Sports
Landauer Fully Loaded
There is a lot of talent walking the halls of Stuyvesant High School. Look in any direction and you are bound to see national award winners or child prodigies. Stuyvesant has bred famous musicians and actors, Nobel Prize winners and famous scientists in nearly every field imaginable, so to be unique, here is something of [...]
Sports Round-Up
Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Despite losing the class that made up the first ever Stuyvesant lacrosse team, the Peglegs put up another solid season with a 6-6 record. One of those wins came against the second best team in the division, Lehman—a team that had beaten the Peglegs 12-2 in the first game of the [...]
Despite Second Round Playoff Loss, Renegades Live up to Their Name
Stuyvesant’s girls’ softball team was not satisfied with mediocrity. They were not satisfied with just making the playoffs. They had been there, done that. This season, the Renegades were searching for something more: a win in the playoffs for the first time in recent history. With their 11-6 upset of 13th seeded Bronx Science HS, [...]
Nick Gallo: True Hitman
In the middle of the pile of screaming, cheering Hitmen, senior and captain Nick Gallo stood beaming. The fact that a perfect double play had just secured his seven inning, four hit shutout in the first round of the playoffs was at the back of his mind. All Gallo could think about was that he [...]
Will You Be My Rival?
Yale has Harvard, Duke has North Carolina, Michigan has Ohio State. But who complements Stuyvesant? Outside of the classroom, Stuyvesant’s greatest opponents are not from Bronx Science or Brooklyn Technical High School. Across multiple sports, it is the Beacon High School Blue Demons who provide Stuyvesant with the fiercest competition. The Stuyvesant boys’ baseball team, the [...]
Youthful Stuyvesant Team Falls Short in Playoffs
With a roster sporting nine underclassmen out of 15 total slots, Stuyvesant’s boys’ tennis team lost in the second round of the Public School Athletic League (PSAL) playoffs to division rival Bronx Science High School. The playoff match came down to a final doubles match in which Bronx Science eked out a 10-8 win to [...]
Despite Disappointing Loss, Hitmen’s Season was a Success
As the final out was made, the Stuyvesant boys’ varsity baseball team, the Hitmen, could not help but feel that it had let an opportunity slip away. The 21st seeded Hitmen’s 9-2 second round loss on Friday, May 28, to the defending champion and fifth seeded Norman Thomas Tigers was bittersweet. The game was much closer [...]
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 [...]
Under Pressure
Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback, Tony Romo, has made his name in the National Football League (NFL) through his solid, even-handed approach to football. But on January 9, 2007, Romo’s image as a calm, collected leader took a hit when he dropped a potential game-winning field goal snap in the 4th quarter of the National Football Conference [...]
Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
All the time, when I’m talking to friends or reading a sports article, I hear that one sport is easier than another, or that one position within a sport is easier to play than another. To me, this is either blatant, unfounded elitism or just plain wrong. “Easy” is an entirely subjective description, and it [...]
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