A bracket how-to guide by a non-basketball fan Sophia Jones Staff Writer Basketball is having its moment in the sun during March Madness, a tournament where 68 college teams compete against each other to win the national championship. This year, March Madness started on March 13 and ends on April 4. In preparation for the event, people fill out brackets. Brackets consist of all the teams that qualified for the NCAA tournament, and by picking the winners of every game, participants whittle the 68-team field down to one winner. People often play in groups with friends to see who does the best. But how does one go about creating a…
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Saying Goodbye to the Seniors
Senior Night was bittersweet for the Lady Titans basketball team. Although they defeated W.T. Woodson in a convincing victory, 46-31, this was the last time the seniors would play a regular-season game at home for the home crowd before post-season play begins. Here's a final look at our seniors.
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Winter Sports Defrost
Despite having no season during the 2020-2021 school year, winter sports were back this year. Winter sports include boys and girls basketball, gymnastics, swim and dive, wrestling, indoor track, and ice hockey.
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Spring Sports Sprint Into Action
As winter sports come to an end, there are eight sports firing up as the weather gets warmer. Baseball, crew, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, tennis, and track are beginning their seasons this week. Tryouts started February 21 and continue through the 25. Each sport has varying times and dates for tryouts occurring this week.
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New Year, New District, New Lacrosse Coaches
If you are considering playing boys’ or girls’ lacrosse this spring season, you should get to know the new Alexandria City High School head coaches. Greg Derogatis has stepped up to coach the girls’ varsity, replacing Tiana Barlow, who resigned in January, and Robert Allen is the new boys’ coach.
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Titans Boys’ Basketball Lose Another Close One Against Bruins, 80-84
For the second time this week, A.C. Titans faced off against the Lake Braddock Bruins in Boys Basketball on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, 80-84, at Lake Braddock. This puts the Titans at a 7-7 status for the current season.
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Sportsball Is Very Real
Alexandria City High School Principal Peter Balas retweeted a video posted by the International Academy of Alexandria City High School (IA) in early November 2021. The video showed a group of students engaging in a sporting activity that, on the surface, may look vaguely familiar. But for many, they could not seem to quite put their finger on it.
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Spring Track State Champs
On June 18th and 19th at Todd Stadium in Newport News, VA, Wisdom Williams, Joshua Peterson, and David Coles, students of Alexandria City High School (ACHS), became 2021 State Champions. Wisdom Williams won the Discus and Shotput events, with the scores 137-4 and 47.050 respectively. Joshua Peterson won the Long Jump, with a score of 24-10. David Coles won the Triple Jump, with a score of 48-2.50.
