Rank & File

As the spring sports season comes to a close, many student athletes are beginning to fill their summer schedules with intense training sessions and practices.

Athletes discussed how summer training and practices do more than just improve general endurance and skills in a certain sport.

Freshman Jordan Light, a member of the girl’s varsity basketball team, plans on attending many basketball camps over the summer, both school-sponsored camps and outside camps such as Longwood University’s summer basketball camp.

With the continuing economic slump, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is doing whatever it can to make ends meet. Next year, in an attempt to work around the budget, athletes participating in school sports will be required to pay a $100 fee.

The county had two options regarding sports funding: either freshmen sports would be cut from the budget or athletes would face the mandatory payment.

Spring track and field competed at district and regional competitions this season, with seniors Brittany Johnson and Meara Goss qualifying for the 2010 VHSL Group AAA State Outdoor Championships.

Neither Johnson, who qualified for the triple jump, nor Goss, who qualified for shotput, actually competed at the State Championships. Johnson was injured, so she did not participate. Goss, on the other hand, went to prom instead of competing at States.

On the morning of May 20th, the day after the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) draft lottery, the headlines of newspapers around the nation were plastered with grand pronouncements, such as “Washington Wizards Win the John Wall Sweepstakes,” or even weighty questions like “Can John Wall Save the Wizards?”

After a successful season, softball went to the regional tournament but lost in the semifinals to Madison High School, which went on to win the Northern Region championship.

Coach Laura Campbell said that the season has been the “best season our softball program has seen.” Campbell believes that the players “played as a team and ...came through in big moments.”

Senior Michelle Tilson, who has committed to playing for St. John’s College for Division 1 softball, said that the team bonding “is what helped us the most.”

After a successful season, softball went to the regional tournament but lost in the semifinals to Madison High School, which went on to win the Northern Region championship.

Coach Laura Campbell said that the season has been the “best season our softball program has seen.” Campbell believes that the players “played as a team and ...came through in big moments.”

Senior Michelle Tilson, who has committed to playing for St. John’s College for Division 1 softball, said that the team bonding “is what helped us the most.”

After a successful season, softball went to the regional tournament but lost in the semifinals to Madison High School, which went on to win the Northern Region championship.

Coach Laura Campbell said that the season has been the “best season our softball program has seen.” Campbell believes that the players “played as a team and ...came through in big moments.”

Senior Michelle Tilson, who has committed to playing for St. John’s College for Division 1 softball, said that the team bonding “is what helped us the most.”

Hanson was a staple in the music repertoire of every girl in the late 1990s. They rose to fame on the wings of a song with lyrics nearly impossible to understand and a chorus comprised of total gibberish.

Thirteen years after their hay day, their legacy in pop culture is little more than a reference to their only famous single “MMMBop” and infinite number to which they are the punch line.

Hanson was a staple in the music repertoire of every girl in the late 1990s. They rose to fame on the wings of a song with lyrics nearly impossible to understand and a chorus comprised of total gibberish.
Thirteen years after their hay day, their legacy in pop culture is little more than a reference to their only famous single “MMMBop” and infinite number to which they are the punch line.

In their first release, Elephant Shell, Tokyo Police Club moved at a frantic pace in most of their songs that would seem difficult for many artists to sustain. However, in their latest effort, Champ, they have not slowed down one bit.

Their new work remains as catchy and upbeat as ever, although the band has shown some signs of maturity as well. While many of their previous songs were simplistic beats with few complexities, the songs on this new album do occasionally take some time to slow down and explore some more nuanced elements.