She walks into the gym. The crowd is huge and loud as they wait for the game to start. Each team’s starters are announced and they shake the other players hands. She lines up with her team for the National Anthem thinking that it’s almost game time. She can’t wait for it to start and spend the next four quarters working with her team to go to state.
Michalyn Mohr, freshmen on the girls varsity basketball team, is very excited to play tonight. Tonight the girls will be playing at Dewitt at 7pm. They will be playing Davenport Assumption to go to State. Mohr has high hopes for the team though, “Well they are #2 for 3A, so it’ going to be tough,” she explained, but she believes they have a chance. “As long as we rebound, I think we will be good,” Mohr added. She believes that if they stick to the game plan that they will be just fine.
Mohr and the girls on the team have been preparing for this game. They have spent a lot of time in the gym leading up to this night. “Well they have a very tall girl, so we have been preparing for her,” she exclaimed. The girls will have a tough fight ahead of them tonight, but if they guard the tall girl like they have been practicing and keep rebounding, they have a very good chance at making it to state this year.
There is a pep bus going to the game tonight and Mohr is very happy to hear this. “Everyone always goes to the boys game and not the girls,” she proclaimed, so she is very excited that there will be a student section there tonight. She loves seeing her classmates there to support her and the team, so be there tonight at 7pm to support these girls!
The whistle is blown. The jump ball is thrown in the air. The two players go up and Marion gets the ball. Mohr can already tell that this is going to be a good game. Getting the ball, she passes it off to her teammate thinking, “Let the game begin!”

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By: Jordan Hansen, Opinion Editor

Waking up in the morning it feels like any other day of the week. That’s because it is. Every morning we have to wake up and be in school by 8:15 (Unless you have 1st block off, of course).

My question is.. WHY SO EARLY?! It’s ridiculous. No one likes waking up early. Most people are bad at it, and we usually end up stumbling out of our houses almost late for school. But why do the elementary kids get to go to school at around 9:00? Yes, nine. Most people would rather stay later at school than be at school earlier morning.

Think about it like this. When we walk into first hour, most of us are still half-asleep, and we don’t do our best work that early in the morning. To top things off, many people don’t get breakfast. Yes, the school serves breakfast, but there are no Poptarts. And when we don’t have Poptarts, bad things happen. Such as a mob of zombie like, angry, hungry students.

Stumbling out of the house, almost late, hungry, and in a bad mood…. everyone just knows it’s going to be another awesome day of being a student in high school.

By: Kaitlyn Nathem, Staff Writer

Excited. Nervous. Proud. As she walks through the doors hundreds of emotions jumble through her head. She sees the chairs and all the nurses as her heart begins to pound faster. Staring at the other students laying on the long, blue chairs, her palms begin to sweat. She gets greeted with a smile and takes her seat. Closing her eyes and clenching her teeth, the sharp object goes into her vein.

Jasmine Hogue, sophomore, donated her blood for the Mississippi River Regional blood drive for her first time at Marion High School. “I want to give blood to help someone else,” Jasmine smiled. Students all around MHS have been signing up to donate their blood for the past two weeks. This isn’t the first year that the blood drive has taken place, and Marion always has a great turnout.

“It’s nerve-wracking because I don’t know how good the doctors are. When I’ve gotten blood drawn before they stick it in and have to move the needle around trying to find my vein,” Jasmine stated. Jasmine was just one of many nervous students in the gym. Girls were crying, shaking, and psyching themselves out before they were even sitting in the chairs.

Every year at least one student usually faints or vomits. “No, [I didn’t faint], but I got really dizzy,” she said with wide eyes. The blood drive supplies the donors with pop, cookies, and other food to help deal with the dramatic blood loss. There was a small table with all the food where students could eat, talk, and drink while relaxing before returning back to class. “[My favorite part of donating blood was] the whole experience, and definitely the food and drinks,” Jasmine exclaimed.

A source of pressure exits her arm as the needle comes out. As she gets up, the room begins to spin a little. She sits down at the table and regains her full vision as she eats a tasty chocolate chip cookie. With a little pain, she just helped save a stranger’s life.

By: Catrina Smith, Staff Writer

A girl walks into an empty classroom. She sets down her things and grabs the to-do list the teacher has left. She reads through it and begins her work.

Karen Nguyen, sophomore, volunteers for Mrs. Quinn. In there, she corrects and retypes papers, cleans, and takes things to Mrs. Quinn’s car. During her volunteer block, she always has something to do. “I don’t have any time for my own stuff in there. Always busy, so busy,” said Karen.

Although she probably will not do it again, Karen said she would rather have a volunteer block then a class. “Classes can be too much work.” Karen doesn’t volunteer in or out of school now, but she still supports her friends that do.

Like other students, Karen started as a volunteer because she dropped a class. If someone doesn’t like a class they’re in, going and dropping it at the Student Service office is an option. Sometimes though, there isn’t an available class for them. Instead, they are signed up to volunteer. There are those people who do it just to not have a class or want to get their silver cord. “It’s too much work, but I want it,” Karen said.

Whether it’s for helping staff, getting your silver cord, or just having no class during a period, there are always volunteers at Marion.

By: Tylar Jansen, Activities Editor

Last night was full of fun and lots of games for the students at Marion. This year’s homecoming king and queen were Dusty Albaugh and Leah Smith.

By: Addie DeWitt, Staff Writer

Tonight, the night of June 4th, the varsity girls’ soccer team has an important game against Xavier. Starting at five o’clock the girls will rush Xavier’s field and play hard to try and win. If they win, the girls’ step closer and closer to reaching state. A freshman varsity player, Lauren Rausch, had a lot to say about her excitement towards the game tonight. She also informed me of the many goals she has for herself, as well as for her team. “I hope to stop everyone from scoring and dominate them,” Lauren smiled as she announced this. But as for her team goal, it was much more soothing. “Stay strong and do the best we can,” is what she would say to her team if their heads start to fall.