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Delivering Sahuaro's Cutting Edge News & Saving Trees

The Paper Cut

Delivering Sahuaro's Cutting Edge News & Saving Trees

The Paper Cut

Delivering Sahuaro's Cutting Edge News & Saving Trees

The Paper Cut

Senior Spotlight- Ozy Gamez
Senior Spotlight- Ozy Gamez
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • April 9, 2026

Ozy Gamez is a senior at Sahuaro High School and a 4-year volleyball player. He first got into the beloved sport thanks to his family, and he...

Penelope Hermosillo-Elrod Track + Field Master
Penelope Hermosillo-Elrod Track + Field Master
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • April 9, 2026

Penelope Hermosillo-Elrod is a junior student-athlete at Sahuaro High School. She started running track in her freshman year, deciding to join...

Markell Akins: One to Watch
Markell Akins: One to Watch
Mereme Touka, Reporter • March 12, 2026

Meet Markell Akins, a freshman at Sahuaro who has loved playing football ever since he was 10. He plays linebacker and defensive end for the...

Sahuaro's Kitchen Staff Deserve Recognition Too
Sahuaro’s Kitchen Staff Deserve Recognition Too
Hope Hovinga, Reporter • February 17, 2026

Sahuaro High School's kitchen staff prepares our breakfast and lunch every day, and they deserve to be better known. They work hard to prepare...

Kalab Sulliven And His Future Career
Kalab Sulliven And His Future Career
Michael Thomas, Reporter • February 9, 2026

Kalab Sulliven is an inspiring actor with great talent, high potential, and experience performing at the Gaslight Theater. He is part of the...

Senior Spotlight: Annebell Patten
Senior Spotlight: Annebell Patten
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • February 9, 2026

After 7 years of hard work and overcoming trials and errors, this is Annebell Patten's Senior Spotlight. Annebell is a senior at Sahuaro High...

Madi Jordan: The Face of Our Music Community
Madi Jordan: The Face of Our Music Community
Sarah Bol, Editor-In-Chief • February 9, 2026

Madi Jordan, a sophomore, has been intertwined with music since 6th grade. Starting with the cello, she excelled in the orchestra, and after...

Mrs. Speder Steps Into Sahuaro
Mrs. Speder Steps Into Sahuaro
Nya Brown, Editor • February 6, 2026

Mrs. Speder was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. Sick of playing soccer on cold, wet, rainy fields, she chose to attend college in New...

Christian Marsh: Sahuaro's Wrestling Champion
Christian Marsh: Sahuaro’s Wrestling Champion
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • January 29, 2026

Christian Marsh, a Senior wrestler at Sahuaro High School, recently competed in a talent-packed tournament this month, days before his senior...

Pink Day!
Senior Spotlight: Ashlynn de Madeira
Tessa Skillicorn, Reporter • January 28, 2026

Ashlynn de Madeira is one of Sahuaro's many memorable and outstanding students. If you know her, you know how kind she is and how she lights...

Remembering Evelyn Thomas
Remembering Evelyn Thomas
Sarah Bol, Editor-In-Chief • January 27, 2026

On December 26th, 2025, Sahuaro lost one of our very own. Evelyn Thomas was a treasured part of Sahuaro's history, serving as our culinary teacher...

What is The Future of Yearbook?
What is The Future of Yearbook?
Michael Thomas, Reporter • January 23, 2026

Ms. Good has been working on the yearbook for two years now, highlighting her experience in graphic design. When she was offered the role, she...

Jorge Romero
Jorge Romero
Mereme Touka, Reporter • January 20, 2026

Mr. Romero teaches science at Sahuaro High School. He has lived in Tucson for 26 years and became a U.S. citizen in 1999. He enjoys teaching...

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Mr. George
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • January 16, 2026

Coming back in 2026, after Winter break, the Financial Math teaching job being filled was top news at Sahuaro High School.  Financial Math has...

Mrs. Gandee's Presence In Sahuaro
Mrs. Gandee’s Presence In Sahuaro
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • January 12, 2026

Before winter break, the Sahuaro Cougars were hit with the news that a beloved teacher would be leaving the campus. Ms. Lange, an English and...

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Sahuaro's Systems Shut Down, New Hall Passes Implemented
Sahuaro’s Systems Shut Down, New Hall Passes Implemented
Nya Brown, Editor • April 15, 2026

For the past couple of months, Sahuaro has been using a program within Synnergy for students' hall passes. Students would log in to StudentVue, click Request Pass, choose...

