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  • For the second consecutive year, the Olympic Heights girls soccer team is the 7A district 2023-2024 Academic Team Champion
  • Congratulations Florida DECA State Champions 2024: Katelynne Deale, Tai Graham, and Elsie Throckmorton!
  • Girls Soccer Coach Jim Cappello is coach of the year, leading the lions to 21 victories, and their eighth straight regional appearance.
  • Soccer: Senior Ava Cardaci was selected 7A District 12 Player of the Year with 15 goals and 27 assists.
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Jenna Ortega plays the title character Wednesday in the Netflix hit series.

Netflix’s Wednesday fans awaiting the arrival of season 2

Brooke Smurlick, Entertainment Editor February 27, 2023

The Netflix series Wednesday, which portrays the iconic Addams Family characters in a whole new light, is an exciting and fascinating series that captured viewers and had them on the edge of their seats...

Spotify Wrapped provides users with listening habits data

Spotify Wrapped provides users with listening habits data

Faith Abel, Staff Writer February 17, 2023

As 2022 came to a close, music streaming services - Spotify, in particular - took advantage of the app’s recorded data and algorithms from users. From this, the apps provided users with a summary of...

The cast of the Olympic Heights Theatre Departments production of Mamma Mia! Performances begin Friday, Feb. 10.

OH Theatre Dept. staging hit Broadway musical Mamma Mia!

Brooke Smurlick, Entertainment Editor February 9, 2023

Last year, the Olympic Heights Theatre department gave a smashing performance of the musical 9 to 5. This year, the musical theatre students are back at it with a new show that is sure to dazzle the audience....

Angela Bassett (depicted bottom center) is nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her portrayal of Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever awards season wins and nominations a fitting tribute to Chadwick Boseman

Sachin Moosai, News Editor January 30, 2023

Since the tragic passing of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, the world has been waiting to see how one of his most prominent roles would be carried on. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, released this...

Gotham Knights has been received with mixed reviews since its October 2022 release.

Gotham Knights video game gets lukewarm reception

Sophia Dorris, Social Media Editor January 9, 2023

DC’s new video game, Gotham Knights, which came out in late October 2022,  was met with mixed reviews. Gotham Knights was first introduced to fans during the 2021 DC Fandome event. Fandome is an online...

Ned Fulmer (left) was removed from the Try Guys YouTube group featuring (from second to left) Lee Yang, Keith Habersberger, and Zach Kornfeld.

Ned Fulmer’s messy exit from YouTube’s Try Guys group

Sachin Moosai, News Editor December 16, 2022

Ned Fulmer was removed from the Try Guys entertainment group that makes satiric YouTube videos,on Sept. 27, raising dramatic implications for the 8.4 million subscribers the group has accumulated since...

Midnights, Taylor Swifts latest album, contains plenty of Easter eggs for her fans.

Taylor Swift’s latest album, Midnights, delights fanbase

Isabella Conrado, Staff Writer December 7, 2022

The 11-time Grammy Award winner and one of the most anticipated artists has once again given her fans a night to remember. On August 28th, Taylor Swift made her appearance at the MTV award ceremony...

The musical The Phantom of the Opera, which began its Broadway run in 1988, will be closing in February of 2023 due to lagging ticket sales, a lingering effect of COVID-19.

Broadway still reeling from the effects of COVID-19

Isabella Conrado, Staff Writer November 30, 2022

When people hear New York City, the first thing that comes to many minds is Broadway. Theater brings actors a sophisticated and authentic means to showcase their outstanding talent, showing the world the...

Evan Peters stars in the title role in Netflix’s Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.

Netflix’s Dahmer series raises debate over subject matter

Brooke Smurlick, Entertainment Editor November 24, 2022

Netflix’s Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, the short, limited series starring Evan Peters that details the life and development of Jeffrey Dahmer as he becomes a serial killer and a cannibal,...

Ana de Armas portrays Marilyn Monroe in the Netflix film Blonde.

Marilyn Monroe film Blonde disdained as exploitative

Amanda DiTomasso, Staff Writer November 17, 2022

Norma Jeane Mortenson, better known as Marilyn Monroe, has been one of the world’s most beloved since she came onto the scene in the 1947 film Dangerous Years. With so many eyes on Monroe, her career...

The cast of Dont Worry Darling at the Venice Film Festival. From left: Gemma Chan, Harry Styles, Sydney Chandler, director Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, Florence Pugh and Nick Kroll.

Don’t Worry Darling production drama overshadows film

Isabella Conrado, Staff Writer October 21, 2022

When it was announced back in April 2019 that production had begun on the film Don’t Worry Darling, with Olivia Wilde at the director’s helm, not many took notice. However, when it was announced in...

Olympic Heights Drama staging Noel Cowards Blithe Spirit

Olympic Heights Drama staging Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit

October 19, 2022

Olympic Heights Performing Arts and Drama Troupe 4992 will be staging Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit, Oct. 21 through Oct. 24th.  Blithe Spirit is a smash comedy hit in London and New York.  The much-revived...

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