Adrenaline coursed through sophomore Taylor Houck as she pushed down the track to her teammate, baton in hand. Houck stretched out her arm, knowing that the two weeks of preparation in practice led up...

After a two-hour drive packed in a 15-passenger van with 12 students and their luggage, seniors and juniors from Brenda Gorsuch’s journalism class arrived at the Charlotte airport where they would depart...