Entering the first home game of the season with a 1-1 record, RBHS nailed down a 47-22 victory over Jefferson City High School (JCHS) Friday, Sept. 9. A close first half of the game followed by effective...

Starting in kindergarten, schools drill the basic subjects into the heads of their students. Math is taught starting with simple addition, and by the eighth grade, schools expose students to several branches of math, from pre-algebra to geometry. Likewise, in science, students start with the basics of a simplistic water cycle and cloud types, but by eighth grade are learning astronomy and the basics of biology. Yet, when it comes to English, schools fall short. Instead of introducing newer, increasingly challenging and complex concepts to complement the age of the students, schools seem to repeat the same idea again and again until students are bored out of their minds and, in my case, despise writing. 

In the fifth game of the RBHS football season, the Bruins hosted a loss against a well-oiled Helias Catholic High School (HCHS) football team Friday Sept. 24. The game was hard fought, but ultimately a chain of mistakes from the home team led to a 13-34 loss.