The Harbinger: 4th Quarter Photo Magazine: 2022-23

TOGETHER.

6 A spread about senioritis and how it impacts seniors as the year comes to a close

9 FEATURE 3 CLASSES 19EVENTS

A magazine composed of photo essays from fourth quarter created by the Harbinger photography staff

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A spread of the 988 concert raising money for suicide awareness

A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS...

We appreciate you taking the time to view our second issue of The Harbinger’s photo magazine! We can’t wait for everyone to see the topics our photo staff has cover and the hard work they put into producing these pages over the last quarter. Inside you will fnd a variety of photo stories based from classes, individual features and school events. Keep an eye out for more issues next year!

A LOOK INSIDE

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we keep losing people each year,” Morales said. “I feel like the school needs

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ABOVE During the “Welcoming to the City of Withdrawn Wishes” scene, senior Libby McShane plays Wishing Wella in Field’s musical “Reverie,” which premiered on April 12. photo by I claire goettsch

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Sophomore Caroline Black holds a lever in a lab in Susan Hallstrom’s physical science class where they measure the force needed to lift the lever based on weight. “It was really fun, we did some other labs like this with weights and balancing it,” Black said.

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LEFT Sophomore Maggie Condon paints the windows of the fifth-floor staircase with the first part of the SevenDays® slogan. “I got involved because Mrs. Pence offered Student Council members to help at a meeting and I thought there was no reason to say no, it seemed like the obvious answer,” Condon said.

LEFT To honor the legacies of her loved ones killed in a hate crime, Mindy Corporon, who founded SevenDays®, speaks to the community gathered at the Kindness Walk.

“It’s for visualization and community interaction, to show people that we can come together as a community and get along, we don’t have to be afraid of one another,” Corporon said.

BELOW On the last day of Kindness Week, all seven daily themes are painted on the staircase windows. SevenDays® has a competition for students to submit their own designs to represent each daily theme.

“Everything that we do is very student oriented,” Corporon said. “That’s really because I was not finished parenting when [my son] was taken from me.”

Students participate in the SevenDays® experience, a week long event with daily themes to help students practice kindness classes

ABOVE Student staffers at Columbia Brew participate in the SevenDays® program by wearing designated pins for each day.

“Seeing students wearing pins and stickers in the hall shows how many people want to spread kindness,” senior Mallory Keal said.

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IDEAS FAMILIAR FACES,

Sophomores running in the 2023-2024 class officer elections campaign and give speeches to share their visions for each position

Freshman Addi Hall starts her speech about what she can do to strengthen her school and class. Addi was one of the two people running for vice president, which was the only position unopposed.

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TOP RIGHT Future sophomore Vice President Addi Hall hangs up her posters on the fifth floor with other current freshmen. She worked alongside Claire Polanco to help campaign, and continue their time on the student council. photo by I paige bean

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ABOVE Freshman Claire Polanco talks

qualifications

for the next year. Polanco kept her position as secretary. photo by I will griffith

RIGHT Freshmen Will Shelton and Christian Shaw cheer on Hank Hunter before his speech. Hunter ran for vice president. photo by I will griffith

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senioritis takeover

As the school year comes to an end, seniors feel the effects of senioritis; symptoms include slacking off, missing school and a general lack of motivation

ABOVE Late and dismissal passes pile up in senior Morgan Turpin’s backpack. “All semester I went to weights at 6:30 a.m. everyday, but now I’m just over it,” said Turpin.

RIGHT Seniors and Columbia Brew employees Greta Dickerson, Lucy Covell and Spencer Blacketer watch Frozen in the coffee shop during their shift.

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sits in his seventh AP Literature class. Even though the majoirty of students were unable to take the AP Exam due to technical difficulties, Mrs. Andersen’s classroom was mostly empty.

“I mean we are done with real work, so I tell my students if they want to be called out, that’s fine at this point,” said Andersen.

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Senior Connor Burrows

ABOVE Fashion, apparel and interior design teacher Brianne Stockman updates her school countdown sign daily, showing seniors the limited time they have left.

