Skip to Main Content
  • Freshman Boys Basketball Ends Season 12-4
  • JV Girls Basketball Ends Season Undefeated!
  • Luke St. Amand Speaks At SWHS 2/25
  • Black History Month Fair 2/26
  • Annual Stress Fest 3/6
  • Girls Varsity Basketball Playoff Game 3/3 @ Norwich Free Academy
  • Indoor Track State Open 2/22 @ Hillhouse
The Student News Site of South Windsor High School

The Bobcat Prowl

The Bobcat Prowl

The Student News Site of South Windsor High School

The Bobcat Prowl

Found Teen Claims to be the Boy Who Went Missing 7 Years Ago

Found Teen Claims to be the Boy Who Went Missing 7 Years Ago

Brianna Skaff, Editor April 5, 2019

In May of 2016, 6-year-old Timmothy Pitzen was reported missing, after his mother took him out of school 3 days before, and was found dead in a motel room. The cause was an apparent suicide. Notes were...

Continue Reading
Sydney Aiello, survivor of the Parkland shooting.

Mass Shootings Have Led to Three Suicides

Mariana Rule April 3, 2019

Recently, three people that all have connections to mass school shootings have taken their lives. Two of the recent suicides are survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. These students...

Continue Reading
A 61-Year-Old Gives Birth to Her Granddaughter

A 61-Year-Old Gives Birth to Her Granddaughter

Brianna Skaff, Editor April 3, 2019

On Monday March 25th, 2019, 61-year-old Cecile Reynek Eledge, gave birth to her granddaughter. Married couple Matthew Eledge and Elliot Dougherty considered getting an IVF (in vitro fertilisation) 2 years...

Continue Reading
Students March for the Planet

Students March for the Planet

Angelica Rivera-Oliveira March 26, 2019

On March 15th, students all around the world chose to play hooky so that they could participate in what turned out to be one of the largest environmental protests in history. It all started with Greta...

Continue Reading
Matthew Cardell, 28, accused of shooting two houses.

Shooting in Manchester

Mariana Rule March 25, 2019

A 28-year-old, Matt Cardell, was charged on Monday because he shot and hit two houses on Oakland Street in Manchester. There were over a half dozen shots fired before the police caught him at 2 a.m. The...

Continue Reading
Riverdale -- Image Number: RVD_Fred_GRAY_097rb.jpg -- Pictured: Luke Perry as Fred Andrews -- Photo: Marc Hom/The CW -- Ì?å© 2017 The CW Network. All Rights Reserved

Luke Perry Dies at 52 Years Old

Jillian Thibodeau, Editor March 15, 2019

52 year-old actor Luke Perry had a massive stroke on Wednesday, February 27th and was rushed to Saint Joseph’s Medical Center in Burbank, California. Perry passed away on Monday, March 4th, a sad day...

Continue Reading
Kim Jong Un and Trump at the summit in 2019

Will There be an End to the Korean War?

Joe Sandberg, Editor March 5, 2019

This week, President Trump met with the leader/chairman Kim Jong Un of North Korea in order to better relations between the two nations and to denuclearize North Korea. Unfortunately, there have been some...

Continue Reading
Mayor Saud Anwar

Here’s everything you need to know about the special election on February 26th

Jessica Polito February 26, 2019

On January 11th, recently elected Connecticut Governor, Ned Lamont, announced that there will be a special election on February 26th in order to fill 5 vacant General Assembly seats. Rather than resume...

Continue Reading
This dear suffers from Chronic Wasting Disease

SOURCE: KDWPT

Zombie Deer?

Katelyn Macomber February 22, 2019

Over the past few days, a new topic has been trending across the news and social media. Deer are being compared to zombies. People have become fearful about what has happened to wildlife as a result of...

Continue Reading
Bernie Sanders is Running for Office Again

Bernie Sanders is Running for Office Again

Angelica Rivera-Oliveira February 22, 2019

On Tuesday, the 2016 Democratic primary runner-up and Vermont independent, Bernie Sanders, announced on Vermont Public Radio that he will be running for president in the 2020 presidential election. The...

Continue Reading