Chadd Brown, Reporter
September 25, 2020
Soccer started the off season with a 9-1 record. With a dominant start to the season, players have maintained their season goal.
“The goal has always stayed the same, and that is to give us the best chance to go to state,” sophomore Jacob Wignall said.
Having a dedicated team is important especially with a team sport such as soccer. Keeping the team motivated is something that has helped them in their strong start to the season.
“It is really fun and enjoyable when we play and practice. I feel like we are going...
September 17, 2020
Due to COVID-19, student athletes and coaches are only allowed a certain number of vouchers a game allowing whomever they want to attend to watch in person. The school has offered a way to watch from home; however, the experience is not the same. The enthusiasm of the student section amps the adrena...
Maddie Smart, Reporter
September 8, 2020
Sports were one thing everyone was skeptical about due to the pandemic. Students and families were not sure if athletes would even be playing this year.
The school staff was not sure what the end of the season would bring, resulting in senior night coming at the beginning of this season rather than at ...
September 8, 2020
Augusta athletes and coaches are ready to get their fall season started, but this year is different for them all and coaches are having to make changes they never thought they would have to make.
“Whenever possible we are practicing in smaller groups and very rarely having the whole team together on an...
April 10, 2020
Editor’s Note: Sports editor Ivory Rightnar talked with players and coaches for this story during the first week of practice before the season was canceled as a result of COVID-19. The Augusta Oriole decided it was important to publish this story as written because it is a record of a moment in hist...
Savannah Athy-Sedbrook, Managing Editor
April 7, 2020
According to the dictionary, a sport is ‘an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.’
“To me, a sport is an athletic endeavor that is competitive,” head football coach Jason Filbeck said.
Along wi...
April 7, 2020
Student athletes strive to earn recruitment opportunities to start their college careers and be able to play at the next level. The process of being recruited has many steps involved, one of which is receiving the offers.
“I have been approached by recruiters from many different schools invitin...
Savannah Athy-Sedbrook, Managing Editor
March 9, 2020
Cheers and shouts fill the crowded arena of Tony’s pizza event center. The stench of sweat mingles with the smell of mat cleaner. Determination gleams in the eyes of each individual wrestler ready to take their place as a state champ.
Three wrestlers made it to the state championship this season, all of which placed. Junior Andy Lin placed sixth in the 106 weight class, sophomore Garrett Davis placed second in the 145 weight class, and freshman Grady Fox placed third in the 113 weight class. Hours of hard work was...
March 2, 2020
Senior Garret Belknap played in the last regular season game against Winfield Feb. 27. Belknap had not played basketball in a competitive setting since he was in 7th grade because he realized he would rather manage. Belknap and the team had no idea he was playing until after practice on Wednesday, gi...
Claire Pletcher, Reporter
February 25, 2020
Former NBA star, Kobe Bryant, and his daughter Gianna were among the nine people who died in a helicopter crash Jan. 26 near Calabasas, California. People gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles yesterday to honor the lives of Kobe and his daughter; the two now join the growing number of celebri...
February 13, 2020
“I believe negative attitudes affect the team because in team sports you must rely on each other to stay positive, so if one person gets negative everyone reflects it,” freshman Gracie Dalziel said.
Athletes have come to realize that negative attitudes affect their teams even if they do not realize...
February 7, 2020
The boys varsity basketball team played three games in the Baldwin Invitational tournament Jan. 21, 24 and 25. In the first game, the Orioles beat Anderson County High School 62-29. The Orioles then played Bishop Seabury Academy three days later and won 60-47, which allowed the team to advance to the cham...
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