Features
Valentine’s Day: A Day to Ask, “How Well Do you Know Me?”
By: Tori Auckland/A&E Editor and Carissa Zawiski/Junior Assistant to the Editor
Valentine's Day is today, but how many couples actually know each other? We...
Sports
Lady Raiders Clench First Home Game Win of the Season
By: Sarah Marble/Senior Feature Editor
The crowds went wild as the Lady Raiders varsity girls basketball team beat the visiting Forest City Foresters...
Hoops, They Did It Again!
By: Kaylyn Lewis/Co-Sports Editor
The boys basketball team has been exceeding expectations this season. The Raiders are playing strong and are determined to have a successful...
Dishin’ and Swishin’
By: Kaylyn Lewis/Co-Sports Editor
The start of the new year means the start of the regular season for the girl's basketball team.
The Lady Raiders kicked off...
Raiders Celebrate Rachel
By: Kaylyn Lewis/Co-Sports Editor and Kaelin Hughes/Content Editor
On December 18th, the Lady Raiders faced the Lakeland Chiefs. The game was dedicated to the late...
Athlete Feature: Clarisa Millard
By: Carissa Zawiski/Junior Assistant to the Editor
Senior Clarisa Millard is the returning Captain of the Varsity Boys Basketball Cheerleading team. She began cheering when she...
Where Are The Juniors?
By: Kaylyn Lewis/Co-Sports Editor
No juniors? What? No juniors. For the first year in known history, there are no 11th graders playing on the girl's basketball...
News
Changes Coming to Cafeteria – Starting 2020-21
By: Elliot Maginely/Senior Writer
It is very common for children in school to feel some sort of stress. Homework, getting good grades, bullying,...
Prom Is Coming!
By: Peyton Gelinger/Junior Writer
Blue Ridge Presents…. The...
Scholarships Are Coming In!
By: Milia Stilloe/Sophomore Writer
Scholarships are finally coming in! Guidance counselor Mrs. Shauna Williams encourages students to "listen to the morning announcements and check the...
Seniors of 2020
Senior Feature: Madison Swisher
By: Ryan Glatzel/Junior Writer
"People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day." - Winnie the Pooh
During her high school career, Madison Swisher has...
Staff Thoughts
By: Peyton Gelinger/Junior Writer and Ryan Glatzel/Junior Writer
"Thoughts On Senior Class" is a Q and A segment on the Raider Reader. It is all about...
News In Brief
Prom Is Coming!
By: Peyton Gelinger/Junior Writer
Blue Ridge Presents…. The...
Scholarships Are Coming In!
By: Milia Stilloe/Sophomore Writer
Scholarships are finally coming in! Guidance counselor Mrs. Shauna Williams encourages students to "listen to the morning announcements and check the...
Pennies For Patients
By: Peyton Gelinger/Junior Writer
The Blue Ridge National Honor Society is having a “Pennies for Patients“ fundraiser. The fundraiser will benefit the Leukemia...
District Chorus Results!
By: Tori Auckland/A&E Editor
There is music in the air! Wednesday, January 15th, eleven chorus students took off to District Chorus! Almost all of the...
Take Our Poll
By: Carissa Zawiski/Junior Assistant to the Editor
Editorials
By: Kaelin Hughes/Content Editor
Welcome to the new decade! The "Roaring 20's" will bring us a plethora of new things in our lives,...
REVIEWS
Game Review: Apex Legends Season 4
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By: Ben Marble/Reviews Editor
Season 4 of Apex Legends came out on February 4th, 2020, a year after the game was released. Apex Legends is...
Movie Review: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
By: Ben Marble/Reviews Editor
The Rise Of Skywalker (TROS), is the ninth and final installment of the Star Wars Skywalker saga. After 42 years and...
Game Review: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
By: Ben Marble/Review Editor
Jedi: Fallen Order is an action-adventure game developed by Respawn Entertainment (developers of Titanfall and...
Arts
More Than What Meets the Eye: Dungeon Art
By: Taylor Holtzman/Freshman Writer
"The Dungeon," home to art classes, woodworking classes, and metal tech classes, is a place where the most creative part of...
WVIA Artists of the Week
By: Ryan Glatzel/Junior Writer
On Thursday November 21st, 2019, three Blue Ridge art students participated in the WVIA, Public Broadcasting Service, Artist of the Week.
Junior...