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GALLERY: Panteras en Fuego competes at Texas Dance Challenge

Sophia Miranda, Photojournalist
Oct 2, 2025

Members of the Panteras en Fuego dance group competed at the Texas Dance Challenge on Sept. 11 in Houston.

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Photo: Sophia Miranda
NEW HOPES. Sophomore Emmy Nava Valdivieso holding up her skirt with a hand on her hip, following the choreography for the folklorico routine on Sept. 11, 2025. This is Nava’s first year in the Panteras En Fuego dance team. “I hope to be able to get more comfortable being in Panteras, because now I feel awkward but I hope to be more comfortable by the end of the year,” Nava said.

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Sophia Miranda
Sophia Miranda, Photojournalist
Sophia Miranda is a photojournalist at Caney Creek High School. She is now in her second year on staff. Before joining, she wanted to pursue psychology, but after taking Green’s intro class she became set on photography ever since.
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