Category: Sports
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High School Athletes and Drug Testing
By Zach Persing ’15, Sports Editor The use of Performance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs) has become rampant in American sports. While professional athletes who want to take PEDs have to find ways around drug testing, high school athletes rarely face drug testing and can get away with PED usage in most cases. This is because American…
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It’s Madness!
By Ben Goodman ’15, Staff Writer Overview: March Madness involves 68 of the best college basketball teams placed in a bracket with a single-elimination format. If you win, you move on, but if you lose, you go home; therein lays the inherent frenzy that is the culmination of the college basketball season, which is exciting…
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Is The NFL Ready For Its First Ever Openly Gay Player?
By Zach Persing, ’15, Staff Writer A few weeks ago, if you heard the name Michael Sam, it probably meant nothing to you; if it did, you are probably a very avid college football fan. However, Michael Sam should now be a household name across the country. Recently, Sam, the reigning SEC Co-Defensive Player of…
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The Role of the Superstar in Sports
By Cory Tell ‘14, Sports Editor and Rory Tell ‘16, Staff Writer In competitive athletics, there is a slim difference between being the best, and feeling the heartache and pain of defeat. The difference between the best pitchers in the major leagues, and one struggling in the minor leagues, is a few miles per hour…
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Preseason Trips: An Enjoyable Advantage for Newark Academy Sports Teams
During the preseason, high school teams all around the country work hard to prepare themselves for competition. First and foremost, this means practicing on the field — but it also includes working to establish team chemistry and to bond off the field. Some Newark Academy teams are given an advantage in these areas because of…
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Personal Athlete Profiles: Throwback Edition
By Tyler Park ’14, Sports Editor Over the past year, we at The Minuteman‘s sports section have written a number of Personal Athlete Profiles about current Newark Academy athletes. This edition, however, will take a look at a few of Newark Academy’s past athletes who have moved on to successful college careers in their respective sports.…
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The Decreasing Value of All-Star Games
By Cory Tell ‘14, Sports Editor There was once a time when All-Star games in the major American sports were events that fans could not miss. Whether watching the game from the confines of their homes or taking in the sporting event from the stadium, fans were captivated by the spectacle that was the All-Star…
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Making the Most of the Least: Sports at a Small School
By Ben Goodman ’16, Staff Writer The saying goes, “quality over quantity,” yet, quantity does have its merits when it comes to high school sports. In almost all sports, having more depth on the roster yields a more energized, durable, and successful team. At Newark Academy, a school of under 500 Upper School students, the…
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State Tournaments: A Time to Rise to the Occasion
By Zach Persing ’15, Staff Writer It is almost that time of year again! Newark Academy Winter season athletes are just days away from starting postseason competition in their respective sports. State Tournaments are extremely important to high school athletes throughout the nation, not only because they eventually determine champions, but also because teams have…
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Olympic Hockey: A Tradition Like No Other
By Danny Cohen ’15, Staff Writer The winter Olympics have arrived, which means that sports fans worldwide will be able to witness a plethora of both exciting and unique sporting events. One of the most prestigious and intense events is Olympic Hockey, which has a strong reputation in America, dating back to the memorable 1980…