Sports
Jerseys are a joke
You look ridiculous. Take that jersey off. Do you really think wearing a Michael Jordon jersey will give you his unerring shooting ability? Do you really think donning that Jerry Rice jersey will give you his incredible catching ability? Do you really think sporting that Justin Verlander jersey will automatically make you [...]
PAC the stands
#teamPAC strikes again. “After the first set of shirts were sold [by a group of Peter’s close friends], I thought that making a second edition of the shirts would be a great idea. Not only would it raise awareness for #teamPAC, but I used [the shirts] as a way to promote school spirit,” says [...]
Making sport a necessity
There is more to sports than what meets the eye. In the three and a half years I have been in high school, I have learned more about myself through the struggles I have faced while on the athletic field than the struggles I have faced in the academic classroom. I agree with [...]
Divan Spizizen
Standing behind the one-meter board hearing his next dive called, he prepares to execute his biggest demon. “Anything in the pike position is a lot harder for me to do because it has to do with flexibility,” shares three-year Varsity Diving member Junior Ivan Spizizen. “I definitely have to stretch a lot more [...]
Trained to success
Laying on the field, writhing in pain, I am quickly relieved by the company of Shira Schiff who begins to move my leg around as she searches for a diagnosis, asking questions along the way to calm me down. This has happened far too many times. Through the course of my high school [...]
Flexible to change
Her career is coming to an end. “It doesn’t feel like it is real right now,” says Senior Allison Brooks, who, for the last six years, has competed in the Junior Olympics for rhythmic gymnastics. “When the moment I can’t compete comes, I’ll probably cry. I’m losing a part of myself.” As 17th best rhythmic [...]
Getting back on the field
It is circumstantial, and diverse with every “injury-prone” athlete who faces the reality of possibly halting a lifelong passion. When should you stop playing a sport you have strived to be the best at all your life, because injuries are jeopardizing your future health? I was always one of the healthiest athletes until [...]
Being proud of the pride
I have been ridiculed. I have been put down. I have been disrespected. My time has come to give back some of the abuse I’ve received for being a Lions fan. Finally, I can sit down to watch a game in peace, not being worried about texts, tweets, and phone calls coming in making [...]
Technology in the pool deck
Out of the lab, into the pool. “[The equipment] has really become just part of our practices and I really think everyone is going to benefit from it,” shares junior Swim Captain, Stephanie Fotouhi. “It’s a cool program and we’re lucky to have it. It has made us all more careful about the [...]
Missing an opportunity
What is success? How is it measured? Is it based on wins and losses, or personal growth and achievement? The measure of success is how we learn and grow from our experiences. And if we don’t get an opportunity to improve ourselves, we never will. As a member of the Varsity football [...]
