February 2, 2020
VHS cheer wins bronze at UIL Spirit State Championship
By STEPHANIE KRUCZEK, Contributor
In its second year competing as a co-ed squad, Vandegrift’s competition cheer team, under the direction of head coach Brianna Roughton and coach Rachel Hoyle, won the bronze medal at the 2020 UIL Spirit State Championship held Jan. 16 in Fort Worth. The team placed first in the Crowd Leading category, second in Fight Song and fifth in Band Dance.
Continue readingViper basketball remains undefeated in district play
The Vandegrift Vipers boys basketball team continues their winning way, extending their latest win streak to 22 games following several wins over Cedar Ridge 65-54 on Jan. 21, Hendrickson 71-49 on Jan. 24, and Vista Ridge 63-46 on Jan. 28.
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Four Points area ripe for catastrophic wildfires Officials, experts take to local roads for wildfire assessment
California firefighters say there are similarities to Golden State
By LESLEE BASSMAN, Four Points News
Eric Garcia, who has lived off City Park Road for 15 years, said he was first attracted to the heavily-wooded area because of its natural beauty. But, on Wednesday, he took to neighborhood streets with fire fighting experts in an effort to become better educated on actions he and his family need to take to guard against what officials tout as an inevitable wildfire destined to strike the peaceful community.
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Lacrosse leads to wedding of two Vandegrift head coaches
By EMILIE FENNELL, Contributor
The love of lacrosse led to the New Year’s Eve wedding of two Vandegrift head coaches. Luke Cometti and Alyssa Murray met as lacrosse standouts in college, they became head coaches in the Vandegrift lacrosse program, and then on December 31, the two celebrated their wedding in Syracuse.
Introduced to lacrosse as small children, both grew up with the sport in their hometowns, Luke in Syracuse and Alyssa on Long Island.