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GHS girls try-outs were a success.  | Gene Gallin, UnSplash

Girls basketball try-outs 2024

Violet Whitmarsh, Staff Reporter November 22, 2024

Gloucester High School held a JV and Varsity girls basketball try-outs on November 11 and 12. Try-outs for GHS were held to a high standard this year. Coach Deyoung, who is the head coach for the varsity...

I enjoy the fast pace of it, the running and physical activity. | Julien Rochblave, Unsplash

Soccer ups and downs

Alora Thorpe, Staff Reporter October 24, 2024

As someone who played soccer for Parks and Rec from 2019 to 2023, I have some experience with the sport. On a normal field, there will be nine players on each team, three offensive players, three defensive...

I don’t know what I’d do without band.| Ashley Levinson, Unsplash

Highlighting the GHS marching band

Bianca Mosher, Staff Reporter October 24, 2024

The Gloucester High School Marching Band is very busy. They have a class to learn music, rehearsal to practice, as well as football games and competitions to play and compete at. They have to memorize...

Even though the swimmers put in hard work and effort every day, swimming is not necessarily recognized by the student body as much as the other sports teams. | Brian Matangelo, Unsplash

GHS Swimming practice times

Jayden Sheffield, Staff Reporter October 10, 2024

Swimming is a popular high school sport across the country, and Gloucester High School is not an exception to that. However, many people have wondered about how the swimmers are able to handle such early...

While it is important for the wrestlers to train at practice, much of their hard work comes from the things they must do outside of practice. | Jacob Rice, Unsplash

Wrestlers prepare for their upcoming season

Isabella Doss, Staff Reporter October 10, 2024

The Gloucester Dukes wrestling team is preparing for their season.  The wrestling team practice runs from 3 p.m. through 5 p.m. every Monday through Thursday. They hold their practices in the wrestling...

Wear as much red as you can to help support, motivate, and cheer on the Dukes. | Ben Hershey, Unsplash

2024 HOCO game preparation

Sylvia Wezensky, Staff Reporter October 10, 2024

On October 11, 2024, the homecoming game will be taking place at 7 p.m.. The Gloucester County Dukes will be taking on Bethel High School Football Team at the Gloucester Dukes Stadium.  Before the...

Croft continues to work at GHS and the student athletes greatly appreciate her. | Shelby Bennett

An average day as a GHS athletic trainer

Kennedy Wilhite, Staff Reporter September 26, 2024

On Sep. 13, I got the chance to interview Gloucester High School Athletic Trainer Brittany Croft to get an insight of what a game day is like in her shoes. Since working for GHS for the last five years,...

I think anybody can do anything they put their mind to if they work hard enough. | David Adamson, Unsplash

Experiences of a female athlete in a male-dominated sport

Violet Whitmarsh, Staff Reporter September 26, 2024

Junior Payton Timmons is a female football player at Gloucester High School. While she feels that she is treated the same by coaches, because she is a female player in a male-dominated sport she feels...

These aspects make the exhausting work put forth to the GRA team worth it for these members. | Shelby Bennett

Gloucester crew pros, cons, and benefits

Remy Fauls, Staff Reporter September 26, 2024

The Gloucester High School campus has a wide selection of choices for after-school recreational activities, including crew. Crew can be classified as one of the hardest sports, with most participants giving...

Competitive Cheerleading

Competitive Cheerleading

Elizabeth Underwood, Editor April 8, 2024

When some people think of cheerleading, they think of pom-poms, a football field, or a basketball court. Most people say sideline cheer is “not a sport.” While some agree with this or disagree with...

Coach Crouch

New One: Coach Crouch

Charlie Arnone, Section Editor October 6, 2023

The Starting Inspiration Crouch’s father was a coach at York High School for 2 years back in the 70s, and he had always told him that Gloucester was a place he wished he could coach for if he got...

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