The Truman boys’ basketball team took their first step towards a possible district title last night. They won by double-digits against North Kansas City in the district semifinals. Now, they’ll travel to Liberty to face the district’s top seed. The winner of the game will advance to sectional […]
The girls’ basketball team will play for a district title this Thursday at Liberty. The girls’ began the tournament as the four seed in the district. They smashed both the five seed and top seeded North Liberty by 20-plus points in their first two district games. Now, they […]
The Truman cheerleading team earned a second place finish in the state. Today we caught up with a couple members of the team to talk about the accomplishment.
For the first time all year the restrictions on fan attendance lightened a bit, and this allowed for the Truman student section to return for the last basketball game of the year. It was still limited in numbers, but it was far larger than the sparse crowd that […]
The state sectional wrestling tournament will take place at Staley High School tomorrow. Four Truman wrestlers will hit the mat with a chance to punch their ticket to the state tournament right here in Independence in a couple of weeks. Today, we talked with a couple of the […]
The boys’ basketball team will seek out wins 19 and 20 next week when the play the district tournament. They host round one on Tuesday. If they manage to win that game then they will likely hit the road and play Liberty with a sectional berth on the […]
THS Media’s Nate Morton caught up with a couple seniors to discuss their post high school plans.
Today Truman announced Shelley Lauber as their 2020-21 Teacher of the Year.
Truman’s top plays makes its triumphant second semester return. We take a look at the top 10 plays from this season so far. If you have video of a play you would like to be featured in future episodes of Truman’s Top 10 reach out to thsmediaonline@gmail.com.
The Truman speech, debate, and competitive drama team is busy preparing for nationals, and they really believe they have a shot to bring home the crown this year. We caught up with some of the key members of the team to discuss why this could be a big […]
The choir program continues to churn out elite singers. Gabbie Petentler, Paige Gonzales, Kenzlee Frizzell, Kyleigh Hendrix, Molly Bradshaw, Nate Morton, Tyler Allen, Josh Patterson, Matthew Gilley, Andrea Fadler, Breana Smith, Jullie Wheaton, and Adam LeBlanc all performed their way onto the all-district choir. We talked with a […]
The weather made this week’s courtwarming celebration just a bit short. Tonight the king and queen will be crowned, but before that happens take a listen to the candidates discuss what the process has been like for them.
The Truman boys’ basketball team bounced back from their defeat to Raytown by handling Fort Osage easily. The 59-48 victory is their sixth win in their last ten and their tenth win in their last twelve. At 15-4 on the season they’re making a strong push for the […]
VIDEO BY NATE MORTON AND STORY BY MICHAEL FRANCO With Super Bowl 55 right around the corner, we have the Kansas City Chiefs facing off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James stadium in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers will be the first team to play in the […]
The Truman cheerleaders took home a regional win over the weekend. We caught up with a couple of them to talk about their accomplishment.
For years the marquee match-up in the district has pitted the Truman Patriots against their crosstown rivals from William Chrisman. And in most seasons the match-up delivers as billed…close to the end. But this season the Truman boys’ basketball team had more in store for their took out […]
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The Truman girls’ basketball team lost their rivalry game to William Chrisman. Here’s a look at some photos from the game. Photos by Hunter Springs //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
The Truman theatre department is readying a new performance. Try-outs have just started and the entire department is ready for a live performance. We caught up with several thespians to discuss this exciting week.
The girls’ and boys’ basketball teams continue their heated rivalries with the Chrisman Bears the week. The girls’ will play tonight and the boys will play tomorrow. Both teams are looking to keep the trophy here at Truman. Girls Preview: Boys Preview:
With only two regular season wrestling meets remaining the team is starting to kick it into gear for the postseason. Dylan McCutcheon and Nathan Noda talked with us about their expectations.
