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The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

The Student News Site of Dr. Michael M. Krop

The Lightning Strike

Jake DeAngelis

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor

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NEW OPPURTUNITIES: Student athlete takes up the opportunity to recieve money for his name, image and likeness.

Name, image, likeness opportunites may extend to high school student athletes

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
June 10, 2024

While initially targeted to award college athletes for their hard work and dedication to their sport, Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deals are coming close...

ONLINE GAMBLING: Online gambling gives teenagers and adults easy access to gambling, creating more opporutunities for negative side effects.

The danger of sports betting in Florida

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
June 10, 2024

Sports betting has been a controversial topic in the United States over the years; however, the legality of the practice varies from state to state. Currently...

HANDS ON: Athletic Trainer Juliana Edwards teaches club members how to properly wrap an athelete’s
injured hand.

Helping athletes stay healthy on and off the field

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
June 10, 2024

Krops athletic department demands a lot of hands-on assistance relying on the sports medicine club. The Sports Medicine Club provides students interested...

TRAINING HARD: Senior Enrique Blasco’s journey that led him to success

Enrique Blasco’s boxing journey

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
April 28, 2024

Senior Enrique Blasco was 7 years old when he began his boxing journey, without realizing how far it would take him. Now, Blasco spends his spare time...

COMMITMENT: The outfield and scoreboard at the new ‘Paul Barrios Field.’

Krop baseball’s new devotion

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
April 24, 2024

At a ceremony held before the team’s opening game against Hialeah Gardens High School, the Krop baseball field was officially dedicated as “Paul Barrios...

We’re stressed, stop the timed tests

Jake DeAngelis, Sports Editor
March 1, 2024

Timed tests undermine the intelligence of a student because they do not test a student’s entire competence, rather they focus on how well a student performs...

Daylight savings abolished for good

Jake DeAngelis, Staff Writer
March 3, 2023

On March 15, the U.S. Senate approved a bill to make daylight saving time permanent as of November 2023, if it proceeds through the House of Representatives...

Time for change: do colleges need standardized tests?

Jake DeAngelis, Staff Writer
March 3, 2023

Standardized tests, like the SAT and ACT, are a poor indicator of intelligence and college readiness because they do not test a student's entire competence;...

Successful surgeries: pig hearts transplanted into brain-dead patients

Jake DeAngelis, Staff Writer
March 3, 2023

Doctors recently transplanted pig hearts into brain-dead patients, proving that animal transplants could potentially save human lives.  The NYU Langone...

Homecoming brings the carnival to Krop

Jake DeAngelis, Staff Writer
February 27, 2023

This year’s carnival-themed Homecoming included a dress-down spirit week, a football game, a free pep rally, and ended with the crowning of the first...

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