“i’m just worn out” - morgan turpin

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I BE inspired getting

LEFT Juniors Nora Harring, Greyson Imm, Drew Trucksess and Abi Limbird admire a triptych, an art piece made up of three panels. “My biggest take away from the trip is just how many local artists there are in our area that are insanley talented and their work deserves to be seen,” Limbird said. photo by I lydia coe

BELOW Junior Liv Noble paints the outline of her project. She has placed tape around the outside her board to allow her to paint her border without accidentally interfering with her work. photo by I ryan dehan

BELOW Junior Nora Herring takes a photo of a piece of art as inspiration for her IB art portfolio. photo by I lydia coe

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Students in IB Art travel to the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center to gain inspirations for their IB Art portfolios

BELOW Juniors Nora Herring and Abi Limbird point out their favorite pieces to eachother. “I remember being super interested and using them as inspiration for my IB portfolio,” Limbird said. photo by I lydia coe

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Sophomore Ethan Brown lays in the grass in between discus throws at the SM Northwest JV track meet. “When [the measurers] rolled the discus back it hit my foot so it really hurt to stand. I just thought laying down would probably be better,” Brown said.

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RISING

After two canceled “Senior Sunrises”, a group of seniors gathered together to watch the sunrise in the parking lot unofficially

T O GETHER

ABOVE Seniors Charlotte Emley, Hadley Chapman and

pose for a photo together on top of one of the cars. “We couldn’t really see the sunrise just standing up so we decided to get on top of the car where we had a much better view,” Emley said. “I had really been looking forward to the senior sunrise so I was still glad we got to do it with a couple friends. It’s just one of those things we won’t have next year so we figured might as well do something.”

ABOVE Senior Riley Eck orders Starbucks on the way to the sunrise. “Since there wasn’t breakfast provided anymore, we all just decided to bring our own food,” Eck said. “In that moment I was just tired and questioning myself for being up so early, but the Starbucks made it worth it in the end. I was super surprised it was canceled and had no idea that the weather was supposed to be bad so I was pretty shocked.”

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LEFT Due to the colder weather, until the majority of the group arrived the first few to get there got in each others cars to stay warm. “I was hoping the weather would have turned out nicer, but I felt lucky that we still got to see at least a little bit of a sunrise”, senior Elle Gedman said.

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TOP RIGHT Senior Macy Crosser captures a photo of the first glimpse of the sunrise from the trunk of her car.

SLIDING

Coach Mallory Dittemore jumps into her first year as the varsity softball coach with past experinces from t-ball to a travelling softball team in high school

LEFT Coach Dittemore gathers up her players in a circle and explains what their practice will consist of. Dittemore then listed off names of girls on two different teams for their practice scrimmage. “It was very stressful at first but I feel like I’m finally in the swing of things,” Dittemore said.

BELOW Varsity players laugh with coach Dittemore after she explains a joke said by junior Alexis O’roark earlier in practice.

practicing her swing before going up to bat in the top of the fifth inning. The outcome of this game against Mill Valley gave the Lancers a new record of 4-10.

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up a two to show how many outs there were so far in the top of the first inning. “I think we are setting a good foundation this year,” Dittemore said.

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Coach Dittemore

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LEFT A varisty player high fives coach Dittemore while

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FRITZ, KATE &

FOLK

chairs, blankets,

snacks

“First Day of my life by Brighteyes”.

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Seniors Fritz Sullivan and Kate Whitefield hosted a free folk concert out of Sullivan’s garage studio

LEFT Sullivan and Whitefield both sang and played guitar for nearly two hours, singing a set list of originals, covers and duets. Sullivan used a banjo for one of the songs. photo by I mj wolf

LEFT Friends, family, and neighbors gathered in the Sullivans’ driveway at 6pm. Sullivan’s mom provided

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ABOVE One of Sullivan’s guitars leans up on a cabinent in his studio garage behind him and Whitefield.

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LEFT Whitefield plays

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ABOVE Juniors Sam Williamson and Solomon Puckett smile as Sullivan teases Williamson for wearing Sullivan’s flannel. photo by I audrey condon

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ABOVE Freshman collectively design a section of the side walk. “The main point of decorating the sidewalk is to show all the seniors how much we appreciate them and wish them luck for next year,” freshman Andi Prendiville said. photo by

Freshmen Sage Lickteig, Emerson Lindberg and Stella Lindberg design a section of the side walk. “Me and my friends love doing creative activities and we all have seniors we’re going to miss,” Lickteig said. photo by I

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LEFT Freshman Clara Breneman draws a heart on the side walk for her brother, senior Carter Breneman.

