Viking Saga(VS): What is your biggest motivator? Riddhi Venkatesh(RV): I would say my teammates keep me motivated and I always put in my 100% for them. I love the feeling of accomplishment and being...

Viking Saga(VS): Tell me some of your future plans. Nathan Bergman(NB): I would like to combine my efforts for academics and athletics, music too if that’s possible. It depends on where I go. If I...

Global pop-superstar Taylor Swift has been angering many football fans as of late. Swift has recently made her relationship with Kansas City Chiefs football star, Travis Kelce, public. Being a supportive...

Family and friends gather to watch the weekend’s “big game,” but since sports started being televised, many sports changed to revolve around what TV networks want. When sports are televised or...

A loud BOOM reverberates around the small stadium of East Lyme High School on a Friday night. Smoke pours from one end of the field and fireworks shoot off as players run out and greet the roaring crowd....

Three-time All-State athlete and senior Skylar Bell broke the East Lyme volleyball record for amount of career digs. At a Oct. 4 game against Simsbury, Bell had 30 digs bringing her total to 1,049 over...

Football. The American pastime. What families gather to watch every Sunday in the fall. What every high schooler’s Friday night revolves around, but has anyone dared to look deeper than what’s plastered...

“It’s this feeling of you can do anything. You’re on top of the world. You feel like you can go forever,” senior boys’ cross county captain Kai Bakilana-Ritz said. According to Johns Hopkins...

Kai Jolly-Ballantine “Properly fuel your body,” Kai Jolly-Ballantine a junior at ELHS said. Jolly-Ballantine rows year round for ELHS crew. He describes how he manages time with homework while also...

“I’m evolving my career and moving it in a different direction, but it’s exciting,” Kevin Marcoux, ELHS and ELMS’s new athletic director, said. After working at Killingly for 16 years, five of...

East Lyme Little League’s 12u boys’ team decided that this year they would take home the State Championship title. They put in the work and became the first 12u baseball team from East Lyme to take...

A father-child relationship is one of the most important in many people’s lives. History teacher Hamilton Hernandez and his dad, Hersh Hernandez, are no different. While they don’t always enjoy...

Rising Seniors: Kai Ritz - Boys’ XC After a remarkable 2022 season, the EL cross country team is preparing for another dominant season this fall The 2022-2023 cross country season was one for...

Overall Rating: 4 stars out of 5.  Chef/Owner He is classically French-trained, judges food competitions, and the creator of the 7 Napkin Burger: he’s Mark Vecchitto. 7 Napkins is a burger joint that...