After the highly publicized conflict surrounding racist actions by New Prague athletic teams, Park made the decision to halt all competition with the school indefinitely. Now, several months later, the...

The blinding stadium lights streak across his vision as he joins the huddle with his team, warm bodies jumping up and down as they yell their pre-game chants. In these moments, it’s easy to forget the...

Dylan Lauwers would have been a junior this year and was involved in soccer since an early age, unfortunately Lauwers passed away due to suicide. September is National Suicide Prevention Month.  On Thursday,...

As another year passes, Bob Smartt, the Lady Panthers swim coach, has won yet another world AquaBike championship. After months of strenuous training, Coach Smartt proved himself as a force to be reckoned...

While athletes are often at the center of discussions about gender disparity in sports, the coaching industry frequently lacks the same attention. A Burlingame-based organization has their sights set on...

Whitman’s athletes don’t just dedicate their bodies to their chosen sport; off the field, rink, court or boat, their sport is a lifestyle. Athletes fill their closets with pre-game spirit wear and...

Think of that one kid you knew during the ultimate frisbee unit in P.E. class: jumping over people, tossing the frisbee inhumanly far, intercepting passes with grace and ease. Yeah — they weren’t...

Tonight in Titan Territory will be memorable, as the field hockey team will be honoring Coach Gaitten, who coached from 2019 to Spring 2021 before losing her battle to breast cancer. Having a major impact...

When you generally think of a high school football player, the first image that comes to your mind may not be a female. However, Liberty junior Jersey Goodall is blazing a newly set trail, playing primarily...

The Devil whispered in my ear, “You’re not strong enough to withstand the storm.” Today I whispered in the Devil’s ear, “I am the Storm.”  For Coach Michael Storms, the battle is just...

Girls are running the world as RHS runs to the Nike World. In just a few days, Robinson High School and Alonso High School's flag football teams will fly out to Nike World Headquarters in Oregon...

It's a Monday night in the middle of July. The sun has just set and you are tying up your cleats. You step onto the field, the lights turn on as you listen to spectators chatting behind you. Your team...

Girls soccer players Alyssa Thompson ’23 and Gisele Thompson ’24 announced a deal with Nike on May 16. The sisters are the first high school athletes ever to sign a name, image and likeness (NIL) deal...

Since she was nine-years-old, sophomore Abigail Nunez has traveled across the country to support and watch her brother play in his club soccer tournaments. To pass the time, Nunez found herself kicking...

A sub-four-minute mile has never been run on Delaware soil—that is, until the night of the Delaware Mile Challenge. The meet was designed to set the Delaware record and run a mile under four minutes....

Since 1968, the Special Olympics program has provided opportunities for students with special needs across the U.S. and the Caribbean to get involved in athletic competitions. From surfing to powerlifting,...

Edina High School alum Anthony Walsh’s career has been nothing short of historic. As a member of the Edina Boys’ Hockey State Championship team in 2013, Walsh helped Edina clinch a 4-2 victory over...

With Europe’s most famous football competition edging closer to its final, the Champions League has generated much anticipation and excitement as the Liverpool and Real Madrid teams go head to head May...

Robinson served as the image of perfection in the high school flag football world for five consecutive years leading up to the State Championships. Their seventh (and sixth straight) state title in Class...

As the whistle sounds, rowers speed across the lake in unison, navigating along the shoreline to reach the finish line. For sophomores Vera Chu, Christie Kim and Vinay Venkatesh, the breeze in the air...

This year at Riordan has been nothing less than historic.  Sophomore and JV second baseman Chloe Leotta ’24 made history as the first girl to ever play on the baseball team at Riordan, and has shared...

Senate Bill 435, also known as the “Save Girls Sports Act,” attempts to exclude transgender youth from participating in high school sports. While the act has yet to be signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, it...

The thundering sound of feet slamming onto the field filled the air as the athletes on the MVHS football team sprinted across the field for their running drills as part of their daily practice. Senior...

Entering a female-dominated field as a boy, senior David Burn faced rude remarks and ignorant stereotypes at a young age. “I definitely hid [being a dancer] a lot more when I was in elementary school...

As an 8th grader at Dallastown Middle School, Olivia Lipinski chose to compete in the start-up girls wrestling program at Dallastown this year. “It was something different from any other sport I’ve...

