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By Sarah Burnett Time to dust off those caps and goggles! After almost two years, the River Hill High School club swim team is finally getting ready to compete at the annual Howard County Invitational swim meet. Columbia Aquatics Association (CAA) usually hosts a yearly swim meet for the athletes of Howard county. HCPSS does…
By Daniel Maiorana Howard County will be enforcing all spring sport athletes and coaches to keep their masks on during practices and games. Judging by all the COVID-19 outbreaks there were during the fall sports season, Howard County wants to make sure there won’t be any more in the spring. Yes, lacrosse is a contact…
By: Gabe Kamins, Co-Editor-in-Chief With the Hawks up 16-0 early in the second half, the Marriotts Ridge Mustangs were searching for any glimmer of hope. They faced improbable odds in the second half last year against River Hill too, and were able to come up big. With the ball near midfield on 4th…
By Emmy Ribero River Hill’s class of 2021 has an impressive range of college acceptances. A large percentage of seniors were admitted to many competitive schools, making all their hard work in high school pay off. There are five seniors this year that were admitted into ivy league schools: Andrew Zhao, Isabelle Wu, Zach Lee,…
By Sarah Burnett Everyone has always joked about how it’s “impossible” to get into an ivy league. But this year, it actually came pretty close to it. There has been a dramatic drop in college acceptance rates this year, because most colleges became test optional for the 2020-2021 admissions cycle. There was a large increase…
by Sicily Houk, Current staff writer Rolling into the new year, schools are finally ready to open back up. COVID has been tough for everyone and now we are ready to pick up where we left off. The new schedule for this year has many benefits and drawbacks.Many challenges may come with this new schedule due…
by Maire Crooks, Current staff writer If you drive down Empty Song Road on a Friday night, chances are a food truck will be parked off to the side feeding hungry neighbors. Many members of the River Hill community welcome the vehicles, but others have raised concerns. The Friday Night Food Truck neighborhood tradition started in 2020…
by Claire Burnett, Current staff writer On March 4th and 5th, Angel’s Network hosted their 24th annual talent show as a fundraiser for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center. Usually the talent show is held in-person at the River Hill High School auditorium, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year it had to be fully virtual. Grace Jiang, a…
By Daniel Maiorana The regular season for the boys varsity soccer team has ended, and there are a lot of positives to take away from the season. Ending the season 6-2, and losing two games by only a 1 goal margin, the Hawks have lots of confidence going into the playoffs. The Hawks’ fast paced…
It was quite the two-game stretch for junior WR/CB Devron Johnson (above). He scored a key touchdown against Atholton and then followed it up with a three-interception performance against Mt. Hebron. (Handout) By: Gabe Kamins, Co-Editor-in-Chief The Hawks didn’t play their best football these past two weeks, struggling offensively with turnovers and too…