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The Spartan Speaks

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The Spartan Speaks

Sophomore Carly Peterson cheered on the Wild with her Dad.

Minnesota Wild season comes to an end

Alex Rusciano, Student Life Editor May 8, 2015

The Minnesota Wild was in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Chicago Blackhawks. This was the fourth game and if the Blackhawks won, it would end the Wild's season. Minnesota fans...

Orono Boys Lacrosse Off to Great Start

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor April 29, 2015

The Orono boys lax team is off to a tremendous start early on in the season. The boys were expected to compete for a conference championship with all of the quality players it returned from last year campaign....

Junior Ellie Kimmes and senior Alex sellers cheered on the Wild at Monday nights home game.

Wild Hold Off Blues

Alex Rusciano, Student Life Editor April 22, 2015

The Minnesota Wild need two more wins to defeat St. Louis in the first round playoff series. On Monday night, the wild won their second game, while St. Louis has only won one game. The fans in the Xcel...

Junior Jake Hartman winds up to throw a strike

Spring Sports Preview

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor April 13, 2015

Spring sports officially started on Feb. 23 with the annual spring sports night. With eight different teams all starting their season soon, it will be a hectic last few months at Orono High School. All...

Graph of athlete versus non-athlete academic performance.

Recruited Athletes Versus Non-Athletes

Alex Rusciano, Student Life Editor April 13, 2015

College athletes are known to trade in their academic success for their athletic ability. It is also thought that college athletes have a higher chance in the admission process than those who do not play...

March Madness Bracket Winners

Brianna Shaw, Student Life Editor April 8, 2015

Sparty’s March Madness tournament had a great turnout this year with more than 80 participants from OHS. Students and teachers filled out brackets in hopes of winning a gift card to a place of their...

Orono grad, Jordan Smith shooting during a recent Wisconsin game.

Orono is well represented at the NCAA tournament

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor April 7, 2015

Former Orono basketball star, Jordan Smith, is on the Wisconsin Badgers basketball team. The Badgers made it all the way to the NCAA championship game in which they lost a heartbreaker to Duke Blue...

Senior Syndey Reiners defends her opponent.

Orono Girls Basketball finish third in State

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor April 5, 2015

It was a very successful season for the girls basketball team. They ended up getting third in the state tournament for class 3A. It was quite a turnaround from the previous season in which they finished...

NCAA Upsets

Alex Rusciano, Student Life Editor March 31, 2015

The annual NCAA basketball tournament has started again in Jacksonville, Florida. Every year there are many upsets, and this year already has many. 14 seed UAB defeated three seed Iowa State 60-59 in...

Spartys March Madness Hits OHS

Sparty’s March Madness Hits OHS

Will Dittrich, Sports Editor March 20, 2015

UPDATE: Here are all of the entries that were turned in on time, and with a name on them. Sadly, two entries were discarded because they had no names. There are two packets for the competition, ordered...

Orono Mens Swim Team competes at State

Zach Wagner, Graphic Designer March 17, 2015

After 14 total meets in the season, losing only one of their three conference meets and winning half of their eight dual meets, the Orono Swim Team went to State on March 7. “State went well,” OMW...

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