Viking Lacrosse prepares for success in the upcoming season

By Emily Money Walled Lake Central boys’ lacrosse has already started preparations for the upcoming season, hoping for success this spring. The spring season officially begins with tryouts on Monday, March 10. Both new and returning players are encouraged to attend the kick off meeting in January. Leading up to tryouts, players work out in…

Passion for Life licenses university t-shirts

By Robert Harris Track Coach and WLC teacher Neb Stojkovic has done something remarkable with the non-profit organization “Passion for Life”, which he founded in 2008. For the last two years, the organization has been in contact with several universities and licensors across the country in an effort to obtain “Official Collegiate licensing” to make…

WLC girls track athletes train for success

By Kayla Womack Walled Lake Central’s women runners are spiking up as they prepare for the 2014 outdoor track season.  Despite the season being months away, the girls are already conditioning their bodies and one team member, junior Amy Vangieson, is even competing in the AAU’s winter indoor track season. The off-season training mostly consists…

Track to start new season

By Robert Harris Walled Lake Central’s men are starting to grab new running shoes in preparation for the new Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) indoor track season. It begins in November and the first track meet usually takes place the week before Christmas. WLC has quite a few athletes returning for the 2014 Indoor/Outdoor season. After…

Mens’ basketball have high hopes for season

By Robert Harris The boys of Walled Lake Central are lacing up their basketball shoes for the start of the new season! After going 16-4 last year, the Vikings have high hopes of making it very far into the playoffs and possibly a State championship appearance. Chuck Spolsky had a successful season last year as…

Ski team sets high expectations

By Alexsys Carcone The Walled Lake Central ski team had their first meeting of the year. on October 21, headed up by Coach Tim McBride. The team discussed topics regarding fund raising events and the upcoming schedule. In anticipation of the upcoming season, team members currently meet every week, Monday through Thursday, for an hour…

A change in sports tryouts: Is it for the better?

By Erika Greco The time has come.  Down the list, Abraham, Adams…Baker.  One’s dreams shattered in an instant.  With one look at a list of names, the hopes for making a sports team are over without any explanation.  It was either checking a list of names posted at school or checking an online roster that…

Boys’ hockey starts new season off right

By Jill Ciampa You may have noticed a few additional bald heads around school recently.  Those are the varsity hockey players who shaved their heads in advance of their first scrimmage of the season, a  1-1 tie against Northville on Thursday, November 14. The first league game of the season was a win against Canton…