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The student news site of Hagerty High School

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Spencer Thompson

Spencer Thompson, Blueprint Editor-in-Chief

Spencer Thompson is the Editor-in-Chief of the Blueprint. He has attended the Florida Scholastic Press Association for the past three years, the 2013 Columbia Scholastic Press Association in New York, and spent a week at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism in 2012 for the Summer Journalism Institute. He has received the All Florida award from FSPA for his basketball feature in 2012. Spencer has also worked with the Seminole Chronicle.

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Softball falls to Newsome in state semifinal

Softball falls to Newsome in state semifinal

Spencer Thompson, Retired editor-in-chief
May 9, 2015

After a one run, extra inning thriller got the girls softball team into the final four, another one run extra inning game sent the team home in tears. On Friday, May 8, the varsity softball team ended...

Pitcher Sam Worrell hugs catcher Alicia Tomberlin as the rest of the team runs onto the field to celebrate the regional final victory over West Orange.

Softball drops West Orange in regional championship

Spencer Thompson, Blueprint editor-in-chief
May 2, 2015

As a tiny thump was heard, a roar of cheers erupted from the visitors section at West Orange High School on Friday night at the softball regional championship game. Warrior outfielder Jade Caraway dropped...

Grenz receives county recognition

Grenz receives county recognition

Spencer Thompson, Blueprint Editor-in-Chief
February 3, 2015

It was an auspicious day indeed on Jan. 23 when Robin Grenz’s famous catch phrase came true. Seminole County revealed three finalists for the district Teacher of the Year, and among those names was...

Rout of West Port earns volleyball rematch

Rout of West Port earns volleyball rematch

Spencer Thompson, Editor-in-Chief
October 29, 2014

On Tuesday, Oct. 28, the varsity girls volleyball team traveled to Ocala to face West Port High school in a regional quarterfinal, the first game of the state playoffs. Coming off of a 3-1 loss to University...

The way the cookie crumbles

The way the cookie crumbles

Spencer Thompson, Blueprint Editor in Chief
September 10, 2014

Just as Dr. Evil had Mini-Me and Bikini Bottom was terrorized by Plankton, Hagerty has added a miniature sidekick to the lunch game: the new-look chocolate cookies. In order to comply with USDA requirements,...

Boys lacrosse enters rebuilding mode

Spencer Thompson, Sports Editor
April 9, 2014

They were matched against the fourth best team in the state, state semifinalists last year, and were playing in Jaguar Stadium in front of scouts and the top teams in the state, but none of that seemed...

Girls soccer suffers heartbreak on the field

Girls soccer suffers heartbreak on the field

Spencer Thompson, Sports Editor
February 18, 2014

“Sometimes it just feels like the soccer gods are against us,” senior Sydney Schilling said. “It’s not always a matter of who’s better or what the record is. Soccer’s funny sometimes.” It...

PALS president Karina Rodriguez delivers Kindle Fires purchased for local classrooms through the PALS Provides program.

PALS Provides gives back to autism community

Spencer Thompson, Sports Editor
November 6, 2013

“It’s really important to embrace differences,” senior Karina Yap said. “There’s so many differences between everybody in the world, that’s what makes us human. When we interact with only people,...

Coach Phil Ziglar walks to the sideline as he has just run out of the Husky before the Pink'd game against University Orange City. Hagerty went on to win 24-21 in double overtime.

Ziglar brings new discipline to football

Spencer Thompson, Sports Editor
October 2, 2013

“I was born in the wrong time,” head football coach Phil Ziglar said. “I should’ve been born in the medieval times, where if you had a problem with someone, you got on your horse, picked up your...

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