Player Profile: Henry Shaffer
Sarah Hughes, Staff Writer
February 3, 2017
Filed under Showcase, Skiing, Sports
Junior Henry Shaffer has been skiing since he was 5 years old, and it’s his third year on the alpine ski team. Even though he is in the China Exchange program and will have to miss states, he looks forward to supporting his teammates while he is here. The team hopes to increase the number of skier...
Player profile: Casey Ferrigno
Chloe Barber, Staff Writer
January 15, 2017
Filed under Player Profiles, Showcase, Sports
At seven years old, current sophomore Casey Ferrigno decided to start playing hockey. She now plays left wing on the girls varsity hockey team. What do you most like about hockey? I feel like it’s different from a lot of other sports. There’s skating instead of running, and itâ...
PLAYER PROFILE: Ari Contente, varsity softball
Noa Dalzell, Sports Managing Editor
April 20, 2016
Filed under Player Profiles, Showcase, Softball, Sports, Spring Sports
What is your goal for the upcoming season? To win more than one game this year and to have a game where I do not make any errors. When and how did you start playing softball? I started playing softball freshman year, but when I was little, from third to fifth grade, I played baseball, ...
PLAYER PROFILE: Elizabeth Webler, girls varsity basketball
Karina Lorenzo, Staff Writer
March 22, 2016
Filed under Girls Basketball, Player Profiles, Sports, Winter Sports
You definitely meet a lot of people, so it’s affected me socially. All my friends play sports, and I pretty much met them all through sports.
PLAYER PROFILE: Bobby Stitt, boys diving
Karina Lorenzo, Staff Writer
March 21, 2016
Filed under Boys Swim and Dive, Player Profiles, Sports, Winter Sports
In diving, it’s not really physical because you're only in the air for a couple seconds. So, just mentally being able to think about the dive and perform it while you’re in the air for a brief amount of time is very, very difficult to do.
PLAYER PROFILE: Neda Morakabati, girls varsity volleyball
Ella Kitterman, Staff Writer
January 27, 2016
Filed under Fall Sports, Girls Volleyball, Player Profiles, Sports
The warm up and the music. I’m really into EDM and Trap. Beat drops really get me excited and good warm ups, like nice fast-paced warm ups and everyone being into them really pumps me up.
PLAYER PROFILE: Tim Weighart, boys cross country
Ella Kitterman, Staff Writer
January 24, 2016
Filed under Boys Cross Country, Fall Sports, Player Profiles, Sports
During practices we just talk and have a good time. During races, you only think about what you have to do next. You just focus on the race and nothing else.
PLAYER PROFILE: Serena Smith, girls varsity basketball
Mia Abulaf, Staff Writer
January 20, 2016
Filed under Girls Basketbal, Player Profiles, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
It’s taught me discipline and patience. Also it has opened me up to different experiences. I’ve gotten to travel to different places.
PLAYER PROFILE: David Knopov, boys varsity swimming
Mia Abulaf, Staff Writer
January 13, 2016
Filed under Boys Swim and Dive, Player Profiles, Showcase, Sports, Winter Sports
It has taught me a lot of things about working hard. What you put in, you get out. It’s not like other sports where you can take a break and come back and do well. It’s like everyday you have to swim and everyday you have to get better.
Player Profile: Fiona Lobon, varsity skiing
Mia Abulaf, Staff Writer
December 22, 2015
Filed under Player Profiles, Skiing, Sports
PHOTO PROVIDED BY FIONA LOBON I always tell everyone that the ski team is probably one of the most fun teams because skiing is awesome and it’s not something that gets you stressed out. It’s not super competitive and there’s also very good people on the team. I think we’re all friends just because we’re together a lot in the winter and we really help each other out.
Player Profile: Colby Ferrigno, boys varsity hockey
December 15, 2015
Filed under Boys Hockey, Player Profiles, Sports, Winter Sports
If you could be any one of your teammates, who would you choose to be and why? Probably Brian Greenstein because he scores the the most goals. What is your mindset before games? What gets you pumped? Usually before games I’m really relaxed, I don’t get that pumped. I just t...
Player Profile: Emma Ewas, girls varsity field hockey
Sascha Wolf-Sorokin, Staff Writer
December 10, 2015
Filed under Fall Sports, Field Hockey, Player Profiles, Sports
Photo provided by Emma Ewas What professional athlete in field hockey do you admire most and why? I met Rachel Dawson when I was a freshman. She's on the U.S. women's olympic team and I admire her a lot because she's so strong and she works so hard. I've seen her practice and she just puts 100...
