Sports

Despite difficulties from her disability, Erb’s palsy, sophomore Raquel Boales pursues synchronized swimming and competes at the national level.

New boys’ cross country coach Scott Bang replaced former coach Dan Ambrico and JV coach Peter Jordan after both stepped down to pursue other interests.

Shaking off a disappointing result in the Golden State tournament at Stanford that took place three weeks earlier, the members of girls’ tennis team regained their winning ways at the second annual Battle of the Bay tournament on Oct. 2-3.

In recent weeks, the volleyball team has been coping with a trying situation: Head coach Brad Frederickson has taken time off to support his son, 2004 SHS graduate Erik Frederickson, after he was involved in a serious car crash on the way home from a San Francisco 49ers opening game on the night of Sept. 14.

Even though they have only 11 players, the field hockey team has been thriving this year in the De Anza league with a record of 4-1 as of Oct. 9.

The Falcons ran the flat 2.1-mile Lynbrook course a second time on Sept. 29. Zeng placed first for the Falcons with a personal best of 14:02.

Bribery and the corruption of FIFA president Sepp Blatter has FIFA fans in frustration and disappointment.

What seems to be a lazy, easy-to-play sport can actually be one of the most difficult. A reporter details her experience with learning how to golf.

Ten years ago, current special education instructor and coach at SHS, Danny Wallace, was a star member of four teams during his senior year: football, volleyball, basketball and track.

A year ago, junior Hannah Payne struggled to find an extracurricular activity she could participate in. She found her niche in rowing. Payne, now a member of the Los Gatos Rowing Club, has been training at the Lexington Reservoir in Los Gatos for more than a year.