In the final game of the Middle School basketball season, RCMS boys beat Langston Hughes by one point, making the final score 39-38. The girls lost their game on April 29 at Langston Hughes middle school in the first game of the night.  The season started with tryouts. Mr. Riley Barrows, after-school specialist, had a…

Rachel Carson students competed in the 2025 Spring FCPS Middle School Track and Field Championships at Robinson Secondary School on May 31 and placed 12th out of the 26 participating schools. The events that took place at the meet included the 1600-meter, 100-meter (prelims), 400-meter, medal intermission, 100-meter (finals), 800-meter, 200-meter, medal intermission, 4 by…

Caitlin Clark—a major influence and inspiration to the WNBA—started off her season on May 17 with a win. Clark and her team, the Indiana Fever, played the Chicago Sky for their first game of the regular season, beating them 93-58. “I think she [Caitlin Clark] played really well not just as an individual, but she…

The Florida Gators, the University of Florida men’s basketball team, won the NCAA basketball tournament after beating the Houston Cougars on Monday, April 7. The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is an organization that oversees major college basketball tournaments, including what many people call March Madness. The game was close, with the Florida Gators winning…

Seventh- and eighth-graders competed in a volleyball tournament Dec. 4 in the RCMS main gym after school. There were 25 teams from RCMS, and only two could be chosen for the face-off. The first 25 points wins the match then goes against the other teams. Teams had to be six to eight players to be…

It’s never too early to start looking ahead. The 2025 NFL draft starts on April 24, and excitement is buzzing not only in classrooms but beyond Carson walls. Adrian Arce, a seventh-grader on the Majestics Team, thinks that this year’s draft is a good one. “I think this draft class is good with lots of…

Hayfield Secondary School, the number the #1 ranked HS football team in their division, were forced to forfeit its second playoff game on Nov. 25, after being involved in multiple lawsuits.  Hayfield was projected to win the championship in their division. Their forfeit allowed Oscar Smith High School to win the championship. This all started…

On Oct. 27, after a 1.4% chance of winning the game, Jayden Daniels, quarterback for the Washington Commanders, threw a hail mary to wide receiver Noah Brown, securing an 18-15 win for the Washington Commanders over the Chicago Bears. RCMS students and staff were left in disbelief as they watched history in the making— including…

The 2024 NBA season has begun, and there have already been so many surprising and expected team scattered across the league a little over a month into the season. The first two games of the season occurred on Oct. 22, with the Celtics beating the Knicks at home 109-132 and the Lakers handling the Timberwolves…

The Los Angeles Dodgers beat the New York Yankees on Oct. 25 to solidify themselves as MLB champions. “It was between two old-school teams that have been successful for a long time,” said Mrs. Sharri Clifford, a seventh-grade history teacher for the Trailblazers. The Dodgers and Yankees faced off with each other in the Fall…

The Futsal session ended on May 31, and many students and teachers enjoyed playing and watching. Coach Mark Bolt said the session went very well. “Competitive but fun,” he said. Eighth-grader Sladin Dilamo on the Wolves team agreed that the futsal session went pretty well. “Full of talented students,” said Sladin. Obaid Osmani also said…

Within a few months arrives the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a huge event for athletes. The Summer Olympics are held every four years, the summer and winter Olympics are alternated between the four-year gap.  It includes many different sports and cultures. “I love watching gymnastics, tennis and beach volleyball,” Mrs. Breenae Polo Hackett said,…