Claire Kuwana, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 3, 2016
Ever since third grade, senior Joanna Schroeder has shined both on and off the basketball court. She is the kind of girl everyone wants to befriend—kind, supportive and enthusiastic. Despite being only 5’7, Schroeder plays forward, helping lead the...
Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter
• February 3, 2016
A wise man known as Troy Bolton once sang, “Get’cha head in the game”, and this is exactly the motto of Arlington house basketball. While the league may consist mainly of “amateurs”, this does not mean the players take the game any less seriously....
Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter
• December 18, 2015
As time ticked off the clock and the puck was cleared from the zone, all of the fans wearing Columbia blue packed into Kettler Capitals Iceplex celebrated another win over Washington Lee. However, this game was different. Unlike basketball and football,...
Eyes travel anxiously across the field, checking for the enemy, for the sudden opponent. It is a cold winter day and as you wait behind your snow fort, the hairs on the back of your neck stick up as you imagine the worst. No one had ever expected you...
Claire Kuwana, Sentry Staff Reporter
• December 18, 2015
This year, students are finally getting the break they deserve - a full two weeks off of school for winter break. For some, this might be the best news they’ve heard all year; for others, it may be just the opposite. Two weeks is a long time, allotting...
Beth Gentsch, Sentry Staff Reporter
• December 18, 2015
It is the night before the start of winter break. Students fall into bed with a deep, heavy sigh, perhaps emitting a long exhale filled with weeks’ worth of pent-up stress. As they close their eyes, they know can breath normally again—if at least...
Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 20, 2015
At the end of a generally disappointing season, senior football players took off their helmets and hung up their columbia blue jerseys for good. While many may linger in the past, thinking of what could have been, others choose to think of the future...
Rosie Eldridge, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 20, 2015
In recent years, there have been numerous accounts of improper behavior by athletes off of the field. It seems as if sports organizations like the National Football League (NFL) have attempted to make these athletes’ punishments less serious so they...
Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 20, 2015
As Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers walked off of their home court to the sounds of the Golden State Warriors’ championship celebration, a crazy National Basketball Association season came to an end. The ensuing offseason would prove to be just...
Ben Stoffel, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 20, 2015
Wild hair. Charming features. A smile that can be seen from across the hallway. All characteristics of November’s Athlete of the Month Blake Edwards. Not only does Edwards play football, but he is also Yorktown’s only male cheerleader. He is breaking...
Maggie Keane, Sentry Staff Reporter
• November 20, 2015
Twice a year, students taking gym class--primarily freshmen and sophomores--are required to participate in the fitness test. Students are divided by gender and age as the requirements for each test vary based on those two factors. Considering the amount...
Stevie Picot, Sentry Staff Reporter
• October 20, 2015
Entering the cycle of this year’s athletic seasons, a number of Yorktown’s sports teams will have new faces coaching them. Freshmen football, junior varsity and freshman field hockey and varsity boys basketball will all have different coaches at the...
