Yes, you read the title right. One of my close friends, Sophia O’Sullivan, has recently committed to college for her incredible athletic ability with pole vaulting. Pole vaulting is an unique event for track and field where an athlete uses a long and usually flexible pole to lift themselves over a bar set at a certain height. I decided to
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After a long quarantine, shut-down schools, and no school sports, Apex High School welcomed back its track team on April 12th. Prior to the official start date, Apex welcomed its new head coach, Addison Johnson! This will be his first year coaching at Apex but his 10th year overall. His main goals are to help improve the team as a
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If one word comes to mind right now when you think of Men’s CATSOC, it would probably be “legendary”. This year the varsity team made it farthest in the playoffs since 2005, a monumental achievement, but suffered a devastating 2-1 loss to Cardinal Gibbons this past Tuesday. Regardless, the team performed incredibly and put on quite a show; their passion
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Friday March 13th, 2020, was a very memorable day. The pandemic took control and shut everything down. This was just one week before March Madness, one of the most watched tournaments in all of sports, was scheduled to take place. After a few modifications, they finally cancelled it, bringing sadness to many. This week though, one year later, the March
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It’s March again; you know what that means. It has been exactly a year since Covid-19 hit and schools shut down. Sadly, school sports during the year of 2020 were cut short, leaving many student athletes brokenhearted. Luckily, school sports this year have been able to go on with certain precautions! However, that leaves us with limited field space because
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Governor Roy Cooper recently announced a new executive order that opens up high school sporting events to a thirty percent capacity. Many athletes, parents, and students were thrilled by this decision. Before this, only immediate family members of competing athletes were allowed to attend sporting events; moreover, these parents and siblings were not allowed to attend away games. Many were
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This year has been very difficult for everyone, but one specific group of people who have had their world completely altered is student athletes. Countless changes have been made, and precautions have been taken to ensure that they can have somewhat of a normal season. I sat down with student athlete Weston Freiling to talk about how this season has
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NFL Offseason QB Changes and What they Could Mean In the NFL, the 2021 off-season is shaping up to be one of the biggest ever for quarterbacks across the league. Countless starting caliber as well as solid backup QBs have hit free agency or shown discontent with their respected teams. Deshaun Watson- This is set to be the biggest trade
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Max Ayers, sophomore and the new titleholder of the 200 freestyle record, was able to talk to me about all things swim this past Tuesday. The Apex Swim Team, coached by Kevin Maksinchuk, has been around since Apex High started. From late November to mid-February high school swim holds meets in indoor facilities, counting the off time for spring teams.
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What will school athletics look like? Will they be the same? Will they even happen? These are all questions that have been asked by members of our community, especially the athletes. This year has been very unpredictable, and athletics are no exception. I had the privilege to sit down with Apex Athletic Director, Mr. Ferguson, and talk about the changes
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