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The Sphinx

The Student News Site of Carterville High School

The Sphinx

The Student News Site of Carterville High School

The Sphinx

2025-2026 Staff

Isabella Dion
Staff Writer

Isabella Dion

Isabella Dion is a sophomore at Carterville High School. This is her second year in yearbook and she is excited to be back for more. She enjoys sports, hanging out with friends, photography, reading, singing, theatre, and mountain...

Abby Hovenga
Staff Writer

Abby Hovenga

Abby is a sophomore at CHS who is in her second year of H.S. Publications as the yearbook photography editor. She's always liked photography so she decided to join the yearbook staff as a way to get better at taking photos and...

Lucy Gossett
Staff Writer

Lucy Gossett

Lucy Gossett is a Sophomore at Carterville High School.  She has four siblings. She loves to play Basketball, Soccer, Softball. This is Lucy's second year in High School Publications and is a Photography Editor in Coverage and...

Madison Gilkerson
Staff Writer

Madison Gilkerson

Madison Gilkerson is a sophmore at Carterville High School and this is her second year in H.S Publications. Things she likes to do for fun are painting, taking pictures, playing volleyball with her family and friends, baking,...

Ash Keim
Staff Writer

Ash Keim

Ash Keim is a senior at Carterville High School. He enjoys listening to music while playing video games or reading. Not only that, but, Ash also has a love for science and photography. When he grows up, he wants to be a microbiologist...

Marlee Rosenbery
Staff Writer

Marlee Rosenbery

Marlee is a senior at Carterville High School. She is on the school dance team and is involved in numerous clubs such as Student Council, Interact Club, and NHS. In her future, she wants to study Elementary Education and become...

Merryn Elliott
Sport Reporter

Merryn Elliott

Merryn Elloitt is a sophomore at Carterville High School. She competes on the golf team. She constantly stays strapped with the 210 calorie Cheez-Itz, and can down a medium Dominos pizza single-handedly... not counting the crust.

Makaya Crickman
Sport Reporter

Makaya Crickman

Makaya Crickman is a sophomore at Carterville High School. She goes to volleyball practice regularly. When not asking Coach Emrick questions about basic fundamentals, she enjoys a PB&J with only Welch's Grape Jelly and white...

Aubrey Baldi
Sport Reporter

Aubrey Baldi

Aubrey Baldi somehow made it to sophomore year at Carterville High School. Her hobbies include watching her brother ride dirtbikes, thinking of funny things she never says in class, and learning about the incredible world of tennis.

Elia Schumacher
Sport Reporter

Elia Schumacher

Elia is a sophomore at Carterville High School. She needs everyone to know her name is pronounced El-eye-ah, not El-ee-ah.

Brody Harris
Sport Reporter

Brody Harris

Brody is a junior at Carterville High School. When not styling his hair, Brody likes to voluntarily photograph travel sports on his Canon Rebel T7 that he swears he paid for himself.

Dillon Kassen
Sport Reporter

Dillon Kassen

Dillon Kassen is a junior at Carterville High School, and his hobbies include bowling and fishing. His favorite sports include baseball, football, and hockey. He got a new phone in 2024 that altered the quality of his life. His...

Zack Carter
Sport Reporter

Zack Carter

Zack is a junior is Carterville High School. Zack loves doing laps on the stationary bike and writing in pristine, cute handwriting.

Ryder Eigenrauch
Sport Reporter

Ryder Eigenrauch

Ryder Eigenruach is a junior at Carterville High School who competes on the golf, bowling, and baseball teams. Ryder enjoys racing on the weekends and riding his Ike Honda drone like Snoopy enacting a battle scene on his doghouse.

Meade Smith
Sport Reporter

Meade Smith

Meade Smith is a part of the golf and track & field team. He enjoys watching sports and eating a lot of food. Kenneth, as his known by his closest friends, enjoys his days sounding out challenging words like "gubernatorial." ...

Maddox Gulley
Sport Reporter

Maddox Gulley

Maddox Gulley is a junior at Carterville High School. He is on the basketball team and aspires to be a writer someday. In his free time, he sends handwritten letters to McDonald's headquarters to bring back the Grimace shake. ...

Adie Sykes
Sport Reporter

Adie Sykes

Adie is a junior at Carterville High School. Adie recently retired as an acting chauffer for Maddox Gulley, which she considers the highlight of her life.

Kenadi Compton
Sport Reporter

Kenadi Compton

When not traveling Williamson County in top-rated theatrical performances, Kenadi Compton, a senior at CHS, actively spends her time trying to sing, giving some effort on homework, and hanging out with friends.

Alex Lyell
Sport Reporter

Alex Lyell

Alex Lyell is a senior at Carterville High School. He plays baseball and loves to hang out with friends. All of his journalistic efforts at CHS are dedicated in memory if his late cat, Sweetthang.

Mrs. Dorris
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Mrs. Dorris

CHS English/HS Publications Teacher

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