The runners take their mark in their specified lane, thoughts rummaging through their mind. It’s time to prepare and try to relax, this is the final trial in the 4x100m relay. This is the race that matters, with the gold medal on the line. With their hands arched on the line, they hear only silence,… Read More Ready… Set…Sprint!
The Ledyard boys’ varsity baseball team hit off their season with a good 11-0 win against the Norwich Tech Warriors. The start of the season has been a bit of a struggle for the team. The team is rather young, with only three seniors and many juniors. Sophomore Elijah Morton, the only starting sophomore playing… Read More Hitting Off Ledyard’s Baseball Season
Every year, in March, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) holds a basketball tournament with the best teams in the country looking to win a championship called March Madness. There are two sides to the bracket, with four regions total. The four regions are: Midwest, West, East, and South. A total of 68 out of… Read More NCAA March Madness
Have you ever witnessed a professional performance which left you saying “Well, I could do that too”? Rarely does the average person experience this moment while watching the Olympics, an athletic series of competitions filled to the brim with talent and fierce determination. However, American “skier” Elizabeth Swaney, who represented Hungary in the Winter Olympics… Read More How to Cheat Your Way Into The Olympics
On Feb. 22, the United States Women’s Hockey team squared off against their long-time rival, Canada, to compete for the Olympic gold medal. The US Hockey team had not won a gold Olympic medal in hockey since the 1998 games in Nagano, Japan, which was the first ever gold medal awarded in women’s hockey. All… Read More The End of A 20 Year Drought
As many of you know, Super Bowl 52 kicked off at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 4 in Minneapolis, Minnesota leaving the Philadelphia Eagles on top. Throughout the National Football League’s regular season, both the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles had equivalent records with 13 wins and 3 losses. In doing so, this year’s… Read More Super Bowl LII
The Boston Celtics is currently the NBA’s hottest team. Brad Stevens,the Celtics head coach, and his young team, led by all-star guard Kyrie Irving, are proving themselves to the rest of the league that they are one of the top teams in the NBA. Danny Ainge, the Celtics GM, and the rest of the Boston… Read More Celtics Fever
A competitor is defined as one who takes part in an athletic contest, but every true athlete knows that this word has a much deeper meaning. Although it is challenging to embody this definition into words, just picture…time seems to slow down, you can feel the sweat covering your body but it doesn’t bother you.… Read More The Return of Rickerson
Every year, the Ledyard Colonels and the Fitch Falcons get together on Thanksgiving Day to play football and fight for “The Sword.” The Sword is a mounted plaque of wood that has a small, golden, metal plate on it. This game is a big deal to not only the football teams, but to their schools… Read More Thanksgiving Day Football
Even though Ledyard Girls’ Varsity Basketball is coming to an end, the spotlight on Seniors Moriya Phillips and Johnay Burns will forever shine. Both young ladies gathered family members to walk the court and put their hearts into one more game to take the win from Woodstock Academy. With the score being 57-46, these young… Read More Athletes of the Month: Johnay Burns and Moriya Phillips
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