Month: March 2021
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Salisbury Boys Tennis Wins 1 of Their First 3 Matches
Although the team only won 1 out of 3 matches, what will the rest of the season look like? By: Nolan Grejda The Salisbury boy’s tennis team, playing Pen Argyl, Bangor, and Saucon Valley in this last week, won only against Pen Argyl. Taking a closer look, will these first matches propel them forward to…
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Ivan Cisneros: “I want others to understand that tomorrow isn’t guaranteed.”
By: Alex Miller There was a body on the ground, blood everywhere, a car with a broken windshield, and glass all over the road. I didn’t see any police, ambulance, or firetrucks yet, so the accident must have just happened. I was hoping the person wasn’t hurt too badly. A couple of hours later I…
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Tara Smith: The evolution of not only COVID-19, but emotion.
When looking into someone else’s perspective of this pandemic, your viewpoints can change in an instant. If you asked an ICU nurse what they thought of the CoronaVirus in the later months of 2019, they may tell you that it was just a virus and not an emotional lull. Maybe they would’ve said it wasn’t…
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Tula Reihman: “Caring, Smart, Funny (occasionally)”
By: Abigail Christman Tula is one of the funniest people you will ever meet and she could care so much less about what everyone thinks about her. She is one of the most compassionate people in the world. You may be mean to her once but she will always be nice to you. She believes…
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Athletic Trainers Month: Learn Julie Grisi’s Perspective
{Julie Gregory on the left, Mrs. Deeb in the middle, Julie Grisi to the right} By: Shauna Connelly As a high school athletic trainer, she knew that there would be unexpected emergencies. However, nobody expected a global pandemic. On Wednesday, I sat with Julie Grisi via zoom and discussed her perspective on being an athletic…
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Paige Gibbons, a Senior With Many Choices
“This may sound cliche, but never give up.” By: Nolan Grejda On a fairly sunny afternoon, Paige Gibbons and I sat down on the warm metal bleachers just before the boy’s tennis practice started. As the sun kept beating down and the questions kept coming, Paige opened up about her tennis career along with her…
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Track: Heading into Week Two
By: Shauna Connelly The number of athletes who originally signed up for the Salisbury Track Team was 50, but the number of student-athletes consistently attending has dropped to 35-40 as of the second week. Those who stuck it out are facing struggles regarding coronavirus. Coaches are hoping that student-athletes will get their paperwork submitted and…
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A Personal Impact From Texas Snow
This is an image of Lake Lewisville. By: Alex Miller On February 13, 2021, Texas was facing a harsh winter storm. The state was losing water, power, and warmth. Since we have seen so much on the news, let’s hear an insider’s point of view. Taryn Zinszer, age 25, a resident of Texas, was taking…
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Two Elementary Schools Come Together
“A struggle but not a fear” By: Abigail Christman Last spring there was a large school board meeting. The meeting was to discuss combining what was known as Western Salisbury Elementary School (WSE) and what was known as Harry S. Truman Elementary School (HST) into Salisbury Elementary School (SES). The plan was to combine Western…
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Salisbury Spring Sports Start
As spring sports are here, is having games only 2 weeks after the start date too early? By: Nolan Grejda As the spring sports season started on March 8th, 2021, games will start as early as March 23rd. Because games will start on the 23rd of March, will student-athletes be able to get enough days…