By Jacob Rafiy The Beacon Boys Ultimate Team has had a very promising start this year, posting a 1-0-0 record in the NYC Ultimate League as well as two very high tournament finishes. The team has recently been promoted to Division A due to its stellar performance the season prior. In 2018, the Beacon Boys…
Category: Sports
Blue Demon Wrestling Turns it Around in 2019
By Guy Mermelstein Beacon’s varsity sports teams have been playing strikingly well during their 2018-19 campaigns. Beacon Boys Varsity Soccer finished the season first in their division with 11 wins and one loss, while Girls Varsity Soccer finished the year undefeated, and Girls Volleyball split their season record with six wins and losses. On top…
Bridging the Gap: The Fight for Equal Pay in American Women’s Soccer (and Why it Matters)
By Mira-Rose Kingsbury Lee In 2015, the US women’s soccer team won their third FIFA World Cup, scoring 5 goals against Germany in the final for a decisive victory. The game broke records- it was watched by 26.7 million viewers, becoming the most-viewed soccer game in US history. But it was a celebration marked by…
World Series or Not, the Yankees Still had a Remarkable Season
By Andrew Najjar & Adrian Flynn On October 9th, the New York Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs in a best of five Division Series by the Boston Red Sox, three games to one. They got notoriously blown out in Game 3 at Yankee Stadium 16-1, and then were edged out in Game 4…
Pay for Play: The Saga of Accused Basketball Coach Sean Miller
By Andrew Najjar The 2017-18 NCAA Men’s basketball season has become about a lot more than just the game of basketball. It is now apparent that college coaches have been paying high school students to join their teams. Even coaches of very successful teams, like those of Michigan State and the University of Arizona, have…
The Giants Must Change to Win their Next Season
By Andrew Najjar Despite their much-improved 2016-17 performance, the New York Giants did not stand tall in their latest season. The Giants finished the 2016-17 season with an overall record of 11-5 and they managed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2011. The team chemistry was amazing all around, enabling the team’s…
Unequal Play: Experiencing Gender Inequality in the Athletic World
By Ruby Paarlberg “Equal pay for equal play.” -Carli Lloyd, Olympic Medalist & Soccer Player Have you ever attended a women’s sporting event? Have you ever watched women’s sports on television? The answer is probably no. Sports inequality is a phenomenon that is often neglected. Peering in from the outside of Modell’s Sporting Goods, I see…
Beacon Ultimate Frisbee: How an Atypical Team Fits into Beacon Sports Culture
By Maxine Slater Beacon’s Ultimate Frisbee team is often absent from the clamor of our school’s “sport talk.” On the rare occasion when the team is brought up in conversation, its merits tend to be quickly disregarded. While examining Beacon students’ perception of the Ultimate Frisbee team, surveying students of all grades and athletic backgrounds,…