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OVER VIOLENCE VOICE

East students particpate in a National Walkout to protest against gun violence organized by East Against Gun Violence, where students share their personal experiences and demand reform among representatives

“It’s crazy that I have to fear my life just coming to school.”

- Ego Babick

RIGHT East students gather around KSHB 41 news reporters outside of school property, waiting to be interviewed. Students held signs in the background of the interviews to represent their support. photo by I macy crosser

BELOW Senior Paris Martin holds a sign while listening to senior Gia Sorce speak at the walkout. Around 250 East students walked out of class to participate in the National Walk Out organized by Students Demand Action. photo by I emily pollock

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LEFT Freshman

Kimberly Morales, senior Carmen Lukazewski and sophomore Lucy Oligmueller stand directly behind a fence to frame the background for news reporters. Holding handmade signs, Morales hopes to get the message accross about gun violence and regulation.

LEFT Senior Anohita Paul talks to KSHB 41 news about how people in higher power are desensitized to gun violence because they do not feel the impact as much as students do.

LEFT East Against Gun Violence co-presidents

Emma Kuhlman and Emma Krause speak to students who gathered at the walkout. “We know that SMSD doesn’t have the power alone to stop the insane number of deaths and injuries that occur daily at the hands of gun violence,” Kuhlman said. “But we do know that by participating in this national walkout, our protests will not go unnoticed.”

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INTO SPRING

The Lancer Dancers performed at the Spring Show, themed “Shine Bright,” where each senior performed a sols and the teams showcased their dances from the year

ABOVE Lancer Dancer’s perform their opening number at dress rehearsal. Senior Julie Grigg’s sprained her foot at this rehearsal.

“I’m glad I was able to walk on it and do little bits of dancing here and there in the showcase even if it wasn’t ‘real’ because it was important to be on the stage with my teammtes,” Griggs said. photo by I

ABOVE The varsity squad performs their opening section of the Mancer Dancer routine to the song “Only Girl” by Rihanna right before the Mancer Dancer’s join the stage. photo by I

LEFT Sophomore Lola Condon holds a makeup mirror backstage as she applies her stage makeup alongside her teammates before performing varsity’s opening number. photo by I kate beaulieu

peforms her senior solo to the song “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. “It is a really impactful song about the journey of life and I thought it was fitting since dance has really given me a purpose in life growing up,” Guck said.

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LEFT Senior Avery Guck

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HEAL

Sophomore competive tennis player Macy Garwood recovers from tendonitis in her wrist that keeps her off the court for 5 months

& HIT

BELOW Garwood serves the ball to her tennis coach, Eric Rand. “I never really saw it as a big set back for her,” Rand said. “With sports there are always going to be injuries, but during that time we were able to have the opportunity to work on a lot of other parts of her game.”

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RIGHT Garwood serves the ball during a private lesson on April 19. Garwood now tapes her wrist for every practice and match after removing her brace.

RIGHT Garwood waits in a ready position to return the ball in a drill. Due to her injury, she was forced to sit out for her sophomore season. “I was mainly disappointed because I couldn’t try for the state tournament,” Garwood said. “High school season is really fun, but I still have two more years.”

ABOVE Garwood retapes her wrist with KT tape in the middle of practice. Her wrist first started to hurt last September.

“I was pretty certain it was tendonitis from the beginning,” Garwood said.

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MASTERMINDS

MAG C? OR

Juniors from Mr. Appier’s AP Chemistry class perform “magic tricks” with chemical reactions at the Shawnee Mission Science Night for elementary kids

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assists junior Anna Thelen in lighting a match for Thelen’s experiment. Once lit, Thelen places the fire next to the balloon, which caused the balloon to explode with a bang. This occured because the balloon contained oxygen.

BELOW Junior Anna Thelen creates a big explosion by holding up a fire stick to a balloon filled with hydrogen and oxide. “It’s so fun to see the kid’s reaction and how excited they get about the experiments,” Thelen said.

