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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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Forecasting the NCAA wrestling championships

Forecasting the NCAA wrestling championships

Multiple Authors December 11, 2015
Editors Ji-Ho Lee and John Flanegin make their picks for the NCAA Division I wrestling championships in March of 2016.
Foxcatcher is a surprisingly devastating masterpiece

‘Foxcatcher’ is a surprisingly devastating masterpiece

John Flanegin February 21, 2015

With Columbia’s annual True/False film fest a little less than two weeks away, beginning March 5th,  I decided to familiarize myself with one of the festival’s premier venues, the Ragtag cinema, and...

RBHS travels to district tournament

RBHS travels to district tournament

Derek Wang February 13, 2015

[heading size="16" margin="10"]Bruins have 3 wrestlers in top state rankings[/heading]Following a loss to Moberly, the RBHS wrestling team will travel to Jefferson City to participate in the district tournament....

Junior Tre Williams slams home a dunk in a game against Battle High School on Jan. 23.
Photo by Devesh Kumar

On Senior Night Bruins fall to Moberly

Derek Wang February 8, 2015

On Friday night when junior Jujuan Chambers strode onto the mat for the heavyweight bout the dual between RBHS and Moberly had already been decided with the Spartans holding a 48-24 lead. Despite the imminent...

May 27, Eric Kuse, Junior, boards the bus after leaving early third hour.  The baseball team heads to Rolla for the first game of sectionals.

Juggling it all

John Flanegin January 28, 2015

Students deal with lost class time from out of school activities and sports Quizzes, notes, projects and homework are all things hundreds of Rock Bridge athletes and club members miss because of tournaments...

RBHS places fifth at tourney; 3 Bruins claim individual crowns

RBHS places fifth at tourney; 3 Bruins claim individual crowns

Derek Wang December 10, 2014

Last season the Bruins wrestling team graduated four seniors. Those four seniors had combined for 10 state medals, six state finals appearances, and two individual state titles. Last weekend, in the Parkway...

Joe Boettcher wrestles his opponent from Centralia on Jan 13.

Wrestling sends off seniors in memorable fashion

Harsh Singh February 28, 2014

It is always special in sports when a team becomes the first to accomplish something in its history. For example, the taste of a Super Bowl victory for the Seattle Seahawks was more memorable because...

On and off the mat: Senior Sam Crane , a Mizzou commit, is the natural leader of the Bruin wrestling team. Crane, left, wrestles a Kirksville opponent on Dec. 3 at Rock Bridge.
By Maribeth Eiken

What you may have missed Friday: wrestling and swimming go to state

Brett Stover February 22, 2014

In a night full of courtwarming madness, where the boys and girls basketball teams both won at home and Brayden Parker was crowned Courtwarming King, some may have missed the SWIMMING AND WRESTLING STATE...

Rock Bridge Bruins face off the Centralia Panthers on Jan. 13.

7 wrestlers advance to state tournament

Trisha Chaudhary February 17, 2014

Entering the heavyweight finals matches, the RBHS Bruins wrestling team’s hopes of winning a team district title hung in the air. Earlier in the day the Bruins had advanced six wrestlers to the championship...

These young wrestlers hope to wrestle for RBHS one day.
Photo by Morgan Berk

Wrestling suffers two losses at home

Luke Chval January 29, 2014

[heading]Wrestling lost both their matches against Seckman and Staley High Schools at a dual meet.[/heading] The Bruins’ wrestling team lost both matches against Seckman High School and Staley High School...

Kayla Cheadle named inaugural BN Athlete of the Week

Kayla Cheadle named inaugural BN Athlete of the Week

Brett Stover January 28, 2014

There are two truths in the sporting world. Everyone wants to be first. Secondly, everyone wants to be the best. These two words are interchangeable at times, yet both descriptions have very different...

Ernest Dorema works to put his opponent in a submission hold and earned a point during this preliminary match. He ended up beating his opponent at the JV meet in Lebanon, Mo. this weekend while varsity competed in the Hickman tournament. Photo by Jazzmine Matthews

Bruins just miss third place finish at Hickman tourney

Graham Ratermann January 27, 2014

[heading]Sam Crane takes individual title[/heading] The Bruin wrestling team stayed close to home this weekend competing at the annual Hickman tournament. The Bruins got off to a strong start with six...

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