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The hockey team celebrates after one of their many comeback wins this season.

A recap of winter’s victories

Albeit the stormy weather, Gloucester High School's spring athletes are in strict preparation for the upcoming season. The runners are set up on the starting blocks, the hitters are getting warm in the...

Dylan Rochford, Skye Ciolino, Grace Castellucci, and Seamus Linehan broke the mixed 4x400 school record at Nationals.

GHS Track takes on Nike Nationals

GRACE CASTELLUCCI, Staff Writer March 20, 2025

Last weekend, the GHS Track and Field team traveled to New York City to compete at Nike Nationals.  The mixed 4x400 team was seeded last in 22nd place entering the meet. Despite a poor final placing,...

Franklin dreams of opening a restaurant one day that would bring his home culture to Gloucester.

Breaking Barriers: Franklin’s Dream

RUBY MCELHENNY, Features Editor March 15, 2025

A buttery smell wafts out of the kitchen from spaghetti and clams cooking on the stove. Shouts of cooks and servers fill the kitchen, hurrying everyone along to get food out to customers. Dirty plates...

GHS history teacher Phil Cook referees an Intramural Volleyball match

Average Joe’s win 2025 Intramural Volleyball Tournament

MEADOW ANDERSON and LEXI THOMAS March 14, 2025

Take a step outside: the birds are chirping, the sun is shining, and P. Cook is ready to serve. You know what that means Gloucester High School…Intramural Volleyball! When 2:07pm hits, the GHS Fieldhouse...

Freshly baked scones, ready to eat, served on a ceramic plate.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s day with Traditional Irish Scones

DELILAH DAVIS, Staff Writer March 13, 2025

  With Saint Patrick’s day coming up this month, I want to share one of my favorite pastries that my Irish family has been making for generations: Irish scones. These traditional Irish pastries...

Colored pencil art depicting a single sport athlete turning away from the opportunity to play more sports

The End of the All-Around Athlete

ALEENA BROWN, Sports Editor March 4, 2025

For as long as I can remember, my father told me stories of Gloucester High School Athletic glory days. He reminisced in talks of fall dominance on the defensive line, and how he was crowned NEC champion...

Finalists Jeferson DoCarmo, Finn Costa, Henry Harrison, Aleena Brown, Lexi Thomas, Isla Black, Velia Wrinn, Julian Nixon, and Keira O’Brien pose after the Grand Awards Ceremony.

Junior DECA trifecta moves on to ICDC

ALEENA BROWN, Sports Editor March 4, 2025

Twenty members of the GHS DECA club traveled to Boston last week for SCDC to compete against the best competitors in Massachusetts. Julian Nixon, Velia Wrinn, and Keira O'Brien took home 4th place in Hospitality...

Gloucester High School's culturally rich student body has a variety of stories to tell. Yet many go untold as they are hidden behind a language barrier.

Breaking Barriers: What we can learn from the multilingual students of Gloucester High

RUBY MCELHENNY, Staff Writer March 3, 2025

While many of us struggle to master one language --English-- Gloucester High School sophomore Rihanna Leina has nearly learned four. A native Haitian Creole speaker, she’s also fluent in Spanish and...

Senior Captain Andrew Cribbs goes for a layup after an offensive rebound.

Basketball playoffs: Gloucester beats Weston in preliminary round

COLE MOSLEY-WYNN, Sports Writer February 28, 2025

On Wednesday February 26, The Gloucester boys basketball team defeated the Weston Wildcats 60-58 in a nailbiter that came down to the final buzzer. The Fishermen, ranked 27 in Division 3, faced off against...

Tropical Pitcher Plant

Your next houseplant: Pitcher Plants

HARRISON MCKEEN, Contributor February 27, 2025

Do you, like many other people, possess a green thumb? Do you also happen to have an issue pertaining to pests, especially those of the bug variety? If you answered yes to both of these questions, you...

Jayden Chadwick wrestles in Consolation on Saturday against his Rockland opponent.

Strong showing from GHS at States

LEXI THOMAS, Staff Writer February 23, 2025

This weekend, Gloucester Varsity Wrestling traveled to Foxborough to compete in the MIAA D3 State Championship, emerging with four placers; all moving on to the All-State level. States is a two-day competiton,...

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