RIGHT Junior Aanya Bansal performs the Iodine clock reaction, which is a famous reaction for its dramtic color change from clear to blue. “It was difficult having to time the reaction perfectly to match what I was saying,” Bansal said.

Junior Reece Algren

ABOVE Junior Reece Algren walks in the audience to give elementary students a chance to feel the temperature of the substance in the Erlenmeyer flask. Students are able to feel that the temperature is hot, even though the once liquid appeared to freeze during the reaction.

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Senior Thomas Gogel follows through with a gap wedge at the start of a hole. Gogel fnished the match against Rockhurst ahead 3 holes with 2 remaining.

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ROARING ROARING 2023’S

ABOVE Junior Brennan Montalbano dances with a flapper to the jazz band’s music. “I felt like I’d regret not dancing with any of the dancers,” Montalbano said. “We did the Charleston and a bunch of other dances and we were both smiling and laughing as we danced. I was on cloud nine.”

BELOW A professional flapper and her dance partner, Carlye Stone and Patrick Stone, perform a swing dance to a jazz song played by the band. The performers are husband and wife who instruct at Ballroom KC.

this event

Student Council planned a Roaring 20’s themed prom at Starlight Theatre

BELOW Junior class

Ryder Hendon positions the backdrop with juniors Isaac Anderson and Ira Finkleston. “I was happy to see our work had payed off when everyone enjoyed our set-up at prom that night,” Hendon said.

feathered centerpieces. “We worked really hard to handmake probably 90% of the pieces and decorations,” Limbird said. “To see them executed the way we’d envisioned them was my biggest goal.”

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LEFT Junior class special events committee chair Abi Limbird sets up

LEFT A drummer for “The Kicks Band” plays a song for the juniors and seniors at prom.

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Juniors Autumn Sun and Katie Murphy hosted pickleball prom and crowned royalty the Sunday after prom

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RIGHT Junior Autumn Sun prepares for the tournament two hours before it begins by drawing lines on the court. “We created a sign up genius, made draws, ordered crowns and awards, then got to the courts early and set up tables, paddles and labeled courts.” Sun said.

MIDDLE LEFT Junior Katie Murphy organizes the brackets after they get taped up against the fence. There was a primary bracket and a secondary bracket.

MIDDLE RIGHT Juniors Nora Friskel and Andy Greaves are crowned as the winners of Pickleball Prom after the championship match. “I play pickleball with my family occasionally but I didn’t do any preparation for pickleball prom.” Friskel said. “It was fun to be able to play against my friends and win.”

RIGHT Junior Andy Greaves plays in the championship match with his partner junior Nora Friskel. Greaves and Friskel won the match, and became Pickleball Prom champions.

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GIVING

The Super Smash Bros Tournament with 32 competitng contestants donated proceeds to Feeding America Charity

GAMING AND

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Sophomores

Andrew Levin and Aidan Schmidt play a practice Smash Bros match on Schmidt’s Nintendo Switch during the competition.

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Sophomore Alex Taylor reaches for a handshake after winning as senior Ian Shalton kicks back in defeat at the end of their match. photo by I mason

MIDDLE LEFT Sophomore Daniel Au, the organizer and host of the event, writes the result of a match in the bracket. “The main things that I want to change [for next time] are probably the bracket I’ve made [and] then I would also try to get some more people to help me out,” Au said. “I think it went really well.” photo by I alex sajna

LEFT Seniors Sammy Hicks and Harold Treml watch as senior Spencer Collins competes against freshman Joseph Whittacre during the competition. Hicks made it to the final match, falling to senior Roberto Galicia. Galicia won $50 of the $125 as an amazon gift card. The rest was donated to the Feeding America Charity. photo by I mason sajna

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RELAY

FOR LIVES

Relay for Life consisted of games, food and live music to raise money for the American Cancer Society

performed an hour-long set before the tournament began. “Me and Kate got asked to sing before the games begun and we ran through a couple of our favorite songs, while also playing my all time favorite, ‘Tennessee Whiskey’,” Sullivan said.

