Author: zgross14
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The Drive to Succeed: A-Rod vs. the Tennis Team
By Zachary Gross ’14, Sports Editor There is no doubt that the New York Yankees are one of the most storied franchises in all of professional sports. Throughout the ages, some of the greatest baseball players of all time have played for the Yankees including Yogi Berra, Joe DiMaggio, and Lou Gehrig. They are the…
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Why Do We Run?
By Siddarth “The Tiger” Kannan ’14, News Editor, and Max “Quickmore” Whitmore ’14, Guest Writer, ’14 “You’re crazy.” We, along with many other members of the cross country team, hear this phrase all too often. Our friends, peers, and parents alike cannot begin to fathom why we love running — something that is often regarded…
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From NA to the Pros: A Common Path of Hard Work and Perseverance
By Matthew Press, ’14, Staff Writer Athletics are an integral part of the Newark Academy culture. For athletes, the daily grind and time commitment of sports can bring even the most diverse set of students together as a unified team. For the school as a whole, watching the athletic teams on the field instills a…
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The Jets and the Mets: Two Franchises Aligned by More than a Rhyme
By Tyler Park, ’14, Staff Writer New York is a city well-acquainted with athletic glory. Its teams have long been synonymous with victory parades and winning records, embodied by clubs like the Yankees, who’ve won an astounding twenty-seven World Series Championships. Many Big Apple sports fans have been spoiled by this success and expect championship-caliber…
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Tearin’ Up the Turf
By Lauren Whelan, ’14, Staff Writer Over the past few years, the Newark Academy athletics program has taken massive strides towards relevance in the crowded New Jersey high school sports scene. Although larger programs continue to dominate the state, the Academy’s talent pool and performance has improved immensely over the past few years thanks…
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The Changing Face of High School Soccer
By Matthew Press ’14, Staff Writer The United States Soccer Federation recently announced a new rule that prevents soccer players that play on Academy teams from being able to play with their high school soccer teams. This is due to Academy soccer moving to a 10-month season. The controversial new rule was first…
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JV and Varsity: A Tale of Two Teams
By Zachary Gross ’14, Sports Editor I am a Junior Varsity athlete in the truest sense of the word. I played two sports this year – soccer and baseball, both on JV. I am not the strongest, nor the fastest, but I still trot out there for practices and games day after day, week in…