Four new seniors joined coed volleyball this year with no previous experience. Photo by Simon Engler

While many seniors view second semester as a time to relax and slack off, a select few have decided to expand their interests and try a new activity. This spring season, four senior boys have decided to join the volleyball team despite not having any previous playing experience.

“I’ve had no experience since gym, but I had nothing better to do since hockey ended,”  Zack Wolfe says.

Wolfe decided to attend the tryouts on a whim, and was soon playing an unknown sport. Along with fellow seniors Richard Scordato, Ameed Nsouli and Spiros Vonortas, trying to prove his worth on the court caught the attention of some of the other athletes. (continue reading…)

The Potomac river rose over 10 feet due to the heavy rain and snow this winter. Photo by Will Brownlee

Mother Nature has disrupted the crew team’s season for the second time this year, as heavy flooding forced the 100- student club sport to practice on land in the week leading up to its first race. The team, which was late getting onto the water due to heavy snow, will not be able to practice on the water again until March 20, the day of the race.

Head coach Kirk Shipley moved quickly March 13, having  the varsity teams move all boats stored in the boathouse onto a trailer, Shipley then drove the trailer to Whitman. The main fear is that the flooding could reach as high as the lower bays of Thompson Boat Center, where the team keeps their boats. (continue reading…)

The Whitman Wrestling season came to an end on March 6^th, at the individual state championships. The Vikes, one of the most dominant teams in the state, end their season as state semi-finalists that sent six wrestlers to the individual state championships.

At the meet, the team had a strong showing with a second place, two third place and a fourth place finish. (continue reading…)

The administration will now use Facebook as a means to find and punish athletes engaging in illegal activity.

In mid-January, a Whitman student uploaded pictures of boys basketball players at a party with alcohol onto Facebook.  A teacher with a Facebook account saw the pictures and then forwarded them to Dr. Goodwin.  However, because there were no pictures of players actually consuming alcohol, Dr. Goodwin decided that the students did not break the school’s zero tolerance policy.  Because of this, Goodwin withheld the names of the basketball players from head coach Chris Lun, electing instead to speak with the team about the risks of underage drinking. (continue reading…)

Varsity girls basketball beat the Churchill Bulldogs 65-41, March 3, advancing to the regional finals.

The lady Vikes kept a comfortable lead through the majority of the game. The third-seeded Bulldogs kept it competitive, but could not match Whitman’s dynamic players as the girls pulled away in the end. (continue reading…)

Varsity boys basketball defeated the Churchill Bulldogs 58-51 in their first playoff game, March 2 advancing to the regional semi-final.

The Bulldogs scored early in the game and were up 16-12 at the end of the first quarter. But the Vikes started the second quarter off strong with three pointers by junior Daniel Voigt and Eddie Wytkind and  had a 13-2 run thanks to strong offensive attack led by senior captain Charlie Waugh.  The boys ended the first half leading 32-27. The Vikes continued to breeze past the Churchill defense but the Bulldogs came back with one minute left in the quarter. The Vikes maintained their lead in the fourth quarter and senior Eddie Wytkind scored both free throws to secure the win for the Vikes. The boys will play at  Richard Montgomery this Thursday .