With start dates being pushed back over and over, resources continuing to be limited, and season time winding down, the COVID-19 pandemic has made daily life increasingly more difficult for many developing athletes. College recruiting is already hard enough, but for student athletes like Paige Anderson and Colby Dimsdale, COVID-19 has made the process more difficult. Senior and varsity swimmer Colby...
As many students begin to return to school, many feel as though they are left with unanswered questions. Recent changes, specifically in sports, have been a challenge to many students, but also a new learning curve for athletes to work around. Most sports have had changes made to them to help protect athletes as well as their families, health-wise, and allow them to continue to practice and compete...
Many high school students turn to sports to lead them through their four years of high school, introduce them to lifelong friends and many further opportunities. All throughout their sports’ career, many athletes look forward to senior sports’ traditions and celebrations. MHSAA says this will be the first school year to not see MHSAA finals since 1942-43, when WW2 canceled finals in many...
Some believe gender biases in sports have created a lack of opportunity for many female athletes. While some sports have become more gender inclusive, there are many teams that aren’t co-ed. This makes the rules different based on the gender of the player. For example, hockey and lacrosse have contrasting rules between the boys’ and girls’ teams. For instance, one rule that differs for boys’...
Many students and staff are excited to introduce the newest team that gives certain students a chance that they might not have had before. According to the Special Olympics website, “Unified Sports joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team. It was inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding,...
Powerpuff and Powderpuff give students an opportunity to raise school spirit. One day a year, boys and girls have the opportunity to play a sport that is usually unavailable to them. Powerpuff and Powderpuff allow students to participate in those sports, which for girls is football, and for boys it is volleyball. Powderpuff is a school-wide event where junior and senior girls get to play football...
It is May 20, 2020, the last day of school for seniors. It is spring and the weather is getting warm, the sun is up, the sky is clear and the flowers are blooming. It is early afternoon, most seniors are in the gym, putting on their caps and getting last minute pictures with their friends. They line up and begin walking, commencing the senior clap out. Making their way throughout the entire school,...
For sports teams, it’s crucial the team be ready for their upcoming season. As a result of this, many sports have developed early conditioning programs during the off season. During preseason conditioning in girls’ soccer for example, conditioning sessions start two months before tryouts. These sessions consist of a mix of weight lifting and running, to get the girls in optimal shape for their...
Since Troy High’s establishment in 1950 and the creation of the Troy United hockey team in 2015, there has never been an opportunity for a female hockey player. Two years ago, Math Teacher Joe Moceri brought up the idea of starting a Troy United girls’ hockey team. The 2018-2019 school year was full of planning and strategizing on how to get the team rolling. As of May 14, 2019, the Troy United...
There are 26 varsity sports at Troy High School from football to swim and dive and many more. Currently, there are too many sports at the school to add another one; this is the case for archery. Sophomore Siya Gupta expresses her enthusiasm toward the archery program. “It’s actually not even a club, technically it’s an enrichment program, so it spans all three high schools,” Gupta said. “But...