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Tide Lines
The student news site of Pottsville Area High School

Tide Lines
The student news site of Pottsville Area High School

Tide Lines
Members of the band and band front are putting on their pregame show before a football game/ The performance ended in the band spelling out "TIDE" and playing the tune "March Grandioso." Sophomore Emma Smith said "I always had so much fun being around the entire band during marching season."

Bands!

Michael Johnson-Ponce, Editor • February 15, 2019

   The Pottsville Area High School provides many opportunities for musically gifted students to develop their talents with other students. There are even some groups run by outside organizations that...

Members of the quiz team at practice listen to the questions until they think they have an answer and buzz in. The quiz team has been going strong under the direction of Mrs. Krista Torpey for three years. Senior Victoria Oswald said, "I like quiz team. It’s good practice for if I ever get on Jeopardy, because I’d love to win some money playing that.”

What’s a Quiz Team?

Michael Johnson-Ponce, Editor • January 18, 2019

     The Pottsville Quiz Team is one of the school’s best kept secrets. If you’ve ever seen a trivia show like Jeopardy, you already have an idea of what they do. Quiz team matches are like trivia...

Victoria Oswald and musicians play for students at JSC. The ensemble members put on festive clothing and played Christmas music for third and fourth grade students. Junior Wesley Evans said, "I enjoyed going down to the elementary school to see some of my old teachers and play for the little kids."

Percussion Ensemble and Gabriel Youth Orchestra Play for Elementary Students

Michael Johnson-Ponce, Editor • December 27, 2018

  On December 12th, Mr. Steve Horvath took a group of percussion players to John S. Clarke Elementary School to put on a performance for the third and fourth grade students. It was a great experience...

Fall Sports Recap

Fall Sports Recap

Alexis Yoder, Editor-In-Chief • December 17, 2018

Football Aidan Moran The football team turned in a 6-4 regular season record. This included a win in an overtime thriller against rival Blue Mountain by a score of 41-40 and a convincing 21-7 early...

Mr. Schuttler, the middle school’s librarian, is a volunteer firefighter. He said, “We got called down to the station. We were going around … house to house trying to get to people who had been affected by the flood, out of the flood. Once the water receded, then we switched to pumping out basements. We pretty much just set up teams going house to house trying to get to get the water out of their basements, and we did that for the rest of the week. It was a flash flood, so the water came up, flooded, and then dropped again. So once everyone was safe, we had to switch to getting them back to together again. We had to set up a shelter. Some people were in the shelter for a few hours. They assembled a food pantry in town for the people who lost most everything in the flood. Once the basements were done, it switched to some workers coming in and cleaning up all the debris.”

Stories from the Port Carbon Flood

Michael Johnson-Ponce, Editor • October 25, 2018

During the middle of August, Pottsville was hit with a devastating storm. Roads were closed, basements were flooded, and even band camp was cancelled. While a lot of people felt the effects of the flooding,...

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