Abrupt Ending: After promising start, top-ranked PHS comes up short in 6A title game
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
November 13, 2019
The tension was boiling and the student section was excited with intense school spirit for the much anticipated volleyball state championships against Basha High School. There was so much anxiety but also excitement in hopes for a great game and a win for “We felt like we had a game plan and we ...
The People Behind the Performance
Jalyn Knight, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2019
From pep assemblies to football games, the fans are riled-up by dance performances by Moveo Dance Company and pom. Hallie Reggio, a senior dancer on both the pom and Moveo team explains that “they’re very different, because with pom it’s a lot of technical skills and big turn sequences, but ...
Girls’ Basketball coming back strong
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
November 8, 2019
The Pumas are getting ready for their season with their dedication to practicing basketball and building trust with members of the team. They have some unfinished business from last year with an overall 18-9, and a loss to Valley Vista in the playoffs. “They got an edge on us and we kind of fel...
Girls’ Volleyball Season coming to an end
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
November 6, 2019
The Pumas have made great progress this season as they took on many challenging teams throughout the region. This season, the volleyball team had an overall score of 31-3-1 and is ranked first in the state. With five seniors leading the team this year and younger players proving their abilities, they m...
Makayla Long: New And Driven
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
September 25, 2019
Junior Makayla Long recently made the one thousand mile move to the desert from Oregon. Her family made the move to be closer to her mom’s hometown; as well as seeing her extended family and brothers, who are out here for college, there was also something special about being a student a...
Puma football stepping up
Tiffany Martinez, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2019
After losing strong players from last year’s graduating class, coach Preston Jones and the varsity football must fill in the gaps of former players. The 6A team pushes their athletes to prepare for this upcoming season with the hope to improve their game after the heartbreaking defeat against Chandler High Sc...
One Freshman’s ‘Tough Truth’
Kenna Cassey, Social Media director and Copy Editor
August 30, 2019
With the hype squad making a spirit day around him and the football team striving to be as strong as him. Trey Lane, a freshman here at Perry high school with a rare genetic disorder continues to fight everyday. Trey has Mucopolysaccharidosis VI. This occurs when you are missing an enzyme used to break down suga...
PREVIEW: volleyball team young & experienced
Ashlyn Miner, Staff Reporter
August 30, 2019
Varsity volleyball is back and ready to jump into a new season with new opportunities. The Perry volleyball team record for 2018 was overall (32-4-1). Girls’ Junior Varsity was also very talented last year, they went undefeated (17-0). Varsity volleyball had a very successful year last year but s...
Is the senior project worth keeping
Tyler McCracken, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2019
The senior project has been at Perry since the original class of seniors in 2010, but some seniors are wondering if it is worth keeping around for the future. The project is a worth three hundred points that you earn towards the end of the school year, but on top of it all you still have a final you ...
Puma men’s volleyball ends season in quarterfinal round
Tyler McCracken, Staff Reporter
May 21, 2019
Perry boys volleyball played very well this year making it to the 6A Quarterfinals AIA State Volleyball Championship. They played Desert Vista in a hard fought battle but they fell short, losing all three sets. For the sixth year in a row the Pumas (22-13-1) finished inside the top 8 in Arizona’s 6A division; a...
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