Lady bulldogs sully South Atlanta squad, then whack wildcat women of Westminster
January 27, 2012 • Bill Ainslie, Booster Club
Filed under Sports
The Lady Bulldog basketball team continued their march toward the Region Tournament in mid-February and the state basketball tournament in late February and March with two more regular season wins this past Friday and Saturday. Both wins came against rivals from the B-side of the Region, and both wins... Read more »
The “Ultimate” player
January 20, 2012 • Audrey Baxter, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Catching flying objects may be be difficult for some people, but not for sophomore Sam Diffin. Diffin recently started a team for a sport that will be a first for Decatur: Ultimate Frisbee. Diffin first found his love for the sport when he was in seventh grade. He has tried baseball, basketball and other... Read more »
A mat-what?
December 28, 2011 • Jake Rodgers, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports
Matdawgs, noun, a person or group of people who wrestle for Decatur. Decatur has dawgs, ladydawgs, laxdawgs and, once again, matdawgs. The wrestling team is back and in full swing. Before the four-year hiatus, the matdawgs were a prominent team in the world of wrestling. During the 2000-2001 school year,... Read more »
The little giant takes the mat
December 26, 2011 • Hannah Reiss, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
For sophomore Max Waterhouse, wrestling came as an acquired taste. His father wrestled in high school, so he followed in his footsteps when he came to Decatur. At first, he thought it would be too much work, but the benefits quickly outweighed the required effort. “Once I did it, I fell in love with... Read more »
Face off: How should the college football postseason change?
December 19, 2011 • Sam Levy and Jake Rodgers, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Opinions, Sports
Its bowling season, not literal bowling, but the College Football Bowl season has begun. The biggest issue with the current system is how the national championship game is decided. How do schools who don’t play in the major conferences get a shot at the bigger bowl games? Around the nation, people... Read more »
Not a Fine ending
November 30, 2011 • Jake Rodgers, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
Berine Fine, the assistant basketball coach at Syracuse University, was fired on Sunday in the wake of sexual abuse allegations.Fine was in his 36th year with Syracuse when a former ball boy accused him of sexual abuse on Nov. 17. Soon after the first accusation, another ball boy came forth saying that... Read more »
Penn State fires Joe Paterno
November 10, 2011
Filed under Sports, Top Stories
“Penn State’s board of trustees did what it had to do Wednesday night, firing legendary football coach Joe Paterno for his role in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. The board also canned university president Graham Spanier, but that won’t make many headlines. That’s... Read more »
Ripping open region alignments
October 26, 2011 • Sam Levy and Jake Rogers, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Opinions, Sports
The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) created a proposal that adds a sixth classification to high school sports.This proposal means the smallest classification is single A and the largest is AAAAAA – GHSA denotes classifications by using the letter “A”, meaning 2A equals AA, when spoken... Read more »
Off the turf with Decatur’s varsity quarterback
October 26, 2011 • Sam Levy, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports
Sports editor Sam Levy interviewed varsity quarterback Vito Antinozzi in the heat of the football season. The first half of the interview can be found on page six of the October 2011 Carpe Diem and the rest follows bellow. On the Field Sam Levy (SL): How does it feel to throw a touchdown? Vito Antinozzi... Read more »
Weekend in college football: beat downs, breakups and new relations
September 20, 2011 • Jake Rodgers, Carpe Diem staff
Filed under Sports
Most Saturdays host at least two games with ranked opponents, but the only ranked game was number one Oklahoma at number five Florida State. LSU, ranked third in the nation, did take a visit to number 25, Mississippi State, on Thursday night, yet Thursday does not feel the same as Saturday. All the big... Read more »
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