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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

District Downfall

Zachary Wood, Lead Editor March 19, 2025

Blue Springs South stunted Battles state hopes, winning 71-48 in the District Championship game March 10. Despite Battle scoring the highest against the Jaguars in the entirety of the district tournament....

Opinion: Tigers to the Sweet 16

Corbin Buechter, Marketing Editor March 17, 2025

The annual NCAA basketball tournament March Madness, will tip off on March 18. 68 teams make the tournament, eight being play-in teams and the rest of the sixty teams are split up into sixteen seeds with...

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...

Snowvember

Corbin Buechter, Marketing Editor December 4, 2024

November weather can change quickly. It is one of the months with the largest difference between the highest and lowest temperatures.  The highest recorded temperature in November for Columbia was...

Explaining Ramadan

Deonna Jackson, Writer March 21, 2024

In Islamic culture, Ramadan is a cleansing practice that helps us open ourselves to God. It is a month of fasting, worship, service, communal gathering and spiritual development. Ramadan is very important...

Spartan Clothing Drive

Angel C, Reporter February 21, 2024

Looking to aid fellow students in need, Junior Hailey Mendez Roca, has coordinated a way for people to access necessities for this winter. Mendez Roca created a winter clothing drive as a project at the...

All About AG

Andrew Gadbois, Reporter February 14, 2024

Agriculture Day, called Ag Day by students and staff, was held on October 16. It is a day to learn about the foundations of society, like where the food we eat and the clothes we wear come from. This...

Battle’s Outlooks on Love

Angel C, Reporter February 14, 2024

As a teenager, I feel like the idea of love can be quite complicated, especially around Valentine's Day. But let’s dive into the thoughts of a few people that attend and teach here at Battle.  Senior...

Shining Bright this Holiday Season

Savannah Cooper, Reporter December 11, 2023

As winter approaches, and the holiday season begins, Columbia starts this season off by putting up holiday lights. For the last four years Veterans United has been putting together a drive-thru light display...

Op-Ed: Why SRG Will Fail

Jackie Ozanich, Managing Editor March 3, 2023

Standards-Referenced Grading (SRG) is a relatively new grading system that has been integrated into CPS since 2016, and will soon be making its debut at the high school level.       SRG is a new...

The History of Black History Month

Stalee Sheaffer, Photography Editor February 15, 2023

National Black History Month started in 1926 under President Carter G. Woodson. It began as a Black History Week, and was planned to correspond with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Fredrick Douglas...

School Hours

Deonna Jackson, Reporter December 21, 2022

School days start from 9:05 and end at 4:05 for high school students, that’s 7 hours we are at school. Being at school for 7 hours, 5 days a week is a lot, and some of the classes that we are required...

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