The Talon Tribune

The Student News Site of Silver Creek High School

The Talon Tribune

The Talon Tribune

2023-2024 Staff

Mia Frazier
Editor in Chief

Mia Frazier

Mia Frazier is a senior at Silver Creek High School. She is in many school organizations and is an active member of her community but, in her free time, Mia enjoys napping and watching TV shows like Family Guy and Gossip Girl...

Maddie Sales
Co Editor In Chief

Maddie Sales

Maddie Sales is a senior at Silver Creek High School. She has been in journalism all four years at Silver Creek and has loved getting the opportunity to engage with the community. She is passionate about writing and loves to see...

Lilly Wetzel
Editor

Lilly Wetzel

Lilly Wetzel is a sophomore at Silver Creek. She wants to study history and language arts. Lilly likes to draw, read, and write in her free time. She is a member of Silver Creek track and field. As an editor she wants to help ...

Staff Writer

Jack Rissman

Jack is currently a junior at Silver Creek High School. This is the first year he has taken Journalism, and is looking forward to utilizing and expanding his writing skills.  In his free time, he pursues his passions for ski...

Luca Falke
Staff Writer

Luca Falke

Luca Falke is a 10th grader at Silver Creek High School. This semester is his first time taking journalism. He is taking it with the intent of being able to talk to people better. Outside of school he loves to read, ride his bike...

Mira Hunt
Staff Writer

Mira Hunt

Mira is a senior at Silver Creek High. This is the first year she has taken Journalism. She decided to take the course because writing on targeted and varying topics is, personally, an interesting and new experience. Mira is pas...

Kate Smith
Staff Writer

Kate Smith

Kate Smith is a sophomore at Silver Creek High School. This is her second time taking journalism. She really enjoys this class because since she was young, Kate has had a passion for writing and learning together. In her free ...

Sofia Moon
Staff Writer

Sofia Moon

Sofia Moon is a senior at Silver Creek this year, and this is her first year in journalism. Sofia has always been interested in writing and wanted to take this class to further her passion for it. Outside of school, she enjoys p...

Ben Eggen
Staff Writer

Ben Eggen

Ben Eggen is a senior at Silver Creek High School and this is his first time participating in journalism. He joined journalism to learn about the crucial writing that affects everyone in the modern world. His passions include run...

Erich Drehobl
Staff Writer

Erich Drehobl

Erich is a 12th grader looking to pursue his passion in welding and maintenance. Due to the nature of his decision, Erich will need to figure out how to balance welding school, carpentry school, and work. While Erich enjoys we...

Mark Raehal
Staff Writer

Mark Raehal

  Mark is a senior at Silver Creek High School. One of the goals of taking journalism is to better be able to connect with people while also being able to write meaningful articles. Some of Marks hobbies are Vex Roboti...

Jojo Wessel
Staff Writer

Jojo Wessel

Jojo is a 9th grader and this is her first time doing journalism. She is taking the class to improve her writing and social skills. Jojo have always liked writing and wanted to try journalism as a new experience.   ...

Anna Scalf
Staff Writer

Anna Scalf

Anna is a senior, this is her first time participating in Silver Creeks journalism class. She joined journalism to elevate her writing abilities and to write about real things. Anna is passionate about music, mountain biking, and...

Kein Peterson
Staff Writer

Kein Peterson

Kein Peterson is a sophomore in high school and it is his first time in journalism. He joined because he enjoys writing and would like to work on his skills. He also enjoys a variety of other things, including playing guitar, doing...

Claire Krause
Staff Writer

Claire Krause

Claire is in 12th grade and it is her first time participating in journalism. She joined journalism to expand her writing genres and to try something new. Claire’s passions are travel, SCUBA diving, and hiking with her dog. ...

Jack Fischmann
Staff Writer

Jack Fischmann

This is Jack’s first year taking journalism. He is interested in journalism so that he can be more involved in school activities, both sports and academic wise. Jack is the captain of the Boys Silver Creek Swim Team. He is inter...

Drew Heath
Staff Writer

Drew Heath

Drew is a junior at Silver Creek High School. It's his first time taking Journalism! He’s really excited to learn more about writing and speaking techniques. Other than school, Drew takes interest in travelling and languages!...

Riley Crawford
Staff Writer

Riley Crawford

Riley Crawford is a sophomore at Silver Creek and is an avid writer. This is her first year as a Talon Tribune staff writer, and she is using journalism as a way to get involved in the Silver Creek community. Riley is a part ...

