The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler
Ryan Allen

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer

Senior Ryan Allen’s is a two-year member of The Prowler staff.  He is a staff writer.

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Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 19, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 12, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 5, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
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[Photo] Coach’s Corner

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
April 24, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 20, 2019
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[Photo] Coach’s Corner

Jenna Sanders, Sports Editor
April 18, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 14, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 31, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 23, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 20, 2019

[Video] Coach’s Corner

Ben Barkley, Staff Writers
March 20, 2019
On the left is a picture of me at 180 lbs in March 2018 with minimal to no muscle and the picture on the right is me now at 200 lbs. These tips helped me put on about 15 pounds of muscle in a year and they completely changed the way I look at the gym.

Gym journey can be enjoyable

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 16, 2019
The empty field and stadium six hours before the Super Bowl mayhem began. Attending the Super Bowl was a great experience, but pretty underwhelming for me as it was just another Sunday of work.

The not-so-Super Bowl

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
The picture on the left is from the first semester of high school, and the right picture is from my last. I went through a one-year fat loss transformation, losing 85 pounds from having a focused mindset, proper nutrition, and weight training.

Muscle motivating mindset

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 7, 2019
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” was one of several successful blockbusters of the 2018 holiday season. The Christmas movie scene this year was a blend of family friendly flicks like “Spider-Man” and last-minute potential Oscar nominations.

2018’s holiday hits

Ian Fertig, Blythe Terry, Ryan Allen, Sophia Bender, and Grace Maneein
January 11, 2019
Some great quality protein options are protein shakes, whey protein, peanuts, sunflower seeds, cheese, low sodium lunch meats, and chicken. Protein is a very important macronutrient, and it should be consumed, but with the right intentions.

Rethinking the regimen, Part three

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 5, 2018
Table set up for Thanksgiving with all of the tempting holiday foods. With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner there will be many distractions to your goals, but there are five things that can help prevent that.

Top 5 holiday health hacks

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 22, 2018
Some healthy options for fats are pork steaks (fatty meats), olive oils, peanuts (any nut), seeds, cheese (not nacho cheese), and eggs (yolk). Fat is a nutritionally dense macronutrient and it should be used for a daily energy supply.

Rethinking the regimen, Part two

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 6, 2018
Group of students poses with the pride, transgender, bisexual, and pansexual flags to demonstrate support for all forms of love and acceptance at Starr’s Mill. The message that needs to be sent from this is that love in any form is not hate, and having a romantic or sexual preference does not make one a transphobe.

OPINION: Love is love

Ian Fertig, Ryan Allen, Alyson Phinney, Emma Posey, Jenna Sanders, and Rilee Stapleton
October 22, 2018

Macros

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Student stands in front of the vending machine holding a “healthy” option of popcorn and “healthier” version of cheetos. The problem with the failed diets and regimens are actually the carbohydrates and everything they do to the body.

Rethinking the regimen, Part one

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 1, 2018
On Sept. 7, junior Kathleen Ryan and senior Clarence White auditioned at Baldwin High School for Thescon 2019. Four Starr’s Mill students auditioned and two were selected to perform in the opening act at Thescon.

Thespians dance their way to opening number

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 13, 2018
Pinewood Studios Atlanta, located in Fayetteville, Ga., visited neighboring schools. The president of the company came to the Willie Duke Auditorium to speak about the past, present, and future of Pinewood Studios.

Pinewood Studios visits the Mill

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 3, 2018
Starr’s Mill Thespians perform ‘These Shining Lives’ in the 2017 GHSA Competitive One Act. Under the direction of drama teacher Savahna Silvas, Starr’s Mill won the GHSA state competition. This year Silvas has chosen ‘The Insanity of Mary Girard’ to help the school defend its state title.

Silvas sets the scene for October with spooky One Act

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 3, 2018
Starr’s Mill Thespians perform in the spring musical, ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Under the direction of drama teacher Savahna Silvas, the show earned the Showstopper award at the 2018 Shuler Award competition. The show also earned nominations for choreography and costume design. Four students from the musical were chosen to audition for the opening act at ThesCon 2019.

Stage is set

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 3, 2018
As part of my five-month transformation, I hit the gym everyday, but it took more than lifting weights. Diet, building muscle efficiently, and mindset are needed to create a improved physique.

