Warriors Race to the Finish

by Kyle Melnick ’14 After a spectacular regional meet for both the boys’ and girls’ teams, all five state qualifiers looked to build on their momentum for the state championship on February 21, 2013. The Warriors did exactly that, finishing three qualifiers in the top five of their event. Junior Grace McDonald continued to improve into the state meet, finishing … Read More

Lady Warriors Look To Capture Momentum For Playoffs

by Hunter Moore ’15 After losing 54-40 on Tuesday to Bethesda-Chevy Chase, the Lady Warriors’ basketball team fell to 5-15 on the season. The girls had shown improvement down the by winning three of the last seven games with victories over Springbrook, Blake and B-CC, and are now preparing for their final game of the regular season. The last game … Read More

Project Change Hosts Dodgeball Tournament for Charity

by Robel Wondimu ’13 Senior Kevin Pham organized Project Change to host a dodgeball fundraiser that raised $730 for the Betty Ann Krahnke Center (BAK), a nonprofit domestic abuse shelter in Montgomery County. On February 7, 16 teams of 10 people competed in a single elimination tournament, which “Channel Four News Team,” an underdog group of freshman, ended up winning. … Read More

Varsity Wrestling Prepares For Counties

by Brendan Cudd ’14 The Warriors wrestling team recently finished off the season with a 6-8 record. The last two matches they had were against Wheaton and Paint Branch. They defeated Wheaton 55-21, but unfortunately ended the season on a bad note losing to Paint Branch 39-33. JV JV Counties were much kinder to the Warriors, and they had a … Read More

Divisionals and Metros Go Swimmingly

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

Warriors Run To State Championship

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

Poms Again Dominant Force in County

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

Maryland Trades Tradition for Money

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

Boys Look to Hold on to Top Position

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

Wrestling Moves Toward Bright Future

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