Amburgy overcomes knee injury to place at state

Divy Bose | Sports Writer        Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Sometimes the journey to the top can be a dangerous climb.  Mason High School senior wrestler Owen Amburgy saw firsthand just how dangerous that climb could be at the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s Division I state wrestling championship on Saturday, March 13 and 14.  After breezing through his quarter-final […]

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Comets claim District Championship with win over Springboro

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer The Mason Comets girls basketball team pushed their record to 20-0 and in the process captured a district championship with a 60-44 win over the Springboro Panthers on Saturday, February 27 at Princeton High School.   After Springboro jumped ahead of Mason in the first quarter 15-13, coupled with junior forward Kyla Oldacre going to the […]

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Killens makes the most of senior year on the basketball court

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Trey Killens has undergone a transformation.  From varsity benchwarmer a year ago, Killiens is now the Greater Miami Conference’s leading scorer and one of the most explosive offensive scorers in Mason Comets’ basketball history.  In middle school when the Mason High School coaches were watching middle school games to get a look at their potential […]

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mason Boys’ Swim Team takes on Lakota East and West

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer The Mason Boys’ Swim team triumphed over Lakota East and West Friday night at the Mason High School Natatorium.  The team earned 301 points beating Lakota West by 125 points, and Lakota East by 195 points. Sophomore Max Plumley and senior Kevin Wu helped pave the way for the Comets with powerful contributing performances in […]

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Show Review: Bridgerton

Series Creator: Chris Van Dusen Rating: 8/10 Review by: Abby Waechter Taking place in a fictional 19th century English society, the eight-part Netflix series Bridgerton has romance, drama, comedy, and scandal.  Although it’s undoubtedly a cliché when love prevails and the guy gets the girl, Bridgerton successfully pulls it off, a chaotic tale of courtship between the Duke of Hastings and […]

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Best TV Shows of 2020

With 2020 coming to a close, the Chronicle Staff is looking back at the best, most binge-able television released over this past year. Without further ado, here are some staff picks for the best shows of the year. Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Evan Romansky’s original Netflix Series Ratched imagines the complex backstory of Nurse Ratched, a character long understood […]

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New traditions arise amidst cancelation of school dance

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Before COVID-19, highschoolers never imagined they would have to spend their homecoming at home.  When the dance was cancelled, many students thought that there would be no celebration this year. However, a handful of MHS students refused to let the pandemic get in the way of the tradition and are throwing their own “fake” homecomings, […]

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Proficiency based learning approach introduced in foreign language classes

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Foreign language teachers are taking a new proficiency based approach to teaching in order to enhance students’ learning.  A proficiency based approach focuses on a student’s progress rather than a letter grade. By replacing letter grades with progress reports, students are able to see where they fall on the scale of proficiency.  Compared to letter […]

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Mason Amnesty International Club prevents deportation of pastor

Abby Waechter | Staff Writer Amnesty International members are striving to make a difference by advocating for human rights. Amnesty International is a chapter of the largest human rights organization in the world that aims to fight against human rights abuses. Co-president Maya Morjaria, a junior, said that the new club has worked closely with other branches of Amnesty International […]

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Chronicle Alumni

Allie Cohen – Class of 2004 Jenna Connor – Class of 2004 Hayley Day – Class of 2004 Loa DeNegre – Class of 2004 Erin Pyles – Class of 2004 Rob Underwood – Class of 2004 Rachel Bagley – Class of 2005 Chris DeLotell – Class of 2005 Nicole Grice – Class of 2005 Amanda Konrad – Class of 2005 […]

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Achievements

Chronicle Achievements 2022-2023 Ohio Scholastic Media Association All Ohio for Online News Site All Ohio for Overall Newspaper Megan Lee – Newswriting (Excellent) Tanya Keskar & Alisha Soni – In-Depth Team Reporting (Excellent) Divy Bose – In-Depth Individual Reporting (Excellent) Drew Hoffmaster – General Feature (Superior) Elina Bishoyi – General Feature (Superior) Drew Hoffmaster – Alternative Copy (Superior) Taylor Murray […]

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