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The Spearhead

The student news site of Battle High School

The Spearhead

The student news site of Battle High School

The Spearhead

Opinion: Why the MLB Needs a Salary Cap

Opinion: Why the MLB Needs a Salary Cap

Corbin Buechter, Marketing Editor February 20, 2025

 A salary cap gives all MLB teams a certain amount of money they can spend in a given year. Unlike the NBA and NFL, the MLB has no salary cap. This gives the more wealthy owners of the teams the advantage...

Junior Ellie Buxton competes in 100m freestyle

Just Keep Swimming

Breleigh Moore, Coverage Editor February 6, 2025

While the Battle High School Swim Team is a small collection of mainly beginners, they have seen continuous growth during the 2024-2025 season. The team gained another member from the previous season,...

Poster for Love/Sick hanging outside of the guidance office.

Sick of Love

Grant Hughes, Photography Editor February 4, 2025

The new semester brings a new line of rehearsals to Battle Performing Arts. The new play put on by the theater is Love/Sick written by John Cariani. The play follows a series of nine different relationships...

Opinion: AMI, Am I Doing This?

Opinion: AMI, Am I Doing This?

Coen Buxton, Layout Editor January 29, 2025

On Sunday, January 5, Columbia Public Schools experienced the first snow day of the 2024-2025 school year. But something was new, students were faced with a new form of online learning called the Alternative...

TikTok is on the Clock

TikTok is on the Clock

Zachary Wood, Lead Editor January 23, 2025

TikTok has had a rough few days after the app was temporarily banned last Saturday but was almost immediately unbanned the next day. Senior J.R. Caine said, “It’s really whatever, I wasn’t super...

Carter Peck, Brandon Schoeneberg, Sarah Moore, Helena Duvnjak, and Grant Hughes participate in an intensive game of corn hole.

Your Backyard Friends

Amin Gozal, Copy Editor January 21, 2025

Backyard Club was approved at the October meeting of Battle’s Executive Council. The new club, influenced by Rock Bridge’s Pickleball Club, wanted to create an environment in which students could get...

Wyatt Belcher-Key (12) forces opponent onto the ground

Putting the Work In

Zachary Wood, Lead Editor November 22, 2024

 

Battle Speech and Debate team pose for photo with their medals and awards

Speaking to a New Audience

Amin Gozal, Copy Editor November 20, 2024

The BHS Speech and Debate team has lost multiple seniors since last year, however, the club has grown in numbers due to an influx of novices. The club has roughly twenty members, many of them being new...

At halftime, players Arriana Marli (12), Mylisa Shultz (12), and Amiya Burnett receive a play call from coach Chris Brown (12).

Reversing the Roles

Grant Hughes, Photography Editor November 14, 2024

This year, the senior class put on the annual powderpuff game on the football field. The game was rescheduled after the original November 4 was canceled due to rain. Powderpuff football consists of senior...

Free Dinner sign outside of the lunch lines.

Get a Loaf of This!

Coen Buxton, Layout Editor November 8, 2024

Starting November 6, Battle students were offered free dinner in the Commons every day after school from 3:45 to 4:30pm. Students can punch in their student identification number into the pin pads.  After...

Jostens order form and preview magazine on Sharla Hyler's desk.

Opinion: The Senior Meeting Felt Like a Sales Pitch

Amin Gozal, Copy Editor November 6, 2024

With some seniors fretting the costs of college, the additional fees for graduation seem intimidating. Even though seniors already had a lot to think about, Battle held a mandatory senior meeting on October...

Raising Awareness Through Talent

Angel Collins October 30, 2024

Junior Kaia Mawhinney will be hosting this year's winter talent show.  “It ties into my advanced seminars and investigations class, which just helps me run it. It gives me a sponsor guarantee but...

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