![MORE THAN A GAME. With two diving catches in the outfield, the Lions showed up defensively, aiding in their victory over the Pacers. One catch was made by Atwood, and the other by McGraw. Throughout the game, the Lions knew that it wasn’t just about their victory today. “I think [playing for cancer] makes it bigger than just a game,” McGraw said. “Knowing that you have a bigger impact in this world than just who you are as one person.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/I70A1454-1-1200x800.jpg)
![Students in the National Art Honor Society work on the Mount Hood mural on the window of SouthLake Church. The students brought a variety of paints and mixed their own custom colors. “Instead of brushstrokes, we’re doing more dabbing, because it gives [a] better impression of tree foliage, rather than looking like actual brush strokes, because if we’re painting trees, we need it to look like trees,” Crawford said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/IMG_2397-1200x900.jpg)
Spring plays casts announced
Cast lists for spring play: “The Love of Three Oranges” a comedic fairy tale and “An Enemy of the People” is a drama set in Norway, have been announced.
The Love of Three Oranges will run Feb. 13-15 and 20-22. An Enemy of the People will run March 6-8 and 13-15. For more information on times and ticket sales go to the Theatre Arts program’s blog: http://blogs.wlhs.wlwv.k12.or.us/Theatre/
“I am so excited to be a part of The Love of Three Oranges Cast! I love the comedic flow of the play, and working with all of the other cast members,” Kira Duff, cook, said. “Everyone should come to a show.”
An Enemy of the People
DR. THOMAS STOCKMANN Tristan Avery
PETER STOCKMANN Riley Olson
EILIF STOCKMANN Nathan Barinstein
MR. BILLING Gabriel Britt
CAPTAIN HORSTER Aaron Palumbo
MRS. KATHERINE STOCKMANN Dinah Sigmund
PETRA STOCKMANN Ellie Jones
MARTA STOCKMANN Kokanee Ellingston
MRS. MARTA KIIL Gracie Sleeper
MISS HOVSTAD Sammie Hatch
MRS. ASLAKSEN Anna Gilmour
MEETING TOWNSPEOPLE Brandon Arrigotti, Michael Taylor, Rachel Polley, Zoe Heggie, Malia Rettig, Jordyn Marvin-Battersby, Claire Massaro.
The Love of Three Oranges
NARRATOR/CELIO Evan Shely
KING SILVIO Jacob Arrigotti
PANTALONE Hugh Sherman
LEANDRO James Trost
PRINCESS CLARICE Emma Resk
BRIGHELLA Madison Smith
PRINCE TARTAGLIA Kyle Fulton
TRUFFALDINO Maggie Wall
SMERALDINA Janae Turner
FATA MORGANA Hope Gilbert
FARFARELLO/CHALLENGER 2 Griffin Ollar
PRINCESS NICOLETTA/GUEST Sydney Sander
COOK Kira Duff
PRINCESS LINETTA/CHALLANGER #1 Brianna Papish
MUTE BUMPKIN/WIND GOD/GATE Ian Mathes
BUMPKIN 1 & 3/SQUIRE 1/ROPE Laurel S
BUMPKIN 2/SQUIRE 2/DONKEY Ellen Wilmarth
CREONTA Skye Gates-Walker
PRINCESS NINETTA Riley Knowles
MUSICIAN Elliot Bean
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