Arlingtonian Student Newsmagazine

Bucks or Bears?

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Brian Hines.

Upper Arlington students find themsleves choosing to cheer for the local legends or own their high school team during the fall football season.
By: Brian Hines
Every fall in Upper Arlington, football is all the buzz. Students and adults alike get their fix by watching the Bears on Friday night and then the Buckeyes on Saturday. [...]

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Golden Bear Captains

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Charlie Houk.

Being a leader of a UAHS sport comes with both responsibilities and pressures

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Running their own show

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Johanna Welling.

Cross country runners in South-Western City schools fought the odds when a levy cut their district’s funding, eliminating extracurricular activities—but not their dedication

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Decided

Posted on 15. Dec, 2009 by Zoey Whitmeyer.

While most seniors are obsessing over college applications, these student athletes can sit back and enjoy the last year of high school and the transition to college.

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Tomorrow’s Winter Olympians: Taught and Trained

Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by Ceri Turner.

The National Sports Academy: Lake Placid, NY
By Ceri Turner
Mallory Fredericks is a teenage girl. She has naturally straight hair, as smooth and as sleek as corn silk, that most girls her age would kill to have. Her eyes are curious and sparkling and her mouth is in constant motion. She loves to laugh and to [...]

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Bennett’s softball-filled lifestyle reflects childhood memories and now creates new ones

Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by Johanna Welling.

By Johanna Welling
Excited and hopeful for the upcoming season, Junior Kasey Bennett is a right field starter for the Upper Arlington Junior Varsity softball team. From playing with any variety of ball that her little hands could get a hold of to drills and conditioning on a team of athletes, Bennett has experienced it all [...]

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Field Hockey Feat

Posted on 13. Dec, 2009 by Emma Kerbyson.

Madison Collins tells her experiences with the Upper Arlington varsity field hockey team this year and lasts
Sophomore Madison Collins made the varsity field hockey team her freshman and sophomore year. She tells the differences between last years team cooperation and this years. Along with that she tells us about the story of defeating a rival [...]

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Q&A: Soccer player Luke Boyer

Posted on 15. Nov, 2009 by Wes Gierhart.

An interview with soccer player Luke Boyer:

Q: How is your season going so far?

BOYER:  Well I’d say that is not going very well because our record is one, five and three, but they’ve all been close games pretty much.  All a bunch of fluke goals and we still have four games left.  We had another [...]

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Q&A: Senior looks back on football season at mid-point

Posted on 07. Oct, 2009 by Brian Hines.

By: Brian Hines
Starting Corner Back, Senior Jonathan Staker looks back and reflects on the beginning of his final football season as a part of the Golden Bears. Injury amongst the seniors and starters on the team have been creating gaps in the line up that have had effects on the team and their winning percentage. [...]

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Q&A: Fall Ball

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Charlie Houk.

Junior Wes Sorrell gives a description of fall lacrosse
By Charlie Houk
While other lacrosse players in Central Ohio are sitting on their couch watching T.V., junior Wes Sorrell is working hard to avenge the state championship loss of last season. Sorrell, a sophomore varsity letter winner last year helped the Golden Bears reach the state championship. [...]

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Sophomore Savoir

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Will Seymour.

Sophomore Connor Casey shares his experiences with the previous Basketball and Lacrosse seasons, and the ones upcoming this year.
The sweat drips from his finger tips.  The buzzer is about to sound, sending the game into overtime, or ending it completely.  Connor Casey lines up to take his foul shot and shoots.
Q: So Connor, how does [...]

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Q&A: Freshman shares her experience adjusting to life as a high school athlete

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Kate Magill.

By Kate Magill
As freshmen enter the high school they are given numerous opportunities to try different extracurricular activities, especially sports. Freshman Katie Kapusta is an example of a freshman athlete. This year she is playing soccer on the JV A girls team. During a conversation with Katie, we discussed the transition that freshmen go through [...]

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Q&A: Longboarding with the Bros

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by George Kankia.

By George Kankia
Summer is coming to a halt and the memories of swimming, fishing and living the life are all that we have left. Freshmen Robbie Baskent is having an extremely hard time letting go of his favorite passion. Longboarding the streets from dawn to dusk. This is a sport many Upper Arlington try to [...]

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