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Kirsten Rice, Writer/Sports Pamphlet Producer

Senior Kirsten Rice is the 17-year-old daughter of Kathy, and Cameron Rice. Rice participates in journalism, basketball, track, and OAP. Rice serves as a staff writer, reporter, pamphlet producer, and photographer.

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Groom ISD is at the last day of school and has a lot of activities going on tomorrow. Have a wonderful summer!

A Day Full of Fun

May 25, 2021
The seven basketball seniors of the 20-21 season. Even though this game will be fought through sweat, tears, and lots of goodbyes. These seniors have given there all for every second of every game.

The Seven Basketball Seniors say Goodbye

February 2, 2021
District begins for the Tigerettes

District begins for the Tigerettes

January 5, 2021
The Groom Tigers posing for a picture with the Bi-District trophy after beating the Miami Warriors in McLean. The Tigers will be moving forward on there fight for Gold Ball Trophies.

Play-offs Continue for The Mighty Tigers

November 16, 2020
The Tigers on the field around the District Champion trophy. Go support your Tigers Friday in McLean.

Playoffs! Tigers Prepare for Battle

November 11, 2020
Groom Tigers and Tigerettes continue to play. The Tigerettes play Hartley Tuesday and the Tigers are playoff bound.

Sports Update for Tigers and Tigerettes

November 6, 2020
Masks will be required for all students as we go back into in class learning.

Masks Required

November 3, 2020
Tigers district game cancelled.

Update: District Game Cancellation

October 22, 2020
District kick off and the pick out game here Friday against Hart at 7:30. We would love to see you.

District Football Kicks Off this Friday in Groom

October 21, 2020
High School Basketball Schedule

High School Basketball Schedule

October 14, 2020
Yearbooks are Here!

Yearbooks are Here!

October 2, 2020
The Tigers take on the Warriors tonight at 7:30. Following the game the seniors will be announced and walk the field. (Photo by Kirsten Rice)

Photo of the Day: Oct. 2nd

October 2, 2020

Photo of the Day: Oct. 1st

October 1, 2020
The Senior class stands around the Bonfire for a photo dressed in all their Tye-Dye.

Photo of the Day: Sept. 17th

September 17, 2020
Photographer Kirsten Rice catches the first home coin toss at the game Friday.

Photo of the Day: Sept. 14

September 14, 2020
Tigers take on the Swifts tonight at 7 pm. (created by Tre Byers)

Photo of the Day: Sept. 11

September 11, 2020

Picture Day Reminder

September 8, 2020
Get your Pink Out shirts ordered soon.

Pink Out Shirt Orders

September 4, 2020
Pep rally today at 3:15 come out and hype up your Tigers.

Photo of the Day: Sept 4th

September 4, 2020
Go out and support your Tigers as they take on the Dragons, Friday Sept. 4th in Paducah at 7:30. I am supper excited to go out and cheer on the boys again this week, said senior cheerleader Graci Treadwell. (Photo by Kirsten Rice)

Tigers Take on the Dragons with a Mighty Roar

September 2, 2020
Groom Tigers are scrimmaging against the McLean Tigers during the Groom scrimmage. (photo by Kirsten Rice)

Kicking off the season against some Happy Cowboys

August 27, 2020
Photo of the Day: Aug. 26th

Photo of the Day: Aug. 26th

August 26, 2020
Senior Graci Treadwell snaps a photo of the last pour. The front concrete is officially over and done.

Photo of the Day: Aug. 25th

August 25, 2020
Support the Tigers with Spirit Shirts

Support the Tigers with Spirit Shirts

August 25, 2020
Coach Ellis hands up a hand washing sign for his students.

Mighty in a Smaller Package

August 21, 2020
Library Opens Monday 8/24/2020

Library Opens Monday 8/24/2020

August 20, 2020
Construction is still under way with just a few things left to be done.

Photo of the Day: Aug. 21

August 20, 2020
Photo of the Day: Aug. 18

Photo of the Day: Aug. 18

August 18, 2020
Students are being welcomes back for the 20-21 school year with some major changes.

