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After creating the cake base for her cupcakes, senior Alissia Graybill must decide how she will choose to decorate. Here, she demonstrates her piping skills as she finishes her Chocolate Reeses cupcake with her decedent chocolate frosting. She then tops the cupcake with bits of the chocolate peanut butter candy. One of the best parts is finishing the cupcake with frosting and toppings, Graybill said. I have about 30 different piping tips that I can use to decorate. I want to get into fondant in the future and play around with that in addition to the frosting.

Baking miracles

Chloe Parker, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2019
When in the kitchen, freshman Edison Gilbert uses a lot of decorating techniques to elevate her cakes. One of her favorites, includes using the drip technique to emphasize the otherwise basic design. By using this bottle, Gilbert can control the topping and decide where she would like the drips to fall on the cake but the process to get here does take some time. Each cake I make usually takes about two days to make completely, Gilbert said. I like to make the cakes a day prior and then decorate them the next day. I’m a really impatient person and don’t like to wait for the cakes to cool down and would rather just do it all in the same day.

Bold with baking

Chloe Parker, Staff Reporter
November 4, 2019
Millard West’s first football coach Dan McLaughlin shakes the hands of many as he receives his Hall of Fame plaque. He was a part of a special ceremony held at halftime of this year’s first football game. “I don’t know if people really understand how special this place is,” McLaughlin said. “When we first played here in 1995, we went 0-9, didn’t win a single game, and none of them were even close. Look where it is now. The crowd, the atmosphere, the new scoreboard and field; it’s a great place.”

Not your average coach

Dana Summers, Staff Reporter
October 14, 2019
Emma Baker, Alex Stamer-Fuentes, Martin Plascencia, Daniel Leiva and Christhor Roy stand with their right hands raised as they are sworn in as junior members of the Los Angeles Police Department. After being inducted, we met the chief and our officer for the day. Then, we rode in the motorcade to Raleigh Studios. “The motorcade was super fun,” junior Alex Stamer-Fuentes said. “I felt some empowerment because they closed down Hollywood Boulevard for just the president and us, the Sunshine Kids.”

Sunny in Cali

Emma Baker, Staff reporter
October 3, 2019
Smiling through the brutal heat sophomore Riley Hurts stops to take a picture with her friends Lilli Rooks and Mali Rose. The three girls spent their summer helping rebuild homes in Guatemala. “It was a really fun way to spend a part of my summer,” Hurts said. “I want to go back or at least do something similar in the future.”

A helping hand

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
September 9, 2019
Senior Mackenzie Gonzales uses the DEP app. This app helps her study for tests and prepare for certain events.

Active duty after High School

Tenley Wright, Staff Reporter
September 6, 2019
Madie Beninato ready to take the court after her season ending injury last year.

In “Kneed” of Recovery

Cody Bennett, Sports Director
September 6, 2019
Hanging on to his life, sophomore Dillon Von Freiberg receives treatment for Steven-Johnson Syndrome. Von Freiberg spent an entire month in the burn unit of the hospital where he wasn’t able to eat, drink, or move. “I had just gotten out of surgery, they had to put a feeding tube in me because everything including my mouth blistered,” Von Freiberg said. “I wasn’t able to eat food and I was passed out because of the meds they gave me.”

Surviving the odds

Miguel Paredes Reyes, Staff Reporter
September 5, 2019
With a beaming smile, sophomore Kendall Parker takes the floor as she performs with the Stepperettes. She has been with the Stepperettes for five years now, and to Parker, they’re like a second family to her. “We all loved to twirl to seasons of love because it reminded us of how closer wer all were to each other,” Parker said.

Twirling her way to the top

Alexis Bahensky, Staff Reporter
September 5, 2019
Flying past the competitors to take the lead sophomore Emily Gilbert races to the finish line in hopes of placing first. After making it through a 750-meter swim Gilbert hops on her bike and takes the lead in her final race of the summer in Iowa. ”You have to be really careful and pay close attention to where you’re going,” Gilbert said, “If you wipe out it could also affect the people behind you and seriously injure them.”

In it for the long run

Kaden Roth, Staff Reporter
September 4, 2019
Photo via Zach Merkley

Five students receive Iron Cat Award

Tenley Wright, Staff Writer
May 13, 2019
Brianna Nelson won high honors as a World Language Distinguished Scholar

More Than a Grade

Edison Geiler, Opinions Editor
May 7, 2019
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