![Standing center stage, senior Ananya Akula conducts the Phoenix Chorale. “[Conducting and teaching] is really fun,” Akula said. “Music education is what I want to do.” On the day of the choir assessment, Akula found out that she received the President’s Music Scholarship – a full ride to the University of Miami Frost School of Music.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ananya-1200x800.jpg)
![With the energy and effort the Bolts were bringing to the game, the Phoenix had to step up and match them to make it through their first game of the season. Many of the girls on the team, including freshman Nazly Rostom, have been playing soccer since their childhood and have grown a love for the sport as a result. “It was fun to see how we actually played in a [real] game,” Rostom said. “Even though the outcome was not what we were hoping for, I’m still happy we got to play together.”](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0154-1200x800.jpg)
![Held up by a group of cheerleaders, flyer sophomore Leyu Yonas poses as part of a stunt, also supported by flyer junior Shayne Mitchell behind her. (Left) Prior to the pink out football game on Oct. 13, the athletes practiced in the aux gym from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (Right) On Oct. 19, the cheerleaders competed in their District Championships at Woodgrove High School. “We definitely put all our effort on the mat [at Districts], and it showed,” Mitchell said. Left: Photo by Nadia Shirr. Right: Photo by Steve Prakope via Victor O’Neill Studios.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/feature-image-1200x823.png)
![Sophomore Xavier Smith (6), the Phoenix quarterback, runs the ball as his teammates help hold up the defense. “My [offensive] line collapses, so I just [have to run], and its a good way to get first downs because [Tuscarora’s] defense was really good,” Smith said.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5383-1200x897.jpg)
![As the referee throws the ball up for the tip-off, freshman Simone Diby leaps towards the ball to get it in Phoenix possession. Diby is a new member of the Phoenix girls basketball team, and despite it being a change, she finds it enjoyable. “It’s definitely a different experience if you’ve never played on a team, [but] I think it’s still fun.”](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/DSC_0057-1200x662.jpg)
“Supernatural” Season 15 Episode 1 Review
After 15 years the CW’s show “Supernatural” finally says goodbye with the final season.
November 25, 2019
As the CW’s longest running show, “Supernatural,” comes to an end, fans remember how it started.
At the end of season 14, the audience learned that God also is known as Chuck (Rob Benedict) was playing the Winchester brothers all along. The episode faded to black as Chuck released every soul in Hell. Since then, the fandom has been waiting to see how the brothers and Cass (Misha Collins) were going to get out of the situation.
On Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, the first episode of the final season aired. When the news of season 15 being the final season was released, fans were heartbroken, myself included. At conventions and on the internet, the fandom always joked that “Supernatural” would never end. It was hard to believe that the show where no one stays dead was concluding.
Since this was the final season, I wanted every episode to count, and this first episode of season 15 did not disappoint. There were jokes and laughter, and even though the world was ending, Sam and Dean always kept fighting. They were Winchesters, after all, and they had saved so many people and killed so many monsters–but was it worth it?
When Chuck released the souls from Hell, he brought back every ghost Sam and Dean fought. From Bloody Marry to the Woman in White in the first episode, every monster was back. Throughout this episode, the Winchesters had to find a way to imprison the ghosts and keep a whole town safe from the vengeful spirits. Now, viewers will have to watch it to figure out what happens next.
Over time “Supernatural” did not just grow as a fandom, but it grew as a family as well. I have watched interviews, gag reels, comic conventions, and I have seen how much Jared, Jensen, and Misha love this fandom like a family. None of this would have been possible without people who fell in love with the story like I did.
As Dean Winchester once said, “A wise man once told me family don’t end in blood, but it doesn’t start there either. Family cares about you, not what you can do for them. Family’s there through the good, bad, all of it. They got your back even when it hurts.” Old and new viewers are always welcome in this fandom, and as this story ends, we say goodbye to “Supernatural,” and carry on, but we won’t forget the journey that brought us to the final season. As the last scene fades to black and “Carry On Wayward Son” by Kansas plays, fans will know this is the end, but the memories and friendships made will never fade.
![Gracing stages, football games, and even the big screen, Taylor Swifts popularity doesn’t seem to be declining anytime soon as she’s been almost everywhere on social media, and just this December, [Swift] won TIME Magazine’s Person of the Year award. This brought along magnificent pictures of Swift, articles praising her, and some controversy between Swifites (Swifts most devoted fans), and other people on whether or not she should have won this award.](https://theblazerrhs.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/taylor-swift-person-of-the-year-1-547x600.png)
