On Tuesday, September 16, the appearance of blackface during a volleyball game at Whitewater High School enraged several and made headlines. FOX 5, WSB-TV, Yahoo! News, and other news outlets...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize varsity flag football player Brooke Kalen as the 15th Player of the Week for the fall sports season. “If they mess up, I try and help them feel better...

Zach Laskey is an inductee of the third Starr’s Mill Hall of Fame class.  Laskey, a 2010 graduate, played football all four years while at Starr’s Mill. He then played for Georgia Tech until 2015...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize junior running back Jack Murphy as the 12th  Player of the Week for the fall sports season. “I think Coach Cooper chose me because of my resilience,...

Mike Hanie is an inductee for the third class of the Starr’s Mill Hall of Fame. Hanie spent 22 years coaching Starr’s Mill soccer. From the school’s opening to his retirement in 2019, Hanie coached...

Mike Davis is an inductee in the third class of the Starr’s Mill Hall of Fame.  Davis was one of the first assistant principals for Starr’s Mill and joined when the school first opened in 1997. Davis...

Ariston Bowers is an inductee of the third Starr’s Mill Hall of Fame class. As a 2001 graduate, Bowers was part of the first class to complete four years at Starr’s Mill. He won state during his...

AP Macroeconomics teacher Mark DeCourcy is the September recipient of the Golden Apple award. He was selected by AP Physics teacher Nicholas Gillies.  “One time I visited his class and just the way...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize freshman cross country runner Emmy Pacetti as the sixth Player of the Week for the fall sports season.  “As a freshman, I wasn’t really expecting as much...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize senior Jackson Underwood as the fifth Player of the Week for the fall season. “We have a good chance of winning state this year,” Underwood said. “So I’m...

Tim Monihan and Farmer’s Insurance recognize senior volleyball player Ember Ness as the third Player of the Week of the fall sports season. “It’s hard most of the time taking AP classes and being a...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize junior football player Nolan Blackwell as the second Player of the Week for the fall sports season. “My contributions on the defensive side of the ball [is...

In this “Sports Update,” Staff Writer Peyton Chandler talks to varsity softball players senior Ella Bissonnette and freshman Allie McDowell about the season so far.  Click the image above to watch...

A big issue for sports teams is having to rebuild after losing the previous year’s seniors. This season, the Panthers will rely on 12. Four of those seniors are returning to football after not...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize sophomore Emma Garcia as the first Player of the Week for the fall sports season.  “Emma has completely dominated the circle for us early in the season,”...

After 14 years of teaching and coaching at Starr’s Mill High School, Jeff Schmidlkofer has announced his retirement from public school. “I’ve established a lot of really good relationships here, and...

Tim Monihan and Farmers Insurance recognize junior Grace Crockett as the 11th Player of the Week for the spring sports season. At the area tournament earlier this month, Crockett shot 82. She led the...

After 21 years at Starr’s Mill and 10 years at other schools, Spanish teacher Marcela Sample has announced her retirement.  “I’m very happy with what I did at Starr’s Mill,” Sample said. “I like all...

After more than three decades of dedication to teaching, math teacher Michelle Genovese is retiring from Starr’s Mill. She is closing a chapter in her career while keeping the door open for future...

After 32 years of teaching in total, 27 of those being at Starr’s Mill, economics teacher Walt Ellison has decided to retire. “On paper I can teach any of the maths, could teach special ed., could...