Spring sports preview

After coming up short in their quest for a state title for the 2015 season, the boys varsity baseball team looks to rebound with a trip back to the state tournament. With a large core of the team returning, the Huskies have high hopes for this season. Senior Cole Duensing said the team has high expectations heading into the season, and the experience of the seniors could be a large factor in dete...

The Huskies enter the 2016 season after losing four seniors from graduation last season as well as four of their top five batting averages. Taryn Thomas, the only returning senior, said the team should expect some growing pains at the beginning of the season. “I think things might be a little rough at first,” Thomas said. “But I think this group of girls that we have this year are really t...

The girls varsity swim team begins the 2016 season with many first-time swimmers. With the new faces on the team, senior Claire Albright said leadership will be a key factor in the success of the team this season, which gives Albright and other seniors more responsibility heading into the season. “We don’t have an extreme amount of talent this year but I don’t think that really matters,”...

The boys varsity golf team returns as a veteran, experienced team in the 2016 season, led by two-time captain senior Will Gordon. Gordon said the team has bought in and committed to sticking with their goals for the duration of the season. “We’re all committed; we’ve told each other we’re not going to fade away on the end like we have previous years,” Gordon said. “Sometimes seniors,...

With the boys team placing 14th and the girls placing 15th out of 29 teams at state last year, the track team gears up to start their 2016 season. The team this year has more girls than in the past and are hoping to send many athletes to state. “We have a few more girls this year, a few more freshman,” head coach Rex VanBuskirk said. “We also have other girls like sophomores and juniors that hav...

Girls soccer has won the state championship for the past three years; however 11 of the players from those teams have graduated, leaving them with a brand new team. Senior Hope Lancaster said it will be different after playing with last year’s seniors. “It will be more of a rebuilding team,” Lancaster said. “The past two or three years we’ve had pretty much the same team every year on...

Boys tennis won the state championship last year, and this year they plan to do it again. Senior captain James Lowe said they are working to devise a strategy to repeat their championship. “This year since we came off of a state title, we’ve refined our strategy more in determining how we will get the best finishes,” Lowe said. “I think [head] coach [Ted Fabiano] has also been able to...