I'm currently a Senior at the Woodlands High School and Photo Editor for our school's Yearbook. I have many passions including photography, graphic design, writing, and traveling. I love the Vype U program because it allows me to share my Highlander pride while also giving me hands-on experience in the Journalism field and building my portfolio. Not to mention the program is great motivation for me to go to as many events as I can to document my final year as a Highlander. I hope to continue my career in journalism further and in the future work for a Magazine. Enjoy my page!
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VYPE U: Rivals Up To Bat For District Pride
The Woodlands Lady Highlanders hosted the Oak Ridge Lady War Eagles Friday, March 26 for a heated rivalry game. The Woodlands Softball was ranked #14 in the state, while Oak Ridge held the #2 spot. The Lady Highlanders were 0-2 in district play and the Lady War Eagles 2-0.
The game started off slow with no score until the fifth inning when the Lady War Eagles scored two, while The Woodlands came back with one. In the sixth inning, the scoring repeated itself with Oak Ridge adding two more runs and The Woodlands adding one. The game ended with the Lady War Eagles coming out on top by a run, 4-3.
VYPE U: The Woodlands Signing Day
On Wednesday, February 3, at 2 PM in the Highlander gymnasium, The Woodlands High School held their annual celebration of National Signing Day. The Highlanders had a large class of 42 signees to schools across the country.
The athletes each took the podium for a short speech in front of a limited crowd of family members and coaches. Each student was allowed to invite five loved ones to celebrate, with the addition of the event being live-streamed for those who could not be present.
The Woodlands track and field program was the most well represented with a total of eight signees, six from the girls and two from the boy's team: Kennedy Doakes (Kansas), Kaitlin Laner (St. Mary's College of California), Hannah Jane Miller (Rhodes College), Katie Schlather (Air Force Academy), Sohalia Schoen (Louisiana-Monroe), Ashley Sharer (Texas Tech), Caden Cymbala (Texas Tech) and Ryan Tresaugue (Trinity University).
Following in signees is the swimming and diving program. With a total of six signees, they had one diver, four swimmers, and one triathlon athlete: Lauren Burch (diving, Stanford), Isabella Barrientos (swimming, Washington-St. Louis), Cotton Fields (swimming, SMU), Tyler Hulet (swimming, Texas A&M), Alyssa Sorensen (swimming, BYU) and Freya McKinley (triathlon, Denver).
The Highlander baseball team also represented with a total of five signees: Cody Howard (Baylor), Justin Barry-Smith (South Alabama), Will Chauffe (Pepperdine), Cameron Hainebach (Southwestern) and Dylan Kerbow (Texas State).
The football program had four signees: Jack Calhoun (Kilgore), Arian Cervoni (McPherson), Connor Dechiro (Washington-St. Louis) and Blake Hubert (Southern Virginia). In addition, Teddy Knox (Mississipi University) couldn't make the event due to surgery.
Girls soccer had three signees, all of which are signed at the Division I level: Samone Knight (West Virginia), Isabella Hollenbach (Missouri) and Marley Krach (Miami-Ohio)
The Highlander lacrosse program had four signees, three boys and one girl: Andrew Litsey (Rollins College), Matthew Nunes (Virginia), Donovan Rock (Air Force Academy) and MacKenzie Kulick (Linfield University).
The softball program had three signees: Kayla Falterman (Louisiana-Lafayette), Jordan Jones (Vernon College) and Haley Mountain (UT-Arlington).
The golf program had three signees: Avery Blake (TCU), Holly Paterson (Blinn) and Alejandro Alonso (Loyola Marymount).
Volleyball had two signees: Claire Arend (High Point University) and Natalie Kimmel (Incarnate Word). In addition, early graduates Clara Brower (Georgia University), Natasha Zorbas (Lafayette College), and Jackie Lee (Texas State) who are already playing at the college level.
Other signees included Mallory Kent (acrobatics, Oregon), Ximena Chico (rowing, Virginia), Lachlan Laner (tennis, Austin Peay) and Liam Kozak (water polo, Penn State).
Mutual university signees include Ximena Chico and Matthew Nunes at the University of Virginia; Donovan Rock and Katie Schlather at the United States Air Force Academy; Conner Dechiro and Isabella Barrientos at the University of Washington at St. Louis; and Dylan Kerbow and Jackie Lee at Texas State University.