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Ohtani examines his bat against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park.

Shohei Ohtani: 50 for 50

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor November 1, 2024

 Shohei Ohtani became the first member of the fifty fifty club on September 19th. The fifty fifty club is representative of his fifty home runs and fifty bases stolen in one season, an impressive feat...

Daniel Ricciardo Career Recap

Daniel Ricciardo Career Recap

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor November 1, 2024

Daniel Ricciardo has seen the highest of highs and lowest of lows. At one point contending and some would argue being the top seat at Red Bull largely considered the apex of Formula 1 driving. To test...

Girls Tennis Schedule 2024

Girls Tennis Schedule 2024

Nina Zhu, Student Life Editor September 30, 2024

The girls tennis may be almost over, but here’s the schedule for the season!    August 20 - Away vs. Sun Prairie East at 4 pm August 22 - Home vs. Middleton at 4 pm August 23 - Away...

Formula 1 Redbull Domination to Deflation

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor September 30, 2024

Formula One is known for the highest of highs to the lowest of lows. You can be the winner of this week's grand prix to the loser of the next, and looking at getting kicked off your team. With this in...

Memorial Football Starts Off Strong

Memorial Football Starts Off Strong

Henry Riley, News Editor, Co-Sports Editor September 30, 2024

VPM’s Varsity Football squad has been fun to watch this year. The Spartans are 5-1 on the season, 3-1 in conference play, second to only Verona (the only loss so far) and are coming off a dominant Homecoming...

Paralympics, Why The US Isn’t Doing As Well As The Regular Olympics

Paralympics, Why The US Isn’t Doing As Well As The Regular Olympics

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor September 30, 2024

This last summer was full of Olympic news, from the river in Paris to the opening ceremonies, to the competition. But one side of the Olympics was very unrepresented in this coverage, the Paralympics....

NFL Starting

NFL Starting

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor September 30, 2024

Sports season is back Memorial! (Does it ever really leave?) And with it, we have a new wave of professional sports starting back up. The NFL (National Football League) has been going on for 4 weeks now...

2024 Spartan Football Themes and Schedule

2024 Spartan Football Themes and Schedule

Max Knight, Editor-in-Chief August 31, 2024

The start of the school year is quickly approaching, which means the football season here at VPM has already started! We’ve got a great team this year and a strong start to the season so far, so make...

Credit: LA Times

Katie Ledecky Broke Records

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor August 31, 2024

Swimming is a sport that is constantly changing from new suits to new teams and new competitors being on top, records break often and it is hard to make your mark among the great. Katie Ledecky is now...

Warhammer Tournament Scandal

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor August 31, 2024

No one likes a cheater. Whether you're playing a sport, or taking a test, or even writing a paper it sucks when there is someone abusing and breaking rules to gain an advantage over the system. Recently...

Team USA Dominates the Competition in the Olympics

Patrick Mulkey, co Editor in Chief, Sports and co News Editor August 31, 2024

The Olympics was a true spectacle this year from shooting, to biking, to amazing running, the excitement was nonstop! The US has won the Summer Olympics nineteen times with 2024 being the nineteenth! With...

Photo taken by Alistair Ross.

The Curious Case of Ray-Gun; Who is she?

Ben Thom, Arts & Entertainment Editor August 31, 2024

Rachael Gunn is a 37-year-old Australian college lecturer with a PHD and an unlikely talent. Breakdancing. She has competed in (and won) many breaking competitions, and even has been ranked #1 in her country....

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