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LEFT The Relay for Life trophies were put on display for the winners of the tournament. The winning team was “Super Swag,” consisting of seniors Cole Jackson, Ethan Boren, Will Alexander, Aiden Winne, Elijah Hense, Reece Kaneda, Will Feagans, Emerson Bihuniak, JC Weeks and Eddie Leopold.

to play dodgeball in the first round of the tournament.

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LEFT Senior Grace Knoff passes the hula hoop to senior Abry Steinbrecher during their second round of the tournament.

FAR LEFT Junior Margot Beaver and seniors Reese Birch and Anna Mitchell get ready

RIGHT Seniors Fritz Sullivan and Kate Whitefield

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HOPE AND

ABOVE Senior Kurt Freeman thanks everyone for coming to the concert before performing the final song of the night. “[The concert] was the first time I’ve ever performed in front of like a crowd of my own music, so it was nerve-racking, but it was so much fun,” Freeman said. “There were a lot of things I expected to happen but in the end, it turned more into just going out there and having fun.”

LEFT Senior Gretchen Garbe takes a group selfie with Freeman and other friends at the end of the concert. Freeman raised over $400 in donations for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline. Though Freeman is graduating this year, they hope to do another similar local event in the future. “If I had done [the concert] sophomore year, I would’ve continued doing it every single year,” Freeman said.

Cameron, Fritz Sullivan, Kate Whitefield and Grace Piper Fields.

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BOTTOM RIGHT Senior Caroline Wood listens to senior Kate Whitefield perform her original song, “Together Again”, written about her cousin. “I was scanning the crowd looking for people’s reactions since it was a more emotional song,” Whitefield said. ”It was a great audience. And they were very respectful during the more mellow songs and they were into it during more upbeat songs.”

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ABOVE An audience member takes a video of seniors Libby McShane and Kurt Freeman performing an original song written by Freeman titled “Tides.” The song is a part of Freeman’s new album that will be released on May 6.

LEFT Senior Kate Whitefield performs Valerie by Amy Winehouse. “[Valerie] is one of my favorites to perform” Whitefield said, “Cause people like really know that song and they respond well to it, so I was just having a good time.”

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generous COMPETITION

In multiple rounds of competition, Junior Board teams pitched their year long student-led research project to a panel of judges to earn a grant for their non-profit organization

LEFT Freshman Catherine Beltrame explains her group’s non-profit, The Golden Scoop, to the judges, winning first place. “It was so exciting, we were so giddy and facetimed eachother jumping around,” Beltrame said.

BELOW Junior Nina

rehearses her part of the pitch by reading notecards at her team’s practice rehearsal. Yun’s team went over their presentation several times before the final competition.

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pitch for the non profit Care Beyond the Boulevard. Care Beyond the Boulevard won third place, granting their non profit $1,500.

LEFT A group of sophomores pitch their non profit, The Sunflower House, to the judges during the first round of presentations. The Sunflower House did not make it to the final round, but still won a $500 grant.

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ABOVE Judge Liz Connell marks the rubric while

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WIPEOUT

The SHARE program held a volleyball tournament collecting toilet paper for Safe Home KC

LEFT SHARE recieves toilet paper donations from participants in the tournament. “It was a great and fun learning experience and we partnered up with Safe Home KC as a fundraiser for them,” SHARE exec Riley Eck said.

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MIDDLE Junior Syl Brundige spikes the ball during his match at the volleyball torunament. “This year we added some cancelation games in between normal bracket play, which made everyone stick around longer and watch the final match. It also definitely made it more appealing knowing they didn’t only get to play one round if they lost,” SHARE exec Riley Eck said. photo by I charlotte emley

ABOVE The volleyball tournament winners “The OG’s” pose for a group photo at the end while celebrating their win. “Every game was super close, but the final game we were down so much no one thought we could win and we shocked everyone and won,” senior CJ Leonard said.

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LEFT Future SHARE exec junior Maddie Doyle loads Grace Milroy’s car with toilet paper that was donated for Safe Home KC.

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Senior SHARE exec RIley Eck goes over the rules before the tournament starts. “We spent weeks planning and making the promo videos because they always attract more people, ” Eck said.

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Caroline Martucci

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