Artist of the week- Orianthi
February 25, 2010
You might recognize Australian native Orianthi from Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” tour or maybe from strumming along side guitar legends like Steve Vai and Carlos Santana. She has also done background guitar on two “Idols” albums–Carrie Underwood and Adam Lambert–and... [Read more]
Panther Pride readies for competition
February 19, 2010
Written by: Celeste Cole on February 19, 2010 at 12:32 pm The Panther Pride Drill Team has been hard at work on over 20 competition pieces which they will take to Kilgore Junior College on Feb. 20, to participate in the Gussie Nell Davis Dance Classic. There are a total of 28 dances, consisting of... [Read more]
Lady Pack loses two more district games
February 19, 2010
After a rough game on Monday against College Park, the Lady Panthers barely escaped a third consecutive loss, this one to the Lady Cavaliers, 4-3 in overtime. The Lady Panthers came out strong when forward Kendall King scored a wide shot in the first 6 minutes of the game. It was not much longer until... [Read more]
Conroe takes victoy over Lufkin with 4-2 score.
February 12, 2010
The Panthers hope to improve in district tonight at College Park following Tuesday night’s second district game loss to the Conroe Tigers, 4-2 . In the first half, the Panthers started off dominating the game by completing most of their passes and moving the ball around the field. The game was... [Read more]
Lady Pack drops 3-0 to Conroe
February 11, 2010
The Lady Panthers battled against the Conroe Lady Tigers Tuesday only to lose the game with a score of 3-0. During the first half, the Lady Panthers played slow allowing Conroe offense to score an easy goal into the right corner of the net. Starting the second half down by one goal, the Lady Panthers... [Read more]
Blood Drive this week
February 9, 2010
Lufkin High School will be hosting a blood drive on Feb. 11-12, according to Marcia Waller. “Our goal is to get 55 units each day, or a total of 110 units,” Waller said. The blood donated will be going to both Lufkin and Nacogdoches hospitals. Waller also added that the only thing needed to donate... [Read more]
Music industry takes billion dollar hit
February 9, 2010
With more people owning iPods and MP3, CD’s are being phased out. They will soon meet the same fate as the old-school cassette tape. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, album sales have been falling an average of 8 percent each year.Senior Alexis Guerrero stopped buying CD’s... [Read more]
Lady Pack falls 2-1 to Tyler Lee
February 8, 2010
The Lady Panthers suffered their second loss of the season Tuesday to the Tyler Lee Lady Raiders. Early in the game, Tyler Lee’s Ashley Jones scored a goal to give the Lady Raiders a one zero lead at the end of the first half. Within the first 2 minutes of the second half, Lufkin’s Kendall... [Read more]
Lufkin defeats New Caney Eagles in first district game
February 6, 2010
Lufkin Soccer dominates first district game braking the scoring lump with 3-2 score with the goals scored by Julio Islas and Luis Garcia defeating the New Caney Eagles with home field advantage. After loosing three consecutive shut out games, Lufkin offense comes fired up Friday night game. New Caney... [Read more]
Lady Pack blanks New Caney 6-0 to open district
February 6, 2010
The Lady Panthers started district off strong beating their first opponent, the New Caney Eagles, 6-0. Lufkin’s Madison Bartlett scored the first goal 15 minutes into the first half to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. The score resided at 1-0 until the last 8 minutes of the first half when Christa... [Read more]