Boys’ waterpolo: New faces look to be important part of the equation September 24, 2010 — by Tim Rollinson A common saying in water polo is that the key to being a good water polo player is anticipation. After graduating four key seniors last year many players anticipated a collapse. Fortunately for the team, a load of new talent has arrived this year, including a transfer student from Bellarmine, and prospects for success this year are looking more favorable. “The team looks a lot different than last year,” said senior goalie Gavin Peake. “But the talent level is similar.” read more » Boys’ XC transitions welcomes new coach, training routines September 23, 2010 — by Looking ahead at the long road to success for its new season, the boys' cross country team finds itself both in a state of constancy and transition. The team features several returning members but is undoubtedly anchored by two returning senior captains: Garrick Chan and Kyle Fukui. The lineup has been slightly altered with the addition of junior Harry Curtis and the addition of freshmen twins Will and Sam Guy. read more » Senior plans to help bring team up to par September 22, 2010 — by Apeksha Sharma and Samika Kumar The girls' golf team has an all-time high of 19 players this season. Though only six girls play in matches, all have been meeting together since school started. Most are new to to the game, but the young team prides itself on a promising future of 10 freshmen, eight sophomores and one senior. The senior is Uttara Sivaram, who coach Casey Hall is counting on to help lead the team. read more » Water polo: Girls working hard to win in highest league September 22, 2010 — by Kim Tsai After a long season last year full of struggles and tough losses, the girls' water polo team has a chance to start over fresh. But with the graduation of several veteran players from last year, the team is struggling to overcome its lack of experienced players and must focus on training new players who have never played before. "The team has five new people who have never played before," said varsity goalie Allison Knysh. "A lot of the work is just teaching them how to play, and getting them caught up." read more » Falcons open up their passing attack September 22, 2010 — by Karthik Annaamalai and Abhishek Venkataramana As traditionally one of the smaller-sized teams of the California Central Coast Section (CCS), the Falcons have always been able to take advantage of their determination and stellar ground attack to match up against bigger and stronger teams of the De Anza Division. But this year, third year coach Tim Lugo has another secret weapon up his sleeve, which he believes may throw off some of his competitors. read more » Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Boys’ XC transitions welcomes new coach, training routines September 23, 2010 — by Looking ahead at the long road to success for its new season, the boys' cross country team finds itself both in a state of constancy and transition. The team features several returning members but is undoubtedly anchored by two returning senior captains: Garrick Chan and Kyle Fukui. The lineup has been slightly altered with the addition of junior Harry Curtis and the addition of freshmen twins Will and Sam Guy. read more » Senior plans to help bring team up to par September 22, 2010 — by Apeksha Sharma and Samika Kumar The girls' golf team has an all-time high of 19 players this season. Though only six girls play in matches, all have been meeting together since school started. Most are new to to the game, but the young team prides itself on a promising future of 10 freshmen, eight sophomores and one senior. The senior is Uttara Sivaram, who coach Casey Hall is counting on to help lead the team. read more » Water polo: Girls working hard to win in highest league September 22, 2010 — by Kim Tsai After a long season last year full of struggles and tough losses, the girls' water polo team has a chance to start over fresh. But with the graduation of several veteran players from last year, the team is struggling to overcome its lack of experienced players and must focus on training new players who have never played before. "The team has five new people who have never played before," said varsity goalie Allison Knysh. "A lot of the work is just teaching them how to play, and getting them caught up." read more » Falcons open up their passing attack September 22, 2010 — by Karthik Annaamalai and Abhishek Venkataramana As traditionally one of the smaller-sized teams of the California Central Coast Section (CCS), the Falcons have always been able to take advantage of their determination and stellar ground attack to match up against bigger and stronger teams of the De Anza Division. But this year, third year coach Tim Lugo has another secret weapon up his sleeve, which he believes may throw off some of his competitors. read more » Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Senior plans to help bring team up to par September 22, 2010 — by Apeksha Sharma and Samika Kumar The girls' golf team has an all-time high of 19 players this season. Though only six girls play in matches, all have been meeting together since school started. Most are new to to the game, but the young team prides itself on a promising future of 10 freshmen, eight sophomores and one senior. The