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Vol. 86, Issue 11 - Mar. 25, 2024

15 years and thriving . . .
JROTC Wins Drill Competition—Again
By Madeline Boser, senior
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News

Take a bow . . .
Musical Cinderella Makes Magic
By Cailin Downer, senior
And they all lived happily ever after . . . at the end of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella. Read More...
A 27 minute song?
Bobcats Impress at Region Orchestra
By Cailin Downer, senior
Can you claim to be one of the top musicians in half of the state? Read More...
Spiking for a good cause . . .
SHOUT Hosts Volleyball Tournament
By Madeline Boser, senior
Have you ever been to one of our girls’ volleyball games and wished it was you out there? Read More...
Look out, Atlanta . . .
Academic Games Goes South
By Ava Sutter, junior
Watch out Georgia, the Academic Games club is coming to the peach state! Read More...
‘Check’ it out!
Students Compete in Chess Tournament
By Alijah Smith, senior
Check (mate) this out: Beaver Area’s chess club just competed at the Highland Middle School Tournament. Read More...

Sports

Time to towel off . . .
Swim Season Finally Touches the Wall
By Ava Sutter, junior
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Play ball!
Softball Swingin’ with Small Squad
By Ava Sutter, junior
Will this season be a home run for the Ladycats? We will see very soon with the 2024 softball season officially underway. Read More...
Hope springs eternal . . .
Bobcat Baseball Battles Harsh Weather
By Lizzy Michael, senior
Snow, hail, and below freezing temperatures? Sounds like it’s time for spring baseball season? Read More...
Ava’s guide to Paris ‘24 . . .
Get Ready for the Summer Olympics
By Ava Sutter, junior
All roads lead to . . . Paris! (At least in summer 2024.) Read More...
Swinging into the season . . .
Boys Tennis Takes to the Court
By Trent Liptak, senior
The Beaver Area boys tennis team is looking to ace this year’s season as they prepare to swing their way into WPIALs. Read More...
Runners, take your marks . . .
Gun Sounds on New Track Season
By Lizzy Michael, senior
The new track is finally finished and the runners are spiking up for the season. Read More...
Team finally forms . . .
Beaver Area ‘Sticks’ to Lacrosse Promise
By Lizzy Michael, senior
For the first time in school history, Beaver Area has a lacrosse team . . . Well, sort of. Read More...

Features

Amy answers my questions . . .
Who Is Amy Katpil?
By Alijah Smith, senior
Students have flooded the BASD ECHO’s advice column for months now, but who is the mysterious author of “Ask Amy” dispensing the beloved pearls of wisdom? Read More...
Animation comes to life . . .
How to Train Your Dragon Live Action Takes Flight
By Klarc Taylor, junior
Apparently, Walt Disney Studios is not the only one going down the route of remaking groundbreaking animated classics into live action updates; now Universal Pictures is adapting one of their partners, Dreamworks Animation Studio’s biggest hit franchise, How to Train Your Dragon. Read More...
Dragon Ball’s creator . . .
Anime Legend Akira Toriyama Dies
By Klarc Taylor, junior
It’s a sad month for Dragon Ball fans as the beloved Japanese manga artist (or as called in Japan, a mangaka) and creator of the popular anime and manga franchise, Akira Toriyama, died March 1 at age 68 due to acute subdural hematoma (a serious head injury). Read More...
Short fiction . . .
Library
By Trent Liptak, senior
“I went to the dentist,” Ed tells John and Amy. That is the good news he had promised them before they had sat down to play chess at the library. Read More...

Opinion

I’m walkin’ here!
More Hallway Hustle Would Help
By Alijah Smith, senior
You know, there are times when I have to really think about what I’m going to write next for the ECHO, and one way I allow myself to ponder is by simply walking. But there seems to always be an issue when I walk classroom to classroom: you. Read More...