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Summer Sport Seniority

Summer Sport Seniority

Matthew Mcgowan | February 15, 2021

It all seemed like a minor setback on March 12. While it was disappointing that the spring season was suspended for two weeks due to the emergence of COVID-19, Stevenson spring sports athletes had already...

Ragged Raptors and Scintillating Suns: The Two Surprises of the NBA Season

Ragged Raptors and Scintillating Suns: The Two Surprises of the NBA Season

Raghav Khosla | February 10, 2021

The 2020-2021 National Basketball Association (NBA) season is underway, with teams having played around ⅕ of their season. Some teams have surprised analysts and fans with their record at this stage...

Ragged Raptors and Scintillating Suns: The Two Surprises of the NBA Season

Raghav Khosla | February 8, 2021

The 2020-2021 National Basketball Association (NBA) season is underway, with teams having played around ⅕ of their season. Some teams have surprised analysts and fans with their record at this stage...

Several containers of wipes are strewn across the floor of a studio for a second period Dance 2 class preparing for their lesson. Students warm up while socially distanced with six foot restrictions taped to the ground to guide the, and reduce the risk of viral transmission. (Photo from Mr. Grice, Director of Fine Arts)

P(P.E.) Class

Gaurish Lakhanpal and Lance Locker | February 8, 2021

With the start of Stevenson’s Hybrid Learning Model on January 19, students are able to attend gym and dance classes on campus rather than on Zoom. The classes occur during the same periods that students...

A Hiatus on Hoops

A Hiatus on Hoops

Jasmine Sun and Malini Pillai | December 6, 2020

Instead of heated games on the court with her teammates by her side and the roars of cheering crowds, Varsity basketball player Sophie Lichtenstein ’21 dribbles a basketball on her driveway. With nothing...

Competitive COVID-19 Cuts

Competitive COVID-19 Cuts

Ally Flynn and Sailaja Nallacheruvu | December 4, 2020

After daily gymnastics practices in the 2019-2020 school year, Ashley Sprague ’22 and the rest of the girls gymnastics team would go out to get dinner and bond as a group. Now, with possible cuts to...

Shaping Up Stevenson Students

Shaping Up Stevenson Students

Alison Wade and Surya Sethi | December 2, 2020

In order to help athletes improve their physical and mental wellbeing, Stevenson’s athletic department hosted the first of its monthly virtual athletic summits on November 1. Presentations were led by...

Pinning Down COVID-19

Pinning Down COVID-19

Helen Oriatti-Burns and Mackenzie Wren | December 2, 2020

Beads of sweat rolled off his forehead as Cameron Tu ’21 walked away from the practice mat  in the Stevenson wrestling room last winter. Gathering his belongings, he headed to the locker room, which...

Putting the Season Away

Bayarmaa Bat-erdene and Madeline Schmitke | December 2, 2020

Across the Stevenson campus this fall, cross country athletes ran miles upon miles in preparation for their season while golf athletes trained vigorously for tournaments. In a typical year, these student-athletes...

Fishing Up New Possibilities

Fishing Up New Possibilities

Vaasu Kakuturu and Jasmine Sun | November 7, 2020

As it became apparent that Stevenson students would be unable to head back to campus for their fall semester, Eric Ramos, Director of Stevenson’s Physical Welfare Department, knew he had an important...

Court Cases

Sophia Ismail and Anika Krishnaswamy | November 7, 2020

In response to the IHSA’s statewide regulations on fall sports, three parents of Illinois student athletes filed a class-action lawsuit on October 1. These parents from DuPage County sued the IHSA and...

Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, MetLife Stadium plays without any fans. New Jersey’s rules do not allow fans to be in attendance at any pro sporting events in the state, citing health risks.

Why Live Fan Attendance Should be Disallowed

Griffin Brown | November 6, 2020

MetLife stadium glistens in the New Jersey rainy weather. Despite the game progressing in the middle of the stadium, the sound is just that, a game. There are no fans. The home of the New York Giants holds...

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