Letters to the Editor

September 30, 2010
Filed under Opinion

Dear Editor, My question is one I’m sure you get often, but I am truly curious to why our male teachers and APs can have facial hair yet the students can’t. I’ve heard that it’s because then we wouldn’t be able to distinguish the students and the authority, but I think we all know that’s... Read more »

Tomball seeks to KO Klein Oak

September 28, 2010
Filed under Sports

Lady Cougars volleyball play tonight, where they hope to repeat their previous success against the Klein Oak Panthers. Intense games between these two teams are always expected. Tomball and Klein Oak seem to have a bitter rivalry between the two. Maybe the reason is that both teams are threats to each... Read more »

Tomball vs. Westfield 9/24

September 27, 2010
Filed under Video

Tomball five O

Bianca Zaragoza
September 25, 2010
Filed under Sports

And may the perfect record continue. The Tomball Cougars put away the Spring Lions 34-7 at Leonard George Stadium Saturday afternoon. Fans made the road trip and packed into the stands to watch the Coogs defy others’ expectations once more. A cooling breeze accompanied the Cougars’ breezing... Read more »

Tomball football runs streak to 4

Staff Reports
September 25, 2010
Filed under Sports

The game wasn't perfect, but Tomball's record is. Brian Angelle ran for two touchdowns, including a 49-yard scramble in the fourth quarter that helped seal a hard-fought win against previously unbeaten Westfield as Tomball won 37-30 Friday night at Cougar Stadium. The win lifted the Cougars to... Read more »

Laughter is no Foreigner to Tomball STAGE

Bianca Zaragoza
September 23, 2010
Filed under Features

The Foreigner (or is he?) is staying a few nights in the Tomball High School Auditorium. Tomball STAGE production of Larry Shue's The Foreigner is a performance not to miss seeing. The set is down-right dynamite, down to every spoon, lamp, rug, stove and sofa on stage. Kudos to the set designer, prop... Read more »

Harry Potter fanatics bring magic to THS

Rain Shanks
September 18, 2010
Filed under Features

Wingardium Leviosa! Harry Potter fans flew in on their broomsticks and piled in on desks and the floor of Mr. Kincer’s math class for the first official meeting of Tomball High School’s Harry Potter Alliance  last week. The refreshment table was cleared and the cupcakes were gone in seconds.... Read more »

The Patriot’s Permission Slip

Alexis Aguren
September 18, 2010
Filed under Opinion

Make sure your parents sign the form. The form that will become your shield Tuesday. When our young, innocent, impressionable minds will be accosted by a barrage of words we could not possibly process and decide upon ourselves. Words so tainted by corruption that those unfortunate enough to hear them... Read more »

Football steals the spotlight

by Michelle Delarca
September 18, 2010
Filed under Opinion

In every high school there is that sport that is most preferred and has all the attention. There’s no exception for Tomball High School, and in the land of the Cougars, football is that sport. Come to think of it, isn’t every high school’s most preferred sport football? When it comes to... Read more »

Album Review: Terrible Things

September 16, 2010
Filed under Features

Fred Mascherino, Andy Jackson, and Josh Eppard (members of Taking Back Sunday, Hot Rod Circuit, and Coheed and Cambria respectively) join the elite few musicians to become a super group.  Their self-titled debut album Terrible Things is an interesting conceptual journey with a semi-unique alternative... Read more »