Crimson Crier – The Student News Site of Rock Island High School

May 11, 2020

How you treat people and the morals you were taught growing up all depend on the family you were in. Luckily, in a weird sense, I was blessed with a grandpa that has his right leg paralyzed. When I was little, his house was the one I would go to after school or whenever my parents worked....

Sad Seniors Leave their Marching Memories Behind

Mackenzie Noppe, Writer

December 1, 2019

There are many seniors who are sad to graduate and leave their high school careers behind....

Imagination

Montana Hogan, Editor

November 30, 2019

This weekend, the Rock Island Theatre Department put on the show Peter/Wendy, directed...

Sports

Mayhem in Ottawa

For the first time in school history, the Rock Island High School Boys Soccer Team won their first outright Conference Title in school history with a 1-0 win over Quincy in the 39th minute of the match. The Rocks were ecstatic to be a part of history, and appreciated to have the great...

Our HistoRIc Rocks!

As the Rocks go into the first round of Regionals, the Rocks knew there was a chance for this to be their last game of the season. With that being said, Rocky came out and played their best, winning 6-1. Junior defender, Isaiah Kerr, said, “Going into Regionals, our mindset, as a team,...

Spooky Soccer Tourney

On Saturday, October 26th, the Rock Island Girls Soccer program competed in a Halloween...

Features

Changing Times

Morgan Freeman, Wrtier

May 11, 2020

With everything changing, like places closing, hours of places changing early, everyone’s feelings have slowly changed about what’s going on. I know a lot of people are probably stressed and wishing for everything to all be over, and of course, back to normal. To me, everything...