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The student news site of North Forsyth High School

The Raider Wire
Victor Reyes after winning his match to advance him to placement matches. Photo by: Sydney Jarrard

NFHS Raider Wrestlers At State

Sydney Jarrard, Staff Writer • February 22, 2021

On Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, the North Forsyth Wrestling team brought seven qualifiers to the state tournament. The tournament was held in Macon, Georgia at the Macon Coliseum. The state tournament was set...

The competition cheer team on the mat after their 3rd place win. Photo by: Georgia High School Cheerleading Twitter

Competition Cheer Places Third in the State

Genna Gunter • December 3, 2019

The Competition Cheer team traveled to Columbus, Ga. to compete in the state competition on Friday, Nov. 15. The team has been working hard all season, hoping  to get a chance to compete for a shot...

Thirteen North Forsyth DECA members will have the opportunity to travel to Orlando to compete at the International Career Development Conference in April.

North Forsyth DECA Takes On the 2019 State CDC

Bella Angell, Editor-in-Chief • March 18, 2019

On Feb. 14-16, the NFHS DECA chapter departed for Atlanta where they attended the State Career Development Conference (CDC) for 2019. With 29 attendees, the chapter registered for almost 20 categories,...

NFHS competition cheer team at state competition this year. (Credit to NFHS Competition Cheer Facebook page.)

How NFHS’ Competition Cheer Prepared For State

Marvin Cruz, Staff Writer • December 3, 2018

State competition for cheerleading has passed, and the competition cheer team for North Forsyth High School take fifth place. Cheerleading is not an easy process, and it takes practice and determination...

Students (right to left) Ramya Raja, Maria DeSouza, Andrew Collett, Owen Taylor, Jacob Nickles, Logan Swafford and Eric Laurin all proudly stand with their robots after competing in the VEX state championship.

Raider Robotics State Championship

Ramya Raja, News and Sports Editor • March 8, 2018

  North Forsyth High School’s robotics club, Raider Robotics, had four teams qualify for the VEX robotics state championship at Ola High School in McDonough, GA during the weekend of March 2-3....

The NFHS Wrestling Team placed third in the state tournament this year in Macon, Georgia. Trophy photo from http://www.emoji.co.uk/view/1697/.

Raider Pride on the Wrestling Mat

Bella Angell, Features and Opinion Editor • February 28, 2018

Wrestling is considered the oldest sport in history. It is sometimes used as entertainment but mostly it is a competitive sport. Wrestling is a combat sport comprised of grappling with an opponent, and...

(L) The team at Dalton with their creativity award (left to right) Jacob Nickels, Angel Mercado, Logan Swafford, Jason Gay,(Coach) Jodie Marshall, Noah Davis, Ryan Oswalt, Radhika Raja, Eric Laurin and Chase Frye. (R) The team at Columbus with the award winning robot (middle), Ramya Raja, (Left to Right), Chase Frye, Nick Fornek, Logan Swafford, Jacob Nickels, Noah Davis and Micah Davis.

North Robotics Soars at FIRST Robotics Competition

Ramya Raja, Staff Writer • April 19, 2017

This past weekend, on March 16- 18, North Forsyth’s robotics team competed at the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) in Columbus, Georgia. Every year, FIRST, a robotics company dedicated to providing opportunity...

FBLA represented North Forsyth very well at the state competition. Ethan Davis placed 5th in Computer Applications, and Cameron Wright placed 2nd in Computer Problem Solving.

North Students Place in FBLA Competition

Austin McIntosh, Staff Writer • March 27, 2015

Congratulations to Ethan Davis and Cameron Wright for placing at the FBLA State Leadership Conference in Atlanta on March 21. Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is a national career student association...

Georgia State School Superintendent Richard Woods recently named Advanced Placement (AP) Honor Schools. The GADOE named the 2015 AP Honor Schools based on the results of 2014 AP courses and exams. NFHS has been recognized in four categories: AP Merit, AP STEM, AP STEM Achievement, and AP Humanities Honor.

NFHS Named AP Honor School

Matthew McFadden, Staff Writer • March 20, 2015

On February 18, the State School Superintendent, Richard Woods, named North Forsyth High School one of 609 Advanced Placement Honor Schools.  The Georgia Department of Education presented the award in...

“I joined DECA because all my friends had, but it has become a huge part of my life. I can’t imagine School without it. ” said Nicole Sullivan

DECA goes international

Ethan Simmons, Staff Writer • March 17, 2015

Recently DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America), a marketing and business club at North Forsyth, competed at the Georgia State Wide Competition. The club had several students qualify for an International...

Part of the boys team poses at the podium after the state finals.

Record-Setting Performance by the Raider Swim Team at State

Jack Dalmolin and Owen Wickman • February 27, 2015

On February 6th and 7th, the NFHS swim team competed at the GHSA 6A Swimming and Diving State Championships. The Raiders had a number of exceptional performances across the board, bringing a large contingent...

Proudly on display in Academic Bowl coach Ms. Dykes’s room, the trophy stands as a reminder of all of the hard work the team put into the season.

The Unsung Journey to State

Sam Perryman, Staff Writer • March 27, 2014

In the excitement of the lady raider’s winning basketball season and their journey to the state championship, it is easy to forget about our very own unsung heroes of intelligence, the Academic Bowl...

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