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WJ fall sports captains interview!

Charley Becker, Photography EditorOctober 8, 2018Leave a Comment

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Sophomore Clara Abdelmalek (sixth from left) row with her team in a race during a regatta. Like most athletes, Abdelmalek takes care of her mental and physical health so she is able to excel in her sport and push her limits.

Students take care of mental and physical health in sports

WJ boys soccer gather up for the pre-game team-talk led by Head Co-Coach Anthony Tossounian. The score ended as a 5-0 loss at Walt Whitman High School.

WJ boys soccer successful season dampened by opening round playoff loss

Freshmen Bardia Hormozi (left), Sean Blakeslee (middle), and Sammy Gramlich (right), complete their very first high school pep rally.

Freshman fight their way to varsity

Boys varsity soccer huddles up pregame. They look to get to the old heights set by the 2016 state championship team.

Field congestion creates problems for fall sport

Seniors Deji Onitri (left) (Division I Soccer, Gardner-Webb University), Makel Rasheed (center) (Division II Soccer, University of Indianapolis), and Chris Manguelle (right) (Division III Football, Stevenson University) prepare to sign their letters of intent to play athletics at the collegiate level.

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Senior football player Daniel Ticktin huddles to talk with his teammates. Ticktin has been playing football for WJ since his freshman year of high school. ¨My favorite part of playing football at WJ is the sense of family that we all have, Ticktin said.

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WJ fall sports captains interview!