Sports
Looking at parental role in sports
There are many obstacles for student athletes: injuries, balancing sports and academics, and self-expectations. However, for many students, the biggest obstacle is the pressure from their parents.
Walk-on Wonders
Athletes grow up dreaming for a chance to play professional sports, and to realize this dream they mustplay their sport in college. While almost every athlete on a college team, especially divisionI, is on scholarship there are the few who aren’t, these few braves souls are known as walk-ons.
Committing to conditioning
Thanks to the Bigger Faster Stronger program, over 40 athletes and students each day are working hard to become bigger, faster and stronger.
American sports not on par
Tiger’s true colors have finally been revealed. And they are such a repulsive hue that he has decided to step away from the game indefinitely.
Black belt wonder
After stating the Choi Kwang Do pledge and bowing to the flags and the instructor as a sign of respect, senior Jenni Michalski’s hour long practice of Choi Kwang Do begins.
Cashing In [Inforgraphic]
The Shield uncovers the hidden cost of pursuing your dream.
New club to collaborate with student leadership
“Leaders Helping Leaders (LHL) is a club created as an extension to Student Leadership in order to have other students at Andover become a part of a group that will help change Andover’s future,”
Sophomore plays two varsity sports
After finishing up the final round of a victorious tennis match, Jonah Yousif, a sophomore at Andover, has no time to celebrate. Rushing to the next opposing school to start in the soccer game, he has only twenty minutes to prepare. Finally, the game won, instead of passing out, with cleats and shin pads still on, Jonah is looking at a days’ worth of homework.
Facing the Fasting
As Head Coach James DeWald belts out, “Water,” spots around the Waterboy fill up with varsity football players But as their teammates pass the six water-squirting spouts around three players are left isolated taking a knee on the field.
