The Precedent

Junior Gina Bracamonte poses for recognition of being a new midfielder on Perrys girls soccer team.

Girls’ soccer makes playoffs despite setbacks

Cassie Nielsen, Staff reporter February 10, 2015

Losing seniors from the previous year on a sports team can be hard enough; adding the loss of two other players due to injuries can make the season even harder. At the beginning of the year, Coach Dunn...

Freshman Sali Thompson barrel races at a horse show. Thompson has been riding horses for a very long time.

Driving a Different Kind of Mustang

Dequota Wilson and Paige Coakley February 10, 2015

The skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses - equestrianism. Not your average high school sport. Sophomore Sali Thompson and Senior Makenna Hold are both equestrians. Hold describes...

Junior Martin Normell plays on the varsity boys soccer team during his year as a foreign exchange student.

Swedish exchange student brings passion to boys soccer

Rebecca Hoffmann, Staff Reporter February 9, 2015

Sweden, Italy, Brazil… Perry has hosted foreign exchange students for many years from several countries. Junior Martin Normell is one student amongst these who has come this school year from Stockholm,...

Junior Marlee Fields dances for Moveo Dance Company.

Dancer overcomes colon disease to do what she loves

Angielee Niblett, Staff Reporter February 6, 2015

Whether a sport, club, or art, giving up a passion is something unimaginable for most, but one Perry dancer inspires countless others by deciding to fight for what she loves. Beginning her high school...

The Lady Puma’s push for playoffs

Michelle Bolden, Staff Reporter February 5, 2015

After a season in which they had one of the toughest schedules in the state, Perry’s women’s basketball team found itself in unfamiliar territory at the end of the season - fighting for postseason...

Perry vs Basha Basketball: The rivalry that never ceases

Joey Liberatore, Sports Reporter January 10, 2015

Perry vs. Basha The rivalry that never ceases Joey Liberatore - January 10, 2015 Pre-game Perry (13-2) Basha (12-5) both previously coming off an emotional game against each other on December...

Our Take: Wrestling Sacrifices

Dequota Wilson, Staff Reporter January 9, 2015

Student athletes know that it takes sacrifice in order to a competitor in their sport, but wrestlers bear that cross like no other. Their performance depends heavily on how much they weigh due to weight...

The football team takes the field before their homecoming game against Gila Ridge in September. Football players, like many PHS athletes, have a wide variety of pre-game superstitions and rituals.

Perry teams participate in pre-game traditions

Paige Coakley and Ryan Zolin December 15, 2014

Many teams adopt a ritual or an action that they perform before every game, match or set. Perry High’s own sports teams are no exception. To start, the Puma Baseball Team has a not-so-common tradition...

The staple of  sports: superstitions and rituals

The staple of sports: superstitions and rituals

Paige Coakley, Editor in Chief December 15, 2014

Superstitions-everybody has them. Don’t walk under a ladder or don’t break a mirror because you will have bad luck for seven years and forget about the number 13-take Alex Rodriguez for example, whose...

Perry versus Corona del Sol at Campo Verde High School.

Girls soccer team uses talent to build off of last year

Cassie Nielsen, Staff reporter December 15, 2014

They went to state and lost and now their back ready to fight their way to the top. Varsity Girls Soccer is off to a good start for the season and their hopes continue to be high on making it to state....

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