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Every Monday to Thursday morning at 7 a.m., the football team meets in the weight room for strength and conditioning.

Ljepava tapped to be new head football coach

Ruiyan Zhu May 17, 2024

After former head football coach Steve Matos’s dismissal in January, the school this spring named longtime assistant football coach Archie Ljepava as the Falcons new head coach. After the district...

Ligeti was let go from the team on April 1.

Track head coach Ligeti leaves before season ends, leads to new sprints coach 

Annika Gho and Caitlin Stoiber May 7, 2024

Two days before the track and field team’s last league meet on April 3 against Santa Clara and Milpitas, the school parted ways with new head coach for undisclosed reasons. Although he is no longer...

Sophomore Vedant Padhi runs the 1600m during a home meet against Fremont High on March 7. 

Track coaching change signals a season of adjustments 

Sunny Cao and Annika Gho March 19, 2024

Head Coach: Andy Ligeti Last year’s record: 1-5 (boys’ varsity) and 4-2 (girls’ varsity) Recap: Even though the team’s performance was subpar last year, there were still many individual...

During the Homecoming game in 2021, coach Steven Matos encourages a player coming to the sideline.

Football players circulate petition hoping to bring back former coach

Victoria Lin January 27, 2024

Steven Matos officially started his job as head football coach in the spring of 2021 after previous head coach Tim Lugo moved to Mountain View High School for a new job. However, after two years of coaching...

Freshman Quinn Bossow works a kneebar ankle technique on Coach Paola Ramirez as Hayley Aguilar, sophomore Jayden Kwon and David Baek observe.

Wrestling head coach invites her past teammates to help team improve techniques

William Cao and Nikhil Mathihalli December 11, 2023

Juniors Rebecca Bossow and Keion Ashjaee-Marshall emerged as the high finishers at the wrestling team's debut match on Dec. 1 at Overfelt High School. The competition pitted 21 teams against each other....

Junior point guard Urvi Iyer prepares to take a shot during a team practice game.

Girls’ basketball adjusts work ethic and play style under new head coach 

Emma Fung December 11, 2023

The crowd cheered in the gym on Nov. 21 as point guard Urvi Iyer dribbled toward the hoop, swerving through the barricade of players from Andrew Hill. With two minutes left, Iyer smoothly sank a 3-pointer...

Senior Emma Green fights for the ball in a game against Presentation on Sept. 27.

Field hockey adjusts to new coach as the season progresses

Mitchell Chen and Saachi Jain & Ariel Zhou October 1, 2023

After a 0-2 loss to Presentation on Sept. 27, the field hockey team is focused on connecting as a team for defense, midfield and forwards in future contests. The team’s record is currently 3-3 in the...

History teacher Mike Davey coaching the softball team during the 2023 season.

Davey continues father’s coaching legacy 

Nicole Lee September 29, 2023

Longtime history teacher Mike Davey has continued his father Dick Davey’s legacy while coaching multiple sports in his 30 years at the school: both girls’ and boys’ basketball as well as softball. Dick...

Coach busy dishing out lessons on and off the court

Coach busy dishing out lessons on and off the court

Bill Huang and Bryan Zhao September 29, 2023

As the entire JV basketball team watched, special education teacher Danny Wallace and history teacher Jerry Sheehy demonstrated post moves and box out drills in the schools’ large gym. This was all...

After the play, senior Tristan Hoang lines up with a distinctive BP sticker displayed on the back of his helmet.

Football team wears Benny Pierce patches on helmets to honor the legendary coach who died earlier this year at 88

William Cao September 27, 2023

This season, following the death of beloved former football coach Benny Pierce at age 88 on Feb. 11, the football team has been wearing BP stickers on their helmets in remembrance of one of the most impactful...

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