Over the course of the past year, several coaches have left, while both new and familiar ones have replaced them. After 22 years of coaching at Stuyvesant, Larry Barth has chosen to retire. From 1984 to 1995, Barth led the Runnin’ Rebels, the boys’ varsity basketball team to several division titles. In more recent years, [...]

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For the first time in seven years, the seniors defeated the faculty in the annual senior-faculty basketball game on Thursday, May 31 with a score of 51- 38. Only seniors who were not on any varsity sport could participate, although the senior team was coached by seniors and varsity basketball players Tammer Farid and David [...]

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In the spring of 2007, the Hudson River Park trusts requested proposals for the renovation of Pier 40. The Performing Arts Center proposed a “Vegas on the Hudson” transformation, which would result in an overhaul of the public athletic facilities. Home to five of Stuyvesant’s sports teams, the pier would be changed to include a [...]

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In an attempt to make high school baseball safer, the City Council has instituted a plan that will ban the use of aluminum baseball bats in the 2008 season. Wooden bats, which are exclusively used in the minor and major leagues, will be required. Despite college baseball’s use of aluminum bats, the City Council felt [...]

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After the Stuyvesant Penguins, the girls’ swim team, finished second in the city last season, the team took on 12 rookies. Though this led to a larger roster than those in years past, it was necessary for the team to fill the void left by many graduating seniors, including Vivian Healey (‘06), the holder of [...]

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After losing the first three games of the regular season, the Runnin’ Rebels, the boys’ varsity basketball team, won their last nine and finished first in the division. With a 13- 9 record, the Rebels made an appearance in the Manhattan Borough Championships and also got to the second round of the city playoffs.
Much [...]

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The Pirates, the boys’ swim team, have won the Public Schools Athletic League (PSAL) City Championships for the past eight years and the PSAL Opens Championships since 1995. The team, however, had a weaker performance this year since many of the Pirates’ fastest sprinters and their only diver graduated last year. The team compensated by [...]

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After a 10-game losing streak and a season of many defeats in 2005, the Peglegs, the boys’ varsity football team, were able to turn things around for once when they defeated Frankin K. Lane High School by a score of 24-8 on September 22, 2006. Not only was it their first win of the season, [...]

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Under first year head coach Emilio Nieves, the Stuyvesant Swingers, the boys’ golf team, has regained the Bronx/ Manhattan division title after a year-long hiatus.
“I’m very happy, one of the goals was to win the division and we accomplished that,” Nieves said. In addition to sending four players to the Individual Golf Championships, the [...]

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Getting to the playoffs used to be an easy task. In 2005, the team finished the season 12-4 and made the third round of the playoffs. Last season, the Hitmen finished 10-6, second in the division.
This year, despite starting the season with four straight wins, the Hitmen were barely able to maintain their record of [...]

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