Skip to Main Content
The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

CFP National Championship Who Will Win?

CFP National Championship Who Will Win?

Notre Dame Ahmed When Notre Dame comes to mind my mind races with excitement, from an analytical standpoint this matchup is everything a Fighting Irish fan could hope for in many of the following...

Kendall Kurtz '25 fights through a scramble. He won his match 9-5 to the 7th ranked wrestler.

City Tops Dubuque Hempstead for First Time in Three Years

Rito Perez, Assistant Sports Editor January 17, 2025

Starting the 2024-25 season, the Little Hawk Boys Wrestling Team is currently 5-0 in duals against Waterloo West, Dubuque Wahlert, CR Washington, Dubuque Hempstead and CR Jefferson. The team also boasts...

Emma Plumb ‘26 and Cameron Echols ‘26 unveil “The Book of Memories” at the beginning of the show

Dancing into Show Choir Season

Yomi Hemley, Feature Co-Editor January 17, 2025

  The auditorium stage is filled with students who are out of breath. Meeting twice a week for three hours, 4th Ave works tirelessly to practice, clean, and perfect their show. After learning their...

Reusable water bottles can be worse for the environment than one-time use plastic water bottles if used less than thirty times, according to the Washington Post.

Water Bottles Aren’t a Fashion Statement

Martha Willard, Copy Editor January 16, 2025

Nalgene. S’well. Hydroflask. Stanley. Owala.  The cycle of trendy water bottles goes on, and we follow it, buying a new water bottle every year even though your Nalgene from six years ago probably...

Photo courtesy of Gideon Levine

PERFORMER PROFILE: Gideon Levine ’26

Tai Caputo, Executive Editor and Feature Co-Editor January 15, 2025

In Gideon Levine 26’s first memory, he is sitting at a small, electronic keyboard, ten years ago, struggling to learn “Mary Had a Little Lamb” after his first piano lesson.  “I got it eventually,”...

Toe Collins ‘26, Lily Rantanen '26, Coach Drew Gartner, Ethan Lalumiere ’25, and Kaj Larsen ‘25 hold their runner up and state champion plaques.

Debate Team Wins State in Policy

Martha Willard, Copy Editor January 15, 2025

On January 10th, City High’s debate team traveled to DMACC in Ankeny to compete in the state debate tournament. They returned as state champions of policy debate. Toe Collins ‘26 and Lily Rantanen...

Starting guard Jack Lampe '26 who scored 12 points in the game against Wahlert runs up the floor against West High

Wahlert Breaks Little Hawks Wings by Three Points

Charlie Firmstone, Gabriel Egeland, and Bobby Bacon January 15, 2025

The Little Hawk basketball team had a convincing 62-39 win over Burlington to begin 2025. Jaxton Schroeder ‘25 led the team in scoring with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Burlington's standout player...

TikTok Faces Ban *UPDATED JANUARY 17*

TikTok Faces Ban *UPDATED JANUARY 17*

Ethan Lalumiere and Claire Hartwig January 14, 2025

The TikTok app could be in danger in more ways than one. The imminent ban comes on January 19th, which would result in the app not being downloadable in the United States, and it would no longer be able...

The NESTT is located on the third floor, but will temporarily move to the Attendance Office for the remainder of the day.

BREAKING NEWS: NESTT Temporarily Moves to Attendance Office

Lily Rantanen, Opinion Co-Editor January 14, 2025

The NESTT will temporarily be moved to the Attendance Office from noon until the end of the day.  “There are some meetings that will be happening this afternoon,” Ms. Autumn, the educator in charge...

Palate Perspectives: Tofu

Palate Perspectives: Tofu

Hattie Conover, Reporter January 14, 2025

Tofu is a white block of mashed soybeans that comes in various consistencies, silken, soft, firm, etc. It is most commonly found in Asian and vegetarian cooking though, it is not limited to those categories....

Load More Stories
Donate to The Little Hawk
$2385
$5000
Contributed
Our Goal