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Robotics to Regionals

Nas Baclay, Staff writer March 28, 2017

The Eagles Robotics team advanced to the regional competition, which is March 31 to April 1. The team competes in three types of competitions: BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology), FRC...

Briefly speaking – week of 3/13

Megan Shankle, Editor-in-chief March 17, 2017

  Global Syria fired anti-aircraft missiles Friday at Israeli jets that were returning to base after bombing areas of central Syria. An Israeli military spokesman said the jets had already...

Allen ISD Art Show

Pauline Esguerra, Staff writer February 28, 2017

The annual Allen Independent School District Art Show was hosted Feb. 17 in the Performing Arts Center gallery. With more than 350 student participants, the 2017 Art show had the most contestants out of...

Briefly speaking — Week of 2/20

Sara Schleede, Editor-in-chief February 24, 2017

Global Bao Bao, the American-born panda who has spent her life in the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., was moved to her new home in Southwest China on Thursday. This was done in compliance with an...

Spread the love

Sara Schleede, Editor-in-chief February 24, 2017

Sitting on the top shelf of Lisa Smentek’s closet, there is a stack of shirts. Shirts collected from years of fundraising events at the job she has held for the last 13 years. Each shirt represents...

Photo courtesy of the Allen Eagle Hockey Club

Freezing out the competition

Parker Primrose, Assistant sports editor February 24, 2017

The Allen Eagle Ice Hockey Club kept their season alive with a 5-0 beatdown of Southlake Carroll in the Pure Division High School State Championship on Jan. 29, marking the program’s first state championship...

Orchestra Director Wins Award

Maya Morriswala, Staff writer February 24, 2017

Orchestra director David DeVoto received the UIL Sponsor Excellence Award in mid-January for his success in leading the orchestra and his philosophy on how competition can help students succeed.   The...

Eagles Prepare for Playoff Tip-Off

Eagles Prepare for Playoff Tip-Off

Parker Primrose, Assistant sports editor February 17, 2017

The Allen Eagle men’s basketball team will play against the Lewisville Farmers in their first playoff game of the season in the bi-district round of the 6A Region 2 playoffs. The game will be played...

New Coaches Find a Home in Allen

Tate Peterson, Staff writer February 3, 2017

The athletics program has already had one major change this past year with football head coach Terry Gambill taking over for Tom Westerberg. Joining the list of newcomers is Kim Fullerton, who is the new...

Eagle Swim and Dive Teams Advance to Regionals

Parker Primrose, Assistant sports editor February 1, 2017

The Allen swim and dive teams capped off a successful District 7-6A tournament with district championships for both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams as well as two regional qualifiers from the dive...

The new man in town

The new man in town

Sara Schleede, Editor-in-chief February 1, 2017

Nov. 4, 2016. The phone is ringing. You pick it up, and on the other end is the announcement you’ve been hoping for: you got the job. Nov. 28, 2016. You scrawl your signature on the bottom of the...

Fight Song Lyrics Contest

Christian Hinton, Staff writer January 31, 2017

At an Allen High School football game, one can always look forward to the halftime fight song. The band spells “Eagles” on the field as the entire audience rises to clap along, but nobody sings along-...

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