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East Boys Take Home the Championships: Behind the Scenes to Success

Cheyenne East Boys Basketball wins championship
Autumn McPherson, Journalist March 22, 2023

On March 11th, 2023 at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper, another piece of East history was created. East battled against Laramie high school and for the first time since 2006, the boys basketball...

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NFL Football Player Damar Hamlin Has Cardiac Arrest During Game

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Autumn McPherson, Journalist March 22, 2023

On January 2nd, during the Bengal’s and Bills football game, player number three, Damar Hamlin, collapsed on the field after attempting a tackle against the opposing team player Tee Higgins. The daring...

Pre-State Jitters

Bryanna Padilla, Journalist January 13, 2023

With the 2023 Wyoming state cheer and dance competition being this month, the newbies of the Cheyenne East High Cheer team express their excitement. “My favorite thing about the routine has to be...

East Tennis Coach, Leandro Frattis, 12, River Sawyer, 9

Serve It Up

Caydence Eicholtz, Senior Editor December 6, 2022

The tennis team of East High School did remarkably well this season with a 3rd place during regionals and 7th place at state. Emma Dray, 12, a one doubles player and her partner Zoey Woods, 11, were the...

First Downs to Touchdowns

First Downs to Touchdowns

Kendra Upton, Journalist October 26, 2022

Some say that the first time competing is the most important memory a person will ever have of their sport. Victory, failure; whatever the result of that first time going up against another team, it...

Kicking Off the Season

kailey williams, Contributor May 13, 2022

After 4 years of waiting, the seniors of the East girls' soccer team finally get to play Kelly Walsh and Natrona for the pre-season games. Every year, these 2 highly anticipated games get cancelled due...

Stepping Up to the Mound

Jozlyn West , Contributor April 29, 2022

With the spring season starting, home pitcher Jaylyn Christenson, 11 stepped up and made a name for herself at the first invite of the season with 17 strikeouts and only having four hits get by her.   “There...

The Central East Rivalry Lives On

Emma Dray, Contributor March 23, 2022

Every East High student knows about the age old rivalry between Central and East. Basketball games are especially prone to bringing large crowds out of the woodworks to support their team. The student...

Boys State Swim

Shannon Bailey, Contributor March 23, 2022

The Boys Swim Team competed at the state meet. Fighting through all adversity, including not having a pool, the team pushed through and placed 10th overall. Caleb Ruff, 10, was the only swimmer who qualified,...

Alyssa Medina shows off the teams Runner Up and Fourth Place Dance trophies

East Cheerleaders go all out for State

Carolyn Hayes, Contributor February 28, 2022

The East cheer team went to state and won second in the coed division, third in the all-girl division, fourth in game day division, and fifth in dance which is the highest we have placed in dance. We were...

Vaulting to the Top

Isabel Delong, Contributor February 28, 2022

Our girls pole vaulting team are working hard this season with their new coach, Greg Sawyer. Coach Sawyer is a formal division 1 athlete, competing in track, and basketball. The team is thrilled to learn...

Boys Basketball Gears Up for Regionals

Boys Basketball Gears Up for Regionals

Lilian Jones, Journalist February 15, 2022

This past year the East High School boys’ basketball teams have taken their games by storm, bringing a determination and thirst for victory that has been mostly unrivaled all season. With minimal losses...

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