Sports and Wellness – The Mirror

Are you ready for an adventure?

March 25, 2019

NAOMI CLENDENNING The Mirror reporter Physical education courses are a vital part of a student’s education experience. These courses allow students to have opportunities to take a break from high-stress core classes, so...

Vacations are important!

March 25, 2019

ARIANA SOTELO The Mirror Everyone needs a break once and a while and vacations are the best way to get that time off from work, school and another day to day tasks. Vacations can have both physical and psychological benefit...

Spring training comes to a close

March 25, 2019

Liam Glennon The Mirror reporter Spring training started mid-February, and for many fans of baseball is signifies the start of the year. For Andrew Firkus, a sophomore at Stevens Point Area Senior High (SPASH), it means a n...

Slick roads and Plover flooding

March 25, 2019

Nick Peotter The Mirror reporter We can only fight against Mother Nature so much. Sometimes she throws too much at us at once and we have to abide by her rules. When the roads are caked with snow or slicked with ice and...

Seasonal affective disorder and snow days

March 12, 2019

NICK PEOTTER The Mirror Does the weather have you down? Feeling blue? Going stir crazy? The dark winter months affect everybody. From being inside for long hours without doing anything to the lack of social interaction th...

Sexual Harassment: A growing problem in high schools

March 11, 2019

NAOMI CLENDENNING The Mirror Sexual harassment is a growing epidemic in the world. In workplaces, schools, homes, and government, sexual harassment has been a noticed topic by multitudes in the last decade. Although it was made illegal...

Teens need more sleep

March 8, 2019

ARIANA SOTELO The Mirror Leonardo Da Vinci once said, “a well-spent day brings happy sleep”, but that may not necessarily be true for most students. Studies show that students are not getting enough sleep and the most pro...

Healthy eating for boring resolutions

March 8, 2019

LIAM GLENNON The Mirror The most common New Year’s resolution of 2019 was to eat healthily. By now, most have dropped their resolutions and for those who haven’t, it gets more difficult as the days go on. But there’s...

Depression and anxiety can cause problems for students in school

March 7, 2019

Tigist Ficken The Mirror Depression and anxiety are mental disorders that can affect an individual's ability to concentrate in school, be socially active, and involvement with the community. In many cases, students de...

Konopacky: A master of Taekwondo

January 16, 2019

By HLEE YANG The Mirror report The name taekwondo was adopted in 1995 at a conference of kwan masters, historians, and taekyon promoters. The name was coined and formally suggested by General Hi and when the Korean Taekwondo Association (KTA) was formed in 1961, General Hi was elected as its...

The art of Jiu-Jitsu

January 16, 2019

By LAUREN HUEBNER The Mirror reporter Want to learn self-defense? Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu might be the answer. Jiu-Jitsu was developed over 400 years ago in Japan. It first was used for disarming opponents in close combat f...

January 16, 2019

Airsoft is played all over the country and among many other counties. It is the sport were people use military simulation in mock combat with authentic military-style weapons and tactics. Airsoft has been around since the late...