HHS Senior Wrestler Tanner Updegraff Finds Success Post-Transfer to Hershey
Caroline Glus, Reporter
December 5, 2019
When a senior from Hershey High School is faced with a new school, team, and friends, he manages to turn something difficult into a success story. Tanner Updegraff, senior wrestler at Hershey High School, transferred his junior year from Bishop McDevitt. Along with dealing with all new lifestyle c...
HHS Names Flucas and Tarkenton as March Student Athletes
Claire Sheppard, Reporter
April 2, 2019
HHS announced seniors Nyiem Flucas and Makayla Tarkenton as the Student Athletes of the Month for March. Flucas, a wrestler, and Tarkenton, a swimmer, both recently competed in the state championships this winter. Flucas, the male Athlete of the Month, has been wrestling since he was ten years o...
Hershey Winter Sports Season has mixed results
March 26, 2019
Boys Basketball: record 9-13 Coming off a fifth place finish in Districts for the 2017-18 season, the boys basketball team didn’t perform as well as they had hoped. While the beginning of the season was promising for the Trojans (the team was at .500 entering mid-January), they went on to lo...
Hershey Senior Nyiem Flucas sets all-time win record
Leah Koppenhaver, Reporter
March 22, 2019
Hershey Wrestler Nyiem Flucas won his 100th career match on Saturday, February 16. As well as winning his 100th match, Flucas broke the record for most career wins in the history of Hershey’s wrestling program. Flucas’s 100th win came during the semi-final match at sectionals where he pin...
Head Coach Dee Evans Leads Hershey Wrestling to Success in First Season
Joshua Gearhart, Reporter
March 20, 2019
It's not often a new coach at Hershey High School has a reputation that precedes them. Coach Dee Evans is unique. Coach Dee Evans is the new man on the job, and he said, “It feels good to be the new coach here at Hershey, and I believe that we are making a lot of progress.” Before Coach Eva...
Despite Loss at Lower Dauphin HHS Boys Wrestling Qualifies for Districts
Clare Canavan and Katherine Clark
January 28, 2019
The Hershey High School (HHS) Trojans wrestling team was defeated by the Lower Dauphin (LD) Falcons with a score of 28-36 on Thursday, January 24, 2019. Despite the loss, the Trojans will be heading to Districts at the fifteenth seed. The Trojans last went to Districts in 2012. The match sta...
Hershey Wrestling Defeats Redland In A Controversial Match
Clare Canavan and Olivia Bratton
January 17, 2019
The Hershey Trojans wrestling team defeated the Redland Patriots 35-34 by Criteria A on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Normally the losing team is decided by the time both teams shake hands, but in a turn of events, for the Trojans that was not the case. With one weight class left in the match the...
Hershey Trojans Wrestling defeat Mechanicsburg Wildcats
Clare Canavan and Claire Strucko
December 21, 2018
The Hershey Trojans wrestling team defeated the Mechanicsburg Wildcats 45-30 on Thursday, December 13, 2018. The match started off with junior Devan Lamb winning the 145 weight class by a score of 17-2. Following the first win for the Trojans, both senior Nyiem Flucas, and junior Tanner Updegraff won by forfeit. “It felt good to get the first te...
What a Year to be a Hershey Trojan Wrestler
June 6, 2016
By: Kaylee Williams The blue and orange mat was empty. The referee stepped to the center of the circle and motioned to each team. The Trojans lined up and started the slow clap. It was his time. Senior Josh Warren had not started in previous years, but this was his year. 2-3 to start his sen...
Hershey Wrestling falls hard to Red Land.
February 12, 2016
By: Kaylee Williams Hershey High Wrestling team fell hard to Red Land in a 47-18 loss Thursday, January 21, 2016. The Trojans won five matches, four by decisions. Sophomore Oliver Herndon (132 lb) won 9-8, Junior Aidan Donahue (195 lb) won 7-3, Junior Pat Ross (113 lb) won 6-3, and Senior Josh Warren (285 lb) wo...
Hershey Wrestling Earns Close Victory Against Susquehanna
February 12, 2016
By:Kaylee Williams Hershey High Wrestling defeated Susquehanna, 38-36, on Thursday, January 14, 2016. The night ended with a very close score coming from 7 wins out of the 11 HHS wrestlers. Hershey gained 5 forfeits from Susquehanna in the 106 lb, 120lb, 182lb, 195lb, and the 285lb matche...
Hershey Wrestlers Fall Hard Against Lower Dauphin
February 3, 2016
By: Kaylee Williams Hershey High School varsity wrestling fell to Lower Dauphin 51-18 in a league match on Thursday December 10. The sole standout for HHS was senior Kellen Banning who pinned LD’s David Denotaris in just 52 seconds in the 152 lb match. A string of defeats at the 120lb ...
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