January 23, 2021
In the second installment of the third season of “Wayland Sports Chat,” WSPN’s sports broadcast editors Josh Schreiber and Garrett Spooner alongside reporter Michael Nechipurenko discuss some of top stories around professional sports. They will discuss the NFL wildcard weekend, the blockbuster NBA trade sending James Harden to the Brooklyn Nets and will preview the 2021 NHL season.
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Josh Schreiber, class of 2021, is the Sports Broadcast Editor, and a third-year reporter for WSPN. Outside of WSPN, Josh plays on...
Garrett Spooner, Class of 2022, is a third year reporter and co-editor-in-chief of WSPN. He plays for the high school’s soccer and basketball teams....
Michael Nechipurenko, Class of 2023, is a first year reporter for WSPN. He plays for the high school’s soccer team. Outside of school, he enjoys reading...
![Right off of Route 20 sits Wayland Mini Market, a shop with over 20 years of history. The market opened before any other convenience store in the area. “I love my business because [even though] you need to put in a lot of time, I [get to interact] with my customers,” Wayland Mini Market owner Ahmed Mousa said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Screen-Shot-2023-01-25-at-9.20.29-AM-900x600.png)
![Currently, the WHS girls varsity basketball team has a record seven wins and one loss, three more than the team achieved last season. “I think the team came in really wanting to redeem themselves from a really tough season [last year],” coach Amanda Rukstalis said. “There was a lot of off-season basketball happening to prepare [us for] a better season this year.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/0DokhCm6u9AuUN2xfTlY3QLfz1ofSpqA8jPiVqNJ-900x600.jpg)
![Sophomore Luke Chisum finishes first in the freshman three kilometer race at the DCL Championship Meet in 2021. This year, I want to get around 16:30 for a five [kilometer race], Chisum said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jkmAbCUUjw5yjE8RwUZibyojsoKHmWEwan85kJDW-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levis and thrifted clothing. Tangs favorite piece of clothing to dress in are sweaters. I think there [are] a lot of different patterns you can find or different bright colors with different fabrics and stuff,” Tang said](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_5803-L.jpg)
