Author Archive: Jesse Scheinman
Sports editor and senior at HSW
Varsity Baseball “Underdogs” Show up Strong During Playoffs
Last year, the Hills West Varsity Baseball team glided into the league playoffs as a second seed team, with many around the league saying they were favorites for the league title. This year they are still contenders, but the younger squad are coming in as a nine-seed squad. Following a 13-5 regular season, they have […]
Senior Baller Marcus Solomon Has Bright Future at College
Standing at 6’2”, senior varsity boys basketball player Marcus Solomon has shown himself to be one of the stars of the Colts, and a key contributor to their success this year. Now, with his final high school game behind him, Solomon looks to begin a new legacy in college. Solomon’s talent on the court has […]
West Alumnus Tobias Harris Traded to Orlando
On Thursday, February 21st, the last day of the NBA trade deadline, Hills West graduate and NBA small forward Tobias Harris was traded to the Orlando Magic as part of a trade that sent the Magic’s J.J Reddick to the Bucks. Harris, who was traded on draft day from the Charlotte Bobcats to the Milwaukee […]
Basketball Season Ends With Valiant Fight
This past week the Varsity Basketball players, along with the school administrators, have been hyping up this quarterfinal playoff game between 2-seed Brentwood and our 7th seed squad. To say this game lived up to this hype would be a huge understatement. The first quarter ended with Brentwood at a slight lead, but early […]
Strong County Performance Sends Three Varsity Wrestlers to Albany
After having the match rescheduled due to Nemo, Varsity Wrestling had a strong showing at last Tuesday-Wednsday’s County Championships, sending three wrestlers up to Albany for the state tournaments. Senior Tyler Grimaldi, who made it all the way to the state finals in his weight class last year, and is one of the three along […]
Sandy In Perspective: A History of Long Island Hurricanes
PC: wpix.com Long Island, far from the tropical environment of the Caribbean, is generally not known for being hit by tropical systems, especially hurricanes. But when they do come to this island, as evident by Hurricane Sandy, the damage is immense. Over the past hundreds of years, there have been a few notable hurricanes and […]