Kick-Starting the School Year with a Twist

August 18, 2020
Groom OAP Advances to Bi-District. Im so excited to continue our OAP season, says junior Kirsten Rice I look forward to making changes and getting better as a team and as an individual.

OAP is Bi-District Bound

March 6, 2020
Junior Aubrey Ritter and Freshman Ali Freimel box out for the rebound against Shamrock. Photo by Hallie Thompson

Kicking off District with Confidence

January 14, 2020
The Groom Tigerettes pose for picture day. The Tigerettes are getting ready to take this season on strong.

Tigerette Basketball 2019….and so it begins….GO TIGERETTES!

November 12, 2019
(Photo By Chris Nichols)

Photo of the Day – October 14th

October 14, 2019
Looking like Darth Vader, Coach Peet stays warm for outdoor training, Greyson Peet...I am your father. (Photo by Kirsten Rice)

Photo of the Day – October 10th

October 10, 2019
Photo by Kirsten Rice

[PHOTO] Photo of the Day – October 3rd

October 3, 2019
Senior Cade Linquist (7) goes in for the tackle helping the Tigers take the win against the Weatherford Christian Lions. Raising their UIL Division II rank to third. The Tigers will face off against Valley on Friday.

Tigers Raise their Rank to Third in the Division

September 25, 2019

[VIDEO] A Story in Every Picture

May 15, 2019
OAP T-shirts are ready to be ordered. Get your order in before the due date.

Hey Drama Llama! Time To Order Your OAP Shirt.

January 29, 2019
Totally Uncalled For is an extra credit opportunity for Coach Blacks English classes. Students can write anything from book reviews, to three sentence poems. Totally Uncalled For is completely optional, but encouraged for extra credit. It is seen as a good way for students to share their work with their friends and get some extra credit points for their grades. The Totally Uncalled For board is used by many students, including myself. I think it gives us a chance to see a different creative side of each student that adds something on the board. said Sophomore Kirsten Rice.

Poetry is “Lost”

December 5, 2018
Totally Uncalled For is an extra credit opportunity for Coach Blacks English classes. Students can write anything from book reviews, to three sentence poems. Totally Uncalled For is completely optional but encouraged for extra credit. It is seen as a good way for students to share their work with their friends and get some extra credit points. I enjoy the Totally Uncalled For board,it gives students the opportunity to share there work with the fellow students of Groom. said Sophomore Kirsten Rice.

Poetry Has “Feelings”

November 20, 2018
Totally Uncalled For is an extra credit opportunity for Coach Blacks English classes. Students can write anything from book reviews, to three sentence poems. Totally Uncalled For is completely optional but encouraged for extra credit. It is seen as a good way for students to share their work with their friends and get some extra credit points. I enjoy the Totally Uncalled For board,it gives students the opportunity to share there work with the fellow students of Groom. said Sophomore Kirsten Rice.

Poetry Taken to a Warrior’s Level

November 14, 2018
Saving Juliet by Suzanne Selfors is a book that changes the plot of Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet where they both die tragic deaths, but instead they never meet and Benvolio’s the one falling in love with a Capulet; all because of a Shakespearean Charm that brought Mimi to Verona. The changes made to this lovely but tragic play made me want to rewrite one of Shakespeares play myself. said Rice.

Kirsten’s Book Nook

November 14, 2018
Staff Writer Kirsten Rice gives her top ten books out of the ones she has read this semester. Rice has covered many of the books listed above in her Book Nook section of the newspaper.

Kirsten’s Book Nook– Top Ten Favorites

October 24, 2018
Totally Uncalled For is an extra credit opportunity for Coach Blacks English classes. Students can write anything from book reviews, to three sentence poems. Totally Uncalled For is completely optional but encouraged for extra credit. It is seen as a good way for students to share their work with their friends and get some extra credit points. I enjoy the Totally Uncalled For board,it gives students the opportunity to share there work with the fellow students of Groom. said Sophomore Kirsten Rice.

