Staff

Managing Editor

Annika Birkeland

Annika is a senior who has been on the newspaper staff for 2 years. She joined newspaper after finding a very strong passion for writing. She loves the people and the community of The Sting. She is the managing editor and says...

Associate Editor

Zoe Hopton

Zoe Hopton is a junior at AHS and is involved in newspaper, cheer, cross country and powerlifting. As a kid, she would read the newspaper with her grandmother, inspiring her to explore journalism deeper. This is her second year...

News & Feature Editor

Karli Dow

Karli is currently a sophomore, and this is her first year on the newspaper staff. She is looking forward to having her second year with Mr. Corbett. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, reading and hanging out with her dog an...

Multimedia Editor

Abi McCoy

Abigael McCoy is a sophomore, beginning her first year on the sting staff. After taking journalism during her freshman year, she chose to join newspaper to further pursue writing and photography. Abigael likes cats and all sill...

Staff Writer

Miley Smith

Miley Smith, a senior this year, likes writing and baking in her free time. She joined The Sting because she loves to write, and she loves to edit and design things. Miley’s goal for this year is to figure out what she wants...

Staff Writer

Haylee Collins

Haylee Collins is a sophomore at AHS this year. This is her first year on the newspaper staff, and she also plays volleyball. She enjoys watching movies, writing and scrolling through TikTok. She initially joined journalism for...

Staff Writer

Jianna Menefee

Jianna Menefee is a Senior at AHS this year, taking on her first year of Newspaper. Aside from being a part of the Sting, she is involved in color guard. In her free time, she enjoys reading, sewing, doing her makeup and doomscroll...

Opinion & Entertainment Editor

Alex Schlotzhauer

Alex Schlotzhauer is a Junior this year at AHS. Alex joined the Sting Staff to share her love for photography and writing about current events at Azle. Other than being in the newspaper, this is her fifth year in Color Guard a...

Sports & Clubs Editor

Serenity Valdez

After taking Journalism 1 her Freshman year, junior Serenity Valdez decided to continue with Newspaper, having discovered how much she enjoys journalistic writing and photography. Coming from a house with four dogs (ranging f...

Public Relations & Advertising Editor

Brinley Dowell

Brinley Dowell is a junior in her second year on The Sting staff! Outside of Newspaper, she enjoys hanging out with friends and swimming in her pool. Academically, you can also find her in UIL Journalism, HOSA and Yearbook. This year, s...

Photography Editor

Becca Trammell

Following in her sister's footsteps, Senior Rebecca Tramell (who goes by Becca) joined the newspaper staff. She said taking photos is her favorite part of being on staff. Becca’s position in the newspaper is the photography ed...

Print Layout & Design Editor

Madelyn Tucker

Madelyn Tucker is a Junior at AHS. Her extracurricular activities include Theatre, Band and Newspaper. Her favorite cereal is Captain Crunch, while her favorite place to eat is WingStop. Her favorite middle school clothing trend...

Editor-in-Chief

Lily Hudman

From our Newspaper staff, senior Lily Hudman takes the role of Editor-in-Chief. Throughout the summer, she once again took part in an Internship at The Azle News and Springtown Epigraph. Lily participates in a number of extracurricular ...

Faculty Sponsor

Neil Corbett

Mr. Corbett is the Journalism and Newspaper Adviser at Azle High School. He also teaches English and Creative Writing. He graduated from McMurry University with a BA in English and Writing in 2008 and Vermont College of Fine Arts...

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