Alyssa Reeves, Reporter
May 14, 2018
The 2018 yearbook will be distributed Monday, May 14th. Seniors will go to the cafeteria in their 7th periods on Monday for senior distribution and the yearbook dedication ceremony. The yearbook will be distributed to freshmen, sophomores, and juniors in the quad and the library quad on Monday after school. Students should follow the signs to find where to go to receive the yearbook. The yearbook signing party will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Monday in the cafeteria. Students can come and get their yearb...
May 9, 2018
It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to earn straight As and we have a lot of outstanding students to honor this quarter. The following students have earned the highest grades in the school. Freshmen who earned at least a 4.0 GPA for the third quarter: Sitting: Natalie Bavinez Ortiz, Emalyne Davis, Judith Lopez Figueroa, Brooke Ashmore, Madison George, Phenix Harmer and Craig Popejoy. Kneeling: Ethan White, Chelsie Quintero, Natalie Rubio, Vinisha Keshav, Jeidy Perez, Roxana Jarrahian an...
Kilie Odle, Editor-In-Chief
May 3, 2018
Three of Taft Union High School’s star football players have been selected to play in the Army Bowl located at the Rabobank Arena in Bakersfield, CA. Friday, May 4th at 7 p.m., Maino Maino, Zackorie Tuaila and Fano Maui will be playing on teams along with the rest of Kern County’s best selected football players. As senior Maino Maino said, “The Army Bowl is a game where you take the best of the best in Kern County and allow the players to play the last football game while they are in high sch...
Jonah Armstrong, Team/In-depth Report Editor
April 27, 2018
Elizabeth Terrasas has resigned from her position as the Senior Accounting Technician of TUHS after thirteen years of service. Terrasas will be resigning effective on April 29th, and her new position will be at Norris School District in Bakersfield. Terrasas has contributed to Taft High through her hard work in the business office. She has dedicated her time away from her family for the betterment of Taft High--from assisting staff members to helping the countless students who her hard work and ...
James Buddell, Reporter/Chief Photographer
May 21, 2018
This year’s school play, choreographed and directed by Kelly Morris, the school’s drama teacher, ran throughout Mother’s Day weekend and a few days prior. During the scho...
Garrett Gibson, Sports Editor/Reporter
May 21, 2018
The senior AVID classes had to do a community-based project. This project was assigned to each and every senior who takes AVID as a class. The project was designed to teach the senio...
Kilie Odle, Edit
May 11, 2018
On Monday, May 7th, the senior boys of Taft High were placed on teams to battle it out in a game of girls’ indoor volleyball. The blue team vs. the gold team game had many spectators, many laughs, and much fun involved. The game went by relatively fast as the gold team made point after point, having had such ex...
Julia Sanchez, Features Editor
May 2, 2018
Seniors of Taft High spent their Tuesday at Taft College for the annual Cougar Day last week. This event gives local students a chance to preview the college community in their transition to the TC. Teachers Wesley Morris, Marsha Eubanks, Bradley VanRoekel, and John Usrey, along with counselor Tammy Sutherland led a...
Mariah Nevarez, Reporter
May 17, 2018
The Wildcat Invitational Wildcat Invitational was on March 17, 2018. Overall, the Wildcats have dominated the competition. The varsity Wildcat boys placed second and the varsity women’s team placed first. Some of the highlights of t...
May 16, 2018
TUHS athletes signed letters of intent in a special ceremony on Monday in the auditorium where some athletes voluntarily participated. Maino Maino and Fano Maui plan to attend Bakersfield College where they will play...
Garrett Gibson, Sports Editor
May 15, 2018
Last week with the defeat of Robert F. Kennedy, 31-0, our Lady Wildcats became 7-time S.S.L. champions. The Wildcats had a strong season with a league record of 11-1. Overall, they had a positive record as they won 1...
Jim Carnal, Coach
May 11, 2018
The Taft High’s varsity boys’ tennis team’s season came to an abrupt end Thursday when they played the unbeaten Yosemite Badgers and kept them that way. Taft, the No. 1 seed in Division III, lost 6-3 to the No. 4 seed...
