Wanted: Comic Book Club Advisor

By Meghan Agostinelli, editor-in-chief

Teachers: Do you enjoy reading comics such as Deadpool or helping students to create their own comics? If so, you could be the advisor for the new comic club! According to the club’s founder freshman Lindsay Rice, the aim of the club is “basically to have students draw their own comics or write comics for someone to draw.” If you just enjoying reading comics, that’s fine too as different comic series will be discussed. For more information, please contact Lindsay Rice.

Girls' Soccer Looking to Improve after Rocky Start

By Jacob Tobey, staff reporter

The Sturgis Girls Varsity Soccer team began the year on a sour 0-2 record against local rivals Pope John Paul and Cape Cod Academy.

On Monday, September  10th, Sturgis east hosted the rival Pope John Paul Lions for the season opener, and the Lions got the best of the Storm winning 6-1.  Although losing by five goals wasn’t what the Storm had in mind, they did take some good things out of the match.  “It was a tough game to play through,” said left forward and Captain Hayara Cardoso, who scored the only goal for Sturgis.  The girls failed to stop a veteran PJP attack.

On September 12th, the Sturgis Storm played Cape Cod Academy.  This was a much better effort from the Storm, but still wasn’t enough to get the win.  They lost 4-2.  The defense was still a little shaky but had greatly improved since the game against Pope John Paul II. Sturgis got good production from right midfielder Brittany Gayton, who sniped a shot from the 18 yard line in to the bottom left corner and also assisted on Captain Sara Sweeten’s goal.  “ I was on the top of the box, received a pass back from Brittany and rebounded it into the corner of the goal,” explained Sweeten.  

The Storm will try to get back on track against Nantucket on Wednesday the 19th, and also will play Southbridge at Mashpee High School on Friday the 21st.     

Boys' Soccer Kicks off Season with Wins

By Kevin Agostinelli, staff reporter

 The Sturgis Boys varsity soccer team kicked off the season with a pair of impressive wins versus Upper Cape last Friday and local rival Pope John Paul II on September 10.

Led by a strong veteran corps of seniors this year, the Storm had high expectations for the season and got off to the right start in their 6-2 win at Upper Cape Tech. Senior Aidan Fitzsimons opened the scoring off a masterful through ball by Jonny Gomes, and Chris Dedecko answered soon after by driving home a curling pass from Chris Dennison. Sturgis continued to dictate the play. After Dedecko and Fitzsimons each tallied two more, Jacob Tobey made it a five-goal lead after finishing from close range. At the end of the first half and the beginning of the second half, Upper Cape made things interesting by scoring two unlucky goals, but sophomore Mackenzie Green quashed the opponent’s hopes by scoring from another great through ball by Jonny Gomes.

On Monday, Sturgis faced a tougher test against Pope John Paul II. Unlike the first game, PJP was much more threatening on the attack, but the Storm’s stellar defense led by senior Ben Duncan and goalkeeper Kyle Garvey kept the Lions at bay for most of the game. Halfway through the first half, Aidan Fitzsimons collect the rebound from Chris Dedecko’s shot and smashed it into the net. Not to be outdone by his senior companion, Chris Dedecko scored off a neat through ball from sophomore Miguel Cruz to put Sturgis up by two in the second half. Finally, Jacob Tobey once again finished after a long run to score his second goal in as many games.

The Storm will continue their season with two night games, one on September 12 against Cape Cod Academy and the other on Friday, September 14, against Sturgis West.