Hi! My name is Gecko- I meaaannn Ava :) I sometimes draw stuff for the lantern but most of the time I’m watching anime, reading books at lightning speed, petting my geriatric cat and my not so geriatric but indeed very rude ...
Hey y’all, My name is Anna and I’m an Editor-in-Chief of the Lantern. I’m involved in pretty much everything that exists. I’m my free time, (which is pretty much never) I enjoy spending time at my cabin, snowmobiling,...
This is Nathan Baszuro's sixth and final year on The Lantern staff. When Nathan is not stressing about schoolwork he is often watching movies with his dog, arguing about politics, and eating whatever he can find in the kitchen.
Ethan White is a freshman this year. He is in Robotics as their Safety Captain, and Ethan has fun reading fantasy and sci-fi books. In his free time, he likes to play D&D with his family as the game master for their campa...
Sara is a senior editor for The Lantern. This is her sixth year writing. Sara enjoys a myriad of activities including taking ill-timed naps and raiding every Goodwill in Minnesota.
Hey ya’ll! My name is Bianca Caputo, and I can often be found screaming at a ten year old iMac in an effort to not get fired. In the spare five seconds when you don’t find me at the school I can be found curled in the feta...
I am Nick Bultena and I am a sports writer for the Lantern. I play football, basketball, and baseball. I enjoy throwing hay bales and listening to country music. Yeehaw!!!
My name is Sydney Niehaus, and I'm a sophomore. I enjoy reading poetry, listening to music, and writing. My favorite activity is playing my violin and playing in the school's pep band.
Bryson Felton is a senior photographer and part editor for the Lantern. He is also involved in the school musicals and plays, speech, yearbook, and track. When he isn’t being a sneaky poo with a camera, he spends his time ea...
Ellie is a junior and participates in weightlifting, gymnastics, and track. She is very involved in activities and clubs, leaving no time for a social life. In her free time, she enjoys creating art, reading, binge-watching Ne...
Saundra is a junior and a gymnast for the Northfield Raider team. She loves taking photos, painting, and watching rom coms. Her greatest skill is procrastinating. While she’s procrastinating, she takes multiple naps, watche...
Preston Heckmann is a junior in high school. He is a new photographer and writer for the Lantern. He is also involved in student council, baseball, and soccer. In his free time he loves to splay out in the sun to soak up all t...
Elias Wojahn is an 8th grader who takes pictures for the lantern/torch. He also participates in choir and likes to knit in his free time. His favorite subject is math.
This is 8th grader Ava Brokate. Or so she wants us to think. She is actually a gecko in disguise. She keeps herself busy by climbing trees, engrossing herself in the wonderful world of reading, bouncing along trails on her fa...
Chris Baszuro, now a Sports editor, is a senior and has been involved with the Lantern for two years. Soccer, speech, MHS, band, and jazz band are a few of the many activities that consume his time when he isn't doing schoolwork....
This is Lauren Ritz, and she is in 8th grade. In her free time she enjoys reading, art, and trying new things, like the Torch. Tennis and speech are two other activities she participates in. She also really likes the Incredibl...
My name is Jeffry Zimmerman, and I am an artist who participates in Speech. I like things such as comic books, video games, movies, and music (mostly 60s-80s). My hobbies include drawing, writing, acting, and playing aforementio...
Laurie is a senior this year. She is a part of the Bomber tennis team and Northfield Raider gymnastics team. When she is not busying doing her infinite pile of school work, she is either crying because of the new Netflix orig...
This is Jessica Baszuro. Other activities she is in includes Soccer, Speech and Track. She is in 8th grade and loves to read, write, play soccer, make music, and hang out with her friends. This is her first year on the Torch....
Emma is a co-features editor for The Lantern. She’s a junior who is involved in speech, debate, yearbook, and student council. Through her writing, she hopes to discuss relevant problems that aren’t discussed enough.
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Graham is a Freshman this year. He plays football, basketball, baseball and water polo, and is involved in many other activities. He is a super-geek for superhero movies from Marvel and Batman, but also enjoys other romance m...
Bianca is in Speech and Theater. When she’s not in the school, she’s dead, because she’s always at the school doing something. In her “free time”, she plays video games, eats food, and harasses her cat Lily....
