Sports

From unexpected injuries to rained-out practices, the boys’ tennis team faced no shortage of challenges this season, overcoming them and ending the season in a CCS semifinal loss to No. 1 seeded Menlo Park.  By the season’s midseason point at the end of March, the team stood at a 3-3 record as they struggled to […]

The baseball team secured a CCS bid following a  comeback from early season hiccups. As of May 11, the team held an overall record of 12-10 and a 10-4 record in the El Camino division. Of their nine games before May 11, the team lost only two of them, falling 3-2 to Evergreen Valley on […]

As freshman varsity girls’ soccer player and striker Sahaana Potti dribbled down the line and went to cross the ball into the 18-yard box against Mountain View on Feb. 1, she felt an extremely sharp pain in her lower back. In her efforts to continue playing, she ignored the pain, put Biofreeze where it was […]

After multiple rainouts to start the season, the boys’ golf team has struggled when it has managed to get onto the course. As of March 31, they had a 1-5-1 record after a 211-222 loss against Los Gatos on March 30.  The Falcons’ sole victory came against Cupertino on March 27, ending with a score […]

Boring. Long. Never-ending. Slow. Uninteresting.  These have been common adjectives associated with Major League Baseball in recent years. Once heralded as America’s Pastime, baseball has become more and more irrelevant outside the base of hardcore fans. No longer garnering large audiences and commanding viewership the way it used to, the sport trails others such as […]

Though there are few intramural sports on campus, the annual March Madness tournament ensures quality is prioritized over quantity. With 24 four-person teams and participants including faculty and students, this year’s tournament had a diverse lineup. The staff lineup included senior varsity basketball team coach and humanities teacher Mike Davey, along with mathematics teacher Lisa […]

On the surface, Saratoga may not appear to have many great running routes: it’s a small, suburban city with an area of only 12.78 square miles. However, as a long distance runner who has competed in cross country and track and field for five years, I can confidently say that this is not the case. […]

In the late afternoon of March 24, runners from Saratoga and Wilcox lined up for the 100-meter dash event. As the gun fired, senior Yuvraj Singh leapt off the starting blocks to a strong start, a visible gap forming between him and the competition. Moments later, he handily crossed the finish line in first place, […]

Police cars rolled up to Seaside High on Feb. 26, 1998, as the final buzzer sounded for the Saratoga vs. Seaside CCS boys’ basketball game. The scoreboard read 62-58 and the Falcons sprang into celebration with the 10 friends and 15 parents who had come along to cheer for them. Looking at the scoreboard, the […]

While dealing with a rainy start to their season, the boys’ tennis team is slowly settling into a groove and ended March at a 3-3 overall record. The Falcons started with a 4-3 loss against Los Altos on March 2, but managed to pull in two more wins: 4-3 against Homestead on March 7 and […]