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“Red mud, everywhere. The summer that East was built, it rained just all the time, for some reason.” Former counselor Katy Lipkus still remembers the way red mud defined the …
East Turns 25: A Look Back Through the Years Read More
Ever since his freshman year, senior Sonderson “Sonny” Erpranke had dreamed of laying eyes on East’s rumored rooftop swimming pool. Last week, emboldened by the TikTok trend of “devious licks,” …
East students deviously “lick” rooftop pool Read More
Larry Stroud has moved around a lot over his coaching career; but in a way, he hasn’t. Like the running back he once was, he’s spent the last 19 years …
New football coach Stroud returns to East Read More
Before the 2021-2022 school year began, East senior Sean Yeritis harbored great excitement for his final two semesters of high school. His sunny outlook was dampened, however, by the news …
Seniors praise off-campus lunch ban Read More
Since we last checked in on our three Triangle teams, they’ve been involved with six ACC tournament games, two NIT games, one NCAA tournament game, one COVID-19 stoppage, one coaching …
Three-pointer: Offseason Edition Read More
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A Magical Moment: East girls’ lacrosse finally dethrones Gibbons, goes on to win state championship Read More
One is left-handed, one righty. One idolizes Nadal, the other is a Federer fan. One is Type-A, the other Type-B. One is a fighter who wills her way to victories, …
Tennis twins continue to dominate the competition Read More
March 13 marks one year since East Chapel Hill High School closed due to COVID-19. This week we’ll post columns from five students reflecting on the past year. This is …
The longest snow day Read More One: UNC builds confidence The Tar Heels—coming off a stretch that contained sloppy losses to Marquette and Syracuse sandwiched around an impressive comeback win over Florida State—came into this game …
Three-pointer: Dukarolina II Edition Read More One: Who were those Heels? Coming off an unsurprising loss to Virginia and a largely inconsequential victory over Northeastern, lots of questions surrounded the Tar Heels coming into a Saturday …
Three-pointer: Backs against the bubble edition Read More