Rock climbing is all about the mental game. It’s about overcoming mind blocks and taking risks. It’s about planning out which course of action to take, and being brave enough to take it. That is...

For Natalie Burns (11), cartwheels and handstands weren’t just childhood play, they were a calling. From her first cartwheels at three years old to the time-consuming 24-hour training weeks she now undergoes,...

You may know Eliza Lennox (12) for her swim achievements. Team co-captain for the Girls’ Swim team. Ranked eighth in the state. Reigning champion of two individual events. But for Lennox, swimming...

Wrestling is in Shayla Martinez’s (10) family’s blood. Her dad was a wrestler. Her siblings were wrestlers. Now, Shayla’s a wrestler. She has been wrestling since eighth grade, and while...

Elly Paradis (9) was just another four-year-old with infinite energy whose parents signed her up for a dance class. Her parents tried putting her in every sport from soccer to softball, but none seemed...

Skill, courage, sharing, and joy are the four pillars that define a dedicated swimmer—a swimmer like Carly Puccio (11). She’s a girl who has progressed in swimming alongside dealing with common...

Nearing the end of her junior hockey career, Samantha Alegranti (12) can look back on over a decade of high-caliber hockey, despite the roadblocks and prejudices she had to overcome along the way. Alegranti’s...

Lying unconscious on the polished wood floor, Jordan Ellerington’s life had just changed forever. On December 5th, 2023, the first game of the Monarch girls basketball team’s season, Ellerington took...

The rotator system on an Army Black Hawk helicopter has four blades. But on board American Eagle Flight No. 5342, there were 22 blades. 22 blades that are better recognized as 11 pairs of figure skates. Today,...

After countless reps, drills, and even a run at a state title, girls’ basketball coach Michael Blakely has decided to pass the whistle on and step away from the program he’s cultivated over the past...