Seniors take Powder Puff crown to end Spring Fling April 20, 2009 — by Kevin Mu and Ren Norris It was a cool evening, but the crowds that filled the Saratoga High football stands erupted with energy, as the seniors faced the juniors in a battle royale for the title of Powder Puff champions. At the end of the highly anticipated match on April 16, the senior class claimed the Powder Puff crown, clobbering the juniors 14-7 and asserting their dominance as the rulers of the school. read more » Recent slump concerning for Sharks fans April 15, 2009 — by Gautham Ganesan For hockey fans around the globe (all seven of us), Christmas comes four months late each year as the grueling monotony of the regular season’s latter months gives way to, quite objectively, the best tournament in professional sports: the Stanley Cup playoffs. read more » “White Chocolate Thunder” wins March Madness April 15, 2009 — by Abhishek Venkataramana and Karthik Anaamalai Team “White Chocolate Thunder” beat “Alvin and the Chipmunks” in the gym during lunch on March 27, to thunderous applause as its players gained the prestigious title of Saratoga High March Madness Champions. read more » Boys’ baseball: New coach, practice methods contribute to leading league record April 15, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi Guided by coaches Manny Steffen and Travis Hatfield, the Falcons are currently first in the El Camino league with a record of 6-1, as of April 14. read more » Boys’ volleyball: Falcons start off bumpy April 3, 2009 — by Sulmaan Hassan & Amanda Yi After some significant changes this year, the volleyball team has its first five matches of the regular season. read more » Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Recent slump concerning for Sharks fans April 15, 2009 — by Gautham Ganesan For hockey fans around the globe (all seven of us), Christmas comes four months late each year as the grueling monotony of the regular season’s latter months gives way to, quite objectively, the best tournament in professional sports: the Stanley Cup playoffs. read more » “White Chocolate Thunder” wins March Madness April 15, 2009 — by Abhishek Venkataramana and Karthik Anaamalai Team “White Chocolate Thunder” beat “Alvin and the Chipmunks” in the gym during lunch on March 27, to thunderous applause as its players gained the prestigious title of Saratoga High March Madness Champions. read more » Boys’ baseball: New coach, practice methods contribute to leading league record April 15, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi Guided by coaches Manny Steffen and Travis Hatfield, the Falcons are currently first in the El Camino league with a record of 6-1, as of April 14. read more » Boys’ volleyball: Falcons start off bumpy April 3, 2009 — by Sulmaan Hassan & Amanda Yi After some significant changes this year, the volleyball team has its first five matches of the regular season. read more » Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
“White Chocolate Thunder” wins March Madness April 15, 2009 — by Abhishek Venkataramana and Karthik Anaamalai Team “White Chocolate Thunder” beat “Alvin and the Chipmunks” in the gym during lunch on March 27, to thunderous applause as its players gained the prestigious title of Saratoga High March Madness Champions. read more » Boys’ baseball: New coach, practice methods contribute to leading league record April 15, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi Guided by coaches Manny Steffen and Travis Hatfield, the Falcons are currently first in the El Camino league with a record of 6-1, as of April 14. read more » Boys’ volleyball: Falcons start off bumpy April 3, 2009 — by Sulmaan Hassan & Amanda Yi After some significant changes this year, the volleyball team has its first five matches of the regular season. read more » Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Boys’ baseball: New coach, practice methods contribute to leading league record April 15, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi Guided by coaches Manny Steffen and Travis Hatfield, the Falcons are currently first in the El Camino league with a record of 6-1, as of April 14. read more » Boys’ volleyball: Falcons start off bumpy April 3, 2009 — by Sulmaan Hassan & Amanda Yi After some significant changes this year, the volleyball team has its first five matches of the regular season. read more » Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Boys’ volleyball: Falcons start off bumpy April 3, 2009 — by Sulmaan Hassan & Amanda Yi After some significant changes this year, the volleyball team has its first five matches of the regular season. read more » Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Lacrosse: Teams end preseason struggling March 27, 2009 — by Ashley Chou and Ben Clement Preseason games are over. No more practice scrimmages. No more friendly competition. And definitely no more room for doubt. With the arrival of spring, both lacrosse teams now face their first and probably toughest season in history. read more » Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Winter Sports: JV Wrap up March 25, 2009 — by Rebecca Nguyen and Apeksha Sharma Girls’ Soccer: The JV girls’ soccer team ended its season on a six-game winning streak and placed second in leagues. Freshmen Antara and Meghana Rao led the Falcons, who lost only two games all year. Boys’ Basketball: Despite a 4-8 record, the JV boys’ basketball team had a fairly successful season. The underclassmen improved greatly and should bring solid talent to the varsity squad in the upcoming years. Standout players include sophomores Kent Paisley and Chris Guengerich. read more » Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Swim team surges in first meet March 23, 2009 — by Lauren Kuan and Tim Rollinson Both the boys’ and girls’ swim teams began their seasons with dominating victories over Lynbrook at home on March 12. The girls’ 100m backstroke was the only varsity event that Saratoga lost and the girls’ 50m freestyle was the only event in which no Falcon swimmer qualified for CCS. “It’s amazing how many people qualified for CCS at the first meet,” said girls’ coach Kristin Thomson. “We have never had that many at a first meet.” read more » Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
Baseball team tries to charge up a change in offense March 23, 2009 — by Lyka Sethi With a winning record of 4-2 at the very beginning of the season and a new set of enthusiastic coaches, the varsity baseball team is working toward a stellar season. The boys played three preseason games, first defeating Westmont 2-1 on Feb 25, then Leland 11-4 on Feb 26 and finishing with a close loss to Harker 5-3 on March 5. They then took home a victory at their first El Camino league game against Gunn on March 10 with a score of 2-1 before losing to Mountain View 7-10 on March 12, and finally scoring a 3-0 victory against Fremont on March 17. read more » New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast
New coaches bring new victories for badminton March 23, 2009 — by Karen Lyu High hopes and birdies are flying as the Falcons won five of seven preseason matches. The real test, however, will come on March 31 when the team plays Gunn High School in an El Camino league match. Gunn, who defeated Saratoga twice last year, is the team to beat. “I think the real challenges will start coming once the real season begins,” said senior Joyce Wu, who plays the No. 1 varsity girls doubles spot. “Playing Gunn as our first school will push our players to improve.” read more » firstprevious...1020304050...207208209210211...220...nextlast