The Central Cobblers football team wrapped up its season with a 41-14 drubbing of the cross-town rival Stevens Raiders. The win earns the Cobblers a ninth seed for the upcoming playoffs, and the boys will travel to Brookings Tuesday to play the first round. There will be a fan bus that will depart Central High School at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, October 25 and will return … Continue reading Cobblers Football Beats Up Raiders
The pep rally has become a highlight of homecoming week, and this year was no exception with the dancing, cheering, and break dancing fun of recent pep rallies all making their appearances. Pine Needle photographer Tony Sloat brought his camera and captured a bit of the action. Continue reading Photos: Homecoming Pep Rally
Homecoming week is underway, and to celebrate how amazing being a Cobbler is, and how amazing Friday’s football game against Mitchell will be, The Pine Needle is sharing some of photographer Anthony Sloat’s best shots from the Central v. Sturgis football game (a Cobbler win, in case you’d forgotten). Go Cobblers! Continue reading Photos: Great to be a Cobbler
This year’s first photo of the week is from Bailey Ellis. Of this photo, Bailey explains that he took it “at the sub-varsity football game that was called off on August 31st because of weather.” We’re glad he stayed around to snap this picture. If you have a photo you’d like to submit, please email the photo, your name, and the story behind the photo … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Football and a Promise
On Monday May 23rd students at Central paid $1 for the privilege of wearing a hat in school for the day. Money raised through the hat day goes to the PE department, which is trying to raise money for new weight room equipment. Photographer Lacy Payne caught the scenes around school, which make it apparent that staff and students alike enjoy a hat day. Continue reading Hat Day Raises Money for Weight Room
Prom 2011 was a success! Continue reading Photos of Prom 2011
by: Jacob Mobley This past week the 51st annual Cobbler Capers went underway. The show featured many acts including the Central Step and Hip Hop team, the Advanced Theatre Performance (ATP) students, and an array of talented singers and musicians. Mrs. Birkeland, who helped organize the event this year, was pleased with the variety of people involved: “The show featured a diverse group of cast … Continue reading Cobbler Capers a Hit
Photos continue to come in to The Pine Needle featuring the fun students have been doing this fall. Today we share with you some snapshots of the costume day before Halloween, taken by Lacy Payne, the girls’ tennis team, taken by Madison Hamm, and shots of the homecoming festivities before the football game, taken by Seth Eisenbraun. Continue reading Photos: Fall Activities in Review
Update: With their victory over Sturgis, the Cobbler girls set up another match against the rival Raiders. This one will be on Tuesday at Stevens at 7:00pm. As with the first round, tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students. Go Cobblers! — Don’t forget the volleyball team attempts to duplicate last year’s playoff run beginning tonight at 7:00pm at Central. Tickets are $5 … Continue reading Volleyball Begins Playoff Run
Kelsey D. took this shot recently, a shot that is good encouragement to get outside while the autumn weather is as good as it’s been this year. 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, Kelsey receives two tickets to a … Continue reading Photo of the Week: Capturing the Magic of Mother Nature
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
by: Jacob Mobley On Saturday, six students from the National Honor Society (NHS) assembled in the Central High School parking lot in an effort to clean up Rapid City by picking up trash by Rapid Creek. When the six students and Ms. Bauer gathered they saw a bigger problem than the creek: the Central High School parking lot. The plans of cleaning up the creek … Continue reading NHS Members Clean Up after Their Peers
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
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)
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