This is Tristin, an 8th grade theatre nerd with a love for writing and speech. This energetic eighth grader has been writing on the torch for a year and plans to continue writing until he graduates.
Mia is a freshman this year she is a lantern photographer. Some things she likes to do is participate in gymnastics and she also likes to watch Netflix all the time.
some facts about her is she likes pizza her favorite color...
Nathan is an 8th grader who loves taking pictures and editing them for the Torch/Lantern. He also
likes playing soccer, speech, and singing in choir. He thinks the Lantern is the best
newspaper in the entire world.
Marguerite is a freshman staff writer involved in other activities like volleyball, dance team, track, student council, and yearbook. In her very little free time she hangs out with her dogs and watches movies on Netflix. Her ...
Senior, Laura Johnson, is an Editor-in-chief who enjoys Hulu. Speech and FFA also occupy her free time. She participates in many band activities such as flute choir and FFA band with a dash of sarcastic concert band rehearsals. Baby p...
My name is Mari Mendivil and I’m a senior this year. I play soccer in the fall and I’m involved in yearbook, green club, choir/jazz choir, Interact, FFA, and I’m a featured artist this year. I enjoy watching the office, ta...
Paige Miest is a senior and an A&E editor for the lantern. She is in tennis along with track, and she also volunteers through NHS and Interact. Watching Netflix and vines are some of her favorite things to do outside of school....
Belle is a sophomore this year. She plays soccer and basketball. She likes to spend time with her friends and eat as much as possible. She is involved in some other activities like SADD and interact. In her spare time she fights dr...
Hey I'm Emma! I'm a sophomore who loves watching Riverdale, Friends, and The Office, taking buzzfeed quizzes, and spending hours scrolling through useless pins on Pinterest. I’m involved in choir, pop girls choir, band, and jazz...
Sophie Epps is a senior and is one of the co-editors of the Features section. Even when not writing bios, she enjoys talking about herself in the third of person. This ice cream lovin’, kale devotee, and almond butter addict is occ...
Hannah Singewald is a senior who participates in speech, softball and the musical. Except for her passion for rollerblading and softball, her athletic life is almost nonexistent. During the summer she is almost always found defe...
Nathan Van Zuilen is a senior and a News Editor on the Lantern. When he’s not busy with Soccer, Speech, or Track, he enjoys spending his time finding new ways to keep himself busy and active in the school. ...
Zoe is junior and a Senior Photographer for the Lantern. When she isn’t taking pictures she enjoys participating in speech, track, and robotics. As well as reading, eating pizza, and binge watching her favorite shows on Netflix. ...
Aizlynn is a Sophomore who always has her earbuds in to listen to music. She eats like an elephant but is the size of a stick. This goofy gal has a master’s degree in sword techniques and she is a professional ribbon ...
Hello everyone. My name is Hailey Newinski and I am a sophomore this year. I am involved in soccer in the fall, speech in the winter, track in the spring and softball in the summer. I also enjoy being in the green club and obv...
Katie Allen is a photography editor, who enjoys activities such as Speech, band, and watching John Mulaney's New in Town. When she's not busy reading or ordering people around, she finds time to study whatever interests her at...
Lindy Edstrom is a co-editor for the news category. She is a senior who participates in many activities like Interact, church leader, student council, swimming, MHS, and track and field. Lindy is also commonly known as Melinda,...
Hello, my name is Luke Newinski. Soccer, lacrosse and the lantern are my three favorite things to do in my life. I am a senior, and I plan on attending Winona State University to major in movement science.
Hello, I am Olivia Anderson and I’m a senior. I am writer for features. I’ve been in the Lantern my whole high school career and I was a writer for the Torch in 8th grade. I enjoy playing with my yaks, dogs, chickens, pigs, ...
Jenae is a Junior, and writes for the Features category. She is involved in tennis, speech, choir, jazz choir, and also plays violin for an orchestra. During the summer, Jenae is paid to scream “BUDDY WALK” at children at...
My name is Vanessa Peer, and I work on the Sports Center for the Lantern. I am a Junior this year, and I enjoy constantly playing sports such as soccer, dance, softball, and trap shooting. I enjoy the cheesiest of snacks. ...
