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The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire

Watching trees from a far

The Last Breath

Imili Viruel, Staff Writer November 19, 2025

As my fingers glide across the paper,  Tracing each and every letter   There are traces of what used to be   Yet, all that remains are vacant forests There aren't any birds...

The fragile yolk compared to the harsh reality.

Down the Drain

Sadie Woodard, Sports Editor October 30, 2025

My thin shell gives in to your brittle fingertips. Softly chipping the pieces away to reveal the liquid heart.  The yolk drips onto your hands, beating frantically, pleading to not be spilt. Pleas...

North’s JV boys soccer team played a great game against
West, showing excellent teamwork and sportsmanship despite the loss (Photo by: Emma Simmons)

Boys JV Soccer Team Suffers a Loss to West 4-1

Emma Simmons, Staff Writer March 17, 2020

The North Forsyth boy’s JV soccer team played against West Forsyth on Thursday, March 5 after school in Raider Valley. It had been raining throughout the day, but the players were lucky enough to have...

He had promised never to leave her.  Now, as Lucy stands by the river, she wonders how he could have fallen back on those words.

Stiff as Granite

Emily Stocksdale, Literature Editor May 19, 2017

She had fallen in love with him slowly, over the course of four squandered years.  He had loved her from the minute he saw her, and had vowed never to leave her, regardless of the reason. He had repeated...

There are many things in life that cannot be explained. The trick is to find the beauty in even the small things. Don’t let yourself miss out on the splendor of life.

Existentialism

Rachel (Rae) Lee, Staff writer November 9, 2015

We are alone. All alone in the dark, But somehow, that darkness seems like light To the human eye. That is how we began: In the arctic, barren, and sinister nothingness. They call it...

“He was right, this was the life. This was the sacrifice of a US Marine.”

A Soldier’s Promise

Jessica prouty, Staff Writer December 11, 2014

“I will love you until the end of time.” The words brought forth merciless tears Accompanied by all the emotion she so effectively hid Conjured by her greatest impending fears   “I...

“It had been double-knotted, but my planet of a balloon, terrified by this endless ocean of alien people, slipped from my wrist and floated up and up and up… And then it was gone. Just like that.” (Art by Hannah Manikowski)

God’s Balloons

Hannah Manikowski, Editorial Editor October 14, 2014

I sit on the swings, kick off my dirtied sneakers, admire my Pepto-Bismol-pink socks, look to the sky, and theorize thus- God owns a startling number of balloons. I remember things. I close my eyes,...

Malaysian authorities give an update on the progress of the search for the missing airliner 6 days after its disappearance.

Friday Links: Missing Malaysian Flight

Sam Dobrotka, Staff Writer March 14, 2014

On Saturday March 8, contact was lost with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, which was carrying 239 passengers and crew en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Beijing, China, prompting an international search...

She didn’t want to die next to him. She didn’t want to die at all.

Till Death Do Us Part

Rayanne Griffith, Staff Writer February 7, 2014

Watching the blossoming trees pass, her mind trailed off to the old days. The day where her husband romantically proposed to her. The days where even just being around him made butterflies tumble around...

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