Sophomore Explains Hardships in Playing Hockey
June 17, 2019
By Claire KnudsenThe feeling of excitement and pride swept through Sophomore Samantha Shaffer’s body after winning the state championship and her first year on a girls ice hockey travel team. Samantha Shaffer started playing ice hockey at 13. Shaffer has been playing ice hockey for 3 years, 2 of them being with the ...
Female Athletes and Teams Deserve More Attention
June 11, 2018
By Alexis Weeden The doors slam shut behind me while, fluorescent lights buzz above. I pull my jacket closer, taking in the empty stands around me. The time for the face off is getting closer and closer. The women's team -- the Aquinas Saints -- is already on the ice warming up, the blades of their ska...
Kalamazoo United Hockey Team Celebrates a Successful Season
Bill Bowser
April 24, 2017
The smell of ice, mixed with sweat, colored under the glare of fluorescent lights, a scene any hockey player knows all too well, especially a Kalamazoo United (KU) hockey player. Since its founding in 2000, KU hockey has been primarily associated with its negative records and continuous losing seasons...
Detroit Red Wings Host High School Media Day for Journalism Students
Abby Farrer
April 17, 2017
A small room at Joe Louis Arena (The Joe) was filled with journalism students from all over Michigan who came for the annual high school media day. The students waited for the first panelists of Detroit High School Media Day: Justin Rose, WXYZ-TV sports reporter, Michael Caples, Michigan Hockey editor ...
Recap Of The 2016/2017 Loy Norrix Winter Sports Season
Maxwell Link
March 29, 2017
Bowling Team “We had a great season. We had a lot of fun. We worked hard and I think we proved we worked hard at the end when we won the conference,” said junior Trevor Morgan, captain of the bowling team. The bowling team was very successful this year. They won the conference for the first time the school’s histor...
2016's Most Popular Trends at Loy Norrix
Erika Wagoner
March 2, 2017
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Kalamazoo United Hockey Looks to Secure First League Championship
Bailey Handley
January 25, 2017
The Kalamazoo United (KU) hockey team is off to a 14-1-1 start this season. They currently sit in second place in the Southwest Michigan High School Hockey League (SWMHSHL). KU is off to their best start in team history and they have proven to all the doubters that they are one of the teams to beat ...
Hockey and Swimming Morning Practices: Dreadful yet Helpful
Erika Wagoner
January 16, 2017
Imagine finally laying down in bed for the night. As exhaustion takes over your body and your body finally relaxes, you get to sleep, but as fast as sleep comes, it goes away. The sound of your alarm wakes you from the deep slumber, and you’ve only gotten five hours of sleep. Still tired, you g...
Sam Ftorek's Rising Career is Changing His Game
alexiskaymartin
March 14, 2016
The Kalamazoo Wings hockey team has been playing hockey since 1974 at Wings Event Center, previously known as Wings Stadium. The team has come a long way since then. In the past five years, they have had over 20 thousand people in attendance (each season spanning between two and three thousand in atte...
Ice Hockey Can Be Tough, But Rewarding
December 14, 2015
By John Michael Garcez, guest writer. The chill of the ice. The smell of sweat. The sound of clashing sticks and pucks. The taste of hot dogs and nachos. The sight of a victorious team on ice skates. All of this is part of your average ice hockey game.Wyatt Atkins, a freshman here at Loy Norrix,...
The Day in a Life of a Sports Journalist: Detroit Red Wings host a Statewide Journalist Day
jgraves17
May 15, 2014
Located on 19 Steve Yzerman Dr. Detroit, Michigan, is a building that is sacred to the City of Detroit. It looks across the Detroit River towards Canada. However this isn’t just any old building, it is the Joe Louis Arena. The Joe has seen history made night in and night out. The Red Wings have m...
