Spring sports postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak
Grady Narang '20
March 30, 2020
With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, the spring sports season will be postponed for all schools across Connecticut. Governor Lamont ordered all schools to be closed until at least April 20 as the final date back is to be determined. As the decision affects all grades, seniors are left heartbroken wi...
Olympics could be postponed, students react
March 30, 2020
Olympic qualifying across different sports and regions around the world continues to be suspended due to increasing concerns over coronavirus. The men’s soccer qualifiers were the first to be canceled by the Olympic committee in what is now a very long list of postponed or suspended events. The 2020 Olympics i...
Transgenderism in sports and the importance of creating clear regulation
Emily Stone '20, Business Director
March 28, 2020
Next month, the Connecticut Republican Party is supposed to honor three students that are suing their high schools to prevent transgender and transexual athletes from participating in girls’ sports. Although Connecticut is a state that promotes inclusion and integration, this topic has become highly...
Movement to ban racist mascots will satisfy in the upcoming future
Samantha Felner '22, Paper Opinions Editor
March 25, 2020
Dartmouth College, The Chiefs, Stanford University, Golden-State Warriors, and Manchester High School. What do each of these have in common? Each of these sports teams, colleges, and high schools have rightfully altered their team names and mascots to be politically correct. In the type of society that...
Staples spring sports hope to continue to dominate
Kylie Cohen '20 and Jake Navarro '20
March 23, 2020
CIAC shuts down state tournament, disregards years of work
Marina Engler '21
March 23, 2020
Amid the pandamonium surrounding coronavirus, the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) has decided to proceed with caution and cancel the remainder of all state tournaments. This was a careless decision that does not take into account the very athletes who are participating in the to...
Coronavirus cancels major sports games; leaves students distressed
Giselle Oldani '22 and Natasha Taubenheim '22
March 18, 2020
Outrage from players, students over cancellation of CIAC basketball tournaments
Teddy Dienst '20 and Carson Kranz '21
March 16, 2020
Spring pep rally possibility excites students; appreciates all sports
Giselle Oldani '22 and Natasha Taubenheim '22
March 16, 2020
Winter sports tournaments canceled due to COVID-19 threat
Molly Gold '21, Paper News Editor
March 10, 2020
The Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC) has canceled all remaining state tournament games due to concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19. In an email sent out by the CIAC on March 10, the organization stated that many teams and neutral sites had already pulled out of the tourna...
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Emma Van Riper ’20, a long-time writer for Inklings, has held several positions on the paper. Joining the paper in her sophomore year, Van Riper started as a writer for the technology supplement before...