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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

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The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
Isabelle van Nieuwkoop

Isabelle van Nieuwkoop, Sports Writer

All content by Isabelle van Nieuwkoop

Girls crew coach Kirk Shipley named WaPo All-Met Coach of the Year

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
June 13, 2019
Crew coach Kirk Shipley fist bumps senior Alexa Lyman before a race. Shipley earned WaPo All-Met girls crew Coach of the Year. Photo courtesy ALEXA LYMAN.

Spring athletes, coaches receive WaPo All-Met honors

By José Wray and Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
June 13, 2019

Boys tennis obliterates Rockville 6–1

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 2, 2019

Girls tennis destroys Rockville 7–0

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 2, 2019

Boys tennis conquers Walter Johnson; falls to Wootton

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 12, 2019

Girls tennis falls to Wootton 1–6

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 12, 2019

Junior May Kalnik skates past her competitors in annual Regional Competition

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 11, 2019
Junior, sophomore look to transfer to England boarding schools next year

Junior, sophomore look to transfer to England boarding schools next year

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 8, 2019

Girls tennis annihilates Blair 7–0

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 7, 2019

Boys tennis crushes Churchill, Blair

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 4, 2019

Girls tennis falls to Churchill 3–4

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
April 3, 2019

Girls tennis falls to QO, Richard Montgomery

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
March 28, 2019

Girls tennis crushes Blake in season opener

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
March 27, 2019
Girls on a Montgomery County recreational basketball team high five Carter Witt (18) before a game. The Youth Teams program aims to expose recreational basketball teams to high school varsity basketball.

Youth Teams program introduces elementary and middle schoolers to Whitman basketball

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
February 28, 2019
Senior Breanna McDonald takes off at the start of the race. McDonald earned fifth place in the 800 meter dash and set a season record. Photo courtesy Moco Running.

Track & Field ends dominating season at State Championship

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
February 26, 2019
Boys soccer coach Dave Greene takes a picture with four of his players and girls soccer captain Morgan Wiese at the MACS All State Banquet. Greene was honored as the MACS Coach of the Year for the first time in his 40 year career.

Boys soccer coach Dave Greene named MACS Coach of the Year

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
February 14, 2019

Track & Field competes in Regionals, advances to States

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
February 10, 2019

Indoor track represents in ‘Last Track to Philly’ meet

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
January 29, 2019
Senior Breanna McDonald sprints towards the finish line at the county meet Jan. 16. McDonald led the team to a dominant performance against the best runners in the county.

Senior Breanna McDonald leads Vike’s dominating County Championship performance

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
January 17, 2019

Track places in several events at Montgomery Invitational

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
January 15, 2019
Photo of the day: January 14

Photo of the day: January 14

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
January 14, 2019
Andrew Palim rides the rapids of the Mistassini river in Quebec, Canada. Palim joined the World Class Kayaking Academy in March 2018. Photo courtesy Andrew Palim.

Former Whitman student Andrew Palim joins elite kayaking academy

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
January 14, 2019

Indoor track represents in MCPS and AACPHS meet

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
December 19, 2018

Girls track dominates second part of MCPS meet, boys take sixth in hurdles

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
December 16, 2018

Track competes in first MCPS meet, places in several top ten spots

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
December 12, 2018
Athletic director Andy Wetzel gives a mandatory presentation on hazing to all fall athletes. MCPS made the presentation and required all county athletes to view it. Photo by Isabella van Nieuwkoop.

Fall athletes attend mandatory hazing presentation

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
November 21, 2018
Handball skated by the Blair Blazers in the County Championship game on Wednesday. Photo courtesy Hannah Voegler.

Handball defeats Blair in County Championship

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
November 13, 2018
A soccer referee looks on as a Whitman player passes the ball. Recently, the number of high school soccer referees has decreased as a result of verbal abuse.

Verbal abuse leads to a decrease in high school soccer referees

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
October 29, 2018

Golf places second, third in State Tournament

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
October 26, 2018
Senior Amanda Levy holds the Bethesda Cup Trophy, surrounded by her teammates. The team placed first in the Competition October 10. Photo courtesy Amanda Levy.

Golf places first in Bethesda Cup

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
October 12, 2018

Golf places first against WJ, Sherwood, Springbrook

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
October 11, 2018

Golf places first, third in districts championships

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
October 4, 2018

Golf wins second meet of the season

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
September 27, 2018

Boys, girls tennis places third and fourth in consolation round at State Championships

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 31, 2018
Gymnastics athletes perform in events like beam, bars, floor and vault. The team placed third at the County Championships for the second year in a row. Photo courtesy Kristi McAleese.

Gymnastics slides into third at County Championships

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 26, 2018

Tennis advances to states after dominating regionals performance

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 24, 2018

Tennis places third in county championships; moves on to regionals

By Isabelle van Nieuwkoop
May 13, 2018
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