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The Voice of the Wildkats

The Student News Site of Willis High School

The Voice of the Wildkats

The Student News Site of Willis High School

The Voice of the Wildkats

PODCAST: Construction science

PODCAST: Construction science

by Brenan Mansker, VOW Multimedia editor Oct 14, 2021

PROUD AND PINK. On Pink Out Night in the game against The Woodlands, seniors Xzavier Ross, Tanner Hayes, Jorge Garcia and Trevor Jones run on the field at Woodforest Stadium. The game was held on a Thursday because The Woodlands shares stadiums with College Park, Oak Ridge, Grand Oaks, Conroe and Caney Creek High Schools.

Thursday night lights add different perspective to traditional football

by GinElla Mire, VOW staff Oct 13, 2021

The Sweethearts line up in the victory line as the band warms up for the evening. The trainers set up their equipment and the cheerleaders take selfies before stretching and warming up. The stands of Woodforest...

LOVE ON TOUR. After selling out Madison Square Garden five times.

Styles earns Golden Ticket after New York performances

by Katherine Lee, VOW editor Oct 8, 2021

Elton John. Bon Jovi. Fleetwood Mac. Harry Styles. This elite list of names has two things in common, being worldwide phenomenons and having received the Madison Square Garden Gold Ticket Award. This...

PINK OUT. Playing against the Woodlands Highlanders, the Wildkats wore pink for breast cancer awareness month.

Wildkats show support at Pink Out football game

by Summer Rains, VOW editor Oct 8, 2021

Mothers, sisters and grandmothers. About one in eight U.S women will get invasive breast cancer over the course of her life and one in 39 women will die from breast cancer. Breast cancer is most commonly...

THE REAL DEAL. Gossip and false facts are dominating the world of media while hard hitting stories are pushed aside.

Journalism core shatters as media turns focus to gossip, speculation

by Heather Jackson, VOW photography manager Oct 8, 2021

Investigative reporters, rebels and muckrakers. These are the people who got in the nitty-gritty of what was going on in their communities and fought for reform. They discovered the truth and passed...

THAT A GIRL. At the game against Conroe, senior Georgia Everett congratulates senior Rylee McDonald after a great play. The team fought hard and lost in five sets to the district rival.

Volleyball fights hard against district rivals

by Stephanie Keele, VOW Multimedia editor Oct 8, 2021

Purple surrounds the visitor side of the gym. Faces are red as players dive and spike the ball into the air. The stands cheering “We… Are…. Willis…” after every touch by the LadyKats. Both...

THERES SOMEONE INSIDE YOUR HOUSE. The new film on Netflix is a slasher film worth watching.

Netflix’s new slasher film worthy of spooky season movie night

by Stephanie Keele, VOW Multimedia editor Oct 8, 2021

There’s Someone Inside Your House. (2021) TV-MA As soon as the candy corn and pumpkins hit the store shelves, spooky season officially begins in the hearts of many. With the talk of trick or treating,...

TEACHING WITH SPIRIT. Embracing the Anything but a Backpack theme, math teacher Jennifer Mitchell teaches one of her many DC classes. She teaches college algebra, statistic and trig for DC students.

Taking DC classes now will help students later

by Katherine Lee, VOW editor Oct 7, 2021

The clock is ticking. Juniors and seniors have a short two years to build up their college transcripts and filling it with various clubs and challenging courses. An advantage of the high school is that...

COLLEGE NIGHT. Lone Star College hosts College Night on Oct. 12 for juniors and seniors. This event will prepare students for filling out college applications and FAFSA.

College Night at Lone Star College helps prepare for application process

by Katherine Lee, VOW editor Oct 7, 2021

Transcripts. Letters of recommendation. School involvement. GPA. Class rank. These factors will haunt high school students as they prepare to apply for college. Adding on the stress of having to fill out...

FREE GUY. Ryan Reynolds stars in Free Guy, a movie about characters in a vido game.

‘Free Guy’ explores the video game life of NPCs

by Hannah Hartman, VOW staff Oct 7, 2021

Free Guy (2021) PG-13 Known for such action rolls as Dead Pool and Green Lantern, Ryan Reynolds is not a stranger to blockbusters. Many of the roles played by Ryan Reynolds have spawned video games...

DANCE IN THE RAIN. A small shower during lunch was the perfect time for junior Yabi Paulino and senior Janice Maldonado to play in the rain.

Take time to dance in the rain

by Janice Talley, VOW Around Campus editor Oct 7, 2021

With a stormy day in view, students take a wet situation and make it a time to have fun. During lunch, on the patio, students got to witness a raging storm. Instead of watching the rain pour down, kids...

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