The Mason Comets avenged an early season loss to Lakota East by defeating the visiting Thunder-hawks on Saturday, February 4 to clinch the Greater Miami Conference title. Photos by Preena Mehta
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Ellie Saylor | The Chronicle “Who-Dey” took on a new meaning for Bengals fans during their playoff run. Throughout the Bengal’s regular season and playoff run some students and staff members took to celebrating the team’s triumphs. However, after the AFC championship loss against the Kansas City Chiefs, a 2023 Super Bowl win was not in the future for the […]
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Ali Sami | The Chronicle Nikil Prabhakar is using his chess skills to pass on his passion to younger Mason Comets. Prabhakar, a senior at Mason High School, plays for the Mason Chess Team and teaches chess to Mason middle schoolers through the after-school enrichment program (ASEP). Prabhakar, who started playing chess at the age of five, says that he […]
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Camden Paeltz | The Chronicle After battling through a torn labrum and shortened season due to global pandemic, senior Sam Libby is on the cusp of the major wrestling milestone of 100 career wins. Libby has overcome many obstacles that have hindered his progression to reach 100 career wrestling wins, a major milestone that not many people reach. In the […]
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Andrew Little | Sports Editor Sophomore Madie Parrish has stepped into a leading role for the Mason girl’s basketball team this year. Her 13.7 points per game lead the team and are fourth-most in the Greater Miami Conference. Her game-high 27 points against Lakota East in the regular season finale helped lead the Comets to another GMC Championship. Parrish’s clutch […]
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Divy Bose | The Chronicle Two Mason High School seniors have made the decision to not only continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level, but also serve their country. Every senior struggles through the decision of what to do after their high school career. Athletes face added pressure of deciding whether or not to continue playing their sport at […]
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When did you first start learning how to solve Rubik’s Cubes and when did you start competing? I started learning how to solve [a Rubik’s Cube] when I was in fourth grade, but I got into competitions when I was in sixth grade because of YouTubers that I used to watch, who would do all these Rubik’s Cube challenges. I […]
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Review by: Laurel Wang Artist: Samia Rating: 2/5 On first listen, Samia’s sophomore album, Honey, recalls Rupi Kaur, the thousand dying gasps of teen Tumblr blogs, and confessional poetry. But the album’s haunting introspection ultimately reveals little beyond a hollow sound, as if the twenty-six-year-old singer isn’t quite sure of what ghosts she’s running from, either. In an interview, Samia […]
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Review by: Shrija Shandilya Artist: Lil Yachty Rating: 4/5 Lil Yachty’s fifth studio album, Let’s Start Here, is indicative of his reform. He incorporates a more alternative and psychedelic rock sound while retaining some of his own vocal style. The album starts with “The Black Seminole,” a standout track that effectively sets the tone for the album. With synth and […]
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Review by: Alisha Verma Artist: John Cale Rating: 4/5 Even if you’ve never heard the name John Cale, his fingerprints can be found everywhere, from the scrappy beginnings of punk rock to modern R&B. Cale has cemented himself as a musical vagabond, a title that persists with the release of his new album, MERCY. The album opens with the title […]
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Laurel Wang | The Chronicle Mason High School (MHS) students are unplugging to recharge. From Schoology assignments to pre-bedtime scrolling, the digital age has permeated almost all aspects of students’ lives. A 2022 report from Pew Research Center found that 95% of teenagers use at least one social media platform and 46% report being online almost constantly. However, some MHS […]
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Josie Lorenz | The Chronicle As they gear up their microphones and sound boards, Mason High School (MHS) students get ready to cast. Freshman Elle Riva started her podcast Write That Down in May of 2020. The cast consists of Riva interviewing teachers and authors and discussing everything from relevant authors to new reads. Riva said she found her start […]
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Megan Lee | The Chronicle A few years ago, a cry went out by Mason High School (MHS) students that our school was in need of a program to help support students struggling with emotional and mental health. In 2018, the Hope Squad was introduced at the high school. The MHS Hope Squad has been instrumental in breaking down the […]
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Tanya Keskar | The Chronicle It is easy to disassociate ourselves from our history. We are all humans living in 2023, a world with a different social and political structure than even a few decades ago. We trudge through history classes, a complicated pile of historical dates and people, and then hastily toss them to the side. But the reality […]
Read moreSpeculations about a mysterious balloon have taken U.S. media outlets by storm. From January 28 to February 4, 2023, the sudden appearance of a high-altitude balloon in the U.S. airspace created much paranoia throughout the country. The first reported sighting was when the balloon was 6o,000 feet over Billings, Montana, on Februrary 1. The U.S. Department of Defense announced the […]
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Bradyn Johnson | The Chronicle I genuinely fear for the day my 15-year-old brother gets his driver’s license. I imagine him in the car listening to music, singing along to his favorite songs – being independent. Once he leaves, he’s all alone; it’s only him and the road. Every time there is another victim of excessive police force, I become […]
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Sean Speidel | The Chronicle For the third year in a row, three different Mason community robotics teams have advanced to the Ohio For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Technology Challenge state championship competition. Teams Quantum Leap, Sub-Zero and Parallax Robotics all qualified for the state championship competition, part of their journey to compete in the world […]
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