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Each basketball season, a cast of behind the scenes role-players are instrumental in helping game days run smoothly.

Dropping dimes; lighting up the scoreboard

Ethan Scott, Staff Writer
May 5, 2022

A look back on the 2021-22 Ironmen basketball season conjures up images of Zach Cleveland dunks, Tyler Dwinial charges and Trey Redd’s clutch 3s... Those highlights helped the Ironmen tie the basketball program’s season win record, matching the 2014-15 team’s 33-win season. This season on...

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Counseling: One with Mrs. Hardens Heart

Counseling: One with Mrs. Harden’s Heart

Victoria Wilson, Senior Staff Reporter
Apr 20, 2022
Community’s counseling office often goes unnoticed, only visited for scheduling conflicts or when students receive the small, yellow slip of paper indicating a meeting with their counselor. But, the counseling office serves many purposes.
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Courtesy of Laura Duffy

Strictly business: Cruse raises the bar

Senior Charles Cruse breaks school pole vault record, leaps to a number one ranking in Illinois
Eli Benson, Staff Reporter
Apr 13, 2022

For 33 years, Community’s boys track and field pole vault record stood at 15 feet, 6 3/4 inches, until Charles Cruse, then a junior, jumped 15 feet, 7 inches -- breaking the record by a quarter of an inch. That was nearly a year ago, and Cruse keeps jumping higher.  In one of the first indoor...

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Coach Dave Witzig will make his way into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame this month, but what makes him a hall-of-famer?

Game Changer: Coach Witzig, after 28 years, scores a bid to the IBCA Hall of Fame

Dylan Wehmeyer, Senior Staff Reporter
Apr 8, 2022

  It was 2000 -- Witzig’s second game in his sophomore season as head varsity coach. His team just suffered a 47-33 season-opening loss to another crosstown rival, Normal West. The season seemed to be repeating a rather forgettable 4-22 campaign the year prior. A season in which the Ironmen...

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Cinderella Stories

Cinderella Stories

Teachers reminisce over their time on the high school stage -- featuring Ms. Meg Keogh
Nayonika Banerjee, Senior Staff Reporter
Apr 8, 2022

In the Spring 2022 edition of the "Inkspot" magazine, four teachers shared their high school musical history, reflecting on their experience on stage. Watch as Ms. Meg Keogh goes in depth with her experience in "The Wizard of Oz."

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Cinderella Stories

Cinderella Stories

Teachers reminisce over their time on the high school stage -- featuring Ms. Stephanie Hedgespeth
Nayonika Banerjee, Senior Staff Reporter
Apr 6, 2022

In the Spring 2022 edition of the "Inkspot" magazine, four teachers shared their high school musical history, reflecting on their experience on stage. Watch as Ms. Stephanie Hedgespeth goes in depth with her experience in "Bonnie and Clyde."

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VoiceMale hangs it up

VoiceMale hangs it up

VoiceMale’s seniors reflect on high school choir careers
Eli Benson, Eleni Lockett and Jade Ryan
Mar 16, 2022

For VoiceMale’s 11 seniors, A Capella night on Feb. 24 marked one of the final times the ensemble would assemble together. At the concert, the group performed a total of five numbers, dialing up notable renditions of Avicii’s “Hey Brother” and Queen’s “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”  Key...

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Work hard, sleep harder

Work hard, sleep harder

March 14’s National Napping Day highlights the importance of consistent rest; Students prioritize earning As over catching Zs

Heavy eyelids. Throbbing headaches. Early mornings spent in a groggy haze. Sound familiar?  You may be among the seventy percent of American high schoolers who aren’t getting the recommended eight to 10 hours of sleep on school nights.  Students at Community and across the country battle...

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Pain in the asphalt

Pain in the asphalt

Instagram account posts poor parking pictures
Eleni Lockett, Staff Writer
Mar 4, 2022

When nearly half of Bloomington-Normal’s newly licensed drivers are forced to put their skills to the test all in the same parking lot, chaos is bound to ensue.  Throw in some other variables -- from hitting snooze one too many times to trying to retrieve the cell phone that fell into an abyss...

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Cooper Kearfotts infectious personality is just part of what makes him an All-Big 12 caliber ball boy.

Having a Ball: Cooper Kearfott’s role with the Ironmen football team

Jonah Kramer, Sports Editor
Dec 14, 2021

One name was noticeably absent when 1st Team All-Big 12 football honors were announced for the 2021 season. An omission that didn’t get past veteran Ironmen coach Mr. Bryan Thomas.                    The missing name?...

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Since the seniors had five teams compared to the juniors two, they had time in between games to spectate.

Nayonika Banerjee

Juniors win powderpuff [photo gallery]

Nayonika Banerjee and Jonah Kramer
Sep 27, 2021
The annual Homecoming Powderpuff game was held at Dick Tharp Field on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. This year's Powderpuff tournament took a different format than in year's passed because of a low turnout of junior players. Two junior teams played a best-of-three series, while the five senior teams competed in bracket-style play. The winner of each level faced off in the championship game.
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Meet the court [photo gallery]

Meet the court [photo gallery]

Avani Rai, Ethan Scott, Abigail Ruebush, Izzy Fader and Samantha Coleman
Sep 23, 2021
A Q & A with the 2021 Homecoming court
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New Faces of Normal: A Q&A with NCHSs new hires

New Faces of Normal: A Q&A with NCHS’s new hires

In addition to welcoming over 500 new students at the start of the 2021-2022 school year, Normal Community welcomed 19 new staff members. The Inkspot hosted a Q&A with the new hires that would allow Ironmen to familiarize themselves with the New Faces of Normal.
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Spilling the beans on Bloomington-Normals coffee shops

Spilling the beans on Bloomington-Normal’s coffee shops

Emma Conover and Lauren Cutler
Aug 25, 2021

Emma Conover and Lauren Cutler traveled around Bloomington Normal, in search of the best local coffee shop. Take a look at the five local shops they reviewed to see what makes them unique and what they have to offer in the video below. At each stop, Conover and Cutler putting the shop's brews...

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The Inkspots Cutest Canine Contest

The Inkspot’s Cutest Canine Contest

A photo gallery of the Inkspot's Cutest Canine Contest entries submitted by NCHS students in celebration of National Puppy Day
Charlotte Calmes, Editor-in-Chief
Apr 5, 2021

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