The Drama Club has announced the final cast and crew for Sherlock Holmes, this year’s fall production. Students will have to get hopping, as rehearsals begin Monday and the performances will begin November 18. Congratulations to every member of the crew, and of course the Cobbler family tips its hat to all those who had the courage to audition Final Cast List Assistant Director to … Continue reading “Sherlock Holmes” Cast and Crew Announced
Taken for Mrs. Allen’s photography class, Lacy P. caught this shot of the remodeling project in action. It is the first official Photo of the Week for The Pine Needle. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, please email the photo, your name, and the story behind the photo to chspineneedle at gmail dot com. For having her photo selected, Lacy receives two … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Excavator in Action
As homecoming week draws to a close it is worth noting how great Cobbler students are. During the counselors’ presentations to freshmen earlier this week Mr. McGowan asked students where else they could imagine a gathering of 1,600 teenagers with no reported incidents. Yet it happened at the homecoming dance last year, and the Cobbler family has reason to believe it will happen again this … Continue reading Homecoming Hype and Coronation Photos
Pine Needle reporter Kate Vickmark grabbed her camera and went searching for the best dressed homecoming students this week. Here’s her midweek report: I set out to find the best costumes I could this homecoming week. I came across colors, creativity, quite a bit of hairspray, and a few pocket protectors. As you all may know, the days so far have been crazy! Seeing doubles … Continue reading Hunting for the Best Dressed at Homecoming
At Central High School, students’ sense of history appears strong, especially as it concerns their knowledge of the 80s. Photos by Alexis H. Continue reading Snapshots of 80s Day
Place your vote on what you think will be the most successful dress up day for homecoming week. Continue reading Homecoming Predictions
When in Rome is the theme for this year’s homecoming, which could mean big things for the seniors when they wear their togas on Friday. The student council has made known the official schedule of dress-up days and events, and this year looks promising, with Twin Day as the starter and 80’s and Senior Citizen Day sneaking alongside class colors and Cobbler Day. How many … Continue reading Homecoming Schedule Announced
Today draws to a close the first week with a holiday. The week also marked the beginning of enforcing all the rules, like the tardy policy, where students who are late for class have to report to the attendance office to get a pass before heading into class. Tardies can hurt on a number of fronts–not only do they earn detentions, but too … Continue reading Weekly Roundup: School year gains momentum
The crowd waits in anticipation, breath held, clinging on every word written on the screen. Where else can you find this other than Drama Club’s first meeting and season reveal? The theme of the first season is “What a novel idea,” and the plays all based on extraordinary books. The fall show, “Sherlock Holmes” is sure to be a mysterious hit. “Sherlock Holmes” will be … Continue reading Drama club announces its season
The school year started out smoothly, with the traffic and parking situations making the front page of the Rapid City Journal. Somehow it seem It seemed ironic that everyone wondered where we were all going to park, when there was just as little parking at the end of school last year. ———————– Announcements will begin in earnest next week, taking to the air waves at … Continue reading Despite tech bumps, Cobblers’ year begins well
The Cobblers freshman and sophomore football teams snagged a pair of close victories from the Stevens Raiders Thursday evening, starting what they hope will be a fantastic weekend for Cobbler football. The sophomores won 21-20 and the freshmen won 14-13. The freshmen game was particularly dramatic, as the team fell behind 13-6 at the close of the third quarter. After the defense stopped Stevens from … Continue reading 9th & 10th Football: Cobblers Knock Down Raiders
The first match up of the year against Stevens didn’t go the Cobblers way, as the girls lost in four sets. If you’d like to see a few more pictures, check out the Pine Needle on Flickr. Thanks to Mr. Hagen (English) for taking the photos. Continue reading Volleyball drops first match up against Raiders (Photo highlights)
The football team lost to Yankton 9-0 in the season opener. Thanks to Mr. Hagen (English teacher) for supplying the pictures! The Rapid City Journal coverage is available here. Continue reading Football v. Yankton Photo Highlights
Apparently everyone is particularly eager to start school this year. At least, that is the case if you interpret enthusiasm based on the numbers of people who attended open house. Thursday evening’s open house drew 242 people, more people than it has in the last four years–the years of Mr. Talley’s tenure at Central High School. It could have been the biggest crowd ever, but … Continue reading Open House Popular
Don’t let the score fool you–this game was close. Freshman lefty Cole Holzer kept the O’Gorman’s hitters off balance for four innings of relief pitching, leaving the Cobblers within two runs of the Knights, but the O’Gorman bats would not stay silent enough. They exploded for seven of their runs in the final inning, finishing off the Cobblers 13-4. The loss was not too bitter … Continue reading Baseball – Central Cobblers Finish 2010 Season as State A Runner-up
There is a reason Cobbler seniors selected Jasmyne King “Most Likely to Be Famous,” and her unfortunate injury at the state track meet has no one recanting their votes. King, one of the most decorated athletes to sprint through the upstairs halls of Central High, won the state title for the 100-meter sprint before she tore her Achilles tendon during the 200-meter dash, likely sending … Continue reading Track & Field – Rapid City Central Boys & Girls Teams Finish 4th at State Meet
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