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January 30th, 2026
Courtwarming Royalty
MS Scholar Bowl
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Middle Scholar Bowl competes at their last meet this season! -p. 4 MC is a bad girl
Senior Spotlight
Meet your Junior and Senior King and Queen Candidates before next week’s vote! - p. 6-9
Learn about Senior Braylee Brown and her future plans! -p. 13
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Volume 5 Issue 20 January 30, 2026
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Newspaper Staff
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Editor-in-Chief
Michaela Copeland
Assistant Editor-in-Chief Bella Beems News Editor Laci Burnett
Photo Credit: Lauraly Lane
Mustangs’ Coach Visits 8th Grade Careers Class By: Lauraly Lane
Reporters Katlyn Boydston Grayson Moore Photographers Lauraly Lane Josephine Long Designers Ashlynn Bowen Gunner Delp
On Tuesday, January 27, the head coach of the Saint Joseph Mustangs, Benton High School’s baseball team, and Mrs. Miller’s former student at Benton, Johnny Coy, talked to Mrs. Rangel’s eighth grade careers class about the Mustangs. Coy was born and raised in Southside Saint Joseph, then went to Wichita State for basketball and baseball. Discussing his coaching career, Coy said the fans make games fun, and away games don’t have that type of fun that the fans bring. He says the fans and host families make the players love Saint Joseph so much that they don’t want to leave. “Most of the guys didn’t even know what St. Joe was before their time on the Mustangs. But on that last Monday they’re crying, almost fully grown men, crying about leaving because they love the people here. They don’t want to go back to their homes because they love their host families.” Coy wants to pass down the team to one of his players whose dream of coaching this team in a few years. He also talked about how it’s not just the players it’s all of the staff that makes what we know as the Mustangs. “From photographers to the concession stands, they all matter,” said Coy. Coy also gave the 8th graders some pointers as they begin to think about their own futures. “If you aren’t good at something, then work hard on that. It could be three-point shots or math problems.” He also told them to try to excel in something they know they can be really good at and get a scholarship. “Success is always the way to go,” added Coy.
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