Story by Sam Gentry
In case you may have forgotten, Ndamukong Suh was an unstoppable football force on the collegiate level.  He was disruptive, catastrophic, and, most of all, unblockable.  Teams altered their entire game plan just to make sure a boy named Suh wouldn’t shutdown their offense, to little success I might add.  He was a one-man wrecking crew against a dominate Texas team.
But two months of no football seems to have created a little amnesia for a few “experts” on this man’s dominating career because all of the sudden, …

Photo and Story by: Amsley Senkbeil
This past weekend, the State Swim Meet was held at the Bob Devaney Center and this year was one to surely remember! With the controversy of swimsuits and having “a technically proven” suit (making you faster in the water), many of the swimmers competing wanted to show off that it’s not the suit who makes the swimmer; in all actuality, it is the swimmer who makes the suit! This was proven to be correct when many records were broken at alarming speeds by the swimmers …

Photo and story by Kelsey Haugen
For those athletes who aren’t on the basketball team but enjoy playing, intramural basketball is the activity for you. Students pick teams and play each other after school. This photo shows students competing in a fun game of basketball in the North Gym after school. This activity is a great way to engage in a friendly competition with your friends.

By Nick Masada
This winter has brought an onslaught of snow, wind, ice, and clouds considered startling even for Nebraska. While the peeks of sunshine are almost immediately crushed back into bleakness, there isn’t a brighter place in the city than Lincoln East. Sure, the new lighting helps; but what’s more compelling is the number of excelling Spartan athletes this winter.
The Boys’ Basketball squad had expected senior Jordan Yurth to be a leader of the team this year. What they couldn’t possibly have imagined was having the conference …

By Sam Gentry
It seems the entertainment industry is constantly being revolutionized, recently demonstrated by the record-breaking “Avatar,” which crossed the $2 billion mark earlier this month to become the biggest movie of all time. The industry’s latest obsession, working in 3-D, is just getting started on its history-making path. But that path isn’t just limited to the big screen. On Feb. 1, hundreds of soccer fanatics gathered in nine pubs across England to watch Manchester United and Arsenal play in the visual glory of 3-D television.
A three-dimensional film …

By Alex Lantz
What are your thoughts about the upcoming spring sports season?

Mike Schneider, senior, baseball – “Definitely expecting to make state; we have had people working hard all winter. It’s going to be fun.”
Drew Zobel, senior, track – “The season should go pretty well. We have a lot of people coming back. The expectation is to make state and I want to place in all the meets.”
Lucas Hines, senior, golf – “Excitement. I think we have everyone we need back to win a state championship.”
Cole Kilgore, senior, soccer …

By Amsley Senkbeil
This past Friday, at half-time of the boys basketball game, four alums from East got inducted into the Hall Of Fame. While attending East, Scott Barnes, Melissa Sanford, Katherine Churchill, and Shawn Redhage achieved outstanding athletic achievement, each receiving many medals and breaking records at state meets or outreaching and holding school records during games.
Scott Barnes, who graduated in 1989, was an amazing gymnast at East. He lead the Spartans to state championships in both 1988 and 1989. He also won individual championships on the horizontal bars …

Story and photo by Sara Hinds
The Spartan Boys and Girls Swim team went on a shaving spree this past week.  For some of the boys, that meant shaving not only their times, but their heads as well.  Before afternoon practice on Feb. 11, a few boys took their seat on the chair while a teammate shaved away their locks.  In the photo, freshman Loy Root placed his trust in senior Dylan Woldt as Woldt shaved away Root’s locks.  Midway through the shaving, a moment was taken to laugh at the …

Photo and Story By Sam Gentry
Lincoln East athletes gathered in the commons on Feb. 3 to sign their letters of intent to play at the college level. The event featured eight Spartans who have found success in numerous sports. Cam Penner (Cross Country and Track) and Nick Masada (Football and Track) both signed with Hastings, Britni Waller (Cross Country and Track) with South Dakota, Devon Nash (Football) and Josh Hastreiter (Football) with UNO, Allison Yardley (Softball) with Wesleyan, Dillon Schott (Football) with Iowa Western, and Jordane Warkentine (Volleyball) …

By Sam Gentry
What do ping-pong, soccer, and Dance-Dance Revolution have in common? Absolutely nothing, but that didn’t stop East students from getting in on the action in one of these several events at the annual Spartan Olympics. Teams of five gathered in the gymnasiums on January 15 to compete for glory and some shiny bling in events ranging from an obstacle course to a football toss and yes- even Dance-Dance Revolution.
“It was pretty awesome, I’m not going to lie,” said senior Taylor Geist, whose team, The Grant Weber …