• The chorus spring recital and awards night will take place in the auditorium and Clausen Hall at 7 p.m. May 22, 2012 at 6:35 am

  • SOL tests will take place in the computer labs and upstairs gym. May 22, 2012 at 6:33 am

  • IB/AP exams will take place in the upstairs gym and Clausen Hall. May 22, 2012 at 6:33 am

  • Today is a White Day. May 22, 2012 at 6:26 am

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Dive team remains undefeated

David Hookey, Sports Editor
January 19, 2010

When looking at the score of one of the most recent swim and dive meets, it is easy to overlook one half of the team’s perofrmance. The final result says West Springfield won the meet 182-132, but that does not tell the whole story. The AHS dive team was able to notch their fifth win of the season... Read more »

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Highlights from an Annandale Atoms football game

January 19, 2010

Atoms swim falls to Spartans

January 19, 2010

With only one meet left before the AHS swim and dive team’s district meets, participants prepare for the final stretch more than ever. A group of freshmen swimmers intensely shout “We are going to unleash the fury!” This has become a well known phrase to AHS swimmers to get them hyped up before... Read more »

Wrestling takes second place

David Hookey, Sports Editor
January 19, 2010

“Well, we seem to like to come in second a lot.” Head wrestling coach Keith Sholders said this while reflecting on his team’s most recent meet at Northern High School Jan. 8-9. The Atoms finished second out of twenty teams and had four wrestlers place second in their individual weight classes. “The... Read more »

Basketball smashes the Spartans

David Hookey, Sports Editor
January 19, 2010

Basketball practice does not usually focus on running laps. Maybe it should after the Atoms seemingly ran circles around the West Springfield Spartans in their 77-44 win on Friday. “We ran a lot [in the game],” said senior guard Chris Sheehy, who scored five points in the game.”Their defense was... Read more »

Spartans top Atoms

January 19, 2010

The AHS girls basketball team fell again Thursday in a hard-fought game against the West Springfield Spartans with a score of 40-57.  This was the team’s second loss in the district, and their record now stands at 4-2 within the Patriot District. In Thursday’s game the scoring was not limited to... Read more »

Addition by subtraction

January 13, 2010

To the myopic Wizards fan, having your star player “suspended indefinitely,” following league Commissioner David Stern’s proclamation “that he is not currently fit to take the court in an NBA game,” would probably elicit feelings of hopelessness about the team’s future prospects. Indeed,... Read more »

Students hit the slopes

Carly Bouchard, Photographer
January 13, 2010

It is a chilly Saturday morning and you have no homework for the first time since school started. Rather than sitting and watching pointless reruns on television, you and a few friends elect to venture out into the cold. After a small drive north, you have arrived to your destination: a mountain freshly... Read more »

Students experience ACL injuries

December 17, 2009

When junior Kristen Hennessey planted her leg to kick a soccer ball in the first day of tryouts last spring, she heard a noise she compared to “a piece of paper ripping.” As she felt her knee pop to the outside, she knew from past experience what just happened: a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL),... Read more »

Wrestling has solid outing

David Hookey, Sports Editor
December 16, 2009

Looking to start the season off well, the wrestling team competed in the Northern Region Classic wrestling meet at Fairfax High School on Saturday, Dec. 12. The team competed well and ended up finishing in fourth place out of 32 teams at the meet. “We wrestled very well [at the Northern Region Classic],”... Read more »