The girls’ swimming and dive team wrapped up their home season on Wednesday. Photos by Kailey Sterling. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
The Truman boys’ basketball team continued it’s current form with yet another win. They beat Belton by 23 points for their fourth straight win. It was their eighth victory in their last nine games. And the Patriots are now 13-3 on the season. Photos by Hunter Springs, Caleb […]
The girls’ basketball team returned to action for the first time this semester and showed no signs of rust. In their first home game of the year, which also doubled as senior night, they took out Belton easily. Varsity Photos //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js JV Photos //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
The wrestling team competed in a tournament on senior night. Here are some photos from the event. Photos by Hunter Springs //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js
We caught up with Valerie Xayaphet of the girls’ swimming team to talk about the season thus far and what she thinks the future holds.
The wrestling season continues to roll along this week with a match this evening. We caught up with a couple members of the team to discuss how their season has went.
BY MICHAEL FRANCO It’s a different kind of NBA season this year. The league shifted their schedule to a December start, and the playoffs are now scheduled between May 22 to July 22, 2021. They also cut down on the number of games from 82 to 72. With […]
The Truman boys’ basketball saw their winning streak snapped on senior night as they were unable to hold onto the early lead that they built. Photos by Kailey Sterling, Hunter Springs, and Caleb Lockwood Full game photo album available here Full game stream:
BY CAMERON CAMMACK It’s become a natural reflex to scroll, refresh, like, and post our daily occurrences to our public social media feeds as teenagers living in the twenty-first century. Social media and relying on virtual communication is more apparent now more than ever before with the addition […]
The Truman basketball team took out Rock Bridge over the weekend. Here’s a look at some of the highlights from the game.
Photos by Kailey Sterling and Hunter Springs
The Truman boys’ basketball team started off the second semester with a victory over North Kansas City. Here’s a look at the highlights. Reaction to win
Highlights from basketball’s win over Olathe North on Friday plus some reaction to that win. Reaction
Here’s a look at some of the biggest and best plays from the first few games of the hoops season.
THS Media’s Tyrell Colbert takes a look at school lunch during the pandemic and the hours of work that go into producing those meals.
Sam Scott and Max Black take a look back at Chris Rhodes’ Truman career.
We caught up with a few players to discuss tonight’s battle with Van Horn.
Photos from Truman’s win over St. Joseph Lafayette Photos by Regan Getman
We caught up with a couple members of the boys basketball team to discuss their start to the season. Truman is 1-1 this year after falling to Raytown in the second round of their season opening tournament last night. Interviews Photos from their game with Raytown (by Miguel […]
THS Media’s Tylor Karas talked with Coach Pugh about his journey as a Patriot.
Our own Nate Morton takes a look at the upcoming girls’ hoops season and what to expect from the team.
The Truman basketball team returned to the hardwood on Monday. It took an extra frame, but Truman walked away with a 71-62 victory over Lee’s Summit West. Photos by Regan Getman
A look back at the fall sports season.
Cross country runner Joshua Nunn competed at the state tournament over the weekend.
Photos by Kailey Sterling
Coming off a strong performance in the conference championships the cross country team hoped for more of the same at districts. Unfortunately, the times that helped them win conference were off this week, and only one runner managed to qualify for state. That runner is senior Josh Nunn. […]
The boys’ soccer team took out Fort Osage over the weekend to advance to the district final against Rockhurst this Tuesday. Rockhurst has beaten the Patriots the last five times the teams played, but the Patriots believe that maybe this time they can break the streak.
THS Media’s Nate Morton takes us through what’s on the line in this year’s election from national to local races. We also hear from students about their opinions. And then Nate predicts what he thinks will happen on Tuesday.
BY REGAN HENNING Zoning in and out of the American history lesson, the 16-year-old scribbles down a few notes about the Stamp Act. They’re not too terribly interested in the topic because in their mind, it’s history, why should they care if it has no affect on their […]
The Truman girls’ basketball team dominated Fort Osage in their first round district battle. Their 57-25 victory advanced them to the second round where they will take on top seeded Liberty North. That game will take place tonight at 7:00 pm. Despite Liberty North being the top seed […]
