Soccer team opens season with win in LSW tourney
Miranda Bruner, Ads Manager
August 31, 2009
A victory for the Varsity Boys soccer team kicked off the season on August 31 at the annual Lee’s Summit West tournament. The final score was 2-1, defeating William Chrisman. The team played a close game throughout. The tight score brought a challenge to the team, but in the end they won.... Read more »
Football squad falls in season opener
Trevor Yearout, Sports Reporter
August 28, 2009
The Belton Pirates football team lost their season opener 26-34 to the Platte County Pirates. Belton lead 26-13 in the fourth quarter but couldn’t hold the Platte County pirates offense as they scored three touchdowns in the final quarter of the game. Belton had a great running game with starting senior... Read more »
Girls Tennis defeated by Blue Springs South
Cheyann Lautner, Reporter
August 28, 2009
The Lady Pirates Tennis Team started off rough with their second game of the season against Blue Springs South with the result of 0-9. The team tried their best against the jaguars but didn’t do as well as they expected to. Manager Shon Miles said that the team did the best that they could against... Read more »
‘The E.N.D.’ for The Black Eyed Peas
Chloe Jackson, Reporter
August 28, 2009
The award winning Black Eyed Peas have returned after a four year break. Their last CD, “Monkey Business” was released in 2005. Their latest CD “The E.N.D.” standing for “The Energy Never Dies” was released on July 3r. This is B.E.P.’s fifth CD release. The cover includes a picture that... Read more »
‘The Final Destination’ last stop for summer moviegoers
Bobby Zuiss, Editor-In-Chief
August 28, 2009
By now, many movie fanatics are quite familiar with the plot line of the Final Destination series. In the beginning of each movie, a group of teenagers are gathered in a somewhat dangerous setting such as a theme park, airport, or in this case, a racetrack. Suddenly, one of the teens have a strong... Read more »
In a word: ‘Geektastic’
Rachael Martin, Reporter
August 28, 2009
“Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd” edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci did not have an attractive title, but after reading it the opinion of the book changed. The book, a collection of short stories by various authors, has something for everyone to read and enjoy. It will not disappoint... Read more »
Preparations for “Honk” are floating along
Chloe Jackson, Reporter
August 28, 2009
Most students have heard of the story of the ugly duckling, but not quite like this. Appropriately named “HONK!” the schools fall production is the musical version of this well-known story. The long awaited auditions for “HONK!” attracted about a hundred singers, dancers and actors from the... Read more »
Belton alumni return as teachers
Tanner Jones, Sports Co-Editor
August 28, 2009
When students graduate some students think that they will never step into the Belton High School again. But two alumni of Belton now plan to spend a part of their life as new teachers for Belton High School. Instead of spending the usual four years here, the two alumni plan to add some more years. David... Read more »
BHS welcomes foreign students
James Flath, Sports Co-Editor
August 28, 2009
Belton High school has four new foreign exchange students this year. These students have traveled a very long way to spend the school year at Belton High. These exchange students have traveled from Norway, Germany, and Sweden. Every year Belton receives at least one exchange student but this year has... Read more »
We bleed purple?
Zac Sweets, Student Life Editor
August 28, 2009
Students that are associated with the Belton High School in any know Homecoming week is a big deal for other students and staff. All week long, students and staff alike wear their school spirit on their sleeve. The level of “Pirate Pride” is at its highest for this week. But when this week’s festivities... Read more »
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