High school sports have been unable to practice with their respective teams in person since March 13. Oak Park Athletics announced through a StudentSquare blast on Sept. 4 that athletes will be allowed...
Hayden Brown, Graduated Digital Media Manager
• September 10, 2020
Dear Birdcage, my name is Hayden Brown and I am the new Oak Park cross country captain.
Under the current circumstances, many kids do not have an outlet for continuing their sports training. However,...
With the emergence of the COVID-19, many collegiate sports have been cut due to the lack of funds. According to the Associated Press, more than 100 athletic teams, including 51 Division I programs, have...
With the cancellation of the MLB and all other major American sports, ESPN is beginning to go abroad for its content. Starting May 5th, they will officially be televising South Korea’s Korean Baseball...
For the 2020-21 school year, Athletic Director Tim Chevalier has proposed a change in the academic requirements for Quarter 1 and Quarter 3 10-week grading period.
According to the proposal, any student...
Significant changes are being made to OPHS athletics summer conditioning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We would have started this Monday [April 27] with three weeks of spring ball. Then,...
Major League Baseball could be coming back as soon as June and as late as July 2 of this year.
On April 7, the MLB released a contingency plan for how they predicted the season would go in order to...
In response to COVID-19, the OPHS dance team has changed their auditions for next year’s team from in-person to virtual auditions.
“We didn’t really know what was going to happen at first, so...
Aubrey Billig and Havi Rubenfeld have been a part of the Oak Park softball program for all four years, ending their last season being the only seniors left in the program. After being team captains for...
With a swift stroke, the one wood smacks the dimpled ball, driving his ball through the air. It soars across the golf course like the planes he flies through the sky, as his finger trails its path through...
Havi Rubenfeld, Graduated Sports Editor
• April 27, 2020
Saying goodbye to the OPHS softball program and my teammates is very emotional.
Of course this isn’t the ending I imagined. I have been a starting player on varsity for all four years of my high school...
Oak Park High School’s girls basketball program has tried to think of creative ideas to keep athletes conditioned and connect to their teammates. Some solutions for the team have included weekly emails...
