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By Connor Hawthorne, Sports Editor As the 2023-24 school year begins, students are enthusiastic about many upcoming activities: homecoming, new classes, but most importantly, fall sports. Among the many activities available to River Hill students, fall athletics are among the most popular, not just to the athletes themselves, but to the many students who come…
By Lux Sheplee, Staff Writer While many students at River Hill enjoyed a summer far away from the building, the varsity field hockey team, along with other sports, was back in the beginning of August. This year’s team looks a lot different than last, as they lost many key players with seniors leaving, including two…
By Benjamin Hong, Features Editor On September 2, River Hill hosted the Top of the Hill Invitational, the first cross-country meet of the season. Seventeen schools were in attendance and their respective teams competed in four races over the course of four hours in the first true test of their summer training for the year….
By Myah Hesselgesser, Staff Writer Recently, Howard County updated the athletic handbook stating that school teams are now allowed twelve summer practices with a coach. In previous years, teams were not allowed to train with coaches at all as a team during the off-season. For past years, the MPSSAA Handbook stated that, “Any school group…
By Connor Hawthorne, Staff Writer The River Hill High School varsity baseball team recently achieved an incredible feat, winning the state championship in a thrilling match against Charles Milton Wright High School. The team, led by their exceptional pitcher Henry Zatkowski, defeated Charles Milton Wright with an extremely close score of 1-0. This victory was…
By Benjamin Hong, Staff Writer On May 27th, the River Hill girl’s outdoor track and field team lifted the state championship trophy after a dominant performance over runners-up schools Northern and Springbrook. It being the first time that a River Hill track team has won a state championship in over a decade, this victory was…
By Ryan Burnett, Staff Writer Just like that, almost half the MLB baseball season is over. Despite previous seasons, this year the Orioles are better than fans expected. Being in the hardest division, the AL East, they need all the wins they can get. For the past 4 years the Orioles have been in what…
By Ryan Burnett, Staff Writer From Lamar Jackson’s return to signing Odell Beckham Jr., the Baltimore Ravens did it all. After an interesting 6 months, the Ravens finally gave Lamar the largest quarterback contract in the NFL, and drafted a player Ravens fans are excited to watch. To help out Lamar, the Ravens drafted Boston…
By Jason Benedek, Sports Editor; and Ellie Goldberg, Staff Writer Now that it is May, Maryland State Lacrosse Playoffs have finally arrived. The River Hill boys and girls lacrosse teams are both looking to make a deep playoff run this season, and compete for a county championship. With a regular season record of 8-4, the…
By Connor Hawthorne, Staff Writer As April comes to a close, the baseball season draws closer to the eventual climax of county tournaments. For the baseball team, however, that is still a long way off. As the pace of many games begins to ramp up in preparation for the tournaments, the athletes are just focusing…