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The CCHS flag football team has used the lessons learned in their inaugural season to launch a renewed attack on the Georgia High School Association playoffs in November.

BY WYATT MEYER

year to keep in mind that it’s a lot to make it to that position and it’s kinda hard to be there,” CCHS varsity track and field athlete Ty’asia Brown, a sophomore, said. Photo by Lucas Donnelly

Featured: WEARING THE UNIFORM: Variety Staffer Miles Lawrence holds a JROTC uniform in the JROTC supply room on April 17. Lawrence lived out a day in the life of a JROTC cadet on April 17, and enjoyed something I hadn’t thought about before,” Lawrence wrote.

HIS LIFE, HIS LEGACY

Current and former members of the CCHS band program gathered to honor the late Dr. Robert Lawrence, former Director of Bands, with a song written in his honor.

BY ANNA SHAIKUN

REVIEW: WHY DOES THE EARTH GIVE US PEOPLE TO LOVE?

Singer and songwriter Kara Jackson’s debut album, “Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?,” is filled with raw emotion and beautiful lyrics.

BY MAYA SHRIVASTAV

THAT’S THE KICKER: Q&A WITH KICKER COOPER EVANS

Varsity kicker Cooper Evans, a junior, explains how being a kicker is different from playing any other position on the football team.

BY WYATT MEYER

PROM 2023: A NIGHT IN THE GARDEN

The CCHS 2023 Prom, themed “A Night in the Garden,” took place on April 29 at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia.

BY CIYANA RAMOS AND PETER ATCHLEY

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