By Avery Hudkins Could you imagine stepping onto a basketball court with the fluorescent lights beating down on you after being precisely moments away from death over just a month ago? Incredible right? That’s exactly what Carson Cooper, a senior at Jenks high school, did this basketball season. Diagnosed with Minimal Change as a freshman, [...]
By: Ben Brown Due to the distancing requirements of COVID-19, many people aren’t able to work out their competitive muscles playing pick up basketball at a park, playing football with their friends, or engaging in club sports. For some people, this means they simply lost the will to push themselves in a competitive setting, but [...]
By: Izzy Pankey Every year the Torch captures photos at events throughout the year that we post on our social media and use throughout our stories. One constant set of photos we have are our sports photos. This year we have compiled our best Fall sports photos and put together this fall sports photo journal. [...]
By Avery hudkins Imagine you’re preparing for your high school sports season and you are suddenly told the rest of your season is cancelled. Every opportunity a high school athlete is given in 2020 is not granted fully due to the widespread disease of Covid. Many football players, cross country runners, and volleyball players all [...]
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 Jordan McCown https://dad-chats.simplecast.com/episodes/3-eric-fox Imagine this: you are floating, alone, in space. It's not scary, though, it's nice, a comforting lack of care or concern. What's that? Who is this, floating up beside you? It's Jenks Associate Principal and Known Dad About Campus, Eric Fox! Dad Chats talks feathered hair and saxophones with the Dad [...]
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 [...]
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 Emily Polsten Wrestling: a sport where people without pants fight over a belt. Drake Vannoy, one of our very own Jenks High School wrestlers is the back to back champion at the state tournament a few weeks ago. At the time of publication, he is currently on his way to Virginia for the National [...]
By Taylor Hatheway Since most people don’t know what a golf tournament is like, I thought it would be interesting to take you along with me for a two-day golf tournament on March 1st and 2nd in Granbury, Texas. Thursday February 28, 2019: When I woke up to my alarm, I rolled out of bed, [...]
