Midnight Madness
December 14, 2011 • By: Dionna Douglas and Chelsea Johnson - Searchlight Staff Writers
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Oxon Hill High School welcomed back alumni for Midnight Madness on Dec. 2 at the OHHS Varsity vs. Alumni basketball game. Midnight Madness included events such as dunk contests and performances by the cheerleaders and the New Sensations step team. Alumni started off the game with three points, but Varsity... Read more »
Girls soccer ends season with a bang
November 30, 2011
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By Dionna Douglas Searchlight Staff With a 4-7-1 record, the girls soccer team ended the season with their last game on Nov. 1 against Charles H. Flowers High School with a 5-2 loss in the 4A South Region playoffs. In the regular season finale, the Clippers took a 5-0 victory against Northwestern High... Read more »
Alumni Strike Back
April 6, 2011 • Erica Williams
Filed under Archives, Sports
High school sports are difficult no matter how many seasons you have under your belt. Staying in shape is no easy task, particularly when it comes to sports that involve running. Soccer is definitely one of the sports. One might think that it takes awhile to get out of shape, but anyone who hasn’t... Read more »
OHHS Varsity Wrestling Wrap Up
March 21, 2011 • Nebil Ali
Filed under Sports
As a new season begins, another string of sports comes to an end; with-in the list of ending winter sports lays wrestling. High school and college wrestling is played in a style known as folk style. “Wrestling is like a game of chess you have to predict your opponent’s moves and be able to counter... Read more »
Batter Up! OHHS Softball
March 21, 2011 • Lindsay Laster
Filed under Sports
Softball season is here! Oxon Hill High Schools tryouts were successfully held the last two weeks of February into the first week of March. A series of workouts were done including running up and down a hill located on the field in the back of the school. “Motivated, enthusiastic, and spirited”... Read more »
What’s All That Racquet?
March 21, 2011 • Erica Williams
Filed under Sports
The tennis season is just getting started at OHHS, and like any other sport, the participants are in it to win it. The team has been conditioning for the past few weeks in order to prepare them for the upcoming season. In addition to those players who were a part of the team last year, there are many... Read more »
Superbowl XLV
February 21, 2011 • Brett Tolbert
Filed under Sports
Emerging from an up-down power struggle, the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25, earning a new title of Super Bowl XLV champions. The Pittsburgh Steelers, were searching for their third Super Bowl ring in six seasons and their seventh World Championship in eight appearances. The... Read more »
From the Beginning
January 29, 2011 • Erica Williams
Filed under Sports
Anybody can try out for a sport, but not everyone can make the team. Even fewer people have the dedication to stick with a sport from their freshman to their senior year. The longer you participate in a sport, the better you become at it; the well-known saying “practice makes perfect” actually holds... Read more »
OHHS Varsity Wrestling. Two-Day Tournaments
January 29, 2011 • Stephen Poblete
Filed under Sports
The Oxon Hill High School Varsity wrestling team is making great leaps in terms of winning matches. As a whole the team is great, but 2-day tournaments are turning out to be more difficult then the match opponents themselves. The struggle of school and sports is always a common conversation around any... Read more »
Basketball (JV)-Oxon Hill vs. Parkdale
January 16, 2011 • Lindsey Laster, Tierra King
Filed under Sports
With 6:53 on the clock, Oxon Hill Clippers was 4-0. The Clipper family was off to a good start. On December 21, 20110 Oxon Hill High School JV girls basketball team went up against Parkdale High School. “Whether on JV or Varsity you still have to work for the win.” Varsity player Aniyah Liggins said.... Read more »
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