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Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

The student news site of Yorktown High School

Yorktown Sentry

Sports

Making Scher to Win

Making Scher to Win

Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

The Washington Nationals led all of baseball last year with an average 3.04 ERA for starting pitchers. It seemed like things had hit its peak, there was not much room for improvement because the Nationals already had one of the best pitching staffs in...

The Price You Pay

The Price You Pay

Andy Belilos, Sentry Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

Even with recent improvements in concussion and overall injury policies in high school sports, the troubling culture persists. Many athletes and coaches alike mind-bogglingly still seem to prioritize winning meaningless games above the long term health...

Wizards Making Magic

Wizards Making Magic

Topher Wagner, Sentry Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

As John Wall and the rest of the Washington Wizards looked on from the sidelines in the final minutes of last year’s playoffs, they knew that their miraculous season was coming to an end. This loss in the conference semifinals series 4-2 to the Indiana...

Guess Who’s Back

Guess Who’s Back

Beth Gentsch, Sentry Staff Reporter February 27, 2015

Although the origins of Step are not known for certain, it is suspected that the rhythmic, beat-stomping form of dance may have originated with African-American sororities and fraternities in the early 21st century. One hundred years later, our high school’s...

A New Kind of Thievery

Andy Belilos, Sentry Staff Reporter February 2, 2015

For years, the corrupt National Collegiate Athletic Association has unfairly avoided compensating hard working athletes for their labors which bring in billions annually to universities, coaches, television networks and the NCAA itself. It justifies robbing...

Y!Speak: Super Bowl Shoutouts

Y!Speak: Super Bowl Shoutouts

Stevie Picot, Sentry Staff Reporter February 2, 2015

Sophomore Ryan Cooper: “The Seahawks will beat the Patriots 34-24.” Sophomore Noah Tanenbaum: "The Patriots will win the Super Bowl and Tom Brady will win his fourth. This is Tom’s year.” Junior Jimmy Cederholm: “I think that the Patriots...

Halftime Performance, Full on Entertainment

Halftime Performance, Full on Entertainment

Maddie McNamee, Sentry Staff Reporter February 2, 2015

A Super Bowl calls for a super performance,  and nothing less is to be expected from pop singer Katy Perry who is performing in the Super Bowl XLIX Halftime show. Perry has some big shoes to fill, for last year Bruno Mars attracted a record breaking...

A Classic Winter Afternoon

A Classic Winter Afternoon

Eli Locke, Sentry Guest Writer February 2, 2015

For Americans who, for the most part, are baseball, basketball and football fans, it’s tough to understand just what playing hockey outdoors means to so many Canadians and Europeans. Making rinks in your backyard and playing shinny with the neighborhood...

James Carroll

James Carroll

Dan Huycke, Sentry Staff Reporter January 31, 2015

James. Carroll. Two words, one man. The legend behind the man is what I set out so fretfully to finally understand and discern. A senior, an MVP, an enigma. James Carroll is constantly rewriting the guidelines and redrawing the boundaries of the human...

Ice Skating Cold Spots

Ice Skating Cold Spots

Joanna Domson, Sentry Staff Reporter December 21, 2014

Ice skating is an activity best enjoyed in the winter and loved by all, or at least those that have the balance to glide around on a frozen sheet of ice.  Several aspects go into picking the best ice skating spot: ambiance, location, crowd density and...

Refuse to Lose

Refuse to Lose

Andy Belilos, Sentry Staff Reporter December 21, 2014

Tear and blood streaked faces. Wounded soldiers lying on the battlefield calling for help. Ammunition flying everywhere. Soldiers hidden behind bunkers. Frantic calls to “MOVE FORWARD”. Think this is a scene from Saving Private Ryan or Black Hawk...

Athlete of the Month: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Athlete of the Month: Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Patrick Rita, Sentry Staff Reporter December 21, 2014

Rudolph the red nosed reindeer has succeeded in helping Santa Claus give gifts to every deserving child year in and year out.  It is about time we take a minute to appreciate such strength, willpower and perseverance, so I decided to sit down with the...

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