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Isa Quimba is a senior at Darby and has been swimming for nearly ten years. While her skills in the pool are incredible, she’s also extremely talented in the arts as well. Quimba swam for the YMCA club team until her freshman year. She has swam varsity for Darby all four years of high school, and she specializes in sprints,
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Earth day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. Over one billion people in 192 countries celebrate this day. There are many different ways to get involved for this year’s Earth Day. Some people like to march to raise awareness, some do a clean up in their town, and many others like to plant trees and other flowers. The world
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The boy’s basketball team has had a rough start to their season, with multiple star players injured including senior guard Jaeln Benjamin and sophomore guard Maki Evans. Although the team does not have the best record, they seem to be improving more and more every game, with young players stepping up and senior Kyle Miller leading the team. With the
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A bowling team may not seem like a big deal to many, but here at Hilliard Darby, it is a huge deal. Last year was left unfinished after they beat the state champions in an early season match, but were then unable to make it out of sectionals with the exception of this year’s captain, Josh Larsen. Although, this year’s
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The Darby girls soccer season came to an end with a tough and hard fought loss in the District finals, finishing as the district runner-up with a final score of 2-1 in double overtime. With the season’s close, let’s look back at their incredible season and look forward to the player’s and program’s future. According to senior center defender Allison
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Homecoming is a very exciting experience for students, but many also cannot wait for the events leading up to the big night on Saturday. Spirit week is a fun way to get kids involved in school activities, and get them excited for the dance. This school year, we had a couple new themes including Hawaiian/tourist day and USA day. To
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On September 16th, the annual Hilliard Fall Festival was held at Municipal Park. The festival lasted from 1pm to 4pm, with a huge crowd of people from the start coming out to share the festivities with others. Because of the large number of people, parking was a challenge. Cars were wrapped around the whole park from behind the pool to
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Darby Boys Soccer has had an okay start to their season, with a 4-2-2 record. However, their momentum was stopped when they had a tough loss on Thursday against Dublin Scioto, with a final score of 0-3 in favor of Scioto. The first half was great for the Panthers. Early in the first half, senior Jackson Janetski had a near
Read moreClinton Barnett is currently a senior at Darby and has played football for all four years and ran track for two. Barnett will be attending Xavier University as a walk on for track next fall. Barnett started playing football in seventh grade. He was not very good and did not even start on the B team. He was very disappointed
Read moreThe Art Show is put on every year as a chance for Darby students to show off their creativity illustrated through their art pieces. You can find it all at the Art Show, including drawings, paintings, digital art, photographs, and ceramic pieces. Ms. Veri, the ceramics teacher, also sells different pieces of artwork that have not been claimed, or works
Read moreDarby Baseball had an amazing start to Prom day on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Holland Springfield. The Darby seniors had a great game. In the first inning, senior Ben Gbur walked to first and stole second. Senior Clay Strausbaugh also walked to first, and senior Tim Hales hit a ground ball through third allowing Gbur to run home.
Read moreSpecial Needs Prom is an event held every year in Hilliard as a way for high schoolers with disabilities to be able to have their own prom experience. High schoolers from all over come for this opportunity. Sophomore Morgan Bair, secretary of Key Club, believes that the prom is a very unique and entertaining event. “Hilliard is one of the
Read moreWith St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I’ve put together a list of the top three desserts to make this St. Patty’s Day. To stay on theme, all the recipes will include green ingredients. The first recipe is mint chocolate chip ice cream sandwiches. You will need thin mint Girl Scout cookies and mint chocolate chip ice cream. Place
Read moreAs most know, there has been much controversy surrounding North Korea in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. South Korea wanted North Korea to come, and even proposed a unified team of the two Koreas at the Games. North and South Korea have been in conflict with one another for quite some time now, but will this step
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Darby Swim had a great meet on their road to states this weekend. The girls finished 7th overall, and the boys finished 9th overall at Sectionals at Kenyon College. Seniors Lexi McDonald and Taylor Leone both qualified for the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard freestyle. Leone swam a 24.79 in the 50 free for 3rd place, and a 53.57
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Valentine’s Day is finally here, and you know what that means: stressing out over the best gifts for that special someone in your life. No need to worry this year, because this article is the best Valentines gift guide for the perfect gifts. Whether you are on a budget or looking for something really nice, it will all be covered.
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January was a very exciting month for the students and staff at Darby! The month started off right with the donation of hundreds of weary clothes to the Hilliard Food Pantry. The Darby Girls basketball team had a great win over Davidson with a final score of 42-35. Senior wrestler Jacob Cover went 5-0 with five pins to win the
Read moreBefore every New Year, people all over the world make resolutions to better themselves in the upcoming year. The tradition of making New Year’s Resolutions goes all the back to 153 B.C. January is actually named after mythical god named Janus. In the story, Janus had two faces. One face was looking forward, and the other was looking backward. People
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The Hilliard Gymnastics team had a great home meet on Friday, earning second place out of four teams. Team captain and Senior Chloe Shook shared what goals the team has for the rest of the season. “One major goal we have for this season is to qualify for states as a team. We have a lot of new talent
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