Lady Norsemen Basketball
The Lady Norsemen basketball team was ecstatic to begin their season on November 15th. The girls on the varsity team have very high hopes for this season. The freshmen are fitting in well with the older girls, but the biggest change is going to be how fast and physical the games become compared to junior high. Mr. Holman, the assistant coach, said it will get easier as they play more. Obviously, everyone is wondering if the girls are after a state title like the boys last year. Of course they want one, and they’re going to work as hard as possible to get one. When Mr. Holman was asked if he is a good enough coach to win state he had a good reply. He said, “Coaches do not win state, the team who plays wins the games. I think I’m a good enough coach to put the players in the best spots for them to succeed, which is all I can ask.” All there is left to do is wait and see. We’re looking forward to find out if there really is a championship again in Newark’s future.
By Megan Kaufman & Ashleigh Colyer
Here in NCHS in the recent years the most exciting part of the year has been the basketball season. In the past seasons the team and community have had high aspirations of winning the state championship title last year’s Norsemen accomplished. But there’s only one problem in that, four out of our five starters graduated.
Swish! There was a meeting on October 26 from 6 to 7 to sign up for girls basketball. Practices start on October 31; see Coaches Skelton or Holman for more details. Mr. Skelton became a coach for the fun of it, and he likes strategy and the completion of the sport. He has set up some goals this year; they are to win as much as possible, and develop the team as much as possible. He wants to make it to the state finals this year. Mr. Skelton says that he thinks the team can be competitive throughout the year. He says he thinks that they can win if they shoot the ball well. The fans are eager to see how well the girls team will do this year. Come out and support the team. 
The Lady Norsemen Volleyball team's season came to a close on Thursday, Oct 27, in the Woodland Class 1A Volleyball Regional Championship match. Second seed Woodland Warriors defeated the Lady Norsemen with a score of 22-25, 25-23 and 16-25.
As Newark Norsemen start the 2011-2012 soccer season, they are looking forward to a successful year. Even though they have lost eight games and won only one game, they beat Serena on September 7th with the score of 3-2. At the end of the game, Wyatt Williamson helped us with the game during the shoot-out with his outstanding goal keeping skills. 
The golf team played their first match on August 25th where they encountered Aurora Christian’s Crusaders. The golf team has been reinstated this year at Newark, and 15 people have joined the team. The team consists of four seniors: Max Bisallion, Colton Brummel, Casey Jeka and Taylor Wright. Juniors did not choose this team, but six sophmores did: Kara Brummel, Dakota Boon, Nick Gerken, Nick Minarich, Conner Rennick and Jayson Shirley. Five freshmen complete the golf team; they include Noah Boon, Austin Dike, Cole Krug, Karter Kunkel and Zach Ward. Senior Maxwell Bisallion considers himself an average golfer, and his favorite thing about the sport is the serenity of it. When Maxwell was asked, “What was the main reason you joined this team?” he responded, “I joined because golf is an amazing sport. It is both relaxing and thrilling at the same time!” Even though they haven’t won a match yet, the team still has spirit, and its members are working hard to change that and having fun doing it with Coach Hissong encouraging them.
Fall not only brings a new school year, but a new volleyball season. This year started very similarly to other recent years with high aspirations of going deep into the playoffs. Even though in the last two years the team hasn’t gotten as far as they had expected, we are hoping for a different outcome this season.
Congratulations to the Newark Lady Norsemen on an outstanding 2011 season! Newark’s softball team’s season came to a close on Saturday, May 28, in the Serena Class 1A Sectional Championship match. Dwight defeated Newark with a score of 10-4.
The baseball season is underway! The Newark Norsemen Baseball team has a new coach. This year, Gabriel Veliz, Jr. coaches the Norsemen. The new coach and the Norsemen are expecting a promising season. 
The Lady Norsemen Softball team had a rough start this season. They started off with five losses. Two losses were against Sycamore, one each against Rosary, Coal City, and Marquette. All of the girls’ losses were against 2A and 3A schools. The girls then got their first two wins against LaMoille and split with Somonauk. They then had four more wins, two against Earlville and two against Serena. The team tied for the 8th all time in IHSA history for the number of homeruns in a game when they played LaMoille and hit six homeruns. The Lady Norsemen are starting to get into their more important conference games. “When we have all the players there, we have a powerful hitting lineup, and our pitchers are getting better every game,” Coach Meier said. 
As most of Newark already knows, the boy’s varsity basketball team won the Class 1A State Championship this past March. In addition, they set many new standards and broke a couple records along the way.
Congratulations to Kyle Anderson on surpassing a 2000 point scoring