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The School Newspaper of John Carroll School

The Patriot
The School Newspaper of John Carroll School

The Patriot
Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor 2016-17

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor 2016-17, Sports Editor

Senior Emily Stancliff is a Sports Editor for The Patriot and jcpatriot.com. This is her first year on staff and her first year taking journalism. Stancliff is a captain of the varsity field hockey team and runs long distance for the track team. When she is not getting hit by field hockey balls, she enjoys her academic life in the STEM Program, the National Spanish Honors Society, and the National Honors Society. You might even spot her sporting her characteristic kinesio tape tan line. Emily Stancliff can be reached for comments at [email protected].

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This is the hallway view of the model classroom. Renovations are expected to begin over the summer and be completed in the fall.

Classroom renovations kick off this summer

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
May 30, 2017
Senior Joe Rayman out-runs one of Gilman's defenders in a home game. The men's lacrosse team played against Gilman, an A-Conference team, on Tuesday, April 11 and lost the game with a score of 7-8.

Week in Sports: Spring Break Recap

Christina Giovanazi and Emily Stancliff
May 11, 2017

Week in Sports: Week of April 10

Christina Giovanazi and Emily Stancliff
May 4, 2017
Here's the Game Plan: Moving up through the ranks

Here’s the Game Plan: Moving up through the ranks

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
April 12, 2017
Featured is a mesmerizing motorized sculpture created by artist Wendy Brackman. The piece is shown in the “Yummm! The History, Fantasy, and Future of Food” exhibit that depicts attitudes toward food supply, production, and consumption.

[Photo] American Visionary Art Museum

April 12, 2017
Featured is a mesmerizing motorized sculpture created by artist Wendy Brackman. The piece is shown in the “Yummm! The History, Fantasy, and Future of Food” exhibit that depicts attitudes toward food supply, production, and consumption.

[Photo] Baltimore Museum of Art

Edward Benner, Entertainment Editor
April 12, 2017
Playing with a purpose

Playing with a purpose

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
April 11, 2017
During warm ups before the game against Archbishop Spalding on Thursday, March 30, senior third baseman Zach Rasmussen throws the ball to a fellow teammate. The baseball team lost the game with a final score of 0-6.

Week in Sports: Week of March 27

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
April 6, 2017
Here's the Game Plan: Faster on empty?

Here’s the Game Plan: Faster on empty?

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
March 29, 2017
Junior guard Montez Mathis rises up for a dunk in the first quarter against Calvert Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The men's varsity basketball team fell to Calvert Hall 78-84 in the MIAA A Conference Quarterfinals.

Week in Sports: Week of Feb. 20

Emily Stancliff and Christina Giovanazi
March 3, 2017
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[Photo] Chang (Leo) Yuang

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
February 21, 2017
Freshman CJ Polesovksy prepares to take down a Mount Saint Joseph wrestler at the beginning of his match. The wrestling team competed in the MIAA Championships on Saturday, Feb. 10, and came in eighth place out of 17 teams.

Week in Sports: Week of Feb. 6

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
February 15, 2017
Freshman Angela Boeren swings her baton in the air while marching in place in front of her teammates during a performance on Jan. 18 at Harford Community College. Boeren's baton twirling team, the TwirlTasTix, performed during the halftime of the men's basketball game.

Twirler shines in the spotlight

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
February 8, 2017
Here's the Game Plan: Fueling success

Here’s the Game Plan: Fueling success

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
February 8, 2017
Junior Jared Vogel sprints his leg of the 200m relay at the IAAM/MIAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at PG Center on Jan. 27. The men's varsity indoor track team placed 11th out of 12 teams with a score of 8, and the women's varsity indoor track team placed fourth out of eight teams.

Indoor track and field excels at championships

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
February 2, 2017
Senior Alexa Martinez hurdles her way into fourth place in the 55 meter hurdles. The women's indoor track and field team traveled to the CCBC Essex Campus on Friday, Jan. 13, finishing in second place out of 17 teams.

Week in Sports: Week of Jan. 9

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
January 19, 2017
Junior Hadley Leishman races around the track during her leg of an 800 meter relay. The women's indoor track team competed in an IAAM/MIAA meet at PG Center on Jan. 6 and placed 15 out of 37 teams with a score of 52.5.

Week in Sports: Winter Break and Week of Jan. 3

Christina Giovanazi and Emily Stancliff
January 12, 2017
Here's the Game Plan: Athletes, beware of holiday break

Here’s the Game Plan: Athletes, beware of holiday break

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
December 26, 2016
After days of training through mud and slush, junior Evan Tridone eases his way around the bend in his 800 m relay in the MIAA Meet at Loyola Blakefield on Nov. 8. Even though the team finished 10th out of 12 teams, many of them placed individually in their events.

Off the beaten track

Taylor Bynion and Emily Stancliff
December 22, 2016
Clearing his second attempt, senior Iain Olsen beats his personal record in the high jump with a height of 5'4." The men's indoor track and field team competed in an MIAA meet at Loyola Blakefield on Thursday, Dec. 8.

Week in Sports: Week of Dec. 5

James Keller and Emily Stancliff
December 15, 2016
Senior Julianna Richard recovers after diving for the ball in the senior game against Mount de Sales Academy on Oct. 21. The team finished the season with an overall record of 6-13.

[Photo] Women’s Volleyball

Allie Taylor, Perspectives Editor
December 9, 2016
Junior Luke Ensor is close to his opponents as he approaches the final turn of the men's 100m butterfly. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, the men's swimming team competed against Beth Tfiloh Community School, losing the meet 59-91.

Week in Sports: Week of Nov. 28

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
December 8, 2016
Sophomore Jack Plumer races in the cross country championships at Stevenson University on Nov. 1. The team finished in second place with a score of 60 points in the varsity B Conference.

Men’s Cross Country

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
November 28, 2016
Here's the Game Plan: Tempers are flaring

Here’s the Game Plan: Tempers are flaring

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
November 23, 2016
The Chicago Cubs celebrate winning the World Series at the end of Game 7 of the World Series between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016, at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS)

Cubs reach first world series in 71 years

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
November 9, 2016

Con: College essays are a waste of time

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
November 4, 2016
Here's the Game Plan: Tricks of the Trade

Here’s the Game Plan: Tricks of the Trade

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
October 28, 2016

Chalk-talking politics? Sports rant about political issues

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
October 20, 2016
Senior Michael Cooper watches the Homecoming Game against Boys' Latin from the sidelines. Ever since Cooper broke his femur during the football game against Calvert Hall on Sept. 2, he has been out for the season and has attended class via Skype.

Sports injury leads to new classroom development

Christina Giovanazi and Emily Stancliff
October 12, 2016
Junior Rosemary Gillam digs deep on the final stretch as she races in the Mustang Invitational, a two-mile course, on Sept. 2. Gillam won third place overall and was JC's top runner with a time of 12 minutes and 27 seconds.

Cross country runner strides by competition

Emily Stancliff, Sports Editor
September 30, 2016
Juniors Katie Mills (left) and Mackenzie Lawry (right) dance with their friends during the Back to School Dance on Sep. 9. The Back to School Dance is held annually in order to encourage students to get excited about the upcoming school year.

[Photo] Week In Pictures: Men’s varsity soccer, Service Club, senior portraits, Back to School Dance, and opening school Mass

Katherine Grimm, Media Chief
September 13, 2016
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