Sonoma Raceway, located in the rolling hills of Sonoma County, attracts motorsport enthusiasts from the area and across the country. It hosts both NASCAR and National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) events....

Down at Greene Family Field, the field hockey team darts around the turf, hitting shots, making passes and driving the ball towards the goal. Sweat dripping down their faces, they practice hard to refine...

"Ja-Wook Oppa, take my ligament," said the handcrafted sign that propelled DIS second-grader Aileen Kim into stardom with over 700K views on YouTube and 150K on Instagram.  Her heartfelt message even...

Following a successful four years on the Hollis Brookline High School Field Hockey Team, senior captain Nyah Jernberg committed to play Division 1 field hockey for Wagner College to continue her athletic...

The sun casts a warm early morning glow over the Grand Prairie Gun Club. The Coppell Competitive Shooting Team greets each other with friendly “good mornings” as they prepare their shotguns for practice...

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Gymnastics has always been a staple of senior Anna Illarionov’s life. She began her career when she was three years old and continued it up until the end of last year. But her gymnastics story extends...

Under a gold supermoon, in front of a black and gold crowd and filled with golden-like tears, the Rockets struck gold again in the state championship. After a commanding first-set win, Richard Montgomery...

Mysterious sweat stains, odd sizing, worn fabric on uniforms — this isn’t an ideal sight for anyone, but it’s the reality for girls’ varsity basketball. While not all Burlingame sports teams experience...

Around 60 million children play sports in America, and yet only 12,347 of them will go on to play Division 1 baseball in college. The balance of school, homework, sports, exercise, and relationships can...

LFHS alumna Alexandra Fontana, who graduated in 2022, is proving that hard work and determination can lead to extraordinary achievements. Now a sophomore at the University of Michigan, Fontana recently...

After the 2021 season, the Strath Haven Rowing Club was disbanded. Now, with current seniors committing to colleges for rowing, the question arises of whether a Strath Haven rowing club would be beneficial...

“Everybody do the Eagle Rumble; everybody do the Eagle Rumble, Eagle RUMBLE.”  This phrase is a staple at every sporting event. This chant can often be heard from the bellows of a certain notorious...

Taking in the atmosphere of the Upper Kovler Gymnasium, where he once dribbled up and down the courts, Xavier Smith, a Class of 2016 alumnus, experienced a full-circle moment. He was stepping onto the...

The whistle blows for a timeout. The San Jose Express age 12 and under (12U) girls’ water polo team has twenty seconds to debrief and plan for the next play, tensions running high as they prepare to...

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WOODBURY — Playing in any sport comes with the risk of injury — some more than others. In the heat of the game, field hockey players risk getting hit in the face with a stick or a ball, and this was...

It took then-rising junior Mikel Cho three tries before striking gold. Two years ago on June 29, 2022, Cho traveled to Heredia, Costa Rica, and earned a silver medal in a team taekwondo performance...

With a seventh place finish in the regional, a cloud hovered over the Center Grove cross country team. It just wasn’t their day. With multiple runners from other teams achieving personal records and...

There was a slight chill in the air in Springfield, Mo. as freshman Ashley Hayes prepared for her final four match at the tennis state championship, the first to do so in FHC history. As she stepped...

The feeling of sharp stabbing needles in his back was a clear indication that something was wrong. Junior Kasen Brown needed to get help from professionals, and after going through tests locally, Brown...

When senior Caitlyn Siu was just two months old, doctors diagnosed her with a rare disease that caused her liver to fail. Within months, she needed a transplant. The surgery came when she was 10 months...

It takes most talented high school football players years of training, hundreds of practices, and dozens of games to even think about breaking a long-held school record. For Tyrone sophomore Tytus Novak,...

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“Jaqui’s one of a kind,” junior Miley Massey said. “You don’t come across her a lot.” Junior Jacqueline McClain is an outside hitter for the Varsity Volleyball team. McClain came to Azle...

She has one goal in mind: getting the kill. It's a play that can leave any opponent shaken. When done right, it's a violent action that results in the ball rocketing across the net to either find...

