Comets Capture 10th Straight GMC Title
The Mason Girls Volleyball team added another chapter to its storied legacy Thursday, October 9, clinching yet another Greater Miami Conference (GMC) championship with a three-game sweep at Hamilton. With the victory, the Comets extended their incredible conference dominance to 10 consecutive unbeaten GMC seasons, a streak unmatched in league history. Mason has now gone…
OCTANE
Hudson Pitcock | The Chronicle Album Review 4 Stars The popular American rapper Don Toliver released his fifth studio album near the end of January and it quickly reached the No. 1 spot on Billboard 200 within just two weeks of its release. Being his first top-charting album, Octane has not only appealed to his…
Enthusiasm is better than indifference
Emily Kemper | The Chronicle Trying to conclude a series as vast in content and popularity as Stranger Things is no small feat. The hit Netflix series has been beloved since 2016, so it is no surprise that fans would still want more content, regardless of how successful or disappointing the finale may be. Enter:…
Comets maintain dominance, capture back-to-back titles
Sololiya Ebba | The Chronicle Winning the Greater Miami Conference (GMC) championship has become second nature for the Mason High School (MHS) boys varsity soccer team. With a 1-1 tie against Sycamore on October 14th, the Comets clinched another GMC title, their seventh in the past eight years and 12th overall since joining the conference…
Being “smart” should not be one-dimensional
Michelle Zuo | The Chronicle What does it mean to be “smart”? Does it mean being in the gifted program in elementary school? Getting 100’s on every test? Taking the most Advanced Placement (AP) courses? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it as “having or showing a high degree of mental ability.” But what does that truly…
Mason Girls Tennis Secures 11th Straight GMC Title
The Mason Girls Tennis Team added another chapter to its dynasty this past weekend, capturing the Greater Miami Conference championship for the 11th consecutive season and 13th time in program history. The Comets rolled through the regular season with a flawless 9-0 conference record, then dominated the GMC tournament by winning four of the five…
Gone fishing: students find new ways to connect
Alessia Korvessis | The Chronicle Fishing certainly isn’t in Mason High School’s (MHS) curriculum, but for one science teacher and his students, it has become the most anticipated lesson of the week. MHS Biology and AP Environmental Science teacher Dr. Tyler Payne hosts a weekly connect session for students to spend time outdoors and fish….
Century mark: Castner celebrates 100th win
Maria Ataya | The Chronicle Determined. Disciplined. Resilient. These words portray the culture that has defined the Mason High School (MHS) football program and each player who has come and gone. But there is one thing that has stayed the same. Head coach Brian Castner, who has been behind the plays, development and strategies of…
Students engineer their own success using BattleBots
Maria Ataya | The Chronicle The rhythmic clicks and clacks of buttons, the whirs of the remote sticks, and the clanking of metal crashing together are sounds familiarly known by Mason High School (MHS) students part of BattleBots, a student-run club branched off of Skills USA, a national nonprofit for students who want to pursue…