Macros, muscle, and mindset

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
August 28, 2018
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[Photo] Coach’s Corner – May 17, 2018

Ty Odom, Staff Writer
May 17, 2018
Tara Davis

Tara Davis

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 4, 2018

Coach’s Corner – May 2, 2018

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 2, 2018
Interact club

Interact club

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
Panther sprints to home base to pick up the fourth run of the night. “This game was a good confidence booster and we needed to play because we would’ve been off for two weeks,” Moseley said. “I feel good about our pitching and I think we’re ready to go for playoffs.”

Panthers close the regular season with 8-7 win over Harris County

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 25, 2018
Mitchell Sutton

Mitchell Sutton

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018

[Video] Coach’s Corner – April 18, 2018

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
April 18, 2018
Lea Duben

Lea Duben

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 23, 2018

Coach’s Corner – March 22, 2018

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 22, 2018
Before and after pictures of my weight loss journey. I maxed at 262 lbs. before deciding to lose the fat. I started in June 2017 and finished in February 2018, losing a total of 70 lbs.

From fat to fit

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 20, 2018
Nick Nyman

Nick Nyman

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018

[Video] Coach’s Corner – March 14, 2018

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
March 14, 2018
Ashtyn Lally

Ashtyn Lally

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 13, 2018
Lauren Presley

Lauren Presley

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 8, 2018

Coach’s Corner – Jan. 31, 2018

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
January 31, 2018
Jake Bishop

Jake Bishop

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
January 26, 2018

[Video] Coach’s Corner – Jan. 25, 2018

Ty Odom, Staff Writer
January 26, 2018
Eight county winner swimmers celebrate with candy necklaces after their historic win. The Starr's Mill varsity swim team has now won the county championship for the eighteenth year in a row, keeping their historic streak alive.

Swim team continues historic win streak with 18th consecutive county championship

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
January 25, 2018
Kylee Bogumill

Kylee Bogumill

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 15, 2017
The Justice League stands together, prepared to fight whatever comes their way. Ben Affleck (Batman), Henry Cavill (Superman), Gal Gadot (Wonder Woman), Ezra Miller (The Flash), Jason Momoa (Aquaman), and Ray Fisher (Cyborg) come together in one huge blockbuster combining a mix of loveable personalities to make some movie magic.

League of heroes cannot save own production company

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 8, 2017
The varsity cheer squad poses after its performance. The Starr’s Mill varsity cheerleaders placed 3rd overall in the state tournament and came close to topping cross-town rival McIntosh.

Starr’s Mill cheerleaders place third at state competition

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 2, 2017

[Video] Coach’s Corner – Nov. 30, 2017

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
November 30, 2017

[Video] Coach’s Corner – Nov. 16, 2017

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017
Coltin Houser

Coltin Houser

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017

Coach’s Corner – Nov. 10, 2017

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 12, 2017
Phillip Pfaffman

Phillip Pfaffman

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 2, 2017

Coach’s Corner – Oct. 25, 2017

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 26, 2017
Freshman a-back Nathan Kearns stiff arms a McIntosh player to break free and run for a touchdown. The Starr’s Mill JV team successfully used their run game to defeat the McIntosh Chiefs and remain undefeated.

JV Panthers clamp down on Chiefs for big win

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
Mitchell Prowant

Mitchell Prowant

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
Savahna Silvas

Savahna Silvas

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 18, 2017
Joey DeLuca

Joey DeLuca

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 12, 2017
Sophomore quarterback Hunter Lawson breaks a tackle and throws for a 17-yard gain. Despite only scoring two touchdowns, the Panther offense put on quite a show against the visiting Patriots.

Panthers defeat Patriots in JV matchup

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 4, 2017
A long week of news

A long week of news

Jacob Hunt, Ryan Allen, Ben Barkley, Sophia Bender, Ashley Irizarry, and Brock Spence
October 1, 2017
An unhealthy snack option of a cupcake and a Coke placed next to the healthy alternative of an apple and a water. Decisions between these two snacks are hard to make, because students value taste over nutrition.

Healthy food: the real performance enhancer

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 8, 2017

[Video] Coach’s Corner – Aug. 18, 2017

Jenna Sanders, Sports co-Editor
August 19, 2017
The drama department is now preparing for their 2018 show, ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ “I looked at the dynamic of the students I had and what would offer the best opportunities for them to succeed,” drama teacher Savahna Silvas said.

There is no place like Starr’s Mill

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
August 18, 2017
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