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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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The Student News Site of Rock Bridge High School

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Since March 2008, the Lady Bruins first trip to the state tournament, RBHS has claimed six district championships and three state titles. The 2014 Lady Bruins have accounted for half of the district crowns and two straight state championships. RBHS will attempt to make it three when they start the Final Four tonight at Mizzou Arena, 5:10pm. They face St. Joseph’s Academy.
photo by Maribeth Eiken

Girls basketball begins quest for fourth straight title

Harsh Singh November 6, 2014

In 2012, the Bruin girls basketball team won its second state title in school history against the Blue Spring Wildcats. A year later, RBHS defended its state title after a narrow 45-38 win against St....

And the rest is...their story

And the rest is…their story

Brayden Parker March 20, 2014

[tabs active="5"] [tab title="Family"] [heading size="18"]'Tradition of Excellence' [/heading] Family. To state it simply, the girls basketball team can be summed up in that one lucid word. Mothered by...

Photo by Renata Williams

Sophie Cunningham named Gatorade player of the year

Renata Poet Williams March 13, 2014

This morning, junior Sophie Cunningham was named Gatorade Player of the Year for girl's basketball. Gatorade names a player from each state, and in each sport, to be player of the year. She joins alumnus...

Girls basketball blows past Kewpies, wins third consecutive district title

Girls basketball blows past Kewpies, wins third consecutive district title

Josh Ripley March 10, 2014

In a matchup between two of the top ranked teams in Class 5, the end result failed to live up to the hype as the RBHS girls basketball team dominated the Hickman Kewpies 60-25 to claim their third straight...

Photo by Morgan Berk

Girls basketball team tops Miller Career Academy in Courtwarming game

Luke Chval February 23, 2014

  There was more excitement than usual surrounding the RBHS gym Friday, Feb. 21. Instead of a usual JV girls basketball game followed by the varsity game, there were two varsity games played, one...

Cunningham, Bruins push past crosstown rivals

Cunningham, Bruins push past crosstown rivals

Brayden Parker January 29, 2014

With the ball rolling in the opposite direction, RBHS junior guard Sophie Cunningham knelt forward, picking up the ball with her fingertips as the clock dipped beneath three seconds remaining in the first...

Cunningham, Bruins trounce in-state rivals Ozark

Cunningham, Bruins trounce in-state rivals Ozark

Pen Terry January 17, 2014

Yesterday, on a night when she was honored for scoring her thousandth point as a RBHS Bruin, junior Sophie Cunningham and her teammates handily beat in-state foe Ozark (8-6) 62-32 to move to 10-2 on the...

Photo by Morgan Berk

Lady Bruins defeat Columbus North, help beat cancer

Josh Ripley January 10, 2014

[heading]St. Louis Coaches vs Cancer; Columbia Rock Bridge (MO) 62, Columbus North (IN) 53[/heading] The Bruin girls basketball team started the new semester off in style Thursday at the Scottrade Center...

Girls basketball dominates Tournament of Champions

Girls basketball dominates Tournament of Champions

Josh Ripley December 16, 2013

[heading]Junior Sophie Cunningham leads the team in a 58-43 win against Fort Smith to win the Deepsnap Tournament of Champions.[/heading] After winning their first two games at the Deepsnap Tournament...

The Lady Bruins play at home in a regular season volleyball match. RBHS plays tonight in the district quarterfinals.
Photo by Catherine Howser

Volleyball district preview

Graham Ratermann October 28, 2013

[heading]District tournament primer: Rock Bridge, Helias lead the bracket[/heading] The RBHS volleyball team begins district play tonight at 5pm against Wentzville Holt (12-11-1). The Bruins enter district...

Senior West Wilson speaks on behalf of the Bruin Cup Student Board. Photo by Lisa Holt.

Bruin Cup celebrates students athletes

Fariha Rashid May 25, 2013

“21 Teams. 1 School. All Champions.” This appeared to be the theme of this year’s Bruin Cup, an annual dinner and awards ceremony celebrating Rock Bridge athletes’ achievements in their respective...

Cover by Michelle Zhuang

If

The Rock and Bearing News Staff March 15, 2013

Somewhere there is a boy standing on a rainy playground at a cloudy sunset hanging onto a fistful of colorful balloons that stand out defiantly among the asphalt and gray-brown mulch land that he inhabits. As...

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