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Eisenhower Knights

Trying to find the words

This took a while to write. And anyone who knows me knows I can usually knock out a story pretty quickly and this took several hours. But as I looked at the calendar full of games that wouldn’t be played, and thought about the seniors who wouldn’t get their final season, the words just ...

In uncertain times, Eisenhower’s Penley embraces leadership role

Adversity reveals character. That is true now more than ever, as both the United States and the world as a whole are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. As a history teacher, head football coach and athletic director at Eisenhower, Jim Penley is a leader – a leader of young people who need ...

Spring Sports: To you, from us

Dear coaches and student-athletes, We understand how difficult a time this is for you, to put so much work into your respective sports, only to deal with the uncertainty that life brings us. These are uncharted times for all of us, and, while we hope the spring sports season can carry on in ...

Home alone

There have been a litany of takes and perspectives since the sporting world essentially shut down in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic last week. Athletes and coaches have discussed what it was like to have their seasons abruptly ended, fans continue to share on social media how ...

Spring sports in limbo after school closure

The spring sports season across the state has joined winter championships in a state of limbo after Governor Tom Wolf announced a statewide closure of schools Friday in response to the ongoing coronavirus crisis. The boys and girls basketball tournaments and 2A swimming and diving ...

Lanzel named Assistant Coach of the Year

Navy track and field assistant coach and 1999 Eisenhower High School graduate Aaron Lanzel was selected as the Mid-Atlantic Region Men’s Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2020 indoor track and field season. For Lanzel, who is in his second year as the distance coach at Navy, it is his first ...