Off the Reels

Welcome back to the Spring Edition of Off the Reels! This week, I interviewed another track and field athlete who made a big impact in just one year with the Panthers. Meet Springboro High School's Track & Field Athlete (and recent graduate) Jordan Espinoza... Track story: Jordan’s story on the track started in first grade when she competed for fun in the Junior Olympics at her elementary school. She beat all of the boys in her class. With this early win, she wanted to continue competing in track to see how far it would take her. During her middle school years, Jordan met more serious competition, traveling to other schools for meets. This was when she really fell in love with track and field. Jordan moved to Springboro from California just before her senior year. This season, she competed in the 100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump, and occasionally relays and the 400m for the Panthers.  Jordan’s track accomplishments: Jordan placed fourth in the long jump in the Greater Western

Welcome back to the Spring Edition of Off the Reels! This week, I interviewed an athlete from one of my favorite sports...TENNIS! Meet Springboro High School’s Second Singles Tennis Player Shreyas Kode… Tennis story: Shreyas started playing tennis when he was eight years old. Many friends and family members played, so he was inspired to pick up a racket. And this was also around the time that he started seriously following professional tennis. For about three years, he learned the game and played for fun. When he was eleven, he started playing tournaments.  Shreyas’s pre-match rituals: Before every match, Shreyas does what probably any athlete does: he stretches and warms up. But more specific to Shreyas and tennis, he re-grips his racket before every match.  Shreyas on losing his freshman season to COVID: Shreyas lost his first high school tennis season to the pandemic. The season had barely begun; the Panthers found out that their season was cancelled on the last day of tryouts. Shre

Welcome to the Spring Edition of Off the Reels! For the next several weeks, I will be featuring athletes from spring sports at Springboro High School, including Track and Field, Tennis, Baseball, and Lacrosse. Let's kick off the spring sports with track and one of the best runners at SHS! Meet Springboro’s Track and Field Team Captain Morgan Berardi… Morgan runs the 100 meter, 200 meter, 4 x 100, and 4 x 200. Her personal record of 12.72 seconds sets her at fifth place in the Greater Western Ohio Conference for the 100 meter. She is fourth place in the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC) for the 200 meter with a personal record of 26.6 seconds.  Track story:  After competing in gymnastics for five years, Morgan started running track when she was in eighth grade. She picked up track because she was craving something different, and her mom ran track. Morgan quickly became a top athlete on the track team. She was named Rookie MVP her freshman year, she earned the title of Sprinter