongside his tw...
Painting Positivity
Irene Arinze, Staff Writer
September 12, 2019
Art is everywhere. And as a driving force behind human innovation and culture, art leaves a mark on things far beyond the brilliantly colorful canvases of its creators. Such is the case within the Cinco Ranch National Art Honor Society (NAHS), an organization whose members use their artwork to inspire po...
‘Gearing’ Up
Donovan Nichols, News Editor
September 11, 2019
The Polaris VEX robotics team 24626 hosted its first general meeting Tuesday, August 20.The meeting served to tell new members more about this year’s game, Tower Takeover, and what Polaris does. “I’m pretty excited for this year,” senior Steven Meldrum, Vice President of Mentoring and Traini...
Technically Perfect
Celeste Hoover, Co-Editor
August 29, 2019
The new Cinco Ranch chapter of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) held its first meeting of the year last Thursday, August 22. This meeting marks the official Cinco opening of the nation-wide program focused on community service and career exploration. “I’d encourage everyone to just try it o...
Key Club Success at District Convention
Donovan Nichols, Staff Writer
May 14, 2019
Key Club members took home multiple awards in the 70th Texas-Oklahoma District Convention from April 25 to 28. Madelinh Vo, junior and Key Club President, won first place in the Outstanding Club Editor and Newsletter categories, and the club was ranked as one of the top 25 Key Clubs in the Texas-Oklah...
Bowling Into State
Caleb Tise, Staff Writer
March 8, 2019
If you haven’t heard yet, the CRHS Bowling Team completed its best District Meet ever on February 21. The team placed first in both boys and girls, making them the first team in league history to take both titles. But the team isn’t finished yet and still looks ahead on the journey to State. &nb...
Looking Sharp
Celeste Hoover and Jordyn Guzman
March 5, 2019
This past weekend, the CRyptonite 624 Robotics team participated in the Austin District Competition Event and won the Entrepreneurship Award, a first for the robotics team, and captured the event alliance championship as well as other individual recognition too. According to booster parent Mike...
Muslim Student Association (MSA) kicks off their reformed club with a potluck
Sarah Sheikh, Features Editor
October 25, 2018
The Muslim Student Association (MSA) held their first potluck Monday afternoon. The event consisted of educational games, and discussions on personal experiences that allowed members to learn about Islam. The club’s mission is to inform others about the messages in the Quran (Islamic holy book...