Month: December 2021

Weekly News 12/10

By Matthew Aguilera New York, New York: Roughly 800,000 non-citizens on Thursday gained the right to vote in New York City local elections, which will allow them to cast votes for “…mayor, public advocate, borough president, and city council” (CNN)….

Walmart and Target Begin to Offer Financial Assistance to Employees

By Samantha Lynch    Currently, the United States population holds a total of $1.59 trillion of student loans and debt. This is alarming for prospective high school students and parents. While many states offer prepaid college education payment plans, oftentimes students…

Boys Wrestling Opens with Win

By Ben Black    The Ponte Vedra High School boys wrestling team has had an exciting first week of their season with an opening dual match at home against Creekside and an individual tournament at the Clash of Titans event….

All About the Jacksonville Zoo

Ava DePersio    The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens opened on May 19, 1914 near the Springfield section of Jacksonville, and has 122 acres of land for the animals to roam around. The first animal at the zoo was the red deer…

Girls Wrestling Starts Season Strong

By Nina Lueck The Ponte Vedra High School girls wrestling team started their season off strong with a win Wednesday night in their first home match against Creekside. Junior, Olivia Richie had an amazing pin and was the outstanding wrestler…

Why the Cruise Ship Industry Doesn’t Need to Come Back

By Johnny Inama    The cruise ship industry took a large hit in the pandemic during 2020. Some cruise ships were left stranded at the beginning of the pandemic, and almost all cruise lines were forced to shut down, causing…

Underage Sports Betting Takes Hold of PVHS

By Evan Fleischer    It is common to see a 12-year-old checking his fantasy football league on a Sunday afternoon. Maybe they even invested five dollars into the league, hoping to win some money off their friends. Yet, this seemingly…

December News

By Matthew Aguilera Johannesburg, South Africa: Global fears have arisen in response to a rise in the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, with the new strand first being detected in South Africa. The new variant is thought to have…

Girls Basketball Starts the Season Dead Even

By Chloe Goode The Ponte Vedra Sharks girls basketball team is four games into their 2021 season with a record of 2-2. They started out hot winning two games back-to-back against the Episcopal Eagles and the Bartram Trail Bears by a large…

Everything Boys’ Basketball (with photogallery)

Photos by Ben Black    Rivalry Match vs. Nease By Kennedy Rosendahl (December 5th)  The PVHS boys basketball team had a successful week. Last Tuesday, Nov. 30, the Sharks beat Bolles High School on the road with a score of 60-48. Then, on Friday night, PVHS played Nease High…