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New Volleyball Rules
On February 20th, 2024, the NCAA Women’s Volleyball season will come with a new rule allowing setters to double on the second contact. According to the NCAA, this rule was brought into the game to make it more consistent with fewer fouling errors. Bulldog’s head coach Darrin McBroom sits on…
Undefeated Girls Track&Field
The Northwest Girls Track & Field team consists of many student-athletes who have worked diligently throughout the three years that the program has been running. The team has high hopes for the 2024 season, so far they have had lots of success in the outdoor season. The Northwest Girls Track…
Pickleball Club
A sport known only to a few just 10 years ago was propelled into the limelight by COVID-19, pickleball. As of the current day an estimated 35 million Americans played pickleball within the year. With 2023 total participation is up 84% from the previous year per SFIA reports. What makes…
Womens March Madness
The 2024 women’s NCAA basketball tournament has been the most popular in history with many riveting games and standout players. Women’s basketball and women’s sports in general have long been overshadowed by the more popular, and more showcased men’s sports. The women’s division was constantly overlooked; for example, the vast…
IHSPA Award-Winning Articles
Each spring the Iowa High School Press Association holds a contest for student journalists to submit their best work from the year. This year, the Tenth Street Times was honored to receive 16 awards. This is also the second year in a row that the Tenth Street Times was a…
Maverick Inman: Record Breaker
Northwest High School receiver Maverick Inman broke three school records throughout the 2023 football season: yards in a game, single-season touchdowns and single-season yards. He finished the season with 751 yards alongside 8 touchdowns. Inman stated, “I was focused on winning games… it was obviously pretty cool, but it was…
The Blue and Silver Gazette- NOW UP!
Check out our new edition of the BS Gazette Below!
Teachers opinions on the A+
Many teachers at Northwest High School dislike the A+ when grading, because of the ways it is misused and causes immense stress for students. The grading system at Northwest is fairly unique because the majority of local schools either do not have a GPA boost from the A+ or do…
Term Limits and Health Issues in Congress
Many United States citizens have grown concerned at the recent health struggles of aging U.S. politicians, demanding stricter term limits. The concerns were brought on after political leaders, such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel, who appeared to freeze during an interview twice, have been seen publicly struggling with health…
Modern Movies Fall as AI Rises
2023 was a big year for movies, from the sensational ‘Barbie-Heimer’ to animations such as ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ but many people still wonder if new movies will stick it up or falter to the old Hollywood standards. Junior Isaac Hulgan-Hicks thinks not. “Movies today could never top the 80s-90s…