You got to love America’s number one sport, football. As you are sitting in your parents' car driving up and down the highway, or just going somewhere in the city, you see on the back of cars, trucks, and SUV’s with the fan’s favorite home team. Whether
Read MoreMeet the Chamberlain Boys B-ball team. Deonte Wideman, Qwanzi Samuels, Larry McPherson, Keith Long (all 8th graders); Nate Lemons (7th grader) and Angelo Jordan (6th grader) all had a challenging season. Despite all the ups and downs, the boys worked as a team to win their...
Read MoreThe offseason is an important time for high-school sports. It’s the best time for improvement and player development. Putting in work while your competition is taking off is a great way to get an edge over them. After ending our season early this year many of our student athletes are using this time...
Read MoreTech Prep high school students are looking forward to an upcoming football team for next year. The sport itself will offer many opportunities for students to enjoy an extra curricular activity that helps maintain good grades. Students who participate in any extracurricular activity are expected to maintain at least a 2.5 GPA.
Read MoreHave you seen a Friendship Chamberlain Girls' Basketball game this year? You can see the Chamberlain Girls Basketball team play at different schools such as IDEA, Paul, Collegiate, Woodridge, and many other schools in the DC area. This year’s team line up is...
Read MoreLast year, 42 hit a homerun on the big screen with box office record numbers. This movie showed us all that Jackie Robinson’s true dignity went far beyond the scope of his number. His story inspired and entertained so many with a vital chapter in this nation’s history. He was a...
Read MoreOn February 5, 2014, eighteen Friendship Collegiate football players signed letters of intent to play college football. Eighteen scholarships were earned by Friendship football players....
Read MoreA female-raised Muslim by the name of Laila Ali, daughter of Muhammad Ali--the magnificent boxer, is my role model. She follows in her father’s footsteps by carrying on her father’s legacy. No one who actually knew her well would have thought that she would make the decision to...
Read MoreWho is Bill Russell? Most may reply 11- time NBA champion. Some might say the winningest athlete in team sports. But how many of us know William Felton Russell for his off-the-court actions. How many of us know that he was an instrumental figure in the desegregation movement.
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There are high hopes for the upcoming Tech Prep basketball season. Failures in the past have given Tech Prep a bad reputation in sports. But this year is a new beginning, a change in culture, if you will. We as a team believe that we can be successful on and off the...
Read MoreHey, did you ever see the volleyball team practicing in the gym? Well those young ladies are the 2013 Chamberlain volleyball team. They are so good, that they can blow you away. Everyday the girls are ready for practice and ready to learn something new. I got interested in volleyball when...
Read MoreHey, have you ever been to Watkins football field around 4:30? Well those young black men are the 2013 Chamberlain Champions football team. They are the best team in their division. The team’s line up are Chris Davis, Kenny Tyree, Larah Thompson, Anthony Turner, Darius...
Read MoreTech Prep hasn’t won a high school basketball game in 2 years. It was time for a change in culture. So we brought in former coach James Jenkins to do just that. With the season approaching, we asked him a few questions about his plan for this season.
Read MoreName one DC coach who went to 15 Turkey Bowls. Anacostia former head coach, Willie Stewart has won 7 "Turkeys" as a coach. He has been at Anacostia for over 20 years. “First of all, I enjoy being around student athletes,” Willie said.
Read MoreThe Southeast basketball team played at the Verizon Center Arena. They played against Highland Park Christian Academy. Even though I wasn’t there I think that it might have been a great game.
Read MoreFebruary 6, 2013 was an historic day as twenty FCA varsity football players signed to college. It was a great honor to be a part of the National College Football Signing Day Ceremony. Derwin Gray, Cavon Walker, Jermaine Carter, and Yannick Ngakoue were recruited to The University of...
Read MoreOn March 2, 2011, three members of the Harlem Globetrotters performed their famous basketball stunts before students at the Sports and Learning Complex in District Heights, Maryland. About 25 students from the FPCS Woodridge campus had a chance to see their performance....
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