Ernesto Escobar
Staff Writer

Ernesto Escobar

Ernesto is a junior, he love to draw and involve himself in art and crafts. Music tends to be one of his favorite hobbies, he plays violin, and has been thinking whether or not to continue after high school. His reasons for taki...

Riley Williamson
Staff Writer

Riley Williamson

Riley is a Senior and took this class learn more about the skill of interviewing people and understanding how they can use it for in life experiences. Riley’s goals after school is aiming to be a farmer in a rural town in a 3...

Nia Pedrett
Staff Writer

Nia Pedrett

Nia Pedrett is a sophomore at Silver Creek High School. She plays for the schools volleyball team and has been playing volleyball for six years. This will be her first year in journalism and she is looking forward to meeting new...

T Lyndon
Staff Writer

T Lyndon

T Lyndon is a Junior at Silver Creek High School. This is their first year taking journalism and they want to get better at writing in a more hands on way than most English classes. This is also their third year playing volle...

Alexa Szymczak
Staff Writer

Alexa Szymczak

Alexa Szymczak is a Junior at Silver Creek! This is her first year taking journalism, and she is very excited to begin writing for the Talon Tribune. Alexa has always loved reading and writing, and decided to join journalism to...

Kelsey Jones
Staff Writer

Kelsey Jones

This is Kelsey’s first year in Journalism as a senior. She was very fond of writing and wanted to experience a new genre of writing style. Apart from writing, she spends most of her time drawing or playing crosswords. She�...

Munich Hemaluckpairoj
Staff Writer

Munich Hemaluckpairoj

Munich is an exchange student who comes from Thailand. Munich is currently doing her junior year at Silver Creek High school. This is her first time coming to the US and taking Journalism. She decided to take Journalism becaus...

Morgan Huff
Staff Writer

Morgan Huff

Morgan Huff is a senior at Silver Creek High school and first year writer for the Talon Tribute. She decided to join journalism because she wanted to engage with members of the Raptor community. She also wants first hand experi...

Evy Deaton
Staff Writer

Evy Deaton

Evy Deaton is a senior at Silver Creek high school and first year writer for the Talon Tribune. She is taking Journalism to become apart of her community and share her writing. She is passionate about soccer, reading, and outdoor...

Quentin Coleman
Staff Writer

Quentin Coleman

Quentin Coleman is a freshman and is taking journalism to better his skills as a writer and journalist. He likes sports and hiking. He has three cats and a dog and enjoys hanging out with his friends. ...

Ben Pecherzewski
Staff Writer

Ben Pecherzewski

Ben Pecherzewski is in 11th grade and is taking journalism for the first time. He decided to take journalism because he learned about it in middle school, found the process interesting, and wanted to learn more. Ben is intere...

Story McMurtry
Staff Writer

Story McMurtry

Story McMurtry is in 9th grade and this is her first year of taking journalism. Her reason for taking journalism is because she wants to have new information on interviewing people and get to share news across the school. She loves to...

Mia Ross
Staff Writer

Mia Ross

Mia is a senior at Silver Creek High School. She is currently involved in the Silver Creek Mathematics Club. Mia has never taken a Journalism class, making this her first time writing for the Talon Tribune. Mia chose to take ...

Quintin Patel
Staff Writer

Quintin Patel

Quintin is quite the interesting character. Quintin is  a ninth grader who has not had any Journalism experience before; however, he is very eager to learn. Quintin hopes that this course can improve his writing skills and he...

Matthew Scogin
Staff Writer

Matthew Scogin

Matthew is in 10th grade. This is their first time taking journalism. They are taking journalism because they want to publish articles about things they enjoy. They are involved in Silver Creek’s Marching Band and Concert B...

Ronan Frazier
Staff Writer

Ronan Frazier

Ronan Frazier is a sophomore at Silver Creek High School. He has not taken journalism before. He took this class to improve his writing skills and be more active in the student body. He runs with the Silver Creek cross country...

Skye Kilmer
Staff Writer

Skye Kilmer

Skye Kilmer is a hard worker, she’s a great writer, although she isn’t formal, she’ll connect and breeze through any interview. She’s a informationist and kind hearted person. Although her past is not ideal, she doesn’...

Willa Lover
Staff Writer

Willa Lover

Willa Lover is a Sophomore at Silver Creek. She plays basketball, runs track for Silver Creek, and during the summer she rodeos. This school year, she is looking forward to making more friends and sports. She has never done journa...