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KP TIMES

The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

The student news site of Kingwood Park High School

KP TIMES

Senior Forrest Hutchinson works on taking down a Splendora opponent during a match on Nov. 15. Hutchinson is one of a few wrestlers who joined as soon as the football season ended.

Football players transfer skills to wrestling mat

Grace Darcy, Sports Editor November 27, 2023

With the football season ending, many of the players are gearing up for the offseason and winter sports.  Football and wrestling coaches Eric Coovert and Jeff Knight heavily encourage football players...

Sophomore Madison Staggs and senior Madi Barker do a shoulder bump for their handshake during player introductions against Magnolia High School.

Big home win boosts confidence of girls basketball team

Tricia Darcy, Special Contributor November 16, 2023

With the girls basketball season underway, the team played their first home game against Magnolia High School on Nov. 14. The varsity squad won 44-43 after junior Aniah Cross hit the game-winning shot...

Freshman Hadley Heineman waits for the action to begin in a JV match earlier this season.

Early promotion highlights Heineman’s freshman season

Peyton Smithson, Special Contributor November 13, 2023

Nerves were high over the summer when freshman Hadley Heineman tried out for the volleyball team. She worried about if she would even make the freshman team. However, Heineman made a strong impression...

Humans of KPARK: Davion Sanford

Kayvion Enlow, Special Contributor November 10, 2023

The latest Humans of KPARK episode features senior Davion Sanford. Host Kayvion Enlow talks with Davion about how he started basketball and why he loves the game.  Q: How long have you been playing...

Junior Aniah Cross looks for a pass before throwing it to freshman Rionna Martin. Cross led the team with 23 points in the 61-43 loss to Magnolia West.

Girls basketball team heads to first tournament

Tricia Darcy, Special Contributor November 9, 2023

The girls basketball team is back in action. They started the season off with losses to Tomball and Magnolia West, but then returned to action today in the first round of Conroe High School’s annual...

During pregame introductions, sophomore Madison Ling high fives her teammates before playing a match against Baytown Sterling.

Ling loves culture of varsity squad

Tricia Darcy, Special Contributor November 9, 2023

Sophomore Madison Ling just ended her second year playing on the varsity volleyball team. From an early age, Ling loved volleyball and she continued to play for the club Revolution up until this past year....

Sophomore Abbey Papadimitriou looks to round first base after hitting the ball against Lufkin.

Papadimitriou commits to Sam Houston

Emily McKithern, Special Contributor November 6, 2023

Junior Abbey Papadimitriou has been around softball since she was a baby. Her mom, Dr. Donna Papadimitriou, was coaching softball before Abbey even began playing. Abbey begged her mom to play, but her...

Senior Elina Bailey holds flowers after she collects her first place medal at the District Cross Country Meet at Atascocita High School.

Senior Elina Bailey leaves legacy in cross country

Heather Horace, Special Contributor November 1, 2023

Senior Elina Bailey realized cross country meant a lot to her when she started seeing the improvement she was making in middle school. From a young age, she always loved running. “In 8th grade I...

Senior Elina Bailey competes in the district cross country meet at Atascocita High School. She won the meet and finished 9th at the Region Meet. She will compete at State on Nov. 3.

Bailey earns third trip to State Meet

Kaitlyn Sitton, Design Editor October 25, 2023

After a successful Region Meet for senior Elina Bailey, she became the only member of the varsity girls cross country team to qualify for the State Meet with a time of 19:07.99. Bailey knocked almost a...

Senior Clay White sprints to the finish at the district cross country meet at Atascocita High School. White finished in 11th place to help lift the team to a second-place finish.

Boys earn return trip to State Championships

Grace Darcy, Sports Editor October 25, 2023

Throughout the entirety of the Regional Meet on Oct. 23, boys cross country coach Chris Elliott was constantly refreshing his phone, alongside parents of his runners. They were waiting for the final point...

Junior Krisslyn Boyles gets introduced before a preseason game against Baytown Sterling.

Beach volleyball brings back Boyles’ smile

Sydney Ortiz, Special Contributor October 24, 2023

By the end of her freshman year, Krisslyn Boyles was tired of having the stress of three sports practices a day. She was burnt out. Krissyln had just spent the year playing JV volleyball, varsity...

Coach Eric Coovert talks to players on the sidelines of the homecoming football game on Sept. 8 at Turner Stadium. The football players were the first students he told. Many of them he had coached for three years. “Seeing tears in their eyes after I told them [was hard],” Coovert said. “But then afterwards every single one of them came over and gave me a hug. And I was crying by the end.”

Staying relentless

Maya Ortiz, Editor-in-Chief October 22, 2023

On the first day of school, Eric Coovert lifted his fist to show his history classes the size of the tumor that was found in his colon in June. Within two weeks of the discovery, doctors removed Coovert’s...

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