Poetry is Reckless but Lovely

October 22, 2018
Life is full of risks and choices that determine our future. Make the wrong one and you could face severe consequences. Taylor goes through that journey in the book Defending Taylor by Miranda Kenneally. I like this book a lot, said Sophomore Kirsten Rice. It is at a mature Audience level but I recommend it to anyone wanting to try a new author.

Kirsten’s Book Nook

October 10, 2018
Totally Uncalled For is an extra credit opportunity for Coach Blacks English classes. Students can write anything from book reviews, to three sentence poems. Totally Uncalled For is completely optional but encouraged for extra credit. It is seen as a good way for students to share their work with their friends and get some extra credit points. I enjoy the Totally Uncalled For board,it gives students the opportunity to share there work with the fellow students of Groom. said Sophomore Kirsten Rice.

Poetry Has a Twisted Turn

October 3, 2018
Eva falls for Will who moves to California. Eva and Anna travel to the East coast to see Will again. On there journey the experience cowboys,and the truth about love. Join them on this emotional and truthful journey of love and heartache. This book should be part of a series because I want to continue there story, their experiences are ones that we rarely will ever get to experience. said Rice

Kirsten’s Book Nook

September 17, 2018
Sophomores Gunner Lamb and Kirsten Rice work together to build a shelter that withstands weather and the BEASTIE, an activity to the book theyre reading in class called Lord of the Flies by William Golding. So far the book is great and I cant wait to continue and finish this book, Rice said.

Kirsten’s Book Nook – “Lord of the Flies”

September 12, 2018
Coach and math teacher Josiah Si Exum works through an equation with his students. Exum is the assistant football coach and head basketball coach for the guys. I like just being able to work with kids and develop them into good young men and women, Exum said.

Saying “Si” to Groom

August 29, 2018
Dee Montgomery and Reagan are best friends. Dee is on a tour for her newly released album. She wouldnt leave her best friend. Matt Finch joins the tour as its opening act, his boy-next-door charm proves difficult for Reagan to resist. This summer, Reagan and Dee will navigate the ups and downs of fame and friendship as they come to see that giving your heart to the right person is always a risk worth taking. Other people can knock down the walls youve built, no matter how much they love you. You have to year them down yourself because theres something worth seeing on the other side. said Dee in the book Open Road Summer by Emery Lord.

Kirsten’s Book Nook – “Open Road Summer”

December 31, 2017

Kirsten’s Book Nook

December 31, 2017
Everyone is broken in some way. It’s what makes us human. Vivi and Jonah are no exception. They are both broken, yet they are in love—they are colliding planets, specks of sand on this place we call Earth. This book brought several vivid images to my head said Rice

Kirsten’s Book Nook

December 31, 2017
The book series To All The Boys Ive Loved Before by Jenny Han comes to a end. Lara Jean is a Senior, and is having to pick between the school she really want, her boyfriend Peter, and her family. Her heart is telling her one thing, and her mind is telling her another; what should she choose. Suddenly it feels like every decision we make is so momentous, and Im so scared to make the wrong one, says Lara Jean in the book. Always and forever Lara Jean.

Kirsten’s Book Nook

November 8, 2017
Jersey Cameron always loved a storm. When a devastating tornado hit her town. She lost everything during that tornado. Jersey moved in with family that was strangers. In an unfamiliar place, can Jersey discover that even on the darkest days, there are some things no tornado can destroy? This book gave me chills several times, this book brought emotions I didnt know I could get with a book by just reading. said Rice

Kirsten’s Book Nook

September 27, 2017
The Cubs line up to defend their goal line during their Friday 26-12 win over Miami. This photo is a snip from the game, which was filmed by eighth-grade journalist Kirsten Rice. The seventh- and sixth-graders did a good job, and we eighth-graders were happy Coach Dodson let us play,” Braedon Williams said of the Cub win.

[PHOTO] Half Down, But Cubs Still on Top

October 10, 2016
Freshman Laurel Fields runs her race at the Spearman Cross Country Meet Oct. 8. While none of the Groom cross country teams won, junior high runners, Braxton Johnson and Braedon Williams, brought home two medals. “It was the hardest course we’ve done all year,” Laurel Fields said.

Run’n the Spearman Miles

October 10, 2016
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