Battle vs Smith-Cotton Week 2 Preview
Colten Stone, Managing Editor
September 12, 2018
August 31st the Spartans boy football team will go to battle against the Smith-Cotton Tigers at home for the first time ever. The Spartans are coming off a big 53-25 week one win against the St Louis University High Jr Billikens, where the Spartans showed that they can have a very explosive offense ...
Battle vs SLUH Week 1 Preview
Colten Stone, Managing Editor
September 12, 2018
Week 1 of the football season is finally here and the spartans are ready for their first test against the St Louis University High Jr Billikens for the first time ever. Last season the Spartans finished with an 8-4 record and suffered a heartbreaking loss to Carthage High School last season 7-28 in the C...
Junior Varsity Boys Basketball Plays in California High School Varsity Tournament
Colton Stone, Writer
January 26, 2018
Two weeks ago, the junior varsity boys basketball team competed in the 84th annual California High School varsity tournament. The team lost both matches in the game, the first game against Fulton High School 57-69 and the second team against Boonville High School 48 to 57. This tournament would help...
Academic Benefits of Sports
Lily Drage
December 19, 2017
Families across America partake in the visual consumption of sporting events. But once the option is available kids may take a chance and try out for their favorite sport. It starts as a quite mortifying process but breaks into a potential friendship with a second family. Despite some ben...
Battle’s early wrestling season
Caden Elkthunder
December 4, 2017
Wrestling Season is upon us and the team has been getting ready with pre-season workouts for most of the school year, Coach Wakim coach of the Battle wrestling team for two years now going into his 2nd year. On what he is excited about the most "We have a couple of returners like Andrew Shea, Jac...
The current state of the NFL season
Colten Stone, Managing Editor
December 4, 2017
With 4 weeks left into the 2017-2018 NFL season, We have seen a turn of events from the Chiefs finishing last season at 12-4 and the second best team in the AFC last year, and starting this season as the league's best team at 5-0. The team now struggles with a 6-6 record, being tied for the AFC West. Mu...
Students on early NBA season
Caden Elkthunder, Writer
November 6, 2017
Two weeks into the young NBA season, ten games have been played out of eighty-two. There are many things to watch as the season moves on from story lines like how will LeBron and the Cavalier's new player selection do with an almost complete different lineup with four new players. Among the four new pl...
Battling at Districts
Summer Evans, Writer
October 27, 2017
This boys' soccer season, the team won five of fifteen games and lost the district game in the first goal. Despite a disappointing record and losing the district game, the team gained better friendships and learned the values of a hardworking team. Senior left midfielder Conner Flatt was impressed with how the t...
What is eSports?
Madalynn Owens, Yearbook Editor
October 27, 2017
On Tuesday, October 10 the Battle Gaming Team travelled to Hickman High School to participate in an eSports competition. The Columbia Public Schools gaming teams play League of Legends, an online multiplayer battling game. The event was sponsored by Ukatsu, a Columbia company co-founded by Battle al...
Preseason Preparations
Colten Stone, Managing Editor
October 27, 2017
It's almost that time of year again! Basketball tryouts are just three days away for the girl's team and four days away for the boy's team. Many of our students will have the chance to be a part of the 2017-2018 roster. Just because they tryout doesn't mean they will get a spot on the team, many of these stu...
Volleyball Game Review
Adrian Maddox, Reporter
October 6, 2017
Volleyball welcomed their second home game of the season in the competition gymnasium on the evening of Wednesday, September 20. Both teams were challenged against Eldon High School, while playing with a format of best two out of three. Gaining a win from junior varsity, and a close loss from varsity, ...
Spartans Cruise Over Kewpies
Caden Elkthunder, Writer
October 2, 2017
With spirit week activities, pep rallies and hype leading up to Battle's 5th annual homecoming game but this time they faced a familiar rival Hickman. When asking sophomore football fan A.J Pittman on how he feels about the hype around this game, he said "It's dope how they hype games up and make...