Stephanie Mayorga- Staff Reporter
’25-26 Homecoming court announced: The tradition continues
The announcement of Homecoming Court nominees through the OH speakers during the 2nd period on Friday marked the official start of Homecoming Week. Students got excited when they heard familiar names through the speakers, and the nominees proudly make their way to the OH main office. Every year, there are 10 members of the court, all of whom are seniors. This year, the Homecoming King nomination winners are: Kobe Jones, Chase Berkenson, Kam Jenkins, Anthony Mullen, and Michael Holmstrom. Homecoming Queen nomination winners are: Mia Medina, Ashley Cook, Gia Smith, Ali Bauman, and Morgan Pawlisz. These nominees are chosen by who received the most votes via an online form. “I posted on my Snapchat story, like, mostly every day, just telling people to vote,” said Cook.
Senior support: As freshman acclimate, seniors answer their questions
Toward the beginning of the school year, freshmen are flooded with an overwhelming amount of new things. They only ask for one thing: answers. Some freshmen are unsure of whom to turn to with these questions. Luckily, that is where OH seniors can step in. Two in particular supported the responses to frequent-freshman questions: OH seniors Olivia Krupinski and Jwirya Abouhiba. Specifically, OH freshman Autumn Moe wondered a common question posed by her fellow new Panthers: what is the high school workload is like? Krupinski, who has earned a 4.0 GPA, said that the workload is dependent on how you handle it, and “if you do not do your homework, [[or]] if you hold it off for so long, you're gonna have a bigger workload.”
More than just a sport: The rise of girls’ flag football
The OH flag football team is celebrating a lot of firsts this fall: first season, first goals, and first win. For Coach Abigail Jambor, this is a sweet start to what was a long process. Jambor explains how desperate she was for it to become a sport because Oswego is one of the last schools in the community to do so. Although many schools are now implementing Flag Football as a sport, it is still not a nationwide initiative. Oswego was a new era because the process to get a sport verified is very extensive.