Hundreds of students flood the stands every year to watch Kickapoo's star athletes compete. Whether it's football or soccer, basketball or baseball, the crowd can be heard across the field. For one day...

Ballet is one big juxtaposition. It is both a beautiful and a grueling sport that asks to fight with every muscle, and to balance just right on a block of wood no more than two inches wide just to appear...

Breathing deep, junior sprinter Mara Saprautzki tenses her muscles, awaiting the loud crack that will commence the fierce rush of adrenaline that characterizes the 100-meter dash. A long way from her hometown...

The Redhawks baseball season is over, but for senior Cade McGarrh, the start of what could be a promising future is just beginning. It’s a journey that began more than a dozen years ago with a play...

On Friday, March 18, 2022, instead of attending classes, sophomore Kai Uemura and the rest of the Men’s Junior Olympic team won a gold medal at the 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge and Mixed Cup at Porsche-Arena...

From 2018 to 2019, boy's water polo participation has risen by 8.8%, while girl's water polo participation across the country has seen an 18% increase. Team captains Taylor Johnson and Thalea Afentoullis...

After a Senior Night win over a longtime opponent, Selena Sifuentes Shaffer looked triumphant. Nothing about the match seemed out of the ordinary, save for a short scuffle afterwards. But as she beelined...

A new opportunity has become available to encourage teachers and students to be more active, while allowing them to support a cause that is close to their heart. This came in the form of the Charity miles...

One of the most common questions female sports journalists get asked is: "What is it like to be a woman in sports?" Despite 37.6% of the professional athletes in the United States being women, only...

The moments begin ticking down before the race starts. When time seems to disappear altogether her tunnel vision takes over. She is surrounded by her own thoughts bouncing around in her head before she...

Isabel Higgins Sweet has heard it all before. The jokes. The snickers. The insults. They motivate her. As a young female wrestler in a male-dominated sport, it's actually quite common. But while the...

With a deep breath in and out, Omoye Ehimare, junior, squeezes her eyes shut and visualizes herself emerging victorious after passing the finish line at her track meet.  For Ehimare, this two-minute...

A slight breeze sweeps gently through the air as the Whitman sailing team walks down the barnacle-studded dock towards the Anacostia River. The athletes will start practice soon, but instead of school...

Making hard work look effortless is, well, hard work. And when a dancer takes the stage, that is exactly what they need to do — make spinning pirouettes, landing an aerial or dropping into the splits...

When asked who my sports idol was at the dawn of my softball career in second grade, Derek Jeter was my answer. In the impassioned one-on-one pick up basketball games I played with my younger sister, we...

“Are you using autotune to sound like that?” This is the most common question public announcer Omar Villanueva Jr. receives when announcing Mater Dei boys’ lacrosse or baseball games. It’s...

‘You really never know what someone is going through.’  James Madison University (JMU) alumni and former softball pitcher Oddici Alexander tweeted these words after hearing news of the passing...

Channeling every muscle in her body, senior Ryan Buckner ends her high school powerlifting journey at the state meet. Ryan ended up placing third in the state for the second year in a row. But, for Ryan,...

On most Mondays at 7:00 A.M., Jesuit students are just starting to get ready for the day— trying to get the last minutes of Membean done before 1st period, stopping at Dutch Bros., or hitting snooze...

Freshman Delaney Howard and junior Evelyn Wright made their mark on the new PIHL Girls Hockey League from the first game, with Howard scoring the first goal in league history and Wright taking the first...

Rummaging through her backpack in search of her safety pads and helmet, Prentiss Corbin '22 prepared to leave the empty girls' locker room for her first practice with the boys lacrosse team. Corbin said...

He’s not the loudest fan. He doesn’t paint his face. Or scream at refs. Instead, he enjoys bringing friends and colleagues along with him to support the Scouts, win or lose. For almost 40 years,...

Simone Biles. Naomi Osaka. Michael Phelps. Serena Williams. In recent years, the list of athletes who have publicly voiced their mental health struggles has grown exponentially. According to a systematic...

From not making the starting team in tenth grade to earning the school’s first weightlifting scholarship, senior Chloe Varady has come a long way. In her third year, she became a captain, won fifth at...

Sports teams are known for creating bonds between players that can make teammates become like family, and sometimes, family members become teammates. Senior Ansley Hails has played lacrosse on the varsity...