Ava Quarles (ava-quarles)

Ava Quarles ('24) is a Sports editor and writer. She loves writing about all things sports, especially basketball, women in sports, and college sports. Ava is also an avid Stuyvesant sports fan!

Sports

We Need One Mascot

Ava Quarles

Stuyvesant needs one mascot, and it doesn’t have to be the Peglegs.

Issue 12, Volume 114

Sports

A New Elective: Foundations of Sports

Ava Quarles

A new elective called Foundations of Sports may be introduced to Stuyvesant this spring semester, teaching leadership skills through athletics.

Issue 7, Volume 114

Features

The Truth Behind Cheerball

Ava Quarles, Millie Bell

What are the underlying issues in the Stuyvesant Cheerball tradition?

Issue 4, Volume 114

Sports

The New-Look Peglegs Go Worldwide

Ava Quarles

The Stuyvesant Peglegs have evolved since last season and are ready to take on the 2023 fall season.

Issue 2, Volume 114

Sports

Beasts Ace in Yo Face

Ava Quarles, Emma Kwan

Stuyvesant’s boys’ volleyball team, the Beasts, is set up for success this season.

Issue 14, Volume 113

Sports

Arielle Aney: More Than an Athlete

Ava Quarles, Duncan Park, Kaeden Ruparel, Khush Wadhwa

The Spectator honors the athletic accomplishments of the late Arielle Aney (‘20).

Issue 14, Volume 113

Sports

PSAL All-Access Brings Athletes to Stuyvesant

Ava Quarles

The PSAL’s new All-Access program is having an immediate effect on Stuyvesant spring athletics and will have significant implications for the future of the PSAL.

Issue 12, Volume 113

Sports

A Game for the Ages

Ava Quarles, Kaeden Ruparel, Khush Wadhwa

Patrick Mahomes has led the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory, narrowly edging out a fierce opposition in Jalen Hurts’s Philadelphia Eagles in a game that will go down in football history.

Issue 10, Volume 113

Sports

A Game for the Ages

Ava Quarles, Kaeden Ruparel, Khush Wadhwa

Patrick Mahomes has led the Kansas City Chiefs to a Super Bowl victory, narrowly edging out a fierce opposition in Jalen Hurts’s Philadelphia Eagles in a game that will go down in football history.

Issue 10, Volume 113

Sports

PSAL Divisions: Feast or Famine

Ava Quarles, Sofia Hernandez

The PSAL must solve its problem of division inequality that results in unfair competition that’s beneficial for neither party.

Issue 10, Volume 113

Sports

Nine Years for Griner

Ava Quarles

Brittney Griner’s appeal was denied, upholding her nine-year sentence in a Russian penal colony.

Issue 5, Volume 113

Sports

Keeping Up With the Brooklyn Nets

Ava Quarles, Yashna Patel

The dysfunctional family that is the Brooklyn Nets is dressing up as the Kardashians this year. Read why.

Issue 4, Volume 113

Opinions

Stuyvesant Students’ Concerns on Financial Literacy

Afra Mahmud, Anisha Singhal, Ava Quarles, Erica Chen, Maya Nelson, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua, Vivian Teo

Issue 14, Volume 112

Opinions

Students Call For Financial Literacy

Afra Mahmud, Anisha Singhal, Ava Quarles, Erica Chen, Maya Nelson, Raymond Yang, Samantha Hua, Vivian Teo

The Spectator conducted a survey to gauge the level of financial literacy at Stuyvesant. Here are the findings.

Issue 14, Volume 112

Sports

Beneath the Rooney Rule

Ava Quarles

The NFL’s updated Rooney Rule categorizes women in a half-hearted attempt at diversifying the league.

Issue 14, Volume 112

Sports

Boban Marjanović: Defining a Legend

Ava Quarles, Ty Anant

Boban Marjanović is a multi-talented NBA superstar with some of the coolest fun facts in the basketball world.

Issue 13, Volume 112

Opinions

To Mask or not to Mask?

Ava Quarles, Levi Simon, Oliver Hollmann

Following the lifting of the mask mandate, Stuyvesant has seen little change—but why?

Issue 12, Volume 112

Arts and Entertainment

The Greatest Show?

Ava Quarles, Eman Sadiq, Rebecca Bao

The Spectator reviews Junior SING!

Issue 12, Volume 112

Sports

Girls’ Table Tennis Sees Smashing Success

Ava Quarles

The Stuyvesant girls’ table tennis team won the 2021-22 PSAL Championship with ease, blowing away their competition in a historic season.

Issue 12, Volume 112

Sports

Junior Varsity Having a Major Season

Ava Quarles, Ty Anant

Despite impediments off the court, the junior varsity Rebels continue to triumph.

Issue 9, Volume 112

Sports

The Fall of the Los Angeles Lakers?

Ava Quarles, Yashna Patel

The Los Angeles Lakers, a team that won the NBA championship just last year, continues to underachieve in the 2021-2022 season.

Issue 5, Volume 112

Sports

Costumes of the NFL

Ava Quarles, Yashna Patel

If you want a sneak peek at some of the best Stuy-inspired Halloween attire to be worn at the end of the month, look no further.

Issue 4, Volume 112

Sports

Tokyo in Review

Ava Quarles

The Games ended filled with incredible performances, heartfelt emotions, and unity.

Issue 1, Volume 112

Spec+

Sports at Stuyvesant: A Sticky Situation

Ava Quarles, Shafiul Haque

Despite Stuyvesant’s characterization as a school surrounded with different creative outlets, sports and athletics culture is extremely lacking among the student body.

Issue 0, Volume 112

Sports

To Mandate or Not To Mandate

Ava Quarles, Kaeden Ruparel

Vaccines are cause for a lot of division among leagues; while there are proven health benefits and suggested consistency for leagues, athletes’ freedoms and beliefs must also be taken into consideration upon any mandate proposal.

Issue 15, Volume 111

Sports

To Mandate or Not To Mandate

Ava Quarles, Kaeden Ruparel

Vaccines are cause for a lot of division among leagues; while there are proven health benefits and suggested consistency for leagues, athletes’ freedoms and beliefs must also be taken into consideration upon any mandate proposal.

Issue 15, Volume 111

Sports

The Osaka Era

Ava Quarles

The Serena era is ending, and the Osaka era is here.

Issue 12, Volume 111

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