Sophomore slump

mental sport. Coming into my freshman year of golf, I got on varsity right away. I was very timid because I was the underclassmen playing the fourth position on varsity. I felt like I had a lot of expectations on my golf game. I continued into my sophomore year with confidence because I knew more of what to expect. I earned a medal early in the season. I let the medal go to my head and was over confident. I was not being realistic and the rest of the season I struggled greatly. I let my…

Starting a new sport half way through your high school education is hard, But starting a “guy” sport is even harder. If I were a freshman doing wrestling I would have quit about two to three weeks in. But since I started my junior/senior year i finished the whole season. The reaction during my freshman year would have been totally different then when I started my junior / senior year. If I were to start my freshman year I would have not finished the whole season, due to the teasing and…

Seniors Last Shot at Winter Sports Winter sports are just beginning here at GHS. From varsity basketball to varsity winter track, students have been dedicated themselves toward having a successful season. Perhaps the most devoted players are the seniors, who have been working especially hard to leave Greenport with a good athletic legacy. Dribbling up and down the court, slam dunking their way to victory, the girls varsity basketball team have been a force to be reckon with. Between the teams…

Track and field is a sport in which races of various lengths take place on a track while people throw various objects in a field. I was a 100 meter and 200 meter sprinter, and could never imagine running a longer distance. The winter of my sophomore year, I decided to start running the 400 meter sprint during winter track in order to decrease my 200 meter time for the spring season. By the end of the winter track season, I had fallen completely in love with the 400 meter…

Let me show you how it real it gets. The winter before my senior year I had recently visited Spelman College, this motivated me. Let’s fast forward, on the first day of school my spirit was extremely high and I felt as if I could conquer the world. My friends and I walked into our classes feeling undefeatable. We decided that we wanted to start a club that would look well on our resume not thinking of the responsibilities that came with it. I went to talk to prospective sponsors that would help…

Last season provided more than a fair share of difficulties for the Detroit Lions running back, Ameer Abdullah. Throughout his rookie season, Abdullah was unable to secure the trust of the Lions coaching staff due to a severe case of fumbleitis. His habit of putting the ball on the ground started to create a snowball effect and both his confidence and pride began to slip away each time one his carries resulted in a fumble. Abdullah fumbled during the loss in Detroit’s 2015 season opener against…

and overall award for highest prose scores. At our JV Finals, all 3 of our prose competitors made it to the final round.” Team members were asked what they liked about this activity and any comments they have to make about the team overall. Sophomore, Michael Mckenney, commented “The forensics team is a good way for students to express themselves and learn about their potential as public speakers.” He continued to say, “This year the team has done a great job in establishing a name to other…

I've played soccer pretty much my entire life. Starting at age 4, I played a couple years on a team meant to teach the fundamentals and then tried out for a select club. In that club, I met and played with 5 of my future high school teammates. For this team, being a pretty decent player, I frequently played the entire game. Known for having above-average skills and speed, I made the JV team my freshman year and moved on to Varsity as a junior. I was of proud my role on the team. Soccer was my…

League I would attend. My aunt talked me out of being a lawyer, instead proposing I should become a doctor. My mom scolded me for bringing home anything other than an A on a test because I didn’t apply myself as well as I should have. The end of my sophomore year my GPA was 4.1818, and I was four months pregnant. As it often, and ironically, does, academic intelligence doesn’t equate to common sense. I dropped out my junior year of high school to start my new life as a mom. I was 25 when I…

100 years of JROTC: yesterday, today, and tomorrow We learn from our past to prepare for the future while using that knowledge in everyday life. JROTC was first established in 1916 in Leavenworth High School. Since then proud supporting schools of the jrotc program have taught us core values, teamwork, and the ability to suceed even when all odds were stacked against us. For the past 100 years we as a JROTC program have used the tools taught to us to support our nieghbors and our communities.…