Evelyn Smith: Taking her gridiron
Will LeHardy, Staff Reporter
January 28, 2016
The football field is brightly lit for the night’s JV game. The Generals, boys dressed in heavy padding and helmets, are clumped on the sideline, ready to take the field. Yet as the players jog into the bright lights, coming out with them is sophomore Evelyn Smith, taking to the gridiron. Smith is th...
College Bowl blues
Noah Winslow, Business Manager
January 19, 2016
In a year of impressive offensive performances and drama over who would be the last team in the College Football Playoffs, most of the 33 bowl games were expected to be evenly matched. However, from the first bowl game on December 19 to the College Football National Championship, the bowl games did not live up ...
Ahead of the game
Alice Naland, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 12, 2016
Following a 2014 class action lawsuit against the United States Soccer Federation (USSF), also known as U.S. Soccer, the federation announced new safety measures intended to protect players from head injury. These initiatives included changing substitution rules, increasing concussion awareness, banning...
A run to remember
Will Siegal, Managing/Sports Editor
October 20, 2015
A lot was at stake on a chilly Wednesday afternoon for the cross country team. The Liberty Conference Festival on October 14 was a chance to determine who would run Conferences, runners to beat their personal best times and for seniors to run their last race. It was a sad goodbye for the seniors and...
Bryce Harper for MVP
Noah Winslow, Business Manager
October 9, 2015
Bryce Harper was stranded on second base after a hustle-double when the Washington Nationals’ season ended on October 3 with a 1-0 loss to the New York Mets. The hit was a good summary of his entire season, showing his hustle and ability to make something out of nothing. After making his major league debut as a 19-...
Nationals’ woes
Noah Winslow, Business Manager
October 2, 2015
On Saturday, September 26, the New York Mets beat the Cincinnati Reds to clinch their first postseason berth since 2006, officially eliminating any chance the Washington Nationals had to get into the postseason. The team not even making the postseason was very underachieving for a team that had World Serie...
You See I See Success in D.C
Will Siegal, Sports Editor
May 1, 2015
April 21 proved to be a busy day for three big sports teams in the area. The Wizards took a two games to none lead over the Raptors with a 30 point win. A few hours later, Nicklas Backstrom fired a wrister top shelf against Jaroslav Halak to secure a 2-1 overtime victory to tie up the series with the...
Boston Strong
Noah Winslow, Business Manager
April 29, 2015
On April 15, 2013 at 2:49 p.m., a bomb exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Just 12 seconds later, a second bomb went off. After the three day manhunt to find Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the city went into recovery mode. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older brother, was killed by Dzhokhar the day...
DC United Recap
Henry Weiss, Staff Reporter
April 29, 2015
D.C. United drew for the second straight time last Saturday, tying the Houston Dynamo 1-1 after an entertaining, end to end game at RFK Stadium. United struck first after earning a free kick thirty yards from goal which was converted by midfielder Chris Rolfe, whose bending crack beat Houston keeper...
A Field Facelift
Will Siegal, Sports Editor
April 27, 2015
Every good thing must come to an end, and every new thing must build on the old. Ten years ago, the school adopted an artificial turf field, which has been used during the rebuilding of the facilities around it, numerous fall and spring sports events as well as community contests alike. Now the field...
Islanders Land Game One
Sara Grimm, Staff Reporter
April 21, 2015
7:00pm April 15 The Verizon Center was ready for the puck to drop and start off the Washington Capitals opening round game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Eager Capitals fans colored the sports arena red, with exceptions of occasional blue spots every here and there from the fans of the visiting New...
Drug Busters; Performance Enhancing Drugs in Baseball
Noah Winslow, Business Manager
April 21, 2015
The use of drugs to boost the human growth hormone in baseball has slowly decreased since 2013, when random, in-season tests were agreed upon. However, big name players are still caught using these drugs and the penalties are getting larger. In baseball, the use of performance enhancing drugs (PEDs)...
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...
Faculty and students honor seniors
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COVID-19’s impact on rising seniors
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W-L community debates distance learning
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Megan Goodell, Staff Reporter
June 29, 2020
In just a few days, the world changed when the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States and no one knows when this will end and what the future will look like. Naturally...
Contrasting culture across countries
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