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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor

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Girls' Basketball season ends in DCSAA Semifinal

Girls’ Basketball season ends in DCSAA Semifinal

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor March 12, 2025

The girls’ varsity basketball team went into this year with something to prove. Having consistently fallen just short of their goals in the DCIAA and DCSAA tournaments the last few years, the Tigers,...

Indoor Track and Field finishes on top at DCIAA meet

Indoor Track and Field finishes on top at DCIAA meet

Dani Wallace, Sam Bigge, and Noa Gordon February 7, 2025

Every year, the track and field program has hit the ground running whenever indoor season comes around. On January 28, the girls won first place, snapping Dunbar High School’s five-year win streak, and...

An annual tradition: JR Crew’s tree and wreath sale

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor January 8, 2025

Team fundraisers are nothing out of the ordinary at Jackson-Reed, but the sale of trees and wreaths by the crew team stands out as one of the longest running and community oriented.  To some people,...

Boys' soccer falls short in postseason

Boys’ soccer falls short in postseason

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor November 25, 2024

After turning around their regular season, the magic of the boys varsity soccer team ran out in the playoffs.  The team finished as semifinalists in the DCIAA playoffs and quarterfinalists in states....

Boys’ varsity soccer coach: Jean-Claude Nkongolo

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor October 21, 2024

Here at Jackson-Reed, there are quite a few teachers and staff members who coach sports teams. Science teacher Jean-Claude Nkongolo stands out as one of the many hard-working teacher-coaches. Nkongolo...

Top three boys sports moments this year

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor June 11, 2024

1. Baseball team won state championship after walk off comeback:  This year, JR baseball reached the state finals for the fifth consecutive year after upsetting Gonzaga in the semifinals for the second...

Girls’ basketball looks to build momentum

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor December 18, 2023

For the better part of a decade, the Jackson-Reed girls’ basketball team has seen fairly limited success. But recently, their momentum has begun to change.   The Tigers have not won a DCIAA Championship...

Manager profile: Lillian Gallant

Sam Bigge, Junior Editor November 29, 2023

The position of a high school sports manager, someone who stands off to the side while the team performs and helps out with basics, is often overlooked. But ask most student athletes, and they’ll tell...

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