Photo by Madeline Zavala '24: Derby girl's soccer playing against Torrington High School. By Madeline Zavala '24 The Derby High School's girl's soccer team played their closest game this season against Torrington on Oct. 10 with a final score of 2-3. The team traveled to play against Torrington High School. On this night, Torrington recognized … Continue reading DHS Girl’s Soccer puts up tough fight on Torrington’s Senior Night
By Krystal Torres '25 The Raider Press recently had the chance to sit down with seven Derby High School fall athletes and discuss their season. Cheerleading, football, and boy's soccer athletes are highlighted below. *Statistics are as of 9/30/23 Photo by Sarah Damasceno '24: Anastasia Stanis at one of Derby's football games. Anastasia “Stash” Stanis … Continue reading Raider Press spotlights hardworking, determined athletes
Photo courtesy of Lifetouch: Varsity soccer takes a moment as a team before their game. By Ashe Clark '25 The Derby’s boy's soccer team suffered their first loss of the 2023 season against Oxford at the DeFilippo Field on Sept. 12. Despite the loss, the captains believe that their Oxford game was their best thus … Continue reading Boy’s soccer suffers loss against strong Oxford team
Photos by Anthony Mullin: The Derby football celebrating Bryan Mclean's '24 touchdowns. By Horatio Glover '26 Derby High School Football has gotten their first win in three years and nine months. This ‘’absolutely marks a new change’’, says assistant Coach Matthew Nicolari. Their last win came on November 15, 2019 against the Kennedy Eagles. On … Continue reading The losing ‘’drought’’ has finally ended for Derby football
Photo by Gianna Akter '25: Dan Perillo was celebrated and appreciated at his goodbye party. By Gianna Akter '25 Dan Perillo, who has been Derby High School’s athletic trainer for several years, unfortunately had his last day with the DHS family on September 27, 2023. Derby High School has a contractor for their athletic trainer … Continue reading Derby High School’s beloved athletic trainer of several years leaves
This year’s DHS baseball team has accomplished many of their goals set out at the beginning of the year and one of them is making states which hasn’t been done in 8 years. Enjoy the photos below, which include the highlights of the team’s season. Photo courtesy of DHS Baseball Instagram: Poster announcement of DHS … Continue reading DHS baseball makes it to states
Photo from Sportingnews: The playoff branch showing the teams in the playoffs. By Mekhi Wright '23 In this podcast, I comment on 7 key moments in the NBA playoffs. You'll find images of the moments highlighted in the podcast below. Segment #1: Lebron James gets a chase-down block on Desmond Bane. Segment #2: The Knicks … Continue reading The 2023 NBA playoffs Podcast Review
Photo courtesy of DHS softball Twitter: Softball team stands for The National Anthem. By Andreale Mitchell '23 The Derby High School’s softball team, coached by physical education teacher Carlin Ali has had a bit of a tough beginning, but the girls are dedicated to bettering their skills and paving the way for those who are … Continue reading Derby High Schools softball team strives for greatness toward the end of the season
Photo by Jenn Moffat: Derby High School Unified Sports had a great match against Wolcott. By Mekhi Wright '23 This is the second year of Unified Sports at DHS and it is already turning out to be a fantastic experience for the students and the faculty involved. Unified sports is a sport that lets people … Continue reading Get to know more about DHS Unified Sports
Photo from LifeTouch: Jerlena Alexander '25 goes in for a layup. By Faith Anderson '25 This 2022-2023 DHS girls basketball team may have experienced a winless season, but each individual girl on the team had a lot of growth to be proud of. Dave Chevarella, DHS math teacher and girls basketball coach, says, “All the … Continue reading DHS girls’ basketball makes individual growth and seeks future wins
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