Sports
Sports Wrap-Up
After losing five of its first seven games, Stuyvesant’s boys’ varsity baseball team, the Hitmen, is 3-1 in its last four games, but still need to win two of its last three to avoid missing the postseason for the first time in 17 seasons. After making the city championship match last season, Stuyvesant’s boys’ [...]
Dragons Stay Undefeated
After winning a close game against the High School of Economics and Finance on April 19, the Dragons, Stuyvesant’s handball team, continued their success by dominating the Chelsea Career and Technical Education Lions on Monday, April 23. Both teams had squared off earlier in the season, and this match was no different from their [...]
Renegades Don’t Quite Turn Beacon into Bacon
After two tough losses, one of which was a 15-0 blowout handed by the division-leading George Washington Trojans, the Renegades bounced back with three straight wins. In an aggressive, high-scoring game on Monday, April 29, the red-hot Renegades extended their win-streak against the Beacon Blue Demons. Although they are still second in the division, another [...]
Both Sides of the Fence
Due to the focus on and rigor of work that Stuyvesant tends to have, many non-academic talents, such as athletics and the arts, seem to go unnoticed. You might not realize that two of the best fencers in the nation, junior Phillip Shin and junior Josef Omar, are the very students that you might have [...]
The Okay, the Bad, and the Worst
As Radio City lit up and the red carpet rolled out, the 2013 NFL Draft arrived. For some teams, this draft was of utmost importance; for others, it would serve to provide them meager reinforcements at best. There were winners and losers in this year’s draft, but as a whole, the dynamics of the NFL [...]
On to the Playoffs
Stuyvesant Beasts 2, School Of The Future Bulldogs 0 By Chris Kim The Beasts, having recently suffered their first divisional loss in over three years, knew that they had many problems to fix on the court if they wanted to be a strong competitor in the playoffs. When they took on the School of the [...]
A Matter of the Mind
The score was tied at one to one. The Hitmen had won the first singles match, while Bronx Science had won the second. Having come back from a 4-1 deficit, senior Ryan El Naggar, the third singles player, stood precariously at the line, waiting for his opponent to serve. The score was 7-6, no advantages, [...]
Playoff Hopes Dwindling For Hitmen
George Washington Trojans 15, Stuyvesant Hitmen 0 By Eric Morgenstern Against most teams, losing 15-0 with only two hits is unacceptable, but against the George Washington Trojans’ 80 mph pitching, an exception may be made. In fact, the Hitmen’s disappointing performance against the Trojans on Thursday, May 2 was expected by many. Junior starting pitcher [...]
The Lady Peglegs Dominate with the Help of Winter Weather
The forecast was concerning: cloudy with the temperature in the mid-thirties. Though a cold, bitter, and windy environment may not seem like the ideal condition for a tennis match, Stuyvesant’s Lady Peglegs found a way to use the uncomfortable winter weather to their advantage against Eleanor Roosevelt High School on Thursday, March 23. The Eleanor [...]
What Could Have Been
The Los Angeles Lakers are undoubtedly one of the most successful franchises in all of sports. Ranking fourth in the number of championships won by any sports team, the Lakers have won a total of 16 NBA championships. They are ranked second in the NBA in all-time Championship Titles, behind the Boston Celtics by only [...]