The National Collegiate Athletics Association made recent changes to its Division I Collegiate sports rules and regulations. Starting next school year, constraints will be implemented that will change...

Freshman Valentina Isabella Matos Pizzorni is making history as the first girl to join the school’s junior varsity football team. Her journey into football began in middle school with flag football,...

Friday night lights sparkling bright, senior Josie Grunzinger lined up with the field goal. Her foot swung into the ball, sending it spiraling through the air and flying through the goal. Grunzinger had...

After years of scrubbing stains out of their uniforms, many SCHS softball and baseball players were relieved to see their fields renovated with new dirt earlier this month. During previous seasons,...

The 2024 Nebraska School Activities Association (NSAA) Boys State Tennis Championship took place on Monday, Oct. 21, and Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Woods Tennis Center. The East Spartans prevailed once again,...

Excited. Ignited. United reads the back of Coach Julie Murphy’s t-shirt as she paces the worn-down turf sideline of the Edwardsville High School football field with excitement, pride and composure. Just...

Chalk on his hands, Kenneth Harms (12) prepares to tackle a V8 bouldering grade. After discussing the plan, or beta, with Jeff Blumberg (12), he engages in battle with the wall, recruiting strength from...

“It’s like your mind isn’t connected with your body,” Olivia Adams said, describing the twisties, a phenomenon that occurs during tumbling in gymnastics where someone loses their position in the...

29 games. 116 quarters. 1,392 minutes of game action. 1,075 days. That’s how long it had been since the Redhawks last won a game in 2021, a first round playoff win over Forney. Now, after...

A catchphrase for a team runs deep. It’s deeper than a simple saying. It’s deeper than a corporate-coded motto. It exists as a passion for players and coaches alike. And in some rare occurrences, it...

She claps her hands together, eyes downward as a plume of chalk surrounds her. A deep breath in, and out. She can feel the seconds ticking by from this one last moment to prepare, before she bends her...

On Sept. 12, during an NFL game between the Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa brutally collided with a Bills defender, falling down immediately. He entered a fencing...

WOODBURY – It was the 1975-76 school year, and few knew that the new Nonnewaug High School -- a campus founded just six years earlier -- was on the brink of wrestling stardom. “It was mentioned...

Running a marathon at 17 is impressive. One of Liberty's students, Bradley Hudson (12), did just that. Hudson ran the Kansas City Marathon on Oct. 19 at 7:03 a.m on the city streets in Kansas City. What...

When looking up to someone as a role model, usually it is someone much older or more ahead in life. Freshman Micah Rhodes has changed the structure of what it means to be a role model. “Number five”...

Defensive slides, running lines and crafting new plays all go into a basketball preseason. This being said, the regular high school basketball season commences in November. However, CHS boys basketball...

It sucked. That was the only way he could describe what he was feeling — everything just sucked. It sucked not being able to play the game he’s loved since he was 5 years old. It sucked not being...

Stepping up to the mic, he clears his mind and readies to answer their first question as his friends listen in from the tables behind him. He talks about his strengths, weaknesses and opinions about his...

Seniors Orly Eggener and Lucy Aronson have been key members of school and club soccer teams for several seasons. Now they’re filling a different critical role — this time, from the sidelines as coaches...

“He’s a freshman!” The student section’s chant floods the stadium. The pressure is on. He must prove he is worthy of his spot on varsity. Varsity freshman running back Jake Brasington retakes...

The Staples boys’ tennis team finished as the state runner-up last year, losing to Greenwich in a tight finals match. State runner-up is an impressive feat. But it’s even more impressive considering...

As senior Royce Tse examined an athlete who’d just arrived at the athletic trainer’s office, he pulled from his growing experience as a student athletic trainer on campus to diagnose the athlete’s...

What contributes to a school’s sports success—how does a school win a state championship or even a national championship? Is it the players? Is it the coaches? Or is it the alumni presence supporting...

On Sunday, October 20, rowers Kalani Hernandez '25, Miranda Papez '25, Norah Dentz '25, Sydney Hertzberg '25, and Sophia Robaina '27 competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts.  This...