Keep up with all the Rams sports teams as well with game recaps and in-depth features.
Emily Wood & Isabel Hetherington
Sports Editors
Looking up at the mound, spectators are puzzled to see that the pitchers throwing strikes aren’t upperclassmen but rather sophomores JR Anderson and Ali Reilly. At the start of this spring baseball and softball season, these players are emerging as pitching threats.
Emily Brand
Reporter
Ever see underclassmen walking around with hockey helmets, or with swim caps and goggles on in school? Let’s be honest-who doesn’t like to see the freshmen suffer? Having to do pranks and challenges inside and outside of school are all part of the initiation and hazing traditions.
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?
