Despite the preseason hype and winning reputation, the Owasso Rams Football team had a rough start to the season. The season kicked off with the Rams on the wrong side of a 49-14 blowout. Then, to add to the rough start, injuries piled up for the Rams, and their record fell to a mere 1-4 going into the homecoming game. A homecoming game, that is, without senior quarterback Mason Willingham who sustained an injury in the previous week’s game.

Among many of the clubs at Owasso High School, the African American Heritage Club stands out as a supportive, community-based group highly deserving of every student’s support. Sponsored by Ms. McCammon, the club serves as a safe space for African American students to come together and discuss issues relating to personal grievances, recent news and minority communities. The club is one of the most open and caring groups one could find on campus.

Keaton Curtis is a 17-year-old Owasso senior and has been making money for his beats on youtube since 2018. Since then, Curtis has achieved many accomplishments, such as hitting his first million streams with a self-produced beat. The song was published under the Rap duo “Homicidesquad” and was performed live in Brooklyn when the duo opened for Playboi Carti earlier this year.

It’s rare that a show based on another piece of media is leagues better than its counterpart; luckily for us, CD Projekt RED set the bar low with “Cyberpunk: 2077,” putting “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” on a pedestal from the get-go. Edgerunners is based within the confines of the Cyberpunk universe, but in no way is it confined.

Mrs. Mindy Bettridge is one of Owasso’s most treasured teachers. She is the lead choral director for the Owasso Choir, as well as a new addition to the OSU teaching staff where she teaches Choral Literature. The most welcoming and loving person, Bettridge is honestly one of the best people to learn from here at OHS.

Clothing makes a strong first impression. It may not seem important in the moment, but how someone looks is a significant factor in expressing individuality. Some students in Owasso have found a way to manipulate this first impression and all interactions that follow with something they call “style.” While many students may walk into their closet, spin in a circle and pick whatever clothes they land on, a few Owasso Rams choose their outfits intricately. 

Owasso’s Sports Medicine team has gained a new member this year who has made a great addition to an already great team. Kate Gready graduated from the University of Tulsa back in May and has been working at Owasso, her first job since graduation, for about four months now.

Nearly two years after 2020’s “Man on the Moon III,” Kid Cudi makes his long-awaited return with his 8th album and an accompanying animated film. “Entergalactic” arrived on Sept. 30, 2022, with an album drop on streaming platforms and a Netflix film release. The album is intended to be a soundtrack for the film, with songs directly touching on characters and plot points.

How do you use the internet? For most, it’s a safe place to share their thoughts, feelings and creations with friends, family and strangers alike. Others use it as a means of watching personalities, celebrities and events that they can only dream of attending. Below all else are the people who use the internet to lie, cheat, and steal from others. Because they’re all online, it’s okay, right?

Owasso Highschool is proud to have three recipients this year. Seniors Carina Galutia, Will Earnhart and Eli Hall are members of this elite class of high school scholars. Their years of hard work, along with their incredibly brilliant minds, have helped them earn this accomplishment and open doors for their future academic endeavors.

Art: what is it? The question is not as stupid as it sounds. Art, in short, is what one makes it to be. Art is a mode of expression to say something that cannot be simply put into words. Here at Owasso High School, many students take this expression to the fullest extent.

The one-act competition is something that Owasso High School has participated in for years. “Kaleidoscope” is the one-act selected this year for the Owasso theater department's first contest piece and it seems the students in the department were ecstatic.

One of Owasso’s very own art teachers, Mrs. Collins, was accepted last week to be in the 2022 Plaza Walls Mural Expo in Oklahoma City! People that had been chosen to participate years prior would get to paint their mural, and then the next year, new artists would be brought in to paint over their masterpieces and create something new.

The Owasso boys wrestling team has started off the year with a new head coach, Kyle Ryan. Coach Ryan is the son of Mike Ryan, who was the previous head coach at Owasso High School. Coach Ryan was greatly influenced by his dad throughout his wrestling career and into his journey as a coach.

The choir is usually overlooked at Owasso High School, though with hundreds of trophies and plaques hanging on their walls, it should be quite the opposite. In light of this prestigious reputation, Owasso has been chosen annually to host the NCDA All-District auditions. This year Owasso students will host and audition to compete against other students from the top choirs in the district.

Owasso High School is a fairly large school with about 3,000 students. With that many students, there are copious amounts of different courses offered beyond the basic English and math classes. While this is true, some students at Owasso High are voicing their opinions that the school needs to offer a new variety of courses. Let’s hear what four different OHS students have to say about this.