senior is Uttara Sivaram, who coach Casey Hall is counting on to help lead the team. read more » Water polo: Girls working hard to win in highest league September 22, 2010 — by Kim Tsai After a long season last year full of struggles and tough losses, the girls' water polo team has a chance to start over fresh. But with the graduation of several veteran players from last year, the team is struggling to overcome its lack of experienced players and must focus on training new players who have never played before. "The team has five new people who have never played before," said varsity goalie Allison Knysh. "A lot of the work is just teaching them how to play, and getting them caught up." read more » Falcons open up their passing attack September 22, 2010 — by Karthik Annaamalai and Abhishek Venkataramana As traditionally one of the smaller-sized teams of the California Central Coast Section (CCS), the Falcons have always been able to take advantage of their determination and stellar ground attack to match up against bigger and stronger teams of the De Anza Division. But this year, third year coach Tim Lugo has another secret weapon up his sleeve, which he believes may throw off some of his competitors. read more » Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Water polo: Girls working hard to win in highest league September 22, 2010 — by Kim Tsai After a long season last year full of struggles and tough losses, the girls' water polo team has a chance to start over fresh. But with the graduation of several veteran players from last year, the team is struggling to overcome its lack of experienced players and must focus on training new players who have never played before. "The team has five new people who have never played before," said varsity goalie Allison Knysh. "A lot of the work is just teaching them how to play, and getting them caught up." read more » Falcons open up their passing attack September 22, 2010 — by Karthik Annaamalai and Abhishek Venkataramana As traditionally one of the smaller-sized teams of the California Central Coast Section (CCS), the Falcons have always been able to take advantage of their determination and stellar ground attack to match up against bigger and stronger teams of the De Anza Division. But this year, third year coach Tim Lugo has another secret weapon up his sleeve, which he believes may throw off some of his competitors. read more » Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Falcons open up their passing attack September 22, 2010 — by Karthik Annaamalai and Abhishek Venkataramana As traditionally one of the smaller-sized teams of the California Central Coast Section (CCS), the Falcons have always been able to take advantage of their determination and stellar ground attack to match up against bigger and stronger teams of the De Anza Division. But this year, third year coach Tim Lugo has another secret weapon up his sleeve, which he believes may throw off some of his competitors. read more » Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Younger players comprise field hockey team September 16, 2010 — by Synthia Ling and Ren Norris A typical varsity team is usually dominated by upperclassmen, but this season the field hockey team, after losing the majority of its players to graduation last June, has an unusual dynamic. With eight out of the 16 team members being sophomores, the team must look increasingly to its younger players to fill in some of the gaps left behind from graduation. read more » Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Peachtree win brings high hopes for season September 14, 2010 — by Evaline Ju With one carefully executed forehand, junior Crystal Yen closed the final match that made the girls' tennis team first in the state. read more » Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Track sprints home stetch June 7, 2010 — by Denise Lin and Aanchal Mohan After qualifying at CCS trials, freshman Melodie Bellegarda and sophomore Ailene Nguyen hoped to continue on their winning streak into CCS finals. Bellegarda placed fifth out of eight competitors at the CCS trial in the 400m. "I just really wanted to run my race and get another [personal record]," said Bellegarda, whose current personal record is 57.58 seconds. read more » Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Toga girls make waves at CCS June 6, 2010 — by Serena Chan and Mac Hyde Saratoga Girls dominated CCS this year coming in at sixth place. Seniors Megan Nolet, Elizabeth Murray and Laurnen Opatrny all gave stunning performances in their last meet of their high school career. Despite set backs in which a confusing meet schedual caused missed races, the Falcons went on to achieve best times in CCS Finals. Lauren Opatrny achieved 56.10 in her 100 yard backstroke, placing second in finals. read more » Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast
Girls Lacrosse still improving as second-year team June 6, 2010 — by Synthia Ling 1.Season Record: 4-12-0 2. Highlight: "Bonding I'll never forget that, it's always crazy and fun. Our best game was Harker because it felt great to win, but I also really liked the game against Leland even though we lost in overtime because everyone put 100 percent into it and more," said Jodi Huang read more » firstprevious...1020304050...191192193194195...200210220...nextlast