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The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

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Is Duke Overrated?

Is Duke Overrated?

Nikhil Trivedi, Staff Writer | April 22, 2019

In 2018, the Duke college basketball team picked up 3 of the top 5 high school prospects. With this loaded lineup coming onto the team, many assumed a national championship was in the bag for the team when November rolled around. Who wouldn’t think...

The Controversial Video Assistant Referee (V.A.R) in Soccer

The Controversial Video Assistant Referee (V.A.R) in Soccer

sebastian osea | April 12, 2019

   Since the Video Assistant Referee was introduced in the World Cup last year, it has certainly left a mark of controversy to soccer fans all over the globe whether one’s team won or not. The result was 29 penalty kicks called, which was 16 more...

Craziest Facts of March Madness

Craziest Facts of March Madness

Nikhil Trivedi, Staff Writer | April 9, 2019

March has come and brought warmer, more spring-like weather, but winter basketball is far from being over. March Madness, the 64 team college basketball tournament, is right around the corner, where even people with no knowledge of the sport try to make...

Quick Recap of the Oakton Swim Team

Asher Tankel | March 27, 2019

The Oakton Swim Team had a very successful season, with it ending last month. The boys and girls teams both performed extremely well, with the boys never losing a 1 versus 1 match against neighbouring high schools. The girls also did impressively well,...

Different Event in Track and Field

Lizzie Thompson, staff writer | March 5, 2019

     Spring track and field just had their tryouts and are going to start practicing next week. While I was listening to people talk about track and field, I realized how many events fall under the subject of track and field. First, are the most...

Lacrosse Tryouts

Pari Abdollahi, Staff Writer | March 5, 2019

Spring sports, such as lacrosse have started. Oakton spring sports tryouts started the week of Presidents Day and some tryouts are still ongoing due to weather delays. Many people attended the spring tryouts including those who are new to the school as...

Alliance of American Football League

Alliance of American Football League

Will Locklin, Staff Writer | March 2, 2019

The Alliance of American League is a new professional football league that started a week after the Super Bowl. The association was founded by Charlie Ebersol and Bill Polian, Ebersol, the former president of NBC sports president and Polian a former NFL...

The Economics Behind the NBA

Jacob Rutzick, Staff Writer | March 1, 2019

The NBA has always been fun and exciting for its near 90 year life time. However, one facet of the National Basketball association that is constantly overlooked is the financial side of the game. The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), the NBA and...

Oakton High School’s Crew

Maddie Flickinger, Staff Writer | March 1, 2019

Oakton’s Crew team started up it’s spring season this past week, after three months of winter conditioning on the rowing machines. The rowers are off to the Occoquan river to start practicing for their first race, the Polar Bear Regatta, which is...

Spring Sports At Oakton

March 1, 2019

Although the school year is progressively getting more stressful now that it’s springtime, there are certain aspects of this time of year that might bring the athletes of Oakton some joy. The spring sports season is beginning to take off. A few sports...

NCAA Football Championship

NCAA Football Championship

January 23, 2019

Alabama and Clemson, the top two teams in college football, faced off the National Championship game on January 7th. both teams were undefeated and evenly matched, this had the makings of a very good game that would come down to the wire. In the first...

Nike, Colin Kaepernick Controversy

Will Locklin, Staff Writer | October 17, 2018

Generally, large sports merchandise companies make their money by the standard way of advertising.  For example, a company comes out with a new product line and advertises these products with famous celebrities.  This method has been used time and time...

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