Isabel Hetherington
Reporter

After coaching at NCHS for 21 years, Gail Overbeck recently gave news of her retirement from the position of head coach for the girls’ varsity tennis team. Ms. Overbeck originally started coaching at the high school in 1991.

John Berger
Reporter

We’re about three weeks removed from Opening Day, but the baseball season is still in its infancy. That means we’ve got enough time left to make some predictions.

AL East- New York Yankees. The Yankees didn’t have any big signings over the winter, but they did make a few beneficial moves. The AL East will be very competitive, but the Yankees are the best team. C.C Sabathia anchors the rotation, and Mark Teixera, Curtis Granderson, and Alex Rodriguez are part of a strong lineup. Granderson and Jeter are on fire thus far, each with an OPS over 1.000.

Isabel Hetherington
Reporter

As the sun starts to warm the chilly winter air, student athletes are preparing for the spring sports season. But can athletes just go straight into a season? What does it take to be prepared for a spring sport?

Emily Wood
Associate Sports Editor

As most seniors are starting to slack off, boys’ Varsity lacrosse captain, Bobby Distler, is in his final lacrosse season at NCHS before he heads to Lynchberg college to play for the Division 3 Hornets.

Emily Wood
Associate Sports Editor

As most seniors are just finding out which school they will be attending in the fall of 2012, senior Steph Benko has already committed the Lafayette College, where she will be running on the Division 1 Lafayette Leopards varsity track and field team.