Sports

Despite losses, the golf team is doing well and has high hopes.

Falcons work together more efficiently since start of season.

In just the past two months, Pei has placed 10th in a tournament held in Konin, Poland; placed 19th individually and third in a team event in a tournament in Godollo, Hungary; and competed in a tournament in Richmond, Va. His performances in these tournaments have cemented Pei as the No. 8 ranked fencer in the under 16 category in the U.S..

The field hockey team has continued to hold its own thus far, with an overall record of 12-1-1 and league record of 7-1-0, and has a strong mentality of earning a high league ranking and making CCS.

For Class of 2013 graduate Todd Nguyen, who attends the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, biking has become a refuge from the pressure and stress of college.

Senior Karthik Padmanabhan will head to Annapolis, Md., after graduation to play tennis for the United States Naval Academy.

At age 11, Arul Venkatesh sat in front of the television set, his eyes glued to the Formula One competitors speeding around the track in polished go-karts, blurring past the world beyond them and obeying only the drop of the checkered flag.

From that point, Venkatesh was inspired to  become a professional kart racer, and he soon found a place to practice: Sonoma Raceway, 34 miles north of San Francisco.

Senior Uday Singh remembers the first time he went mountain biking. It was 2011, and Singh, then in seventh grade, had gone with his father to try the sport at Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve.

Few students who apply for ISPE are approved.

English teacher Erick Rector holds passion for biking.