by Tom Lee ’14 The past two weeks have been exciting for the boys and girls swim and dive teams. At the Division II championships on February 2 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Center, the dive team finished first with senior Captain Summer White and sophomore Caroline Graves placing finished third and fourth respectively. Seniors Aaron Katz and … Read More
by Kyle Melnick ’14 Five Warriors qualified for the 4A state championship on February 7, 2013 at the 4A West Regional Meet. Sophomore Lauren Woods qualified in both the 55m and 300m dash, finishing 3rd and 4th in each event, respectively. Junior Grace McDonald continued her momentum into the regional meet, qualifying in the 800m after placing 5th. Senior Lauren … Read More
by Joey Lavoie ’14 After not placing in the top three of MCPS County Championships last February, the Warriors look to return to prominence in their 2013 campaign. They began doing just that on January 12, placing third at the Damascus Invitational, while senior captain Dahlia Ghafir finished second for the Captain’s Award. This competition was dominated by teams in … Read More
by Kyle Melnick ’14 This is not our parents’ NCAA any longer, and soon I too will hardly recognize it. Universities have betrayed their original conferences for a grab bag of money. Conference associations have completely ignored schools’ students, alumni and athletes as the process of teams coming and going from one conference to another continues unchecked. Colleges are following … Read More
by Andrew Wasik ’13 As the season dwindles down to the end, boys’ basketball is sitting at the very top of the Montgomery County 4A East Conference with a county record of 6-1 and an overall record of 9-5. The Warriors suffered their first conference defeat after a five-game winning streak when they lost at Paint Branch on January 22 … Read More
by Brendan Cudd ’14 The wrestling team currently has a 5-7 record a little more than three-quarters of the way through the season. Sherwood recently wrestled in two tournaments, the Cougar Claus tournament at Quince Orchard and the Big Train Duals at Walter Johnson. At the Cougar Claus tournament, the team won 5-3. At the Big Train Duals, they won … Read More
by Kyle Melnick ’14 The Warriors entered the PG Sports Center alongside 24 other schools to compete in the Montgomery County Championship on January 22. The boys’ team surprised the county with a 6th place finish overall. Senior Vik Siberry led the way for the boys’ squad, finishing 8th in both the 1600m and 3200m. Seniors Gerard Bowes and Andrew … Read More
by Michael Natelli ’14 The Warriors hockey team has gotten off to a rough start this season, currently sitting on a 3-4-1 record. However, every team qualifies for the playoffs, so there is still a “never say die” attitude in the locker room. “At this point, it’s mathematically impossible for us to be the best team in the regular season,” … Read More
by Tom Lee ’14 As junior Kelly Flamand touched the wall and finished off the 400-yard freestyle relay for the girls, one could not watch without noticing the sizable difference in the finishing time between Sherwood’s relay and Poolesville’s A relay at a dual meet on January 19. Looking back at the results, Sherwood finished about five seconds ahead of … Read More
by Hunter Moore ’15 The young girls’ varsity basketball team has thus far struggled to a 2-11 record in their first 13 games. The girls have shown strength on the defensive side of the ball, limiting opponents to about 48 points per game. The weakness comes more on the offensive side and the inability to gain momentum, which Coach Kenny … Read More