College Week: lunch games
Slideshow • 3 PhotosAlex VersenCounselors work the GEAR UP table at lunch. In this activity, students picked a duck and read off the number to the counselors who gave them a question corresponding to...
View Article4 Things To Watch 4: Homecoming Football Game
With the Valley District title on the line, the Blue Streaks will host their first varsity football game in nearly a month, the homecoming game against Spotswood (7-1, 4-0). The teams are both riding...
View ArticleSeniors shutout juniors in annual powderpuff game
Traditionally there is a rivalry between the classes. Amongst the upperclassmen, there is an annual event held the week of Homecoming, where the juniors and seniors have a chance to prove their...
View ArticleWeek 7 Power Rankings: Real contenders separating from hot starters
Nearing the halfway point of the season, the pretenders and contenders are beginning to separate themselves. Only the Rams (7-0) remain undefeated, and the Saints and Chiefs are the only other one loss...
View ArticlePolice visit driver’s ed classes to promote safe habits
Slideshow • 10 PhotosKarleigh GentryStudents ride the seat belt convincer to simulate the impact of a car accident.Close
View ArticleQ and A with City Council candidate Frank McMillan
This Q and A was done as part of a series covering all the non-incumbent candidates for the city council election on Nov. 6. More Q and A’s will be posted throughout this week. Related StoriesQ and A...
View Article5 reasons to try disc golf
When a friend first recommended the sport of disc golf to me a couple of summers ago, I was hesitant. Having never tried it, I saw disc golf as mundane and repetitive, but I decided to go anyways to...
View ArticleQ and A with City Council candidate Sal Romero
This Q and A was done as part of a series covering all the non-incumbent candidates for the city council election on Nov. 6. More Q and A’s will be posted throughout this week. Sal Romero Related...
View ArticleTop 5 Halloween candies
Growing up, Halloween was the best night of a child’s year. You could dress up as your idol, play the super hero of your dreams or rule the kingdom you were destined to be the queen of. It didn’t...
View ArticleCross country hosts regional meet
The 5A Region D Championship marked a fitting end for the boys and girls varsity cross country teams. On Oct. 30, the Streaks competed against 11 other teams in the region for a spot at States. Top...
View ArticleWalton stumbles across filming for ‘It: Chapter Two’
One minute the seven young children are running from the terrifying Pennywise. Then, the word “CUT!” slices through the air, and they’re doubled over laughing. This is the filming of “It”, a popular...
View ArticleStreaks claim fourth seed in region after brutal win over TA on senior night
This game was over before it started. Blue Streaks (6-4, 5-1) junior quarterback Kwentin Smiley would indeed suit up and play, after suffering a shoulder injury to his throwing arm in the second half...
View ArticleFree flu shots offered in library
Chills, aches, fevers and congestion are all symptoms of the well known sickness that tends to make its way around the city as winter approaches. However, Kay Collier hopes that she can make a...
View ArticleTarget creates money-sucking trap
Target, also known as the place where I spend all my money, is the best store in Harrisonburg. Target provides an assortment of all the things needed for daily life. It’s where I spend my time when I’m...
View ArticleNoah Siderhurst
Noah Siderhurst is a senior in his fourth year of Newsstreak and is an Editor-in-Chief. He runs cross country and track. In his free time, he enjoys listening to music from Tame Impala to 21 Savage. He...
View ArticleWickline enjoys underground music scene
It’s 9:30 on a Wednesday night and junior Elias Wickline has just arrived at Easy Greasy, a local underground music house, for a metal show. “We’ll be able to tell when they start playing because the...
View ArticleWeek 9 Power Rankings: Saints knock Rams off throne
At the halfway point of the season, the NFL has given us it’s share of surprises, the latest being the league’s lone undefeated team, the Rams, falling last week to New Orleans, who takes over as the...
View ArticleOne act cast rehearses and performs at annual theater conference
Slideshow • 10 PhotosCast members of the HHS One Act Siddhartha perform their show one last time at Bishop Sullivan Catholic High School before heading to their competition, VTA.Close
View ArticleBand performs for senior night
Slideshow • 11 PhotosCaleb GossSenior Ronal Gomez speaks to the band.Close
View ArticleVarsity football beats TA
Slideshow • 17 PhotosKevin PizanoThe Streaks take the field before their game against Turner Ashby on Senior night.Close
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