Sports
Skylar Bowman, Staff Writer
April 4, 2018
No one questions why Falmouth football or hockey games bring out more of BHS’ student population than any other game could-- the reasoning is obvious: Falmouth is our rival. But there is an answer to the question that no one...
Molly McNulty, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
Three years ago the boys swim team won the Bay Colony Championship. But now they struggle to even qualify to compete. For the past five years taking swimmers to the sectional and state meets was the norm-- the town of Barnstable...
Andrew Botolino, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
“Rec ball is a sport of its own” said Senior Ryan Dooley.
Winter upon us, and that means another competitive, thrilling season of basketball from the Barnstable Recreation. The Rec has put together a winter basketball league...
Joey Higginbotham, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
In a preseason game in September of 2016, Colin Kaepernick along with teammate Eric Reid, protested racial inequality in America by kneeling for the National Anthem. At that point, they were the first people to have protested...
Olivia Berler, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
For many students, as their senior year of high school approaches, they are swimming in a sea of applications, stress, and indecision. Although Barnstable alumnus, Shannon-Kennedy Cabral and Kyle McShera, we certainly not exempt...
Linnea Fawkes, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
Got nutrition? Ask an Olympian.
Food is the key to success when competing in these intense competitions. Olympic athletes are role models not only for their sport, but for their healthy lifestyles.
The food that they fuel...
Maeve Bedenkop, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
If you can’t get a plane ticket to South Korea then grab your tv remote, and get excited to watch the world’s best athletes compete in February 2018 Winter Olympics.
The games will take place from February 9-25, in Pyeongchang,...
Graciella Arrascue, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
Until this year’s successful athletic season, it had been more than 20 years since every fall sport has qualified for the postseason play. “We attribute this to our talented athletes, dedicated coaches, great leadership from...
Lily Mathieu, Staff Writer
April 3, 2018
Fast-forward to the end of a successful field hockey season, eighth-grader Bridget Everett tried out for the BHS girls’ ice hockey team. As anticipated, Everett is now on varsity’s starting lineup. Once again, Everett is leaving...
Graciella Arrascue, Staff Writer
November 8, 2017
Only five eighth graders have ever made the varsity girls soccer team at BHS, and this year there are 3; two of them are twins Alivia and Alexi Varetimos. The pair have been playing since they were five years old.“I never thought...
Joey Higginbotham, Staff Writer
November 8, 2017
Over the past decade, Boston sports have been associated with cheating, whether it be Spygate, Deflategate or now Applegate. After a three game series with the New York Yankees in early September, Yankees General Manager Brian...
Joe Lennon-Phillips, Staff Writer
November 8, 2017
It isn’t surprising that cross country lacks the following that other sports at Barnstable have, it is simply a different beast altogether than most sports. Perhaps something lies in the sway of that brisk autumn air, or in...
