![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)
Experience Poetry Out Loud
Enjoy the Event Through Photos.
Making an expensive splash, Andre Best recites “Negative” by Kevin Young. Best later placed second in the school’s competition. Photo by Aleks Brooks.
Briana Alexander performing “Dear Reader” by Rita Mae Reese. Photo by Sam Misa.
Delivery of “Difference” by Chris Dunstan. during the first round of Poetry Out Loud. Poem by Stephen Vincent Benet. Photo by Sam Misa.
Recital of I Go Back To May 1937 by Sharon Olds from Anya Blankenship. Photo by Sam Misa.
Philip Chan recites “Very Large Moth” by Craig Arnold. Photo by Aleks Brooks
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Between hanging out with his friends, playing basketball at a park on a sunny day and being a freshman on campus, Aleks Brooks, is loving the new-found...
