by Josh Averbach ’18 The 6-1 Warriors have played some stellar football recently. But they will run into a challenge in the Paint Branch Panthers, who are also 6-1, at home on October 20. The Warriors were highly touted coming into the season. After a 10-1 (including playoffs) 2016, the Warriors opened 2017 with a 44-0 win against an overwhelmed … Read More
by Noah Corman ’19 Many people oversimplify cross country into merely running, assuming that it is an easy sport requiring little strategy. The runners just toe the line, run, and finish. In reality, tactics play a very important role in both the mental and physical aspects of the sport. Many different problems present themselves for cross country runners. Some can … Read More
by Adam Pfeiffer ’20 Winning seems to come naturally for the varsity field hockey team, and almost nothing seems to be able to stop them this year. The Warriors have only lost to 2016 3A state finalist Blake, and 2016 4A state finalist Churchill. Among their wins are five shutouts, the team’s average margin of victory is almost 3 goals. … Read More
by Mallory Carlson ’19 MCPS has recently decided to make changes concerning the girls’ tennis season. The girls, starting in the 2018-2019 school year, will compete in the spring as the boys’ team does currently. The change has been discussed for a long time, and is the result of various different factors. First, Montgomery County is one of the only … Read More
by Malec Fahmy ‘20 Senior Jordan Koller, looks to finish her final season at Sherwood on a good note at the MPSSAA State Finals before departing for York University in Pennsylvania to play golf in the fall. At districts, Koller, senior Brad Riley, sophomore Max Ransibrahmanak, and freshman Ronnie Kim ‘21 all qualified to represent the Warriors at states. The … Read More
by Colleen Yates ’18 When judging by goal differential, the girls’ varsity soccer team is having a very good season. A closer look, however, reveals that 29 of the team’s 34 goals were scored in blowout games against Wheaton, Paint Branch, Northwood, and Springbrook. Those four games also account for every one of the Warriors’ victories. With a 4-6-1 record, … Read More
by Riley Whelan ’18 Here at Sherwood, athletics are held in very high regard, with the football games selling countless numbers of tickets each week and the basketball bleachers packed to the brim. With such a successful athletic program, it seems almost obvious that there would be an established logo in place, yet this is not the case. That is … Read More
By Colleen Yates ’18 On Monday night the girls’ varsity soccer team faced off against defending state champions, Walter Johnson. Sherwood lost the game 3-0 despite countless saves from starting goalie and captain, senior Emily St Laurent. With pressure building, WJ scored their first goal with seven minutes remaining in the first half, WJ got their first goal. The Warriors … Read More
By Josh Averbach ’18 On Friday, the Warriors moved to 1-1 after a 42-7 road loss to the Damascus Swarmin’ Hornets, a team that has won back-to-back 3A state championships. The atmosphere before this momentous game was–cliche as it sounds–electric. There was a buzz in the Sherwood student section rarely seen at home games, let alone road games, complete with … Read More
By Josh Averbach ’18 Sherwood has a good football team–that much is inarguable. Last year, the Warriors won ten games in a row before losing in the playoffs. Coming off of this strong season, they have started off 2017 strong by steamrolling Magruder 44-0 and jumping from twentieth to sixteenth in The Washington Post’s metro area rankings on September 4. … Read More