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Since I was three, I have been playing basketball, and for just as long my dream was always to continue to compete at the next level. In middle school, I would go to high school games and imagine being out there on that court. At public high school, I would watch my brother’s games at […]
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In the midst of a pandemic, most people would not see the cancellation of a basketball tournament as that big of a deal, but the KIT’s are much more than that. For years the KIT’s, or the Kingswood Oxford Invitational Tournament, have been a worthy and exciting conclusion to the incredibly stressful first half of […]
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For many years, fantasy football has been a tradition among both athletes and fans during the NFL season as a way of competition between friends. This season the tradition has continued despite the coronavirus pandemic that unfortunately still rages through our country. Fantasy football is a game where people first draft a team, a combination […]
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KO sports teams have all recently started to play games, which came as a welcome surprise to the many athletes straining at the leash to play their respective sports. With the restrictions due to COVID-19, most players and coaches weren’t even expecting to play any games, yet some have been lucky enough to play one […]
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KO sports teams have all recently started to play games, which came as a welcome surprise to the many athletes straining at the leash to play their respective sports. With the restrictions due to COVID-19, most players and coaches weren’t even expecting to play any games, yet some have been lucky enough to play one […]
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This fall, due to lack of sporting events going on, the KO News is chronicling the experiences of senior fall athletes looking to play sports in college. First is senior volleyball Captain Sydney Smith. Smith has been a three-sport varsity athlete throughout her high school career, playing volleyball, squash, and tennis. She will be playing […]
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One of the hardest parts of this quarantine and new life in isolation for sports fans is finding new ways to entertain ourselves without any professional sporting events. The quarantine caused ESPN to push up the release date of “The Last Dance” to keep viewers entertained. This has given all sports fans something to enjoy […]
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This year, due to the spread of COVID-19, all spring sports at KO have been cancelled. For most student-athletes, this is just missing another season, but for juniors who are interested in playing in college, this is the biggest recruitment time of the year. Sports that are canceled until further notice for KO are baseball, […]
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February’s Coach of the Month is the girls squash coach Cameron Biondi. He has led the girls team to a 12-3 record this year, most recently beating Greens Farms Academy 6-1. Coach Biondi brings a similar strategy to every practice, and it shows that it’s paying off through the team’s record. “During the middle of […]
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The varsity girls basketball team has had a rough go of it recently, losing five of their last six games, but competing in every one of them. They currently hold a 4-8 record. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, they fell to Wilbraham and Monson Academy with a score of 46-31, due to Wilbraham and Monson rebounding […]
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