AP teachers celebrate year of hard work with kickball game

Mark Suchy, Sports Editor

June 7, 2018

Filed under Showcase, Sports

In an attempt to celebrate the hard work and perseverance of their students, AP English teacher Michelle Stachura joined with AP Environmental Science teacher Russel Drylie and AP Calculus teacher Tammy Mundie to create a kickball game for students of their respective classes. The game is an annual...

Chase Crawford looks to lead the Bulls towards a championship

Mark Suchy, Sports Editor

May 9, 2018

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Chase “Big Hoss” Crawford (’18) has been playing baseball for ten years and has been on varsity for over two years. Crawford is a pitcher who dazzles opposing batters with an arsenal of pitches that include a two-seam fastball, change-up, slurve, and knuckleball. He was able to develop and...

Why Ben Simmons is the next LeBron

Max Herbkersman, Reporter

April 9, 2018

Filed under Blogs, Sports

In 2015, a six-foot-eight-inch teenager made the pilgrimage from Australia to Baton Rouge Louisiana to play basketball for the LSU tigers. Coming out of high school, Ben Simmons was said to be the greatest raw talent since the legendary LeBron James. Many were skeptical, but after his rookie season...

Chloe Parker, Reporter

March 14, 2018

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The 4x800 relay girls track team has been selected to compete in the New Balance Scholastic Indoor National Competition. The meet will take place in Manhattan, New York, beginning March 9. Teams will run March 9 through March 11. Hannah Weeren (’18), Jen Barranco (’19), Emily Konkus (’19), and...

Baseball team looks to build off impressive last season

Megan Lime, Reporter

March 14, 2018

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With March just getting started there is a lot of anticipation of how the varsity baseball season is going to go this year after a 14-5 season last year and losing in the regional championships last season to opponent Eastern Tech. Overall, Coach Ric Evans was pleased with the season last year and...

Boys’ basketball hosts 25 and 50 year anniversary game

Maggy McGuigan, Reporter

February 13, 2018

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  After 25 and 50 years, 2 of the most successful boys' basketball teams the school has ever seen will return on Friday, Feb. 16 to watch the JV and varsity teams play their last regular season against Winters Mill, at home. The 1967-1968 team made it to the state-semifinals, and the 1992-1993...

Center Brock Moritz rebounds to help team secure winning record

Emily McNicholas, Reporter

February 13, 2018

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Senior captain, Brock Mortiz, has been working hard this season to take the varsity basketball team all the way.  The team’s record 8-3 so far this season, and Brock says the team might only loose two more games. He has been playing basketball for eight years and has worked his way up to averaging...

Polo player Brennan Wells takes home national championship

Megan Lime, Reporter

February 13, 2018

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Brennan Wells (’18) has been riding horses ever since he can remember and he has grown up with polo being the center of his life. He started playing polo at age six. His mother is a horseback riding instructor and polo coach at their farm, Marlan Farm, which houses around 30 horses. Well’s father...

Girls indoor track team shoots for third state championship

Keegan Whittle, Conor McCue, Rebecca Meldron, and Rohit Mishra

January 25, 2018

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This year the girls indoor track team is back and going after a third state championship. "Our goal is the same as always," Coach Bradley Duvall says, "[to] win the county meet, regional meet, and state meet."  Having won the state championship the past 2 years and the county championship the past 11, the team and coaches are confident they can...

Varsity cheer gears up for new season

Molly Szymanski, Joe Inglisa, Katie Salko, and Claire Sperber

January 21, 2018

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According to Judge Lindsay Posner ('20), the perfect competition routine has these qualities: "difficulty's high, execution is... straight up, hitting scales, tumbling's clean, loud cheers... energy's high on the floor." The varsity cheer team is already diving head first into a new rigorous competitive...

Basketball raises awareness for cancer

Katie Blair, Haley Page, Sydney Powell, Halli Powers, Reporters

January 19, 2018

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Basketball coach Jim Rhoads, along with the boys' varsity basketball team, will be taking part in the Coaches vs. Cancer Three-Point Challenge throughout the month of January, with a goal of raising $1,000. This fundraiser, which was organized through the National Association of Basketball Coaches...

Athlete of the month: Nicole Burkoski goes the distance

Emily McNicholas, Reporter

January 16, 2018

Filed under Sports

Athlete, Nicole Burkoski (’18), is passionate about running. She participates in all three running sports, consisting of Cross Country in the fall, Indoor Track and Field in the winter, and Outdoor Track and Field in the spring. So far this year, she has been a part of the 2017 Cross Country State...