Holly Jolly Christmas

By Meagan Ozuna “Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!” It’s about that time of the year when everyone begins to stress themselves out with buying their family members the perfect gift. We have lost sight of what Christmas is really all about. Go back in time before we all existed, before Christmas existed. Saturnalia was…

Playoffs Bring Praise To Madison

By Travis Ostby The sounds of pads hitting other pads and the crowd cheering with every score fill every stadium that Madison plays at, especially those that hold the playoff games. Every game is an emotional roller-coaster for the team and the student body as a whole. Madison entered the post-season with high hopes of…

Madison To Meet Rockets In Playoffs

By Travis Ostby With the streak of lost games in the Alamodome broken, and many touchdowns scored, the Mavericks set off to face Judson to battle for a spot in the semifinals. After the victories over New Braunfels, O’Connor, and Sharyland, Madison advances to the quarterfinals of the state championship playoffs to play Judson at…

Basketball Blows Away Pre-Season Competition

By Mackenzie Wallace The squeal of sneakers on hardwood and steady beat of basketballs dribbling across the gym floor is music to the ears of guys and girls playing for the Madison varsity basketball teams as they compete through the pre-season. Both teams, working hard to improve on the game they love, have done well…

Books v. Nook

By Danielle Cramberg Nooks, Kindles, and other E-readers have become increasingly popular, replacing hardback and paperback books at unbelievable rates. The question is whether this is an innovative improvement or a literary travesty. Nooks come with many great qualities. Most of them serve more functions than just an electronic book, such as the capability to…

News Faces: Joseph A. Williams

By Fryda De Alva Perhaps the face of our administration here at Madison, Assistant Principle Joseph Williams is our new face of the week. However, he’s no stranger to the Madison campus; Madison has been home to Williams for more or less 20 years which he “feels blessed” for being a part of. “I was…

Dancing It Up

By Courtney Johnson As the San Antonio Spurs faced off against the Boston Celtics during the first half of Wednesday nights game, the Madison Dollies were more then likely doing warm ups in order be ready to perform. And when the court emptied of players it was once again filled by the dancers. The Dollies performed their…

Portfolio Day: Most Important Art Event of The Year

By Mikaela Arce On one hand, you have the student: A blossoming young artist with high hopes and ambitions, hesitant to display their work to the scouts, but aspiring to reach their fullest potential. On the other hand, you have the representatives: drained and exhausted from their weary travels, but longing to fulfill the duties at their…

More Than the Gobble

By Meagan Ozuna We all know how Thanksgiving was created: a three day feast with the pilgrims and Indians. But what you don’t know is that it wasn’t an annual celebration. In fact, it was only celebrated for specific local events: ends of droughts, victories in battles, or after a harvest. The first national day…