This was it- the state playoff game! On Friday, March 8th, tje boys’ varsity basketball team entered into their first state playoff game in 25 years. The team traveled two hours to Shikellamy High School in Sunbury PA to play the District 4 Champion Danville. Prior to the game, the team paraged through the halls of the high school accompanied by the cheerleaders and band, gaining support from classmates and staff. Upon arriving at Shikellamy the players felt many emotions, but greatest of all was the desire to win.  Junior Zach Rovinsky, put the feeling into words, “We all wanted to win,”...

On every team, there’s always that player. The one who takes a leadership position. The one who helps out everyone on the team, from freshman to senior, of any skill level. The player who all the coaches love. The player who makes the winning touchdown, scores the winning point. This player is Dylan Walck. Dylan has been selected to the 2018 Scranton Times All-Regional Defensive Team. Here at Western Wayne this fall, he played as a defensive back, with a total of 85 tackles with 3 interceptions. On top of that Dylan added 20 receptions for 233 yards, 290 yards passing, 399 yards rushing, and 6 total touchdowns.

Dribble, shoot, rebound, score! Go hard or go home. Matthew Henneforth shoots for his goals as a freshman on the varsity basketball team. Matt, who started basketball at the age of seven, has been playing for eight years. He has always been one of the tall kids, which has given him the upper hand against others. But it hasn’t always been this easy for Matt.   Once he joined varsity, there were many more kids who were not only tall, but also very talented. “I always had the upper hand because I was around six feet in eighth grade,” Matt says, “But now, there are kids who tower over me and they are more athletic”. He struggled with this conflict, but it pushed him to work harder and practice more to succeed. Now, Matt is better and ready for any challenge that is thrown at him. The team also...

Zane Janiszewski—the name may be familiar if you’ve attended a football game on a Friday night. Zane is a valuable freshman player on the Western Wayne varsity football team. He started playing football around the age of 10 and has been playing since. “A lot has changed since I’ve started playing [varsity]”, he said. “The speed of the game is a lot faster and I need to pay attention to what is going on around me to help us in the situation."  During games, Zane showed his skill by scoring touchdowns. He got help from his teammates and was very happy to spend the season with the...