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2020 World Series Preview

Max Dolinh, Staff Writer | October 21, 2020

For most baseball fans, the 2020 season has gone by in a blur. It feels like yesterday rejoicing at seeing the Yankees and Nationals battle it out on Opening Day in the first glimpse of professional sports since March. Now three months later, we’re...

How to Understand What’s Happening in the World Series as a Non-sports Fan

Lizzie Thompson, staff writer | October 31, 2019

For those who aren’t sports fanatics, you might have heard that the World Series is going on right now. I, for one, have heard a lot about the world series despite having never watched baseball in my life. You might have also heard how our own Nationals...

The Nationals Amazing Season

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | September 15, 2019

May 24th seemed like just another day for the Washington Nationals - the struggling ball club looked like they would fall short of expectations once again. Nationals history is filled with many choke jobs in the playoffs and regular season. After...

Why are the Red Sox struggling? History

May 10, 2019

As we go deeper in the MLB season, another trend has found itself manifesting over the course of the year. The reigning World Series winner has been underperforming. The Boston Red Sox, coming off of a dominant 2018 where they went 108-54 and steamrolled...

2017 World Series

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | November 14, 2017

    This year's world series will stand out as one of the most exciting in recent memory. There were so many twists and turns it was hard to keep track of. There were so many good games this world series. The world series was between...

Oakton’s Playoff Hopes

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | May 15, 2017

The playoffs are coming up for Oakton baseball which means that the team must work even harder to win each game. This years Oakton baseball team was surprisingly good. After the disappointment of last year, in which the team had its second losing...

Oakton vs. Madison

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | April 5, 2017

Oakton and Madison have a long standing rivalry and every year they battle it out for Vienna domination. The Vienna in challenge is where Oakton and Madison battle it out in every spring sport to see who is better. This year the main attraction was...

Major League Baseball's 2017 Top Prospects

Major League Baseball’s 2017 Top Prospects

Arthur Kennington, Staff Writer | March 1, 2017

The 162 game grinding season is back, with Major League Baseball back in full motion through it’s Spring Training outlets. This year must be one of the most suspenseful years in the recent decade as a lot of the teams around the league have been farming...

The too good Tigers

The too good Tigers

Nick Sims, Staff Writer | January 19, 2017

    The seventh grade CYA Tigers basketball team are on a roll. Coached by Oakton High School senior, Nate Brodsky, the Tigers are undefeated, winning four games and have broken a CYA record of 250 points scored within a four-game stretch....

World Series Breakdown

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | December 15, 2016

The Passing of Jose Fernandez

Owen McCarty, Staff Writer | October 2, 2016

   On Sept. 25,  Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez passed away tragically in a boating accident. Fernandez was an immigrant from Cuba, and he had tried to defect from Cuba three times until he and his mother finally made it on the fourth try. Last...

12 of Oakton's athletes participated in the national signing event

Signing to seal the deal

Erin Preaskorn | January 15, 2015

National Signing Day occurred during the third week of November, where athletes from various sports all over the country signed their National Letter of Intent. The National Letter of Intent (NLI) is a document used to indicate a student athlete’s commitment...

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