By Ben Rihn ’22 and John Xu ’22 Sports Editors Though commencement has gone online this year, the discouraging set of circumstances certainly has not dampened the celebratory mood of the moment….
Category: Sports
Blue Storm goes virtual
Aakash Koduru ’20 News Reporter With campus closed for the remainder of the year, an event that most athletes would have missed was the MESPY’s, Mercersburg Academy’s version of ESPN’s ESPY Awards…
Missing sports during quarantine? Try esports
Henry O’Brien News Reporter Like most television stations during the COVID-19 outbreak, ESPN, the self-proclaimed worldwide leader in sports, has had to change what they present on their network. With every sporting…
March Sadness
John Xu ’22 Sports Editor The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the largest athletic event in the world, was scheduled to take place this summer. On March 24, amid increasing pressure from athletes…
Keeping the Blue Storm community together
Ben Rihn ’22 Sports Editor With the recent and ever-changing developments of the coronavirus and the prevalent mentality of social distancing, high school athletics have suffered serious setbacks due to the universal…
Ask Mr. Myers
By Henry O’Brien ’20 Sports Editor 1. How can student athletes improve their diet throughout the season? When it comes to diet and athletes, there is no simple answer for what is…
MAPL Invitational at Lloyd goes swimmingly
By Terrance Ji ’22 News Reporter Mercersburg Academy hosted the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Swimming and Diving Invitational at the Lloyd Aquatic Center on February 1, 2020. This is the first time…
Daanish and Stoner: The dynamic duo
By Aiden Nelson ’23 News Reporter There’s a new duo on campus taking the sports scene by storm – Blue Storm! However, this tandem, Daanish Rashid ’20 and Andrew Stoner ’20, make…
New coaches shake up WINter sports
By Henry O’Brien ’20 and John Xu ’22 Sports Editors The winter season is well underway and many of the Mercersburg Academy winter sports teams are experiencing great success. As in the…
A wrestler’s diet
By Ben Rihn ‘22 News Reporter There’s no doubt that the life of a wrestler is not easy. Between enduring physically and mentally exhausting practices and preparing for matches, wrestlers have a…