By Jessica Bastean
Payson High’s debate team placed second at the debate region tournament. Congratulations to Anthony Wilcox, Megan Snow, Heather Reid, Ariane Keele, Alexis Cortez, Jessica Bastean, Nathan Womack, Ali Bufton, Juan Trujillo, Easton West, Kelsey Wood, and Nick Hindes on taking second place at the Region debate tournament and all qualifying for the state debate tournament.
By Daniela Garcia
19 Payson High School Latino in Action Students attended the annual LIA Conference at UVU on March 15, 2012. The Latinos in Action Conference gives an opportunity for all the LIA groups in the state to get together and get to know each other, listen to motivational speakers, attend workshops and watch different schools perform traditional dances. The workshops consisted of different leaders teaching perseverance in different ways to many students.
Three Payson High School teachers presented at the annual Utah Coalition for Educational Technology Conference held March 2 in Salt Lake City. Biology teacher Brian Blake, psychology teacher David Rockwood and chemistry teacher Linda Walter presented a lecture about teachers developing their own textbooks.
At 145 pounds, Cole Ford won his first state title last Saturday. He has placed in the State Tournament all four years of his high school wrestling career but this year he took the title.
Our 145lb wrestler has had a lot of ups and downs throughout his career but there has never been a time where he has stopped working hard to accomplish his goals.
By Maygan Straight
In a whirl of practice, hard work, and dedication the Paysetters placed 6th at the Utah State Drill Competition at UVU of February 3rd and 4th.
“We are pretty dang proud that we placed 6th with our routine this year,” said drill team member Alexis Chanthapannah.
Every day since June the Paysetters have been working towards competition season and their work and dedication has paid off. They placed at every competition they attended this year.
By Ryeley Butler
A lot of paperhearts: check. Sugar flour and frosting: Check. Girls ready to compete for the title of 2012 Sweetheart Royalty: Oh Yeah!
Many people put a lot of work into the days between February 6 and 11, Sweethearts week. The Payson FFA spent a lot of time working on events and decorations; there were many peometitors, all fighting for the honor of ruling the students of Payson High as Sweetheart Royalty.
On January 31 and February 1, the anatomy classes at Payson High School dissected not frogs, but pig hearts. As gruesome as it sounds, the class had quite a ride.
The students specifically looked for several things during the activity, namely the left and right atrium, sizes of ventricles, blood vessels, and the heart strings. They also found that like a good sports team, all the parts work together for the best result possible and everyone has a very important job to do.
On February 16, The Lion’s Roar Newspaper Staff went to the 7 Annual Deseret News and UVU Review Newspaper Conference held at the UVU Campus. As a staff Payson got 2 place for front page design along with 4 honorable mentions in writing; Audrey Miller, Best Column; Mercedes John, Best Feature; Jakob Johnson, Best News Story; and Maygan Straight, Best News Story. Also Jayden Worwood won an honorable mention in the category of Best Photo Illustration.
ST. GEORGE – Four quarters weren’t enough for Payson and Morgan, who had to take their game to overtime to determine the victor.
Morgan junior forward Jake Miles hit a running jumper in the paint with only 3.2 seconds left in overtime leaving the Lions with virtually no time to make a shot or call a timeout. The shot gave the Trojans the 63-61 win.
By Braden Clark
February 10, The Payson Lions capped off their undefeated region record with a 14 point victory over rival Spanish Fork.
“It feels good to sweep these guys, it gives us some pride for the rest of the year,” said junior big man Lander Crook.
