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 [...]
By: Carson Messick Senior season and football, two of the most important and stressful things in many of the students lives here at Jenks High School. Now mix them together, seems crazy right? The football players this year are putting up a strong fight to get the state championship in our possession again, so the [...]
By: Elise Siebert All four seniors on the Lady Trojans Volleyball team have individual qualities that help bring the team together. During every match, these players are leaders to the younger teammates, and they all have different ways to encourage and guide each other to victory. Emma Rhodes As the volleyball team captain, Rhodes has [...]
By: Drew Bethell Jenks football fans say farewell to Blackout BA this year after the theme gets tossed to the sidelines. In light of military appreciation night, Student Council and Superfans have decided that instead of wearing black, we’ll be rocking red, white, and blue to honor veterans and those currently serving. “At first I [...]
