Spring Sports Wrapped

An Athletes Perspective

Taylor Richard and Angela Simmons • May 28, 2025

Triton Girl’s Track team prepares to race against the Newburyport Clippers.

As the school year comes to an end, so does the Spring Sports season, and with over 150 athletes across seven different teams it is both an exciting next step and an emotional goodbye.

Girls/Boys Track & Field, Girls/Boys Lacrosse, Girls Tennis, Girls Softball and Boys Baseball are those seven teams.

The 2025 season had some mixed emotions with athletes looking back on their season. For Girl’s Track and Field it went “pretty good,” said junior Colleen Johnson, who’s teammate senior Ava Burl recently broke the school record in the 800-meter race with a time of just 2 minutes and 17.26 seconds. As for the boys, they’ve had “half and half wins and losses” says freshman Gianni Gaeta and according to Wesley Clark they should work on “field events.”

Girls Tennis on the other hand, was “challenging,” said junior captain Ava Connolly, with an overall score of 0-8 in the ongoing season, it could have been better. Freshman player Quinn Sullivan says the team should work on “team spirit and bonding” next year.

As for the baseball team it has been a good season with the boys bringing home eight “dubs” (wins) from the field, beating Whittier Tech, Georgetown, Rockport, Essex Tech, Ipswich, Amesbury and Newburyport.

Girls softball rolled in with a “kinda good” season, according to senior Maddie January who says the team should work on “fundamentals,” but still had a good season with wins including over greater Lawrence Tech and Newburyport, where they finally got to sink the ship.

And finally, a rising favorite, boys and girls lacrosse. Sophomore James D’Amato described the season as “ok” and said the team should work on defense and ground balls/plays. Unfortunately, they haven’t had the best luck with a majority of losses but the girl’s team has shone through with a few more wins and a “just okay” season.

About the Contributors

Taylor Richard, Staff Writer & Social Media Editor

Hi! My Name is Taylor Richard, and I am a junior at Triton High School. Outside of school I work at an ice cream shop and play tennis. I also do tons of community service on the weekends and volunteer at my church. My favorite things to do are to travel and go to the beach. I have an older brother and twin sister who I do almost everything with. I don’t think I would carry out a career in Journalism but I do like taking the class. I had heard from older friends of mine that this class was fun and kept them busy, which was something I liked. My favorite part of being in this class is being able to create articles on almost anything I want that interests me and others. It is really cool to see the impact that some articles can have on my peers as well. My goal for this year in journalism is to improve my writing and give people things that they would enjoy in the newspaper. I think that being a journalist for the school newspaper is very important. Surely, it’s not as important as those who write articles about much bigger and better things, but it is equally important in getting students involved and excited about what happens beyond the classroom. Educating them on the importance of knowing what happens around us every day is crucial too. I hope to go to college in the South once I graduate High School and become a Radiology or Ultrasound Technician! You can reach me at @[email protected]

Angela Simmons, Staff Writer & Social Media Editor

Hey, I’m Angela Simmons, a junior at Triton High School! I’m an active person in the Triton community and outside of the Triton community. See now, I don’t do a fall sport with Triton. It’s just that nothing appeals to me, but I do run indoor track and outdoor track. I love to keep moving and being physical seems I am a very energetic person so track helps me wind down. My older sister is nothing like me; she doesn’t do any sports but now that she is in her first year at CU Boulder in Colorado, she and I aren’t with each other 24/7 we have grown a stronger bond and I feel as though she is a built-in best friend. I also have a much older brother who I don’t know very well since we’re only related by my dad. He and I were very close when we were younger but now we see each other every couple of years, which yeah stinks but we call now and then. I am very close with my family. Even my extended family. We love to have our traditions of, cookie baking, going to Millinocket, Maine, Sunday River, and my favorite:e we try to go on a crazy blowout trip all together; last time it was Italy. I recently traveled with my best friend Lily D’Andrea. We do everything together. I’ve known her for about 14 years now and we’ve been pretty much inseparable since. We love to adventure and find new things to do together. Right next to her is Bella Carmody, we have been friends since freshman year. She and I don’t share any classes together but when it’s winter season for track, that’s the time when we are the closest. That pretty much sums up my closest friends. Journalism is so different from anything I’ve done in school. I don’t think I would take this up for a career, but I do find it fascinating how this writing style works. I do find a lot of joy in interviewing friends on some funny but also not-so-funny topics. I think writing for the school newspaper is important because the school will read it and find out more information about the school itself and what the students love or dislike about our school. I think that media is important for our community because let’s be real we would not know anything about what’s going on or maybe we would but it would be really difficult. I haven’t decided on my career yet. But over the summer and the last couple of months in my sophomore year, I figured out that I find the female and male reproductive system pretty interesting. So I asked my dad who is a doctor what I could do that involves the reproductive systems. So an OB/GYN would be so interesting, which, yes, that is known to be kind of a difficult job. But I think it would fit me so well. I don’t have anything else I think is interesting about me. Although I do love to ski and care for my horses. You can reach me at [email protected]

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