




Ella Mancuso, Feature Editor
January 26, 2023

Ella Mancuso, Feature Editor
January 26, 2023

Ava LaBianco, News Editor
December 12, 2022

Julia Hanson, Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2023

Sarah Woods, A&E Editor
December 12, 2022
The spring athletic season is finally upon us, and for high-level baseball and softball players, like myself, the next three months will be a...
DGN took on York Friday night in their first conference game of the season. Kickoff was originally slated for 7 PM but weather warnings called...




To add something new to this year’s calendar, the girls from the 2023 senior class participated in their first powder puff game Oct. 30. While walking onto Carstens field wearing their powder puff shirts, the seniors got into their assigned teams before the first game began. This returning event hasn’t happened since 2018, persuading 73 girls to sign up this year. The girls who originally organized this event, seniors Ellie Watts and Annie Flynn, were in charge of sending out information...

Thirty-three students from DGN went to Lyons Township High School for a West Suburban Leadership Conference (WSLC) field trip on Oct. 28. DGN students have been attending this field trip for a decade to help the student body become stronger leaders for the school. The retreat is sponsored by Core Training, who invited students from all over the West Suburban Conference schools. The WSLC used to be for just student athletes, but in recent years, they have been opening up to the general population...

Nov. 11, students packed an overnight bag and gathered on a bus to YMCA Camp Duncan for the biannual Operation Snowball retreat. Due to the pandemic, however, Operation Snowball has not been an overnight retreat since winter of 2020. Amidst the pandemic, the Snowball retreat still happened, it just looked slightly different. From Zoom small groups and social distanced gatherings in 2020 to a one day masked retreat in 2021, the program is excited to put together the first overnight retreat post-pandemic. Senior...

Ella Mancuso, Feature Editor
January 26, 2023

Ella Mancuso, Feature Editor
January 26, 2023

Julia Hanson, Editor-in-Chief
November 16, 2022




The spring athletic season is finally upon us, and for high-level baseball and softball players, like myself, the next three months will be a blend of bus rides, purple and white, and “Go Trojans.” Most importantly, for the next three months, we play with one goal in mind: winning. At least for...
DGN took on York Friday night in their first conference game of the season. Kickoff was originally slated for 7 PM but weather warnings called the game into question. IHSA policy dictates that once the game is suspended 30 minutes must pass from the last lightning strike until play can resume. Players...