Sports – The Wolfpacket

Pottorff Caught in Cheer Scandal

May 11, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Cheer/Dance, Sports

Four-year participant of CHS’s very own cheer team Julia Pottorff was told that it was required to wear a cheer bow for the upcoming 2018-2019 cheer season. It is known that Pottorff has very short hair and it is nearly impossible to wear a bow. This issue of her short hair was brought to attention...

Inside Your Favorite Sports Brand: Nike

Luke Kendall, Reporter

May 11, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Nike is one of the most iconic and recognizable brands in the world. The brand is well known and even famous for making athletic wear and sports equipment. Currently, Nike has been a dominant force in their sector. They made $34.4 billion in 2017 compared to other sports brands, such as Adidas and Puma,...

Inside Your Favorite Sports Brands: Champion

Jaiden Curlin, Reporter

May 11, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Lately, as many have noticed, brands that were originally thought of as average, or maybe even cheap have been becoming much more highly regarded. Some of these brands would be Champion, which in months went from something shoes that gets bought at Payless for 25$, to a designer brand where a simple...

Inside Your Favorite Sports Brands; Lululemon Athletica

Aubree Trask, Reporter

May 11, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Lululemon Athletica is one of the most top-selling brands in the United States. It was founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. Lululemon is a yoga-based apparel company that vends clothes and accessories for men and women. This brand sells many items that accompany their motto, which is to create clothing...

Inside Your Favorite Sports Brands: Puma

Luke Kendall, Reporter

May 10, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Puma is a German multinational sports accessory company founded in 1948 by two brothers Adolf and Rudolf Dassler. At first the brothers started a company together, Dassler Brothers Sports Shoe Company, in the small German town of Herzogenaurach. Though that did not last long. The brothers soon separated...

Rodriguez Coaches Olympic Team

Makayla Oas, Reporter

May 10, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Many may know Kristin Rodriguez as a CHS science teacher. She teaches Anatomy, Marine Biology, and IB Biology. Rodriguez also coaches the boys’ water polo team. However, her coaching background extends further than her work here at CHS. Many may not know that Rodriguez coached the US Olympic women’s...

Is Cryotherapy Just a Gimmick?

Jaden Clark, Reporter

May 10, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Showcase, Sports

Athletes are often willing to do anything they can to gain a performance advantage. Sometimes, that means the use of performance-enhancing drugs, but there are also many legal ways to boost one’s performance. Well-known methods include foam-rolling, ice bathing, compression, and carbo-loading. Some...

Alumna Troy Coaches Sprints

Joseph Salvinski, Reporter

March 27, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Showcase, Track & Field/Cross Country

CHS 2009 alumna Charmaine Troy has returned home to coach boys’ and girls’ JV and varsity sprints for the track team. Troy herself participated in track; she performed long jump, triple jump, and high jump when she was a student at CHS. Troy found her calling in college to become a coach. She is...

Cons of Coed Sports Teams

Luke Kendall

March 21, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

There has been a recent uprising of coed sports teams, but there is much controversy surrounding the topic. Many agree that coed sports teams may be a progressive way to express equality between males and female. The obvious argument is presented due because many believe men are physically stronger than...

Pros of Coed Sports Teams

Kendall Chraplewski

March 21, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Gender integration has become a staple to our modern-day society. It is seen in workplaces, schools, and a variety of other places. However, sports generally remain mostly gender segregated while immersed in a world progressing towards gender integration. This is also the case for high school level sports. A...

Hunting : Positive and Negative Effects

Jaden Clark, Reporter

March 21, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Initially, hunting seems to be a clear hazard to the environment and the general health of animals around the world. Every year millions of animals are killed through hunting for sport. However, hunting is not as detrimental as it may seem. The hunting industry raises huge amounts of money every year...

Behind the Curtain of Dog Shows

Sean Castro

March 21, 2018

Filed under 2017-2018, Sports

Dogs! For the longest time, dogs have always been man’s best friend. Typically, dogs can be very energetic and athletic, sometimes a little too much. A place where we can see that attitude tuned in is at a dog show. Dog shows, otherwise known as conformation shows, is all about how a specific purebred...