Jones's Team Wins Wheelchair Basketball Junior Division

Charles Jones shows off his trophy. By Veronica Jones Freshman Charles Jones and his teammates are the JV Eastern Conference Champs in the Wheelchair Basketball League Junior Division. Physical Education instructor, Mr. Gonzalez, has been Jones's advocate. "It all started when I took my first semester of gym," said...

 

By Anna Kinsman | June 2, 2008; 03:23 PM ET | Comments (0)

Boys' Track Makes Showing at Penn Relays

Victor Rivera passes off to Dwayne Allen. By Ashley McBride McKinley's Outdoor track team trained extremely hard the last couple months to prepare for the Penn Relays. This year they accomplished something they have been aiming to do for a while. The boys 4x400 team placed third in their...

 

By Anna Kinsman | June 2, 2008; 03:03 PM ET | Comments (0)

Golf Team Finishes up 2nd Year

By Veronica Jones McKinley has teed off its second year of golf. Coach McClinton Brown is the MTHS sponsor. The golfing program is under the DCIAA, which sends a bus to pick up the members for practice. Former Channel 7 newscaster, Paul Berry, pays for the lessons, while former pro-golfers...

 

By Anna Kinsman | June 2, 2008; 02:45 PM ET | Comments (0)

Baseball Team Undefeated

By Jason Baker Captain Chris Evans ready to slam a home run. After a disappointing season last year losing to School Without Walls in the first round of the playoffs, the McKinley Trainers have had a tremendous season this year. The Trainers are now undefeated with a 10-0 record. They...

 

By Anna Kinsman | May 21, 2008; 09:53 AM ET | Comments (0)

Girls' Softball on Winning Streak

By Talishia Sears Front row left to right: Amber Petty, Takiyah Edmondson, Ashely Blake. Middle: Jeanah McCall, Saquita Simon,Miranta Clark. Back: Kuitza Andrade, Melondie Jackson, Diamond Manuel. The softball team won their first two games of the season with a score of 22-20 against Ballou Senior High School and 19-5...

 

By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 09:39 AM ET | Comments (0)

Virtual Bicycle Game Has Students Pumping Pedals

By Karen Vanegas Students pedal bikes hooked up to the USB port. McKinley IT students are learning new ways to design virtual games. They are designing a game based on French marathon runner Philippe Fuchs, who is running from Paris, France to Beijing, China to promote the Olympics games. With...

 

By Anna Kinsman | April 24, 2008; 09:37 AM ET | Comments (0)

Baseball Wins First Two

By Karen Vanegas McKinley's baseball team is on a winning streak, taking its first two baseball games against Ballou 19-1 and H.D Woodson 23-8. The winning pitcher for the first season's game against Ballou was Michael McCreary, who pitched six strike outs in three innings. In both games, everyone on...

 

By Anna Kinsman | April 23, 2008; 09:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

NFL Film Shot Here

By D'Angelo Rucker Tavon Mason formerly of the New York Jets (far right) and actor Charles Brice filmed on McKinley's field. Daniel Wilcox of the Baltimore Ravens and Tavon Mason formerly of the New York Jets were at McKinley filming a movie for the National Football League (NFL). It is...

 

By Anna Kinsman | February 11, 2008; 09:33 AM ET | Comments (2)

Boys' Cross Country Wins Surprise Division Victory

By Talishia Sears and Ashley McBride McKinley's boys' cross country team left the East/West Division Championships believing they came in second place and had lost to Anacostia by only two points. However, four days later at the DCIAA Championship, they were told the officials made a mistake and McKinley had...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 10:01 AM ET | Comments (1)

Separate Teams for Boys and Girls Soccer

By Faith Ajayi Last year, unlike most high schools in the District of Columbia, McKinley had a co-ed soccer team. This year, however, it is quite a different story. For the first time since our reopening, McKinley has a separate boys and girls soccer teams. Dr. P Mages coaches the...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:54 AM ET | Comments (1)

Star Cheerleader Team Now Just a Fond Memory

By Adam Williams McKinley Tech has a huge athletic department that consists of 19 teams and organizations. In the past the cheerleaders stood above the rest. They won several competitions on the local, state and even national arena of competition. But this year the presence of our dominate body in...

 

By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 09:49 AM ET | Comments (1)

McKinley Wins First Varsity Homecoming Game

By Allen Eldridge The best offense is a good defense. That certainly was the mentality of the McKinley Tech Phoenix during their 2007 rainy homecoming game against Spingarn. In the first homecoming on school grounds in 11 years, the team used three second half turnovers, two of them leading to...

 

By Anna Kinsman | October 21, 2007; 10:49 PM ET | Comments (4)

Track Team Falls Short at Championships

By Ashley McBride The Outdoor Track and Field team has accomplished much this season. Just recently, the team traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to compete in the annual Penn Relays, held at Franklin Field. This was the first time McKinley competed in almost ten years. Andre Hall and Tony Worrell fast...

 

By Anna Kinsman | May 31, 2007; 10:51 AM ET | Comments (0)