Tag: Sports

2026-2027, Campus Life, News, Sports

McCaskey’s New Stadium Aims to Bring the Community Together

Construction on the new Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine Stadium at the Barney Ewell Sports Complex began two years ago, but the planning process started much earlier. Talks about renovating the stadium started about 15 years ago. The School District of Lancaster (SDoL) had looked at all schools and projects and split them into phases, the stadium being included in stage four. The budget for … Continue reading McCaskey’s New Stadium Aims to Bring the Community Together

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2026-2027, Campus Life, Sports

J.P. McCaskey Snaps 22-Game Losing Streak With 39-14 Win In Return Home

On Friday evening, J.P. McCaskey returned to its newly renovated home football stadium, Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine Stadium at the Barney Ewell Sports Complex, for the first time in nearly two years. Head Coach Todd Mealy earned his first win as head coach of J.P. McCaskey, marking a milestone in his tenure leading the Red Tornado. Prior to this game, Mealy’s record as head … Continue reading J.P. McCaskey Snaps 22-Game Losing Streak With 39-14 Win In Return Home

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2026-2027, Campus Life, Sports

Friday Night Lights Return to McCaskey

McCaskey defeated the Reading Red Knights in the first game at Lancaster General Health Penn Medicine Stadium at the Barney Ewell Sports Complex, as students experienced Friday night football at home again. Having football games back on home turf is very important to McCaskey students. In senior Mya Hammond’s words, “I’m very excited, especially for my senior year, to have these last Friday nights at … Continue reading Friday Night Lights Return to McCaskey

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Sports

McCaskey’s Track and Field: Coach Jennings’ 100th Win!

By: Eleni King Martin Over his years at McCaskey as the head coach of Track and Field, Coach Jennings has accumulated 100 wins in Track and Field events. He has had a monumental impact on the individual students he teaches and guides–both on the Track and Field program and on the school as a whole.  Through his guidance, many students have felt that Coach Jennings … Continue reading McCaskey’s Track and Field: Coach Jennings’ 100th Win!

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Sports

A Look into the Construction of the New McCaskey Football Stadium

By: William Looker-Fenn  Over the years, the football stadium at McCaskey has shown its age. The track was old, and the field had divots. It was clear that the football stadium needed to change. As a result, the decision would approve a plan to build a new football stadium for J.P. McCaskey High School. Despite being a large and expensive investment, the changes were vital. … Continue reading A Look into the Construction of the New McCaskey Football Stadium

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2025-2026, Campus Life, Sports

Meet the New Head Coach of McCaskey Football Dr. Mealy 

By: William Looker-Fenn       Over the years, the J.P. McCaskey High School football team has become notorious for losing. This is exacerbated by the fact that they have had a losing record for the past 14 seasons, with their last winning record being an impressive 7-4 in the 2010-2011 season. However, the 14 straight seasons of losing could not be ignored and this would end … Continue reading Meet the New Head Coach of McCaskey Football Dr. Mealy 

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Opinion, Sports

MLB’s Latest Craze: Torpedo Bats and the Contact Revolution

by Kordell Booth Baseball is back. With opening week happening just two weeks ago, everyone was excited to see their favorite players and teams back in action, but one star rises above all else — torpedo bats. These bowling-pin shaped bats became the talk of the sport after the New York Yankees put up a franchise record nine home runs and twenty runs against the … Continue reading MLB’s Latest Craze: Torpedo Bats and the Contact Revolution

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Campus Life, Sports

McCaskey spring sports preview

By Kordell Booth Spring awakens the world with warm breezes, blooming flowers, and the promise of new beginnings- and at McCaskey, it means it’s time for Spring sports to start back up again. So put away your winter coats and jackets and get ready for the last sports season for this school year.  Here at McCaskey we offer 5 spring sports: boy’s volleyball, softball, baseball, … Continue reading McCaskey spring sports preview

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News, Sports

The 2024-2025 NFL Playoffs So Far

By Jociel Colon It’s playoff time again in the NFL. And whether your team missed the postseason, took a loss in the wild card, or divisional, we’re here to keep you up to speed on what’s been going on so far around the league. Of course, we need to start with our Birds. In the wildcard game, the Eagles beat the Packers 22-10. Saquon Barkley, … Continue reading The 2024-2025 NFL Playoffs So Far

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Campus Life, Sports

Winter sports season kicks off at McCaskey

By Kordell Booth It’s getting cold outside and it’s going to start snowing soon, which means two things here at McCaskey. One, it’s time for you to pull out your winter clothes from the bottom of your closet. Two, you better make sure your winter clothes have a tornado logo on it- so that you can cheer for our winter sports teams.       If you didn’t … Continue reading Winter sports season kicks off at McCaskey

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Campus Life, Sports

2024 Fall Sports Wrap Up

By Kordell Booth Fall sports have now officially wrapped up here at McCaskey. There were a lot of highs and a lot of lows, but each team made all of us McCaskey proud. Since winter sports is around the corner, it’s time to see how all the teams did this season. If you didn’t know, McCaskey has seven fall sports teams: Football, Field Hockey, Girls … Continue reading 2024 Fall Sports Wrap Up

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Campus Life, Opinion

The benefits of getting more involved with school clubs and extracurricular activities

By Eh Kri Say We normally see school clubs as programs created for everyone to find their place. They can find out what interests them and meet new people with the same interests, but there’s more beyond that. According to an article by St. Johnsbury Academy, getting involved in more clubs or sports could get you into a more prestigious college, or could increase your … Continue reading The benefits of getting more involved with school clubs and extracurricular activities

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Campus Life

Celebrating the Red Tornado: highlights from Spirit Week and Homecoming

By Jociel Colon McCaskey’s first full week of October can only be described as soulful, romantic, and unique. Spirit week and Homecoming has come once again for the year, so how did our students go about the week?  To start the week, students didn’t need to change out of their clothes in the morning, as Monday was pajama day. Students and teachers alike couldn’t help … Continue reading Celebrating the Red Tornado: highlights from Spirit Week and Homecoming

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Campus Life, Sports

McCaskey field hockey has their best season in decades

By Kordell Booth McCaskey Girls Field Hockey has kicked up a storm in Tornado Alley with one of their best seasons in school history, making it to the playoffs for the first time in 53 years. The Red Tornado field hockey team posted a seven and eight record in season, all the hype has been around their six and two league record which included wins … Continue reading McCaskey field hockey has their best season in decades

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Opinion, Sports

Has violence become normalized in professional sports?

“José and Anderson square off. They’re fighting. They’re swinging. Down goes Anderson. Down goes Anderson!” is the call that the Cleveland Guardians announcer, Tom Hamilton, makes on August 5, 2023. The reaction from this announcer and fans’ responses on social media show us what they care about: violence.  Although fighting is not common in the MLB, it is common among other sports. The NHL has … Continue reading Has violence become normalized in professional sports?

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