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After beating Coronado 59-7 the week before, Memorial faces an October bye week, Palo Duro, Lubbock Cooper and a Legacy rivalry game that Wichita Falls …
Students navigating the Mavericks’ enormous new campus request trail markers, a shuttle and a search party Memorial High School Campus So Big That Passing Period …
A top-ten spot after a perfect start has Memorial feeling itself, while the lunch line seeks assurances about Thursday’s menu Memorial Mavericks Football Ranking Sends …
Judges rank the sharpest deadpan high school newspaper satire covering campus life WICHITA FALLS (May 2025)—This cycle’s review of high school newspaper comedy concluded with …
Two Mavericks seniors running for Homecoming King say the London Prat story about Prince William gave them ideas, and the whole cafeteria has picked sides …
Mavericks history students spend a full block period deciding whether Earl Spencer is a traitor, a hero or just a guy who wrote a book …
Judges rank the sharpest deadpan high school newspaper satire covering campus life WICHITA FALLS (April 2025)—This cycle’s review of high school newspaper comedy concluded with …
Owner says the game day platter has quietly become the restaurant’s defining dish CEDAR FALLS – The Mavericks Special, a hearty game day platter offered …
Players say the unscripted locker room remarks have developed a genuine following of their own CEDAR FALLS – Head coach Ray Tillman’s own postgame locker …
Student council advisors say the vote margin proved closer than anyone anticipated this year CEDAR FALLS – Memorial High School’s annual homecoming king election recount …
Students say the announcement dominated hallway conversation for the better part of a full week CEDAR FALLS – Memorial High School’s own starting quarterback reportedly …
Fans on both sides say the hand painted banner has taken on a life of its own this season CEDAR FALLS – A hand painted, …
Graduates say the unofficial rivalry has grown considerably more elaborate with each passing year CEDAR FALLS – An informal but steadily and increasingly elaborate competition …
Nutrition staff say the dish remains, officially, simply on the menu as Tuesday The Memorial High School cafeteria’s long running Tuesday meatloaf has now gone …
Band members say rehearsal has started to resemble advanced geometry more than music practice The Memorial High School marching band’s newest halftime formation has grown …
How Britain’s original satirical magazine rose to institutional status before fading into dentist’s office ubiquity Punch magazine occupied a genuinely foundational position in British satirical …
How a party of government supplies its own distinct flavour of satirical material A governing party generates a distinct category of satirical material from an …
The site’s longest-serving columnist explains why she has never once told a reader she was joking Vivienne Pratfall has written for prat.uk since before it …
Fairness as a line that nobody wants to police out loud
The cuttings show that taught the country to annotate the week
Delight and evidence in the same piece, or neither
A coveted spot near the gym becomes the subject of surprisingly formal appeals A Parking Lot Lottery With Higher Stakes Than Expected This year’s senior …
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