COVID-19 hits the cheer industry
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
April 6, 2020
The pandemic which has been rapidly spreading throughout the nation within the past few weeks has affected nearly every single individual in one way or another. Major cities such as New York or Las Vegas have gone completely dark. Grocery stores are busier than they have ever been with ransacked shelve...
COVID-19: Beach Volleyball Update
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
April 4, 2020
With the worsening of the global pandemic, COVID-19 there was much uncertainty associated with the fourth quarter for the student body. Beach volleyball was looking forward to a great season because they were a very special team. “Our team chemistry, spirit, passion, and trust made Perry’s beach...
Tennis Feature
Olivia Mulford, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
When asking Mr. Castillo who will be most successful playing for the girl’s tennis season this year, he replied “Cambell Bueler”. Cambell Bueler is a Junior, who plays on the number one Varsity team for girls tennis. “ I started playing tennis when I was 12 years old, and since then I hav...
Lifelong fighter: Nolasea wins debut bout
Amira Johnson, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
One day in preschool a little boy was beaten up and went home crying but his dad told him to stop crying about it and go beat him up. After that uplifting talk a few days later he decided to come back the next day and beat that bully up. Getting beat up is not exactly anyones shining moment but fo...
New era begins in season of firsts: Pavlenko’s inaugural season sees wrestling reach new height
Roman Valenzuela, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
Puma’s Wrestling in the 2019-2020 season saw a groundbreaking season, the Pumas took the Division-1, Section I championship by storm, and twelve individual wrestlers headed to the Arizona state championship at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott. “Everyone wrestled well, performed,” said head c...
Senior Pallas poised for big season
JJ Fought, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
Trenton Pallas is a three-year varsity starter. To help his team when it has dealt with injuries, he has filled positions and moved from the infield to the outfield, back to the infield and now in 2020, back to right field once more. “He is willing to do anything for the team,” said head coach...
Basketball season ends on a low point
Nick Manzo, Staff Reporter
March 5, 2020
The Pumas playoff run began on Feb. 14, when they defeated Queen Creek 69-54 to earn a spot in the round of 16. Head coach Sam Duane established a clear game plan coming into the game: “Our game plan was we had to defend really well, take away their three-point looks, and then we wanted to establi...
Joi Morrison: a powerful gymnast with powerful faith
Sabrina Digne, reporter
March 5, 2020
Joi Morrison is a level 10 gymnast at Arizona Dynamics and a senior here. She has been doing gymnastics for 15 years and has no plans of stopping after high school. In 2017, Oregon State University offered Joi a full-ride gymnastics scholarship and she verbally committed to the school. However, ...
Pumas place 4th after controversial judgement
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
March 2, 2020
Once a year, high school cheerleading teams from all over the country gather at a single competition in Anaheim. After a great performance at State, the cheer team competed in Anaheim at one of the biggest cheer conventions of the year. This weekend the team brought home an overall raw score of 95.1,...
State x2, cheer wins state again!
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
February 13, 2020
The cheer team is back at it again with taking home the win. Over the weekend, the show cheer team and stunting team finished first in both divisions. In cheer, the show team is the main varsity team while the stunting team is a branched off mini team which solely focuses on the stunting aspect of cheer...
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