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Greyducks Strive for States in Cross Country Season
Stuyvesant boys’ cross country team, newly named Greyducks, fell just short of qualifying for the State Championships last cross country season, placing fifth in cities when only the top four seeds were invited. Yet, despite the significant loss of seven graduating seniors who combined to post seven top-five finishes, for this upcoming season, the team is confident that it won’t meet the …
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Staying On Track
The Stuyvesant boys’ outdoor track team enters the back end of its season, looking to continue its undefeated streak at the Manhattan Championships—which dates back to 2000. Despite tough weather conditions and a training facility an hour’s commute away, at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, the team has overcome the obstacles it has been faced with and looks to enter the Borough …
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From the Vault Making of a Dynasty: Wrestling in the 80s
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination and a hard-to-find alloy called guts. Few teams in Stuyvesant history could make this proverb more appropriate than the championship-winning wrestling teams of the 1980s.
In the late 1960s, wrestling began in Stuyvesant as a club formed by the football coach at the time—Merle Thrush. Football players …
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Mendes’s Coaching Reign Lives On
The end bell for eighth period rings. Cross country and track coach Mark Mendes is on the third floor, stopwatch in hand, waiting for any runners with the last two periods free. Track practice later ends at a quarter to six, and Mendes is still there, dedicated to helping every runner on the team to excel no matter how long it might take.
One might suspect that a coach who puts so much …
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Boys’ Indoor Track Looks to Rebound
After failing to qualify for States by falling out of the top four seeds during this past cross country season, the Stuyvesant boys’ varsity indoor track team seeks redemption. Despite being seeded fifth out of 75 schools in the city and winning the Borough Championships, an injury-plagued team was still disappointed with its results.
“It wasn’t that surprising. A lot of our guys were …
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Penguins Swim for Second City Championship
After winning 44 of their last 45 games over the past five seasons, including a city championship last year, the Penguins, Stuyvesant’s girls’ swimming team, look to win their second championship in a row.
However, the Penguins have had a few issues to address on their search for a repeat. Some key swimmers graduated last year, so the team needed to rebuild. “We were a little bit …
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Hookers Roll Past University Neighborhood and Focus on Playoffs
A primal pre-game chant and some playful shoving by senior and co-captain Leo Ernst lead to a 3-0 sweep over the previously 1-1 University Neighborhood High School Panthers on Thursday, October 8. This win for the Stuyvesant boys’ bowling team, the Hookers, marked its fourth straight win to begin the season, and the team’s 68th consecutive win since the start of the 2005 season.
“We are …
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Hope Placed in Young Runners
The Stuyvesant boys’ cross country team enters this season ranked fifth in the preseason rankings. It is trying to reach the top four in order to be eligible for the state meet. The team is also focusing on improving after a disappointing season last year. “Overall it was our weakest year in the last five. We won the city championships in 2004 and 2005, we were second in 2006, won it again …
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With A New Hairdo, Hitmen Look to Overcome Last Year’s Mediocrity
After a winter spent working out in stairwells and climbing step after step with burning calves, the Hitmen, Stuyvesant’s boys’ varsity baseball team, heads outdoors with hopes of a successful season riding high on the tops of their Mohawks.
During the winter, the Hitmen implemented a new rigorous workout program based on the famous 1954 pre-season camp of the Texas A&M college …
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Championship Dreams Drowned for the Previously Undefeated Pirates
Last season, Stuyvesant’s boys’ varsity swimming team, the Pirates, held a perfect record of 9-0 through the regular season and the playoffs before losing in the semifinals to Brooklyn Technical High School. This year, they also remained undefeated in the regular season, but unlike last year, they brought a number one seed into the city championship match against Fort Hamilton on Friday, …
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