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Trying times for rugby program

Trying times for rugby program

March 27, 2017

As each year goes by at any international school, sports teams will experience turnover of rosters due to the unforseen circumstances of students leaving the school, and the inevitable graduation of the...

Previewing March Madness

Previewing March Madness

March 16, 2017

It's that time of the year again and The Standard has devised predictions for March Madness.  New Mexico State University upsets Baylor University: A 14th-seed always upsets a 3rd-seed and, frankly,...

All-Star Weekend review

March 15, 2017

Embodying the National Basketball Association's (NBA) slogan, “Where amazing happens”, the NBA All-Star weekend is a three-day spectacle during mid-February complied with different skill based events...

A shot in the dark

A shot in the dark

February 8, 2017

Sitting in his living room, Justin Hoyt (’18) was caught off guard when his grandparents came into the room with an early second birthday gift. Swaddled in festive wrapping, Hoyt didn’t expect that...

Parental support

Parental support

February 8, 2017

ASL parent Chuck Bohner’s habit of waking up at 5 a.m. started in college. As a rower, the university team mandated early-morning workouts. After college, Chuck couldn’t escape the pre-dawn hours as...

ASLs top five sporting moments of 2016

ASL’s top five sporting moments of 2016

February 6, 2017

Varsity girls basketball win the ISST Championship, February Led by Head Coach Jessica Mazzenga, the senior-dominated varsity girls basketball team won ISSTs. The team impressed greatly at the tournament,...

Introducing Varsity Girls Basketball

Introducing Varsity Girls Basketball

January 13, 2017

The beginning of the 2016/17 winter athletic season has marked another coaching change in the basketball program. Most recently, this has been the addition of David Kraft as Varsity Girls’ Basketball...

Life as a Libero

Life as a Libero

December 12, 2016

Middle Hitter Momo Steele (’16) leapt and spiked the ball to win varsity girls volleyball ISSTs last season sending the crowd into euphoria. While the play culminated with Steele’s spike above the...

After 108 years a city champions its Cubs

November 8, 2016

When Cleveland Indians outfielder Rajai Davis hit a two-run homerun to tie Game 7 of the World Series in the bottom of the eighth inning, I puked. Yes, the game was such an emotional investment I was...

Kaepernick highlights America’s problems

October 12, 2016

There’s a difference between leading a National Football League (NFL) team and leading a nation forward; Colin Kaepernick is that difference. Every corner we turn as a nation, a new opinion arises...

Get girls in the game

October 12, 2016

There is no denying that the female American Olympians dominated in Rio this summer. Collectively these women won 61 medals this summer, contributing to the U.S.’s highest overall scoring total of 121...

New recruits

New recruits

June 8, 2016

For most high school students, the summer provides some respite from the academic year, offering time to reflect on the past and shift one's focus ahead to the future. For aspiring athletes hoping...

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