The Return of the Birdcage
January 31, 2012 • Ryan Clayton, Sports Editor
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Picture the scene: a cold December night, a packed gym, with music blaring, then out trots the Voorheesville Blackbirds basketball team through a tunnel of cheerleaders. As the team jogs out for pre-game warm-ups they are welcomed especially by the student section, the birdcage, a severely missed part... Read more »
Diversity’s Debut
January 31, 2012 • Keira Glasheen, Editor in Chief
Filed under Features, Top Stories
The Performing Arts Center has been the venue for many plays, musicians, and motivational speakers, but it has never seen the likes of Diversity. This was a fact that I quickly came to realize as I watched their first ever performance. Diversity is an accurate name for Voorheesville’s dance club... Read more »
Goodbye Midterm Week! Well…Sort of
January 13, 2012 • Maria Ragonese, Features Editor
Filed under News, Top Stories
In May of last year, New York State had made a decision not to have January regents for the 2012 school year because they could not get the money from the State legislator. The State needs roughly $1.5 million to fund the standardized tests and legislature refused to pay for the funding of these tests... Read more »
Making a Difference, One Athlete at a Time
December 2, 2011 • Eric Conde, Staff Writer
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Ron Greenfield is a trainer at No Limits Fitness gym located down in the village of Voorheesville. He bought the gym about 5 years ago and has been there to this day. He is certified in both personal training and sports conditioning; he trains kids and adults of all ages both individually and in groups.... Read more »
SADD Makes A Stand During Red Ribbon Week
December 2, 2011 • Eric Conde, Staff Writer
Filed under News, Top Stories
On the week of November 14th to 18th students against destructive decisions or SADD for short put on Red Ribbon week for the students and faculty of Voorheesville high school. During this week the members of SADD went around to ask students to make a pledge against underage drinking, use of illegal drugs,... Read more »
You Have No Idea
November 14, 2011 • Maeve Brennan, Staff Writer
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Some people under estimate cross country, to them it’s just a whole lot of running, but to those people I say “you have no idea”. Cross country is 3.2 miles of mental toughness and athletic ability. Cross country courses are all different, some are full of hills, some have a few hills,others are... Read more »
Sports Injuries: The Challenges of Returning
November 8, 2011 • Ryan Clayton, Sports Co-Editor
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
The tangible effects of a sports injury may be gone, but the psychological effects may still be there. A sports injury, simply put, is a traumatic effect, one that can produce lasting damage to an athlete’s confidence in his or her own abilities. A player can return to a sport as the same person physically... Read more »
Is the School Paranoid?
November 8, 2011 • Mark Guido, Opinion Editor
Filed under Opinion, Top Stories
Most people believe that paranoia is a crippling state of mind, but I see it more as a double-edged decision maker. There’s plenty of irrational fear and unwarranted stress, sure, and that’s not exactly peachy, but paranoia also serves as a great check to arrogance- reminding us that people don’t... Read more »
Fall Fling Firsts
November 4, 2011 • Keira Glasheen, Editor-in-Chief
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Every year the Regents physics students look forward to participating in the Fall Fling, an in school field trip that Mr. Simons puts on at the end of the first quarter. Students are required to build human powered devices that can fling a tennis ball across the football field. Well, that’s... Read more »
Voorheesville Singers to Sing on WMHT Music for the Holidays
November 1, 2011 • Carla Planz, Staff Writer
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Just two weeks ago, the Voorheesville female and male select choirs joined together for a one hour long rehearsal, to practice, and to quickly perfect two Christmas songs to be sung for an audition for WMHT’s Music for the Holidays show. As a member of the Phoenix Club, I knew that our choir’s chances... Read more »
