By Will Schwartz ’17, Staff Writer Greatest Ever. These two words were left resonating in the minds of every viewer of Super Bowl LI. Were they in reference to the game itself? Legendary Patriots quarterback Tom Brady? New England’s otherworldly coach, Bill Belichick? Or perhaps the ridiculous grabs made by Julian Edelman and Julio Jones…

By Andrew Wyshner ’18, Staff Writer With the NFL playoffs now in the rear-view mirror, the next major sports tournament is the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament, commonly known as “March Madness.” During this three-week period, the nationally televised tournament garners almost all the attention in college sports, but many other college winter sports…

By Lauren Dougherty ’19, Staff Writer LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers “need a playmaker.” Despite being defending NBA champions, leading the Eastern Conference, and having a starting lineup that includes All-Stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving, LeBron James doesn’t think it’s enough. While the Golden State Warriors have made new additions to their roster since…

By Anthony Giachin ’17, Section Editor As we all know, athletics play a huge part in the Newark Academy experience, but we are also aware of how rigorous of an academic school Newark Academy is. Clearly, academics is the number one priority for both the admissions staff and almost all the students in the school. Although…

By Nathaniel Charendoff ’17, Section Editor The 14th of February, more commonly known as Valentine’s Day, is a day mostly dedicated to the celebration of love and relationships. However, it is important to note that it was also the first day of UEFA Champions League soccer action this calendar year. The UEFA Champions League is…

By Young Se Choi ’18, Staff Writer Around this time last year, the future of the Newark Academy wrestling team was a bit blurry. The team certainly didn’t have a perfect record, and eventually had to move down to a lower conference by the end of the year. In addition, no one quite knew what…

By William Schwartz ’17, Staff Writer On Monday, January 9, 2017, the Clemson Tigers defeated the heavily favored Alabama Crimson Tide in the College Football Playoff National Championship, earning their first national title in 35 years, and just the second in program history. The game, a rematch of last year’s thrilling 45-40 ‘Bama triumph, was…

By Anthony Giachin ’17, Section Editor Boats, boats, boats. That seems to be all that Giants fans have heard recently. It appears to be an odd thing to be hearing about after the loss of a playoff game, but Odell Beckham Jr. and the rest of the New York Giants receivers made sure that Giants…

By Samantha Keller, Staff Writer ’19 After the loss of superstar athletes Jocelyn Willoughby and George Haglund, the members of the Newark Academy girls basketball and Newark Academy fencing teams knew that they would face challenges this winter season. What they didn’t know was that their biggest obstacle would be their team size. In both…