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Back and Better Than Ever; TUSD Guitar Festival Returns for a 3rd Year
Back and Better Than Ever; TUSD Guitar Festival Returns for a 3rd Year
Nya Brown, Editor • March 12, 2026

The T.U.S.D. Guitar Festival has once again been hosted here at Sahuaro by guitar director Mr. Hemmo. This year, Sahuaro hosted 11 schools from all over TUSD.  Professional...

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Freshmen Health Classes Completed Their CPR Lessons
Freshmen Health Classes Completed Their CPR Lessons
Hope Hovinga, Reporter • March 11, 2026

Last week, Sahuaro's health classes started their lessons on CPR training. It is important for students, especially Freshmen, to have learned how to do CPR, which stands for...

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Track Seasons New 2026 Team
Track Seasons New 2026 Team
Mereme Touka, Reporter • March 10, 2026

This season, Sahuaro’s track and field team is working to live up to a simple message from Coach Lucius Miller and Coach Christina Peña: “Make it happen, shock everyone.” The...

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Counselors office
Sahuaro’s New Tutoring Program
Tessa Skillicorn, Reporter • March 6, 2026

As we approach the last quarter of the 2026 school year, grades are being entered for progress reports, and our senior class is excitedly preparing to graduate. This time...

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Sahuaro's Boys Volleyball Season Kickoff
Sahuaro’s Boys Volleyball Season Kickoff
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • March 5, 2026

On March 3rd, 2026, Sahuaro's Boys Volleyball, JV, and varsity teams started their season off with a home game against Amphitheatre. The boys' junior varsity team started...

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AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 06: A detailed view of the pin flag on the 16th hole green during a practice round prior to the 2026 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 06, 2026 in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
The Masters Tournament
Nya Brown, Editor • April 15, 2026

The Masters Tournament is the most prestigious golf tournament held during the first week of April in Augusta, Georgia. The first tournament was held on March 22, 1934, but it wasn't until 1940 that it began being held in April. Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts co-founded the Augusta National Golf Club and served as president and chairman of the club. The tournament is held over 4 days and contains...

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Adrian Stubbs: High School Basketball Player Makes History
Adrian Stubbs: High School Basketball Player Makes History
Alonzo Willie, Reporter • February 11, 2026

Adrian Stubbs made Arizona high school basketball history when he dropped 100 points in one single game for Maryvale High School in January 2026. This outstanding performance came in a 109-25 win over Kofa High School. Stubbs is described as "soft-spoken," but on this night, he let his skills speak for themselves: at halftime, he had 70 points on his own and continued to play his best in the third...

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Top Sports Moments from 2025!
Top Sports Moments from 2025!
Ylena Gross, Reporter • December 17, 2025

       

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Your In-N-Out Orders Are Boring
Your In-N-Out Orders Are Boring
Mereme Touka, Reporter • April 24, 2026

Most people go to In-N-Out and order the same thing every single time. But there’s “a secret menu that’s not really a secret,” but it comes with special burgers, fries, and even different ways to wrap your food that many customers don’t know about. One well-known menu item is called Animal-style fries. These are fries covered in melted cheese, grilled onions, and In-N-Out’s special spread,...

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 20: d4vd looks on from behind his defense attorney Marilyn Bednarski (R) during his arraignment for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Nathan J. Hochman, Los Angeles County District Attorney, announced earlier in the day that David Anthony Burke, known as d4vd, was charged with the first-degree murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, whose body was found decomposed in his car. (Photo by Ted Soqui - Pool/Getty Images)
Singer D4vd Finally Arrested and Awaiting Charges
MacKenzie Comfort, Editor • April 24, 2026

Last year, 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found dismembered in the back of singer and songwriter D4vd's abandoned Tesla. The manner of the death was ruled as homicide after the autopsy revealed "multiple penetrating injuries." However, the singer, whose real name is David Anthony Burke, was not immediately arrested or charged, but was only questioned. The two's relationship hasn't been...

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 13: Bad Bunny accepts the Best Urban Music Album award for "DeBí TiRAR MáS FOToS" onstage during the 26th Annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on November 13, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Latin Recording Academy)
The life of Bad Bunny
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Climate Change Affects Emperor Penguin Species
Climate Change Affects Emperor Penguin Species
Rudy Smith, Reporter • April 24, 2026

The Emperor penguins are now labeled as endangered by the Worldwide Tracking Organization. Originally, they were labeled as near-threatened to...