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Honors Feature: Inside Swimmers’ Lives

By Crawford Craig Before dawn—long before most teenagers wake up—high school swimmers trade warm beds for pool lanes.  Alarms sound at 4:00…

Honors Feature: Called to Serve—Helping Special Needs Families

By A.V. Musick “Your mission field is wherever you put your two feet.” – Tammy Dunkum.  These words are a simple truth…

Torch 5804 at FIRST Worlds: Losing Isn’t Failing

By Hunt Brabrand The almost deafening roar of the enormous space hit me first. The sounds of multiple announcers talking over one…

Honors Feature: The FOCUS Organization

The opinions published by The Match are solely those of the author and those individuals quoted therein, and not of the entire publication, its…

Honors Feature: Conversations on China—A Look into Modern Sino-American Relations

By Alex Yu Ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the United States has found itself at…

Honors Feature: The Center of the Pender Family—Kathleen Pender

By Emily Beggerow The oldest of five children, Kathleen Pender was only a week from her eighth birthday when her youngest baby…

Honors Feature: A Yablonski Murder

By Sophie Yablonski On New Year’s Eve 1969, the small town of Clarksville, in southwest Pennsylvania, became the site of one of…

Snapshot: Catching Up with Annie Richards

By Kate Hogan On a recent chilly morning, Upper School health and wellness teacher Annie Richards, clad in her iconic black puffer…

Snapshot: A Day in the Life of Collegiate Senior Owen Lingerfelt (’26)

By Alex Yu and Sam Settar A typical day for golf prodigy Owen Lingerfelt (‘26) starts with getting up at 7:30 a.m….

Snapshot: Spend a Day with Sam Slater’s Brother Jake

By Owen Prusek and Emery Williamson  Rolling out of bed at 7:23 a.m., Jake Slater (’26) starts his day with a shower…