Looking back at fall sports
Talis Walker and Contributed to by staff
January 15, 2020
Varsity Football The recent season, the varsity football team went 5-5. Senior William Murphy, one of the captains of the varsity football team, had a high opinion of the team’s performance. “I’m very happy with the team’s performance,” Murphy said, “especially considering the past ...
Sticking together for the season
Holland Forsythe, Social Media Editor
October 10, 2019
Last year the varsity field hockey team won the majority of their games and even beat Yorktown High School twice. In addition, they had a victory over Langley High School, which the team has always found to be one of their toughest competitors. Although they made it to the Liberty District Champio...
A hole in one
Ariel Gill-Ehrenreich, Web Editor
October 10, 2019
The beginning of the year was off to a great start for varsity golf at W-L, the school sweeping South Lakes. However, players were concerned with the latest tournament, held on August 27. “Honestly, it’s going to go Yorktown, Wakefield, us,” senior and captain of the varsity golf team, Kaiya Mi...
Kicking back into gear
Abigail Presson, Editor-in-Chief
October 10, 2019
As most students began to prepare for the upcoming school year, the school’s varsity cheerleading team was already back in practices. Every weekday for three hours, members of the team can be found practicing both their routines and their tumbling skills at the school. While practices must be taken s...
Ready, set, go
Julia Van Lare, Managing Editor
October 10, 2019
After more than four weeks of practice, two scrimmages and four games against Patriot High School, Mount Vernon High School, Fairfax High School and George Mason High School, the freshman volleyball team will play an away game against James Madison High School at 5:45 p.m. on the ninth of September....
Lacrosse Boys v. Girls
Simon Espejo, Staff Reporter
April 30, 2019
Boys and girls lacrosse are two very different sports. Even though they have the same name, they use different equipment, play on different fields and follow different sets of rules. Equipment is one of the biggest differences; boys have to wear helmets, protective gloves and elbow and shoulder pa...
More Madness
Liam Holland, Staff Reporter
March 19, 2019
The month of March brings more than just spring. March Madness is a college basketball tradition getting bigger and better every year. As the NCAA Division I Basketball regular season winds down, students at the school try to get an edge on their bracket positions for the famous March Madness bracke...
Rival freshmen teams play for the win
Sophia Bailey, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2019
The freshmen girls basketball team took on the Yorktown Patriots on January 11. Though it started as an equal battle with the score being teasingly close, the Patriots ended up taking the win with 34 points to the Generals’ 22. It was an intense and long awaited game. “I wasn’t as much nervo...
Running to the End
Natalie Daley, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2019
Nine schools gathered at Thomas Jefferson Community Center (T.J.) to compete in three different track meets on Friday, December 21. The school participated in the first meet against Oakton High School and Yorktown High School, with Oakton being the home team. The second meet consisted of South ...
Take it to the Mat
Grace Gent, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2019
Two wrestlers step onto the mat. Sandy Martinez, a junior, stands on one side, with her team sitting behind her. Tension runs through the air as Sandy makes her first move. According to Sport One, wrestling is the 8th most watched sport in America, settling in just behind golf and tennis. The scho...
WL Places First In First Home Gymnastics Meet
Talley Schroeder, Staff Reporter
February 27, 2019
The school’s gymnastics team placed first out of five at the first home meet of the season on December 19. Led by head coach Joe D’Emidio and assistant coach Ronald Melkis, this meet was a step forward for the team from their second place wins in their past two meets. The team competed against the p...
Nothing but net
Abdellah Mouslik, Staff Reporter
February 19, 2019
Girls freshman basketball coach Hannah Gombos and her team came into the game against Lee High School with one win and one loss. “So far I am very proud of my team’s performance this year,” Coach Gombos said. Coach Gombos has seen her team adapt to one another from the first quarter of the f...
Karenna Keane, Social Media Editor
July 1, 2020 • No Comments
Over the past few months, many have become accustomed to hearing daily reports of new measures taken, or not taken, by the government in reaction to COVID-19. These reports...
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