By: Avery Hudkins Imagine hearing the big cheers and yells during a sports game. This year they will be cut in half and muffled through masks. The Jenks soccer team along with other sports teams will be facing some pressures and struggles this upcoming year due to the pandemic. They are doing everything in their [...]
By: Elise Siebert Though it’s largely unknown, those on the Jenks High School bowling team are invested. The bowling season started in November and the team has been working hard to gain their skills for the upcoming competitions. Many Jenks students are not aware of the High School bowling team because it is actually not [...]
By: Lily Heritage Whenever you think of dance, a picturesque ballerina may come to mind. They twirl with an elegance that seems almost effortless. However, effortless it is not. Behind the curtains lies a world of blisters, bandaids, and muscle rollers. Annarose Atamian is a senior here at JHS, and she knows this world all [...]
By: Mikyla Khan Type 1 diabetes is considered rare and only affects about 5% of people. Diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. It is caused by an autoimmune reaction that destroys beta cells in the pancreas which produce insulin. The process could go on for months or years [...]
By: Izzy Pankey & Drew Bethell While Katy Perry may not have been one of the judges(Mrs.Ritz was a close dupe), this years Trojan Idol was just as hot as American Idol. This newer JHS tradition filled the auditorium with laughs and cheers as Jenks baseball players traded their bats for microphones to put on [...]
By Kegan Huckabone The girls swim team is planning to take the title for the first time in many years. After getting second last year, the girls have started preparing for their comeback season. The Trojan Torch sat down with Head Coach, Diego Henao, to see how the girls are preparing for this season. Diego [...]
By Izabella Skinner From the outside, the Frank Herald is widely known for the basketball court, but little do viewers know, an ambiguous room lies within the hallways, hiding four full-sized wrestling mats where the wrestlers prepare to one-up their stats from last year’s season. With an admirable record last year: district state champions, winners [...]
By: Natalie Eaton Jenks High School celebrates an amazing water skiing career as Mandy Nightingale, one of the Building 6 counselors, is inducted into the USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation Hall of Fame. In a statement on the official website for Water Skiing and Sports, Nightingale is considered one of the greatest trick [...]
By: Natalie Eaton Jenks High School celebrates an amazing water skiing career as Mandy Nightingale, one of the Building 6 counselors, is inducted into the USA Water Ski & Wake Sports Foundation Hall of Fame. In a statement on the official website for Water Skiing and Sports, Nightingale is considered one of the greatest trick [...]
After a highschool career of working on academics and staying inside my little box, who would’ve thought that I would be walking onto a field, lacrosse stick in hand, ready and excited to die while attempting a sport? No one, absolutely no one, I thought to myself as I approached the field for the first [...]
