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Author: Nicholas Esposito

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The Road to the NBA Championship

May 23, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The first round of the NBA Playoffs have come to a close after showcasing the NBA’s elite talent. This year has been much different from the past couple of years with a few exciting series and some new teams proving they can compete to win the NBA Finals.   For the last three years the NBA Finals have consisted of two

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The March Madness guide to a winning bracket

March 15, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The Selection Committee has spoken and we are just a couple of days away from the greatest event in sports history. Over 70-million people in the U.S. will fill out a March Madness bracket, and everyone has their own way of doing it. Some base it off school colors, mascot, and even the name of the school. While others like

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Netflix is testing the water in stand up comedy

March 12, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The new Netflix stand up comedy show called The Stand Ups has confirmed a second season. Each episode is a quick thirty minutes featuring  six upcoming comedians who take front stage and perform their thirty minute stand up routine in front of a live crowd.   Wannabe class clown Parker Stephens, famously known as Big Hungry said,   “Overall, I genuinely enjoyed

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  • Opinion

Darby’s Cheer Looking To Bounce Back For States

February 28, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Last Sunday, Darby’s tumbling competition cheer team finished third against Davidson and Dublin Jerome. With two weeks left in the season the team is working hard everyday to win another state championship for the school. The last time competition cheer won a state championship was in 2016. Junior Jeani Bounemany described what it was like winning a state championship and

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  • News

Binge-watching Dexter is the next best thing

February 8, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Crime sells in the TV Industry, from Criminal Minds to CSI, to the other side of the spectrum with shows like Prison Break and Breaking Bad where the narrative is committing crime. In all these shows there is a line: on one side it is detective work and catching the criminal, while on the other side it is committing the

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  • Opinion

Darby Bowling takes down the reigning champs

February 1, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Darby’s bowling team lost to Pickerington North by 158 pins last Friday. Darby’s top performer was Sophomore Josh Larsen with 192 pins. However, the top performer of the day was William Hrivnak with 258 pins. The tough loss to Pickerington North evened out Darby’s record to 4-4.   Junior Jaylen Clisby shared his thoughts about the match and the level Pickerington

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Darby’s Wrestling Team looks to bounce back

January 19, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Darby’s wrestling team took a tough loss with a final score of 30-42 to Delaware Hayes last week. Despite the loss, Senior Jacob Cover and Junior Caden Ryan were able to pin their opponent.   Junior Isaac Richards shared his thoughts on the loss, the expectations for the team, and what his goal was for this season.   “It was a tough

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  • Sports

Get a little taste of Food Club

January 2, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The newest addition to Darby’s extracurricular clubs is food club. It might be the best club Darby has created since its existence. The main parts of the club are making food, socializing, and eating. Each week members are given a different culture to make food for. For example, last week was focused around Italian food, but this week might be

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  • Student Life

Darby Basketball pulling away with another win

January 2, 2018 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Darby’s boys basketball team went 1-1 this Friday and Saturday. They won their game against Worthington Kilbourne with a score of 65-54, despite low expectations. Darby is currently missing three starters, including  the only two bigger men on the team.   Darby played small ball and it was pretty effective. Senior Josh Govine and Junior Jaelin Benjamin split with 14 points

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Basketball Starts the Season Undefeated

December 6, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Darby’s basketball is ready to go after seizing some wins and a lot momentum going into the season. This year should be much different than last year’s team. The Varsity men’s team has seven seniors: Brice Stultz, Jake Hamilton, Chandler Barlow, Ben Gbur, Jack Gearhiser, Colton Wood, and Josh Govine. Darby has not had this many seniors since the 2012-2013

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  • Sports

TV Review: Stranger Things amazes viewers

November 10, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The next big thing is back once again, and it’s called Stranger Things, one of the biggest T.V. shows right now.   Stranger Things is a science fiction horror that throws you back to the 80’s in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The first season starts with two missing kids while supernatural events are occurring around the town. One of

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  • Opinion

Men’s soccer team looking for revenge

October 27, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The Varsity men’s soccer team won their first two playoff games against Columbus West, with a score of 3-1, and Big Walnut, winning 1-0 in overtime. Despite their success in their first playoff games, it was not looking good going into the rest of the postseason. Before the playoffs, Darby was handed two tough losses against Bradley, with the final

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  • Sports

Key Club is a great way to be involved

October 6, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Key Club is an extracurricular group that emphasizes on helping the community, building friendships, and stepping out of your comfort zone. Most clubs revolve around things done in school. For example, there are a lot of clubs for core classes on top of clubs for sports. This makes  Key Club stick out because students can impact their community in a

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  • Student Life

Darby’s struggle to succeed

October 6, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

Darby’s football team’s success is slowing down after week five. For the last two school years Darby’s football team’s record has been below .500 after five games. Recently Bradley and Jerome handed the panthers two tough losses. They lost 21-7 to Bradley and 21-0 to Jerome, although the score of the Jerome game did not accurately show how the game

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  • Sports

Darby Volleyball takes down Bradley

September 27, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The girls volleyball team won three sets to one against Bradley last Tuesday, September 12th. Apparently to some people this was considered an upset because of Bradley’s Division 1 talent. However, that was not the case. The Panthers had a solid start and won their first two sets and would go on to split the last two sets winning 3-1.

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  • Sports

Panthers defeat the Cats and make history

September 8, 2017 Nicholas Esposito Leave a comment

The Darby Davidson game kept its word and made history with a sensational overtime finish that came down to the wire. The final score was 9-6, with Darby as the victors.   The score was tied 3-3 all four quarters when it went into overtime where Davidson started off with the ball. Davidson had to settle for a field goal, as

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