Fortnite and Fantasy Football: What’s the Appeal?
Daelyn Funk, Senior Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
Filed under Arts, Entertainment, and Reviews, Sports, Student Life, Top Stories
Did you know that, according to the Sunday Express, 40 million people play Fortnite? That is equal to 12% of the population in the US. Similarly, The Washington Post estimated that around 59.3 million people play Fantasy Football. That’s equivalent to about 18% of the US population. But why are thes...
Becoming a College Athlete
Kate McKay, Sophomore Staff Writer
April 3, 2019
Filed under Sports, Student Life, Top Stories
any people often consider becoming a college athlete. They dream of playing their favorite sport at a higher level, sometimes even for division one schools. But the road to collegiate sports is full of hard work and determination. So here are a five tips that may help you. Register fo...
NFL Off-Season
Josh Moody, Senior Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
The NFL Offseason has been pretty entertaining so far. Some may even say that it is more entertaining than the latest Super Bowl between the Patriots and Rams. So many big names have jumped ship. There is no loyalty in the NFL, it is a business. Many fan bases are extremely upset that their teams traded a...
Leonardtown Baseball
Drake Thomas, Junior Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Coming off a very strong season finishing 20-6 and runner-up in the SMAC championship, the Leonardtown Varsity baseball team is poised and ready to run through anyone that stands in their way this year. After losing 6 seniors, Leonardtown is built around their young core of a majority of juniors, ...
Super Bowl Commercials
Kate McKay, Sophomore Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Filed under Sports, Student Life, Top Stories
Everyone hates commercials. They take up time and annoyingly interrupt your shows or movies. But something changes on Super Bowl sunday. The commercials are suddenly interesting to watch, and are no longer a burden. They become little shows of their own. This is most likely because brands know how many pe...
Special Olympics
Kennedy Walker, Sophomore Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Filed under Sports, Student Life, Top Stories
This upcoming March is the hosted month for the 2019 International Special Olympics Competition! 7,000 athletes are chosen to compete their skills in a worldwide broadcast. This year, one of our own has been chosen to represent us and the USA team in this international competition. Kegan Zimmerman, L...
NBA All-Star
Diego Buitrago, Sophomore Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
The NBA All-Star weekend is February 15th and it ends February 17th. Currently the All-Star captains are Giannis Antetokounmpo and LeBron James . They selected their team’s yesterday on 2/7/19. Lebron had the first pick of the All-Star draft, the draft lasted about 30 minutes. Next weekend is going ...
NBA in Review
Kabir Bains-Shepard, Senior Staff Writer
December 19, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
On December 3rd, the Toronto Raptors played against the Denver Nuggets, in a east vs west battle. The Nuggets won a very exciting game that went down to the wire. The leading scorers for Toronto were Kawhi Leonard with 27 points, and Serge Ibaka with 15 points. For the Nuggets Nikola Jokic had a trip...
Start of NCAA Basketball Season
Kabir Bains-Shepard, Senior Staff Writer
November 20, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
On Tuesday November 6th, the college basketball season officially started. A lot of the top 25 teams played lower class division one teams. Some ranked teams did end up playing each other that night like number four Duke and number two Kentucky. Duke truly proved everyone wrong while playing the number ...
Boy’s Soccer SMACked ‘em Again!
Drake Thomas, Junior Staff Writer
November 1, 2018
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
They have done it… AGAIN! That marks three years in a row that the Boy’s Soccer team has won the SMAC Championship. They finished the season at 11-1 including beating Gonzaga High School, who was ranked number 2 in the state of Maryland. Leonardtown is now ranked eighth in the state of Maryland...
