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Junior Gray Jenkins, sophomore Whitman Rowland, senior Giles Lamar, and freshman Max Mobley pause for the national anthem.

Bomb Squad, OHS special teams play key role on football team

Jared Redding, Sports Editor November 15, 2016

Special teams has played a significant role in the Chargers’ success in football, particularly in the past three seasons. They have scored points in clutch and not clutch situations, drastically changed...

OHS knocks off Grenada, advances to second round playoffs

OHS knocks off Grenada, advances to second round playoffs

Jared Redding, Sports Editor November 13, 2016

GRENADA — For the first time since 2010, the Oxford Chargers didn't open the playoffs in the comfortable confines of Bobby Holcomb Field. That didn't change Oxford’s mindset one bit, and that is getting...

Wizarding Walk welcomes witches and wizards to the magical world of reading

Wizarding Walk welcomes witches and wizards to the magical world of reading

Molly Archer, Staff Writer November 13, 2016

On Nov. 7, all witches and wizards of Oxford were invited to join in the first-ever Wizarding Walk at Avent Park, an event sponsored by the Lafayette County-Oxford-University Reads Coalition, the Lafayette...

OHS holds annual Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony

OHS holds annual Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony

Emma Scott, News Editor November 11, 2016

Yesterday, OHS held their annual Veterans Day Memorial Ceremony, an event that the school has organized since 1996. The beginning of the event included a description of the symbolic table that honored...

Nine student-athletes signed their National Letter of Intent in the OHS Library on Wednesday, November 9.

OHS student-athletes make decision official on signing day

Jared Redding, Sports Editor November 10, 2016

Many student-athletes have signature wins, signature games, and signature moments throughout their high school careers. A select few student-athletes also have signatures awaiting them on a piece of paper...

The OHS boys cross country team poses for a picture after winning the MHSAA Class 5A State Championship.

OHS boys cross country win state title, girls finish second

Cailyn Brock, Sports Writer November 9, 2016

Oxford High School’s boys and girls cross country teams traveled to Clinton to compete for the state title on Saturday, November 5, at Choctaw Trails in Clinton, MS. Both teams had strong seasons with...

OHS votes Trump, students eye election

OHS votes Trump, students eye election

Davis McCool, Editor-In-Chief November 8, 2016

It’s been over a year and a half since Ted Cruz announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination, kicking off the 2016 election cycle, and after months of turbulence, controversy, and everything...

OHS student, lifelong Cubs fan witnesses history with World Series visit

OHS student, lifelong Cubs fan witnesses history with World Series visit

Davis McCool, Editor-In-Chief November 3, 2016

The Chicago Cubs, former victims of baseball’s longest title drought, recently made history with their first World Series win in 108 years, and one OHS student was there to be a part of it. Lifelong...

District seeks to correct capacity problems in schools

District seeks to correct capacity problems in schools

Caroline Crews, Features Editor November 2, 2016

As Oxford’s population grows, the number of students enrolled in the Oxford School District does as well.  706 students enrolled in the first and second grades for the 2016-2017 school year, exceeding...

The OHS volleyball team hoists the golden ball after winning the MHSAA Class II State Championship.

OHS sports have successful weekend

Jared Redding, Sports Editor November 1, 2016

It was a busy weekend in the Charger nation. The OHS volleyball and swim teams fought for a state championship while the cross country teams fought for a region championship. All three teams experienced...

Theatre stages haunted trail as fall fundraiser

Theatre stages haunted trail as fall fundraiser

Lexie Hankins, Staff Writer November 1, 2016

Oxford High Theatre put on their annual haunted trail this year at Camp Hopewell. The Haunted Trail opened Sunday, Oct. 30 and continued into Halloween day. “This was my first year helping out, and...

Exclusive: Oxford resident, Holocaust survivor speaks out for first time

Exclusive: Oxford resident, Holocaust survivor speaks out for first time

Davis McCool, Editor-In-Chief November 1, 2016

At the age of seven, Otto Puttman experienced anti-semitism in the highest form, was driven out of his home country, and began to prepare for the storm that was to come. At age eleven, he was ripped...

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