BY JACOB EISENBERG

     For the first time in nine years, the New York Yankees can call themselves the defending champions. As the first month of the season comes to a close, teams are starting to stake out their positions within their divisions. Keep in mind that the season is only beginning so the current standings are anything but permanent fixtures. Nevertheless, here is my division-by-division forecast for the 2010 campaign:

BY GABE BERNSTEIN

After winning back-to-back state championships the past two years, the baseball team is facing some high expectations this year. And, even with the loss of nearly the entire starting lineup of last year due to graduation, the Tigers boast a 7-2 record as of April 21, thanks in large part to a pitching staff that has only given up 25 earned runs in 9 games.

BY JEFFREY EISENBAND

As the financial panic of 2008 continues to affect the Larchmont/Mamaroneck community, the new Mamaroneck Union Free School District Budget for the school year of 2010-2011 has generated widespread confusion among the public in terms of the new budget’s influence on MHS/HMX athletics. Local rumors have varied from the elimination of all modified sports to the cessation of all bowling practices. While a bit bleak, the actual impact of the new budget on MHS/HMX athletics is in fact very simple to understand. 

           Jacob Eisenberg

Gilbert Arenas did not get the memo; unlicensed guns are not allowed in the Washington Wizards locker room or in the District of Columbia. On Jan. 2, reports leaked that Arenas had pulled a gun on a teammate, Javaris Crittenton, before their Christmas Eve game. The argument was reportedly triggered by a gambling debt owed by Arenas to Crittenton.

Evan Brooker

At the beginning of the winter season, critics were dismissive of the MHS Tigers’ potential. Last season’s team had a relatively triumphant year, despite having a sub-five hundred record of 10-12.

BY MATT RUSSO AND TUGEND STEIN

Ever since a driving incident in his home state of Florida, Tiger Woods has been in the news very often lately. This episode happened on Dec. 1 when, at 2:25 a.m., Woods backed out of his driveway and struck a fire hydrant and a neighbor’s tree. He was seriously injured, with blood in his mouth, cuts on his lips and seemed to be drifting in and out of consciousness, according to Florida state police.

BY GABE BERNSTEIN

While there are many dedicated athletes at MHS, it is often not so easy to pick out the superstars when you see them. In a sport that is content with its reputation as under the radar, juniors Dillon Fields and Emily Allen, avid skiers, both continue to show year after year that hard work, enough practice and dedication can result in amazing achievements. 

BY JEFFREY EISENBAND

In 2008, the seemingly unstoppable Class of 2009 was trounced by the juniors’ running attack, led by Powder  Puff Hall of Famer Lynn Greenberg.

BY EVAN BROOKER

The leaves have changed color, the air is frigid and after months of anticipation, winter sports are back at MHS. As the various fall sports wound down, the basketball and hockey teams began to have some light practices. Now, the teams are in full throttle.

Ben Kupferberg

          ;   The Mamaroneck Varsity Hockey team found much success early on in the season, winning a tournament in Saratoga and staying undefeated through ten games.

Gabe Bernstein

Going into the final two regular season games of the season, Jets Coach Rex Ryan said his team was mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. By defying all odds, the Jets proceeded to knock off the Colts and the Bengals in the last two games, divisional champion teams. Then, with Ryan's bold guidance, a stout defense and a bruising ground game, the Jets pulled off miraculous upsets against the Bengals and the Chargers, the considerably favored teams.

Jeffrey Eisenband

After centuries of arduous studies and massive digs, historians and archaeologists have arrived at the conclusion that modern freestyle wrestling first appeared in ancient Greece during the eighth century B.C. It was in this decade that Homer incorporated wrestling into the “Iliad”; and evidence shows that the eighteenth Olympiad (704 B.C.) featured the sport. It was also during this time period that the bellicose Spartans used wrestling to test the physicality of its warriors, labeling it with the masculine personality that the sport still boasts today.

BY JACOB EISENBERG

In a culture in which Larry David refers to bowling as a “third option for things to do at night” behind karaoke and going to the movies, it is obvious that bowling is not taken seriously by many. Though some consider bowling an artificial sport for the lazy, it has gained immense popularity over the past years in high school athletics.

BY MAILA SAGHIR

The annual Coast dance will be held on Friday, Jan. 8, the first weekend after returning from winter break. This year, the Coast Board’s new policy permits only 350 students to enter the Harbor Pavilion in Mamaroneck.

BY BEN KUPFERBERG

Whether you see him racing around in his tricked-out Jeep or dangling in the Jungle, you know senior Joey Naclerio is coming.

BY GABE BERNSTEIN

After losing 12 players to graduation, eight of whom were starters and three of whom are playing Division I field hockey in college, few expected a team that had cruised through the sectional playoffs and then into the regional playoffs last year to do the same this year.