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DGS Senior Marina Mancione spent last season sitting out, dealing with lingering back pain from an injury sustained at the age of eleven. That injury was a severe hairline fracture of the C5 vertebrae. Six years later, the injury has officially ended her gymnastics career. “I thought it would just be a normal practice … I was on the trampoline and then out of nowhere I couldn’t move. I had...

Starting next fall, senior Maddie Raftery will be continuing her academic pursuits and soccer career at the University of Ohio.  When she committed back in December, Raftery had only played at DGS for one year. Before that she played soccer on her club team during freshman and sophomore years. By doing so she was exposed to more schools, and more opportunities as a soccer player.  When ask...

Panting, sweating, and feeling his heart beating against his chest, DGS junior Qasim Simba just completed his 800-meter run at the DGS track meet. Simba ran as a distance runner for 4 years up until freshman year of high school.  Simba has been running for years and credits his dad for getting him into it in the first place. Once he started running he couldn’t stop.  “I’ve been runnin...

DGS senior Justin Topp, a pitcher for the varsity baseball team and Team Easton, is doing everything he can to cherish his last year playing. Baseball has always had a significant role in his life and has made him into the person he is today. Topp is a pitcher for DGS and a first baseman for his travel team, Team Easton. Topp explained how baseball has affected him from an early age. “I’v...